Disclaimer: I do not own Code: Lyoko, Danny Phantom, Alan Hopper, or the new character that is going to pop up within the next couple of chapters.

A/N: Hey peoples! Long time no read! I have finally gotten off this hiatus because I came up with some ideas that should be able to keep me going for at least another five chapters. Actually, I'm ending up taking an idea that I wanted to save for later on, but I decided that my fans had to see something soon; so here I am! All of you probably don't want to see my blathering after a month long wait for the newest chapter, so I'll leave you to it! Please R&R, or else you'll have to wait this long again to get the newest chapter!

"FENRIS," Ymir bellowed within his fortress in Niffleheim. Every creature in the entire sector winced at the enraged quality within Ymir's voice. Fenris immediately ran into the throne room so as to find out what had possibly happened to enrage his master.

"Yes, my liege," Fenris inquired hesitantly.

"I get the distinct feeling that you didn't give me a FULL report when you made an UNSANCTIONED trip to Earth," Ymir growled, "Tell me all the details. NOW!"

"I'm sorry, but I cannot do that," Fenris replied, wincing as he expected the wrath that would soon follow.

"And why not," Ymir commanded.

"I am following higher orders, my liege," Fenris responded, a look of fear on his face.

"WHO'S ORDERS ARE HIGHER THAN MINE IN THIS REALM," Ymir bellowed, causing ice to shatter onto the floor around Fenris.

"Mistress GEVI's, of course," Fenris replied with conviction.

"AND SHE ORDERED THE DEATH OF THE ONLY HUMAN THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A GRUDGE AGAINST," Ymir roared.

"Believe it or not, that was a complete accident," Fenris whimpered, now not so sure of himself. The only response that he got was black lines of code swirling around Ymir menacingly. Fenris took note of this to report to his mistress later, if he survived that long.

"I'm going to give you to the count of DIE to get out of here," Ymir stated. Fenris didn't even let him start counting before running off with his tail in between his legs. "I can't believe that Cid is actually dead. And it looks like Erethyr isn't too far behind him. I'm honestly starting to wonder if joining GEVI was my best idea."

Nysis Headquarters, Computer Lab
"Raymundo! Are you there," Jeremy called out desperately from the computer chair.

"Hey, what's up," Raymundo replied, his face popping up on the monitor.

"The part of the keys to Nysis that you gave us started glowing black and Sahra could swear that she could see lines of code circling around it, but none of the rest of us could," Jeremy stated urgently.

"….shit," Raymundo cursed loudly, "That could only mean one thing! This is fucking horrible! If GEVI finds out about this, then she might be able to escape into the net somehow!"

"WHAT," Jeremy shouted.

"Only those that have come into contact with the keys to Nysis can see when they're becoming active," Raymundo proclaimed, "Even if you don't have the entire thing, it is possible to escape from Nysis for short periods of time, but only when the keys have become active! We need as many warriors as possible here, now; especially Erethyr! She might be our only chance of stopping this!"

"Um…about Erethyr," Jeremy responded sheepishly.

"What happened," Raymundo inquired sternly.

"Her DNA has become too unstable for her to even be virtualized," Jeremy explained solemnly, "She entered a final rage form and radically destabilized what was left of her DNA. The virtualization process would break her molecules past their limit and…kill her."

"Fuck…," Raymundo hissed, "WAIT! I just had a thought! I need to talk with Alan, fast!"

"Okay…," Jeremy responded hesitantly as he went to get Alan. A few minutes later he returned with the Hopper boy in tow.

"What's up, Raymundo," Alan inquired, sounding confused as to why he had been called to meet with their new ally.

"In The World, aren't the only people that can use Data Drain the dot hackers," Raymundo inquired urgently.

"Yeah, Data Drain is the single most powerful ability in the entire game," Alan replied, "With it you can do damn near anything! Why do you ask?"

"What are some of the most awe-inspiring functions that you can perform with the Data Drain ability," Raymundo inquired.

"Well, you can completely change an opponent's stats. There's always the ever-useful ability to transport yourself and others in-between sections of the world without a gate," Alan listed off, "And then there's the ability to rewrite billions of lines of code in microseconds."

"Can you tell me what DNA can be described as," Raymundo asked quizzically, a smile playing on his face as he figured out how to save Erethyr. He just wanted Alan to figure it out too.

"DNA, or Deoxyribonucleic Acid, is what every living thing is made up of," Alan explained, "It is what determines all of our physical features, right down to our own separate molecular density. It is really a living code in…its…own…rights…" Alan suddenly smacked his forehead as realization finally dawned on him.

"So, Data Drain could be used to rewrite somebody's DNA," Raymundo grinned triumphantly, "Or, say, restabilize it?"

"I'll be right back," Alan declared hurriedly as he ran off to find Erethyr.

"You think that your plan will work," Jeremy inquired.

"I'm sure as hell not willing to bet the fate of the entire world on it," Raymundo declared, "But I'm sure enough to say that this could be the start of a beautiful relationship between those two."

"I'll gather as much of the rest of the gang as I can," Jeremy declared.

"Please and thank you," Raymundo replied.

Fifteen Minutes Later, Underwater Sector
"So run this by me again Jeremy," Danny stated with confusion evident in his voice.

"Pretty much, if we don't get to the Nysis Gateway in time, we screwed," Jeremy declared.

"And you guys don't have much time," Tucker declared from his seat in the computer lab, "GEVI, Ymir, Fierus, and Achatka are all at the gateway!"

"Don't we have any way of getting there faster," Raymundo groaned.

"If you wanted fast then why didn't you just say so," Odd declared, "Everybody, grab on to me, your shining beam of light is here!"

"More like the dark clock in Mr. Lancer's detention room," Ulrich joked, getting laughs from everybody present.

"I don't see anybody else here that can slow down time," Odd retorted.

"I'm amazed Odd," Xavier stated, apparently flabbergasted at Odd's statement, "That was a really good Einstein reference there! How did you even know about his Theory of Relativity?"

"I'm not as dumb as everybody thinks I am," Odd proclaimed, "I just learned a long time ago that people expect more work from the people that show their brains. The less brains you show, the less that's expected from you."

"Odd the philosopher, who knew," Sahra stated as everybody grabbed onto Odd's tail.

"Danny, Jeremy, Xavier, Sahra, Ulrich, and Raymundo; that's everybody," Odd declared proudly as an image of a clock appeared in front of them. It moved its way along the group of teenagers until it had moved along all of them. At that point it vanished without a trace.

"Are you sure that it worked Odd," Ulrich inquired his purple-loving best friend.

"Of course I'm sure," Odd proclaimed gleefully, "Have I ever steered you wrong?"

"Before you have a chance to comment on that Ulrich, I have some bad news for you Odd," Tucker proclaimed.

"What is it," Odd responded.

"Your time control power runs off of your life points," Tucker sighed, "If you run out of life points before you deactivate your power, then you will be devirtualized and take out half of everybody else's life points as well!"

"Shit, let's hurry guys," Odd shouted as they hurried to the gateway. Just before they arrived at their destination, Odd deactivated his power and was panting heavily.

"Tired," Raymundo asked his newfound friend.

"Yeah," Odd replied, "How many life points do I have left Tucker?"

"Let's just say that I wouldn't get hit if I were you," Tucker replied.

"How much further do we have left to go," Jeremy inquired.

"It's just past these ruins," Sahra declared. They swan past the ruins and hid behind the crest of the depression where the gateway was located. They watched intently to find out exactly how GEVI was planning on escaping with only part of the key.

The Gateway
GEVI was looking at the stone archway, frowning at the firewall that was stopping her from going into the net to wreak havoc on the entire world. Ymir, Fierus, and Achatka were standing behind her at attention.

"Do you know why I've called you here today," GEVI inquired of her three generals.

"Not at all, my mistress," Achatka responded, sounding confused.

"A little fuzzball has just given me some very important information, and it involves this gateway," GEVI proclaimed, apparently beside herself with glee.

"What news could you have received that would halt our plan to enslave mankind," Fierus inquired.

"Not halt, but enhance," GEVI proclaimed, turning around so that her generals could see the sadistic grin on her face.

"What do you mean," Ymir inquired, wincing at the memories of his former friends.

"Fierus, Achatka, hold him down," GEVI commanded. They acquiesced before she continued, "I have just found at that are little ice cube here has the Keys to Nysis. And I mean to extract them from him to escape into the net and bring humanity to its knees!"

"What's going to happen to me," Ymir protested, frantically trying to escape from his captors.

"I couldn't care less," GEVI replied, "After I've gotten what I want from you, you will no longer be of any use to me." GEVI then created two replicas of herself and advanced on the three of them. "Fortunately for me, because of your own human fear of water, you can't even activate your power here!" Despite his struggling, the three GEVIs each put a hand on Ymir's head and started probing around his mind until they found what they were looking for.

"Looks like you only have part of the keys," GEVI frowned, "No matter, I know how to initialize them to bypass that little problem." GEVI stabbed her hand into Ymir's forehead, causing him to cry out in pain, while the other two stabbed their hands through Achatka and Fierus's chests.

"What is the meaning of this," Achatka gasped in pain as he slowly started to turn into wireframe.

"I have to release massive amounts of energy in order to initialize the keys in their current state," GEVI explained, "Forcing you two back into your original states will release ample energy to achieve my goals."

"You sadistic bitch," Fierus called out as he and Achatka became crystal shards and landed on Ymir's palms. Ymir crackled with electricity as GEVI pulled her hand out of his head and merged wither two copies. After the black shard was pulled out of Ymir's skull, the other two crystal shards crackled with electricity. Ymir cried out in pain again as the current traveled up to his head and the two crystals merged with his body. As Ymir collapsed to the ground, his outfit changed. It bound to his body and covered his feet, looking more like the jumpsuits that the majority of the group wore; yet it had no color to it.

"And now to escape into the net and gain power, now that I'm complete again. Who knew that a part of my own digital code had seeped into him when Sahra implanted the Keys to Nysis within that pitiful being," GEVI mused to herself.

"Hey, uber bitch," Sahra called out from the crest of the hill, "You're not going anywhere!"

"And who's going to stop me," GEVI smirked.

"We are," two familiar voices proclaimed.

"What the hell," GEVI stated exasperatedly as she turned around to see Alan and Erethyr standing ten feet away from her.

"But….how," Sahra stuttered, completely dumbfounded by Erethyr's appearance on Nysis.

"I'll tell you later," Erethyr stated firmly, "But first, we have to beat this bitch!"

"So that's GEVI, huh," Alan inquired.

"Yep," Erethyr replied.

"Man, she looks even more like a stripper than what you described," Alan whistled, "I mean, just how slutty can you get!" Next thing Alan knew, he was lying on the floor in the computer lab wondering what the hell had happened to him.

Meanwhile, back on Nysis, GEVI was snapping her whip in the air. "Don't you know that you never call somebody that can kick your ass a stripper or a slut," GEVI stated.

"That's cute," Erethyr stated, "But let's see what you can do against this!" She activated her rage power, putting her into the first stage.

"Is that really all the power that you have," GEVI yawned, "From the reports that I got, you seemed to be the strongest one out of the entire group."

"Use stage two Erethyr," Raymundo shouted, revealing his presence to GEVI. She just turned to face him and arched an eyebrow.

"So I see that you've sided with these inferior life forms," GEVI commented, "I can't honestly say that I'm surprised, but such is to be expected from the ilk of a human-born AI."

"What did you say," Raymundo growled as he jumped out of his hiding place and activated his own rage power.

"And such emotions too," GEVI sighed, "You aren't worthy to be a part of my new world order. You on the other hand, I could see becoming my number one general." GEVI turned towards Erethyr and motioned for her to come at her.

"You're going down," Erethyr proclaimed as she went into her second rage form and charged at GEVI. She started spinning her falchions while charging towards GEVI. GEVI simply smirked and snapped her whip, wrapping it around one of Erethyr's falchions, and pulled it away from her.

"It's not going to be that easy," GEVI smirked before she was hit from behind by a blue ball of energy and a green energy blast, "What the fuck?!"

"Did you forget about us," Xavier declared as he loosed an energy arrow at his loathsome foe. Sahra separated her umbrella into a sword and shield and was charging at GEVI, yelling as she charged her sword with electricity. Ulrich was using his super sprint to close the gap, both katanas drawn. Odd was staying behind to fire energy arrows at the evil AI due to his lack of life points. Raymundo was also closing the gap between himself and his former mistress, his black aura trailing behind him.

"Eight on one," GEVI scoffed, "You pitiful humans are screwed." GEVI lashed her whip, sending bolts of electricity at Odd and Jeremy. Jeremy was able to form the same shield with his energy fields that Aelita had produced many times before, but Odd wasn't so lucky. He got hit square in the chest with the bolt of electricity, devirtualizing him with an explosion that damaged Xavier and Danny as well. She off-handedly tripped Ulrich, sending him flying into Sahra and devirtualizing her with a katana through the head. She finished off her assault by performing a back flip over Raymundo and devirtualizing him with Erethyr's falchion.

"Holy fucking shit," Xavier gasped as he got up.

"She just took down three of us without any effort AND weakened two more of us in the process," Jeremy growled, apparently amazed at GEVI's battle prowess.

"Imagine what I could do if I was actually trying," GEVI smirked.

"You BITCH," Erethyr roared as she went into her final rage form. Because they were underwater, the powerful aura had a measurable effect on the environment; the water around Erethyr was turning into steam, giving her a more fearsome appearance. GEVI paused for a second, apparently taken back by the massive spike in power from Erethyr.

"Now THIS should be interesting," GEVI proclaimed gleefully as she readied her whip for the next assault. Ulrich was the first to recover from Erethyr's sudden change and rushed at GEVI. GEVI merely entwined her whip around Ulrich's neck and sent him flying at Jeremy, crackling with electricity. When Ulrich hit Jeremy, the electricity surrounding him suddenly exploded, devirtualizing both of them and sending Danny flying again.

"Man, this just isn't my DAY," Danny shouted as GEVI sent another bolt of electricity flying, this time to where Danny was going to be in a matter of seconds. Danny tried to form his ghost shield before it hit, but it didn't have enough time to form before he was devirtualized.

"TASTE MY FURY," Xavier cried as he sent hundreds of arrows flying towards GEVI. GEVI just yawned and whipped every single one out of the air, sending them flying towards Xavier. Xavier was too shocked by this recent turn of events to get out of the way and stop himself from being devirtualized via crotch shot.

"Not again," Xavier squeaked as his wireframe grasped itself before he vanished.

"Now that it's just you and me, let's rumble," Erethyr proclaimed as she renewed her assault at GEVI. She swung her blade and fired an energy arc at her for. GEVI merely leaned out of the way and cracked her whip, sending electricity flying towards the enraged maiden. Erethyr spun her sword like a fan and captured the energy attack. She then surrounded it with part of her our black aura. "MAIDEN'S FURY!" She sent the crackling death ball towards her embittered and surprised foe with cold-hearted tenacity. This was the scene that Ymir woke up to.

"Uhn, what happened," Ymir opened his eyes to see the crackling ball of energy flying over his head, "WHAT HAPPENED!" Ymir quickly activated his Crystal Ice Armor and stood up, holding his head. GEVI dodged the oncoming attack and watched a large part of the ruins be obliterated by the rage attack.

"If I'd gotten hit by that, it might have been curtains for me," GEVI thought to herself. She then saw that Ymir was awake and decided to use it to her advantage. She slinked away towards the gateway while Erethyr was surprised by her ex's awakening. "Sorry to fight and run, but I have a world to conquer. I bid you, adieu." With that GEVI stepped through the gateway and into the net. Erethyr roared with fury as she released her rage power and stumbled to the ground. Ymir caught her before she could hit the ground and helped her up to her feet.

"I would ask how you could let her get away, but I already know the answer to that one," Erethyr declared venomously, glaring daggers at Ymir.

"In case you hadn't noticed, I was unconscious for most of that," Ymir objected, "I woke up to your rage attack flying over my head! I'm pretty sure that you would have the same reaction that I did if you were in my shoes!"

"That still doesn't mean that I forgive you for anything that you've done," Erethyr shouted.

"I would ask if you believed me yet about Cid's death, but I already know the answer to that one," Ymir stated, "I honestly had no clue about it until you told me earlier today. And now I've been betrayed by the only one that I thought understood me as well. I'm honestly thinking that this wasn't the best of ideas."

"Gee, you think Ymir," Erethyr shouted as Ymir returned to his normal form.

"If it means anything to you," Ymir replied, "I think that I'd prefer to be called Damon from now on. Ciao." Erethyr was taken aback by Damon's last statement as he walked off. That was when she noticed his costume change.

"I think that I'm going to have to ask about what the hell happened when in a few minutes," Erethyr thought to herself as Tucker devirtualized her.

Nysis Headquarters, Living Room
"Okay, tell us what happened after I got devirtualized," Xavier commanded as soon as Erethyr walked into the room.

"After you got shot in the nuts, again, Damon woke up to me firing off my rage attack and GEVI got away," Erethyr shrugged, "She even went as far as to bid us adieu."

"Two things," Cassandra proclaimed, "Why are you all of a sudden calling him Damon again and why the hell did she say goodbye like that?!"

"I kinda yelled at him for letting her get away while he was trying to reconcile with me," Erethyr explained, "And he said that he'd prefer to be called Damon from now on. I think that might mean that he's through playing the evil side again. As for the adieu part, I honestly have no clue as to why she said goodbye in French."

"I don't think that we should trust Damon again so easily," Sam proclaimed.

"And I'm not saying that we should," Erethyr replied, "But it just seemed to me that he was through with it. After all, when he went evil he wanted to be called Ymir, and now he wants to be called Damon again. That has to mean that he doesn't want to embrace being an AI forever."

"He's just going to have to earn our trust like you did, Raymundo," Alan declared, nuzzling up to Erethyr.

"And this time, using the Keys to Nysis as a bargaining chip ain't gonna work," Raymundo declared, "And why are you nuzzling up to Erethyr?"

"Because we're going out now after I used my Data Drain to fix her DNA," Alan replied.

"Why didn't we think of that sooner," Ulrich stated, smacking himself on the forehead.

"Because we really didn't know that much about his Data Drain power in the first place," Odd replied.

"And because I wasn't about to test it out because of rumors of it's abilities in The World," Alan replied.

"Now, before we get into a heated argument," Sahra sighed, "I think that we all need some time to think of a good reason as to why GEVI would have phrased hwer good bye like she did."

"Sounds like a plan," Aelita proclaimed. Everybody went their separate ways as they tried to figure out why GEVI would have used French to say good bye when she was created in America.

The Net
"Damn, I don't have much time before the gates will close again," GEVI growled, "But I should be able to bring back some nice souvenirs from my little trip…" GEVI laughed evilly as she swam through the net, using hubs to get to her destination as fast as she possibly could.