This story is the first book in a six book long series that I am writing. Book 1 is some 60,000 words, and Book 2 is about 10K more. Book 3 is in production. I will be periodically posting chapters here until we are up-to-date with what I've written.
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So after that long intro, it would probably be a good idea to get to the Prologue and Chapter 1. :)
Code Lyoko: Generation:
Book One: The Rise of ANAX
Written by: TechnoSam
Illustrated by: lastmanstanding
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 had been 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" of Franz. It seemed strange that he had disappeared like he did. He was a normal virtual entity, although bound to the Digital Sea, and there didn't seem to be a cause for his disappearance. The Flying Manta's would have 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 didn't pick up any signals whatsoever on the Network.
Just as he was drifting off, a thought hit him. Wait a minute! He thought. 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 Franz. He thought that Franz had been spread out over the Digital Sea, and there would be no way to find him. Instead, Franz had managed to escape in a complete, tangible form.
Jeremy knew he needed his sleep, but despite that knowledge, he got up, turned on his computer, and began to work on a new program.
The next morning, Odd and Ulrich walked into Jeremy's dorm. "Hey Einstein! I thought that you had given up on sleeping in your computer chair now that XANA's dead!" Odd exclaimed. Ulrich shook Jeremy's shoulder. "Time to wake up Jeremy! You've already missed breakfast!"
"Huh... Wha?" Jeremy shook himself fully awake. He straightened his glasses. Odd repeated himself. "Well, yeah," Jeremy replied. "But I don't think I'm done programming just yet. Where's Aelita?" He asked. "I need to talk to her about something." Ulrich answered, "She's in her dorm; what do you want to talk about Jeremy?"
Jeremy glanced at his watch. "No time!" he exclaimed. He hopped about in his dorm in a rush to get dressed. He grabbed his school bag and sprinted out the door. Not that Jeremy can sprint that fast...
When Jeremy got to Aelita's dorm, he stopped to catch his breath. Then he knocked, and Aelita opened the door promptly. Aelita looked at him in surprise. "Jeremy... Good morning." She said in a subdued tone.
"Aelita! Guess what?" He didn't wait for her to guess. "I think I've found your father on the Internet!"
Aelita suddenly brightened. "Really! But that's impossible!"
"No, it's not! I ran a program to search the whole Internet. This morning, the results came back. I found a little over a million signals that have the same digital signature, but nothing can trace it to an origin! I think it might be your father!"
"Really?" Aelita asked exuberantly.
"I'm sure of it!" Jeremy replied. "After school today, we should go to the factory, and see what we can do."
"I can hardly wait!" Aelita said as she jumped up and hugged Jeremy.
When the school day finally ended, Jeremy called Ulrich, Odd, and Yumi to the Factory. He explained the results of his research in simple terms.
"So, we need to go to Lyoko, and run some tests. If they come back positive, then we can see what we can do to save Franz Hopper. We should take a vote, as to whether or not we should turn the SuperComputer back on."
Aelita raised her hand immediately. "I vote yes!" she said. Jeremy too raised his hand for "yes". "I'm all for it, Ulrich said, raising his hand as well.
"Anything for you Princess!" Odd chimed in. "I'll make it unanimous." Yumi said. "But what about William?" She asked. "Do we tell him anything?"
Jeremy thought about this. "What do you guys think? I mean, now that XANA's gone, I don't think that William would try to do anything stupid to get revenge. If his attitude gets in the way, well, I'll just tell him that he's got to stay serious. Besides, that wouldn't be very nice if we just left him out again. I'm sure that he's still hurting from us being so cold to him."
After a few awkward seconds, the consent came. "I'll call him," Ulrich volunteered.
William was sitting in his dorm listening to the newest Subdigitals Album. He felt his phone buzz in his pocket so he shut off the music.
"Hello," He said as he brought the phone to his ear.
"William," He heard Ulrich's voice say. "Get to the Factory. Don't ask questions, we'll explain when you get here."
"Sure," William said. "What do you need me for?"
"I said no questions!" Ulrich told him.
"Alright, alright. I'm coming over now," He said getting up.
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. "We're sorry for brushing you off like we did. We just-"
"Yeah, yeah, I know. After being under XANA's control for so long, it's hard to trust my image. I forgive you."
A few seconds later, William became angry. "You don't know what it was like though! Seeing things through XANA's eyes is awful! I hate that feeling of some, some... thing controlling my body and making me hurt my friends! XANA is evil beyond your imagination, and I still have nightmares about him!"
His voice trailed off.
"So we're 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, with some 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 you are," Yumi said.
"I'll materialize your vehicles," Jeremy said. "William, you can ride with Ulrich."
Aelita waved her hand over her wrist to activate her wings, and she flew off to catch the others.
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 I'm sure XANA's dead, I want one of you to guard each of three Towers that I need to activate. I need 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.
"I've 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 Aelita to start the program via the Sector 5 interface. "Well, Aelita," Jeremy said. "In a few minutes, when the program is done consolidating the data, 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 can't thank you enough! I could 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 wasn't just me. Without the rest of the Lyoko Warriors, we wouldn't 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 SuperComputer's interface and soon he dashed down to the Scanners, and soon came up carrying no other than Anthea Hopper.
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? What's going on?"
"Hang on," Jeremy said, typing away. "I'll bring you in. Then maybe I can explain…"
Franz told Jeremy, "I'll 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.
"A dangerous terrorist cell wanted to shut down XANA and Lyoko." Franz began. "I had put a lot of work into it, and so I refused. It was also created to be our refuge.
"But I was wrong about that. In an attempt to get me to shut my operation down, they hired a team 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 the Network 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 come to a close."
"XANA put up a good fight, but we beat him in the end." Ulrich put in.
"We've all been through a lot together, and our fight has only made us stronger." Yumi added.
"It was a lot of fun being a hero," Odd said. "But it's come to an end now."
William added his, "XANA is dead, and now we can all have normal lives."
"I'm sure that we'll never forget our adventures together!" Aelita said.
The Lyoko Warrior's 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!
50 Years Later, 2056 AD
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. Ever since 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 you have good news." XANA said. "Yes... We can begin the final stage 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 was a night that would change my life forever. "That's silly," I told myself.
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 attended Kadic 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 in France. 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 didn't expect. Movement. I looked 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 didn't get caught.
Soon the robot veered off the road, and down a disused bridge to the 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.
I followed it into the Factory, grateful for the chance to dry off. My robot veered off to the left, but I stopped to shake the water out of my hair.
On the wall beside me, there was a piece of shiny metal. I looked into it, and saw myself. I was 14 years old, and stood a staggering 5 feet and 11 ½ inches. The rest of my body didn't match my height in width. I was your standard geek. I stank at almost anything athletic, but was quite a good student.
I had a mop of light brown hair and green eyes. And at this moment, water was dripping from my hair, into my eyes. I wore a bright orange sweatshirt and a white undershirt, which contrasted with my black pants.
After I had dried off a bit, I set off in the direction that my robot had gone. I travelled a distance, and then came to a chamber with a large computer in it. The metal walls had a bluish color to them. The ceiling of this room was a least a dozen feet high, but the computer was mounted to ceiling, with a heap of wires connecting it to who knows what.
There was a chair to sit in (Presumably for using the computer), but since I did not see my robot, I wasted no more time in that room. I saw only two exits.
There was what looked like an elevator on the far wall, but the activator panel was far too high for my robot to reach, so I knew that it hadn't gone that way.
I chose the other exit. A set of rungs on the wall went down a floor. In this new room, I looked around. Three tall cabins commanded the center of the room. It was dark in here. I didn't see my robot here either, so I went down one more floor.
It was here that I found my robot. It seemed to be messing with a type of SuperComputer in the middle of the room. It turned its head to look at me, and froze.
In its eyes, there was a strange symbol. It was a tri-circular design with four spokes extending from the outermost circle. Three spokes were on the top, and single one hung from the bottom.
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 we have been waiting for! If we can trick this boy into turning on all of the power, we can dispose of him easily, and conserve energy at the same time!" A few seconds of silence passed as XANA processed this data.
"Do what you must, ANAX. I leave it to your judgment. We are so weak, and this boy could make us so strong. When he was fulfilled his purpose, 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 cat" best 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 instinctively reached 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 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. I'm dreaming. I'm going to go back home, and go to bed. When I wake up, I'll know that this didn't happen.
I did just that. There was only one snag. The next morning when I woke up, I was still sure that it had indeed happened. Later, I'd tell my friends about it, and see what they think...
"You're crazy!" Tennent burst out. He crossed his arms over his chest, covering the bright yellow lightning bolt on his otherwise white shirt. The lightning bolt matched his blindingly blond hair which was further accentuated by a conspicuous white streak that ran up the middle spike. And that didn't end his questionable attire- one pant leg was gold, while the other was stark-white. Needless to say, yellow and white were his favorite colors.
"You're getting delusional on us Sammy!" Sean agreed. Sean was very different from Tennent. He looked at things from a more serious point of view while Tennent usually joked around. He had sandy brown hair that he never let grow past a very specific length. His casual tan jacket and muted green pants did little to draw attention to his personal style.
"No, seriously!" I protested. "Come with me to the Factory, and you'll see!"
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 turn the machine on. The interface booted up.
"Ha! I told you!" I said jumping up and down.
They shrugged.
"Well... Don't we want to check it out? We could figure out what happened to my robot. I'll rest easier if I know what happened." Little did I know that I wouldn't rest easy for many months to come.
I did some searching on the computer. I wasn't as scared as I was last time. I started up a program, to see what it would do.
"I'm going to Lyoko," I announced. "If you two are too chicken to come as well, that's 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 inquired.
"Well... I'm almost positive." I had found some previous data on the 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 the platform itself.
I looked over at Sean and Tennent, speechless. Suddenly all three of us gaped at each other.
Sean was dressed in black armor, laced with threads of white. 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. Tall boots came up from his toes almost all the way to his knees.
Tennent was a like a giant black cat. His armor was similar to Sean's, but it was smoother, more like spandex. A long tail waved behind him, and I noticed that his hands and feet had been replaced with something that resembled a cat's paws. No weapons were apparent, unless you counted the short claws on the end of his fingers.
I looked down at myself and saw black bands arcing across my orange-clad arms and legs. Near my elbows, the strips ended on my arms and what appeared to be metal gauntlets were present there. When I saw my striped tail, I began to suspect that my appearance was rather tiger-like with some techno elements. Much the same as with Tennent, my outfit was similar to spandex.
I did not find any weapons, save the claws that extended from each finger. My glasses had transferred over in the form of something that looked like safety glasses.
When I found my voice, I asked, "What's going on here?"
All I got in return was a shrug.
Author's Notes:
You should notice as the story progresses, I get a lot better at writing. I started this a while back, but my more recent works are much better. Don't forget to write me a review, please!