In the lab below Jeremy sat in his seat in front of the giant interface and holo system typing angerly as the beeping from his laptop and the super scan suddenly stopped.
"What is it Jeremy?" Aelita asked as he grunted in frustration.
"Xana activated a tower and probably launched an attack, but I can't tell because the supper scan keeps telling me that the towers are deactivated," he said showing them the monitor.
"What's wrong Xana come with too many great plans to destroy us he's having trouble which one to use?" Odd smiled looking at the monitor then to his friends.
"Let's hope not," Jeremy said typing away. "Otherwise things could actually work out for him,"
"What do you want us to do Einstein?" Ulrich asked as the group looked to him.
"Ulrich stay here with me," Jeremy said starting up the virtualization program. "Yumi, Odd, and Aelita head to Lyoko,"
"I'll be able to read Xana better once im on lyoko and can read the pulsations," Aelita said as they turned to jump in to the elevator unknown that a certain passenger had now gotten to ride up top while they descended yet again into the bowels of the factory. The giant doors opened and the three lyoko warriors stepped out and headed to their scanners when they heard the trap from the elevator roof open and Tora dropped in.
"T-Tora!" Aelita gasped.
"What are you doing here?" Odd asked confused.
"I could ask you guys the same thing," He said looking around. "What is this place?"
"Tora, you need to leave," Yumi said narrowing her eyes. "Now,"
"Not until you tell me what all this is," Tora said walking over to a scanner, inspecting it before stepping inside. "What is this all for?"
"Tora we'd gladly explain but if you don't get out of here then we'll have to force you out," Yumi scowled taking a stance.
As the group exchanged glances, Jeremy typed away entering the virtualization code when xana's insignia lit up the screen. The scanner Tora stood it suddenly shut trapping him inside, He bangedon the doors trying to get out as the second scanner closed as well.
Hearing the roaring generator of the super calculator beneath them Aelita ran into the last scanner as it closed. The cramped pods lit up with a bright light as Tora and Aelita felt a blast of energy from beneath them as the pods scanned their bodies and finally vanished from the world in to the cybernetic playground of Lyoko.
Aelita virtualized first landing hard in the middle of the ice sector; she looked around for Tora who had not been completely virtualized yet. Back in the factory Xana's icon had finally vanished from the monitor only to have Jeremy see the virtualization program compiling a new model for a familiar looking face.
"Jeremy what happened?" Aelita called out.
"Xana's playing tricks with us now Aelita," Jeremy said sounding more enraged then before.
"Any activated towers?" She asked again looking around for pulsations.
"No, but do you mind telling me what Tora is doing on lyoko?" He asked sternly.
"He followed us to the factory and xana virtualized him I jumped in at the last minute Yumi and Odd got left behind," She said looking to the sky as Tora's body finally became tangible.
He dropped from the sky landing hard on the ground with a thud; he slowly stood up and dusted himself off. Tora's outfit looked odd, He had a black forehead protector with an inverted icon similar to xana's, his suit was a sleek black jumpsuit with a red sash around his waist and another around his neck which trailed down his back. He wore steel bracers and thick red shoulder armoring.
"What the heck?" He said looking over his body. "What the hell happened?"
"Xana happened," She said looking at him sternly.
"Aelita!" Jeremy complained.
"Xana sent him here," She argued back. "No point in explaining now he can't forget with the return trip,"
"Hold on your going a mile a minute," Tora said walking around her. "What is this place?"
"Lyoko," Aelita answered. "It's a virtual universe created years ago by my father,"
"Then what's this Xana thing?" He asked. "A hacker?"
"Xana's a multi agent system that gained control over Lyoko after my father tried to use it to destroy people who wanted to use Lyoko for bad intentions," Aelita said looking at her feet as she finished.
"Sounds sketchy," Tora said looking around.
"Aelita," Jeremy called. "William's coming dead ahead, and he brought the welcoming committee,"
"William?" Tora asked.
"A friend of ours that Xana took control of when he first came here," She sighed. "We lost him after he destroyed Lyoko the first time or at least we thought we did," she glared as William came in view on the back of a tarantula.
"Okay, so where's the tutorial on fighting?" Tora asked as he saw the monsters approach.
"Don't you have a weapon?" Aelita asked looking over to him.
"No," Tora said searching himself. "What am I supposed to do fist fight them?"
"Jeremy?" Aelita called.
"Yeah?" He answered.
"Can you find out what powers he has?" She asked as she gathered energy for her attack.
"Says here he can summon two swords," Jeremy answered looking over the screen as Tora's character card.
"I'll take it," He said staring down William, he outstretched his hand as a weapon flicked into his hand from a flash of azure light. Aelita looked over at him shocked at how fast he jumped on to his powers.
"Bring it on Xana!" Tora said charging ahead.
"Tora, no!" Aelita called as the new comer ran off to fight Xana's brainwashed puppet.