This chapter was written by me and edited by AeroJester201. I do not own Code Lyoko, all copy righting goes to MoonScoop. I also do not own Naomi Jones, she is owned by sakuraphoenix. I only own my OC's.
Author's note: Please enjoy this double update, I hope everyone likes it!
Sabotage
POV Peter's
We were in the mountain sector, where Yumi, Jade, Patricia, and Naomi fought against some Krabs. Yumi tried throwing her fan at the Krab, but it shot it out of the air, deflecting it back to her. She rolled on the ground after catching it, while Naomi used her magic on one of the Krabs. Ulrich ran circles around a Tarantula to form afterimages with Triangulate. Odd and faced down another two Krabs.
"How are you two doing?" Ulrich asked as the Krabs continued to fire at us.
"Shield!" Odd and I exclaimed. Odd used his purple shield and I used my fire shield to block the incoming lasers. Odd used his laser arrows and I threw a fire ball.
Odd fired his laser arrow, "I'm just about through with Norbert."
"Odd, don't tell me you're still giving them stupid names," the samurai said after the Tarantula destroyed one of the fakes.
"It does get annoying," I agreed.
Meanwhile, Aelita asked, "Do you have any idea what kind of attack it is, Jeremy?"
"No. But, with a bit of luck we're onto it faster than Xana anticipated," Jeremy replied.
"That's right," Odd agreed, tensing up on all fours to pounce on another Tarantula. "When Odd checks in, Xana checks ou- Hey!" the feline warrior exclaimed as he froze in midair. "Hey, that's not fair guys."
"Uh–oh, what's wrong?" Ulrich asked blocking his Tarantula's lasers with his saber.
If Odd could, he'd probably shake his head, "I don't know. I can't move!"
"I'm coming. Super Sprint!" Ulrich exclaimed. But right as he got ready to run, he froze too.
"This is too weird," I commented, luckily not frozen. "Aelita, are you okay?"
"I seem fine, this is strange," Aelita replied.
"Whoa," Ulrich said as he vanished and reappeared in front of the Tarantula.
"Huh?" The Tarantula devirtualized him.
"Hey, that's not fair!" I shouted, conjuring my fire balls. I threw them at the Tarantula, but they seemed to phase through it, unharmed.
I looked at my hands, "What the… Einstein, I think we have a big problem here."
"I see it," Jeremy confirmed. "The girls are having the same issue, but I can't figure it out."
"Norbert, you're not gonna…?" Odd asked as "Norbert" fired, devirtualizing him as well. Shooting jets of fire from my hands, I flew up to Aelita, Yumi and Naomi.
"Patricia and Jade were just devirtualized," Naomi reported. "Why is this happening?"
"Aelita, Peter. We'll try to distract them away from you two," Yumi said throwing her fans as Naomi threw her daggers. They missed, and the weapons phased through the girls' hands as they tried to catch them. The Krabs devirtualized them after the two of them were disarmed. Aelita and I started running, but the Krabs got in our way. We started phasing in and out, but so did the Krabs.
"The Krabs are bugged too. Go for it!" Jeremy urged as Aelita and I ran under them and into the tower.
"Great job you two, nice one," he complimented as we lit up the first platform. We flew up to the second one and touched down. The second platform lit up, and we walked to the panels that popped up. We pressed our hands on the panels.
Aelita
Code
Lyoko
Peter
Code
Carter
"Tower deactivated," Aelita said, the files going down.
Back in the lab
Kiwi slept peacefully by the wall while we all stood by the computer with Jeremy. He sat in his chair, running diagnostic scans on Lyoko.
"That was so weird. As if everything bugged up," Aelita said.
Naomi crossed her arms, "A bit unfair too, I might add."
"That's for sure," Jade agreed.
"I don't know what could have happened," Jeremy replied. "Of course, that might have been Xana's attack."
"What? That's all you can come up with? Hey, you better start working on your A game," Odd commented.
Ulrich raised an eyebrow, "I suppose that was your A game against your pal Norbert."
"I've got some routine checks to carry out; just to be sure it was Xana's attack," Jeremy said. "Go on, and eat without me. I'll catch up."
"Can I have your portion?" Odd eagerly asked.
"Mm-hmm," Jeremy grunted in reply without looking away from the screen.
"Fantastic!" Odd exclaimed running to the elevator. "Shepherd's pie tonight!"
"Yeah, and it's also boy's dorm inspection. So don't be too long Jeremy," Ulrich warned while we walked to the elevator.
"This will take a few minutes, that's all," Jeremy said. I boarded the elevator with Naomi. I bent down to pet Kiwi as he came in too. Odd petted him as well before gently guiding him back out.
"No Kiwi, tonight you stay here," he urged. "The last thing we need is for Jim to find you, my little diggity-dog."
Later in the boy's dorm
"Now then, let me remind you your room should be in impeccable order. Keeping your room neat and clean, is dis- sianqua- what do you call it?" Uncle Jim asked Ulrich, Odd, and I. "Sinna-"
"Monography?" Odd asked.
"Right. No, that's not it. Anyway, it's an important part of a good night's sleep," he continued regardless. "He who sleeps well, lives well. And that's why men weren't meant to live in a garbage dump, because you can't sleep well. Wait a minute, where's Belpois?" Uncle Jim asked as he got to Jeremy's dorm.
Ulrich spoke up, "Uh, in the bathroom Jim."
"What? You mean all this time?" Uncle Jim asked surprised.
"Shepherd's pie doesn't agree with him," Odd commented, playing along.
"That's why I skip it," I added truthfully. "I'm not too fond of shepherd's pie, either Uncle Jim."
"Mm-hmm," Uncle Jim nodded.
The next day in the cafeteria
We sat in our usual spot, Naomi sitting next to me. Jeremy explained the news of what happened yesterday on Lyoko.
"Sabotage?" Aelita asked.
"Yes, by Michael Riley possessed by Xana," Jeremy explained. "That's what yesterday's attack was. And the bugs that prevented you from fighting were caused by the drop of the calculated capacity of the supercomputer."
Yumi shook her head, "What a mess. Think you can fix it?"
"Yes," Jeremy answered while taking a bite of his croissant, "but I've got to do it fast or else we're going to be in big trouble, guys."
Naomi tilted her head, "How come?"
"It's simple. The internal circuits have been badly damaged. Right now, the quantum bytes are collapsing, one after the other. The drop in computing speed will become more and more serious until-" Jeremy was interrupted when Ulrich put his hand up.
"Stop, reader's digest version—how much time do we have?" Ulrich asked.
He answered, "Three hours."
"Are you absolutely sure the whole thing will be destroyed?" Aelita asked.
"Definitely," Jeremy said gravely. "It's already lost a lot of speed. I even tried to launch a return to the past to see, no way. I've got to pick up some stuff from my room, then I'm going to head back over. After your classes, you'll have to think of some phony excuses."
Yumi stood up, "Sorry guys but I've got to go now. Chardin is taking us to see an exhibit. Come on Jade, we've got to go. Keep us posted."
"Okay," Jeremy said.
"Right," Jade added as she left with Yumi, "thanks for reminding me."
"Belpois! Belpois!" Uncle Jim called, coming in the cafeteria.
Jeremy's eyes widened, "Oh no, the inspection."
"Please tell me you had time to clean up your room." I said.
"You mean since last week?" he asked. "No."
"Not good…" Patricia whispered.
Uncle Jim came to our table.
"I looked for you everywhere last night. Yours is the only room I haven't inspected. Get up, on your feet, now!" Uncle Jim ordered. He and Jeremy left for the inspection, and we followed them.
"I hope he can get his room clean," Naomi said.
I nodded, "Me too."
It should have been just one circuit damaged, not two. The more I think about it, the more Jade is right. Things are changing… I thought. We soon arrived in the boy's dorm and walked to Jeremy's room.
"So you can't eat shepherd's pie either huh?" Uncle Jim asked.
Jeremy raised an eyebrow and discreetly asked us, "What's he talking about?"
"Never mind," Odd replied in a whisper.
We arrived at Jeremy's room, and Uncle Jim opened the door. From his expression, he looked surprised.
"Huh? What on earth do you call this Belpois?" Uncle Jim demanded, referring to the mess in Jeremy's room.
Jeremy simply replied, "It's called my room."
Uncle Jim walked in. He didn't seem pleased about the state of Jeremy's room.
"An excellent student like you? You oughta be ashamed," he said while holding Jeremy's underwear, which was on his keyboard.
Jeremy gave Aelita and I two boxes, he put his finger on his mouth in a shushing gesture.
"You are not leaving this room until you make it 100% spick and span," Uncle Jim ordered. "Do you understand?" Uncle Jim asked. He noticed the something under his mattress, "And those things, what are they?"
"Um, computer magazines," Jeremy sheepishly replied.
Odd laughed, "Our Einstein really is a geek, isn't he?"
"Hey, what do you think you six are doing here?" Uncle Jim asked.
Ulrich shrugged, "Well, we thought he might be able to use some help."
"The more there are, the faster things will go," Naomi added.
I nodded, "That's true, Uncle Jim."
"He's going to do it himself, without anyone's help," Uncle Jim stated. "Go to your classes right now, and double time!" We left the dorm, Ulrich opening the door to the staircase.
"There's no way Jim's going to get off of Jeremy's back, until he's through cleaning up," Ulrich said.
Odd shook his head, "Yeah, and in three hours it's adios supercomputer."
"Maybe Peter and I can try to fix it," Aelita suggested. "Actually, I bet that's what Jeremy meant when he gave us these boxes."
"Do you think you two can do it?" Ulrich asked.
"We can try to limit the damage," Aelita replied. "Besides, we don't have much of a choice. Go to class, and tell them we got sick from… the shepherd's pie!"
"We'll let you know if we come up with anything," I added as Aelita and I walked down the stairs.
Odd nodded, "Okay."
"Good luck, you two," Patricia called after us.
I smiled, "Thanks, sis."
"We're off," Aelita said as we continued to walk down the stairs.
"Good luck to both of you," Naomi said.
"Thanks." Aelita and I said.
In the lab
The elevators opened. Aelita and I ran to the computer with the boxes. Kiwi barked, because the computer started beeping.
Aelita set down her box got into the chair and typed a few keys, "Oh no, an activated tower."
"That's all we need," I said while putting my own box next to hers.
Aelita typed on the keyboard, calling Ulrich with the supercomputer.
"Ulrich, we need you here," she informed. "Xana's activated a tower."
"Okay, I'll call Yumi and Jade. Naomi and Patricia are with us, we'll be there soon." Ulrich said before hanging up.
Aelita and I took our boxes and went down to the supercomputer room, walking up to its tower. We pressed the buttons, and the old circuits came out.
"Let's get to work," Aelita said.
I set down my box, "Right."
We managed to do what we could by replacing the old boards. Aelita's phone rang and she answered.
"Yes Jeremy. Peter and I did what we could in the meantime. But I don't know if it'll hold up. The others? No, nothing yet. Okay then, hurry up," Aelita said. Aelita and I took the elevator back up and she walked to the computer before sitting on the chair. She started typing. Before long, the elevators opened. Ulrich and Naomi walked in the lab.
"Where are the others?" Aelita asked.
Ulrich shook his head, "Jeremy, Odd, and Patricia are kind of tied up."
"It seems we're gonna have to do this without them." Naomi said as they ran up to us.
Ulrich looked around, "Yumi and Jade aren't here yet?"
"No." Aelita replied.
As Ulrich took out his phone and started dialing, I said, "I hope they're okay."
Ulrich spoke into the phone, "We ran into some trouble with vines. If you want, we can wait for you." But then his eyes widened. I could have sworn I heard the two of them screaming.
"Yumi? Jade?" he called worriedly. Then he hung up, "No time to lose, Yumi and Jade are in trouble, Aelita."
"Okay, I'll start up a self-virtualization program for all of us," Aelita said as she started typing.
As we waited, Ulrich turned to me, "Did you two manage to fix the supercomputer?"
"We did the best we could, it's a temporary fix," I replied.
"Here we go," Aelita said, pressing the last key. A timer appeared onscreen.
We went down to the scanners. Aelita, Ulrich, and Naomi were virtualized first. The scanners reopened, and I walked into the scanner. The scanner closed as I was scanned before the big white light and gust of wind that I grew accustomed to came. I was virtualized into the Ice Sector, and I landed.
"Come on," Ulrich urged.
"Right," Naomi said as we started running to where the tower is.
We made it to the tower, but three Tarantulas stood in our way.
"Okay, three Tarantulas," Ulrich commented while drawing his saber. "Not exactly the end of the world."
"Should we use force?" Aelita asked.
I readied a fire ball, "Seems like it's the only way."
"Our brains?" Naomi asked as she took out her knives.
"Don't have any. Super Sprint!" Ulrich exclaimed, dashing forward. Naomi's diamond started to light up again with its pink glow.
"Super Sprint!" Naomi exclaimed following Ulrich. But instead of the yellow streak, Naomi had a purple one trailing behind her. The two of them weaved through the incoming lasers while Aelita and I ran for another path.
"Oh no!" Ulrich shouted.
I heard Naomi utter, "Not now."
I looked over to see that they were frozen again, just above the ground in mid-dash, their color turning black and white. They appeared in front of the tarantulas, now fully monochrome. Ulrich readied his saber and Naomi replicated it, her knife extending and curving to match his blade.
Ulrich started running forward, "Since we're black and white, we might as well fight the old fashion way."
"En guarde, touché!" he shouted, stabbing the tarantula in the nose. Naomi did the same, but it didn't cut, phasing through the monsters' heads. Ulrich and Naomi went for the Tarantulas' legs, and sliced the belly. But nothing connected.
"This time, we've had it," Ulrich said.
I could no longer see what was going on because the remaining Tarantula got to Aelita and me. We started backing up, but got close to the Digital Sea.
"Oh no, not now," Aelita said worriedly. The Tarantula readied its lasers. Aelita and I were phasing in and out, but luckily so were the tarantulas. I was able to see Ulrich and Naomi again, their color returning. Aelita summoned her Energy Field and I summoned my fire ball. We shot them at the Tarantula before running away. Although I didn't hear an explosion, we managed to escape. We made our way back to Ulrich and Naomi.
"Hey, what happened?" Naomi asked.
"Nothing special," Aelita replied. "The bugs also affect the monsters."
Ulrich let out a single dry chuckle, "Well, that kind of makes things even for once."
"That's true," I said.
The Tarantulas started firing at us again while Ulrich and Naomi defended us with their sabers. Aelita summoned her Energy Field, and I summoned my fire ball. We threw them at one Tarantula, but again nothing happened. The three Tarantulas were still standing and firing at us. Aelita summoned two energy fields and I summoned two fire balls. We connected them and made a shield for us against the attacks. Unfortunately, the lasers phased through, hitting Aelita and I and knocking us down. The Tarantulas started phasing again.
Ulrich spoke while keeping his guard up, "How many life points do you two think you have left?"
"Definitely less than you and Naomi," Aelita replied.
I pushed myself to stand up, "I'd be surprised if that was wrong."
"Aelita's right. So you better watch it," Jeremy warned.
"Thank goodness," Naomi sighed in relief, "glad you can make it."
"Jeremy, you're there. That's cool," Ulrich said as he narrowly dodged another laser.
"Yeah, Odd and Patricia are coming to the rescue," Jeremy informed.
I nodded, "Great, that's some good news."
Yumi and Jade must still be in trouble… I thought.
Ulrich and Naomi continued to defend us with their sabers.
"Triplicate," Ulrich said, but nothing happened, allowing the Tarantulas to shoot each of them with a laser. Aelita and I were still dealing with our own Tarantula. Aelita tried using her Creativity, but she started to phase, and so did I. Regardless, she managed to create a huge chunk of ice in the air and crushed the Tarantula. Ulrich and Naomi came to us.
"Good job Aelita." Ulrich complimented.
Two Krabs started coming our way.
Naomi groaned, "That's all we need."
"Right, any last words before we all get devirtualized?" Ulrich deadpanned.
"Laser Arrows!" a familiar voice exclaimed.
Another also shouted, "Kunai!"
"That's what I wanted to hear, good to see you two." Ulrich said as Odd and Patricia flew on their vehicles. Odd waved to us as he and Patricia flew under a Krab, Odd tried tickling the Krab.
"Coochy-coo," Odd joked. "I guess you're not ticklish, under the claws."
"Here's a little something to get around with," Jeremy said as he materialized the Overbikes.
Ulrich hopped onto the first vehicle while Aelita boarded behind him, "Buckle up, Princess,"
"Let's go Naomi," I said as I jumped onto the other Overbike.
Naomi got on as well, "Right."
We flew our vehicles to the tower, but Ulrich's Overbike and mine dematerialized, along with the Overboard and Overwing. We all fell to the ground, rolling to minimize the damage.
"Sorry guys, but the supercomputer is losing more and more power. You'll have to go on foot," Jeremy explained.
Aelita spoke up, "Jeremy, Peter and I didn't have time to finish the repairs."
"I know, Aelita. But you and Peter did a great job," he reassured. "It's okay, I can finish up."
"Do it as fast as you can," Patricia urged. "It's bugging up more and more."
"We still haven't heard anything from Yumi and Jade," Ulrich said. We ran to the tower, but continued to phase in and out.
"I'll do what I can," Jeremy replied. "You just worry about that stupid tower."
We stopped phasing in and out, but we saw another problem heading our way.
"Here comes another mega problem," Odd quipped as a Megatank rolled our way. The Megatank opened up and fired its laser. We dodged it and Odd and Patricia started running, but they froze in mid-step again.
Odd groaned, "That is so uncool."
"It really is," Patricia agreed.
We looked at them in worry as the Megatank fired its laser. But Aelita managed to use her Creativity to make an ice wall, saving Odd and Patricia. We ran over to them as the freezing wore off, dropping Odd and Patricia back to the ground.
"Ouch," Odd whined. "How are you doing Einstein? It's killing us. We can't take a step without bugging up."
"It's getting painful out here, that's for sure." Patricia said.
"I'm almost there," Jeremy informed. "All I have to do is reboot the works."
The megatanks laser broke through the ice wall.
"Better step on it." Ulrich warned.
After a short time, Jeremy uttered, "Oh no…"
"What's wrong?" Naomi asked.
"I don't have enough juice in the supercomputer," Jeremy explained. "If we can only deactivate the tower, I can use its energy to restart the whole system."
We moved around the Megatank, trying to stay moving before it fired as Aelita said, "That's fine, Jeremy. But we can't deactivate the tower over here unless you reboot the system,"
"Ugh…" Jeremy sighed.
The Megatank started firing its laser again, so we ran to the other side of it to dodge it. We started running, but Aelita and I saw a way tower. We looked at each other and I nodded.
"There is one way to do it," Aelita said.
"Go on," Jeremy prompted. "I'm listening."
Aelita took a breath for a moment before saying, "Destroy the Ice Sector."
"It's our only way," I added.
"Hm?" Ulrich grunted as he, Odd, Patricia, and Naomi came to us.
Jeremy seemed confused as well, "Huh?"
"Good old, Aelita and Peter," Odd chuckled. "Even during the worst of times, you two can keep your sense of humor."
We looked at him seriously.
His chuckle trailed off, "You mean you two weren't kidding?"
We didn't answer him.
"Aelita… Peter…" Jeremy said at length, "that's crazy."
We started running to the way tower.
"Jeremy, it's the only way to recover the energy and avoid total destruction of the supercomputer," Aelita explained as we kept running. "And if that happens, Lyoko disappears, and us with it. We don't have a choice. Besides, that would automatically deactivate the tower."
Jeremy paused for a while, "...She's right. Go on; do it, Aelita."
"When I restart the system, I won't be able to rematerialize you," he informed. "You'll have to that on your own."
"Got it," Ulrich replied, taking his sword out. Naomi did the same. Aelita ran into the tower, I readied my fire balls, and Patricia readied her shuriken. We formed a circle, waiting for Jeremy's signal. The megatank fired at us, we jumped over its laser. We looked at the tower, it was still there. The tower soon dematerialized, causing Aelita to fall before she landed on the ground. We had to run to avoid falling into the Digital Sea because of the disappearing land.
"Hurry!" Aelita exclaimed. We continued running while the sector dematerialized. We stopped running once we were far enough ahead and reformed the circle.
"Right, listen up," Ulrich called. "Aelita, you take care of Odd. Odd, you zap me. I'll take care of Patricia. Patricia, you take care of Peter. Peter, you take care of Naomi. And Naomi, you take care of Aelita. On three-"
Odd interrupted to ask, "Wait is that on three? Or do we count together and then zap each other?"
"You always pull this on me Odd," Ulrich snapped. "No, we zap each other on three okay? 1-"
"Aelita, don't miss, okay?" he asked.
We all glared at him, "Odd!"
"Okay, okay," he said placatingly.
I summoned my fire ball as Aelita summoned her energy field.
"1…2…3!" Ulrich exclaimed. We managed to hit each other, and were devirtualized. Next thing I knew, I was crammed in one of the scanners with Patricia. We stumbled out and saw that the others came out in pairs as well—Naomi and Aelita from the center with Odd and Ulrich leaning on the inner walls of the other scanner before exiting.
"Three?" Odd asked.
We smiled, even Ulrich chuckled.
Jeremy must have saved the program that false Franz Hopper and our false mother created to increase the scanner's capacity. I was worried we weren't going to make it… I thought.
Later that night
"Right. The repairs are only temporary, but at least they'll let us keep on fighting Xana," Jeremy said.
"We managed to save the supercomputer," Aelita added. Ulrich was helping Yumi patch up while Patricia helped Jade.
"Aelita, you and Peter did great," Odd complimented. "Sissi's right to call you Mrs. Einstein. Peter, I think we're looking at another Einstein in the making."
I smiled, "Well, I don't think so. But I did learn from the best."
"Don't forget that this last little adventure of ours cost us the Ice Sector," Yumi pointed out.
Jade winced slightly as Patricia wound a bandage around her arm, "And now we only have the mountain sector left."
"Yeah that is a shame," Jeremy agreed. "I'm going to have to find a way to virtualize you directly into Sector Five from now on."
"Any chance of recovering that program, the one false Franz and our false mother made?" Patricia asked.
"No, none," Jeremy replied. "But I did recover the increased capacity in the scanners. That's what saved you guys."
"It's okay, don't worry," Odd reassured. "As long as the Mountain Sector stays together, there's still hope."
"The question is for how long?" Naomi said.
Odd got off of Jeremy's desk. "Hey, I didn't know you had the solutions for bug fighter attack. Do you mind?" Odd asked as he walked to Jeremy's shelf.
Jeremy warned, "Careful not to knock anything over. Jim, is coming back tomorrow morning to do another inspect-"
"Woah!"
Jeremy stopped as books fell onto Odd.
A can of soda rolled onto the ground and a box hung from Odd's head.
"Sorry. Uh, you were saying?" Odd asked sheepishly as he lifted the box to look at him.
"Forget it," Jeremy replied.
Naomi is getting better and better, with each mission. I'm glad we chose her as a Lyoko Warrior and not William… I thought.
Later
I tiredly walked into my room. We had helped Jeremy clean up the mess Odd made, it was late. I decided not to update my journal and just changed into my pajamas. I was about to go to bed when there was a knock on my door.
A familiar voice on the other side called, "It's Jeremy. There's something I wanted to show you, but I didn't want the others to find out."
I walked over to the door and opened it. Jeremy came in with his laptop, which he opened.
"Peter, this might scare you a little but I lied when I said it was just Michael who sabotaged the supercomputer," he said as he typed on the computer to bring up the surveillance from earlier today.
"I'm not sure what this means, but I know one thing," Jeremy explained. "Xana is getting worse, and now we have a new possible problem." He pressed play and I saw Michael in the supercomputer room but the person next to him. I rubbed my eyes in shock, unable to believe them.
"Is that…?" I trailed off.
Jeremy nodded gravely, "Yeah…"
Michael looked into the camera with his eyes. The familiar face turned around revealing the same eyes that Michael had, Xana's eyes.
"Jade…" I trailed off, beyond shock.
How is this possible…? I thought. Is Jade… working for Xana?
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~LyokoWarrior1994
