That night, Seth slept particularly well. Not because his only Aunt was there of his favorite cousin, but because of what he saw that day in Lyoko. He kept replaying the fight with the creature over and over in his head, except every time he replayed it, he ended up winning. He would throw the trident, stab the creature, do crazy back flips and each time his weapon would hit its target. But there was always a dark cloud in the background, as if there was something looming over his head. And it was because of this that he was outside of his house, a stick in his hand. He stood there, facing a hay bail that his neighbor (the farmer) had left out. He had sharpened the sticks point so that it looked like a weapon a caveman would use. He stood about fifteen feet away from his target, his hands gripping the bark of his make-shift spear. He took a deep breath and with one swift but forceful movement, hurled the spear at the target. The weapon flew through the air and right over the target. Seth sighed and fell to his knees. He had been out there for two hours straight. He had thrown that spear at least 50 times and he wasn't getting any better. He was wondering what he was doing wrong when he heard a voice say "Your not finding your weapons balancing point." His head jerked around to see Gio walking up towards him, her black hair shimmering off the sunrise. He stood up and confused, asked "Balancing point?" She nods and picks up his weapon. She holds it up to him and rests it on the side of her pointer-finger. Seth watches as the stick seems to balance perfectly on her hand. Gio grabs the stick near the "balancing point" and Seth watched in amazement as she threw it with stunning accuracy, the pointed end skewering the bail of hay. He looks at her with his eyes narrowed. "Show off" he mumbles, prying the stick out of the hay bail. Gio laughs and rests up against his target. He goes and sets himself right next to her, asking "So why the sudden appearance. I mean, why are you and aunt Annabelle here? Just to visit, or what?" She looks into the sunrise and says "No, no. I wish that were just the case. My school had another death threat and my mom had decided that was enough. So, she wanted me to transfer schools. We were searching for about a week when she saw an advertisement for Kadic. She says she doesn't want to send me there, but it's the only place she trusts at the moment. So, we decided on coming here. Her only rule is that i can't go past the bridge on the west side of town." Seth, also staring into the sunrise thinks to himself, "The west side of town? There's nothing there except…. the factory." He wanted to say something, but all he mutters out is "So you're staying with us?" She replies back, "Just until we can find a house of our own. But it looks like you're stuck with me until then." She nudges him on the shoulder and they laugh.
As he laughs, he is unaware of the boy walking up behind him. "Hey Seth" says the familiar voice of Robert. Seth turns around to look at his friend and Gio does the same. Robert walks around the bail of hay then freezes. His eyes fall on Gio and his cheeks turn a slight shade of red. Gio seems to pick up on it, her cheeks turning a shade of red as well. Seth stares at those two, trying not to bust out laughing. "H-hi" Robert says, shaking his head as if to snap out of a trance. Gio blinks a few times and replies back "Hi." "My name is Robert Stone" Robert says, extending a hand, his eyes never leaving hers. Gio takes his hand and replies "I'm Gio Schaffer" The two of them just sit there silently looking at each other. Seth shakes his head and says "Holy canoli you two. Why don't I just leave so you two can kiss already, good god" Gio slaps him across the shoulder and says "Why don't you go back to missing the hay bail with your stick?" Robert laughs, turning to Seth, saying "I was wondering what you were doing out here." Seth replies back "I couldn't get over the fact that i couldn't defeat that Blok." Roberts eyes got wide as a look of fear came over his face. Seth hadn't realized that Gio didn't know about Lyoko, so he covered it up by saying "I mean… seriously, how hard could it be to win in a video game?" Seth gives a small thumbs up to Robert. Robert shakes his head and says to Gio "What my informative friend was trying to say is that he had a hard time with a video game." Gio laughs and says "Yes, my cousin can be like that sometimes." Robert looks back at Gio and says "Well, i'm glad we have Seth's insolence in common." They both laugh and Seth says quietly, his face unemotional "Am i even here right now?" Just then, Robert lets out a loud "OW!" as he pulls out his phone and throws it on the ground. The phone sits there, sparking and jerking out of control. Seth reaches down to pick it up but a small bolt of electricity jumps up and hits his finger. Seth reels back and holds his finger. Gio looks at the phone and says "What the heck is going on?" Seth and Robert look as confused as ever until the screen on the phone changes. It transforms from Roberts usual mountain screensaver to a weird, yet familiar red symbol. Seth and robert both look at each other sternly. Seth looks at Gio and says "Gio, go home and don't touch any electronics until we get back. Trust me, i'll explain later." Gio shoots back, saying "Seth.." but it was too late. Seth and Robert with a nod had taken off toward the west side of the city. As they were running, Robert says "Don't you feel bad for leaving Gio?" Seth shakes his head and says "Not at all. It will be more safe for her at home." Robert nods before Seth says "Call Noah and have him meet us at the factory. I have a feeling i'm gonna need backup in Lyoko."