Robert stood upon a stage, singing, his friends Razputin and D'Artagnan, or so claimed, played drums and guitar, two volunteers playing bass and trumpet.
"Hey! Solidarity! Hey! Solidarity! Hey! Solidarity! Hey! Solidarity!"
The bass bumped on, as he sang his heart out. It'd been a week since they arrived at Kadic Academy, and he was invited to play with his band at a school talent show. Everyone around him was shocked.
"Unity the verb, solidarity! You the truth have heard, solidarity! Rise up to the call, solidarity!" He jumped up and down, back and forth, "HYEAAAAAAAAAH!" He screamed out into the crowd, grabbing the microphone off its stand, rolled forward, and began shouting, leaning down into the face of Sissi. "Hey! Solidarity! Hey! Solidarity! Hey! Solidarity!"
She was completely head over heels for him, amazed. She always did fall for the new kids. But this boy had stared her straight in the eyes, shouting words at her that she found irrelevant.
"Yeahhhh! Thank you! We are a Five Iron Frenzy tribute band! Don't forget don't drink from the water fountains - the water is full of lead!"
The principal, sitting next to Sissi, snarled with contempt. His daughter stood up and clapped, along with the rest of the room. Jeremie and Aelita cheered.
"These are the kids Odd were talking about? I don't think they can discover Lyoko with music," said Aelita.
"No," laughed Jeremie, "but they can get a standing ovation!"
Sissi chanted on. "Encore! Encore! Encore!"
The whole room filled up, the principal growing angrier.
The band rushed back out, with their instruments, cheering, "Encore! Encore!"
Everyone went silent.
"Hoho, sorry," said Robert. "Thought one of the good bands just played a song. Alright, we have another one. We call it...Giants."
The song opened, with Robert cracking up hysterically, and beginning to sing in a dark tone.
Sissi cheered, as Robert darkly claimed his words, the microphone screaming with filters, the drums, bass, and guitar yelling monorhythmical patterns.
"Who's behind the curtain anyway," he asked, pulling Sissi up on stage, "who pulls the levers and tells the lies?"
He signaled up Ulrich just as well, "Giants roam the land today, gaining dominance with every stride."
The guitars blankly went to an evil chord, the bass growling away, the recorded track of a little girl speaking insane words.
"Wait," he said, as the band stopped. "That's not on...That's just on the studio version. There's no-"
"Down with the giants!" A demonic voice belted.
"What?"
The ticker screen above him flashed the XANA signal, as the power went completely out, sans the factory.
"Now is the time," he said, dropping the microphone stand, running off the stage, dashing outside. Quick on his tail were Ulrich, Yumi, Aelita, Odd and Jeremie.
"That kid must be XANA!" Jeremie insisted, dashing on.