We open to the factory to see Jeremie working on the supercomputer.
"Okay. Scanners are active and localized. Ready, Aelita?" Jeremie asked.
"Ready, Jeremie." Aelita asked.
"Here we go." Jeremie said. The computer then began to run a program as Jeremie headed down to the scanners. As one of the scanners opened, Jeremie was smiling from end to end.
Meanwhile back at school, everyone was taking their sweet time after the offensive against the Bug Kingdom.
"I'll tell you. Our time there was freaky with all those creepy crawlies but it's all over now." Natsu said.
"I'm still thinking about what Orbeetle said. About this Calyrex guy. If he really is as intelligent as Orbeetle claims…" David started.
"I have to admit, I'm curious about what else Galar has to offer too." Hope said. "Both in whoever this Calyrex is and what else we missed while we were there."
"From the research I have so far, Orbeetle's claims may not be that far off. It says that Calyrex is a Legendary Pokemon whose intellect lets them see into the past, present and future." Sci-Twi said.
"Seriously? Oh man. Guess we can't expect to keep any secrets from him. Especially since he's going to know pretty much everything about us." David said.
"As for a location, there's no precise location given sadly. But hopefully we'll find more info about him in the future." Sci-Twi said.
"Yeah, we'll find out more once we get back to our own timeline." Sachiko said.
"Guys! Guess what I've been doing?" Jeremie said arriving.
"Working on Aelita's materialization?" Asta asked.
"How did you know? Anyway, I have something." Jeremie said holding a test tube.
"A hair? Wait… Is that?" Lloyd asked.j
"You got it. Aelita's hair." Jeremie said.
The group then arrived at the factory. They then listened to Jeremie's long explanation about how he managed to materialize a hair by locking onto Aelita's virtual DNA.
"So...did you all understand that?" Jeremie asked.
"Erm… Sort of." Lloyd said.
"No problem. It will be clear when Aelita's here in flesh and blood." Jeremie said.
"Wait, you're going to try now?" Jiro asked.
"Yeah. I don't think you should rush these things. Why not give it a day or two?" David asked.
"Do you wanna keep fighting XANA your whole life? If we materialize Aelita, we can unplug him and lead normal lives." Jeremie said. "Plus, you all will be able to go back to your own timeline."
"He makes a good point. We only stayed up to Aelita's materialization. If she's brought to life here and now, we can leave early and stop Mammon." Pit whispered.
"And...here we go." Jeremie said as he ran the program only to be greeted by an error message onscreen. "But it was so perfect. What could have gone wrong?"
Later in the cafeteria…
"I think I should just start over from the beginning." Jeremie said.
"You mean from scratch?" Mayumi asked.
"You can't do that. You're only a hair away." Odd said.
"Speaking of hair, your dog is always shedding so many." Ulrich said.
"It's only a couple of hairs." Odd said.
"A little? We could knit you a second Kiwi with all of that hair." David said.
"Did someone say something about a dog? I just like dogs." Sissi asked having overheard the group.
"Go away, Sissi." Ulrich said.
"You know, if you were to be nicer to me, I might keep quiet about the dog Odd is hiding in his room." Sissi said.
"Look, if you even say one word about Kiwi I'll-" Yumi said gripping her glass before it shattered into shards right in her hand, surprising them as some of them took her to the infirmary.
"It's nothing but a scratch. I'll get you a bandage." the nurse said.
"I still don't know how that happened. I didn't even squeeze that hard." Yumi said.
"Those glasses are pretty fragile. Like cheap plastic." Ulrich said.
The two then blushed when they noticed they were holding hands. Just then, the phone rang and Ulrich answered.
"Hello? Okay, we'll be right there." Ulrich said.
The group then convened in Jeremie's room.
"So I figured out the problem. When I entered the code, I accidently pressed a key I shouldn't have. This caused Aelita's data to be full of bugs. I also damaged her ability to deactivate towers. If she enters the Lyoko code, she'll disappear forever." Jeremie said.
"Is there anyway to reverse it?" Sachiko asked.
"Well, yes I could, but what if XANA attacks while that happens?" Jeremie said.
"Then you'll need to work fast." Pit said.
"But you still have that hair, if anything, right?" Sachiko asked.
"Yeah…" Jeremie said as everyone began to disperse. After most of them had gone, a loud barking was heard.
"If Kiwi keeps barking, Jim's going to find him." Natsu said.
"Yeah, I'll go quiet him." Odd said.
They walked right into Odd and Ulrich's room where Kiwi kept barking.
"Kiwi, keep it down." Odd said.
Strangely, everytime Kiwi barked, the window began to crack and continued till it finally broke.
"Whoa! Odd, you okay?" Izuku asked.
Later, they were cleaning up the glass from the cracked window. Odd was then explaining to Jim how he wasn't there when the window broke. Later in the quad…
"So did they catch Kiwi?" Hiyoko asked.
"No but it was close. He's going to have to stay in Jeremie's room for awhile." Ulrich said.
"What was weird was the window didn't start cracking till Kiwi started barking." Natsu said.
"Yeah...you guys don't think that this could be XANA's doing, do you?" Mark asked.
"Probably." David said.
A little later, Sissi walked through the dorm halls as she heard Kiwi barking again.
"Lousy mutt…" Sissi said, not noticing that everytime Kiwi barked,the ceiling in the hall began to crack and crumble. Later in the quad, after an incident involving her…
"I always said her head was full of plaster." Odd said.
"I'm going to the factory. Between Kiwi and the school falling apart, I can't focus on fixing Aelita." Jeremie said.
"Okay...you guys...XANA has to be behind this. First the glass, then the window, now the ceiling. What's next?" Pit said.
"Probably the whole school. But there's something more to this." Hope said. "When those incidents happened, Kiwi was barking."
"It's probably because he's sensing them. Animals are more sensitive to these things than humans." Kaede said.
"Maybe...but do you really think XANA could cause earthquakes?" Mark asked.
"Seriously? Out of everything else XANA has done, this is what you question?" David asked.
"...Good point." Mark responded. "So, the next question is what XANA's planning with these shakes."
Meanwhile in the halls…
"My word!" Delmas said looking at the massively cracked walls.
"Doesn't look like it was caused by dampening. What could it be then?" Jim said.
"This isn't good. This is a load bearing wall. If it cracks anymore then it is now, this whole building could come down." Franky said.
"I know Jeremie isn't going to like this idea, but we need to head to the factory." David said.
"You go. We gotta work on evacuating the school." Franky said.
"Alright. And please...don't any of you die." David said as he left and reached for his comm. "Guys, can you hear me? XANA has launched an attack that's crumbling the school. They sent me to the factory alone. I'm going to need some backup."
"But what about Aelita? She's infected with an error, right?" Omnimon asked.
"We've got a precaution in case we reach the worst-case scenario. Just send some backup, and hurry!" David said.
"Don't fret, David! We shall send our best!" CP assured.
David hung up as he reached the sewers and put on his roller skates as he made his way to the factory. Once there, he reached the elevator and went down to the scanner room.
"We figured out what XANA is up to. He's using soundwaves." Miu said.
"Figures. But it makes sense. With all those dogs barking, it could cause some massive damage. Oh, Jeremie is not gonna be happy that we're doing this." David said.
"Not like we have much choice. This continues, the whole city will end up nothing but rubble." Miu said.
"I'm on my own right now, but backup should arrive soon." David said as he got into one of the scanners.
"Your backup has arrived." Scarlet said arriving with Gray.
"You aren't going in there alone." Gray said.
"Well, let's get to it, guys." David said as Scarlet and Gray went in the scanners.
"Okay. Transfer, David. Transfer, Scarlet. Transfer, Gray. Scanner, David. Scanner, Scarlet. Scanner, Gray. Virtualization!" Miu said sending the three right on into the Forest Sector.
"Okay. Last time they came here...they battled some robot called Spark Mandrill." Gray said.
"Unfortunately, he will not be in today." a voice said as they saw the Cricket standing there.
"Cricket? What are you doing here?" David asked.
"I'm simply carrying out my role." he said. "We are the villains here after all."
"Why though?" Scarlet asked. "This isn't like your group."
"That's right. We're doing this...so we can save one of our own." Cricket said.
"Any of you guys know what he's talking about?" David asked.
"No clue. We never really connected with the guy." Gray said. "Except during the Gods War."
"Fine then...I'll tell you. You are aware of what's happening right now right? With the elves across the universes?" Cricket asked.
"Yes, that's right. Mammon is trying to forcibly control them to wage war on humans. Wait, are you saying…?" David started.
"Not everyone within the Lost Thieves is human. One or two of our members are elves. They were affected by the waves going out. Someone is working hard to free them...but in order to keep this up...we have to become the villains here in place of the old Universal Villains." Cricket said.
"Harumi… There's an elf among her group too. I hope she's alright." David said. "And then there's Sharia back in Tokyo. Man, what a fine mess Mammon cooked up. But one thing is strange. His aide, Moloch, didn't kidnap Genis or Raine before sending us here. Though, I'm not sure why."
"Because he knows leaving two half elves out of this wouldn't change his plans in the slightest." Cricket said. "But still...you have a huge team so...even you would take any step in order to save your comrades."
"Of course I do. It is on my honor that I would not let anything happen to them." David said.
"Then you must know...I will do all I can to fulfill the role we've been given in this redux." Cricket said.
"Then I guess we have no choice but to fight." David said.
"That's right!" Cricket said as he started jumping around from tree to tree. "In this world...we're enemies, not allies!"
"Then I guess there's no use in holding back." Scarlet said as he dashed towards the Lost Thief.
"That's the worst possible mistake you could make!" he said dashing past Scarlet and leaving a large cut in his arms.
"Actually, that's exactly what I was hoping you would do." Scarlet said.
"What are you talking about?" he asked. "I've cut into your arms. I know you're a Color Fighter. Most of their techniques revolve around their arms."
"I don't use only Color Fighting." Scarlet said as Cricket felt a sudden jolt at the back of his neck, locking his arms up. "Ki has quite a few uses too."
"Damn it. He must have jabbed me when I ran past." Cricket growled.
"Yep. I just used a small Flash Step to speed myself up just enough to catch you. You were so focused on cutting my arms, you didn't even notice they moved."
"I see. Huh...well then...no choice. I'll have to go wild!" he said as his legs started to pump more and more blood into them.
"Oh boy. Here we go." David said getting his weapons ready.
"Even you all should know...the reason they call me Cricket!" he said before moving across the area even faster than before. "I can control the blood flow to my legs. It doesn't matter if most of me can't move...as long as my legs still work...that's good enough for me!"
"This guy...I almost feel sorry he's about to get a beat down." Gray said, looking to David.
David blinked as he activated Zone Speed. "Keep it steady…" he mutters to himself as he aims above Cricket's left leg as he shoots before he deactivates it.
"Argh! Damn you, Ishihara!" Cricket wailed in pain clutching his leg.
David blows his gun. "Doesn't matter how fast you are. I'm good at shooting moving targets."
"Hmm...in that case...since you'll deactivate the tower...let me give you a little hint as to where the Demon Family will be headed." Cricket said.
"Tell us. Any information would do." David said.
"All of the elves have gone berserk, that much is true. However, one world has remained elf attack free. A world within the Magic Universe." Cricket said.
"...Only place I think of is… Asta's world." David said.
"That's right. The elves from his world have all been exterminated and died out...at least for now." Cricket said.
"But...why there of all places?" David asked.
"I can only give you only bits of info. These two terms. Reincarnation...and the tale of the Elfen Revenge." Cricket said before he was logged out.
"It can't be… N-never mind. We'll think about that later. Let's...let's deactivate the tower." David said.
"I'm already on it." Aelita said as they approached it. "If this is my last time...I had a wonderful time with all of you." she said smiling as she headed inside.
"Don't worry, Aelita. It won't be the last time. We're prepared this time." David said.
"Okay." Aelita said as she went and deactivated the tower which stopped the crumbling and activated the RTTP, bringing the group right back to the factory.
"And...there we go." Miu said. "Aelita should be back soon. I didn't think you would know about her hair having her digital signature."
"Call it intuition." David said.
"Still though...what was that...tale of the Elfen Revenge?" Miu asked.
"I have no idea. That term is completely new to me." David said.
"Not to me." Elementa said entering the room. "I know the legend all too well."
"Well...what is it?" Scarlet asked.
"Legend has it, 500 years ago, there lived a tribe of elves and they were all loved by magic itself. Then one day, the leader of the tribe met two humans, a prince and a princess from a nearby kingdom. They eventually became good friends with the girl becoming the leader's bride. But...the day of their wedding, tragedy broke out. The nobles of the kingdom somehow drained the elves of their magic and slaughtered them all along with the princess. They say the elves' anger and rage brought forth a monstrous demon that threatened to destroy all of the land, until the prince himself took it upon himself to bring it down. He destroyed the demon and protected the land. He became known as the first Magic Emperor." Elementa said.
"Oh my god… How horrifying." Mayumi said.
"Yes. Even though the elves have been long gone, it is said they would return one day along with their leader to wipe out humanity for the tragedy that befell them all." Elementa said.
"But did Mammon and Moloch have to bring in all those with elven blood in this?" Genis asked.
"It's possible they're doing this in order to make the legend come more alive." Elementa said.
"Unbelievable. To go as far as to relive such a tragedy." Raine said.
"Genis, Professor, I'm sorry. This must be hard on both of you." Lloyd said.
"It is but...be it as horrific as it sounds...we're going to put those elves back to rest." Genis said.
"They're suffering from their revenge. And the elves of today...they're going to suffer if we can't save them." Raine said.
"You're right. If there are those we can't, then...we can at least spare them pain." David said.
"You aren't in this alone. We have friends who are elves. We gotta save all of them from this suffering." Jexi said. "Once we're out of here...we're going straight to Asta's world to stop this madness."
"You don't mind this, do you, Asta?" David asked.
"Of course not. But...I won't kill any of these elf guys. Even if they are my enemy. I mean, they're from my world aren't they? We should all just get along and work together." Asta said.
"Then the enemies we face here can be considered training for the coming days." David said. "So, don't slack off on your training, you hear?"
"Like we were even considering it." Jexi smirked as they all cheered.
"Just you wait, demon lord! We're coming for you!" they all shouted.