Code Lyoko: Alternate Story Xana Awakens Part 2
By Aeroxx1337
"Yeah, I can keep a secret," Ulrich said.
"So can I," Zack said.
"Alright, here goes…" Jeremy explained everything. When he was done Ulrich and Zack took in what they had just heard.
"That's unbelievable," Ulrich said.
"Are you serious?" Zack asked.
"Yep, and I can prove it," Jeremy said.
"Really? How?" Ulrich asked.
"I can show you," Jeremy said as he got up from his chair and opened the door, then stopped, "You guys coming?" He asked.
"Yeah!"
"Definitely!" Ulrich and Zack said simultaneously.
"Then come on," Jeremy said, and walked out of the room with Ulrich and Zack following. They headed to the gym and entered a tunnel that led to the sewers, which they followed until the end and climbed out onto a bridge that led to the factory. They headed in and Jeremy and Zack slid down the ropes, but Ulrich hesitated.
"What's the matter? Afraid of heights?" Jeremy asked.
"Uh, no," Ulrich said quickly and grabbed the rope, then clenched his teeth, closed his eyes tight, and slid down.
"You looked pretty scared to me," Zack said when Ulrich reached the ground.
"Shut up," Ulrich countered, then the three of them got in the elevator and Jeremy hit the up button on the elevator and it started to go down, which Zack noticed.
"Wait, you just hit the up button, but we're going down, what?" Zack asked curiously.
"It's because… actually, I have no idea…" Jeremy scratched his head in wonder, "Umm… maybe it's because of how this place was designed? Or maybe it's the…" His voice trails off as he thinks about it. Ulrich rolls his eyes as the elevator stops. They all stop when they hear voices on the other side of the elevator door.
"The elevator stopped, guess he's here," The voice said. The doors open and they see Aero sitting in the chair in front of the main computer.
"Hi guys, I was actually only expecting Jeremy, not you two… Who are you two again? I know I've seen you two before…" Aero stopped as he tried to remember their names.
"Aero! What are you doing here?" Jeremy asked.
"I saw you come here after you left the infirmary and decided too see what was so interesting about this place, and I was just having a chat with… umm… Maya, was it? Yeah, Maya here, she pretty much explained everything," Aero explained.
"Oh, and I also figured out most of the programs available on this computer, including this one for scanning people onto Lyoko using the scanners downstairs," He continued.
Before he could even open his mouth again Jeremy cut him off, "Wait, you figured it out that fast?" He asked Aero.
"Yeah, it was pretty easy, I'm smarter than most people think from first glance. I understand pretty much every program I've read on this thing, it's really not that complicated to figure out the-"
"Hey, guys, can we get to the point here? You brought us here to prove what you said was true, so prove it already!" Zack cuts Aero off.
"Alright, this is the supercomputer I told you about," Jeremy told Ulrich and Zack.
Ulrich looked it over a little bit, and then stopped, "And why should I believe that this thing runs a virtual world?" He asked.
"Well, for starters, because of this," Jeremy hit a key and a screen came up with Maya on it.
"Hello Jeremy, Aero," She said.
"What would you call this, a program for spray painting doors?" Jeremy said sarcastically.
"No, I would call it a girl in a video game," Zack said.
Jeremy ignored the comment, "This is Maya, a virtual AI program, although I don't know what for yet," Jeremy explained.
"Still, we have no reason to believe this thing is what made your robots go haywire," Ulrich commented and kicked the supercomputer.
"Well, you do have a poi-" Suddenly a cable burst out of the floor and wrapped around Jeremy's ankle, cutting him off and pulling him to the ground. "Ack!" He shouted as his head hit the ground, then two more cables come out and wrap around his stomach in an attempt to constrict him.
"Belpois!"
"Jeremy!"
"Oh, crap!"
"No, Jeremy!" Ulrich, Zack, Aero, and Maya shouted respectively.
"Aaaaaahhhhhh!" Jeremy screamed as the cables tightened and began to electrocute him.
Ulrich and Zack reached out to pull the cables off Jeremy, "No, wait! Those are-" Aero's warning was too late, Ulrich and Zack grabbed the cables and received a powerful electric shock in response, causing them to let go. "Live… wires…" Aero finished slowly, and then sighed. "Never send a couple of idiots to do a smart guy's job," Aero pulled a small pocketknife out of his pocket as he said this and quickly sliced one of the cables constricting Jeremy, ignoring the slight electric shock that the knife conducted before breaking the circuit, he then sliced the other cable constricting Jeremy before slicing the one holding his ankle.
"Thanks Aero," Jeremy said as he stood up. They then helped Ulrich and Zack to their feet.
"That enough proof for you?" Jeremy asked Ulrich jokingly.
"Yes,"
"Uh, huh," Ulrich and Zack said simultaneously.
"Are you two always going to do that?" Aero asked.
"Do what?"
"Do what?" Ulrich and Zack both said simultaneously, again.
"Talk at the same time like that," Aero responded.
"Like what?"
"Like what?" They again said at the same time.
"Like… ugh, never mind," Aero said, then turned to Jeremy and rolled his eyes. Jeremy sat down in the chair and started talking to Maya. After a few minutes of chatting with Maya Jeremy nodded his head and turned to the others.
"You heard Aero mention the program for using the scanners downstairs to go to Lyoko, right?" Jeremy asked.
"Yeah,"
"Yeah," Ulrich and Zack said simultaneously.
"Wait, you're not saying…" Aero started.
"Yes, yes I am," Jeremy, replied.
"What is it?"
"What's he saying?" Ulrich and Zack said in unison.
"He wants to send us to Lyoko!" Aero explained.
"What?"
"Are you insane?" They said in unison again. Jeremy nodded his head,
"But first, I need a guinea pig," He explained.
Ulrich smiled, "It's not quite a guinea pig, but I know just the animal."
Ulrich quietly opened the door to his room, he was hoping Odd was asleep, but it was only 8:10, so he couldn't be sure unless he checked. The lights were off, a good sign. He peeked inside the door, Odd was fast asleep in his bed, 'Perfect!' Ulrich thought.
He silently crept over to the dresser and went to open it up, SQUEEEEEEEEEEEAK! "Gah!" Ulrich gasped as he heard the sound, he looked down to see he had stepped on one of Kiwi's chew toys, and it had just so happened to have a squeaker in it. "Phew," Ulrich relaxed, then quickly tensed again and turned to Odd, who was still sound asleep. He relaxed again, and reached for Kiwi's drawer.
Sissi tapped her foot impatiently and checked the clock on her phone, 8:10. She snapped it shut impatiently, Ulrich was supposed to be there 10 minutes ago! "Alright, that's it!" She said angrily and flipped her phone back open and called Ulrich.
'Almost there, just a little more…' Ulrich thought, he grabbed the handle of Kiwi's drawer and silently pulled it open, then picked up the still awake Kiwi. "Guess what doggie? You're going to be virtualized!" He whispered to Kiwi, the turned to leave the room. Suddenly his phone went off, loudly. He quickly grabbed it with his free hand and saw who it was before quickly hanging up, but not before Odd woke up and saw him holding Kiwi. "Dang it Sissi!" Ulrich said angrily, and dashed out the door.
"Huh? Hey, what are you doing?" Odd asked as he quickly got out of bed and ran after Ulrich. They quickly ran through the halls, Ulrich was headed for the gym to get to the sewers. As they ran Kiwi barked loudly, when they passed Sissi's room she heard the barking and walked out into the hall to investigate just as Ulrich ran past holding Kiwi.
"Ulrich? What're you-" Odd jumped at Ulrich to try and tackle him down, but he missed and crashed into Sissi instead, knocking her down and cutting her off mid-sentence. Ulrich continued running rapidly down the hallway, heading for the gym with Odd, and now Sissi, in hot pursuit. He kicked open the door and ran outside the dorm building and they followed. "Ulrich!" Sissi complained, and continued running.
Ulrich kicked the door to the sewers open and ran inside, Odd grabbed the door before it closed, "I bet there's another girl at the end of al this!" Sissi complained.
"No, actually, it's Kiwi, my dog, It's a long story," Odd explains before taking off after Ulrich.
"What?" Sissi asks as she faints. After a long run carrying a dog Ulrich somehow managed to climb the ladder and open the manhole and end up on the bridge.
He stopped for a second afterwards, "Wait, how the heck did I just… forget it," He said, then ran into the factory and somehow managed to slide down the rope and climb down another ladder to reach the scanner room where he placed Kiwi in one of the scanners. "Stay," Ulrich told him and he sat down, "Good boy!" He said, and then climbed back up the ladder.
Meanwhile Odd and Sissi had reached the elevator and pushed the button, "What do you suppose he brought my dog here for?" Odd asked Sissi.
"Maybe he brought him here to do weird experiments on him," Sissi guessed.
"You watch too many horror movies," Odd stated.
"Yeah, he probably brought him here for a ritualistic sacrifice, much more likely," She said.
"He wasn't kidding, you are brain-dead," Odd said under his breath.
"What?" Sissi asked.
"Nothing, it was nothing," Odd fibbed as the elevator arrived and they got in, then took it down to the scanner room.
When it stopped they got out of the elevator and Odd immediately ran over to Kiwi and picked him up, "Who's my little diggidy dog?" He asked, and then turned toward Sissi, "What do you think these things are?" He asked her.
"They look like Egyptian coffins, maybe it's the tomb of a pharaoh!" She said in awe.
Odd just rolled his eyes, "Wow, you're stupid," he whispered.
Ulrich pulled himself up the last rung of the ladder, "Alright, the mutt is in the scanner," He told Jeremy, Aero, and Zack.
"Alright, I'll start the virtualization process," Jeremy said, and started it up.
The scanner doors started to close around Odd and Kiwi quickly jumped out of his arms and the scanner, "What the- whoa!" Odd tried to get out but the doors closed before he could.
"Oh no! You're going to get mummified!" Sissi shouted.
Inside the scanner Odd slapped his forehead, "And you're still an idiot," Odd said to himself.