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The Trap

Jeremy walked up to his computer.

"Aelita? You connected?" he asked.

"Hello Jeremy. Have a good day?"

"Nothing special."

"Which classes do you have tomorrow?" asked Aelita.

"First we have physics then chemistry with Ms Hertz then a maths exam."

"What do you do in an exam?"

"We have to show what we know in writing," explained Jeremy.

"What a strange idea."

"Not really since our brains aren't like yours. Yours have an infinite capacity. Our brains have a limited memory capacity. We can't store as much data as you can. In other words, compared to you Aelita, our hard disk come up kind of short!"

"Talking about memory," said Harry as he woke up. "I think mine's improving. I might be changing to something more like a computer. I just hope I don't end up like Xana. It looks like my stalker has gone for a while though. Probably went to get something. Or went to sleep."

"Go back to sleep Harry."

"Are you sleeping yet?" yelled Jim.

"I'm sorry Aelita, but I gotta go. I don't want to take the chance of having to introduce you to Jim! I'll connect with you at noon tomorrow, universal time!" said Jeremy as he rushed back to bed.

The next morning

The first few classes flew past. Sissi flicked a paper ball at Harry but he dodged. She frowned but shrugged it off as him shifting in his seat at the right time.

"Something wrong Jeremy? Harry?" asked Ms Meyer as they finished the exam.

"No ma'am. I've finished," said Jeremy.

"Same here," said Harry.

Ms Meyer checked over their work. "Why, yes you have. Excellent work too. Everyone else, keep working."

"Her birthday is today," said Jeremy suddenly. Everyone looked at him.

"You may go, Jeremy. You too Harry."

"Thanks a million, you could've at least stayed to give me a hand!" whispered Odd.

"Aelita! I almost forgot that…that we met exactly a year ago today!"

"How time flies," said Harry as they walked out of the room.

"Hey, it's Aelita's birthday today!" whispered Odd to Ulrich.

"Yeah, I forgot all about it!" replied Ulrich.

"What's going on?" asked Sissi.

"Mind your own business!" said Ulrich.

Later

"Wow it's been a year since we met Aelita," said Ulrich.

"And a year since the start of our trips to Lyoko."

"And I still haven't been able to materialise her," said Jeremy.

"We'll get there," said Harry. "We've made good progress and remember, the materialisation program isn't exactly easy. Plus we have to deal with school."

"And we've managed to protect her from Xana," said Ulrich. "However annoying the attacks may be."

"Let's use our lunch hour to make a little surprise for Aelita," suggested Odd on an unrelated topic. "Don't you think she'd like it?"

"That's a good idea," said Ulrich. "What do you two think?"

"Let's go to the factory," said Jeremy eagerly.

"I'll come as well. Don't want any programing mishaps now, do we? I have a program to upload to my avatar as well."

"Can I have a new power? Please?" asked Odd eagerly.

"Sure. Tell me what you want and I'll do it."

"The ability to use my tail as a weapon?"

""I'll think of something thought it will probably be used for behind you and it might not be very accurate."

They didn't notice Sissi hiding behind the wall.

"I'll meet up with you later," said Ulrich. "I'd promised Yumi that I'd meet up with her."

"Oh, I thought they'd never leave! Your friends really stick to you like glue, huh?" asked Sissi as the three walked off.

"Not half as much as you do, Sissi!" exclaimed Ulrich as he turned to face her.

"I'd like to talk to you, Ulrich. Could we have lunch together? I mean, just us two?" asked Sissi eagerly.

"Uh… sorry, Yumi's waiting for me," said Ulrich as he started to walk off. "And haven't you got the message that I don't want to go out with you yet?"

'Yumi, always Yumi, it's time he dumped her!' thought Sissi as she watched him go.

Lyoko

A tower in the desert started to glow red. Aelita glanced around the tower she was in as she heard the pulsations.

Factory

The eye of Xana appeared on several screens. The machinery that had laid abandoned for years started up again.

Elsewhere in the factory

"I'd love to find a nice present for Aelita!" said Jeremy as they entered the elevator.

"No problem! Why don't you program a digital birthday cake?" asked Odd.

"Very funny…"

"How about finishing the materialisation program?" asked Harry as Jeremy pressed the button to go down. Nothing happened. He tried again and still nothing happened. Harry clutched his head.

"What's wrong Einsteins?" asked Odd.

"Power cut I guess," said Jeremy. "Let's go check the fuses."

"This isn't a power cut Jeremy. At least not a normal one as I don't think this place is on the grid any more. It's Xana. He's setting a trap," said Harry. "It's got something to do with the elevator. I might be able to get straight to the lab though."

He disappeared with a crack.

"Hey! You could have brought us along!" yelled Odd.

Kadic

"What do you think?" asked Ulrich.

"It's a great idea," replied Yumi.

"What does he see in her?" asked Sissi to herself as she watched from behind a bush.

"Ok, let's go," said Ulrich as they walked over to the man hole. "The coast is clear."

They lifted the cover and climbed down as Sissi hid behind a tree.

Factory

"Wow! I forgot what this place looked like! That's really cool!" exclaimed Odd as they entered the room with the machines.

"You're kidding, Odd. Hunk of junk if you ask me…" said Jeremy as they walked past the silent machines. "You did get over your anger quickly though."

"No point in keeping your anger."

They didn't notice the machines move as they walked over to the stairs.

Bridge

Ulrich climbed out the hatch and helped Yumi up as his phone rang.

"Oh, hey Harry. We're just outside the factory. What? Ok, we'll be careful."

"What was that about?" asked Yumi as they walked over to the factory.

"Harry thinks Xana is setting a trap. Since he's always been right about Xana's attacks, I'm inclined to believe him. Apparently the elevator isn't working but Harry managed to teleport down to the lab"

"Alright. I'm going to beat you to the elevator!" with that, Yumi started to run and Ulrich chased her.

"We'll see about that!"

They quickly arrived at the elevator, pressed the button and the cover started to move.

"Well, well…nice little hiding place!" said Sissi as she ducked under the metal cover.

"What are you doing here?" asked Ulrich, slightly annoyed.

"I should ask you that! I want to know; are Jeremy and Odd waiting for you, or is this your own private love nest?!" asked Sissi.

"Sissi, that is none of your business!" exclaimed Yumi.

"Yumi's right," said Ulrich. "So why don't you just leave and stay away from us?"

He pressed the button to open the hatch.

"Huh? It doesn't want to open! Oh no! This is Xana's trap!"

"Hey, don't worry," said Yumi. "Harry will get us out of here. He's the one with the superpowers after all."

"Harry has superpowers?" asked Sissi.

"Yeah. He's had them for a while. I take it you've noticed that he can dodge really quickly. Especially since he dodged that paper ball you flicked at him."

Sissi looked at them as the elevator started to move. "Harry, one of the least sporty pupils at the school can dodge things really well?"

"Yeah, puts a damper on a sporting career. People will be saying he's on drugs when he isn't."

The elevator came to a sudden stop. Ulrich pressed the button again before calling Harry.

"Harry? We've sprung Xana's trap. Is there anything you can do to get us out of here?" he asked.

"Well, I can teleport to where you are and get you out."

"How many times have you done that?"

"On my own, once. With other people, never."

"Mind if we give that a miss? We've got Sissi here as well and I don't want to freak her out. I also don't want to be spread into little pieces."

"That puts a damper on things. I can go and virtualise myself and deactivate the tower or I can do a return to the past."

Ulrich thought for a second. "Go to Lyoko. It's better for you to be over there." the lights began to flicker and the wires holding the elevator frayed causing the elevator to drop. Sissi screamed.

"What's happening?"

"The elevator falling down the shaft. Call Jeremy!"

Jeremy

Jeremy and Odd climbed up the stairs. Jeremy paused as he heard a whirring noise but continued as his phone went off.

"Hey Harry. What? Ok. We'll be there soon. No Harry. I don't want to be teleported." They heard a crashing noise.

"What was that?" asked Odd.

"That was probably Sissi, Urich and Yumi in the elevator which fell down the shaft according to Harry." Jeremy said as they ran down the stairs. "Harry's waiting for us in the lab."

"Why couldn't he have taken us?" they stopped as the machines whirred to life.

"It's a trap!" yelled Odd as the machines started to attack.

"Nice going genius. We gotta get out of here!"

"No kidding, genius!"

A pincer tried to pick up Jeremy but Odd hit it with a metal bar.

Lyoko

Aelita looked over the desert sector.

"Xana."

"I could have told you that," said Harry as he set up the scan.

"What's happening on your world?" asked Aelita.

"Xana set a trap. Ulrich and Yumi are in the elevator but it's at the bottom of the shaft. Jeremy and Odd are with the machines which are activated from the looks of things and the camera," said Harry as he looked through the different cameras.

"I think you should come over here."

"I'll wait for Odd and Jeremy. My avatar can't be used for a few more minutes anyway. You head to the tower. I'll keep an eye out for monsters."

Elevator

"Ulrich?" Yumi asked as she woke up. "Ulrich? Are you ok?"

Ulrich hissed as he moved. "I think I've broken my arm. You?"

"I was lucky. But not Sissi. She's out cold. I hope Harry's not going to get annoyed at you."

"I don't think he will. If he does get annoyed, it'll be aimed at Xana not me. Though part of it is my fault. Harry did warn us but we still used the elevator. I hope Sissi doesn't remember this. Call Harry"

"She probably won't," said Yumi as she picked up Ulrich's phone. "We'll do a return to the past, like always."

"What's up Ulrich?" asked Harry.

"It's Yumi. The elevator is at the bottom of the shaft, Ulrich's broken his arm and Sissi is out cold. Can Jeremy and Odd help us?"

"Jeremy and Odd are stuck in the machine room. Xana's taken control of the machines there. I know of the location of the elevator."

"Ok. Thanks." She ended the call. "We're on our own."

"You have to go back up. Go to the lab and help Harry," said Ulrich.

"What about you? I don't want you to be alone."

"I don't think I'll be alone. Just tell Harry to hurry and leave the phone here. I can't get up with one arm anyway."

Yumi climbed up through the hatch and looked up the shaft. "Uhh…"

"What's the matter?" asked Ulrich as he pulled Sissi onto his lap.

"Nothing. Just looking at the climb. Just remembered I have a teeny fear of heights."

"Don't look down. You can do it. I have vertigo so I know of ways to deal with it."

Yumi started to climb up slipped and looked down. She paused for a moment before continuing.

"What happened?" asked Sissi as she woke up.

"The elevator broke down. We're stuck down in the shaft."

"It's cold."

"Don't worry. Help will be here real soon."

Sissi jerked up and noticed Ulrich's expression. "What's the matter Ulrich?"

"My arm's broken."

"Let me look at it."

"Sure. There's nothing better for you to do other than wait around and I guess this keeps you occupied."

Water started to drip through a crack.

Lab

Harry froze as he saw after filling the elevator. He quickly called Ulrich.

"What is it Harry?"

"If we don't hurry, you're going to drown."

"What!"

"There's a crack in the wall and water's dripping through. I guess Xana only just decided to do it as I didn't see it before."

"Ok. Thanks for letting me know. Yumi's on her way." The call ended.

"Two more minutes…"

Machine room

The metal bar got twisted by a machine.

"Come on. Let's go through the boiler room." They ran past the machines dodging them as necessary.

"It's too bad this isn't Lyoko, at least I have superpowers there!" exclaimed Odd.

"It's too bad you're not Harry."

"I'd do anything to be able to do what he does."

Jeremy's phone started to ring again.

"Harry?"

"Yumi's on her way to the lab. What are you doing?"

"We're heading to the lab through the boiler room. Why aren't you on Lyoko?"

"You did say to wait so I added that program I worked on. It's taking a while to connect. And I was expecting you to be here already. You do need to hurry though. If we waste time, Ulrich and Sissi will drown."

Lyoko

Aelita ran across the plateau, following the pulsations.

"Aelita! Krabes! Oh, my avatar's ready to be used. I'm coming over!"

"Wait Harry," said Aelita. "I'm not defenceless, remember."

She looked around. "Are you sure there are Krabes? I don't see any."

"Yep. They're there aright. Behind you!"

Altai threw an energy field and destroyed it.

"Nice going."

"Thank you."

Aelita ran past a field of pillars and destroyed another Krabe by luring it onto them and using creativity to destroy the pillars.

"I'd be a bit more careful with your creativity Aelita. Good going though."

Aelita continued onwards.

Boiler room

"Oh, look at the boiler! Xana's really after us this time…" said Jeremy as the boiler released some steam.

"Ready for a hundred-yard dash?" asked Odd as the steam built up.

"I'm better at math than gym…"

"Math isn't going to help you this time. Though Harry's lessons are helping. My grades are going up Ready? GO!" They started to run and things started to explode. The whole factory shook.

Lab

"Oh, hey Yumi," said Harry as she entered.

"Next time, you're teleporting us out."

"Thanks for letting me know I'm appreciated."

Steam started to build up.

"Where are Odd and Jeremy?"

They heard coughing.

"There they are."

"You're here. I was so scared when you weren't here," Said Yumi as she hugged them

"I knew they'd turn up. They were on their way so I saw no reason to become scared and I believe I told you they were coming," said Harry. "Now Jeremy, I think you need to get us to a certain place and quickly."

"We pushed the boiler too hard. I guess it couldn't take it," said Odd.

Elevator

"What was that?" asked Sissi as a heard a noise.

"Uh, nothing."

"Stay still." Sissi finished with the bandage.

"Thank you. You know, you're a real good nurse!" said Ulrich.

"Ah! I'm not just somebody who sticks to you like glue, huh?" asked Sissi.

"Heh… I guess you do have some useful abilities. You do get on my nerves though. If you want me to like you, back off a bit. What the!"

Water had started to cover the bottom of the elevator.

Ulrich hade a pile of everything they had to stand on and pushed the trap door closed but the water made it hard to keep to there. Water still came through the gaps.

"This is absolutely impossible! What are they doing?"

"And to think I dreamed of being alone with you for such a long time, but this isn't what I had in mind at all!" said Sissi.

"I swear, if we get out of here alive, I'll be nicer to you in the future, Sissi." said Ulrich.

"Really? Jeremy and the others are going to call for help, aren't they? Harry's going to use his superpowers, right?" asked Sissi.

"Yeah, I guess you could call it that. If by help you mean going to a virtual world and getting Harry or a girl called Aelita to a tower so they can stop this attack. Harry can't really show off his powers to other people as it'll cause havoc with his social life. He might even get turned into a guinea pig so don't tell anyone, please."

"They had better hurry up, whatever they're doing! Otherwise we'll drown before you have a chance to be nicer to me! I won't tell anyone about Harry."

Ulrich hugged her.

Lab

"The water's rising," said Harry as he ended the call. "Ulrich can't swim so we need to hurry up."

"Harry, can you go get them?" asked Jeremy. "I know they don't want you to get them out but you have to."

"Yep." He disappeared then reappeared with Ulrich and Sissi. They were slightly damp.

"What just happened?" asked Sissi. "It felt like I was being squeezed through a tube."

"You just got teleported. You're not missing anything are you?" asked Harry.

"I don't think so. Is that what you meant by superpowers Ulrich?" asked Sissi.

"Err, not really. That comes from something different. He has different powers though. Thanks for getting us out of there. I'm sorry for not allowing you to get us out earlier."

"It's fine. You didn't know that Xana would attempt to drown you."

"Do we still have to go to Lyoko?" asked Odd.

"Well, duh. Xana's still attacking."

"Who's Xana?" asked Sissi.

"A computer program," said Harry.

"Harry, Odd, Yumi. You three get to Lyoko. We need to stop this attack. I have the coordinates," said Jeremy. "Ulrich, you can stay here. It's not like you're much use with that arm. Aelita?"

"I'm at the tower but it's surrounded by Krabes. It's like Xana's expecting something… or someone."

"How many Krabes?"

"A hundred, I think."

"Lovely," said Harry. "A ton of Krabes. Just lovely. Looks like I have to go over. Odd and Yumi can't deal with lots of Krabes."

The three climbed down to the scanners.

"Ok. They're ready for transfer. The tower's in the desert. Transfer Harry. Transfer Odd. Transfer Yumi. Scanner Harry. Scanner Odd. Scanner Yumi. Virtualisation."

"I take it they're sorting this out," said Sissi.

"Yes. Don't worry. This will be over soon."

Lyoko

"Where's Aelita?" asked Harry as he dodged a laser.

"She's hiding."

"Looks like a chance to test out my new program." Harry threw a shuriken and when it hit a Krabe, it exploded. Several flaming shurikens came out and hit ten other Krabes but it stopped there.

"Isn't that a bit flashy?" asked Odd.

"It's a variation on my other exploding shurikens," explained Harry. "Instead of just sending out lots of shurikens which increase every time they hit a target, these send out of bunch of shuriken on fire which do more damage but don't go on as long. Takes a while to add though since I had to differentiate the links."

"Less talking, more fighting," said Odd as he took out a Krabe.

Harry took care of twenty more Krabes, Yumi destroyed five, Aelita took out three and Odd took out another seven.

"You could have left some more for me," complained Odd.

"Sorry Odd. You know I'm faster than you. In fact I often don't go at my full speed," said Harry as he took out the last one. "So who's deactivating the tower?"

"I'll do it," said Aelita as she walked over to the tower. "It's not fair on you if you keep doing it."

"Whatever you say."

Aelita walked up to the holographic screen and touched it.

Aelita

Code

Lyoko

Lab

"Well, the tower's deactivated," said Jeremy.

"Now what?" asked Sissi.

"Return to the past now!"

The white light erased the events of the day and Sissi's memory of them.

Earlier

"Ready Aelita?" asked Jeremy.

"What's going on? I don't understand," said Aelita.

Sissi and her goons looked through the door.

"Something from our world," said Odd.

"And something you're going to have to get used to if you're coming to live here," said Harry.

"Happy birthday, Aelita!"

"Oh! …I don't get it…" said Aelita.

"We're celebrating 'cause it's exactly one year ago that we met you!" said Jeremy.

"Oh, I see! And am I supposed to do something?" she asked.

"Yeah, save me a piece of cake!" exclaimed Odd.

"One-track mind."

"Don't listen to that glutton!" said Jeremy. "He always had food on his mind."

"Speak for yourself, four-eyes!" yelled Odd.

"Calm down," said Harry and Yumi at the same time.

"Oh, what a bunch of loonies! They're celebrating their computer's birthday!" mocked Herb.

"Well I think it's a very trendy thing to do! Buy a cake tomorrow, to celebrate the birthday of my make-up kit!" ordered Sissi.

"Odd, you're eating all the cake, stop!" said Yumi.

"I'm hungry!"

"So is everybody else!" exclaimed Yumi.

"Hand it over. And Harry?"

"Yes, oh delightful brother of mine?"

"Don't teleport me again."

"Spoilsport. You'll regret saying that."