A/N: Here it is...! This is the last chapter :( But hey, Book 2 starts this Friday so don't miss it! And to Naruto Sakura Uzumaki; Good catch ;) And I honestly simply forgot about Super Smoke. Guess there's no harm right? Yumi and Aelita never used Telekinesis or Creativity in Evolution.
Enjoy everyone, and be sure to leave a review, tell me what you wanna see happen in Book 2!
William was standing outside of Yumi's house with a card and flowers. "You can do this." He ran up to the house and set the card and flowers down, rang the doorbell, and finally ran away.
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Aelita and Jeremie were leaving the Factory. "It's ready. But we need to take a break." Jeremie sighed, rubbing his temples.
"Maybe we could go somewhere to eat before I have to go to the recording studio." Aelita took his hand in hers.
"Is that today?"
"Yes, Jeremie." She pulled away. "I've told you three times already. I have to go to the recording studio for the CD."
"I know that, I just didn't know it was today."
"I just asked you five minutes ago if you wanted to go with me to the studio and you said yes."
"But I didn't know it was today. We have the shields and engines powered up on the Skid and we have the coordinates set so you won't even have to pilot it. If Xana does anything to it, I might have to spend another week on it."
"We might." Aelita took a couple of deep breaths to remain calm. "We might and if we needed to, we would. But I can't blow this off."
"How long do we have?"
"An hour and a half. That's why I asked if you wanted to get something to eat. Before I have to go and record."
"Sure, okay." The two walked into the city, looking for a place to eat.
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The Ulrich clone was in Odd's room, playing the sit still game. "I want to be the one to go out and Odd to sit." He got up and left, annoyed.
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Alex sat on his bed and sighed, flipping through a magazine with an athlete posing on the front cover, when his phone rang. "Hello?"
"Alex?" an airy female voice came through.
"Kassandra? Is that you?" Alex asked, furrowing his brow and setting the magazine down.
"Yes, but you know I prefer to be called Mom." the woman scolded in a forced-cheery voice.
"I don't want to be rude, I really don't, but I only have one Mom, and she left a long time ago. Marrying Dad won't change that." Alex sighed. "I'm sure you didn't call to complain about how I refer to you. What's up?"
"You know, I'm really getting annoyed with your attitude, and I...nevermind. I just wanted to know how things were going with you and your little boyfriend Jacob..."
"You called just to ask about the guy that kept flirting with me? That doesn't make him my boyfriend. But I'll tell you anyway. Jake's father was constantly calling him names and threatening him, and sometimes hitting him, so I got worried enough and I told the school counselor. He got mad at me for not asking him before reporting it. Ever since then we would fight over stupid crap that mostly went back to him not trusting me anymore. He had once confessed to me he's in love with me, and when Skye asked what was bothering him I accidentally let it slip. He was about to ask me out, but because of that he didn't want to anymore. I promised him I would call that night, but I only had a few minutes left on my phone and I needed to use it for something far more important. That understandably annoyed him. And he's been very distant and kind of a jerk to me over some things because I keep accidentally blowing him off and breaking his trust. It's really more on me than him, but nonetheless I told him that I was done fighting with him and when he thinks we can get along like we used to, he could talk to me again then. Before that I also told him I'm not into guys, so as much as it sucks he's going to have to get over his crush. He hasn't spoken a word to me since. That's how things are going. Alright?"
"Oh, Alex...I know it's never easy to break up with someone, but you had to let down that little fa-"
"Don't you dare finish that word. I don't care if you don't support people like him, but he was my best friend before all of this. I hate losing him." Alex's grip tightened on his phone as he frowned. "My life is stressful enough lately without losing my best friend over petty fights."
"Well, with the way you talk to me sometimes, it's no wonder you're losing him." Kassandra hissed, her voice taking a hard tone.
"Thanks. I appreciate your support." Alex said in a deadpan as he laid back on his bed.
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Odd was with Sissi in her room. "Tomorrow is the big concert, excited?"
"Of course!" Sissi held a Subdigitals poster in her hands. "Do you think I should ask Chris to autograph this, or the shirt, or both?"
"Sissi," Odd took the poster from her. "I don't think he'd appreciate you bugging him for autographs. He gave these tickets to the Princess so her friends could spend time with her in the back before she performs. Not so we could bug the band."
"But you said I could talk to Chris and Nico and Ben!"
"Yes, but I didn't say you could annoy them." He tried to stay calm. Hanging out with Sissi to keep her away from the clone was starting to get rather tiresome. "Meet, shake hands, and say hello. Maybe even talk to them for a minute. But if you act like a crazy groupie I'll be in trouble and I know the Princess won't let you go to another." Odd handed the poster back.
"Um, okay, sorry." Sissi pouted.
"I'll ask the Princess if I could get an autograph from them, 'kay?"
"Why do you get to ask them?"
"Because I'm not going to act like a crazy groupie." Odd gave Sissi a goofy smile, which made her laugh a bit.
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Yumi walked up the stairs to her room with the flowers and card. "Who could they be from?" She closed her door then locked it before opening the card.
Will you go to the concert with me as more than friends?
"Wait, Ulrich? The clone wouldn't have done this."
"Your boyfriend!" Her brother, Hiroki, howled as he threw a book at Yumi's door.
"Hiroki, get away from my door!" She heard his rapid footsteps as he dashed away cackling. "It couldn't be from the clone. It's too stupid to think of this." She dropped the card and flowers. "William, that idiot." She kicked the flowers and they landed in her trash bucket, then she plopped down on the bed and stared at the ceiling.
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Aelita and Jeremie were taking a cab to the recording studio after eating. It began to rain lightly. "I didn't bring an umbrella."
"Don't worry, you can use my bag as one." Jeremie pulled the aforementioned bag off his shoulder and handed it to Aelita.
"Thanks." She kissed him on the cheek, and he blushed.
The cab stopped in front of the recording studio, and when the two got out, Aelita held the bag over her head to stay dry.
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Xana activated the Way Tower in the Ruins Sector, inside of the temple Yumi had noticed on their first visit.
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The clone was walking about on the campus as it rained. "Odd!" it called. "Odd!"
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Odd was talking with Sissi about the upcoming concert when he heard his name. "Sissi, be quiet for a second." He clamped a hand over her mouth. "Did you hear that?"
"Yeah, it sounded like Ulrich or his clone." Sissi and Odd looked out the window to see Ulrich wandering around in the rain.
"I should probably go get him, you stay here." Odd sprinted out of the room.
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Aelita was standing in the recording room. "I just do what I want? I don't have to wear anything special, right?"
"Right. Just do your thing, Pink Star." Chris hit a button. "Starting now." Aelita smiled and began a beat.
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Alex stared at the phone in his hand. He frowned, thinking, and finally dialed Yumi's number. "Yumi?"
"Yeah, Alex?" Yumi sighed.
"Remember all the stuff with me and Jake?"
"What about it?"
"I talked to my stepmom and her craziness made me think I need to talk to him again."
"He's being a total butt to you. You were trying to save his life when you went to the counselor, you said yourself that his father has gotten extremely violent before. You didn't mean to tell Skye and you apologized at least three times. And you were saving the world from Xana when you didn't call him."
"Yeah, that's what I told him except the part about saving the world. But he's my best friend. I think part of why it hurts him so bad is because he's crushing on me."
"Crushing? I thought he was straight up in love with you. Isn't that what he said? He had told a few people about it and it kinda spread. Milly and Tamiya may not publish it in the newspaper but that doesn't mean they won't tell anyone who will listen."
"I don't think that's possible, Yumi. Love isn't love unless it's shared, right? True love is meant to be. I think he's just infatuated and he'll eventually be over me. It wasn't always there, we used to just be normal friends."
"Maybe, but either way that's why he's so hurt by you breaking his trust."
"You know, he said that he's been burying it for a long time now. He was crying. He said he can't stand the way we fight, he also said he didn't believe me when I told him not to come around me anymore."
"Why would you tell him that?"
"I don't know. He didn't remind me then, but when he first confessed his feelings for me I promised him that I may not be willing to get with him romantically but nonetheless I would never, ever, turn my back on him as my best friend. He promised me the same. Now he tells me he didn't believe me when I said I didn't need him. He told me to not pretend I don't care at all. He was right, I care, a lot. Just not the way he wants me to. I had to break my promise, Yumi, because this way he won't suffer so much because of me. But he's too good for breaking his promise. He won't just give up on me and let things heal."
"Alex, you need to tell him what you're telling me. He's going to keep being rude to you if he thinks you're just an uncaring jerk who doesn't mind if he leaves."
"He wasn't rude to me last time we talked. He told me it looks like I've given up and I've had enough, but he told me he won't break his promise to never give up on me 'cause he isn't the kind of person to break promises, never has been, and he somehow just knows I'll come around."
"Then maybe you should come around."
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Odd ran out of the dormitory building, approaching the clone. "Ulrich, what are you doing? You lose."
"I want me to move and you to sit still."
"We can't do that."
"Why?"
"Because I will lose. I can't sit still. But you were undefeated until now." Odd tried to grab the clone but it smacked his hand away.
"I want to play a new game!" The clone wailed, sprinting off and forcing Odd to give chase.
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Aelita was laying down her newest beat when Chris began to speak. "Bring it down now, Aelita. End this track and we'll get to another song." She nodded and finished her song.
"Was that good?"
"It was great!" Chris entered the room and gave Aelita a high five. "You still have about four minutes you can fill. What do you think you can lay down in four minutes?"
"I can think of a couple things." Aelita laughed a little. "This is great! I was all nervous, but this is so cool. People are going to hear this."
"They sure will. And if there is big enough of a response, we can work on getting you a CD of your own, Pink Star." Chris promised, going back into the control room as Aelita set up for another song.
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The rain began to come down harder. A black mist swirled out from the Factory and floated up into the storm clouds.
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Aelita was about to finish her second song when a lightning bolt struck the recording studio.
"What was that?" Chris demanded as the power flickered out. "Brian, did you get that?"
"No, we lost it. And the first one." The producer clicked a switch. "And everything on this computer."
"What? Why didn't you have a surge protector?" Jeremie questioned as he looked into the other room and saw Aelita waving frantically.
"We do have one. Several, plus fuses and other things, but I think that strike was right on the building. No way anything could resist that." Brian tried to reboot his system as Chris stepped into the recording room to check on Aelita.
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Odd was chasing after the clone when a bolt of lightning struck a nearby tree. "Whoa!" He leapt back as a tree branch tumbled to the ground. "You ever hear the saying too close for comfort? That was really uncomfortable." He turned to the clone, which had a blank look on its face. "Why am I talking to you?"
"We should go back."
"Yes, yes we should." Odd grabbed the clone by the shirt and headed back to the dorm building.
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As Odd and the clone came close to the dorm building, the clone tackled Odd.
"What was that fo-" A bolt of lighting struck where Odd had been standing before, cutting his words off. "Whoa, how did you know that...it...wow." He could feel his heartbeat quicken.
"I felt Xana's energy." the clone stated.
"You can feel that?" The clone nodded. "How?"
"He is attacking a Way Tower, and the Super Computer."
"But Aelita and Jeremie didn't call." Odd reached for his phone and pulled it out. When he opened it, he found it to be fried. "This is very bad." He and the clone climbed off of the ground and ran for the dorm building.
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Odd and the clone rushed into William's room. "William! is your cell phone working?!" Odd demanded as William leapt off of his bed.
"What!? Odd, what happened?"
"The clone says Xana's attacking and my cell phone is fried."
"Why didn't Aelita or Jeremie call?"
"I'm not even sure if Xana is attacking, but the clone says he is."
"Xana's energy is in the sky. He's making it go flash boom." the clone warned, wide-eyed. William pulled his cell phone out and called Jeremie.
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Jeremie felt his phone vibrate, pulling it out and seeing William's number. "William," Jeremie whispered, "what are you doing?"
"Is Xana attacking?"
"What? No. The Super Scan would be activated."
"Check it. The clone says Xana is attacking."
"Fine." Jeremie set his phone down and pulled his laptop out of the bag. He opened it, but it wouldn't turn on. "This is bad." He turned it over and realized that the bottom was wet. "When Aelita used my bag as an umbrella it fried the thing..." He picked his phone up. "William, Xana's probably attacking. Get to the Factory. I'll call Alex."
"Got it." William and Jeremie hung up. "I'll call Yumi and tell her to get to the Factory."
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Odd grabbed the clone by the arm. "I want you to sit down...wait," Odd glanced out the window as a bolt of lightning struck, "you can feel Xana's energy and know where he's going to strike, right? Because Xana is attacking the Super Computer like you said?"
"Yes." the clone replied in a surprisingly helpful manner.
"Then you're coming with us." Odd stated as he waited for William to call Yumi.
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Yumi heard a beep in the background of her and Alex's conversation, and glanced at her phone's screen where saw William's number had tried to call. "Oh, William just called. I'm not talking to him, no way. You won't believe what he did earlier..."
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"She won't answer." William sent a text message but knew he wouldn't get a reply if she didn't pick up. "Maybe Xana got her already."
"Don't say that. We have to go and check on her. She's probably at home." Odd and the clone left William's room. William picked up a picture he had been looking at before Odd and the clone had burst in.
"Please be okay." He slid it into a book and took off after Odd and the clone.
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Jeremie tapped his foot impatiently. Aelita was helping Chris work on the soundboard on the other side of the glass. He tried to get her, but without the power on he couldn't use the intercom to talk to Aelita. "Can't I go in there?"
"That machinery is very delicate. Chris has a degree in electronics, and for some reason he trusts Aelita." Brian answered.
"She started mixing after fixing a soundboard with no help or experience with one."
"Well, I'm sure this equipment is a lot more complicated than anything she's ever seen."
"I doubt that." Jeremie tapped his foot even more, trying to think of a way to get Aelita out.
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As Odd, William, and the clone were running across the campus, Sissi caught sight of them. "What are you three doing running around in the rain?!"
"It's Xana! Come on" Odd called as he tried to speed up, but it wasn't working.
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Jeremie pulled his phone out, looked for Mr. Belpois's contact, and called it. He hung up before his father could answer. A few seconds later, the phone rang. "Hello?" Jeremie paused. "Oh, ok, um, sorry. I have to go." He hung up. "Get Aelita, all students need to report to the school right now."
"What? You can't go in there while the system is open."
"You can explain that to the principal then." Brian sighed and knocked hard on the door. Chris set something down and went to the door.
"What is it?"
"The principal called and all students need to go back to the school."
"Oh, okay." Chris turned to Aelita. "Pink Star, I'm sorry but you're needed back at school."
"What? But we're so close. I'm sure just a couple more wires and-" Chris laughed, cutting her off.
"You remind me of when I was first starting out. I worked with a DJ and fixed his equipment. Ah, I can still remember when I fixed his equipment and played around. I met Nico when he heard me and told me he had a band he was trying to put together."
Jeremie coughed. "We have to go."
"Okay, here's some taxi money." Chris handed Aelita a few Euros. "Get going, you two, don't need either one of you getting in trouble."
"Either one of us?" Jeremie asked, confused.
"I need the Pink Star for her music and she needs you." Both teens blushed as they left the building.
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Odd, William, and the clone were close to Yumi's house when Sissi finally caught up to them. "Why are we going this way?"
"Sissi, go to the Factory." Odd commanded.
"No way, Odd. You three run off in the middle of a Xana attack and you aren't even going to the Factory?"
"Watch out!" The clone tackled Sissi and knocked her to the ground, then got up, leaving her on the ground.
"What was that for? I can't believe this stupid clone-" There was a crashing sound as lightning struck the clone. Odd, William, and Sissi all screamed and fell back as the heat and electricity rushed them.
"Ulrich!" Sissi watched the clone turn into a black mist and disappear. "Oh, no..."
"This is bad." Odd got up and helped William up. "We have to get Yumi and get in the sewers. Sissi, please get to the Factory..." She nodded and ran off, shock plastered on her face.
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Jeremie and Aelita were sitting in the back of the taxi. "I'm sorry about your laptop, Jeremie."
"If I let it dry out it might work again. And if it doesn't, a return will fix it."
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Odd and William made it to Yumi's house at last. They didn't knock and just ran into the house.
"What is going on?!" Mr. Ishiyama peeked out of the kitchen as William and Odd ran up the stairs. "No shoes!"
William and Odd rushed into Yumi's room. "Yumi! Xana's attacking, why wouldn't you answer your phone?!" Odd could hear Mr. Ishiyama coming up the stairs. "And I'm guessing we're going to have to take the window."
"What do you two think you're doing?! I happen to be talking to Alex! Get out!" Yumi yelled at them, cupping her hand over the phone, as her father reached the top of the stairs.
"Exactly! What are you two doing?!" he barked.
"I, we, come on, Yumi, Xana!" Mr. Ishiyama grabbed William and Odd by their arms.
"Xana? What is going on here, Yumi!"
"I don't care about some stupid video game, you idiots! Now get out!" Yumi slammed her door shut as Mr. Ishiyama 'escorted' the boys out. "Those two just barged in here, shrieking about a Xana attack..." Yumi prattled to Alex.
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Odd and William ran for the Factory. "We're going to need help." Odd sighed.
"I know, but she blew us off. She was talking to Alex, maybe he heard us." William said with a frown.
"As long as she's inside, Sissi's in the factory and we're in the sewers, we'll be safe. Hopefully the musclehead is smart enough to stay sheltered."
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Jeremie and Aelita were dropped off by the taxi and ran into the Factory, where they found Sissi shivering by the elevator.
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Odd and William made it to the Factory and hurried inside, where they took the elevator down to the Control Room. "This is bad." Jeremie's words sent chills into Odd.
"Something even worse than the clone being struck by lightning and disappearing while Yumi refuses to come to the Factory?" Odd asked, a fearful edge in his voice.
"Far worse. Xana damaged the Super Computer so we can't launch a return, and the Skid, MegaPod and vehicles are damaged."
"But, no return... how do we explain Ulrich?" Sissi asked.
"I could just make another clone but that program is damaged too. I don't even know if I can send you guys to Lyoko."
"What is Xana trying to do?" William looked at the screen.
"Keep us from the Super Computer in Australia." Jeremie wiped his brow. "I think I got the transfer programs set but no vehicles and no Super Scan. So we don't know where the activated Tower is."
"That's alright. We'll have to hunt it down the old fashion way." Odd put a hand on Aelita's shoulder. "Go get it."
Just then, the elevator doors opened to reveal Alex, who took a few steps forward. "Yumi told me there's an attack?"
"Xana fried the Super Computer." Sissi started.
"So we'll have to go to Lyoko and find the Tower without the Super Scan, or returns, or vehicles." Aelita finished.
"If it's safe. If Xana messed up the Transfer Programs, he's won. How do we deactivate the Tower if we can't get to Lyoko?" Jeremie minimized Aelita's ID Card. "I won't risk you."
"Then send me." William stepped past Alex onto the elevator. "If I disappear, then, um, do what you did before." He stepped on.
"Wait, William." Alex turned and followed right before the doors closed. "Dude, I get it, you want to help. But the team has lost you before. We really can't afford to lose you again."
"You're upgraded, so is Odd, Aelita is needed to deactivate the Towers, Sissi heals and Yumi's not here. I'm the only one that makes sense. Maybe it'll impress Yumi."
"But like you said, Yumi's not here to see you risk your neck." The doors opened and the two stepped off.
"It doesn't matter." William walked to the middle Scanner and stepped in. "I'm ready, Jeremie." William smiled at Alex, a few drops of sweat visible.
"I'd say to wait until I know it's fixed, but we don't have time. William, I'm sorry." Jeremie left it at that as he started. "Transfer William, Scanner William...virtualization." A red exclamation point flashed across William's avatar. "No, no, William! Alex! Get the Scanner open!" Jeremie tried to cancel the transfer but to no avail. "Alex, come on, hurry!"
"I'm trying!" Alex tried to pry the Scanner doors open, but they remained shut. "Ow, god!" Alex pulled back from the Scanner as the energy glowed bright and turned from brilliant gold to searing white-blue. "Something is really wrong!" Alex shouted as his skin began to turn red and sweat began to pour. He let out one more grunt before his fingers slipped and the Scanner doors slammed shut once more.
"Help!" William's screams and cries for help began to fill the Scanner Room.
"Damn it Jeremie, do something!" Alex fought against the pain and burns, and tried to open the Scanner doors again.
"More errors, more errors, we can't do anything from here!" Jeremie and Aelita both scrambled to help but there were too many errors to handle. Alex and William's screams resonated up to the Control Room as Alex finally pried the Scanner doors open and William fell forward onto him. Brilliant white energy filled the Scanner Room, burning both Lyoko Warriors.
"What's that energy?" Sissi could see the white glow come from the ladder and went over to look. "Ow!" She pulled back as the light burned her face, and Odd ran over to support her.
"Energy from the Super Computer is leaking out through the Scanners! This is bad, very bad!" Jeremie announced.
"Jeremie, do something..." Alex pleaded quietly as he crawled toward the elevator. He and William withered on the ground as the energy burned them both.
"Please!" William begged, far louder.
"Jeremie, we have to turn it off!" Aelita sprinted over to the elevator and waited for it to come up before getting on it and taking it down to the Super Computer Room.
"Aelita, be careful!" Jeremie pulled away from the control panel.
"I got this." Aelita took hold of the power switch and turned the Super Computer off. "Alex, William?" She sprinted back to the elevator and took it up to the Scanner Room. Even before the doors opened all the way, Aelita squirmed through them and let herself fall to her knees on the floor, where Alex laid unconscious, his hand outstretched on the floor as though he had been trying to reach the elevator button. "Alex, William, no." Aelita ran to William next. "Jeremie, call for an ambulance. Oh god, Alex, William!"
"We can't call for an ambulance! They'll find the Super Computer and Xana!" Jeremie shouted from the Control Room.
"We can't let them die..." Sissi murmured as Odd held her.
Aelita shook William, then crawled back to Alex and shook him too. "Alex, please, say something." She began to cry.
"Aelita, no! We cant do that! We need the Super Computer to fight Xana!" Jeremie started to panic. "We have to move them to a place so the authorities won't come here. If Ulrich's clone was struck by lightning we can say they were too." Jeremie said, trying to think of another idea.
"That's not a bad idea. But if we move them they might not make it!" Aelita exclaimed.
"They might not make it as it is. Where's Yumi?" Jeremie asked.
"What?" Aelita responded with another question.
"Where's Yumi?! Are you strong enough to move them? Or get them up to the bridge? We're done. We need to call for an ambulance, you're right." Jeremie pulled his phone out. "Odd, Sissi, go help Aelita move the guys."
Odd frowned. "I'm a guy too!"
"Odd, not the time." Sissi growled as she began to climb down the ladder.
"Jeremie, everyone, I'm sorry." Aelita hugged Alex, then William. "You'll be okay. We'll get you help." She wiped a tear away.
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With Sissi and Odd's help, Aelita managed to get the two into the elevator, where Odd carried Alex and Sissi with Aelita worked together to carry William over to the staircase in another part of the Factory, taking them to the upper level and finally to the bridge.
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As Alex and William were being loaded into ambulances, Odd, Sissi, Jeremie and Aelita were left to talk to the police.
"She said our friend Ulrich was struck by lightning earlier and were looking for a place to hide. I, we, well, snuck off to, um, be alone." Aelita explained, causing herself and Jeremie to blush.
"But we told them they could hide here for shelter." Jeremie amended.
"They were here but then it like, through the entrance and got them. It was so horrible." Sissi choked out through tears, for she, as well as Aelita, was still crying.
"We got a call a little while ago from a Sissi Delmas that an Ulrich Stern had been vaporized. I don't think anyone believed her." the police responded.
"I'm that Sissi. It's true." Sissi replied.
"I saw it too. Ulrich was one of our friends!" Odd added.
"Well, I've never heard of that happening. Of course, three people in the same group of friends being struck by lightning in the same storm is also unheard of."
"Will they be okay?" Aelita watched as the ambulances drove off.
"I heard one of the paramedics say the burns were severe, but only on the outside. It didn't look like any damage was done internally."
"Wow, um, that's good, I guess."
"They're lucky, that's what it is. But you four need to be getting back to your school. We'll take you there." The officer led them to a police car and opened the door for them.
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Back at Kadic Academy, Jeremie, Sissi, Odd and Aelita were sent to their dorm rooms. Jeremie immediately called Aelita. "Aelita, what do we do?"
"I don't know. Xana did it. He destroyed the Super Computer. He hurt Alex and William really badly, and we still don't know what happened to Yumi."
"We're done. Xana won, we lost. Earth, it's only a matter of time before he takes over the world."
"I'm sorry Jeremie. If you had never found the Super Computer, none of this would have happened. If you didn't try and save me, the Earth wouldn't be lost. I'm so sorry." Aelita began to cry again.
"I'm still glad I found the Super Computer and you. I'm not sorry about that. If I had only been smarter, faster, something. Now we have no way of stopping Xana. We can't deactivate Towers or destroy the other Super Computers."
"Other Super Computers!" Jeremie pulled the phone away from his ear as Aelita yelped.
"What?"
"You're brilliant, Jeremie! Where's the closest Super Computer?"
"I, um, I think somewhere in Berlin."
"Then that's our answer."
A/N: Okay, so with the little subplot with Jake, I'm trying to give Alex some character development and make him more part of the group, and also show something that happens fairly often. It sucks when you fall for someone who's not ever going to like you back, gay or not, and it also sucks for that person because they don't want your friendship to be ruined. BUT with the Super Computer fried, what're the Lyoko Warriors going to do? What's stopping Xana from activating a Tower in a Replika to attack? Guess you all will have to check out Book 2 this Friday to find out!