Angel: Sorry I've been AWOL for a bit, I was working on a movie for something I'm not disclosing cause it's a secret~
And to Writer2018, right back at ya! I don't know you, and you don't know me, so I could care less. And no, I'm not trying to do anything to make myself feel better, I legitimately stop caring when people only want to insult me and nothing else just because they think it'll make my life worse. And that's the only reason they want to insult me.
Even if other people continue to do so, regardless of their words, I'm still gonna move on with my life, and those who want to insult me, go right ahead. The only thing that's gonna happen is that I'm going to continue not giving a shit to cyberbullying which is something that is honestly pretty tame to me at this point. Wow, pathetic loser, that's REAL original in 2024. Good job, you're doing great.
In the ice sector of Lyoko, pulsations go throughout the layout, all the way to a white tower. It turns red a few seconds later, and two Hornets fly around it.
"Now then, if you provoke a collision between two neutrons, what do you obtain?" Ms. Hertz asks the class, but none of them volunteer. Jeremy has a look of thought, Ulrich looks bored, Odd is looking out the window, and Amy is doodling in her book. "Who would like to answer? Anybody?" Odd turns his head back up front as Ms. Hertz looks around the room. "Nobody?" Herb raises a finger but for some reason, she doesn't pick him to answer.
"Me, ma'am." Suddenly all the cell phones go off at the same time, and they answer. A bunch of hellos are called out, but no one is on the other line. Ulrich, Odd, and Amy glance at each other. Ms. Hertz taps her foot, unamused by this.
"Who is this?" Sissi asks, and the teacher glares at her in particular.
"Sissi you, the principal's daughter, should know the rule dealing with cell phones," She crosses her arms while keeping her eye on the girl. "Now why don't you remind us all what that rule is?"
"All mobile phones have got to be turned off before entering the classroom, under penalty of having them confiscated," Sissi recites, and Ms. Hertz holds out her hand quickly afterwards.
"Hand it over." Sissi gives it to her. "And that goes for everyone." They all gasp, protesting at this. Jeremy turns to his friends in shock, the teacher tapping her foot again. "Quiet down! Put all your cell phones on my desk right now!" She points to the desk as the phone rings. They groan as they reluctantly head for the desk.
"XANA's sure gonna be happy about this," Odd murmurs to Ulrich and everyone steps out of class. Yumi rushes down the hall, waiting for her friends to walk out.
"We had this weird problem. This morning, like everyone's cell phones started ringing and-"
"The teacher confiscated them, huh?" Odd points at her knowingly. "Us too."
"Crazy, huh? All those calls and no one at the other end," Jeremy speaks up to everyone. "I think I'll contact Aelita. This could be XANA's doing," Jeremy then leaves to head for his room.
"Both your class and ours with the same thing happening? This can't be a coincidence to me," Amy narrows her eyes in thought.
Ulrich rubs his chin as he turns to the others. "We gotta do something. If Jeremy's right and we can't stay in contact, we're in a real jam."
"Hey, you four!" Sissi calls out to them and they turn around to see her with Herb and Nicolas. "I'm organizing a meeting. They've got to give us our mobiles back. Well, are you with us?"
"You bet we are," Yumi states to the girl's surprise.
"Huh, no kidding. If you really mean it, we'll see you in the auditorium right after lunch," She walks away, glancing back in surprise as Yumi nods in agreement.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but...Sissi's actually got a point," Amy murmurs in disbelief, shaking her head. Without their phones, the world was basically doomed the next time XANA attacks.
"You were right, we gotta see what's up," Ulrich stares after Sissi.
"Connection," Jeremy taps enter on his keyboard. Aelita is in a way tower in the forest sector. "Aelita, do you read me? Aelita?"
"Oh hello, Jeremy," She greets with a smile, as she's sitting down and looking at data.
"Hi. Tell me, have you noticed anything strange on Lyoko?" He asks the virtual girl curiously.
"No, should I have?" She responds in confusion and concern.
"I don't know, but I'd better launch a scan to check."
"Okay, and I'll see if I can pick up any of XANA's pulsations," She gets onto her feet.
"Good, but be careful," The boy warns her.
"See you later," She smiles and logs off, while he launches the scan.
In the cafeteria, the group are eating their lunch without Jeremy. "You're gonna take back your cell phone?" Yumi asks in shock as Odd has thought of a plan to get their phones. "That's called stealing, you know that?"
"No, it's not. Taking back what belongs to you in the first place is not what I would call stealing," Odd argues back to her.
"Uh, last time I checked, taking something is still stealing! But keep it down too, I can see Jim and Mr. Delmas," She glances at the two eating with Ms. Hertz. They're talking about what happened in classes today.
"The students were warned. I'm not going to return their phones that quickly. We need to deactivate the school's antenna," Ms. Hertz hums and nods in agreement with him. "That way, even with new phones, they won't be able to use them. Can you handle that, Jim?"
"Huh?" Jim was too busy stuffing his face to pay attention. He then stands up, waving a hand.
"We have no choice, girls," Ulrich states, the two gasping at this. They're basically committing a crime on school grounds, and it's not like no one will notice either.
"Thank you, Charles," Mr. Delmas states to a faculty member. Ms. Hertz stirs the soup that was just put down in front of her.
"Alright, let's go. Ames, I need your hair pin," Odd holds out her hand. She looks a bit hesitant but reaches up, removing it from the side of her hair. The girls turn around to the staff before turning to see the boys gone.
"I just hope they're not caught..." Amy murmurs a bit, Yumi humming in agreement.
Odd and Ulrich break into the lounge, and thankfully no one is there. "The coast is clear," Ulrich states while he's on look-out. Odd goes inside, finding Ms. Hertz's locker.
"Here we go," he cringes as he's using Amy's pin to pick the lock. He sweats as it's a bit of a tough lock, and goes back in. He wiggles the needle a few more times before smiling, opening the door. "Now let's see..." He murmurs as he looks for his friend's phones.
'Oh, hello, Mr. Levron!" Ulrich calls out, Odd wincing and closing the locker.
"Oh, hello, Ulrich," The teacher greets as Odd runs off. Ulrich walks away so that the teacher Isn't suspicious of him. Mr. Levron steps in, Ulrich taking a peek from the window. He steps past the table as Odd is hiding there, hugging his legs. A pencil rolls onto the floor right in front of him and Odd gasps as it stops right between his feet. He braces himself, sweating as Mr. Levron uses his foot to get it, picking it up without looking down. Odd opens his eyes, the teacher leaving. Odd smiles and opens the locker to find the phones, but Amy's pin falls to the ground near the locker, which he doesn't notice.
Yumi is in Jeremy's room, looking over his shoulder at the computer. Kiwi is on Jeremy's bed as Odd enters, his dog looking up.
"Ha ha!" He throws the phones around. "Mission accomplished!"
"Let's hope that nobody finds out," Yumi warns the boy as he takes his phone.
"I'd rather hope they were worried over nothing," Odd points out, Ulrich going over to the bed to take his.
"Where's Amy?" Ulrich turns to him as her phone is there next to Kiwi.
"She had to feed Kiki, I'll hand over her mobile when I see her."
Jeremy pushes up his glasses. "For now, the scan hasn't found an activated tower," He turns back to Aelita for an update.
"I haven't seen anything either. False alarm."
He gasps as he stands up, his glasses falling off his face. "XANA!" He notices XANA's symbol on Odd's phone. He stares at it in alarm, as XANA has to be up to something now.
"Why would XANA be interested in mobile phones, huh?" Ulrich wonders as they walk out of the dorms. Yumi rubs her chin in thought.
"That's what I'm hoping to find out by checking out the school's antenna," Jeremy explains and Yumi runs off towards the woods.
"I'm off to the meeting I promised Sissi," She calls out while the boys head for the roof. They walk up all the stairs, Odd closing the door, and Jim turns around to see them. He's already messing around with the wires.
"Huh? Hey, who let you guys up here? Trying to stop me from disconnecting the antenna?" He demands the trio.
"U-Us?" Ulrich stammers nervously; if they tell him why they're even up there, he'd just force them out of the building. "No, we were just passing by-" Jim suddenly gets electrocuted since he's not paying attention.
"Careful!" Jeremy calls out and Jim loses his grip from the antenna. He screams as he falls, only to be hung upside down all of a sudden. The boys all pull him back up to the roof. Ulrich and Odd put his arms around their shoulders.
"We'll take him to the infirmary."
"Okay, I'll try to find out what XANA's done to the antenna," Jeremy states as he walks over to it.
"Hey, Jim, can you hear me?" Ulrich calls out as Amy steps in. Jim is laying his cheek against the pillow, seeming to not pay attention to them.
"He smells like roast chicken," Odd comments as they stare at the man.
"I heard what happened, is he okay?" Amy wonders as she joins Odd's side.
"You mean besides being medium-well?" The blond jokes and she rolls her eyes.
"Too soon..."
"Jim? Hey, Jim? Yoo-hoo," Dorothy walks by and hears Ulrich's voice.
"Odd, Ulrich, Amy?" She opens the door and they turn to her. "What are you doing here? Jim!" She exclaims once she sees him. "What happened to him?"
"Oh, you know how Jim is, he's a regular livewire, so-" Amy elbows Odd in the arm a bit. "I mean..."
Meanwhile, while on top of the roof, Jeremy is holding a scanner in front of the antenna. He looks at the readings, mainly confused. He looks back up at the city, looking back at his device. He rests on one satellite in particular. "The main television antenna...?" He stands up and disconnects the scanner, running downstairs immediately.
Yumi is in the auditorium where the meeting is being held, and people sign their name for a petition. Yumi runs up to Sissi, who's at the table. "Oh, Ms. Yumi is gracing us with her presence," Sissi replies sarcastically, holding up the paper. "Where were you when we wrote the petition?"
"Just what is going on here?" Mr. Delmas demands while Ms. Hertz is next to him. She must've seen what was going on from outside and alerted him, and she looks just as unhappy as he does.
"Oh, Dad, uh...I mean, sir," Sissi approaches him confidently while holding up the paper. "What is going on here is this!" He stares at the paper, a baffled look on his face. "You see, we all signed a petition so you have to give us back our cell phones."
"Oh, really?" He replies in a sarcastic tone. "First let me remind you that in this establishment, the students do not make the rules. Secondly, Ms. Hertz has just learned that someone forced her locker open to get back her cell phone."
Sissi looks to her in shock as she just has a glare on her face, showing how furious she is. She looks back to the others, Yumi frowning as she knew this would happen. "It's only normal, sir. How can anyone live without their cell phone?"
"I'm sorry, but this theft is another reason for not returning them," Mr. Delmas continues as Yumi glances to the left, seeing Jeremy jumping up and down from right outside. "And fortunately, we've already identified the culprit herself that had the nerve to steal back her own: Amelia Smith." He turns to Ms. Hertz, everyone gasping as she holds up...
Amy's pin that Odd dropped.
"Oh no...!" Yumi murmurs in disbelief before she leaves.
"And I say we don't set foot in the classroom without our mobiles!" Sissi argues back, shaking a fist while walking back to the protestors.
"Yeah!" They all agree, Mr. Delmas and Ms. Hertz glancing to each other.
"You see these waves?" Jeremy points out to the others back in his room. "XANA's using the school antenna unit to try to plug into the main television dish."
"That's why all the phones rang?" Yumi wonders as they look at the results of the scan. "It jams the frequency. If XANA manages to take control of the dish, he'll have direct access to the satellite that are now orbiting the Earth!"
"And?" Yumi questions as Odd is holding up his phone so that Amy hears as she's trying to calm down her dog.
"And he'll be able to guide a military satellite."
"Hmm..." Ulrich hums in thought as Amy puts her phone to her ear.
"Who knows what he could do with then?"
"Okay, but for what reason?" Yumi asks as they continue staring at the computer.
"I wish I knew. In peace time, these satellites are used for spying, but if XANA reprograms one, who knows?" Jeremy points out in worry.
"Anything can happen. Jeremy's right, this is serious," Ulrich narrows his eyes and Jeremy begins typing.
"You better believe it, Ulrich. The scan has detected a tower!"
Aelita pops up seconds later. "Jeremy, XANA has activated a tower in the polar region!" She reports to the blond genius.
"We're on our way."
"Better hurry!" She urges as he pushes up his glasses. He glances up at his friends.
"I'm on my way," Amy says and then hangs up, Yumi looking away a bit nervously.
"What's up, Yumi?" Ulrich glances up at her.
"Well...before I saw Jeremy, Ms. Hertz named Amy as the one who broke into her locker," She informs the boys.
"What?!" The three exclaim in shock.
"But she wasn't with you," Jeremy turns to Ulrich and Odd. "You didn't run into her?"
"No," Ulrich shakes his head, Odd nodding in agreement. "We didn't see her again until Jim got electrocuted."
"Unless...oh no, I dropped her pin in the teacher's lounge!" Odd facepalms in dismay as he remembers he never gave it back to her.
"We'll deal with that later. Let's go through the tunnel in the park." They all leave, Kiwi looking up at them. Odd is the last one to leave.
"Kiwi, you stay here," He closes the door and the dog growls a bit. He jumps up and grabs the handle with his teeth, opening the door. Amy pets Kiki and rushes up to her door, glancing back at her dog.
"You be good while I'm gone, okay?" She closes the door, but Kiki jumps up and grabs the door handle with her paws. The door moves away once she does and she lands on her feet, barking.
Sissi paces in front of the protesting students at the cafeteria. They're all holding picket signs. "No more phones, no more school, perfect," She smiles at the slogan. Yumi stands in front of the others in the corridors.
"I'll stay here in case XANA's got plans to attack the school. You guys know what to do," She glances back to the three, who glance at each other nervously. Amy raises a brow in confusion at them, wondering what they're referring to.
"Hey, are you with us or not?" Sissi calls out to Yumi, who smiles nervously. "Ever heard of solidarity?"
"Don't worry, Sissi, I'm with you 100 percent," She replies enthusiastically, although part of it so that she can convince the girl.
"So am I," Amy pops up behind her friend, surprising her.
"Amy? I thought you were gonna go with them," She whispers to the brunette.
"I was, but then I figured that I stay with you since it's Sissi. Plus Aelita's got Odd and Ulrich, I know that they can do it," She explains to Yumi, who smiles gratefully.
"Thanks...though if you see the principal or Ms. Hertz, you need to hide from them."
Amy raises a confused brow and is about to ask why when Yumi walks past them, holding up a fist. "No more phones, no more school! No more phones, no more school!"
"Okay, let's go!" Sissi orders the crowd.
The boys open up the door to the sewer when the dogs appear in the park, right behind Odd. "Guys, what are you doing here?" He asks as they pant at him.
"Incredible, for dogs, they're stubborn as mules," Jeremy comments as he climbs down the ladder.
"Well, now that you two are here, come on," Odd offers his arms and the dogs jump into them. He holds in a laugh as Kiki licks his face repeatedly. He climbs down as the two dogs hold onto his arms, grabbing his skateboard. Jeremy and Ulrich grab their equipment. Odd races down the sewer and throws the skateboard. He skates down the alley, followed by Jeremy who's giving the dogs a ride. They continue going down the path, Ulrich jumping over a gap. Jeremy reaches the ladder as Odd is climbing it. The two dogs run around barking as Jeremy arrives next, Odd already running across the gap. The boys use the ropes while the dogs go another way down. Once they land, Jeremy presses the button and they descend down into the lab. Jeremy takes his place, Kiwi and Kiki following him as the doors close in on Ulrich and Odd. They both go down into the scanner room while Jeremy turns to the computer in his chair. The elevator opens into the scanner room.
"Aelita's on her way to the polar region," He reports to them before turning on his headset. "Aelita?"
"Jeremy, I made it to the ice floe, but I don't see any activated tower," She tells the boy. Kiwi and Kiki stare from the ground.
"Okay, wait there for Ulrich and Odd. And watch out for XANA's monsters," He warns the virtual girl.
The two boys stand in front of the scanners. "Well, are you ready? Here we go," Jeremy presses enter as Ulrich steps in. "Transfer Ulrich. Transfer Odd." Odd steps in next. "Scanner Odd. Scanner Ulrich." The doors close in on both of them as Jeremy continues the process. Both of them are then scanner. "Virtualization."
Appearing in the ice sector, they both land safely. Ulrich looks around for Aelita. "Odd, Ulrich!" She calls out to them as she waves nearby.
"There she is!" Ulrich points to the left and they start running.
Meanwhile, Jeremy checks in on the satellite dish, and nothing has happened. "Good news. XANA's still not in control of the TV dish," He reports with a smile on his face. "That gives us a little time. I'll try to find out which satellite XANA might wanna get his hands on, but it won't be easy," He explains as he starts typing.
"No more phones, no more school!" All the protesters shout as they're not in class as promised. "No more phones, no more school!" They're sitting outside a classroom, waving their picket signs. "No more phones, no more school! No more phones, no more school!"
The two girls glance around and start chanting with everyone.
Jeremy taps a key. "Okay, now let's try the access code. Access code accepted. Yes!" He cheers for himself with a grin. "Ha ha, bingo." The two dogs look up at the computer screen. "Let's see, U466," He scrolls down to the satellite that could be it, and reads the information. "Huh? Military satellite, armed with..." He gasps at the weapon the satellite has. "A highly destructive laser beam." The satellite is actually close to Earth too...
Aelita can see the pulsations as she runs in front of the boys. "Where can that tower be?" Odd wonders as there's no tower in sight.
"One thing at a time, Odd," Jeremy speaks up to them. "First of all, I figured it out. I know what XANA's after. He wants to gain control of a highly accurate and destructive satellite," Jeremy looks at the blueprints of the satellite. "If he does, he can destroy whatever he wants."
"The factory's safe. XANA wouldn't fire at himself," Odd deduces, and not only that, he already attacked the factory with bulldozers not too long ago. And destroying the factory's supercomputer would kill XANA and Lyoko, so he wouldn't risk that if he wants to stay alive.
"Right. That'll give us time to take care of things on Lyoko."
"Sounds good," Ulrich calls out while at the rear end of the group. "But if XANA decides to destroy the school-"
"Remember, Yumi and Amy are there, so that's for sure what he's gonna do. We have to warn them! But without a mobile..." He couldn't exactly call them because that would give away to the protestors that the girls are connected to the theft. The dogs bark and he glances down at them, forming a plan as they wag their tails and he smiles.
"No more phones, no more school!" Mr. Delmas is now aware of the protest, glaring down at the students as they continue. "No more phones, no more school! No more phones, no more school!" Sissi looks up at her father a bit nervously since...he's the principal. "No more phones, no more school!"
"I demand that you stop this absurd strike now!" He yells at them, Yumi seeing the dogs walking up to them. Amy opens her mouth in disbelief to see Kiki, and both dogs have notes tied to their collars. The principal sees them as well, narrowing his eyes.
"Kiwi," Yumi tries moving him away.
"Kiki, what are you doing here?" Amy whispers to her dog, about to pick her up.
"Yumi! Amelia! What is going on?!" The principal shouts, storming over and picking them up.
"Oh, uh, well, we-"
"This is inadmissible!" He holds them by the collars. "To my office, immediately!"
"Aha!" Amy gasps as she turns around to see Ms. Hertz right behind her. "And here's the phone thief gracing us with her presence. You are in big trouble, young lady."
"Wait, what?!" Her eyes open in shock as being accused of the theft. There was no way she did it, she never even wanted to steal the phones. In fact, she never stepped into the locker room either. So how and why is the teacher accusing her? "But I didn't do anything!"
"Did you see that?" Sissi asks the other students as they're all watching. "We have to save them from the dictators! Free Yumi and Amy!" She stands up, pumping her fist. "Liberty for Yumi and Amy!" The protestors chant along with her, and they walk off with the principal. If they didn't, they'd most likely be expelled right on the spot...
"According to the holo map, the tower is just across the bridge. But be careful, it's probably guarded by those, uh..."
"By the waspsters," Ulrich interrupts as they're hiding and can see them blocking the way to the bridge. "Thanks, we've noticed. Four of them can be seen as he pulls out his sword.
"Remember, the poison they're carrying will KILL your life points, so watch out," Jeremy tells him as Odd prepares his arrows. He narrows his eyes, however, the Hornets don't seem to be attacking. Instead, they just fly in place.
"What are they waiting for?" Odd asks his friend.
"They must just wanna hold you there until XANA's able to control a satellite. You gotta get past them," Jeremy urges the two.
"Laser arrow!" Odd attacks immediately, but misses. Ulrich gasps as one of them flies towards Aelita in hiding.
"No Aelita, watch out!" The Hornet fires its poison and she moves out of the way, running off.
"Aelita, don't take any chances. Leave that to Odd and Ulrich," Jeremy warns as she runs to hide behind the boys. Odd lowers his as he stands up.
Yumi and Amy sit in front of the principal. "Yumi, Amelia, I don't understand. What's going on? A strike, two dogs, stealing a phone! You're both usually so sensible too," Yumi reaches down to get the notes from the dogs. Amy glances at her, looking back up at the principal.
"Mr. Delmas, I have no idea what you're talking about, I didn't steal anything," She defends herself while keeping a straight face.
"Oh, so we're now adding lying to the list. Does this not belong to you?" He holds up her pin and she gasps sharply, deducing what happened and why they think she did it.
"Oh, today is not my day..." Amy murmurs in dismay; first being accused of theft, then her dog, and now this. The man raises a brow at her and looks a bit suspicious of her behavior. As if she knows something he doesn't.
"Unless someone else is involved other than you two?"
Amy stays silent at the question as she definitely doesn't want to put the blame on Odd. Not only is he her friend, but she knows that he didn't do it on purpose. The man pinches his nose as he glances up at her. "Amelia, you do understand that protecting this student will only make it worse. I'm afraid that if you do not name them, I will be forced to expel you." Amy bites her lip as she twiddles her thumbs, Yumi gasping at the demand. The man glances over to see her not paying attention. "Yumi, will you listen to me?" She grips the paper in her fist after reading it.
"Huh? Oh, I'm sorry, sir, but we have to leave right away!" They run off with the dogs, and Yumi peeks in.
"You too as a matter of fact. Everyone around here has to leave!"
"It's too dangerous for all of us!" Amy calls out as Yumi slams the door. The principal sits down with a heavy sigh.
Jeremy rubs his chin as the girls still haven't arrived, and there's no way to check to see if they even got his notes. And if they're not warned sooner than later, it would prove to be disastrous. "We have no choice. One of you has to make the sacrifice."
By this point, the Hornets have surrounded the area with their poison. "Listen, I'll attract their attention, so you can get through. I owe Ames one anyway. Here I go!" He takes off without getting their opinion.
"Odd, wait!" Ulrich calls out, holding out a hand. Odd rushes past the poison anyway and fires three laser arrows.
"Take that!" He misses again and they fly after him. Aelita gasps at this while the two stare.
"...He's nuts," Ulrich declares after a few seconds. "Okay, let's go!" He grabs Aelita's hand and speeds off in the other direction.
"Yeah, take that!" Odd declares while still firing arrows from both arms. He then gets hit in the leg. "Ow!" He grabs his leg while hopping away. The Hornets continue attacking him and he gets hit from behind. "Ow!"
"Odd, between the poison and the arrows, you've already lost 70 life points!" Jeremy reports while looking at Odd's ID card.
"You said no choice," Odd reminds him before firing again. "There, you horrible beast!" He destroys one and looks back. "Besides, it's because of me that Amy got accused of theft, and I can't let her take the fall for what I did!" He gets hit three more times and skids to a stop near the platform. On the other side, Ulrich and Aelita are running down the path.
"You've only got 20 life points left, Odd! I'm sorry," He then checks the satellite and something worse comes up. "Oh no, XANA's taken over the satellite! Yumi, Amy..." He gives a look of worry.
Amy and Yumi run back to Sissi so that they can evacuate them. "He let you guys go?" Sissi asks in surprise, Kiwi and Kiki running alongside them.
"We escaped when he wasn't looking," Yumi pants out once they stop.
"And because we needed to come back here," Amy states while catching her breath.
"That's right, because our...our demands are more important than anything for us. In fact, we should increase the strength of our movement and protest in town!" Yumi deduces since they needed to get a way to get them to leave without sounding crazy. Yumi turns to Amy, nodding to her.
"Uhh, yes! We're sure that other schools might have the same fate, and are helpless!" Amy shakes a fist in the air. "This needs to be on a bigger scale!"
Sissi turns to Nicolas and Herb, a little surprised by their suggestion. "Everyone into town. We've gotta get all the schools on our side!" Sissi gives a thoughtful look and realizes that they have a point.
"Okay!" She runs past them.
"Yeah!" The two girls cheer, high-fiving each other.
"Nice one, Yumi," Amy whispers to her friend, who gives her a thumbs up.
"Let's go. Freedom for all our schools! Come on!" Sissi leads the way towards the park.
"No more phones, no more school! No more phones, no more school! No more phones, no more school!" Yumi and Amy follow them at the end of the line.
Meanwhile, the satellite is moving to its desired location. Jeremy examines it from his computer. "Wow, what an incredible technological masterpiece!" Jeremy gasps in awe as he watches. The satellite locks on and Jeremy recognizes the area, gasping.
"Parameters locked in place. Targets localized."
"Already?! We were right. The school's in the satellite line of fire. But..." He falters as it said targets, as in multiple. There's also a dotted line on the map at the school's entrance.
The students continue chanting as Sissi leads them down the pathway. "Come on, faster," Yumi pushes the last boy, as neither her or Amy know when the satellite will attack.
"Leave it to you-know-how to give us a feeling of suspense," Amy mutters to Yumi while looking at her watch. The two girls gasp as they see Mr. Delmas standing in front of the entrance.
"You will not leave the school grounds."
"You have no right!" Sissi stands up to him. Father or not, she was going to stick up for the cause to have a cell phone in school. He crosses his arms, Yumi and Amy cringing. They had to get out of here, and sooner than later.
Ulrich and Aelita walk to the edge of the platform, but there's nothing there. "What's going on? I thought the tower was supposed to be here," Ulrich comments and turns around to see Odd running, and he gets hit in the back.
"Ten life points left!" Jeremy reports as Odd eyes the Hornets. He fires and misses yet again. He accepts his fate as he bends down to his knees, surrounded.
"Ulrich, it's...game over for me."
Aelita gasps and Jeremy places his hands on his head in panic. "Oh no! Ulrich, Aelita, the waspsters are after you!" They start flying to their direction and Ulrich places his hand on his sword. "The holo map doesn't lie. It's gotta be there somewhere."
They run past the Hornets and jump off the platform with a yell. They land near a cave and the Hornets attack. Ulrich speeds in front of Aelita to protect her, letting a laser hit his sword. Aelita then runs off, Ulrich looking around. He follows behind Aelita, his back to her while acting as her shield. He turns around and follows Aelita before turning around again.
"Triplicate!" His two copies appear. "Go on, don't worry about me," He informs the pink-haired girl.
Aelita jumps off plateaus twice, attempting to fire the tower.
"I wonder how accurate this satellite really is," Jeremy muses as the satellite locks onto its targets...and it's the silhouettes of his friends at school. "I don't believe it."
The satellite lowers its laser and opens up to zoom in on them.
Odd appears from the elevator. "The girls are in danger. The laser's aimed right at them!" Jeremy reveals and he gasps.
"Ames is in trouble!" He murmurs in worry for her.
"You're making a terrible mistake, we beg of you, sir! We've all gotta get out of here!" Yumi insists to the principal, pointing behind him.
"She's right, this can't wait!" Amy gestures to behind her.
"I have had enough, girls. I'm suspending Yumi for a month and expelling Amelia, you and your dogs have to leave this campus now!" Amy gasps in disbelief at being expelled, presumably for both the theft and not naming Odd. "As for the rest of you, back to your classrooms. This strike is over!"
Yumi gasps while glancing behind her, Amy sweating nervously.
"Sir, it's a question of life and death. Let us all leave, please!" Yumi begs him, Sissi giving her a weird look.
"Please, just let us go! It'll make sense once we exit!" Amy bites her lip nervously, looking up to the sky.
"Hey, aren't you being a little dramatic, guys?" Sissi wonders, the girls wincing as they don't know what they're up against. And it's not like they can tell everyone right then and there because they'd be seen as crazy.
"Yumi, Ames!" They both turn to see Odd running of the bushes. "To the factory, hurry! It's you two the satellite's after!" The two gasp sharply and run off. Everyone just stares at them in confusion.
Back on Lyoko, Ulrich's clone gets hit and then devirtualized. Ulrich runs up and jumps, destroying a Hornet. Aelita walks up to the cave, running past it. The Hornets fire and she goes right past the lasers.
"Laser path locked. Satellite ready to fire," A female voice states and Jeremy cringes. The satellite locks in on his three friends and the two dogs.
"It's all over, XANA's gonna fire!"
Odd looks up, cringing as he holds Kiwi. Kiki runs in front of Amy and the satellite fires. They could see the sky darkening a little and they pick up the pace. Jeremy bites down nervously as he has no time to warn them...The laser flies past the entrance, and heads right for Amy. She looks back and sees that it's not aiming for her, but for her dog. She gasps as she sees it zeroing in on Kiki. "NO!" She rushes forward and catches Kiki, soaring right in front of the laser's path. She flies right past the laser, but hits the ground hard, injuring her ankle. She cries out in pain, sliding to a stop while hugging her dog. The blast was so strong that it made a huge hole right behind Amy once it touches the ground. She looks behind her in shock, her mouth wide open. Kiki jumps out of her arms and whines, looking at her.
Aelita jumps off a platform, making a run for it. She slowly comes to a stop, but doesn't see a tower still. "Where is it?" She wonders and takes off again. Ulrich and his clone back away, but a Hornet fires twice to destroy the clone. Ulrich jumps backwards and lands nearby.
Odd and Yumi look around for their friend, both of them gasping as they see her on the ground. Smoke comes from her ankle as there's a burn mark on it, and they see Kiki with no injuries. "Amy!" Both of them shout as they run over, sliding to a stop near the girl.
"Are you okay?" Odd asks while looking down at her. Yumi helps her sit up and she grunts in pain.
"Ouch! When I landed, I think I sprained my ankle," She replies in a strained voice. Kiki jumps onto her lap and she gives a weak smile. "But at least Kiki's safe," She reaches out to pet her dog.
"Can you walk it off?" Yumi wonders and the brunette stands up, only to fall again.
"That would be a no," She retorts while looking up at her friend. Odd and Yumi bend down, helping her stand up. Odd reaches out and hooks his arms around her legs, hoisting her up onto his back.
"Come on, we have to reach the factory," Odd urges the girls. "It's the only place that's safe." He and Yumi take off past the hole, and everyone else is looking at it.
"What in the world is happening? Let's get out of here, now!" The principal leads the way, not wanting the students to get hurt. And he finally understood what Odd meant earlier to Yumi and Amy.
"Aelita, have you found it yet?" Ulrich calls out while dodging lasers with his sword. "Time is running out!"
"I'm doing my best, but nothing yet," Aelita shouts back as all she can see are ice walls. There's no pulsations to help her either. "It's pretty well hidden."
Ulrich swings his sword, but a second Hornet far back manages to hit him in the stomach. He wobbles, but manages to stab the Hornet to destroy it. He screams as he loses his balance and falls backwards. Aelita gasps and rushes over to him, the Hornet retreating. Ulrich is on the ground, still having some life points, but seems to be unconscious.
Amy holds onto Odd as the two run, Yumi holding onto the dogs for Odd. The satellite fires another laser near the science building. Amy squeezes her eyes shut from the effect of the blast, looking up in a panic. "We've gotta make it!" She encourages her friends, narrowing her eyes.
"Ulrich, Aelita, answer me!" Jeremy urges as he hasn't heard back from either of them.
"I'm here, Jeremy, but Ulrich's knocked out cold. I still haven't found the tower! Ulrich, can you hear me?" She shakes him and he turns around, his eyes open.
"Yes, Aelita," He answers weakly, though she's internally relieved. "Have you—have you found the tower yet?" Aelita looks up at the cave, seeing a familiar red tint behind the waterfall...
"I think I have!" She gets onto her feet and Ulrich points down the cave.
"Okay, go!" The pink-haired girl jumps past him and runs down the path leading to the cave. Once she makes it to the end, the tower is thankfully in sight.
"Jeremy, I've found it!" She relays to him happily.
Odd and Yumi look past a tree as the track field is in front of them. But getting to it unscathed might prove to be a challenge for them. "To the boiler room, ready?" Yumi looks up at the sky nervously since they don't know when the satellite will attack again. And they don't know where it is either... Amy is about to jump off Odd when he suddenly tightens his hold, glancing up at her. "No, Ames, you can't run on a sprained ankle. Trust me, I'll keep you safe."
She gives a worried look at him as her weight could potentially slow him down. She rests her chin on his shoulder and he looks back to her in confusion. "Just be careful, okay?" He smiles at her concern and Yumi looks back up. They're sitting ducks if they just stand there.
"It's now or never, let's go!" She calls out and Odd runs off, Amy holding onto him tight.
Aelita enters the tower and steps into the middle. As soon as she does, she starts floating.
Odd dashes across the ground, followed by Yumi. Amy bites her lip nervously, looking just as cautious as Yumi did prior to the sky.
Aelita continues flying towards the top.
Odd pants as he runs across the field, both him and Amy glancing up. They see a large white circle powering up, and it's right behind Yumi. "Yumi!" Both of them cry out to her.
Aelita makes it to the top.
Yumi pants harder as she runs as fast as she can.
Aelita walks up to the middle.
Eventually, Yumi trips and rolls onto the ground. "Noooo!" Her two friends cry out to her and she squeezes her eyes shut.
Aelita presses her hand to the interface.
Aelita
Code
Yumi screams, sweating as the laser is coming into view.
Lyoko
The laser stops terrifyingly in front of Yumi, and she gives a look of relief. If that laser was one second off...
The tower deactivates and the return trip is set. "Return to the past now!"
Odd walks up to a window, posting a note outside. Sissi walks out of the building, turning to him. "Invitations to a party?" She asks curiously though in reality, they probably wouldn't invite her.
"Um, not really," Odd waves his hands sheepishly and she reads the paper.
"What is this thing? Official school policy reminder to all students, all mobile phones not turned off before entering the classroom will be immediately confiscated. Huh!" She turns to the group, and they all giggle. "That's incredible! Talk about teachers' pets! Hmph," She holds her head up high and leaves. "Anyway, I'd like to see someone trying to confiscate MY mobile."
The others just laugh at the irony.
"Wait, really? Principal Delmas asked you to name me?" Odd gestures to himself as the four walk off to go post another poster. Ulrich turns to her in surprise as she nods in confirmation.
"Well, not you specifically, but who had used my pin. Thankfully, Yumi had read the note before he could actually expel me."
"But you didn't have to do that, I would've taken the fall for you," He explains to her and she blushes a bit.
"Well...yeah, but...I'd rather get expelled than to get you into trouble," She admits bashfully, Yumi and Ulrich smirking at them. Odd feels a little flushed himself from her confession, astonished that she would even do something like that for him.
"But still, I'm really sorry that you got accused of stealing," He frowns at the brunette. "I never meant for you to get in trouble with Ms. Hertz or Principal Delmas."
"Oh, it's okay," She smiles softly at him. "I'm not mad. Besides, at least with these, I won't have to be accused of stealing," She holds up the flyers. It would be dumb of XANA to try the exact same trick after a return trip, but they'd rather be safe than sorry this time around.
Odd can't help but smile at the brunette as he could tell she meant every word.