"So that's it unless he tampers with the super computer, this should be a fool proof plan." Aiden said
Everybody nodded in agreement while Aiden packed up the last of the armor, William came back in with a few creatures following up behind him.
"Hey you don't mind if a few friends of yours come along, do you?" William asked.
"No way, I'm glade they're here." Aiden said
"Are you sure about this, son?" Dr. Hopper asked.
"It's time to end this once and for all." Aiden replied
Everybody walked out the cave with Aiden leading the way. As soon as they walked out, Aiden Aelita and Dr. Hopper felt a large red pulsating negative energy all over the forest terrain.
"Did you guys feel that?" Aelita asked.
"Yeah, he's getting stronger." Aiden nervously said
"Xana has activated a tower not to far away from your location. " Jeremy said
"Any attacks in reality? " William asked
"I'm not sure, but the lights and cameras on the first floor have shut down. Yumi went out to start the generator, while Ulrich is still in the control room acting as my body guard. " Jeremy said
"Do you think he's using animals to do his dirty work or is he doing it himself?" Aiden asked
"Most likely animals but I'm not one hundred percent sure." Jeremy answered
After a moment of stumbling around in the dark, Yumi was finally able to find and turn on the generator. A few seconds afterwards the lights flickered on and the cameras slowly started to come on.
"Hey Jeremy can you see me?" Yumi asked waving her hands in front of a camera
"I got a visual." Jeremy said checking all the cameras
"Good, I'm going back to the control room." Yumi said before stopping in her tracks
The three black Xana possessed rats stared at Yumi as their slight twitch soon became a full blown glitch. The more they glitch the more they multiplied from three to thirty-six. Yumi slowly backed up before turning around and running out the factory with the army of rats behind her. Jeremy put his focus back on Yumi just in time to see her run off with the rats hunting her down.
"Do you hear that?" Ulrich asked as a low squeak echoed under the floor panels
"Hear what?" Jeremy asked
The sound grew louder and louder,"That." Ulrich replied removing a panel off the floor
The rats glanced up at Ulrich with their red solar eyes and scrawled before racing out of the floorboards all over the control room.
"Aiden I just got conformation that he is using rats to attack the supercomputer"Jeremy said
"Well that's just perfect." William said sarcastically
"Thanks Jeremy." Aiden said before sitting down, closing his eyes, and pushing his fist together taking deep breathes
"What's he doing?" Odd whispered to William
William shrugged and continued watching.
"Any clue Aelita? " Odd whispered
"I'm trying to concentrate it would be nice to have some peace and quiet." Aiden said trying to focus
"Geez alright." Odd said walking away mumbling
Aiden inhaled a heavy breath as a light blue energy form around him in a small circle. The circle grew with every breath he had taken. After a while, Aiden inhaled all the energy he had collected and slammed his fist onto the surface. The positive blue energy spread out all over the forest terrain over shadowing the red negative energy. The negative energy was pushed back to the other side of Lyoko, where a man was sitting there mediating until all the energy absorbed back into his body and he opened his eyes.
"He's here" Malcolm said
"There your little pest control problem should be taken care of." Aiden said standing up
"Yeah, but now we have the broken wires to worry about." Ulrich said pointing out six and a half wires sparking against his fingertips
"How much power do you have left?" Aiden asked
Sparks flew from the broken wires and a message pop up on the screen,"A little over 75% and falling until I can get the wires fix." Jeremy answered
Aiden thought about it for a second,"Jeremy I need you to devirtualize Dr. Hopper." He said
"NO!", Dr. Hopper said walking up to Aiden,"I'm not going anywhere without you." He said
"Aelita would rather have you back in her life than me. She needs you and so does everybody else. You are the only one who can end this from the outside in." Aiden said
Dr. Hopper nodded in agreement, he hugged Aiden and Aelita wishing them good luck.
"Jeremy get him out of here and make sure he's safe." Aiden said
"I'm on it." Jeremy replied devirtualization Dr. Hopper
"We have to go." Aiden said getting a running head started
"Hey Einstein, where's our rides? " Odd asked
"Coming right up." Jeremy said
The rides eventually showed up after a few minutes, as soon as the overwing showed up Aelita hopped on and followed up behind Aiden. Meanwhile Odd and William barely kept up with the brother and sister duo. Aiden tracked Xana outside the forest sector, but found the unguarded tower just two miles away from Aiden's hideout .
"Something about this feels wrong."Aiden thought to himself just as Aelita pulled up behind him.
"This must be our lucky day, the tower is unguarded. " Aelita said walking pass Aiden
Aiden grabbed her arm,"Something isn't right here. Jeremy are you sure that this IS the right tower?" He asked
"That's the one." Jeremy confirmed
"You see, there's nothing to worry about." Aelita said walking to the tower.
Aelita was only a few steps away from entering the tower, until Aiden felt something.
"Look out guys a Scypozoa is close by." Jeremy reported
"IT'S A TRAP!" Aiden yelled racing to his sister's side
The Scyphozoa appeared from behind the tower. Aelita gasps and turned around running away, while Aiden with his sword drawn jumped from a tree branch about the slice the squid like creature until it wrapped him in its tentacles.
"Let me go you ugly slimy son of a..." Aiden started before the Scyphozoa started putting a virus in his mind
"You are so predictable it's sad. Really is it. I sent this creature for you anyway but it was better if I made it look like it was going after Aelita. Anyway here's what you're gonna do; you gonna devirtualize your little sister and your friends. Go to the desert sector and you're gonna give me that armor without any problems. Got it?" Malcolm asked
"And what if I refuse?" Aiden questioned
"You don't have much of a choice." Malcolm said putting his hand over Aiden's face
"No..no..noooo!" Aiden yelled before falling out the Scyphozoa tentacles
"Laser Arrow!" Odd yelled still shooting at it
William rode up on the Overbike and caught Aiden before he landed on the surface. Aelita quickly ran over to his side leaving behind the activated tower.
"Is he alright? " Aelita asked
"I don't know." William answered shaking him
"Get the armor and get out of here now." Aiden mumbled as his skin slowly became pale and Xana's symbol slowly showed up on his forehead
"Oh no code X." Aelita said grabbing the bag and running as fast as she can towards Aiden's hideout
"Wait code what?" William asked before getting devirtualized back to reality
Aiden stood up with Xana's symbol on his forehead and chased after Odd before sending him back into reality. He eventually walked towards his hideout, where Aelita was already gone to a different sector...the desert sector