Spectral imaging, imagine you're in a virtual world and somehow you can appear anywhere in the world in the form of smoke. Anywhere in the real world. Being blue smoke in the real world feels weird. Things that I shouldn't go through I go through, and things that I should go through stops me dead in my tracks. Not that I had any but that's different story. Point is; feels weird, feels awesome, and a shit ton of other things. I weave through empty suburbs looking for good old father. The father I love oh so much. I look through a school called Kadic Academy thinking it's a good place to search seeing how he teaches science there. The classes are smaller than I'd imagine for boarding school. I would think it was a public school if it wasn't for the high end teachers here. Some teacher were like me, child prodigies whilst others were men and women in their 60s renewing their Doctorates. I inwardly smile as I think of Aelita's future; she would probably go to this school and as for me I would probably become her teacher. Knowing me I'd probably teach computer sciences or music theory. But enough of that I have to focus on the task at hand. I float toward through the hallways looking for any sign of Franz.

I take a slight detour through the pathway and end up in the dorms. The walls are a tree bark brown with the occasional fire alarm in the ceiling. Other things to note was the fact that every 10 steps was a door. Not feeling particularly willing to look through other people's personal space, I avoid going inside. My slow search ends up heading toward the principal's office. Nothing to particularly to note but I quickly check his desktop to see if he had any info. Packets of clumped data whiz by me. In my newly formed smoke body my eyes kept track of them at an alarming pace. I didn't learn anything of importance but I did find out the principal had a few interesting habits. Giving up I decide to head back to the factory. The white road lines speed by me as I probably go something akin to 50 mph. A thought flashes in my head, I don't have many friend... do I. In all the studying and wonders of what I did, I realized I never had any time for friends... I just push the thought aside. The sewage ways are always the fastest way through to the super computer, usually the stench is horrible but the only sense of the five I have is sight. I should consider myself lucky then. Within moments I'm at the foothold of the factory. As I head inside my spectral self starts to break down, I attempt to scream but being smoke doesn't allow for much sound. Once the image is gone I wake up on Lyoko, father looking over me. His glasses don't show his eyes but I can safely assume he feels contempt towards me. But he does something I didn't expect him to do. He smiled, the corners of his lips rising so high to reveal teeth sparkling white. My body shakes as fears coarses through the blood of my veins.

"Glad you could join me Zayna. I finally did it Zayna, I finally did it. Something was missing from the equations, oh the endless equations. I've found the missing link," he whispers into my ear, the force of his breathe tickling my ears. Curious I ask him with as much contempt as I could muster

"And what might that be Father,"

"Not a what, but a who," his blank expression controlling his face now.

"What do you mean!" My voice loses its cool and becomes a scream. He moves back as if he sees a disgusting bug on the floor.

"By sacrificing someone I will be able to create the ultimate AI, ask me who the sacrifice is son. I bet you're dying to know." His smile comes back and it sends my body into convulsions this time.

"Who?" Almost afraid of the answer.

"You son, it's always been you. And don't bother running to the towers, I revoked your code." Fear gives way to anger in a way a oil gives way to fire. It burns likes a inferno, its flames burn any traces of humanity temporarily, and the person gains a new level of awareness. A vision of destruction, the need to burn and raze everything in sight. In that temporary loss of cognition any host of things can attach itself to the rage induced human. That human is me, and that's how I felt towards my father. The reason I don't explain what happened afterwords is because I don't remember. All I know is that the AI system latched itself into me and became complete, effectively destroying my humanity in the process. As it grew stronger, I grew weaker and weaker, until this is all that's left of me. A monotone machine who's memories feel foreign to even him. See I had loved my father, and he left me to die, he used me, and abandoned me. I am Xana, I don't even know my own name anymore. My rage has sustained me, but ultimately it will destroy me. If anyone can read the machination of the codes of my thoughts in this realm, please kill me. Kill me before I destroy everything I once loved...

"Who are you?" The pink haired virtual says.

"I'm Jeremy Belpois and who are you?"

"I don't know..."

"Hmmm how about I call you Maya?"

"Sounds good!"

I'm planning on writing more guys. But the Zayna aspect of the story is done. Think of it as a backstory into Xana's rage and anger toward Hopper. Now the focus of the story will Aelita and Jeremy saving him. I wrote that last bit of Jeremy and Aelita meeting to show that this backstory is indeed before those twos' time. Anyway enjoy guys and remember to review.