Chapter 24 Zero Gravity Zone
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 soccer ball is on the floor before it's kicked. The soccer team are practicing out in the field. "Okay, pass it!"
"Come on guys! You haven't even worked up a sweat! Let's go, go, go!" Jim orders, while Ulrich stands in front of the net. The goalie cracks his knuckles, holding out his arms.
"Ready!"
Ulrich narrows in determination before Jim blows his whistle. The ball is rolled in front of him, and he kicks it, getting a goal. The goalie slams the ground in frustration. One of his teammates passes another ball and Ulrich kicks it. He kicks all the balls into the net, Jim looking at his watch. One time, the goalie just lets him! All of the teammates watch as Ulrich kicks a ball, the goalie catching it. He smiles smugly at Ulrich, who indicates to have another ball thrown to him. The goalie stares at him and Ulrich kicks the ball up. The goalie's face turns into surprised as Ulrich jumps up from behind the ball, kicking it so that the ball passes right by the goalie and into the net. He stares in surprise, the other players clapping for Ulrich.
"Okay guys, good warm-up session. Play like that and you'll whip Lincoln Junior High with no problem in this afternoon's final. I'll see you all at the stadium after lunch for a final briefing and always remember, a soccer team is like an army!" Jim announces, as Nadia, Odd, and Jeremy having watched the practice. "It needs a good general who can lead it! Right? And now, break ranks!" He laughs as he walks up to Ulrich. "Hey Ulrich!" He turns to Jim as he's stretching his leg. "Working out to stay in shape? Hey listen kid." Jim bends down to him. "I'm gonna be honest with ya. You're my key to winning this afternoon's game. I know we've got a good team, but Lincoln's got this striker. His name is Matt."
"Yeah, he's nasty, I know," Ulrich answers, standing up. "But don't worry Jim. I won't disappoint you."
"I'm counting on you kid. We're gonna pulverize em! Massacre em! We're gonna make mincemeat out of them! We're gonna gobble em and spit em out baby!" Ulrich walks up to his friends while Jim goes on.
"Hey there champion. If Lincoln never gets the ball, we're gonna be bored out there!" Odd throws Ulrich a towel.
"It was nice of you to come" Ulrich deadpans.
"You were here this morning. Man, we'll be here this afternoon. Not for you, of course, we can't wait to see Sissi cheerleading with her baton and all! That's why we're coming!" Odd teases.
"Didn't she fail the entrance exams?" Nadia asks.
"Yeah, but apparently she had her father tell Jim to allow her to be part of the team" Ulrich answers.
"Considering how bad that performance was, this one will be a comedy show."
Sissi practices in the park with her baton. "One, two, three, four, come on team, give us more! Five, six, seven, eight, Lincoln we're gonna seal your fate! Ta da!" She spins her baton and throws it in the air. She reaches her hand out to catch it, but it doesn't come back, to her confusion. She looks up to see her baton, which doesn't come down.
Sissi just stares as a light flickers behind her…
Later, Yumi is walking through the same path that Sissi was on earlier. The lights turn on behind her, her hair lifting. She's lifted up in the air to her surprise. The lights turn off and she lands on the path. She looks around as the lampposts, running off.
Sissi is explaining her situation to her friends. "Yes, it disappeared, I tell you, it never came down! It just…just flew away!"
"Yeah, sure. It's up in the sky somewhere, right?" A girl named Caroline asks. "Or maybe it came down and landed on someone's head." Her friend circles her finger near her head.
"But it's true, I tell you. I swear, my baton just disappeared into thin air!" Sissi insists as the two girls walk away. Herb and Nicolas appear behind her.
"We believe you Sissi" they say in unison.
"Even if scientifically, it's impossible!" Herb adds, Sissi putting her foot underneath his chin.
"Listen, if I said a supernatural thing happened to me, it's because it's true! You hear me, knucklehead? A baton that flies up has to come down and if it doesn't, there's something wrong! Something seriously wrong! And I wanna know exactly what it is!" Sissi yells, several students hearing her. This includes Nadia, Odd, Ulrich, and Jeremy. Ulrich turns to the others, who look at each other, wondering if this had anything to do with Xana…
In the cafeteria, it's lunchtime. Sissi gets her lunch, walking to her table. "Hmm, look, it's the mysterious baton twirler. Hey Sissi, eat your steak and french fries fast before they fly away!" Some people laugh at her, but she doesn't say a word, especially when she walks past the four Lyoko Warriors.
Jeremy sees Yumi walk in and stands up. We gotta talk right now!" They say both at the same time.
Later, they're talking to Aelita in Jeremy's room. "Yes Jeremy. I've just spotted an activated tower in the mountain sector. Why? Have you noticed anything strange going on in your world?"
"Oh, just your usual things. Batons that fly into the air and don't come back, and Yumi is suddenly airborne!" Odd answers.
"It was so weird. The lights all started to blink and a second later, I was floating in the air. I couldn't believe it" Yumi clarifies.
"A break in the field of gravity, causing spontaneous and localized weightlessness" Jeremy elaborates.
"What's the connection between electricity and weightlessness?" Ulrich wonders.
"Earth's magnetic field. A magnet's power to pull is offset by an electric shock" Nadia answers.
"Right. And Xana must be using a very powerful electromagnet to offset the magnetic attraction of Earth, you see?" Jeremy adds.
"How dangerous is it?" Yumi asks.
"It's not, if it's within the limits of space and time. But if it's on a larger scale, look what happened to Sissi. Her baton never came back!" The baton is now in outer space.
"We can't afford to take the risk; we have to go to Lyoko and deactivate the tower!" Yumi explains.
"Well, count me out." Her eyes widen in surprise, and they all turn to Ulrich.
"You've gotta be kidding" Jeremy says in disbelief.
"No, I said count me out. I'll go when the game's over."
"You're gonna abandon ship…for a soccer game? I don't believe it! Wake up Ulrich, this is about saving the world, not to mention Aelita who's surely in danger! But you would rather kick a ball around?!"
"You heard what I said. I can't go and that's that, okay?!" Ulrich answers and leaves.
"Somebody else say something, will you?" He turns to the others. "He's dropping us like a smelly sock!"
"Look, I'm really sorry" Ulrich says before he closes the door.
"That's all you can say? Your sorry? You'd rather please the crowd, huh?! All those admiring fans are more important than you friends!"
Ulrich sulks as he walks away, but his decision was final…no matter what he was risking.
"Leave him alone, he's got his reasons," Odd says. "His parents are coming to the game this afternoon. Have you ever met Ulrich's dad? If you're not first in everything, than you're nothing in his book. And since Ulrich's report cards are kind of disastrous, the only way to make his dad happy is…"
"When he plays soccer" Jeremy responds, now understanding his reasoning.
"That's why he's been training so hard for weeks now. He's gonna play today's game as if his life depended on it."
Aelita looks at Jeremy, giving a solemn look as she nods in understanding.
"At least he has a father…" Nadia says in a low voice.
All of them look at her, as she looks down. "What was that?" Jeremy asks.
"I never knew my father. My mom raised me my whole life. She never talks about my dad. I don't even know if he's alive or dead. And because of that…my past is shattered. She's withholding info, I know that, but every time I ask, she freezes. Ulrich should be lucky. No one should grow up missing one parent." Nadia was nearly in tears.
Ulrich sulks near the gym.
"I don't know why he could've told us?" Jeremy wonders as they go to the passage in the park.
"Ulrich? Give away a secret?" Yumi asks in disbelief. "At least Nadia told us the truth about hers."
"It's a touchy subject, but I think it was necessary that we all know" Nadia says.
"Anyway, why worry? Ulrich's gonna win the game and in the meantime, we're gonna save the world. We just have to do without him this time," Odd bends down to the cover. "And besides, you got me, don't you?" Jeremy, Nadia, and Yumi all give a little smile.
Ulrich sits on a bench in the boys locker room, sulking for what happened. He's still sulking when the other players and Jim arrive. "Alright guys, the big day's here!" Ulrich hears someone coming and looks up to see Matt. He says nothing to Ulrich, just walking away.
Nadia jumps down into the sewers, followed by Odd. They grab their rides, Odd throwing his skateboard with a 'Yeah!.' He skates off, followed by Yumi and Nadia.
"Testing, one two. Testing, one two, here we go. Hello everyone, this is Milly and Tamiya reporting to you live from the stadium. It's a big day today, the 9th grade interschool final is about to begin. Although our school is favored to win, a lot is going to depend on Kadic's striker, our own, Ulrich. We're really counting on him today." Ulrich's parents are in the audience, smiling at him. "And now, everybody, it's soccer time!"
Odd, Nadia, Jeremy, and Yumi run across the bridge to the factory entrance. Yumi presses the button, and they go down to both rooms.
Jim blows the whistle and the game starts. Ulrich runs, focusing as he's open. One of his teammates passes the ball to him and kicks it. On Lyoko, Aelita is meditating at the edge of the sector. "Aelita, do you read me? Aelita?" She opens her eyes.
"I'm here Jeremy."
"Aelita, it's Xana. He's attacking. He's trying to take over the city's electrical network" he explains.
"But why?" She wonders.
"I don't know, but I'm gonna try to find out." He types away. "I'll get the spy program started." He scans the area. "With the data flows of dents, there oughta be traces of it on the network. Bingo! That's Xana, alright. Heavy and predictable."
The students cheer as Ulrich runs with the ball, but a rival player runs up to him and tries to steal it. Ulrich kicks it over his leg, continuing to the net. Matt appears behind him, one of Ulrich's teammates open.
"Incredible! We knew that Ulrich was in great form," Milly announces as Ulrich passes the ball. "But what he's showing us today is beyond even our wildest dreams." Matt takes the ball from Ulrich's teammate, which appears right in front of Ulrich. He kicks it sharply into the net, the students cheering for him. "A fantastic goal and the Kadic team makes it one to nothing after only three minutes of play! Lincoln's going to have to find a way to stop Ulrich if they're going to win this game!" Ulrich's parents smile at each other.
"Heavy, but very fast. We don't have much time," Jeremy looks to his right screen. "Ready to go?"
Odd, Nadia, and Yumi stand in front of the three scanners. "No problemo!"
"Gotta hurry up, because if we don't…Xana will be able to create much more powerful magnetic fields," the three step into the scanners and turn around being closed in. "Transfer Yumi. Transfer Nadia. Transfer Odd. Scanner Yumi. Scanner Nadia. Scanner Odd. Virtualization!"
They are all virtualized into the mountain sector, landing safely. "The tower is situated at 30 degrees west. Hurry up, huh?"
"We know. Risk too high, limited time window, same old story" Nadia says.
"I see it Jeremy," Aelita logs off before waving over the three. "Over here!"
The ball flies across into the net, the students cheering on their team. Ulrich looks around for his parents before he sees them.
"Kadic, Kadic!" Sissi cheers.
"There's no stopping Ulrich, he's amazing to watch! It's two – nothing and the score may get out of hand if he keeps this up!" Milly says.
"He's so handsome when he runs" Tamiya says as she records Ulrich. Milly blocks the camera in her view.
"Well thanks Tamiya for that expert commentary on the game!" Milly retorts, Tamiya innocently hiding the camera behind her back.
"Oh no, he's ready to attack the school!" Jeremy realizes when the scan was finished. "Now I understand."
"Fill us in Einstein!" Odd calls out as he jumps on rocks.
"If not for what happened today with Yumi and Sissi, we'd have all gone to the game. And that's where Xana wanted to trap us. Because it was his plan to concentrate all of the energy on the science lab. And if we don't make it fast, there's a good chance Ulrich's gonna finish the game outside the stratosphere!" Jeremy explains as Odd lands on a platform, followed by the girls.
"No monsters for the time being, but we're still far from the tower" Yumi reports.
"Oh, this is awful!" Jeremy exclaims. "I gotta find a way to gain some time."
The lights in the park flicker, and Jeremy sees it on his computer. "You asked for it Xana. I can hack a network. You're not the only one."
"Go on now, stop Matt! He's getting away!" Jim calls out as Matt has the ball. Two other Kadic players run up to him, but he jumps between them. Ulrich steals the ball from him and kick it to another teammate.
"Fantastic! Ulrich's good on defense as he is on the attack!" Milly exclaims.
"Go Ulrich, go, go!" Jim encourages.
The girls and Odd run, jumping off a platform. "This program will help me counter any of Xana's attacks on the science lab," Jeremy leans back in his chair before gasping. "Ulrich, do you copy?" He calls Ulrich's cell, just as they're taking a break.
"That's the end of the first half. Kadic has a commanding two-nothing lead. Let's see if we can get some comments firsthand. Ulrich?" The two 8th graders run up to him before he can even notice his phone is ringing. "I can imagine you're confident after dominating Lincoln for the past 45 minutes. What do you think?"
"Uh, Lincoln's in the finals, that means they're a good team. In the words of our coach Jim, it's our motivation that will make us winners and I honestly think that-" he stops when he sees his parents, his father looking with pride. "I've gotta go now, talk to you after the game. I better relax for a bit before the second half," he walks away. "And see what Jim has to-" he sees his phone vibrating on the bench. He stares at it, thinking to himself that it's probably Jeremy.
"Answer your phone Ulrich, please!" He answers to Jeremy's relief.
"What do you want?"
"Ulrich…I've been trying to reach you for a quarter of an hour!" Jeremy says.
"I can't play with a cell phone in my hand sorry" Ulrich retorts. He looks back at Jim.
"Listen, I know all about it. Odd told me why this match is so important to you, but there's an enormous and serious problem. I can't go into all the details; there's not enough time. But…Xana's gonna put the school into orbit."
"What was that?" Ulrich asks.
"It's true, I swear. He doesn't have enough power yet-"
"But-" Ulrich interrupts.
"He's gonna try and get it from the science lab's generator. You've gotta make sure that nobody's in the building" Jeremy tells him, Jim turning around.
"Hey Ulrich, second half's starting!"
"Be right there," Ulrich calls out, turning back to his phone. "No problem. Everyone's at the game."
"Are you absolutely sure?" Ulrich closes his eyes before putting on a headphone connected to his phone, running back into the game supposedly. He scans the audience, coming to a stop to the other's confusion.
"Ms. Hertz isn't here" he reports.
"Oh no. She's probably in the chemistry lab. You've gotta go and get her out!" Ulrich stares at the building behind the students, conflicted. If he left, Kadic would have no chance at winning, therefore disappointing his father. The whole school was counting on him. But if Xana strikes, he could seriously hurt Ms. Hertz. He growls as he looks at the ground, the whistle blowing. Jeremy notices his hesitation, knowing the risk as well. "Ulrich!"
"Don't ask me to do that," Ulrich simply says as the ball is kicked to him. "Jeremy, anything, but no that!" Matt steals the ball from him, as Ulrich is too conflicted to pay attention to the game.
"Oh! What's wrong, what's wrong?" Milly asks in disbelief.
"Look, I'm sorry Ulrich. You've got to leave the game. You're the only one who can do it. You've gotta save her" Jeremy insists. His parents stare at Ulrich, noticing his non-movement.
"Oh, everyone is just numb. The crowd including yours truly simply doesn't understand. Why has Ulrich just stopped?" Milly says to the camera.
"It must be the pressure" Tamiya suggests. All the students and Jim stare. Ulrich's mother gives a pleading look, worried for her son.
"It's a matter of life and death Ulrich!" Ulrich lets a tear drop, seeing Matt gain a point for his team.
"Oh, it's unbelievable! Lincoln's team has just cut our lead in half! Matt himself can hardly believe that Ulrich let him score!" Both teams have stopped now, staring at the un-moving boy.
"Ulrich, please!"
"Shut up Jeremy, just shut up" Ulrich hangs up after silence, Jeremy hanging his head. He didn't want to do this to Ulrich, but the others are on Lyoko.
Ulrich runs up to Matt as he has the ball. "I'm gonna stop you!"
"We'll see about that!" Ulrich tries to steal the ball, but trips onto the ground.
"Oh no, it can't be! What awful luck for Kadic team! Ulrich looks hurt after that violent tackle by Matt!"
"Come on, I didn't even touch him!" Matt protests as Ulrich holds his leg. No one knew, but he was just pretending so he could save Ms. Hertz.
"Yes, it's true" Sissi places her hands on her hips, not buying it as Ulrich walks away.
"Ulrich! Oh no! I don't believe it! You-you can't do this!" Jim panics.
"Leave me alone Jim" Ulrich says.
"Oh wow, absolutely incredible! Our superstar striker is leaving the field with a knee injury!" Milly exclaims as they all stare in shock. He doesn't dare meet his parents eyes in the audience watching him closely.
"Our one irreplaceable player out of the game" Tamiya laments.
'I don't believe it for a minute. And I'm gonna check this out,' Sissi stares at Ulrich subconsciously before bending down to herb and Nicolas. "I'm leaving as well. Tell me everything that happened while I'm gone."
"Sissi, you're a cheerleader" Nicolas reminds her.
"There's not gonna be a lot of cheering without Ulrich. And if we do score a goal, you can replace me. The crowd will love it. Just dance your head off!"
Ulrich sits in the locker room, holding his head as he thinks about what he just did.
On Lyoko, the tower is a few feet away from the Lyoko Warriors as they hide behind rocks. "Jeremy, objective in sight. The welcome committee looks manageable. I'll take care of them in no time at all."
"Yeah but knowing Xana this is only an opening act. He's gonna have much more for us as soon as we act" Nadia says.
"Nadia's right, Xana put them there to wait for you. I should be able to neutralize Xana. But only for a few minutes. So you gotta work fast with whatever comes next" Jeremy explains.
"We gotta move" Odd turns to the girls.
"Ten seconds to attack time" Yumi says. Nadia draws her sword.
"Okay girls go!" Odd orders and they run off. As soon as the hornets see them, they fly over and start firing lasers. Odd runs next to Nadia as she's between him and Yumi. They look back before jumping, each one taking out one. Another one shows up as Yumi catches her fan. The hornet knocks them down. "Pretty sharp mosquitos. Since when did they grow brains?
"But there's only one left" Yumi replies.
"Negative. A new swarm of hornets is on the way" Jeremy contradicts.
"There's the main act" Nadia adds.
"Okay, change of tactics. This time, we'll try diversion" Yumi tells the two.
"Odd, I reloaded 20 arrows for you, but that may not be enough" Jeremy explains as Odd fires arrows, destroying one of the hornets.
"Laser arrow!" Odd fires another one, but gets hit twice, falling to the ground. Aelita gasps as Nadia turns around. "Your turn Yumi." Yumi walks as she uses her telekinesis, moving rocks around her, Nadia, and Odd. Odd looks up as he fires arrows. "Laser arrow!" The swarm attacks the rocks. "They just keep coming! There's no way around them!" Aelita looks at the ground in dismay.
"Jeremy?" He gasps at Ulrich's voice. "I just left the stadium."
"Oh thanks Ulrich," Jeremy sighs in relief, but he still felt bad. "What you're doing is-"
"Yeah, I know. I'm on my way to the chemistry lab" he runs across the field, Sissi peeking at him from behind a tree. Her face is shocked as she sees Ulrich running perfectly fine.
Aelita gasps as the hornets continue to attack. Odd backs away to Yumi. Nadia tries her lightning ability again to weaken the swarm. She hits it, but the monster shakes after being hit.
"Again?!" Nadia says in disbelief. "The bloks maybe, but these bugs?!"
"Yeah, you only damaged it. Seems like the tougher ones need more" Jeremy tells her.
"What do we do now?" Odd asks them.
"The best defense is an offense, right?" Yumi responds.
"Right," the two nod their heads. "But it depends on the number of enemies."
"And if we'll even make it to the tower. Xana's giving us a real showstopper. We're stuck" Nadia comments on their current situation.
"It's okay Ulrich. I made my own electric field to create a short circuit," Jeremy explains. "But Xana is bound to get ahead of me again soon, so be very careful. I don't know how long it's gonna last." Ulrich carefully walks into the building.
"I just walked in, there's nothing at all happening," Ulrich says, but the lights start to blink, making him raise his eyebrows. He shouts in surprise as he's lifted off the ground. Ms. Hertz experiences this as well and Sissi stares as she sees Ulrich floating in the air. "Looks like I spoke too soon." He's thrown to the wall, and Ms. Hertz is as well.
"You have to hang on for just a few seconds. As soon as you've secured Ms. Hertz, I can move into action." Then he turns his attention to the others. "You've gotta hang on now until Aelita can get through. Yumi, Nadia, Odd, are you okay?"
Yumi walks along the path as Odd attacks and Nadia defends. "Yeah yeah, we're cool." Odd barely misses a laser.
"Holding on" Nadia adds as she tries to deflect the lasers back. Yumi gets hot, almost dropping the rocks. She focuses again, continuing to walk.
Ulrich runs up the stairs, the lights blinking again. Ulrich is flown out of the staircase, hanging onto a pole. He peeks in a door and sees Ms. Hertz who is unconscious as she's against the wall. Ulrich jumps onto a desk, using them to get to her.
"Jeremy, it's okay. I got Ms. Hertz. Go on, do your stuff."
"Here we go," Jeremy presses enter. "The reverse circuit is working!"
Sissi peeks into the building as the lights continue blinking. She steps inside. "Ulrich?"
"I'm sorry to be so familiar with you Ms. Hertz" Ulrich says as he pulls her out of the room.
"Yoo hoo Ulrich?" Sissi appears in the front door that Ulrich was thrust into. He sees the lights blinking.
"Jeremy, what's happening?"
"I don't know, everything is becoming impossible to control. Be careful!" Jeremy warns and Ulrich is flown across the hall. He hits a pole. "Ulrich! Where are you?"
Sissi's scream is heard as Ulrich wakes up. He catches her hand. "I've gotcha!" He pulls her to safety.
"Ulrich, what's happening? What's going on?" She questions before she looks at Ms. Hertz.
"It's too complicated. Jeremy, where are you at now?"
"Okay, I'm back in control" Jeremy answers.
"Ready" Ulrich reports.
"Let's go to rock!" Jeremy presses enter as the lights go out, Ulrich screaming in surprise. He and Sissi cover themselves from being hit by the glass.
"Hey, do me a favor, okay Jeremy? Tell me it's gonna calm down!"
"Not for the time being, it may get worse," Jeremy tells him. "So hang on tight anyway you can. Odd, Nadia, Yumi, what's happening?"
"It's horrible! I'm almost out of arrows, the telekinesis has exhausted Yumi, and more hornets I kill, the more there are! And Nadia can't even use her electric ability to blast them!" Odd reports.
"Here I go" Aelita runs off.
"Ulrich, do you mind telling me exactly what's going on?" Sissi asks as she helps Ulrich carry Ms. Hertz.
"Yeah, I do mind, so keep quiet," Ulrich answers. He looks up as he hears a noise. "Oh, hey Jeremy, what's that sound?"
"Um, I don't know," Jeremy replies nervously as he looks at the blueprint. "Oh no! Xana has managed to take over 50 power stations! Ulrich, whatever you do, don't leave the building. You understand? Stay inside."
Ulrich looks out the window, which shows the game right outside. Ulrich walks up to the window, seeing the lights blink…
Aelita runs to the edge of a platform, the others almost at the tower. "Hang in there Yumi. We're almost there!" Odd says while he tries to fight off the hornets to the best of his ability. Nadia continues to deflect but is starting to get tired, as well as Yumi. "No, not now. Concentrate. Give us just a few more seconds!" He encourages Yumi, but she gives out, falling to the ground.
"I can't do it guys. I'm sorry…"
They turn around to the hornets before seeing Aelita using her creative ability to get to the tower. "Aelita! It's too soon!" She doesn't respond.
"Well Matt has a chance to tie the score with his penalty shot" Milly reports and as Matt runs up to kick the ball, he's lifted in the air. The goalie is as well, Ulrich seeing the whole thing. (One thing: Why does Matt have the penalty shot when he fouled Ulrich? Was there a review? Did we miss a play? Confusing things.)
"The stadium!" He shouts nervously as the players are lifted from the ground, along with the audience. Some try to hang on while others are lifted into the sky.
"Hey Aelita, are you crazy!" Odd yells as she continues, still not answering. The hornets see her and fly over, firing lasers at her.
"Ulrich, what are you doing?" Sissi asks as he jumps out of the window, hanging on to a pole.
"Oh no no no!" Jeremy exclaims as he sees Aelita.
"I don't believe this!" Odd cries out.
Nadia jumps over, blocking the lasers from behind.
The students struggle to hold on, Ulrich's parents hanging onto each other. Ulrich crawls over to them.
One of the hornets hits Aelita in the back, making her fall. "Nooooo!" All three shout as she falls into the digital sea, the hornets follow her.
"Aelita!" Jeremy yells in lament. They give looks of sadness. Nadia on her knees.
"I couldn't save her! I couldn't stop them!" She pounds the ground with her fist.
"As soon as you three are finished grieving the death of my clone, just let me know" they turn to see the real Aelita. They gasp in shock.
"Aelita…oh no!" Jeremy hangs his head in relief.
"You were just luring them!" Yumi figures out.
"Of course!" Aelita answers.
"AELITA, YOU ARE THE GREATEST!" Jeremy exclaims happily.
Nadia breathes a sigh of relief, knowing she didn't cause Aelita's demises.
Ulrich's father struggles to hold on to the seat and lets go, Ulrich grabbing his hand just in time. "Ulrich?" He hangs onto the seat with all of his strength.
The four run to the tower, Aelita running inside.
Ulrich struggles to hold onto them, but the weight is making his hand slip. "Goodbye Ulrich. I'm proud of you. Really I am."
Aelita steps into the middle, letting herself fly to the top.
"Nooo!" Ulrich shouts as his parents fly to the sky.
Aelita steps onto the top pad and walks up to the interface, pressing her hand against it to log in.
Aelita
Code
Lyoko
Ulrich shouts as he's flying as well, the tower deactivates. The return to the past starts, Jeremy pressing the button. "Return to the past now!" It engulfs the factory, the school, and a screaming Ulrich. Time is reset to before the game.
"Testing, one two. Testing, one two, here we go. Hello everyone, this is Milly and Tamiya reporting to you live from the stadium. It's a big day today, the 9th grade interschool final is about to begin. Although our school is favored to win, a lot is going to depend on Kadic's striker, our own, Ulrich. We're really counting on him today." Everyone is watching the game, including Ulrich's friends.
"Let's rock Ulrich! Come on, world champion!" Odd cheers.
"Yeah, but which world?" Jeremy wonders.
"Why both of them Jeremy! Both of them!" Odd answers.
Both teams enter the field. Jim blows the whistle and the game starts, Ulrich kicking the ball. With him on their side, they'll surely win the game!
Nadia looked at Ulrich's father most of the game, mostly wondering about her own father. She approaches Ulrich after the game and win.
"Nadia, why are you here?" Ulrich asks.
"I just wanted to say, consider yourself lucky to have a father. My mother raised me by herself. I never knew my father. So just remember, no matter how much grief he gives you, always know your grateful. Some people, like me, don't have fathers" Nadia tells him. Nadia then walks away, hoping she would meet her father eventually.
A.N. – And we all know when that is going to happen, and the fans of evolution know exactly what episode is going to be. And no, it's not the final episode. I forget the episode myself, but I remember it being the main point of it. Like I said, only true fans of evolution will know. Next episode is my favorite episode from season 1 for obvious reasons and if you're a fan of mine you know this. PM me with story ideas! Review with questions or comments! I will respond! As always, till next time! See ya! -lyokowarrior97