The Lioness

A field trip for Jim's Wilderness Survival course gets interrupted by XANA. Will the Lyoko warriors have it in them to stop his latest scheme or will they need a helping hand for this mission? Original idea by brave kid. Oneshot fic.

Disclaimer: Code Lyoko was created by Tania Palumbo and Thomas Romain. It was produced by Antefilms and then by MoonScoop. It is aired in France by France 3 and in America by Cartoon Network. The author is neither employed by or affiliated with any of the above companies or entities. All characters, locales, and other non-original entities are property of the parties mentioned above. All rights reserved.

The alarm clock sounded off at 5:30am. For five straight minutes the buzzing filled the room with no end in sight. Finally, Ulrich Stern turned over in his bed and opened one eye. He took a look at the clock and hit the button to make the horrible noise stop. He groaned, knowing that while he might have been able to go sleep in most other days, he had to wake up early this one day. A minute had passed before he was able to open his other eye, finally deciding to rise from his bed. Still groggy, he reluctantly got out of bed and shuffled to the bed of his roommate to wake him up.

"Odd, get up," he mumbled, barely comprehensible for this time of day.

Odd Della Robbia was still sound asleep, his leg and arm dangling from the side of the bed.

"Odd, get up," Ulrich said. He was still mumbling but he was more comprehensible than before.

Odd shifted in his bed, grabbing the pillow that was on his head and embracing it. "Honey, we just did that a few minutes ago. I'm still tired," he said as he continued to sleep.

Ulrich was now more awake than ever. His eyes widened as he shook Odd violently before he would say, or do, other things in his sleep.

Odd woke up startled. "Who? What? I didn't do it."

"C'mon, Odd, get up. We gotta get ready," Ulrich said, wiping away the last remnants of sleep from his eyes.

Odd groaned and covered his head with his pillow. "Ready for what?" he asked, voice muffled by his bedding accessory.

"Y'know, the trip," he yawned out as he began to change and get his gear ready. "Jim's Wilderness Survival field trip." Seeing how his friend was reluctant to get up, Ulrich grabbed Odd by the ankles and yanked him out of bed.

Odd landed on his rump with a deep thump. He groaned again as he stood up and rubbed his backside. "Remind me again why we're doing this?"

"Because we get to spend the weekend camping instead of being stuck here again."

Odd began to get his gear ready as well. "And we are doing this because...?"

"Because Einstein actually liked training with Jim last time, despite the fact that he almost got mauled by a wild boar." Ulrich double checked his stuff before packing it away in his backpack. "And since he thought we benefited from the training before, Jeremie felt that if we went to this trip we'd be even better fighters in Lyoko."

"I guess," Odd said as he finished packing his backpack. "But remind me to kill him for making me wake up so early.

After breakfast was done, the bus that would take the students on the trip had arrived. Jim called out attendance as each student participating in the course lined up single-file beside the vehicle. Despite the fact that it was a course on wilderness survival taught by Jim, a good number of students decided to sign up. While most of the students took the course because it meant a free field trip for them, some of them took it because they really wanted to learn something. Jeremie belonged to the latter group while his friends either belonged to the former or were conned into it by Jeremie. Once attendance had been taken care of, the students placed their backpacks in the side compartment of the bus before taking their seats inside and driving away from Kadic Academy for the weekend.