A/N: This chapter seems short but I felt like where it ended was a good place to end. So here it is. Next chapter hopefully coming soon.

Disclaimer: I own nothing.

Aelita was freaking out. Laura was back. And she was in her physics class. The whole class period, Aelita watched her out of the corner of her eyes to see if Laura remembered her but she never showed any signs. As soon as class was over, Aelita sent out a group text calling an emergency meeting back at the Hermitage. She even sent one to William. He needed to know too especially if Laura had her memories back.

Aelita drove as fast as she could back to the house, running into the house. She leaned against the door, trying to catch her breath, waiting for the others to get here.

"Woah, where's the fire?" Ulrich asked, walking downstairs with his phone in his hand. He noticed Aelita's breathing, scrunching his eyebrows in confusion. "Aelita, are you okay?"

Aelita shook her head, her hands shaking.

Ulrich rushed over to her, taking her head in his hands. "Deep, slow breaths for me, okay?"

Aelita nodded, slowly, listening to his voice. Finally, she got her breathing under control where she could talk again. "Thanks, Ulrich. I don't know what came over me."

"You were having a panic attack," He told her, leading her into the living room.

"I feel sick."

"I'll go make you some tea." He made sure she was sitting and breathing normally before he got up and went to the kitchen. A few minutes later, he came back with a mug and handed it to her. "What's this about an emergency meeting?"

"I'll tell you when the others get here," Aelita replied, taking a sip of her a tea.

The front busted open and Yumi came running in the living room. "Aelita, are you okay? Ulrich texted me saying you had a panic attack after you texted about an emergency. What's going on?"

"I'm okay," Aelita assured Yumi as she sat on the other side of her.

Yumi wrapped her arms around Aelita's back and rubbed her back. "Are you sure?"

"Yes, Yumi, I'm fine. The tea is helping my nausea."

"Good. Odd and Jeremy should be here soon."

The three sat on the couch for awhile, Yumi rubbing Aelita's back, Aelita sipping her tea, and Ulrich watching the two girls. Finally after what seemed like hours, Odd, Jeremy, and William walked in.

Ulrich stood up and looked at his old enemy. "William, what are you doing here?"

"That's what we asked him when we found him on the porch," Odd said, rolling his eyes. "But he got the same text from Aelita as we did so I guess she wanted him here."

Aelita nodded. "Yeah, this concerns him too."

"What is it?" Jeremy asked, crossing his arms in annoyance. He was supposed to meeting Vivien when Aelita texted him. Vivien forced him to come since they were on slightly better terms.

"Laura showed up in my Physics class," Aelita announced.

A collective amount of gasped went through the room. Jeremy immediately took Ulrich's spot by Aelita.

"Did she say anything? Does she remember us?"

"She asked if she could sit by me and how I was. I watched her the whole time and she showed no signs of remembering," Aelita told him. "Why is she back though?"

"That's a good question that we need to find out," Jeremy said. "We need to confront her."

"I don't think so," Yumi butted in. "If we confront her and she really doesn't remember, seeing all of us could jog her memory then she could remember."

"Yumi's right," Ulrich agreed. "We can't risk it."

"We still need to find out what she's doing here," Jeremy counted. "And what if she does remember but is pretending she doesn't!"

"Seems like a lot of effort," Yumi said.

"Jeremy's right," Odd put in. "We can't just sit around and ignore the fact that she's back."

"What do you propose we do then, Odd?" Yumi asked. "Confront her? Be her friend? We tried that, remember?"

"Yeah, how could I forget," Odd mumbled.

"How about I talk to her?" William suggested.

"I don't think that's a good idea either. You are part of the reason we had to erase her memory," Yumi reminded him.

"Yeah, but I'm also the one she trusted the most," William counted. "What do we have to lose?"

"A lot!" Yumi cried. "We should just stay away from her!"

"We can't do that!" Jeremy yelled. "We have to know why she came back!"

"Alright, stop yelling!" Aelita finally spoke up. "I think Jeremy, Odd, and William are right."

Yumi looked at her like she was crazy, her eyebrows scrunching up in angry. "Aelita."

"I'm sorry, Yumi, but we have to know if she remembers. We can't ignore her. She's in my class. And I think William should talk to her. He's right, she trusted him and asked him to betray us. William should figure it out," Aelita went on.

Yumi sighed in defeat. "Alright, fine."

Jeremy looked down at his watch and gasped. "Crap, I have class in ten minutes. I gotta go." He jumped up, grabbed his backpack that he left at the door, and ran out.

William looked at his phone after Jeremy left. "I gotta go too. My class starts in thirty minutes. I'll text you later, Aelita." William waved bye and headed out.

"There's something else," Aelita said when she was sure William and Jeremy were gone. Tyron got in touch with me again."

Odd and Yumi looked at her in surprised as Ulrich crossed his arms, waiting for her to continue.

"He thinks that Lyoko was recreated," Aelita continued. "I've been looking for traces of one but so far nothing."

"Do you think he's right?" Odd asked.

Aelita nodded. "He wouldn't contact me if he was wrong."

Yumi groaned, leaning over and putting her head in her lap. "What are we going to do?"

Odd started pacing around the living room, pulling his hair. "This is a disaster. I can't go back there."

"I'm not asking you to do that, Odd," Aelita assured. "I can't go back anymore than you. I need your help with trying to trace the new Lyoko."

Odd nodded still pacing. Yumi sat up and nodded as well.

"Whatever you need us to do, we'll do it," Yumi told her.

"Well, right now, I have to go to class and tonight we need to discuss Laura more," Aelita responded, standing up.

"Are you sure you're okay to go?" Yumi questioned, also standing up.

"I'm fine. I promise."

"Let me drive you, please," Yumi begged.

Aelita sighed but agreed. The girls waved to the boys and headed off to class.

Odd sighed as he threw himself on the couch. "I thought living together again would be great, you know?"

Ulrich looked at him, confused and joined him on the couch. "What are you talking about, buddy?"

"I had this fantasy when Aelita got back in touch that we would get back together and it would be like we were never apart. But it's nothing like that," Odd explained. "Everything is going to shit. Tyron is back. Laura is back. Jeremy's an ass. And Lyoko might be back."

"It could be worse. It could be the end of the world," Ulrich offered.

Odd glared at him. "I'm skipping the rest of my classes. Do you want a beer?"

"Please."

Laura opened up her computer. She clicked on the link Tyron sent her to get in touch with him and typed out two words: "I'm in."