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Cast of Characters

6th

graders

Angela McDaniel

She's into fashion. She is also the leader of a gang which includes Cara and Shelly.

Cara Mullen

She is a member of Angela's gang. The whole gang is very, how do I put this lightly... "Blingy". Does that

make sense?

Shelly Netts

She is the last (and least) member of Angela's gang.
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Lynn Parson

She is very quiet. She doesn't talk much, and no one really has gotten to know her.

Roxanne Knight

She is a kind of lone ranger. She keeps to herself, and doesn't let anyone into her bubble of personal

space. Later in the story, she and Lynn become good friends.

Liz "Tizzy" Hart

She is born to try anything that looks impossible. All kinds of stunts are her favorite past-time. The

nickname "Tizzy" comes from her personality. Let's just say it's a little... skewed.
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Jett Green

He thinks he is a big tough guy, but he really isn't. This attitude gets in the way from time to time.

Actually, quite a deal more than that...

Tommy Hofheinze

He is very studious. He actually enjoys brushing up on his academic skills.

Izzy McBride

In short, the class clown. He can turn anything into a joke. Well, almost anything...

Jacob Ratliff

He is one of Tommy's best friends. They like to quiz each other with what they've been learning in class.


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Steve Trotman

This guy will do anything for pizza. Anyone who gets between him and pizza better watch out. It is

rumored that he has a hidden refrigerator in his dorm in which he stores pizza. It is unconfirmed.

Rob Hutchins

He associates with no one. He will never speak unless directly spoken too, and even then, his answers

are as short as possible. He likes to bully the smaller students. No one knows how he got this way, but

maybe Team Lyoko can find this out...

7th

graders

Zack "Z" ZimmermanHis nickname comes from his initials, ZZZ. He loves soccer, and is very good at it.


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Johnny Davis

Nothing can get this guy down. He always looks at the bright side of things. Well, except for when a

ghost is spewing purple lightning in his direction... He doesn't remember that ever happening though.

Glen Anderson

He has a twin called Gwen. They do everything together. Sometimes they even finish each others

sentences.

Jay Bowman

Unlike Jett Green, who merely thinks he is tough, Jay really is tough. He's been struck by lightning, but

he survived. He's fallen off of a 10 foot tall ramp with barely a bruise. Once you get to know him though,

he is a very nice kid.


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Elijah Gray

In short, the average Joe. His grades are average. He has little desire to do much else than finish school,

and get a good job. Well, maybe it's not that simple, but close.

Kevin Hunter

This is one bad dude. He has been suspended twice, and he has innumerable detentions. He plays hooky

often. No one messes with him.

Buddy Reed

He's a video game junkie. You want cheat codes, walkthroughs, or even hacks? He's your man. He owns

all the latest games, and spends all his spare time playing them. It's anyone's guess as to how much

longer his eyes will hold out...


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Danny Shin

This guy is Japanese. He studies hard, and enjoys playing sports. He is a jack of all trades.

Glen Anderson

Twins with Gwen Anderson. [Insert identical description here]

Lucy Cooper

She is intent on being the top of her class. She loves music class, but she can't play music well. That is to

say, she can't carry a tune in a bucket. She studies to quite a degree.


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Lisa Park

The most annoying girl in school. Aside from Rachel Sanders maybe. She makes a lot of mean jokes, and

plays mean tricks. She's also a very good liar.

Alexis Kaiser

She is the news reporter from the Kadic News. She is very peppy, and never misses a "Super Scoop".

Kat Jackson

She's the camera-girl for the Kadic News. She's also the BFF of Alexis.

8th graders

Alyssa Schaeffer

She is very peppy, and enjoys many things. She also defends the world from XANA and ANAX on a

regular basis.

She is descendant of Franz and Anthea Schaeffer. After my prologue, they had a son, who had a

daughter, which is Alyssa


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Brittany Stern

She is somewhat serious, but she can let loose when she's with her friends. She is of course, a Lyoko

Warrior.

Brittany is descendant of Ulrich and Yumi

Rachel Sanders

She is the daughter of the Superintendent of all the schools in the area. Her father is easily swayed by

her, and she misuses that power. She has also had a crush on Sean for ages, and is willing to resort to

trickery to get what she wants

Crystal MaddoxCrystal is a fashion freak. She shares this with her BFF, Autumn.


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Autumn Schultz

See above. She copies Crystal in everything.

Lila Suhr

This girl is all around sporty. She is very good at almost every sport, and is quite surprisingly modest. She

has gotten consistent "C"s in every class, except for PE, which of course is an "A"

Kirsten Field

She loves to invent crazy contraptions. They do all sorts of things. In fact, her inventions do everything

EXCEPT for what she wanted them to do. I will leave out a list of such inventions, for they will be well

accounted for in the story.


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Erin Star

She, along with her friends, Holly and Ella, is your average student. To be quite honest, I was just trying

to finish these up quickly. Still, you do need some normal people...

Holly Stones

Friends with Erin. Note: She has no relation to Aelita. Stones was an alias, not her real name.

Ella Ross

Friends with Erin and Holly.

Tennent Della RobbiaHe likes to make jokes a lot, and rarely studies. Between goofing off and fighting ANAX/XANA, there isn't

time for him to study. He is descendant of Odd and his wife (who ever that may end up being). The

website I used to make this character did not have what I was looking for. One of his pant legs is yellow,

while the other is white. There is a yellow lightning bolt in the center of his shirt. He also has a white

streak in his hair, like his father, who had a green streak, and his grandfather (Odd) how had a purple

streak.


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Sean Belpois

Sean is Patrick Belpois' grandson. He actually tries to study, but a lot doesn't click with him. He is a Lyoko

Warrior.

Sammy Belpois

Sean's cousin. He is an ace at computers, but he didn't realize how little he knew about them until he

found the SuperComputer. He is a model student, one of the principal's favorites. That is until the Lyoko

Warriors figure out what RTTPs do to XANA, and then Sammy begins to accumulate absences that

slowly takes him off the favorites list, while his grades remain excellent.

Tyce Bowers

He is the complete and total MASTER of all things practical joke. You never know when he will strike.Sadly, all his jokes are done in good spirit, and he only performs them on guys, since they won't tattle on

him. Except for on April Fool's day (His favorite day of the year) when he pranks EVERY girl at Kadic. He

wears a cape because he knows it annoys people.

This is one of my favorite characters. You'll be seeing him a lot in the story.


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Xavier Martin

A basketball star.

Micah Andrews

A bully. No more explanation is necessary. Sammy in particular has trouble with him, due to his "geeky"

appearance and attitude.

Freddy Snow

He hangs around with Micah for some reason. He doesn't bully anyone, but for some reason, Micah will

only act civilly towards Freddy.

Luke Peace


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He is the captain of Kadic's Chess team. That is, if they had one... He's trying to make one though.

Phillip Pichon

He adores Rachel, but the feeling is not mutual. He competes a lot with Sammy, but loses almost every

time. The guy loses so much, it's almost enough to make you feel sorry for him... ALMOST!

Descendant of Herb.

Julian Poliakoff

He hangs around Julian. [Insert description of Nicholas here]

Descendant of Nicholas.

9th

graders

Griffin Thorn

He is a real techno guy. He's not a geek though, just a technology junkie. He has ear buds permanently

stuck in his ears...


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Jacob Hardin

Bookworm... No more description is required.

Ed Hunt

He typically ends up being the guinea pig of Kirsten Field's "projects". Other than that, he is a normal

student.

Max Westmoreland-fieldshire-davis

He comes from a family of farmers. He also gets made fun of a lot for his last name.

Luis Patterson


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He is a studious scholar.

Daniel Weaver

The Ultimate Procrastinator. To the best of anyone's knowledge, he has never turned in ONE assignment

on time.

Chelsea Dekker

She can't stop messing with her cell phone or her laptop. She's always doing something with one or the

other...

Laura Hoffman

The average student.


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-Sophie Carlyle

-Cynthia Asimov

11

th

graders

-Joe Queuer

-Thomas Syta

-Trevor Sherman

-Johnny Krarwan

-Janice Waters

-Amelia Glover-Ginger Brown

-Natalie Hill (Sister of Ned Hill)

-Sasha Argo

12th

graders

-Ben Forrester-David Stilt

Caleb Torrent

He is very athletic. He plans to join the military when he gets out of school

This character does not have TOO big of a role in this story. There is a reason why I made an image for

him though...
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Josh Hunter

He's a lot like Caleb, except he rarely speaks. They have been best friends since Kindergarten.


him though...

-Ivy Green

-Ashley Stark

Katie Gold

She has been top of her class for 5 years straight. She's very good with computers, and plans to make

them her life's work.


her though...

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Gage Songer

Math

He's a very by the book teacher.

Lilith Morgan

Chemistry, Biology, and Physics

Mrs. Morgan has an unexplained aversion toward our heroes.

The high and lofty James Morales III

Gym

This Jim is a decorated war hero. He's gotten a bit pudgy over his years of inactivity though. He has many

gruesome war stories, but most of the kids would rather he not talk about them.


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Kylie Tyler

Cook

Not much left to explain.

She's a lot plumper than the image would imply. I couldn't make her the way I wanted.

Abigail Helmet

Art

She loves color.

Calvin Parson

Music

He is a very stern teacher. Music is not something to be enjoyed in his book. It is something to work for.


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Olivia Harnett

Literature

She is one of the less stern teachers, but she won't put up with any nonsense.

Mia Thompson

Foreign Language

She knows a good many languages. She is qualified to teach 5 different languages.

Gavin Borrows

Drama

His accent is much like Chardan's (The original Drama Teacher)


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Book One: The Rise of ANAX

Prologue

Jeremy walked down the hall to his dorm. It was late, and it was

time he went to bed.

As he got in his bed, he thought about all the Lyoko Warriors hadbeen through in the fight against XANA. It had only been 2 nights ago

that they had shut the SuperComputer off, but it felt like years. It felt

like something was missing now.

It was Franz Hopper. He was what was missing. In their moment

of victory, he had sacrificed himself to power the program Jeremy had

used to destroy XANA.

Aelita was terribly upset, and nothing Jeremy could do seemed to

cheer her up.

As the night drew on, he got to thinking about the death ofFranz. It seemed strange that he had disappeared like he did. He was a

normal virtual entity, although bound to the Digital Sea, and there didntseem to be a cause for his disappearance. The Flying Mantas wouldhave depleted his energy levels to point where he would no longer be

able to hold himself together, but he would not be destroyed. It baffled

Jeremy as to why the Deep Scan didnt pick up any signals whatsoeveron the Network.

Just as he was drifting off, a thought hit him. Wait a minute! Hethought. Maybe, just maybe, Franz Hopper could still be alive! If he

truly disintegrated simply from a lack of energy, then there would be no

way for him to send a signal on the Network. What could have happened

was what Jeremy originally though had happened the first time they lost

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He raced to the Factory, and swung down to the elevator using the

handy wires hanging from the ceiling. Using the code Jeremy had given

him a long time ago he sent the elevator down one floor.

When the door opened, he walked into the Lab. Hey, he said

quietly.Hey William, Jeremy said. Were sorry for brushing you off

like we did. We just-Yeah yeah, I know. After being under XANAs control for so

long, its hard to trust my image. I forgive you.A few seconds later, William became angry. You dont know

what it was like though! Seeing things through XANAs eyes is awful! Ihate that feeling of some, some... thing controlling my body and making

me hurt my friends! XANA is evil beyond your imagination, and I stillhave nightmares about him!

His voice trailed off.

So were cool then? Odd asked.Yeah, we are, William told him.Okay then, Jeremy said. He quickly filled William in about the

situation. Are you up for it? Jeremy asked. Sure, William said, withsome hesitation. Jeremy set up the transfers and told the gang to go

down to the scanners.

Jeremy first virtualized Ulrich, Odd, and Yumi. Next came Aelita

and William.

***

Aelita dropped down onto Lyoko. She stood up, and examined

herself. In one way, it felt good to be back on Lyoko. In other ways, it

pained her, because of the memories of her father that it brought.

Ready to go? She asked the Lyoko Warriors. Whenever youare, Yumi said.

Ill materialize your vehicles, Jeremy said. William, you canride with Ulrich.

Aelita waved her hand over her wrist to activate her wings, and she

flew off to catch the others.


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Jeremy had turned on the SuperComputer while they were waiting

for William to get the Factory. Jeremy detected no traces of activity on

the SuperComputer.

Okay guys, Jeremy said. Even though Im sure XANAs dead, I

want one of you to guard each of three Towers that I need to activate. Ineed Aelita and one other Warrior to go to Sector 5. Any volunteers?

When it was all sorted out, Ulrich, Yumi, and William would be

watching the Towers, while Odd and Aelita would be going to Sector 5.

Jeremy launched his program. He let it run for a few minutes, and

soon his calculations were proved correct.

Ive got it! I exclaimed. Well? Aelita asked. Good news?Most definitely! He told her.

After a few seconds of typing to set up a program, he asked Aelitato start the program via the Sector 5 interface. Well, Aelita, Jeremysaid. In a few minutes, when the program is done consolidating thedata, you could be with your father again!

When the scan was complete, he virtualized the human being that

had been produced. He flew down to the Scanners Room to watch the

door open and Franz Hopper stumble out. He collapsed, but soon rose

weakly to his feet.

When he stood, he said, Jeremy I cant thank you enough! Icould only hope that you would figure out how to revive me, and I see

that I did not over estimate you!Well thank you sir! But it wasnt just me. Without the rest of the

Lyoko Warriors, we wouldnt have gotten this far.Come, he said, motioning to the elevator. I think we might be

able to make today even more special for Aelita.

***

Franz Hopper had started to work on the SuperComputersinterface and soon he dashed down to the Scanners, and soon came up

carrying no other than Anthea Hopper.


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Jeremy was stunned. Huh What How Words failed him.Ulrich interrupted his stunned silence, Hey Jeremy! Did it work or not?Is Franz there with you? Whats going on?

Hang on, Jeremy said, typing away. Ill bring you in. Then

maybe I can explainFranz told Jeremy, Ill explain about my wife when your friends

get here.

Soon, the gang had gathered in the Lab.

Aelita was ecstatic about having both her parents back.

The FBI wanted to shut down XANA and Lyoko after they hadserved their purpose. Franz began. I had put a lot of work into it, andso I refused. I thought that I could find other uses for XANA. I was

wrong. In an attempt to get me to shut my operation down, they hired ateam of bounty hunters to kidnap Anthea. Unbeknownst to me, they

virtualized her into the Network, using my own technology. He paused,lost in thought.

I managed to find here location while I was wandering theNetwork after Lyoko was destroyed. I could not virtualize her, as I had

no access to the Scanner protocol. I was able to utilize my knowledge

just a few minutes ago.As he finished, Aelita hugged each of them one more time.

Well then! Jeremy said. I looks as if our adventures have cometo a close.

XANA put up a good fight, but we beat him in the end. Ulrichput in.

Weve all been through a lot together, and our fight has onlymade us stronger. Yumi added.

It was a lot of fun being a hero, Odd said. But its come to anend now.

William added his, XANA is dead, and now we can all havenormal lives.

Im sure that well never forget our adventures together! Aelitasaid.


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The Lyoko Warriors victory over XANA was no longer Pyrrhic,as Aelita was reunited with her mother and father. They all lived happily

ever after.

But that was not the end my friends Merely another beginning!

***

3 Generations Later

***

ANAX drifted through the matrices of the SuperComputer. Waldo

Schaeffer had left the computer in sleep mode, a large mistake. In sleep

mode, the SuperComputer had very little executive power. That was not

going to stop him.

He and XANA had been working on this matter for years. Soon,

they would be able to override the sleep command. ANAX the Anti-Nullification Assistant of XANA had been created to serve XANA,and assist him in any way necessary.

He came to the metaphorical Chamber where XANA slept. Eversince his first defeat, he was much weaker. He would not be able to

regenerate until he could gain access to the internet once again. XANA

had spent nearly his last drop of energy creating ANAX.

Master, ANAX addressed the pod on the wall. I take it youhave good news.XANA said. Yes... We can begin the finalstage whenever the opportunity arises. Soon, all

humans will pay... Soon...

Chapter 1

I tossed and turned in my bed. I had lain awake for hours, not

being able to fall asleep. Something in the back of my mind said that this


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was a night that would change my life forever. Thats silly, I toldmyself.

Well, whether or not that feeling was right, it was robbing me of

sleep.

I listened to the rain pound against the roof of my dorm. I attendedKadic Junior High, which was both a boarding school and a normal one.

My dad was a big businessman, and he travelled a lot. So instead of

making me change schools every year, they just sent me here.

My name is Sammy Belpois. My two best friends, Sean Belpois

(Who was also my third cousin) and Tennent Della Robbia were asleep

in the dorm directly across from mine. If tonight was a normal night for

them, they were likely snoring away by this time. The clock read 11:00.

It was early fall, so the rain showers were common at this time inFrance. Generally, the rain would lull me to sleep, but tonight was

different. After a while, I gave up trying to sleep, and got up to watch

the rain beat against my window.

As I peered out, I saw something that I didnt expect. Movement. Ilooked closer, and saw that it was my robot! I had designed it for a class

project a while back, and normally it was on display in my homeroom.

It was mounted on wheels, but was not terribly fast. When I saw it,

I pulled on a jacket, and went outside to follow it.

I calculated its course, based on the direction I saw it moving.

Soon, the robot came into view. I then slowed down, and stayed about

20 feet behind it.

I shoved the hood of my jacket back; I was soaked anyway. Some

of the rain beaded up on my glasses, making it harder to see, but I was

determined.

I followed it down the sidewalk of a road. I was well outside of

school campus by now, and I hoped that I didnt get caught.

Soon the robot veered off the road, and down a disused bridge tothe old abandoned Factory. Nobody knew the purpose of that old

building, but because of the radiation that had been detected there, the

city had voted not to demolish it.


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Seeing those eyes froze me in fear. The robot and I stared at each

other for a long while. Nothing happened. Or so it seemed...

***

XANA!ANAX called. This could be the chance wehave been waiting for! If we can trick this boy intoturning on all of the power, we can dispose of him

easily, and conserve energy at the same time!A fewseconds of silence passed as XANA processed this data.

Do what you must ANAX. I leave it to your judgment. We are soweak, and this boy could make us so strong. When he was fulfilled hispurpose, we shall dispose of him!

ANAX removed his essence from the robot. He collapsed into the

partially powered up SuperComputer, nearly devoid of energy after

taking control of something without a Tower.

***

At this point, I saw a cloud of dark blue smoke-like gas erupt from

my robot. I staggered backwards at the sight. The smoke coiled high

around the ceiling before diving into the SuperComputer.

Struck by a wondering that I had never felt before, I reached to

turn the computer on. There was a simple lever with that same symbol

on it, but upside down. I believe the phrase Curiosity killed the catbest describes this moment.

As soon as I powered up the computer, a shockwave of blue

energy blasted me back. The field receded quickly, so I instinctivelyreached out to turn the computer off. Naturally, when I pulled the

switch, nothing happened. Just my luck.

I went back up to the room with the interface to see if I could get

some data on turning the SuperComputer off. I found almost nothing. By


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now, I was too spooked to notice much. I saw a window about

something called Lyoko. A virtual world of sorts.

OK, I told myself. Im dreaming. Im going to go back home, and

go to bed. When I wake up, Ill know that this didnt happen.

I did just that. There was only one snag. The next morning when Iwoke up, I was still sure that it had indeed happened. Later, Id tell myfriends about it, and see what they think...

***

Youre crazy! Tennent burst out. Youre getting delusional onus Sammy! Sean agreed.

No, seriously! Come with me to the Factory, and youll see! Iprotested.

After some persuasion, they obliged.

We arrived at the Factory minutes later. My friends stood in

silence as we travelled down the elevator. There was no comment on

finding a working elevator. Soon, we stepped into the Computer Lab.

See! See! I said motioning to the computer. I proceeded to turnthe machine on. The interface booted up.

Ha! I told you! I said jumping up and down.They shrugged.

Well... Dont we want to check it out? We could figure out whathappened to my robot. Ill rest easier if I know what happened. Littledid I know that I wouldnt rest easy for many months to come.

I did some searching on the computer. I wasnt as scared as I waslast time. I started up a program, to see what it would do.

Im going to Lyoko, I announced. If you two are too chicken tocome as well, thats fine with me. I knew that that line would get them

to follow me to the cabins called Scanners.Tennent stared at the tube. What do we do? He asked. Step

inside, I told him. Then we wait, and see what happens.Sean was skeptical. Has this been tested on Humans? He

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Well... Im almost positive. I had found some previous data onthe computer that indicated it had been used at one time. My answer did

little to assure Sean.

Nonetheless, I stepped into the Scanner. See you on the flip side!

I said.The doors closed and I rose into the air strangely. A bright white

light flashed, and I lapsed into unconsciousness.

I suddenly regained self-awareness, and realized that I was falling.

Too late of course. I landed smack on my face with a big THUD. I

looked up to see that Sean and Tennent had made the same blunder.

I hauled myself to my feet and looked around. Everything was

virtual! The ground was a bright green color, and the path was very

narrow. Trees went up from all around me, but very few grew from theplatform itself.

I looked over at Sean and Tennent, speechless. Suddenly all three

of us gaped at each other. Sean was dressed in black armor, with no face

mask. He had a belt across him with tiny knives, a short sword on his

back and some other weapon in a holster on his hip. I picture is best I

think:

Tennent was a giant black cat. No weapons were apparent. Again a

picture describes it best:


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From my friends description, I was a tiger. I didnt have any

visible weapons either.

My glasses had transferred over in the form of something that

looked like green safety glasses.

When I found my voice, I asked, Whats going on here?

All I got was a shrug.

Chapter 2

My friends and I soon recovered from our shock. Several logical

questions popped into my head.

I wonder why Sean has weapons, and neither of us have any... I

said. Its not like there is any fighting to be done here...

I say we explore! Tennent said. You never know what we might

find!

With that said, we set off in a random direction. As we ambled, I

asked to see the holstered object in Seans belt. He obliged, and I

examined it, to find what looked like an activator button. With some

hesitation, I pressed the button. *Fvooooom!* an energy beam erupted

from it, and then collapsed, so that it trailed on the ground. I didnt get it.

Sean did though. COOL! A laser whip! he exclaimed. Lemme

see that! He said, grabbing it from me. He proceeded to dance around

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Its a good thing we donthave anything to fight; otherwise wed

be in trouble! I said laughing. At that, he put away his weapon with a

frown.

Soon we came upon a Tower of sorts. A light blue fog surroundedit. This made us curious. What is it? I asked, knowing that I would not

get an answer.

I dont see what its purpose is. Sean announced. It probably

cant help us, so we should probably move on.

I was intrigued. I placed my hands on the surface, and gave an

experimental shove. To my surprise, I fell face first into the tower!

I quickly exited, and called my buddies back over. I showed them

what I had found.

We walked into the Tower, and stood on the platform. On it was

the same logo that had appeared in my robots eyes. Now I knew

something suspicious was happening.

Look at the ground! I cried. Its the same symbol that was on

my robot! I told you!! I didnt get the reaction that I was hoping for.

Sean just shrugged. So you were right. Youre right most of the time.

Big deal.

You see all this data on the walls? I asked. I know there must

be some way to access it! I bet it can help us learn more.

I wandered about the platform for a few seconds, suddenly, when I

hit the exact center, I started rising into the air!

Aaaggghh! I yelled. My friends echoed me. Soon I was dropped

off, at a higher point in the tower. Here, an info screen greeted me.

I touched it, and the interface started up. When I saw what was onit, I breathed, Cool!

I had found some sort of program that I could use to fetch more

data from the interface back at the Factory. Now that I had transferred

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Lyoko had been successful. Once this mystery was solved, we could turn

of the SuperComputer, and Id sleep better. Naturally, there would be no

such luck.

I got down on my knees and leaned over the edge of the platformthat I was on. I could see Sean and Tennent standing below.

Hey guys! You wont believe what I found! I yelled at them.

What? Tennent yelled back.

Ill tell you later, first I have to get down from here!

A few seconds passed. Try jumping, Sean offered. If this is all

virtual, you cant get hurt right?

I figured that I had nothing to lose. There was no other way down

it appeared, so I leaped.

Much to my surprise, I jumped far longer than I intended to. I had

no idea that I could even jump as far as I did. I completely missed the

platform Sean and Tennent were standing on. I plummeted into the

blackness. I closed my eyes in fear.

Soon, I became aware that I was no longer moving. Then I felt a

small impact. I had just landed on my face for the third time. Ugh.

I opened my eyes. It looked like I was still in the Tower! When I

didnt see Sean or Tennent, I deduced that I must be in another Tower. I

had no clue what to do at this point.

Luckily, I was saved by my friends. I saw them appear at the top of

the Tower and glide down toward me.

Well that was wacky! I said.

Phew! Tennent breathed. I thought we had lost you!

Nope! Im still here! I replied, unnecessarily.Soon we decided to exit the Tower. We needed a way to get back

to the Factory, so I could look up my info.

When we walked out of the Tower, instead of seeing a Forest like I

expected, I saw a Desert!


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What just happened? Sean asked.

Maybe there ismore than one Sector of Lyoko, I said. Maybe

falling through Towers like that changes what Sector youre in.

We started walking again. We encountered a strange creature. Itlooked like a cube on legs, with the weird logo emblazoned on each face

of the cube. For an unknown reason, the symbol was upside down.

It moved toward us quite lethargically. Maybe its friendly, I

thought.

With a surge of strength, it fired red and blue beams at us,

knocking us backward, and encasing Tennent in ice.

Then the chicken part of me took over. I ran away, but I was shot

in the back, and the world went black.

***

When I opened my eyes again, I was back at the Factory. In just a

few more seconds, the other tubes opened up, and Tennent and Sean

tumbled out. We exchanged confused looks.

I limped over to the elevator, and when my friends had made it as

well, I hit the button to bring us up the Lab.

Okay guys, I think I found a way to get more info out of this

computer. Let me give it a shot.

I walked over to the chair, and sat down. I located the program that

I had transferred, and ran it.

Soon, the data base was open to me. Well, part of it anyway. Wed

suffer for that later.I scanned the lines of text. I read aloud to my friends.

Warning! Do not activate the SuperComputer! It is highly

dangerous! That was the first line. I continued reading.


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That night, I dreamed. I dreamed of what life would be like if

XANA took over the planet.

I saw in a store, selling only basic necessities, people paying withcoins that had a XANA eye on it. Every person had a XANA eye

scorched onto their forehead.

As I watched the scene unfold, a group of rebels attacked a patrol

of robots, and they were mercilessly eliminated. The cold efficiency of

those robots still shakes me up when I think about it.

Soon, I awoke from the nightmare. I was breathing hard. I looked

over at the clock, and saw that I only had an hour before my alarm

would go off, telling me that I was time to get up and face the day.

After school was over, I brought my laptop over to the Factory. I

plugged it into one of the inputs on the interface. After some looking

around, and started the process I had come to do.

I backed up my data, and wiped the hard drive of my laptop. I

installed the new BIOS, and connected the two computers wirelessly.

Then I restored my data. This way, I could scan for activated Towers

from my laptop. My laptop would now function better for everything,

since the BIOS of the SuperComputer is highly advanced.

Then I did a little searching on the memory banks. I found the

avatars of the original Lyoko Warriors, Ulrich, Yumi, Aelita, Odd, and

William. It was hard to believe that my grandfather had been in the same

position I was in only 50 or so years ago.

I thought about asking him for help, but he had moved out of the

area, and I never bothered to ask for a phone number. Besides, Grandpawas so old by this point; there was probably nothing he could do. Most

of the programs he had written had been deleted by XANA. I doubted

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I checked out my Lyoko avatar, as well as Tennents and Seans.

Seans weapons have already been listed, but I discovered that he had a

special Lyoko Power. Temporary invisibility. I dont know how long he

could sustain it though.I checked out Tennents next. He had the same skills of Odd. He

could shoot Laser Arrows, and he had a low power energy shield which

could block monsters attacks. His Lyoko Power was climbing. He could

climb up almost any surface, no matter how steep or smooth it was.

I opened my file. I found that I had some type of energy claws that

came out of the back of my hands at will. There were three 1 foot long

blades that came out of each hand. As a secondary weapon, I had two

rockets that I could shoot from the metal gauntlet I had seen on my

forearm. I tried to override the function that only let me have two, but I

could do nothing. My Lyoko Power was Jumping. I could jump about 20

times higher that I could on earth. That explained my mis-jump in the

Tower.

I then did a little programming. I transferred a Lyoko Interface

onto my left forearm. This way, even while we were on Lyoko trying to

deactivate a Tower, I could look at the radar, and do other things, that

Im sure we would need later.

For the rest of the day, I worked at figuring out the Interface. It

didnt come with a help file, so it was slow going. By the end of the day

though, I felt a lot more confident with the controls.

***

Days passed. No activated Towers. I had been thinking of a way to

destroy XANA, but nothing came to mind. He seemed to have no

source. There was nothing I could do to weaken him further. I had no

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One day, in the middle of Science class, my laptop beeped at me. It

was the set sound that meant there was an activated Tower!

There was only a few minutes left in the class, so I decided that it

could wait. Afterward, I whispered to Sean and Tennent that we neededto deactivate a Tower. They ran off. I was about the follow them, when

someone caught my arm. It was Alyssa Schaeffer.

Hey! She said. Where are you going in such a hurry? She

inquired. Today was the day you promised me help with my math,

remember?Rats! I thought. I really regretted that promise now.

I had no excuse, and Sean and Tennent wouldnt be able to get to

Lyoko without me. Look Alyssa, Im sorry. I cant do that right now.

Why not? She asked.

Well... um... I couldnt think up of anything to say. Im really

not good at coming up with excuses. The rest of the students had cleared

the area by now.

I figured I had nothing to lose. I told her about Lyoko. I knew that

Alyssa didnt know enough about legal issues to see the magnitude of it.

When I was finished, she looked at me all wide eyed. Youre serious?

A virtual world? Ive got to see this! Sighing, I led her to the factory.

When we got there, I was surprised to see that I was not the only

one who had picked up a friend.

It turns out that Sean and Tennent had tried to take a short-cut

through the gym, and ran into another student, Brittany Stern. They too

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When they were through explaining, I nodded. What are we

waiting for? I asked.

When we got to the Lab both of our new friends were looking

around curiously.Tennent, do you mind staying on Earth? We need someone here

to monitor the attack.

Alright, He agreed.

I got into my chair and configured the transfers. The activated

Tower was in the Ice Sector. We had never been there before.

Soon, Sean and I dropped down onto Lyoko. I configured the girls

transfer via the LI (Lyoko Interface). Soon they too dropped down onto

Lyoko. I have a hard time explaining what they looked like on Lyoko, so

a picture is necessary.

Alyssa had no visible weapons, but Brittany had two metal fans. I

wonder if somehow she was related to Yumi and Ulrich Stern...

I had virtualized us as close to the tower as I could.

I pointed as I said, Theres the Tower. See how its dark blue?That means its activated. I dont know what ANAX and XANA plan on

doing with it, but if were lucky, we can thwart the attack before it

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Coming up beside me, Sean said, It looks like were going to have

to fight for it! He motioned to three Bloks coming our way.

Chapter 4

As quick as I could, I filled Sean in about his weapons. When I had

finished, he ran forward to engage the monsters. He spun his sword in a

fancy way, and suddenly caught it delicately between three fingers. He

gave a precise flip, and the sword went flying high into the air. Just as it

fell to his hand, a Block shot it, sending it zipping straight at me.

Maybe it was some type of Lyoko reflex, but I reacted quicker than

I thought possible. I flew into the air to dodge the blade. As I began to

fall, I saw an opportunity. I directed my fall toward the top of a Block,

but I miscalculated. My toes skimmed the top, putting me into another

face plant. By now, I was sure that I could be crowned the King of

Lyoko face plants.

As I jumped up, a Block shot me in the back, knocking me to the

ground again. Sean lashed out his whip and destroyed the Block that had

hit me.

Wow! This is pretty easy! He exclaimed. Those targets are nice

and big! As he said that, he got hit by the remaining two Blocks. From

the LI, I saw that he had just lost 20 Life Points. I warned him of this.

With a mental command, I slid my claws out. I charged a Block,

and thanks to my amazing forethought, I ran right into a blue laser. It

froze me solid for about 2 seconds. Then a shock came that blacked me

out.

***


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I awoke in one of the Scanners. Boy, those blue lasers were

powerful!

As I ran up to the Lab, I hoped my friends would make it through.

Tennent was in the chair, watching the screen. Any signs of aXANA attack? I asked him. He pointed at the video screens. None of

the cameras pick up anything suspicious.

This confused me a little. At this point, I didnt realize how weak

XANA was. The only point of this activated Tower was to channel some

energy into him. I didnt know this at the time of course.

I asked Tennent if I could man the computer, and he let me of

course.

I looked at the radar. Brittany and Alyssa were both under 20 Life

Points. I restrained from warning them, as I hadnt told them everything

about how Lyoko worked. It would creep them out hearing my voice

randomly coming from the void. That might be the distraction that cost

them the rest of their Life Points.

I watched as Sean used his whip to knock down a Block. It was

then easy for Brittany to move in and destroy it. We were all noobs on

Lyoko, so we didnt stand much of a chance right now. Wed really haveto work out a way to practice.

It was hard to make out the rest of the fight just from radar, but in

the end, Alyssa was the only survivor. This is when I spoke into the

microphone that was linked to Lyoko.

Alyssa? I said. On the screen, I saw her jump. Is that you,

Sammy?

Yes it is, I replied. Im at the big computer. From here I cancommunicate with you on Lyoko.

Okay... was the cautious response.

I then directed her to the Tower, and instructed her on deactivating

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Towers. They were dispersed now, so I hoped that rule no longer

applied.

I told Alyssa that if she just pressed her hand on the Towers

interface with the proper mental command ofCode Lyoko the Towerwould shut down.

After she did this, I saw the warning signal disappear on my

screen. There was no presence of XANA or ANAX anymore.

I then ran a program that I had dug up. It was called

Materialization. When I was sure it had succeeded, I went down to the

Scanner room with Tennent.

All my friends were down there. A little confused, but safe at least.

***

Afterwards, Alyssa and Brittany asked us loads of questions. We

answered them as best as we could.

Most of these questions are the normal questions that would be

expected after a trip to Lyoko. One of them stuck out though.

Just before I went into the Tower, Alyssa had said. I saw this

weird energy ball flying around. What was it?

This baffled me. I told her that I didnt know. This would have to

be the next thing we researched.

We decided that we would go to Lyoko again after School the next

day.

***

So after school was finished, we all headed over to the Factory. I

decided that the Desert Sector would be best to go to. It had wide open

platforms so it would be easier to search for evidence.


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I virtualized Sean, Tennent, and Brittany first. Then I set up a

delayed virtualization for me and Alyssa.

A few seconds later, I dropped down onto the digital sand. I had

picked a good spot it looked like. There wasnt a drop off for a good 50feet in any direction.

Okay Alyssa, I said. We should probably wait for one of those

energy balls to come around. If we get lucky, well see one.

Tennent and Sean went off to practice with their weapons. Tennent

picked random rocks to shoot at, to hone his aiming skills, while Sean

swung his whip around, trying to work out techniques.

I sat down on the ground and called Alyssa and Brittany over to

me. On the LI, I opened a holographic interface. A projection sprang up

from my wrist, but stayed in place even when I moved my arms. I placed

my hands on the holo-keyboard and began to type, opening some files

for Alyssa and Brittany.

Brittany had those throwing fans. She could control them to a

small extent even while they were in the air. To bolster this, her Lyoko

Power was Telekinesis. After I had informed her, she also joined Sean

and Tennent in practice.

I opened the file for Alyssas avatar. She leaned in with interest.

We still didnt know what her weapons were.

As it turned out, she could form pink energy fields in her hands.

They could be combined to form a shield of sorts, and she could also

charge up a huge blast of the energy. I assumed that that last power

would take up a lot of energy.

Her Lyoko Power was something called Creativity. She couldform landscape on Lyoko! This would definitely help us out.

Why dont you practice using your Lyoko Power? I suggested.

Um... How? She asked.


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Lets see if we can grab it, Brittany said. Then maybe we can

get that data.

For the next minute we all hoped around like idiots. If anyone was

watching this scene, it would appear quite comical.Eventually, the orb swooped low, and Sean grabbed it out of the

air. He held it tightly in his hands.

Now what? He asked.

I think I know what to do, I said.

I walked over to him, and placed the LI as close as I could to the

orb. Soon, a message popped up and told me that a file was being

downloaded. The orb got smaller as the progress bar on my screen got

closer and closer to 100%. Soon, there was no more orb, and the data

was successfully downloaded.

***

A few minutes later, back at the Factory, we reviewed the data. I

opened the file, and saw what was in it. A key to Lyoko! It was a highly

complex file. I couldnt edit it or anything. From what I could decipher,I figured that there were 10 keys. We had just gotten one.

But, wait! I saw two more additional files. I opened them too.

These were replicas of the key we had just found. That was good,

because it meant that we wouldnt have to get every single orb on

Lyoko, for there were several of the same keys. Now that Aelita had

been gone from Lyoko so long, the key system was easier.

I then realized that my friends were completely in the dark. Ishared with them what I had found.

Thats great! Tennent said. Were one step closer that means!

He added.


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Boy. If I had known how many steps there would be, I wouldnt

have been as happy as I was that day.

Chapter 5

In the morning, I called a meeting in my dorm. When everyone had

arrived, I addressed my friends from my computer chair. Sean and

Tennent sat on the bed, while Alyssa and Brittany sat on the other side

of the room.

I think that we need a secret code, I said after all the formalities

had been taken care of. I discovered that the original Lyoko Warriorsused a system of text messages. I have Jeremys program that he used to

hack the cell phones, and I think it would work.

Tennent raised a hand. Yes? I asked him. Why do you need to

hack the phones? We can send texts normally right?

Well, I answered. With this program I can inject into the

phones, we can set a short-cut key, which will automatically send a text

message that says SOS XANA to all of our phones with one click.

Also, the text will be displayed as the phones wallpaper, so we dont

even need to open the text app. That way, we can reduce the amount of

speed it takes to respond to XANAs attacks.

They handed me their phones.

I decided to keep the message as SOS XANA despite the fact

that ANAX did most of the work, and XANA was pretty much dormant,

for simplicityssake. I also didnt have the guts yet to try and modify

one of Jeremys programs.

So I plugged up their phones, and injected the program into all of

them.

All you have to do, I explained, Is press the asterisk key three

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We sat and tested this new program for a few minutes, to make

sure that everything was working.

After we did that, Alyssa spoke up and said, I think a vote is in

order. For a while, I didnt know what she meant.She clarified. Do we go back to Lyoko today and hunt for Info

Orbs; or do we just take today off?

Info Orbs? Sean asked.

My new name for the energy balls, She explained.

The name stuck.

So, She finished. I say by show of hands, we vote on whether or

not we return to Lyoko today.

The vote was unanimous.

***

Transfer, Tennent! Transfer, Sean! I announced, as I launched

the procedure. Scanner, Tennent! Scanner, Sean! ...Virtualization! I hit

the enter key.

Okay girls, you ready? I asked to Brittany and Alyssa who were

standing behind me. They nodded.

I set up the delayed virtualization process. As I went down to the

Scanners, I thought some. There were so many programs on the

SuperComputer that I couldnt use, or even view. I only knew that they

were there. They had a strange encryption, that if it was hacked, then the

program probably wouldnt work. It was as if Jeremy had encoded

everything precisely, so that no one could use it, unless you broke thecode. I was worried that we might never figure the codes out, and then

wed be in deep, deep trouble. If Jeremy needed them to kill XANA

once, we would definitely need them to destroy ANAX and XANA

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When Sean saw us stalking toward him, he collapsed onto the

ground with laughter. Soon Brittany followed him, and although Alyssa

was doing her best to hold it in, she also followed.

I stood up.Well, it looks like the only way were going to live this down is to

get that Info Orb, Tennent, I said. With our Lyoko Powers combined,

maybe we can do it.

I sure hope so, Sammy, he grunted. For both our sakes... he

added.

Tennent launched himself up the spire. Using his Lyoko Power, he

scaled the wall. I leaped up as high as I could. It only got me about

halfway up the spire.

I brought out my claws, and dug them into the surface of the rock.

To my dismay, I slid down a good 4 or 5 feet before coming to a halt.

I tried my best not to look down, but I couldnt resist the urge. My

vision went blurry as I stared at Sean, Alyssa, and Brittany below me.

I shook my head, and tried to continue. I shoved up, but I didnt

get anywhere. Then I saw why. I had no horizontal surface to leap from.

On this vertical surface, I could only jump away from it. I scrabbled

around for a little bit to no avail.

By this point, Tennent had caught up to me. What now? he

asked. I was getting ready to just ask him to climb the rest of the way up,

when something hit me.

How about you climb right underneath me, I said. Like this?

He asked as he climbed directly beneath me. Yep, I told him.

Now turn around, I said. Huh? If I turn around, I wont be ableto hold onto the wall! He exclaimed.

Sorry, I clarified. Rotate yourself so that your feet are nearly

touching my feet.

He did so.


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Tennent shot a laser arrow at it, and then Sean threw a knife. We

then attacked the creature as one.

I shot off both my rockets, and they impacted. Brittany and Alyssa

attacked from the left, while Sean and Tennent attacked form the right.My mistake was staying in the middle. The dark blue cloud

extended an arm of sorts, and surrounded me in this blue fog. It closed in

around me. There was nothing I could do.

When the fog blocked out my vision completely, I was

devirtualized.

***

I woke up in the Scanner Room. A few seconds later, my friends

appeared.

That thing is invincible! Brittany exclaimed.

There was nothing we could do to hurt it! Tennent added.

What was it? Alyssa asked.

I shook my head as I gave them my guess. ANAX... I whispered.

Chapter 6

What!? Tennent exclaimed.

What else could it be? I explained. This gave way to silence.

After a while, we headed up to the Lab. I decided to do some

digging, and see what I could find. Sean stayed with me to watch, but

Brittany, Tennent, and Alyssa went back to their dorms.I started by looking at the input matrix that was left from our visit

to Lyoko. With some difficulty, I could make out when the monsters had

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I could see the energy readings from our Lyoko Avatars, and the

monsters, but there was another energy reading. It was very weak.

I studied some more. I gaped in shock as I recognized the digital

signature. It was ANAX! I had no idea that he was so weak!I informed Sean of my discovery. If thats what hes like now,

Sean said, Then I wonder how powerful he is at full strength!

Yeah... Im scared now. I told him.

Further digging provided only one more piece of valuable info. It

seemed as if ANAX could only take a tangible form if he was about to

grab an Info Orb. He didnt have enough power to sustain himselffor

long.

Now that we knew this, he would only descend if he could grab an

Info Orb, because if he came just to devirtualize us, we would know that

we just have to run as fast as we can, and in under a minute, he will

dissipate. I was sure that this could work to our advantage.

***

Two days later, all was quite. I was lounging on my bed studying

for an upcoming chemistry test. Even though Tennent and Sean think

that I dont have to study, I do.

My laptop was in sleep mode. That was a mistake that I wouldnt

make again. (Ok, I would make that mistake again, but from this point I

would try harder to remember not to do that.)

Unbeknownst to me, ANAX had activated a Tower in the Forest

Sector. He possessed a wolf in the park.Sean was walking in the park at this time. He liked to do that

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As he walked, he stopped to enjoy the sound of the birds chirping.

He let out a contented sigh. The sun was just going down, but several

rays still broke through the trees, warming him.

After a few more minutes, he decided to head back to Kadic.About halfway back, he stopped. Something felt weird... Then he

realized what it was. There was no noise. Zero.

Not a bird was chirping, or a squirrel chattering. Not even the wind

was blowing through thebranches of the trees. The last of the suns light

was fading, and Sean was getting the distinct feeling that he was being

watched.

He took a few more cautious steps forward. Then, he heard a

footstep. A heavy footstep.

He turned around.

He was now staring right into the eyes of a wolf the size of a lion!

The eye of ANAX was clearly visible where its pupil should have

been.

Sean bolted. He ran off in a random direction, with the ANAX-fied

wolf hot in pursuit. He was barely able to keep ahead of the beast.

After a minute, Seans adrenaline cooled off. Common senseresumed. He knew that if the wolf wanted to, it could easily outrun him,

and take him down.

He began to look around himself, to find a tree that he could climb.

None had low hanging branches, so he kept running.

Soon, he came to a cliff of sorts. Without stopping, he began to

climb upwards. Halfway up, he stopped to rest.

The wolf growled at him from far below.Sean got out his cell phone and texted all of us the SOS. When I

received the message, I jumped out of bed, and grabbed my laptop. Sure

enough, as soon as I turned it on, a notice for an activated Tower popped

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There were four Krabes. I picked a target and leaped up, and

landed on the very edge of a Krabe. I didnt have as high as an error

margin as I had originally thought.

I steadied myself, and jumped to the center. As I brought my clawsout to end the Krabes life, I heard a voice. Get him off me! It cried.

The Krabe then bucked heavily, and I fell down, but grabbed the

end of its head.

So there I was, dangling from a Krabes head, staring at Tennent

and Alyssa in surprise. A shot from another Krabe knocked me off and

ended the awkward moment.

Was that a Krabe talking?! Alyssa asked.

How should I know? I replied. I mean, I guess it was. It

couldnt have beenanything else.

The voice was much too grotesque to be a human. I never realized

why I thought that monsters couldnt talk. I just assumed that they

couldnt.Live and learn, I thought.

Alyssa fired an Energy Field at one of the Krabes, and it impacted

on its leg, toppling it. Tennent then shot a Laser Arrow and the exposed

XANA eye.

As he and Alyssa high-fived, something hit me. ANAX was our

main adversary, and yet XANAs mark was on the monsters. How could

this be?

The fight left me little time to wonder. I had to be constantly

moving so that I didnt get hit.

My preoccupation proved to be my undoing. I leaped up into the

air again, and stabbed down on a Krabe, but I missed the target, so I hadonly weakened it.

Through a process that I cant describe, the three remaining Krabes

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By the time that I had materialized, gotten back to Lab, and

oriented myself of the computer, Tennent and Alyssa had taken out a

Krabe each.

It wasnt long before the final Krabe also fell. I was surprised thatit had been that easy. It was too easy. I didnt like it.

***

Brittany was running through the forest looking for Sean. She had

gone in a pattern that would cover the most likely places first, but that

hadnt worked.

Sean was obviously deep into the woods.

After a while, she heard a growling noise. Intrigued, she followed

the sound to a clearing in the woods. In the clearing there was a cliff, a

wolf growling at the base of it, and to her surprise Sean was sitting at the

highest point of the rock.

Hey! Sean! She exclaimed. He made a slashing motion across

his throat, motioning for her to be silent. It was too late. The wolf had

heard the noise, and it turned around to face Brittany.

Run! Sean called. The wolf is ANAX-fied! Upon hearing that,

Brittany took off.

With a sigh, Sean climbed down the cliff to follow them.

The chase lasted for quite a while. Sean could only follow the

sound of footsteps, which was often misleading.

Eventually, he caught up, as he was a faster runner than Brittany.

As the wolf lunged to bite at Brittanys leg, Sean lunged for the wolfslegs, bringing it to the ground.

He wrestled with it, and soon began to realize that this was a fight

he couldnt win. Within seconds, he had scratch marks running all

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He broke free of the wolfs hold, and ran away. Brittany followed

him, and soon overtook him. He was wounded, and could not run half as

fast as he usually could.

Brittany went back to help him.No, Sean said. Goahead. Ill catch up... Even though it didnt

look like he would be able to catch up, Brittany obeyed.

Seans pace got slower and slower, until the wolf had caught up to

him again.

***

On Lyoko, things couldnt be worse. Like I said. Too easy!

Two monsters called MegaTanks had come out of nowhere,

surrounding Tennent and Alyssa. I didnt know what they looked like,

but I was able to bring up a bio of them.

They had an impenetrable shell that they could close up into

anytime the wanted. They only time they were vulnerable to an attack

was when they attacked, opening their shell.

Alyssa was devirtualized in one shot. My eyes flew wide in horror.

It was up to Tennent now.

***

Tennent was left to face the new monsters alone when Alyssa was

devirtualized. His mind was racing.

One of the monsters made like a bowling ball, and barreledtowards him. They say fear can make people jump 10 foot high fences.

Tennent believed it.

He propelled himself to the top of the monster, and then he jumped

off in the direction of the Tower.


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I announced this too the Lyoko Warriors. So what are you going

to do about it? Sean asked.

Im gonna try out a new program. Its called Return to the Past, I

said. So what does it do? Tennent asked. I rolled my eyes at him.Isnt it obvious? I asked in return. You dont mean... He trailed off.

Cmon, Sammy, Alyssa said. You dont actually think that you

can-

Return to the Past, now! I said, typing the proper code. What

happened next surprised even me.

I beam of blinding white light erupted from the hologram of Lyoko

on the ground in the Factory. It expanded quickly and enveloped us, and

my view lapsed into a white-out.

***

The white cleared like a fog. I regained consciousness in the

School Yard. Tennent was on my left, and Sean was on my right. Make

that, Tennent was at the vending machine.

He suddenly stopped, as if he had realized what had happened. He

turned around. Huh? he asked. What just happened? I sighed.

What part of Return to the Past do you not understand? I asked

playfully. Sean wore an equally confused look.

You dont believe me do you? I asked. I didnt expect an answer,

and I didnt get one. I pointed at my watch, and showed him the date. It

was 4:00 the previous day. Actually, it was 4:00 today.

How does that work? Sean asked.I shrugged. I have a theory, but its not much of one.

Well lets hear it, Tennent told me.

First let me state that I only decoded the actual program. There

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They nodded so I continued. The bright like that was emitted had

a strange frequency. My guess is that it travelled at the speed of light

into a satellite in space. As it was being beamed back to earth, the

frequency changed, utilizing the time dilatation that occurs at the speedof light, and projected the light over the whole planet, reversing the

Space-Time Continuum to a small degree. About twelve hours. I

finished.

After a few seconds of silence, Sean asked, Can that be

explained in English? I opened my mouth, but was interrupted by a

rather unpleasant surprise.

Oh Sean, dear! He groaned.

It was Rachel Sanders. She was the daughter of the Superintendent

of our school. Her father also happened to be the Superintendent of

every other school in the area. Pretty powerful dude.

At first glance, Rachel was very beautiful. Most guys in the school

had flipped over her for this fact. Once you got to know her, you found

that her personality was awful. She was rude, controlling, demanding,

and very uppity. Not to mention she was a leach, and totally brain-dead.

She had light brown curly hair that fell half way down her back.

Her eyes were a bright blue. At this moment, she was wearing a light

pink jacket and skirt. As she walked toward us, she waved to Sean.

She pushed me aside as she walked up close to Sean. Hey

Sweetheart! she said. Sean put his face in his hands. When are you

going to realize that Im the perfect girl for you? She asked.

Rachel, Sean answered. Have I not answered that question a

thousand times?! She gasped. Before she could say anything, Seancontinued, Why dont you go hang outwith Julian and Phillip. Theyre

always eager to cater to your every want!

Humph! She stalked off.


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Tennent walked up beside Sean. Every time I see that girl, the

more I get the feeling that shes gonna cause a lot of trouble for us, he

said.

We walked off in the direction of the dorms in search of Alyssaand Brittany. When we had found them, we filled them in.

***

The next day at lunch, Rachel waved for Sean to come sit with her.

Naturally, Julian Poliakoff and Philip Pichon were with her. Philip was

very short, with shaggy black hair, and big glasses. He wore a green

sweater and jeans.

Julian was very lanky with orange hair. He wore a black

undershirt, with a red jacket over it. He had on brown cargo pants.

Sean ignored Rachels offer entirely. We ate lunch without further

disturbance.

After lunch was over, I asked my friends in a hushed tone, You

guys want to go to Lyoko to search for an Info Orb? They nodded

discretely.

We had chemistry class with Mrs. Morgan and math class with Mr.

Lester. After that was over, our last period was study hall. I used this

opportunity to get my homework done, so that way I wouldnt have to

worry about it later, and we could spend as long as necessary on Lyoko.

I wish that I had paid more attention to my surrounding when we

snuck off to the park to get to the Factory.

***

We ran through the forest, and quickly arrived at the manhole.

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routes to the Factory. This would help us, as we would not be able to use

the same path every time.

Tennent went down the manhole first. He was followed by

Brittany, Sean, Alyssa, and finally me. As I closed the cover, I lookedaround quickly to see if we had been followed. I didnt look good

enough, for if I had, I would have seen Rachels head poking out from

behind a tree.

We raced through the sewers on foot. There has to be better way, I

thought. By the time I reached the Lab, I was breathing hard. I was not

the most athletic guy around.

Get to the Scanners, I wheezed.

Hang on, Sean said. Should we leave a couple of us behind as

back-up? That way if ANAX comes upon us again, we could surprise

him by having different people to Lyoko after we are devirtualized.

Then we could go back to Lyoko.

I thought about it. It just might work. ANAX might think that

whoever we leave behind didnt come with us, and it just might throw

him off enough to give us the advantage we needed. I concur, I told

him.

We decided that Alyssa and Tennent would stay behind.

This is a good plan, I told myself.Besides, if we get devirtualized,

we can just revirtualize and keep going. Right?

Chapter 8

I set up the transfers, and then we went to Lyoko. I had picked the

Forest Sector this time, just at random. I needed to work on a program

that could locate Info Orbs from long range, and I could implement it

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best co-ordinates. It would take a lot of time though, as I wasnt the

greatest programmer. Yet...

So, Brittany askedwhen we dropped down. Where to?

This way, I said, pointing in a random direction.You have no idea, do you?

Yeah, I replied.

The subject was dropped. We walked off, and as we were going, I

consulted the LI. The radar had a 100 meter radius, so I would be able to

know if any Info Orbs were in the area. None were present now.

After a few minutes of silence, a green blip popped up on my

radar. Weve got one! I cried. This way, I said pointing west. We

ran off. Soon we caught up.

I detected no monsters on my radar. I was suspicious. Hey

Tennent, I called.

Yeah? He replied.

Is there anything on your screen at all? I asked him.

Yeah! You. And Brittany and Sean.

Idiot! Sean said. He means monsters, numbskull.

Gee, dont get so uptight! I was just joking dude.

Whatever, I said, dismissing the issue. Are there any monsters

on the radar?

No, He replied after a while. Thats unusual...

Oh, so us walking in a virtual world looking for information to

save the world is just your everyday run of the mill? Brittany asked him

jokingly.

Yup, he said.By now, the Info Orb was upon us, and we didnt waste time

talking. I would love to tell you a tale of epic glory, but it was actually

pretty easy. With no monsters harassing us, we were able to quickly

corner the Orb, and snag it.


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So is that all? Sean asked.

I guess so... We dont want to spend too much time here, as we

dont know how much time well waste tracking down another Orb. I

say we go home.When my friends nodded, I hit a few keys on my LI, and we

devirtualized.

***

In the Lab, I opened the contents of the Info Orb. I looked at it for

a few seconds, and soon I figured out that we had gotten two new keys

to Lyoko! We were now 3/10 of the way to shutting of the

SuperComputer!

I shared my discoveries with my friends. This was our last easy

victory.

***

As we were getting ready to leave, Rachel popped out of her

hiding place. Wow! she said. This place looks so cool!

We groaned in unison. Sean walked up to her. Look Rachel, you

cant tell anyone about this. He began.

Why not? She asked.

Sean went on to sketch the details of Lyoko and the

SuperComputer, and so on and so forth. He simplified the part about

legal issues.

None of us stopped him. There was really nothing else that couldbe done.

Except, I thought.A Return to the Past! This would sufficiently

help us out of our problem.


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Without telling anyone what I was doing, I ran over to the

computer and began to type the code.

To my great disappointment, a window popped up. It was the

Super Scan. An activated Tower in the Ice Sector!Guys! Forget Rachel! This brought a cry of Hey! from her

direction. ANAX has activated a Tower, and hes jamming my

controls! I cant launch a Return to the Past!

We quickly sorted it out. Well, sort of quickly. It came to a dispute

over who got to go to Lyoko this time between Tennent and Alyssa.

Neither had gotten to go last time, so they both wanted to go this time.

They were treating it like it was a game!

Stupid me decided to just flip a coin instead of having Brittany and

me stay behind to watch out for Rachel. High stress can do things to

people.

We were all under high stress. No one disputed the coin toss.

Alyssa went to Lyoko, and Tennent stayed.

I transferred them all to Lyoko. Big mistake. Sean and Brittany had

just been virtual a few minutes ago. The consequences would be dire for

this action.

So whats all this? Rachel asked.

The mainframe of Lyoko, I answered without thinking.

So what does it do? She inquired further.

I can use it to see all that is happening on Lyoko. I can also write

some cool programs using it, but Im still working that out.

A few seconds passed by. Please can I be in your group! I

promise I wont tell anyone! Rachel cried.Rachel! Tennent took over for me. I was grateful. We cant

discuss this now! Besides, I know about your secret keeping skills!

What about them? She asked him.

Well I cant say theyre admirable. Remember Pete?


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She chewed on this for a moment. Oh come on! Youre not going

to hold that against me are you? That was years ago!

Tennent swirled around to say something, but was interrupted by a

violent explosion from the room next to the Factory.We spun in sync to face the noise. W-w-what was th-that?

Rachel asked.

Most likely, it is ANAXs attack. I answered.

Sean, Alyssa, Brittany, Tennent and I need to check something

out. Can you manage on your own for a minute? Without waiting for a

reply, I took off. Tennent followed.

I didnt even realize that I had never given the Lyoko Warriors the

co-ordinates of the Tower.

***

Sammy! Sammy!

Silence.

Great. What do we do now? Alyssa asked.

We pick a direction, and hope for the best, Sean told her.

I dont like the sound of that...

We have no other options, now were wasting time so lets get

going, Brittany intoned.

They headed in the direction that they happened to be facing.

Which was also the direction directly opposite of the activated Tower...

***

Uff! Tennent said. It smells like birthday cake in here!

We were in the room directly beside the Lab. It was a boiler room

of sorts. The area was filled with smoke.


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What exactly do you mean by that? I asked.

You know, that smell there is right after someone blows out the

candles?

I stopped. Tennent,Yes?

Thats called smoke.

Oh... Whatever.

Soon we stumbled into what I was looking for. There was a pipe

that was busted. Smoke was pouring out of it.

Thats really scary, ANAX, Tennent said. Smoke. Really? Is

that all you got?

Wait Tennent, we need to get out of here! These fumes could be

highly toxic!

Huh? How do you know that, Sammy? He asked.

Use your head! If ANAX busted the pipe, he wanted it busted!

His goal right now is our demise, so everything he does needs a purpose!

Its simple logic.

He thought about this.

We dont have time! We gotta get out of here! I grabbed his arm,and ran back to the Lab.

As I ran back, I noticed that I was moving very slowly. I didnt feel

tired, but for some reason, my legs would not move as fast as I

commanded them to.

When I reached the entrance to the Lab, I stopped.Nuts! I thought.

There was no door into the Lab. Just an open gap. The smoke could

easily permeate the Lab.Tennent obviously had realized what was going on. His wide eyes

communicated that he had figured out that the smoke had already

affected us, and would likely finish us off since we couldnt block the

opening.


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We walked into the Lab.

Great, just great, I said as I looked around. Rachel had left.

Probably to go and tattle on us.

Were in trouble now... Tennent said.

***

Back on Lyoko, things were quite. Too quiet.

Look, weve been walking for a while, and not one monster,

Sean intoned. I think were going the wrong way.

Okay. Lets turn around, Brittany offered.

They traveled through the Ice Sector as quick as they could.

At this point, I hooked up the microphone. Hey guys! What are

you doing? Youre further from the Tower than when you started!

Dont blame us! Alyssa retorted. Youre the one who never told

us which way to go! We dont have a map on our end you know.

Oh really!? Im so sorry! I skimmed the surrounding territory on

my screen. Keep going the way youre going. Soon youll be able to

see the Tower.

Mentally, I kicked myself for being so dumb. This mistake could

cost us. Rachel could be back at any time with the principle. If the

Tower wasnt deactivated by then, there isnt much I can do.

When they reached the Tower, the only resistance was a Krabe. It

seemed as if ANAX had given up.

I couldnt worry about subliminal plots right now. The elevator

had just been activated! I didnt have any time to think about exactlywhat ANAX was doing with the Tower, aside from the smoke.

The door of the elevator opened, just as I saw that Alyssa had

deactivated the Tower.


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Sammy Belpois, Tennent Della Robbia, what is all this?!

Principal Dunbar thundered from the door. He got no response. I was

configuring a Return to the Past.

I want an answer! He demanded, walking into the Lab.I finished up, and hit the enter key. A complete white out saved me

from having to answer his questions.

Now that that was off my mind, I could worry about other things.

Especially the events that followed directly after the Return to the Past.

Chapter 9

Ohh! Brittany moaned. The return in time had put us in the

school yard.

She had her hands on her head as she slumped to the ground. Sean

soon followed her.

Whats the matter!? Alyssa asked beginning to panic already.

Agh, my head! Sean exclaimed.

We need to get them to the infirmary! Tennent said. Mm-hm! I

said nodding.

Tennent carried Brittany, and Alyssa and I tried to lift Sean. After

some struggling, we succeeded.

The nurse, Katherine, looked in horror when he saw our friends

condition.

Whats happened? She asked.

We dont know, I replied. By this point they had

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