XANA Has Returned

by Chris Rudy

One month after defeating X.A.N.A., the Lyoko Warriors find out the evil AI is still alive and has created his own Lyoko Warriors based on the dark sides of our heroes. But as X.A.N.A. returns, so does someone who helped the Warriors once. Will the Lyoko Warriors be able to defeat X.A.N.A. and his new Warriors? Find out as this exciting sequel progresses.

2. Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Singing Dragon and Facing Their Dark Sides

Christopher's POV

Aelita and I went up to the lab with the others, hoping Franz had an explanation as to what just happened on Lyoko.

"What just happened?" Ulrich asked, needing answers as to facing his darker half.

"Ulrich, we're all freaking out right now." I said, trying to calm him down.

"XANA must have gained all the data he needed from you guys when you guys were looking for me for the past year." I stated.

"He's right. We all heard the Scyphozoa coming that time we were in the Ice Sector." Aelita pointed out.

"That's right, I remember now. It attacked all of us, including Aelita." William stated, making me and Franz look at her, worried. Aelita saw I was scared of what I just heard and she came over to me.

"Well, I see my daughter has someone she loves." Franz said, making me and her flash a new level of red. We all then decided to return to the school, including Aelita's father.

"Are you gonna ask for your job back, Daddy?" Aelita asked.

"Yes, I am. I finally found my daughter and now refuse to leave her again." He replied.

"That's good, because she and I just announced that she wasn't related to Odd and I'm not related to her." I said. Franz looked confused.

"We did it to draw less suspicion that would lead to you. Her last name is the pseudonym 'Stones'." Jeremie explained, and Franz nodded in understanding.

"Slight problem." Aelita pointed out, and we realized what she meant.

"She's right. How are we gonna explain her father's sudden return to Delmas?" Odd asked.

"I'll just tell Jean-Pierre I went abroad." Franz said. We all nodded in agreement. With that we went to our room while Hopper went to talk to Mr. Delmas. When we got to our room, everyone looked at me and I almost forgot I promised them they could hear the song I wrote.

"Okay you guys, I'll admit I almost forgot I promised you guys you could hear my song." I said, causing everyone, including my girlfriend, to smile.

"I already recorded the audio, so here we go." I said as I started the music.

Dwayne Johnson's "What A Wonderful World" Playing

I see trees of green

Red roses too

I see them bloom

For me and for you

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white

Bright blessed day to dark sacred night

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow

So pretty in the sky

Are also on the faces of people going by

I see friends shaking hands

Saying "How do you do?"

They're really saying "I love you."

I hear babies cry

I watch them grow

They'll learn much more

Than I'll ever know

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world

…

The colors of the rainbow

So pretty in the sky

Are also on the faces of people passing by

I see friends shaking hands

Saying "How do you do?"

They're really saying "I love you."

I hear babies cry

I watch them grow

They'll learn much more

Than I'll ever know

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world

Yes, I think to myself

What a wonderful world (Repeat What a wonderful world 4 times)

Song ends

Applause followed after I had finished singing. Aelita put both her hands on her heart.

"It's beautiful, baby." She told me, understanding I wrote it for her, coming to my side and kissing me on the cheek, at which I smiled and did not blush.

"Wow, hornhead. Getting comfortable with Aelita, are you?" Odd joked.

"Shut up, man." I said, causing everyone in the room to laugh.

"Anyway, I understand I'm not the only one in this room with a love for music." I said, looking at the pink haired beauty sitting next to me.

"I'd love to hear your demo sometime, sweetie." I told her.

"I have it with me if you wanna hear it right now." She said.

"Sure, let's hear it." I said, letting her go to her bed to find it.

"Now, let's see, it's in this mess somewhere … Ah, there you are." She said, grabbing the case marked "Aelita's Remix".

While the gang was listening to Aelita's demo

General POV

Mr. Delmas received a knock at his office door.

"Come in." He said, closing out of his weird penguin game, only to have a surprised look on his face.

"Franz Hopper, to what do I owe this honor? But first, what happened to you, may I ask?" He said.

"I went abroad, Jean-Pierre." Franz replied.

"Ah, I see. So then what can I do for you?" Mr. Delmas asked.

"I understand there is an opening for an assistant teacher in science class. I'd like to fill it, if you will allow me."

"Of course, I don't see why not. You'll be working alongside Suzanne Hertz."

"Thank you."

"You're very welcome, sir."

Back in the dorm with the team

Christopher's POV

Aelita's mix had ended and I was astonished.

"Baby, you really mix like a pro." I told her. She laughed.

"William told me the same thing when I first tried to mix." I then looked to William.

"It's true. Odd was there. He can vouch for me." I then looked to Odd, who just nodded his head.

"The Subdigitals even picked Aelita to be the opening act of one of their concerts." Yumi pointed out.

"I bet that was nerve-racking." I said.

"It was. At first, whenever I thought about it, I got major butterflies in my stomach."

"I don't blame you, baby. When Chelsea and I were 'elected' homecoming king and queen, I had major butterflies in my stomach too."

"Why did you use air quotes when you said elected?" Ulrich asked.

"Turns out a different couple won the homecoming election. The votes that had our names as king and queen were fraudulent, all part of that prank that was played on me." I shuddered when I mentioned the prank.

*BEEP BEEP*

Jeremie's laptop started beeping, signaling an activated tower.

"I'll call my dad." Aelita said, dialing her father's number and putting her phone on speaker.

"Yes, Aelita?"

"Daddy, XANA's at it again."

"Okay, I'll meet up with you and others in the lab." He told us hanging up the phone.

"Let's go." I said.

"We'll have to expect that those Dark Lyoko Warriors will be guarding that tower." William said.

"Agreed." Ulrich said.

General POV

The group met up with Franz Hopper in the lab and Jeremie, Chelsea, and Laura got out of the elevator while the others headed for the scanners.

"Transfer Ulrich. Transfer Yumi. Transfer Odd."

"Scanner Ulrich. Scanner Yumi. Scanner Odd."

"Virtualization."

The samurai, geisha, and cat landed in the Mountain Sector.

"The others are on their way." Franz said.

"Transfer Aelita. Transfer Christopher. Transfer William."

"Scanner Aelita. Scanner Christopher. Scanner William."

"Virtualization."

The elf, ninja, and dopplesoldner landed next to the others. Christopher groaned as he hated coming to the Mountain Sector.

"Something wrong, Christopher?" Franz asked.

"No, it's just the Mountain Sector reminds me a little too much of home." He replied.

"What's wrong with your home country?"

"Ask Chelsea. I barely had enough strength to tell the others."

"Okay, also, I've modified each of your weapons. Despite the fact they may look the same, they aren't. Ulrich, your sabre has the same ability William's zweihander uses to release an energy wave. Yumi, your fans can travel further and hone in on enemies. Odd, your laser arrows now act like homing darts. Aelita, your energy fields can move quicker and you also throw them at rapid speed. Christopher, your sword can now send out a massive wave of fire, your sais can combine together and tear a hole in the monsters, your kunai will freeze your enemies. William, as well as shoot energy waves, your zweihander can now shoot out lightning."

"Cool." is all they could say.

"I've also created Mantas for each of you and their life points are indefinite."

"Nice."

"To call them, just shout 'Manta' and they'll come to you. They'll also attack if you tell them to. You all also have your own Tarantulas now. Same rules that apply to the Mantas apply to them."

"Sweet."

"Alright. Let's go." Christopher said.

"Manta!" They all shouted and sure enough, six Mantas, each one a different color, flew towards them.

Christopher's POV

As my Manta came flying to me, I tried to remember what their attacks were. Then I remembered. We all then flew off to the tower, and sure enough, we saw our evil twins.

"Time to put our new weapons to the test." I said telepathically, earning nods from all of the others. I drew my sword as Ulrich followed my lead and drew his. He charged it up and swung as hard as he could and released the energy wave. I followed suit and charged up my sword then released a wave of fire as I swung my arm as hard as I could. The evil clone of myself devirtualized just like Ulrich's did.

"Guys, we can beat them." I said, encouraging everyone to keep fighting. Soon, all the Dark Lyoko Warriors were devirtualized and, since I was right next to the tower, I went to deactivate it. I entered the tower, levitated to the top, placed my hand on the interface.

Christopher

CODE: LYOKO

"Tower deactivated."

"Materialization."

The six of us all came out of the scanners, then all ten of us left the factory.

That's chapter 2. I took the upgraded weapons idea from the season 2 episode Franz Hopper. I also got the song from Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. Next chapter, I might upgrade the team's powers. I also was thinking of the idea of the Black Manta still follows William's orders even though he isn't XANA-fied . And I also got the idea of the team's own Tarantulas and Mantas from when I watched Aelita ride one in Lyoko Minus One and The Pretender. Review please.