Code Lyoko: Ghost File

by Hyper Shadic the Hedgehog

20 years after the events of evolution. A new super computer had been rebooted containing a ghost file that some thought was forgotten and destroyed. but it makes its return and threatens the lives of high schoolers prompting them to take action. Question is...will they succeed?

1. That Fateful Day

The Day WE Changed the World

It was just a normal day like any other.

I had just awaken from pulling an all-nighter and went to take an aspirin for my headache.

After about a few hours of waiting in pain for the pill to kick in, I got a call from my friend Anthony

"Hey man what's up?" I said into the phone

"Dude, you have to come check this out! We found a new spot to hang out!" I heard him say.

"Ok I will be there." I hung up the phone and quickly got dressed before heading out.

An Hour Later

I found Anthony, Marc, and Kane all waiting for me at what looked to be an abandoned factory.

"What is this place?" I said looking around at the entrance.

"Its an old factory. Not sure what they used to make here…but we have to check it out." Kane said to me.

Marc just ran in but almost fell as the stairs were demolished.

Anthony pulled him back up quickly before seeing some rope to grab and repelling his way down to the ground floor.

The rest of us followed and looked around the inside.

"This would be a great place to do airsoft!" I yelled running around and ducking behind bars and walls acting like I was shooting and avoiding fire.

Marc saw an elevator and pointed to it, "Hey guys…let's see what this place has on other floors."

We all got in the elevator and pressed a button causing the doors to shut and take us down.

"Where exactly are we headed?" Kane asked.

We all looked at him and shrugged before hearing the door open and show us a computer and a chair.

"Cool…a computer that doesn't even work…" I said sarcastically walking over to it and tapping the keys.

The rest of them came over and looked at it then went back to the elevator with me joining them.

We went down another floor where we saw some pods opened, "What exactly were they making in this place?"

Anthony hit the button and we went down to the last floor.

We looked around until Kane found a lever, "Hey guys check this out."

We looked at it but none of us really had the guts to flip the switch so Marc sighed, "Ok let's all flip it together…that way if something bad were to happen, we are all to blame and we can all go to hell together."

Everyone including myself laughed at the joke but agreed and put our hands on it, "On three!"

I looked at them and nodded, "THREE!"

We all flipped the switch and waited for a minute.

Some weird looking generator started to rise in front of us and we started to take a step back while it did.

After a minute or so, the generator had fully risen and started to restore power to the factory.

We looked back at the elevator, "Wait…if power had just been restored…then how was the elevator on?"

Kane stepped inside, "Probably a backup supply."

I stepped in right behind him then joined by Marc and Anthony.

We went back up to the room with the computer and went over to see that it was on.

"Kane sat in the chair and read a piece of paper that was on it, "To gain access to…L-yo-ko…input this command."

He typed into the terminal, " "

We heard multiple beeps from the computer and soon a globe looking hologram appeared in front of us.

"What sort of tech did they have here?" Anthony said as he and I put our hands in the globe.

Kane waved for us to come over to him and showed us the map layout of a world.

I noticed on a camera feed of the 3rd floor, those pods were glowing and in went to the elevator, "You guys stay here…I will be right back."

I hit the button and went down a floor to the pod room only to hear Kane on an intercom, "Can you hear me?"

I saw where the camera was and gave him a thumbs up.

"Ok, so these things are called scanners but I'm not sure what they scan."

I looked at the camera and motioned to the scanners before stepping in one, "Only one way to find out."

I watched the door close and heard Kane yell, "What are you doing?!"

My eyes shut and I lost my hearing.

Kane P.O.V

I watched the door shut behind Kyree and began typing random codes and commands in the terminal to get the scanner to open…but nothing worked.

"I will go shut off the power!" Anthony ran to the elevator but I stopped him.

"If we shut off the power, it could trap him inside permanently!" I gave him a look but Marc brought my attention to the screen.

When I looked back, there was a player model of Kyree waiting there.

"Maybe you have to type something in to load him out…check the paper." He said to me.

I looked back at the slip of paper, "Should one of your friends happen to go into the scanners, write this command."

I typed in what it said, " " and to my surprise, an icon of him popped up allowing me to access him.

Marc read the rest of the paper from there, "Next, pull up the link terminal and type in this command."

I nodded to him and typed in what he said, " "

The player model loaded completely and I looked at Marc, "What's next?"

He looked back at the paper, "Now choose a sector and tower number to virtualize that friend."

I shook my head in confusion, "Tower? Sector? What does it mean?"

Anthony looked at the screen and pointed to a glowing audio file, "Maybe that can help us."

I clicked the file and we all listened in, "Hello…if your hearing this…then odds are, you have activated the super computer and triggered Xana. Who is Xana? He is a multi-agent program that has gained a mind and will of its own. You're only means of defense is Lyoko. If you shut the super computer…that wont stop him. He can still access Lyoko by the various towers and such to gain access to your world. To stop Xana, all you have to do is go to Lyoko and deactivate the towers."

I fast forward the tape until I found out how to get Kyree back safely, "To virtualize yourself on Lyoko, follow the instructions on the slip of paper I left and you should be good to go. Once inside, you will face Xana's multiple monsters. If you get hit too much, you will be devirtualized and sent back to your world via the scanners."

I looked at the 2 and nodded to them, "So the hollow map shows all the different sectors…lets send him to the forest.

"I hope he's ok." Marc said behind me as I typed in the command.

" .1" the link terminal changed to the hollow map and looked at Marc and Anthony, "Please let this work."

I typed in the final command, " "

The computer beeped a couple times before a layout of the forest sector popped up with the icon of a person.

Kyree P.O.V

I soon dropped to the ground and looked around only to find myself in a forest.

The scenery was nice and everything seemed ok.

I noticed that my clothes were very different: I was in a cybernetic looking suit with a large scythe on my back as a weapon.

"Kyree are you there?" I heard Kane's voice and looked around.

"Kane? Where are you?" I gazed up at the sky and waited.

"The real question is where are you?" I heard Marc say to me.

I stared walking around and gazed at my surroundings, "To be honest…I don't even have the slightest idea where I might be."

"You're in Lyoko…a virtual world. Try to find a tower or something that might look like it." Kane told me.

I ran in a direction and saw some weird looking creatures approach me.

"Hey, Kyree, watch it. Some icons popped up to my screen…and I don't think they are friendly!" Kane yelled.

I stared at them and was soon shot in the leg, "Ow!"

Kane sounded worried, "Heads up, you just lost 30 life points from that hit!"

I ducked behind a tree and waited, "Life points?! What is this Yugioh?"

Anthony laughed in the background which made me groan.

"Those little things are called Kankrelats! They mostly travel in packs, so don't let them hit you too much!" Kane said.

I smirked and ran at them with my scythe in hand and took a slash down on one of them.

They dispersed and I ran pass to find a way to go.

"Kane give me a direction!" My eyes darted back and forth at a branching pathway.

"Um…uhh…try heading to your right…NO left!" He stuttered.

I looked around and ran left only to get caught off guard by another kankrelat.

"Dude! One more hit and its over!" Kane was starting to panic and I took out my scythe.

"Then I will go out…scythe slashing…HAAAAAAAA!" I ran at a Xana's monsters and slashed 2 more before getting hit again.

I turned on my back and saw that my body was pixelating and breaking apart.

Back on Earth

I saw the scanner door opened and I stepped out. "Well, can't say I didn't see that one coming."

The elevator doors opened and the guys were standing there.

"You can't handle shit!" I heard Anthony say to me.

I shook my head and got on the elevator to join them before getting to the computer floor.

Kane ran to the computer and held his hand out to me, "Give me your phone."

I did what I was told and handed it to him, only for him to plug a USB from the computer to it.

My phone vibrated and Kane handed it back to me, "There you go! A full-fledged Xana alert system!"

I looked at my phone, "Ohhhhh…what does it do?"

Kane smirked, "Well, when the super scan picks up a Xana alert, it will send us the alert that Xana is attacking."

Anthony and Marc showed me that they got the update as well.

Kane went to the computer and listened to some audio file, "So when Xana attacks, you have to get on Lyoko and deactivate the tower."

Marc smirked, "Sounds simple enough."

"But there is one more thing…lets say Xana has done some serious damage, or someone outside of your team has found out about Lyoko and tells the police…that's where the return to the past comes in."

We all looked at each other then to the computer, "So we cant tell anyone about this…not even the government."

Kane shushed me and listened back to the computer, "To launch the return to the past, type in the command 'RTTP' then it should bring up a new window. Afterwards, type ' number of seconds you want the countdown to be' then type the command ' ' and the return to the past will be done."

I looked at Kane, "There got to be some side effects, right?"

He shrugged and listened to the computer, "The effects of the return to the past will result in a rest of the day. This will prompt memory loss to those who haven't been put in the scanners."

I looked to all of them and they looked at me, "So if a return to the past was initiated, it would affect you guys but not me."

The file was almost complete and Kane decided to load the whole file onto his laptop, "It's getting late…we should get going before our parents find out where we are."

What a shame, Marc and Anthony hadn't gotten virtualized yet.

We all went up the elevator and got out before looking around at our surroundings one more time.

"Well see you guys." I waved to the rest of the guys and climbed up the rope to go home.

Later

Once I got home, I took a shower and thought about what had transpired today, "Virtual worlds…scanners…super computers…viruses and programs…this sounds like something out of TRON or something."

I got out and dried off before going to bed.

Problem is…I had problems going to sleep and it was irritating.

I kept looking at my phone to see if Xana was attacking or tried to launch an attack.

I was hoping I would pass out and sleep through those means, but I was very wrong and before I knew it…it was an hour before I had to get ready for school.

I closed my eyes and finally slept before hearing an alarm.

My eyes quickly sprung open and I grabbed my phone thinking it was a Xana attack, but it was only my alarm to get up for school.

"Damnit!" I got out of bed and got ready for school.

I can't believe the thought of Lyoko kept me up all night…thanks for the disappointment Xana.

At School

I soon met up with the others and groaned, "Anyone else had trouble sleeping last night?"

They all looked at me and shook their heads, "Dude you don't look good."

I glared at Marc, "I was up all night waiting for Xana to attack!"

Before I knew it, almost everyone was staring at me in the cafeteria.

I got a slap to the back of the head by Anthony, "Dude…we have to keep the Lyoko thing on the down low."

I moaned in pain and grabbed my head, "Now I'm tired AND I got a headache…"

Kane started to shiver, "Its so cold outside…I wish it were hotter. I wouldn't mind it being 100 degrees outside."

We looked at him and agreed seeing how none of our coats kept us warm from the snap freeze outside.

The bell rang for class which was odd since it was 10 minutes early than what it normally rings.

Not knowing what was going on, we went to class anyway.

1st Period P.O.V Kyree

In Civics, Kyree looked outside and thought about Lyoko and about what happens if he and his friends failed to stop Xana.

"We just had to go and flip the switch didn't we…couldn't have left well enough alone."

Without knowing, he was called on by his teacher to answer a question.

Kyree looked at his teacher and the white board, "Uhhhh…supply and demand?"

Everyone in the class started to laugh and he blushed with embarrassment.

"No…that's not the answer…" his teacher sighed looked at him again.

Kyree then started to fan himself feeling the heat kick up, "Is it me…or is it hot in here?"

The teacher and the rest of the students started to sweat before the teacher stepped out, "Nobody leave…I will see what the problem is."

Kyree felt a buzz in his pocket and checked his phone only to gasp at what he saw.

The eye of Xana appeared on his screen and he stood there froze, "It's a Xana alert…I got to warn the others."

1st Period P.O.V Kane

Kane sat in his English class and began taking notes at what the teacher was saying.

His phone kept buzzing but he ignored it seeing how the teacher was near him and he didn't want to get it taken.

The teacher then started to fan herself and took off her coat she had worn that day since the temperature had dropped.

Kane still kept feeling his phone buzz as well as a sweat-drop slowly roll down his face, "What the? Why is it so hot in here?"

There was a knock at the door and the teacher saw it was the principle who wanted to speak with her and the rest of the teachers on the floor.

Kane watched his teacher leave the room and took out his phone to see the same Xana eye on his screen 'good to know that the alert system works'.

He stood up and called the others.

1st Period P.O.V Anthony

Anthony was in the middle of taking a test in math when he started to feel the heat starting to crank up.

His teacher had already walked out to talk to the principal.

'Probably just some faulty equipment…the school is a little new so maybe they pushed the heating system too much'

He went back to taking his test when he got a call from Kane and Kyree, "Whats up?"

Kyree sounded panicked, "Guys we have a problem! Xana launched an attack!"

Kane groaned, "Of course he would launch one when we are at school…but whats his method?"

"Method?" Anthony was confused.

"The audio file said, that Xana has a method to attacking the real world…the first is to get rid of us." Kane explained.

"Wait a second…Marc!" Anthony yelled.

1st Period P.O.V Marc

Marc was sleep in his chemistry class but woke up to find the heat really cranked up.

"Damn! Its too hot in here!" He said before going to try the door.

It was hot to the touch and he pulled his arm back in pain as his hand was burned.

He pulled out his phone and answered the call, "Hello?"

"Dude where are you?!" Anthony yelled.

"In class, the door handles are hot to the touch and I cant get out!" He said.

Kyree heard the students panicking and looked out the window, "We have to get out of here and go to the factory…"

Everyone agreed and Marc looked at the rest of the kids in his class, "I will help everyone get out of the school…you guys get to Lyoko."

With that, they all hung up and did what they were told.

1st Period P.O.V Kyree

Kyree got up from his desk and took off his shirt to use the door handle, "Yeah Xana, let's see how you like it when I get to Lyoko!"

A few kids who were listening in when he was talking on the phone looked at each other, "Who was he talking to? And what is this Xana?"

He opened the door and ran out to meet up with Kane and Anthony.

1st Period P.O.V Kane

Kane ran to the door and busted it open since the heat weakened it.

Everyone watched him and he panted, "Get out! We need to get out the school!"

He then ran for the front of the school where he saw Kyree.

1st Period P.O.V Anthony

Anthony went and used his test folder to open the door.

"Easy enough." He said to himself before running for the entrance passing the teachers.

They looked at him and tried to stop him with no results as he kept running.

He soon met up with the others and they headed for the factory.

Kyree P.O.V

We ran from school to the factory which, thankfully, was only about a couple miles away.

I looked at my phone and saw a text from Marc saying he had finally gotten out of his class and was going to free the other students from their classes.

Once we were at the factory, we grabbed to ropes and swung to the ground floor to get to the elevator.

Kane activated the elevator to get to the computer floor while Anthony and I went to the scanners.

"Oh boy, I can't wait to try this virtualization!" I heard him say excitedly.

I smirk but held up a hand, "Do be warned though, if you get devirtualized…you will feel really slow."

He glared at me, "Duly noted."

We stepped in different scanners and watched the door close, "See you on the other side." I said to him.

Kane's voice started to be heard, "Transfer Kyree! Transfer Anthony! Scanner Kyree! Scanner Anthony!"

I felt myself rotating a bit in the scanner before feeling air blow in my face.

"Virtualization!"

On Lyoko

I dropped to the ground and heard Anthony drop behind me.

I looked at his outfit and was fairly impressed.

He was wearing a knight outfit with shiny silver armor, "Not bad at all."

I knocked on the armor, "You will still lose life points though."

He rolled his eyes and we heard Kane's voice, "We can't talk about outfits right now. Need I remind you Xana does have Marc in trouble?"

I looked at Anthony and nodded, "Where is the activated tower at?"

I heard some typing of the keyboard and Kane sigh, "Northwest of your current location."

Anthony and I immediately took off in a hurry which then made me realize we were in the dessert sector…ironic.

"Watch it! Kankrelats heading up to you on your right!" Kane warned us.

Anthony pulled out a sword with I took out my scythe and prepared for battle, "Round 2 I guess."

I started to hear Anthony laugh, "These things are what killed you?! HAHAHA! They are adorable!"

One of them shot him in his gut and he groaned causing me to laugh, "That's what you get!"

"Anthony, you only have 60 life points left…watch yourself." Kane said to us.

We both ran at them and swung our weapons hitting 2 out of the 7, "Xana did not make this easy."

Kane P.O.V

I called Marc to check up on him only to get more bad news, "Marc, are you ok?"

He sounded like he was out of breath and running, "Yeah…I just…made my way to the 2nd floor to free everyone."

I pulled up a map of the school and traced the signal of his call to the layout, "Ok there is a bunch of classes to your right. Free some kids there and get them to help out."

"Ok will do." He hung up and I went back to the Lyoko map to help Kyree and Anthony.

Kyree P.O.V

We were hiding behind some big rock chunks trying not to get hit.

Anthony looked and saw some of the Kankerlats move up, "Ok…I will draw their attention while you can get to them and cut their numbers down. If you catch my drift."

I laughed but Kane groaned, "I hope you get devirtualized."

Anthony ran out yelling and drew all their attention to him while I came out and ran at the closest one.

I swung my scythe and slashed through one and hit the other one on the target with the edge, "Impact!"

The other 5 came walking toward me and began to shoot prompting me to run away.

When I looked behind me, Anthony had stabbed one but got hit by another.

"Only 30 life points left! Be careful!" Kane said typing very quickly.

Anthony shook his head and ran for the rest, "I'm going to try to get them…even if I get devirtualized."

He hit one more but then got hit in his hand causing himself to start devirtualizing, "Go! Go!"

I nodded and kept running as I saw the tower in sight.

I heard a shot and tripped as my leg started stinging.

"Kyree, we can't afford your to get devirtualized! Don't get hit again!" Kane said.

I slowly got up and picked up my scythe, "How many life points do I have left?"

"Only 70."

"Good because I'm going to need them." I smirked and ran at the remaining 2 kankrelats.

Kane P.O.V

I checked on Marc again and only heard groaning, "Marc! Are you ok?! Answer me!"

I only heard more groaning, "So…hot…"

Anthony came out the elevator and I looked at him, "Go back to the school! Marc needs help!"

He nodded and ran back into the elevator while I looked at the school map, "Marc…see if you can make your way to a bathroom to get some cold water."

He didn't answer and his phone disconnected, "Damnit! Kyree you have to hurry!"

"I'm trying but if I don't get our precious little guests, I wont be able to get to the tower!" he said back to me.

Kyree P.O.V

The kankrelats started shooting at me and I slashed at the shot causing it to deflect back at it, "Yes!"

I started running again and heard the last one follow me, "They really don't let up do they?"

It started shooting at me and I took a knee, "Only 40 life points left!"

I glared at it and stood up, "You want a piece of me?"

It began shooting again and I dodge rolled out the way before throwing my scythe at it.

"Call me the grim reaper." I smirked and went toward the tower again.

Anthony P.O.V

I ran into the school and called Kane, "Where is he?"

"The last time I talked to him, his signal dropped on the third floor." He said and I quickly ran.

I saw Marc soon unconscious in the hallway in front of the bathroom, "Marc! Are you ok?"

He was gasping for air and I helped him into the bathroom where I tried my best to splash cold water on him but the water started to heat up, "No! NO! NO! NO!"

Marc grabbed my shirt but it was weak as he was gagging and coughing.

"Kane hurry up!" I yelled into the phone.

Kyree P.O.V

I entered the tower and walked to the middle causing the platform to light up and beep.

Anthony P.O.V

Marc's grasp was getting weaker and weaker causing me to slap his face lightly to keep him awake, "Don't quit on me man!"

Kyree P.O.V

I levitated to the top platform and walked to the middle to access a terminal of my own.

Anthony P.O.V

I quickly got up and tried to help Marc out the school but he was too weak to move, "I'm sorry I couldn't help fight against Xana."

I looked at him, "Don't say that! We're going to get you out of here!"

Kyree P.O.V

I placed my hand on the terminal and had it spell my name.

'Kyree.'

'Code

Lyoko'

All of a sudden, the binary codes around me fell to the bottom of the tower.

Kane P.O.V

I called Anthony, "The tower is deactivated!"

He sighed, "Marc isn't responding…you think he…"

I shook my head and typed into the terminal and hit the enter key, "Return to the past, NOW!"

I saw a bright flash of light and then nothing.

Kyree P.O.V

We were all standing in the cafeteria and looked around, "Did it work?"

Kane and Marc looked at each other then looked at me, "Did what work?"

Anthony and I face palmed, "That's right…they never went in the scanners. The don't remember Lyoko."

They seemed generally confused and I patted both their shoulders, "Boy…do we have a lot to explain to the both of you."

Anthony and I started to laugh.

"Wait…hold on…are we missing something here?" Marc said.

I looked at him, "Well you probably won't believe me but…you almost died."

Marc crossed his arms and shook his head, "You're right…I don't believe you."

I laughed again, "Well even if you don't…it's still good to have you back buddy."

The bell rang for first period again and we all went to our classes, though on the way, I pulled the fire alarm when no one was looking.

We were soon evacuated out of school and I stood with the rest of the guys, "I wonder who could have pulled the alarm."

They saw the smirk on my face and I saw the fire department arrive.

We watched the firemen go inside and soon come out to talk to the principal.

I overheard them talking and smirked when I heard they must cancel the school day due to the heating system being a bit faulty and a fire hazard which would take time to fix.

"You know…I don't mind it being this cold out here. Imagine being stuck in there with extreme heat." Marc said.

I look at him and smirked, "Oh you have no idea."

Anthony looked at Kane and Marc, "Meet me and Kyree at this location."

I watched Anthony give Kane and Marc the same coordinates.

"This better not be a prank or I will find a way to burn your ass." Kane said glaring at Anthony.

We all laughed and soon got on our buses to go home.

"Lyoko:1. Xana:0"

Hey guys! Hyper Shadic the Hedgehog here, I know this is a pretty lengthy chapter. Quite frankly, I'm trying to write more lengthy chapters because I do like a long story. This story has some things in it that I took from different things in real life that I owe some sort of thank you to.

First off: The different commands that were used in this chapter and for future chapters were taken from a game called "IFSCL" or "Interface Code Lyoko" which is a game that puts you in Jeremy's perspective. Second, if you haven't already known, I use my friends and enemies in real life to base my characters, myself included.

Second: I've been thinking of getting ideas of what you guys want to see in the chapters of my previous stories that are still unfinished to this day. So please shoot me a pm with ideas or suggestions of what you want to see and for which story. I would love to hear what you guys would want to see even in this story like different Xana attacks.

Thanks and I hope you enjoy this story,

Hyper Shadic the Hedgehog