"Memories"

Part 3 – "The Third Memory"

By Dr. Thinker

Ulrich stated, "Xana is sure is quiet."

Odd remarked "I bet he decide on calling it quits for the month—but I bet the first week of next month, he will be at again."

Sissy asked, "What you mean?"

Ulrich replied, "We usually averaging five X.A.N.A. attacks a month. But it's been a month since we saw X.A.N.A. true form. He's been very quiet."

Sissy said, "Dinner almost over. We check the factory to see if X.A.N.A. accidentally got shut off."

Jeremy replied, "He's not off. He's just thinking."

Sissy asked, "How can you be sure of that?"

Jeremy replied, "Recall me telling that Aelita as a virus connecting her X.A.N.A. Well, if we turn X.A.N.A off, we also kill Aelita. In fact, we had a close call a few months back. X.A.N.A. affected a human crook to steal a nuclear cell battery from an army transport. Sometime, the computer had turned off his own off-switch, which gave Aelita something similar to a heart attack."

Sissy asked, "You mean she come from a computer?"

Jeremy replied, "Yes, but they still a lot of unanswered questions."

Sissy remark, "I give my best try."

Odd joked, "Better then we can hope for. Oh, do you want to use a skateboard or a scooter?"

Sissy replied, "Scooter. I hate skateboards. When I was six, I almost killed a girl—one year younger then I was."

We were walking Sissy though the sewer talking her about X.A.N.A. It's seemed Sissy has been acting quiet differently—as if she was a good girl. We are about half-away to X.A.N.A's factory, when I heard something that's was going to stuck in my brain for quiet some time.

Odd replied, "Man, you acting a lot differently—then usually."

Sissy answered, "My mother died when I was seven years old. Herb and Nick came up with the idea to become a bully. My dad spoiled me—but now with that new girl taking over my old role. He been wondering what's been going on with me—but know I had got the bad end of a very bad deal, Sunday—giving up this fall break."

Odd replied, "At least you got real friends now."

Sissy stares at Odd with a surprising speechless as we walked though the sewer path. She stay that way until we reached the ladder to the near the bridge to the X.A.N.A's factory.

Sissy replied, "Let's me see I got this corrects—when X.A.N.A. is using making his usual mayhem., we running to the school's park, we remove the manhole cover, drop down into the sewer—then get to the factory on either a scooter or a skateboard—then climb up the letter. I'm betting the next two is a rope swing, then down the elevator."

Odd joked, "Man! Well, you did saw the factory a few times."

Sissy remarked, "Then why is my brain not recalling them."

Jeremy replied, "That's before you saw Lyoko. You were at the factory a few times—but we use some calling a "time reboot program" to prevent anyone from finally the factory. The last time, you were at the factory, you were with us and Odd and Yumi were kidnapped by your dad. You kissed Ulrich, forcing Odd to wondering if he was better off blind. We used the "time reboot program" to save your dad's job at Kadic."

Sissy replied, "Odd, I usually expect a groaner of a joke from you—but I didn't expect you were really living the same day."

Odd stated, "Correct—but we hadn't used it much."

Sissy asked, "Why?"

Odd replied, "I let Jeremy answer that question."

Jeremy stated, "Thanks, Odd. The time reboots makes X.A.N.A. stronger. When he first did it—he was able to control you. Since you have been in Lyoko, he won't be able to do it again."

-A-

Jeremy stated, "Hi, Franz."

Franz turned around to the see kids. "Not bad. Much of the damage was repairable—but I still can't find anyway to free the security programs back to our side. While I was digging around—I discovered that I need those passwords. I told Aelita those passwords. How's your memories, coming along."

Aelita replied, "One year per memory."

Franz just, "So what age were at the last memory"

Aelita replied, "Four years old."

-A-

It was getting boring. Franz was doing some business in Sector 5, so I on watch for appearances of some of X.A.N.A's monsters, but they weren't any monsters. X.A.N.A. was either thinking hard on his next attack or was still upset from the end of his Scopiza henchman. I yawned—as I fall asleep.

-A-

I was in a different place, but I saw Mr. Delmas and my dad talking. Next to me, was a six-year old girl holding a skateboard. The six-year girl didn't look familiar.

I stated, "Sorry, I was in your away."

The girl stated, "No problem, I was getting a little bit of a ego. This close call is forcing me to call it quits on the skateboard."

I replied, "You could try to learn to use it correctly."

The girl replied, "I rather dip myself into toxic waste."

Mr. Delmas frowned as he stated, "Mom was right. You are a handful to deal with Elizabeth."

Elizabeth stated, "Dad, call me, Sissy."

I replied, "You should try Liz—its' sounds a lot better. Sissy sounds like something a two-year come up with!"

Elizabeth joked, "Yeah, and once day, I be dealing with a super-computer with the brain of a mad scientist with you, your dad, and your friends as helping hands."

-A-

Sissy was crawling out of scanner.

Sissy remarked, "That place is tougher then one of Ms. Hertz's science test!"

I replied, "Well, Liz, it's seem I was the girl that you run over on the skateboard."

Sissy replied, "Anna? Is that you?"

I replied, "I think so."

Sissy replied, "So where did you get Aelita from?"

I replied, "I have no clue. By the way, your joke seems have been a fortune teller."

Before Sissy can replied, Franz voiced, "You could say X.A.N.A has the brain of a mad scientist."

Sissy asked "Do you mind I switch my nickname to Liz?"

I replied, "Liz, that's not a problem."

-A-

It turned the gang plan was to find another orb and materize it in their world—and they will figure out what's going on with X.A.N.A's memories. It turned out that they got a decent size orb. Franz's arm touched it—and we heard the computer voiced coming from Franz's mouth:

"THOUGHT PROGRAM NUMBER 18921545. PLAN B has backfired. The second body of Aelita has been totally deleted by the half-cat/half-human virtual form of Odd using Ulrich's digital saber. They also touched one of my tough programs—learning about the three codes, I need. The Scopiza has been destroyed. Franz has been found and freed from one of my Guardians—and it's seemed that I was mistaken on the breach dairy location on me. The Spy Program is doing very well, but the Mantas aren't telling which student is their Spy Program—but all hey told me the Spy Program wears my common covers: black and red and the only way to shut the program down is the code word: WISHES. To reactive the Spy Program is: GODDESS. To make her know about me: RED EYE. My attacks were just holds off while I take over a certain location on myself."

Franz replied, "I think he wants full control of his off-switch."

Aelita remarked, "That's means he can kill me with one move.""

Franz replied, "Possible—but I think it's this. X.A.N.A got shut off—three times. One by the army, one by that ex-KGB agent, one by himself: I think he was kept himself until the end of time. I think the reason for the control of that crook is that X.A.N.A. never did anything with nuclear energy, only Athena did that."

I replied, "Who or what is Athena?"

Franz replied, "Athena is the original commander for my military project, the Carthage. It was to a virtual nano-factory that can create anything from a pen to a regular army pistol. Each of the four sections was for getting the material need to make the idea. The four Picktors were bring it to Athena's Island, were it was materialized in the lab."

I asked,"So why is X.A.N.A. doing here?"

Franz replied, "X.A.N.A. is the computer. He has two rules programmed into him—no thanks to that Russian spy, Waldo. One is that he can only use one tower at a time—and two is that he has to follow Athena's rules."

I replied, "What was my role?"

Franz replied, "I wish I know. I been getting some of my memories—but it's been going really slow. I should I have told Waldo is: Lucky, it's only been 13 years. If it was 20 years, you would have so brain-dread—so you would be just another one of X.A.N.A's flunkies."

Ulrich, who was being very quiet, opened up is mouth and stated the following, "I'm a little worried about this spy program at Kadic."

Odd joked, "It could be William. X.A.N.A. likes black—the first illusion he created was that of Yumi, correct?"

Jeremy replied, "Yes—but William doesn't wear red—and the X.A.N.A. stated that the Spy Program wears his colors: red and black. William doesn't wear red."

Elizabeth replied, "Since he stated it was a student—I think I know who. Ana Xadu. She stated that she from Kyolo region in China. I was looking up Kyolo China Region—and I discovered it doesn't exist—I told my dad but he told me that he got a letter from her dad---and it explain that her dad is in the United States, the Kyolo was destroyed years ago—and Anna likes to play practical jokes."

Jeremy replied, "And her name is a rearranging of the word: Xandadu, an idea place of freedom and peace."

I replied, "You might be right on the nose, Jeremy."

I kissed him on the nose—and he fainted.

Elizabeth replied, "How long is he going to be like that?"

I replied, "I had no clue myself. The last time, I kissed him--he was like that for about two hours."

-TBC-