The Two Takedown

"So this is it," Ulrich said, "One replica down. Four more to go, and that's just the replicas we're talking about." The group was at the mess hall eating breakfast.

"In any case, we've successfully lowered Platon's strength," Lion said, "But we do have another problem."

"What's that?" Aelita asked.

"It has to do with our training," Yumi explained, "We've gotten the basics down for water, earth, and air. But not fire."

"Why?" Jeremy asked, "Fire was very easy for Aelita and I."

"Well, I have a theory as to why they can't seem to get it, but until I can prove it, we'll just have to work on your Lyoko skills," Lion explained. Yumi and Ulrich nodded. Then Johnny came in with Tamiya. They were closely joking with each other. Then Tamiya waved good-bye as she exited the mess hall. Johnny went over to the team.

"Well, I see that you and Tamiya are getting along," Ulrich said almost in a tease. Johnny smirked.

"Go ahead and make jokes. At least I don't have millions of girls like Odd and then date Sam," Johnny said out loud. The teens all looked at him with bewildered looks.

"Johnny!" Odd exclaimed. Then Johnny looked to see Lion right there.

"Whoops, did I say that out loud?" Johnny chuckled nervously.

"Mr. Lion," Odd said in a panic, "I know what you're going to say but I-"

"Odd relax. I already know," Lion said laughing at their frightened faces.

"You...you do? But how?" Odd asked.

"Well, Samantha mentioned a lot about you and when I first met you, I knew that you would be the perfect one for her. Aside from your player attitude," Lion smirked at a blushing Odd.

"So, you're okay with it?" Yumi asked.

"You have my blessing," Lion answered. Odd was relieved.

"Well, that's a relief," he sighed. Just then Sissi arrived. "What's up Mechanist?"

"Today, we're going to do something a little difficult. We're going to take out two Supercomputers," Sissi said. Everyone looked at her like she was crazy.

"That's impossible, you're insane, it can't be done," The team said.

"Listen, I've come up with a new plan and code to destroy the Supercomputers from inside the replica. The problem is that we can only use it once for now," Sissi explained. Odd got up.

"So what are we waiting for lets go," He said dashing out the door.

"One thing's for sure," Lion stated, "We're going to need all the team on deck. Sissi will be at the controls."

"I designed a replica of the Skid, so that we can have two teams doing two things. So we're going to destroy the Supercomputers simultaneously," Sissi explained to the group going outside.

"I'll have Leon, Aslan, and Sam guard the computer with you," Lion suggested.

"Alright," Hiroki said in his Navskid, "Let's get this started."

"I have the coordinates of the target replicas. Good Luck," Sissi said, "Xavier will stay on Lyoko just in case something goes screwy."

"Come on, let's go," Odd said excitedly. Soon, Aelita, Odd, Ulrich, Yumi, and Jeremy found themselves at the sector. They entered in the sector and docked. "Looks like the desert sector."

"Alright, we can see the sights never," Sissi said getting back to the mission, "I'll start the code for the destruction of the Supercomputer. You have to locate the main tower for the code to work. It's Northeast from your location."

"Odd, Jeremy, and I will go. You guys mind staying here and managing," Aelita said with a smile to Yumi and Ulrich.

"Not at all," Ulrich said blushing a little, as was Yumi.

"Good, I'll get your vehicles. Jeremy, you can use Lightning Strike," Sissi replied.

"Got it," Jeremy said turning into a being of electricity and zooming off.

"Hey Einstein, wait for me!" Odd exclaimed chasing after him. Aelita shook her head. Meanwhile, Lion, William, Hiroki, Johnny, and Kiwi were entering another sector. They docked.

"Hey Sissi, it looks like the Ice sector here," Kiwi observed.

"That's nice, mutt. Now, you guys will have to manually destroy the Supercomputer. I'm using the Elimination code with the others. Who's going?" Sissi asked.

"I'll go with William. If it's the same Supercomputer, it probably won't be that bad," Lion said.

"Alright, I'll teleport you," Sissi replied. And off they were. "The rest of you should get out and guard the Skid 2."

"Aye, Aye Captain," Hiroki said.

"Alright, you're nearing the tower now. Turn right and you should see it. My scanners say that only one monster is guarding it," Sissi said to Lyoko team. Odd, Jeremy, and Aelita turned, but they stopped when they saw who was guarding it.

"Um...Sissi? We got a problem," Odd said nervously.

"What's the matter?" Sissi asked.

"Well, the one monster guarding the tower happens to be the Kolossus," Odd replied with hope sinking a little.

"What! There's no way Platon could have seen this coming. Hmm. Wait, use your superpowers and weapons to defeat him. Go for the XANA symbols like all the other monsters.

"Well, here goes nothing," Jeremy said dashing off.

"Hey Ugly!" Odd shouted getting the giant's attention. "Eat Laser Arrow!"

"I think that this is going to go horrible wrong in a moment," Sissi said touching the holographic monitors.

"Why do you say that?" Sam asked.

"Why in the world would Platon guard that particular tower only if he knew that it was important for us?" Sissi reasoned. "In any case, I think I know what the next move is." She contacted Hiroki, Kiwi, and Johnny. "Hey guys, be on the lookout. Platon's up to something. You might be visited by something big."

"Well be on our best watch," Johnny said, "Mind programming the Straight Liner so I can check the perimeter?"

"Sure, that might help," Sissi said virtualizing the jet. "Hey Lion, William, you might want to pick up the pace. Platon's figuring out our plan."

"We just completely destroyed the back generators, now we're going for the main one," William said. But just then, he was interrupted by a horde of block. "It may take a while."

"Hurry!" Sissi said.

"EASY FOR YOU TO SAY!" Lion shouted.

"Um...Sissi?"

"Yes," Sissi replied to Johnny.

"We got a big problem over here," Johnny said dodging a swing from...the Kolossus?

"Impossible!" Sissi exclaimed, "The Kolossus is already in the Desert Replica. Platon can't have enough power to make two."

"What should we do?" Johnny said.

"Destroy it if you can. Go for symbols. If not try to delay it," Sissi instructed.

"We'll do it," Hiroki said confidently, "Multiply!"

"Sissi?"

"Xavier?" Sissi said surprised, "What's wrong now?"

"I'm in Sector 5 and bunch of monsters are going for the outside of the sphere," Xavier informed.

"Oh no," Sissi said pulling up the Holomap for Sector 5. "They're going for the core. By the looks of it they've just started attacking. Xavier, send some buzzards in there to delay the attack." Xavier nodded as he got to work. "So that's his plan. Since the teams at the replicas, Platon's going to take out core so they can't get back home. And he knows that I can't do the Elimination code without me being here," then Sissi thought of something, "Or maybe I don't have to be here. Jeremy! Aelita! Odd!"

"Yeah," The three said barely breathing.

"Sorry to pressure you but you now only have five minutes to get inside the tower. I've set the code to start in five minutes. Destroy the monster quickly," Sissi instructed.

"You heard her. Let's finish this," Odd said lowly. "Time Control!"

"So umm...Ulrich?" Yumi started nervously.

"Yes Yumi? What's wrong?" He asked seeing Yumi a little antsy.

"Well, we're still friends, right?" She asked moving closer a little.

"Of course, the best of friends!" Ulrich said a little overzealously.

"And you know how I've wanted us to just be friends, right?" Yumi reminded quietly. Ulrich looked downcast when he heard that.

"Yeah, I remember," He said lowly. Yumi moved a little closer to him.

"Well...Um...I've...decided to...um... change my mind," Yumi said blushing immensely, giving Ulrich more hope by the minute, "I was...thinking we...could be more than friends." They just stood there for a while in silence. Then out of the blue, Ulrich found enough courage to kiss her on the lips. Yumi was a little shocked but melted into the kiss. When they parted, they had their arms tightly around each other. Ulrich smiled widely.

"I'm glad," He whispered to a smiling Yumi.

"FINALLY!" Lion said as they destroyed the Supercomputer. They were automatically teleported back sleeping.

"Looks like they managed to do it," Kiwi shouted as the Sector started to disappear, "Let's get on board!" Johnny did a kamikaze on the Kolossus, jumping out on the last second. Everyone boarded the Skid and sailed home.

"You guys did good," Sam said over the intercom.

"Sam?" Hiroki said surprised, "What are you doing here?"

"Sissi went into Lyoko to secure the core of Lyoko. It's being attacked," Sam explained.

"Then there's not a moment to lose. We'll be right there," Johnny said zooming off.

"Energy Nova!" Aelita cried out finally destroying the Kolossus. She quickly got inside the tower and floated up to the panel. She had gotten there just in time. She continued the program that Sissi set up. It destroyed the Supercomputer on Earth and the Sector started to disappear. The three started running towards the ship.

"Look, here they come," Yumi said as Ulrich let go of her. They ran in a panic.

"Get on the ship! Get On The Ship! GET ON THE SHIP!" Jeremy cried out as they docked. They safely flew away as the sector blew to pieces.

"Great guys, now head back to Lyoko immediately. Sissi and Xavier are protecting the core from monsters," Sam explained.

"We're on our way," Aelita said blasting the Skid.

"Man, never a moment's peace," Odd sighed.

"Keep making more of those monsters, Xavier," Sissi shouted as she dodged a laser from a creeper.

"I'm giving it all she's got captain!" Xavier said in Scottish voice. Then they heard a boom. They looked up to see that the first layer of the sphere was gone.

"Oh no," Sissi grimly said as she saw Kamikaze Kankerlots coming her way, "I can't touch those things."

"But we can," Hiroki said destroying them. Johnny shot at the creepers firing at the sphere. Yumi threw her fans to destroy the rest of the monsters. It was finally over.

"Whew. That was a relief. Let's head home," Sissi said.

"Um...Sam, Leon, nor Aslan don't know how to manage the Supercomputer. So, either Jeremy, Kiwi, or you is going to have to be de-virtualized the hard way," Lion said. The big dog and the blue girl looked at the blue lightning warrior.

"Why me?" he said as Sissi punched him to de-virtualize him.

"Oh glory, that was too close," Lion said plopping down in a comfortable chair in the Hermitage. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Yumi and Ulrich were sitting relatively close to each other.

"Aw, so cute," Hiroki teased.

"Shut it, Hiroki," Yumi shouted...accidentally creating a fire around her. Everyone looked at her amazed. Ulrich stood up and shot out a burst of flame, too. "How is this possible?"

"Well, let's see. Did you complete your bet?" Lion asked smirking. Yumi growled a little before saying.

"Yes, I did," Yumi groaned.

"Then my hypothesis was right. You see, you two were so confused on your feelings for each other that your inner fire could not be produced. So when you finally confessed, that inner fire ignited, thus giving you two the ability to fire bend now," Lion explained.

"You see, all you had to do was confess," Johnny said, "Was that so hard?" Yumi took Ulrich's hand in hers.

"Actually, no. It wasn't," Yumi smiled.

"So um... is someone going to tell me what this 'bet' was about?" Ulrich asked. Everyone in the house laughed.

to be continued.