The door of the elevator opened and my mouth gaped as stood in a room with a huge computer with three screens. A large-headed, blonde-haired boy sat typing and talking loudly into the headset he was wearing when I walked into the room, bewildered. "Guys, do you read me? He's changed your coding! If you die there, you're gone for good!" He typed quickly a bunch of numbers. "He won't let me dematerialize you! There's nothing I can do! And," He looked at me. "Someone has entered the Factory!"

I'm getting ahead of myself. My name's Khale Nestros, I'm thirteen and an eighth grader at Kadic Academy. I just transfered after being kicked out of my last one. I'm a martial artist, expert in almost all forms of combat. I'm pretty athletic, too; 5'9, 150 pounds, lean and tan muscles, and ever-changing jet-black hair. So I'm in math at Kadic, and this one chick with black hair and beautiful eyes runs out of the room. Curious, I pretended to have to go to the bathroom and followed her. I was suprised she didn't see me, a large figure skulking behind her. Anyway, she went into this manhole, and by the time I got down there, she had gone into this large space, muttering something about Zana. It took me a while to get out of there, and once I got down the elevator, some guy was yelling urgently into his headset.


"He won't let me dematerialize you! There's nothing I can do!" Then he stares at me. Someone has entered the Factory!" Then, after what appeared to be consideration, he looked as if he had an idea. "Okay, you. No time to explain. What's your name?"

"K-Khale. What's going on?"

"Well Khale, I need you to go down the elevator and step into a pod. You like video games? You'll love this one."

"What are you talking about?"

"Quickly! Get down there!"


I stepped into the pod, and not knowing what to do next, I closed my eyes. When I opened them, I was all blocky, suspended in air, while my feet were materializing into existence. "Holy crap!" I fell and landed on my face. I looked up and saw a dude with a huge sword and black hair, laughing at four kids about my age, suspended in the air surrounded by black smoke. Acting on instinct, I ran and kicked the dude in the face, making him drop his sword and fall into the sea. The kids fell to the ground. A voice resonated above me. "Woah! He just took out William! Guys, say hello to our newest Warrior." "What?" I took this moment to survey my surroundings. I was in this yellow landscape, and a large tower reached endlessly into the sky. I was dressed in a full body black suit, with the Japanese Kanji for fire in red on my chest. I was wearing Black boots with red laces, red bracelets, and black fighting gloves. While I looked my self and around in awe, a boy with brown hair and swords on his back walked over to me and clapped me on the shoulder. "I don't know who you are, but you're all right with me. Who is he, Jeremy?" Jeremy, who I assumed to be the voice, said, "This is Khale. He stumbled onto our Factory and since you guys had no other way of surviving, I brought him in. Good thing I did, right?" Everyone around seemed to nod in approval. "Aelita, go deactivate the tower. Let's fill our friend in with the details."


"So what you're telling me is, this thing called X.A.N.A. wants to pretty much take over the world?

"That's right."

"Who are all of you guys?" Everyone stepped forward and said their name. Pink hair was first.

"I'm Aelita Schaeffer, the daughter of the creator of Lyoko."

"Ulrich Stern."

"Yumi Ishiyama."

"Jeremie Belpois."

"Odd Della Robbia, handsome dog-loving adventurer!" Ulrich and Jeremie shake their heads.

I had forgotten to say my name. Pumped, I said, "I'm Khale Nestros. And I'm in!"


A/N: Hey guys! My first story in a while. I'm a huge fan of Code Lyoko, and yes I know, I haven't even touched my other stories. Sorry! R&R, please!