When Robots Attack
The scene opens in the dormitory hallway, where the group, minus Ilene, are outside a dorm's door.
"Hey, Ilene, are you going to let us in or what?" Will asks, banging on the door.
"Hold on," Ilene shouts through the door. "Come in." The others go into her room. On top of her desk is something covered in a sheet.
"What's that?" Dani asks. Ilene takes the sheet off and reveals a robotic dog, which looks really like Kiwi.
"It's the robot that'll be entered in the robot competition tomorrow," Ilene replies. She then proceeds to turn it on. She uses the remote to get it off the desk. It jumps off the desk and on to the floor.
"What's it called?" Kenny asks.
"How about Kiwi II?" Dani asks.
"Actually, I like it," Ilene says.
Meanwhile, in Rita's dorm, Henry presents the robot he built for the competition to Rita and Nick.
"So let me see this robot of yours," Rita says. The two stare at her. "Did I stutter, I meant, now!" Henry unveils the robot to Rita. The robot looks like a crude version of Rita from the waist up, and with a square base and four wheels at the bottom.
"I call it the Steel Rita," Henry states. Rita proceeds to scream.
"How dare you give my name to such a hideous robot! You'd better win, the damn competition!" Rita yells at him. Nick then laughs. "You, help him get the robot to the registrations! Now you slackers!"
A bit later, Mr. Belpois, the principal, Mrs. Schaeffer, and Coach Maurell are in the gymnasium, in the registration booth. Ilene approaches the booth with Kiwi II.
"Ah, Ilene, is that your robot?" Mr. Belpois asks. Mr Belpois is wearing a pair of glasses, a blue shirt with khaki pants and a brown jumper. He also has short blonde hair with a mustache and somewhat overweight.
"Yes," Ilene replies.
"It looks like a robot I made years ago while I was in France," Mr. Belpois states," now here are the registration forms, fill them out, then put your robot over with the others in the storage room." Ilene fills out the forms and gives them to Mr. Belpois.
Henry and Nick make their way to the booth, where Mrs. Schaeffer directs him on the procedures.
The registrations finish at 6 o' clock. A total of sixteen students enter the competition. The robots are stored in a storage room within the gym for the night.
At dinner, the group talks about the competition.
"So what is the robot competition?" Dani asks.
"A yearly event held here for students in eighth grade and up. It's just simply a single-elimination bracket basketball game with robots. First to five points win," Ilene explains.
"And you're looking at the three-time winner of the competition," Will states, pointing to Ilene.
"It sounds pretty cool to me. Plus, where are your other robots?" Dani asks.
"Demolished. I use scrap parts from my earlier robots and from the industrial district to build my robots," Ilene replies.
On Lyoko, a tower is activated by XANA in the desert sector. On Earth, an outlet in the gym begins to spark purple electricity. A specter comes out of the outlet. It then proceeds to enter the robots in the competition's circuitry. The superscan on the supercomputer, Ilene's desktop, and laptop, oddly doesn't go off.
The next day, the robot competition starts.
Ilene's first opponent, and the first match-up overall, is a seventeen year old senior, Hilbert McCormick. Hilbert has a slender build and wears a zipped blue jacket, jeans, and a red baseball cap that covers his brown hair. His robot looks like a small robotic humanoid, but not a sleek as Kiwi II.
"Alright, I want a clean game, if I see anything cheap, you will disqualified. Remember first person to five baskets moves on to the next round," Coach Maurell yells. He then blows a whistle and throws a basketball out signaling it's time to start. Quickly, Hilbert's robot grabs the basketball and pushes Kiwi II out-of-the-way while it runs to the net. Kiwi II recovers and it begins to run after Hilbert's robot.
Eventually the score tied 4-4. Coach Maurell then throws the last basketball for the game out.
"Come on Ilene, beat that robot!" Sundra yells.
"Go Kiwi II!" Kenny and Will root.
"Win this for Kiwi!" Dani yells.
Hilbert's robot grabs the ball and begins to run for the basket. Kiwi II pursues. Hilbert's robot aims for the hoop, but at the last-minute Kiwi II grabs the ball in its mouth. It then dashes for the other hoop. Hilbert's robot then pursues it. Kiwi II then jumps and launches the ball from the mouth and into the hoop, scoring Ilene's fifth and final point. Many people cheer for Ilene's win, including her friends, but excluding Rita and her posse.
"Great game," Ilene congratulates Hilbert.
"You, too. I'll root for you now. Good luck," Hilbert says complimenting Ilene's win. The two then shake hands.
The tournament then winds itself down when Henry and Ilene are the last two competitors standing. Henry gives Ilene a glare, while Ilene smiles at him.
Coach Maurell blows a whistle, signifying the start of the game.
"Go Ilene!" Kenny, Dani, Sundra, and Will yell.
"Henry, crush that ugly little mutt!" Rita angrily demands.
"Henry, you can do it!" Nick yells, trying to encourage him.
The Steel Rita grabs the ball away from Kiwi II. It wheels off the hoop, as Kiwi II pursues. The two robots then for no reason stop. Ilene and Henry fiddle with the controls, but to no avail. The two robot's eyes then glow with the Eye of XANA. Kiwi II lets out a ear-bleeding screech, causing some of the windows in the gymnasium to burst. Many people duck for cover as the glass shards fall toward the bleachers. Ilene and Henry realize they have no control over their robots. The Steel Rita fires a laser from her mouth, frightening everyone. The other fourteen robots join in either having lasers or electricity manipulation. Ilene makes her way to her friends.
"What's going on Ilene?" Sundra asks.
"I have no idea," Ilene replies.
"Maybe this is XANA's doing?" Dani questions.
"It's possible," Will states.
"Then we need to get to the factory ASAP," Kenny points out,"Me, Ilene, and Sundra will go to the factory, Will and Dani, stay here and help everyone. If something happens, call Ilene, and one of you get to the factory."
Ilene, Kenny, and Sundra race out the gymnasium to the park. The robots have nearly destroyed the gym.
"Everyone, keep calm, and get out the gym in an orderly fashion!" Mr. Belpois says
Meanwhile, Ilene, Kenny, and Sundra make their way to the factory via sewers. They reach the factory, and take the elevator down to the lab.
"There is an activated tower, but the superscan didn't pick it up. Seems like XANA bugged it up, so that my laptop and desktop wouldn't receive the message," Ilene states.
"We to do this quickly, or the city could be leveled, or worse," Sundra remarks.
"Then there's no time to lose, get to the scanner room," Ilene commands. Sundra and Kenny make their way to the scanner room. They enter a cabin and the door shuts behind them. "Transfer, Sundra. Transfer, Kenny. Scanner, Sundra, Scanner, Kenny. Virtualization!"
Sundra and Kenny land in the desert sector. It is seemingly quiet.
"It's too quiet. Ilene is there anything on your end?" Kenny asks.
"Nope, but the tower is west, through a canyon," Ilene states. Sundra and Kenny quickly run west toward the canyon.
Meanwhile, the robots are on a rampage. They do pay most of their attention to Dani and Will. Dani and Will do barely avoid laser blasts or electric shocks. Another ear-bleeding howl is heard. Everyone has evacuated the premises, but Dani and Will who are in the tool shed.
"We can't keep dodging them forever," Dani states. After that an electric blast goes through the windows.
"We need to get to the factory, but what can we so?" Will pessimistically asks.
"Easy, we're in a tool shed, so pick something, and fight!" Dani yells. She grabs a nail gun and Will grabs a shovel. The two leave the shed and begin to pulverize the robots as they make their way to the sewers. Dani is then shot in the leg.
"You okay Dani?" Will asks.
"Yeah, go, I'll get there soon," Dani insists. Will runs to the sewer entrance as the remaining robots surround Dani.
Back on Lyoko, Kenny and Sundra are making their way through the canyon. Ilene notices something on the screen.
"Guys you have some Kankerlats coming to you on both sides," Ilene says.
"How many are there three? Four? Five?" Kenny asks.
"More like twenty, on both sides," Ilene states. The two are in shock. Sundra uses her far sight ability to see where the Kankerlats are.
"They're almost here," Sundra says ominously. The Kankerlats come quickly and begin to shoot at the heroes. Kenny uses creativity powers to build a wall in front of one of the groups of Kankerlats.
"That should hold them for now," Kenny states. Sundra and Kenny prepare their weapons for the oncoming Kankerlat horde.
Back on Earth, the gym as well as the school has been evacuated. The robots have focused their attack on Will and Dani. They barricaded themselves inside the gardener's shed. Kiwi II lets out another ear-bleeding howl, which causes the windows to crack. The others shoot either their lasers or electricity at the door.
"Dani, grab something, we've got to get out and get to the factory," Will says. He grabs a shovel and Dani grabs a nail gun.
"On 3. 1, 2, 3!" Dani shouts. They kick the door open and begin to attack the robots. Most of the robots are destroyed in their attack. Will and Dani run to the sewer entrance in the park.
"We're almost there," Will says.
"AHHHHH!" Dani yells in pain. One of the robots got a shot of her leg.
"Dani you okay?" Will asks, very concerned.
"No, I got shot in the freaking leg, how do think I feel?!" Dani yells.
"Need help?" Will asks.
"No, go to the factory, I can handle myself," Dani states. Will goes to the sewer entrance. He enters and grabs his skateboard. He then receives a call.
"Hello?" Will askes.
"Are you and Dani at the school?" Ilene asks.
"I'm on my way," Will states, still skateboarding in the sewers.
"And Dani?" Ilene asks.
"She's in the park, she's been injured," Will replies.
"When you get here, go straight to the scanner room," Ilene says. They both hang up.
On Lyoko, Sundra and Kenny have half of the first horde defeated.
"It back-up on its way?" Kenny asks grabbing his tessen fans.
"Yes," Ilene replies. Sundra gets hit by a laser. "Sundra be careful, you have 30 life points left."
"Got it," Sundra says, firing her energy fields. The wall Kenny created is starting to crumble.
"We'd better finish this fast," Kenny states, throwing his fans. Two more Kankerlats get destroyed. The first horde still has six remaining.
Back on Earth, Dani puts herself against a tree. The robots come close to her. He grabs her nail gun as they're firing at her.
"What some come get it?" Dani says to taunt the robots. A few more get destroyed. The nail gun thwn runs out. "Shoot!" Dani yells. As the robots continue firing, she drops the nail gun. The remaining robots stop firing. Kiwi II directs them to go to the factory.
On Lyoko, Kenny and Sundra have finished the first horde and waiting for the second to come. Eventually, the wall crumbles and the Kankerlats begin firing. Kenny blocks the lasers, but Sundra gets hit, and is immediately devirtualized.
At the factory, Will arrives in the scanner room.
"Good timing, Sundra was just devirtulized," Ilene states. Will enters the cabin. "Virtualization!"
Will drops just south of Kenny.
"Triplicate!" Will shouts, splitting into three.
"Super sprint!" The three Wills shout. The three get to Kenny's site and with their twin katana, take out six Kankerlats, and leaving six left.
"About time," Kenny states.
"Listen, get to the tower we'll take care of the remaining Kankerlats," Will says to Kenny. Kenny runs off to the tower. One of the Kankerlats begin to follow him. The Kankerlats fire at Will and his clones. The clones are hit and devirtualized. Will hits two of the Kankerlats, who then explode. He wipes out the other three.
Kenny is running to the tower, when a Kankerlat starts firing. He picks up his pace.
"Almost there," Kenny tells himself. He enters the tower and the Kankerlat hits it, going on its side. It then explodes. Kenny gets to the second platform and enters "Code: LYOKO" on the interface.
"Return to the past, now" Ilene states, initiating the time reversion. The white dome shallows the factory, the park, the school, and eventually returning them to the beginning of Ilene's match against Henry.
"Ready, set, go!" Coach Maurell shouts, throwing the basketball in the air. The match ends 5-3, with Ilene winning.
"Congratulations, Ilene," Mr. Belpois tells her, handing over the trophy for this year.
"Alright shake hands you two," Coach Maurell tells them. Ilene sticks her hand out.
"No, no! I refuse!" Henry says angrily. He runs off in a huff.
"What's the matter with him?" Mr. Belpois asks. Coach Maurell shrugs his shoulders. He is then in one of the gymnasium's corners with Rita yelling at him.
"You loser! You are a disgrace to me! That robot disgraces me! You better destroy it immediately! Are you listening to me?!" Rita yells. Henry has his head in shame.
Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko. I own my characters and creations that I've made in this fanfiction.
