Note(s): I write where my inspiration comes from, and I felt like continuing to write my Code Lyoko fanfic right now. When publishing this though, I mess up so I re-submitted it. Sorry about that!
Reviews: Jeez, I guess I was successful in writing a Code Lyoko fanfic. Four reviews in the first chapter? That's a new record…
Arorn: You like Code Lyoko? Hmm… anyway, yes, except for "Common Interest", "Vertigo", "A Bad Turn" and the rest of "XANA's Kiss" (which I have recorded somewhere, I just never got around to finish watching it), I've seen every Season 2 episode of Code Lyoko so far. I still know what happened in all of them though. So, yes, you'll see many Season 2 references, including William. William debuts in the first episode of Season 2, "New Order."
Cammaaron: Uh… thanks. I just wondered what it'd be like giving Aelita a sprained ankle!
World Heavyweight Champion Batista: Meh, your fics are mainly about marriage between Aelita and Jeremie. Thanks for the review, but I think I've get better fics to get inspiration from. I may try and read your fics later, but I won't guarantee an excellent review.
JeremiexAelita 4ever: Thanks. Man, I guess I was successful in making a CL fanfic, 'eh?
Disclaimer: Once again, the anime series "Code Lyoko" and everything related is copyright SEGA/Sonic… uh… I mean, Moonscoop. Oh, and the plot to this fic is owned by me, The Ultimate Life Form. Remember, if I owned Code Lyoko, or Sonic the Hedgehog, then I wouldn't be writing and publishing on Sonic referenced only for matters of the fact that I also write Sonic fanfics.
Unsolved Mysteries
Chapter 2: Sewer Chase
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Yumi felt the vibration of her phone in her pocket. She was in class right now, so she set it to vibrate instead of ringing. Ever since the time XANA attacked and caused there phones to be taken away, she decided it best to be on alert. Turning away from the teacher, she answered her call, and tried not to make herself look suspicious. "Hello?" She asked.
It was Jeremie. "Yumi, XANA has activated a tower. Get to the factory ASAP, as soon as possible!"
Her eyes lit up. XANA hadn't attacked in nearly a week, so why'd he decide to do it now? 'I guess that was his plan from the start, ignore us for a while then surprise us with yet another attack.' She thought.
She took a glance at the clock, then lifted her phone back up to her ear. "Alright Jeremie, just a few more minutes until class is over. Afterwards, I'll meet you at the factory!" She said quickly.
"Alright then, but hurry! It's hard enough getting Aelita to the factory with that sprain of hers."
She raised an eyebrow. "Sprain?"
Jeremie sighed. "I'll tell ya' later. Just hurry up and get back here! We probably won't have to deal with it after we're through, because the last few attacks by XANA caused us to have to return to the past anyway."
Yumi nodded. "Alright, I'll get there soon." Then just as she hung up, the bell rang. Yumi looked surprised. 'Could it have been just a coincidence?' She thought. Getting it out of her head, she quickly rushed out of the class and headed toward the nearest exit. Unbeknownst to her though, William was right behind.
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Hurrying as fast as she could go, Aelita slipped and fell into the grass. "Aelita!" Jeremie yelled. He started to run toward her, but Ulrich put his hand up. "Odd and I will take care of this, you get the scanners warmed up!" He proclaimed.
Jeremie hesitated, but when Aelita nodded to him, he nodded back and hopped down into the sewer entrance. Ulrich kneeled down and helped Aelita up. He put his arm around her and Odd came up from the other side and helped steady her. Aelita put her two arms around the other two as a bracer, and lifted her sore foot up. Using Ulrich and Odd as a balance, Aelita was then able to carefully walk to the entrance on one foot. Before they tried running, but that didn't work out really good, so now they had to resort to this.
When finally reaching the entrance, which they were only a few yards away from, Ulrich stopped. "Aelita, you wait in the grass right next to the entrance and Odd and I will climb in. Then you climb in next and we'll steady you on your way down." He said.
Aelita nodded. She did as she was told and sat down next to the entrance while Ulrich and Odd climbed in. When reaching the bottom, Odd called out to her. "Okay Mrs. Einstein, your turn!"
She looked down in. "Are you sure its safe?" She asked. The two nodded, but she still wasn't very sure of how this would work.
Putting that aside, she crawled up to the hole and, turning around, descended the ladder, carefully avoiding using her right foot when climbing down. When finally reaching the bottom, Ulrich and Odd carefully grabbed onto her so she wouldn't lose her footing and fall again.
Ulrich nodded to Odd. "Gently hold her up, we can't let her fall now." He motioned to the three skateboards and the scooter sitting up against the wall. "We'll have to walk this time, obviously. You don't think XANA could've planned this from the start, do you? I mean, he could've caused the showers to malfunction for a while without us even noticing, which delayed Aelita, causing her to be late, then deactivated the tower before us knowing what had happened. Her sprain wasn't caused by XANA himself, but perhaps it was helped by something he did."
Aelita sighed. "I never thought of that. It could be that he's just that smart. It definitely sounds like something XANA would do."
"Uh… hello over there, shouldn't we get going? Jeremie's waiting for us, as well as a tower to deactivate!" Odd proclaimed. "And, we don't even know what XANA's plot is yet!"
Suddenly a scream was heard up and behind them. Ulrich recognized the voice. He quickly spun around. "YUMI!" He cried out. He put his hand on Odd's shoulder. "Hurry, get Aelita to the tower. I have to save Yumi!" He proclaimed.
Nodding, Odd quickly put his arm around Aelita the whole way and they tried to walk toward the factory as fast as possible. Ulrich quickly climbed up the ladder, desperate to get to Yumi, if it was her. The voice definitely sounded like Yumi.
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A few minutes later the door opened to reveal Odd with his arm braced around Aelita for support. He was panting heavily. "Where were you guys, and where's Yumi and Ulrich!" Jeremie asked.
Odd took a few seconds to catch his breath. "They… got caught…" He stated.
Jeremie nodded. "Hurry, just get to the scanners!" He yelled out.
Odd nodded. He pressed the button and then the door closed, and Jeremie heard the sounds of the elevator moving through the shaft. 'Hurry!' He thought.
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Ulrich was flung back into a tree by William's powerful throw. The symbol of XANA beat in his eyes, and his fingers were sparkling. Yumi, finally conscious, had only seconds to spare as William came flying at her. Ulrich sat up and groaned, rubbing his head. She jumped out of the way as William's fist smashed into the tree! "Yumi!" Ulrich cried out.
"Ulrich, hurry, to the factory! We have no time!" She called out.
Ulrich nodded and jumped to his feet. William finally turned around, with an angry expression on his face. Not seeing Yumi anywhere, he charged straight for Ulrich.
Ulrich simply somersaulted out of the way and hopped down into the sewer entrance, sliding down the ladder. Yumi was already grabbing her skateboard and just started riding toward the factory. He quickly grabbed his own board and followed her. Soon a large noise was heard and dust flew everywhere!
From behind him, Ulrich could see that William broke through the ceiling. The trademark XANA symbol was still beating in his eyes. "XANA never gives up, does he?" Ulrich asked.
Not turning around or stopping, Yumi shook her head. "I guess not!"
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"Scanner, Odd!" Jeremie proclaimed as Odd entered the capsule. "Scanner, Aelita!" It showed Aelita's card loading on the screen. "Virtualization!" He said, pressing the enter key.
Inside Lyoko, Odd and Aelita appeared in the forest sector. Odd fell down and landed right on the overboard. Aelita found herself landing on the overwing. "Wow, Einstein, Yumi was right. Now we're landing right on 'em!" Odd commented.
Jeremie rolled his eyes. "Just hurry up and get to the tower! It should be right in front of you."
"There!" Aelita proclaimed, pointing at the tower in the distance, a red glow surrounding it.
"Well, let's get going!" Odd yelled out. He leaned back and the board started to move forward. Aelita was right beside him. Soon they were riding fast toward the tower.
"Careful, there are three monsters flying up behind you!" Jeremie yelled out.
Odd glanced back and saw three hornets. 'Phew, at least it wasn't the mantas.' He thought.
Turning toward a tree, he turned upward and glance back at the hornets again. Jumping off, he aimed at the one to the left and yelled out, "LASER ARROW!" Suddenly, an arrow launched out of his paw-like hand and smashed into the hornet. He aimed and the next one as he landed back on the overboard, but it fired at him and he turned into a dive and ducked to avoid getting hit. He quickly realigned his hand with the hornet and fired, but they charged forward and out of the way, the shot flying into a tree.
Moving his board back down to the ground level, Odd noticed Aelita up ahead being chased by the hornets! She was hit by a laser from the right one in her arm and she grabbed it as it began to spark a little, but the other shot she missed by swinging the overwing up and around to the left. Now with Aelita at an equal level with the two hornets, the first tried to hit her, but it shot the second and it was de-virtualized.
Odd took this opportunity to made one final shot with his laser arrow. It hit staight on and the final hornet was de-virtualized as well. "Wow Aelita, you've improved greatly!" He proclaimed as he approached her on his board.
She nodded. "You too."
"Guys, this isn't time for chit-chat! Just deactivate the tower." Jeremie yelled.
"Uh… good idea." Odd said.
Aelita rubbed her head and nodded, pointing forward. "Well, we'd better hurry, the tower's just up ahead!" She stated.
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Yumi glanced back and saw William still chasing them, XANA's symbol beating in his eyes. He had almost caught up to Ulrich who was right behind her. "Ulrich, hurry up!" She cried.
Ulrich nodded and sped up a little, escaping a swipe from William.
Falling behind, William instantly disappeared and soon appeared in front of them as they fell they the ground. Ulrich looked up and saw William bend both boards until they broke in half as if they were twigs!
Ulrich quickly jumped to his feet and got into a fighting pose. "No way could he ever go that fast!"
Yumi nodded as she stood up as well. "It's XANA, nothing else could cause that." She replied.
William closed in on them and they backed away, sparks flickering between his fingers. He threw a ball of energy at the two and they quickly jumped out of the away, in opposite directions.
William then separated into two parts, the other quickly rushing around them, trapping them. Yumi then noticed a side corridor in the sewers. She ran into it, but turned back and beckoned Ulrich to come. "Ulrich, this way, it's our only chance!" She called out.
The two William's both launched energy balls at Ulrich, but he jumped out of the way and they collided. An electrical current swept through the room just as Ulrich escaped into the corridor, and William was thrown out of commission for a little while, but it didn't last long.
After running through the path a while, a winding staircase leading upward was seen just ahead. Ulrich went up first and opened the door, which cause light to stream into the dark sewers. Then Yumi's cell phone rang. She answered it. "Hello?"
"Yumi, Ulrich, where are you!" Jeremie asked.
"Hehe, uh… we just got into a little fight with William, that's all. We had to take a little detour in the sewers though, but we managed to find an exit. What's up on your end?" She asked.
"Well, Odd and Aelita seem to be doing well so far, but no doubt XANA has some plan up his sleeve. Have you managed to figure out what XANA is doing, anyway?"
Yumi rolled her eyes. "Unfortunately, yes."
"You mean…"
"William got possessed by XANA."
Jeremie sighed. "When will he learn?"
"Who? William, or XANA?"
"XANA."
"Oh. Well, he did manage to…" Yumi tried to finish, but she was interrupted by Ulrich.
"Hey Yumi, maybe you should take a look at this!" Ulrich called out.
She quickly rushed up the stairs and saw a familiar looking old house. "Wait, how'd we end up at the hermitage?" Yumi asked.
Suddenly, an energy beam broke through the grass behind them, and William jumped out through the ground. He didn't land though, instead he floated in the air and thrust he hand forward at the two. At that instant his hand glowed gold and an energy beam launched out at them. Unlike the previous energy balls, this beam was like a laser and didn't get thrown and didn't disappear. Ulrich and Yumi quickly ducked for cover, but Yumi's arm was struck as she came down and her cell phone flew out of her hand and slid toward Ulrich.
"What's going on!" Jeremie asked.
"Sorry Jeremie, I'll call you back later."
"Wait, Ulrich, what are you…" But he lost connection.
Chapter Profile:
Jeremie Belpois: The computer wiz-kid of the Lyoko crew. Jeremie is the one who watches over the others when they're in Lyoko, making sure that they have vehicles and warning them about monsters, and activating various codes. He sets up the virtualization and materialization processes to make sure it all goes down smoothly. Jeremie also sets up the return-to-the-past mechanism when needed, but hopefully not… He has a crush on Aelita, which is pretty obvious by his reactions when she is in danger, or like when she sprained her ankle. Jeremie just wants to get the anti-virus code, give it to Aelita, and get the super-computer shut down once and for all!
Note(s): So, how was that end? Yes, XANA made a possession, but the "possessed" was a lot stronger than normal. Yeah, many references to former Code Lyoko episodes have been made. Expect more to come.