As Colonel Weitzler slowly stands up fighting a wave dizziness that threatens to send him to the ground, one of the scanners flies open, revealing Gauthier kneeling and clutching her stomach.
"After they escaped, the Rorkals let loose with a barrage of missiles, devirtualizing me. It's in Aelita and Franz's hands now," Gauthier says as she slowly stands up.
"Lets just hope they can rise to the occasion," Colonel Weitzler mumbles.
Back on Lyoko, the white transport orb flies through the blue outer shell that contains sector 5. After passing through many doors, the orb emerges in a large arena-like room with a rapidly spinning floor. The orb gently floats down to the floor of the arena. Half of the orb vanishes, and in a bright white flash of light the orb disgorges Aelita and Franz.
"Colonel Weitzler and Gauthier have been devirtualized. It is up to you to run the program!" Jeremie says.
"Got it," Aelita responds.
"Ma'am, I've got a weird symbol showing up on my screen," A young soldier at US Strategic Command says.
"Let me take a look at it," His commander says as she begins to slowly walk over to the young soldier.
As the commander arrives at the computer terminal, she sees the red eye of XANA glaring at her from the main computer screen.
"Ma'am, all the nukes are arming themselves. What should I do!" another soldier shouts, panic in his voice.
"Corporal Smith, notify US Cyber Command at once. Ensign Maclavey, contact UN Defender Command! I'll contact US Strategic Command," She says as she races towards the bright red phone that directly links to US Strategic Command.
"XANA's trying to possess the nuclear arsenals owned by the US, the Russians, and the French. You have to shut him down NOW!" General Van Zanten orders over the phone.
Colonel Weitzler walks over to the supercomputer and grabs the microphone from Jeremie.
"Aelita! XANA is possessing the world's nuclear arsenal! You have to shut him down NOW or there will be nothing left to save!" Colonel Weitzler shouts into the microphone
"Sir! The French Air Force reports that there are over 100 unidentified objects flying straight towards this facility," Hand says.
"The genadamerie also report that a large army of XANA's combat robots are marching straight towards this facility. With the numbers they are reporting, we cannot possibly win against them," Hand finishes.
"General Van Zanten. Do I have permission to declare exigent circumstances?" Colonel Weitzler asks.
"Yes," General Van Zanten replies.
"Pursuant to section 32 of the UN Defender Command bylaws, I hereby declare exigent circumstances. Hand, order the French Air Force to scramble its fighters and take out as many of those aerial units as possible," Colonel Weitzler orders.
"I want all remaining Defenders to muster at once and prepare to defend this facility with their lives," Colonel Weitzler finishes.
"But sir, that's a suicide mission," Hand says.
"We have to try. If we lose this facility, those nukes will be launched and humanity as we know it will be finished. Under the declaration of exigent circumstances I have the right to carry out summary executions. If any Defender refuses, remind them of that," Colonel Weitzler says as he slowly walks toward the elevator.
"Where are you going. In your condition you can't possibly fight off XANA!" Gauthier exclaims, jumping to her feet.
"For troop morale, I have to lead from the front," Colonel Weitzler says.
"Then I request to be removed from the disability list and to deploy to assist you," Gauthier says.
"Request granted. Now lets go- we've already wasted enough time as it is," Colonel Weitzler says as he starts towards the elevator.
The platform that Aelita and Franz Hopper are standing on stops spinning. A crack in the blue wall surrounding the platform opens, and Aelita and Franz Hopper run straight through it.
"When we rebuilt Lyoko we rebuilt Sector 5 without the key system. It's so much easier to use," Aelita says to her father as she races to the elevator right in front of her.
All of UN Defender Command Paris stands arrayed in front of the supercomputer facility. In front of them is a sea of rubble that was left behind by the Mongoose.
"All we have to do is hold out long enough for our technicians to launch the new anti-XANA program," Colonel Weitzler says.
In front of him, an army of XANA's shiny silver combat robots marches into view. Behind them are 10, large Krabs. With Tarantulas in between them.
Using his image magnifiers, he can see an army of XANA's rorkals flying in behind the army.
"Do not fire until commanded to or you are fired upon!" Colonel Weitzler shouts.
Two squads of French Mirage fighters scream low over the Defender's heads and fly straight at the Rorkals. As they approach, the French fighters let loose with a barrage of MICA missiles and cannon blasts, causing many of the rorkals to flare red and then explode in brilliant flashes of flame and smoke. The Rorkals respond and begin firing off yellow missiles and breaking into evasive maneuvers.
"The French have the Rorkals tied up, Defenders, attack the ground forces!" Colonel Weitzler shouts as he slashes his cutting lasers across the robots' gleaming silver chest.
The rest of the Defenders charge into action, letting loose with a barrage of their blue anti-armor lasers. XANA's robots let loose with their purple cannons, as the Tarantulas sit on their hind legs and bring their front legs to bear on the sky.
"Paris Squad 3, take out those anti-aircraft Tarantulas!" Weitzler shouts into his mic.
The elevator delivers Franz and Aelita onto a baby blue platform. Aelita runs down it until she reaches the shell of Lyoko. Using the shell for cover, she peers around it, to see 2 Rorkals floating in front of the terminal.
"Jeremie, I can't get to the terminal, there are 2 rorkals guarding it!" Aelita exclaims
"Aelita, you have to get there NOW. XANA is minutes away from being able to launch the entire nuclear arsenals of the US, France, and Russia! Half the fighters supporting us have been shot down and it could be a while before more arrive. The Defenders are hanging on but at the rate they are taking casualties they won't hold on for too much longer!" Jeremie says.
"Right," Aelita sighs.
"I wish Odd was here. He'd have some crazy plan to make things right," Aelita finishes.
"It's time for me to make up for my mistakes. I'll distract them, you get to the platform and run the program," Franz says.
"But daddy, they'll kill you," Aelita replies.
"I'm tired of living this half life, stuck in the network. You have to promise me that this time, you'll destroy every piece of XANA's technology with the exception of this supercomputer. Also, while I will never meet them, some grandkids might be nice," Franz says.
Before Aelita can protest further, Franz floats out onto the platform, shouting: "hey, circuits-for-brain. I bet you can't catch me!"
"The next set of French fighters will not arrive in Paris for another 10 minutes," General Van Zanten instructs Colonel Weitzler as he watches the last Parisian Mirage get shot down.
Having killed their last enemy, the Rorkals enter into a tight loop and fly straight at the assembled Defenders, who are frantically trying to beat back the assembled army of robots.
"Jeremie, we can't hold out much longer," Colonel Weitzler says.
"Daddy, NO!" Aelita shouts as her father flies away, drawing the 2 Rorkals to him.
"Aelita, don't let your father's sacrifice be in vain. All the French fighters are gone and the Defenders are about to get annihilated by XANA's air force. If that happens the factory will be destroyed and XANA will be able to start a nuclear apocalypse!" Jeremie shouts into his microphone.
Holding back virtual tears, Aelita runs out onto the narrow platform that contains the interface.
Seeing a single Creeper standing guard, she ignites a pink energy field and sends it flying at the creature. It hits and the creature explodes into a pile of goo and yellow pieces. Activating the translucent blue interface, Aelita uses smooth and quick movements to load the program.
Above her, her dad's spear floats into view as two sets of missiles slam into it, causing it to explode into a layer of blue and purple energy.
"No!" she shouts as she activates the program.
"The Minuteman IIIs are about to fire. I can't stop them!" the young soldier shouts as the missiles begin their ignition sequence.
"This is it. All Defenders, break formation to make yourselves difficult targets for those Rorkals," Colonel Weitzler shouts as the Defenders all break from their formation and many charge at the oncoming army, nanocomputers automatically trying to avoid the onslaught of lasers.
Inside the white core of Lyoko, a sea of pink pixels flies out of the core. As it emerges from the bottom of the cortex containing sector 5, it flies straight towards the Rorkals, which are arrayed in front of Aelita, charging up their missiles to deliver their final shot. The shields flare red and the Rorkals break apart into thousands of pieces that fall into the blue data surrounding the cortex.
As Defenders are cut down, a series of pink pixels fly out of the sole smoke stack in the computer facility. The pixels fly through XANA's army, causing each of the robots to become deactivated. As the pixels hit the Rorkals, their shields flare red, before they disappear and the rorkals fall from the sky and slam into the rubble that was Paris.
"All Defender Command Units, stand down and take care of the casualties!" Colonel Weitzler shouts as the few remaining Defenders back down from their targets and rush towards their fallen comrades.
The red eye of XANA disappears from the computer consoles.
"Ma'am, I have control of the missiles. Executing emergency shutdown protocol 4!" The officer shouts as he slams his keys, frantically trying to stop the doomsday missiles from launching.
"All missiles are secure," The officer says as he takes a deep breath in relief.
Aelita emerges from the scanner and falls into Jeremie's arms, as they both cry together about the loss of Franz Hopper