Well, sorry for the long wait. But I finally got around to put up this next chapter. I hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko, or the world of Lyoko or the Factory for that matter. Moonscoop(Right..?) owns it all.

Chapter 3

Sky and Kat had started to wander around the so-called desert they were in. They stopped their wandering, when they heard Christian's voice from overhead.

"Wow… This is so cool, you guys. I guess Lyoko is somewhat like a videogame. You guys have HP and everything." He said. Sky chuckled.

"That's pretty cool. Do you think there are any monsters?" Sky asked. This time, Kat laughed.

"You gotta admit, that would be pretty cool. I've always wondered what'd be like if you actually fought against them." Both boys agreed with her. "I guess if we want to find some, we better keep moving."

"Yes, lets." Sky said, leading the way. Kat grinned, and followed him. After a couple of minutes, the two ended up in a labyrinth-like maze. They walked around for a bit, until is seemed like they were lost. Kat had finally asked,

"Sky?" Sky stopped walking, and turned around to look back at Kat.

"Yes?" He asked.

"Do you have any idea where we're going? It seems like we're lost, or something…"

Sky thought about it for a minute, and then answered, "I really don't know…" Christian, after hearing that, laughed, making both warriors jump.

"No, you guys aren't lost." Christian said. He was going to continue, but then Kat spoke before him.

"Jeez Christian! Don't do that! You scared me there!" Kat complained, holding her hand over her heart, trying to slow down the beating of it. Sky and Christian laughed.

"Don't worry Kat. He scared me too." Sky told her. She just stuck her tongue out at him. He laughed again.

"Anyway…" Christian said. "What I was going to say, before Kat interrupted me, was that on my Radar thing here, there's a weird thing near you guys. Just keep on hearing forward, until you reach the first corner, and turn left. And then the next corner after that, turn right, and you'll be at it. Ok."

Kat nodded. "Ok. Let's go!" She started running off, through the maze-like part of the desert. Sky shook his head, and went after her. He realized that Kat had missed the first corner. He sighed, and called her.

"Kat! Come back here!" Kat was already to far away to hear him, as she continued on her path.

Sky just kept on heading on in the right direction, giving up on finding Kat, until he had reached that "weird thing" that Christian was talking about. "Whoa." He whispered.

That "weird thing" was huge, like it could fit maybe 100 people or more in it. It looked very much like a tower of some sort. But it also looked like a tree in some way. It had what looks like roots, sticking out from it, and into the ground, but it also had energy of some sort flowing through it. Also around the tower, was some sort of white aurora floating around it.

Sky was going to try and enter it, but Christian stopped him. "No, don't enter it yet, Sky. Wait for Kat first, ok." Sky then sat down, on the sandy surface of the desert and said, "Ok."

A while later, Kat had finally arrived at the tower, where Sky was waiting. She got there a lot quicker then she would've if she didn't have Christian's help. Sky got up and said, "Maybe next time, Kat, you should stick with me." Sky grinned. Kat looked away in embarrassment.

"I guess I should…" Kat agreed. She then looked up at the tower. "So… What's this?" She asked.

"I dunno. I think it's a tower, or something. I don't know how you can go into it…" Sky explained. Kat thought for a moment.

"Maybe we could try and look for a hidden door way, or something." She suggested.

"Right…" Sky said.

The two started searching around the tower. It only took at least a minute, before Sky had found something. "Kat, I think I found it!" He announced. Kat came over to see.

As Sky was touching the tower, the surface of it seemed to ripple in a way. Sort of like what water does, when you touch it. Sky then attempted to go through it, ending up on the other side, successfully.

"Wow, cool. Are you coming, Kat?" Sky asked, from the inside, as he looked around. The inside of the tower was a lot bigger then he had first expected. All over the walls of it, seemed to be different numbers just scattered randomly in places. When he looked above him, he saw another floor up there, just floating, like the floor that he was standing on right now.

Kat had come in after he had inspected what the tower was like. Now it was her turn to look around. "Cool…" She said. She saw the upper platform floating above them. "So… How do you think we can get up there?" Kat asked Sky.

Sky simply shrugged. "I don't know… Maybe we'll just magically float up there, if we try hard enough."

"Ha ha. I really don't think that would be likely to happen though." Kat laughed.

Sky shook his head defensively. "Hey, it could happen. I mean… In a weird different world like this, it could happen! In most video games, there's such thing as magic. So why can't there be magic here too?" Kat sighed in defeat.

"Sure. I guess you have a point." She smiled. "But really, there is only one way to find out…"

"And how's that?" Sky asked.

"By trying it out." Kat said, in a matter-of-fact way.

"Right… I knew that." Sky said, as he walked around the circular platform both he and Kat were one.

"Ri-ight. Of course you did." Kat said, sarcastically. She rolled her eyes, as she followed behind him.

As Sky was in the middle of the circular platform, he immediately felt as if he needed to do something. As he stood there, he closed his eyes and concentrated. He eventually felt his feet lift off the ground, as he started floating upwards to the higher platform. Kat saw this happening, and watched in amazement.

"I guess Sky was right, about the magic thing…" Kat whispered to herself. Sky landed on the upper platform, and an interface appeared in front of him.

"Hmm... Well that's interesting…" Sky said. He reached out for it, and put the palm of his hand against it. It seemed like the interface was registering his touch or something. Sky pulled away after a second or two, as his name appeared, and then "Code: Earth" afterwards.

Once he read the word, "Earth", he and Kat were devirtualized from the Lyoko world. When Christian saw that the two of them had disappeared from his Radar, he nearly panicked, wondering where they went, until he heard a sound coming from the floor above.

Christian quickly went up the ladder, which was by his computer, that lead up to the room above. Once he got there, he saw Sky and Kat, safe and sound. He smiled.

"So… How was your little adventure?" Christian asked the two.

"Abs-tty ep-ming" The two spoke at the same time. Christian laughed.

"Don't all speak at once." Kat laughed, and told about her opinions first.

"I thought it was absolutely amazing. The place was just… wow." Kat explained. Then Sky chimed in.

"I thought it was pretty epic, in my opinion. I would love to go back there again." Christian grinned again.

"Of course we can come back here. Tomorrow night we can. Ok. But right now, we have to get back to school. I haven't even realized how late it is." Kat nodded in agreement, and yawned.

"Yeah. Let's go." Sky said. They all then left the factory, heading back to the school the same way they had got there.

Now… That was only the beginning. The real story starts here.

R&R please, and you can get a cookie. I would also love any suggestions on how to improve my writing, if they are needed. ;)