"I got three!" Odd said, his NavSkid rounding a massive underwater pillar. He underestimated the size of the structure, scraping the belly of his NavSkid against the rough texture of its exterior, small sparks visible at the site of impact.

"Odd, you need to be more carful." Jeremy said, looking at the structural integrity of his vehicle on the monitor. "You're making X.A.N.A. job of destroying you pretty easy."

"Come on, Jeremy. Why save the world of you can't have a little fun while doing it?" Odd said, a swarm of Kongre appearing behind him. "A little help here guys!"

William's NavSkid came up from below the swarm in hot pursuit of Odd, using his torpedoes to make a hole in the group. His vehicle moved through the center of the mob, the opening he created just large enough for him to fit through.

"How was that, Odd?" William asked, turning his ship back towards monsters.

"Great William, but I think you missed a spot." Odd said, pointing his thumb behind him towards the remaining monsters.

"How about I help clean house?" Yumi said, flying past Odd in the opposite direction, using her torpedoes to destroy the remaining Kongre.

"Great job guys!" Jeremy said through his headset. He noticed a beeping coming from the computer and noticed a dramatic drop on Skid shields. "Better hurry up; I think Aelita needs help immediately."

The remaining Kongre had swarmed around the Skid in a ring formation, all firing lasers in a times formation. The Skid shook with every hit, and Aelita knew it wouldn't last much longer.

From out of nowhere, Ulrich emerged from the lower portion of the Digital Sea, doing aileron rolls and firing torpedoes at will, decimating the remaining force from X.A.N.A.. The last three Kongre all swam away from the area in a triangular formation, a cry of defeat emitting from them as they disappeared into the depths of the Sea.

"Nice job Ulrich, you really showed X.A.N.A. who's boss!" Odd said, docking his NavSkid back into place on the frame of the Skid.

"Yeah, Great work! Couldn't have done it without you!" Yumi said to him. Ulrich was taken aback by her remark; this was the first nice thing she has said to him in days, and this gave him hope that maybe she would forgive him. The furnace in his heart, freshly fueled with her words of congratulations and honor, was now burning at full blast, putting the biggest smile he had ever made on his face.

"T-thanks Yumi!" He replied, everyone else now docking their NavSkids onto the main vessel.

Yumi had hoped her comment would show Ulrich that she cared for him, but she had no way of being sure of that.

'He probably didn't think twice about it.' She thought, leaning back in her seat. 'I'll have to tell him that I'm sorry and that I forgive him, but when? Every time I have tried so far we have been interrupted...'

Yumi tapped her hand on the armrest, thinking of what to say, how to say it and, most importantly, when.

The remainder of the trip to the replica was quiet. X.A.N.A. didn't send any monsters at them, Odd was to busy thinking of a gift to get Kiwi for his birthday, William was wondering if he should take private guitar lessons over the break, and Aelita was concentrated on piloting she ship.

Ulrich and Yumi, on the other hand, were both thinking of the same thing, were both solely focused on the same thought: each other.

—

"Replika, dead ahead!" Aelita proclaimed, awaking the crew from their thoughts. The massive metallic sphere that lie before them had an incredible size, much more massive than the average Replika would be.

"Whoa, what's that?" William asked, sitting up in his seat to get a better view. He was referring to a massive, clear tube that connected directly into the Replika, a red energy flow moving through it.

"It looks like a pipe... Jeremy, any info?" Aelita asked, bringing the Skid to a halt.

"Hold on, let me update my map a little." Jeremy said, Franz moving his head in closer to the monitor.

"I was wondering when he would figure it out." Franz said, his fear hidden behind his glasses.

"What?" Jeremy asked.

"He has figured out how to transfer energy between Replikas. It's the same system I used to transfer information from the Sectors to the Core of Lyoko, except now he has figured out how to get it to work in the Digital Sea, something I could never do. With this, he has the ability to collect energy from Lyoko and send it to the real world, more than likely to the base in Siberia." Franz said.

The map had updated, leaving Jeremy and Franz baffled by the results. It revealed a web of interconnected tubes from hundreds, thousands of Replikas across the vastness of the Digital Sea, all leading to one connected to the Siberian base.

"Guys, this might be very, very bad..." Jeremy said through the headset, his voice monotone, but certainly not lacking the fear he was currently feeling. "Aelita, if you think it's safe, go ahead and prepare to enter the Replika. If this is the center of whatever X.A.N.A. has planned, it would probably be best be destroy it before he completes his task."

"Than let's do it." She replied, moving the ship forward. She out the Skid back into up-right position and connected with the locking mechanism of the Replika.

Jeremy began working to access the Replika, but quickly hit a brick wall.

"This Replika has a password system that I've never seen before, give me a minute to figure it out.

The gang sat there waiting for a few minutes. Yumi thought now would be a good time to talk to Ulrich, but couldn't think of the right words to say.

'Come on, Yumi, it's now or never! Just tell him!' She thought.

"Ulrich, there's something I really need to..."

"Got it!" Jeremy said, cutting Yumi off, again. The Replika opened up, and Aelita moved the Skid inside.

Yumi had had it. She would just have to wait until the mission was complete to tell him. But the longer she waited, the more it weighed on her heart to tell him that she was sorry, that she forgave him, that she loved him. And that was exactly what she would have to do: wait. Because with what they were about to face, she wouldn't have time to think about telling Ulrich anything.

—

Sorry for taking forever... Procrastination got the better of me. But thanks to Knux, someone who has supported me this whole way through, I write all this in an hour or so. As an apology, this is a decent length chapter (especially compared to the more recent ones) and I intend to post another of this length TONIGHT! Awesome indeed.

Also, now at the end of every chapter I will have a question/poll for you guys in the review section to answer.

How long should my season 2 (season 6 technically) be? Nothing to ridiculous, but I am curious to how you guys want it to be formatted and how long it should be. Thanks ahead of time!