Time for another chapter of Our Little Virtual Trip to France. So we're gonna go to a replika and stuff. It'll be all awesome and then we'll get all energized and it'll be great. So yeah…
Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko or the Lisa Yee books used in this. If I did, I probably would've extended the story so that it would've reached to the end of high school.
Our Little Virtual Trip to France:
Chapter 10:
The Mountain Base
Jeremy's POV:
"And then I shot a laser arrow…" Odd started as the rest of us listened, he deepened his voice to sound like a cowboy for the next part. "Right between Havoc's legs and said 'surprise, surprise you're a guy.'"
He began to laugh at his dirty joke while Yumi, Millicent, Emily, William and I rolled our eyes, Ulrich and Marley remained indifferent and Stanford's and Aelita's lips curled up in small smiles.
Odd laughed before addressing all of us. "Oh, come on! That was funny!"
Yumi, who was sitting next to Odd, decided to take her hand behind the head of the purple clad boy before promptly slapping him upside the head.
"Ow!" Odd yelped while the rest of us laughed at him.
When we finally stopped laughing Ulrich finally addressed his joke. "That did not happen."
Odd gasped. "But of course it did Ulrich, you must've been busy with Sonia or Yumi or something."
Marley shook his head."I was on Lyoko too and that so did not happen."
"Well you were busy on the Overwheel and everything taking out those Krabs."
"No, I was standing right next to you, fighting off Havoc by your side just after Yumi got devirtualized." Marley answered.
"I'm telling you it happened!" Odd insisted.
"So anyways…" Aelita rolled her eyes. "We found a replika out on the network."
"Really?" Staford asks. "That's awesome."
"Haven't been to one of those yet, have we?" Emily asks.
Millicent nods. "That's correct Emily; only Yumi, Aelita, Ulrich and Odd have travelled to the replikas before, you, William,Marley, Stanford and I have yet to see one."
"So when are we going after it?" Yumi asked.
I nod. "We'll be going to the replika tonight."
"Are we going to destroy it or will we be looking for something in there?" Stanford asked.
Millicent shook her head. "We have no reason to maintain the replika's existence. You must remember that the replika is housed by a supercomputer that XANA has control of somewhere. The longer that the supercomputer remains active, the more problems will arise for us in the future."
"Let's do it." William smirked.
Aelita's POV:
"So anyone have any bets what kind of replika this'll be?" I ask everyone as I pilot the skid throughout the digital sea.
"Definitely gonna be the ice sector." Stanford answers immediately.
Ulrich laughs. "That was the last one we went to Stanford, I think it's gonna be forest."
"I kinda like Sector 5, maybe that's what it'll be." Marley suggests.
"I'm gonna have to agree with Stanford here," Yumi states oh-so-matter-of-factly. "I think it'll be ice."
"Desert." William says confidently.
"I agree with Ulrich, it has to be forest." Emily chimes in.
"I dunno," Odd shrugged. "I really liked floating around in space, I'm gonna have to go with Sector 5 too."
Millicent chuckled. "All of you are clearly wrong. Based on the previous replicas you'd been to the choice is obviously mountain."
"Well whatever it is you're about to find out." Jeremy announced, "The replika should be in sight now."
"We see it, Jeremy." Emily confirms as the skid swims towards the giant sphere.
We dock to the replica's opening and I make sure to pivot the skid so that it's in an upright position. I then enter commands using the control panel and like that that a single beam of blue light escapes the skid and hits the eye of XANA that keeps a lock on the replika. After a few seconds of Jeremy working to open the replika we are allowed to enter the enemy territory.
The skid then slowly floats into the replika and soon the virtual ship erupts out of the digital sea.
That's when we are able to take in the new location.
"Looks like Millicent was right, we're in a replika of the Mountain Sector." I announce.
"Aw man…" Odd sighs.
Millicent laughs. "It appears that you now owe me twenty euros Mr. Della Robia."
"You two bet?" Ulrich asked.
"Yes, and as usual I was able to outclass him. It's surprising how much he loses our little wagers." Millicent brags.
"Dude…" Stanford chastised the cat clad boy. "I told you not to bet with Millicent, she's always right!"
Yumi shrugged. "They do call her a girl genius."
"And one day I will win." Odd insisted.
"Good luck with that." Emily, Stanford and William all said at the same time.
We finally make it to the tower and the giant vehicle is tethered to it within a few seconds.
"So…" Jeremy asks. "Who's up for teleportation this time?"
"I'll go!" Odd eagerly exclaims.
"I'm free." Millicent says.
"If Millicent can go, then so can I!" Stanford cheered.
"I guess I'll go." Emily shrugged.
"Sure." William smirked.
Odd laughed. "Where there's a will…"
"Be quiet!" Everyone shouted at the cat clad boy who simply laughed in response.
"Alright enough everyone," Jeremy said from the lab. "Teleportation!"
Millicent's POV:
And like that we were teleported to the mountain replika. It was like being energized into the skid as the electricity ran through my body. I felt as if I was being pulled from where I was lying within my navskid, almost like a virtualization.
Suddenly I appeared out of the air and being used to these strange landings I land perfectly on the ground in a crouch. I turn to see the others appear out of flashes of lightning -which slightly makes me cringe due to the last attack- in their own individual colors, purple for Odd, orange for Stanford, pink for Emily and red for William. They all land on their feet as well.
Everyone's in their Lyoko uniforms although some of them have slightly changed. The logo on Odd's chest is simply yellow, kiwi seems to have been dropped; Emily's dress seems to have turned to a skirt and a blouse most likely to increase mobility; William's pretty much the same and so is Stanford.
"Hello, can you guys hear me?" Jeremy asked; I could hear him from within my ear, strange. But this wasn't really when I took out the ear bud that was inside. That makes sense.
"Loud and clear Einstein!" Odd announces as he holds his ear with one of his clawed fingers to help get a better signal.
"Where are you guys?" He asks.
That's when I take in my surroundings. We're in a mountain range of some sort and it's still day light out which worries me a bit as we might be seen. But other than that we seem to be standing on some concrete with yellow paint running along the corners and a large door just in front of us.
I decide to answer him. "We seem to be in some sort of mountain range Jeremy. Judging by the position of the sun it looks to be 1700 hours but we can't know for sure until we narrow down a location. But based on this assumption, I would assume that we are somewhere in America."
"Alright I get it." Jeremy answers. "For now try and look for a way into the lab."
"Sure, Einstein." Stanford answers.
Emily looks at the door questioningly, it was almost like that of a bank safe. "And how do you suppose we get in?"
"How we always do," William answers as he forms his sword out of smoke. It's even scarier here than on Lyoko, it looks so much more real, almost like a horror film. "With force."
Odd holds out his arm, cocking it with his other one to ready the laser arrow, Stanford enlarging a basketball in each of his, Emily shrugged before slightly rising her hand to her crown.
I shake my head disapprovingly. "No, no that won't be necessary."
I lower William's sword, holding it between my index finger and thumb.
"All we really need to do is think." I explain.
Odd and Stanford groan.
"No worries, I've already done all the thinking for you." I laugh at the two.
They smiled a bit at this whereas Emily chuckled.
I then turn to William, "May I please borrow your sword."
"Sure." William said and handed me the sword. Of course as soon as he hands it to me it immediately falls to the ground. Clearly, I need to improve upon my upper body strength.
Odd holds his paw to his shoulder and laughs. "Sorry Millicent, must be this tall to ride."
I glow red with embarrassment at Odd's joke as the others laugh at my lack of upper body strength. William gives my shoulder a reassuring squeeze before turning the sword to smoke and reforming it in his hand.
"What do you want me to do Millicent?" William asks.
I sigh before explaining my intended plan. "You have to prop your blade underneath the mechanism," He does so and I smile. "That's it, thrust it as hard as you can."
"You sure it'll work?" William asks. "What if I slip or I'm not strong enough to prop it open?"
"Don't worry, it will." I insist.
I look to Odd to see him getting ready to burst into laughter, before being promptly smacked across the back of the head by Emily.
"Don't even think about it Odd." She narrows her eyes at the boy.
"All I was gonna say that Marley would be so jealous of this…" Odd says, clearly inferring towards something else that I can't exactly put my finger on.
William finally does as he was told and the bottom half of the door slams down to the ground.
"Excellent work, William." I smile.
William smirks. "Thanks."
"Uh oh…" Odd smirks. "Looks like Marlicent fans will be disappointed now that Milliam is starting."
Emily proceeds to elbow the cat clad boy in the gut. "Ow! That hurt Emily!"
"The zero point five life points it'll cost you won't kill you."Emily rolls her eyes.
Emily then moves next to me. "What exactly did Odd man by Marley being jealous?" I ask her.
Odd stifles a laugh at this question.
"Uh…" Emily isn't sure how to respond.
Stanford quickly cuts in. "We'll explain it to you when you're older, Millicent."
"What is that supposed to mean?" I ask. "Surely, I am mentally mature enough to interpret this information."
"Maybe later Millicent." He insists.
"Very well." I agree despite not completely agreeing with him.
"Alright guys, so I've finally pinpointed your position." Jeremy announced.
"Took you long enough, Einstein." Odd said, holding one of his claws to his ear.
Ignoring the comment, Jeremy continues. "You guys are in a secret base located in the Rocky Mountains. I've managed to find the schematics of the lab, so I should be able to guide you."
"Great, let's go." Stanford smirked.
Ulrich's POV:
"So we just sit here and defend the skid?" Marley asks.
Aelita nodded. "Pretty much, unless XANA activates a tower, we stay here."
"Don't worry about it Marley, it'll be fine." Yumi reassures him.
"Jeremy do you have anything yet?" I ask.
"Yeah." Jeremy answered. "I just got word that they're in the rocky mountains, I'm currently downloading a schematic of the lab from a restricted access site."
"Sounds like fun." Marley deadpans gaining small smiles from each of the girls.
Jeremy chuckled. "You're so funny Marley. You're beginning to get more and more li-"
Yumi looked up in the sky, "Something wrong, Jeremy?"
"Activated tower on the replika!" Jeremy shouted.
In response I immediately draw my swords, Yumi her fans, Marley his phasers and Aelita an energy field in each hand at the ready.
"Where is it Jeremy?" Aelita asked.
"It's 45º north by 35º east." Jeremy informed us. "I'll send you your vehicles so you can get there in no time flat."
And with that the Overbike, Overwing and Overwheel appear in front of us.
Marley slides into the seat, "Alright, let's go!" He shouts.
Yumi shakes her head. "No Marley, you and I have to stay here and defend the skid. Aelita and Ulrich will handle the tower."
"What?" Marley asks. "But they're gonna need all the help they can get if they're gonna make it!"
Aelita also gave a disapproving nod. "I'm sorry Marley but Yumi's right. Don't worry though, Ulrich and I will be fine."
"Saddle up Princess." I gesture for her to get on the Overbike. She slides on behind me and I send the bike off into the mountains.
Emily's POV:
"Guys, XANA's activated a tower on the replika, keep your eyes peeled for anything that may show up."
"Got it, Einstein." I nod.
"Knowing XANA it's probably gonna be a bunch of monsters or a general showing up here." Odd said.
Millicent shivered. "That's all we need, a physical confrontation here on such a critical mission. Does XANA enjoy watching us suffer?"
"What do you think?" A voice asked as we entered a new room.
Standing in the middle of the room we had just entered is a new face. I'd never seen him before but he looks exactly like William with the exception of the red highlights in his hair and the extra weaponry strapped to his body.
"Looks like XANA's brought us a new kitty to play with us!" Odd exclaimed.
"Who is that?" Stanford asks, stepping in front of both Millicent and I protectively.
William growls. "It's Havoc, XANA's newest lackey."
"Congratulations, the underling pointed out the obvious." Havoc scoffed. "Keep trying and you might just become as smart as me."
William growled and formed his sword out of smoke.
Millicent put a comforting hand on William's shoulder. "No William, Havoc is simply trying to entice you into blindly lashing out towards him so he can end your teleportation. Sonia uses similar tactics towards me and we've seen how many times she's attempted and succeeded in doing so."
William regrettably dissolved his sword into smoke.
"That's why Standford and I will be the ones to take Havoc." I stepped up.
Stanford's eyes widened in surprise. "We are?" I give him a look, "I mean, we are!"
William still glared down Havoc, but sighed and ran off with Millicent.
"Um.. Odd shouldn't you be going with Emily and Millicent?" I asked him.
Odd chuckled, "And miss out on the chance to take down this new guy? Yeah right! Don't worry guys, with me on your side it'll be a couple laser arrows and it's all over!"
"Don't get too cocky guys." Jeremy warned. "This guy was able to take out Ulrich and Marley during the last attack."
"Don't worry, Einstein." Stanford smirked. "We've got things all under control here."
"If that's so then come and get me." Havoc said, forming his Zweihander in his right hand and pointing the giant sword threateningly towards us.
Aelita's POV:
"There's the tower!" I pointed towards the giant cylinder with its menacing red aura surrounding it.
"Here we go then!" Ulrich shouted as he increased the speed of the Overbike.
Within seconds we reach the tower and to our surprise there are no monsters or generals.
"That was easy." I shrug.
Ulrich draws his swords. "Too easy…" He glowers. "Stay behind me, Aelita."
"No need for the third degree, Ulrich." I put a reassuring hand on the boy's shoulder. "There are no monsters or generals around so let me go into the tower now while we have the chance."
Ulrich sighed but regrettably returned his swords to his pack.
I give the boy a small smile and then walk into the root like base of the tower.
Ripples run through the tower's base as I make my way into the tower.
The familiar cylindrical area makes me smile; even in XANA's territory the towers have always been quite homely to me.
I calmly walk to the middle of the eye of XANA as each of the rings ight up with each step I take.
The faint aura surrounds me as I make my ascent up the tower.
Once on the upper platform I make my way to the center as the interface appeared.
I reach my hand towards the screen only for a blue gloved hand to grab mine.
"I'm sorry Ms. Schaeffer, but I'm afraid I can't allow you to do that." A familiar voice sounds, echoing in the vertical tunnel that is the tower.
I turn only to come face to face with the piercing green eyes of the general of assassination.
"Sonia!" I shriek.
She smirks. "At your disservice, Mrs. Einstein."
I recoil in fear, at the general.
"Sorry about this, but you know XANA has his orders."
Before I can even blink she has her two blades out and slices at me. I stumble back in an attempt to dodge but unfortunately, fall off the platform. As I fall to the bottom platform, the interfaces that line the edge of the dark tunnel fly past my vision in a blur of blue.
I slam down on the lower platform and upon impact I can immediately tell that I lost at least twenty life points from the fall.
Sonia lands on both feet and immediately sends a kick at me and launches me into the air and out of the tower.
Yumi's POV:
"These are the things you need to be more prepared for, Marley." I sighed as I was sitting down, leaning against the base of the tower.
Marley rolls his eyes as he lies down a couple feet from me using a rock as a pillow. "I know that, Yumi. It's not like it's my first day on the job."
"But you just need to take it seriously," I insist, he sighs and rolls over to the side. "XANA could spring anything on us at any time."
He springs up into a sitting position. "Like Tarantulas?" He suggests.
I nod. "Exactly, like tarantulas."
"No! Tarantulas!" Marley shouts.
Immediately five different shots fire at the Skid.
"Yumi! Marley! What are you guys doing?!" Jeremy shouted. "Five tarantulas just showed up and they just took out 40% of the skid's sheildlevels!"
"Doing what we can Jeremy!" Marley shouts as he pulls out his phasers and began firing at the Tarantulas.
Luckily one of the Trekkky's blasts hit a tarantula in the eye of XANA causing it to explode.
I quickly drew my fans and jump up into the air, flinging one at one of the tarantulas only for it to shoot it out of the air with one of its arm cannons. It then fired at me while I was still air born and knocked me down with the two shots.
"Yumi!" Marley shouts after me only to be hit himself.
"Watch it you guys, Yumi you're down to sixty and Marley 80." Jeremy shouted at us.
I land with a thud. "Keep going Marley." I insisted, ignoring the ranting boy genius.
Marley nodded only for his eyes to glow blue and for him to vanish into a pillar of light of the same color.
He appeared on top of a Tarantula's back only to point his two phasers into the monster's eye of XANA at pointblank range. It was instantly blown to bits.
I get up myself and throw a fan at another Tarantula that exploded on impact.
"Yes." I pumped my fist before catching my fan.
I then throw my fan at an approaching tarantula only for it to shot the fan out of the air and fire at me again. Luckily I cartwheel out of the way and pull out my second fan and throw it at the monster hitting it right in the eye and blowing it up.
I then threw my two fans at the last Tarantula while Marley fired a shot from his phaser at it. The Tarantula exploded upon our attacks impacts.
I sighed in relief. "Okay, I think it's over."
"Good," Marley smiled. "Glad that's over."
I nod. "Yeah I-"
All of a sudden a screech was heard.
I turned towards the source of the noise only for something to jump towards my face blocking my field of vision. Suddenly there was a flash of yellow and the feeling of my virtual body blowing apart.
Next thing I know, I find myself in the darkness of the scanner.
It opens and I stumble out of the tube.
I pant as I try to cope with the pain of the piercing headache I got from my sudden devirtualization.
I stumble into the elevator and hit the button to send myself up to the lab.
"What was it, Jeremy?" I asked once I was in the lab.
"An Electro Monkey." Jeremy answered.
"Darn electro monkey!" Marley growled from within the computer.
Marley's POV:
I blow the smoke off of my phaser and I growl. "Darn Electro Monkey!"
I then look up into the sky. "Jeremy, are there any more monsters I need to worry about?"
"Not right now," Jeremy responds. "Wait! Marley, two Megatanks and a Krab showing up!"
"Where?!" I shout only to immediately dive away from the wall of fire sent at the Skid.
"Marley!" Jeremy shouted.
I sigh. "I've got it Jeremy…"
And with that I pull out my phasers and make a dash for the three new monsters.
Odd's POV:
"Laser arrow!" I shout as I propel myself into the air and fire a stream of arrows at the general.
Havoc sends a burst of flames towards us but we're all able to dodge it, I jump above it whereas Stanford and Emily run in opposite directions.
"Laser arrow!" I shout as I spring towards him once again.
The general easily jumps away from the projectiles only to be smacked in the face with one of Stanford's basketballs basketballs.
Emily throws her crown towards the dark arsenal only for the general to form his zweihander and smack the crown away.
"Is this it?" Havoc smirks. "Surely the three of you could do better than that."
"Laser arrow!" I shout, shooting several arrows out of my fists at the boy.
Stanford shot out four basketballs and Emily threw her crown in response.
Havoc deeply inhales and blows out a stream of fire from his mouth which incinerated my arrows and Stanford's basketballs while Emily's crown clatters to the floor.
Havoc shakes his head in disappointment and smirked. "Pathetic."
"Seriously?!" I shout. "You can breathe fire, now?! That's just not fair!"
Emily ran over to retrieve her fallen crown. As she was bending over to pick it up Havoc formed four throwing knives out of smoke and chucked them at the princess. The knives meet their mark and that ended her teleportation.
"EMILY!" Stanford and I shouted.
"RAH!" Stanford growled as he chucked several basketballs at the general who easily formed his zweihander and effortlessly blocked each and every one of the boy's shots.
"Honestly, I expected more from you." Havoc added as he began walking towards Stanford and I still blocking each of the boys attacks.
"Laser arrow!" I shouted once again as I cocked my arm and sent more arrows at him. Havoc yawned as he blocked the stream of arrows and basketballs with his zwiehander as he still walked towards us.
"It makes me wonder how Master XANA hasn't gotten rid of you all yet," Havoc asked. "I mean if you're so easy to take down then why would it take so long?"
Havoc now stood right in front of Stanford looking completely bemused at the boy's attacks. He then brought down his Zweihander in a move that would've cut the boy in half had he been on earth.
"Pathetic." Havoc shakes his head in disappointment once again as Stanford's body fades out of existence.
"LASER ARROW!" I shout angrily shooting an arrow at the general who sends a burst of flame from his hand turning the arrows to dust.
Havoc was now right in front of me and shook his head. "Tsk. Tsk. Tsk."
He then brought his sword down upon me and feel myself ripped from existence.
Marley's POV:
"WARP SPEED!" I shout as I break out into my enhanced dash around the blasts that the Krabs send at me.
A large red wall of energy slams into the skidbladnir from the Megatank again.
"MARLEY!" Jeremy yelps from the lab.
"I've got it, Einstein." I insist even though I myself am not sure whether or not I'm going to make it through this.
"But the Skidbladnir only has 30% shields left." Jeremy yells.
I pull out my phasers and try desperately to shoot at the two Krabs in front of me, but my shots are terribly off from the stress of the situation.
One of the Krabs uses my frustration to shot a laser at me that lands on my right arm and has me drop a phaser.
I gasp as I hold my hand to my sparkling arm in pain. "Jeremy?!"
"20 lifepoints left Marley." Jeremy confirms. "One more good hit and you'll have a one way ticket back to the scanners."
"Beam me up!" I shout, calling upon my teleportation power.
I land on top of one of the Krabs and shoot down the other from on top of it. The Krab staggered on its claws trying to regain its footing until it began to fall to the ground and erupt into code. The other crab attempts to shake me off only for me to shoot it four times in the eye of XANA immediately destroying it.
I fall to the ground as the Krab is destroyed. I just lie there for a few seconds trying to catch a breath.
"Move it, Marley!" Jeremy shouts.
I jump up to my feet to find the Megatank charging yet another elliptical laser.
I sigh to myself but take a running start towards it before shouting, "Warp Speed!" increasing my speed as the monster finishes charging and fires towards the skid but luckily I take out my phaser and destroy it. Not so luckily I get hit by the wall that comes out and am immediately ejected from the virtual world.
Ulrich's POV:
"Aelita!" I shout as I watch her helplessly be thrown out of the tower.
"You've got fourty-five lifepoints, Aelita." Jeremy announced as I ran over to help her up.
"Don't worry about it, Einstein." A voice rings out from the direction of the tower. I quickly look over to see ripples appear on the root like base of the tower. Out of it steps Sonia who chuckles. "It doesn't matter though, Aelita'll be wiped out in a few seconds and soon Ulrich will be too."
I growl. "We'll see about that, Sonia."
"Fun! I've always wanted to have a duel with you!" Sonia chirps as she draws her curved blades. "Just the two of us, swinging our swords around like we're fencers and stuff, it'll be so much fun!"
I narrow my eyes at her in a glare and draw my swords and usher her forward. "Then come at me then."
"Stay behind me, Aelita." I insist.
"No, Aelita head back to the Skid." Jeremy says. "Marley just got devirtualized and Emily, Stanford and Odd got teleported back. You know what'll happen if the skid goes down with them insi- oh no! three Megatanks just got to the skid, move it Aelita!"
"Right." Aelita nods and swipes her hand over her star bracelet. Her wings sprout from her back and takes to the skies.
SCREECH!
Sonia unleashes her sonic scream towards the angel girl and it makes contact with her and devirtualizes her.
"Sorry, we can't have that." Sonia apologizes. "Wouldn't want to make things easier for you guys."
"That's just great…" I deadpan.
"Ulrich you've gotta get back to the skid." Jeremy commands. "There's nothing we can do about the tower and the shield's been destroyed. If those Megatanks make only ten shots on it then it's game over for Odd, Millicent, Emily, William and Stanford."
"Just perfect…" I grumble before taking a running start. "SUPER SPRINT!"
And like that I'm making my way to the other end of the replika.
Jeremy's POV:
"We're doomed, aren't we Jeremy?" Marley asks me.
"Marley!" Yumi shouts at him.
I shake my head and sigh. "Marley might just be right, we are so doomed."
"Ulrich'll make it." Aelita insists. "Don't worry."
Millicent's POV:
"At last, we have finally reached the supercomputer room!" I announce as the door slides open and allows William and I to step inside.
"Great guys, now hurry up!" Jeremy instructs. "Emily, Odd and Stanford failed, Havoc's coming right for you, Megatanks are attacking the skid and it's only a matter of time before they blow it to bits."
"Great, any good news Jeremy?" William rolls his eyes.
"Nope." The genius answers.
"What about the tower?" I ask.
"Sorry, Millie." Aelita's voice adds. "You guys are on your own."
"Let's do this." William says.
We enter the room to find the walls lined with computer monitors built into the walls and pieces of metal jutting out of the walls just below the monitors holding keyboard and mice along with several office chairs in front of the monitors. The room itself is made of the same concrete with a menacing Eye of XANA scorched into the floor. The walls and ceiling themselves though are made up of circuitry and wires themselves. It's as if the entire room is some sort of motherboard.
"I've never seen a computer like this before." I gasp as I look all around at the room trying to figure out how something like this is even possible.
William pats a reassuring hand on my shoulder. "It's okay Millicent, take your time. You'll be able to figure it out."
"Your tiny minds couldn't possibly be able to comprehend what Master XANA has come up with here." A voice adds making me jump and turning to see none other than the Dark Arsenal standing before us. "The capabilities of his AI processing are far more advanced than anything you can come up with Millicent Min."
William forms his sword and glares at him. "Don't talk to her that way! Millicent, take care of the Supercomputer I'll handle this guy."
Havoc smirks and materializes his own sword out of the smoke. "I will have a pleasure in ending your teleportation William Dunbar. Or shall I call you father, since I do come from your DNA?"
"Havoc: The Dark Arsenal," William starts, glaring intently at the general. "I am NOT your father."
"But Maury says you are the father!" Odd chimes in. "Ow! Don't hit me, Yumi! Ow! Seriously, Aelita you too?"
"Gimme my seat back!" Jeremy shouts.
"I thought you'd make a stupid Star Wars reference." Marley says. "With the whole I am not your father thing."
"Your friends are so… charming…" Havoc rolls his eyes.
I shrug. "They have their moments."
Without warning William lunges towards Havoc, swinging his sword towards him only for the general to duck and send an uppercut towards William, flames licking at his chin as he was thrown back by the blow.
"Move it Millicent!" William shouts at me.
"Right!" I nod and get to work. Think Millicent, think…
Ulrich's POV:
"YAH!" I shout as I stop right behind the three Megatanks and chuck one of my swords into one of them. The sword lands right in the eye only for it to surge with electricity and explode into code.
"Come on guys, wake up!" Jeremy shouts at the people sleeping in the skid. "You can do it! Come on!"
I ignore Jeremy's pleas for them to awaken and quickly retrieve my fallen sword.
The two Megatanks once again open up and begin to charge up their elliptical lasers.
"SUPER SPRINT!" I shout and dash towards one of the Megatanks with my sword drawn. I spring up into the air and just as the Megatank is about to fire its massive laser I land on top of it and stab both of my blades into it. After a few seconds I pull out my swords and flip away from the monster as it explodes into code.
The other monster however fired its elliptical laser and it slammed into the skid.
"Come on guys wak- What are you doing, Ulrich? The Skid only has 500 lifepoints now!" Jeremy shouted.
The remaining Megatank opens up its shell and I chuck my sword into the eye, instantly destroying it.
I cross my arms and smirk. "There Jer, are you happy now?"
"He might be, but I'm not…" A voice adds, panting and gasping for breath.
"Took you long enough," I cross my arms and smirk at the general of assassination.
Sonia gasps once again. "You run pretty fast. You know that?"
I shrug. "It never crossed my mind."
Sonia sighs. "Wish I could take a little breather but y'know I've got my orders and all so…" She then pulls out her two blades and ushers me forward.
"Alright Sonia, we'll play your little game." I smirk and draw my own swords.
And like that the two of us run towards each other.
William's POV:
I get up from Havoc's punch and charge at the general, wildly swinging my Zweihander towards him. The general easily dodges each of my blows there frustrating me to no end.
"Really, this is the best you can do, father?" Havoc asks.
I growl and swing my Zweihander towards him once again only for him to sidestep the slash once more.
Havoc shakes his head in disappointment. "I honestly expected more from you."
I do a horizontal swing that would decapitate him but he easily ducks under the blow.
"I thought you would be more of a challenge." Havoc continues.
I send another vertical slash at him only for him to easily dodge once again.
Havoc smirks. "To think you provided, my DNA. How could someone as incompetent as you be the one who provided me life, next to Master XANA of course."
I growl at the general and send a stab towards the general only for him to quickly jump away from the thrust.
"Perhaps it was the Master who I have inherited my skill from and not you, father." Havoc smirks.
I send yet another jab at him which he easily slides away from.
"Maybe it was Master XANA who provided you your skill, William." Havoc inquired. "After all you'd been under his control for so long that you were bound to pick up something. Not only in the way you fight, but your abilities; such as Super Smoke and the waves of energy."
"SHUT UP!" I shout as I slam my sword down towards him in what would've split him in half down the middle had he not dissolved into smoke and flown out of the way.
I then feel a pain on my back as I stumble forward and my sword clatters to the ground and I quickly turn my body so that I'm staring up at him. "It's time to end your teleportation, William." Havoc tells me as he rears his sword back.
"Super Smoke!" I shout and make my body dissolve into smoke just as Havoc swings his Zweihander down towards me. I then appear behind Havoc but he sends a kick at me that makes me stumble but I'm able to regain my footing.
I quickly turn around and send my blade down at him only for him to pull out his own zwiehander and block my blow, leaving us grappling each other's blades, struggling for control.
In strength both Havoc and I seem to be evenly matched. But I know that whoever drops their glare or even loosens their grip at the slightest bit will lose.
Suddenly the Eye of XANA on Havoc's sword begins to glow a bright red and soon the energy is traveling up the entire sword.
Not quite sure what to do I kick Havoc in the stomach only for him to lose his grip on his sword and fall to the ground. I quickly run over to the sword and step on it so that he can't grab it.
"So what are you going to do now, Havoc." I smirk.
Havoc remains a calm and breathes a single word. "Burn."
And like that the glowing red sword under me let out a column of flame and ends my teleportation. "Milic-"
Millicent's POV:
What if we tried to make water damage- no, that wouldn't work because the mainframes are probably in several different circ-
"MIilic-" I quickly turn to see William burst into flame before nothing was there.
I turn to Havoc who is now walking towards me. "Your turn."
My eyes widen in fear as the general approaches me.
"Meep." I squeak.
Ulrich's POV:
I swing my blades in a downward slash that Sonia easily blocks with her own blades.
She then attempts to make a horizontal slash across my chest but I'm easily able to block with one of my swords.
"Come on, Samurai Jack!" Sonia laughed. "Hit me! I haven't had a good fight this whole mission! Hit me with your best shot, Jackie Chan!"
I don't answer and spin my blades in my hands before trying to stab her in the chest with both blades but she quickly spins in between the blades and jumps away from me.
"Boring…" Sonia whines. "Try this on for size hero."
SCREECH!
Sonia unleashes her sonic wail.
"Super sprint!" I shout quickly getting out of the way of the sound waves and making my way towards Sonia.
I bring one of my sword down to her but she blocks once again. "That's better." She smirks. "Let's play some more!"
We both try to push on the two swords for dominance and so far I have the upper hand as she skids backwards against my pushing.
Ulrich, William just got sent back and the skid is- oh wait, there's Millicent. The mission failed and you've gotta head back.
"What?!" I yell.
Sonia smiles. "Guess it's over, Ulrich. It was a fun fight but in the end we always win."
I growl at her and attempt to stab her with my other sword but she easily blocks it and we're both grappling with both blades.
Sonia smirks. "By the way, one thing you gotta know about us bad guys is that we always cheat."
"Wha-" And suddenly a blade come through my back and I look down to my stomach to see the end of a Zweihander protruding from it and digital code spilling from the wound as I fall to the ground and am soon ejected from the virtual world.
Stanford's POV:
I yawn and look around to find myself in my navskid. "What? What am I doing here?"
"Stanford?!" Jeremy exclaims. "Oh finally! Someone woke up!"
I shrug. "Yeah, what's going on here? Did we finish the mission."
"No." Jeremy answers. "You guys gotta get outta there though, because I'm pretty sure Sonia and Havoc are gonna get rid of the skid now."
BOOM!
"Yeah… I can see that." I add as the skid shakes.
"WAH!"
"HUH!"
"NOT THE PIZZA!"
"Glad to see you guys awake." I smirk as I hear the voices of William, Odd and Emily.
"Why am I in the copilot's navskid?" Emily asks.
"Can someone please wake Millicent before you guys are destroyed with the Skid?" Jeremy asked.
"I know just how to wake her up." I smirk. "Oh my gosh Millicent, Mrs. Hertz gave you a zero on your thesis of probability and seismic waves and junk!"
"WHAT?!" The girl genius shouts. "How dare she even think of doing such a thing, my work is always excelling even the greatest-"
"Cut it out, Millicent and get out of there!" Jeremy orders her.
"Oh my!" She gasps. "Shield levels are down, Havoc and the ingrate are here and no one else is protecting us?! Time to make a retreat."
And like that the skid releases its ties to the tower and we fly down into the digital sea.
Jeremy's POV:
"Well that was a bust." I sigh as I put my headset down on the keyboard.
"I should have been able to figure out how to destroy that supercomputer." Millicent sighs.
Emily puts a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "Don't beat yourself up over it, Millie."
"She's right Millicent," Aelita nods. "That mainframe is nothing like I've ever seen before. You, Jeremy and I will go over it this week so that we can figure out a way to destroy it."
"When you do find out a way, let me know." Odd says. "Because I wanna go back and give that computer a taste of Odd the Magnificent."
"Uh-uh." Marley shakes his head. "Next time we go, I'm going to go to the lab."
"Sure!" Odd chirped. "We can go together."
I roll my eyes. "In the mean time, I think I'm going to develop a way to get you to wake up after a teleportation has ended. That was taking way too long."
"I don't know about you guys but I am gonna get some major sleep." Ulrich yawns.
I look down at my watch and sigh. "No you're not. It's 6:30 and we have breakfast in thirty minutes."
"Fantastic." William deadpans.
"Let's go home guys." Yumi says.
We walk out of the lab and into the elevator.
"Wait a minute." Millicent exclaims.
"What?" William asks.
She smirks at Odd and holds out an expecting towards him. "Pay up."
"Darn it!"Odd shouts. "I thought you forgot about that."
"I never forget anything." Millicent smirks.
"It's true." Emily nods.
"She never does." Marley confirms.
Odd grumbles at this and fishes in his pockets for twenty euros making the rest of us laugh at the purple boy's misfortune.
The long awaited chapter is finally finished! This is a lot shorter than most of my stuff but it was twice the length of the last thing I uploaded so I'm happy. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and read and review.
