[IC] Code Lyoko: XANA's Return

[gamer5910]

"That's cool, I had to show this kid where to find this place actually he was looking for you." Flippy said to Bella. He then started to look around for that kid he escorted here. "He's over there." Flippy said as he motioned where the kid was.

[Gambit]

"Looking for me? Are you sure?" Bella asked as she looked over in the direction that Flippy pointed out. She froze as she saw the retreating figure disappear behind a group of students. He looked just like- no, it couldn't be, Bella thought. There was no possible way for him to be here. Was she so stressed about this Lyoko stuff that she was seeing ghosts now? "Strange, I don't think I know him. Hey, I have to go," Bella said suddenly, standing up. "Catch you two later," she said as she hurried over to the hallway leading to the rest of the school.

[Teknonick]

[Josive]
"Yeah, I've got to go too. I've got some homework I need to get caught up on after yesterday's trip." Josive said, picking up his tray and looking at Flippy who was then left alone at the table. Josive carried his half-eaten food too a trashcan, and emptied it, returning the tray as well, then heading through the doors and following his way back too his room.

He opened his backpack and started to pull out his laptop, and saw the disks he had brought with him at the bottom of the bag. He sighed, and closed up the laptop. After sitting on the bed for awhile, and failing to find a power cable to charge his near-dead battery, he carried it to the messy table, to find it was still as messy as it had been yesterday. He saw the disks left of the keyboard. Hey, wait a minute... weren't those on my bed? he thought to himself. He closed his laptop and set it on the ground, plugging it into the wall to let it charge. As he bent down... the computer's monitor on the desk flashed on, showing the eye of XANA for a split second. XANA?

Josive started the computer, but was kept out at a four-digit lock code. He entered in a few random combinations, but nothing seemed to work. Leaning back in the chair, he got another look at the CDs. He picked back up his laptop, and reran the first disk. Then the second disk with all the commands, and studied them. Hmm, there is a way to know if XANA's attacked, but you have to be at the lab to know from Aeilta. Josive thought. He looked back at his bed, staring at his pile of homework...

[gamer5910]

Flippy didn't really have much school work to do because he got that out of the way plus he has the whole day off. So after being left by his two friends Flippy decided he should go to the factory and see how Aelita is doing. "Yeah that's what I'll do." he said to himself as he got up and started to leave.

[Jollan]

"Excuse me," Garsin said to Sam and Mike as he started to stand up, "I don't think I'm feeling so well. It may have been the sausage from earlier this morning. I guess I'll see ya at dinner."

Garsin made his way out of the cafeteria. His head was spinning and he almost did feel sick, almost like something had a syringe in his head and was forcing thoughts into him. Sights? Plans? Certain dispositions toward people he didn't even know? AND EVEN KNOWING WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE!!??
Though, something about it pushed him forward. He SAW something. for the first time in his life, he actually saw something!

Garsin wasn't sure he was going to find William, since he seemed so busy, but he needed to. None of this started to happen until he met the kid and now it feels like he actually may know him. How, though, he wasn't quite sure. And oddly enough, over a little time of wandering trying to catch up to William, he had the feeling as if he knew where he would be and decided to keep goind

[Teknonick]

<Garsin>:
As you leave in search of William, something tells you he had left the school grounds. You can almost feel the exact path he took, and it wasn't through the front gates. You eventually follow it into the woods, with a sewer grate at your feet. Everything in your body and bones are telling you he wen't down... but into a sewer? Why a sewer? You follow the sewers down to the bottom, to find several skateboards and two scooters.

You knew he was down here somewhere... but you can't see, how can you use a skateboard? Walking might be the only option... unless the chances of falling into sewage water suit your tastes.

[Jollan]

Garsin decided to whip out his cane for this one, because he sure as heck didn't want to fall in the sewage water to touch something undesirable on the walls. Slowly but surely he made his way down the paths he thought the boy took. Was he crazy? Surely so. He couldn't think of a time in his life where he had been so crazy as to wander somewhere aimlessly. However, it didn't seem aimless. It was almost like he already knew where he was going and how to get back. Garsin needed answers, and if William did go this way, he'd be sure to get them when he got there.

[Teknonick]

<Garsin>:
As you continue along, you eventually find sort of out of place door. It's a solid piece of metal, and slightly rusted. Beside the door, is a keypad that seems to be in working condition... you know the combination. CARTHAGE. Two, two, seven, eight, four, two, four, three. It makes sense that you know it... but... it doesn't. Why would you know this? The possibility of being crazy just grows and grows. This could all just be a dream, and you could just wake up from it at any moment.

After punching in the combination almost robotically, the door slides open to reveal some high-tech sort of room. It seems like it's been here for a few years. Recent maybe. Much cleaner than the rust on the outside of the door. There are... computers, books, tables, mathematical instruments... and all sorts of other junk laying around. The door closes behind you. There is another door on the right side of the room, with some sort of humming going on. Like, a computer starting up. Behind it are... three... giant pods. One is open, the one making the humming, as if it was calling for you specifically. Where's William? It feels like this is exactly where he is supposed to be.

[Jollan]

"William?" Garsin called. Logically he didn't think he'd be here, but for some reason he thought he would. He put away his cane and felt around the place. He noticed computers and lots of heavy wiring. He found two of the three pods, but while trying to feel o the rest of the room he tripped on some wire and fell into a third.

[gamer5910]

Flippy found it rather hard to sneak out of school grounds because of all the cops, but he eventually found a way. Making his way through town following the same path from yesterday Flippy arrived at the entrance of the factory. Still not sure if the ropes were safe or not he just took the stairs, and stood in front of the elevator and waited for the doors to open.

Once inside Flippy waited patiently for the elevator to stop on the floor with the super computer. After the doors opened he walked over to the chair and sat down putting on the headset. "Aelita you there?" he asked into the headset.

[Gambit]

<Bella>
Storming through the hallways at a fast pace, Bella tried her best to calm down. Just seeing that kid in the cafeteria brought back so many horrible memories. The nights waiting on the front porch with her cell phone in hand, waiting for her brother who would never come or call. The fights her parents had. The police questionings. All the unwanted fame she was getting at her school, for being the runaway boy's sister. She didn't even know if he was alive or not!

Bella sighed and leaned against a row of lockers, trying to compose herself and clear her mind. It was no good to get herself all worked up like this. That's why she came here, to forget and put this all in the past. Deciding that the eerie empty hallways weren't that great for her mood, Bella turned back the way she came. Maybe drawing would help her relax, as it usually did. She just had to grab her supplies from her room.

<Lino>
Lino walked through the school grounds, still careful to avoid the areas thickest with police officers. It didn't seem very safe to stay in the area though; if anyone caught him and realized that he wasn't a student he would be in big trouble. Or worse, someone might recognize him. Lino made his way back to the wall that he had scaled earlier and, after checking to make sure that no one was paying any attention to him, climbed it as easily as a cat.

Now back on the city streets, he decided to to see if there were any places to stay out there, or at least something good to eat that he might be able to steal or beg off a vendor, since he had absolutely no money that would be accepted here. On his way Lino noticed the kid he had talked to earlier, Flippy, walking on the sidewalk on the opposite side of the road at a fast pace, seeming to be trying to avoid attention as well. Odd, he thought. Students weren't supposed to leave school grounds as far as he knew. But he just shrugged and went back to his task. After all, it wasn't like he was going to turn the student in or anything, nor did it matter enough for him to figure out what he was up to.

[Teknonick]

<Garsin>:
Just as you fall into the third, the pod explodes and you die. GG BRO! closes on it's own, and the humming get's louder and louder. Eventually, you feel wind from beneath your feet, then, weightlessness... as your're lifted into the air. After being lifted, you come crashing back down, but much farther than you remember going up. The ground beneath you feels very weird... unlike anything before. Even the air is different, no smells. And... the sights, are unbelievable. Unbelievable... that you can see them.

Is this what the world looks like? Flat grass beneath your feet, black and white surroundings, infinitely taller trees than you could have imagined. It's all so different... the grass doesn't even feel right. Is this a dream? But how could you dream of seeing? Maybe this isn't seeing. Maybe this is something else you just perceive as sight?

But wait, you're not even where you were before. Unless... do things feel different when you can 'see' them? Even you look different than before. Did you always look like this? No! You don't remember wearing a hat... or all the silly colors of your outfit. Hmm... only your clothing seems to have color. Why is it so drastically different from everything else?

Garsin wears a jester's outfit. Colored in red, blue, yellow, and green, all wavy in texture. His pants are big, baggy, and black. His hat, with little bells on the top that don't make any noise.

On Garsin's back, is his cello, which is different than it's real world component. It seems to have less strings, two to be exact, but it also has one head stock that splits into two stalks with each string bending off with each stalk. The strings are still taught, and work perfectly normally despite their bizarre shape. The parts of the strings that start to bend play sounds usually unheard of a cello, and the strings still slightly bending beyond that are a mix between this strange sound, and the normal sound cello's make. The cello also floats on it's own, according to Garsin's thoughts as if he were holding it.

The bow is summoned by playing the two strings openly, which is glowing with a light-blue transparency, and floats just as the cello, and is able to be used just as nimbly as Garsin without even touching it.

Hider

<Flippy>:
After you put on the headset and greet Aeilta, she appears on the screen immediately. "Where have you guys been!?" she nearly burst the headset off your ears. "I felt this weird thing earlier, so I went to check it out, and a tower's been activated! I saw a few monsters there too. I think there were some more of those small ones, and a giant ball. They haven't seen me yet, so I'm waiting nearby for you guys!"

[gamer5910]

"Okay calm down let me just text Bella and Josive telling them a tower is up." Flippy said to Aelita while he pulled out his phone. 'Guys a tower has been activated get to the factory. Get here quickly!' was the text Flippy sent to both of his friends. "Okay Aelita just stay put and just give me a second I just need to wait for Josive or Bella to show up hen they can send me to lyoko." Flippy said with a worried look on his face hoping nothing bad is happening to his friends.

[NightmareInd]

After Garsin left, Sam continued to eat his breakfast. "I almost forgot to ask, but what is your name?" He asked the boy who was the only other person left at the table. He seemed to be a friend of William.

[Jollan]

Garsin slowly stood up taking in his new vision in awe. Is this what the world has always looked like? It didn't... feel right, but he could actually see! And...see.... what the heck was he wearing? The colors didn't bother him, in fact, just the joy in looking at the colors made him like it, although.... the clothes themselves. He wondered if he could just take off the shirt and tie it around his waist. The hat didn't bother him, oddly enough. But, there was something familiar at his back.

He grabbed at it and went to pull it around only to find that it moved, which made him jump. Instead, what looked like an other worldly cello was floating in front of of him. He slowly walked up to it and inspected it. He trailed his hand up the object and then down the string, hearing it hum in an odd tone for a cello but still close for sure. He then plucked both strings with his hands and was surprised as a bow materialized in front of him. He noticed it too seemed to move at his will.

Garsin looked around again and still saw nobody close by. He decided to try to start playing the odd cello, attempting to play the full range of the instrument, and trying to see how to get a scale out of it. At one point however, when he stopped to think out the notes, he noticed that the cello floated in space and played the notes as he thought of them. Aptly surprised instead of trying to play the instrument manually, he thought of the music and it began to play.

[Gambit]

Bella had just gotten to her room when her cell phone beeped. She took it out of her pocket and flipped the old phone open to see what had to be a text from Flippy. This can't be good, she thought, dashing out the door. Briefly the thought of how Flippy had managed to get her number entered her mind, but it wasn't important enough for her to try to figure out now.

After dodging the nosy police and other students, Bella managed to get into the pipe leading to the sewers and the factory. She hurried through and ran over the bridge leading into the factory. This area is still just as creepy as yesterday, she thought to herself.

In a few minutes she stepped off the elevator into the computer room. She saw Flippy over by the computer, and Aelita on the monitor. "What's going on?" Bella asked as she tried to catch her breath after all the running.

[Teknonick]

[Josive]
Josive had already managed to convince himself to sit down and start studying by the time Flippy sent him a message. He heard his pager go off, so he pulled out his phone and checked it. Hmm odd. Tower's activated? I think we talked about that a little last night... think it means... XANA? Great. Just what I needed. He quickly typed in 'On my way.' and packed up his laptop quickly, and the disks, and then leaving the room and sneaking off downstairs.

<Sam>:
"Name's Emmanuel Maillard. Most people just call me Mike though. He said, taking the biggest bite he could out of a sandwich he held. "Hmmm... much better than cafeteria food. Place I go... food is top notch!" he said, taking another bite into his sandwich, which was now half eaten with only two bites taken out of it. "You got a name to share? I don't mean to pry if you don't. I mean, wan't to share, that is.... I'm sure you have a name, like, or whatever." he said, taking another bite.

After he asked your name, your mind started to go numb. Strange thoughts seeping into them... but slowly starting to make sense. Some new idea, some new way of life. A connection with people, emotions controllable, and hatred gone. But... you know there's a threat to this unexplainable idea. Multiple threats. One called XANA, some sort of... computer program, part of some world known as Lyoko. And some other kids... that you remember where sitting near you just moments ago. Bella and Flippy. They're a danger too. They're also connected to this Lyoko place. You also realize this Lyoko is where your idea takes place... it requires it... so you can't take out Lyoko, you need it. William is also part of the plan, as well as Garsin who had just left. They were allies in this idea of yours. They... were currently on this Lyoko, dealing with this XANA. You could even picture the way there, the way Garsin took just moments before you did.

"Hey buddy, you alright?" Mike then said to you, long after he had finished his last bite of his sandwich. "Need a drink or something?" he asked you, pushing his drink forward and offering it to you. "Look kind of ill maybe." he said, trying to figure out what was wrong.

[Josive]
Josive had an easy time escaping past the police. They all seemed to have been huddling around radios, hovering over maps, and drawing lines on them. He reached the sewers, and opened the top, carefully replacing it after climbing down a few steps. He grabbed a scooter, and rode it through the sewers to the factory, leaving it at the bottom of the hatch as he climbed up and entered the factory. He ignored the ropes as he climbed down the steps and punched lightly pushed the button to call up the elevator.

Once he reached the bottom, he joined Bella and Flippy, and Aeilta on the screen. "So, what's up exactly?" he said, pulling off his backpack and setting up the disk with all the commands.

[gamer5910]

Flippy spun around when he heard the elevator doors start to open revealing Josive "XANA activated a tower and I need you to send me into lyoko to help Aelita." Flippy said. Once Josvie got closer Flippy got out of the chair and allowed him to set up. "I'll just wait down in the scanner room." Flippy said as he began to climb down the ladder leading into the scanner room.

[Gambit]

"Okay, yeah, guess we need to go back then," Bella said as Flippy left for the scanners. "Last time it was robots. Who knows what it could be today." Bella walked over to the ladder leading down into the scanner room. "Hey Josive? Thanks for coming," she said before climbing down the ladder. She was glad that he was still on their side, even though she knew he wasn't very sure about all of this. Once at the bottom of the ladder she walked into one of the two open scanners and waited for the transfer.

[Teknonick]

[Josive]
"Will do." Josive said, taking his seat where Flippy had left it open for him. When Bella addressed him, he turned slightly, but not enough to see her behind him, and added an extra "Hmm?" to acknowledge her. "Right. I just hope this ends soon." he said, then plucking his laptop off of the floor and inserting the CD.

Josive put on the headset, and was figuring out a few more commands before speaking into the mic. "Hey guys, there are speakers down there, so I can talk to you from up here." he said, holding onto the mic as he tested it. "Alright then. Here goes. Bella up first." he said, hitting a few keys and opening up the scanner. "And now you Flippy." he said, opening the next scanner. "Transfer, Bella." he said, reading off of the script as he typed things in. "Transfer, Flippy." "Scanner, Bella." "Scanner, Flippy." he said as the scanners activated and started their thing. "Virtualization." he finished, sending them to the world of Lyoko, and watched as they appeared on the map he had managed to pull up.

"Alright, I can't find the activated tower right now, but Aeilita is somewhere southwest of you." Josive announced. "Josive, I can feel where the tower is. Once we meet up I can lead them too it." Aeilita announced to Josive. "Okay, good." he replied. "Aeilita can take everyone to the tower once they meet up. Be on the look out for monsters, I'm going to check around and see what this attack is." Josive said, ending the call and opening up several sources for the news.

<Garsin>:
As you played the cello, colorful musical notes played from the instrument, and floated into the air before they dissipated shortly after. There was some tune you played near the bottom of the neck, which sent a blast of energy towards of the trees, creating a hole in it before it quickly regenerated itself. Some near the top seemed to make you feel lighter, and faster. When you played a specific set of notes on the bending part on the neck, it started to hurt your head, making the world appear to spin around you as it hurt, and colors flashing all over the place, before it stopped as you did. Whatever that was, it didn't seem very good... probably something to be saved for later. But later for what?

"Hello Garsin." a voice said to you from behind. It was William's. "I'm glad to see the tower worked." he said, gesturing to the large tower behind him that glowed black, before fading white. "I'm sure you have a lot of question, I'll try to explain most of them. But for starters, that idea is not your own, it's mine. I've suddenly come up with it, and I'm using these towers, here on Lyoko, to help spread the word. You can't explain the idea without them, so it must be done forcefully." he explained to you. Somehow everything he said not only made sense, but almost like you already knew it. Like you could hear him saying it in his head before each word, and like you had heard him say it before.