Chapter 7

In the forest sector of Lyoko, three wireframes appeared before Spidey, Herb, and Sissy's bodies appeared. Hovering a few feet above the ground before gravity kicked in.

Used to this Spidey landed on both feet unfazed. Sissy however landed on her butt and Herb on his stomach. "Owww..." Sissy whined before getting up. "Why did Aelita drop us off in midair? That's wasn't funny you know."

"It wasn't her," Spidey answered. "That's always happens when we get sent to Lyoko."

Just as Sissy got to her feet she looked down and realized she was wearing a completely different outfit. Her old familiar clothes and headband were gone. "Hey check me out!" She said looking at herself. Sissy now wore a red skintight bodysuit that covered her up to her neck but was cutoff at the arms. The tights were both flexible, and a bit revealing.

Sissy gazed down at her chest. "Wait, was I always this big?" She pondered before realizing it wasn't a bad thing. Then she noticed some smaller things. A pair of dark gauntlets adorned both hands up to her elbow. Similar designed boots were worn on her feet. A black choker covered her neck which had a small button on it Sissy could feel. "What's this do?" She pushed the button. Immediately a metal face mask covered her mouth and nose. "Whoa!" She exclaimed. Hitting the button again it released.

At the same time Herb was admiring his own new outfit. He wore a embroidered dark blue robe that went down to his feet. It had a long hood but he didn't have it up. His weapon which he's got to be a long staff that curled at the top. "Whoa...cool."

"So what do you guys think?" Spidey asked.

"Well it's not quite my style, but I'm liking this new ensemble." Sissy commented.

Spidey rolled his eyes behind his mask. "Actually I was referring to Lyoko. Not your new outfits..."

"It seems so real." Herb spoke up poking a nearby tree. "Yet at the same time I feel like I'm inside a video game."

"Yeah...what he said." Sissy said feeling the grass beneath her feet.

"Anyway, I want to see what weapons you two have. Appears that Herb is a Wirzard and the staff is probably your weapon and magic is your ability." Spidey motioned for Sissy to pull hers out but the teen just stood there and blinked. Resisting the urge to roll his eyes again Spider-Man looked at Sissy. "I think yours is on your back."

Hearing this, the brain put his arms around his back and groped around. Eventually managing pull the big thing off and hold it out in his hands. It was a saber, curved, silver with a hint of yellow inside, the handle has a rich color of blue with a small symbol of a bird. But it was no ordinary metal saber. It has yellow lightning sparking down the saber with the pictures of wings on the sides.

"A saber?" He said. "Cool" Without thinking he grasped it with both hands, tried to swing. It was harder then he thought but he swung it and suddenly let lose a yellow lightning bolt. The bolt shot off in completely the wrong direction and almost hit Spidey in the head.

His reflexes kicked in and bended back inhuman style as the bolt went over him. "Hey watch it!" Spider-Man yelled at Herb as he got up to his feet. "You almost took my head off!"

"Sorry..."

"Spidey," Sissy said struggling. "I can't find my weapon."

"Huh?" Spider-Man walked over to the dark-haired girl. "Weird I don't see it either...unless it's that thing on your back."

"What thing on my back?" Sissy found there was something small attached to her back. Pulling it off she found it was a small rod only about six inches in height. "What the hell is this?" She asked. "I got ripped off! This isn't weapon at all!"

Herb was also confused. Spidey on the other hand had a suggestion. "Try turning it."

"Huh?" Sissy thought it was a stupid idea but did it anyway. Suddenly the small rod shot up and grew in length until it was almost as tall as she was. Then a sharp blade over a foot in length shot out of the top of the rod along with the middle top where the blade was at brings out a axe, curve and lumber jack style. The rod itself was red in color except for the end piece which was gold.

"Wow," Spidey said surprised. "I think that must be a Halberd."

The weight of the weapon forced Sissy to carry it with both hands. "THIS is my weapon? I'm not sure whether to be impressed or scared! What's a halberd anyway?"

"It's kind of like a spear combine with a battle axe." Spidey explained. "Only the blade is longer and your can do more with it. Why don't you give it a swing?"

Nodding she swung forward only to underestimate the weight and get pulled with her weapon. She tried to swing it the other way to avoid falling down but almost took Spidey's head off but he parryed it with his Murasama Blade. Seeing the near miss she dropped it. "Oops! I'm so sorry Spidey dear!"

"Guess I was asking for it that time." Spidey sighed. "Don't worry, you two just need some practice. Which is why we're here." He turned his gaze upward. "Hey Aelita, how it's going?"

"Hello Spidey." Aelita's voice said coming from nowhere. "I'm acquainting Dawn here with the various functions of the computer but don't worry; I'm also monitoring you. Is there something you need?"

"Not yet." He shook his head. "Thanks anyway."

Sissy meanwhile had been looking left and right trying to find the origin of the voice. "Was that Aelita?" She asked. "Where is she?"

"She's still in the factory on the real world." Spidey explained. "The computer allows her and Dawn to monitor us and her headset allows her voice to be projected wherever we are and for her to hear us."

"So Aelita's basically watching our every move huh?" Sissy cringed. "Yeah that's not creepy at all."

"Princess knows what she's doing." Spidey said. "Now before we do anything else: look around. Right now we're in the forest sector. There are four normal sectors in Lyoko: forest, mountain, ice, and desert. There's also a fifth sector known as Carthage, but we just call it sector five. That sector is harder to get to but it's where we can get information on XANA."

Herb put his hand one of the trees. "Forest sector equals trees huh? So I guess there's a lot of ice in the ice sector?"

"...something like that." Spidey grunted. "Why don't we explore the forest sector for now? Hey Aelita can you send us the vehicles?"

"Sure! Just give me a minute." She said from deep within the factory. "Transporting the three vehicles to Lyoko is an important responsibility." She told Dawn. "Lyoko warriors often have little time to wait so getting it done quickly is necessary. Do you follow?"

"It shouldn't be too hard." She said. "I've dealt with similar formulas. Of course those were for completely different purposes-but still."

Back on Lyoko the three teens waited patiently. It only took a minute before the three vehicles materialized in front of them. Spidey immediately jumped onto his Acree bike. Herb eyed the overboard excitedly before climbing on and with only one choice left Sissy hopped on the overwing. Spidey sheathed his sword into the sheath on his left side.

"These are the vehicles Jeremy made." Spidey looks at Herb. "That's the overboard." He then glances toward Sissy. "And that's the overwing. I'm riding the Acree and often Aelita or Dawn will ride with me. Lyoko can be big at times which is why we need these to get to the towers in time. Later!"

Spidey rev the throttle and kick it into high gear as he popped a wheelie through one of the forest paths as he drove with Sissy and Herb right behind him. Sissy didn't seem to be having any trouble with the overwing but Herb struggled to stay on top of the overboard. He was wobbling from side to side as if he might fall off at any moment. "Whoa!"

"Hey be careful." Spidey warned him. "Odd's overboard is the most versatile vehicle, but it's also the hardest to control." Herb nodded and did his best to stay onboard. They continued their trip over the forest sector until Spidey thought they had seen enough.

"Okay, that's enough for now." He got off his bike. "Now you two need to pratice with your weapons if you're ever going to be competent enough to take on XANA's monsters."

Herb put back his staff as it shrink and hold on the belt around his waist and pulled out his saber but then suddenly seemed confused. "Uhh there aren't any enemies to shoot at. Should I slash my saber at Sissy?"

"You better not!" The dark-haired girl yelled at him; her face turning red with rage.

Spidey rolled his eyes. "The trees, genius. Shoot at the trees."

"Oh...okay." The brain then spent the time he had trying to improve his aim by shooting at trees and slashing. This turned out to be harder then he thought and Spidey soon learned the best place to stand was behind Herb.

When he wasn't trying to help Herb with his aim Spidey was giving Sissy tips for wielding her Halberd. Of course since he had never used such a weapon he didn't have a lot of tips but he did his best to improvise. Sissy's training was much more versatile than Herb's. She swung, stabbed, spun, and hit. It was effective as she learned to get the hang of her weapon but the lack of an enemy to attack meant she could only learn so much. Spidey had her practice a bit with trees but you could only do so much that way.

And Sissy was getting frustrated. "Uggh! This thing sucks!" She said throwing her weapon on the ground. "I wish I had something simple like you Spidey!" He briefly glanced down at his Murasama Blade and Star Saber and his other weapons under his suit before returning his gaze to her.

"Don't worry, you'll get the hang of it." He said trying to sound encouraging. Whether it worked or not was another matter. "Listen, we should stop for now. If we don't get back soon it'll be suspicious."

"Spidey?"

"What is it Aelita?"

"Ready to come back up!"

"Yeah, Beams us up, Scotty."

"Alright, hold on."

Aelita devirtualized Spidey first and then the two. They took the elevator back to where she and Dawn and the others were waiting. Then all of them took it back up to the ground level of the factory where they started to walk out.

"So what did you think of Lyoko?" Dawn asked.

"A technological masterpiece." Herb answered.

"Completely overwhelming." Sissy said.

They kept walking until they got out of the factory. Luckily Spidey gave them a break and said they could go back to school the normal way so they didn't have to go through the sewers again. As they were heading back he let them know they'd be doing this again real soon.

"In order to prepare for XANA we need to go back and train again tomorrow."

"Already?" Sissy asked. "I have other things to do you know."

"Sorry Sissy," Dawn said. "But once we get you trained and you get used to it you'll have more free time."

"I hope so." Herb titled his glasses. "I have homework to do. I can't risk my good grades."

"So we'll meet again tomorrow after school." Spidey told them. "Don't forget."

They had reached the dorms. Sissy and Herb went their separated ways. Spidey and the gang went back to their dorm room. It was dark outside so they prepared to go sleep.

As the others prepared for bed. Spidey grabs his laptop bag from the closet drawer. Goes into the bathroom as he closes the door behind him. He unzips it and got out his laptop and starts it up as he brings up a program for something.

Spidey types up a major one as he brings up a picture of William the real one, the evil verison, knowing it's time to bring him back to the real world. Thinking a way to do it, he look over his laptop to see his Murasama Blade in it's scabbard leaning against the wall. Using that sword can do it, he actually sneak Jeremy's laptop in here with Spidey. He connected his laptop to it and upload the program with the picture of the Murasama Blade and himself of a simulation with the evil William in it. Showing Spidey as William swung his big sword at Spidey, dodge it and Spidey punch him with all of his strength, William was toss back before he use his smoke to zoomed back at him. He turn back to normal and grabs his legs and toss him as he spun around and did it as Spidey was flying, only to flip and stop the force, before jumping back at William use the force as William prepares to parry it, but Spidey puts his hand on the handle of the HF Blade, finger on the trigger as the whole sheath glow in a fiery red, launching the katana in a small fiery explosion, one slash hortizonal, before flipping and gripped the sword with both bring it down vertical.

Spidey smiles at this, so he goes to bed as he puts up the laptops.

Unknown to him, Aelita was pretending to be asleep. Curious, Aelita went to the laptop where Spidey put up at.

Aelita opens it and watchs the program. She's looked at Spidey who was sleep now, he has a way to get back the real William into this world.

Now knowing, this can work. Aelita puts it back, before going back to sleep.

But where she's gets a dream from Jeremy, telling her to let him go, but she was shock that she has a crush, on Spidey. Dawn's boyfriend after they make love for each other. Knowing that she shouldn't tell this to them or this might ruin their relationship, unless if Dawn wants to share him with her.