Episode 2: Power Problems are Hell
Sam, Sissi and Aelita were sitting in science class, a man talking about nuclear reactors. On the screen was an inside image off the reactor, and the man would constantly point at parts of it.
On Kadic in the Ice Sector the land began speeding by with a large cord like form pulsating. It stopped in front of a massive tower and the towers mist changed from blue to red.
The three girls sat in silence as the lecture went on, but then the lights started buzzing, and the projector died. Mr. Morales went up to the front of the class and said, "Well, since that lecture was all we had, I guess you students can go back to your dorms." He mumbled something about how he used to work at a power plant to the reactor guy, but then added his catch phrase of 'I'd rather not talk about it.'
The four Kadic warriors soon joined up at the usual bench. "Did your class's power die too?" William asked, sitting down with a cup of hot chocolate.
"Yes. I was about to ask him about the concept of virtualization," Aelita said, rather pouty.
"Aw, don't worry Aelita. I'm sure you'll get to ask him tomorrow when we get the second half of the lecture," Sam said, her words practically swimming in sarcasm. She still couldn't believe that the lecture took up two whole classes! Not that she liked class; she just didn't like having the same thing over and over again, which was caused by JEREMY way too often for her taste.
The four friends sat around, talking a little until Mr. Stern came by. "Ms. Knight, you have been given permission to form that band you wanted, what was it called again, the Sub something?" Sam jumped up and smiled at the principal.
"I wanted to call it the Subdigitals and yay!" Sam had wanted to make the band since arriving at Lyoko Academy, but had never been given permission by the school.
"But anyone can participate," Mr. Stern said, pointing a finger at Sam, who just nodded, still thinking about getting to make the band. Then the lights came back on and it was time for lunch.
Sissi, Sam and William were walking around, Sam handing out fliers for their band drummer. But then Naomi came up, Ulrich and Claire behind her. She held out her hand, and Sam reluctantly gave the girl a flier. After lunch, the Warriors split up, the girls going to gym and William going to history.
The three girls walked in the gym in their gym clothes, Aelita wearing dark pink shorts and a pink shirt, Sissi wearing a pair of light pink shorts and a neon pink shirt with a small pink outline heart on the front and Sam wearing a pair of red shorts and her black tee shirt, Suzanne standing in front. After the whole class had gathered, she began teaching. "Today we are going to be doing the 8 mile jog. Everyone split up into two groups, on running, the other counting and when the 8 mile limit is reached, you will switch," Suzanne said, not wanting anyone to interrupt her (cough cough Sam cough) like last time.
William sat in class, listening to his teacher, well, sort of. More like he was sitting there, looking like he was taking notes but really he was just doodling on the page. Pictures of Sissi with hearts around them, the teacher being attacked by a Krab, and Ulrich being impaled by a Hornet covered the page, but mostly the whole Ulrich being impaled thing. But as the class moved on, the lights began flickering again.
"What the…?" William said, looking around as the lights died.
"Oh great," the teacher said, then sat down in his chair and started fumbling around in the drawers behind his desk, saying, "Where is that stupid flashlight, I left it right here, at least… I think." He looked up to see that the entire class had flashlights, making him look dumb. "Well, yes, you may all go back to your dorms, if this lasts as long as the first one, it will be awhile," the teacher stated, and every student grabbed up their notes (drawings) and left the room.
After class the group went to the gym, where auditions for the band drummer were being held. Drummer after drummer came up, and after a little, Ulrich and his group showed up. William, Sam and Sissi simultaneously groaned as Naomi came up and started drumming. By the time the blond haired girl stopped, William looked like he was going to have a heart attack, Sam was fighting to keep from laughing, and Sissi was just sitting there, a completely blank look on her face.
"That was terrible!" William whispered to his friends.
"Hm?" Sissi said, pulling ear plugs out of her ears. "Whatcha say?"
"You had ear plugs? That was awful," William said again, almost wanting the throw up.
Just as Naomi went down, another student with blond hair came up. He grabbed the drum sticks, and began, actually sounding pretty good. The three Kadic Warriors were leaning forward in their seats, just to see if they could here better. When he stopped, Sam said, "Nicolas that was awesome!" Sissi and William nodded in agreement, and it was unanimous: Nicolas was the new band drummer.
After that was the last class of the day, which was no less boring then the others, but they knew they were going to have a meeting, so the team had something to look forward to.
William met up with the girls in Aelita's room. He sat down between Sissi and Sam who were sitting on the bed while Aelita sat in the chair, looking like some kind of person in charge of world domination, complete with her finger tips touching and a slight slouch.
She started talking, Sam half expecting a creepy guy's voice instead of Aelita's, saying, "These blackouts are happening to regularly. I would have tried talking to Xana, but my computer keeps dying and my laptop doesn't have a very good charge. William, on your way home, look out for any JEREMIE activity." William, nodded, then the three on the bed got up and left, Sissi and Sam getting in their room and William leaving the school grounds.
But when he left, he saw a buzzing light pole, and next to it a power line, white lightning buzzing around it dangerously. The instant he saw, he ran back to the school. When he arrived, he saw the lights were on and ran as fast as he could to Aelita's room, not wanting to lose the opening.
He knocked on the door quickly, and soon she answered, but before she could say anything, William stated, "Ask Xana if anything is going on, now!" Aelita looked at him, noticing how urgent he was, and went to her presently on computer.
"Xana, do you hear me?" she asked.
His face appeared on the screen and he said, "Yes I do hear you Aelita."
"Is there an active tower on Kadic?" Aelita asked.
In the tower, Xana gets up from his sitting position. "I'll have to look. Just a moment," he said, stepping out of the tower to see a frozen plain around him. He looked around a little before hearing a slight thumping, like a heartbeat, and red pulsations coming from the ground forming a path. "Aelita, there is an active tower. It's in the Ice Sector. And…" Then he saw five Bloks coming, and he added, "Hurry. JEREMIE has sent some Bloks, and I don't think they want to play nice."
Aelita has her phone out and is calling the others instantly. In moments, they are all running towards the forest, Aelita in front, then Sissi and Sam in the middle and lastly William. They all go down the sewer to the skateboards and scooters. William and Sam get on skateboards and are off, and Sissi and Aelita take the two scooters. William and Sam grinded down a rail, while Sissi and Aelita jumped over the stairs. They arrived at the ladder and got off, then propped their transportation against the wall and going up the ladder. The group ran across the bridge to the entrance, where they swung down to be in front of the elevator, which, once they were all in, Aelita pushed the button.
They stopped in the blue lit computer room, the holographic map in the center. Aelita sat in the chair and began typing. A small screen showed up, and she said, "The power plant can only take a certain amount of electricity, and I think when that is reached, JEREMIE is going to send it at said plant." She then told the others, "Get to the scanners. Xana needs help in there."
The three warriors went down in the elevator and stepped in the scanners. The doors close, and the process begins.
"Transfer: Sissi, transfer: Sam, transfer: William." The profiles were selected. "Scanner: Sissi, scanner: Sam, scanner: William." The virtual bodies of them appeared in three small windows, and green filled them from the feet up. "Virtualization!" Aelita called, and then pressed enter.
The three wire frame bodies appear, then are filled and fall to the icy ground.
William was wearing a white and black short robe with a red sash around his waist, and black outer and white inner pants leading down to half black half white boots of the same scheme with sandal like bottoms, and on his shoulder was a massive broad sword.
"Let's go!" Sissi said, running ahead. Sam and William follow close behind, ready for any monsters. They run until they see Xana running towards them, five Bloks behind him.
As the red haired AI ran, William called to him, "Hurry Xana! We got these things!" Xana slides in between William and Sam, and then he hides behind a large ice rock to avoid the fight.
The three Warriors are prepared for the monsters. Sam leapt at one and kicked it, shooting a laser bullet to pierce its Eye. Another Blok charges red and fires three lasers at Sissi, who blocks them with energy rings layered and launches a ring at it, but only hit the rim. William swings his massive blade and smashes the Blok over the edge. But then another shoots at him, knocking him over.
"Be very careful William! That shot took out 60 life points!" Aelita called.
"Thanks for the tip!" William yelled as he spun around and around with his blade in his hand, and cut two Bloks in half. But then another shot him twice, devirtualizing him. It turned and shot two fire rings at Sissi, hitting her and leaving her with 40 life points.
She fell to the ground and flung three rings, killing it, but then the last one froze her with a blue beam as she got up into a knighting like position, and tried to do the same to Sam, but she managed to tackle it to the ground, its little legs sun as it tried to spin its body. Sam went to kill it from the side, but was shot by a series of fire rings, which devirtualized her as she destroyed the monster.
Xana looked out and saw that both sides were gone, except the frozen Sissi. But just then a Krab appeared, dropping to the ground with a thud, and then it started looking for him. His eyes widened with fear, and he started trying to hide more effectively. He closed his eyes and put a hand forward, using his Creativity. A 3D wireframe wall appeared, then it started turning solid, become ice like the rest of the terrain.
"Xana, you are at 50 life points!" Aelita called, getting worried.
"I only have to survive for a little longer. Then Sissi will break out and help," he said, crouching down. "At least, I hope," he added. He heard several more laser shots, and lots of breaking ice, then it stopped. Xana looked out and saw the Krab, the ice shield gone. It fired at him, knocking him over. He looks up at it and hopes that Sissi had unfrozen. Just then, a line pierced the monsters shell, then it exploded, its four legs falling in different directions out. He stood up and saw Sissi. He smiled at her and ran into the tower.
Aelita watched as the number reached 100%. She closed her eyes as she heard a massive roar.
Xana entered and went up the second level. He put his hand on the panel and entered 'Kadic'. The panels around the inside fall down to the bottom, and then a white bubble comes up.
Aelita pressed enter. "Return to the Past Now!" she called as the white bubble enveloped the city, stopping the burst of heat and pressure.
Hours later, William was holding a microphone, Sam was carrying an electric guitar, Nicolas was sitting behind the drums, Aelita was sitting behind a mixing board and Sissi was standing behind a keyboard. The lights turned on, and they began playing, the massive crowd around them cheering.
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