Captured
Starting at the season three finale, someone else will become possessed by XANA. Will the Warriors be able to free this person? Find out as the story progresses.
Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko or its characters. I do own Christopher.
Everyone, except Jeremie, was in the scanner room, facing Christopher, who was about to become a Lyoko Warrior.
"You swear not to give away the secret?" Yumi asked.
"I swear." Christopher said.
"Good answer, Christopher. Now, for the final step, the scanner." Jeremie said. "We're going to record a virtual image of you in the Supercomputer. After that, you'll be immune to the returns to the past. That'll really make you part of the group."
"Well, you ready? You scared?" Ulrich asked.
"Me? No, why? What about you? Were you scared the first time?" Christopher asked.
"No."
"Oh, yeah right." Odd said.
"I'm telling you I wasn't scared."
"Oh, sorry. I guess I mixed you up with another Ulrich Stern."
"Hey, you can still change your mind." Yumi said.
"Are you kidding?" Christopher asked as he stepped into the scanner and turned to face the others as the scanner closed.
"Guy's just like I was." William said.
"Scanner, Christopher." Jeremie said.
A few seconds passed before the process was complete. "Welcome to the club, Christopher." Jeremie said as the scanner opened back up.
"Well, tell us. How do you feel now?" Odd asked.
"Ready to take on XANA and his monsters. I just can't wait to see what I look like on Lyoko." Christopher said.
"Get real. XANA is much more dangerous and devious than you can imagine." Yumi said.
"Plus, before you can put up a decent fight on Lyoko, it's gonna take time. A lot of time." Ulrich said.
"At first, you better just hang back to check things out, and to try to learn." Aelita said.
"They're all right, man." William said.
"Okay, okay. Don't flip out. I'm not the kind of guy who tries to steal the show." Christopher said.
The group, except Jeremie, took the elevator to the factory.
"I'm really hoping that XANA doesn't go on the attack tomorrow." Odd said.
"Why is that?" Christopher asked.
"I'm signed up for the Interacademy skateboard championship, and I'm gonna win it too." Odd replied.
Aelita giggled.
"You're not someone who likes to steal the show, either." Yumi said.
"Odd is right. Because in life, you should always aim for the top." William said.
"Why not? That way, when you fall back down, you crash a lot harder." Ulrich joked, and the group laughed.
Ulrich and Odd were in the gym
"Thanks for coming with me, Ulrich." Odd said.
"Well, someone's gotta pick you up and dust you off every time you faceplant. I mean, what are friends for, Odd?" Ulrich asked, then looked at Jim.
"Good afternoon, everyone. Kadic Academy is very proud to welcome you all today to this grand skateboard championship. I'm sure all of you are going to knock us out with your knollies, your ollies, your kickflips, and other smithgrinds." Jim said.
"Wow, incredible. You're really up on your skateboarding, Jim." Ulrich said.
"Yep. I sure am. Actually, I was a roller derby champion way back in the '70s."
"Oh. What a shame that you'd rather not talk about it?"
"Actually, I'd be glad to. But, uh, I don't have the time." Jim then blew his whistle. "Okay, into the pipe, all of ya!"
Two skateboarders stood ready and Jim blew his whistle and the two skaters started their run, but crashed. Two more stepped up, but they also crashed. Odd started down the pipe and had a successful run.
"And there you go! The perfect combination of exceptional skills and incredible elegance! In a word: Classy." Odd said, smirking, as Samantha Knight, a competitor in the championship, approached him.
"Hey, Odd. Great run out there." Sam complimented.
"S-S-S-Sam?!" Odd exclaimed and lost balance. "How are you?"
"Not bad." Sam replied.
"Now, that was real class." Ulrich muttered as Odd blushed.
Meanwhile, Aelita was in Jeremie's room with him as Jeremie finished typing in a program.
"Hey, it works." Jeremie said.
"Really?" Aelita asked.
"Yeah. Thanks to this program, we should be able to find your father on Lyoko."
"Let's go and check it out in the lab right now."
Milly and Tamiya stood outside Jeremie's room, Tamiya filming.
"And this is the room of our man of the hour: Jeremie Belpois." Milly said as Jeremie opened the door.
"Huh? What are you doing here?" Jeremie asked.
"You're kidding. Don't tell us you forgot." Milly said.
"We're filming you for a whole day for our special edition of the Kadic Herald: A Day in the Life of Jeremie Belpois." Tamiya explained.
"You are? I did forget completely. I'm sorry, but I have too many things to do today." Jeremie said.
"Great. We wanted to film the Kadic Academy Valedictorian during his busy day."
"You won't even know we're there, I swear." Tamiya said as Jeremie looked at Aelita.
"Don't worry. I'll go to the computer lab by myself. I'll call you after I've tested the program." Aelita said.
Jeremie looked back at Milly and Tamiya. "Okay. I'm all yours now."
Back in the gymnasium, Odd was talking with Sam. "I'm really glad to see you, Sam, but aren't you supposed to be living somewhere out on the coast?" He asked.
"I am, but I also signed up for the championship. I'm only here for the day." Sam replied.
"Samantha Knight!" Jim called.
"My turn. Don't move. I'll be right back." Sam said as she went to the halfpipe.
Odd started blushing. "How weird is that to run into her? I'd almost forgotten how cool and how pretty she is." Odd said.
"And how you're really in love." Ulrich said.
"Come on. Can't you like somebody without being in love?" Odd asked, still blushing.
"Sure, I can, but you're totally in love, good buddy."
Meanwhile, in the lab, as Aelita tested the program, XANA launched an attack.
"Oh no!" Aelita said.
Back at the academy, Milly and Tamiya were interviewing Jeremie.
"For breakfast, do you like juice or milk?" Milly asked.
"Hot chocolate." Jeremie replied.
"Eggs or toast?"
"Cereal."
"Butter or jam?"
"Maple syrup. Uh, honestly, are you sure your readers care about this stuff?"
"Look, Jeremie, I'm the reporter, and I know what our readers want to read."
Jeremie's phone began ringing. "Aelita? Something wrong?" He answered.
"Yes. XANA has launched an attack on the chamber of the Core of Lyoko." Aelita replied.
"Okay. Tell the others. I'll be there just as soon as I can." Jeremie said, then hung up and looked back at Milly and Tamiya.
"So, you're the reporter? What does that make me, then? Jeremie's right, you know. Those are stupid questions." Tamiya said.
"If you have better ones, what's stopping you from asking them, huh?" Milly snapped.
"You are, okay?!"
"Uh, ladies. I have an idea. We can do this interview later on after you two have finished fighting with one another." Jeremie said.
"You're staying here until you finish answering my fascinating questions!" Milly said.
Back at the gym, Odd was doing another run in the championship, with Ulrich and Sam watching, as well as every other student in the championship.
"Oh, that Odd. He's so… so…" Sam started.
"So messy. You wouldn't believe what his room looks like." Ulrich said.
"He's like me. My room's a permanent disaster zone."
"Seems you two were made for each other." Ulrich said as his phone went off. "Aelita? No problem. I'll tell Odd and we'll be right there." He said as Delmas and another man stood in front of him.
"Ulrich Stern! Someone here would like to see you." Delmas said.
"Hello, Ulrich." The other man greeted.
"Dad, but…"
Meanwhile, Aelita dialed Yumi's number. "Yumi, emergency! XANA's attacking the chamber of the Core of Lyoko!"
"Oh no! Not today! My parents are gone for the day and I have to look after my brother… Okay, calm down. I'll sneak out when he's not looking." Yumi said.
"Dream on, sis." Hiroki said.
At the championship, Ulrich and his father were talking. "What are you doing here?" Ulrich asked.
"I'm worried about your grades, son. That's why I came. I think you and I have to talk." Mr. Stern said.
"I'm sorry, but today's not a very good time."
"And I think the time is long overdue."
"It's just I wasn't expecting to see you."
"And I wasn't expecting to receive a report card as bad as yours was. Come with me now. Mr. Delmas was kind enough to lend us his office."
Ulrich looked at Sam and walked over to her. "Sam?"
"Hm?" Sam asked.
"Can you give Odd a message for me?"
"Yeah, sure."
"Tell him to get to he-knows-where right away."
"Okay."
Ulrich then walked away.
William was in the park, practicing a few fighting moves when Aelita called him. "Yes? Aelita? Okay. I'll be right there." William said, then ran to the factory.
Aelita then dialed Christopher's number. Christopher was in his room, hitting his punching bag when his phone rang. He picked it up and answered. "Hello? Aelita? Cool! Great! I'm on my way." Christopher said, then hung up and ran to the factory.
Meanwhile, Odd went back to Sam. "Wow. Now this is what I call fun. Hey, where did Ulrich go, Sam?"
"I don't know." Sam lied.
"He didn't say anything?"
"No."
Odd rose an eyebrow, then smirked. "Okay. Then tell me, how was I?"
"Wow! You really rock!"
Meanwhile, Yumi was trying to get Hiroki to let her go. "Come on, Hiroki! Do me a favor. Let me go and don't say anything to Mom and Dad. I'll make it up to you. I promise."
"You'll make it up to me how?" Hiroki bargained.
Yumi thought for a minute. "Want me to give you my discman?"
"No."
Yumi thought of something else. "I'll find the entire saga of Surfer Zombie."
"Johnny just lent it to me."
Yumi again thought of something. "I'll do all your homework for a month."
"Including my math homework?"
"Yes."
"Huh. Interesting, but no."
Yumi growled in annoyance.
Meanwhile, in the lab, Aelita, Christoher, and William stood at the computer.
"If XANA's monsters destroy the sphere, Lyoko is gone for good." Aelita explained.
"And without Lyoko, we don't have any way to fight XANA." William added.
"I read you both. Loud and clear. Well then, what are we waiting for?" Christopher asked.
"For the others to get here." Aelita said simply.
"They can meet up with us later. Let's not waste time. After all, that's the reason you recruited me, right?"
Aelita and William looked thoughtful, before Aelita started typing on the computer again.
"What are you doing?" Christopher asked.
"Running your plan by Jeremie." Aelita replied.
Meanwhile, Jeremie was explaining mycology to Milly and Tamiya.
"That's what you call an interesting question?" Milly asked.
"My question was fine. It's the answer that's a bore." Tamiya defended as Jeremie answered Aelita's call.
"Yes, Aelita?" He answered.
"I'm sorry, but I've decided to take back control of this interview." Milly said.
"Oh, sure. That's just typical. As soon as I'm the one who asks a question, you get all bent out of shape!" Tamiya said, sparking another argument between the two of them.
"Christopher's right, Aelita. Saving Lyoko takes top priority. So go in, and I'll be there as fast as I can to transfer Odd, Ulrich, and Yumi when they show up." Jeremie said.
"Okay, but don't drag your feet." Aelita said, then looked at Christopher and William. "Come on, let's go."
"Yes!" Christopher said.
Jeremie had hung up as the girls were still arguing. "Uh, ladies. I have to, uh, go to the bathroom. You weren't planning on filming me in the bathroom?"
Aelita typed on the computer. "I've started up the virtualization process to bring us directly in to Sector Five. We only have a few seconds to get to the scanner room and go in." Aelita explained.
"Let's go!" Christopher said as he ran to the ladder with Aelita and William following him.
Milly and Tamiya stood outside the bathroom, waiting for Jeremie. "How long were you planning to shoot this door?" Milly asked sarcastically.
"It's interesting to know how long the really good students use the bathroom, right?" Tamiya asked.
"Wrong!"
Unbeknownst to them, Jeremie sneaked out of the bathroom and ran to the manhole in the park as Christopher, Aelita, and William entered the scanners. Christopher smirked as the scanner closed.
The three of them were then virtualized into the Arena. The three of them landed on their feet. Chris took a look at himself and his weapons. He was in the Arbiter's armor and had an Energy Sword on his right leg and a Gravity Hammer on his back. He pulled the Hammer off his back and activated his Energy Sword.
"Wow! That's some pretty classy gear." Christopher said, then put his weapons back and looked at Aelita and William. "And you guys? No weapons? You fight with your bare hands? What's your superpowers?"
Aelita clenched her fist as William looked at Christopher. "This isn't a video game, Christopher." William said.
"William's right. Let me remind you that we have an important mission to accomplish." Aelita said.
Christopher shrugged and nodded. "Okay. Okay. Sorry." He said, then turned around. "So, where are the monsters?"
"Follow us. We only have a couple of minutes to trip a key lever that gets us into the chamber of the Core of Lyoko." Aelita said.
Christopher smirked. "Killer! This is ten thousand times better than Galactic Battle."
The wall opened and the three of them took off running until they reached the main room.
"It's a movie set! Wow!" Christopher said as Aelita and William looked around.
Aelita spotted the key on the far side of the room. "The key! It's over there!" Aelita exclaimed, pointing at the key.
"I'm on it!" Christopher said and started running.
"No, wait!" William said. As Christopher kept running, a pillar began to rise.
Suddenly, the sound of Creepers was heard. "What?! What's that noise I hear?" Christopher asked.
"Creepers!" Aelita replied as the monsters began to appear.
"Creepy crawlers! I love this! You two take care of the key. I'll take care of these guys." Christopher said as he readied his weapons.
"Watch it, man! They can be really tough." William said.
Christopher simply smirked. "Works for me. So can I!" He said as he charged the monsters. "Geronimo!"
Aelita and William ran for the key.
Meanwhile, Ulrich and his father were in Delmas's office, talking about Ulrich's grades.
"I really wanna understand why your grades are so consistently poor." Mr. Stern demanded.
"It's just that I can't seem to concentrate all the time." Ulrich said.
"Why not?"
"Well, you remember when you were my age."
"Yes. At your age, I had straight A's, and I was preparing my college application!"
On Lyoko, a pillar rose in front of William, stopping him. "Supersmoke!" William shouted, then made his way to Aelita as Christopher dealt with the Creepers.
Christopher slashed through another Creeper with his Sword, then charged three more, spinning his Hammer around with himself, the blade on the Hammer slicing the Creepers. He smirked when he stopped spinning. "Wow! I can't believe it! I am the man!"
Aelita and William reached the key lever just before the time was up, then jumped down as the room shifted.
"It's okay, Christopher!" Aelita called.
"Come over here!" William called as Christopher destroyed yet another Creeper.
"Wait! Just one or two more of them, okay? This is too cool!" Christopher said as he charged and destroyed two more Creepers, but he was isolated from Aelita and William.
"Christopher!" Aelita called.
"No…" William muttered.
"Aelita, William! What's going on? Where are Ulrich, Odd, and Yumi?"
"How would we know?" Aelita asked.
"They're not in the computer lab?" William asked.
"No."
"Hey, Jeremie? There's this really weird looking creature that just showed up." Christopher said as he was staring down a certain monster. "Like some kind of, uh, giant jellyfish?"
"What?! Aelita and William, you two have got to get to Christopher! Hurry! You have to go around the outside!" Jeremie ordered.
Aelita and William ran until they passed where they were supposed to go. "Take the next hallway on your left! No, LEFT!"
They got back on track. "Faster before the Scyphozoa goes after Christopher!" Jeremie said as the two were nearing another corridor. "Take the corridor on the right! Go on!"
As the two kept running, Jeremie turn his attention to Christopher. "Christopher, get out of there! Hurry up! Christopher, do hear me?!"
"I'm not afraid of some dumb jellyfish!" Christopher said as he readied his Hammer.
"Christopher, just do what I say! I don't know what the Scyphozoa wants with you, but it can't be good!"
"I say 'Bring it!'" Christopher said as the jellyfish knocked his Hammer out of his hands. Christopher looked at his Hammer. "Rats…" He said.
Aelita and William stopped running and waited for Jeremie's next direction. "Aelita and William, take the next hallway on your left. It's not much further."
With that, the two of them took off as Jeremie kept trying to get Christopher to fall back.
"Christopher, get out of right now! Christopher, do you read me?!" Jeremie asked as Christopher picked up his Hammer.
"Relax, Jeremie." He said, turning back to the jellyfish. "The Scyphozoa hasn't moved an inch." He said as the Scyphozoa attacked him. "Must be scared or- Whoa!" He exclaimed as the Scyphozoa began to possess him.
"I don't believe it! Christopher's been captured by the Scyphozoa! Oh no! Aelita, William! XANA's possessed Christopher through the Scyphozoa!" Jeremie said.
"We're almost there!" Aelita said as they arrived to see the Scyphozoa leaving. The two of them approached Christopher. "Christopher? Are you okay?"
Christopher simply faced them with the sign of XANA in his eyes. Aelita channeled two Energy Fields as William summoned his sword. Christopher activated his Sword and walked to the two Warriors. Aelita shot both Energy Fields at him, but he blocked them with his Hammer. William tried hitting him with an Energy Wave, but Christopher simply raised his own Sword and blocked the attack. He then sent out his own Energy Wave and devirtualized both Aelita and William with one strike.
At Kadic, Ulrich and his father were still discussing Ulrich's grades. "I'm especially concerned about your friends, Ulrich. I don't think they're a very good influence on you." Mr. Stern said.
"Huh?! How would you know?! You don't know my friends! You don't even know me, in fact! We haven't spoken for a year!" Ulrich said.
"That doesn't mean I know what is best for you!"
"Oh, yeah?! And what's that?!"
"That you show respect for your work! Need I remind you that I'm the one paying, and you're costing me a small fortune?!"
Ulrich's phone wento off and Ulrich answered. "Yes, Jeremie? … Be right there." He said, then hung up. "I've gotta go." He said to his father as he ran to the door.
"I'm not finished speaking to you!"
"Well, I finished listening." Ulrich said, then shut the door, leaving his father in Delmas's office, shocked.
Meanwhile, Hiroki stood at the front door to try and stop his sister from leaving. "Take one more step and I'll tell Dad everything!" He threatened as Yumi's phone rang.
"Well, what a coincidence. It's Dad. Go on and tell him." Yumi said and Hiroki took her phone.
"Daddy, Yumi wants to…" Hiroki started until he realized his sister lied. "Hey, that's not Dad. It's Jeremie." He said, but Yumi was already out the door.
On his way to the lab, Ulrich called Odd. "Odd, what are you doing? You're not in the computer lab?"
"Why should I be in the lab? I'm in the finals." Odd said.
"But didn't Sam tell you?"
"Tell me what?"
After Sam finished up, she looked at Odd. "I'd like to see you top that."
Odd glared at her. "Sam, why didn't you give me Ulrich's message? It was really important."
"Important? Uh, I'm sorry. I just- I just really wanted you to stay. We're so lucky to be together again, even for a day, and I'm leaving tonight."
"I know how you feel, Sam, but there's something I've got to do."
"Even more important than hanging out with me?"
Odd stood up. "Unfortunately, yes."
After the, Jim blew his whistle. "The next contestant is Odd Della-Robia. Odd?"
In the lab, Jeremie, Aelita, and William were seeing Creepers and Christopher in the chamber of the Core of Lyoko.
"I don't believe it!" Jeremie said.
"Ready." Christopher said. The Creepers roared.
The elevator was going down to the scanner room. "Jeremie, we're here!" Yumi said.
"At last! Get to the scanner room. I'll explained everything on the way."
In the Core Chamber, the Creepers readied their lasers as Christopher charged up his Sword.
Ulrich, Odd, and Yumi were virtualized quickly and landed in the Arena, then ran to the wall as Christopher swung his Sword.
"Fire!" He ordered and the Creepers shot at the Core. In just one second, the first shield layer was gone.
"We've just lost the first shield layer!" Jeremie exclaimed as Yumi, Odd, and Ulrich made it to the elevator and Christopher and the Creepers prepared to attack the second layer. "If the second one goes…"
"Lyoko will disappear forever." Aelita finished.
"And Christopher along with it." William added.
Ulrich, Odd, and Yumi made it to the Core of Lyoko.
"At last! They're there now!" Jeremie said with relief.
They arrived to see Christopher and the Creepers preparing another attack.
"Fire!" Christopher ordered and the second shield layer was destroyed, leaving only a small sphere.
"Christopher!" Ulrich shouted, earning Christopher's attention. Christopher growled and threw his Sword and it landed not far from the Warriors. Christopher landed not far from his Sword and walked over to it.
"He doesn't look too happy to see us." Odd said.
"Yep. Looks like me when I saw my father." Ulrich said.
In the lab, Aelita suddenly got worried. "If we lose Lyoko, I lose my father as well."
"That's right." Jeremie said.
"Wait. What's that?" William asked as a screen opened up.
"Is that… Is that the program I started a while ago?" Aelita asked.
"Yes! Unbelievable! It really works! I found Franz Hopper!" Jeremie said.
"Run the rematerialization program! Hurry!" Aelita ordered as Christopher pulled his Sword out from the ground and looked at the Lyoko Warriors.
"Okay, now!" Ulrich ordered and Yumi and Odd took off to deal with the Creepers. Christopher devirtualized Odd with an Energy Wave, then saw Ulrich use his Super-sprint to approach Christopher. "It's not very nice to attack people from behind." He said as he drew his saber.
Christopher simply shot another Energy Wave at him, knocking his saber out of his hands. Christopher then devirtualized Ulrich.
Yumi destroyed a Creeper as Christopher came up behind her and devirtualized her as well. "I knew it was a bad idea to bring you into the group." She said to him as she was devirtualizing.
The scanner opened to show that the others were devirtualized as well.
"Nothing can stop them anymore." Jeremie said.
"They're going to destroy the sphere!" Aelita exclaimed.
"Almost there."
"Hurry!" William said as Christopher used his Sword to fly to the Core of Lyoko and stabbed it with the Sword.
The others arrived in the lab just in time to see Lyoko being destroyed. "It can't be!" Aelita exclaimed as Lyoko was destroyed.
After a few minutes, the monitor shut off. "I couldn't rematerialize Franz Hopper. I didn't have enough time." Jeremie said.
"We've lost everything." Aelita said.
"Christopher as well." William said.
Meanwhile, floating above the Digital Sea was Christopher, his armor had turned black and the sign of XANA was on his chest.
The others were at the Hermitage, still in shock by what happened.
"We have no other way to fight XANA now. The entire world is in danger." Jeremie said.
"I can't believe it." William said.
"I know. It's impossible to even imagine it." Ulrich said.
"And Christopher. Do you think he's…?" Yumi asked.
"This is horrible." Odd said.
"I was really hoping I'd see my father again." Aelita said.
"I'm sorry. I did everything I could." Jeremie said.
"I know you did, Jeremie."
Suddenly, Jeremie's laptop started beeping, causing him to check it out. "Hey… What the… This is incredible!" Jeremie said.
"Well, tell us. What's going on?" Odd asked.
"I just received a coded message. A message directly from the Internet, and it's signed…"
"Who? Tell us, Jeremie." Aelita said.
"Franz Hopper." Jeremie finished, earning shocked looks from everyone.
That's chapter one. The rest of the story will be my version of Season four.