A portal opened in between two buildings in a small alley like area and the group exited out of it in a bit of a rush making them slightly dazed due to being sent down the portal at a near hyper-speed rate.

Ulrich was the first to look up and he stared in awe.

Odd crashed into him trying to regain his balance "Hey Ulrich if you're going to stop." he muttered but then looked up at what Ulrich was staring at which made him quiet "Whoa" was his only comment.

Kat jumped up to where they were and said "What, What, What is it?"

Aelita Liz and Yumi walked up and looked

Aelita said "Amazing"

Liz started "Just like in…"

Yumi finished "the real world."

The group was staring at several building that looked just like real world high rises and skyscrapers. A clear but golden tinted sky clearly stated that they were not in the real world nor on Lyoko anymore.

Jeremy looked and said "Well, when Guide said sites that are like cities he wasn't kidding"

"And look," Liz said as she pointed to several metallic humanoids all wearing various outfits and clothes walking the sidewalks causally "There are people or what should I say?"

Jeremy said "from what I gathered from Guide's story is that they are computer programs that taken a general form of a metallic humanoid, and to tell themselves apart they've added varying degrees of details, like body size, height, weight, hair, and even differing clothes to tell themselves apart"

Odd said "That's interesting, you know when I first said something like there be actual virtual being in this world I was just joking."

Kat said in a sing song voice "and I like said Coz, anything possible."

Jeremy said "including the impossible, I would have never thought that the humans created a world like this or had the ability to."

Aelita said "Well no one ever thought a world like Lyoko could exist either or that programs could be sentient maybe this is just an advanced version of Lyoko."

Jeremy said "maybe or maybe this is something else entirely who knows but we got to focus on our mission we can explore later right now we have to find some information."

"Looking for information Amigos? You came to the right place." a male with a slight Spanish accent suddenly spoke up

Ulrich got defensive and said "What?"

A program in a causal dress shirt and pants with the Google label on them came up to the group "Hey welcome to Google Amigos, name Que I'm one of the led Information runners of this site."

Kat said "Hi I'm Kat nice to meet you this is Strawberry."

Strawberry growled in greetings.

Ulrich said "I'm Ulrich, Ulrich Stern"

Odd said "Odd Della Robbia"

Aelita said "Aelita Hopper"

Yumi said "Yumi Ishiyama"

Liz was hesitant for a second but then said "I'm Liz Stuart"

Jeremy said "and I'm Jeremy Belpois"

Que smiled "my pleasure, So couldn't help overhearing you needed some information."

Jeremy nodded "That's right Que. We're looking for someone that we been told knows a lot of things about Databattles"

Que nodded "Yeah I think I know who talking about; of course, Databattles are common knowledge these days ever since several Ex-Agents decided to share their knowledge of the game to the public. People loved it because it's a game that keeps the mind sharp. I know a good bit of information on Databattles, but if you really want someone who knows his game you got to talk to Clip."

Ulrich said "I think that was the guy name"

Que said "Yeah most do hold him as the Databattling Guru"

Odd said "So do you know where we can find him?"

Que walked out and turned left to look down the street "He should be as his place of business it about half a mile down the main street which is this one right in front of ya on the left hand south corner as your walking up this street. You know you found it if you see an arcade that the place."

Kat got excited "An Arcade!" She exclaimed "You mean this place has Arcades!"

Que said "Yeah and Clip has the latest in Arcade games including the latest in DDR, even some simulators for various videogames."

Kat grinned and said "Sweet I'm so there!" and took off running

Odd yelled "Hey Kat wait up for us!" and followed

Que watched the two dash off and had a shocked expression when he turned back to the remaining group members "She's likes playing games doesn't she?" he asked making reference to Kat.

Aelita grinned sheepishly "Especially DDR"

Jeremy sighed "Come on we can't let her get too far."

Que said "Well if you all need any more help just give me a call" He handed Jeremy a card "The more calls I get the better my bonus on my paycheck but make sure it actually worth something otherwise it doesn't count."

Jeremy nodded "If we need any more information Que we'll look you up."

Que said "Alright peace" and took off

Jeremy said "Come on" and headed up the street from their point of view

"Oh come on Coz, let me go, I wanna play!" Kat squealed as she was trying to pull away from Odd as the group entered. They had made it to the front of the arcade

Odd sighed "Kat we got to wait for the others you can get lost here I bet"

Kat said "I can play one quick round of DDR before they are even here" She pointed at an open machine "See there one open!"

Jeremy said "I highly doubt that Kat because we're here"

Kat said "Oh that's not fair."

Jeremy said sternly "We don't have time to play games Kat."

Aelita said "And don't arcade games cost money?"

Kat reached into her pockets "I got enough for…" She couldn't feel anything and got confused "Hey Jeremy what happens to money when you get virtualized?"

Jeremy said "It's stored with the rest of your real molecules when you're sent."

Kat pouted "That's not fair I had 2 Euros in my pocket that enough for at least two full games."

Jeremy said "Well it's a good thing for us because we have a mission to do"

Kat groaned "Oh…" She looked at Odd "Okay Coz you can let me go now"

Odd held his grip "You promise not to run off?"

Kat struggled "I promise, I promise"

Odd released her.

Kat sighed "Thanks"

Strawberry growled at Kat Feet

Kat picked her up letting Strawberry go around her neck and said "So we going in or what"

Jeremy looked at the arcade and said "Let's go"

The group entered into the arcade and looked around at all the programs playing various games

Ulrich said "It must be pretty busy this time of day"

Yumi said "By the way Jeremy how are we going to pay for Clip's lessons if we don't have any money?"

Jeremy said "I've been thinking on that Yumi we'll have to ask Clip I've been trying to contact Guide but he's not responding I keep hearing what sounds like a phone busy signal"

Liz sighed "So where do we find Clip in this mess"

Jeremy said "I'd usually say in his office but I don't know where that is"

A cheer came up from a crowd that was across the room

"Get him Clip put that twerp in his place"

"Come on Ricky get with it"

Kat said "Sounds like someone having fun let's go see!"

Aelita said "I think Clip over there too"

Jeremy nodded "Right"

They headed across the room to see a teenager boy on one side of a databattle field with an older guy in a causal business suit on the other side. The kid has a large eyeball on his side and the older guy has a swordsman on his side. There a TV screen showing a top view of the match

Kat squeezed in front of the crowd and said "Cool it's a databattle!"

Another girl in a causal blue blouse and skirt said "Yeah Clip takes on challenges from various regulars to see if they can win the jackpot which is about 200 tokens towards his other games"

Kat said "sounds like my kind of Jackpot"

The girl said "Mine too I'm Crystal what your name"

Kat said "Kathleen but I go by Kat,"

Crystal said "Nice to meet you Kat I like your dress especially that fur collar"

Kat said "Actually that Strawberry my Ferret"

Strawberry squeaked

Crystal said "Oh how cute" and petted Strawberry

Strawberry growled in happiness

Kat said "So who winning"

Crystal pointed to the older guy and said "So far Clip owning Ricky with his level 3 sentinel that one of highest levels of sentinels you can get these days. Ricky been trying to take it down but each time he tries to do damage Clip's signature rulebreaker card step recovery keeps healing the sentinel every move phase"

Kat said "So do rulebreaker card cheat in this game"

Crystal said "not really everyone allowed to use them if they have them but if one side doesn't have them it's common rule that the other side doesn't use them keeping it a pure match"

Kat said "So what have we got here"

Crystal said "Well Ricky trying to fight but with a weak watchman that only does 20 damage with it's Phaser attack he got no chance"

The boy said "Okay Watchman forward 1 and attack with Phaser"

The eyeball moved forward and shot a small laser from it's eye hitting the Lvl 3 Sentinel which was two panels away

The Sentinel lifepoints fell to 20

The older Gentleman grinned and said "Boy have you learned nothing you want to beat my Sentinel you're going to do have to do more damage then that. Sentinel forward 1 and attack with Taser!

Crystal said "He's done for"

Kat said "Why?"

Crystal said "Taser does 40 damage and a watchman has only 20 lifepoints"

Kat said "uh that is weak even Strawberry has more lifepoints then that"

The Sentinel charged forward and slashed twice with a large sword

The watchman took the hit and it's life points fell to 0. Two slash marks in an X shape split it into four pieces which shattered. On the screen the tile faded out

Ricky said "Oh man not again"

Clip said "Sorry boy look like security wins again"

The Sentinel posed and said in a deep voice "Intruders eliminated Data Battle Complete"

Ricky hung his head and said "You got me Clip I'll keep practicing"

Clip said "Come back anytime my door open"

Ricky walked off

Clip stretched slightly and said "So anybody else want to take a shot at winning the Jackpot"

The crowd started murmuring various no answers but then one male voice spoke up "I'll take you on Clip"