SCENE 8: IT'S JUST LIKE A SKATEBOARD

EXT./LYOKO - DESERT SECTOR

Yumi throws her fan at a Hornet and destroys it. Aelita hides behind a wall of rock while Yumi fights.

Aelita
I have to give it to him, Xana really has us boxed in this time, doesn't he?

Jeremie (offscreen)
Boxed.. Box! Box! That's it!

Yumi
Has he finally gone insane?

INT./FACTORY - SUPERCOMPUTER CONTROL ROOM

Jeremie furiously types and brings up a blank ID card.

Jeremie
I might just have something that can save us here!

Jeremie hits the enter key.

EXT./LYOKO - DESERT SECTOR

Yumi catches her fan and runs behind Aelita's rock wall. They both watch as the featureless white cube manifests from wireframe behind them. Aelita laughs and Yumi stares at it.

Yumi
What is that? You clearly know what it is.

Aelita
Something Jeremie and I have been working on in our spare time.

Yumi
But what is it?

Jeremie (offscreen)
Something to facilitate faster transportation on Lyoko. But the important part right now is that it can fly. Use the cube to get underneath the platform to reach the tower.

Yumi
It's a CUBE! There's no way that I can fly it!

Jeremie (offscreen)
I've been working on modifications to make it more user-friendly. Let me see what I can do.

The cube flattens out and gets longer until it resembles a skateboard. Yumi climbs on top of the board and screams as it immediately flies off towards the edge of the platform. The Hornets give chase while Aelita watches from behind the rock wall.

Yumi
How are you supposed to control this thing!

Aelita
You lean in a direction and it goes there.

Yumi flies past the edge of the platform over the Digital Sea. She leans back to stop it but instead flies backwards and crashes into a Hornet, devirtualizing it, her and the board on impact.

INT./FACTORY - SCANNER ROOM

Yumi falls out of a scanner and bangs her fist on the ground.

INT./FACTORY - SUPERCOMPUTER CONTROL ROOM

Yumi climbs up the ladder into the control room and walks over to the command chair. Jeremie turns and looks at her.

Jeremie
It's like a skateboard. You ride a skateboard to the factory at least once a week. How are you that bad at this?

Yumi
I'm not going to dignify that with a response.

Jeremie
Whatever. Aelita, how are you holding up?

EXT./LYOKO - DESERT SECTOR

Aelita continues to hide behind her wall as the three remaining Hornets fire at her.

Jeremie (offscreen)
Aelita?

Aelita
I'm still here, but there's not much that I can do.

Jeremie (offscreen)
I can at least send you the board again.

The board manifests from wireframe next to Aelita. She tries to move towards it and nearly gets hit by a laser.

Aelita
I can't do anything unless someone can take this pressure off of me.

INT./FACTORY - SUPERCOMPUTER CONTROL ROOM

Jeremie bangs his head against the keyboard.

Jeremie
How? Yumi can't be revirtualized, Odd and Ulrich are beating each other to death on the track field, and I can't virtualize myself because I have to be at the keyboard to perform the procedure. What options do I have?

The elevator door opens and a shirtless Odd stares out into the control room. Jeremie and Yumi stare at him without saying a word.

Odd
What? What are you looking at?

Jeremie
I don't even want to know. Just get to the scanners.

Odd
...okay.

The elevator door closes as Jeremie goes back to his keyboard and selects Odd's character card.

Jeremie
Transfer, Odd. Scanner, Odd. Virtualization.

EXT./LYOKO - DESERT SECTOR

Odd manifests from wireframe next to Aelita's rock wall. He looks at the board with confusion.

Odd
What's with the new furniture, princess?

Aelita
It's something Jeremie and I have been working on. It's like a skateboard.

Odd
Cool, let me try!

Odd hops onto the board and flies off toward the Hornets. He aims his wrist.

Odd
Laser arrow!

Odd pegs a couple of Hornets and wheels around to aim again.

Odd
This is amazing! Why didn't you tell me about this!?

Jeremie (offscreen)
It was supposed to be a surprise. But the past is the past.

Odd
Where's the tower?

Jeremie (offscreen)
That's why we need that; Xana has flipped the entire Desert Sector upside down. The tower is on the underside of the platform and you need to use the board to get to it.

Odd
Gotcha.

Odd dispatches the last two hornets and pulls up on the board next to Aelita.

Odd
Hop on. Your tower awaits.

Aelita gets on the board and grabs Odd's waist. They fly over and under the edge of the platform. The tower sticks out from the crater like a stalactite.

INT./FACTORY - SUPERCOMPUTER CONTROL ROOM

Ulrich steps out of the elevator and approaches the command chair. It is clear that he is not here to help. Yumi assumes a Pencak Silat stance to hold him off.

Jeremie
Hurry! Ulrich just got here and I don't think he's happy to see us.

INT./LYOKO - TOWER

Aelita steps off of the board onto the lower platform of the tower. She ascends to the upper level and summons the control panel. A dialogue box appears and she enters "CODE: LYOKO".

Aelita
Tower deactivated.

INT./FACTORY - SUPERCOMPUTER CONTROL ROOM

Ulrich collapses to the ground as his tracksuit becomes an inanimate object once again. Jeremie types furiously into his keyboard.

Jeremie
Return to the past now.

Jeremie hits the enter key and a bubble of blinding white light expands out from his monitor to consume the control room, then the rest of the Factory, then the track field where the crowd of freed students has started to stagger away.

FADE TO WHITE

SCENE 9: GET OUT OF MY OFFICE!

INT./KADIC ACADEMY - PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, DAY

Mr. Delmas sits at his desk alone with Mr. Wenger again. Mr. Wenger is giving his presentation like before, but this time his secretary walks in and hands him a sheet of paper. Mr. Delmas reads the sheet and becomes furious.

Allen Wenger
As you can see, schools that use-

Mr. Delmas
My word, this says that these uniforms are stolen!

Allen Wenger
Excuse me?

Mr. Delmas
You heard me, you're a fraud! Get out of my office and off my campus before I call the police!

INT./HALLWAY, CONT.

Mr. Wenger walks out of Mr. Delmas' office carrying his easel and his boxes in shame and frustration. He walks past a grinning Jeremie who gets up and holds the front door open for him. He walks out after Mr. Wenger.

EXT./KADIC ACADEMY - COURTYARD, DAY

Jeremie walks out of the building to meet up with Odd, Ulrich and Yumi at the vending machine.

Ulrich
How'd you manage that?

Jeremie
Let's say that I have some special skills. Anyway, now that the cat's out of the bag about the vehicle project, any suggestions?

Yumi
That board is impossible to control!

Odd
Hey, I liked it. But you'd need to make it match my style.

Ulrich
What style; two shades of purple with cat ears?

Everyone except Yumi laughs as the camera pulls out to show the group laughing and Mr. Wenger walking towards the parking lot.

ROLL CREDITS