Chapter 27 Ghost Channel
A.N. – This is my second favorite episode of this season. It definitely has the creep factor and changed the tone of this show. I also added a scene that allows Nadia to decide who the real Jeremy is.
Disclaimer – I do not own Code Lyoko, the plot, or the story idea. I am just a fan of the show, the plot is owned by the creators, and the idea was submitted by LittleRedRebel.
A large scale battle is happening in the ice sector of Lyoko. A number of bloks are guarding an activated tower. The Lyoko Warriors fight with rare passion and execute perfectly coordinated attacks. Ulrich dodges lasers with his sword and stabs the blok in the eye.
"Impact!" He moves away so he doesn't get hit by the explosion. Yumi absorbs lasers with her fan. "Odd, take Aelita to the tower! Yumi's in trouble!" Odd was dealing with a blok, while Nadia was dealing with one by the tower, Odd destroys his blok. "Hang on Yumi. You can do it" Ulrich murmurs to himself.
Odd lands and fires an arrow, hitting a blok. "Aelita!" She appears from her hiding spot and starts running. "Okay princess, the home stretch!" Odd runs with her, but there's two bloks in the way. Jeremy sweats as he watches, getting worried. His eyebrows go up in surprise.
"Odd, two more bloks are coming at you!"
"No sweat, be back in a second Aelita!"
Nadia goes invisible as she smiles behind the blok. She reappears and stabs the eye. The blok explodes and she runs to where the others are.
Odd jumps up, avoiding the lasers. "Laser arrow!" He hits one but misses the other. He lands safely.
Nadia lands on top of the blok and quickly stabs it.
"Yeah!" He cheers. "He is amazing, how does he do it? The crowd is going wild!" Odd cheers, Jeremy seeing a blok appear behind Odd.
"Odd! Odd, cut it out, will you? There's a third blok!" Jeremy tries to warn him, but odd is too busy cheering for himself. Nadia would use her electricity to stun it, but Odd is standing in her way. In result, Odd gets hit.
"Odd!" Yumi calls out. Jeremy sweats even more.
"Oh no! Odd, you've lost too many life points." Odd stands up and Jeremy sees him running off. "Odd, what are you doing?! Take cover! It's too risky! Odd, one impact and it's game over! You've only got ten life points left, that's all!" The blok fires a laser and Odd slides, ducking.
"That's more than enough! Here we go!" He fires three arrows, destroying the last blok. "You see? What did I tell you?" He calls out as the others run up to him.
"Great Odd!" Ulrich cheers.
"Congratulations!" Aelita says.
"You got talent!" Nadia adds.
"Hey Jeremy, next time, just enjoy the show and let the real pros get the job done, okay?" Jeremy opens his mouth, shocked.
Odd laughs and Nadia walks up to him. She puts her sword to his neck. "Give me one good reason to not blow you away right now!" She says, visibly angry.
"I'll go take care of the tower" Aelita leaves, not happy either.
"Hey, take it easy, I was just kidding! I didn't mean it! Hey Einstein, you hear me, it was a joke!" Odd defends.
"Pretty cruel joke. Jeremy may not fight, but he risks his life just as much as us! He's no less than any of us" Nadia tells him.
Jeremy remains stunned and a little hurt by the comment.
Aelita steps into the tower to deactivate it and Jeremy presses the button. "Return to the past now…" Time is reset.
"Bellary?" Ms. Hertz is taking role.
"Present."
"Benjamin?"
"Present."
"Herb?"
"Present ma'am."
"Nicolas?"
"Here."
"Sissi?"
"Present" Sissi is looking through a magazine, Herb raising an eyebrow at her.
"Jeremy?"
"Present," he leans back towards the others. "Hey, great work guys. You were better than ever. No hard feelings Odd. "It was-"
"Odd?" Jeremy gives a sound of surprise, turning around to see neither the boys are there, as well as Nadia. "Odd? Odd? Odd's absent? Well, and so are Ulrich and Nadia." Jeremy is dumbfounded. He could've sworn that the others were there…
There's suddenly static and Ms. Hertz is taking role.
"Bellary?" Ms. Hertz is taking role.
"Present."
"Benjamin?"
"Present."
"Herb?"
"Present ma'am."
"Nicolas?"
"Here."
"Sissi?"
"Present" Sissi is looking through a magazine, Herb raising an eyebrow at her.
"Jeremy?"
"Present."
"Dillon?"
"Present."
This time Odd and Ulrich are in class, with Nadia sitting next to Jeremy. Odd leans towards Jeremy. "Hey, that was great work Einstein. You were never better. No hard feeling, huh?"
Jeremy doesn't answer him.
"Carolyn?"
"Present."
"After what you said to him before, it's no wonder he's sulking" Ulrich explains.
"Yeah, we should never put each other down like that. But I'm ready to move on. Right Jeremy?" Nadia asks.
He doesn't respond to her. Nadia looks at him in confusion.
"Man, he's really down in the dumps. Not talking to Nadia either" Ulrich says.
"Odd, Ulrich, Nadia."
"Here ma'am" they stammer.
"I know that you're here. What I do not know is what you have to say to each other that's so interesting." Odd sits back down in his seat.
"They'd asked me if I noticed, that with all dur respect ma'am, the Brower equation you wrote on the blackboard is wrong" Jeremy speaks up.
"What?" Her eyes widen in surprise.
"It's not wrong from a mathematical point of view, but it fails to take into account Bronski's theories on the phenomenon of compered masses. You should treat the second unknown element as a squared mass, not a factorial."
Odd and Ulrich turn to each other, Nadia stunned. Ms. Hertz turns around. "Mm…why yes, y-you're absolutely right. I'm sorry about that." Odd jerks a thumb at Ulrich in confusion.
"Jeremy, would you know where Nadia, Ulrich, and Odd are?" Ms. Hertz questions. Jeremy just opens the door and runs off, Ms. Hertz confused. Jeremy runs to Yumi's class, only to see her space empty.
"This is weird. I don't believe it! Yumi's gone too…" Jermey runs into the dorm building and into Odd and Ulrich's room. "Nobody here?" He closes the door before going to Nadia's room. "Not here either!" He runs into his room, logging into his computer. "Aelita."
She appears on the screen. "Aelita, Nadia, Ulrich, Odd, and Yumi…tell me they're with you" he starts sweating.
"Why? Didn't they come back from Lyoko?" She wonders.
"No Aelita, I've lost them! Something must've gone wrong in the return trip!"
"Calm down Jeremy. They couldn't have just vanished. Go and check the scanners while I look around Lyoko" she suggests, Jeremy not seeing Jim standing in his doorway.
"Good idea. I'll go and see!" Jim clears his throat, and he turns around, sweating. Aelita gasps, quickly getting off.
"You mind telling me what you're doing here?" Jim demands. Jermey sweats, looking at him.
The students are gathering around the courtyard, the four around a tree. "You guys okay?" Yumi asks.
"As okay as three students can be with two hours of bio ahead of them" Odd comments.
"Hmm," they notice Jeremy has been very distant with them. "Anyone know why he's sulking?"
"He's angry with Odd" Ulrich explains as he reads a paper.
"But he's even avoiding me. Avoiding Odd, Maybe, but I've always been a good friend to him" Nadia says.
"And I haven't?" Odd retorts.
"You brought that on yourself with your insensitive joke!"
"Listen, uh, something really strange happened in English class" Yumi confesses, remembering her previous class. She doodles as the teacher went on.
"All the world's a stage and all the men and the women merely players. They have their entrances and…" She suddenly started to crackle and Yumi looked up at her, giving a confused look. "All the men and the women merely players." Yumi blinks slowly. "They have their entrances and…"
"Like a broken record, but it only lasted a second" Yumi finishes.
"And what, you're thinking it could be Xana?" Ulrich suggests.
"I really don't know Ulrich," Yumi shakes her head, worried. "But it sure wouldn't hurt to keep an eye on things." Jeremy stares at them, raising an eyebrow.
Aelita stands on a rock as she looks around for any signs. "Nobody." But she does feel something. "Pulsations. Xana!"
She travels through a way tower, entering the mountain sector. She runs as fast as she can, slowly coming to a stop. She looks around, but nothing happens. She gives a confused look.
"Jeremy, this is serious," Jeremy sits in front of the principal, being interrogated about his friends. "Everyone is very concerned. Now for the last time, do you know where Yumi, Nadia, Odd, and Ulrich are?"
"No sir. I…" Jeremy falls silent, stuttering to himself. He didn't know what to think.
"I'm sure you can imagine their parents are worried sick!" The principal stands in front of him.
"But I told you, I don't know where they are!" Jeremy says truthfully. The principal sighs, placing his hands on his desk.
Aelita sits on top of a rock, legs crossed. "Jeremy…" she opens her eyes.
"Think about it please. The smallest clue could prove to be a great help. You five are always together" Mr. Delmas places a hand behind his head.
"Alright sir, I'll think about it," Jeremy picks up his laptop. "But I need to be alone."
Mr. Delmas turns to him. "You have an awful lot of nerve young man. However, if it's the only way to bring you to your senses, I'll give you three minutes."
Jeremy stands up. "Thank you sir." Jeremy contacts Aelita outside. "I felt your message. What's new?"
"I'm sorry Jeremy, but they're not on Lyoko," Aelita reports. "There's an activated tower though. Only I can't seem to locate it. I need your help. Go to the factory."
"Impossible, I'm stuck in the principal's office" Jeremy explains.
"You are? Don't worry, I'll help you get out of there," she forms a plan to Jeremy's confusion. "Yes Jeremy, just like Xana, I can operate on the school's network as well. Listen closely now."
"I'm sure Jeremy knows more than he's saying" Mr. Delmas walks up to Jim.
"Should we call the police?" Jim suggests while they're standing, when Jeremy walks back in.
"I've thought it over. I'll tell you where they are" Jeremy tells them.
"That's a piece."
"No, you can reach it yourself."
The students are having lunch, Jeremy is once again nowhere near the group. "Didn't I tell you?" Odd asks.
"No, go on" Ulrich tells him.
"Well, I needed new wheels because I broke them on a ramp. So I call over the guy selling them. Oh, hey Sissi. Did you use canary feathers in the washing machine instead of soap?" Odd jokes as Sissi is wearing a yellow shirt.
"That is so dumb. I'll have you know that yellow is the in color this year." She huffs as she walks off, Odd laughing.
"No you can reach it yourself."
"Did you hear Rock Out's new single?" The group stops as they hear the same lines from before. They look around in confusion.
"Hey, did you hear that?" Yumi questions.
"I sure did" Odd comments.
"That is so dumb. I'll have you know that yellow is the in color this year." She huffs as she walks off.
"I didn't say anything that time" Odd says in confusion.
"Guys, do you think we're stuck in a trap?" Nadi asks.
"Either way, we've got a real problem" Yumi responds as they turn to Jeremy, who just stares at his computer. He looks at them, growling.
"But there's nobody here" Jim, Jeremy, and Mr. Delmas are in the boiler room.
"We have to wait a little while," Jeremy tells them. They look at him in confusion and he just gives a little smile. "They'll be here any minute now." The pipes start to burst in the boiler room and Mr. Delmas looks at his watch. He raises an eyebrow, looking around.
"Well, where are they?" The pipes explode and the door bursts out of the hinges, Jim and Mr. Delmas running away. They cough as they kneel on the grass outside, Jeremy nowhere to be seen.
"Jeremy" they say in realization. Jeremy is already in the sewers as he takes his scooter. The two authority figures run back into the boiler room.
"He's gone. He couldn't have just disappeared!"
Jeremy presses the button to the elevator, turning around. "Aelita?"
"Yes Jeremy?" He smiles in relief.
"Thanks for giving me a hand!"
"I hope you realize that if…that if you don't detect anything alive on the scanners, it'll mean that-"
"Yes, I know," he interrupts, sweating. He hoped that the situation wasn't the case. "We'll find out soon enough." The elevator stops at the scanner room and the doors open. He looks at the middle scanner and then at the other ones. "Empty." He rubs his head. "They aren't there" Jeremy explains to Aelita in the lab. "I don't get it. If they're not here and they're not on Lyoko either, where are they?"
"Jeremy, just before you got here, I captured this sound bite. A sort of…radio or TV station transmission. But be careful Jeremy. It was really bizarre," Aelita warns him. "Let me show you. She brings up a video.
"Alright, let's go." Jim leads gym class…which consists of Odd, Ulrich, and Nadia. Jeremy gives a shout of surprise, his eyebrows raised. "Let me show you a little stretching." Odd laughs as he walks with Ulrich and Nadia.
"Hey, that's crazy."
"And one, and two. And one, and two. And one, and two." Yumi is watching them from the bleachers, since she didn't have class. "That's it."
"Hey, watch what you're doing, huh? You did that on purpose, I saw you," Herb accuses Nicolas before they crackle. "Hey, watch what you're doing, huh? You did that on purpose, I saw you."
"It happened again!" Yumi sits up. "And it's happening all the time!" She glances at Jeremy, who is sitting far away on the bleachers. "Jeremy?"
"What am I looking at?" Jeremy demands. "They didn't come back to Earth, did they?"
"What if what we're seeing is a recording?" Aelita wonders as Yumi stands in front of Jeremy.
"But how can that be Aelita? I'm in the picture!" He sees himself typing.
"There are weird things happening. Any news from Aelita?" Yumi explains.
"I'm having difficulty contacting her. I have no idea if there's an activated tower or not, but at the slightest alert, we'll have to move in" Jeremy tells her and Yumi then notices something weird.
"Hey, how come you're not doing Phys Ed Jeremy?" Even though Jeremy wasn't big on Phys Ed, Jim wasn't the type to just let him off.
"Jim agreed to excuse me" Jeremy states.
"He did?" Yumi raises her eyebrows. Jim would never do that for someone else…especially Jeremy. "That's weird. You're not exactly his star athlete."
"You've gotta know how to handle him," Jeremy looks at Odd and Ulrich doing push-ups. "Not like them."
"Huh?" Yumi turns to him. "Incredible…" She walks away.
"It sure isn't a tape. It's happening somewhere right now" Jeremy explains to a confused Aelita. "They're neither in Lyoko nor in the real world. They're somewhere else…"
"Yes, I know, but…I checked all the transfer protocol data, and unless a sort of…parallel world exists somewhere, there's no such thing as an intermediate space" she thinks to herself.
"Unless Xana has manufactured one!" Jeremy realizes. "That's it! A world parallel to Lyoko! And he modeled it after the school. He couldn't have made a better trap. Yumi and the others think they're in reality, but it's only an illusion. They're living under Xana's control completely at his mercy! We've gotta rescue them. Find out where that signal is coming from."
"I've been trying to, but it's been masked. The signal is scrambled. All we have is a sound wave and not the signal itself" she replies.
"That's what we'll have to use. We've gotta program it to guide the scanner and dive towards the source using a trail-and-error system!" Jeremy theorizes.
"But that's crazy and you know it," Aelita denies. "And besides, who could do it? We're all alone Jeremy."
"It's gonna have to be me, If you take over the controls, then I'll be able to go" Jeremy decides in determination.
"It's too dangerous" she points out.
"But we can't leave Ulrich, Yumi, Nadia, and Odd at the mercy of Xana! Think about it. If I'm here in front of you…who's the other Jeremy? Aelita, there's something I wanna tell you. I'd much rather be entering a virtual world…to find you waiting there for me."
She smiles slightly, opening her eyes. "So would I."
Jermey takes off his headphone and steps down. "Here we go." He walks to the elevator and closes it by pressing the button. Aelita hears him leave.
"It's okay Jeremy, I prepared the transfer procedure," Aelita explains from above. "You can get into the scanner." He slowly steps inside, wondering how his friends do this on a daily basis as the doors close. "Scanner Jeremy." Aelita scans him from the computer. "Virtualization."
He cringes as he's sent to Xana's fake reality, landing roughly in the park. He lowers his glasses looking around. "Aelita, can you hear me? Of course not, that would be too easy." He stands up, heading for the school. One of the roses behind him turns into a Xana symbol, watching Jeremy…the fake Jeremy scoffs as he watches the computer.
"Oh, there he is at last." The real Jeremy runs through the park, Jim stepping into the room. "We've got a visitor Jim."
A Xanafied Jim growls softly behind him…
Aelita stands on top of a glacier in the ice sector. "That's gotta be it." She sees an orange barrier covering a hole, assuming that's where her friends are held. "I'd better go now and have a closer look." She runs off towards it, hoping not to encounter any monsters. She was by herself with no attacks or weapons of any kind like her friends.
"Yeah, Yumi's what you might call intuitive, but she can be wrong sometimes. And let's face it Ulrich, any girl with a crush on you can't be what I'd call absolutely normal" Odd points out as he reads a magazine.
"Forget about Yumi. I'm more concerned about Jeremy. I mean, I can see him be a little irritated, but it's a little excessive that he's avoiding all of us" Nadia addresses.
"You're right. He's been acting real strange" Ulrich replies.
"Yeah, from what Yumi told me, Jim excused him."
"He excused him?!" Ulrich asks in shock.
"Yah, definitely not a Jim move. Something's not right here."
"So things have been weird lately. Not like our lives are normal" Odd says as his phone rings. He picks up. "Yeah, hello? Yumi, is that you? What the-"
"It's started again!" Yumi interrupts. "But this time it's a lot worse than ever. This time it's at my own home!"
Ulrich quickly takes the phone. "What's going on Yumi?"
"It's my parents, they're acting so, uh, I don't know, so strangely. They keep making the same gestures." This is proven as her fake parents keep repeating themselves. "and they act as if I'm not even there! It's as if they were phony imitations of my real mom and dad, we've gotta do something!"
"You better not stay there," Ulrich warns. "I'll see you in the park, okay? We'll go to the factory, I'll warn Jeremy."
"No, not Jeremy," Ulrich gives a look of confusion. "Just Odd, Nadia, and you, and me, okay? Let's leave Jeremy out of it this time. I-I have my doubts. See ya."
Ulrich turns to Nadia and Odd, who just shrug.
The real Jeremy looks down the hall from around the corner, having arrived at the dorm building. "Let's hope they're in their room and that Nadia is with them." A shadow walks over him and Jeremy turns around to see the fake Jim. He reaches out and grabs Jeremy by the shirt, throwing him away from the hall. He looks up at a growling fake Jim, running away. Fake Jim chases after him, the fake Jeremy watching Jeremy's friends from his computer.
"I've got you." He watches Jeremy run into the forest, Xana Jim running after him. "Soon, I won't have any more obstacles." He chuckles slightly.
Aelita stand in the middle of the paths. "I only hope it's not too late." She runs forward."
"What about Jeremy?" Yumi asks as the four are in the park.
"We didn't tell him," Ulrich reports. "But, you know, once we're at the factory, we can't get to Lyoko without him."
"That's not necessarily true. I can virtualize you three" Nadia points out.
"We might need all four of us though."
"That's a risk I'm willing to take. If Xana has corrupted Jeremy, we can't risk him sabotaging us."
"Yeah, I'm afraid he can't be trusted" Yumi adds.
They hear a rustle from the bushes. They turn to see nothing.
"Must've been a squirrel or something" Ulrich dismisses, Odd opening the manhole cover.
"Come on, let's go" he says, Nadia going first. 'Herb' and 'Nicolas' move away from their hiding spot. Not too far way, Jeremy runs by, coming back to see his friends.
"Oh no, too late!" He turns to see Jim looking for him and when he sees him, Jeremy shouts in surprise and runs. Fake Herb and Nicolas slide in front of him, their eyes white. Jeremy cringes at his situation, pushing past them and running for it. Fake Herb and Nicolas transform into monster versions of themselves, chasing after him. Fake Jim follows after them, having heard the encounter.
Aelita continues running for the dome, having finally reached it.
Jeremy runs for his life as fake Herb and Nicolas tail him. "Out of my way!" Fake Jim runs past them, taking the lead. Jeremy runs down the path as fast as he can.
"For a program, you're a pretty good imitation!" Jeremy yells in panic.
Day turns into night as Jeremy jumps over a ledge, running into the city under the full moon, which itself starts to flicker.
"I don't understand, there's no link. It's like Lyoko didn't exist anymore." Yumi says in disbelief, the others there with her. If Lyoko doesn't exist, then Xana can't be behind it.
"And that might be exactly what has happened." They all look to see fake Jeremy.
"Jeremy!" Ulrich exclaims, all four running to him.
"Jeremy. But what are you doing here?" Yumi asks in confusion, as no one told him they were there.
"I got a message from Aelita that a tower's been activated. She said something about a program to erase Lyoko. I haven't heard from her since."
"Okay, we gotta check it out Yumi" Ulrich says, buying into the story, but the girls don't.
"Hey, wait a minute, if the link has been cut, how do you plan to send us there!" She crosses her arms.
"I created a new access protocol. All we need now are the scanners" fake Jeremy explains.
"So, what are we waiting for?" Odd asks, the girls stare down a smug fake Jeremy.
"Hold it Odd" Yumi says suspiciously.
"Yeah, this so called Jeremy is way to calm and collected. If Aelita was in danger, he would be panicking more, not wanting to lose her" Nadia point out.
Fake Jeremy gives a surprised look. "What's wrong with you? Look, it's Jeremy Yumi."
"We've gotta get moving. What if Lyoko does get erased, huh? Have you thought about Aelita?" Ulrich tries to reason with the girls to no avail.
"Hold up. Jeremy, what am I to you?" Nadia asks.
"Your Nadia, my friend."
"It's not him."
"How do you know?" Odd asks.
"Trust me. I know Jeremy and that would not be his response.
"Look, you've gotta believe me, but if you have any doubt, let Ulrich and Odd be transferred before you" fake Jeremy proposes.
Suddenly, the elevator doors open to reveal the real Jeremy. "Yumi, Nadia, you're both right, it's a trap!" They all look at fake Jeremy who glares at the real Jeremy. The four look at the real Jeremy. "Don't go,"
"Xana, is that the best you can do? A cheap imitation to delay us?" fake Jeremy crosses his arms.
"He's lying, the phony us there, it's him!" Jeremy accuses, pointing a finger. "Everything here is phony!" They give a look of confusion. "You never came back from your last trip. You're in a virtual world created by Xana!"
"That would explain all the inconsistencies" Yumi says in understanding.
"Of course it would, Xana can make mistakes too. He only has theoretical knowledge of the real world. What he wants is to get you into the scanner to get rid of you once and for all!" Their eyes widen in shock.
"That's totally absurd Xana" fake Jeremy argues, and they turn to him.
"It's true, we have no proof that he's not the one who's lying to us, right? He could've created the inconsistencies too" Ulrich points out.
"Exactly, to hold us up while Aelita and Lyoko are being erased forever!" Odd agrees.
'Only the real Jeremy can answer my question correctly' Nadia thinks.
"The only proof is the fact that I'm here with you," Jeremy gestures to himself. "You have to decide which one of us is lying."
"And it's not me, assuming as you claim that this world is virtual. You mind telling us how you got here?" Fake Jeremy argues. "We're listening Xana."
"I got here via the scanner, I'm here in virtual form" Jeremy explains, starting to sweat.
"You gave yourself away. Everybody knows that the real Jeremy wouldn't step foot in the scanner. He'd be much too frightened!" Fake Jeremy deduces, Jeremy giving a shout of surprise. He didn't think of that. Fake Jeremy looks on with a smug smile. The four look between them.
"And I'm sure he would go into the scanner," Odd points out. "If his friends were in danger."
"No doubt about it" Ulrich agrees.
"Absolutely none" Yumi replies.
"Jeremy, who am I to you?" Nadia asks again.
"Your Nadia, my first friend, and my only friend when we started" Jeremy replies.
"It's him."
"But it's not logical. Don't you see?" Fake Jeremy tries to persuade them. "He's much to scared to even try. I'm much too scared. If not, then why haven't I already done it?"
"Because you're not real…Xana!" Nadia speaks up and fake Jeremy gasps. "You can pose as a human, but you speak like a machine. Improper."
"That's right, he's not infallible. Xana's knowledge of people is approximative" Jeremy says.
"That's right, and as far as friendship goes, it's not approximative, it's double zero! Good to see you again Einstein" Odd argues, Jeremy smiling.
"No, it's not logical! Nooo!" Fake Jeremy starts to glow, everyone looking in shock as Xana reveals himself. "No, not logicaaaaaaaal!" They look in utter surprise as they stare their foe down face-to-face.
"This may be a fight we can't win!" Nadia says in terror.
"Yeah, how do we stop Xana?" Ulrich asks.
"HAHAHA! YOU CAN'T!" Xana responds as he levitates and holds his hand out. The fake Jim, Herb, and Nicolas from before appear behind the three. Nadia backs up to Jeremy. Xan twists his arm, and wires engulf Nadia and Jeremy. "YOU ARE BOTH GOING TO DIE!" He laughs evilly.
"AELITA!" Jeremy utters a shrill scream of her name.
Close to the bubble, Aelita is knocked back from the shout. She gasps as she heard his cry.
"NO!" Jeremy yells, the others trying to get out of their hold. Jeremy and Nadia both start to sweat from the tight wires.
Aelita runs up to the bubble, having recovered from the blast. She kneels down and presses her hands against it, putting her power to use. She sings as she tries to destroy the orb. The orb explodes and Xana disappears as well as the minions he summoned. The wires release Nadia and she falls to the ground. Jeremy is also released, but flies in the air.
"Jeremy! No!" Yumi shouts as he's gone. A blinding light appears on Lyoko as the orb disappears. Jeremy yells as he's sent back home. He falls out of the scanner. He snaps out of it as he rushes to the elevator, going to the computer and logging back in.
"Aelita, here I am. Are you okay?"
"Yes, fine. Don't worry." He sighs in relief, sagging back in his chair. "I got them back, all of them, safe and sound. The parallel world bubble has disappeared." Odd flips onto the ground, seeming normal though.
"I don't remember anything, but I feel just good!"
"Aelita, what happened to us?" Ulrich wonders, Odd joining them.
"Xana created a replica of where you live so you'd think it was reality" Aelita explains.
"He locked us up in a virtual prison" Yumi says in understanding.
"But Jeremy and I did all we could to set you free" Aelita finishes.
"What?! Jeremy came to Lyoko?" Odd asks in surprise.
"Mmhm" Aelita nods.
"I wish I could see what his Lyoko avatar is like" Nadia wonders.
"Fantastic Einstein! Join the daredevil heroes club!" Odd says.
Jeremy smiles at that. "Thanks Odd. No hard feelings, huh?" It turns into surprise as he sees a bunch of Xana's monsters approaching. "Look, it's Xana's welcoming committee!" A bunch of bloks approach.
"Ah, round two" Nadia says, drawing her sword.
"No need to worry Jeremy, we're used to this," Ulrich dismisses it. "It's apiece of cake! Here we go!" He charges forward.
"I'm with you!" Odd agrees, the others following with a war cry as they attack with no hesitation.
A.N. – For those of you wondering about Nadia's question, know that Jeremy and Nadia became friends BEFORE Xana awoken. So, all Xana knows, is that the Lyoko Warriors are a group of closely knit friends. Only Jeremy and Nadia would know this fact, along with Odd and Ulrich. So, I though it was a nice addition to further confirm that Jeremy was the real Jeremy, and the fake Jeremy was Xana. Next time: the main goal of this season finally happens…Aelita's materialization. PM me with story ideas! Review with questions or comments! I will respond! As always, till next time! See ya! -lyokowarrior97