DETAILS CHANGED IN LIGHT OF SEASON 3!

Welcome back, folks. We've got quite a match going on, today. Right, Bob?

Bob: Right, Dan. So far, it's X.A.N.A. 1, Lyoko gang zilch.

625: Can we get on with the story, already?

Yes, yes, of course, Experiment 625, aka Sandwich Boy, the sandwich-loving alien experiment off of Lilo & Stitch

625: (stares at me, and then checks my reviews) Alright, who asked about me?

Huh? (pulls him away) No one. Anyway...

katfish xX - (checks her "favorite quotes", and then sighs) Um, I mean, I'm glad you like the story.

purplelover - That's called a cliffhanger, lover of purple. XD Hate 'em when you read them, love 'em when you write them.

SamandMax0569 - (opens his mouth, closes, opens, closes, opens, closes, then walks off to buy stupid pills to take)

Some Random Person: (lassos me back)

Where was I going? Hey, wait! X.A.N.A. can possess people! He can do anything!

Jeremie: Uh, no he can't. You're many return trips off.

Kitty - (pouts) Lucky. Just wait until those days when you have to go to rehersal every single day.

Mewberries - (pulls the fanfic back and watches Mewberries fall from her chair from leaning in; sniggers)

Yumi52IshiyamaQ - MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA--(is shot)

My Cousin, Ricky

Chapter 6: To Lyoko / The Trap

The next several minutes passed on pretty smoothly. Sissi was permitted to leave for the mall, while Ricky stayed behind with his cousin. Well, actually, at the time, Jim had taken him out for a walk around campus to keep an eye on him.

At that moment, a ring tone that sounded like the theme song to some cartoon called from the little boy's pocket. He pulled a red phone out of his pocket as Jim stared in awe. "For Pete's sake! Does everybody and their grandma have a cell phone these days?"

"Actually, I know a guy, back home, who's grandma has a cell phone," stated Ricky, taking the P.E. teacher's comment literally. He answered the call saying, "Hiya, Roki! Oh, he's in the library with some counselor lady... I don't know, really. She just seemed interested in him... Oh, you told her about that experiment with the baking soda and the vinegar? She is? Awesome! Call me when she gets back; I wanna join in! OK, will do. Bye-bye!"

He hung up, then said to Jim. "Hey, Jimbo, I wanna go in and check on my favorite cousin, OK?"

"Uh, OK," he said, a little taken aback--yet flattered--by the use of his old nickname. But, as he watched the little boy race into the building, his own phone rang. "Hello? Yes, Mr. Delmas sir. What's wrong? Reports of a flash what?" His eyes grew wide. "A what? Right, sir. I'll evacuate the building immediately."

Yumi and Odd watched as Jeremie accessed the Super Calculator and connected to Lyoko. "Aelita, are you there?" he asked.

"Yes, Jeremie," she said. "I'm at the tower, but it's being guarded by two Blocks and a Krabe."

"Don't worry," assured Jeremie. "Yumi and Odd are on the way over."

As the two made their way for the elevator, Odd asked, "So, what do you think X.A.N.A. is cooking up this time, Jeremie?"

In response, he clicked a few keys, opening a television program, and said, "I'll be watching the news to find that out."

"It's off to the Forest Region, guys," Jeremie said into the speaker program, as Yumi and Odd stepped into their scanners. "I'll be seconding you a little west of where Aelita is." With that, the scanner doors closed.

"Transfer: Yumi. Transfer: Odd." Jeremie selected their transfer cards as their scanners whirred to life.

"Scanner: Yumi. Scanner: Odd." Their scanners examined them from head to toe, and diagrams of their virtual forms, on the screen, began to fill with light and data.

"Virtualization!"

Aelita watched as two wire frames appeared in the distance, and then the images of Yumi and Odd printed themselves over them. The two landed and made their way towards her.

"We're here, princess," said Odd as the two made it.

Ulrich had just about finished the third to the last problem on his homework, when... "Boo!"

The older cousin jumped in surprise, and then turned to glare at his giggle-happy little cousin. "Hee-hee-hee... you jumped," he finished in a rather matter-of-factly tone.

Ulrich just stared at him sorely. "You're really hilarious, supergenius."

"Cousin, guess what! Guess what!" he cried in a hyper, excited tone.

"You need restrictions on your sugar intake?" chuckled Ulrich.

The crazy, little supergenius gave him a shocked and offended look at the idea. "Never!" He then grinned and said, "Listen, listen, I told Roki about this cool chemistry trick involving baking soda and vinegar, and he told your girlfriend, and she's going to the store to get supplies to do the experiment! Wanna come to do the experiment with us, when it's time? Huh? Huh? Huh?"

A science experiment with two hyperactive kids (one of them superintellegent) and a girl he can't admit his feelings to? Don't count on it! "Um, listen," he said, forcing a smile, "as much as I'd love to do awesome chemistry experiments with my favorite little cousin and his friends..."

"...and, your girlfriend," Ricky reminded helpfully.

Before Ulrich could respond to this, Jim burst into the room. "We have a flash fire in the building. We need to evacuate!"

A fire? thought Ulrich, as he got up, along with Ricky and Miss Clark. Wait, first Yumi leaves the house, claiming to be getting stuff for a science experiment, and then this happens? This has X.A.N.A. written all over it.

"Come on, cousin!" said Ricky, breaking him out of his thoughts. "We should probably get out of here, so the firemen can do their job!"

As Ulrich looked around, as they were getting outside, they saw that parts of the fire had spread to buildings around them.

Jim shuddered, and said, "This brings back memories of when I was in the volunteer fire department."

"You were in the volunteer fire department?" piped up Ricky from behind.

"I'd rather not talk about it," he hastily responded.

At that moment, part of the entrance roof caved in, blocking the door, causing all four of them to jump back. Unfortunately, about half of them were trapped inside, now. To be specific...

"Stern! Affeber!" Jim cried inside. "Are you OK?"

"We're fine, for now!" he called through the rubble, giving a back-pat to Ricky, who had just clinged to his older cousin for emotional support.

Ricky: Ooh! The suspense is killing me!

You lived through this, you know what happens.

Ricky: One, don't remind me. Two, it could literally kill me, if you know what I mean.

IT; You're supposed to be innocent

Ricky: (giggles) Your face got all funny when you said that.

On the other hand, your supposed to be an organtic supercomputer.

Ricky: The area of a circle is pi times the radius squared.

OK, that settles that... (blank face) I guess...