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Frontier

"I'll test this part now," muttered Jeremy as he worked on Aelita's materialisation program. "Come on!" The program failed.

"What do you mean wrong? I don't believe this!" said Jeremy, annoyed. "It always happens just then! Aelita! Did you deactivate the modules like I told you to?"

"Of course and I even defragmented the internal matrix."

"I already did that! The system is bound to screw up if it gets the same data twice! If we keep working against each other, we're never going to succeed! Never!"

"That's enough Jeremy," said Harry. "You need to calm down. I know you're frustrated but getting angry helps no one!"

"I'm sorry…" said Aelita.

"Uh! No! I'm the one who's sorry, Aelita! Forgive me! I shouldn't have gotten so angry…"

"It is ok, but I think we should stop for tonight," said Aelita.

"Uh…"

"I'll see you tomorrow."

"No! Wait, Aelita!"

"Goodnight."

"I…uh…" Jeremy looked at the computer.

Harry sighed. "Now all I have to do is this… done. My monster is ready to be launched whenever we want. Get some sleep Jeremy."

The next day

"Hi guys," said Yumi as she walked up to them. "Well, it looks like I wasn't the only one who slept late. What were you guys doing? Studying, huh?"

"Not exactly! Tetrix Annihilator! 'Til three in the morning!" said Ulrich proudly.

"I should've guessed it was something like that, nice going!" said Yumi.

"Thanks. How'd you know I won?" asked Ulrich.

"How are you Jeremy?" asked Yumi, changing the subject.

"Me? I don't sleep even a wink. I have a lot of stuff on my mind."

"The usual worries about materialising Aelita?" asked Yumi.

"No, no. Well yes. There's a lot more to it than that."

The bell went.

"I'm off. Nothing like a little bit of maths to wake me up." Jeremy ran off.

Class

"I'll start again since it's a bit complicated," said Ms Meyer.

"Hey Jeremy," called Ulrich quietly, "What's going on with Aelita?"

"Well… last night… we had a bit of a fight."

"About what?"

"It was because of me. I yelled at her and I think she got mad. Ulrich, I really have to go!"

"Where to? The boy's room?" asked Ulrich.

"Of course not! To Lyoko!"

"What?!"

Harry frowned. "Are you sure?" he asked.

"Of course I'm sure!"

"Ulrich! Repeat what've just said," ordered Ms Meyer.

"Uhhh…"

"Odd! Go on, help him!"

Odd was lying on his desk, snoring. The class laughed.

"Typical, just typical Ulrich," muttered Harry. "I've known him for eleven years and he never seems to focus on class."

Later

"What? No way!" exclaimed Yumi.

"It's just for a few minutes Yumi! No more than an hour."

"That's not the problem. The problem is that you're the only one who can use the supercaculator."

"Hey, what am I? A stone?" asked Harry. "I can use the computer just as well as Jeremy."

"That's because you're a thirteen year old genius."

"Once you get the idea, it's not complicated," said Jeremy. "You'll have Harry to help you."

"And I've already said I'm not virtualising you Jeremy."

"It doesn't feel right, I'm sorry, Jeremy!"

"Yumi, listen…I had an argument with Aelita and I want to ask her to forgive me in person!"

"What if Xana attacks while you're there?" asked Yumi.

"Easy," said Harry. "Devirtualise Jeremy, get him to virtualise us then go deactivate the tower. Or we don't bring him back and I'll stay on earth."

"Xana's been pretty quiet lately," said Odd.

Factory

"Now, I've already calculated the variable virtual mass, so you don't have to worry. Since I won't be fighting, I used the default option for the exponential memory transfer, ok? As for the fractal and coding for the blocks, piece of cake!" exclaimed Jeremy.

"Piece of cake?! Hey, this may be easy for you, but it sure isn't for us! You do all this every time?!" asked Yumi.

"Well yeah! What do you think, that I take a nap while you're on Lyoko?" asked Jeremy.

"I do it every time I set up a delayed virtualisation," said Harry. "Jeremy, do you want me to take care of your laptop?"

"No! You'll just hack it." Harry pouted. "It's back at the school anyway."

"Anyway, stay in contact and if you have any trouble, ask Harry or check this." Jeremy picked up a thick book with lots of notes.

Yumi gaped then looked at Harry as Jeremy headed to the scanner.

"I have it all memorised. Lyoko has done a good thing for my memory."

"Your scanner is waiting, Sir!" said Odd as Jeremy walked into the scanner.

"Have a good trip," said Ulrich.

"I'm starting the transfer now," said Yumi. "Go."

Jeremy got scanned but it came up with an error.

"What the!"

"Oh, no, no, no!" Harry immediately started typing. "Aelita, has Jeremy turned up on Lyoko?"

"No. I can take a look at what happened."

"Thanks."

"What happened?" asked Ulrich as he and Odd walked in.

"I checked the data chain. It looks like Yumi made a data capture error that blocked the system."

"Oh great," said Harry. "That means that the memory used in the transfer was deactivated at the worst possible moment."

"But…where is he?!" asked Yumi.

"He wasn't transferred to Lyoko…and he didn't come back to you, and so, he's…he's out there and…blocked somewhere between us! Don't worry, he's ok!" said Aelita.

"Aelita, you have to retrieve memory…" said Jeremy to Aelita.

"A-are you in contact with him?" asked Ulrich.

"Yes. Uh, well let's say I think what he thinks. It's as if he were part of my mind."

"That's creepy," said Harry. "Do you have access to his memory?"

"Yes."

"Can we get him back?" asked Yumi.

"Of course we can," said Harry. "We just go to the passage towers and recover the data. Then we redirect it to the scanners. The only bad thing is the amount of time it will take. Easy peasy."

"How much time?" asked Ulrich.

"It's obvious Ulrich," said Harry. "The amount of time it takes to get to each of the passage towers in every sector and retrieve the data. I know a way to cut it in half though."

"According to Jeremy, one of your afternoons," said Aelita.

"That means there's no time to lose," said Ulrich.

"Ok, I'm off." Aelita started to move.

"Thank you Aelita," said Yumi. Harry stood up and starched.

"Look Yumi, it wasn't your fault," said Ulrich. "Jeremy and Harry are the only ones who can understand the computer, much less run it."

"I know. The big problem is the fact that Jeremy's in limbo and we can't get to Lyoko. If Xana attacks…"

"Don't sweat it, Yumi! Aelita's going to get Jeremy home soon, I'm positive! XANA won't have time to do anything!" said Odd cheerfully.

"And what am I? A mouse?" asked Harry. "I can get you to Lyoko easy enough."

"You'd better get back to school. If we're all absent, the teachers will start asking questions. I'll stay here just in case," said Yumi.

Class

"Herb?"

"Present."

"Harry?"

"Here."

"Jeremy?"

No answer.

"Jeremy?"

Again, no answer.

"Jeremy isn't here?" asked Ms Hertz.

"Uh…he's uh…in the infirmary, ma'am! Trying to get…unblocked?" Odd said as an excuse.

"Not surprising. You children eat much too fast."

"Hey, what kind of no good are you lot up to now?" asked Sissi.

"None of your business!"

"Well, with that kind of answer, now I'm sure you're up to no good!"

"Can't fool you, Sissi! Well actually…Jeremy's working on a new project for making worms intelligent?" suggested Odd.

"Oh?"

"That's right! And he'd like to test it on you!" continued Odd as he and Ulrich laughed.

"Quieten down."

Lyoko

"Yumi, I'm coming to the second tower," said Aelita as she entered the tower. She touched the screen and started to retrieve the data.

"Great Aelita. Memory recovered. Two down two to go." Ulrich and Odd entered.

"How are you doing Yumi?" asked Ulrich. "Let me see."

"How's it going?" asked Odd.

"Aelita just left the second tower. Things are almost going too well."

"I'm heading to the forest," said Aelita as she changed sectors.

"Hey guys," said Harry.

"Yumi, relax," said Ulrich. "He'll be back soon. Why don't you go back to school? Take your mind off it."

"Yeah," said Odd. "We can take over for you. We're not missing class, we're meant to be in the library."

"Ok," said Yumi as she picked up her bag and left. "See you later."

"Aelita, I'm replacing Yumi," said Ulrich. "Do you read me?"

"Yes. I'm almost at the third tower," said Aelita s she exited the tower into the forest sector and started to run.

"Is Jeremy ok?" asked Ulrich.

"A little worried but yes, he's ok. Uh oh. Trouble." She powered up an energy field and destroyed the Kankrelat in from of her.

"Aelita, I get the feeling you're not alone out there!"

"You're right, Ulrich…I'm not…"

"Three more monsters coming. Better get out of there."

Aelita started to run.

"Two more in front of you!"

Aelita charged up two energy fields and hit the monsters.

"I really wish Harry was here!" she destroyed two more monsters then hit the last.

"Well done, Jeremy would be proud of you!"

"I'll get you connected."

"Three down, one to go," said Odd. "What now? Tell Harry and Yumi?"

"Let's leave Yumi alone but you can tell Harry."

Yumi

Yumi was drawing a picture of Jeremy as the teacher talked.

"By the nineteen-fifties, television and radio had become the way of spreading culture. The cinema had its role to play and did so very dynamically. In the nineteen-nineties computers entered people's homes and changed the way people communicated with the development of the internet."

Lyoko

"I'm in the mountain sector. Just one more tower to go."

"Why is she stopping?" asked Odd.

"Ulrich, I'm at the tower but it's guarded by a ton of monsters. It's like Xana's expecting me. Or someone…"

"Harry! Is there no way you can get through?"

"No, there are too many. And if we don't get into the tower, we lose Jeremy. Wait. Jeremy says there's another way of retrieving memory."

"What? Another tower? Another computer?"

"Another tower's impossible and Jeremy's convinced that another computer wouldn't be able to operate the scanners."

"What about one?" asked Ulrich.

"Just one? I'll check."

"Why one?" asked Odd.

"If we can operate one scanner, we can send someone through to help Aelita get to the tower."

"Ulrich! Odd! I've got a problem! It's becoming harder and harder to contact Jeremy! I'm afraid he's starting to delete himself…"

"Huh?! What do you mean, Aelita?" asked Ulrich.

"He's disappearing. The computer is confusing him with an outdated file. You've got to bring him back as soon as possible!"

"Ok. We have no choice."

Yumi

"So, who would like to answer?" asked the teacher as Yumi's phone buzzed.

"Ulrich. How are things going?" asked Yumi quietly. "Huh? Trapped by a lot of monsters? Jeremy's computer and Harry? I'll go get them." She ended the call.

"Sir, could I please go to the infirmary?" asked Yumi.

Outside

Yumi ran to the dormitory but was spotted by Jim who followed him.

Harry's and Jeremy's Dorm

"There it is," said Yumi as she picked up Jeremy's laptop.

"What are you doing here?"

"Well, um! It's always good to exercise your mind after physical education class, huh Jim?" said Yumi.

Jim wasn't convinced as he frowned.

Factory

Odd was playing a game.

"I wish she'd hurry up." Ulrich called Yumi. "What's taking you so long?"

"I got caught red handed by Jim," said Yumi.

"WHAT?!"

"Sorry, I can't talk right now."

"Yumi got caught and is in the principal's office," said Ulrich. "She's got the computer with her. I'll try Harry."

"There's absolutely nothing we can do to get it now!"

"…Unless…"

Ulrich called Harry.

"Harry, we have a problem. Jeremy's deleting himself and we need his laptop. Unfortunately it's with Yumi and she's in the principal's office. Talk to Sissi. What? I'll tell you what you can tell her."

Harry

"Listen Sissi, I need your help," said Harry. Sissi looked at him.

"Well, well what do you know? The genius needing someone like me to help them."

Harry pulled her away.

"That's what you got to do," said Harry. "It's important."

"The only way I would do something like that is if you were nicer to me."

Harry sighed. "Sissi, I am nice to you. What have I said or done to push you away?"

"You don't tell me things about your brother."

"That's because I'm respecting his privacy."

"What could I do to get your help?"

"I don't know."

Harry frowned then smiled. "You have feelings for me don't you?"

Sissi started. "How did you know? You are pretty handsome but you don't know it I suppose. The price for Yumi is two months."

"A month and a down payment. My birth family is pretty rich and I have an account with lots of Euros."

"What kind of down payment?" asked Sissi.

Harry kissed her. People gaped at them.

Principal's Office

"I don't understand your story Miss Ishiyama. Jeremy can't have told you to get his computer because he's not at school today," said Delmas.

"But he is on the school grounds," said Jim. "He's in the infirmary. In fact, Yumi was reported absent for part of the day and Ulrich and Odd…"

"Enough of that. You and your friends have accumulated several reasons for being suspended. What do you have to say for yourself?"

"Daddy, I have to speak to you," said Sissi as she barged in. "It's important."

"Sissi, I'm busy."

"I know you are Daddy but it's about Yumi."

Delmas gave Yumi Jeremy's laptop and said. "Behave yourself. I won't warn you again."

"You're going to explain how you did that," said Yumi to Harry.

"I may have agreed to go out with her for a month as well as give her a few bits of information about Ulrich. Let's get going."

Lyoko

"Watch out Aelita," said Odd as the monsters started after her. She ran but tripped. One monster fell into the digital sea.

Factory

"Ok, lets connect these computers," said Harry as he walked over to the supercomputer and pulled out a few wires and two laptops. "This shouldn't take long." Harry blurred and a few seconds later, the three computers were connected. He started them up and typed away.

"How's Aelita doing?" asked Yumi.

"Fine for now but the monsters are chasing her. She's losing contact with Jeremy."

"That's bad," said Harry. "I'll head to the scanners. I assume that's why you wanted me."

"I can't believe you kissed Sissi," said Odd. Harry rolled his eyes.

"She's going to take a chunk out of my bank account that my mum left me. It has lots of euros in it though."

"Ok, all we can do now is hope," said Yumi.

Harry froze. "That's reminds me. Yumi, I need you to do something for me. It's pretty simple and I've got the instructions here." He pulled out a notebook and handed it to Yumi before running to the scanners.

"Aelita, Harry's going to try to reach you," said Yumi as she sat down. "The computers are connected. What do I do now?"

"Configure the auxiliary port to transfer the memory. Here's how you do it." Yumi started to type.

"Ok. I did it. I entered all the data. Now what do I do?"

"Good. You can transfer Harry now."

"Transfer Harry." Yumi paused.

"Hurry up," said Odd.

"Harry…"

"Do it. I have faith in you."

"Alright. Scanner Harry. Virtualisation."

Lyoko

Aelita peered out from behind a rock and she got shot at.

"There's another monster behind you."

Harry dropped down and immediately went into action, destroying the monsters.

"Hey, Yumi. Could you do what I asked you to please," called Harry.

"Ok."

A couple of seconds passed and two scorpion like monsters in armour appeared. A small yin yang symbol was on their heads. Aelita flinched away.

"Hey, it's alright," said Harry. "These guys are friendly. I created them though I haven't tested them yet."

"You created monsters?" asked Odd. "That's awesome."

"Come on Aelita. Climb aboard," said Harry as he helped her climb onto one of them. "Let's go."

They ran towards the tower where there was a lot more monsters. The monster with Aelita stayed back where it shot at any monsters that came too close. The other went with Harry where they defeated the monsters. That monster used its tail.

"Man that is great," said Harry. "Aelita, you can come now."

The monster with Aelita brought her closer. Aelita jumped off and ran into the tower and rose to the next level. She touched the screen and retrieved Jeremy's memory.

"We did it! We retrieved the scanner's memories," said Yumi. "Harry, I'm bringing you back."

Limbo

Jeremy was floating in fog.

"Jeremy? Jeremy, can you hear me?" asked Aelita. "Jeremy, wake up."

Jeremy's eyes flickered open and he looked for her.

"Jeremy." Aelita floated closer.

"Aelita!" Jeremy reached for her. Aelita reached for him and they touched. They disappeared.

Scanners

Harry, Odd Ulrich and Yumi waited as the scanner whirred and opened. Jeremy was at the bottom, leaning against the back.

"Jeremy!"

Harry's and Jeremy's Dorm

Jeremy's eyes flickered open.

"How are you feeling?" asked Ulrich.

"It was…it was…FANTASTIC!"

Jim glanced at the window because of all the noise.

"Your crazy idea of going to Lyoko gave us a real scare," said Yumi.

"I've got to go," said Harry. "I promised Sissi."

"Sissi? What are you, her slave?" asked Odd.

"Ulrich, is there anything I can tell Sissi?" asked Harry.

"Tell her that my favourite colour is green. I don't think she knows that."

"What's this about?" asked Jeremy. Harry walked out the room.

Later

"I was afraid you were mad at me…" said Aelita.

"I thought you were mad, Aelita! But I understood how you felt about me when you came…when you came to get me…" said Jeremy.

"Jeremy? When you're really in love, does it mean you fight all the time?" asked Aelita.

"No, not all the time! But…it can happen!"

"Really? You ought to tell that to Ulrich and Yumi!" said Aelita.

"Hoho, I'd rather stay out of that one! Hey, Harry."

Harry collapsed onto his bed.

"What's the matter?"

"Sissi. She's forgotten her feelings for Ulrich and moved them onto me."

"Is it that bad?" asked Jeremy.

"No. that's the problem."

"Looks like someone's in love," teased Jeremy.

"You can talk."

"Anyway, what do you call your monster?" asked Aelita.

"Monster? What monster?" asked Jeremy.

"It's a monster I programmed to help us," said Harry. "I call them scorpions because, well, they look like scorpions."

"You have to show me sometime," said Jeremy.