Code Lyoko: New Challenge
A Code Lyoko Fanfiction, by Persona.
Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko, Moonscoop and Canal J do. I'm not writing this to get money, just for fun, so don't sue me.
Notes: This fanfict happens after season 1, and during season 2. If you've already seen season 2, then I'm pretty sure you'll be able to tell just what things have happened, and which have yet to happen, if you haven't seen season 2, then I suggest that you don't read the story, because it will have spoliers of the series.
Also, some events will happen differently because of the new going-ons in this fic.
And now, on with the story.
Chapter 1
Jeremie, Aelita, Yumi, Ulrich and Odd were on their way to The Factory.
Things had been peaceful so far. As peaceful as it could get for the Lyoko Gang these days.
Except for that little episode where the day was being repeated over and over, Xana had been pretty quiet.
The only things to worry about were Aelita's dreams, which were becoming more frequent day after day, and the mysteries surrounding Sector 5 "Cartage", and Franz Hopper's work, which Jeremie was STILL trying to figure out. And of course, the Scyphozoa which was always trying to suck Aelita's memories, and they didn't even know why.
Jeremie's scanning program had detected the activated tower an hour ago. But nothing out of the ordinary had happened yet. No inanimate objects coming to life, no people being controlled by Xana trying to kill them, no nothing.
That was the most surprising thing.
However, they knew better by now. Sometimes, when Xana was apparently doing nothing, it was doing the most horrible things.
They reached The Factory and used the elevator to reach the computer. Jeremie sat in front of the keyboard set as usual, and began to analyze the situation more thoroughly. The rest of the Lyoko gang stood around him, waiting to see just what exactly they had to do once they entered Lyoko.
"So Einstein, what is the super calculator doing?" asked Odd.
"So far… nothing." replied Jeremie. "The tower was activated at the desert area. Except for the activated tower, there seems to be nothing out of place."
"That's good then. Let's just take Aelita to the tower so she can deactivate it and get this over with." said Ulrich.
"Okay, go to the scanners and I'll send you to Lyoko." Answered Jeremie, "But be careful. Remember the time that Xana infected you while in Lyoko so you would die for real if you got deleted. Xana never shows its fangs until it has to."
"You don't have to remind us Jeremie. We'll be careful." replied Yumi, "Let's go Aelita." she said to the pink haired girl.
"Okay," said Aelita, as the four of them entered the elevator to go to the scanners. Meanwhile, Jeremie was getting everything ready for them to enter Lyoko.
Aelita, Odd, Ulrich and Yumi dropped on the virtual desert of Lyoko after being scanned and virtualized by Jeremie.
[Okay everyone, the activated tower is west of your position. I'm sending you the vehicles right now. said Jeremie to them trough his speakerphones and mike.
As soon as he said it, the three vehicles were virtualized near the Lyoko gang.
Odd took the Overboard, Ulrich the Overbike while Aelita and Yumi got on the Overwing, with Yumi driving. A second later, they were all speeding in the general direction of the activated tower.
[Okay everyone, be careful. Four Wasps are going your way. said Jeremie.
Ulrich turned his head, "I see them." He turned to Yumi, "Yumi, you take Aelita to the tower. Me and Odd will take care of this and then we'll join you."
"Alright." replied Yumi, as she speeded away while Odd and Ulrich turned to fight the Wasps.
Jeremie watched the monitors. So far nothing was happening, here or in Lyoko.
Except for the Wasps that Odd and Ulrich were fighting off, Xana didn't seem to be doing anything. Jeremie liked this less and less with each passing second. Xana had never done something like this before. Why activate a tower? What was Xana doing?
Suddenly, his attention was drawn back to the monitor.
Jeremie's eyes opened wide when he saw the new marker on the monitor. It couldn't be!
"Yumi, Aelita, there is something going your way. Watch out!" he said into the mike of his headphones.
Yumi and Aelita looked around after hearing Jeremie's warning. They were just a few meters away from the activated tower. And they didn't see any monsters coming.
"I don't see any monsters. What are we watching out for Jeremie?" asked Yumi.
[It's not a monster. It's an avatar! was Jeremie's reply.
Before Yumi or Aelita could say anything, they were attacked.
"Yumi watch out!" Aelita saw the attack coming just in time. Something that seemed like a whip made of pure energy struck towards Yumi and Aelita, but thanks to Aelita's warning, they jumped out of the way in time. The Overwing wasn't so lucky, the whip cut the vehicle in half, and it disappeared soon after.
Both Yumi and Aelita rolled on the ground, then looked up from where the attack had come from.
Neither of them could believe their eyes. Right above them, standing on top of the activated tower… it was a virtual-avatar. Another human being, virtualized inside of Lyoko!
The avatar jumped down from the tower, turned around a few times in mid air like an Olympic gymnast, and landed with a perfect stand. Right between them and the activated tower.
Yumi and Aelita were able to take a good look at the virtual-avatar now.
It was definitely female. Altough she was wearing a futuristic looking armor that covered her whole body, it was shaped as a female body.
The armor was a dark crimson color, with black highlights at the shoulders, gloves, and helmet. The joints at the ankles, elbows, wrists, etc, were so well made that they were virtually invisible. The boots of the armor ended in high heels, not regular heels, but thick solid heels. The helmet covered the head completely, there were no openings, it only had a mirror like glass at the level of the eyes.
The whip made of energy had come out from an opening at the armor's right wrist. It soon retracted back inside the armor. The girl in front of them then placed a hand on her hips.
"Okay now. That's as far as you two go." Came a voice from inside the armor. Female, definitely female.
"Who are you?" asked Yumi, more like demanding an answer than asking a question.
"Telling you my name won't make a difference. Besides, you'll find out soon enough." was the reply.
Aelita stood up and approached the newcomer. "Let me go to the tower please, I have to stop Xana."
The armored girl shook her head, "Sorry, I can't let you."
"Let Aelita trough, or else…" Said Yumi, holding her fan ready to strike.
The armored girl did not like the threat, she turned to look at Yumi. "Or else what? Think you can beat me? Take your best shot."
Yumi had heard enough, she threw her fan at the armored girl. The girl dodged the fan by jumping high up, while in mid air, the girl aimed her hand towards Yumi, holding it steady with her other hand. "Energy Whip!"
The shining whip struck again towards Yumi, but the girl wasn't aiming at Yumi, she was aiming at Yumi's legs. The whip struck Yumi's legs, causing her to fall down on the ground.
"Yah!" The armored girl then spun in mid air, and landed right on top of Yumi, shoving both her legs in Yumi's body. The attack was strong enough to take down all of Yumi's life points.
A second later, Yumi was de-virtualized, and back outside of Lyoko.
Aelita couldn't believe what she just saw. That girl was very agile, quick, and very strong too. The armor didn't seem to slow her down whatsoever.
Aelita watched as the energy whip retracted back into the armor's arm, the armored girl then turned her head to look at Aelita and pointed a finger at her. "You, don't you dare move, I mean it!"
After seeing what she had done to Yumi, Aelita stood still, terrified at the girl. Who was she, and why was she helping Xana?
[Odd, Ulrich, you have to hurry! said Jeremie.
Odd and Ulrich were just finishing beating the Wasps.
"Laser Arrow!" Odd struck an incoming Wasp right in the eye, and it exploded into pieces. "What's the matter Einstein?"
[Yumi and Aelita reached the tower. But Yumi was beaten, and Aelita can't get close to the tower to deactivate it! replied Jeremie.
"Ah!" Ulrich struck the last Wasp with his katana, while speeding up with his Overbike. The Wasp exploded a second later. "Okay Jeremie, we're on our way. Just how many monsters are there?" asked Ulrich.
[You're not going to believe this, but there are no monsters. It was an avatar, another human.
"You're right," said Odd, "I don't believe it!"
Odd and Ulrich speeded towards the tower as fast as their vehicles could take them. Not only to help Aelita, but to see what Jeremie had told them with their own eyes.
Aelita and the armored girl were facing each other, Aelita didn't dare move. The armoed girl didn't seem like she was going to attack Aelita, but she didn't take her eyes off her either.
"Why are you doing this? Why are you helping Xana?" asked Aelita.
"You'll find out soon enough." replied the armored girl.
This was the second time that the girl didn't answer the question. Well, she wasn't answering the question in a precise way. All she did was imply that she wouldn't answer them now, but that they could expect an answer later. Which only scared Aelita more.
Suddenly, the girl turned her head to a side, "Hmm, your friends are almost here."
Aleita turned to look at where the armored girl was looking. She was right, Odd and Ulrich were almost there.
"Well, hello there." said Odd when he saw the mysterious armored-girl.
"Odd and Ulrich, so nice of you to come here." Commented the girl.
"Aelita, are you okay?" asked Ulrich to the pink haired girl.
"Yes Ulrich, I'm okay. She just won't let me go trough to the tower." replied Aelita.
Odd turned to look at the girl, "I don't know who you are, but you better let Aelita deactivate that tower."
The girl just shook her head no.
"Have it your way then, Laser Arrow!" Odd fired his weapon to the girl.
The armored girl's hand moved at an incredible speed. She grabbed the Laser Arrow in mid air, right before it hit her head, and then tossed it back at Odd.
This caught Odd by surprise. The Laser Arrow struck him right on the chest, and combined with the damage he had taken before, it was enough to de-virtualize him and send him out of Lyoko.
"Odd! No!" Ulrich saw how his friend was de-virtualized, and grabbing his katana in both hands, charged towards the armored girl.
The armored girl formed a laser shield of sorts on the right arm of her armor, and used it to defend herself against Ulrich's attacks. Again and again the German boy tried to land a blow, and again and again the mysterious girl was able to stop his attacks with her laser shield.
Aelita saw the two of them fight, and considered that she now could go to the tower while Ulrich kept the girl busy.
However, she couldn't take two steps before a bunch of transparent tendrils wrapped around her. The tendrils lifted Aelita up the ground, and turned her around. It was the Scyphozoa!
[Ulrich, hurry! The Scyphozoa has Aelita! came Jeremy's voice.
Ulrich stopped for a second to turn his head, and see Aelita at the tendrils of the Scyphozoa.
Forgetting about the armored girl for a moment, Ulrich turned and ran towards the Scyphozoa and Aelita.
"Not so fast, Ulrich!"
Ulrich felt something grab his leg, and he fell down on the ground. Turning back, he saw how a laser like whip had caught his leg. The whip was attached to the wrist of the armored girl.
Ulrich saw how the whip retracted back into the armor of the girl, and she jumped towards him.
Ulrich rolled on the ground, causing the girl to hit dirt with her fist. Then Ulrich stood up with a jump, turned around to the Scyphozoa, and tossed his katana.
The katana sword flew towards the Scyphozoa, cutting its tendrils. It dropped Aelita, and hurriedly retreated.
"Scyphozoa 0001! No!" cried the armored girl.
The girl used her whip again, hitting Ulrich full force on the side with it. Without his sword to protect himself, Ulrich took the hit fully and was de-virtualized soon afterwards.
Aelita, who was sitting on the ground after the Scyphozoa dropped her, saw how Ulrich was de-virtualized. The pink haired girl also saw how the mysterious armored girl was walking towards the injured Scyphozoa.
The armored girl walked next to the Scyphozoa, and took two of its injured tendrils in her hands, "Scyphozoa 0001… are you okay, does it hurt… oh you poor thing."
Aelita stood up and quietly walked towards the activated tower.
She was stopped dead in her tracks when a laser whip struck the ground right in front of her.
"You! Don't move another centimeter!" ordered the armored girl as the laser whip retracted back into her armor. Then she turned her head to the Scyphozoa, "It's okay, you can't do anything more. Go away for now."
Amazingly, the Scyphozoa obeyed the girl. Turning around, the jellyfish like creature left the area.
Aelita couldn't believe this, what was going on here!?
"Who ARE you?" asked Aelita, as the armored girl walked around her, again standing between the pink haired girl and the activated tower.
"I'm going to be helping Xana from now on. That's all you need to know for now." Replied the girl.
Just then, the activated tower behind the girl deactivated on its own.
The armored girl turned her head to look at the tower, then placed a hand at the side of her head, where her left ear would be under the helmet. "Xana? You're done? Okay, I'm on my way."
The girl started to get de-virtualized, she waved at Aelita as she disappeared from Lyoko. "Bye, see you around."
"Jeremy… did… did you see all that?" asked Aeilta.
Back in the Factory, Jeremy, Ulrich, Odd and Yumi were watching the monitors. None of them could believe what had just happened.
And what scared them the most were the girl's last words, 'see you around.'
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To be continued…
Persona Ohnlyne.