The Search For Franz Hopper
1: The New Kid
Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko or the pilot Garage Kids
"Would someone say something funny before I have a heart attack", said Odd.
"My father sacrificed himself for me, and I don't even know if he's still on Lyoko", said Aelita.
"Fine. Excuse me while I have my heart attack", replied Odd.
"All those memories of your life on Earth. That's the fragment XANA took from you.To bind you to him, and Franz Hopper managed to give them back to you", said Jeremie.
"You're free now Aelita, but unfortunately so's XANA", said Ulrich.
"Shutting the supersomputer down is not gonna kill XANA anymore. What are we gonna do", stressed Yumi.
"Same as always, we'll fight. XANA may have become more powerful, but I don't think he's invincible", said Jeremie. "If he attacks, we'll counterattack. We'll find a way to get rid of XANA for good."
"And we'll do everything we can to find your dad, Aelita", added Yumi.
"You're right. The fight has to go on. Afterall fighting XANA is my job", replied Aelita in a grave voice.
"No Aelita, it's our job", said Jeremie as the gang began to make a circle by holding hands together.
It was late at night and the gang went off to their respective dorms to go to sleep, but none of them could get any sleep being preoccupied by what happened on Lyoko that night. As the night progressed, the black cloud hovering over the factory soon disappated and the starry, night sky emerged.
Morning came and it was time for school again.
"Hey guys", said Yumi to the gang who was by the vending machines. "Did any of you guys egt any sleep."
"No", replied all of them in unison.
Aelita began to cry a little as she rested her head on Jeremie's shoulder. Jeremie held her to comfort her. Jeremie could still vividly remember the second the Scyphozoa successfully stole Aelita's memory. He somehow couldn't feel any more responsible for what happened. But a cloudless blue sky was out, which gave the gang a new ray of hope. The bell rang and it was time for math. But during that class Aelita couldn't concentrate on what the teacher was saying. Neither could Odd nor Ulrich, but Jeremie seemed to be thinking about something while writing something undecypherable on a sheet of paper. Then the bell rang, class was over.
"Jeremie, do you think my father's still on Lyoko", asked Aelita.
"I'm not sure, but that's what I was thinking about in class", replied Jeremie. "If it's anyone who would know how to killl XANA it's your father."
"Oh Jeremie", said Aelita while she hugged Jeremie unexpectedly as he blushes.
Eventually the bell rang and it became time for Odd's favorite subject, lunch where he's usually able to guzzle down everything in so little time, but today was different.
"You know, how are we supposed to know if or when XANA's attacking?" asked Yumi.
"We won't know, which is why he has an advantage on us", replied Jeremie. "But like I said, he may be stronger but not invincible. But the only thing we can do right now is look for Franz."
"So what's XANA supposed to look like now that he's free from the supercomputer?" asked Ulrich. "A specter?"
"I have no idea", replied Jeremie. "But your guess is as good as mine."
Phys ed class came around and as usual Jeremie had an excuse to skip class. So during that time he tweeked the superscan to look for any kind of activated tower and not just by XANA like before. This didn't take that long since the program was shorter and simpler though he can't figure out how to scan in Carthage (Sector 5). He then ran a scan of Lyoko but finds nothing. He doesn't want to jump to conclusions but he is beginning to lose hope. Meanwhile in phys ed class with Jim.
Jim was having the students run a mile around the track where it was time for Ulrich and Odd to run. Jim yells GO and the runners take off. Then Jim notices a kid walking around the campus and immediately goes over to him saying, "Hey who do you think you are loitering around here?"
"Oh I'm sorry, I'm new here", says the black haried, blue eyed boy whose wearing a black shirt and khaki cargo pants with a backpack on him. "But I guess I don't begin school until tomorrow."
"Well whatever then", replied Jim. "Go to the office and Principal Delmas will help you out."
The boy walks off towards the office not looking back. Everyone stares at him until Jim begins yelling the runners to pick up the pace.
Eventually it was time for dinner. "Ah man I'm beat and sore", said Odd. "Jim and his running."
"What did Jim have you do?" asked Jermeie
"Run a mile", replied Ulrich. "And what were you doing?"
"Looking for a way to find Franz. Say who's this new kid I'm hearing about. Is that him over there?"
"What makes you think I know?" replied Odd. "But he looks lonely over there by himself. Uh oh there goes Sissi."
"What?" yelled Sissi as she stormed off from the table the kid was sitting at.
"Hey let's go meet him", said Odd and took Ulrich with him to meet the new kid. "Hey buddy, we just noticed Sissi get angry with you just now."
"Yeah, is she always a bitch?" he asked.
"Well since she's the principal's daughter she thinks she can do anything", replied Ulrich.
"Geez I'm here for less than a day and I already have an enemy", said the kid. "But you guys aren't like her at all right?"
"No way", said Odd. "I don't know what I'd do if I were like her. Say what's your name."
"I'm Hunter Xavier."
"Nice meeting you, I'm Odd and he's Ulrich", said Odd. "Well, I'm still hungry so I'm goin' back to dinner."
Odd and Ulrich walked back to their table to find Aelita and Jeremie gone. They finished eating and they headed for Jeremie's dorm, but no one was there. Odd called Jermeie but Jeremie's phone was ringing inside the room only for Odd to find it on Jeremie's bed. Then he called Aelita.
"Hello?"
"Hey it's Odd. Where are you guys?"
"Jeremie and I are at the factory making a program to find my father."
"Okay then, good luck."
"O wait, Jeremie wants us to go to Sector 5 to look for some data. So he wants you to get Ulrich and Yumi."
"Okay then, so much for sleep. Later."
"What's going on", asked Ulrich.
"We're going to Lyoko .Can you call Yumi?"
"Okay."
Ulrich called Yumi and they headed for the factory. When Odd and Ulrich reached the entrance to the sewer ashadowy figure was pursuing the two.By the time the two reached the lab room of the factory, Yumi was already there and Aelita was already on Lyoko.
"You know what's weird. I had the feeling we were being followed", commented Odd.
"You're crazy, I checked just before I closed the sewer lid", said Ulrich. "Anyways Einstein, mind telling us what we're exactly need from Sector 5."
"Well, I'm not sure if this will help, but I think we can find where XANA trapped Franz Hopper, what his fate was and try to retrace his steps from there", replied Jeremie. "Also I've been running scans of Lyoko to find a tower activated by Franz but so far, nothing. Alright, head for the scanners."
A moment later Odd, Ulrich and Yumi were on Lyoko in the Desert Sector. They ran north to the edge of the sector where Aelita was waiting for them. Jeremie called the transporter and soon the four were in Sector 5. The door opened.
"You have three minutes to find the key", announced Jeremie.
"There it is", said Odd pointing to the center of the ceiling. "Hmm, no monsters. That's a relief."
"Okay Odd, good luck", said Ulrich.
"Right then", replied Odd as he headed for the nearest wall.
"So do we just wait?" asked Yumi.
"Yeah I guess, since XANA isn't in the supercomputer anymore, he can't virtualize monsters onto Lyoko", replied Jeremie. "Uh oh, two minutes left."
"AAHHHHH!" cried Odd as he fell of the ceiling to the floor. "Oww. I can't hang on up there it's kinda slippery. Ulrich, I think you can super sprint to the key."
"Then let me at it", replied Ulrich. "Super sprint!"
A moment later.
"Got it!"
The room began to reform into a cube and an exit opened. The four ran out the exit and Aelita activated the interface. Then the dark blue walls of the sector began to stretch out.
"Jeremie, what's going on?" asked Yumi.
"Uh oh Mantas!" yelled Jeremies. "I get it, XANA modified the sector so they hatch every time the sector's interface is disturbed. WATCH OUT!"
The Mantas hatched and immediately opened fire on the group. Odd fired all of his arrows and managed to kill one Manta. Then Yumi hit a Manta but didn't kill it. The remaining Mantas approached the group and right when one flew over the group, Ulrich stabbed its insignia. Only one remained.Yumi threw both of her fans but missed. Odd was out of ammo and Ulrich couldn't risk losing his weapon if he missed if he threw it. The Manta opened fire and hit Odd devirtualizing him. Yumi and Ulrich kept blocking the lasers as Aelita continued to search through the data in Sector 5.
"I found something", said Aelita. "I'm transferring the data Jeremie."
"Okay, I'm sending your vehicles", replied Jeremie. "Get out of there now!"
The three escaped the persistent Manta and arrived in the Ice Sector. Aelita headed for a tower while Ulrich and Yumi were devirtualized, then Aelita.
"So is what I found any good?" asked Aelita.
"Not good", replied Jeremie giving Aelita a worried expression. "More like great!" Aelita smiled.
"What exactly did you find?" asked Yumi.
"It's the program XANA used inside of Sector 5 to trap my father with", replied Aelita. "According to what I see, it looks as if he was sent to a ghost channel like the one you were sent to once."
"But since he's able to activate towers, he must've escaped", added Jeremie. "Otherwise he's made a connection to Lyoko from there."
"Well if he's escaped, why can't we find him?" asked Ulrich.
"I don't know", replied Jeremie. "Well, it's late. Let's go back."
"Time for good ol' sleep", said Odd.
Yumi went home while the others headed back to school carefully so they wouldn't get caught. But Odd's earlier suspicions shouldn't've gone without notice. The figure reappeared, it headed for the darkened factory. It entered the lab room and began to search through the supersomputer to find the superscan program. It hacked into the resricted access area and found it as well as the materialization program for Aelita, Franz Hopper's diary, the decoding program for that diary, weapons, and the vehicles. In a flash, all of those were gone. Then it went down to the supercomputer and shut it down and disappeared into the night.
The saga continues for the Lyoko Warriors. Please R&R and try to guess what happens next.