E.L Origins

Chapter 2

An explosion woke Simon from his sleep it came from down stairs He jumped out of his bed quickly he heard foot steps out side his door as it swung open revealing his mum they both rushed out side his mum had phoned the fire department when they got there it wasn't much of a fire but there was a lot of smoke damage they got their clothes and stayed in a hotel the rest of the night they found out the next morning that the fire started in the basement but they didn't have one Simon's mum was a little freaked out

It was a few months later and Simon had moved into his new house in Rivington near Charlotte it was sad having to leave Rory back in Lostock but today he had decided to go back and check on his old house

Simon hopped on to a bus and started walking to his house no one had bought it actually everyone had moved out in case any unexplainable fires started in their houses Simon was used to it being quiet around here and today it was unusually quite as if all life had disappeared he took out a small key and placed it in the lock

He turned it and the key still worked "yes I was hoping that they hadn't changed the locks once everyone abandoned this place" he went in it all looked the same except every thing had been taken out he walked up the stairs he foot went right through one step he pulled himself up "ok I'm not going up there then" Simon backed away slowly and checked the lounge like the rest of the house it was bare

He heard a strange humming noise it was coming from behind him he turned round and walked towards the cupboard under the stairs he opened it and noticed that there was a small stair way he took a small torch from his pocket and shone it down the passage he suddenly was in an elevator his torch had gone off he could feel a breeze he took a couple of steps back to see if there were any stairs he tripped "that means I must of fell down the stairs or something"

"what is this place" Simon said as he walked out of the elevator and into a large room with a computer in the middle it was dark so he switched his flash light on and pointed it around in the centre of the room was a large chair and a screen was in front of it Simon didn't take a step forward he took a step back and went up the stairs back to the front door moving quickly

He started walking back to the bus stop all the time thinking about that thing he saw that computer he had seen a lift too but was afraid to go forward and check it out a word kept creeping into his mind lyoko

He shook it off as he got on the bus and decided to tell his friends and go back tomorrow with them as he got home he didn't tell his mum what he had saw he went up to his room and started the system link of the computers leaving the team messages

They read guys found something weird meet me at the bus stop out side school Rory we'll meet you at yours

A few messages came back saying ok and right see you there Simon couldn't get that word out of his head ever since he had entered that room it kept coming back the word lyoko

The day went on normally and the next day came like he had planed every one showed up they first had to get Rory and then Simon could show them what he had found hey walked along the bus driver had given them a look of I wonder what all of them are up to but the guys paid no attention

"So what is it that you want to show us" Sam said

"Just wait and see" Simon replied

"I bet it won't be that interesting" Charlotte said

"I'll take that bet" said Grant who was walking next to Charlotte

They arrived at Rory's and knocked Rory answered the door and shouted quickly to his mum who it was and his was going out for a bit so the gang was complete now Rory walked next to Simon trying to figure out what it was he was going to show them Simon just smiled and said "you'd never believe me if I told you" Simon knew that was true if he tried to tell them they wouldn't believe him

After a while they arrived at Simon's old house and went inside Simon followed the same path as before and the gang followed Simon when they went down the stairs and Simon turned on his torch and the rest of them were amazed the elevator shook slightly Grant noticed there was a switch and pressed it the elevator shook again this time it moved going down about two floors

Landing them in a large room with a strange thing in the middle they walked up to it and a switch was there Sam went to flip it but Simon stopped him "we don't even know what it does what if something happens when you hit that switch" Simon spoke quickly but Rory still wondered "well there's only one way to find out" Rory hit the switch and the power came on Simon's torch was of no use now so he put it back in his pocket

The elevator made a noise and the gang turned around the elevator was slightly moving the gang stepped in and hit the up button they went back to the room they first saw the room was huge bigger than they first thought a computer with a chair attached was in the centre this circled a large what looked like a map Simon walked up to it and sat down

The computer came to life a things kept coming up on the screen Simon read them the others had a hard time understanding what it said but they could hear "hmm" and "ok I see" coming from Simon

"what is it Simon" Sam asked breaking the silence but some one had to ask

"technically I don't know if I'm right it's some sort of virtual world it's called lyoko" Simon said then remembered that word from earlier but he didn't tell them

Inside the virtual world a being was appearing created out of thin air the person landed on the dusty ground of where they were "well this is new" the person said

Back in the real world a small panel appeared on the computer screen and a face appeared everyone jumped back slightly "excuse me who are you" the face said everyone was in shock first a strange computer and a virtual world now this

It took a minute for everyone to get over the shock "well I'm Simon this is Rory Sam Charlotte and Grant and who are you"

"I'm John" he said

"John do you know where you are" Sam asked

"no I don't" John grabbed his head it was hurting "wait yes I do know I know exactly this place is called lyoko it's a virtual world it's supposed to be peaceful but the computer called xana got a virus and now it wants to destroy the world he can do things through these towers" John points to a large cylindrical object some distance away

"so how do we stop xana" Charlotte asked

"you don't I do you see I can deactivate the towers but xana will probably try to stop me so it seems I'll need all your help" John said

"but how are we gonna get there" Rory said

"I think I know" said Simon who had been focusing on something "get in the elevator and press the button lightly to go down once your there I'll explain"

The team did as they were told and went down what they saw was amazing there were three large cylinders a voice was heard it was Simon he was speaking into a head set just step in you'll be safe they are called scanners they can send you to lyoko

"you better be right about this" Rory said walking towards one

"one of you will have to wait since there are only three" Simon said

"I'll wait I'm not sure if I want to go" Grant said as he backed away slightly from the scanners

"ok then guys I'm going to send you too lyoko" Simon said as Rory, Sam and Charlotte entered the scanners, the scanners closed and the guys started feeling the transfer sequence activating

"Scanner Sam, Rory, Charlotte Transfer Sam, Rory, Charlotte virtualization"

Ok so that's it for this chapter so I hope you are enjoying the story