Unstable

Lion and the others were in class studying the nuclear functions of the A-bomb. After the class was over, the group went to Sissi's room. "So what's the plan today?" Odd asked.

"We have a little problem," Jeremy announced, "I'm nearly done with the program to bring Xavier back here. However, I need one piece of material. I figured this out with the data that Aelita gathered. In short, we're going back to the Volcano replica."

"Great," Sissi muttered, "And I was planning to stabilize the Mountain Sector with you guys."

"We could go in teams," Odd suggested.

"NOO!" The group shouted.

"I do NOT want repeat the incident with the sectors. That was too much," Sissi said rubbing her head.

Okay...then we'll just do one mission. But which one? Both are important," Odd reminded the team.

"Wait, if we re-stabilized the Mountain Sector, then the immediate course of action would be to destroy the Mountain Replica. But if we gather the data from the Volcano Replica, there's no telling what we would find," Lion explained.

"Monsters," William muttered.

"Other than the obvious," Lion corrected, "But anyways, we better get going. There's no telling what Platon has in store for us." With that, they rushed to the factory.

"We're on the Volcano sector," Aelita announced.

"Good," Sissi said, "Make your way to the main tower so we can get the data." Aelita, Odd, Yumi, Ulrich, and Jeremy ran to the main tower. "Platon probably has nine Kolossuses waiting for us."

"We're at the tower," Yumi stated.

"REALLY?" Sissi and the others said surprised.

"Yeah, we know. Not one monster to be seen," Ulrich said.

"I don't like it. It's a trap. I just don't know what kind," Lion said wary.

"I don't like it either, but I'm going into the tower," Aelita said. Soon she was at the panel of the tower. "Wow, there's more data here than we thought! All kinds! There's also data about how to shut the portals down. I'm downloading it to you guys now."

"I got it. Now," Suddenly a beeping interrupted Sissi, "What now?" She tapped the monitors. "Of course it's rigged," She muttered.

"What's the matter?" Aelita asked coming out of the tower.

"Um...is the Volcano Sector becoming fizzy to you?" Sissi asked. The warriors looked down to see the ground beneath them didn't fizz. "Yeah um get to the Skid. Now!" They rushed to the Skid jumping and flying over near misses. They finally got to the Skid and got on board when the sector started to vanish.

"What happened back there?" Odd asked.

"The data you retrieved was rigged to make the Volcano Sector to be unstable. We'll have to figure how to fix that later. For now, start to come in the dry dock," Sissi said.

"So what are you going to do about the Volcano Sector?" Johnny asked.

"I don't know," Sissi muttered. Then an idea popped into mind, "Hey guys? New plan. Dock the Skid on Lyoko and then I'll send you to the Mountain Sector. Might as well stabilize that one instead." She brought up Sector 5 on the Holomap. "If I can use the core of Lyoko to find what I need, then it might be a little easier. Hey guys? Newer plan."

"Stop changing your mind!" Odd exclaimed.

"Go to the core of Lyoko to protect it while I do a deep scan of Lyoko," Sissi instructed.

"What about the Mountain Sector?" Jeremy asked.

"I'll have Kiwi, Lion, and William on that," Sissi said as the three teleported into the Mountain Sector, "Just focus on the core."

"Roger! Over and Out!" Odd said excitedly. Meanwhile, Lion, Kiwi, and William were on the Mountain Sector.

"Where to, Mechanist?" Lion asked.

"The tower I need is due East. But be ready, I see a lot of monsters there already," Sissi warned.

"No sweat," William confidently said, "We'll be done and ready for our date in no time." He and the gang rushed off to the tower.

"Date?" Johnny and Hiroki asked, both with a smirk on their faces. Sissi blushed.

"Aelita, how are things?" Sissi asked.

"We're entering the core now," Aelita informed as they flew into the core.

"Good, now protect it while I launch the deep scan," Sissi said.

"You might want to hurry," Ulrich rushed, "We've got company." Five mantas and a horde of hornets came rushing in.

"No sweat," Odd said shooting his arrows. They deflected of the manta's armor. "Um...Mechanist. Looks like the mantas have new armor."

"Let me check," Sissi said, "Oh great. Looks like the armored mantas can only be destroyed by Ulrich's sword and Yumi's fan. The hornets don't have anything new, though, so the rest of you can take those out."

"On it," Odd stated, "Just make sure you do your thing."

"Yo, Sissi," William called.

"What is it?"

"We've finished the mess," He said plunging his sword into the last Block.

"Good, I'll take care of the tower remotely. Make sure that tower's protected," Sissi instructed.

"That may be harder than usual," Lion said looking t the reinforcement horde coming. He jumped and made an Earthwave crushing the creatures.

"It'll be a minute," Sissi said, "Come on, come on. Got it! Alright guys, I've accessed the tower and launched the deep scan. You can come back in now."

"Great! It was getting dangerous around here," Jeremy said running from a manta. Yumi sawed the armored manta in half. Aelita smiled smugly.

"My hero," she muttered. Jeremy blushed embarrassed.

BACK AT THE FACTORY

"So did you get the info we needed," Aelita asked.

"Yep, but there's something else," Sissi said mysteriously. The others looked at her until she spoke again, "Platon's data shows that the Volcano Sector...is his main hub. Destroying it would greatly decrease his power."

"But?" Lion said in a questioning voice.

"But simply destroying his main hub won't stop the Kolossuses from coming in. We have to figure out another way. I also found some info on Pink, your mother Aelita," Sissi explained, "And I learned that he's trying to figure out her two spies." Everyone looked at Sissi confused and surprised.

"You mean that Pink has other spies around the school campus that we don't know about? That's strange," Hiroki commented.

"Why's that?" Ulrich asked.

"Well, Pink's never had a good reason to hide her spies. Like, Kiwi. So it's a bit of surprise to hear that she's got others," Johnny explained.

"So now we have to look out for the spies. But what about the game plan?" Ulrich asked.

"Well, we have to manually destroy the mountain sector. I want to save the Elimination code for the Volcano sector. That and we have another problem," Sissi explained.

"It's the portals on Lyoko. They're the size of a Kolossus in a big round circle and they're at the edge of each of the sectors. Destroying them will take some massive power," Johnny said.

"Which we'll proudly provide," Odd said pridefully.

"We can't just shoot a laser arrow at it and hope it will work. We have to figure out something else. Either that, or we focus on the codes to bring Xavier back and we locate Platon's base on the real world," Sissi said. The group was silent for a moment.

"I think we're going to have to use a combination of both," Lion sighed. Everyone else groaned, "But until then, don't you and Will have a date?" Lion smirked. The two blushed as they went out the door. "I love a good couple," Lion sighed happily.

to be continued