A/N: This chapter links to Episode 1, Teddygodzilla. More stuffs at the bottom...
Kadic: Hallway, 9 AM local, 12/22
The next day, Kelly found she had all the same classes as her Jeremie and his friends. She reported to first hour and kicked Odd out of his seat of honor next to Jeremie, then sat down. "Good morning."
Not accustomed to hearing anything but Odd from this range, he was surprised. "Oh, Kelly. Hello. So… I take it you're a computer geek like me?"
"Of course. Duh!" She saw his laptop, with Aelita on the screen. "See? You have an AI, too. I don't know why you were so shocked last night." She addressed Aelita directly. "And what is your name?"
"Oh… hello. I am Aelita –" Jeremie hastily shut his laptop.
"Class is about to start…" But Kelly could tell that Aelita was about to say something that Jeremie didn't want Kelly to hear… at least not yet.
As soon as her first class had ended, Sissy went back to her room with the intent to skip and dream about Ulrich. First, though, she went to her mirror to ensure she still looked OK. While she did that, a black smoke drifted in through the power outlet, and made a beeline for the teddy bear she had stolen from that idiot reporter earlier. The XANA symbol appeared in its eyes, and then it stood.
Ah… freedom! My terror on Earth shall now begin! And the XANA-bear toddled over to the chair next to Sissy, climbed on top of it, and made its best scary face.
It worked – Sissy screamed and ran straight out of her room.
Are these humans really that easy to scare? Then it grew larger, absorbing the fear of Sissy to become more
powerful. I am unstoppable!
Kadic: Sewers, 10:35 AM local, 12/22
After class, Kelly followed Jeremie to what she assumed was their next class. She ended up in the sewer, with Odd.
Jeremie spoke up. "Kelly, have a skateboard? Or a scooter? Or something else with wheels?"
"I don't need one." She took a voice recorder out of her pocket. "Anna, code 16!"
"Understood." A few seconds later, a skateboard appeared at Kelly's feet. "Sorry for the delay… you know, the whole space-time thing."
"Not a problem. Thanks!" She put on the helmet that had also appeared, and waited for instructions. All she got were astonished stares. Jeremie recovered first. "Anna can… warp things?"
"Yeah! Awesome, eh?"
"…Never mind," he said, noticing Odd becoming lost. "Follow us and don't fall in." He got on his scooter and proceeded forward, Kelly close behind.
Jim had gone outside to ensure that the grounds were secure before the prom that was to be tonight. He heard a rustling in the bushes, and wheeled. "Who's there? I'm warning you, I know kung fu!"
The bear didn't care, it just needed a power trip. It proceeded to beat up the groundskeeper in no time flat – and actually beat him flat, like a pancake. Ah, so many weak beings… It got stronger, and moved on towards the gym.
It was at about that time that Ulrich and Yumi walked by en route to the factory.
"We can't just leave him here, Ulrich…"
"…Oh, all right. We'll take him to Dorothy."
They soon arrived at the factory, where the others were waiting. When they got to the supercomputer, Kelly was awestruck. "Wow… this is even more powerful than my system! Is this yours?"
Jeremie was nervous. "Eh… no. We borrow this." He turned to the other three. "Guys, Aelita has felt some pulsations. I'm still scanning, but for now I'm going to send you to the Glacier region… that's where Aelita is now."
They headed downstairs, and Kelly followed to watch. "OK, here we go! Transfer, Odd. Transfer, Ulrich. Transfer, Yumi." The three stepped into the large tubes that were down there, and the doors closed behind them. "Scanner, Odd. Scanner, Ulrich. Scanner, Yumi." Kelly could hear a rush of air from the tubes, which Kelly assumed were scanners. The dark forms of the three teens inside them floated higher. "Virtualization!" There were three bright flashes, and then all the scanners were empty. With nothing more to see here, Kelly went back up to Jeremie, who appeared to be playing a VERY elaborate computer game… but he had no control. On the screen, Kelly saw three green markers – each labeled with the names of one of the three that were virtualized – and three red markers.
"Uh… what is this, exactly?"
"This… is Lyoko. It's a virtual world containing that pink creature that you called an AI earlier. There's another being that uses Lyoko to disrupt our lives in the real world, ranging from possessing things to transmitting harmful signals that our electronic devices pick up and use against us. That other being is XANA, and he also controls monsters in Lyoko. Now, Aelita is unarmed, so we go in and save her while she deactivates the towers that XANA uses to control things in the real world. Then, once that's done, we turn back time to reverse the damage that XANA has caused. But we have to hurry, because if someone dies, we can't bring them back."
"Cool… can I go to Lyoko?"
"That's actually… what I was going to talk to you about. I can create an identity. But you can't tell anyone. Not your diary, not your best friends. I suppose Anna can know, since she's sentient enough not to tell others your secrets. Do you agree?"
Kelly could tell this would be a life-changing decision. "…Yes."
Jim woke up in the infirmary. "Jim! You're awake!" Dorothy said in surprise.
"Did someone… bring me here?"
"Yes, Ulrich and Yumi did."
"Ugh…" I remember… that thing attacked me… Jim had a sudden realization that he needed to warn the others. "Sorry, Dorothy, but I need to go!" And he proceeded to the gym without another word.
Of course, Kelly was a bit nervous before her first virtualization. Jeremie expected that, but… "OK, I'm starting now. Transfer, Kelly." The scanner door opened, and she shook off her fears and went in, turning to face the doors as they closed behind her. "Scanner, Kelly." A gust of air blew her higher up, so she was floating. "Virtualization!" She closed her eyes when the bright light flashed… and opened them again to find herself 10 feel off the ground, and about to start falling.
"…Uh-oh." She tried not to scream as she hit the ground with a thud. She was dressed in a blue T-shirt, pants that looked kind of like working circuit boards, and shoes that would have normally been a bit uncomfortable… but she couldn't feel anything in Lyoko, according to Jeremie. Which was a good thing, because as she rushed to meet her allies, she noticed incoming laser fire.
She heard an incoming transmission from Jeremie. "OK, Kelly, this is Lyoko. You do have a weapon… it's that laser blaster that should be on your shoulder." She noticed the item for the first time, and equipped it. "Be careful, you've got limited ammo. When the supply runs out, you'll either have to just do without, or wait for me to upload more juice. When you take too much damage, you'll materialize back in the scanner. I'll warn you as you get closer to that. Now, go help the others!"
"OK, will do, Jeremie!" She ran to the others, who saw her, but didn't have time to waste. Kelly took out her weapon, took aim, and sniped a Spider, followed by two Hornets. That gave the others time to stop.
"Nice shot, Kelly. Welcome to Lyoko!" Odd was cut off by a freeze laser from a cocky little Block, which froze Odd for a short time.
"Careful, Odd! 60 Life left," Jeremy called out.
Kelly shot the Block to smite it, as Odd defrosted. "Hmm… nice scouting, Einstein." Kelly would have blushed, but she couldn't in Lyoko, so she saved it for later.
"OK, I figured out what XANA's done this time!" Jeremie cut in. "He possessed a teddy bear, and it's grown to the size of a short skyscraper. We have to stop it!"
Jim arrived at the prom. "Everyone, we have to get out of the gym right away! There's a giant teddy bear outside!"
The whole student body laughed, except for the one person that mattered. "I know, Jim! I saw it, too!" Sissy called out.
Sissy's fear spread to the others like wildfire, and one smarter kid relayed the message to the rest of them by pulling the fire alarm. The doors opened as students streamed out, only to be scared stiff by the bear.
Oh,
no! Now what… Wait! "Sissy!" Jim ran over to the stage.
"Pass me the microphone stand!" She did as told, and he armed
himself for battle, the kids parting to allow their savior access. I
know I can't beat it, but I have to at least hold it off…
"OK," Aelita responded. "We're almost there, anyway." And she ran the rest of the way to the tower on her own. She rose to the top, and the console opened to take Aelita's handprint. "AELITA", it confirmed.
The bear easily knocked away the stand, grabbed it, and narrowly missed its chance to impale a kid. It swung at Jim, who crossed his arms in a defensive stance, but knew he couldn't hold out for long…
The system now requested the code for deactivation, noted with the word "CODE", and displayed a keyboard.
Jim flew back when his stance was broken, and the bear moved to strike him down. This is it…
Aelita entered, "LYOKO", and the system responded by deactivating the tower.
"Nice job, team. Return to the past, now!" And Jeremie hit the enter button, triggering the white light from the tower to spread and engulf them…
"That was some nice shooting back there, Kelly. Glad to have you on the team!" Odd noted. Now Kelly could blush, and she did. All the others just laughed…
End of Episode
Neo's Notes
Behold my junk! In any case, this is an author note section. First, I want to mention that I am a CL freak - I've seen every episode. At least twice.
On to business! I didn't think a whole lot of people would read this... how very wrong I was. On reviews:
Janika - Only reason I'm here is because I read yours, and decided that I might actually be read on this site. (Plus signed reviews are always nice. ) Anyway, as for your comment, Anna is closer to Cortana (Halo) then Megaman (MMBN).
Ulrich221 - Already have more ready. But you may want to read this first, ya?
Laters, and hope you enjoyed! -Neo
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