Aelita felt her body stop hurtling downwards, and she opened her eyes. She saw pure whiteness around her. It reminded her of virtual limbo that Jeremie had been stuck in several years ago. Aelita looked around and saw nothing. She tried moving and it felt like she was swimming. Air is like water only thinner; if there was no gravity then humans would probably 'swim' through the air. In this place there was no air, no water, nothing; only Aelita.

Aelita just drifted in the nothingness as it was useless to waste strength to go nowhere. Aelita sighed to herself in boredom. She had been there for hours, or, at least, that's what it felt like.

I wonder where I am. Aelita thought. After a moment, she remembered that she had plunged into the digital sea. This is what's down here? I—I wonder if Jeremie had tried bringing me back like he did for Yumi once. Aelita thought. Aelita thought about her situation. I'm really stupid to think that I could reach Xenon by going into the digital sea. Aelita thought. She might not have even fallen into the digital sea. Aelita reminded herself. Aelita sighed sadly and bit her lip. I could be stuck here forever.

-()-

"No!" Jeremie shouted angrily at the computer screen. He was on the verge of tears. Aelita had gone into the digital sea and had been deleted. "No…" Jeremie released some frustration by pounding on the keyboard with his fists.

"Jeremie." Ulrich said as he heard the keyboard to the supercomputer being beaten by Jeremie.

"What?!" Jeremie yelled.

"Don't you have the materialization program?" Ulrich asked in a smaller voice but not too small.

"Yeah, but I—I don't know if I can retrieve her—"

"What are you talking about?" Odd asked. "You saved Yumi one time." Jeremie blinked as he remembered. He processed the information and smiled as he started to type quickly.

-()-

The virtual limbo place was getting darker. The light was based on what it was at the factory. Aelita wasn't afraid of the dark, but it gave her the creeps to be drifting in pitch black darkness. Aelita settled herself down for some "sleep" as she had often done before she had first been materialized by Jeremie.

Her dreams contained nothing but darkness. Aelita felt the sensation of falling as some do feel while sleeping. She opened her eyes and jerked up. There of pale lighting and Aelita was rapidly falling as if gravity had kicked in.

Confused, Aelita flailed about. There was nothing—no, Aelita thought. What was that? Something appeared in the corner of her eyes. It had been aqua blue in the shape of many rectangle and square shaped boxes put together. What had it been?

Aelita looked down to see where she was heading. There was a pinpoint of red that stood out against the pale white. It got bigger and began to take shape. It was a boxy piece of red land with many pointy edges that many it a many sided polygon. Aelita was going to hit it, whatever it was. She'd lose her life points, but she was pretty sure she wouldn't be materialized if that happened.

Aelita needed a solution and fast. There was nothing to grab. She could make something appear, but she was sure it would fall toward the red thing just as she was doing. Aelita saw something, a hole. Maybe she could fit through it. Aelita had to at least try.

Aelita moved so she was going head first. Then, she put her arms to her side to gain speed. She'd occasionally stick an arm out to move to the right or left a little bit to aim straight for the gap.

Aelita gulped as the next second she went through the empty space. Aelita gave a sigh of relief and then her breath caught at the sudden stop. Something was holding her arm, but Aelita breath of still stuck in her throat by what she saw.

Before her were tower of irregularly shaped red blocks that formed towers. It looked like sector five except it was flipped. There was no floor. The red blocks continued downward for a way and then stopped. On some of the towers were foreign symbols shaped with red neon pipes. There wasn't anything moving at all.

Aelita took this all in. She slowly looked up and promptly looked down. She didn't want to see her captor; she didn't want them to see her fear.

"What the hell do you think you're doing here?" A voice gasped angrily.

"Looking for someone." Aelita replied simply.

"Aelita!" The voice said. Aelita looked up confused. Her green eyes widened.

"Xenon?" Aelita questioned even though she knew it was. Xenon looked so much different. She wasn't wearing her white karate outfit nor her flip-flops. She wore a tight dark purple suit that hugged her figure. It covered to her neck, wrists, and ankles. At her wrists, black leather gloves were there. On her feet she wore simple black tennis shoes. Xenon still had her white hair which was tied back in a ponytail. As always, Xenon has her purple eyes. Xenon's eyes were filled with worried and a hint of frustration. Or was it anger?

"What are you doing here?" Xenon said being a little politer, but still just as angry.

"What do you think?" Aelita responded. Aelita suddenly wondered what was supporting them. She looked at Xenon's feet and saw them on a rail of a ladder that was connected to a wall of the mishap tower of dusty red. She had her feet on the same rung with a hand several rungs higher with the other holding Aelita forearm. Xenon, seeing Aelita's glance, helped Aelita onto the ladder. Xenon started to climb and Aelita followed her.

They soon reached the lip on the gap Aelita had fallen through. Xenon hoisted herself up and then turned around to help Aelita. The surface that stood on was smooth as glass.

"Aelita." Xenon said, pulling Aelita onto the ground to sit with her sister. "How did you get here?"

"Through the digital void." Aelita stated. "But what is this place?" Aelita asked quickly. "Where are we? Are we stuck here? What are you wearing? What have you been doing for the past couple months? Wha--"

"Months?" Xenon questioned, eyes widening. Aelita nodded in response. "How is everyone? Odd?"

"Odd? Xenon, Odd's leaving." Aelita said.

"Leaving?!" Xenon repeated. "What do you mean?"

"His mother is forcing him to come home. Sissi gave birth a couple days ago. Odd rushed to get there and officers stopped him because he was making a scene. Odd accidentally hit one of them, and he ended up in jail. His mother is making him go home now." Aelita explained. Xenon stared at a patch of red ground in front of her. "Before the birth he was abnormal. Odd had been acting like a normal student, but that's abnormal for him. Xenon, he studies. I mean, actually, studies. A lot." Aelita said, and then she sighed. "But he hasn't been Odd though. He's lost his appetite. He usually avoids contact with anyone. Also, at any mention of you he gets up and leaves." Xenon eyes shifted back and forth. "Xenon, tell me, where are we?"

Xenon didn't say anything but thought about Odd; how he was going to leave and might leave before they had a chance to come to the real world. "I've been here and in the digital void. This is a replika. Replikas are like islands in the digital void. As you noticed, it looks like sector five which means this whole place is controlled by Xana. There is power here." Xenon explained. "It has the power of the supercomputer. This is where Xana has been getting and storing energy for attacks."

"Ok, and?" Aelita asked.

"Well, I've been trying to find the energy source even though I've apparently been looking for months. To me, it's felt like a few days." Xenon paused and then looked at Aelita. "I want to gain the power and take it from Xana. It was difficult to get around in my other uniform. So, I changed my appearance this way and that's why I'm dressed liked this."

"Wh-what will you do with the power?" Aelita asked hesitantly.

"I need the power to defeat Xana once and for all."

"Huh?" Aelita said. "H-how--"

"It's complicated to explain." Xenon said. "Basically, I'm stealing Xana's power and using it on him when he's weak." Aelita nodded as she understood the concept, but not on how Xenon was going to possess the power and use it. "I'm pretty sure I know where the power is located." Xenon got up and started to run off to an edge.

Odd's going to leave. I need to get that power soon. I need some of it to get out of here. Then I have to use it quickly. Xenon thought. When Xenon reached the edge she turned around to see Aelita following her but was far away.

"Don't worry I'll be right back." Xenon said and then took a step backward, falling off the platform. Xenon fell down. After five seconds, Xenon somersaulted through the air. Xenon narrowly missed hitting her head on a tower of the red boxes. Xenon didn't notice. She landed steadily landed on nothing. It was an invisible platform. Xenon let out a sigh of relief. She was afraid of missing it. She had correctly guessed that the control panel was below.

Xenon lifted her right hand and a screen appeared to meet it. She let her hand fall on the screen. The screen identified her as Xenon. Xenon started to look for the raw power as she knew Xana wouldn't let her get away with this.

She found it sooner than she expected. There weren't many files, only files that controlled the look for this replika and the power it hid. Xenon started to upload the raw power.

"Xenon!" Aelita yelled. Xenon took that Xana finally took notice of their presence. The upload was slow, it was making progress. After four minutes after Aelita had called out to her, the upload completed. Xenon closed her eyes drinking in the new feeling for the power that made her so much stronger.

Xenon opened her eyes. Her body now gave off a silver sheen. Xenon smiled and snapped. She flew up like a bullet. She avoided running into anything solid and went through the hole in the center of the replika, landing smoothly on the glassy surface. She looked around for Xana and Aelita. She didn't see any pink, though it was hard to tell with the red. Xenon did see a black shadow. Xenon approached it.

"Let her go Xana." Xenon ordered severely.

"Give me back that power." The shadow, that was Xana, countered.

"No." Xenon said. She raised her right hand and silver light shot itself at Xana. The shadow recoiled and stumbled backwards. Where Xana had been, Aelita stood with her arms over her head. Aelita saw Xenon and ran toward her. "I'm sick and tired of you Xana." Xenon said. She raised her hand again. A silver bubble came out of her hand and engulfed the shadow. "Give back that which doesn't belong to you." Xenon ordered. The shadow shrunk and the bubble popped. Xenon waved her hand and strands of white string landed in her palm.

"Why thank you for handing these over Xana." Xenon commented. She held out the string out to Aelita. "Take these. These are your memories." Aelita stared at them.

"Really?" Aelita asked. In sector seven, her memories had been in tubes. Aelita took string and the string disappeared into thin air in her hands.

Raisa. Being with Aelita in a park pushing her on the swings, teaching her French, comforting Aelita after Aelita just fell. A funeral. Crying her heart out with her father by her side. Her father starting to work from home, teaching his daughter how to play the piano, and teaching her how to ride a bike. Men in black. Her father taking her through the sewers and taking her to the abandoned factory. Her father reassuring her it would be alright and putting her in a scanner. Arriving in a forest, without her father. Monsters shooting at her and going in a tower for safety. Meeting her sister who was in her late twenties and meeting the same sister who was half a year old. Seeing her sister grow up. Fighting with her sister against Xana. Her sister betraying her by giving her memories to Xana. Alone in Lyoko. Meeting a twelve year old boy with glasses and a blue turtleneck sweater.

Aelita looked at her sister. She jumped and hugged her sister. Xenon was surprised and she hugged back.

"You're free from Xana." Xenon said softly.

"Thank you." Aelita choked out.

"Sorry to ruin this moment, but give me that power now." The shadow ordered. "Give it, or I'll kill. You forget sisters that there it more than one replika. I still control it. I will kill someone in your world if you do not hand over that power right now." Aelita shook her head at the empty threat.

"Let's go." Aelita said. Xenon nodded and used her new power. Xenon and Aelita disappeared in a flash.

"If that's your decision, you asked for it." Xana said. He gave a cackling, evil laughter as he ripped the life of a human being on Earth.

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A/N If you want a picture of the replika described, just tell me in a review or private message.Review!