He Who Calls
Chapter 2
Milo had left shortly after being introduced to go meet the teachers.
"So," said Aelita. "You think he's a good replacement for William?"
"Maybe," said Jeremy. "He's extremely smart, and, if the records are anything to go by, an excellent fighter. On the other hand, he's twelve, annoying, and loves to make people angry."
"If he can stop Xana, who cares?" said Ulrich. "I say show him, and let him believe he'll remember through a return to the past without going to Lyoko. We also don't let him go to Lyoko until we're sure."
"All in favor of Ulrich's plan?" asked Odd.
"I," said everyone.
"Who volunteers to tell him?"
"I will," said Aelita. "I haven't done my community service hours, and showing a new kid around the school qualifies."
Milo had met all the teachers, and he already knew he was going to make a monkey out of Jim. The man obviously wanted his track skills more than anything else in the world. Milo had been good at track in Portugal. Aelita walked up. Milo was sitting on the roof, looking out over the city.
"Milo," said Aelita. "Can you keep a secret?"
"Am I about to be let in on the big secret of why your friends and you go to the infirmary more often then any other kids in the school? And why Jeremy has attended one P.E. class in the past year?" asked Milo.
"Yes," said Aelita.
"I'm honored," said Milo. He sounded sincere. "Why me? No, I have a few guesses. Tell me if I'm right."
"Okay," said Aelita, wondering how he could have guesses.
"You're fighting something. Something tough. Something that lives in the abandoned factory. And it can fight using the supercomputer down there." Aelita was clearly blown away.
"How did you know?"
"I knew about the supercomputer because I've been hacking military and technological advance records since I was nine. As for fighting it, look who's on the team. Three fighters, two computer geniuses. And now you're trying to recruit someone who does both. By the way," Milo continued. "You're not very inconspicuous. The teachers are going to figure it out soon. So fill me in on the details."
"It's called Xana," said Aelita.
Jeremy looked at the computer, not believing his eyes. He had tried to find William in the see. The program had led him deeper and deeper into the sea, until finally, he had gone under it. And there he found the URL addresses for Google, Yahoo, and all the other well-known search engines.
"The internet," Jeremy breathed. "That's what's under the Digital Sea. The internet."
Jeremy stared as the program delved deeper. It went into a tiny pixel on small search engine called Search For It. He looked deeper and deeper until deep into the pixel, he saw the Eye of Xana.