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The Robots

The computer in the factory sparked as Xana's smoke slipped out. It travelled through several dusty corridors where it took over the conveyer belt again as Xana took control. The machines started to create something but they were slow after disuse. A part of a robot went through a hatch. Red lights glowed in the darkness.

Science class

Ms Hertz was using a drill on a sheet of metal. Sparks were coming off it and there was a small dent.

"As I'm sure you've noticed, this sheet of titanium is much stronger than steel, which is why it is used by NASA for constructing its space shuttles!" said Ms Hertz to the bored class.

"I already knew that," muttered Harry.

"You should've used it for your robot!" said Nicholas to Herb.

"I'm afraid this alloy would be a bit out of your budget range, Herb!" said Ms Hertz, overhearing them.

"I knew that too."

"But since your friend brought up the subject, let me remind you that the robot competition is this afternoon. I hope you have finished your models."

"Is yours ready Jeremy?" asked Ulrich. Jeremy gave him a thumbs up.

"Boring."

"There's no reason to be like that Harry," said Jeremy. "I couldn't have done it if you hadn't done the programing."

"Now that isn't boring." Harry smiled. "I'm here for all your programming need. It's a good thing that we were allowed to work together."

"And you Herb?" asked Sissi after glancing at Harry.

"All done. Come and see my masterpiece after school, ok?" said Herb eagerly, trying to impress Sissi. Sissi smiled.

Later

"Well, let me see it Herb," said Sissi impatiently. "I'm waiting."

"Ta-da" said Herb as he pulled off the sheet covering the robot.

"What is that-that horror?!" asked Sissi in disbelief and horror.

"Well…it's our team's robot…Iron Sissi…" said Herb nervously.

"Huh? What?! How dare you name that hideous monster after me?!" asked Sissi angrily.

"But it's a tribute to you…" said Herb. "It may be ugly but watch how it works."

He started controlling it. Sissi knelt down and took a closer look. It tried to scratch her face.

"Herb, do something!"

"It's nothing," said Herb as he moved it away from her. "A few adjustments and it will be fine."

"It better be. If it doesn't Jeremy and his pals are going to win. They've already got the better programmer. It's going to win, ugly or not! And if it doesn't say goodbye to Sissi's gang! That goes for you too, Nicolas!" said Sissi in anger as she stormed out and slammed the door.

"Nothing to worry abbot. I've thought of everything."

Harry's and Jeremy's dorm

Odd looked at the metal dog as Jeremy smiled, pleased with himself.

"I'd like you to meet Kiwi 2."

Everyone looked at it as the robot approached Kiwi who backed up and fled.

"That's cool. Kiwi's got a playmate," said Odd.

"He's as cute as the real one," said Aelita.

"How's our nice little robot, hm? You want a bolt, or a nut? Uh…" asked Odd as the robot urinated oil on him.

"Sorry…I didn't have the time to take him out. He needs an oil change every day!" apologised Jeremy as Harry vanished the oil. "That's a design flaw that we can't seem to iron out."

Ulrich and Yumi laughed.

"I don't think Kiwi likes him as he's not real. I made his artificial intelligence as good as I could too. And the controls are really responsive so be careful when controlling him Jeremy," said Harry as he clutched his head. "I suggest we keep an eye out though. The robot competition is a prime time for Xana to attack, don't you think? He's up to something to do with robots, I know that much. He's preparing something."

Jeremy shrugged. "I guess I can see your point."

The bell rang.

"Hey, it's time," said Ulrich excitedly. "Let's go. We're bound for glory."

"I'd keep an eye on Sissi's group too," said Harry. "I wouldn't put it past her to cheat."

"You would know," said Odd. "You went out with her."

"I believe I told you to never to talk about that," said Harry as he approached Odd menacingly.

"Ok, ok. I get it."

"See you later Aelita," said Jeremy as he picked up the robot. "Keep an eye out for Xana. As Harry said, I wouldn't put it past him to attack using robots."

"I'll have my laptop on me so you can talk to us."

"I will," said Aelita. "But I hope Xana gives you enough time to win the contest!"

The boy pretty much ran out the door.

Factory

The robot interfaced with the supercomputer and retrieved information about the five friends. It also noted Harry's magic from the record on his avatar.

Gym

"All right, now it's the moment you've been waiting for. The grand finale!" said Jim to cheers. "In this corner is Iron Sissi and in the other is Kiwi 2!"

"Kiwi 2! Kiwi 2! Kiwi 2!"

"Jeremy versus Herb, boy, isn't that original?" asked Milly as she filmed.

"And the winner will be Jeremy…boy, what suspense."

"Remember both robots aren't allowed to use any physical force," said Jim. "Shake hands now."

Jeremy offered his hand and Herb reluctantly took it.

"The first to score five baskets is the winner. Begin!"

Jim threw the ball into the air. Kiwi 2 grabbed it in its mouth.

Lyoko

Aelita looked around the mountain sector. She looked behind her and saw pulsations.

"Jeremy? Harry? Can you hear me?"

Gym

"What's up Aelita?" asked Harry as he opened his laptop as Jeremy scored a goal.

"That's great. Kiwi 2 scored a goal," said Ulrich as people cheered. Sissi glared at the robots.

"Xana's activated a tower."

Harry looked around. "Well, he's not doing anything to the robots in here. Or anything in here."

"The pulsations don't lie."

"Hey, calm it. I didn't say Xana wasn't active." Harry concentrated. "I'm still getting the feeling that Xana's using a robot."

"Very good, but I've never seen a robot so ugly!" said Delmas as Iron Sissi scored its second goal.

"Dad!"

People started booing.

"I've got to go. Bloks are chasing me," said Aelita as she threw an energy field at them.

"Alright. Be careful. I'll go to the factory as soon as I can but it might be a while. It would look suspicious if I left," said Harry as he looked at the robots.

Kiwi 2 scored another goal. People started cheering.

"Way to go Jeremy!" cried Odd. Jim blew his whistle.

"Time out. One minute for half time."

"You're doing great," said Odd as he, Ulrich and Harry walked over to him.

"We have a problem. Xana's attacking," said Harry.

"I don't see anything strange," said Jeremy as he looked around.

"Aelita contacted me. She says she feels pulsations."

Jeremy frowned. "We need to get to Lyoko then."

"Xana always choses the worst time to attack, doesn't he?" said Odd.

The game started up again. The score evened out at four-four.

"Game ball," said Jim as he threw the ball into the air. Harry's world slowed down as he watched. He wouldn't put it past Herb to cheat. Kiwi 2 picked up the ball and ran to the goal.

"Oh no!" cried Sissi.

"Go on Kiwi, go on!"

Iron Sissi followed it.

"Ready, set," said Herb as he pressed the button on his control. Kiwi 2 exploded. Harry froze. He had seen what had happened. Herb took control of the ball and scored the final goal.

"We won! We won!" Sissi yelled happily as she hugged Nicholas. "We did it."

"Uh, well. Thank you for all our contestants and that's the end of the competition for this year. Remember class 9B has Phys Ed next." The students groaned as Harry, Yumi, Odd and Ulrich walked over to Jeremy.

"Don't worry about it Jeremy," said Ulrich.

"You can't win all the time," said Yumi.

"But what happened?" asked Jeremy.

"Herb cheated," said Harry. "His robot spat a nut which hit Kiwi 2."

"We can show you," said Milly as she handed Jeremy her camera. "How did you know that Harry?"

"Good eyes."

"So Herb cheated."

"Well, am I still a part of the gang or what, huh?" asked Herb.

"I guess, we did win. But it's still the ugliest robot I've ever seen!" exclaimed Sissi.

"Herb, can I see you for a minute?" asked Jeremy. People started screaming as a robot came in.

"Well, there's Xana's attack," said Harry as he looked at it. "I did say that it had something to do with robots."

"Where did that come from?" asked Jeremy in confusion.

"Where do you think? The factory."

The robot saw them and ran over. Sissi Herb and Nicholas screamed and ran away. The robot picked up Jeremy.

"Put Jeremy down!" yelled Harry as he summoned his shuriken and there them at the robot.

"That's not a good idea Harry," called Ulrich. The shuriken severed some of the wires, causing it to drop Jeremy.

"Come on!" the five ran away into the changing rooms.

"What are you doing in here?" asked a boy. "You're not supposed to be here."

"You have to get out," said Yumi as the door started to get bashed in.

"You thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?" asked Odd.

"Xana…but how could Xana have ever made a thing like that?" asked Yumi as they tried rot barricade the door.

"The factory of course," said Harry. "There are lots of random scraps there."

"There's one thing for sure, it's us he's after!" Yelled Ulrich. "Harry can you make some homing shuriken that can go through this door?"

"Shuriken coming up." Harry produced the requested weapon and threw them. It phased throw the door and they heard them connect. "I take it we're going back in time?"

"Of course," said Jeremy. "But we need to get to Lyoko. Harry, can you fend off the robot? You're the only one who can keep it off our backs for the time we need. We'll go to the factory to help out Aelita."

"Go! He'll probably go after me anyway! Xana knows I'm the biggest threat to him."

"Stay in contact."

The four ran off, leaving Harry to stop the robot.

"Come on, you hunk of metal! Come get me," called Harry as he let the door open. The robot swiped at him but he dodged and ran into the gym and out into the grounds. The robot followed him.

Factory

"What the!" was all Jeremy had to say as he saw the state of the supercomputer. "It's a good thing he only targeted the terminal, not the actual computer."

He tried to access the programs.

"I can't access anything. The scanners, the holomap, the programs, nothing. I can't send you to Lyoko. The only thing I can access is Harry's monster. What did he call it? Ah yes. The scorpion. Hang on. I'll load them up for now."

He typed in the relevant commands.

"Ok, Aelita has some protection now. Odd, plug in the IED." Odd did that. Jeremy stared to type as the computer loaded everything he needed.

Harry

Harry called up another two shuriken and threw them as he ran past Jim.

"Harry, I demand you tell me where you got those weapons," hollered Jim as Harry drew away.

"Not the time. Sorry Jim," Harry hollered back. He needed to get a robot specialist. He knew a bit about robots but the programming of them, not the building. "I don't have the time to create a virus… yes I do! I'll have to rely on my instincts though. I also have to find Herb."

He went to top sped, pulled out his laptop and started to type as he ran.

"Well, that's done," he muttered as he saw Herb and launched the program. "Herb, I need your help."

"Where did you come from?" asked Sissi. "You appeared out of thin air."

"Not the time Sissi," said Harry as he dragged Herb away. "I've got a robot to deactivate."

"Where are you going?" asked Sissi. "The school needs to be evacuated." She screamed when she saw the robot. It was moving slower than before.

Harry stopped when they were far enough away. "I need a favour Herb. Can you help me disconnect that robot?"

"You're not in my gang," said Herb as he tried to walk away. Harry ran in front of him.

"You can't run from me Herb. I'm a lot faster than I let on. That robot is a really big danger."

"I said no."

"I wonder what Sissi would say if she found out you were a cheater," said Harry. "Milly and Tamiya have it on tape."

Herb shook. "Ok. But if you tell her…"

"What can she do to me?" asked Harry. "I can get away from her easily."

The robot came around the corner and Harry threw a shuriken.

"I can't do this for much longer. I know I have a lot of ammo but eventually I will get tired."

Harry ran off with Herb following him.

"Do you have any ideas? We need to get rid of it."

"I have an idea. I'll need Ms Hertz's drill though."

Harry shot off then returned with the drill. Herb stared at him.

"I'm showing you a lot of trust with using my abilities."

"What else can you do?" asked Herb. "And can you take me to the science classroom? I'll also need your help with programing."

"I can dodge really well, I can shoot arrows out of my hands and I can summon a sword and a war fan," said Harry as he picked Herb up, placed him on his back and ran off.

Herb stared at him as he said "Let's hope the robot's not made of titanium!"

Harry smiled. "Did I mention that I can make explosions with my shuriken? I'm also a wizard."

Herb fainted. Harry sighed and pulled water out of the atmosphere. He dumped it on Herb.

"It's not like you're going to remember this," he muttered as Herb spluttered. "You wanted to do something?"

Herb started to build a device while Harry sorted out the controls.

Lyoko

"Jeremy, I'm nearly at the tower," said Aelita as she rode a scorpion.

"You can't go by yourself," said Jeremy.

"We'll go," said Yumi. "It's the first trip without Harry for a while."

"You can but I don't know if the program that manages the scanners is operational," said Jeremy.

"It's too late to test it," said Odd as they walked to the elevator. "Harry needs us to deactivate the tower as soon as possible."

"Your destination is the mountain region. Transfer Ulrich. Transfer Odd. Transfer Yumi. Scanner Ulrich. Scanner Odd. Scanner Yumi. Virtualisation!"

Lyoko

"Are you ok?" asked Jeremy.

"We're fine," said Odd. "Where's Aelita?"

"A little further north."

They ran in the right direction.

"Hey Aelita… wow!" They stared at the scorpion.

"Harry created that?" asked Ulrich.

"Yep. Now hurry up! Harry hasn't got all day." Odd got hit with lots of shots from several Bloks.

"Odd! Only 50 life points left!" exclaimed Jeremy.

"Thanks Jeremy, but who's counting?" asked Odd as he shot one.

Harry

"That's it. Now all we need is to find that robot," said Herb as he finished the model.

"And upload its programming," said Harry. "The robot shouldn't be too hard to find. It will come after me. Speak of the devil."

The robot smashed the door down.

"Hurry up you guys," muttered Harry. "I don't know if I'll last much longer."

Harry threw the model and Herb started controlling it. It drilled into the robots back. Harry dragged Herb into the cupboard. The robot started to move again and destroyed that door too. It picked Harry up and started to strangle him before deactivating.

"Herb, I've got to hand it to you, your droid worked miracles!" said Harry as he regained his breath.

"Thank you…" said an embarrassed Herb.

"Well, I've gotta go now, there are a couple of things I've gotta do!" Harry ran off with Herb watching him go.

Lab

"Hey," said Harry as he walked into the lad. "How's it going?"

"Not very well," said Jeremy. "They've been bogged down by monsters. The robot?"

"It's deactivated but I'm not sure if Xana included a way to get to back onto its feet," said Harry. "Xana might have created another one. Want me to go over and help?"

"Get to the scanners. You four, Harry's on his way."

"Finally," said Odd as he hit a hornet. "Harry being here will make this a real lot easier."

"Transfer Harry. Scanner Harry. Virtualisation!"

Lyoko

"Which way Jeremy?" asked Harry as he landed.

"North."

"Ok. Thanks!" he zoomed off.

"Jeremy, how many points?" asked Odd.

"Only 10 left! That goes for all off you. Harry's coming! Don't worry."

"I don't see how Harry dodges this," said Ulrich as he destroyed a Krabe.

"It's because he can see things coming at a slower rate than you can. His perception of time slows down when he speeds up so the shots seem to be coming in slow motion so he can dodge."

"Banzi!" Harry came in and destroyed the horde just as the three got devirtualised. "I was too late."

Lab

"Hey Jeremy," said Ulrich as they walked into the lab. A large banging noise came from the elevator. "What was that?"

"The robot," said Jeremy as the robot forced his way in. "Harry you go ahead and deactivate the tower."

"Right," said Harry as he jumped onto the platform with the tower and walked into it. He went to the screen on the second platform and placed his hand on it.

Harry

Code

Lyoko

The robot collapsed.

"Return to the past now!"

The white light fixed the damage of the robot.

Earlier

The scores became equal to many cheers.

"Alright. Game ball," said Jim as he threw the ball into the air. Harry's world slowed down as he watched. He knew Herb would try to cheat. Kiwi 2 picked up the ball and ran to the goal.

"Oh no!" cried Sissi.

"Go on Kiwi, go on!"

Iron Sissi followed it.

"Ready, set," said Herb as he pressed the button on his control. Kiwi 2 dodged the nut and scored the goal.

"Huh?"

Harry grinned as people cheered.

"I declare Jeremy the winner," said Jim. "Ok, you two! I want both of you to shake hands, come on!"

Jeremy smiled, closed his eyes and held his hand out.

"No way!" said Herb as he stormed off.

"What a sore loser!" exclaimed Odd.

"I forgive him," said Harry. "He's nice every now and then!"

"Huh? You mind explaining?"

"I'll tell you all about it."

"I knew it! You're a loser, and so is your robot! It's as ugly as you are!" yelled Sissi.

"I kinda feel sorry for Herb right now," said Harry. "We had an unfair advantage, having our memories of the future."

"That doesn't last for long, you know that," said Yumi. "Since Xana won't attack this soon."

"Yeah, I know."