After what happened in Lyoko the other day, it's a new day at Kadic Academy. At breakfast time, all the students are sitting down to eat. Sissi stares at Ulrich longingly while watching him eat. She sighs lovingly and he stops what he's doing, a little uncomfortable.
"Hey, lovebirds!" They look to Odd, who just greeted them. "Sleep well?"
"Huh?" Ulrich's confused to see that Odd now has the same haircut as he did on Lyoko, straight up and not combed down. "What's with the hairdo?"
"Lyoko style! It's pretty trendy, huh? Meow!" Odd sits down with his food, Amy arriving at their table. Sissi looks slightly annoyed at her presence since she's another girl that Ulrich could possibly pine for...even though the two are just friends.
"Morning everyone. Like the new look, Odd," She tells him while sitting down next to him. Ulrich scoffs at the meow and then Odd proceeds to stuff himself, messily eating his food. He hums and then sips his cocoa, dipping his croissant in it and taking another huge bite. He sips his cocoa again.
"You always eat that much?" Ulrich wonders in slight annoyance.
"No, I'm not that hungry, in fact," Odd states with his mouth full while eating a banana. Amy just eats her food, not really saying anything about it. The brunet boy raises a brow at her.
"Amy, you're not bothered by it at all?"
"I used to be a big eater myself when I was a kid until...other circumstances," She replies those last two words a bit awkwardly as she looks away, earning confused looks. But she just shrugs it off as if she didn't react that way. "And besides, I've seen much worse."
"Has anyone seen Jeremy?" Odd asks the group.
"He was up all night in his room working on Lyoko after he put the computer back together," Ulrich informs, his arm slouched over the headrest.
"Man, that guy's a real Einstein!" The shorter boy comments while wiping his mouth with a napkin.
"Who's Einstein?" Sissi wonders, Ulrich's eyes widening. Amy just shakes her head silently.
"Unfortunately, you're not like Amy, Odd, or Ulrich," Jeremy explains to Maya in his room. After fixing up the computer, he had done some more research about her. "You can't be devirtualized when you lose all of your life points."
"Too bad. At least I now know how to change sectors," She points out with a small smile.
"Yes. And I also found out what the towers are for. They're portals between the real world and a virtual world. And when they're red, it means they're activated," He tells Maya; the three had told him what happened on Lyoko after the whole computer ordeal in the lab.
"Are you sure?" Maya asks cautiously, since they don't know everything about Lyoko yet. Especially how she got there or why.
"Just about. And they may be the way to materialize you on Earth!" Once he reveals this to her, she gasps in shock. "Unbelievable, huh? I can't wait to tell the others about it!"
On Lyoko, some pulses on the ground in the ice sector lead all the way to the red tower that's still activated.
When Jeremy tells the others his plan, needless to say, they aren't as enthusiastic as him...mostly. "You want us to go back to Lyoko to get Maya into a red tower?" Ulrich wonders while Sissi and Amy lean on the bench, Ulrich and Odd sitting on it.
"Like I said, I'm sure that's the only way to bring her into the real world. Pretty wild, huh?"
"Pretty dangerous, you mean," Odd points out. "We could've all been wiped out for good last night."
"Odd's right. We're better off shutting down the supercomputer. Too bad for Maya, but still, it's not like she's human," Ulrich agrees with him.
"Hey, cool it with that, huh?" Amy replies defensively, crossing her arms. "Maya may not be human like us, but we can't just leave her on Lyoko. And I'm not sure if you'd be entirely okay with leaving behind someone we just met."
"Hmm?" Odd blinks at her reasoning and then smiles, impressed by how quick she is to protect Maya even though she barely knows her.
"Thank you, Amy. She's still a sort of intelligent being. She's got e-emotions like we do."
"You see, I told you he's madly in love with a computer program," Ulrich remarks to Odd and Amy rolls her eyes to the back of her head.
"I don't think it's just that, but hey, what do I know?"
"Come on, guys, be cool," Jeremy pleads with the four. "I'm just asking you to go there one last time."
"We can't even make it past the monsters! We'll probably get ourselves blown away in a heartbeat," Odd adds in.
"At least they don't do us any harm outside of Lyoko, but three of us isn't gonna cut it, Jeremy," Amy jerks a thumb to Odd. "So unless we have a solution for that, we're at another disadvantage." Not only did they just learn how to defeat the monsters, but if they didn't get more help, they'd be back where they started...
"If only there were at least four of us, but Sissi's too scared," Ulrich speaks up, offending her a bit.
"What?! No, I'm not, I really do wanna go with you guys to Lyoko, but when cheerleading practice is over," She defends herself, looking to Jeremy.
"Yeah sure, that's top priority," Amy mutters to herself.
"See, Amy gets it!" Sissi points at her, the brunette blinking in disbelief, wondering if the girl knows what sarcasm is...
"Thanks Sissi. So here's the scoop: as soon as Maya is materialized into the real world, I give you my word that I'll shut down the supercomputer. Meanwhile, we gotta keep this a secret." If word got out about any of this, they'd be forced to stop what they're doing. Not only that, but it would be way too complicated to leave out in the open, and the police would shut the whole thing down.
"Promise," Ulrich holds up a hand.
"I swear," Odd agrees with him, raising his hand.
"No problem," Amy gives a thumbs up. Then they all look to Sissi, who holds up her hand.
"Ditto," She then leans into Ulrich's ear, placing a hand on his shoulder. "I can't wait to see what I look like on Lyoko!"
"Me too. With some luck, I won't be the dumbest looking one in the group," Odd remarks and Amy smiles at him.
"I don't know, I thought you looked kinda cute for a cat-boy," She states honestly, shocking him as she and Ulrich stand up.
"R-Really? Well, um, you looked great on Lyoko too..." He rubs the back of his neck and she blushes, closing her eyes with a smile. Ulrich walks away from the bench.
"Ulrich, where are you going?" Sissi glances behind her. "Aren't you coming to see my cheerleading routine?"
"No, I got something important to take care of," He dismisses her request.
"Hmph!" She huffs at this, wondering what he could be doing that was so important.
"And I've got stuff to take care too. See you later," Amy runs off, Odd staring after her. Jeremy raises an amused brow, but decides not to say anything. He'd just say his own teasing for later, that is, until he can confirm that whatever was going on was actually happening.
Ulrich opens the back door of the gym, stepping inside to find it empty.
"Back for another thrashing?" The door closes, revealing the same girl from the training session last night.
"I don't like ending on a bad note," He turns to her.
"That's good," She walks forward to the middle of the room. "I like a challenge."
"You're gonna get one," He remarks back as they stand several feet away from each other. They bow and then get into stances, moving around in a circle. He lunges forward, but she backs away. They attack each other, but block their strikes.
The red tower on Lyoko is still there, while in the forest sector, Maya is sitting in an unactivated tower. She opens her eyes as she could feel that something was wrong...
Sissi opens the door, revealing herself in a magenta long-sleeved blouse, white skirt, and white boots. Her hair is in a ponytail and she's holding a baton. "One two three four!" She recites while leaving her room. "One two three four! This is gonna blow their minds!"
While she was leaving, a giant electric ball forms from a nearby outlet...
"Jeremy? Jeremy, can you hear me?" Maya asks while standing in the tower. "Jeremy?" She looks around, wondering what he could be doing.
Jeremy doesn't have his computer on, so he's unaware of her calls. He's walking between Odd and Amy in the park. "It's true that at first I thought Sissi was a real babe, but the more I get to know her, the more I realize she's, uh...how can I put this tactfully?"
"A turkey?" Jeremy answers in amusement.
"Exactly," Odd replies as they head for the library.
"I can't believe you had a thing for her," Amy scoffs at Odd while holding her bag. "Nice to see where your standards are."
"Hey, I have standards!" He pouts at her, jerking a thumb to himself. "If we weren't friends, wouldn't you go out with me in a heartbeat?"
She blinks as she glances at him and then clamps her mouth shut for a few seconds, looking up ahead. She really doesn't know what to make of that question, but she doesn't want to answer it either. "Uhh, look, we're here at the library!" She dashes up ahead and heads inside, the two boys staring at her, wondering why she reacted like that.
"A cheerleader chance so our team won't lose!" Sissi spins her baton above her head. "We've got short skirts and sparkly shoes! We're just so gorgeous, how can you choose? There's no doubt, we've got clout, winning at Kadic is what it's all about!" Jim, the...gym teacher, has his arms crossed while he and the other cheerleaders just watch. There's also a pair of two boys sitting in the bleachers behind the group of girls. "Kaaaaaadic!" She throws the spinning baton into the air and she looks in surprise to see where it's heading. The baton hits Jim on the head.
"Ouch!"
She waves with a big smile while the two boys clap. "Bravo! Well done! Encore, encore!"
"Sorry, Sissi," Jim replies after rubbing his head. "Cheerleading is not about being a boomerang-juggling baboon!"
She growls at his answer.
Maya approaches the exit of the tower, looking at the wall. She knew that by stepping out, she'd be putting herself into danger...but she had to see what's going on. She musters up the courage to reach out and leave into the forest sector. She looks down at the ground and then at the path up ahead. She could hear something...she runs to find the source.
Ulrich and the girl pant, their hands on their knees after finishing up their session. "Have you been training for long?"
"Yeah," She murmurs while catching her breath. "My parents think it's weird."
"Not me," He answers, turning to her. "By the way, I'm Ulrich. You-you're...uh, Yuri, right?"
Upon hearing this, she swings her leg and knocks him off his feet. He yelps as he lands back first onto the ground. She stands over him with a smile. "It's Yumi," She corrects him in satisfaction.
A mountain sector is Maya's next location as she steps out onto the greyish platform. She looks around and after finding nothing, she takes off. She comes to a stop at the edge, looking down and at her surroundings before she gets shot at. She runs and hides behind a rock. She's attacked by one of the same creatures she encountered the first time she left the tower. Maya glances behind her as it won't let up.
"A baboon, huh?" Sissi grumbles while walking to her room. "Why not a red-tailed macaque while he's at it?!" The two boys from before are following her and she grips her doorknob. She turns around to them, a little annoyed. "Hey, you two dumb dorks, are you planning on following me around all day?"
"Yeah," The blonde smiles widely.
"We're your biggest admirers in the whole school!" The one with the glasses adds in. "We even started a fan club called Friends of Sissi."
"Oh?" She asks in interest while standing in her room. "And about how many of you are in the club?"
"Well...two of us," He tugs at his collar.
"Right," She raises an annoyed brow. "Then come back and talk to me when there's at least 50 of you! Meanwhile, if you don't stay away from me, my father's gonna find out that you two clowns tried to break into my room!" And with that, she slams the door behind her.
"She's even more beautiful when she's angry, isn't she?" The one with the glasses says in a dreamlike state.
Sissi opens up her closet, taking out a white blouse and orange tank top. She inspects them while electricity runs through her hanger. She glances at it in confusion and then screams as the electric ball monster arrives. Her scream is heard from her room, the two boys glancing at her door. They rush back and open the door, surprised to see the electric thing. It disappears into thin air, leaving behind an electrocuted Sissi on the ground.
Jeremy, Amy, and Odd are in the library, the latter doing his report. Jeremy is on his laptop and Amy is just drawing. Odd has a hand on his cheek as Jeremy smiles, tapping a key. "Ha ha! Bingo!" The brunette looks up across from Odd. "A couple of days ago, I dug up a brand new program on the supercomputer called Return to the Past and-and I just figured out how to activate it!" He places a hand on Odd's shoulder, the boy not seeming all that excited.
"Riveting, Jeremy," Amy comments while still drawing, not really paying attention either.
"Hmm?" Odd opens his eyes and Jeremy goes back to his computer. "That's great, Einstein, but could you give me a hand with my electrochemistry report?"
"Hey, Odd, are you planning on calling me Einstein forever?" The blond glances at him curiously.
"Uhh, why not?" Odd asks with his pencil in his mouth. Amy just giggles a bit. She had already done her report, so she was finished with it. "So, what about my report?"
"Well, why don't you say that...that electrochemistry is a science that deals with the relationship between electricity and chemistry. Then, you say that electrochemistry involves opposing polar systems composed as its two extremes of electricity conductive material," Jeremy suggests and Odd writes it all down quickly.
"What?" Odd looks up at him in surprise. "You mean...all I have to do is say that?"
"Well, no, of course not. You have to give examples. Just do some research like Amy did."
"Not really much of a report if you just give the definition like he just did," Amy remarks with a hand on her cheek and an amused smile.
"Hey, Ames."
She blinks at Odd, confused by the nickname as she drops her hand. "I, uh, didn't mean to make you uncomfortable with the question I asked..." He looks away, scratching his cheek. She coughs, a faint blush hitting her cheeks.
"Oh," She smiles softly at him. "It's okay, you don't need to apologize. It's just that I didn't know how to respond to it, that's all."
"Got it. I won't ask again."
"If you want, I could help you with your report," She offers to him.
"Great! Here you go," He places the paper in front of her and she blinks in slight surprise. "Just make it seem like something I would write," He places his hands behind his back. She huffs a bit while narrowing her eyes, sliding the paper back.
"How about you do it yourself like you're supposed to?"
"I just saw Sissi. Jim was taking her to the infirmary," Two boys walk right past their table.
"What'd she do, pull a muscle in her brain trying to add two plus two?"
"No, man, she got electrocuted."
The trio glance at each other curiously, wondering what could've possibly happened.
"Jeremy?" Maya asks again, still hiding behind the rock. "Are you there? Answer me." She then whips to the right, seeing a pathway nearby. But that would mean that she has to avoid the monster right near the path. She goes for it and jumps off the platform, landing on a narrower path. She takes off running, the monster chasing after her. She then freezes as she sees that another one arrives, blocking her path. She runs to the side and looks down at the clouds. She jumps off, screaming as she lets herself fall.
The two monsters jump after her, and the clouds lead to another part of the sector. She lands on the path while rolling, looking to her right to see that one monster falls right past her. The other hits the ground in front of her before being vaulted to the side. She stands up, only to be confronted by two hornets. She takes off in the other direction, the two creatures following after her.
Yumi dodges Ulrich's kick and then his hand strikes. He swings his leg above her head, the two staring each other down. An outlet nearby goes haywire, an electric current going up to a green light above the door. He swings his leg again and she grabs it, pushing him backwards with a yell. He hops backwards and then grabs her shoulders, rolling them around so that he lands on top of her. A few feet away from their faces, they stare at each other and blushes form on their faces. After a few seconds, he gets off of her and lets his back rest on the floor next to the girl.
They lay there in silence to catch their breaths before she sits up. "Call it a tie?"
"Okay," He sits up before getting onto his feet. "Anyway, I gotta go. My friends are gonna start wondering where I am. Same for you."
She gets onto her feet, glancing at him. "I don't have any friends." And that was when they notice the door, both of them shocked. "Wow, what is that thing?"
"No time to explain," He dismisses immediately as the electric monster appears in front of them. "Come on, we gotta get out of here! Quick!" He grabs her hand and runs in the other direction.
The principal throws open the door to the hallway that leads into the infirmary after hearing what happened. He rushes over to the two boys sitting near the door. "You're the one who brought Elizabeth here, what happened?"
"She was in her room and she was attacked by this electricity monster that jumped from a coat hanger," The blond boy tells him the exact truth.
"Would you try to be serious, Poliakoff? You're the one who's going to get a shock in a moment!" Unknown to all three of them, Jeremy, Odd, and Amy are listening into their conversation from the hall.
Ulrich throws open the door to the boiler room, dragging Yumi inside before he slams the door shut. "It was if that electrical thing was alive! What is going on?" She demands to Ulrich, who ignores her in favor of calling Jeremy.
"Yeah, Jeremy?"
"Ulrich? Great," Jeremy says in relief while the trio are running through the park. "I really need you. Sissi just got electrocuted by some sort of giant-"
"Electric thing?" Ulrich interrupts him knowingly.
"Huh? Yeah. How did you know?" The boy replies in confusion.
"That same electric thing attacked me in the gymnasium. This is getting more and more dangerous, you and your supercomputer."
"All the more reason to materialize Maya ASAP. We have to get to Lyoko and bring her to the red tower," Ulrich just listens while the three reach the cover of the sewers. "If it works, we can shut the computer down tonight. We'll meet you in the sewer."
He hangs up as Odd pulls the cover off. Ulrich puts away his phone. "Sorry, Yumi. But I've gotta go."
"Hang on," She interrupts, raising a suspicious brow, hands on her hips. "You seem to know what's going on here. What was this electrical thing that attacked us? And what is this supercomputer you're talking about?"
"Look, I don't have time to explain," He glances over his shoulder. Not only did his friends need him, but taking Maya to the red tower seems to be important to stop...whatever is going on.
"Okay..." She steps forward and grabs his shoulder, stopping the boy in place. "You have time for a third round, then?"
"You're as stubborn as a mule, aren't you?" He replies as he looks back at her; she clearly wasn't going to let up until she either got answers or he told her what she wants to know.
"That's right," She smirks at him. "And since I have no friends, I have lots of time."
He raises a brow; he figured that he might as well take her since he couldn't erase her memory. And he felt like if he didn't, she'd tell the principal and he certainly wasn't gonna let THAT happen. "Aw, come on. I'll explain on the way."
The two jump into the tunnels, watching as Amy, Jeremy, and Odd run up to them. "Hey," Jeremy whispers to Ulrich as soon as he sees Yumi, jerking a thumb to her. "Who's that girl?"
"This is Yumi; she was there when I was attacked, and she knows how to fight, so I thought-"
"Okay, okay, later," Jeremy interrupts him. "Right now, we have to get to the factory. Let's go!"
"Well, in any case, welcome to the team," Amy shrugs at Yumi, waving her forward. "Follow us." She then runs off after the boys.
Yumi blinks in disbelief, but follows them anyway.
Maya steps out of an entrance, the hornets right behind her. She gasps and takes off again, getting hit in the arm by a laser. It sparks for a few seconds before she runs down the path in front of her, the monsters shooting at the ground. She sees a tower up ahead and runs into it. She comes to a stop in the middle of the platform. She closes her eyes once she stops at the edge and lets herself fall.
She emerges into the ice sector, where Odd, Amy, and Ulrich first saw the red tower. And as soon as she steps out into the open, two more creatures appear from both sides. She takes one look at them both and dashes off, the creatures firing at her.
Jeremy moves the cover off from the entrance to the bridge, climbing up. Odd follows and then bends down, helping up Amy. She follows him just as Ulrich emerges. They reach the second floor, Odd and Jeremy grabbing the ropes first. Yumi glances at the brunet boy, noticing his hesitance.
"Don't tell me you're scared," She teases him before grabbing a rope and swinging off. Amy grabs the other one and slides down. Once the first rope returns, Ulrich grabs it and leaps off.
The electric ball thing emerges into the sewers, flying into the tunnels.
The door to the supercomputer room opens, Yumi glancing at Jeremy. "So who's this Maya?"
"You're going to be meeting her in just a minute," He responds with a smile. "Go straight to the scanner room and get ready for the big plunge."
"Big plunge?" She glances at the other three. "But I-I don't have a bathing suit."
"Relax; you won't be needing one," Odd tells her.
"Just wait and see," Amy winks at the girl. Jeremy sits at the chair as the elevator doors close.
"Maya, can you hear me? Maya?"
"Jeremy, I'm...I'm being chased by monsters!" She cries out, glancing behind her.
"Why did you leave the tower before we got there?" Jeremy asks in concern. "Are you crazy?"
"I heard some strange pulsations; I wanted to see what they were," Maya explains while panting.
"Okay. I'm sending back-up. For now, just...try and hide somewhere!" He prepares the procedure for virtualizing the four.
She reaches an area with a waterfall, running onto a path that curves leading to the waterfall. She runs into a small cave and hops across some ice flows. They lead to a tunnel and she stumbles a bit. She turns around and sees the creatures following her, backing up a bit. One of them hops onto the ice flow, stumbling immediately and falling into the water, sinking. The other one turns its head around while Maya smiles.
Yumi stares at all the scanners. "This story of yours is pure science fiction," She dismisses after being told what they're for.
"Uh, yeah, e-except that it's for real," Ulrich answers and she narrows her eyes a little. He could still remember saying that himself until Jeremy proved him wrong...
"He didn't believe it either," Amy jerks a thumb to the boy, who crosses his arms.
"Well, yes, but clearly I didn't think it was an actual thing!" He defends himself, Odd snickering a bit.
"You guys ready?" Jeremy questions while looking at the notes he wrote down. "I'm starting up the procedure. Transfer Odd. Transfer Ulrich."
As Yumi stares at Ulrich in the scanner, he smirks at her. "Don't tell me you're scared," He throws her own words back at her, chuckling.
"Wait!" Yumi turns around and stands in front of the last scanner that Amy's in before the doors close. "I'm coming too! You don't mind, right?"
"No, you go on ahead, it's all yours," Amy steps out into the scanner, turning around. "I'll just go after you."
"Okay. Transfer Yumi. Scanner Yumi. Scanner Odd. Scanner Ulrich. Virtualization!" Jeremy pushes the button, the two boys landing safely just as Yumi is materialized. "Transfer Amy." Amy steps into a scanner, turning around. "Scanner Amy. Virtualization."
"Bummer," Odd looks at his hands. "I'm still a big purple cat."
"Ouch!" Yumi lands hard on the ground, in a geisha outfit. She stands up just as Amy lands next to her.
"Wow, that Japanese outfit is pretty sharp," Odd comments, hands behind his back. Yumi looks at her hands, examining her outfit. "It's not fair! I'm the only one who looks like a nitwit on Lyoko!"
"You'll live, Odd," Amy rolls her eyes in amusement. "You've still got those arrows, remember."
"Yeah, but Ulrich's got a sword, and you've got those pretty wings and a spear!"
She chuckles at him, flattered by the compliment. "Uh, mind telling me where we are?" Yumi speaks up, a hand on her hip.
"In a virtual world. Don't worry, you'll get used to it," Ulrich answers as Amy flaps her wings, flying above them.
"Move it! Maya needs you, she's in danger!" Jeremy reminds them.
"We haven't forgotten, Einstein!" Amy salutes as she takes off flying.
"Okay, here we go!" Odd and Ulrich follow after her on foot. Yumi blinks as she stares at them after a few seconds, a little impressed that they've just...accepted this as part of their lives now. She runs after them to catch up.
Sissi opens her eyes, finally haven woken up from the electric shock she got. "Oh, my head..." She murmurs while her vision clears. Jim, the nurse, and her father are standing over her, the latter patting her hand. "What happened?"
"You'll be fine, my dear. You must have electrocuted yourself with your hair dryer," Her father tries to assure her.
"Electric-oh no!" She sits up as she suddenly remembers what happened to her. "It wasn't me, it was that super whatachamacalit of Jeremy's at the factory! Where's Ulrich?"
"I don't know, dear," The principal tells her truthfully. "Please, try to stay calm."
"No!" She sits up as she looks concerned. "Ulrich is in great danger. So are Odd, Amy, and Jeremy. There's an electrical monster on the loose and we gotta find 'em!" She was breaking the pact, but it was more so in her head for their safety. Her father places a hand on her shoulder.
"Calm down," He pushes her down gently back onto the bed.
"Sure there is, and a giant chemical teddy bear too," Jim glances away while joking.
"Daddy, I'm not crazy!" Sissi insists, sitting up again. "Jeremy Belpois found this giant computer inside the abandoned factory. They use it to go into this other world where these monsters shoot lightning!" The three adults glance at each other, wondering if the electric shock did more damage than they thought...
Meanwhile, the aforementioned electrical monster flies up to the bridge that leads to the factory.
Maya backs away a bit, watching as two more smaller creatures have joined the block. The block readies its laser and then fires at the ice flow that Maya is standing on. She falls on her rear and the ice flow moves across the water. The other two creatures hop on the other steps to try and reach her, but the last one is too far away from her. She turns around and jumps into the tunnel that's behind her. The two creatures glance at each other and then jump on the ice flow that Maya was on. The other hits the other side, causing one to catapult into the tunnel while the other sinks into the water, never to be seen again.
Maya emerges into another part of the sector, crashing against a rock. The creature that followed her hits the rock and then explodes in mid-air. Two blocks appear in front of her and she backs up. "Jeremy?" Another one appears right behind her and then Ulrich leaps in, hitting the symbol and causing it to explode. Odd lands right next to the virtual girl, standing up.
"Hi, are you Maya?" He greets her. "I'm Odd. I have to admit, you are a real cutie. Jeremy's got taste," He winks at her and Amy flies in from above, looking annoyed. Ulrich deflects a laser while standing in front of them.
"No time for flirting, Odd, we got work to do," He speaks up.
"You're right!" Odd calls out as Yumi examines herself, Amy spinning her spear into her left hand.
"Hey, I don't have a weapon," She glances at her back and sees something, pulling out a fan. "A fan? That's all?"
"Try throwing it. You never know," Odd suggests to Yumi and she tosses it, getting rid of not one, but both blocks. The others stare at her.
"Not bad," Ulrich compliments as she catches her fan back.
"Wow, I think I'll keep it."
Another block arrives and fires, Amy's hand glowing blue. She stares down at it and ice shoots up from the ground in front of them, piercing the eye and making the block explode.
"Whoa," Ulrich murmurs as Odd looks to Amy.
"Did you do that?" He asks in surprise as she holds out her hand for them to examine.
"I think so..."
"Nice work, and I think I have an answer," Jeremy suddenly says, getting their attention. "You're a nature fairy, right? So you probably have the ability to adapt to each sector in your own way with some special powers. But I think they're limited, otherwise you'd overpower the monsters easily."
"Huh, that makes sense," Yumi comments and Amy smiles, looking at her hands.
"Cool."
"Now bring Maya into the red tower so we can materialize her!" Jeremy says excitedly.
"Come on now, Sissi, this is ridiculous," The principal dismisses as she lifts open the manhole cover in the cover. "We are not going down in the sewers!"
"Fine, you can tell that to the police when you find Belpois and the others burnt to a crisp!" She retorts back to them and the two adults glance to each other skeptically. They wanted to doubt that, but she did sound serious about it.
A video comes up from Jeremy's screen, and he sees the electric monster for himself...which is in the second floor of the factory. "Uhh, hey Odd? I think I've got a good life-size example for your electrochemistry report."
"Oh, yeah? And what's that?" Odd asks curiously.
"A nice little electric monster," He answers while the five are heading for the red tower. "Where are you guys?"
"We're coming up to the tower," Ulrich calls out while Amy flies above them.
"Hurry it up, then. Things are about to start jumping over here," He sees some red dots appearing on screen right behind the tower. "Watch it, guys! There are some more monsters coming your way."
Sissi, her father, and Jim run across the bridge, reaching the first floor.
The five look up ahead and see some giant crabs blocking the tower. They slowly come to a stop. "Great, crabs. Who's got the tartar sauce?" Odd jokes and they step forward. The group take off in the opposite direction. Odd stops in front of one that emerges right in front of him and he fires a laser arrow. Ulrich comes across the other one.
Jeremy works as nervous and fast as possible...and then some lights appear, and he looks up to see the electric monster hiding in the ceiling, looming over the boy.
Ulrich jumps while the crab fires lasers, blocking one with his sword. The crab advances towards him and he runs off. The other crab is firing up at Odd, who's clung himself to a little glacier. "Go on! Beat it, crabs! Cuz Odd is coming in!"
Yumi rushes up to them, tossing her fan and barely grazing the crab with it. "Wow, these crabs are not only ugly, they're tough," Odd fires again and then gets devirtualized. Yumi runs off, with Amy flying above the other crab. She tosses her spear, but the same thing happens as it did with Yumi's fan, it wasn't enough to defeat it. Maya watches Yumi run off while in hiding, the crab chasing after her.
"Jeremy?" She asks as they haven't heard from him in a bit.
He's being electrocuted right now by the electric monster, which tosses him into a wall. He reaches for his fallen glasses, which have the reflection of the monster in them. "Odd just got devirtualized," Maya reports and he looks up at the computer in worry. "Jeremy?"
He screams in horror as the monster has him cornered.
"Wanna give it a try?" Ulrich questions Yumi while running next to her.
"Uh huh."
She slides against the ground, putting her feet up as Ulrich lands on them. She vaults him into the air and he lands on top of a crab. He stabs it with his sword. "Bullseye!" He lands safely near Yumi and Amy, the former backflipping and throwing her fan. But it just hits against the metal plating of the thing, and it fires, hitting her in the leg. She groans in pain, landing on the ground. "Yumi!" He rushes over and jumps, clinging onto the leg of the crab. It tosses him away and he slides, landing right next to Maya. She gasps in concern for him.
"Maya, get back to the red tower...!" He says while devirtualizing. She nods and then runs, only to be cornered by the crab. Amy flies in and lands on the crab, but it tosses her off onto the ground. She grunts as she lands, her wings disappearing after the hard landing.
"Maya, no!" She shouts in worry before Maya starts singing, bringing her hands together and kneeling. She creates an ice wall, Yumi and Amy running over to her.
"Was it you who just did that?" Yumi asks in surprise.
"Yes, I think so!" Aelita answers and Amy looks up at the wall.
"That's not gonna last long!" She tells them in urgency.
"She's right, run to the tower, hurry!" Yumi adds in.
"Okay!" Maya turns around and runs off. The crab starts shooting at the wall, too distracted by it to notice Maya running off to the tower.
"Jeremy, it's okay, Maya's-" The wall breaks, therefore devirtualizing Yumi as she gets hit by the laser.
"Yumi-" Amy also is devirtualized by another laser.
Sissi, the principal, and Jim stumble upon the lab. "What is all this about?" Jim demands, Sissi gasping in horror. Jim runs forward into the computer lab. "Wait till I get my hands on-" He gets electrocuted by the monster.
Maya steps forward onto the platform once she reaches the top. A screen appears and she flinches in surprise. She glances around the tower before stepping forward. She presses her hand on the screen, and a name appears. "Aelita..."
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The electric monster disappears from existence, dropping Jim onto the floor. "What's going on here? What were those flashes?" The principal asks just as Ulrich arrives. He blinks in surprise to see her.
"Sissi!"
"Ulrich!" She cries out in relief, rushing over to hug him, but he steps back as the other three appear behind him.
"You swore to us you wouldn't tell!" He accuses her angrily with a glare.
"Huh?" She stares at him in confusion. "I came here to save you, Ulrich!" She glances behind him to see Yumi. "And what's this Chinese girl doing here, huh?"
"I am Japanese!" Yumi growls out as the trio behind Ulrich aren't too happy about this either.
"What about Maya?" Jeremy turns to them, having woken up. "Is she here?"
"No," Ulrich says as the others look sad for the news they're about to tell him. "Sorry, Jeremy, but it didn't work. She didn't materialize."
"Alright, that's enough, Belpois," The principal speaks up. "I order you to shut this thing down now, and then you can explain to me what exactly this is about!"
"I think we oughta alert the authorities right away," Jim suggests to the man.
"Me too, Jim. It's much too dangerous," Sissi agrees, she wasn't sure if she could handle Ulrich possibly getting hurt. "I told you so, didn't I?"
"You're nothing but a rotten traitor!" Ulrich replies and she points at him.
"No more than you are, Ulrich darling!" She huffs as she looks away with crossed arms.
"Are you serious right now?!" Amy hisses at this; now Sissi was only doing this just because Yumi's with them.
"Let's go, Belpois," The principal places a hand on his shoulder. "Kill this thing immediately and follow me."
However, Jeremy doesn't do that. Instead, he starts typing on his computer. "No."
"What do you think you're doing?" Jim demands the boy.
"I'm launching a new program. With a little luck, it'll work!" Jeremy informs his friends.
"What kind of program?"
"Return to the past now!" Jeremy presses enter and a white light appears behind Jim. It starts to engulf everyone and everything in white...
Yumi puts a coin in the machine, as suddenly it's the day that Jeremy got electrocuted. She turns around to see Odd, Ulrich, and Amy drinking their cups. "What happened, anyway?" Ulrich questions as Odd rubs his head in confusion (his hair still being straight down). "What are we doing here?"
"But we were doing this yesterday. You don't think..."
"Did...did we actually go back in time?" Amy asks in awe.
Before she could finish, Jeremy walks right past the group without saying anything. "Einstein, you're a genius!" Odd compliments him. "Your Return to the Past, it works!"
"What's that?" Jeremy murmurs in confusion. "What are you talking about?"
"You haven't forgotten about the supercomputer and Lyoko and my big purple cat costume, huh?" Odd questions and he glances at them in surprise.
"You know about Lyoko? But how come?"
"That's weird," Yumi comments at this. "Looks like the return in time didn't quite work on him."
Ulrich walks up and tosses his drink. He places a hand around Jeremy and they walk off. "Come on, we're gonna fill you in."
"It's still not fair!" Odd pouts, pointing at Amy. "Ames looks the coolest on Lyoko!"
"Huh? Me? Not Ulrich or Yumi?" She brushes a bang behind her ear with a bashful smile.
"Well, duh! With your fairy wings and your powers on each sector! All I got is arrows, but that's still cool. Oh, uh, is it...okay if I call you Ames?"
She smiles at both the nickname and the compliment. "Doesn't bother me."
Ulrich and Yumi both smirk at each other knowingly.
"But why would I not remember anything?" Jeremy wonders as they're all sitting in Jeremy's room. Odd has since re-changed his hairstyle again.
"Maybe because you were the only one who didn't get digitalized on Lyoko," Yumi suggests while leaning against the desk.
"Hey, maybe you're onto something there," Amy agrees with her, her leg raised to her chest. "After all, the four of us went to Lyoko and we remembered everything after the return in time."
"Yes, that could be. Well, tomorrow, I'm going to the factory first thing and scan myself."
"No, Jeremy," Maya protests, holding up a hand. "We have to shut down the supercomputer and you know it. It's too dangerous..."
"But, Maya..."
"Aelita," She corrects him with a wink. "When I went into the tower, I...I remembered my name!"
"Aelita. That's even better than Maya. But what about bringing you in? I promised," He turns around to his friends with a pleading look. "Give me one more night to work it out, okay? I'll find a way."
The four glance at each other and they all smile. "Okay," Ulrich answers for everyone.
"Thanks, guys," Jeremy smiles happily.
"We'll meet up in the computer lab tomorrow morning to see how you're doing," Ulrich stands up and the others leave. Amy is the last to go as she turns around and waves at Aelita.
"Bye, Aelita."
"Bye, Amy," Aelita smiles at the girl, who closes the door. She turns around to her friends, who stare at her.
"You and Aelita seem really close," Yumi points out, the brunette shrugging.
"I don't know, I guess I just relate to what she's going through...it's not her fault she woke up with no memory."
"It's almost as if you two were related," Odd jokes and she shoves him away playfully.
"Yeah, right, Odd," She laughs as they leave.
"Ulrich!" They stop and turn around to see an angry Sissi standing a few feet away. "What are you doing here? I've been waiting for you for an hour! I've never been stood up like this before!"
"There's always a first time. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm with my friends," Ulrich states and they all turn around, walking down the hallway.
"I'll make you pay! Do you hear that, huh, Ulrich?!" She declares to him while clenching her fists.
"I've got a bad feeling about this girl Sissi," Odd glances behind them. "I get the idea that she's gonna give us a lot of grief!'
"So then we're all agreed," Amy whispers as she leans in towards them. "This is more of a reason to NOT tell Sissi about Lyoko! That was definitely a mistake."
"Agreed!" They all whisper back, chuckling.
"Hi. Well, find anything?" Yumi asks when they go to see Jeremy in the lab the next day.
"Yes. XANA."
"XANA? What's that?" Odd wonders curiously.
"A super dangerous program," Aelita begins explaining. "Like a virus which can control electricity and it activates towers on Lyoko to gain access to your world."
"So the red tower, the electricity monster, the weird symbol, the monsters on Lyoko, all of that was XANA?" Yumi questions after hearing this.
"Yes. Only Aelita can counter it by deactivating the tower that it uses for attacks in the real world."
"That's great," Ulrich remarks sarcastically. "What about materializing Aelita?"
"I could do it, but I need some time. It's dangerous. XANA can attack at any moment."
"And if it has access to anything on our world, it can use whatever it wants to go after not only us, but other people," Amy adds in with crossed arms.
"Right," Jeremy nods at her.
"Be reasonable, Jeremy. We better just shut this thing down..." Aelita says, not only in concern for them, but what it would mean if the supercomputer ever gets discovered...They all close their eyes. If they really shut it down...that would mean saying goodbye to Aelita. But...as easy as it could be to just shut it down, they weren't sure if they could without bringing Aelita to Earth.
"Listen, now that we know how to neutralize XANA, we just have to get Aelita to the activated tower," Ulrich says after a few seconds.
"We can find a way to counter the attacks while Einstein figures out how to bring Aelita back to Earth, right?" Odd holds up a finger.
"And it's not like we won't be ready. We can always hone our skills whenever he's not attacking so that we can be better prepared," Amy smiles at Jeremy. Yumi glances at the three.
"It's risky...but I think we should. After all, we are Lyoko Warriors, aren't we?"
"Yeah!" Odd, Amy, and Ulrich fist bump each other in agreement.
"You really think you can do it?" Aelita asks hopefully.
"They don't call me Einstein for nothing! In a few weeks, I'll have it figured out. Meanwhile, let's not forget about our pact, huh?"
"Hey, relax, we all know how to keep a secret!" Yumi assures him.
"We're gonna bring you to Earth so that you can experience it for yourself! Just trust us, Aelita," Amy smiles at the virtual girl, who smiles back.