That Same Day at the Factory

We had listened to the same audio file that Kane put on his laptop.

Afterwards, Anthony and I brought Marc and Kane to the scanners where we shoved them in, "Now don't move from this spot."

We got back into the elevator and went up to the computer floor and I sat at the computer.

"Ok guys…you may experience a little turbulence." I said into the microphone before typing in the commands.

"Transfer Marc! Transfer Kane! Scanner Marc! Scanner Kane!"

I looked at Anthony, "I hope I did that right."

He shrugged and I sighed looking at the enter key.

"Send them to the Ice sector." He told me.

"Ok let's see here." I typed in the command. " .5"

The holo-map pulled up as well as the layout for the ice sector.

"Virtualization!"

I soon saw 2 icons appear on my screen, "Yay! I can type in commands and not kill my friends!"

I saw Anthony roll his eyes out the corner of my eyes and I threw a punch at his gut.

Marc P.O.V

Kane and I had dropped to the ground and looked around.

"What's with all the glaciers?" I heard him say.

"Beats me but we look awesome." I said looking at myself.

I was wearing a red archer costume with a hood on while Kane was wearing what looked to be a white samurai shinigami.

"What the…who programmed this suit on me?" He said looking at himself.

"Don't ask me…ask the super computer." We heard Kyree's voice and looked around.

"Wait. Where are you Kyree?" I asked.

I heard him snicker a bit, "Just think of me as your eye in the sky. Now head directly in front of you."

We did what we were told and soon came to a tall structure, "What now?"

I swear I could hear Kyree typing and pause, "Go into the tower and wait."

Kane and I walked around the tower and shrugged, "Where is the entrance smart ass?"

I looked to the sky and Kyree started laughing, "Just walk into it."

I shook my head and slowly started walking into it where I saw nothing but binary code, "Whoa…cool."

Kane soon entered in and he looked around, "Good god! Look at this coding!"

"You see what's inside this tower…that's good, but I'm the only one who can deactivate them when Xana activates them." Kyree explained.

Kane and I looked at each other, "What makes you so special?"

"It's because I was the first one virtualized since we rebooted the super computer." He said.

Before we knew it, Kane and I were pixilating and disappearing.

Kyree P.O.V

I got out the chair and walked to the elevator where I waited for Marc an Kane.

They soon came up and Kane walked to the computer, "So if I launch a return to the past, it won't affect me or Marc anymore?"

I nodded and he typed in the command, "Return to the past now."

There was a bright flash of light and then nothing.

RTTP

I was at home and looked at my phone, "It worked. Let's if it fully worked."

I called Marc, Anthony, and Kane to see what they were doing, "Hey guys do you still remember."

There was a brief pause before hearing anyone talk, "Remember what?"

I groaned and hit my head against the wall only to hear laughing, "We were joking! Of course, we all remember!"

I sighed and put my phone back to my ear, "You guys are a bunch of pricks you know that?"

"Yeah but you still put up with us regardless." I heard Anthony say.

Marc cut in, "What should we do today?"

Everyone went silent and my mouth fell wide open, "Don't tell me none of us have an idea of what to do today?!"

Kane was quick to call me out, "Ok, I don't hear you saying any ideas!"

I smirked, "Well it just so happens that there is some sort of party going on at the mall. However, I think there will be some people there we don't like."

I heard everyone sigh, "Is there anything else we can do?"

No one said anything and I put my shoes on, "Then its settled. Everyone meet at the mall."

We all hung up and grabbed my skateboard before heading out.

1 Hour Later

I arrived at the mall and waited for the rest of the gang to show up.

It was about 30 minutes of waiting before Marc showed, followed by Kane then Anthony.

We all went in and heard music and saw that the food court was giving out free burgers and hotdogs.

"Let's split up and see what there is to do around her." Anthony suggested and I agreed.

"Ok, but pay attention to your phones for Xana." Kane said and we all nodded to him.

I ran down the East Wing while Marc and Kane bolted down the West Wing and Anthony headed down the North Wing.

I kept running and saw some shops just opening and setting up but I was hoping the game store would be opening.

To my surprise, it was and fully stocked with some of the newest games and consoles.

I went in and looked at my phone to check for a Xana alert but found nothing.

The clerk waved to me and I waved back excited to look around to see what they had.

While looking around, I heard giggling and the next person I saw made me dread every passing moment I stayed in the store.

See…I'm mostly a happy kid, but there was a time in my life where I stopped smiling…and I mean that in the metaphorical sense.

"Look who it is." I heard the girl say.

I groaned and turned my back, "Miracle…"

"Didn't think I would ever see you so happy again, to be honest." She said to me.

I turned around to see my ex Sheila standing there and I started to laugh, "Well if it isn't Thing 1, and Thing 2."

Miracle growled, "Well I knew you were crazy…didn't think you were the jealous type."

I laughed, "You're right, I'm not the jealous type…unless we are talking video games that I want but can't have."

I noticed Sheila staying quiet and I looked back to Miracle, "Why are you even here? You hate video games…mostly the ones I like."

She smirked, "Just wanting to see if you were still the hyperactive and twitchy idiot I remembered."

"Well you're only half right. I'm still hyper as always…but someone close to me can put up with it better than my friends." I said to her.

She obviously didn't like that answer, "I honestly can't believe you actually found someone else."

I smirk and shrugged, "Well I had to move on at some point. Truth be told…I'm glad I did. I adore her and would put my life on the line to protect her." I snickered hearing the irony in that statement.

Sheila looked away and picked up a game, "Sonic Mania…yep."

I started to walk to the counter and checked the game out but Miracle wasn't finished with me yet, "Maybe I should meet her sometime."

Ever heard a record scratch? Or heard a tire screech? Well that's what just played in my head.

I turned around and looked at her, "Don't you even think…about…it! Sometimes I wish you would just…DROP DEAD!"

My phone started buzzing and I looked at it to see Kane was calling.

"Hello?" I said into the call but still watching Miracle.

"Code Xana! Code Xana!" Kane said panicking.

"What's he doing!?" I asked hearing screaming on his side of the line.

"He virtualized monsters here!" Kane said.

My eyes went wide with terror and I saw what he meant.

I saw a kankrelat crawling along the floor and look at me, "Don't you do it!"

I started preparing for and attack and I ran at it and hit it with the game case prompting it to devirtualize.

Miracle and Sheila ran to me, "What was that thing?"

I look at the game case and sighed, "Whew still ok."

I ran to find the others in the food court fighting a krabe with chairs.

"Think Kyree think." I saw that one of the shops that were open was a store with weapons.

I quickly ran in and saw that the owner wasn't there, "Huh guess he won't be needing some of these."

I grabbed a katana, a bow and quiver, some throwing stars and a bow staff.

Quickly I ran back out, "Guys here!"

I tossed them the various weapons but kept the bow staff and ran back into the store and grabbed a kama and some duct tape.

When I was done, I had a makeshift scythe and ran out to get to the others.

"We need to get to the factory!" Marc said while shooting some arrows.

Battle in 3rd Person

Anthony ran and hid behind a pillar while Kyree and Kane circled around it.

Marc kept its attention by firing arrows and dodging its shots.

"Where is the target?!" Kane yelled as he and Kyree had trouble finding it.

Kyree yelled and ran to leap at the krabe but instead got shot in his chest.

He hit the ground hard, "Ow…they still hurt just like on Lyoko."

Kane threw a throwing star at the krabe and hit it on one of its eyes causing it to stagger around.

Marc changed his shot to another eye then ducked behind cover.

Kane helped Kyree up the ground who then ran at the stunned enemy and swung his scythe in a circle to disable its movements.

The krabe fell to the ground and Anthony saw the target on the top of its head and ran for it.

Everyone watched as he took the katana and stabbed the krabe on the target, "IMPACT!"

The krabe exploded and Kyree looked at Anthony, "That's my line!"

Anthony laughed, "Well I'm making it my line now.

Kyree P.O.V

I looked at everyone, "Anthony stay here while Marc and I head to Lyoko."

I heard him groan, "Why do I have to stay?"

I looked around, "There could be more of Xana's monsters. Some we don't even know about. So you can relay anything to Kane of what you find. Plus, Marc hasn't fought Xana's monsters on Lyoko yet."

I heard Kane cut in, "Plus you need to keep them here and away from the factory."

Anthony groaned, "Fine…but I better not get killed."

We put our hands in the middle, "Lyoko on three…1…2…3..."

"LYOKO!" Everyone said in unison and we left except for Anthony.

Anthony P.O.V

I watched the guys run off and looked at the different directions around me, "How do I even know if Xana sent more monsters?"

I ran down the North Wing and ducked behind a wall as I saw 2 more of Xana's monsters.

They kept walking around and turned to face my direction.

"I got to find a way to divert their attention away from me…but how?" I looked around.

I noticed at my foot, there was a little bottle of bubbles.

The monsters were getting closer and I had to act fast or I was going to get devirtualized forever.

I grabbed the bottle and threw it at the store across from where I was hiding causing the glass to shatter and the alarm to go off.

"Bingo." The 2 monsters looked at the store and went to investigate.

Once I got a good look at them, I saw they were both in the shape of a block and had targets on all faces except the top.

With quick thinking, I ran at one and stabbed the target on the side of it but the other saw me and spun its head to fire at me.

I got hit and fell back dropping my sword, "Kyree wasn't lying…those really do hurt like on Lyoko."

The blok came walking to me and prepared to fire but was destroyed, "Leave him alone."

I looked at who it was and it shocked me, "Miracle…why did you save me?"

She helped me up and I dusted myself off before getting the sword from her.

"I know you're one of Kyree's friends and I took it too far with him. I don't want him to lose a friend." She said with some sympathy in her voice.

His ex, Sheila came forth, "Where is he? I need to tell him sorry…"

I tensed up and looked away, "I can't tell you…"

She looked down very upset, "Please, I beg of you!"

I shook my head, "I'm sorry but I really can't tell you. We all took an oath and swore ourselves to secrecy."

Miracle hugged Sheila and I got a call, "Hello?"

"Dude it's me. We just got to the factory. Apparently, Xana doesn't want us to get to Lyoko so easily." Kyree said on the other line.

I guess Sheila heard him and grabbed the phone from me and put it on speaker.

"Kane is going to virtualize us to the mountain sector in a few minutes. Be sure to keep Xana's monsters a bay!" he said and I cringed.

"What's Xana? Where are you!?" Sheila said into the phone.

"Damnit! Why didn't you tell me they could hear me? Now we have to hurry it up!" He said groaning.

"Well I'm sorry that my phone was snatched out of my hand!" I said taking my phone back.

"What's this mountain sector that he mentioned? What exactly going on here?" Miracle demanded.

I took a deep breath and looked at her and Sheila, "Ok…but you guys won't believe me."

They glared at me and I began to explain to them Xana and Lyoko.

Kyree P.O.V

Marc and I went to the scanners and waited, "Let's make this quick! My ex and Miracle know about Lyoko and Xana!"

We both stepped into the scanners and waited for the doors to close.

"Transfer Marc!" "Transfer Kyree!" "Scanner Marc!" "Scanner Kyree!"

"Virtualization!"

On Lyoko

Marc and I fell to the ground and looked around the mountain.

"The activated tower should be up ahead. Take the path in front of you and make a hard left." Kane said to us.

I nodded to Marc and we both ran to the direction we were told only to soon be confronted by a krabe, "Oh…back for round 2?"

I hid behind a rock while Marc started shooting arrows at it.

It turned and swiped at him causing him to fall back.

"Wow…Marc what just happened? You lost 50 life points!" Kane asked him worriedly.

I watched Marc get up with his hood falling over his head and after that, I couldn't see him, "Hey, Kane…did Marc just devirtualize?"

Kane responded, "No he only lost half his life points. Why?"

I looked around and tried to not get hit by the krabe that kept shooting my cover, "Because he just disappeared."

"Well he is still on my map…in fact, he is next to you in cover." He informed me.

I reached out and touched something that felt like a person, "Marc?!"

He took of his hood and smirked, "Who knew I could turn invisible with this hood on?"

I looked at the krabe then to Marc, "I have a plan…you take out its eyes while in visible then I with take out it's legs leaving its target exposed."

Marc nodded and put on his hood before standing up and shooting some arrows at the krabe while I ran out from behind the rock.

The krabe looked at me and shot but missed as I ran under it, "Payback time mofo!"

I swung my scythe around and sliced its legs of and rolled from under it before it crushed me.

Marc shot another arrow directly at the target and destroyed the enemy.

"Nice guys. Now keep going." Kane said.

Marc and I ran more but was soon stopped by 2 blocky looking monsters.

"Don't let those bloks hit you! One has an icy shot that will freeze you in place while the other has a ring shot that will strip you of your life points!" He said

Marc drew another arrow and shot one blok making it stagger while I slashed the other.

They spun their heads to charge their shots and Marc and I scattered to keep from getting hit.

I started to hear Anthony talking, "How are they doing on Lyoko?"

Kane waited and I was soon hit in the leg with an ice shot, "Damnit!"

"Does that answer your question?" Kane said to Anthony. "And by the way Kyree, you have 60 life points left."

"Well I killed some bloks just now so things seem a little clear on this side." I heard him say which got me thinking.

I slashed at the ice and freed myself before almost getting hit by the ring shot.

Marc shot some arrows to cover me but stopped, "I can't shoot anymore!"

I went wide eyed but stabbed one of the bloks, "Impact!"

I saw him get behind cover and I did the same.

"Well it turns out you have arrow capacity…let me reload it for you." Kane said and he started typing.

Marc and I waited and his bow started glowing, "That's my cue."

He stood up and closed one eye before shooting an arrow at the blok and hitting it directly, "Hot damn, I'm good."

I got up and smirked before running toward the tower but stopped feeling the ground shake, "You feel that?"

Marc looked at me, "Feel what?"

I put my hand to the ground and felt a quake again, "That…like pulsations…"

He did the same but shook his head, "I don't feel anything."

The pulsations went right instead of left and when I looked, I saw the tower, "That way."

Marc nodded and followed me but Kane questioned me, "Well my directions are all messed up."

Anthony P.O.V

I saw 2 more krabes and talked on the phone while Sheila and Miracle were following me, "Guys I got 2 krabes so I won't say anything for a while so I will let you talk to the girls."

I handed them my phone and ran for the krabes only to leap for cover as they both shot at me.

It was relentless fire that was wearing down my cover that worried me.

I looked up and saw the support beam was weakening and I had to make a mad dash for them.

With quick thinking, I ran for the stairs and ran up them narrowly avoiding a hit to my back.

They shot up the stairs and I took a chair and threw it to grab their attention before jumping on one and stabbing it in the head.

The other couldn't stop me from landing on its head but tried to shake me off with no luck as I stabbed it in its target.

Kyree P.O.V

Marc and I ran to the tower but stopped when we saw 2 krabes virtualized in front of us.

"What the!" I yelled before getting hit on the arm and falling back.

"Watch it Kyree! Only 30 life points left!" Kane said.

"What's taking so long?" Anthony asked.

"We have 2 krabes to deal with now." Marc said.

"Funny…Anthony didn't you just have to deal with 2 krabes just now?" Kane paused.

I knew what was going and I brought out my scythe while Marc covered me, "Anthony stop killing Xana's monsters in the real world."

"Are you crazy? There are too many kankrelats here and I'm taking them down!" He said back to me.

"Kane, you have to stop him! Every monster he kills on earth, virtualizes in Lyoko!" I yelled before killing a krabe and hiding behind a structure.

Marc got my attention, "3 kankrelats at 1'o clock!"

I nodded to him and he put his hood on ready for a fight.

He covered me and I ran to the other krabe ready for anything.

It shot at me and I quickly deflected its shot back at him.

"Is Kyree ok?" I heard Miracle ask.

"Yeah if perfectly fine. Though I would be better if Anthony would stop sending us those damn monsters! Are you serious?! We are running low on life points!"

I heard Sheila shriek and Anthony started speaking, "You guys need to hurry…there are more krabes on their way!"

I kept running and Marc followed close behind me.

"Be ready guys…there are 3 more krabes headed your way!" Anthony said to us right as we got to the tower.

Marc and I ducked behind a wall, "Ok I got 30 life points and you got 60. You cover me and I will beeline for tower. Ready?"

Marc nodded and I looked at the krabes, "3…2…1…NOW!"

I ran out from the wall twirling my scythe like crazy trying my best to deflect any shots that were coming my way while Marc covered my back from behind.

I ran under a krabe and its friend shot it to get to me but only succeeded I n clearing my path as I entered the tower.

Anthony P.O.V

I ran with Miracle and Sheila behind me as more of Xana's monsters were catching up, "Don't stop! Just keep running!"

We headed up the stair but some debris was blocking our way, "Oh no…"

Kyree P.O.V

I went to the middle of the platform and levitated to the top where I accessed the terminal, "Hold on I'm deactivating the tower now."

'Kyree'

'Code
Lyoko'

"The tower is deactivated." I told Kane.

Anthony P.O.V

The monsters started to charge up but glitched out and disappeared, "Kyree you little bastard…scared the hell out of me."

He laughed and asked me to put him on speaker, "Just let me talk to them damnit."

Kyree P.O.V

"Miracle?" I asked.

"Yeah?" she answered.

"Look, I know I have been holding onto grudges for the longest time...but I want you to know that all is forgiven. I forgive you and Sheila."

I heard her giggle, "Thanks, and I'm sorry this got started in the first place. You are pretty cool."

Kane cut in, "Damn…it's a shame I gotta nullify all this. Return to the past now."

RTTP

I was currently standing in the game store with the copy of Sonic Mania in my hand and I saw Miracle.

"Well, look who it is. Didn't think I would see you happy again." She said to me.

I laughed and looked at her, "You know…I should thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been anymore happier. Plus, I forgive you."

She looked at me confused but I smirked and gave her a thumbs up, "You guys just enjoy each other's company."

I walked to the food court with a huge smile on my face when I saw the rest of the gang.

"Look who showed up." Anthony said looking at me.

I rolled my eyes and sat down, "Sorry, I had more important matters to attend you. Like this free game."

I showed him my copy of Sonic Mania and he shrugged, "About time you got the damn game. I would have gotten very pissed off if you didn't."

I laughed at his comment, "But you don't even own the game!"

He slammed his fist on the table, "I don't give a damn! This game is all you ever talk about on a daily!"

Soon Kane and Marc showed up with some food, "Who is hungry?"

I raised my hand and Kane pointed to the food stands, "Then go get food yourself. I'm not yo maid!"

We all laugh at his comment and looked around, "That was a close call. Next time, we need to be very careful on who is around before we talk about Lyoko."

I looked at Anthony and he shrugged, "They took my phone…what exactly did you want me to do?"

I glanced at my phone, "Just warn us next time."

Everyone stared at me, "That goes for all of us. Warn someone before you talk."

We put our hands in the middle, "Lyoko on 3. 1…2…3…LYOKO!"