Yay, my first episode with me in it! It took a lot longer than I thought, cause I'm taking the episode watching it and taking quotes so you can only watch a few seconds at a time...
Diary of Jeremie Belpois, Kadic Academy, 8th grade student, October 9...
While Jeremie went on and on with his diary or whatever, I went into the elevator to go turn on the Supercomputer. Ever since I came to Kadic I stuck myself with Jeremie, sure it got me a lot of teasing from Sissi, and I would probably be labeled as a nerd forever, but it was WAAAAY worth it. Why, well, when Jer had his little robot project, I wanted to help, because I'm his friend (I can't believe it!) and robots are cool, so when he needed parts for his robots, and went to a certain abandon factory, I went with him.
And here I was, in front of the towering black and gold Supercomputer, it was a lot taller than real life! With the switch in front of me I thought of all the adventures that lay ahead, Carthage, Replikas, I could just not start it, leave the computer off, but no, I refused to alter CL history. I took the lever and switched it on. It suddenly lit up all gold and a burst of wind blasted my long brown hair straight back.
"Hello there Xana, I look forward to doing battle with you."
I went back up to the lab and walked over to Jer.
"Now, let's see what you've got under the hood my friend."
He typed some stuff on the computer and Aelita's window popped up, she looked really confused.
"What is this, a video game?" Jeremie asked
"I dunno Jer." Of course I knew exactly what it was, but I couldn't tell him that.
"Who are you, where am I" the pink haired elf asked us.
Jeremie's jaw dropped, he was absolutely stunned.
"Well, you appear to be some sort of AI. I'll look into it."
"Not now Jer, we have to get to sleep. See ya tomorrow."
The next day, we were in science class, I sat next to Jeremie like always. Ulrich was sitting right behind us.
"Hi, are you Ulrich Stern?
As soon as I heard his voice I turned around and almost lost it, no matter how many times I'd seen it Odd's hairdo in XANA Awakens it always made me crack up. I had to bite my tongue to keep from laughing!
"That depends, who wants to know?"
"His brand new roommate, Odd Della Robbia! I'm new and the principal told me to room with you, but don't worry, I'm totally cool! Relax, you won't even know I'm here."
"I better not, listen, we don't exactly go way back so for now let's take things nice and slow, okay?"
"Okay, nice and slow."
Just then Sissi walked by, god I hated her, she's an annoying, prissy, brat, nothing more. But today she didn't stop at my table to make fun of us, she went right to her "Ulrich darling" BLECH!
"Hello Ulrich, I have something very important to tell you."
"Like I broke a nail, or my pink shirt ran, or-"
"No, nothing as drastic as that, it's about you and me Ulrich. If you want to know more come to my dorm at eight. I'll be waiting"
"I didn't know there were such hot babes at Kadic" Odd said
"That's the principals daughter, all guys flip over her, but she's only flipped for me."
"That's cool."
"No, it really isn't, she's a brain dead leach."
"Oh, in that case it's pretty lame."
During lunch brake Jer and I went back to the factory to give Aelita a report on what Jeremie had figured out.
"Oh artificial intelligence, can you hear me."
"Yes, but I'd prefer if you called me something else."
"Maya!" They stared at me. "Um...I think we should call her Maya."
"I like it, Jessica, but what I really want to know is what I'm doing here?"
"Well, it's not that simple," Jeremie said. "But I do have some answers, your part of a virtual environment called Lyoko, you should get out of there, do you see any doors?"
A few second past before we got an answer.
"No, I don't see anything like- ah!"
A few more seconds of silence.
"Jeremie...this, you have to see this."
"I'd love to, think you could give me a visual."
After a little bit a window opened up revealing the Forest Sector. And the Holomap appeared, it was so cool!
"Maya, there isn't just a forest out there, there's a whole world out there."
"5 sectors!" I said
"Really, I only see 4."
"Oh...right, I must have seen something wrong."
"Uh, guys, I'm not alone, there are some animals..." Maya's voice came from the computer.
Ah, Kankrelats, it's too bad Aelita couldn't fight them...
Just then we heard Maya's high pitched scream
"Jeremie, they're attacking me!"
"Get to the Tower!"Jeremie yelled at her.
We could see her life point bar going down and then back up as she collapsed in the Tower.
"Come on, Jer, she'll be fine as long as she stays in the Tower. Let's go."
I decided to take a break and walk through the forest. I had been so busy the past few months making certain that Jeremie would take me to the factory and trying to do well at Kadic, I hadn't had time to take in the beautiful French scenery.
I took in every aspect, the autumn colored foliage, the slight breeze, the absence of the unbearable humidity back home. It was all beautiful, I was almost upset that I would have to go into action soon. Oh well.
I made my way back to the Academy when, of all luck, Jim caught me.
"Meyers! What were you doing off of school grounds?"
"Well, Jim...um, I was-"
Just then that kid Matthias showed up. "Hey Jessy, did ya hear, Belpois's in the infirmary, he got shocked real bad by the vending machines."
Before he was even done I was off in the direction of the infirmary, and so the Xana attacks begin. On my way there I saw Ulrich pass me, probably he'd just been visiting Jeremie.
"Hey Stern, is he alright?"
"Yeah, nurse says it's just some electrical shocks and burns."
I breathed a sigh of relief, he was okay, for now...Jer, was lying down on a hospital bed when I came in.
"I heard the juice joke, that was pretty bad." I said
"Yeah."
"So Yolanda, how long is Jeremie gonna be here?"
"Oh, just a few hours, if that. But Jeremie you need to stay out of classes for today."
"Alright, I'm of to Art class, call me when you get out of here, we still need to finish up those robots."
"I really hope that isn't code for something you two shouldn't be doing."
"What...me and Jeremie, that's...EW GROSS, I can't believe you would..EW!"
I left in disgust, seriously, UGH, I can't believe she would think of that. I didn't have a boyfriend, I wasn't looking for one, and I sure wasn't gonna hook up with anyone here.
"Alright, I think we may need some more materials, Jessica."
"Right, I'm off to the factory."
I took the material list from Jeremie and left for the factory, going through the extremely smelly sewers, did I mention they smelled really bad? I got some sheet metal from the machinery rooms and put them down in the lab for Odd to find and attack the cables, or was it Ulrich...Oh, who cares.
Then the only thing I could do was go to the computer lab, sit in the big, comfy chair, and wait. And wait...and wait...and wait. 45 minutes later I finally heard the elevator start to move.
"Oh, hi Jerem- Stern...what are you doing here?"
"Jessica, this is Ulrich, you know each other right? Ulrich helped me out when our robots tried to electrocute me, I think we have a problem."
"Got that right, you're prone to electrocution good buddy, a layer of rubber should fix that though!"
"I think a better question is what are you doing here, Meyers?" who had completely ignored my coment
"I was with Jeremie when he discovered this." I said, gesturing
"So this is that mega computer you started?"
"Supercomputer." I corrected
"Yes, it's ultra powerful, and I discovered it runs a virtual world called Lyoko." Jeremie said
"You know what I think, that electric shock fried your brain!"
"Maybe so Ulrich, but my brains are just fine and I say that Lyoko is real."
"Yes, but Jessica you've always been a little...off. Listen, this is probably just a control center for the car factory."
I got up and said to his face, "It's real, Stern, I saw it with my own eyes there's a forest with weird animals and-"
"You're crazy Jess, this isn't anything more than-"
"Ahem!" Jeremie interrupted as Maya's window opened. "What would you say this is, Stern, a program for spray painting doors?"
"Hello Jeremie, Jessica." Maya said
"Who's the girl with the pink hair?" Ulrich inquired.
"Maya, she lives on Lyoko so -stuck out my tongue at him-. She's an artificial intelligence. And no Jeremie did not program her!"
"I woke up as soon as Jessica started up the Supercomputer. My memory was erased though, I know nothing about myself."
But I knew everything about her, poor Aelita, her family is so screwed up.
"Maya has to hide in a sort of a Tower," Jeremie continued. "If she leaves she get's attacked by monsters, you gotta believe me!"
"Well, what if this is just a big video game?"
"Well, if it is, two things, one, it's a dang good video game, and two it's really dangerous." I said
"Yes, those robots were just programed to fetch a ball, and they almost killed me, you saw it yourself. And I saw this sort of logo just before they attacked, the same one the monsters had on Lyoko-"
"And the same one that was on the cover to the Supercomputer, a sort of target, or eye." I added.
"This just keeps getting better and better, you two should be in a creative writing class ya know that, so you're saying the thing that attacked Maya also wants to kill you too?"
"Yes, that's what I think." he said
"Well, Belpois, if this is real, if it's really that dangerous, I think we should shut this entire thing off and report it to the police."
If Jer had taken Ulrich's advice how different would the world be today?
"Okay, but first I want to materialize Maya on Earth." Jeremie said
"Oh, this is really too much, even if this is real what makes you two think you can bring a virtual person into the real world?"
"This is the first I've heard of materializing her, but if Jeremie says it's possible, then Maya will be going to school with us before you know it. He's a genius!" and she would be.
"Yeah, well I still don't believe you." Ulrich said
Jeremie thought for a minute and then got up and walked into the elevator. "I'll show you Stern."
We went into the elevator and went down a floor to the Scanner room, again, things were much more impressive in person!
"Whoa, what are they?' Ulrich asked
"Scanners, now I haven't found the program to bring Maya to Earth. But, I did find the one that allows someone to be scanned and sent to Lyoko..."
And then Jeremie went though his entire speech about what happens when someone is virtualized, but since it is confusing and I already knew what happened I completely ignored it.
"In english?"
"Get into the cabin, get transferred to the virtual world." I explained for him.
"Meyers, you speak nerd?"
"Well, sorta..."
"There's no way this stuff exists,"
"You still don't wanna believe me.." Jer said
"I'd love to, but virtualization, it's straight out of science fiction."
"Yeah, well so is hover technology but that exists." I interrupted. "Listen, there's only one way to settle this and that's trying the process out for ourselves, then we can make our own conclusions."
"I was thinking the same thing Jessica, but we'll need a guinea pig."
Ulrich got that look I got so many times, he was thinking of some thing evil to do.
"Guinea pig, no problem."
And he left.
"What do we do now Jeremie?"
"We wait."
Pause...
"Bet you 5 bucks it's Della Robbia's dog."
"Hmm...okay."
A while later we heard the elevator going down which meant Ulrich was back with our test subject, and though the guys probably couldn't hear it, I heard Odd and Sissi the floor above arguing about...whatever they were arguing about. Then Ulrich came up to the lab and informed us that the guinea pig was in the scanner.
"Okay, let's see how it goes it's not gonna be a piece of cake."
"What about pie?" I asked.
"That either."
Jer stated typing in codes and whatnot on the keyboard.
"Okay, we're ready to go...I'm starting up the procedure." he pressed the enter key. "Transfer guinea pig, Scanner guinea pig..wait, this is the weirdest dog I've ever seen."
"That's no dog, it's..."
"Odd Della Robbia!" we said together.
"Uh...I don't know how to stop the process!" Jer panicked.
"HEELLPP!" we heard from down stairs, so we raced toward there.
We got there, "Sissi?"
"Ulrich! And...Jess..."
"Hi." Why her, why?
"It's okay guys, Odd is safe and sound on Lyoko." We could hear Jer's voice over the intercom. There was a long pause, and then"Ulrich, Jessy, Della Robbia's in trouble, and it'll take me a while to devirtualize him, do you think you three could go to Lyoko and help him?"
"YES!" again I was stared at, "Um...I would be happy to"
"Me too." said Ulrich
"Where, where does he wanna send us..?" asked Sissi who, to my delight, was really freaked out.
"Oh, just a virtual world where monsters try to massacre you, hey you wanted to go out with Ulrich, right, well now you can." I said, successfully creeping her out even more.
"Oh, no, no, I like real worlds, not the other kind."
"Your loss, my gain." I said stepping into the nearest scanner. I couldn't wait to see what I looked like, my weapon, my power, Eeeee, it was almost to much to bear!
"See ya, chicken, Jeremie, we're ready, start up the procedure!" Ulrich said and a few seconds later the doors closed. This was SOOOO exiting.
"Transfer Ulrich, Transfer Jessica..."
A slight wind went though the cabin.
"Scanner Ulrich, Scanner Jessica...'
The ring of light appeared and scanned me. I got a huge grin on my face and closed my eyes, dreams do come true!
"Virtualization!"
There was a huge burst of wind and I blacked out.
A few seconds later I landed perfectly (I'd been practicing) in the forest sector in front of Ulrich.
I looked down at myself, I had a blue shirt, a black and gold sash...a skirt, awww...oh well, I'm sure I wouldn't notice with all the monster butt kicking I'd be doing. Oh, speaking of that-
"Aw, cool, this sword rocks! What kind of weapon do you have, Jessica?"
"Oh, just this." I said, pulling out a silver rifle that was slung across my back. "by the way, nice samurai outfit, it suits you."
"Thanks, your, uh...outfit suits you too."
Just then Odd caught up,
"Hey, he's a samurai and she's a cheerlead-"
"Shut up Della Robbia, I am NOT a cheerleader!"
"Okay, but they're way cooler than mine, why is my outfit so lame."
"I have no idea, maybe the scanners tap into your subconscious desires and project them onto your virtual avatar."
"I don't dream about giant purple cats! What's more, I'd rather have a weapon like Ulrich, or..."
"Jessica."
"Right, all I have are these big, useless paws-"
But just then he accidentally shot a Laser Arrow at Ulrich who thankfully dodged in time.
"Hey, watch it!" he said
"Hmm...I guess these arrows are pretty cool, I take back what I said."
"Okay, now you need to get to Maya's Tower, I'll send you the coordinates..."and his voice went out.
We started walking, hoping this was the right direction.
"Who's this Maya?" asked Odd
"A virtual girl that lives on Lyoko."
"You mean there are babes here too?" typical Odd
"Since when am I not considered a girl?" I said, a little annoyed
"Yeah, but you aren't virtual, I want to meet this Maya."
"I wouldn't get your hopes up, sounds like Belpois is flipped for her." Ulrich said
"For a virtual chick, I mean I was kidding, is he nuts?"
"Sorta." I answered. "Hey Jer, are you gonna give us those coordinates?" I said to the sky, I knew Jeremie wasn't there but I had to look somewhere and it was better than looking at a tree or rock.
"Yeah Jeremie, are you asleep or what?" Ulrich asked
We waited.
"Hey, I see a tower, it could be that one." Odd said, pointing to the Forest Sector's Way Tower.
We quickly ran over to it with enhanced speed but then stopped dead, they couldn't find a way in, but I'd let them figure it out on their own.
"Is there a door?"Odd leaned on the wall and melted into it. Ulrich followed. I waited a few seconds, went to the front of the Tower, and walked in as well, I heard the guys distant screaming.
"Idiots."
Then I went to the edge of the platform, spread my arms, and made myself fall down...and then, up? It was so weird, there was...a shift in gravity or something. But the moving binary looked really cool! A moment later I landed on the platform in another sector and exited the Tower.
"Where are we?" asked Odd
"Well, looks like an ice barrier." I said, startling them both.
"How'd we get here then, huh, can you answer that?"
"Yes, I think these Towers have some sort of transportation system and that particular Tower brought us from the Forest, to the Arctic."
"You're beginning to sound like Jeremie." Ulrich pointed out.
I shrugged. "I guess I'm just good at figuring things out... Hey, looky there, weird that that Tower isn't the same colors as the others."
"I don't suppose you know why that is?" Ulrich asked
"Well obviously it's different than the others, but I don't know everything, Ulrich."
"Those creatures, " Odd said, pointing to some Bloks, "they're petty weird too."
They started shooting at us.
"Might be good to beat it." Suggested Ulrich
"Agreed!" Odd and I replied with enthusiasm as we ran away. I would have liked to fight them but frankly I didn't know how. Soon they surrounded us, three on three, seemed fair, but we were all rookies. Ulrich blocked some lasers, and was overall good at dodging. Odd magically knew how to use his shield and I absorbed blows with the rifle. Then Ulrich jumped on top of the Blok and started slicing at the top which did nothing whatsoever. The Bloks continued to shoot and Ulrich mostly blocked them all.
"So how do you kill these things?" Ulrich asked.
"I see some targets, maybe we should go for them."
I tried to shoot at the eye but I was a terrible shot, fighting like this went on for a while, we got shot a few times...
"Hey, anyone know how many life points we have?" Odd asked
But too late, he was devirtualized. That's when I noticed the bayonet attached to my rifle, well that made things easier. I ran my way up to the nearest Blok and stabbed it right in the eye, and it exploded, I like explosions. Ulrich got the idea, he stabbed a Blok to and it went BOOM! But while we were celebrating the remaining Blok devirtualized us both and I collapsed in the Scanner room. It took a lot out of me!
"At least we're alive." I mumbled
"Alive, are you sure?" Odd said, he was worse off than us.
From upstairs we heard screams for help an electrical sounds, we quickly climbed up the ladder to find Jeremie being held up by wires with one trying to electrocute him, and Sissi the chicken crying in the elevator crying "Ulrich! Ulrich!"
"Hang in there Jeremie!" I called out
We took sheet metal that I set up and hit the cables with them, bad idea it conducted electricity and hurt me all over, it was like that shock you get when you touch metal on a cold day except all over your body and like 1000 times worse. I collapsed and blacked out briefly. Ulrich did the same thing but as the cable came to finish him off Odd hit it with the sheet again.
"It works the second time, I told you that by the end of the day you wouldn't be able to do without me!"
He broke off the cable which sent Xana running, well, he was pretty weak at this point. The cables released Jeremie and after we'd all caught our breath, we gathered around the computer screen.
"Maya, you there?" Jeremie asked.
Her window popped up. "Yes, is everything alright?"
"We're a little shaken up but It could have been worse."
We walked quietly back to Kadic.
"Hey, Ulrich," I asked
"Yeah?"
"That guinea pig, it was Odd's dog, right?
"Uh yeah, why?"
I turned to Jeremie
"Pay up."
Hope ya love it! Anyone have any suggestions to what kind of Warrior I am, or anything else for that matter. I wanna know what you think.