Angel: Hello everyone. For those of you who don't know me, I'm Angel, and this is actually a second attempt at a Code Lyoko story. The first one didn't do so great, so I scrapped it, but I'm trying this again, because this is one of my favorite 2000s shows of all time. And for those of you who do know me from my other stories, hi XD I know that this prequel didn't come out until later into the show, but I thought it was best to start out with this first, since a prequel is supposed to...you know, precede the show? XD
Most of season 1 might seem short in terms of episode length, because I wrote them about one or two years ago and I just never bothered to fix them...back then, I was still in college, and I just never had the time to post the story, not to mention I was doing other stories that took up my time.
Oh...and I'm on season 3 ^^' Don't ask.
A 4'10 blonde boy with glasses sits in front of a computer. He's wearing a long-sleeved blue sweater, beige khakis, and blue sneakers. "Diary of Jeremy Belpois. Kadic Academy, Eighth Grade student, October 9th. A few weeks ago, I was hunting for parts to finish building my miniature robots. I couldn't find anything around here I could use, so I decided to rummage for scrap in the abandoned factory not far from the Academy." Jeremy opens the hatch, climbing a ladder. He crawls out, running across a bridge to the entrance. "I figured that I could find plenty of cool, old mechanical stuff left inside there that would be useful."
Jeremy looks at a rope, grabbing it. "And I wasn't disappointed, it was unbelievable!" Jeremy slides down the rope. "I stumbled into some sort of complex, with an entire computer lab with scanners, and especially this totally intense mainframe." Jeremy presses the button to the elevator. "For the moment, I haven't told anyone. It's my little secret. It's the coolest thing that's ever happened to me. And that wasn't all. That night, even though I was scared stiff, I decided to start up the computer." The lever appears in front of Jeremy and he grabs it.
"I hope I'm not gonna regret this in a minute," he says to himself. "Okay, go!" He pulls the lever and the computer glows bright, making him scream. He backs away to the elevator, adjusting his glasses. He rubs his chin slightly, deciding to go down to the computer lab. The doors open in front of him and he gets into the chair, cracking his fingers.
"Now, let's see what you've got under the hood, my friend." He starts up the computer and a pink-haired girl with elf ears, one earring on her left ear, and pink eye make-up appears in front of him. She has her eyes closed. "Wow, what's all this?" The girl wakes up at his voice, looking surprised. "A video game?"
She looks around curiously before finally noticing him. "Who...who are you? W-Where am I?"
He gasps, his glasses falling from his face.
The bell rings at Kadic Academy, Jeremy's school. The students walk into their class, a gray-haired woman with glasses and a white lab coat at the front. Jeremy sits up at front, near a brown-haired boy.
"Um, are you Ulrich Stern?"
The brown-haired boy behind Jeremy turns to a boy dressed in purple. His hair is partially purple near his forehead. "Uh, that depends. Who wants to know?"
"Odd Della Robbia, his brand-new roommate."
"What?" Ulrich turns to him in surprise.
"I'm new at the academy and the principal told me to move in with you," Odd tells him, Ulrich raising an eyebrow.
"Latch onto me sounds more like it."
"Relax, I'm totally cool. Trust me, you'll see. You won't even know I'm there," Odd reassures.
"I sure hope so. Look, we don't exactly go way back, so just for now, let's take things nice and slow, okay?" Ulrich warns, pointing to him.
"Okay, nice and slow," Odd holds up his hands in defense. A black-haired girl with a yellow headband and a pink outfit walks to their table.
"Hi there, Ulrich sweetheart. I've got something very important to tell you."
"Important like uh, 'I lost my mascara' or 'my pink t-shirt ran?' " he retorts.
"No, nothing as serious as that. It's something about you and me, Ulrich. If you wanna know more, come by my dorm tonight at 8. I'm counting on you," Odd just watches in amusement and she walks away, two boys nearby staring. Odd turns his chair around.
"Ulrich, sweetheart?" He places his hands behind his neck as he winks. "Who's the good-looking babe?"
"Sissi, she's the principal's daughter. Guys flip over her, but she's only flipped over me," Ulrich explains, unamused.
"That's pretty cool."
"Cool? She's totally brain-dead and a leech as well," Ulrich puts a finger to his temple.
"Well in that case, it's pretty lame."
"Class, I'd like to introduce another student, Amelia Smith." The teacher gestures to the door as a light brown-haired girl walks in, looking to be close to Odd's height, if not a little taller at 4 feet and nine inches tall. She wears a baby pink shirt with a purplish grey border and two black buttons on the top. A light blue sleeveless denim tunic is over her shirt and she wears a black belt around her waist. She wears a flowing pink skirt which has a black rim, a blue necklace on her neck. Her shoes are grey boots to her knees and she has on black tights. Her hair is down and wavy to her waist, pink streaks in her side-swept bangs. She holds a baby pink bag in her hands. She smiles, walking inside and to Jeremy's table, sitting down next to him.
"Whoa..." Odd murmurs, winking. "Now she's a babe."
The bell rings, Odd opening the door as he's telling Ulrich a joke. "And the wiener says, 'I don't have frog legs, that's just the way I walk!' " He laughs, but Ulrich doesn't. "Ya get it?"
"No, but what I am beginning to get is that you're determined not to give me a break," Ulrich says in annoyance.
"We're gonna have to get to know each other. And you'll see by the end of the day, you won't be able to do without me," Odd replies.
"Why don't you get to know her?" Ulrich jerks a thumb behind him and Odd turns around, seeing Amelia walking out of the building.
"Fine, I will. Hey, new girl!" Odd calls out, waving. She turns to him, smiling brightly. She walks over to him and he holds out a hand. "Odd Della Robbia at your service!"
"Amy," she grins, shaking his hand.
"Welcome, Amy. I'm Ulrich," Ulrich introduces himself.
Jeremy sits down in his chair at the lab, typing. "Artificial intelligence? Can you hear me?"
The girl from before appears on the screen. "Yes, but would you mind calling me something else, please?" She requests.
"Okay, how do you like the name...Maya?" He suggests.
"Maya?" She thinks it over. "I like that, but what I'd really like is for to tell me what I'm doing in this virtual universe."
"That's not so easy," he confesses, since he didn't know all the details. "But I've already got a couple of answers. You're part of a virtual environment called Lyoko, and you've gotta try to get out of there. Look around for a door or something like that."
Maya is in a digital environment, it seems, sitting on an eye logo...She looks around, standing up. A pathway is in front of her and she starts walking. Maya presses against the walls. "Jeremy, I can't find anything, I-" She phases through and looks around to see a forest. She was in a tower that's glowing white. "Jeremy, I...this is weird, you have to see this."
"I'd love to. You think you can give me a visual?"
"I'll try," she tells him, Jeremy waiting patiently. "Huh?" A screen pops up, showing the forest through Maya's eyes.
"Wow!" A map appears near him. "Maya, there isn't just a forest out there. There's an entire world! I count four sectors, each one is different."
Maya gasps, stopping as two monsters come from two paths. They have the same eyes that she was standing on. "Uh, Jeremy? I'm...not all alone out here. There are some animals."
"That's fantastic! This virtual world has an entire ecosystem with virtual living creatures, can you get-" They start firing lasers at her and Maya starts running.
"Jeremy! They're attacking me!" She shouts.
"Run away, Maya. Get back to the tower," he tells her. She gets hit by one of the lasers, falling just in front of the tower. An ID card appears in front of Jeremy and it glows red. "Maya, hurry up!"
She stands up and runs, getting hit again and falling inside. She looks to be unconscious. The ID card stops beeping. "Phew...your...your life points are regenerating."
A black-haired girl in black clothing puts a coin in the vending machine. She stirs her drink, walking past Amy, Odd, and Ulrich. They had drinks in their hands.
"You know what I was thinking. You know your girlfriend there, Sissi?" Odd asks.
"She's not my girlfriend," Ulrich points out.
"Cool!" Odd throws his cup in the trash can. "So that means she's available," he crosses his arms.
"She looked kinda stuck-up to me," Amy frowns as she sips her hot chocolate. Jeremy walks past them to the machine.
"Thank you, Amy. At least you're not blind. I'm telling you, she's lame. Plus no offense, but you're not her type," Ulrich says.
"Yeah, I hear that a lot."
Jeremy suddenly gets electrocuted. "Belpois!" Ulrich exclaims and he falls, unconscious. Ulrich throws away his can, running to him. "Hey, Belpois, you okay?" Ulrich puts his glasses on for him. Amy bends down to him. "We'll take him to an infirmary, tell a teacher okay?"
"Mmhm," Odd runs off. Amy helps Ulrich with Jeremy, slowly walking to the infirmary. They don't notice the buttons showing the same eyes as the monsters from Lyoko...
The nurse checks over Jeremy. "Nothing too serious, just a minor electrical shock and some superficial burns."
"You wanted some juice, well you got some," Ulrich jokes, Amy hitting his arm slightly with her elbow.
"Very funny, Stern, but thank you all the same," Jeremy says in amusement.
"Hey," Amy places her hands on her hips.
"You too Smith."
"Don't mention it, we'll come by to check on you tonight after my martial arts class," Ulrich leaves and Amy waves at Jeremy.
"Bye Belpois, I've got some unpacking to do," she leaves as well.
"How are you all?" A man with red and black gym clothing asks later that night. He's Jim, the gym teacher as well as the supervisor of the school. "I'm happy to see so many of you here tonight." Despite him saying that, Ulrich is the only person there. "Canari Paya! Kogusoku! Jutsu!" The same black-haired girl from before walks into the gym. "No, these are not dishes from the Golden Dragon Chinese restaurant." He laughs at that. "Uh, no offense, Miss Ishiyama."
"None taken, sir. I'm Japanese," she corrects. He rubs his head.
"Yeah, well, whatever. Anyway, these are combat techniques that can save your life! As they did for me when I was a forest ranger in Quebec."
"Really? What happened?" Ulrich questions curiously.
"That night? Well, I was quietly enjoying a waffle with maple syrup by my campfire when I was attacked by a vicious beaver!" Ulrich smirks in amusement. "Its razor-sharp teeth were going for my jugular, but I was able to save myself thanks to my perfect mastery of the Raging Hand of Lei Fu Chang!"
Ulrich and the girl burst out laughing. "What? What's so funny about that?"
"Excuse us, sir," the girl apologizes.
"Honestly, I think you would've been better off not talking about it!" Ulrich exclaims.
"Right. Okay then, enough laughing. Let's get into groups of two." The only two stand up, walking past him. The girl bows to him before they take stances. The girl kicks, but he ducks. She proves to have good skills.
"Pretty good for a beginner."
She kicks him in the face and he falls to the ground. She tackles him, holding him by the shoulders. They stare at each other intensely before realizing how close they were, blushing.
"Not bad," they look up at their teacher. "But you could both use a lot more work. That'll do it for tonight, kids. Battle each other and go get some beauty sleep." They stand up, the girl bowing in respect. Ulrich turns and leaves without having bowed back to the girl.
"Well nice to meet you too," she narrows her eyes.
Ulrich walks back to his room, opening the door and dropping his backpack. "Huh?!" The room is a total mess, a dog on his bed. "What is with this mess? Where did that mutt come from?!"
"Uh," Odd sits up. "That's Kiwi, my dog. He just had a little fit, that's all. You understand, the poor thing's not used to being cooped up."
"I mean, look at this! My CDs, my clothes, he's trashed everything! And he-argh! Did you see what he did in my bed?" Ulrich states, not at all happy. Odd walks over and cringes.
"Oh, sorry, but I couldn't take him out with everyone around. There are no dogs allowed at Kadic."
"No kidding! I think the principal's gonna be interested in hearing about this!" Ulrich smirks, closing the door.
"Oh, that's okay, Kiwi," the dog tears up Ulrich's pillow. "My little diggity dog!"
Jeremy is typing on his computer in his room, a robot next to him. Suddenly, his computer shuts down. "Hmm, what's going on?" It starts up again, showing the same eye yet again. "Hey, I've seen that logo before." He turns to his robot starting up, the same eye appearing from the lens. Jeremy gasps nervously, Ulrich walking past his room. Amy opens the doors, holding a notebook.
"Oh, hey Stern. Belpois forgot his notebook when I took him back from the infirmary-" Jeremy screams from inside his room. They turn around and Ulrich opens the door, seeing Jeremy being attacked by the robot.
"Hang on," They try to pull the robot off him, only to be slightly shocked by another one. "Hey!" Ulrich stomps on it, knocking it away using his martial arts training. The computer turns off and Amy grabs a book, smacking the robot off Jeremy.
"...Sorry, I'll build you a new one," she looks down at it.
"No need," he groans.
"Your little friends are kind of aggressive, maybe you should check their settings," Ulrich suggests.
"I had nothing to do with it. They just attacked me all of a sudden," he explains.
"You lost us, do you mind explaining?" Ulrich presses for more information.
"No, forget it," Jeremy looks away.
"Come on, tell us. Maybe we can be of some help," Ulrich says.
"Yeah, it's not like the world's gonna end," Amy shrugs. "...I don't think."
"What if you suddenly get attacked by a hairdryer and we're not around?" Ulrich jokes, Amy snickering.
"Ha, very funny," Jeremy still won't let up. He didn't want to tell his secret, they'd think he was crazy.
"We're not leaving this room until we know what's up," Ulrich sits in his chair, tapping his right leg over his left one.
"Dude, you've been shocked and your robots attacked you. That equals not normal," Amy presses in slight annoyance. Jeremy leans against his desk and Amy crosses her arms, leaning against the wall as she raises an eyebrow. Ulrich turns, but Jeremy stops him.
"Okay, what have I got to lose? I'm already in over my head, so I might as well tell you. This is so crazy." He looks at the door, walking up and closing it. "But first, tell me if you can keep a secret."
Ulrich and Amy glance at each other.
They start walking across the bridge to the factory. "That tunnel in the gym is a great way to beat curfew," Ulrich replies.
"Yeah, and there's another one on the campus as well," Jeremy explains and they walk up to the rope. "Ladies first," Jeremy gestures to the rope. Amy jumps up and grabs it, sliding down safely. Jeremy climbs down. Ulrich lags behind. "What's the matter, scared of heights?" Jeremy calls out.
"Uh, no," Ulrich closes his eyes, cringing as he slides down. They go down in the elevator and into the lab. Amy looks around in awe. "Okay, so that's the mega computer you started up?" Ulrich questions.
"Uh huh. It's actually a supercomputer. It's ultra powerful and while I was examining it, I found out that it runs a virtual universe called Lyoko," he tells them.
"You know what, Belpois? This morning's electric shock fried your brain," Ulrich points to his head.
"Oh, come on. It's not that unbelievable. I mean, yes, that's science fiction, but...yeah, I got nothing," Amy murmurs.
"This is just the control center of the factory, that's all," Ulrich dismisses. Jeremy types in some keys and Maya appears.
"Oh yeah? And what would you call this, huh?" They turn to Maya. "A program for spray-painting doors?"
"Hello, Jeremy," she greets.
"Who's the girl with the pink hair?" Ulrich asks.
"And how did she get there?" Amy questions.
"That's Maya, a form of artificial intelligence who lives on Lyoko. I don't know what she's there for yet," Jeremy replies.
"This...this is..." Amy says in shock.
"Don't mess with me. You programmed her, right?" Ulrich asks in disbelief.
"No," Maya answers. "I woke up the moment that Jeremy restarted the supercomputer. I don't know who I am. My memory has been erased."
"Maya has to hide in some kind of a tower." Ulrich raises an eyebrow at Amy, who shrugs. "As soon as she leaves it, she gets attacked by monsters. You've gotta believe me, Stern and Smith. This is an incredible discovery!"
"I don't know, Belpois..." Amy confesses.
"Let's say it is...what if...what if it's just some kind of giant video game?" Ulrich crosses his arms.
"Then it's a very dangerous game. My robots are programmed just to go and fetch a ball. And they just tried to kill me, don't forget. You SAW them. What's more, the moment they attacked, a kind of logo appeared on my computer screen. The same one that the monsters had on Lyoko." Ulrich turns around in his chair, Amy standing next to him.
"Better and better. Do you mean then that the virtual thing that attacked Maya also wants to kill you?" Ulrich points to him.
"That's what it looks like."
"...This can't be all coincidence," Amy places a finger on her chin.
Ulrich turns around. "You know what? If that's true Belpois, if it's that dangerous, I think you should shut it down and call the police."
"Okay...but first I want to help Maya to understand what she's doing on Lyoko," Jeremy explains.
"Say what?" They both ask.
"I really do, and if I'm right, we can materialize her right here on Earth," he looks away shyly.
"Oh, that's too much. What makes you think you can?"
"You'll see, Stern and Smith." Jeremy smiles.
"...You know what, Belpois? I believe you," Amy confesses and they turn to her. "You getting shocked, the robots, the logos...they're all connected somehow. I think it makes sense, and if you really wanna help Maya, then you've got me on your side."
"Thank you, Amy!" He smiles brighter.
Sissi has a mud mask on, getting ready to meet Ulrich. "This one is absolutely perfect! Tonight, my dear Ulrich, you're all mine..."
"What's all this?" Ulrich questions as they're in front of something.
"Scanners, I still haven't found the program that can bring Maya back to Earth, but I dug up the one which allows someone to be scanned and sent to Lyoko. In fact, the supercomputer analyzes your molecular structure through these cabins, and then breaks down your atoms before digitalizing them and recreating a digital incarnation in the virtual world."
"Hm, in English?" Ulrich scratches his head.
"You go inside the cabin, you're teleported to the virtual world," Jeremy elaborates.
"So, we can actually go to Lyoko?" Amy raises an eyebrow and he nods.
Ulrich taps the scanner that Jeremy's in. "Jeremy, these things don't exist yet. There's no way," he shakes his head, Jeremy crossing his arms.
"You still don't wanna believe me," Jeremy points out.
"I would love to, but virtualization is straight out of science fiction," Ulrich argues, Amy turning to him.
"You're kidding, right? And what would you call tonight, hm?" She gestures to the scanner and they see Jeremy sitting on the scanner.
"Why don't we try it out? That way, you can see for yourself," Jeremy suggests. "But we're gonna need a guinea pig."
"A guinea pig? No problem," Ulrich gets an idea.
The only question was, was his roommate gonna kill him?
Odd snores in Ulrich's room, his hair messy. Ulrich stands over his bed. "Well, got a surprise for you, doggy. You're gonna be virtualized," he places his hands behind his back. Kiwi pants, not knowing what he was in for.
Sissi waits in her room, already ten minutes past 8. She huffs impatiently, pulling out her cellphone.
Ulrich's phone starts to ring as he picks up Kiwi. Odd hears it and turns around just in time to see Ulrich leave with his dog. "Hey!" He runs after him.
Sissi gives a blank look, shutting her phone. She stands up and leaves, stomping along the way. Ulrich runs past, not even noticing her. Odd tackles her to the ground and she looks up at him.
Odd appears at the staircase. "Hey! Ulrich!" They both run after him and he runs downstairs to the boiler room. Odd and Sissi look to see a tunnel leading to the factory.
"Where's he going?" Sissi asks. "I'm sure there's another girl behind all this!"
Odd narrows his eyes. "No look, it's not a girl, it's Kiwi, my dog."
Sissi faints at this revelation.
Ulrich pants, pushing the button which closes the elevator. Odd and Sissi run up, looking at it go down the shaft. "But why is he taking Kiwi into this factory?"
"Who knows? Maybe he wants to use him for some horrible science experiment," Sissi suggests.
"You watch too many horror movies," Odd replies.
"Yeah you're right, that was pretty dumb. It's probably more like some sort of ritual sacrifice or voodoo thing!"
"Nice doggy, don't move," Ulrich warns as Kiwi is in the scanner. He climbs up the ladder that leads to the lab.
Odd and Sissi climb down the ladder from the shaft.
Ulrich comes down, Amy and Jeremy turning to him. "Everything's cool, guys, the mutt is in the scanner."
"Okay, let's see how it goes. It's not gonna be a piece of cake."
"I hope Odd's not too mad we're using his dog for this," Amy cringes.
Odd jumps down into the scanner room from the shaft. Sissi follows him. "Those things look like coffins," Odd points out, tilting his head in confusion.
"You're right! Maybe it's the tomb of an Egyptian Pharaoh, huh?"
"Right, we're all set," Jeremy finishes setting things up. "I'm starting up the procedure."
"Let's hope this works so Stern over here can actually believe it," Amy snorts, jerking a thumb to Ulrich.
"Kiwi! Are you okay, boy?" Odd steps into the scanner, picking up his dog. Jeremy presses enter and the scanner starts up. Kiwi jumps out of Odd's arms and out the scanner. "Hey!" The doors close in on him.
"Oh no! You're going to be mummified!" Sissi panics.
"Transfer guinea pig. Scanner guinea pig." They see a human silhouette, however, and not Kiwi's. "Huh? I-wait...that's a weird-looking dog."
"That's no dog, that's Odd Della Robbia!" Ulrich realizes.
"Wait, how did he find the scanner room?!" Amy exclaims, turning to Ulrich, who rubs his neck sheepishly.
"Uh, I don't know how to stop the procedure!" Jeremy explains.
"Heeelp!" They look to the ladder and Ulrich decides to check it out.
"Man."
Odd is virtualized into the forest, but as a cat? He lands roughly. "Ouch! W-What's going on around here? Where am I?" He looks down at himself. "And why am I dressed up like a giant purple cat?" He's in a purple cat costume with cat paws and a tail. His hair is also spiked to go straight up.
Amy couldn't help but laugh, covering her mouth. "Uh, Odd Della Robbia?"
"Uh, who's calling me?" Odd looks around.
"It's me, Jeremy Belpois." Jeremy is using his headphones to talk to him.
"Is this a joke or something?"
"Uh, no."
Ulrich jumps into the scanner room. "Sissi?!"
"Oh, Ulrich!" She turns around to him.
"Wait, Sissi's down there too?!" Amy asks in surprise.
"Ulrich, it's okay. Odd is safe and sound on Lyoko," Jeremy is also talking to them using his headphones.
"Am I...in a video game?" Odd asks. "It looks like the set for Babylon Ninja Fighters Three."
"Actually, I don't really know. It's a virtual world, that much I'm sure of."
"Cool!" He's suddenly hit from behind, seeing the two monsters that attacked Maya. "Uh, that's a lot less cool. Uh, there are these giant cockroaches attacking me, is that normal?"
"Yeah," Jeremy answers as he looks at the map.
"Oh, nothing to worry, then."
"That's not what I meant. You gotta get out of there," Jeremy says.
"But how?" Amy asks him and he doesn't answer.
"Ulrich, Della Robbia is in danger. And I need time to devirtualize him. I don't know what to do!"
"He needs help. Do you think you can send Amy, Sissi, and me to Lyoko?" Ulrich asks.
He hears a spit take, which was from Amy. "What?!"
"Well, I can always try." Sissi cringes nervously.
"What? Send us where, Ulrich?"
"To a virtual world where weird monsters wanna massacre you. You wanted to go out with me, now's your chance."
"No thanks," she waves a hand. "Uh, I prefer real worlds. I'm not into the other kind. Plus I couldn't possibly miss cheerleading practice tomorrow morning."
Amy climbs down the ladder, walking to one of the scanners. "I can't believe I'm doing this...but he needs help," she steps inside and Ulrich does the same.
"See ya, chicken! Jeremy, we're ready to go."
"Okay, I'm starting the procedure."
The doors close in on them and they turn around. "Transfer Ulrich. Transfer Amy." Wind comes in, flying Amy's hair in all directions. "Scanner Ulrich. Scanner Amy. Virtualization."
"Odd, hang in there. Ulrich Stern and Amy Smith are on their way to give you a hand."
"Great! I was starting to get bored here all alone." He looks up to see Ulrich and Amy being virtualized into Lyoko. Ulrich looked like a samurai. They land roughly.
"Ouch! Aww..."
Ulrich stands up, looking around at the environment and himself. The boy looks similar to a samurai, with an Oni drawn on his back. He pulls out a sword from the sheath on his left hip. "Wow! This sword rocks!"
Amy looks at herself in awe. Her outfit is a high-waist, hip-length frock, primarily fuchsia, with orchid, violet, powder blue and soft green trimming, thistle, above-the-elbow translucent gloves that are decorated with various pearl colored jewels, and soft green and light yellow, ample butterfly wings with orchid outlining that are bejeweled with pear shaped and colored decorations. Her forewings are edged with a convex tornus and she has terminal hind wing lobes between a convex apex and tornus. Her hair is now styled into two small buns while the rest of it is out, and has grown several inches in length to her ankles. She dons strappy, cyan colored barefoot sandals, and wears a cyan tiara upon her head. She feels something behind her back and pulls it out to reveal a spear.
"Oh wow...this is so amazing," She murmurs in awe.
"Hey, that's not fair, how come he gets to be a samurai? That's so much cooler!" Odd complains, blushing at Amy. "And Amy is a fairy? Totally unfair!"
Amy touches her hair and wings lightly. "I have no idea why. Maybe the computer just reads into your own subconscious desires and projects them onto your digital incarnation."
"I don't dream about giant purple cats!" Odd argues. "What's more, I'd rather have a weapon like Ulrich or Amy! Not these great big useless paws!" Suddenly, an arrow comes out from his paw, Ulrich dodging it.
"Hey, watch out."
"Hm," Odd looks down at his paws. "These arrows are pretty cool. I take back what I said. Amy, you look awesome," he winks and she grins.
"Well, I did like nature fairies when I was little," she confesses. "Never thought I'd actually be one."
Sissi and Kiwi appear from the elevator, the girl gasping in shock. "Wow!"
"Try to hook up with Maya in her tower. Hold on, I'll give you the coordinates," Jeremy says.
"Who's this Maya?" He turns to see Sissi. "And what is that thing?"
"It's-it's the mainframe of a supercomputer." Suddenly, the red logo appears on his screen. Kiwi barks at the electricity coming from the wires and they shoot up from the floor. Sissi screams as the wires have come to life.
"Who's this Maya?" Odd asks Ulrich and Amy as they walk.
"A virtual girl who lives on Lyoko," Ulrich tells him.
"Oh, you mean there are babes here too? Great!"
Amy rolls her eyes. "Not why we're here, Della Robbia."
"Yes, but I get the impression that Belpois has flipped for her," Ulrich comments.
"For a virtual chick? Is he nuts?"
"Kinda. Jeremy, are you gonna give us those coordinates or not?" Ulrich looks up.
"Jeremy? Are you asleep or what?" Jeremy ducks from getting zapped as Kiwi continues to bark.
"Sic 'im, I said. Sic 'im, you dumb mutt!" Sissi tries pushing him forward, Jeremy getting shocked.
Odd turns to his left. "Huh? Look, I see a tower. It could be that one." They see a glowing blue tower in the distance. They run up to it. "Is there a door?" Odd presses against it, only to phase through. He ends up near the platform and he hangs on. Ulrich and Amy go through the same way he did, only to fall and catch each other's legs. "I can't hold on for much longer! You're too heavy! Drop your saber and spear!"
"Nice try, but forget it," Ulrich states and they fall, screaming.
Suddenly, they get out of the tower and are in a new environment. This one is ice-based. There's a red glowing tower in the distance. "Okay, right. Where are we? Where did the forest go?"
"How should I know?" Ulrich retorts.
"I think what happened to the forest is when we came from this tower, it took us here. So maybe the towers are gateways to other places in Lyoko," Amy explains, gesturing to the tower behind her. At least, that was the best way she understood what just happened. "That's not gonna help us find Maya if this is the case..."
"But you see the tower over there? Weird how it's not the same color," Ulrich points out.
"Hmm..." Odd sees it. "And those creatures, they're kind of weird too."
"What cre-" Amy turns to his direction to see three block creatures. "Oh. Those creatures." One of them starts to power up.
"It might be a good thing to beat it, don't ya think?" Ulrich suggests. Odd nods at him and they run as they fire lasers.
Sissi holds Kiwi as a shield as Jeremy falls to the ground. He gets grabbed by one of the wires, screaming as he's electrocuted.
Amy, Odd, and Ulrich are surrounded by the blocks. One of them powers up behind Ulrich and he deflects it with his sword. Another one fires a blue laser and Ulrich dodges it. The third one fires lasers behind Amy, but Ulrich speeds over, deflecting it.
"Wow!"
Odd makes a shield appear from his arms, deflecting a laser. A laser is fired at Amy and she puts her arms in front of her face, making an ice shield appear.
"Whoa..." She murmurs. Ulrich speeds to a block, jumping and landing on top of it. He hits it with his sword, but nothing happens. He jumps back to the two. Ulrich deflects another laser.
"So how do ya kill these things?" Ulrich questions.
"I wish I knew. Hey, you wouldn't know how many life points we have?" Odd answers.
"No," Ulrich deflects more lasers. Odd gets hit and he suddenly disappears.
"Odd!" Amy shouts and Ulrich jumps to a block, hitting it in the eye. The block is destroyed.
"Yes!" Ulrich pumps his fist.
"So we have to hit the eye..." Amy murmurs before Ulrich is hit, disappearing. "Oh no!"
Amy turns around, jumping from lasers. "Come on, come on," she looks to her wings before they start to flap. She laughs as she continues flapping them, lifted from the ground. "Alright! I got them to work!" They start firing at her again and she disappears too.
Ulrich appears from the scanner. "Great, at least we're alive."
"Uh, alive? Well, if you say so. I think I'm about to throw up," Odd calls out.
"What happened to Jeremy, though? Why didn't he come back?" Amy wonders.
"AHHH, HELP US!" Sissi shouts as her answer. She starts crying in fear as Jeremy is in trouble.
"Uh oh," Odd comments as the three have entered the lab from the scanner room.
"Ulriiiiich!" Sissi cries.
"Hang in there, Jeremy!" Ulrich calls out, seeing a bent metal stick. He hits the wire with it, getting shocked himself. He falls to the ground, about to be attacked by a wire, but it stops.
"It works the second time!" Odd had hit the wire with the stick again. "I told you that by the end of the day you wouldn't be able to do without me!" Amy helps Ulrich get away. He slices the wire off and the wires drop Jeremy. Sissi looks up, walking over to them. Jeremy gets into the chair.
"Maya? Are you there?"
Maya appears on the screen. "Yes, is everything okay on your side?"
"Well, we're a little shaken up, but it could've been worse!" Jeremy chuckles.
But in Lyoko, the red glowing tower still lingers...