The Return of Lyoko
AN: Here we are. Again, apologies for mistakes.
Disclaimer: I claim nothing except Alana -which is me. Hi!
-Chapter 2: Secrets Told-
"Then we finally shut off the supercomputer. We defeated XANA so there was no use for it still being on. It was only a danger." Jeremy concluded.
Alana's face was a perfectly crafted poker face. She nodded slightly and said nothing. Odd was about to ask a question when a tear rolled down her face.
"This is exactly what I came here to escape." Alana whispered softly, her words marred by her accent. It took them a moment to realize.
"Escape what?" Aelita asked.
"What's storytime with only one story?" Alana asked with a forced smile before sitting up straight.
"Ya all know of Silicon Glen, right?"
There were multiple answers. Jeremy, Aelita, and Yumi knowing and Ulrich and Odd being at a loss.
Jeremy explained. "It's a part of Scotland that holds many factories and supplies most of the UK's electronics."
"Correct. One day five years ago, my friends and I took a field trip to the glen. We found a supercomputer similar to yours. We turned it on and entered the world. It's very similar to your Lyoko. And we too had a virus. We named ours Báis, Irish for death. It too would possess electronics after gaining activation of a tower."
She paused for a moment and wiped a tear from her eye. "We had no Aelita though. There was no noble man. The virus was created by a man by the name of Byron Barry. After realizing his evil, he hung himself in the factory. Once we realized what Báis could do, we fought."
"Did you ever defeat it?" Ulrich asked.
Alana nodded. "It took five years and the death of my father and my boyfriend, Riagan before we shut it off for good. That reminds me of something! Jeremy, do ya have a laptop with you?" She asked quickly.
He nodded and pulled it out. He gently handed it to her and she placed it on the desk. Powering it on, her fingers glided across the device with well-practiced ease. After a few minutes of typing, she motioned for the others to look.
Alana stood and began once more, "Riagan and I created this website for all those who encountered similar problems. It's a worldwide forum. I haven't checked it since his death." She looked at the homescreen and her pale face drained of all color. Her eyes looked empty and afraid.
"This isn't good. This isn't good at all..." She typed furiously once more. "Jeremy, Aelita, look."
The two gathered around the screen and read quickly. Their faces drained of color also.
Yumi, Ulrich and Odd stood there anxiously.
"Well?" prodded Odd.
"It seems that the viruses have linked up. All of the electronic worlds have joined together and they are nursing Báis back to life. It says that there is a virus in America that is also being developed." Jeremy said quickly.
For once in his life, Odd understood the first time.
"What do we do?" Yumi asked Jeremy.
Alana and Aelita answered at the same time. "We have to stop all of them."
"So wait, you mean that we have to return to Lyoko?" Ulrich asked. "Can we really re-activate the super computer?"
"Of course we can." Jeremy dismissed his worry simply.
"If you have any other allies here, I suggest asking them to join." Alana suggested. She turned to Jeremy. "In the meantime, Jeremy, might we share notes? Your multi-agent program is absolutely brilliant. Much different that our method."
He nodded.
"We should head back to Kadic." Yumi said. Aelita glanced at her watch and nodded.
"5:15 PM." She said.
Everyone nodded and began their walk back to Kadic.
Jeremy began to think of allies. They could ask William but they would need to train him. They could even ask Sissy and her minions for help. They needed all they could get.
The friends arrived back at Kadic barely 25 minutes later. They all went to the guy's room to lay down.
"So Alana, how did the Glen Gang defeat Báis?" Odd asked from his perch on the top bunk bed.
Alana was sitting in the corner on top of Odd's trashbag full of clothes -effectively acting as a beanbag. She paused for a moment and thought about it.
"We discovered the sector in the virtual world where Báis created his monsters. We destroyed it while Riagan offered himself as a sacrifice. We didn't realize what he had done until it was destroyed. After that, we sent in an antivirus system that weakened Báis and my friends and I jumped in for the final kill."
The room was quiet for a minute.
Jeremy spoke. "That was brilliant. Where did you find the codes?"
"Trial and error." She replied simply.
The room was quiet once more.
Yumi and Ulrich were cuddling up together in Ulrich's bed -bottom bunk- while Aelita took up Jeremy's bed. Jeremy was sitting in his computer chair.
They checked the time. 6:46 PM. They walked down to the cafeteria. As they ate their low-quality dinner in silence, each was thinking of what to do about: XANA and Báis and the other horrors attached to them.
AN2: There. We. Go. Now, you understand why I need OC's. Yes, there will be romance. Alana/Odd, Ulrich/Yumi, Jeremy/Aelita and others. Thanks!