Chapter 1

The lunch bell rang and the halls filled with students heading to lunch. Jeremy met up with Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi. They found a table together in the lunch room.

"So what are you guys doing later?" Yumi asked as they walked up to get their lunch.

"I am going to try out a new program to materialize Aelita." Jeremy said grabbing his food.

"Me and Ulrich are going to write a love note and give it to Sissy." Odd said. "The note's gonna say from Herb on it!"

"I'll come with you guys" Yumi said as they sat down to eat.

"So, Jeremy, do you think the new program you are trying will work?" Ulrich asked.

"I am pretty sure it will." Jeremy said, taking a bite out of his Hamburger, "Hopefully it will work." Finishing their lunches they went outside to find Sissy throwing a fit because Mrs. Hertz took away her cell phone.

"Herb, it's your fault for calling me in the first place!" Sissy shouted at Herb.

"Hey, Sissy, did you ever think that maybe it is your fault for having your cell phone on?" Ulrich asked walking toward Herb and Sissy.

"Hmph, mind your own business, Ulrich!" Sissy said angrily.

"Why did you call me anyway, Herb?" Sissy asked.

"I…um…" Herb muttered, nervously.

"Sissy, did you ever think that maybe he likes you?" Odd asked walking up to her.

"Ew, why would he like me?" Sissy asked looking disgusted.

"Just a thought." Odd said, walking away with Ulrich. When they thought they were out of earshot, they started to burst out laughing.

"Oh boy, wait until she gets that note!' Odd said.

"Yeah." Laughed Ulrich as they walked down the hall. Then, they heard voices and saw Jim and the principal talking. They quickly hid behind the wall and listened to the conversation.

"Sir, I swear I saw something strange going on in the computer lab." Jim said desperately.

"Jim, I am sure all you saw was a computer flashing." The principal said.

"Sir I know I did not see a computer flash!" Jim said his voice getting a little louder.

"Jim, that's enough about this, I had someone check the lab and everything was normal." the principal said walking away. He walked past Ulrich and Odd and said "Good Afternoon boys." They looked at Jim who had a worried look on his face which immediately went back to normal when he saw Odd and Ulrich.

"What are you boys doing here? Get back to class!" Jim shouted. Odd and Ulrich turned around and walked away. Odd made sure Jim wasn't behind them when he said,

"Wow, something must be wrong if Jim thinks we have class during lunch."

"Yeah, maybe we should tell Jeremy about what we heard." Ulrich said.

"Okay, but why don't we go over and check out the computer lab first" Odd said.

"I don't know." Ulrich said. "How about you go to the lab and I'll go tell Jeremy."

"Okay." Odd answered. So Odd headed toward the lab and Ulrich went to Jeremy's room. Jeremy was running tests on the program he was going to try. HE heard a knock on the door.

"Come in" Jeremy said. Ulrich walked in and told Jeremy about what he and Odd heard about the computer lab.

"It does sound a bit strange, I'll run a search for any activated towers…hold on." Jeremy said. "Aelita, are you there?"

"Hi Jeremy." Aelita said.

"Have you noticed anything on Lyoko?" Jeremy asked.

"No why?" Aelita asked.

"Ulrich and Odd heard that something strange happened in the computer lab today." Jeremy explained. "I am going to run a search for any activated towers."

"Okay, I'll have a look around." Aelita said.

"So where is Odd now?" Jeremy asked.

"He went to have a look at the computer lab." Ulrich told him.

"Okay, let's go tell Yumi," Jeremy said, Jeremy picked up his jacket and walked out of his room with Ulrich. Meanwhile Odd was at walking to the computer room's door. He tried to open the door but it was locked.

"Hmm, maybe this will work." Odd said pulling out a paper clip. He bent it until it was straight then stuck it into the door's lock. He twisted the paper clip until he heard the lock click. He twisted the handle and walked in. He looked around and at all of the computers. Everything looked normal like the principal said.

"Maybe Jim was seeing things." Odd said with one last look at the computers then he walked out locking the door. Just as Odd walked down the hall Xana's symbol flashed on the computers. Odd took out his cell phone and called Ulrich.

"Hey, Odd." Ulrich said, "Did you see anything in the computer lab?"

"Nope, I think Jim really was just seeing things." Odd said, "where are you guys at?"

"We're outside looking for Yumi, so we can tell her what we heard." Ulrich said.

"It doesn't matter now since I didn't see anything." Odd said

"Jeremy is running a search for ay activated towers." Ulrich said, "Hey, we found Yumi, meet us by the cafeteria."

"Okay." Odd said. He hung up the phone and went outside and looked for Ulrich, Yumi, and Jeremy.

"Yeah. It sounds like Xana may be attacking." Yumi was saying as Odd walked up.

"I am going to go check my computer to see if it is finished with the search." Jeremy said.

"Alright, call one of us if there is." Ulrich said.

"Okay." Jeremy replied walking back towards the school.

"But, daddy!" They heard Sissy whine.

"No buts Sissy, you know the rules." Her father said, " There are to be no cell phones in the class rooms."

"It wouldn't have been taken off of me if Herb hadn't called me!" Sissy said loudly.

"Why was your phone on in the first place?" her father asked walking towards the school. Sissy stuck her tongue out at her father when his back was turned.

"See, What did I tell you?" Ulrich said.

"Why did you bother walking over here if you were just going to be mean?" Sissy asked.

"Who said anything about being mean?" Ulrich said, "I was just saying I told you that your cell phone should have been off in the first place.

"Hmph, you were being mean in my point of view!" Sissy said angrily. Ulrich, Yumi, and Odd laughed as Sissy walked back up to her room.

Jeremy walked into his room and saw that the computer found no activated towers. So he decided to head back outside. He walked downstairs and thought he saw some blue flashes in the hallway next to him. He wondered what was going on and realized that the computer lab was in that direction. So he rushed down the hall and saw several cords emitting electric sparks swarming towards a girl on the floor. He quickly realized that the girl was Sissy and rushed to get her. He grabbed the Sissy's hand and she looked up and started to explain what happened, but he just told her that now was not the time and they needed to get to a safe place. Jeremy tried to run away with Sissy behind him, but a cord wrapped around his ankle and tripped him. They fell on the ground and looked around to see the swarm of cords getting closer and closer to them. Jeremy and Sissy started screaming for help when they realized they couldn't escape.