Code Lyoko S4 E10

## Plot

We open on a totally not important or ominous at all shot of a comet in space. Jeremie sends the others a program for the Skid's scanners. They hope that it will help them find out where William's spiritual essence is being held prisoner. Yumi couldn't make it. She's helping run the outdoor science lab with 5th graders, including her little brother Hiroki, his friend Johnny, and Ms. Hertz. Johnny still has a crush on Yumi, and Ms. Hertz allows him to be on Yumi's team. They're going to build a giant mock-up of the solar system to celebrate the passage of the comet near Earth, and to plan and better understand its path and orbit. The comet is called VG 724. Jeremie is watching a news report on it. The mass and velocity of the comet are so great that striking the Earth would trigger an explosion equivalent to a thousand times the strength of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. It would be followed by earthquakes and tsunamis that would destroy the world's major cities. Atmospheric debris would block out the sun for two centuries. In short, the end of humanity, which makes it a perfect target for XANA. There's no threat of the comet hitting them now though, since it should pass by no more than 2 million kilometers away from the planet. In addition, the government operates a secret military satellite armed with laser cannons powerful enough to alter the course of any interstellar threat like this. Aelita informs Jeremie that the scanner has picked up a faint trace of digital DNA in the area. It could be William… or even her father. Yumi, Hiroki, and Johnny have to make Earth and its moon. XANA activates a tower in the Desert Sector. He takes over the military satellite to break the comet apart and send it to Earth. Jeremie tells the others about the activated tower, and they head back to Lyoko. Yumi yells at Hiroki and Johnny to start over when they don't make an accurate Earth or moon. She learns about the activated tower, and is grateful to get out of the exercise. Jeremie learns about the comet heading to Earth. However, now the news claims that it won't hit the Earth, and that military satellites don't exist. Jeremie knows that something's up, and searches for information online. He tells the others that XANA took control of the satellite to hit the comet, which will create a meteor shower that will crash down on Earth. Most of the meteorites will burn up completely in the atmosphere. However, another chunk behind it will crash directly into the factory. Aelita tells Jeremie to leave the computer lab, but he refuses. If the lab is destroyed, they'll be stuck in the digital sea at XANA's mercy. Deactivating the tower won't stop the meteorite from falling. Jeremie will stay to launch an RTTP before they're hit by it. He tells Yumi about it. The meteorite will also destroy the nearby area, including Kadic. Yumi hangs up on him to get Hiroki to safety first. The digital sea turns red, and the Skid is trapped in a firewall. Aelita can't get them out of it. Yumi orders Hiroki and Johnny to go home and wait for her there. She tells Ms. Hertz and Jim that they have to evacuate the academy. She claims that she heard about the comet from a friend who works at the national observatory. They see the meteor shower in the sky, and agree to evacuate. Aelita and Jeremie have to crack the firewall's basic energy algorithm to slip through a breach in security. Jeremie figured out that XANA chose the perfect moment to enact his plan. By destroying the factory, he'll also destroy the supercomputer, and their only way back into the real world. So he waited until most of them went into the digital sea on an exploratory mission. He trapped them here so he could get Aelita. Delmas and Jim highly doubt Yumi and Ms. Hertz, and think it could've been fireworks. In the middle of the day? Really? Also, men doubt women, number I have lost count at this point. Luckily, Jean Pierre agrees to evacuate the school as a precaution, but he doesn't want any panic. Aelita finally finds a weakness and busts through the firewall. However, because of the delay, they'll never get there in time. Jeremie decides to try and gain control of the military satellite and redirect the meteorite's course. He needs a transmission relay to link up to the satellite, and calls Yumi again. She has to go to his room and get his laptop. Johnny and Hiroki see her run off and decide to follow her. Another meteor shower arrives, and Jim tells everyone to take cover. The kids start to realize that it was a meteor and freak out. Jeremie tells Yumi to head to the roof of the science building, and hook his laptop up to the antenna. The others enter the hub and finally reach the Desert Sector of Lyoko. Aelita pilots the Skid to the activated tower. Yumi sees that the door to the roof is locked, and she can't force it open. She sees that Hiroki and Johnny followed her there. The others head to the tower, but William shows up with a bunch of monsters. Hiroki and Johnny offer to open the door for Yumi, but only if she tells them what she's doing first. She tells them the truth, but they don't believe her. A meteor crashing nearby changes their minds. The others are pinned down by Tarantulas. Yumi, Hiroki, and Johnny get to the roof. Jeremie tells Yumi to cut the antenna cable as cleanly as she can. She has to insert it into the blue plug on his laptop, and push as hard as she can. They don't have enough time to strip the wire, but it should work. Johnny gives Yumi his multipurpose tool. You know, the one that has the Swiss Army knife. Aelita destroys a Tarantula, and Ulrich destroys the Kankrelat. Jeremie and XANA fight for control over the satellite. The others are cornered at the edge of the plateau. Odd and Ulrich step in front of Aelita to protect her. If she's devirtualized, then they'll never be able to shut down the tower. She notices that the Tarantulas haven't even fired at her once. Yumi tells Hiroki and Johnny to leave. She can't, because she has to hold onto the cable. Jeremie can't gain control of the satellite. XANA is a flawless program, and he's only human. They've failed. Aelita has an idea, and steps in between the others and the monsters, who stop firing. She tells Odd to devirtualize her. She's forcing XANA to make a choice. William jumps into the Digital Sea. Aelita joins Jeremie in the computer lab. She says that to win, sometimes you have to know when to lose. XANA uses the military satellite to destroy the giant meteor. He gave up on his plan. The tower returns to normal, and the monsters disappear. XANA wanted to capture Aelita more than he wanted to destroy the supercomputer. With her in the factory though, she would've been killed by the meteor. She forced him into an ultimatum. Yumi sincerely thanks Hiroki and Johnny for their help, even if the plan didn't work. Unfortunately, more character development is lost, because Jeremie launches another RTTP. Once again, I question whether or not it was necessary. Sure, Yumi told Hiroki and Johnny the truth, but they didn't believe her. Later on, she tells the others that they got the highest grade. She agreed to keep Johnny's moon as a present, even if he doesn't remember anything. Her brother isn't that bad after all. He can be pretty handy when he wants to be.