Aelita's POV

Aelita bit her lips as she looked around herself. The army moved closer and closer to them with each passing second. Aelita was pressed back to back with Yumi who was looking a bit worried as well. Yumi's hands where clenched tight as she looked over the army.

It seems so very hopeless to her as she looked into the blackness of the spectre's faces. Aelita could just make out random codes and figures that ran through Jeremie's mind back on Lyoko. Aelita had no idea what he had in mind, but she could tell he still needed some more time. Aelita looked around and noticed something inside of a nearby garbage can. Aelita lunged and picked out a broken umbrella. She looked over at Yumi who managed to find a wooden sword from under a nearby bench.

Two spectres reached the girls and swatted away their feeble looking weapons. Aelita could of sworn it looked like they were laughing at the girls as their shoulder's moved up and down. One reached a hand up in a fist and took aim towards Aelita's head. Aelita Flinched and looked away, not wanting to see the fist as it would hit her.

BANG!

The sound sounded so vastly strange to hear at that moment. Aelita looked up towards the source as a new figure stood between her and the spectre. Its long bow of a weapon had stopped the spectre's fist and threw it off. Aelita blinked her eyes as she looked over the new fighter. It appeared to be a boy of her age. He stood tall in his white and blue full-body suit. The blue lines on his chest looked an awful lot like the ones on her Mr. Puck doll. She could make out his blonde hair and kind, but strong eyes behind a kind of a ban that appeared to be glasses of a sort. He looked her way and smiled. His smiled was like from someone she knows…

"Are you alright Aelita?" the futuristic warrior asked her, holding out a hand to help her up. Aelita gasped and held her hand to her mouth. His voice… it can't be...can it?

"Je-Je-Jeremie?! Is that…you?" Aelita asked the warrior as she took his out stretched hand. The Warrior chuckled at her.

"Well, yeah. I guess you never really did see me in my Lyoko form." Jeremie smiled at her. Yumi turned and looked over him.

"I guess I can see why Odd and Ulrich said your outfit is a bit…er, ridiculous." Yumi smiled over at him. The other spectres quickly took that moment to try to jump Yumi. Seeing them coming their way, Jeremie quickly pulled out an arrow from the quiver on his back and fired it towards the attacking spectres. The arrow whizzed past Yumi and hit one in the chest. It soon cried out in pain and exploded, taking out two others as well.

"Yeah, well…we can talk about my sub-conscious' fashion choices later. Right now, there is a tower activated on Lyoko and I don't know how long I can be in this form." Jeremie told the girl's as he pulled another arrow out of his quiver.

"What do you mean? Wait…are you…?" Aelita asked as she gently laid a hand on his shoulder. He felt cold and distant. Just like the others spectre who have ever captured her. Jeremie sighed as he looked concern at her.

" I stumbled across some loose wires inside the prison XANA made for me. I'd managed to use the 'TRANSLATION' program to send me here. I don't know for how long until XANA finds a way to send me back there." Jeremie told her. He quickly took aim and fired once more. The exploding spectres made a pathway out of the circle.

"Quick! Ulrich and Odd need us in the sport store!" Jeremie said as he pointed out the path. Not needing to be told twice, the girls followed him out. They sprinted as fast as they could to the sport store. They tried to avoid the curious stares of the people around them who were locked into the mall with them. They seemed to be clueless to the bow in Jeremie's hands.

"Ulrich! Odd!" Yumi called out as they reached the security gates that closed them in. Ulrich shooked his head and stood up from the fallen baseball display.

"Ugh…Yumi! Don't touch it! The thing is electric!" Ulrich yelled out to her, just as she was about to touch it.

"XANA must of done that to keep you in…but why lock you guys in?" Jeremie said as he scratched his chin. Odd grumbled as he stood up and joined Ulrich by the gate.

"Nice look you got there Einstein! How did you break out of XANA's evil prison of horror?" Odd joked as he looked over at Jeremie. Jeremie shrugged his shoulders.

"Look, I can explain later. I don't know how much longer I can be like this before XANA stops me. WE need to get you two out and back to the lab. There is a tower to deactivate and I just might have a clue as to where I'm trapped on Lyoko…" Jeremie told them as he looked around the edges of the gate. His eyes stopped as he found the control box. Jeremie ran over and pressed a button on the side of his banded glasses. A screen popped up on them as he scratched his chin.

"I take it you updated your look and powers when you updated us." Aelita said as she walked over to him. Jeremie nodded his head and pressed a button on the control box.

"Yeah, I wanted to something similar to your creativity powers. So I came up with these glasses. They allow me to see the underlying codes to anything and allow me to…" Jeremie started to explain as his hand glowed blue. He waved it over the control box as a small click came from it. The gates soon began to rise up. Ulrich and Odd quickly dashed out before it began to fall again. The four friends soon joined Jeremie in a mini huddle.

"Alright... The nearest exit is over to our right, by the food court. We can then grab a taxi or something to get back to the lab. Who's still got money to pay for the fare?" Ulrich explained and rummaged through his pocket. The rest of the gang, minus Jeremie, pulled out their remaining cash. Jeremie sighed as Aelita pulled out his money from his room. Apparently she never used it.

"I'll get you guys to the exit and then meet you at the lab, hopefully. I can try to do what XANA does with his spectres and send myself through the electrical cable network." Jeremie said as he pulled out an arrow. He knocked it onto his bow and looked around. Aelita looked over at him, worried.

"But…what if you get stuck. Or what if XANA calls you back to that horrible place?" Aelita asked him. Jeremie tried to smile as big as he could as he looked over at her.

"Well, then our mental link will keep you in the loop as well as keep me informed to what is going on with you." Jeremie told her, clearly trying to sound brave and strong. He gasped and shoot an arrow, right past Odd and hit a spectre in the chest.

"Thanks Einstein! Now…let's get going before XANA sends us more surprises…" Odd chuckled at them as they took off. Ulrich took point to show them the way as Jeremie brought up the rear, looking back to make sure the spectres were not following them.

(Oh my! It's Einstein the Brave to the rescue! Can the others make it back to the lab in time to save, not only them, but Jeremie as well? Find out next time I update!)