Code Lyoko S4 E17

## Plot

Aelita has another nightmare, but this time it's about her mother. It's possible that she was taken away in a van by the men in black. Aelita tried to run after her, but couldn't keep up, and a wolf found her. The imagery is so creepy. She tells the others that she's still having nightmares. They come back every now and then, but she says she's used to them. She's staying at Kadic while the others celebrate the holidays. Jeremie is worried about her, and the guys think about staying. Ulrich's dad gets extra stressed during this time of year, which makes his mom hysterical. Odd's older sisters always pick on him, like locking him in the bathroom all night, which is just cruel. Aelita insists that they go though, since they should spend the holidays with their families. It's not the same for her. Ulrich's parents pick him up, and Jeremie's dad arrives to pick him up. Aelita is taking care of Kiwi for Odd, who heads to the airport. Jeremie's dad can tell that she likes him. Yumi has to leave to help her mom clean, and offers to let Aelita stay with her family, but she thinks she'd just be in the way, and wants some time alone. While in her room, she gets a message… from her father. He's expecting her on Lyoko. Before she can ask him anything, the computer freezes up, and she heads to the factory. Yumi is about to call her, but her mom makes her clean first. In the factory, Hopper gives Aelita some coordinates, and says the same thing to her that he said when they were first virtualized… except she's shown wearing the wrong clothes, and it's not *exactly* the same thing. She virtualizes herself onto the Ice Sector, where she enters a simulation bubble. It's a recreation of their old family chalet in the mountains. She reunites with her father. Yumi tries calling her, but she doesn't answer. She calls Jeremie and tells him. He tells his dad that he forgot his laptop, but his dad knows that he's worried about Aelita. He tells Ulrich, who gets out of his dad's car while they're stuck in traffic. He tells Odd, who leaves the airport. Yumi checks Aelita's room, and sees the message from her father. Aelita tells him that they're hunting XANA down in the network with their virtual ship, the Skidbladnir. Hopper says it's an unusual name. Aelita reminds him that he knows that name. It's in the book of Viking legends he used to read to her. In fact, I think she was reading that book in her room before she got his message. He says he remembers it, but Aelita seems suspicious. She asks him why he came to Lyoko. It's dangerous, and XANA could attack at any time. However, her father says that he won't as long as he's here. Aelita says that everything is just like she remembers, but it's missing one thing: Her mother. She wants to see her more than anything, and Hopper knows that. Since he's a perfectionist, he would've recreated her here in the simulation bubble… unless he wasn't really Aelita's father. It's a trap by XANA. Aelita tries to leave, but she's caught by William. Jeremie virtualizes Yumi, Ulrich, and Odd. Also, he references Ghost Channel. They fight Tarantulas, and Aelita uses her Creativity to destroy the bubble. She still has to deal with William and a Blok though. Yumi is devirtualized by another Blok. William calls a Manta to attack Odd and Ulrich. Aelita tries using her wings to get away, but a Blok shoots her. So I guess once she loses her wings once, she can't use them again? That's the only way I can make sense of what happens next. William throws her into the Digital Sea, and she falls in. A bright ball of light comes out of the sea, and floats to another plateau. William proclaims that they're victorious, and has the Bloks shoot it. Jeremie tells Odd and Ulrich to protect it, because it's Franz Hopper. He drops off Aelita, who recognizes him. He's losing energy. William devirtualizes Ulrich and Odd. Aelita's leg is frozen by a Blok's freeze ray. William uses his Super Smoke ability to fly to the other plateau. Before he can finish Hopper off, Aelita shoots him with an energy field, giving her father enough time to escape back into the Digital Sea. William is angry, and devirtualizes Aelita. When Lyoko was destroyed, Hopper managed to escape. That's why XANA keeps trying to throw Aelita into the Digital Sea. It's the only way to get Hopper to come out of hiding, in order to kill him for good. As long as he's still alive, he'll always be a threat to XANA. They decide to exchange presents early. Ulrich tells Odd that in Japan, you never open a present in front of the person who gave it to you, which is what Yumi told him a few episodes ago. Jeremie tells Aelita that she's coming home with him for the holidays. She doesn't want to be a bother, but he says it's no bother at all. His parents insisted. She'll sleep in his room, and he'll sleep on a couch in the living room. She thinks about her father. When he saved her, even in his virtual form, she could feel his presence, like he was holding her in his arms. Aw!