THE FACTORY

Jeremie takes a seat in the supercomputer chair and turns around to the gang behind him.

"Okay, guys. What's going on?"

Aelita could barely contain her excitement. "Well, we have a little surprise for you."

"What for?", Jeremie asked.

"No occassion.", Odd said. "Just a little thank-you gift."

"If it weren't for you, we never would've gotten this far." said Ulrich.

"So, after doing some research on the Lyoko network, with Aelita's help", Yumi began, "we discovered that there is another area with scanners, a supercomputer and, well, pretty much everything else here."

"You're kiddin', right?", Jeremie asked.

"We're kiddin' wrong.", Odd said.

Though Jeremie was really grateful, he was a little worried. "But wouldn't that mean that Xana could wreak havoc on somewhere esle on Earth?"

"Maybe so." Yumi said. "But if he does, we'd have reinforcements."

Aelita agreed. " She's right. There's gotta be someone over there who'd be able to help us, wherever that place is.

"Wow...thank you guys so much!", said Jeremie with sincerity.

Suddenly, the alarm on Jeremie's watch went off.

"Man, we gotta hurry, or we're gonna be late.", Odd said.

"Let's move it!", Ulrich yelled.

Kitty Hawk Middle School

Kitty Hawk Middle School. A school that can really get on your nerves unless you really know how to deal with it.

It is now lunch time, and Travis is sitting down with his bagged lunch, waiting for his friends to arrive. Travis's family just got satellite, so he hasn't been able to watch good TV for as long as Roland and Donte have, but he's "catching up". His nestraman powers are ice-based (He can create, melt, and control ice/water.)

Roland comes and sits across from him with two slices of pepperoni pizza. Roland is hispanic boy with a taste for technology. He is the leader of the Nestrama, a group of friends with special heel-braces that let them use power commands. You'll find out what power commands are later in the story. His nestraman powers are rock based (He can create, break and control rocks/lava).

"Hi, Roland."

"Hey, Travis."

Roland takes a huge bite out of his pepperoni pizza."

"Thoe, haff you theen Donte?", Roland asks with his mouth full.

Donte comes and sits down next to Travis with four slices of pizza. Donte is an African-American boy with practically any hair. His nestraman powers are metal/telepathy-based (He can break, control, and destroy metal, read minds, and send mind messages).

Roland swallows his huge chunk of pizza. "No fair! You out pizza'd me!", Roland said with envy.

"Yeah, That's 'cause I work for money.", Donte replied as if it was no big deal, not that it was.

"What the heck is that supposed to mean?!", Roland asked.

"What's what supposed to mean?"

"What you just said."

"What'd I just say?"

(Silence)

"Yeah, anyway...I'm going to check out the manhole cover after school.", Roland said. "Call it crazy, but I just know something's over there, and I'm going to find out what it is."

Travis was really concerned. "Are you sure, Roland?"

"Of course I am. Besides, that will give you time to try to master the power of your heel braces. I've already mastered mine."

"Well, now that that's out of the way,",Donte said as he pulled out a cookie, "who want's a snicker-doodle?"

Travis immediately snatches the cookie out of Donte's hand and eats the whole thing in one bite.

Okay, that's it for the first chapter. I promise there will be a whole lot more in the next chapter. Later.