Xana's Story
Chapter 3
The next day as the team awoke they knew that today would be extremely different Grace snuck out early to speak with Xana as they boys woke Andy couldn't get Kelly out of his mind but he didn't know why he shook it off as him and John got dressed and headed for breakfast meeting up with Kelly along the way who immediately asked if they had seen Grace but neither of them had
After the three of them had sat down Grace quickly appeared got here breakfast and sat down with them "where were you" Kelly asked
"just checking something out on Lyoko I wondered if there was a way to be notified about any of Riya's attacks" Grace said
"did you find anything" John asked eating an entire bowl of cereal and almost part of the bowl in one
"well a little a hooked up a program to my laptop that will alert us if anything comes up but it'll take until later tonight for it to be finished" Grace said with a little disappointment
"so how will we know if Riya attacks" Andy asked
"we'll just have to be careful until it's finished but Xana said he'd send me a message as soon as it has finished or if Riya does anything" Grace replied
The team finished their lunch with very little else being talked about Andy kept looking at Kelly which was starting to annoy her because he continued to look away when she looked at him Grace looked around seeing a lot of kids who had just started like them John was looking at a girl who was causing some disturbance
"I'm the most popular girl in school so you have to listen to me" the girl shouted loud enough so the entire cafeteria could hear her, the girl that was standing in front of her was almost shaking with fear she was that intimidating it took a second for Grace to move from the table to the far side of the cafeteria
Standing in between the two Grace was looking at the girl about the same size as her "who are you" the girl asked
"Grace Winter" "why don't you stop picking on people smaller than you" Grace quickly added
"I'm Julie I'll pick on anyone I like and if you want me to pick on other people how about you" she said pushing Grace backwards into a table
The rest of the team moved quickly backing up Grace John and Andy moved in front of Grace, while Kelly moved next to Grace "back off" both John and Andy said
Julie backed away especially when the principle appeared he told Julie to go to his office and wait there while he walked over to the team asking what happened they explained everything the principle checked if Grace was alright she was annoyed but was fine then walked off to talk Julie
"thanks guys" Grace said
"hey even if we aren't in Lyoko we work as a team" Andy said
"who knows what she might of done a few seconds later" Kelly said who had been worried the most
"did you see her face when we stepped in" John said laughing
"well we've got class now" Grace said
"we almost forgot with all that excitement" Kelly said
The entire team headed for class Andy walked next to Kelly the whole way and continued to look at her and look away when everyone got into class she told Grace who laughed slightly and said she'd tell her later why he was doing that a few seconds after the start of class the door opened and Julie came in sitting down exactly behind Kelly who froze slightly but then heard some one whispering something to her
Turning around she saw it was John "if she tries anything don't worry" he said reassuring Grace
Andy was annoyed that he wasn't closer to Grace now so he could stop Julie if she did anything but Kelly was sitting just a seat away from him and he was glad about that he thought he was going to be separated from his friends
The lessons went fast and it soon arrived at lunch John, Andy and Kelly stayed close to Grace but she told them they didn't need to do it so they moved away and sat down quickly leaving one extra seat
Grace sat down son after and everything was the same Andy was still looking at Kelly then looking away when she looked at him finally she couldn't stand it and waited for Andy to finish his lunch and then dragged him out side to ask him why he kept doing it she wasn't going to wait for Grace to explain
"why don't we check on the factory see if that program is done yet" John asked Grace nodded and followed John outside as they both headed for the factory, mid way to the factory someone stopped Grace and John knocking them down looking up they saw Riya
"who did you" John asked
"why would I tell you, but for the moment I have something else to do" Riya said raising her sword the bringing it down just missing John who darted out of the way
"hey choppy" Andy shouted as he appeared from nearby and slammed a thick tree branch into Riya's stomach
Kelly quickly appeared and pulled Grace and John quickly toward the sewer hatch "Andy said he'd deal with her while we get to Lyoko"
"how did you know" John asked
"we saw her appearing out of nowhere and we kept watching her then you two appeared" Kelly replied as they headed down the sewer tunnel
"we have to put something down here so we can get to the factory faster" John said for the second time he was right though it would be easier to get around with something to ride on
Back with Andy, Riya had just gotten up and was furious and switched her swords into a bow "come out, come out where ever you are" Riya said taunting Andy
"okay wrong time to piss off the person with a weapon" Andy said keeping low
A sound pierced the air as and arrow flew from Riya's bow and split a tree in half the same tree Andy was hiding behind he quickly moved out of the way and hid behind another "I've no time for this" Riya said sensing something, Andy watched as Riya switched back to her sword and slashed it down creating a split between two tree's
Riya stepped into it as Andy got closer looking into it Andy saw a familiar place and followed Riya
At the factory Grace had just sent Kelly and John into Lyoko, Xana was sorry he hadn't given them a warning he didn't notice that a tower was active "this is a new place" Kelly said looking around the cold empty landscape
"guys you've got company" Grace said looking at the screen
Ahead of Kelly and John they saw three strange things flying in the air they were like flying cans with a pole sticking out of the top with three smaller poles attached with three blades spinning around the middle part it appeared to be hovering the upper part of the creature turned showing small round balls on the end of the three poles like eyes
The creature moved towards the team and stopped over their heads a small ball began to form underneath the creature "lets move" Xana said not wanting to find out what was going to happen as the team moved the ball dropped exploding taking a small part of the ground with it
"you don't want to get caught by those bombs it looks like they'll take you out in one" Grace said
"well at least there are no stalkers" John said referring to the creatures from last time but Grace and Kelly didn't know this
"the creatures from last time that's what me and Andy named them"
"well lets keep moving" Xana said quickly
Kelly turned and fired several quills at the creatures keeping them back one of them dropped slightly as one of the eyes on it was hit Kelly spotted this and fired again this time aiming for the same one she hit the other eyes it dropped quickly this time and exploded Kelly told the others to keep going while she took care of these creatures
With Andy he had ended up in a place that looked like the Antarctic then he realised something he wasn't in his normal clothes he was in his Lyoko clothes except now they were black and an icy blue not the black and tan he was wearing last time he was here
Spotting Riya in the distance he chased after her she hadn't checked back to see if Andy had followed her she was just running
John and Xana were halfway to the tower when they ran into more trouble or correctly put swam into more trouble because as they ran across an ice bridge four strange creatures appeared at first they stayed in the water only coming slightly to the top then jumped out and stayed in the air
"they look like stingrays" John said as laser fire came from the tails of the creatures
Xana and John ran even quicker spotting a tower just off in the distance but then they saw a second tower both of them weren't sure what to do but they knew they would have to be quick
Kelly had only one of the creatures left and she had lost none of her life points during the fight Kelly aimed at the monster but it suddenly pulled the top part of it's body in so the pole had descended it hit the floor then exploded taking not just it's self but Kelly with it
"that's a k-o" Kelly said coming out of the scanner
now only John was left in Lyoko to protect Xana at least that's what Grace and Kelly thought they didn't know that Andy had entered Lyoko in a completely different way
that's it for this chapter hope you've all enjoyed it and two new monsters have appeared the Kay-Ohs (the bomb droppers created by me) and Stingrays (the monsters in the water created by Franken-Xana)
two fun facts about this chapter
1.the chapter name was due to what i had for my tea when i was writing this chapter
2.Grace's last name is due to the fact the game Dawn of War Winter Assult was nearby and i couldn't think of a name so i just picked winter