Me: HI! I'm back again!
Ulrich: Your late.
Me: I was busy Ulrich!
Ulrich: Doing what?
Me: Firstly, all of the homework my teachers have been setting, my chores, and not to mention my trying to get over my writers block for this story and Running From It!
Ulrich: Oh... well I'll just thank the reviewers then.
hayleytylers- Thank you, I kinda based Kat off me alot, so I'm glad that she also relates to you! Thanks for reviewing!
AnimexXxGoddess- Wow! Your review really made me smile and I'm glad you like Fred! I love him personally, cus we all have a crazy part to our mind and Common Sense and they usually battle. Kat and I are just one of the few girls that are so crazy that we name that part of our mind LOL! You're welcome, and I'm glad you now understand the fight more, but I hope that I didn't spoil season 2 for you? PLEASE KEEP REVIEWING!
Lord Mephisto- Thanks for your review and the advice! I guess it just looks longer to me because I work on one of those small notebook laptops, but I will try! Thanks for complimenting my story! It makes me really happy to know that you have been sticking with me, and I hope you will keep reviewing!
Shadaria and Shadaria's twin- First of all, I LOVE the name! Awesome! Also, THANK YOU for the compliment and review! Keep reviewing please, it makes me want to update faster!
Me: Good job Ulrich, thanks and HERES THE NEXT CHAPTER!
Chapter 5: Into Lyoko (Finally!)
So, Odd, Ulrich, Yumi, Jeremy, Aelita and I, the superb six as Jeremy called us (which had earned him several You-Can't-Be-Serious looks) left for the forest. For some unknown reason to me they had asked me to bring my skateboard.
We walked into a clearing and headed for a manhole that was located in the middle. I watched them all climb into it down a ladder. Odd looked at me, clearly expecting me to protest, but I ignored him and descended down the ladder into a surprisingly clean sewer.
There were three skateboards and two scooters leaning against the wall, and each person gathered their mode of transportation.
We skated/scooted through the sewer until we hit a dead end. Leaning our boards and scooters against the wall, we climbed up a ladder and out of another manhole onto a bridge.
Looking ahead I saw an abandoned factory at the end of the bridge. We ran towards it, Yumi getting there first because of her long legs. She ran towards the edge of the platform we were on, jumping off and grabbing on to some ropes that were placed there, swinging down and landed in front of an elevator. We all shortly followed suite.
As we stepped inside the elevator, Jeremy pushed a button and we stooped downwards. The elevator doors opened again to reveal a room that looked like a laboratory.
In the middle of the room was a strange device and in front of it was many computer screens and a chair that looked at first glance to be suspended in thin air, but if you looked closer you could see that it was held up by a pole on the back. The walls had a bluish tinge and the ground the ground was hard and metalic. The whole room in general had a foreboading aura about it.
I stared in awe as we all walked into this strange room and Jeremy sat in the chair.
"What is this place?" I asked in wonder.
"The Lab." said Jeremy simply. "Odd can you take her to the scanner room so that we can examine her?" Odd nodded and started towards me but I didn't take my eyes off Jeremy.
"Wait." I said. It wasn't a request, it was an order. Odd obediently waited as I continued to stare at Jeremy, who continued to stare right back.
"I'm not going anywhere until I get some answers. Now tell me, why wasn't I affected by the return to the past?" I asked fiercely.
Jeremy sighed, clearly seeing that I wasn't going to budge until he told me what he knew.
"Well Kat, the Scyphozoa is a monster on Lyoko, but there is only one. I looked at my calculations last night and it seems that it took up a lot of XANA's power to send it here. Also it seemed that it was a one time thing, meaning XANA used, and failed in, his only chance to send it to Earth." He paused, apparently contemplating something inside his head.
He continued, " As to you not being affected by the return to the past, well I think only Aelita knows the story from your point of view so it would be a help if you told us about your encounter."
I took a deep breath then told them my account of the story. But they really started to listen when I got to the part about what I saw when in the clutches of the Scyphozoa.
When I had finished, all but Jeremy and Aelita looked as confused as I felt. All but Jeremy. Looking toward the blond haired Einstein I saw that he was a pale white and his wide eyes matched Aelita's perfectly. Their looks scared me.
"Jeremy," I began hesitantly, " Tell me what going on, you're really spooking me here."
He turned to look at me and he started to creep me out even more. Sensing my discomfort Aelita spoke.
"When the Scyphozoa came into contact with you, it being a unique Lyoko being that specialises in taking memory and giving information and other things like that, it must have linked you to Lyoko, making you immune to the return to the past. Well that little you was your human DNA code, and you need it to survive. It must have been what XANA was after." She glanced at Jeremy, who was still as pale as a ghost. She started again,
"You see, if he steals the DNA code of someone who is on Lyoko, it would be inactive and useless to him, and wouldn't affect the person other than the fact that they wouldn't be able to get back to Earth. If he got a hold of a human DNA code that was already in use at the time, he would be able to become…" Aelita gulped, "Human." She finished, "Odd saved you just in time. If XANA had taken that code, you would have immediately died."
An ominous silence followed her words, and everyone's eyes were on me. I was shocked, and inside my head Fred and Common Sense were conversing with each other.
Wow. Said Common Sense simply.
'Wow!' That's all you say 'WOW!' The thing that gives you life was an inch from death and we didn't even know it! What if that thing comes back eh? What if it goes after us again, or some one else is caught? Fred screeched.
Didn't you hear Jeremy? XANA used his one and only chance. That thing's not going to come back.
These fights inside my head are getting a little out of hand I thought before I was brought back to my senses by the sound of Jeremy's voice speaking to me.
"Kat, if you don't mind, go with Odd and Yumi to the scanner room so that I can check that the Scyphozoa really didn't manage to take anything from you."
I nodded weakly and let Odd take my hand and lead me to the elevator, not caring that Aelita was nudging Ulrich and nodding her head towards my hand entwined with Odd's. I'd deal with her later.
When the elevator doors opened again, I was standing between Odd and Yumi in a room with three tube like things which I assumed to be the scanners.
I allowed Odd to lead me to the middle scanner and help me into it. Once I was safely inside Odd whispered so that only I could hear him,
"Don't worry, there's nothing to be scared of." and with that, the scanner doors slid closed on my smiling face.
A wind seemed to rise beneath me, blowing my hair astray. My first thought was to close my eyes and as I did this, I felt myself being lifted up from the ground to be hovering in the centre of the scanner. I heard Jeremy's voice somewhere, but even with my sharp ears I could only make out the word 'memories' from the noise.
Then the process ceased as quickly as it began and the scanner doors opened to show Yumi's face peering at me. Odd had gone back up to the lab.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a bit… dizzy." I replied
"Jeremy's got the results, he wants us back up there. Pronto." she said.
"Kay."
We headed back up the elevator and in to the lab, where everyone was standing staring at Jeremy's computer screen in anticipation.
"Well?" inquired Ulrich, "Is anything wrong?"
"Yeah, I think I have a right to know first." I said jokingly, but I walked over to Einstein and Einteinette all the same. "Is everything alright Jeremy?"
Said blond adjusted his glasses and turned to look at me.
"It seems Kat , that although he hasn't managed to steal them, XANA has managed to get a glimpse of some of your memories and copy them."
I looked at him quizzically. "Will he try and use them against me?" I asked.
Jeremy sighed "Yes so I'd best be on the lookout if I were you. But now," He clapped his hands, "it's time for you to go to Lyoko. I talked about it with everyone else last night and it seems that your fighting techniques would be useful. That is if you want to help save the world." He added.
I grinned. "Do I ever!"
Jeremy smiled at my enthusiasm. "Well then, you know where to go." He jerked his head at the elevator doors and Ulrich, Yumi, Aelita, Odd and I stepped inside the elevator doors and watched them close behind us as we plummeted downwards toward the scanner room.
Yumi, Aelita and Ulrich stepped into the scanner first, and a minute later, the scanner doors opened again.
"You ready?" Odd asked me as I climbed into the scanner opposite him.
I nodded, and closed my eyes as the doors closed once again and Jeremy's voice echoed in the building. The wind started to blow on me again.
"Transfer Odd. Transfer Katrina."
I was hovering inside now, my feet floating upwards away from the ground.
"Scanner Odd. Scanner Katrina."
Then suddenly a massive gale swept my hair up completely.
"Virtualisation."
My body felt as if it were melting away, yet I could still feel it. But it seemed… Distant.
The world seemed to be slowly materialising around me and I dropped from thin air onto the ground below. I couldn't smell, taste, or as I felt the icy ground beneath me, touch.
Turning around, I saw that I was in an icy region, and four people were standing looking at me expectantly. The first one was Aelita.
She was wearing a pink mini skirt and a matching top that went over trousers and a long shirt that were both off-white, and matching shoes. She also had elf-like ears, with a small dangle earring in the left one. Her eyes were green.
Next to her was Yumi. The Japanese girl was wearing a short-sleeved/hemmed kimono over red tights, black thigh-length boots, red eye liner, red blush on her cheeks, a white-painted face and neck, and some red on her lips to complete the look. She also had a yellow sash tied to her back. Her hair was bunched up into a small bun with three bangs left hanging.
Ulrich was standing by her. His outfit was modelled after a samurai , minus armour, and he carried a sword. An Oni was drawn on his back and the clothing was largely coloured yellow and black.
And lastly Odd. His outfit looked like a giant purple cat. The outfit was almost identical to the one he wore in the real world colour-wise, but had no sleeves and was generally closer-fitting. To complete the "giant cat" motif, Odd only had four fingers (three digits and a thumb), complete with claws, and a tail. His forehead and cheeks also had purple markings on them.
I looked at them in amazement, and suddenly wondered what I looked like here too. As if reading my mind, Aelita suddenly bent down in a sort of praying position with her hands held out in front of her.
She started singing an unearthly tune and a giant wall of ice appeared before me, showing every inch of my reflection.
My chestnut brown hair was down to my shoulders, and my misty silver eyes seemed to glow slightly, I wore a sapphire blue hair band and I had little make up on. I wore a knee-length crimson flamenco styled skirt with black tights and a white and red shirt. I was also wearing knee-high cobalt blue boots.
Looking around me, I saw the others demonstrating their weapons. Ulrich swung his samurai sword, Yumi threw her fan through the air and Odd shot an arrow out of his hand.
I flicked my wrist experimentally, and to my surprise a maraca appeared there. Curious I swung it horizontally. A bright strip of horizontal light came out and continued into the distance. Amazed, I tried swinging it vertically, and the same result occurred, except the light was vertical. I then tried swinging it while turning in a full circle. The light this time curved around, until it was again lost in the horizon.
I flicked my other wrist, and I now had two maracas!
This. Is. Awesome! Fred beamed inside my mind.
Remember, with great power comes great responsibility Common Sense said solemnly.
Stop quoting Spiderman! This is absolutely amazing so shut it for now! Fred yelled inside my head.
"Well Kat? Do you like your new look and powers?" Jeremy's voice came from nowhere.
I looked around, scared out of my wits. "Where the heck are you Jeremy?" I yelled.
"Me? I'm operating the super computer, and you are in the ice sector of Lyoko."
"Well then," I said, calming down, "Yes! I love my look and powers!"
I could almost hear Jeremy's smile. " You do have secondary powers you know." He grinned, probably able to see my look of wonder. "Yumi has telekinesis, Ulrich has the ability to multiply himself into three people, and Odd can climb up any terrain with his claws."
I looked at all three of said people, who were demonstrating with grins at my astounded stare. I said to the thin air,
"What can I do?"
"You have the power of hypnotism. Although it can take a lot of energy out of you like the telekinesis does for Yumi."
"Nice. Can I try putting these abilities into action then?" I asked slyly.
"You're in luck, XANA's noticed we're here." The voice came from Ulrich, who was pointing behind me to some crabs like the ones I saw on my first day. Yesterday, I realised it was. It seemed like a lifetime ago.
Turning towards the crabs, who were now accompanied by some sort of block monsters, I leapt into the air and swung my maracas at two of the blocks, sending out two beams of light, hitting one of them on the bulls-eye. I thought as I used my hypnotic ability to make a crab bash it's self against another,
Something tells me that this will be kinda fun.
Me: Okay, I promise the next chapter will be longer, but that seemed like the best place to end it right there!
Ulrich: You better!
Me: Shut up, or you'll be fired as my authors note partner faster than Odd was!
Ulrich (mutters): Stupid OddSakura telling me what to do.
Me: WHAT WAS THAT!
Ulrich: Nothing!
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