The Lion Warrior

"As you know, Xavier is my brother," Lion said gesturing to Xavier on Jeremy's computer screen. "We are both Lion Warriors, but Xavier worked for a government intelligence mission. We came here to try and defeat Platon, but Platon managed to trap my brother in Lyoko. Believe or not, Franz Hopper tried to get him out, but then XANA went haywire. I could try and get him out, but I needed Franz help, but he transported himself and Aelita into Lyoko. After a couple years of making sure that Platon wasn't on my tail, I recruited some young people to help me. I made them Lion Warrior, too."

"You mean that all the stuff that you can do, William can do, too?" Odd said. William snapped his fingers as fire came out of them.

"Anyways, I trained Mechanist, Spy, Ninja, and Arrow. Their code-names reflect their abilities. Mechanist, though specialized in technology, is also trained in hand-to-hand combat fighting," Lion explained.

"So when we look for the Mechanist, we're looking for a wrestler?" Ulrich asked.

"Not really," Lion said putting his hands behind his back, "All the Lion Warriors are especially trained to blend in. Or be a person that absolutely no one would expect."

"Wow, so this is going to be interesting. So a bunch of our questions are answered, but what about the person who turned on the Supercomputer?" Jeremy questioned.

"Pink. Her name is Pink. She's been...neutral to this war, but she seems to want to destroy Platon," Lion muttered.

"Well, that's good, right?" Odd said.

"Not quite. She also messes with us, too. You guys weren't suppose to turn on the computer until after the Mechanist was ready. It was suppose to be a one-shot mission. Now we have to break it down. Pink's motives are...difficult to understand," Lion said.

"Well, we'll have to watch out for her," Aelita said. Lion smiled. "What is your special power in Lyoko?"

"Mega Roar," Lion explained, "It's where I emit a huge roar that destroys all monsters in the path."

"Wow! Cool!" Odd said excitedly. Lion yawned.

"Well, we better get to sleep. Oh one more thing, this isn't my true form," Lion said turning into a younger, still quite handsome, of himself. He was around Will's height now.

"Oh wow, I wouldn't have thought that you were still a kid," Aelita said. Lion shook his head turning back into his adult self and left the room.

"I remember him now," Xavier said. "I did have a brother. Lion was great. He never let you do and was stubborn for what's right. He was stubborn, though."

"Do you remember anything from the government lab he was talking about?" Jeremy asked.

"A little, I remember a lot of people in lab coats and I was in a tube. I don't remember anything after that," Xavier said.

"Well, we'll have to sleep on it for now. Night guys," Jeremy said.

The next day after Lion's schooling, Ulrich, William, and Odd grouped up at Jeremy's room. "Okay, Einstein, what do we do today?" Odd asked.

"You go to Sector 5. Mechanist said that she needed some special data from it," Jeremy said getting ready to go to the factory, "Hey, where's Yumi and Aelita?"

"They said that they went to get something real quick," Ulrich said.

"Well, I can get Xavier to go get the info. I'll just have Lion come with you just in case," Jeremy said going out the door.

"Oh come on, would you work for just one moment?" Sissi exclaimed as she typed at the computer. Then she heard the door knock. Sissi grumbled. "Come in!"

"Don't have to shout," Yumi commented. Sissi rubbed her forehead.

"Sorry. What do you want?" Sissi said not moving from the screen.

"We just wanted to check up on you. Make sure that you're alright," Aelita said a little worried.

"Of course, I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?" Sissi said still typing away.

"Well, you seem like you haven't slept or eaten well in a while," Replied Aelita. Sissi stood up from her chair rather weakly.

"I'm fine. I'm completely fi-" Before she could finish, she hit the floor.

"Sissi!" both girl exclaimed. They helped her up as she was still unconscious.

"Come on, we got to take her to the infirmary," Yumi said. Aelita nodded as they carried Sissi on their arms. Later, Sissi slowly woke up to the sound of her father.

"Dad," She said weakly.

"Thank goodness you're alright," Mr. Delmas sighed in relief. "The school nurse says you faint from little food, too much stress, and not enough sleep."

"Really? I thought it would have been malnutrition," Sissi weakly joked.

"You're lucky we were there," Yumi said coming into the room with Jeremy, Aelita, and Ulrich. Sissi smiled when they came, but they she remembered what she was working on.

"My work," She said about to get up, but her father pushed her back down.

"For right now, you need rest," Delmas said. Then he left the room.

"Well, you're looking better. Told you that you needed to rest and eat some more," Yumi said.

"Now you sound like Odd," Sissi muttered. Everyone chuckled. "But what about my work? It's very important to me."

"Don't worry about that. William said he would finish up what you had," Aelita said. That seemed to calm her down.

"But till then I'm stuck in this bed," Sissi retorted. She huffed. "Why me?"

"What's so important the project of yours?" Jeremy asked.

"It's personal," answered Sissi. Then Ulrich's phone rang.

"Yeah Odd? What? Well, where is he? I don't know. Okay, I'll tell them," Ulrich said as he hung up the phone. "Kiwi's missing and Odd has no idea how he got out."

"Did he close all the escape exits?" Aelita asked.

"Yes," Ulrich said. Then their watches beeped.

"Uh Oh, umm...we have to-"

"Go!" Sissi exclaimed catching them off guard, "I...I mean if you have to go then go." They shrugged it off then rushed off. "And here I am unable to help them."

MEANWHILE

A lady came into the factory with a Kiwi in hand. Kiwi was barking up a storm. She let Kiwi down and placed her hand on his head. A bright light shone. "You know what to do now, right?" The woman asked.

"Yes," Kiwi said in a deep voice.

BACK WITH THE GANG

"There is an activated tower in the mountain sector. Don't know what it's doing yet," Jeremy said. "I can't get in touch with the Mechanist." They stopped at the elevator to see Odd, William, and Lion.

"Where were you guys?" Lion asked.

"Sissi fainted," Yumi explained. Lion shook his head.

"I knew something like that would happen. She hardly ever takes a break. Okay, the tower is in the Desert Sector. Jeremy, get to the computer and we'll enter my way," Lion said.

"But you don't have the Lyoko watch yet," Aelita observed. Lion snapped his fingers and a portal magically appeared.

"Honey, the laws of science do not apply to me," He said, jumping through the portal. The others followed suit. They realized that their vehicles were there.

"That's funny. The Mechanist's not responding and yet she knew about the rides. Weird," Aelita said. Lion rode off in, what he called, Flame Chopper.

"Hey! Why does he get the nice ride?" Odd said upset.

"Because he's less likely to break it on impact," Jeremy said. He was at the computer. He typed around the keyboard. "Well, that's strange."

"What?" The others asked.

"It says here that the tower is already being deactivated," Jeremy answered. "Xavier, are you there?"

"Yeah, Jeremy. I've already deactivated the tower. Some guy came here and took me here. Defeated the monsters and everything," Xavier replied.

"Who?" Aelita asked.

"I don't know. I can't tell who the person is. It's a new identity. What did the person look like, Xavier?" Jeremy asked.

"A big muscular dog," He said. When Lion heard this, he became livid.

"Oh no she DID!" He said angrily revving up the Flame Chopper and riding far ahead the group. "We have to catch this guy."

"Lion!" Ulrich called, but Lion was already far ahead. "Do you know what's wrong?" Ulrich asked William.

"Yeah, a bad moment," William muttered. The team raced to the mystery person.

"The guy's going to a way tower," Jeremy said.

"No, he isn't," Lion said whipping the Flame Chopper around. He cut off the person. Lion got off as he waited for the others to come. "Hey, Odd. I found your dog," Lion muttered. The person turned around. He was tell about a head taller than Lion. He was 7 feet tall. Big huge muscles made up his whole body. He also had muscular skinny legs but big shoulders. His tail was small, but his face was recognizable.

"KIWI?!"Everyone exclaimed in shock.

"Hey everybody," Kiwi said in his low voice.

BACK AT THE FACTORY

"You mean that Pink did what?" the Mechanist asked over the intercom.

"She assigned me to help you with the work you have. In other words, I'm the Mechanist 2," Kiwi said in his little dog body. Lion was pacing around in his true form.

"Why?!" He exclaimed.

"Because, putting that much strain on one person is not good. You need two. Plus, I'll keep your little girl informed about our journeys," Kiwi said smiling a little. Lion growled.

"Fine," he mumbled.

"You mean that you'll let Pink's spy in our group?" Aelita asked worried.

"He's helping us. I can't have this mission go down the toilet. This is my brother we're talking about," Lion said. "In any case, I'm sure that the Mechanist will love the situation."

BACK AT SCHOOL

"I hate this situation!" Sissi said chewing down a beef burger and several fries. "I mean I worked so hard on this thing and now you're telling me that I should give all my work to a dog!" she said struggling to whisper. Lion and William shook their heads.

"It'll take more pressure off of you. He'll work on the code for destroying Platon, and you'll work on the other codes," William said assuringly.

"That is not the point! To a DOG!" Sissi said stuffing more food in her mouth.

"Um...Sissi. Is there a reason why you're eating like Odd when he's NOT really that hungry?" Lion asked.

"Oh, well to deal with the stress thing, my father took me to a specialist, where I was taught to relax. Basically, it was a spa. But after that, my appetite came back like nothing before. So I'm thinking that since I was stressed, my stomach strunk. But now that I'm not stressed, it's paying me back for all those times. You told me that Lion Warriors could survive anything," Sissi said to Lion.

"No, I said that we are resistant to a lot of things," Lion corrected.

"It was just stress," Sissi said.

"Honey, stress can kill any living thing," Lion said. "You seriously need to relax. I can't have people fainting on me." Sissi sighed.

"Fine," She muttered, "Just let me do one last thing," Sissi said getting up from her chair. The rest of the gang were outside in the woods.

"This is incredible! My little Diggity dog a Lion Warrior," Odd said patting Kiwi's head. Kiwi groaned.

"I hate it when you call me that," Kiwi replied.

"Told you," Ulrich smirked.

"So why are we here?" Yumi asked. Then their watches beeped.

"Because I want you guys to test this new thing I have for you. Thanks to the data you've received, I was able to give you your weapons in the real world!" The Mechanist said.

"You mean that we can use are weapons in the real world?" Ulrich asked.

"Yep. Just press that button on the side of the watch and presto. Now you'll be able to attack whatever Platon throws at you in the real world," The Mechanist said.

"Thanks, Mechanist! This is going to be awesome!" Odd said shooting one of his laser arrows at a tree.

"But the war isn't over yet," Jeremy said gloomily.