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After spending the free part of his Saturday doing coding for the Skid, Jeremy fell asleep at his computer again. The next day, the others were in Odd and Ulrich's bedroom talking about what they should do for the day after their classes.
"I say we should get ice cream." Odd suggested, licking his lips at the thought of a double fudge sundae.
"I say we should get him some computer magazines." Aelita recommended.
"I know. We should let Einstein have Kiwi for the day. But I think it would be more torture than fun, for him and Odd both. An even worse torture would be telling Jeremy that he couldn't go to the factory all day." Ulrich joked.
"My question is, how are we going to wake him up later? And if he wakes up, early what do we do then?"
"I think the boys should go check around and set everything up at the factory. In the meantime, you and I will stay here to keep an eye on Jeremy. We'll call if anything goes wrong." Yumi replied.
Once the game plan was explained, Ulrich and Odd ran like Xana was at their heels. It would take a lot of preparations, which were already underway.
"Hand me the streamers will you Odd?" Ulrich asked.
After he grabbed the streamers from Odd, Ulrich headed for the massive helium tank. Unfortunately for him, Odd was faster. He grabbed the nozzle, inhaled, and began singing happy birthday Alvin and the chipmunks style.
"Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Dear Jeremy, Happy Birthday to you!"
"I think it'll be an unhappy birthday for Jeremy if you sing like that." Ulrich teased.
On Yumi and Aelita's end, things were going so well the girls were planning on falling asleep themselves. That is, until the superscan went off. Upon hearing the alarm, they took off while Yumi called Ulrich on the way.
"Ulrich quit your decorating and hide the decorations. There's an activated tower. We heard the superscan go off. Jeremy will probably call you with the details soon."
"What was that all about?" Odd asked.
"We have to hide the decorations. There's an activated tower on Lyoko," Ulrich answered, carrying the paper lanterns out of sight. "Odd get the helium tank and whatever you do don't breathe in any of the gas. The effects of the gas will last even when Jeremy gets here then he will really know we were up to something."
"Roger that good buddy."
A few minutes passed and the boys hid every single box. There was one problem, however. They forgot to take down the decorations they already put up. Before they could even think about taking down the other decorations, Jeremy burst through the elevator.
"Uh, Happy Birthday Einstein?" the boys said in unison.
"Thanks, guys. But right now there's an activated tower in the Desert Sector. Yumi and Aelita are already in the scanners. I'll start the virtualization process." Jeremy said.
As soon as Ulrich and Odd reached the scanner room, Ulrich stepped into the last available scanner.
"Transfer, Yumi. Transfer, Aelita. Transfer, Ulrich. Scanner, Yumi. Scanner, Aelita. Scanner, Ulrich. Virtualization! Your turn Odd. Transfer, Odd. Scanner, Odd. Virtualization!"
After the process was done, Jeremy heard a thud followed by yelling.
"What do I look like to you Odd, the Overboard!?" Ulrich shouted.
"Sorry." Odd groaned.
"So, Jeremy, where's the activated tower?" Yumi queried.
"The tower is forty six degrees West and twenty eight degrees North. I'm materializing your vehicles now."
"Let's go. The sooner we get this done the faster we can get back and celebrate. Besides, I'm hungry and I could really go for some chocolate cake." Odd smiled.
"Odd, for once in your life can you stop thinking about food and focus?" Ulrich growled.
Yumi noticed the tower, and the trouble along with it.
"Jeremy the tower is in sight but there are 4 Krabs guarding it."
"Well, I guess that's one for each of us. Charge!" Ulrich shouted while riding the Overbike towards the tower.
He raced over to the Krab, jumped, landed on its back and stabbed the monster so Aelita could deactivate the tower. Another one appeared from behind the tower, quickly gaining ground to catch her.
"I'll get it!" Odd shouted as he ran to help Aelita.
"Hey that's cheating, and you know it Odd! You're only doing this to increase your monster count!" Ulrich hollered.
Odd shot a few laser arrows and the beast was good as done for. Ulrich went to help Yumi but realized all the monsters were defeated.
"Well there goes my good mood." Ulrich pouted.
Then the others heard a scream.
"Help me!"
It was Aelita.
Everyone turned around to witness the Scyphozoa lift Aelita into the air with its tentacles. They instantly took off. Odd used his laser arrows to stun it while Yumi and Ulrich sliced the monster's tentacles. After the assault, it fled and Aelita fell. The others rushed over to check on her.
"You okay princess?" Odd asked.
"I'm fine." Aelita replied.
With the tower finally deactivated, Jeremy launched a return trip. They were all in Jeremy's room this time. The others snook up on Jeremy who was asleep at his computer again.
"Happy Birthday Einstein!" everyone cheered.
Jeremy shot up and turned around to see his friends smiling at him. He noticed Odd was holding something wrapped up. He handed it to Jeremy who unwrapped the box, revealing a group photo.
"Thanks guys."