[IC] Code Lyoko: XANA's Return

[RawrgnatheBloodfridge]

Arndt Schulz Arndt sat in his dorm room, studying, and bouncing a ball off the ground. It helped to keep him focused on his current task. The bell for 9th graders rang out, and not long after, Mike came in. "I think my teacher's assigned me extra homework for falling asleep in almost every class," Arndt told Mike, still ever focused on getting through his work. "I hope that doesn't turn into a routine for me," Arndt joked dryly. He had already set up his collection of beanies in the wardrobe and was sitting up in his bed against the wall, with a different beanie than before. A poster or two had also been hung up, depicting German rock bands that Arndt wished he could have seen live. "Hopefully you don't care that I put up some of my stuff. It's all on my side of the room anyways," Arndt also commented.

[Gambit]

Bella Finally at the factory after wandering for several hours, Bella looked up at the huge looming building from the bridge. It definitely seemed to have been deserted for a long time now. Even from here Bella could see shattered windows and various rusted metal machinery.Spooky, she thought. Distracted, she almost didn't notice Josive urging everyone onwards. Not wanting to look nervous, she hurried after Josive, feigning a smile. "Can't wait to see what's inside," she said. Once the group reached the factory she stared up at all of the ropes. "That's weird," she commented. "These must be pretty old then, I don't think anyone would want to come here." She walked into the factory. It was huge inside, with high ceilings and metal walkways dangling in the air. She had to admit, it looked like a pretty cool hideout. She walked over to Josive and the elevator. "Yikes," she said, looking at the damaged wires. There has to be another way down there. "I'll go look around and see if there's anything," she said, wandering back into the center of the old building. She glanced over at Jared, wondering if he was having any luck. She looked over towards the dark edges of the factory. Maybe there's a staircase hidden there, she thought. She was about to head over there when she heard an unfamiliar voice call out behind her. She jumped, spinning around to see some kid swinging down on a rope. She bounced back a few feet until she recognized the intruder. It was that kid from class, the one who was doodling in his books in front of her. He must have snuck after us, she thought. "You're off campus too you know," she called back, dodging his question. She wasn't sure how much he already knew, or whether or not he could be trusted not to go tell on them and get them in trouble. She was pretty sure that they would have a lot of explaining to do if a teacher found out where they were.

[gamer5910]

Flippy was hoping no one would point out the fact he was off campus too he was hoping that they would be too shocked to say something like but a girl went against that. "Well me being off campus doesn't matter since I have my reasons to be off campus, but what I'm curious is why you're here I mean sneaking off to an abandoned factory that has something linking to the missing kids. Yeah I over heard your boring conversation during class and was going to say something to the teacher, but this seemed more interesting then having to be called a snitch." Flippy explained and took a long pause "What is your connections to the missing kids?!" Flippy demanded.

[Alternax]

Following Josive and Bella around the city exhausted Jared, after grabbing a few maps, wondering around a little longer the group finally reached their destination, much to Jared's relief. When the factory itself came into view Jared couldn't help but feel nervous, staring up at it from ground level he began to wonder if there was truly anything inside the abandoned structure. If anything, ever, in the universe gave off bad vibes, it would be this place. Finally entering the factory Jared noticed the ropes after the other two. Jared pondered actually attempting to climb the ropes but pushed that thought aside as the other two began to advance further. Glancing around Jared noticed cobwebs and various other objects hanging off of the high ceiling or sitting in dusty corners. Following Josive up to the elevator shaft Jared leaned carefully to get a better view, looking around the shaft he attempted to judge the distance between him and the maintenance ladder. Standing back up Jared walked away but as another kid jumped down onto the floor Jared jerked to the side slightly towards the elevator, stopping himself before he fell Jared wiped his forehead slightly. That was close. Looking at the boy and hearing his hypocritical question Jared could swear he had seen him before. "She's right you know. But we weren't the one's who followed a group of kids, you should answer us first." Jared said in an accusatory tone.

[Teknonick]

[Josive] With the sudden appearance of a new kid having been following us, everyone seemed to jump at his appearance. Including Josive. Josive turned around and face the newcomer, walking up to him after he had landed and conversed with everyone else. "We're not responsible for them if that's what you're accusing us of. We're not hiding anything either." he said, crossing his arms. "I found out I was assigned one of the missing kid's rooms. I found evidence pointing to here, and simply decided to follow it. That's all we know, nothing more. Now, you can join us if you like, or you can leave. At this point you'rein the wrong for having tailed other students, not us. There's no law stating we can't explore abandoned factories. Which ever option you choose, we're continuing on." Josive followed Bella's gaze just moments ago, looking off in the distance for another way down. He walked slowly in the direction she had looked in, trying to see if he could get a better look closer up. As Josive neared closer, he noticed a door in the distance, with a keypad and a light beside it. "Hey! I think I found a way down." he yelled out towards the others as he continued onward. He didn't care about the other kid who had followed them at that point, he knew if the kid wanted to tell on them, there would be nothing wrong with what they were doing. After reaching the door, Josive examined it. He tried to pull open the door, but there didn't appear to be any way to pry it open. He looked at the keypad, and noticed it was slightly damaged, but not enough for it to not be operational. He noticed it wasn't secured very well, so he took off the cover and took a look at the wiring. He hmm'd to himself, then took off his backpack and started looking for some of his items. "I think I can get this door open if I take awhile to look at the wiring here. It's pretty outdated, and the damage is enough to still locate how to open the door." Josive said as he searched through his bag. He pulled out various items, some tools, some random props, and started tinkering with the wires on the keypad. --- <Arndt>: "Huh? Oh, yeah, no problem. You can mess up the room anyway you like to. Just don't mess up what I already have on my side." Mike said to you as he started searching for books and papers in a hurried way. "Sorry, I have to be quick here. Ninth graders just started, and I just realized I don't have my books." he said, eventually crouching down to his bed and pulling out a drawer. "Aha! Found it." he said, pulling out his backpack and checking to see if his books are in it. "Yep! Gotta book it now. Sorry to bring this conversation to a halt so soon." he smiled before leaving the room in a hurry. Oh, he was ninth grade. But he talked about ninth graders like he wasn't one... oh well.