Return way too far to the past

by Hyujix

XANA has taken control over the world. Thus, Aelita has to return to the past, to a past where XANA was not even created. But she came late, the IA's been already formed, trapped in the supercomputer though. Aelita will have to be alone, prepare herself for 10 years, become a Kadic teacher and try to reunite the Lyoko gang again in order to defeat XANA once and for all.

12. Chapter 12: Give all we've got

- So you're saying our supposed friend Jeremy has awaken a computer monster able to destroy the world? -asked worriedly Yumi- Okay, I need to breath.

- And why didn't you tell the government? We're just some kids, how were, or are, we going to fight that thing? -asked rudely Ulrich.

- First, we thought that bringing the government or any adult would have made things worse, because they would have taken control of the supercomputer and God knows what they'd've done.

- And after you turned it off, or when XANA started its world domination?

- Well, the problem's the same, we couldn't give it to the wrong hands. Jeremy didn't like the idea of destroying it, thinking of using it in the future.

- That does sound like me.

- I also thought of using it to search for my mother, although I found her in the end. If you ask me why we didn't speak to the government when XANA took control of Thyron, the thing is that we tried. We warned them and just two days after XANA had taken control of all the Internet and the communications. All we could do was to try to use the supercomputer to stop XANA somehow. In the end, the last solution was to trap it again rewinding it to its original state.

After hearing all the story, the four of them remain dead silent.

- I believe you -broke the silence Odd -. I had never felt so good before entering Lyoko. My body feels like it was prepared to go in there and fight those Krabs.

- Me too, that eye… -thought Yumi aloud- it's like I've seen it in my dreams, it's buried deep in my subconscious.

- I think you already know my answer -said Jeremy- this thing amazes me.

Now it was Ulrich's turn, so everyone was looking at him for an answer.

- I'm sorry but… this, this is too much for me. I already have enough having to share a room with this dork.

- Hey -said offended Odd

- That now I have to fight a videogame monster. I'm sorry but I'm out -said as he walked to the elevator and left.

- Well, I'm sure we can do just fine the four of us -tried Odd to quit the tension-. So, Miss Stones, how do we defeat Xanadú?

- It's simple and at the same time very difficult. We need to walk through one of the sectors, then travel to the centre of the fifth sector and insert a program that will destroy every bit of XANA.

- Okay, we can do that. We just need to fight the monster until we arrive -said Yumi reasoning.

- That is the problem -spoke Aelita- That's why I turned the computer off, because although it was trapped on the computer, XANA's so powerful that I couldn't beat it alone.

- We've barely made it the four of us today -said Odd.

- And god knows how many traps are on Sector 5 -replied Aelita.

- In that case we'll give all we've got to make it through -calmly spoke Jeremy.

- In the meantime, we should try to convince Ulrich. From the actual circumstances, I think that Yumi is the best chance for achieving so.

- Me? I mean, you say that he was my- my boyfriend, b-but I don't know, he's with Sissi.

- Yeah, I know. Sissi's so much nicer than she was in my timeline, but still, you and him are the ones made for each other. Just talk to Ulrich, you don't need to become her girlfriend just to convince him.

The three teens started to enter the elevator in order to leave the building, but Aelita remained still near the computer chair.

- Wait, a lot of people's been injured. We need to fix it.

- Do you want us to take care of them or something? -asked Jeremy

- No. We should not use this very often, but I need to show you. We need to return to the past -claimed Aelita as she entered the code and pressed the enter button.

Seconds later, a light emerged from the supercomputer and swallowed everything.

Aelita was eating cake at her classroom when the door busted open and the 4 Lyoko warriors just stood there stunned at Aelita.

- What did just happen? -asked Ulrich

- Return to the past. Is something the computer can do, but it's dangerous to do it since XANA gets stronger from it and the space-time continuum is already unstable.

- If you thought that this was going to make me reconsider -said Ulrich while leaving- it has only made it much worse.

- So -said Odd-, now that we're in the past, we can help those at the cafeteria before XANA attacks right?

- No

- NO?

- No -replied Aelita trying to keep talking- because they're already safe. XANA won't strike again, at least today. By defeating XANA in the past, in this future past he's out of energy for some time and cannot repeat the attack.

- Okay, so what now? -asked Yumi

- Now, we trace a plan to defeat XANA.