Code: Exposed (Chapter 2)
X.A.N.A. has just been freed from Lyoko, and the Lyoko Warriors are still devastated by what they had just done: Kill innocent people. With the help of two new friends, will the heroes earn redemption? Find out in this second part of Code: Exposed.
Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko or its characters. I also do not own Jennifer and Miranda. These two belong to I heart Lyoko. I do own Christopher and his powers.
Chapter 1: X.A.N.A. is Free
General POV
X.A.N.A. went into the elevator to head up to the lab while the Warriors were waiting to see if it worked.
"Is it done?" Odd asked.
"Let's go find out." Christopher said.
"No need." X.A.N.A. said as she entered the lab. The Warriors didn't know who it was that just entered the lab.
"Master." William said as he kneeled before X.A.N.A.
"What? Einstein, did you hit a button that changed X.A.N.A.'s gender?" Odd asked as the others looked at X.A.N.A. in realization.
"Odd, this isn't just any woman." Jeremie said as a tear formed in Aelita's eye.
"Mommy?" She asked.
"Somewhat. And yes, Odd. I am X.A.N.A. Franz Hopper based me on his darling wife, Anthea. But thanks to the number of returns to the past he did, I became self-aware and autonomous. And now I am free, but there still is one thing left to do." X.A.N.A. said.
"What else do you want us to do, you bitch?! Kill more people?!" Yumi asked.
"No. I need you to bring Anthea to Earth." X.A.N.A. replied, causing everyone, but William to go wide eyed.
"I thought Anthea was dead." Christopher said.
"Oh no, dear boy. She's very much alive." X.A.N.A. said as she went to the computer to rematerialize Aelita's mother.
After a few minutes, Anthea Hopper woke up in the scanner room. She groaned as she came to.
"Where am I? This isn't Lyoko." She said as Aelita came out of the elevator with her boyfriend and X.A.N.A.
"Mom?" Aelita said, causing Anthea to look at the elven girl. She only knew one other person that had pink hair like her.
"Aelita?" Anthea said, resulting in Aelita running to her mother with tears streaming down her face.
"I thought I'd lost you forever." Aelita said with her voice breaking as the two embraced each other in a hug. Anthea then explained all that happened to her prior to her arrival onto Lyoko, and explained that X.A.N.A. had trapped her in a Guardian and used the data from her to create the monsters as soon as they were in the lab with the others.
After that, the seven of them were headed for the elevator when William threw his sword to stop them from leaving.
"Where do you all think you're going? I said I need Anthea, so she stays here with me." X.A.N.A. said.
"What the hell do you need her for?" Ulrich asked.
"To help me create new monsters." X.A.N.A. replied, chuckling as she finished saying that.
"Slight complication: I have been there for 17 years. And I only remember half what I knew when I first arrived. So, your plan backfired." Anthea said, unaware that a few all too familiar tentacles were coming up behind her.
"Not exactly. You remember the Scyphozoa, don't you?" X.A.N.A. said as the tentacles were getting closer to Anthea.
"Sadly, yes. Why?" Anthea asked before the monster pulled her down to the scanner room.
"NOOOOO!" Aelita screamed as she ran for the elevator with Christopher in tow. William attempted to stop them, but Ulrich stopped him and the two engaged in sword combat while Odd and Yumi kept X.A.N.A. distracted. The arbiter and elf reached the scanner room and saw the jellyfish holding Anthea.
"I'll cut the tentacles. When I do, you save your mom." Christopher said as he activated his Energy Sword.
"Gotcha." Aelita said. Christopher then charged the jellyfish and severed the tentacles, thus dropping Anthea. Aelita ran to her unconscious mother and dragged her away as Christopher shot his Energy Daggers at the monster until it retreated to the far side of the room.
"Let's get out of here, baby. I've had enough of Lyoko for one day." Christopher said.
"You and me both." Aelita said as the elevator opened up.
"Guys, let's get out of here!" Christopher shouted.
"Supersprint!" Ulrich shouted. Yumi, Odd, and Jeremie also made it to the elevator. William was about to stop them when suddenly...
"NOOOO! I won't let you hurt them!" The real William shouted causing him to fall to his knees and scream in agonizing pain. Christopher sensed the real William's presence.
"Guys, the real William's buying us time. Let's go." Christopher said as the elevator reached the factory.
"What are you doing?! You let them escape!" X.A.N.A. shouted, only for William to reply with screams.
"No matter. I have half the data I need to create new monsters." X.A.N.A. said as the Lyoko Warriors escaped into the sewers. Anthea started to come to and they all stopped for a few minutes.
"What are we gonna do now?" Yumi asked.
"She's right. We've freed X.A.N.A., killed innocent people, and undoubtedly, we're wanted by the law. What now, guys?" Odd asked.
"We'll need to hide somewhere until we can figure out our next move." Jeremie said.
"That's great, Jeremie. But where are we gonna go?" Ulrich asked.
"The Hermitage is the only place close enough for us to keep an eye on X.A.N.A." Aelita said.
"The Hermitage it is then." Christopher said when he had an idea.
"What's going through your head right now?" Jeremie asked.
"I have two friends in the US that might be able to help us fight against X.A.N.A. They helped me fight against her before I came here. Jennifer and Miranda. They'll help us." The arbiter replied.
"Well, let's get to the Hermitage before you call them." Jeremie said. With that, they all made their way to the abandoned house and settled into it.
"Ulrich and Odd, take Anthea while I call my friends." Christopher ordered and the samurai and cat obliged and stood on either side of Anthea. Christopher took out his cell phone and dialed Jennifer's number.
Christopher's POV
"Howdy." She answered.
"Jen, it's me." I said.
"I know it's you, Chris. What's up?" She said.
"I need you to use that old Virtualizer I gave you and activate your Lyoko form and find Miranda then I need you two to get to France as fast as possible." I said.
"What happened?" Miranda asked.
"Am I on speaker phone?" I asked.
"Yeah." Jennifer answered.
"Good. Listen girls, X.A.N.A.'s been set free from Lyoko. And me and my new friends might have had something to do with it." I said then proceeded to explain everything that happened.
"Okay, we'll use our Virtualizers and get there as fast as we can." Miranda said.
"Okay. Thanks girls." I said.
"No problem. Just find a place to hide until we can get there." Jennifer said.
"We will." I said then hung up.
"Are you sure we can trust them, baby?" Aelita asked me.
"Yeah. Like you, I can count on those two for anything." I said as I wrapped my arm around her. Just then, Jennifer and Miranda materialized next us.
"Well, looks like someone's getting cozy on us, Jenny." Miranda said, causing me to jump a little, then glare at her.
"Let's go inside. These woods are full of unfriendly eyes." I said.
Jennifer's POV
Miranda and I followed Christopher and his girlfriend inside the house and up to the living room.
"Guys, these are my friends, Jennifer and Miranda. Girls, this is Ulrich Stern, his girlfriend, Yumi Ishiyama, Odd Della Robia, and Jeremie Belpois." Christopher introduced us. I looked at Odd, and thought he was interesting. I looked at Miranda and saw her look at Jeremie and could tell she thought he was interesting.
"We'll have to be extremely careful when we're in town." Jeremie said.
"Yeah, but right now, let's get some sleep." I said and the others agreed with me. With that, we all scattered around the living room and fell asleep.
That's chapter one of part two. Review and I'll post more chapters.