Chapter 3- What Are We Doing Here? (09.06.07)
The Skid rose out of the Digital Sea. Above them loomed a Forest Sector, with the trees suspended in mid-air.
“Hmm…” Jeremie checked the holomap, and then his screen. “This is a true Replika of Lyoko. It has every sector like Lyoko does. It’s really weird.”“Well, all you have to do, Einstein, is Translate us,” Ulrich said, “so we can shut down the supercomputer hosting the Replika.”
“The problem is, Ulrich,” Jeremie replied, “that the activated tower that allowed me to locate the Replika just deactivated itself. It’s really suspicious. I’ll Translate you, but please hurry. I have a strong feeling that it’s a trap.”
“No sweat, Einstein,” Odd said.
“Okay,” Jeremie said, refocusing on the situation. “Aelita, anchor the Skid to a tower. There’s one at five o’clock. Then I’ll translate you and Ulrich.”
“Okay.” Aelita steered the Skid toward the tower. As soon as they were close enough, Aelita activated the Digital Key. Purple sparks attached the Skid to the tower. “Skid anchored.”
“Activating tower…” Jeremie pushed the enter key. “Now.” The tower glowed green. And…Translation.” Aelita and Ulrich disappeared from inside the Skid.
“Okay, Odd and Yumi,” Jeremie said, “I’ll teleport you out.” Odd and Yumi reappeared in front of the tower.
A window popped up on Jeremie’s screen, locating Ulrich and Aelita on the Earth. It finally brought back the results. Jeremie adjusted his glasses. “Uh oh.”
“Something wrong, Jeremie?” asked Yumi.
“Yeah,” Jeremie said, double-checking the results. “I think there’s a bug in the Translation program. Ulrich and Aelita were supposed to be Translated to the host supercomputer, but instead they-”
A noise broke Jeremie off. The door blocking the elevator unlocked and opened. Jeremie gasped.
A confused-looking, Translated Ulrich and Aelita stood in the elevator. Aelita froze in shock. Ulrich turned to Aelita and said, “See? I thought this place looked too familiar.”