Nearly Done

"You did what?" Lion asked incredulously.

"I finished the program," Sissi stated simply. Lion, William, and Kiwi were in her room.

"So...that means..."

"When Jeremy finishes the program to virtualize Xavier, I can launch it," Sissi said. Everyone was still flabbergasted. "After all this time, we can finally end this." Just then Hiroki and Johnny came in.

"It's done," Hiroki said.

"What's done?" William asked.

"The Return to the Past bomb. It's finally done. I uploaded the schematics onto the Supercomputer and onto the watches. It's fully tested and ready to go," Johnny explained.

"So...we're nearly done. Wow, it doesn't seem real." William said thoughtfully.

"I know," Sissi said. Lion clapped his hands.

"Well, we still have some work to do. Jeremy has decided to be a Lyoko Warrior. So we need to go and see how he is doing," he instructed. Soon they were on their way to the factory.

"So, how's Einstein doing in the suit I gave him?" Sissi asked getting into the chair where Aelita previously was.

"Great, and I love to design and fashion you gave him," Aelita replied smiling. In Lyoko, Odd, Ulrich, and Jeremy were riding around destroying monsters. Jeremy had a blue suit much like Ulrich's suit. He had no glasses and his hair was spiked up like he had been shocked. Jeremy shot at a Kankerlot with a lightning bolt. "His weapon are lightning bolts," Aelita explained, "And his superpower is Lightning Strike. It allows him to cover long distances in short amount of time and surprise his enemies."

"So basically he's a lightning based warrior," Yumi explained leaning on Aelita's chair. Then, suddenly, the Supercomputer started to flash and beep.

"What's up?" William asked.

"Something's coming in your way guys, and it's new," Aelita warned.

"Oh great. It was beginning to get a little boring around here. Let's see what we got," Odd said confidently.

"Well, be careful. It's big and dangerous with more attack points and life points," Aelita said. The three boys looked towards the new monster.

"What is that?" Ulrich asked. "It looks like a big gorilla made from bark. It's gray all over and has a red dot in the center of it. That and the XANA symbol is big and wide on the front. Well, Odd? What do you call this one?"

"I don't know yet. Let me think about it," Odd said racing towards the creature.

"Come on guys, let's go," Jeremy said. When they got close enough, the creature shot a exploding laser at the three.

"Whoa! That's new! Exploding lasers," Ulrich exclaimed, "Triplicate!" The three Ulrichs charged at the creature, but the creature shot one exploding laser and de-virtualized Ulrich.

"Okay, we better take this thing down from afar," Jeremy said cautiously, throwing his lightning bolts at the creature. He wounded it, but it still stood. The Creature fired and was about to hit Jeremy, but...

"Time Control!" Odd shouted. Everything slowed down and Odd fired multiple shots at the creature finally destroying it, saving Jeremy in time. "Well, that was interesting."

"Nice work you guys," Aelita praised, "I'm bring you guys in now."

Back in the Supercomputer, Odd thought about a name for the creature. "Volkanoid. Like a person from the volcano," He said. The team thought about it.

"I like it, but something like that is worrying me. Platon shouldn't be able to make something new like that. Sissi, do a deep scan in the Digital sea to see if there are any replicas," Lion instructed. Sissi's fingers typed away at the keyboard. Her facial expression turned sad and defeated.

"There are replicas under the signature code of Platon. Fortunately, there are only five sectors," Sissi explained.

"So we have to destroy each one?" Ulrich guessed.

"No, we just have to figure out how Platon is getting into Lyoko and close the entrance," Sissi said rubbing her head. "Anyways, we've got good news. Hiroki and Johnny have finished the bomb." This surprised everyone.

"So it's works? So how does it work," Yumi asked her brother.

"Simple, we applied a principle that would even fool the forces of Platon. 'RETURN TO THE PAST'" Hiroki shouted emitting a bright light from himself.

BACK IN THE PAST

The team was in Sissi's room. "That's it?" Yumi asked a little disappointed.

"What type of principle were you following?!" Lion asked.

"The 'cheating' principle," Hiroki said with a smirk, "What better way to make sure that our bomb is safe from danger than to able to make the 'Return to the Past' trip by ourselves? Plus, this way we can we don't need the Supercomputer to go back, and if it's only a Lion Warrior can do it, then the chances are greater. That and Platon can't manipulate the code for the 'Return to the Past'. Simple as that."

"It's it's trickery, conniving, and villainous, but it will work," Lion muttered rolling his eyes.

"If anything this is safer than any device that we could make," Johnny reminded.

"True, but still. It's a little disappointing," Ulrich said.

"Hey, you try and make a Supercomputer that's able to return to the past in the diameter of 3 inches!" Hiroki answered back.

"Anyways, everything is going according to plan. Now we-" Johnny was cut off by Sissi's beeping computers. She rushed over and typed away.

"Activated tower," She stated.

"What's is it suppose to do?" Lion asked. Sissi's eyes widened.

"Oh-no," She said almost breathlessly. She instantly rushed out the door. "We've got to the factory. Lion, Odd, you go to the Hermitage."

"Why?" Lion and Odd both asked.

"Because it's an attack on the Hermitage," Sissi said. "The rest of you, get to Lyoko. The tower's in the Ice Sector. You too, Jeremy." With that, the others slammed their watches to teleport to Lyoko.

"Sam!" Lion and Odd remembered as they dashed out. Meanwhile, Sissi finally made it to the Factory and hooked herself up.

"Is everything okay?" Sissi asked a little rushed.

"Weeelllll, not really," Jeremy said afraid. There before them was an army.

"Mommy," Hiroki said scared. Kankerlots, Hornets, tarantulas, creepers, manta rays, blocks, and Volkanoids all barring the way to the tower. There was an ice bridge that was about couple yards. "How in the world are we going to stop that?!" Hiroki asked.

"How is Platon bringing all these creatures to life?" William asked himself.

"No time. I'll materialize your vehicles. That may give you an edge, and Xavier, start making with the monsters," Sissi instructed. Then she telephoned Lion. "Hey, Lion how is everything?"

"Sorry, Mechanist. I'll have to talk to you later," Lion said strained. The whole house was on fire and was in danger of collapsing. On top of the that, Platon's attack had trapped Sam in the boiler room. Odd was on the other side of the door.

"I'll stay with her. You and your brothers put out the flames," Odd ordered. They rushed out leaving Odd and Sam to talk. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine. You shouldn't have to worry, Odd. Lion Warriors can shoot flames out of their hands. We can handle lots of heat," Sam comforted.

"That's what I'm afraid of. Platon's knows that you are valuable to us, so he's going to try and finish you off," Odd explained. Sam smiled a little.

"Thanks Odd, but what do you mean by 'us'. I know my dad loves me and all but-" Sam gasped when she realized. Odd blushed a little.

"Yes, I...I..um...I like Sam. A lot. I know that for a long time I've been the player, but you're different. And that's why I've been liking you so much, because you're...you," Odd confessed awkwardly. Sam smiled.

"I like you, too, Odd. I just wish I could show you. If it weren't for this bolted down door," Sam said banging the door, causing a dent in it. Odd noticed this.

"Hey, don't Lion Warrior have super strength?" Odd asked. Sam paused for a second then face-palmed herself.

"Idiot," she muttered as she kicked the door down. "Well, that takes care of that. Odd? Where are you?" She looked down to see Odd nearly crushed. She quickly lifted the door up and cradled Odd's head in her arms.

"Wow," Odd said in a daze, "You're a very strong girl," Sam smiled and blushed as she kissed Odd on the lips. Meanwhile, outside, Lion, Leon, and Aslan were fighting monsters.

"They keep coming," Leon said.

"Then keep fighting," Lion replied, "The others should be de-activating the tower."

IN LYOKO

"TAKE THIS!" Johnny shouted delivering a hailstorm of lasers from his Straight Liner. William and Ulrich double teamed to take down the blocks.

"This is fun. We should do this more often," Ulrich said as his back was against William.

"If we live to see tomorrow that is," William muttered taking out another block.

"HIYA," Hiroki and Yumi shouted throwing their weapons at the tarantulas. Jeremy and Aelita were beside each other with Kiwi barking away blasts.

"Sissi, I don't think we can take anymore of this," Aelita said, but Sissi didn't replied. "Sissi?"

BOOM!

Suddenly, all the monsters were destroyed. Everyone looked up to see a giant blue Sissi. Kiwi smirked.

"How's the weather up there?" he joked.

"Stop it before I squash you," Sissi retorted. "Xavier go to the tower." Soon, Xavier got into the tower and de-activated it. "Alright, time to-"

"Hang on. I got to go to the edge of the sector for a moment. I'll catch with you guys later," Johnny said flying off.

"Wait up, I'll go with you," Hiroki said driving off in his jet black car.

"Okay, I'll give them five minutes. Then we'll go back to the past," Sissi said.

RETURN TO THE PAST NOW

"Well, that was close," Sissi said wiping her brow. The gang was at the Hermitage with Hiroki and Johnny gone. "It seems that Platon's getting stronger."

"But so are we," Sam said holding Odd's hand tight.

"So did you guys hold up okay?" Ulrich asked with a smug smirk. Odd and Sam blushed.

"Yeah," They both said. Everyone laughed for some unknown reason. Then Johnny and Hiroki cam in with sullen faces.

"You guys look like you just got bad news. Why the long faces?" Yumi asked.

"We know how Platon's getting into Lyoko. And it's a doozy of an operation to stop it," Johnny said.