Chapter 28 Code Earth

Josh Xana – Just one of those things about the first season that doesn't make sense later. Back when I rewatched this, I skipped the first season. It has its moments but doesn't compare to the charm and engaging plot of the season 2-4.

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.

It was night at Kadic and this night Jeremy is staring at his computer in anticipation. He's waiting for Aelita's materialization program to hopefully work. "I'm sure it's gonna work this time. Time for plan Alpha." He clicks his mouse button, the program starting up. He dials Yumi from his computer and she picks up.

"Yumi? Yumi, it's me. Okay, I just launched plan Alpha," he reports. "My five dry runs have all worked!"

"Okay, tomorrow I'll talk to my parents" she tells him.

"That's great. I'll tell Odd, Nadia, and Ulrich" he replies.

"See you tomorrow" Yumi hangs up and looks in the mirror, hoping this time was for real.

Jeremy decides to go to sleep, planning on checking the program in the morning. If Jim were doing his night check right now, he would be caught. Jeremy dreams of Aelita, remembering what happened when they touched each other for the first time…

"Jeremy. Can you hear me? Jeremy wake up."

He wakes up to see a cloudy environment. Aelita appears in the distance. "Aelita!" He holds out a hand to her and as they get closer, they touch fingers.

Now, soon they'll be able to touch in the flesh.

The next morning, Yumi's dad is throwing noodles into his mouth. He chews quickly, throwing more noodles at a fast pace, finishing the whole bowl. Yumi's mom just looks at him in amusement as Yumi arrives into the kitchen.

"Uh, mom and dad, can I talk to you for a second?" She leans closer to her dad. "It's about my pen pal. Uh, um, you haven't changed your mind about her living here for a while?"

"No, but tell us a little bit about her Yumi. Why, we don't even know her name" Yumi's mom replies.

"Aelita" she says without hesitation.

"Aelita what?" Yumi's mom crosses her arms, growing suspicious already.

"It's Aelita, uh, um…Lyoko!" It was all she could come up with on short notice.

"Is she Japanese?" Yumi's dad wonders.

"Well, uh…yes, she is!" Yumi says, though Aelita didn't really sound or look Japanese. Hopefully, her family would look past it.

"What do her parent do dear?" Yumi's mom wonders.

"Uh, they uh, they work with computers" she stammers. Her parents give intrigued looks, Yumi's dad placing his hands on the table.

"Well, alright then. She's welcome to stay with us."

"That's fantastic! I adore you!" she kisses her dad on the cheek happily. "You won't regret it!" She hugs her mom. "She's really so nice! Bye now, see you tonight!" She runs off in excitement, her parents smiling as they hear the door open.

The principal looks over the paperwork at his desk, Nadia, Ulrich, and Odd standing in front of him. "Very well then. What is your cousin's name Odd?"

"Aelita," he says. It was decided that Aelita would pass off as Odd's cousin. It would make sense because they both have unique choices for hair color.

"Hm, Aelita. And, uh, where does she come from?" Principal Delmas asks curiously.

"She's from, uh, Holland" Odd looks down, avoiding his look.

"Hmm…" He looks down at the paperwork. "Well, her papers are in order and your parents have recommended her highly, so I see no reason why she can't attend school here. Let me know when she arrives" he signs off on it, the three smiling at each other.

"Yes!" The three high five each other, laughing at their success.

"Fantastic!" Odd cheers, placing an arm around his friends shoulders. They stop in their tracks when Jim stops them.

"Okay, what are you three up to, huh?" Odd smiles sheepishly, none of them saying anything. "You know this building is off-limits to students, especially at 8 in the morning."

"We had an appointment with the principal Jim" Ulrich jerks a thumb behind him. "About Odd's cousin attending school."

"Oh, what a lame excuse!" Jim laughs this off. "What do you think I am, huh, an idiot?"

"Absolutely not" Nadia replies.

"Well," Odd places a hand behind his hair.

"Quiet!" Nadia warns him.

"Exactly! I'll bet you think I'm not onto your pranks with Jeremy and Yumi!" He looks them in the eye. "You disappear in the park like some sort of magic, you plot in your rooms."

"Hey, it's not a crime" Odd points out.

"Yeah, We're not doing anything illegal or against school rules" Nadia adds.

"Maybe not. Now you listen up. One of these days, I'm gonna find what the five of you are hiding! And now, to the cafeteria, hurry up!"

They walk off without another word, Odd giving a small smile to Ulrich. Jim narrows his eyes suspiciously.

Out in the courtyard, Odd, Nadia, and Ulrich are still walking together, far away from Jim now. "You know what I think? We better be careful about Jim. If he keeps playing detective, he's gonna find our secret passage" Ulrich warns.

"Hey!" They turn to see Yumi approaching. "Hey guys! Great news. My parents said okay."

"So did the principal," Ulrich smiles. "Odd, that was a pretty good letter you faked from your parents."

"I can't say I'm proud of what I did," he looks down at the ground. "But it was for a good cause."

"Aelita belongs here with us. Not stuck on Lyoko at Xana's mercy" Nadia points out.

Ulrich's phone rings and he picks it up. "Jeremy, what's up? Okay, be right there."

The four run off together, Sissi and her minions watching them closely.

In Jeremy's room, the program is being tested yet again. He couldn't stop typing as the others watch in silence. They wait patiently until finally…it works. "That's it, we've got it this time! It works! It works! I can hardly believe it."

"Yeah!" They all hug Jeremy in excitement.

Jim walks around the courtyard, not seeing the five anywhere. He grunts slightly before approaching Sissi. "Hey Sissi, have you seen Ulrich and his gang this morning?"

"Well, yeah."

"Where, in the cafeteria?"

She gives a little smile. "No, I saw them going to their rooms Jim."

"Yeah? Thanks for the tip" he says, intrigued.

"It is pretty strange to go to the rooms at this hour. I said to myself, 'Now why would they be in their rooms now with someone who isn't even a boarder?'"

"You mean Yumi Ishiyama is with them?" He asks curiously.

"Mmhm."

Jim pushes past them, running towards the dorm building. Herb readjusts his glasses. "You're meaner than I thought" Nicolas says to which Sissi takes with a smile.

"Okay, tell me what the good news is" Aelita says curiously, as she notices her friends smiling faces.

"Aelita, I don't know how to tell you this but believe it or not…we're waiting for you here" Jeremy reveals with a happy smile.

"Really?!"

"Really!" The others exclaim.

"The materialization's gonna work?!"

"Yep, and it's all in here," Jeremy holds up a disc. "And I can tell you it was really complicated. Defragmenting the internal matrix wasn't enough, and so I had to start to recompile all the DNA-"

"Time out Einstein" Odd interrupts. Jeremy gives an annoyed look as he glances at the others.

"To make the long story short, it works" he dumbs it down.

"Oh Jeremy, that's so great! I can't believe it's true!" Aelita says in disbelief, but also excited.

"Better get used to it fast because it's time to take the big jump! And then it's bye bye Xana!" Odd says, thinking that if Aelita is on Earth, then they could get rid of Xana and all of their troubles would be over.

Nadia on the other hand was unsure. She initially came here because of her uncle. But she also thought with Xana no more, she could figure out the mysteries about her, her past, and Aelita.

"Hold on," Jeremy interrupts the conversation, the others looking at him in confusion. "It's not that simple. First, I've gotta set up the program in the super calculator. Then Aelita will have to get to the passage tower in the forest sector. That's where she's gonna get materialized. Then she'll appear in flesh for the first time, inside one of the scanners."

"In that case, I'm off to the forest sector now!" She could barely keep in her excitement.

"Okay, and we'll got to class in the meantime. And afterwards, the factory" Jeremy glances at the others.

"I'll see you later, my friends" she gives a two finger salute.

"We'll be six for dinner tonight" Jeremy says happily, Aelita logging off. She then holds out her arms to balance herself and falls through, traveling to the forest via the way tower. She lands safely on the pad and walks out into the forest to find the tower.

Jim sneakily appears near the staircase, the four waiting for Jeremy, Jim rubs his hands, wanting to catch them in the act. Jeremy runs out of the room, followed by Yumi. Jim appears right in their path, making them crash into each other.

"What's wrong? Up to no good again, aren't ya?" He accuses.

"No, we were just studying together" Odd replies.

"Oh," he chuckles slyly, dragging a bag underneath his eye. "My foot. I've had enough of your lies, ya hear?! We're gonna stay right here until you guys tell me the truth!" He crosses his arms.

"Jim?"

"Hm?" He looks to see Principal Delmas approaching. "What is going on here?" He demands, putting his hands behind his back.

"I'm glad you're here sir. I don't know what's going on, but…these little devils are up to no good and I intend to find out what it is!" He insists.

"Yes Jim, another one of your absurd stories about secret plots and passages?" Principal Delmas deadpans, having heard this conversation before.

"What do you mean absurd?" Jim asks in confusion.

"You heard what I said, absurd Jim!"

Jim sags slightly. "But…" He stammers, not knowing what to say.

"Now listen. Your paranoid behavior and your one-track mind concerning these children are getting on my nerves. You're a physical education teacher, not a detective Jim" the principal reprimands. He walks away, going through the double doors. Jim growls at this humiliation.

"What are you waiting for?" He turns to them sharply, pointing at the doors. "You have class now, so get going!"

Aelita runs as fast as she can to get to the passage tower, not wanting to wait another moment. "There it is!" She see it in her sights.

In science class, Ms. Hertz is giving a lecture. "Animals live in all land, air, and sea regions, thanks to their varied respiratory organs."

"It won't be long now" Odd whispers to Jeremy next to him, Nadia and Ulrich sitting across to Odd's right.

Yumi stares down at her notebook. "And so in Italian, the noun citta, which of course means city, is invariable. Who can give me another example?"

Aelita is almost at the tower as she goes through a branch structure, but of course, it's guarded by bloks, four of them. Luckily, she's unseen as she's hiding within the structure. "Jeremy, I'm gonna need help."

Jeremy looks down at his laptop beeps. "When in humans breathe, they take in oxygen and emit carbon dioxide." Odd, Nadia, and Ulrich glance at Jeremy as he pulls out his laptop, looking at the alert from Lyoko. "Living beings with aquatic life…"

"What are you doing?" Odd whispers.

"It's Aelita, she's in danger!" Jeremy whispers back, Nadia and Ulrich turning to them.

"Obviously, this phenomenon depends on certain factors. Who can tell us which ones? Jeremy?" Ms. Hertz points her stick at him, his eyes widening. "Go ahead, we're listening."

"Uh…uh, the frog!" Everyone else laughs as Ms. Hertz looks in surprise. Luckily, the bell rings to leave class and they all step out, Odd rushing past them.

"Excuse me, sorry, excuse me!" Odd calls out. Ulrich dials Yumi.

"Well, who would like to answer?" Yumi looks down at her phone, glancing at the teacher before answering her phone. "Anybody?"

"Yumi?" Ulrich asks.

"Yes Ulrich? What's new?" She wonders.

"Yumi, come to the park, it's urgent" Ulrich says into the phone as he runs through the hall.

"Okay, be right there." She turns to the teacher. "Sir, can I please go to the infirmary?"

Jim is leaning against the door when Ulrich, Jeremy, Odd, and Nadia run past him, heading towards the park. Jim smirks at this opportunity, as he could finally catch them in the act once and for all!

Once they reach the park, they head for the manhole cover, Jim following after them. Yumi joins them as they run. "Mind telling me what's going on?"

"Xana's at it again" Jeremy tells her, Odd appearing next to Jeremy.

"He knows the end is near and he's not going down without a fight!"

Jim hides behind a tree as the five walk in the bushes. He lands like a ninja and looks behind the bushes as they stand there, looking around. Jim crawls past and gets closer…but sees that they're gone. He looks in utter bewilderment as he looks around, no sign of them. "Where'd they go?" He murmurs to himself.

Yumi throws her skateboard and skates through the tunnels first. Odd, Nadia Jeremy, and Ulrich grab their gear, following after her. Odd jumps over a gap, cheering. Ulrich does the same and they all run onto the bridge. Yumi presses the button, and they descend down.

They gather around the computer for possibly the last time. "Aelita, can you hear me?" Jeremy says into the headset.

"It took you such a long time. I'm at the passage tower, but 4 bloks won't even let me get close" she explains, peeking at the monsters.

Jeremy sighs slightly. "Okay, I've got you localized. Don't worry, Help is on the way!" The four Lyoko Warriors rush towards the elevator.

"Better hurry up."

"Once the coast is clear, go to the center of the tower and I'll launch the program."

Aelita nods at him as Nadia, Yumi, and Ulrich stand in front of the scanners. "I'm transferring you to the forest sector, a little south of where Aelita is now." The three step into the scanners, turning around.

"Here we go. I'm counting on you." Jeremy starts the transfer, and the doors close in on them. "Transfer Yumi. Transfer Nadia. Transfer Ulrich. Scanner Yumi. Scanner Nadia. Scanner Ulrich. Virtualization!"

The three are virtualized and land safely, Odd landing behind Nadia. They see Aelita hiding ahead.

"Okay Jeremy, we're here" Ulrich calls out.

"That's great. Get ready guys, I'm launching the materialization program immediately," Jeremy holds up the disc and places it inside…but soon finds out it's Odd's music video. "Oh no, what have I done?!"

"Problem Jeremy?" Yumi asks.

"I inserted the wrong CD!" Jeremy exclaims in lament, placing his head on the keyboard. "I grabbed Odd's dumb music video instead of the program!" He continues to stare at the video in embarrassment. "Stop!" He stops the video. "I gotta go back to the dorm!"

"Okay, but hurry!" Yumi urges and Jeremy takes off the headset, groaning as he walks to the elevator.

"You made a video?" Ulrich asks in disbelief.

"Well yeah. It's pretty good too" Odd comments.

"What's it called?"

"Break break break dance!" Odd sings.

"That video is incredibly annoying and lame" Nadia comments having seen it.

"Hey, it's an early video. My future eons will be better."

Jeremy presses the button and ascends up.

Yumi walks up to the boys, Nadia by her side. "Okay, that's enough fooling around. We've got some cleaning up to do!"

"Sir yes sir!" Ulrich and Odd recite, all four of them running towards the bloks.

Meanwhile, Jim is teaching his class outside the stadium with a soccer ball. "Okay, let's get started." He clears his throat and is about to blow his whistle until he notices Jeremy coming from the park. "This time I've got him." He kicks the ball towards the students. "Go!"

The girls are on one side, the boys on the other. Two bloks fire and the boys jump over them. Odd jumps up, Yumi doing the same. They fire their weapons, each of them destroying a blok. Ulrich super sprints to one, destroying it swiftly. Nadia uses her agility to dodge and jumps on top of the blok. She stabs the front eye. She backflips off before it blows up.

"This is too easy!" Odd brags.

"Aelita, the passage is clear, you can go" Yumi waves her forward and Aelita steps out slowly.

"Wow, just think, this could be the last tower" Odd says in disbelief.

"Yeah, our lives will return to normal" Nadia adds. The age of the Lyoko Warriors could end today…

Jeremy runs into the dorms and turns the corner, emerging into his room. He grabs the right CD, checking it first, and smiles. He closes the door to his room and turns around, only to be stopped by Jim. Jeremy narrows his eyes, as he had to get back to Aelita so she could be a part of Earth today.

"Playing hooky, huh?"

"Uh, no. I, uh, left something in my room, I…" Jeremy stammers as he backs away, Jim inching closer. "Uh, I-I-I gotta go, back to class, Jim."

"Not till you tell me what you've been plotting since the beginning of the year!" Jim insists. "And this time, the principal's not here to come to your rescue!"

Jeremy looks annoyed, as he doesn't have time for this. They stare each other down, Jeremy tilting up his glasses. Jeremy moves back and forth before running past Jim.

"Oh you miserable little brat!" Jim chases after the boy, who turns the corner. "Get back here! Oh, wait till I get my hand son you! Jeremy, stop! That's an order! Hey!"

Unfortunately, Jeremy trips and falls down the stairs, crashing at the bottom and unable to get up. "Jeremy," Jim whispers in shock. "No!" He rushes to help him and as Jermey tries to get up, he trips again.

"Oh, my ankle!" Three other students see his state, Jim turning pale at Jeremy's screams of pain.

"Are you crazy Jim?" A student accuses.

"This is your fault!"

"Please, my ankle!" Jeremy cringes, and Jim could only stare at what he's done.

"Jeremy, can you hear us?" Aelita asks in concern. "Jeremy? We're in the tower. Jeremy? Where can he be?"

"45 minutes is a long time to go pick up a CD" Ulrich points out.

"I sure hope nothing happened to him" Yumi says in worry.

"Oh come on, stop being so gloom and doom," Odd waves it off. "Don't panic. I'm sure everything's cool."

"Yeah, we got to trust in Jeremy's ability to get here and materialize Aelita" Nadia encourages but also concerned for her friend.

A megatank approaches the tower and opens up…

Yolonda bandages up Jeremy's ankle. "And now, does it still hurt?"

"No, it's okay now. I can-I can walk fine Yolonda" he dismisses.

"If there's one thing you'd better not do yet, it's walk. You'll have to wait a week before putting that foot on the ground" she says honestly. (Yet within a few hours, he's walking just fine. I'm pretty sure there was no return to the past that could have fixed this issue.)

"A week?!" He exclaims in shock.

"And if you complain, I won't give you crutches to get around with" she threatens, Jeremy crosses his arms with a frown.

"Jim," they hear the principal's voice from outside the door. "This time you've gone to far. Don't say I didn't warn you. This time, your paranoia has caused an accident."

"I'm…I'm sorry sir, I really am" Jim hangs his head.

"So am I Jim," Principal Delmas starts to walk away. "I'm going to have to let you go."

Let you go…

Jim feels like he's being sucked into the ground as soon as he registered the words.

The megatank attacks the tower, knocking them around. "What was that?" Yumi turns to the others.

The four run out of the tower, stopping when they see the monster. Ulrich places a hand on his sword.

"Apparently Xana's done waiting" Nadia comments on their situation.

Yolonda opens her cabinet, organizing her things. Jeremy looks out the window, thinking about his situation. He was only one step from saving Aelita.

"Can I go to the bathroom?" Maybe he could escape that way! He and his friend's use it all the time.

She turns to him. "Sorry, the doctor insists you stay off your feet. I'll go and get a basin" she starts to leave the room, Jeremy crossing his arms wit a pout. Jim walks in, clearing his throat. He approaches and kneels down.

"Jeremy, listen, I…I want to say I'm sorry. I was so sure that you guys were up to something." Jeremy then gets an idea. "I guess I got a little carried away a little." He stands and Jeremy stares after him as Jim places his hands behind his back. "I deserve to get fired. I went a little crazy because I thought you and your friends had a lot of secrets that you were hiding." Jim walks back to Jeremy. "Anyway…" He starts to leave. "I'm gonna miss you guys."

"Hold on a second Jim," Jeremy calls out. "You're, um, not as crazy as you think." He had no other choice and if his friends were here, they'd agree it was the only thing he could do. Jim turns to him in confusion. "My friends and I…we do have a secret."

Jim leans forward, eager to hear more. "But that means I was right after all! Let's hear it."

"Look Jim, if you help me, I'll tell the principal everything. You'll be off the hook, and he's bound to give you your job back, right?"

Jim narrows his eyes in thought. "Great!" He offers his hand. "Shake on it."

Jeremy smiles slightly and shakes hands with Jim.

The megatank opens up again and fires the circular laser, Odd jumping up in the air. "Go!" He misses as the tank closes up, blocking the shot. Odd lands in front of the others. It prepares the laser again.

Yolonda returns with the basin in hands. "I've got your basin." She gives a shout of shock as all she finds is an open window and no Jeremy.

Jim carries Jeremy on his back as he runs through the park. "Over there, behind the oak tree!" Jeremy leads him. "Stop!" Jim looks to Jeremy in confusion. "In front of you."

"Oh." Jim sees the manhole cover just a few feet away. He walks up to it, laughing. "I was right, I was right!" He opens it up and chuckles. "I was right!"

Back in Lyoko, the four are having trouble getting rid of the megatank. Odd runs up to it as it fires and he flips, firing a laser arrow. "Take that!" It closes up again, making him miss. "Oh no!"

Jim points a fake finger gun around as Jeremy leans against the elevator. "And this super powerful virtual thing called Xana wants to destroy us. Only Aelita can deactivate the towers, and our job is to help her as much as we can" Jeremy pushes the button.

"And she's on this place called, uh, Loko?" Jim asks.

"No, it's Lyoko," Jeremy corrects, Jim turning to him in interest. The elevator starts to go down. "The only way to destroy Xana is to unplug him. But first, we have to materialize Aelita, and that's what we're gonna do today." Jeremy presses the button to stop the elevator. "Here we are." He puts in the code and the doors slowly open to reveal the lab.

"Whoa," Jim murmurs in awe. "Huh…well, what do you know? Who'd have believed it?"

The megatank fires up its laser, Odd getting hit in the process.

"Aelita," Jeremy finally connects with them. "Is everything okay?"

"Jeremy, at last!" Aelita says in relief. "What happened yo you?"

"It's a long story, too long, but I've got the program. Now let's cross our fingers and hope it works okay." He holds up the disc and inserts it. "I'm launching it." He presses enter.

"Follow me Odd," Yumi runs forward, Odd close behind. Unfortunately, Yumi gets hit by the laser and is devirtualized. Yumi kneels in her scanner, slamming her fist against it. "Oh no!"

Odd goes next and he jumps, yelling as he lands in front of the target. "Take that!" Before he could get a hit., he's taken out by the megatank. Odd gasps as he steps out, helped by Yumi.

"Okay, Ulrich and Nadia, it's up to you" Jeremy says.

All three cards appear on the screen. "I'll distract; you go!" Ulrich instructs.

"Okay!" Nadia replies.

"Hey, you piece of junk! Nobody messes with our friends! Triangulate!" Ulrich surrounds the megatank, two other clones appearing.

"Alright Ulrich and Nadia, get 'em! Gotta show this Xana thing who's the boss!" Jim cheers, Yumi and Odd running into the lab.

"Jeremy, Ulrich and Nadia are-" they then notice Jim.

"Jim?" Yumi asks in confusion.

"Yes Jim. Don't worry, he's one of the gang now!"

They give a look of shock, as he was against them earlier. Nadia jumps above the wall Ulrich made and lands on the megatank, stabbing it immediately. The megatank explodes.

"Fusion!" Ulrich says as he merges into one.

"Ulrich, Nadia, watch out behind you!" Jeremy warns, and they look around, gasping as they see another megatank. "You've both gotta protect the tower."

The megatank hits the tower once more. "The tower's not gonna hold much longer!" Aelita says in worry.

"Leave it to Nadia and Ulrich!"

As the megatank fires the laser, Ulrich tries to hold it back. Nadia runs at it. The megatank stops and aims at her. It fires and devirtualizes her.

"Hold on Ulrich. Just a few more seconds!" Jeremy urges. "I'm almost ready Aelita. Get into position on the platform." Aelita slowly does so, slightly worried about the tower and her friends outside. "Okay, well, ready to take the big jump?"

Ulrich gets slightly pushed back.

"Ready" Aelita replies.

"Here we go." Jeremy can hear Ulrich struggle. "Code Earth." Aelita is lifted up in the air, Ulrich getting devirtualized. The tower is hit once more, as Aelita holds out her arms, the four watching in anticipation. The data screens consume Aelita, and she is materialized.

Everyone waits in the scanner room. The scanner opens and they make out a young girl with pink hair, apparently asleep. She has a black skirt, brown boots, and a dark red jacket.

"She's here at last," Jeremy looks very excited as he admires her. She opens her eyes and smiles. "Welcome to Earth…" He whispers shyly.

"YEAH!" The others cheer in triumph for her arrival.

A.N. – And the primary goal for season one has finally happened. One more chapter for the season before we enter the mystery season. See you next week for the season finale! PM me with ideas! Review with questions or comments! I will respond! As always, till next time! See ya! -lyokowarrior97