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Guided Missile

Jim handed out letters.

"That's the second letter for you today. I haven't gotten any," moaned Odd as Jeremy received one.

"Be patient," said Aelita. "There's still hope. I haven't gotten anything either."

"You don't know anyone else." Aelita looked down. "Sorry."

"Harry Stern."

"Here Jim." Jim handed Harry a box. Harry quickly opened it show off a new hard drive.

"What's wrong with the one you have?" asked Ulrich.

"Mine's a custom made one, remember? I need to keep it up to date."

"Aelita." Jim handed a card to her.

"That's weird. Tell us who'd it from," said Ulrich.

"I have no idea."

"Perhaps it's from Xana. He must be on vacation," suggested Jeremy.

"Jeremy, if it's from Xana, he's more likely to send it to me, not Aelita though Aelita is second on the list. And since when is Xana on a vacation?" Harry also got a letter. "Speak of the devil and he will appear."

"Why? Who's it from?" asked Jeremy. "Xana?"

"William actually." Harry started to read it out. "Dear Harry, I hope you have a change of heart soon and join me. William."

"Ok," said Sissi as she sat down. "Why would William send you a post card from… England."

"Because William knows I was born there so I think it's a hint at my heritage. Or a lucky guess. Or just William picking up any old post card."

"Finally this is for Odd Della Robbia, last of course, like he is in everything!" Jim walked away as Odd stared daggers at him.

"Well it's about time I suppose! I was wondering how long my parents would forget their favourite son. And I'll bet it's packed with lots of goodies! But don't worry, as you know, I'm very generous by nature." said Odd as he opened the box. "Huh? I wonder what's inside… Is that all there is? Dog food and nothing else at all?!"

"Makes you wonder who their real son is, you or Kiwi!" said Ulrich as the others laugh.

"Check this out, I won first prize in a contest from Cosmos, Future and Formula magazine," said Jeremy.

"Oh yeah? What's your prize?" asked Ulrich.

"An aerial invitation in a jet fighter with a live fixed-target air-to-ground strike missile exercise. And it's for today too!"

"That's cool!"

"Lucky you," said Sissi with a shudder. "I wouldn't want to do that."

"Yeah, but the problem is, I don't remember entering the contest…you think this could be Xana's doing?" asked Jeremy.

"Xana had nothing to do with it. You were entered by yours truly. I entered everybody to increase my chances of winning!"

"The prize can't be transferred. I have to go."

"You're kidding!" Odd took the letter. "I didn't even think of that!"

"I can't go anyway. I have to stay near the factory," said Jeremy in a slightly nervous voice.

"You have to go! This is the chance of a lifetime!"

"And Xana's been quiet lately. There isn't much of a risk," added Aelita. "We can keep an eye out."

"Admit it, you're freaking out! You're totally scared!" yelled Odd.

"No, you're wrong! For your information, I'd love to go!"

The bell rang.

"It's time to go to class. You're going to get the ride of your life!" yelled Odd.

"Yeah…I'm going to have one heck of a time…" muttered Jeremy.

Class

"I missed the beginning. Can I borrow your paper?" whispered Aelita.

"Why? It's on the board."

"Hey, what are you up to, huh Aelita?" asked Jeremy.

"Nothing! I want to know who wrote the card!"

"You think it was us who sent it? Come on Aelita, wake up! Look at the postmark, it's Canada, not Kadic Academy!"

"You're right, it's a real mystery."

"I don't see anything mysterious about it Miss Stones. You simply have to concentrate," said the teacher.

"Yes Ma'am."

Airfield

Jeremy didn't really listen as the photographer rambled on.

"I'd like you to meet Greg, your pilot."

"Ah hey there, kid. Well, you ready to get your thrills?" asked Greg.

"Um…I think so."

The flash blinded Jeremy as Greg explained what they were going to do.

"How's that for a flight plan?"

"There's just…one little thing I'd rather you left out!" exclaimed Jeremy.

"Hm, oh yeah? What's that?" asked Greg.

"The flight!" The photographer, Greg and the other man look shocked. "Listen to me, I'm really scared of planes, but I didn't want to chicken out in front of my friends. So all you have to do is shoot a few pictures of me in the cockpit, that way your readers will be happy, your magazine will save some money, and my friends will be convinced that I actually flew in the jet!"

"Hm…yeah, well why not?" asked the man.

Kadic

"Waaaah! That stinks! No normal dog would ever eat this stuff!" yelled Odd as he smelt the dog food.

"Who ever said that your dog was normal, Odd?" asked Ulrich.

"Stern! Della Robbia!" What's going on in there?!" yelled Jim as he heard the barks. "Did I hear a dog?"

"It was me," said Odd quickly.

"Are you trying to make fun of me?"

"No, it really was me. Whenever my mum sends me homemade Pâté, that what happens."

"It smells good."

"Take it as a present Jim." Odd held the dog food out.

"Well I couldn't do that, Della Robbia, your mum made it for you!"

"That's ok, my mum always taught me to share things. Besides, there's plenty where that-"

"Thanks, Della Robbia! Pâté's my pet's…uh, my favourite food! Heh! Guess I lucked out on that one!" Jim swiped the pot from him.

Airfield

The photographer took photos as a tower activated in the ice sector.

Kadic

Harry rubbed his head as he got a foreboding feeling.

"Oh no. Activated tower," whispered Aelita.

"Jeremy!" Harry started to call everyone. "We need to get to the factory."

Airfield

"There we are,"

"Thanks. I'm glad we're not going into the heavens," muttered Jeremy as the cockpit closed.

"Hey!" the plain started to fire up and took off. "But what's gotten into him?"

"What are you trying to do? I told you we're not supposed to take off!" yelled Jeremy in fear.

"I know that, but I'm not the one in control!"

"Charlie Foxtrot 41 to control!"

"Charlie Foxtrot 41, this is control."

"I'm trying to manipulate the on-board computer but it's not responding. It's like some kind of virus has taken over."

"Xana," whispered Jeremy.

"I'm going to try to reboot the computer."

"No, no…don't do that!" called Jeremy.

"Nothing to worry about son, we'll be landing soon and everything'll be back to normal!"

"You don't understand! Xana will never let you manipulate the onboard computer!"

"Xana? What's that, a name? Listen kid, this isn't some kind of science fiction show, it's the real thing!"

"So is Xana!"

Greg was electrocuted into unconsciousness as control tried to get in touch with them.

"The pilot's out of our but I think I can handle the situation," called Jeremy.

"Who are you?"

"Jeremy Belpois, I'd better hang up now."

"Wait!" Jeremy had already cut the connection.

Lab

"I got here as soon as I could," said Yumi as she entered the lab.

"Great, you're right on time. Now Aelita can send the five of us to Lyoko," responded Ulrich.

"Should have brought a sweater along because we're going straight to the ice sector," joked Odd.

"Hello? Hello? Can anyone hear me?"

"Jeremy?" asked Aelita in surprise.

"It can't be. If he's in the plane then so is his voice," commented Odd.

"Well, duh Odd," said Harry with an eye roll. "Last I checked, someone can't leave their voice behind."

"Jeremy, we're at the factory," said Aelita.

"About to go to Lyoko," added Harry.

"Xana's taken control of the fighter jet I'm in. It's armed so Xana had to have a target."

"Looks like I'm going to have to talk to William," muttered Harry as Aelita checked the trajectory. "Xana's after the factory."

"We'd better hurry up then," said Sissi. "That blast would kill quite a few people."

Lyoko

Odd started to punch the air as everyone grouped up.

"I was hoping for a warm up."

"I think something went wrong," said Harry as he squinted. "Something bugged up my sight. I guess I'll have to deal."

Jet

"I should have listened to you about Xana attacking this afternoon," said Aelita apolgeticly.

"I didn't think Xana would attack either. It was just an excuse. The truth is that I'm afraind of flying. Good luck on Lyoko."

Lyoko

"The tower's that way," said Aelita as she pointed in a direction.

"We've got to walk there?" asked Odd in disbelief.

"I didn't have time to call up the vehicles. Didn't Harry create a program to allows to do that from here anyway?"

"Good point." The Overboard, Overbike and Overwing appeared and everyone jumped on one except Harry who stayed on the ground.

"Harry, can you deal with not being able to see?" asked Yumi.

"Yep. My other senses are good enough to be able to navigate and I can still dodge everything even if I can't see it."

Jet

"What happened?"

"You were out for a while," explained Jeremy.

"Charlie Foxtrot 41, please respond."

"This is Charlie Foxtrot 41. I blacked out but I'm fine now."

"WE've gone into red alert phase. We have no choice but to go into the Tango contingency."

"We have a civilian on board. A child."

"Please hurry," whispered Jeremy.

"Do you copy?"

"What's the Tango contingency?" asked Jeremy curiously.

"In order to avoid a total disaster, they're going to shoot us out of the air."

"WHAT?!" yelled a horrified Jeremy.

Lyoko

"There's the tower, it looks pretty quiet to me. A bit too quiet, even," said Aelita as they ran towards it.

"Who's deactivating it? You or me?" asked Harry.

"First one there!"

"You're right, Aelita! Without Einstein and his radar it's not going to be as easy as usual," said Ulrich.

"As well as me not having my full sight," muttered Harry. "I suspect Xana's involvement."

Two Krabes appeared and started to fire at them. Ulrich used Super sprint to run around an icicle and stab one which caused it to explode. Yumi hit the other one with her fan.

"Leave some for us," pleaded Sissi.

"I would have never had believed it. Sissi, the shallowest and least likely to be a fighter, wanting to fight," exclaimed Odd as four Krabes appeared.

"Xana's trying to delay us, guys," said Aelita.

"That's self-explanatory," said Harry as he listened to the Krabes' movements. "I thiunk I might be able to fight. The Krabes are really noisy."

"Ulrich, Odd, Sissi, all four of us at once. We have to force our way through," said Yumi.

"You sure know how to talk to a man," called Odd.

"Where's pretty boy?" asked Harry from his position beside Aelita as the other four ran out. "I would have expected him to appear."

The two froze as they felt someone's hands on their shoulders.

"I've been expecting you!"

"So that's where you are," muttered Harry as he closed his eyes and followed the trail to the jet.

Jet

"Tell me it's not true, sir! They-they can't just shoot us down!" pleaded Jeremy.

"That's the safety procedure, kid. But don't worry about it, we'll eject first," explained Greg.

"Wh-what makes you think I was worried, lieutenant?" asked Jeremy nervously.

"No reason to be! Everything will go just fine as long as you do exactly what I tell you to dd. First of all, put your oxygen mask on. In front of you there's a dark red handle, do you see it?" asked Greg.

"Yeah, I got it!"

"I'll start counting, and on three we'll hit it together, our seats will be expelled and we'll eject. Once we're clear, the parachutes will open automatically. Are you ready?" asked Greg.

"Let's go!" said Jeremy with his eyes closed.

"One…two…three!" They pulled their levers but unfortunately nothing happened.

"Charlie Foxtrot 41 to Control! Unable to eject!"

"Xana is holding us prisoner!" muttered Jeremy. "Harry, please pull out the stops. If it means giving yourself up. Do it."

"I'll only do that as a last resort."

Jeremy looked wildly around.

Lyoko

Shooting off the edge, Aelita pulled out her wings as William kept Harry pinned down. Growling, William jumped off and grabbed her legs.

"That's my cousin you're feeling up!" Harry followed and fired on him as Aelita kicked William in the head but he kept missing. Aelita hit William with an energy field and flew up with Harry and William following. William easily overtook and levitated them.

"I don't think they want to dance with you!" Odd fired a laser arrow at William who reflected it, causing Odd to devirtualise.

Focusing on Aelita, William walked over to the edge as Yumi noticed. She defeated her Krabe and hit William's hand. Straining against his bonds, Harry tried to get free but the smoke just tightened. William easily overpowered Yumi and devirtualised her.

"Is this super smoke 2.0 or something? I am so stupid. You can't fight against yourself. Well, I can but that's a clone, not really me. Oh, that must be payback for the desert Replika."

Quickly changing to smoke, Harry raced over to William and reformed in time to knock him over. Ulrich joined the fight.

"Ulrich, you go help Aelita. I'll deal with pretty boy here." Ulrich nodded and ran in a beeline to Aelita. Closing his eyes, Harry listened to the sounds William made and managed to block his sword.

"How are you still fighting? You can't see." William stared at Harry in slight curiosity.

"Tell Xana if he wants to stop me fighting, he should think more outside the box. Taking my sight was a good ides though. Was it yours?"

Growling, William increased the number of strikes he made before grabbing Sissi as she passed by.

"Harry hurry up!"

"Why on earth did you send me a post card?"

"Stop fighting or I'll drop her into the digital sea."

Sissi gulped. "Don't submit Harry. It doesn't matter about me."

"And I have a program that will allow me to retrieve her," added Harry. Grumbling as his plan fell through, William stabbed Sissi.

Jet

"Please lieutenant, tell them to wait just a little bit longer," pleaded Jeremy anxiously as they neared the town.

"Five minutes is not going to make a difference."

"It can. I can't tell you how or why but it will. I have friends that can turn this whole situation around. One is practically a super soldier except not in the army."

"Don't forget that we've got a civilian on board, a child. Only, I repeat, only execute procedure as a last resort! Over and out!"

"It's ok! He's leaving!" said Jeremy in relief as he watched the second jet retreat.

"No, he's just pulling behind us to get a better line of fire to shoot us down. Oh no. The missile just armed itself."

The second plane shot the missile and the pilot received orders to destroy it.

"Xana, you idit. Destroy the factory and you could kill Harry," muttered Jeremy. "He's useless to you dead."

Lyoko

"Come on Aelita, wake up!" Ulrich shook her as William looked over before running at him. "Uh oh."

"Get back here!" Harry jumped in front of William and created a shield before gulping as William grabbed his face.

"Harry! Dodge!" Ulrich threw his sabre as Harry used super smoke and William devirtualised. Aelita dropped to the floor as she woke up. "Aelita, better get to the tower. Like, right now. Jeremy is in danger."

Aelita ran into it and rose to the second platform.

Aelita

Code

Lyoko

"Tower deactivated.

"Return to the past now," muttered Yumi as she set the trip going.

"Goodbye buggy avatar!"

Jet

"Control tower, this is Delta Bravo 89! The missile's going too fast, I can't lock it in!"

"Xana wants to get rid of me too…" Jeremy muttered to himself. The plane dived into the white light. Jeremy sighed in relief.

Earlier

"Jeremy?" Aelita walked into Harry's and Jeremy's dorm before noticing the postcard she'd received on the desk. "Harry, where's Jeremy?"

"There!" Harry pointed at the door as he debugged his avatar. "He's outside the door."

"So, you're the mysterious card writer, huh?" asked Aelita as she looked at Jeremy as he pushed the door open.

"Uh, yeah. The hardest part was changing my handwriting but it was worth it, right?" asked Jeremy.

"Yeah. It reminded me that I'm not alone in the world, that someone cares about me," said Aelita with a smile.

"Just kiss already," called Harry.

"Belpois! I've been looking for Della Robbia for hours now, have you seen him?!" asked Jim loudly.

"Uh, no…what has he done?" asked Jeremy.

"Nothing at all. I was just wondering if he had any more of that homemade pâté left!" Harry snorted. "It was really delicious."

"Sorry about that Jim, but Odd took off. He had to catch a plane," explained Jeremy as he and Aelita burst out laughing.

"Yeah, he's so going to have fun," said Harry with a smile.

Airfield

"This is your lucky day, you know?" asked Greg. "Uh…"

"Jeremy Belpois," lied Odd.

"You're really going to love this Jeremy. It's an incredible experience."

"You'll go nice and easy, right?" asked Odd as they took off. "I'm not scared or anything, only… WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH! LET ME OUTTA HEEEEERE!"