Real Friends

                                    

                                          
"Of course I'm not mad. What's more, is that I looked at your bio-files during your rematerialization. No anomalies what so ever. And I checked Sissi as well. Nothing wrong either," Jeremie smiled.
                          
"Oh, that's a relief. He really had me, that poser," Yumi grumbled on Jeremie's bed.
                          
"Well, the real Franz Hopper is still on Lyoko."
                          
"But how did you and Sissi figure it out?" Ulrich asked.
                          
"Well, Sissi knew the entire time. The headache was to throw off XANA's scent. She had the 'XANA feeling' the whole time every time she was around the fake Franz Hopper. Once she looked on my computer and found an activated tower, she knew it had to be Franz Hopper, but she wasn't sure until XANA messed up."
                          
"Wow, Sissi really saved us this time," Odd said. "Where is she by the way?" Just then, there was a knock on the door. In walked Sissi with the most plastic smile ever.
                          
"Hello, Jeremie," She said 'sweetly', "Guess who's here?" Behind her was-
                          
"Dad?" Jeremie exclaimed.
                          
"Are you ready son?" He asked. "This kind young lady told me where to find you."
                          
"Uh! Wait, things have... changed. I'll tell you outside." Jeremie pushed him out for a moment. After a brief talk, Jeremie's father spoke up,
                          
"Are you sure?"
                          
"Yes. I'm sorry you had to come all the way here for nothing," Jeremie said.
                          
"It's alright. And don't forget to give us a call from time to time," His dad smiled.
                          
Jeremie smiled back, "I promise." His father left and Jeremie went back inside.
                          
"What was all that about? Where were you going?" Odd asked.
                          
"Nowhere," Jeremie and Sissi said. The Dragon Queen winked at Einstein, and she stretched her arms and yawned.
                          
"Well, I have to get some beauty sleep. I'll see you guys later," Sissi waved them goodbye and walked to her room. She ended up working late into the night, fine-tuning the arm brace and another device. She carefully moved things in place on her desk. Just then, a knock came at the door. "Odd?"
                          
"No, it's Jeremie."
                          
"Oh, come in." The genius blonde walked in, immediately scanning the room. The bland walls had some metal sprockets and loose pieces used as pictures. A gray metal cabinet sat locked in the corner next to the door. Next to it was her shelf of miscellaneous books, gears, and tools. "What did you want to talk about, Jeremie?" She asked, never lifting her eyes from her work.
                          
"I wanted to say... thank you... for not telling the others about why my dad came," Jeremie sighed.
                          
"It's alright. But when did you call him?"
                          
"Last night. I was-"
                          
"It's alright."
                          
"And thank you... for helping me and standing by me. How did you know it was him though, besides your feelings?" Jeremie asked.
                          
Lifting the goggles off her face, Sissi spun her chair around and warmly smiled at him. "Simple, I knew the scanners weren't an issue. If they were, we would've known much earlier. The fake Hopper also said that he was a prisoner of XANA. It wouldn't make sense for him to be a prisoner on Earth; XANA needs to access the towers to do anything. Most importantly, he blamed you. I know for a fact that wherever the real Franz Hopper is, he would've been proud of your work to keep XANA in check and the world safe. He wouldn't have tried to break up the group, and trust me, I know how to break up a group."