Okay, so the new chapter is up and running. sorry if it took so long. (That is, if anyone is reading it.) By the way, this is based somewhere in the first series, becauseI havent seen any of the second series yet. Its also meant as a "Feature" as opposed to an "Episode" (That is, it doesnt really matter where in the series it happens). Enough said. Read and enjoy! And review please!

Chapter V, A Strange Discovery

"And you say your name is Vincent? And your last name?"

"Vashna."

Two police officers, who had come to try to get to the bottom of this, were questioning Vincent, although he was concerned. Firstly, losing his memory was a big lie, and secondly, last time he was here, he didn't make it this far, before having to repeat the day. At this point, the police officers were talking to Jean-Pierre.

"Well, we have checked the local and regional records, and this boy is not from around here. Which means that we are going to have to check the national and possibly global records, but that can take weeks."

"I see, and do you hope to find anything?"

"At the moment there are no missing persons reports matching his description, do all we can do is hope we find something helpful. The only question is what to do with him in the meantime."

"I have some space here at the dorms, so I would gladly put him up here until you can find out where he came from. Is that okay with you, Vincent?"

"Yeah, and thank you."

"Well, I'll talk to the chief, but I don't imagine it to be any trouble. Anyway, we'll start searching the records immediately. Goodbye."

The officers left. Jean-Pierre was checking records.

"There is a free space in room 409. I hope you don't mind sharing."

"Not at all. I'd be happy to."

"It's settled then." Jean-Pierre handed Vincent a key. "If you get lost, somebody will help you out. You should go over there now and get settled in. dinner is served at six."

"Thank you. For everything."

Vincent turned, and walked out of the office. He looked around, and started to walk towards the dorms.

It was great of Jean-Pierre to let me stay here. I have to find my room. 409. Should be easy enough, but I don't really know where to look. I need to find out how I got here. The police won't be able to help. I don't want people to think I'm crazy. I have to get home. I'm not crazy, am I? Am I? No, I remember my home, my job, and my friends. I need to get home, but how? Nobody here seems to have even noticed that today has happened twice. Do I have some sort of time-reverting ability? Am I psychic? Did it even happen twice? Did I dream it?

"Hello, can you hear me? Are you okay? Vincent?"

"Odd? Oh, sorry, I must have been daydreaming. What were you saying?"

"I asked you if the police were able to help in any way."

"Not really, they say that they are going to check national and global records."

"And what until then?"

"The principal agreed to let me stay here in the dorms until the police are finished their investigation. But I have no idea where my room is."

"No problem. I'm going to meet Jeremie in his room, but it can wait. What room?"

"Eh, it's 409."

"Well, looks like I can kill two birds with one stone. That's Jeremie's room! Come on, it's this way!"

Odd led Vincent to the room, and knocked on the door.

"Odd, is that you?"

"Yeah, and you got a new roommate!"

"Oh? I was wondering about the new bed. Come on in!"

Odd opened the door and led Vincent in. the room was small, and it had two beds. One looked like it was brand new. There was also a computer, with a window behind it.

"Ah, Vincent. Come on in. So I guess that the principal has agreed to let you stay here?"
"Yeah, sorry about barging in to your room."

"Not at all. There is a free bed, now, so someone might as well use it."

The three sat talking, getting to know each other better, until Yumi and Ulrich arrived.

"Vincent, how are you? Are you staying here now?" Asked Yumi.

"Yeah, at least until the police clear things up. But that could take time."

"Well, welcome, officially, to Kadic." Said Ulrich. "So, do you like Sissi?"

"She's okay. She showed me around. Why, do you have a problem with her?"

"I guess you could call it that," Said Odd, "Another way to call it is that she is obsessed with Ulrich and never give him a minutes peace. Or the rest of us, for that matter. But she does have her moments."

"Yeah, she flat out stalks him!" Exclaimed Yumi.

Everyone laughed ,even Vincent. The gang spent the rest of the evening telling Vincent about the school, and the people there. Eventually Ulrich and Odd left to go to their room.

Jeremie, Vincent and Yumi were talking about the events of the day. Vincent was unsure which day he should be talking about.

"So Vincent, do you remember anything at all?" asked Yumi.

"Only my name, and the incidents of today. But I have had fierce deja-vu all day. It seems like the day repeated itself."

Jeremie and Yumi exchanged a glance. "Could you repeat that?"

"I was near the dorm with Sissi, Herb and Nicolas, when we were engulfed in a ball of white light. The next thing I remember is waking up in the same place I woke up earlier, and nobody remembered anything! It was really strange!"

"You're telling me!" Said Jeremie, as he picked up his phone and dialled Ulrich.

"Ulrich, I need you and Odd to get over here now! No time to explain, just come to my room!" He hung up the phone. "Vincent, you're not crazy. In fact I just might have an idea to jog your memory."

Jeremie explained to Odd and Ulrich.

"For some reason, when we rebooted, Vincent kept his memory, and apparently he has had no contact with Lyoko, or we would have known about it."

Vincent stood there, speechless.

"That's never happened before." Said Odd. "Are we going to the factory?"

"Yeah, maybe it might help. Come on!"

The four of them ran out of the room, and to the park. They led Vincent down a manhole, where there were three skateboards and a scooter. Odd was about to grab a skateboard, but Yumi stopped him.

"It's not an emergency, we don't need to be quick."

They led Vincent along the sewers, and up another manhole. This led them up in front of a factory. They entered, and swung down on ropes. They entered a freight elevator, and Jeremie pressed the button, sending them down. When it stopped, he pushed a few buttons on a keypad. The door opened, and he sat on the only chair. The chair rotated around a pedestal, and a hologram of a map appeared out of it. Vincent was shocked. Never in his life has he ever seen such a powerful computer. What's more, this kid had the intelligence to operate it.

"What the hell is this place?" A shocked Vincent asked.

"This is the factory, and this is the supercomputer, in which the digital world, Lyoko exists." "Explained Jeremie. "Does any of this ring a bell?"

"Not really, no."

"I thought that if you came here, it might jog your memory a bit. Odd, can you take Vincent to the scanner-room?"

"No sweat. Come back this way."

They entered the elevator, and descended to the scanner-room. Odd stepped out.

"Does this look familiar?"

"No."

"Okay. Jeremie, ready for a test run?"

Odd stepped into one of the scanners, and was virtualized into Lyoko. At this point, Ulrich came down the elevator.

"Ulrich, what just happened?"

"Odd was sent into Lyoko."

The scanner opened, and Odd stepped back out. The three returned to the computer room.

"Is nothing here jogging your memory?" Asked Yumi.

"No, why do you think it should?"

"Well," Said Jeremie, "The white ball that engulfed you, it was Lyoko's reboot function. It throws everything and everyone into the past. However, everyone forgets. Everyone that has never had any encounter with Lyoko or XANA. And for some reason, you didn't forget."

"What's a XANA?"

"XANA is part of Lyoko. We are not sure how, but he can launch attacks on the real world. And the only way to repair damaged structures and erase people's memories is to use the reboot function. And I thought that you had an encounter with Lyoko, because you kept your memory."

"Okay. You have all been honest with me, so I will do the same. I haven't lost any of my memory. I don't come from here. I live somewhere else. I was on my way home from work when a strange light surrounded me, and dragged me somewhere – here – and I seen a strange circle with lines, it looked kind of like an eye.

"Like this?" Asked Jeremie, showing him a picture of a roachster.

"Yes! That's it! What is it?"

"It's the eye of XANA. It appears on objects that XANA possesses."

"Oh great," Said Ulrich, "We just gave away the secret of Lyoko for nothing?"

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone. But if this XANA is so dangerous, why don't you just deactivate it?"

"The only to way to do that is to unplug it. And we can't do that because of Aelita.

"What?"

"Aelita also lives on Lyoko, but she is good, not like XANA." Said Jeremie. "I'll introduce you to her. Aelita?"

A new voice entered the room.

"Hello, Jeremie. How are you today?"

"Fine, thanks. Aelita I want to introduce you to someone. Come over here."

Vincent came over to where Jeremie was sitting, and saw a girl on the monitor. She had pink hair, and appeared to be an elf, but not quite.

"Aelita, this is Vincent. Remember that last attack? Well he showed up afterwards, and has had contact with XANA. So my guess is that XANA somehow transported him here."

"Hi, Vincent. Nice to meet you."

"Hi, Aelita."

"Aelita is a virtual being, and she lives in Lyoko.

"Oh, I get it. You can't unplug XANA because you would destroy Aelita too."

"Correct. But I have been working on a way to materialize her."

"Do you think it can be done?"

"Well, after a certain incident involving candy, I figured out that It could be done, but it is gonna take some time. Anyway, we had better be going back to our rooms now, it's getting late. One more thing before we go."

Jeremie began typing madly.

"I'm going to try to find out just exactly what XANA did on his last attack. The computer will work on it overnight. We can check back tomorrow and look at the results. Okay, done. Bye, Aelita."

"Goodbye, everyone."

They returned the same way as they came. Everyone parted. Yumi went home, and the guys went to their room. Vincent was mystified with all the events of the night. He was also tingling with anticipation for finding out how to get home.

Okay! expect the next chapter up shortly.