Return to Lyoko

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-Chapter 7: Around the World in 80 Clicks-

Gem turned around and quickly shot an arrow through the approaching monster's head. She didn't panic nor did she stumble. "Before I was interrupted, who are you?"

Jeremy gave a nod and Aelita and Yumi raced towards the factory- jumping on the golf cart and getting there quickly. Jeremy activated everything from his laptop.

"Stay there." He instructed the girl. She stood indignantly but followed his instruction. Soon enough, Aelita and Yumi were virtualized and racing toward the new girl.

"Hey, Jeremy, think you can devirtualize her?" Alana asked. Jeremy took a moment of hesitation then nodded. He typed long lengths of codes into his laptop and nodded once more.

"Would you be willing to be devirtualized into our world?" Jeremy asked her, completely unsure of her response.

Despite his uncertainty, the dirty blonde nodded. Jeremy nodded (even though she couldn't see) and entered a code into the computer. She began to devirtualize pixel by pixel and the rest of the group raced off to the factory, Jeremy's laptop in tow. It took a little bit but Ulrich, Jeremy, Odd, Aelita, Yumi, Alana, William and Gem stood in the computer room.

"Where am I?" Gem asked, not sounding the least bit afraid.

"Paris, France." Alana swiftly replied. "I assume you have your own virtual world with your own virus."

"Lyoko is the world and XANA is the virus." Jeremy informed.

"Where is it stationed?" Alana asked.

"I live in Cuxhaven, Germany. " The girl named Gem replied. "We named our world –our 'Lyoko'- Haven and we just call it 'Virus' and let me tell ya, it doesn't give up!"

The others nodded. Alana had an idea.

"Have you ever heard of a website called "The Glen" or something called "Báis" online?" Alana asked with a thoughtful look on her face.

Gem shook her head and typed in the website aforementioned. She looked onto the main screen and typed a few more things in and pulled up another page. Alana turned the laptop around.

"You might not have heard about it but you're on it."

The page displayed the title "Haven" with information with it.

Cuxhaven, Germany.

Dealing with "Virus"

JT, GO, FG and co.

Getting stronger, "Virus" is possessing mass amounts of people at one time. We are currently in need of assistance.

Gem stared at the screen and rolled her eyes. "Jace Turner." She answered simply, pulling a mobile phone out of her pocket and calling her friend.

The others took this time to inspect the girl. She had a small nose piercing along with seven piercings in each ear. They wondered for a second how old she was. Judging from her lithe frame barely over 4 feet, they assumed much younger than them. She had on simple blue jeans with black converse sneakers. She was also wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt that showed a bit of midriff under a white shawl.

They waited patiently for 'Jace' to answer, Gem's cobalt blue eyes rolling in annoyance once more as she heard the familiar, dorky voicemail of her friend. She pushed one of the tapered, dirty blonde curls behind her shoulder and looked to Alana.

"Jace obviously logged into the network. Since she isn't answering, care to explain to me?" Gem asked.

Alana and Jeremy went into an explanation of XANA and Báis and the joining of the networks.

"So that's how I got from Haven to here." Gem nodded as she understood. Then, a quirky tune rang from the cell still in Gem's hand. She quickly answered. "Jace?"

"Where did you go?" Jace asked Gem, sitting in her computer chair, freaking out.

"Haven is connected to a world called Lyoko. That website you logged onto, "The Glen", should tell you about it." Gem almost sounded a bit hurt at Jace not informing her and Felix of that website. Gem somehow managed to bite down her anger and focus.

"Where are you now?"

"Pairs, France. I'm here with the founder of "The Glen" and some other people."

"I need you to revirtualize and bring someone there with you that I can talk to in person." Jace said. Gem hung up the phone and Jace swiveled around in her chair (it was really fun to do.)

"Felix, Gem is safe but is in Paris right now." Jace updated. Felix only nodded. Jace looked at her friend and sighed, he was always so quiet.

She looked at his tall frame. They were an odd bunch; her, Gem and Felix. One difference being the massive height difference. Gem was barely over 4 feet, herself barely over 5 and Felix at a 5 foot 7 inches. They all seemed to have a few things in common though. They all seemed to stray away from large crowds. They didn't have many friends outside of their circle –triangle? - and they were all gifted.

Felix leaned against the wall in a pose that almost seemed to explain the nicknames of "emo" and "lone wolf" in his posture. He seemed to not care, his blue eyes lost in a train of thought that Jace would never board. His shaggy brown hair fell into his eyes as he thought and Jace could imagine the lines of poetry he was creating in his head. He wore black jeans with simple sneakers and a gray shirt. His rectangular glasses slid down the bridge of his nose and he just left them there, not fazed by their usual movement.

Jace sat in her computer chair, looking much the same as usual. Pink-striped one shoulder shirt with jeans, a locket and converse sneakers with a book near her. Her chestnut curls fell over her shoulders and she studied her silent friend with intense emerald eyes.

"When is Gem getting here?" Felix asked in a voice soft and dark.

She shook her head and started typing on the computer. She went to "The Glen" website and logged in. She went to Paris, France on the directory and came to the profile and saw that JB was online. She entered him into a chat.

JTfromCG: Are you with Gem?

JBfromPF: Yes, she's being virtualized in our scanner. I'm sending Alana, Aelita and Ulrich with Gem.

JTfromCG: Thank you. ETA?

JBfromPF: The location I virtualized them in a sector close to where Gem was when she crossed over. Should be a couple of minutes.

JTfromCG: Thank you.

In another moment, she was logged off. She swiveled around in her chair again and grabbed her book. By the time she had finished reading another chapter, a beeping rang from the computer.

True to Jeremy's word, four avatars were detected on the scanner. She quickly devirtualized them. Alana, Aelita and Ulrich had barely noticed how similar Haven was to Lyoko before they left the familiar feeling of their pixels being transferred through.

Felix and Jace turned to the scanners in the room and waited for them to open.

The doors of the scanners opened and each person stepped out in turn. Jace stepped up and went to greet them, being more welcoming than Felix. After a moment, Felix too went to greet them. Jace expected to be welcomed by Gem but was a bit surprised to find Gem shooting her a look not unlike a glare.

Alana, Ulrich and Aelita sensed the argument and walked over to where Felix retreated and began asking him questions about Haven.

"How could you join "The Glen" and not mention a word to me or Felix?" Gem growled at Jace.

"Is that all you're mad about? I joined it no more than a month ago and figured you wouldn't even care." Gem looked slightly relieved but only rolled her eyes in reply.

Jace –now confused- walked over to where the new people have arrived.

"You can't stay here for long. We all have to go home soon." Jace told them.

They nodded and discussed what needed to be discussed as quickly as they could before they were sent back into Haven. From there, they listened to Jace's instructions and made their way back to Lyoko.

AN: I couldn't end this chapter in any other way… Sorry. I'll work on it tomorrow! Everyone give a big thanks to Yuki101 for finally making me get off my fat butt and finish this chapter. Sorry it sucks! I'm editing things now. Review with ideas for future chapters please!