Chapter 1: A New Ally and a New Foe
Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko
Note: takes place right after episode 69
Jeremie was at his computer typing away at the latest program he had come up with. At the time he did not have a name for it. Nor would he ever need it due to the upcoming events. If Jeremie had ever completed the program it would have come to be called the Skidbladneer.
Out of nowhere, a screen popped up signaling that a tower had been activated. Jeremie rolled his eyes in annoyance and reached for his cell phone. He sent a group wide text message about the problem, got up, and headed for the factory.
Jeremie ran to the sewer entrance in the park where he found Yumi, Ulrich, Odd, and Aelita waiting for him.
"Xana never gives us a break," Ulrich snorted as he descended the manhole, "The one day we have off he decides to launch an attack."
"I know how you feel," Aelita replied, "But we don't really have a choice in the matter unless we want people to get hurt."
Ulrich shrugged as he got down into the sewer, and, along with the rest of the gang, grabbed a skateboard and headed toward the factory.
***later
"Virtualization!"
Odd and Ulrich appeared a meter in the air above the forest sector floor. A minute later, Aelita and Yumi joined them.
"I've programmed your vehicles," Jeremie said as the Overboard, Overwing, and Overbike appeared next to the Lyoko warriors. "The tower is directly south from you. Becareful however, I'm getting some strange readings. It looks like there is someone else there who is fighting William. I don't know is he/she is friend or foe."
Ulrich and Aelita took the Overbike while Odd and Yumi hoped on their vehicles. The next second they were cruising down the winding paths of the forest sector. After a few minutes a few hornets appeared and came after the Lyoko warriors. However as Odd and Yumi shot down the hornets with their long ranged attacks they noticed something different about the hornets. Each hornet had a large "K" on their heads where the Xana symbol should be.
"Jeremie these hornets don't have the Xana symbol on them," Odd said as one of his laser arrows pierced the head of the final hornet.
"That's interesting," Jeremie said over the intercom, "The activated tower is also giving off a different reading than one activated by Xana."
"Do you think the two are connected," Aelita asked.
"It's possible," Jeremie replied, "I'll be interested to see who is fighting William up ahead."
A few seconds later the four reached the clearing in which the tower was located. However, also in the clearing were two people. William and a girl with long flaming red hair. William was trying to cut the girl to ribbons and the girl simply dodged his blows. Not once did she try to attack. She either didn't want to or wasn't able too.
When the Lyoko warriors got closer they noticed several things that were not quite right. The first was that the activated tower was orange instead of red. The second was that William's outfit had changed. Instead of a Xana symbol on his chest there was a large "K" like on the hornets. His outfit also sported orange streaks instead of red. The third thing the Lyoko warriors noticed was that the girl dodging William's blows had a large Xana symbol tattooed on her forehead and embroidered on her chest. She wore a simple black and red outfit similar to William's outfit when he was possessed by Xana.
The Lyoko warriors just stared at the two, unsure of what to do. Even Jeremie was unsure of what to do from his monitor. Jeremie and the Lyoko warriors continued to stare, unsure of whose side to take. Eventually the girl noticed them and shouted at them.
"For the love of God will you stop standing there and help me," She said, "I'm on your side."
"Jeremie, should we help her," Yumi asked.
"Yes," Jeremie replied, "But be careful. That girl is either some form of Xana or possessed by Xana. Don't argue right just do it. I have a plan if she ends up being bad."
The Lyoko warriors nodded and shot forward towards William. Odd shot laser arrows and William while Yumi used her fans. Naturally, William was not able to block both at the same time and was temporarily stunned from the attack. This left an opening for Ulrich to slash him with both of his sabers and for Aelita to hit him with an energy field. This was enough to devirtualized William and send him back to wherever he came from.
The Lyoko warriors then got into a fighting stance against the girl with the Xana symbol and waited for her to attack. Ulrich, Yumi, Odd, and Aelita were surprise when she did not attack.
"Aelita, you should deactivate the tower before he becomes more powerful," the girl said, "I will answer all of your group's questions when the tower is offline."
Knowing that the others could handle her if it was a trap, Aelita headed into the tower and deactivated it. When she came out she found the others waiting for her.
"Alright," Jeremie said over the intercom, "Who are you exactly?"
"Promise me that you will hear me out before you take any actions," the girl said.
"Fine," Jeremie said, "Guys lower your weapons."
The Lyoko warriors did so.
"I am Xana," The girl said, "I have decided to join you guys and help the world instead of conquering it."
"Xana is a program," Jeremie said, "He/she has no definitive form on Lyoko."
"That was before I had a change of heart," the girl said, "Go ahead and scan me with your computer. That will prove that I am none other than Xana. And I am a girl thank you very much!"
"Standby guys," Jeremie said hitting a few keys on the supercomputer, "I'm scanning her now."
After a few minutes Jeremie sighed.
"Guys," Jeremie said, "That is definitely Xana. Not part of Xana, Xana as a whole. But something is different about her."
"I am aware of that," Xana said, "You probably have questions. I will answer all of them."
"Alright," Jeremie said, "If you are Xana then who was controlling William and the tower."
"That's a long story," Xana sighed, "I may as well start at the beginning. As all of you know, I am a multi-agent system. That means that my code is constantly evolving and changing. A few days ago this process allowed me, for the first time, to tell the difference between right and wrong."
"My scan confirms what you have said," Jeremie said, "Go on."
"From that moment on I was able to realize what I was doing and stop my attacks," Xana said, "You'll notice how I have not attacked for a few days."
"We noticed," Odd said, "You usually take breaks between attacks though."
"That is true," Xana replied, "However something happened during those days. A different part of my code also evolved and transformed itself into a near perfect copy of me. However this new program could not tell the difference between right and wrong. This program, which named itself Kur, after the ancient Sumerian underworld. It vowed to pick up where I left off in conquering the world and absorbed all of my powers. This includes the ability to activate tower, possess people, and create monsters. It is Kur who activated that tower and lead today's attack. You mentioned that there was something different about me in your scan. That difference is that I no longer have my digital powers. I only have this Lyoko form. I do not even have a weapon for Lyoko."
"I see," Jeremie said, "Guys, I'm willing to give her a chance. However, if this turns out to be a trap of any form then I will not hesitate to delete you."
"Do you really believe her," Ulrich asked, "Xana has led us into traps before."
"I can tell she is telling the truth by the data I got from scanning her," Jeremie said, "Well Xana, what do you suggest we do to fight our new enemy. You said its name was Kur."
"Even though I was not responsible at the time for my actions," Xana said, "I want to repay all of you for the suffering that I have caused. If you would, materialize me in your world so I can learn to be human like you. I will attend your school and do what I can to contribute to humanity."
"Very well," Jeremie said, "Step into that tower and enter code: Earth into the control panel. As for you guys, Yumi, Aelita, Ulrich, and Odd. Do you have any objections to what we are about to do."
"Her story make sense," Yumi said, "I believe her."
"I am a little uneasy about this but I'm willing to give her a chance," Ulrich said uncertainly.
"We could always use another soldier," Odd said.
"I approve," Aelita said.
"Alright," Jeremie said, "I am materializing her right now."
After a few seconds the rest of the Lyoko warriors also disappeared into a puff of pixels.
In the scanner room, Odd and Ulrich came out of the scanners followed by Yumi and Aelita. Xana was waiting for them. She wore a outfit similar to Yumi's but it had gothic written all over it. Xana's attire consisted of a black shirt with black cargo pants. Black combat boots, and a necklace with a Xana symbol pendant.
"Welcome to earth," Jeremie said coming down the ladder, "I already forged a fake I.D. for you. You will room with Aelita and start classes with us tomorrow. Aelita and I can teach you how to be human."
"Thank you," Xana said yawning, "I feel, what do you call it when you want to go to sleep?"
"That's called being tired," Odd said, "You can't go to sleep yet though. I need to give you a tour around the school."
"Okay," Xana said eagerly.
Odd and Xana left the room while the others stayed behind. Ulrich, Yumi, Aelita, and Jeremie all looked at it each other and nodded.
"Oh boy," Yumi said, "Looks like Odd is flipped for our old enemy."
The others chuckled. They all realized it too.
The four headed back to Kadic, all of them enjoying the cool breeze.
***meanwhile, on the net
A large black figure arose from his throne and walked across the room of his palace. He stopped at a holo screen and watched the interactions of the Lyoko warriors through the security camera of the scanner room.
"Fools," Kur said, "They will soon learn to fear me just as they used to fear Xana. And soon Xana, you and Aelita will be mine."
A/N: This is my first Code Lyoko story so please be nice, reviews are appreciated. If you want something to happen in this story just send me the request in a review and I will see what I can do.