( Code Total Drama Reality Introduction Song Starts )
( No Pain No Game (From Btoom!) )
(The ending of this story)
The song starts, showing the end of Code Lyoko where the Supercomputer is shut down and the former Lyoko Warriors leave the factory seemingly for the last time.
(I will hold it close as I wonder so aimlessly)
A single computer is shown coming online, lines of 1s and 0s streaming across the screen before the screen is replaced by a glowing sphere with the Eye of XANA, at least eight variations appearing on it. From the sphere came lines of data emerging in eight different directions. The lines of data formed into various regions, all of them floating landscapes resembling a forest, a desert, an arctic, mountains, volcanoes, swamp and a jungle.
(Into this new world)
The new lands orbited the golden sphere as the camera zoomed in on the Eye of XANA staring at the screen.
(The game has only just begun)
The Eye then flashes red, and the sphere turns black.
(I can see it in your eyes)
A girl with pink hair sits on her bed, panting as she turns to see two pictures of her friends and her father. She smiles briefly but that smile turns to a look of horror as both her friends and her father are engulfed by a great darkness and the red Eye shines down on her. The Supercomputer, thought to be shut down, is reactivated and there is a flash of light.
(This is where tomorrow brings a new game)
Aelita is shown alone both in the real world and in Lyoko, hordes of monsters surrounding her.
Geoff is first shown in his human form before transitioning to his Lyoko form.
Next to him is Bridgette, holding her surfboard in the real world before changing into her Lyoko form, her board splitting into two swords.
(It's time to learn that pain is gain)
Gwen is shown sitting in front of tree, looking up and is instantly changed into her Lyoko Avatar, brandishing her scythe.
DJ is shown in the woods, tending to a little rabbit as he stands up and morphs into his Lyoko form, turning to face the camera with a stern glare.
LeShawna is last, ready to fight in both her human form and her Lyoko form.
(Ready fight!)
William and a dark reflection of himself as XANA's General are shown standing back-to-back, turning to face each other and swinging their swords.
The screen is split by the two swords, showing New Lyoko as the title appears:
CODE: TOTAL DRAMA REALITY
(I gotta crush and paint away the anguish)
Aelita is shown first, sitting at the computer before she is then shown as the DJ of a party. She morphs into her Lyoko form and conjures an energy field.
This was followed quickly by Geoff wildly waving his hat while riding something with Bridgette holding onto him by the back.
(Of my past for the sake of my future)
Gwen is shown next, drawing in her sketchbook and signifying with a sad face as Duncan, Courtney and Trent appear behind her, their backs facing in her direction.
(Until my life comes to an end)
DJ is shown running for his life from appears to be a giant bear.
(I am gonna fight to tear apart that destiny)
LeShawna is shown next, standing confidently with her team, ready to face whatever crazy challenge comes next.
(Aoh, break out and start a revolution)
The antagonists of Total Drama: Heather, Courtney, Justin, Anne Maria, Jo, Lightning, Scott and Alejandro in the Total Drama Machine are shown from left to right, grinning or glaring at the camera, holding up an imaginary case of the million- dollar prize money in their hands. Chris Mclean is shown next, arms crossed as the chair he is sitting in spins to meet the camera, zooming out to show it is the monitor room for the Total Drama show.
A dark shadow appears above them, scrawny in appearance and hair falling over the left eye as it glares darkly at the screen.
(Until you find the answer you're looking for)
The camera then shows Aelita with the new Lyoko Warriors, the TD Lyoko Warriors and William sitting around a campfire, all of them staring up into the starry night sky, a picture of her friends and father resting in Aelita's hands.
(I'll challenge all my limits)
Aelita in her Lyoko form with her wings sprouting from her back is shown, clutching Mr. Puck in her hands as she seemingly falls back, her friends and relatives in the background.
The camera moves down to show William kneeling down, clutching his sword in both hands. As this happens, the camera moves down, showing depictions of the TD Lyoko Warriors and other characters in the background.
The camera continues to move down to show Geoff pulling Bridgette into sharing a picture with LeShawna bringing her face up over Bridgette's shoulder, the three of them in their Lyoko forms. While this happens, Harold, Lindsay, Beth, Trent, Katie and Sadie are shown in the background.
Below them is Gwen with her arms and legs curled around her with her cape swirling behind her like wings while Heather and Courtney are shown in the background glaring at each other followed by Sierra clutching Cody who looks distressed, Eva crossing her arms along with B and Beth both waving, the latter looking very shy. Behind Gwen appeared Dawn in her own Lyoko form in a meditative pose while upside down while facing Gwen with her eyes closed, her light robe contrasting with Gwen's cape with dark clothing, almost forming a yin-yang symbol.
Behind Dawn appears Scott, snickering evilly.
(Knowing this could be my only chance now)
DJ is shown last, seemingly falling back while holding his pet rabbit: Bunny in his hands with a happy smile. His teammates shown in the background starting with Duncan, Tyler, Justin and Alejandro ending with Chef Hatchet and Chris McClean.
He is followed by Mike and Zoey, both clutching their hands and smiling at each other as in background appears Brick, Jo, Lightning, Sam and Staci.
And lately Cameron appears staring up at the others.
(To overcome this fate that has come over me)
The screen turns black and the Eye of XANA immediately flashes into existence, glowing red and shadowing the outline of a singular person with red glowing eyes.
(The ending of this story)
Aelita is shown, standing in a meadow now with the wind gently blowing through her hair.
(I will hold it close as I wonder so aimlessly)
She holds up a hand, gazing sadly up as the images of her friends and parents appear in the sky.
(Into this new world)
Her hand then becomes digital, transitioning to Lyoko.
((The game has only just begun))
She gazes up a little longer before she notices her new friends and allies standing with her and smiles before looking forward, seeing a tower in the distance.
(I can see it in your eyes)
Just as they are about to rush towards the tower, the camera angles up into the digital sky as the song reaches its end.
The scene then shifts to pictures of Aelita and her friends both old and new on a desktop as the title appears on last time:
CODE: TOTAL DRAMA REALITY
( No Pain No Game (From Btoom!) Ends )
Episode 23: Acceptance Part Two
"I hope I am not too late."
In the Hermitage, Hopper placed a laptop on the table and lifted the screen up. He got the laptop as an insurance policy to remain anonymous when he couldn't go near the factory. The laptop booted up and immediately connected to Lyoko, allowing Franz to see what was happening.
"Ulrich…Odd…Aelita!" Franz's eyes went wide as a familiar monster signature was detected. "The Scyphozoa!"
This was not good.
Aelita's new allies: Bridgette, Geoff and DJ were virtualized into the Desert Sector but they wouldn't reach her in time.
"No, I won't let you harm her, XANA." Franz narrowed his eyes and typed away, opening several programs. "Even if you find out I'm alive, I'll still be there to stop you."
Aelita stepped back, partially trembling as the corrupted versions of her two closest friends approached with the Scyphozoa lingering behind. "Ulrich…Odd…you have to fight. XANA's controlling you like he controlled William."
"You would think so." Ulrich snickered. "But no, this is a little different."
Different?
"You're about to find out how different." Odd said as the Scyphozoa hovered over Aelita, about to ensure her…
"NO!" Aelita screamed as the tentacles wrapped around her.
"Aelita!" Cameron's voice could be heard as a red field surrounded her.
Cameron was on the verge of panicking when a window popped up. "Huh? What in the world-? Reset?"
The screen then began to glitch and then went black before returning with a loading bar.
They landed, and the trio of fighters looked around their surroundings...which was just desert in every direction. Changes had been made to the desert sector also, adding in dune of sand among the rocky structures and even some small vortexes of sand flew up from time to time.
"Uh...didn't Aelita show us a few pictures of this place?" Bridgette asked.
"Yeah, it looked less... sandy." DJ said as he went to the top of a dune and looked down on what looked like a small oasis. "And it definitely never had water in it."
That was when the sector suddenly began to shake.
"Uh…what's going on?" Geoff asked nervously.
In Sector 5, Odd and Ulrich frantically looked around before spinning around and gasping as a blue wave of energy shot out from the walls, engulfing them, the Scyphozoa and Aelita. The Scyphozoa froze, releasing Aelita from its grasp who fell to the ground, panting slightly since she was momentarily weakened by the reset.
But not enough to be helpless.
Raising her hand, Aelita conjured an energy field. "Energy Field!"
She threw it up and hit the Scyphozoa right in the 'face' knocking it down and causing it to explode. She looked at Odd and Ulrich, seeing they were both frozen, meaning they were not her real friends…
They were copies created by XANA.
Not sparing them a glance, Aelita activated her wings and flew off in the direction of the Celestial Dome. As she fled, XANA was already processing what had happened.
Someone had launched the Supercomputer Reboot Program.
But who?
Aelita made it to the elevator that took her to the Celestial Dome. "Can anyone hear me?"
"Aelita? Oh man, I am so relived." She heard Cameron sigh in relief. "When I saw you were cornered I thought you were a goner."
"I was too but no time. Where is the tower?" Aelita asked.
"In the Desert Sector. DJ, Geoff and Bridgette are waiting for you there." Cameron answered.
"Good." Aelita nodded, accessing the interface. "Shut off the data stream to the Desert Sector and I'll be right there."
"Got it." A second later the data scream vanished and Aelita activated her wings, flying through the data tunnel and into the Desert Sector.
"There she is!" Geoff pointed up.
DJ and Bridgette looked up to see Aelita flying down, landing a few feet away from them as they ran up to her.
"Aelita, are you okay?" Bridgette asked quickly.
"I'm fine." Aelita nodded, taking a deep breath. "Where are the others?"
"Gwen and LeShawna are trying to keep the others from discovering the lab and Dawn ran off to find William." DJ answered.
"Okay." Aelita nodded. "We'll get to the tower and shut it down quickly."
"Right." Geoff said before they took off running in the direction of the tower. "By the way, we were just commenting on the appearance of this place. Including an oasis here."
"XANA has been making additions to the environments of Lyoko," Aelita replied. "I personally think it's his way of bragging about how much he has advanced."
"What do you know, the first computer with an ego." Geoff chuckled.
"Incoming!" DJ pointed to the air.
The fighters jumped out of the way of a shower of lasers. They looked up and six Wasps flying above them.
"Oh, great. Giant flying bug with big stingers in a Desert!" complained Geoff.
"Less complaining more fighting!" said Bridgette.
DJ created a barrier to block the incoming lasers and poison.
Geoff threw his chakrams that sliced through two of them and sliced through two more on their way back. Bridgette jumped onto her surfboard and flew into the air, ramming into the last two Wasps.
"Alright! Too easy!" Geoff smirked.
"Yeah, way too easy." DJ added, not lowering his barriers.
This is for kissing my BOYFRIEND!" Courtney threw a punch at Gwen who hastily ducked.
"He wasn't your boyfriend when we kissed!" Gwen retorted, frustrated at the situation.
It had been like this since World Tour and honestly Gwen was growing sick of it. She had tried to say she was sorry and that she didn't mean for it to happen even if she and Duncan got together but Courtney just wouldn't let it go. She made Gwen the scapegoat for all of it, even though Gwen never forced Duncan to kiss her and falsely accused her of stealing her boyfriend, especially since they had broken up before World Tour and only had a single moment on that bus. Duncan made it clear that he had no intention of getting back together with Courtney during the Area 51 challenge which made Gwen feel more comfortable about getting together with him.
While Gwen understood that she had hurt Courtney she felt Courtney was being unfair since it was her constant nagging and trying to change Duncan that drove him away.
Too bad Courtney would never admit her part in that.
"DIE CODY-STEALER!"
And then there was Sierra.
She was crazy when Gwen had first met her, and she was even crazier now when that was last thing Gwen needed to deal with. She saw Sierra as someone overly obsessed who got worse as World Tour went on, first from guilt-tripping Cody for attention and then being hostile to Gwen after the kiss was exposed. Even if Cody was more friendly with her, Gwen didn't believe for one second that Sierra had changed for the better.
She jumped out of the way as Sierra lunged at her, both of them chasing her through the factory while LeShawna had her hands full with everyone else who were going crazy, fighting each other or trying to find out what was going on.
'Guys, hurry.' She thought as she jumped aside, dodging Sierra again.
"There it is!" shouted DJ as soon as they could see the tower.
However, the was a problem. Five Pyramids had appeared and began to fire on them. DJ quickly put up a barrier to block the lasers.
"Energy Field!"
She threw pink orb of deadly energy however her intended target dodged the attack. Aelita took to the air allowing DJ to move forward with his barrier up as he moved closer to the monsters. The barrier continued to block incoming lasers while Aelita managed to hit one of the Pyramids destroying it. DJ then dropped the barrier and transformed into a golem.
However, they also learned that while his special ability that turns his entire body to stone makes him as strong as LeShawna with her hammer he could not use his barrier while in golem form. So if he wants to fight he has to get close enough that the monsters couldn't take him out easily. He ran forward and punched a Pyramid in the eye with a stoned fist. The monster shattered into data from the blow. DJ turned and jumped dodging more lasers.
"STOP!"
William was openly gaping when he saw Sissy standing there. "Sissy, what are you doing here?!"
"What does it look like I'm doing here?!" Sissy retorted. "Trying to save you from being killed."
Yumi turned to face, the Eye of XANA pulsing in her eyes.
Sissy's eyes went wide. "Oh…"
Streams of lasers were deflected when four Krabs joined up with the remaining Pyramids in blocking the way to the tower. Luckily Geoff and Bridgette joined up with the others to fight their way to the tower. Geoff threw his chakrams and took out another Pyramid while Bridgette flocked with her swords.
They had finally taken care of the Pyramids leaving the Krabs next. DJ ran forward, turning into his golem form and jumping into the air. He yelled as he brought his fist down and slammed into a Krab. It hit the ground face first hard, its shell cracked and exploded.
But then he was hit by another Krab which sent him flying back. Bridgette jumped in the path blocking more lasers. Her wave like tattoos glowed as she swung her blades and once again unleashed an energy wave resembling a tidal wave that sliced through the Krab.
"Two down one to go." Said Geoff.
"Don't think we've won yet, Geoff. Look!" shouted Aelita pointing ahead.
Up ahead two Megatanks rolled towards them followed by two Tarantulas.
"Me and my big mouth." Geoff groaned.
They jumped as the two Megatanks opened their shells and fired at them.
"I got this!" said DJ.
He brought up his barrier as the Megatanks fired again. The two large elliptical lasers collided with his barrier causing the giant to grunt as he strained under the attack. As strong as his barrier was soon enough it collapsed, and DJ was hit. However, it gave Geoff and Bridgette enough time to stab both Megatanks in the Eye before they closed their shells.
DJ grunted as he fell out of the scanner, gasping for breath. 'Oh man…That feels rough.'
"Sissy, run!" William shouted, managing to stand back up. "That's not Yumi!"
Yumi grinned as she turned back to face William. However before she had the chance to attack, Dawn landed between them, hands spread out.
"Dawn?!"
With the two Megatanks gone the two Tarantulas from behind them aimed their guns and fired at the advancing group.
"Whoa!" Bridgette shouted as she angled her board to avoid incoming lasers.
"Energy Field!" Aelita shouted.
She hurled her energy field at one of the Tarantulas, but the targeted monster jumped back and opened fire on her. Bridgette flew in close the ground dodging lasers by mere inches.
"Take this!"
She rammed her surfboard into one Tarantula that sent it flying back, crashing into the ground and then it exploded into pieces of data.
"Yes!" Bridgette shouted punching the sky.
"Bridgette, look out!" shouted Aelita.
The other Tarantula levelled its guns on her while her back was turned. Luckily Geoff threw his chakrams at the last moment and they flew in front of Bridgette deflecting the lasers. She jumped aside and picked up her surfboard. It split apart into her two swords, and she quickly concentrated on using that special attack she used before.
Her tattoos glowed along with her swords as she swung one sword that unleashed the familiar blue wave like energy wave that cut right through the Tarantula.
"Have to be more careful, Bridge. Getting cocky gets you killed. I found out the hard way." Said Geoff.
"Sorry." Bridgette said.
The elevator door opened, allowing DJ to walk into the lab. "Hey, Cameron. How's everyone doing?"
"They are almost at the tower but Gwen and LeShawna are in big trouble." Cameron pointed to the screen.
DJ walked over and saw Gwen being cornered by Sierra and Courtney in the machine room. "Oh man, those two have the worst grudge with Gwen outside of Heather."
"That's not the worst part. There's one last group of monsters guarding the tower." Cameron pointed at the holo-map. "And they're unlike anything we've seen before."
"Oh man."
"You will not harm anyone else." Dawn declared with narrowed eyes.
Yumi raised an eyebrow, looking amused. "You're quite brave for someone who can't fight."
"I don't need to fight you to stop you." Dawn replied. "I just need to stop you from harming William."
Narrowing her eyes, Yumi raised her hand and fired a blast of electricity at Dawn who grabbed William and both of them ducked, the blast sailing over them and scorching a tree.
"Oh. My. God." Bridgette stared at the legion of monsters that appeared to be humans.
"Dragon Knights." Aelita glared. "They were the ones who captured my friends. Be careful, they're very powerful, and they have two hundred life points."
Geoff nodded. "Got it. Be careful. Don't let guard down. I am not getting surprise killed!" He tossed a chakram, but a Dragon Knight countered with a broad sword.
Catching his chakram, Geoff said. "Ok...they're strong."
"Very strong." Bridgette hefted her swords as three Dragon Knights charged.
Parrying with her right blade, she tried to bisect her attacker with the left, but it back flipped out of range. Aelita ducked under a jab from one wielding a pair of katanas and then leaped into the air, spreading her wings. She fired an energy sphere down at it and struck it, sending it flying back. Geoff formed his axe and rolled under the third Knight's attack and then parried a downwards strike. He brought one knee up and right into the groin area of the Knight...which did not react.
"Uh...I forgot nothing at the equator in this world." Geoff said before he cut the Dragon Knight's arm off while it stumbled back from the force of the attack. Looking at the arm's stump, the Knight looked at him. Suddenly a series of black tentacles began to grow from the stump and red lines of data appeared as the black smoke grew into a brand new hand.
"Hey! That's not fair!" Geoff shouted before knocking aside another attack before slamming his axe into the Dragon Knight's side. It was sent flying onto its side as its flesh regenerated, but the damage was done; it only had eighty life points left now.
Bridgette spun away from her attacker and sent a wave of energy at it, sending it flying back. It landed on its feet and stood up, brushing dust off of itself.
"These guys are durable." Bridgette said.
Aelita flew down and angled her shoulder and slammed into her opponent as she formed an energy sphere and jammed it down through the Knight's flesh and armour. Hissing, it leaped back, but pink energy began to eat away at it from inside. It looked down, and then up at Aelita before it exploded.
Geoff cut down his opponent moments later, and Bridgette bisected her target down the middle with a single swing from one sword.
"How are we doing?!" Geoff asked.
"I'd say three down...thirty to go." Bridgette replied.
"Aw man." The trio began to back up as thirty some knights began to advance on them.
"Okay, here goes!" Geoff yelled as he ran forward.
He swung his axe unleashing a wave of lightning but the Knights scattered, some even sprouted bat like wings avoiding the attack. They flew down towards Geoff. He blocked the first strike but he was punched in the face by a metallic gauntlet that sent him back a few feet.
"Geoff!"
Bridgette ran forward to help but a Knight blocked her. She blocked its sword and fought back, yelling as she struggled to get forward. Aelita fired more energy spheres but the Knights either dodged or blocked with their swords. Geoff parried another sword strike before one of the Knights struck him in the knee.
Then a sword sliced through his digital body.
"Geoff!"
Bridgette watched as Geoff vanished back into the real world. Yelling she sliced through her opponent and released another energy wave that destroyed Geoff's 'killer'. She quickly blocked another sword, but she was now being pushed back. Aelita fired an energy sphere that destroyed the Knight that was pushing Bridgette back.
"We're heavily outnumbered now." Bridgette stepped back.
"Tell me, about it. Cameron, where's LeShawna?" Aelita asked.
"Cameron's getting virtualized right now. LeShawna's up on the ground level. Gwen is being cornered by Sierra and Courtney while everyone else is going crazy and trying to force their way in or call the cops." DJ's voice replied.
"Oh, no!" Bridgette cried.
"Don't worry, we've got reinforcements."
One Knight was hit on the helmet where the XANA eye was causing it to explode into bits of data. Several Knights took to the sky and flew at him, but Cameron aimed his hand blasters and fired on more than a few Knights while jumping back as one swung a sword at him. The armored boy ducked under another sword and fired at point blank range into the Knight. The lasers tore through the armor and burned the monster from the inside.
He spread his arms firing at a few more knights before Bridgette jumped in and blocked a Knight's sword that almost sliced Cameron's head off.
Cameron continued to fire his blasters while Aelita fired her energy spheres at the moving knights.
"Aelita go!" Bridgette shouted, taking down another knight.
The pink haired girl nodded and ran for the tower.
Gwen was slammed against the wall, Sierra pinning her against it as she and Courtney raised their fists.
At the same time, William and Dawn were knocked down with Yumi victoriously standing over them, a vicious smile on her face.
Aelita approached the interface and placed her hand on it.
AELITA
"You've had this coming for a long time!" Courtney growled, the Eye of XANA pulsing rapidly on her and Sierra's foreheads.
CODE:
LYOKO
The Eye vanished and all the none Lyoko Warrior TD contestants blinked.
"Uh…what is going?" Jo asked.
"Nothing you need to worry about." LeShawna answered with a smile.
Yumi's eyes widened, and she looked over her shoulder. "What?! No!"
"Alright...here we go." DJ hit the 'enter'. "Return to the past now!"
The lab, the factory and the entire city was engulfed in a bright light.
Aelita had found herself back at school, just before the attack had begun. She had been working on some schoolwork while waiting for the data William had found to be decoded when Walter Stern had arrived to look for his son.
But unlike before, Aelita was depressed.
Because this time, her friends weren't around.
Likely back to being XANA's prisoners.
It had all been a trick and she fell for it.
Now, Walter Stern was going to waltz through the door to her room, demanding answers she couldn't give.
She counted down the minutes when he would show up…
Only nothing happened.
KNOCK-KNOCK!
"Aelita?" William's voice softly called from the other side. "Are you okay?"
Aelita silently walked over to the door and slowly opened it, seeing William standing there with a concerned look on his face. "William…Was Yumi…"
William nodded. "She almost took me down, but Dawn and Sissy distracted her."
Aelita raised an eyebrow at Sissy being mentioned but was too distracted now to think about it. "Did you see Ulrich's parents?"
William shook his head. "No, actually. I was on my way over to try and help but no one has shown up."
No one has shown up?
"Are you okay?" William asked.
"…We need to talk to the others." Aelita said as her laptop beeped, making them look at it. "The data's done decoding."
"I swear, I'm never going to get used to these return trips." Geoff rubbed his head, all of them back at the camping site they agreed to meet Aelita and William at.
"Well from the sound of what Aelita told us and what we just went through, we're going to be dealing with that a lot." Gwen rubbed her head. "And that's not even taking Total Drama into account."
"Are you okay?" Bridgette asked, seeing Gwen looking exhausted.
"I'm fine…Just dealing with surviving that attack." Gwen answered.
It wasn't long before Aelita and William arrived, with William waving his hand. "Hey guys, how's it going?"
"Like to get a full night's sleep for once." LeShawna answered. "So, what happened? Where are your friends?"
"They weren't here." Aelita sat down on a stump. "They were just clones that somehow fooled the scan. XANA had no intention of releasing them."
Everyone shared a glance while giving Aelita a sympathetic look while William sat down on a log. "Funny enough, we decoded the data we found in Sector 5."
"Really? Did you learn anything?" Cameron asked.
"We did." Aelita nodded. "As it turns out, it confirms everything I was told on the day XANA took my friends. Everything we thought we knew about the day XANA died was completely wrong. The short story, my father wasn't trying to help us with the multi-agent program…at least he was in the beginning, but he stopped. In fact, he was trying to warn us not to use the program because he somehow knew XANA would survive."
That caused everyone to look at each other, slowly take in the information.
"Wait, if he knew, why did he sacrifice himself?" Cameron asked.
"That's the thing. He didn't." Aelita rubbed her eyes. "XANA or rather XANA's decoy copy was the one who supplied Jeremy with the power to launch the multi-agent program. It was all set up to make it look like we were destroying XANA when in fact that copy was working to make it to look like XANA was trying to stop us from using the program. We just…didn't stop and think."
William placed a hand on Aelita's shoulder.
"All this time, I thought my father had sacrificed himself to save us when now we know that was never the case. He was trying to stop us because he knew XANA would survive." Aelita went on, her voice despondent. "We were tricked from day one and we didn't realize it until now."
Everyone was silent for a moment before Cameron cleared his throat. "Sorry to cut in, but Aelita there's something you should know." Aelita looked at him, a sad yet calm look on her face. "I think someone else knows about the supercomputer."
That caused everyone to look at Cameron before Aelita asked the question they all had. "What? How do you know?"
"Because for some the reason the supercomputer launched a reset program of itself just as you were cornered." Cameron answered. "It froze XANA's monsters and allowed you to escape."
"That wasn't you?" Aelita blinked.
"No, it wasn't. I'm not familiar enough with the supercomputer to know how to reset it." Cameron replied.
"Who else could know about it?" Geoff asked.
"No one. My father trusted no one else outside of me about the supercomputer." Aelita answered.
"There's also something else. Gwen, Geoff, Bridgette and DJ thought I was in the lab before they were virtualized, but I only got there after they were sent to Lyoko before the headmasters and the parents showed up." Cameron continued.
"That's…" William trailed off. "Who could know?"
"I don't know." Aelita rubbed her head. "So much is happening and we're all trying to catch up."
No one had anything to say.
Except maybe Geoff. "Maybe we should go out and see the city. It's too boring being cooped up in here. Let's see if we can take a break."
"Yeah, after what we have been through, we deserve to have some fun." DJ agreed.
Gwen though it over and shrugged.
"Why not? Anywhere but here."
Dawn walked over a placed a hand on Aelita's shoulder. "We'll figure it out…but I believe we should take a break for the moment to take all of this in."
Aelita blinked as she looked at Dawn's eyes…and suddenly felt calm for some reason. "All right."
William nodded as they all stood up and walked off, trying to shake off what they had learned and the wariness they felt from the revelations they experienced.
"You all got the same call we did?" Walter Stern asked, seeing the parents of the missing children gathered in front of an abandoned house.
Jeremy's father, Micheal Belpois.
Takeho Ishiyama and Akiko Ishiyama.
Marguerite and Robert.
And then there was Walter and Carol Stern.
All of them gathered here in front of an abandoned house.
"Whoever called said they had information about our children." Akiko said anxiously. "I don't like being out here. We should have gone to the school."
"We'll be going there next to talk to that Stones girl." Walter narrowed his eyes. "I know she's behind our children disappearing."
"You will do nothing of the sort, Walter." A voice spoke from the door to the house.
The parents all turned to see the source of the voice and when Walter saw who it was, he went pale. "…Hopper."
(Credits)