Celia stood up and brushed the dust off her pants. "No matter I guess, If they really are connected, we'll know for sure sometime soon," she said.
"So, what do we do now?" Connor asked.
"We power up this thing," she said simpily.
"And how do you suppose we do that?" Maggie asked.
"I'll show you," Celia replied.
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"Woah," Is all anyone could say when the elevator door opened. They stood looking at a big open room, the walls where all a shiny metalic color, and what looked like an eye was outlined on the floor. The eye had a center dot, and three rings surounding that dot. A line came out of the top center, and three other lines came out of the bottom.
Celia looked at the walls, to see if a switch was anywhere. She found one not to far from the elevator door.
Of course, Celia being the only one who knew somewhat about what she is doing, stepped out of the elevator first. She went and flipped the switch on the wall. A low grumbling came from the floor, as the eye broke into three peices, and slid out of the way as a tall black structure moved out of the floor. Celia glued herself to the wall as this happened. Everyone eltse backed up further into the elevator.
The rumbling stopped, as the black structure had come all the way out. Golden streaks shot out from the bottom of the totally black structure. There was a panel on it with the same eye that had been on the floor.
Jacob peeked out of the elevator. "Is it okay to come out?" he asked.
"Yeah," Celia stammered. "I think it is."
The three stepped out of the elevator, curiously looking at the thing that had rose in front of them.
"What is is?" Connor asked.
"More like what does it do," Maggie said.
Celia peeled herself from the wall. "It apparently turns on the computer that runs those scanners above," she answered.
"Cool! " Jacob said.
Celia walked up to the panel. As if it where sensing her approach, the panel slid away to reveal a much larger switch. Celia looked at her friends. They nodded their heads, reading her mind. Celia nodded back, and reached for the handle of it, and pulled it down.
The golden streaks lit up with light as it started to power up. Celia stepped back to watch if it would do anything else.
"I think it's done," Maggie said. Celia nodded, totally speachless, and made her way back to the elevator. She was relieved that nothing bad happened.
They had no idea what they had just done.
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"Woah!" Ceila gasped once the elevator doors slid back open. "It's- It's."
"A giant computer?" Connor finished.
"More than that!" She exclaimed. "It's an old-fashioned super computer!"
"Really? Jacob said.
"So, this was made before the new home models?" Maggie asked.
"Yes," Celia answered. "I've always wondered what these would run like!" She raced to the chair that stood in front of the computer's screen.
"Wow, she's really excited about this," Connor said.
"Well, yeah!" Celia replied. "This is huge! I don't even think there's another one like this in the world any more!"
"Sounds interesting," Said jacob, "But do you know how it works?"
"I wouldn't doubt that it works like most computers Jacob-" Celia jumped up onto the chair. Maggie came and watched what she was doing, while the boys just looked around.
Celia reached for the computer mouse, which looked like it hadn't been touched in years. Her hand hovered over it when she felt a ping inside of her. The computer screen showed a loading bar as it started to boot it's self up. Celia pulled her hand back in surprise. Maggie glanced at her friend.
"Something wrong? You've been acting funny ever since we got here," She asked.
Celia rubbed her hand. "No, it's nothing," she turned her attention back to the computer.
"Are you siure we should be doing this?" Jacob asked from across the room.
"I don't think it'll hurt," Celia replied. She started to type on the keyboard. "Wow," she said under her breath.
"Find out anything?" Connor asked. He was leaning on a round peice of metal which circled the middle of the room.
"Yeah, I did," Celia said. She pressed enter, and a hologram shot out from behind where Connor leaned. He jumped up.
"Woah," He said, amazed.
"What is that?" Jacob wondered.
"It's a map," Celia answered. "Come look at this!"
The four of them huddled around the computer screen as Celia launched a program. A new window popped up, showing what looked like trees in a forest. The image started to move forward, as if zooming in on the landscape. Tall structures, known as Towers, dotted the landscape. Suddenly, the picture changed to a purple, mountainous scape. It then changed to pure white, showing a cold, icy scene. Each time the picture changed, a new place on the map, known later as the Holo Map, glowed. The zomming slowed as they came to a desert-like plain.
"It looks like a video game," Maggie said.
"It does dosn't it?"
"Maybe we should try it out," Connor suggested.
"I'm not so sure," Celia said, concerned. Something didn't feel right.
"Come on, we came this far, might as well test it out."
Celia tried to keep from giving in, but she couldn't help it. She was interested too. "Fine, but we have to be careful."
Jacob, Maggie, and Connor headed to the elevator. Celia stayed behind to man the computer. She found a headset laying around and put it on.
"Can you guys hear me down there?" she said into the microphone when the elevator stopped.
"Yep," maggie yelled back up.
Ceila sighed heavily. She then directed them on what to do.
The three of them each stepped into a scanner of their own. "All clear!" Jacob said from inside his.
"Okay, I'm starting the process," Ceila looked back and forth from the computer to a book of notes on her lap. "Here goes nothing," Celia said to herself. She pressed one last key on the keyboard.
The doors on the scanners closed, Jacob, Maggie, and Connor where scanned, and sent to Lyoko.
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Code Lyoko: Evolution
FanfictionWhen Celia, a new girl at her school, meets some new friends she learns of an abandoned factory across town.