As the day soon began, unaware to the crew on the Sunny, Team Lyoko wasn't the only people who were in a redux. Inside the ship was a lone cellphone that kept shaking before a familiar little creature flew out. This was Rotom.
"I'm free! Free! Rororororo! Now...I'm free of that stupid cell phone. Now...to get my revenge on the Dimensional Heroes for my humiliating defeat...as soon as I figure out how." Rotom said before he flew out of the ship.
Meanwhile…
"The Marabounta?" Hope said.
"Yes. It's something discussed in Franz Hopper's notes. It's a multi agent program similar to XANA but it acts on the principles of how ants behave. It's basically millions of smaller programs working together to accomplish a goal." Jeremie said.
"Ah yes. Like Marabounta, in short, a large colony of ants that act as one." Twilight said.
"Yes...and I plan to test it out this afternoon." Jeremie said.
"Alright. Did you want us to meet you at the factory later?" Aluche asked.
"I only need three people to witness on Lyoko. Aelita and Odd have already said yes to it." Jeremie said.
"Alright. I'll do it. It's not like I have anything better to do today anyway." David said.
"Prepare to be absolutely amazed." Odd said.
"Are you sure it's okay for Aelita to be in on this?" David asked.
"Don't worry. I can pull her out if anything goes wrong." Jeremie said. "Just as well, I can easily kill the program if things go hectic."
"I hope you're right." Hope said.
In Lyoko, Aelita, David and Odd stood in the forest sector. Just as they head arrived, they started running down the platform before they saw a large black mass as it went after a large horde of monsters.
"I gotta say...Einstein's created a real piece of work this time." Odd said seeing it overwhelm the monsters with ease. Unaware to them, they were being watched by Rotom.
"Incredible. Such a destructive program. Hmm. This might actually work for me." Rotom thought. "I like it and I'm going with it." he said zooming towards the heart and entered as it turned orange. "Hehehe. Okay. Here's your new mission. Those three...go and get them." he said as the Marabounta was turning its attention to David, Odd and Aelita.
"Uh, Jeremie… We've got a bit of a problem here." David said. "It's Rotom! He's infected the Marabounta!"
"No way! Hold on. I'll try to kill it." Jeremie said before seeing an error. "No! He's destroyed the kill code. I can't get rid of it."
"Only one option left, we just have to take it out the old fashioned way." Odd said.
"Don't be stupid, Odd. Attacks won't do anything to the incoming Marabounta. Your best choice is to run. All of you." Jeremie said.
"Roger that. Exit stage left!" David said.
"Rororororo! Run all you want, Dimensional Heroes! But I will not stop until I destroy you all! Heck...how about for fun...I figure out how to bring this thing to the real world. I could conquer a lot of worlds with this." Rotom said.
"We can't run forever. Eventually, this program will end up engulfing the entire forest sector." Aelita said.
"Man, that Rotom is a creepy little virus." David said.
"Wait a minute… Virus! David, you just gave me an idea! I can't disable the Marabounta...but I can create something to stop it. A virus designed to specifically kill the Marabounta." Jeremie said. "But I'll need time to make it."
"We'll manage for as long as we can." David said.
"I'll see about contacting the others. To try and get some back up for you three." Jeremie said.
"Alright, but I wouldn't bank too much on Ulrich. He's been kind of sour lately." David said.
"Cause he embarrassed himself at the pool or so I hear." Jeremie said. "Hang on. I just got word. Gajeel, Nora and Ryu are on their way."
"Okay...in the meantime...we'll keep fighting." Odd said firing arrows at the Marabounta, although it isn't that effective.
"Come on…" David said before laser shots were fired. "What the?" He said before seeing the monsters behind them firing at the Marabounta with CutMan and MagnetMan joining them in the attack.
"What's going on here?" Odd asked.
"XANA's monsters and Gospel are providing backup. They can't afford to let Aelita die." Jeremie said.
"Well duh. If she goes, our plan's up in smoke." MagnetMan said.
"That's why for this time only...we're cutting in." CutMan said.
"Nice one." David said. "I gotta make a note of that."
"And they aren't the only ones. I just virtualized Gajeel, Nora and Ryu." Jeremie said as those three appeared.
"Of course it's you." Gajeel said.
"You! I haven't forgotten you. You're the reason I ended up here!" Rotom said.
"Who's the orange?" Nora asked.
"Rotom, former general of the Ghost Kingdom, Spectra. I kicked the crap outta him all over Future City." Gajeel said.
"Betcha he's the one controlling the Marabounta." Ryu said as he shifted into dragon form.
"That's right. And Ryu… I don't think you should transform. Switching to dragon mode risks a bigger chance of the Marabounta getting you."
"Now listen. I've inserted a virus into one of David's bullets. If he can hit that sphere, the whole colony will be infected. But it will only work if he hits the main sphere, the one Rotom possessed." Jeremie said.
"And where's that?" Odd asked.
"At the heart of the Marabounta." Jeremie said.
"And how am I supposed to get there, on a camel's back?" David asked.
"Allow me." Ryu said before he roared and unleashed a large laser as it cleared a path.
"Eat this, you black… ball thing!" Nora said switching her hammer to her Grenade Launcher mode and fired repeatedly at the Marabounta.
"Those attacks won't lay a dent in it." Gajeel said. "So...let's try something different." Gajeel said grabbing David. "Get over there, you ice for brains demon hunter!" He shouted before launching him.
David was holding on to his hat with one hand as he aimed his gun at the Marabounta. "You've just been deleted." David said as he shot a bullet at the sphere.
"Haha! And what was...whoa. Suddenly not feeling so hot. Gotta go." Rotom said morphing out of the sphere before it and the rest of the Marabounta collapsed. "No! My army! This isn't over!" he said before zooming to a nearby tower and porting out.
"Whew… That was pretty rough." David said. "Jeremie...how are things?"
"Looks like that did it. All traces of the Marabounta has been eliminated. But I'm not getting any reading of Rotom on Lyoko. He's likely already long gone." Jeremie said.
"I'd bet he is. Still, I have a feeling that won't be the last unlikely alliance we'll end up in." David said.
"I'm still surprised. I mean, he's a little guy yet he was able to cause so much damage." Nora said.
"Guess you should never judge a book by its cover when it comes to stuff like this." Ryu said.
It was later the group reconvined back at Kadic where some shocking news was revealed.
"Flux is in the hospital?" Hope asked.
"Yes. Apparently he was mauled by a bear in the woods." Yusuke said.
"A bear? That's ridiculous!" Ming said.
"Actually there are bears in those woods. Chopper, Yosuke and even Teddie saw them once. And Ruby chased one off." Wendy said. "Though...it doesn't make sense. Last time...the reason he went into those woods were for Latias and Latios. But...they didn't even appear this time. So...why did he go in?"
"Like Jexi said, some of the events are different during a redux." Simon said.
"If that's true, then who or what was he looking for?" Sectonia asked.
"We'd ask him in the hospital but he's stuck in a coma for awhile I'm afraid." Fluttershy said.
"Well at least we won't have to worry about him for a while. But still...It's got me curious." David said.
As the group talked, they were unaware of Rotom spying on them.
"There they are. Now...all to do now is enter one of their cellphones and wait." He said launching himself into a random cellphone. "Ha! There they are. Enjoy your peace but I swear I shall...wait...how can I be able to see them all? No sense what so...unless….aw dammit!" He shouted as it was shown he was in Sissi's phone now.