CODE LYOKO 10: Coming Back Together... For Something Big

Yumi did a marathon towards the campus and climbed the stairs to Odd and Ulrich's room. Once there, all of them (besides Aelita and including William) were there. Yumi pants. Odd got up and stretched.

"hey there, Yumi."

"guys, you gotta hear this!" Yumi said. "I think-"

"Xana's attacking? We've already figured it out." William finished.

"Yep. But it didn't activate a tower." Jeremy added.

"It must be hiding secret information or something..." Sissi said.

"okay, cool. so you guys aren't braindead." Yumi said.

"thanks for the heads-up though." Ulrich said.

"well, i'm gonna go look for Aelita." Sissi got up and started for the door.

"hey wait for me. I'm going too" Odd also got up and followed suit.

"Yumi, go with them. Ulrich, William and I will go to the factory and get things set up." Jeremy suggested.

"roger."

"who's roger?"

"no one."

"oh, oh nevermind."

Yumi bonked him on his forehead.

"ow, what was that for?"

"could of had a V8."

The group laughed as Jeremy's temple throbbed.

Meanwhile, Xero makes a last step before standing by a slightly leaning, rust and vine covered gate.

"It might be this place... if that's what i heard."

Xero read the sign that said 'Hermitage' and walked into the gate. Right then and there he knew Aelita was around somewhere. He walks through the open yard towards the porch, where it was currently run-down. As he got to the first step of the porch, it automatically breaks and Xero topples to the floor and that breaks too. Xero's arm sumberges from the small debris and he goes into the house. He looks around the house for any signs of Aelita. None so far. There was a stairway down the hall by the kitchen. He climbed it and reached the second floor. He knows now that Aelita was in one of these rooms. There was a bathroom between the backroom and the one near the front windows. He went and check the backroom with no sign of Aelita. Then he returned and stops right at the door. He felt a sign of Aelita on the other side of that door. Then he opens it; Aelita was not here. He looks down only to see a plush elf toy. He picks it up and examines it. Something flashed in his mind but he puts it back at the exact spot since it wasn't his business. He heard noises of a book falling down and quickly jumps out a window and closing it. After a moment, he was gone. The book that fell in the house was one of Frantz Hopper's dictionaries.

The group was already at the entrance of the sewers. Odd went down last and closed the entrance. They rode their skateboards and scooter to the bridge and exited the sewers. As Odd closed the exit, they crossed the bridge and entered the elevator. After descending, the door opens. Suddenly the door malfunctions. Jeremy hums in question and Ulrich tries to open it. It obliges and the lab reveals Aelita standing in the center of it.

"Aelita!" they all said as they ran up to hug her, but she disappeares.

"uhh... is it me, or did she just went ghost mode on us?" Odd asked.

"what's going on?" William wondered.

The supercomputer beeped. Jeremy ran up to it and noticed that Aelita is attacking a horde of monsters.

"what the-, guys Aelita needs help!"

"on it!" they all said.

They hurried to the scanners and the girls went first.

"transfer Sissi, transfer Yumi."

"scanner Sissi, scanner Yumi."

"virtualization."

Sissi and Yumi lands in the mountain region.

"transfer Odd, Ulrich, William."

"scanner Odd, Ulrich, William."

"virtualization."

The boys landed behind Sissi, who twirled her baton and accidentally hitting Odd in the face.

"OH CRAP! sorry Odd."

"thanks for the heads-up, literally."

"good thing i turned off friendly fire. Now go help Aelita!"

Their vehicles came and William used his own personalized super smoke as Sissi rode with Yumi. They sped towards the purple tower as Aelita dodges many lasers throws another energy field and destroys another tarantula. William was first to arrive as he popped out of nowhere and swings his sword to produce a large blast of energy, obliterating many tarantulas once again.

"SOUPA MAN!" William shouted.

"YOU SAID THAT ALREADY!" Odd chimed in.

"with a tweak."

"you said soup. that does't count." Ulrich added.

"come on, it was catchy. i just destroyed all of them."

Yumi and Sissi was last to arrive. "Aelita!" they said as they both went to the panting elf. The rest followed suit.

"Xana's trying to take over the tower..." Aelita started. "He's sending more monsters, and fast."

"guys! there are a few more tarantulas and krabs coming you way!" Jeremy warned.

Yumi got frustrated and threw a tessen fan.

"why'd you do that?" Sissi asked. Then her question was answered as the fan sliced the leading krabs' legs off, destroying them in the process.

"that's why." Sissi said.

"krabs are easy to kill now." Yumi said as she got up and retrieved her fan. Ulrich took out his swords and charged towards the tarantulas. Odd stayed in his position and shot down the last tarantula.

"nice one Odd." Jeremy stated.

"he saw it coming."

The third tarantula walked on it's hinds and started to shoot at Sissi. She squeaked and blocks some of its lasers. Ulrich handled the second one and William sliced the first one in half. Yumi helped Aelita towards the tower. Sissi went close to the third one and tried to knock it off it's feet, but failed terribly as the tarantula tripped and fell on top of Sissi. Hold on, what?

Everything stopped.

Jeremy dropped his mouse, Aelita and Yumi froze in place, Ulrich's sword was inches from the second tarantula, William stared with a 'wtf' look in his face along with Odd. Then everyone laughed.

"how the hell does a tarantula trip?" Yumi asked incredilously.

"I don't know" Aelita followed.

Laughter continued for another five minutes. Then Ulrich finally noticed that his tarantula was laughing too, as it was pointing its arm at the two.

"aw, shut up!"

SLASH! BOOM!

The comical scene soon ended as Sissi got in a tantrum that caused the third tarantula to lift itself up and struggle to leave. Sissi wasn't going to allow that as she picked up a rock and threw it at the monster. It fell as she jumped in the air and dicapitating it with her staff and destroying it.

"we have to get to the tower." Sissi mentioned silently. "Don't we?"

"yeah." they all said. It didn't take long to get there. The tower was almost in posession of Xana and Aelita needed some time to configure it. Meanwhile, the region turned foggy. Yumi felt uneasy as the fog was dense. Then a figure was shown. Yumi got off a boulder and took a stance, inching in to grab her tessen fans.

"Yumi, what's wrong?" William said. Ulrich looked up as if on cue.

"there's something over there."

"what is it?" Aelita said as she was configuring the tower.

"I dunno. i'm not picking anything."

There was faint clanking. Yumi heard it. Then Odd got off his boulder as he heard it too. He stops next to Yumi and takes aim at the open area.

"Odd?" Sissi said, her voice cracked.

The clanking got louder and everyone else heard it. It was a different type of clanking, not the usual one they would hear from turantulas. But it was the same monster.

"guys... we're in big trouble..." Jeremy trembled.

"and I think I know why..." Yumi and Sissi said in unison.

The figure got closer to the group as the fog cleared. A slightly bigger tarantula approached them with a menacing appearance. Its body was painted gray with the eye of Xana on it's head. It's arms tipped itself with orange claws. Finally it's eyes were black with white dots.

"Xana finally upgraded it's monster. The old one was just starting to get boring."

"THAT'S THE SAME JUMPING SPIDER FROM LAST TIME!" Sissi remembered loudly.

The last tarantulas that Odd, Ulrich and Sissi encountered had 1500 life points. This one had more than twice the life points.

"you guys have to keep it away from Aelita, as much as possible! It's planning to retake the tower by using her!" Jeremy informed.

"oh great." Odd said.

Out of nowhere, the tarantula was airbourne and heading towards Yumi at high velocity. It pinned her down and Yumi lost half of her life points.

"Yumi!" Jeremy yelled out.

"not a chance" Ulrich sliced its head. It didn't recieve any sort of damage and it retaliates by grabbing Ulrich by the throat and slamming him to the ground.

"Ulrich!" Yumi screamed.

The scanner opens as Ulrich passes out from the intensity of the devirtualization. Odd retaliates as he shoots at the tarantula at point blank. Sissi threw her staff while in mid-air. The tarantula grabbed the staff and blocks Odd's arrows. Then it throws it back at Odd while he changes position. Right before he lands on a boulder, Odd felt a sharp pain on his abdomen and falls face-first onto the ground. Then he sees Sissi's staff and where it came from.

"hah! Friendly fire doesn't work, you four legged freak." Odd then loses his confidence as the tarantula was not on Yumi anymore. Instead it was in the air, coming down fast towards Odd. He barely makes it out alive as he evades the proximity of the monsters landing that destroyed the plateu.

The neighboring rocks also fell to the digital sea.

"the monster is dead!" Sissi.

"I don't see it anymore." Jeremy said.

The second scanner opened and Yumi got out to help Ulrich to the elevator.

"are you alright?"

"yeah, but my head still hurts..."

"come on."

Sissi, Odd and William stood by the tower as Aelita got out.

"glad we finally took care of this mess" William said.

"you hardly did anything!" Sissi complained.

"I had a boulder on my ass!" William shot back. He ignored the bruise that irritated his back.

"Aelita, did you finish getting the tower back?" Odd asked.

"yes. Xana lost total control of it."

"guys..." Jeremy started.

"yeah?" William said.

"the tarantula isn't dead..."

"WHAT!?" they all said.

The menacing arachnid climbed up the edge ready for another round. All except Aelita took a stance by the tower. Then the tarantula also took a stance of it's own as it stood on it's hind ligs and held up it's arms in a fighting stance. It meant Business.

"this is about to get real messy." William said. And he was right. The tarantula charged first, heading towards them at high velocity. Odd read it's movements and charged to tackle it. The tarantula had trouble gaining it's footing as Odd pushed it back. Then he shot it several times and slammed it to the ground, backing up afterwards. The group was surprised of Odd's unusual strength. But the excitement went downhill as Odd was devirtualized by a headshot. The scanner opened as Odd punched the scanner. Sissi was about to throw her staff, until she was shot down as a result. The scanner opened again and Sissi yelled out "Damn!" and climbed the ladder aftewards.

"you're not getting Aelita!" William said as his sword lit up as well as his body.

"William, you're-"

"I know! I have some of Xana's powers still."

He jumped towards the monster with the same velocity as it has and swings his sword down. Another explosion occured and the tarantula began fighting William. It grabs his sword and throws it away and throwing William at Aelita. William was badly hurt and stuck with 2 life points. Then the tarantula shot Aelita's leg causing her to double over. It hurt, alot. Jeremy and the others panicked as the monster came to Aelita and grabbed her by the throat. Then it slammed her to the wall of the tower and everyone cringed.

"NO WAY! IT'S TAKING AELITA'S MEMORY!" Jeremy yelled out.

"I thought only scyphozoas could do that!" Odd said.

"Xana is a lot more dangerous than what we thought." Ulrich concluded.

"William, do something!" Sissi said.

William's vision was blurred. He saw that Aelita was struggling to destroy the tarantula. She emmited an energy field so she can go for the kill, but it disintegrates from the palm of her hand.

"I'm... losing my... powers?" Aelita feared.

William lifted his leg to kick the tarantula's head, but he was to slow and it grabbed his foot and swings him in the air. Then it slams him on the ground as he was devirtualized from a terrible beatdown. The third scanner opened for William as he, too, passed out. Jeremy was about to lose it when suddenly another icon popped up in his screen.

"Jeremy, look!" Yumi said. He did and noticed a familiar ID on the icon.

"wait a minute... THAT'S..."

SHAACK! CRACKLING!

The tarantula was engulfed in lightning as a sword-like rod pierced it alive. Then a figure landed on top of it, grabbing the sword and swings it to the ground. After putting the rod back on his back, the red electric light protrudes from the hilt.

"Xero...?" Aelita and Yumi wondered at the same time.

"hold on..." Xero said as his eyes started glowing. The monster got up and it's arms started to open up, revealing a pair of gating blasters that charged up and was ready to fire. As soon as Xero blinked, the monster fired a large ball of fire that sized a semi-truck. Everyone started to panic as Aelita just stood still. Then Xero just deflected it. And like that, the fire was gone. Xero's hand ached due to it's weight but left it alone. Everyone settled.

"did he just..." Jeremy stammered.

"how the hell was that possible?" Yumi and William added.

"whoa, didn't see that coming either." Ulrich said.

The tarantula was angry and charged towards Xero. He didn't have time to comprehend to the monster's speed as he was sent flying to the tower. It shook as he crashed on the surface and Aelita blocked her face as he landed next to her. Then he got back up and jabs the monster from mid-air and kicks it to the ground. The tarantula gave him a hard time and the brawl lasted minutes. Finally, the tarantula was about to fall off the edge and Xero found an opening. He leaped towards the monster's head but got shot afterwards and flew back. The tarantula lost it's footing and gained it again just before toppling. Xero thought of something and held back one arm. Then a blue ball of energy surged from his palm and grew bigger by the second.

"what is he doing?" Sissi asked.

"tarantula..." Xero said.

It growled.

"your dinner's here." With that, he threw the giant energy ball at it. Unfortunately, like last time, it literally jumps over it. Everyone was dumbfounded.

"NOT AGAIN!" they said.

"hold on..." Xero pointed up. Aelita looked and ran inside the tower. Everyone else saw what was going to happen and told Xero to get out of the way. Then the tarantula was about to use a power to retreat, but Xero appeared out of nowhere and held the monster in place.

"you're staying here, you rascal. You forgot desert."

And like that, the fireball came back down and Xero along with the tarantula was obliterated. Aelita came back out of the tower as remorse filled the atmosphere. After returning to the lab, Aelita was hugged by everyone.

"so glad you're safe." Yumi and Jeremy said.

"At least you didnt get back in pieces." Odd said, recieving a dirty look from Jeremy. "Sorry."

"guys, I have to get back home." Yumi said. "It's 10."

"all right, let's go home." Jeremy said.

The group went to the campus, reminding everyone that they will discuss about the event tomorrow. Yumi was on her way to the house as she ran through the red hand signal. Then a speeding pickup truck stopped from 55 to 0 as Yumi rolled out of the way. Then a girl came out of the truck to look. Yumi got up and saw a girl about Odd's height, as skinny as Odd with red hair.

"are you okay, there?" she said.

"yeah." Yumi answered.

"sorry, b't try being a bit less reckless, 'kay?"

Yumi was a bit annoyed by her scratchy-squeaky voice, but she hid her emotion. "Okay, thanks."

"no, problem."

At that, she got back in the truck and drove off.

Yumi wondered for a moment and left to her house.

About three miles away from Yumi, a small lab was shown and a computer screen lit up. A platform also lit up and revealed Xero's DNA as a small scanner lit up as well. Then it opened as Xero came out panting. He went to the computer to shut off the lab and exits. He closed the large door and signed his signature on the air panel to lock it. Then the large door was nowhere to be seen. As he went into his house and into his room, his t.v. was on and he jumped into his bed. His head was killing him due to a suicide attempt in Lyoko.

"Lyoko's changing... First the monsters, now it's regeons. Xana... what are you up to now?"

Back in Sector 5, Lyoko, the core pulsated.

Then an arm jabs out of the core.