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Seeing is believing
"Our power plant uses heat provided by the nuclear reaction to produce megawatts of power. This plant is one of the most powerful in the world and as chief engineer I deal with safety. To ensure safety, there are checks at every level of production. Any questions?"
Jeremy raised his hand.
"Err, sir? Is there an atomic process to bring virtual particles into the real world?"
"That is science fiction. Sorry kid."
"Jeremy is an excellent student but he's a bit of a dreamer," said Mrs Hertz.
Everyone started laughing but the projector cut out. Mrs Hertz checked it and said "It's nothing serious, just a blown fuse."
Odd, Harry and Ulrich looked at each other.
Outside the science classroom
Yumi was waiting for the boys to come out of class. When Sissi came out, she glared at her.
"Maybe Xana is behind this," Jeremy said to Ulrich.
"It was a simple short circuit," said Ulrich.
"You said that when Xana possessed Milly's bear," Harry reminded him.
"Odd," Delmas said. "I've thought about what you said and I've decided to allow you to form your group. What was it? The Fox Trot Phonetics?"
"Yesss!"
"It's the Pop Rock Progressive Sir," corrected Yumi.
"But it must be open to everyone. Understand?" said Delmas, ignoring Yumi.
"No problem."
Delmas walked away.
"Now, let's hear it for the god of rock and roll!"
"Err."
"If we get a move on, we can get the leaflets out before lunch. Jeremy?"
"I'm not one for rock and roll Odd," said Jeremy. "Besides, I want to check on that outage. Coming Harry?"
"Yep. Can we install that scan program yet?"
They walked off.
"See you later."
Harry's and Jeremy's Dorm
Jeremy was on his computer looking at some blueprints while Harry worked on the materialisation program.
"Hi," said Aelita. "Is something wrong Jeremy? If you have a problem, you can talk to me about it."
"Jeremy's just concentrating on the outage that happened today. It could be a sign of Xana on the move again," called Harry. "Could you keep an eye out on Lyoko, please, Aelita?"
"Of course Harry."
"Why can't I hear her?" wondered Jeremy.
"Try turning the sound on," said Harry. "I think you left it muted earlier."
Jeremy checked the sound "Thanks Harry. But how did you hear her?"
Harry frowned. "I don't know. Perhaps it's because of that…"
"Because of what?"
"Weird things have always happened around me when I got angry or upset."
"But you weren't angry or upset just now."
"One time I traced what happened back to a weird energy source inside me. Since I might as well utilise everything I've got, I learned how to use it and I have it mostly under control now but it's really hard to control. Occasionally, it leaks out and that must have happened now."
"I see. Hey do you mind letting me have a look at what you can do?" asked Jeremy.
"I don't mind. But we'd better tell the others as well."
"I do have one question though. Why didn't you tell me?"
"There wasn't a reason too. And I only found out a few months ago. I was going to tell you but I was waiting for when I have it under a really good control as I don't want to hurt you."
Jeremy nodded.
"Aelita. Can you read me?"
"Of course I can. That was interesting Harry. Do you know if anyone else can do that?"
Harry shook his head. "I haven't met anyone who can."
"Anyway, like Harry said, there was an outage at school today and the electricity supply for the school seems to be having problems. That what could have caused the computer to mute itself because I didn't mute it."
"Do you think it's Xana?"
"We never know. Have you noticed anything on Lyoko?"
"Nothing yet but I am looking."
"I'll try out Harry's new scan program later. We'll need you to check it if anything turns up though because, while I'm not doubting Harry's skills at programming, there may be a few bugs."
Jeremy stood up.
"Where are you going?" asked Aelita.
"To the cafeteria. They have Brussels sprouts today. Coming Harry?"
"Yep."
Cafeteria
"Yuck," complained Ulrich. "Gross. How can you eat them Harry?"
"Unlike some, I like Brussels sprouts," said Harry, grinning at Ulrich.
"Odd, what are you doing now?" asked Jim.
"Handing out leaflets for our band," said Odd as Jim snatched one. "We need a drummer."
Drinks machine
"Hot chocolate, soup, not the soup that tastes weird," said Odd.
Ulrich leaned over and pressed the button for the soup.
"Hey!"
"It's not that bad."
The machine produced hardly any soup.
"I thought Jim had sorted this out," said odd as he tipped the soup out.
"Another power outage," mused Jeremy.
"It definitely looks like a Xana attack," said Harry. "It's too consistent."
"Or you could be becoming paranoid," said Ulrich.
"Are you worried?" asked Yumi.
"I am," replied Jeremy.
"If you need us, we'll be in the gym, holding auditions."
Gym
Odd, Yumi and Ulrich watched as a boy played the drums.
"You have a style, it's heavy metal, right?" asked Odd.
"Sure."
"I'm sorry but we're looking for something more traditional," said Yumi.
"Next," said Odd. "Hey Naomi."
Naomi played the drums… badly.
"That was great," said Odd. "What do you think?"
Ulrich and Yumi looked at him.
Harry's and Jeremy's Dorm
"4000 volts in a high tension cable? That's not right," said Jeremy.
"I don't know a lot about cables and electricity but isn't that above the limit?" asked Harry.
"I think so," said Jeremy. "Aelita?"
"Hey Jeremy. Got anything new?"
"Yeah… huh? Aelita?" Jeremy said as the computer cut off. He tried turning the lights on but they wouldn't.
"We have to go to you know where," said Harry as he put his laptop in his bag.
"There's something I want to check first."
They ran out of the dorm to the edge of the school grounds.
"Now that's not normal," said Harry, looking at the crackling and sparkling pylon.
Gym
Everyone looked at Jeremy and Harry's sweaty faces.
"Xana's attacking," said Jeremy. "I'm almost sure."
"Go on," said Yumi.
"There's power building up in the pylon outside the school and the electronics have cut out around school," said Jeremy.
"What's the danger?" asked Odd.
"There's too much power in the pylon. It's above the limit," said Harry.
"Why would Xana do that?"
"Your guess is as good as mine."
"Surprise," said Sissi.
"What are you doing here?" asked Yumi.
"Now, now, don't be like that. It's open for everyone," said Sissi. "Anyway, I'm not auditioning. He is." Sissi pointed at Nicholas.
"Alright, we're off," said Jeremy as he and Harry ran off.
Nicholas played the drums.
"Wow, he's better than Naomi, that's for sure."
"Naomi is good, just give her a little time," said Odd.
"If by a little time, you mean a couple of years, then you're correct," said Yumi.
"If we have Nicholas, you need to find yourself a new drummer," said Odd.
"If we don't have Nicholas, you need to find yourself a new singer," retorted Yumi.
"If Sissi's intention was to cause trouble, she's done it," said Ulrich.
"Hey, would you want a slide trombone player?" asked Jim.
Factory
"Hey Aelita. Sorry about the outage," said Jeremy as Harry peered over his shoulder.
"You were right to be worried," said Aelita. "Xana's woken up."
"Ok, I'll run Harry's program and send him over," said Jeremy. "Harry, get to the scanners."
Harry nodded and went down in the elevator.
"Transfer Harry. Scanner. Virtualisation."
Lyoko
"Hello Harry," said Aelita as Harry landed on his feet.
"Hey Aelita. Jeremy are we going to run my program now?"
"Ok. According to both Harry's scan and the usual scan, the tower is in the desert. The tenth tower according to Harry's. I'll just get you some identifiers."
"Ok then," said Harry. "We'd better changer sectors then if it's in the desert. You'd better get the team here quickly Jeremy."
"I don't need to remind you to be careful do I? Huh, that's odd," said Jeremy.
"You don't need to remind us Jeremy and what's odd?"
"You somehow have Odd's abilities Harry,"
"Aw man. Are you saying that I can copy other people's powers?" asked Harry.
"That is exactly what I'm saying."
"Now I have too much power, power that I don't want."
"That's not all. You also seem to have access to the same program Aelita uses to deactivate towers."
"Now that is awesome though it doesn't make up for the nicking other people's powers. Mind if I try it out Aelita?"
"Not at all Harry."
"You're going to tell me how to use it though. And you need to come with me in case I'm devirtualised."
Gym
Jim was playing the trombone.
"Well?"
"Well, we're a rock band, not a military brass band," said Odd as Yumi's phone rang.
"Ok, we'll be there," said Yumi. "Sorry Jim, but we're going to have to cut this short."
They walked out.
Lab
"There you are," said Jeremy
"What's up?" asked Yumi.
"I know what Xana is up to. Once he's built up enough power, he's going to unleash it on the power plant which would cause a short circuit."
"That's a bit stupid of him," came Harry's voice from the computer. "That would knock out the computer which he needs to survive."
"Why are you on Lyoko?"
"Oh, the usual reason."
Pylon
"I can't seem to cut the power," said a worker. "I've never seen such a weird thing."
Lab
"Once Xana has built up the power," Jeremy said, "He's going to use it to blow up the plant."
"Nuclear sabotage. Isn't that a little over our heads?" asked Yumi.
"As lovely as this talk is," said Harry. "If we don't hurry up, the plant will blow up."
"If we fail in Lyoko, the whole region will be wiped out. We need to tell the authorities."
"Which is why we need to get a move on," pointed out Jeremy.
"If we tell the authorities, we'll get questioned and the supercomputer will be shut down."
"But we're talking about nuclear sabotage."
"Let's take a vote."
"How about we try to tell the authorities and work on Lyoko. Mind you, they might not believe our story or not concentrate on it because of the pylon. If we succeed on Lyoko, we can use the return to the past," said Harry, trying to act peacemaker as he and Aelita ran across the desert.
"Is that your vote?"
"Yes."
"Against," said Odd.
"Against," said Jeremy.
"For, obviously," said Yumi.
"Sorry Aelita but I vote that we tell the authorities," said Ulrich.
"So that's three for telling the authorities and two for not telling."
"Don't I get the right to vote?"
"Err, yes."
"I vote for."
"What?"
"I don't want to put thousands of people at risk."
"Alright then. Yumi, go tell the authorities. Ulrich, Odd go to the scanners."
The three went to their respective places.
"Transfer Odd. Transfer Ulrich. Scanner Odd. Scanner Ulrich. Virtualisation.
Lyoko
"Hey guys," Harry said. "Ready for battle?"
"As ready as I'll ever be," said Ulrich as they headed over to the tower.
"We're going to make it, aren't we?" asked Odd.
"Of course we are," said Harry. "Oh, by the way Odd, I somehow copied your powers. Don't ask me how though."
"Aw, that's not fair. How come you get the cool powers?" asked Odd.
"Stop complaining."
"The tower's near an oasis. Remember, once you get there to allow Harry to deactivate the tower," said Jeremy.
Ulrich and Odd stared at Harry.
"You can deactivate towers too?" asked Ulrich in disbelief. "And if that's true, why aren't you there already?"
"Trust me, I'd rather be less powerful. Those powers just paint a giant target on my back. As for me being able to be able to deactivate towers, I have to know where they are first and I had to bring Aelita along for if I got devirtualised."
Principal's office
"I don't get it. The power plant's working fine but the city's not getting any power. There's no reason for alarm as we're working on it."
There was a knock on the door. "I'm sorry to disturb you sir but it's really important. It's about the power plant. I know you won't believe me but it's in danger of blowing up!"
Yumi exited the office and ran to the pylon. On the way, she called Jeremy.
"The principal didn't believe me," she said.
"We're not having a picnic over here either. The pylon's at 85% and we can't find the tower!"
Lyoko, same time
"Are you sure it's here, Jeremy?" asked Harry. "Because I don't see it."
"It's here, alright," said Aelita. "Xana's pulsations converge here."
"It's got to be around there," said Jeremy. "You've got to hurry though. The pylon is nearly overloaded."
Ulrich stabbed the ground while Odd sat down and Harry looked at the water. He didn't know how but the water didn't seem normal… well, not normal for Lyoko anyway. He put his hand into the water… and fell to another plateau.
"Hey, I found something," he called. Ten seconds later, the rest of the group landed around him.
"Nice going," said Odd.
Harry frowned.
"Where are the monsters?" he asked. "We should've been attacked by now. And there's the tower."
They ran to it but Krabes attacked.
"Well, you got your monsters."
"Aelita, run," said Harry as he took out the Krabe chasing her. Odd got devirtualised and Ulrich was defecting the lasers from a Krabe before using his super sprint to defeat it. Harry took out a second Krabe just for Ulrich to be devirtualised by some Kankrelats.
"Why am I always the only one left?" moaned Harry.
"Hurry Harry. The pylon's at 95%!"
"As for why am you are always the only one left, it's because you always dodge the lasers," said Odd.
"What? No I don't."
"Maybe you are but you don't realise it," said Jeremy. "I guess it's the ninja's instincts that guide you. That must be also be the reason for copying Odd's abilities, as proof you defeated him."
"But I didn't defeat him," said Harry as he took out the last Krabe. "Odd, how do you use laser arrows?"
"Just aim and think really hard about firing."
"You might not have defeated Odd but you were there when he was devirtualised. I guess that counts as the same thing," said Jeremy. "Oh, you now have Ulrich's abilities too though you can't use them until the next time you are virtualised."
"I definitely hate that power!" Harry yelled as he took out the Kankrelats. "First it was Odd, now my brother!"
"What are you complaining about?" asked Ulrich. "If I were you, I'd feel happy."
"It doesn't feel right." Harry sighed. "I'd better get that tower deactivated. Aelita, mind telling me how?"
"You have to approach the tower with a desire to enter," explained Aelita. "Then you rise to the second level, place your hand against the screen and enter code Lyoko."
"Right." Harry walked up to the tower, paused and then entered.
With Yumi
"Can you repeat that?"
"The voltage built up in the pylon is going to be used to destroy the power plant," said Yumi. "We have to evacuate.
"How do you know all that?" asked one of the workers.
Few minutes later
"A supercomputer in an abandoned factory? A virtual world?"
"Oh, no. It's too late," said Yumi, seeing the electricity race down the wires before suddenly stopping just before the plant.
Lyoko
Harry ran to the centre of the eye, concentrated then started to rise. Once he was on the second level, he walked forward and the screen appeared.
"Well, this is the moment of truth," he muttered as he pressed his hand against the screen.
Harry
Code
Lyoko
The files went down the tower before being launched back up.
Lab
"Phew. Ready for a return trip to the past?" asked Jeremy.
Odd nodded.
"Return to the past, now!"
A white light engulfed everything.
Gym
The band was performing their first song.
"Way to go guys," called Jeremy. "You're going to make this town explode!"
"Thanks," said Yumi as they stopped playing.
"Oh, can you come round to mine and Jeremy's dorm please?" asked Harry. "There's something I'd like to tell you,"
Later
"So, you have the ability to copy other people's powers, you can deactivate towers too AND you have this crazy ass energy flowing through you that lets you manipulate the material world?" asked Yumi.
"Err, yes," said Harry sheepishly.
"Well, that's awesome," said Odd.
Harry stared at him.
"What, you thought that we wouldn't accept you?" asked Yumi. "If so, you're an idiot. We're all different and if being different for you is having weird powers, then well. Besides, we are your friends, aren't we?"
"Um, yes."
"Then what makes you think we'd think any different about you?" asked Odd. "Besides, we all have crazy powers on Lyoko. You just have one that you can use on Earth. Can you use it to copy your homework for me?"
"NO!"