Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko nor Pokemon. If I did, I would have a Totodile.

Unchartered Region

Skitty's tail bobbed up and down as it was being chased in the woods. It seemed to be scared, but not Shuppet-scared. Even more scared than Shuppet-scared. I have to help my Pukka, Aelita thought. The pack of Mightyena almost caught up to the Skitty, but Skitty hopped into a bush. Aelita started to sweat as she viewed the horror facing her. She woke up frantically. Aelita leaned over and picked up the blanket that had fallen on the floor. It's the same dream I've been having ever since I came here, sighed Aelita. Out in the hallway, there was a lot of hustle and bustle. Oh, great. It's already morning. Aelita grabbed her towel that was thrown carelessly on her desk. She didn't bother to put on any shoes, because she wanted to get in line quick.

"I'll never be able to get ready on time," said Aelita aloud.

"Well, I know a quicker way," said the squeaky-voiced girl in front of her.

"You do?"

"Yeah," continued Sissi. "The bathroom upstairs has no girls at all." Aelita smiled as she followed her advice. Aelita let out a sigh of relief when there was no girl in sight in front of the upstairs bathroom. She opened the door and stepped inside. A few second later, two boys shoved Aelita back out.

"What are you doing here?" asked Odd. "This is the boys' room."

Aelita was confused. "But Sissi said…"

"Don't listen to anything that Sissi says," interrupted Ulrich. "You'd be better off asking a Mossy Rock."

Jeremy and Yumi were giving themselves a tour of the abandoned Hermitage that Aelita had found the other day.

"I've been doing a lot of research on this place," said Jeremy, walking around a broken chair.

"Oh, yeah?" wondered Yumi.

"It appears that the owner of this house was someone that used to teach here at Kadic. His name is Franz Hopper."

"You think that this guy has something to do with the factory?"

"I have a hunch that this Hopper guy has something to do with the equipment over there. I mean, how else do you think you would find things dated back ten years ago in two separate places?"

Yumi stopped in front of a dusty bookcase. "Ten years, huh?"

Jeremy blew some of the dust off and selected a certain book. It was titled Phoenicia and the Three Punic Wars.

"What's taking?" yelled an irritated boy in the back of the cafeteria line.

"Hurry up, miss," said Rosa. "You're holding up the line."

"Uhh…" Aelita stared at the unfamiliar foods before her. Why aren't any of my friends here? Aelita thought. Was I too late for lunch? Aelita got fed up and threw her tray into the trash can. She stared at her maroon boots as she dragged them to the cafeteria door.

"It's you again." Aelita looked up. "Going back to,…you know, Canada?" Sissi said with her arms crossed.

"Why not?!" Aelita shoved Nicolas into Herve. "At least I like it there better than here." She ran off towards the direction of the woods.

"Aelita's not here?" asked Mrs. Hertz, who was taking roll.

Sissi raised her hand. "Aelita went back to Canada. She told me so."

Canada? Jeremy wondered. He raised his hand as well. "Mrs. Hertz, may I please go to the infirmary? I'm not feeling so well."

"Go ahead."

"Can we take him there?" Ulrich and Odd stood up.

"…might as well…"

"Thank you, Mrs. Hertz," the three said, and they scampered out the door.

Aelita tried not to let her tears fall on the scanner floor as the door closed. Sadly, the tears were whisked away as the self-virtualization process was complete. She landed with a thump on the grassy path, but so did two Bloctrodes. Aelita let out a yelp and scampered to the nearest tree. The Bloctrodes got closer.

'When will this day end?' Aelita thought to herself. Suddenly, the monster exploded. Aelita turned around and saw the three teens from a distance. 'They've found me.' Aelita looked at the ground. 'Why do they care? It's not like they treat me any better when I was on Earth!' Aelita ran to the edge of the sector away from her so-called friends.

"Where's Aelita?" yelled Odd. "She has to thank me for that bullseye shot!"

"She ran to the end of the pathway, you guys," said Jeremy. "Aelita, can you hear me?"
Aelita turned around and faced the vast, creamy sea. She looked up and saw what looked like a giant eyeball descending from the sky. Aelita took a step backwards as she was engulfed by the eyeball in a matter of seconds. Odd and Ulrich had finished their death spree, then arrived at the scene of the missing Aelita.

"Where did she go?" asked Ulrich.

"I…I don't know," gasped Jeremy. "She disappeared from my map completely."

"So she's not in this sector anymore?" asked Odd.

"She' not in any sector," said Jeremy, surprised. "Wait a second; Aelita is in a fifth sector!"

"A fifth sector?" Odd and Ulrich said simultaneously.

"CARTHAGE?" Jeremy read. "It requires a password to get in."

"Take your time. We can wait." Odd sat down next to Kiwi.

'Carthage,' Jeremy thought. Beldum nudged Jeremy's backpack. "What is it, Beldum?"

"Bel." The dusty book fell out.

"Franz Hopper's book? The Punic Wars! That's right. He must have been the one that created Lyoko!"

"Any time now, Einstein," said Odd.

"Who are you talking to Jeremy?" Ulrich scoffed.
"Nothing. I found the password," he said. "The name of the fifth sector is Carthage, and the man who conquered Carthage was none other than Scipio Africanus."

"How do you spell that?" asked Odd.

"S-C-I-P-I-O" Jeremy said, typing.

The orb came down again, encircling the four fighters. It traveled with lightning speed away from the forest sector, towards the center of Lyoko. Soon enough, after passing bytes of data, the boys reached Sector Five, resembling a brick-laden globe or a blue golf ball. The ball entered one of the sector's ports and past many large, blue bricks. Ulrich and Odd found themselves standing on a platform much like those found in towers, except that it was larger. It was also different because the boys were standing in a spherical, rotating room.

"Welcome to Sector Five, everybody." Jeremy launched the new application to show the new sector on his holographic map.

"Now what?" asked Ulrich. The room stopped rotating and revealed a narrow hallway at the tip of the symbol on the floor, which Odd had realized was the eye of XANA.

"Now we go that way," Odd said. He pointed in the direction of the hallway and called, "Come on, Kiwi. Let's go!" They ran along the unfamiliar, moving walls to a vast room made up solely of blue cubes and rectangular prisms. "Where's Aelita?"

"In another room," said Jeremy, confused himself.

"Another room?!" screamed Odd. "There's no way out of…"

"Don't talk so much, Odd," yelled back Jeremy. "I'm worked up myself trying to figure out all of these new data! Uhh… what's this countdown for?!"

"Odd, look!" Ulrich pointed to the floor. The floor shifted revealing a square hole.

"Wow," said Odd. "Something tells me that this sector will be full of surprises." Five unidentified monsters emerged from the hole. Odd and Ulrich panicked. These new monsters of XANA looked tough. Their snake-like bodies, and their brown, spindly, Tarantarak-like arms made them look tougher than any monster they've ever seen. And that includes monsters not from Lyoko. "Those are some creepy-looking Arbok," Odd said. Hearing this, the monsters fired lasers from their throats at him.

"Split up!" yelled Ulrich.

"Since these monsters are Bug-type, I suggest Nuzleaf sit this one out," advised Jeremy. "Those beams would do quadruple damage to it." Ulrich blocked the rapidfire coming towards his Pokemon with his sword. As Odd aimed his wrist at the incoming monster, he fell because of the floor. "Stupid moving floor," he cursed. He backed up against the wall, but it moved away from him with a sharp motion. "Stupid moving walls." Odd stood up and turned around. Aelita! She was captivated by another one of XANA's monsters – this sort of floating, Tentacruel-like monster shaped like an ice cream cone. "Jeremy! What's XANA doing to Aelita?!"

"He's stealing Aelita's memories!" Jeremy panicked. "Quick! Stop it!" Odd ordered Kiwi to attack the monster. The Granbull's teeth gave the monster a shock that told it to cease the attack. The monster fled, and Aelita fell to the ground. "The countdown's over," Jeremy announced. "Everyone okay?"

"Yeah, but the walls are moving more than ever!" said Odd.

"Quick, you guys," said Jeremy. "Back to the transporter orb!" Odd and Kiwi helped Aelita up and towards the entrance room. A worn-out Ulrich and his Nuzleaf followed. How dangerous this place is!

"I'm sorry for running away like that," apologized Aelita. "I just…"

"You don't have to explain, Aelita," said Jeremy. "We're not mad at you at all." He sat down on his bed next to her.

"On the other hand," said Odd, "Sissi…"

"Did someone call my name?" the disgusting girl called from the doorway.

"Ugh," said Aelita. "It's that girl who keeps hogging the showers."

"Well a beautiful Bellossom such as me has to be watered often," said Sissi, flipping her hair.

"Yeah," said Aelita. "You might just sprout a brain." Everyone laughed as Sissi stormed off, promising herself not to pick on Aelita again.

Finished 9/1/07