As promised…the next chapter! It's the longest chapter of the story so hopefully it will hold you until I have time to type up the next chapter (which will hopefully be on MLK Day). Enjoy and remember R&R!
Disclaimer: Though I wish I did, I don't live in France, therefore I cannot own Code Lyoko.
Chapter 4
At Aelita's table, it looked like she was trying to convince them of something. The boy with the glasses looked like he was fighting with Aelita but then she finally smiled and got up from her seat. She walked over to my table and asked, "Would you like to join us at our table?" I looked over to see the boys staring at me again.
"Are you sure, Aelita? It doesn't look like your friends want me to come over there." I said.
"Yeah they do. They are just a tad bit protective of our group," I finally agreed and walked with my tray in hand over to their table. I sat down next to Aelita, "Annie, these are my friends, Jeremie, Ulrich and Odd." She gestured to each of the boys. So Odd was the one who stared at me the longest. The name definitely went with the personality.
"Hi," I said. After I spoke toe table went silent. Odd was the only one who spoke.
"Annie, Aelita said you were from America. Is that true?" I nodded, "That's so cool! There aren't many Americans who come to Kadic."
"Yeah, I only know two other than you." Ulrich said.
"Danielle and Nathalie Carter, right? Danielle graduated last year and Nathalie is an eleventh grader. You should talk to her." Odd said.
I laughed, "No thanks, I'm good." Just then, of course, Nathalie walked in. Best of all, she walked over.
"Looks like you found some friends, Small Fry!" Nathalie said, hugging me.
"Is that so unordinary? I'm not antisocial!"
"Ha, sure you're not. What time are we meeting up?"
"After supper, maybe? Will they call around then?"
"Yeah, that's the usual time. I'll meet you outside the cafeteria after supper then. Have fun!" And with that Nathalie finally walked away.
Odd, Ulrich, Jeremie and Aelita were staring at me when I turned to face them again. "What?" I asked them.
"I see you already know Nathalie. And you don't know when you switch to English." Jeremie said.
Well, this is awkward… "Oops, sorry. I'm still getting used to fully talking in French."
"Hey, guys," A girl walking up to the table greeted. She wore all black and looked Japanese. She sat down next to Odd at the table.
"Annie, this is Yumi." Ulrich introduced me. I smiled at her and she smiled back. Suddenly, something started beeping. Jeremie frantically went into his bag and took out his laptop.
"XANA attack on Lyoko! Activated tower in the Mountain Sector!" Jeremie said. What the heck was he talking about?
"Let's head to the factory before XANA attacks on Earth." Yumi said, standing up.
"Can someone PLEASE explain to me what is going on?" I asked. Everyone stopped what they were doing, looked at each other, then at me.
"Can we trust her?" Ulrich asked Yumi, Odd, Jeremie and Aelita. Jeremie and Yumi didn't say anything.
"I think so." Odd said. Everyone else nodded.
"Annie, can you keep a secret?" Aelita asked. I nodded. "Okay, follow us; we will explain everything on the way!"
Aelita grabbed my arm and we ran out of the cafeteria to the woods. We made it to a spot distant from the school and Yumi lifted something off the ground. "A manhole?" I asked.
"It's the quickest way to get to the factory." Jeremie said. Factory? We are going to build things? I didn't bother to ask any more questions as were gliding through the sewer's tunnels on skateboards and scooters. I learned to skateboard from Danielle when I was much younger, so I grabbed the random spare skateboard and rode behind them. They stopped at a ladder and climbed up. I let the five of them climb up first then I followed.
Once I got to the top I took in my surroundings. The factory was huge and looked like it had been through a ton. "Wow," I whispered, stunned.
"Come on, Annie, you can stare at the factory later!" Jeremie yelled to me before he swung on a rope like Tarzan to what looked like the second floor. I quickly ran to the rope and slid down it, feeling the rope burn in my hands. I was definitely going to feel that later. The others were in the elevator waiting for me. I ran to the elevator and Yumi pushed a button. It stopped and the doors opened. Jeremie walked out and went to a seat facing what looked like a large computer.
"Annie, stay here with me and I'll explain more about Lyoko. Aelita, Yumi, Ulrich and Odd, head down to the scanner room!" Jeremie called. I followed his orders and stepped out of the elevator.
"What's the scanner room?" I asked.
"A room with three scanners that send Yumi, Odd, Ulrich and Aelita to Lyoko." Jeremie responded, "Everyone in position?" He said into a microphone he put on his ear.
"Transfer Ulrich…Transfer Yumi…Transfer Odd…Scanner Ulrich…Scanner Yumi…Scanner Odd…Virtualization!" Jeremie called as he typed in some things on the keyboard. A map sort of thing appeared in the middle of the room, which I assumed was the map of Lyoko. I walked over to the side of the chair to look at the screen. "Transfer Aelita…Scanner Aelita…Virtualization!" Jeremie said again.
"What is all this scanner and transfer stuff?" I asked.
"That is how they get to Lyoko. They step into the scanners and I press a few keys. It's as easy as that!" Jeremie said still typing things on the keyboard. "Guys, you have company!" Obviously he was talking to the others and not me. I looked at the computer and saw all these different arrows and boxes in different colors.
"What are those?" I said pointing to one of the boxes. He explained to me the boxes stood for whoever was on Lyoko like Odd, Yumi, Aelita and Ulrich or any of XANA's monsters. He explained more about what Lyoko was and who XANA was.
I looked at the computer screen again and saw the four of them still battling the monsters.
"Ulrich, watch out, you only have 10 life points left!" Jeremie said into the mic. Then suddenly Ulrich's little icon disappeared. "Don't worry, he's just a little tired but he is okay in the scanner." The screen started to blow up with red boxes coming toward the green. Someone on Lyoko must have been talking to Jeremie through the earpiece. "Okay Yumi, I'll send her for backup. Both of you don't have many life points left so be careful! Get Aelita to the tower!"
Jeremie looked at me and asked, "Ready to see Lyoko first hand?"