Sorry I'm really behind on these but here's the third episode of code lyoko evolution (the 14th came out today, yes I'm that behind) this is more or less what happened for those of you who haven't watched, as well as my commentary on the whole thing as told by Jess's thoughts. I only own Jess, the rest belongs to MoonScoop. Enjoy.
We were hanging out under the arches.
"So how did you do on the test, Odd?" I asked.
"Absolutely fantastic!"
"Oh?" Ulrich asked. "What did you write about for the essay?"
"Cats. It's sort of my expertise." he grinned.
A random kid came up to us and gave Aelita a hug. Odd chuckled.
"Aelita, you into 5th graders now? I hope you have a good lawyer." I rolled my eyes. Ever since we'd been turned into live action everyone had a...different sense of humor, but whatever. Aelita just stood there, looking somewhat in a daze, then she spoke.
"I...I feel weird..."
"Alright, that's enough, get off of her, kid." Ulrich said, when the kid didn't move, Ulrich used force and pushed him away. The kid walked away.
"Well that was weird..." I said, just then the kid came back and grabbed my arm then hugged Yumi. As soon as he touched I got a migraine, I mean I always have a headache but OW.
"IT'S A SPECTER!" Jeremie yelled, it took me a second to register but then I ran, and the kid ran after us. We ran into a school building and blocked the doors by putting a broom between the handles. The specter stood outside, waiting for us. We'd have to come out eventually...
"My vision is blurry..." Aelita blinked multiple times, trying to clear her vision.
"I feel sick...having trouble breathing." Yumi said, and I could hear her breathing heavily.
"Yeah, and my ears are buzzing." Ulrich added.
"I have a migraine but whatever, I have one half the time anyways." I laughed a little.
"I don't know what you guys are talking about. I feel just fine." Odd said. "Are you sure that little 5th grader is a specter, he seemed so small and innocent."
"I don't know, you're pretty small and Xana's made a specter of you." I snickered.
"I thought I told you, I'm SVELTE!" Odd exclaimed.
"Ladies ladies, you can fight later." Jeremie said. "For now let's deactivate the tower. Odd, you stay here, and whatever you do, don't let the specter touch you. Xana's gotten enough of his codes back as it is."
"Why just me?" Odd complained.
"You haven't been affected by the specter. The rest of us can't exactly fight on Earth right now." Yumi said.
"And don't worry, once you're on Lyoko the symptoms will disappear." Jeremie explained. Odd looked out the window.
"He's still there."
"Right." Jeremie replied. "We'd better go out the back door. Good luck."
"Don't worry, I got this, I'm Odd the magnificent, remember."
"Hey don't get a swelled head...just take care of the kid." I called back, holding my head.
"Ulrich are you ok?" Yumi asked. Ulrich shook his head.
"Still dizzy."
"Since when can specters make us feel sick like this?" I asked.
"Xana must have upgraded them." Jeremie explained. I chuckled.
"Upgraded? A few days ago the Jim specter was so slow I could have out walked it and forget electricity powers. They're so much weaker."
"Then maybe..." Jeremie searched for an explanation. "Xana switched out one for the other. He sacrificed some of the specters' power and speed to allow them to affect our health."
"You said this is gonna stop once we get to Lyoko, right?" Ulrich said, stumbling a bit.
"Yes...at least it should. You'll be virtual so in theory, everything should be good."
"That's good, I'd sure hate to throw up on Lyoko." Yumi commented.
We landed in the desert sector...I was still upset the forest and ice were gone I liked those sectors.
"Well, are you feeling better?" Jeremie asked over the intercom. By the way, he had a...blue tooth? I think it's called blue tooth...anyways he had that instead of the regular headpiece.
"Yeah, everything's good Einstein!" Ulrich called up to him, smiling. "What about you, ladies?"
"All better." I said, it was a relief I'd never had a headache that bad before.
"Yeah, I'm just fine." Yumi added.
"You were right, Jeremie, the effects disappeared as soon as we were virtualized."
"Alright, now get a move on that tower. I'm sending you the Overbike, Overwing, and Overjeep."
The vehicles materialized in front of us. Oh, the Overjeep. I'd learned to drive that before I got my permit. It took a while to get used to the different driving style. I couldn't be as reckless and I didn't have to use one hand to shoot with. The other hand was needed to keep better control of the car though. It was actually pretty frustrating to have to go so slow. Then again it'd been a year since I'd driven this thing. I hopped in, popped my rifle into place, and sped off with the others. Like all the vehicles, the Overjeep was controlled partially by the physical controls and partially by telepathy. This made it significantly easier to drive, even after so much time.
We came to some columns and a Tarantula showed up.
"Jeremie, how much further is the tower?" Aelita asked, deactivating her wings and landing, then running for cover. I made a sharp turn and skidded to a stop.
"And have you called Odd yet?" Yumi asked.
"Why? We won't need him, it's one Tarantula! Here, I'll take care of it." I said. The Tarantula shot at me...from it's mouth? "Whoever recreated these monsters didn't get it right, they're supposed to kneel and shoot! Oh well." I revved up, drove around the Tarantula tilted, so that only two wheels were on the ground, took one hand off the wheel to aim my rifle, and shot. The laser made direct contact with the Tarantula and it imploded in black and red pixels. That still didn't seem right...explosions were one of the things that led me to watch Code Lyoko in the first place.
A laser hit the bottom of the Overjeep and I toppled over.
"Er...two Bloks are heading your way, and Odd isn't picking up."
"Thanks for the warning, Jeremie." The Blok kept shooting until the Overjeep fell over the edge. I sighed and pushed a button that electrocuted the inside of the vehicle, devirtualizing me immediately. It was a great vehicle but falling had been a persistent problem. The armor on the Overjeep was too thick for anyone to shoot me, and since it was heavy it fell too fast for Jeremie to rematerialize me quick enough.
I went upstairs but stayed in the elevator.
"I'll go get Odd." I said, Jeremie merely nodded, not even taking his eyes off the screen. I went upstairs and headed for Kadic.
I found Odd running near the arches. He was running from the specter kid and I guessed he was calling Jeremie? He had a phone. It was hard to concentrate, the migraine was back.
"HEY, THIS WAY YA LOUSY SPECTER! OVER HERE!" Odd had been running enough I'd be a distraction. The specter stopped, looked at me, smirked a little, and ran at top speed toward me. Top speed for a little boy...not a specter. I ran into the woods, maybe I'd be able to confuse him and then get back to Odd.
I took a few sharp turns but he caught me and hugged me. I could feel...something draining out of me. I pushed him away, it was so creepy.
Eventually I did lose him. Then I went back to find Odd, he was with Ulrich, in the hallways.
"Is he ok? Did the specter get him?" I asked.
"He went deaf."
"Huh? What are you saying guys? I can't read lips! Are you making fun of me?" Odd rambled. I shook my head at him and gestured for him to follow us. We went to Ulrich and Odd's dorm.
"We can barricade ourselves in here." Ulrich said, and we got to work moving anything heavy that wasn't attached to the floor up against the door. Odd caught on soon enough and helped us.
We heard a whistling through the window and looked outside. It was Jim, chasing the specter. I quickly closed the window, the guys gave me questioning looks.
"What if he climbs in the window? Better lock the door, too." I said, Ulrich nodded and locked it, even though we were never supposed to keep our doors locked.
"Uh oh, looks like little McCreeps-a-lot is heading this way!" Odd exclaimed.
"Right." I said, taking charge. "Put all of your weight against the barricade. Hopefully that'll keep him out long enough for Aelita to deactivate the tower."
"What?" Odd asked. I gestured to what Ulrich and I were doing, and he did the same. It must suck, being deaf, even if temporarily. Why would Xana have his specters do that instead of electrocute us and stuff? Or were these unintended side effects of having the source codes removed and the specters were just weak?
I could hear him now...he was in the hallway outside...he was at the door...he was pushing at the door. We pushed to keep it closed. He banged on the door for a while, then stopped. He was doing something...we watched as the lock came out of it's socket and down to the floor. The door was no longer locked!
"Ya know, if this was the old Xana, he woulda just smashed the door in!" I exclaimed. I held on tight, even though I wasn't very strong. I hoped the tower would deactivate soon...though this wasn't nearly as bad as some of the attacks...I was still getting re-used to the life style, and exerting this much pressure was still difficult.
He got the door open. Even with all three of us, he got the door open, but we pushed it closed again. He got it partway open, and then suddenly the was a flash of blue and green, and there was no pressure at all. He was gone, the tower had been deactivated.
"Good work, guys." I congratulated them.
"Thanks." Odd said, then got a huge smile on his face. "YES I CAN HEAR AGAIN."
All of our issues were gone...I guessed they were part of the attack. So they were on purpose and not a side effect? Still, why would Xana switch to biological warfare like that...it really wasn't his style. The whole thing bothered me a lot.
Ulrich's phone rang.
"Yeah Jeremie? Yeah, we got away, and the buzzing is gone, went away as soon as Aelita deactivated the tower." There was a pause for a moment. "Wait, really? No way, that's incredible!"
"What is it?" I asked, but Ulrich shushed me, there was more of a pause.
"Really? That's...actually pretty cool. Finally a use for these codes besides getting them sucked out of us." Ulrich chuckled. "Wait what? Seriously? How...I thought Xana could only activate one at a time!"
"What?!" we both exclaimed.
"Yeah, I'll tell them. Ok, bye." Ulrich hung up.
"So, what is it?" I demanded.
"Xana activated another tower, so there's another specter out there." Ulrich started.
"No, not again! That's it I'm staying in this room forever. We'll buy locks and order pizza, it'll be great. I refuse to lose my hearing again!"
"Sorry, good buddy, but you have to go. Jess, Yumi, Aelita, and I were already devirtualized. You're the only one who can still go to Lyoko."
"Whoa, wait, hold up." I interrupted. "Aelita got devirtualized?"
"Yeah. Apparently anyone of us can deactivate towers now, and since you're the only one who can go to Lyoko, looks like you're gonna be deactivating a tower."
"...What? I-I WHAT? Aelita's the only one who's supposed to be able to deactivate the towers, it makes her special!" I exclaimed.
"Jeremie said something about the source codes, they let us deactivate towers, I don't know."
"Ok...whatever. Go on, Odd. We'll keep a lookout for the specter." I said. We cracked the door open, nobody in the hallway. So far so good. There were two people in the stairwell.
"I can't believe it...specters everywhere." Odd whispered.
"Calm down, Odd. They're talking to each other, they aren't specters." I said.
"How do you know?" Odd asked.
"Simple." I replied. "Specters aren't sociable. They stare you down all menacingly and smirk a bit. You'd be able to pick them out easy in a social setting because, may I remind you, Xana knows next to nothing about human social behavior. He couldn't even make a convincing Jeremie and he watches Jeremie all the time."
"Get away from me you bloodsuckers!" Odd said, hiding behind Ulrich and completely ignoring what I'd just said. The people passing us gave a few sideways glances but then saw it was Odd and kept walking. He usually acted weird.
"Odd, they don't even suck blood." I facepalmed.
"No, but they're specters, and they suck source codes, and codes are kinda like blood to them."
"Come on." Ulrich urged, and we quickly went down the rest of the stairs and outside. Odd's phone rang. He picked it up, listened, and his eyes widened, darting towards Ulrich for a moment.
"Is it Jeremie?" Ulrich asked. Odd grabbed my wrist and took off, dragging me with him.
"ODD WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" I yelled at him.
"Ulrich's the specter." Odd said in an urgent whisper. I yanked my arm away.
"Then you go, I'll deal with him." I said. Odd paused for a moment, nodded, and ran off. I sprinted back to the hallways, saw Ulrich, and tackled him the the ground from behind, then popped up.
"Did I get the right one?" I asked, the Ulrich I tackled grabbed me and the migraine came back... "That would be a yes." I pushed him away, saw the real Ulrich running, and ran after him. The specter wasn't far behind.
I came to Ulrich's room and tried to open the door. Ulrich was pushing against it, he was already inside. I knocked.
"Ulrich it's Jess, the specter isn't far behind, let me in!"
"Oh please that's just what a specter would say. You'll have to do better than that, Xana!" Ulrich just pushed harder. I could hear the specter coming up the stairs and banged on the door. "Come on man, you gotta let me in!"
I got no response. I turned my head and the specter was there.
"Oh, there you are. Staring me down, zero emotion, now that's a specter." I laughed nervously. I talked a lot when I was nervous. He walked towards me.
"Ya know, I'd be more threatened if you were actually threatening. Remember what things were like a year ago? Now you're just a wimp!" I was getting brave here, and Xana didn't like it. The specter electrocuted me and I fell to the ground. It hurt...a lot, but it was a familiar feeling.
"See, that's the first time it's felt like you're actually back, there may be hope yet." I laughed, weakly this time, as he approached again, he charged up...wanted to do some serious damage this time. However, it exploded in blue green pixels. The tower was deactivated.
Jeremie gave us all devices to put on our wrists and plugged them into his computer.
"I call them, Transwatches." Jeremie announced triumphantly.
"Um...can we not call them that?" I asked. Jeremie raised an eyebrow.
"What would you rather call them?" he asked.
"Well they look like iPod nano touches on a wristband...so how about Lyokopods?" I said, Jeremie rolled his eyes.
"That's not the point. The point is we can use these to keep track of how much of the source codes are left in you. The codes are hidden in the electromagnetic flux inside your bodies, the-" he looked at me. "-Lyokopods...will measure them."
We looked at the screen.
"Great, I lost the most..." Odd pouted.
"Actually I did." I pointed out. "The Ulrich specter got me."
"Um...by the way...sorry I didn't believe you, Jess." Ulrich scratched the back of his head. I shrugged.
"Don't worry about it, I wouldn't have believed me either."
"It isn't a contest, you two." Yumi said, referring to Odd and I. "How much of the codes does Xana have?" Jeremie pressed a few buttons.
"70%." He said.
"And what happens when he reaches 100%?" I asked.
"He'll be more powerful than ever." Aelita said, very seriously. "He'll control the entire global network. And nobody will be able to stop him."
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