XAVIER POV

The gang was having a casual get-together in the alcoves in front of the school because everything has been quiet in Lyoko.

'I never thought I would say this, but I'm bored when XANA's not attacking us' Odd yawned with his hands behind his head, as usual.

'Umm...do any of you know Jeremie Belpois?' I asked.

'That's me, why do you ask?' Jeremie replied politely.

'I'm your new room-mate.' I answered, 'By the way, I'm Xavier Dragonheart. Don't worry, most nights I'll be out trying to find the old factory where my uncle used to work. He said something about advanced computers…"

"That old factory down by the docks?" Jeremie asked a little worry in his voice.

"Yeah, why?" Was Xavier's reply.

"Xavier, is that you?" Odd asked, slightly stunned by the fact that this could be his old friend from before he came to Cadic academy.

"And you are...?" I asked, a little confused by the boy with the wacky hair-do.

"I'm Odd Della Robia, at your service." Odd answered with a mock bow.

"Mph didn't recognize you with that messed-up hair." I said, eyeballing said hair.

"These are my friends, Ulrich Stern, Jeremie Belpois, who's apparently your roommate, Aelita Schtones, and Yumi Ishiyama. And we save the world on a bi-regular basis." Odd said happily.

"ODD!" his friends yelled angrily, and just at that moment Sissi walked past, with her usual entourage in tow, "Well, if it isn't the plotting anonyms group, and oh look, the have a new member." Sissi said snidely.

"Go somewhere you'll be useful, like NASA, but only when they start sending chimps back into space." I said, with distaste, "And hopefully, you won't come back, because if you do…" I let the threat hang.

Everyone just stared at me.

"Run along now, little girl." I said, any trace of a dark mood gone.

"Wow, no one's ever stood up to Sissi like that, ever. By the way, that was Sissi Delmas, the principal's daughter, but you can call her Elizabeth." Odd said, a little freaked out by his old friend.

"I'm sorry you had to see that.'' I said with remorse, "It's tough to live on the streets. By the way where's your room Jeremie?" I asked, changing the subject.

"Uuhhh, Second floor, first corridor on the left, fourth room on the right." Was all he said.

"Thanks." I walked off to the admin building to get my bags, and then headed for the dormitories.

{1 1/2 HOURS LATER}

I had just finished unpacking my stuff and was about to have a rest when I heard a noise coming from Jeremy's computer. What's this I thought to myself.

X.A.N.A POV

One of the scanners activated and a spindly leg came out, along with a snake-like body.

XAVIER POV

"Hey, Jeremie," Xavier exclaimed, joy in his voice, "I've fixed one of the bugs in the program."

"Huh?" Jeremie replied, but curios to know what he was ranting about.

"To virtualize to Sector 5 instantly. Also, a tower has activated. By the way, does any of this happen to be in the old factory I was talking about earlier?"

Just at that moment there was screaming outside and laser bolts flying everywhere

"Creepers! Damn it X.A.N.A, can't you give us a break!" Jeremie hollered at his computer, and then he picked up his phone and called the gang. "X.A.N.A S.O.S"…