New Fic! Hope you like it!

rated T.

3rd Person:

Jeremy sat at his desk in his room, staring at his computer intently, typing quickly and occasionally looking down at his keyboard.

"That...should...just about...do it." He pressed enter and leaned back a bit. After a few seconds, his desktop showed a green plus sign blinking bright. With a smile, Jeremy leaned back against his chair. "Ah! The sweet look of victory!"

"Can I come in?" A girl asked. Jeremy spun to see Aelita standing at his door, holding it open. She looked as nice as she always did, but she had a light blush on her cheecks. Yumi, who had seen her earlier, had commented on it, but Jeremy didn't appear to notice it.

"Sure, Aelita!" He grinned. He stood up as Aelita closed his bedroom door. He gave her a quick hug, and Aelita could feel his heart beating in his chest. "You'll never guess what I did!"

Aelita laughed. "I'm sure I won't. You always surprise me."

As Jeremy turned back to the computer, the screen changed to a tower scan.

"Does that mean that there's something wrong?" Aelita asked. "When it randomly goes to a scan?"

Jeremy looked confused as he sat down. "Usually yes, but lately it's been scanning for activated towers at random. But it never comes up with anything." He shrugged.

Aelita stared at the screen until it confirmed that there were no activated towers. "There hasn't been an attack in a while." She stated. "Nearly a month. It's never been this long." She shook her head. "Do you think we should tell the others to stay on guard?"

"On guard for what?" Odd asked as he closed the door, having, as usual, let himself in.

"Xana hasn't launched an attack in a while," Aelita said. "I'm thinking that we should all be ready for a sudden attack."

Odd considered for a moment. "Well, if Xana hasn't attacked in a while, maybe he's gotten weak. Lets call up Ulrich and Yumi, see what they think. School's going to start in a while, so Yumi should be on grounds."

Jeremy nodded. "Okay. Odd, you call Ulrich, and I'll call Yumi." He pulled out his phone.

Aelita sat on Jeremys bed in the corner. She rested her head and waited for her friends to arrive. They were pretty slow in the mornings when there was no attacks, so Aelita know it could be a while, even if she'd only just say Yumi. She and Ulrich were probably together, which meant that they were most likely on a differant side of campus walking slowly and talking.

Perhaps you could use new friends. Aelitas' eyes snapped open, and she saw that Odd and Jeremy were talking about a quiz in some class. She quickly closed her eyes again.

Like who? My friends are the only ones who can help me defeat Xana! She'd had this weird voice in her head for the past month, since the last attack. The supercomputer had had a momentary laps in power, and had glitched as she entered the tower. When she'd arrived back in the physical world, she'd had the voice in her head. It had no emotion-EVER-and had not tones or pitch. She couldn't tell if it was a boy or girl. If she'd had to describe it, she'd say it was like text, only being spoken. Since there was no way of knowing who or what it was, she'd decided to call it, simply, Voice. Or the Voice.

They will help you defeat Xana when the time comes, but a few additions will ensure victory. The Voice said.

Well who would we have help? We don't have anyone who can really know the secret of Lyoko, and not enough scanners if we found someone!

I suggest a couple someones. You'll find them in Arizona.

Where the hell is Arizona? The Voice had given her a few words of advice since the first time she's heard it, and had used it all. It had all worked. However, she had no idea where Arizona was, having lived only in Lyoko and Paris. Kadic Academy and the Factory were both located in Boulogne-Billancourt, France (a Paris suburb), so she hadn't really been anywhere else.

Ask Jeremy and Odd.

"Hey guys?" Aelita asked aloud, opening her eyes. "Where's Arizona?"

"Arizona? It's a state in the US." Jeremy answered the question with ease, then gave Aelita a questioning look. "Why?"

"I bet she found the name on the tea." Odd shrugged. "Arizona tea is really good!"

Aelita nodded. "Yeah. I assumed it was a place, but I wasn't sure."

Jeremy informed her that Ulrich and Yumi were on their way, slowly since it wasn't an emergency. After a smile, Aelita closed her eyes, mumbling about how she had a headache.

So the USA. We have to go there to find new friends?

Yes. Don't worry, though. There's a way...

And that way would be...?

The Voice was silent, however. Aelita always got annoyed when she wanted an answer and Voice was suddenly gone.

Just then, Yumi burst into the room with Ulrich. They were both breathing heavy.

"I told you guys that you didn't need to run!" Jeremy said. He rolled his eyes.

"Yeah. You did." Yumi panted. "But we...wanted...to race!" She and Ulrich laughed as much as they could through their panting.

"Oh! Did I tell you guys what my parents want to do for summer break?" Odd asked. "They want to send me and a group of friends to the States! They told me I could bring you guys! All expances paid!" He smiled broadly.

Yumi looked down. "My dad wants to take us on a trip to Japan for the week. I don't know if I'll be able to go. Especially on such short notice."

"Yeah. My parents want me to go to Russia to visit my grandmother," Ulrich sighed. "I don't think that I could get out of it."

"What if you guys told your parents earlier?" Odd asked. "If it wasn't such short notice?"

"Are you suggesting a return to the past?" Aelita asked. Odd nodded. "I'm sure it would be fine." She shrugged. "It's not like anyone but us would know."

Everyone looked to Jeremy. He groaned. "Fine! I'll go the factory after school and activate the return to the past." As he got up, his computer went to another tower scan, and everyone was suddenly on their feet.

Beep-beep-beep-beep!

Odd sighed. "Looks like Xana is at it again." He shook his head.

Jeremy headed for the door. "Lets go now. Before Xana starts attacking here. We can return to the past and ask to go on the vacation."

Everyone nodded in agreement and left Jeremys room. They ran to the woods before the bell could ring. When they were out of sight of the school, they slowed to a walk. Aelita walked up beside Odd.

"Where in the States would we be goin?" She asked.

"Not sure. Mom said we could each pick a state." He shrugged. "I want to go to Florida-Disneyworld and Universal Studios! Plus girls. Lots of pretty girls."

Aelita laughed.

"Maybe California?" Ulrich asked. "Disneyland, Seaworld, Knotts Berry Farm!"

"I say Washington DC. It's not a state, but it has historical aspects and information that may be helpful against Xana." Jeremy said. He looks a bit upset though. "I wish there were more interesting things to do there though..."

"We should go to New York!" Yumi grinned. "Aelita and I can go shopping!"

"Yumi! You hate shopping!" Ulrich sighed.

"Yeah, but New York has nice stores! Besides, Aelita don't spend enough girl time together!"

"I think that's a great idea Yumi!" Aelita grinned.

"Aelita, where do you wanna go?" Jeremy asked.

Aelita considered for a moment. "Arizona." She said.

"Why? Just for the tea?" Odd laughed.

Ghost towns, Voice said. And Supernatural Mountain.

"There are ghost towns there," Aelita shrugged. "And Supernatual Mountain."

"And TEA!" Odd said. Everyone ignored him as they climbed down the hole.

When they got to the factory, Jeremy instructed them to go to the scanner room. He got to the computer and started up the scanners.

"I'm sending you to the Desert Region." He told them over the intercom. "The tower has no guards yet, but I'm sure it will once you get close. Aelita and Odd first."

Down in the scanner room, Aelita and Odd stepped into the scaners, which closed behind them.

Jeremy typed rapidly. "Transfer Odd. Transfer Aelita. Scanner Odd. Scanner Aelita. Vertualisation!" He pressed enter. When Aelita and Odd were on Lyoko, he repeated the process with Yumi and Ulrich. "And your vehicles on on their ways." He materialized the Overboard, Overwing, and Overbike.

Aelita jumped on the Overwing with Yumi, and they all set off.

"The tower is west of your current location. Head that direction now, and get there fast. I don't see any monsters on the map, but you know how Xana is."

Odd rolled his eyes. He looked over at Aelita and Yumi. "Hey Aelita, why do suddenly want to go to Arizona, if you don't mind me asking."

Aelita shrugged. "Well, I heard the name somwhere, and when I heard that it was a place, I remembered what else I'd heard about it, and thought it would be cool to go there."

"I hope we can all go," Ulrich said. "It'd be fun!"

"It WILL be fun!" Odd grinned.

Just then, Aelita saw the tower and pointed. "It's there!"

As they neared the red-topped tower, a group of three mega tanks rolled out from behind it.

"There's Xanas' welcoming party!" Jeremy stated. "Although I'm sure you guys can see them better than I can."

Soon enough, the three warriors had taken down the maga tanks, and Aelita was inside the tower. Everything was going smoothly until the tower was deactivated. The data windows fell, and such, but then a new window appeared infront of Aelita. It read "The Flock awaits you in the new factory." Before Aelita could tell Jeremy, he started up the return to the past.

Hope you liked it! I'll add more ASAP!

~EhEhMykal~