Double Date Drama

Ulrich sat there on the bench laughing; it was morning. Yumi glared at him with a blush. "It's not funny," Yumi exclaimed. She had just finished explaining the bet.

"Yumi, the very fact that it happened just as you closed the deal is what's making me laugh," Ulrich laughed out. Yumi just shook her head. Ulrich put a hand on her shoulder. "On the bright side, you settled the bet," He said. Yumi smiled. Then William and Sissi came up.

"Well, good news, two replicas down, two more to go," William said.

"The bad news?" Yumi asked.

"The code I made accidentally made the Mountain sector replica unstable. That and we have an unknown sector," Sissi stated. Yumi and Ulrich looked at each other in confusion.

"Wouldn't it be just a replica of sector 5?" Ulrich asked.

"Well, that's what I thought, but it doesn't have the same signature code as Sector 5. It's completely different," Sissi said.

"So we have two options. Either we go to the Mountain Sector on Lyoko and activate a tower to stabilize the Mountain replica, or we explore the new replica," William said.

"Let's tell the rest of the team first," Yumi said getting up, "I'm sure Odd is going to love this."

"I can't go on the mission," Odd whined.

"What?!" The team said. They were inside Jeremy's room. Johnny and Hiroki weren't there yet.

"Why can't you?" Lion asked.

"Because...um...Sam and I have a date today," He said blushing.

"Don't you think that can wait until tomorrow?" Ulrich suggested.

"Just tell her that you're on a mission. She'll definitely understand," Aelita suggested, too.

"No, you should go on the date," Lion said smiling. Everyone looked at him, "Look, we're just exploring a sector or stabilizing one. We don't need all hands on deck. I think Odd will be okay. Have some fun."

"Well, if you say so," Sissi said. Then the twins came in. "Ah there you are. We're just talking about our new mission." Sissi quickly explained the situation. Hiroki grew nervous.

"What's the matter?" Yumi asked noticing her brother was edgy. Johnny smiled.

"No, lover-boy over here just landed a date with Milly," Johnny laughed.

"It's NOT a date. We're just lab partners and I've been paired up with her in a science project. We have to classify plants," Hiroki explained.

"Oh sure, that's what it is," Johnny smirked, "Anyways, you're down one person to go."

"Two, Odd's on a date, too. Man, it's like Valentine here," Kiwi said, "Good thing I just mate with the girl dogs I see and move on." Everyone was speechless.

"Anyways, let's explore the new replica first," Sissi said getting out the door, "Have fun on your date, kids." She teased Odd and Hiroki.

"We're at the replica now," Aelita said. Lion, Johnny, William, and Ulrich were in the Navskids.

"Okay, let me enter in the code breaker," Sissi said moving the holo-monitors around. Then something went wrong. "That's strange. The code breaker is taking longer than usual. Hang on guys, it's going to take a while."

"I don't think we have a while," Ulrich muttered as the sea turned red.

"He's right. Four mongers coming our way. One for each of you, boys," Aelita informed, "Deploy Navskids."

"Alright, time for the real fighting," William said excited.

"Bet you can't shoot more than me," Ulrich challenged.

"You're on," William accepted. Sissi shook her head.

"Boys," She muttered.

"Hey!" Jeremy said standing behind her. Yumi giggled.

"Well this is nice. Just you, me, and us rolling around together on our skate boards through town," Sam said smiling. Odd's mind was somewhere else.

"Yeah," Odd said distantly. He was so absentminded that he ran into a pole.

"Odd!" Sam exclaimed run to help him up, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," Odd said rubbing his head.

"Are you sure? That's the third pole you've hit today," Sam said, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," Odd dismissed, "I guess I'm just tried from all the Lyoko battles. Come on, let's go. I need to get my mind off this," Odd claimed racing away on his skateboard.

"I'm glad you could come along, Hiroki. I really do appreciate your help," Milly said sweetly.

"Um...sure it's okay," Hiroki said nervous, "Hey look this at this flower," He pointed to a beautiful orange tipped flower.

"That's beautiful," Milly said snapping a picture, "Thanks to you, Hiroki, we're nearly complete." She surprised him by hugging him. Hiroki was blushing immensely.

"Finally, got it," Sissi exclaimed, "Head back to the Skid guys."

"Aw, but we're having fun," Ulrich whined.

"Heading into the replica now," Aelita stated. They soon surfaced and witnessed what the sector looked like.

"Well? What is it like?" Sissi asked excited to know.

"Um...Mechanist? What's red, hot, and spouts it out when its ready to blow?" William riddled.

"A volcano," Sissi answered wondering why he would ask that.

"Correct," Aelita said showing her a visual of the sector. The sector had a red sky with virtualized volcanoes all around. The ground looked like molten rock.

"Whoa," Sissi, Yumi, Kiwi, and Jeremy said.

"Yehoahskf" Aelita's voice was gargled up.

"What was that, Aelita? I can't understand you?" Sissi said.

"What was that Sissi?" Aelita said trying to understand her.

"khaohoaoj"

"AHeoahsfja"

"It's no use. I can't get her," Aelita said.

"She'll find away to get in touch with us. In the meantime, we should dock now. Maybe we can contact her using the tower," Lion instructed.

"We've got a situation here. There's an activated tower that's messing up the communications. It's in the Mountain sector. I'll make sure that Xavier knows. And I'll contact our love birds. They're not going to like this," Sissi sighed as Kiwi, Jeremy, and Yumi went in.

"Ouch!" Odd said hitting another pole. Sam rolled her eyes as she picked Odd up.

"That's it. What's wrong?" Sam asked sternly looking at Odd with her hands on her hips. Odd looked nervously at her.

"Well, you see, the rest of the team is on a mission exploring the new sector replica. I'm just wondering how they're doing," Odd confessed. Sam seem to get angrier.

"You were suppose to be on a mission and instead you went out with me?" Sam asked, "Why?"

"I just really wanted to spend time with you," Odd said downcast. Sam's face softened. She caressed Odd's face.

"Aw, Odd. That's so sweet of you," Sam smiled...Then she slapped him across the face.

"Ow! What was that for?"

"For thinking I'm more important than the world. Odd, I know that you care about me and like me and I do too. But you have the job of protecting the world. I understand if you're on a mission now," Sam said. Then Odd's watch beeped. "Go get 'em." Odd gave her a quick kiss on the lips.

"I knew I loved you for a reason," He said dashing off, leaving a blushing Sam. "What is it, Mechanist?"

"Sorry to interrupt your date, but we got an activated tower," Sissi stated.

"Bout time," Odd said excitedly. Sissi was confused as he signed off.

"We're coming towards the tower. How did Odd take the message?" Yumi asked.

"Really well. In fact, he seemed excited that I interrupted," Sissi said confusing Jeremy, Kiwi, and Yumi.

"Wow, this place is incredible," Lion marveled as they walked around. Then they saw a tower. "There's the tower. Get to it and maybe we can get off this scrap heap."

"We're done. Thanks, Hiroki," Milly smiled.

"Milly, is there a specific reason why you're smiling so much?" Hiroki asked not expecting her to say what she said next.

"Because...I like you...a lot I mean," Milly said blushing. Hiroki's eyes widened.

"You mean, like me, like me?" Hiroki clarified. Milly nodded her head. "Wow, I...I really like you, too."

"Really?" Milly asked. They weren't aware that they were moving in.

"Really," Hiroki said, but then...Milly's watch beeped.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I...I have to go to the paper office. They're suppose to be seeing me," Milly said disappointed.

"Oh, it's alright," Hiroki said. As she was about to go, she stopped.

"Hiroki?" Hiroki lifted his head as Milly surprisingly kissed him on the lips, "Thanks, for everything."

"Um...sure," Hiroki said shocked as she ran off. When she was out of sight, Hiroki jumped and danced around using his air bending. He soared to the sky. When he got down to Earth, his watch beeped. "What's wrong, Sissi?"

"Platon's attacking. Sorry to cancel your date," Sissi lamented.

"Are you kidding? This is perfect way to end the day. Thank you, Platon!" Hiroki said excitedly as he signed off.

"Okay, the world's going upside-down," Sissi told the others.

"Why do you say that?" Jeremy asked.

"Because it seems interrupting a date is the best thing you could do," Sissi said confusing the others.

"Sissi?"

"Aelita. Thank goodness, are you guys alright?" Sissi asked.

"We're fine, but we can't leave. Something wrong?" Aelita replied.

"Let me check. Oh great, the activated tower also blocks you from leaving the Sector. Platon's trying trap you," Sissi said.

"Not if we can stop it," Odd said finally arriving with Hiroki by his side. "Send us in captain."

"Heads up guys, Odd and Hiroki are coming," Sissi said.

"Good, because we have a huge problem," Jeremy said. Sissi checked her monitor.

"That's impos-"

"I don't think it's impossible anymore, Sissi," Yumi yelled.

"Three Kolossuses, with four Volkanoids? How are they standing on the ground?"

"The ground, that's it," Kiwi realized. "Guys, unbalance the Kolossuses."

"We're on it," Hiroki said zooming in the Black Horse with Odd over head.

"Charge," Yumi shouted.

"If I can tap into the tower, maybe I can figure out what Platon's doing," Aelita said to herself as she tapped away. "Got it! Mechanist, I'm sending you some data."

"Good, now start to head out. The others are taking care of the problem," Sissi instructed.

"One...more," Hiroki said charging at the Kolossus's foot. He rammed into it, causing the monster to lose its balance and plunge into the Digital Sea. "Alright, Xavier. Do your thing." Hiroki said as Xavier rushed into the tower.

"Tower deactivated," Xavier said.

"Alright, get out of there guys," Sissi commanded.

"And not a moment to soon," Lion stated, "These monsters here are tough." They jumped onto the Skid and sailed back home.

BACK IN SISSI'S ROOM.

"Well, the information that you got from the Volcano sector was very important. It's the specs on how Platon's able to send Kolossuses into Lyoko with using much power. If I can figure out how to make a virus out of it, we can seriously weaken him," Sissi stated.

"And what about Xavier?" Lion asked.

"We're almost done," Jeremy replied, "But we need some data from the volcano sector. It seems that it's the main hub of Platon's power. That's why it's so heavily guarded. But we'll get it in time." Hiroki and Odd were looking into space with smiles on their faces.

"Okay, I got to ask you guys something. I interrupt what seems to be the most important day of you lives, and you are so happy about. Care to explain?" Sissi said. Both Odd and Hiroki laughed as they told the story.

To be continued.