Lord Maximus: I don't own Code: Lyoko.
Summary: What if Xana had managed to destroy Lyoko's Core while possessing Ulrich's body during Nobody in Particular? What if the battle was much harder than they would have guessed?
Odd sat down on his bed and looked sadly at the bed where the clone sat. Kiwi sat on his lap. In just a fourth week of fighting Xana after Lyoko had been recreated they had lost another warrior. Kiwi yelped and cuddled on his lap. Odd reached down and patted his pet's head.
A knock was heard on the door. Kiwi barked and jumped off Odd's lap as the boy walked up to the door and opened it. Yumi was standing in the hall.
"Hey, Yumi?" asked Odd,
"Mind if I come in?" asked Yumi.
Odd nodded and stepped aside letting the black haired girl in. Already Jeremy had gone through the trouble of creating a clone of William so now they had to keep an eye on not only Ulrich's duplicate but now William.
"Is there something bothering you?" asked Odd,
"Well actually . . ." said Yumi.
She looked down with a sad expression. Odd looked on in concern. Yumi had not spoken a word in the last few days when she heard from Aelita of what happened to William. Now Xana had the body of Ulrich, new monsters, control of an unknown number supercomputers, and William as his puppet.
Jeremy and Aelita had been busy scanning the Internet and a way to materialize them at Xana's supercomputers to destroy the Replicas. So far it seemed that Xana was about to give them a break.
"Yeah what is it?" asked Odd,
"Odd, I have been thinking over the last few days and I have been coming to conclusion. It's all my fault!" shouted Yumi.
"What?!"
Kiwi yelped and ran under the table. Odd looked at her with wide eyes.
"I fell into the Digital Sea, I was always the one who Xana targeted, I failed to devirtualize Ulrich's body when Xana possessed it, and I was the one who suggested we bring William into the group. And look what happened! He get's possessed and now's he's a puppet just like Ulrich's body!"
Yumi's eyes welled up with tears which slid down her cheeks as she covered her face with her hands. Odd walked over to Ulrich's bed where the black haired girl sat and put an arm around her.
"Now I know your going nuts. You think any of us would blame you? We all tried to help Ulrich but failed. You think you're the only feeling guilty.
The guy was my best friend but I know neither Ulrich or William would blame you for what happened." said Odd.
Yumi looked up from her tear stained hands.
"You have nothing to blame yourself with. We still have a chance to save William. But we get do it without you, Yumi." said Odd.
Yumi sighed and nodded. She looked down.
"Come on. Let's head to Jeremy's dorm. He's working on a way to bring back William." said Odd.
Yumi nodded and they stood up and walked out the door. They walked into Jeremy's dorm and saw the clones of Ulrich and William sitting on the bed with Jeremy and Aelita sitting at the computer. Sissy was leaning against the wall watching the two geniuses work.
"Hey, guys." said Jeremy,
"What's going on, Jeremy?" asked Odd.
"We have been scanning the Digital Network for any sign of William but so far nothing. We are also discovered Xana created his new monsters by calling upon the power of unknown number of supercomputers he had under his control. The Dragon and the Knight's life points are twice the amount of life points of a Tarantula while the Putties as Odd calls them only have ten life points. It seems Xana hacked into the supercomputer and was able to combine the designs for the Marabounta with the design for his new monster." said Jeremy.
"Is there any way to stop them?" asked Aelita,
"Yes. Just like how we defeated the Marabounta we can just upload Odd's arrows with a virus but like with the Marabounta we need to target the one that was created first." said Jeremy.
"No problem. Just upload my arrows and send me into Lyoko. I'll take care of those Putty rip offs in no time. " said Odd,
"Let's not forget that we need to be on high alert. With these new monsters Xana will have plenty of surprises for us." said Jeremy.
XANA's Lair.
Xana stood at the massive circular window that showed the Digital Network as he turned.
"Well isn't that touching. They are actually going to try to be careful when facing my new monsters. However that will not save them. I think it's time to kick it up a notch.
Xana looked at the gathered monsters as William bowed down in front of him. The monsters bowed behind the brain washed boy at their master.
"Rise my minions! Prepare yourselves for the world shall feel our wrath!
Xana looked out at the window and turned back. He sat down on his throne and pulled out his sword.
"Our past attacks have served but failure. Now it's time to grow a winner."
Xana pointed his sword out into the Digital Network and unleashed crimson lightning that traveled into Lyoko. A tower glowed red in the Forest Sector.
A specter came our of a socket and slithered into a tree. It started to envelop the tree growing in size until the entire tree was covered. Once it was covered the tree absorbed the black ooze and suddenly something happened. Electricity blasted from the tree as it shrunk down to roughly human size and its wooden body started to pulse.
Branches fused to from arms and legs and wood like armor covered the figure that seemed to a manifestation of the evil that was contained within. A face was sculpted onto the head with expressionless eyes and a mouth that did not move. The Eye of Xana appeared where the eyes where as it took its first step and jumped onto the roof of Kadic Academy.
A sudden beeping sound caught there attention.
"Activated tower in the Forest Sector." said Aelita,
"Just in time for me to test out a special program. I have been working on it to free William and it's no time like the present to test it out." said Jeremy.
"Let's hurry." said Sissy.
Suddenly the window in Jeremy's room was smashed and everyone looked to see a tall green like figure wearing wood like armor with Eye of Xana in where the eyes would be. It looked at its prey before pulling what looked like a bow and pointed it at them. An arrow made of lightning flashed to existence before the creature fired it. They all ducked as the arrow flew out of the room and hit the wall creating an explosion that rocked the entire school.
"What going on here!" shouted Jim.
He ran into see the Xana's new puppet and gasped. The creature ran up to him and slammed its fist into the gym teacher's stomach. He was knocked out instantly. The creature turned to the Lyoko Warriors to find them gone.
It took off in pursuit of its prey and plunged itself into the ground. Instantly its body turned into vines and spread into the ground. As it traveled under the ground it found its enemies in the forest just at the sewer hole. It sprouted from the ground and grabbed Yumi.
"Yumi!" shouted everyone,
"Go! Get to the tower! I'll be fine!" shouted Yumi.
They all reluctantly went down the sewer hole as the monster transformed into a gigantic tree. Vines started to wrap around Yumi's body and one covered her mouth to keep her from calling out for help. The monster now in the shape of a tree then sent vines through the ground and soon enough the entire city was being enveloped the entire city in vines.
People screamed as vines ripped put of the ground and attacked. Yumi looked to see vines spreading into the city. The kids at Kadic Academy ran out screaming but a certain black haired boy ran into the forest and saw a gigantic tree toss a certain black haired girl onto the ground.
"Yumi!"
Yumi looked up to see her little brother, Hiroki looking down at her very scared.
"Hiroki?"
Hiroki turned Yumi over on her back to get a good look at her. Her face had cuts and bruises while her clothes were slightly torn. Yumi got up but her leg was pretty cut up as blood emerged from the left leg. Hiroki put her arm over his shoulders as she pointed at the sewer hole.
Yumi climbed down first with Hiroki close by and he put her arm over his shoulder as he helped his older sister walk. She climbed up a ladder with Hiroki following and she waited for him on the bridge on the factory.
"Where are we, Yumi?" asked Hiroki,
"The one place that can help us."
Yumi walked into the factory with Hiroki's help and slid down the rope. There was an elevator that Yumi called up by pushing a red button. The door opened and led them down to the lab.
"Wow!"
Jeremy looked up to see Hiroki helping Yumi walk in.
"This is so cool!"
"Jeremy, how are things going on Lyoko?"
"It's bad. The tower is bing protected by twelve Crabs, three Megatanks, three Tarantulas, and twelve Bloks. If it isn't bad enough William has showed up." said Jeremy,
"Yumi, what's going on?" asked Hiroki.
Yumi ignored him and walked over to the screen.
"Get the scanners ready, Jeremy." said Yumi,
"Have you taken a good look at yourself? You can't go to Lyoko in that condition." said Jeremy.
"But then Aelita will be captured and the city will be destroyed." said Yumi,
"I know and we're doing everything we can." said Jeremy.
"If I can't go than who will help them?" asked Yumi,
"Um, excuse me?" asked an innocent voice.
They turned to see Hiroki who was feeling out of place.
"I don't know what's going on here but if it has something to do with that giant tree than if Yumi can't help than I can help." said Hiroki,
"No. You can't. We already brought several others in when . . ." said Yumi.
She stopped and looked down.
"We have no choice, Yumi." said Jeremy.
"Okay." said Yumi reluctantly.
"Hiroki, head down the elevator one level and you'll three scanners and step into one. We'll explain on the way."said Jeremy.
Hiroki nodded and walked into the elevator and did as Jeremy told him. The elevator door opened up and Hiroki walked inside looking at the scanners. He stepped into one and he heard Jeremy's voice over the intercom.
"Transfer Hiroki."
"Scanner Hiroki."
"Virtualization!"
Hiroki landed on his butt in the Forest Sector with loud 'OW!'. He looked around to see the forest around him as he took it in with awe and wonder. He looked down at himself and noticed a black unzipped jacket with a black sleeves shirt and dark green cargo pants. On his feet were a pair of black sandals while he wore black fingerless gloves and some bandages wrapped around his legs.
"Wow! Where am I?" asked Hiroki.
"It's called Lyoko. A virtual universe inside a supercomputer. It's kind of like a game but we have a problem."
"What's that?"
"A dangerous super program called Xana is using Lyoko to attack the real world. That giant tree monster attacking city right now is the work of Xana. The only way to stop Xana is by going to Lyoko to shut down the tower he's using. Our friend Aelita is the only who can do that so Xana sends out his monsters to stop her.
It's our job to help as best we can."
"I get it. So where's the tower?"
"North by north west. Be careful, Hiroki. It may seem like a game but it's also dangerous."
"Got it but what do I do if one of these monsters find me?"
"We are all given special powers and weapons when we come to Lyoko. I don't know what you got but you'll have to figure it out on your own."
"Okay."
With that Hiroki ran towards the tower.
Odd back flipped and fired his arrow which hit a Blok causing it to explode. Aelita flew through the air with her angel like wings avoiding lasers from the Tarantulas and Sissy sling shotted herself around on her webbing as she plunged her staff into a Megatank destroying it. So far nearly all the Bloks were gone which just left two Crabs, one Megatank, and two Tarantulas.
Aelita landed in front of the tower and prepared to travel up to the upper platform when William appeared and kicked her out of the tower. He walked out of the tower smiling evilly as his giant cleaver sword appeared in his hand and pointed it at her.
"Energy Field!"
She fired at him but he raised his sword and blocked the attack and fired it right back at her. She was sent flying over to edge and almost fell. She grabbed the ledge and held on for her life. William smirked as the remaining monsters circled around the edge where Aelita was hanging firing at the remaining warriors as he prepared to knock Aelita into the Digital Sea.
"Get away from her! Fire Ball!" shouted a voice.
William looked to see a ball of fire hit him in the chest which sent him flying back. The monsters and the Lyoko Warriors turned and saw Hiroki running up to them. He pulled out a rod.
"Flare!"
The rod was enveloped in flames and turned into a fire sword as he charged and threw the sword which pierced the Eye on a Crab causing it to explode. Odd fired a Laser Arrow which hit the last Crab and destroyed while Sissy sling shotted down and hit the last Megatank. The only enemies left where William and the last two Tarantulas. The possessed boy growled as another Lyoko Warrior to help them.
"Fire!" shouted William.
The Tarantulas took aim and fired.
"Flame Shield!" shouted Hiroki.
Instantly Hiroki was protected by a dome made of flames that blocked the lasers. Aelita pulled herself up and pointed her hands at the last two monsters.
"Energy Field!"
The last two monsters were destroyed leaving only William left. He growled at them as they surrounded him.
"Super Smoke!"
His body vanished into a cloud of black smoke that fell into the Digital Sea. Odd turned and smiled down at Hiroki.
"Thanks for the help, squirt. How do you like your first trip to Lyoko?" asked Odd,
"Awesome! I can't believe you guys and Yumi have been doing this thing." said Hiroki.
"Like anyone would believe us." said Sissy.
Aelita walked into the tower and flew to the upper platform. The interface appeared in front of her after landing on the upper platform. She placed her hand on it.
AELITA
CODE: LYOKO
All the data fell to the dark abyss.
"Tower Deactivated." said Aelita.
"Return to the Past Now!"
Xana slammed his fist down as William bowed down in apology from his latest failure.
"So they added yet another warrior to their ranks? It was much sooner than I thought. No matter how strong they are, no matter whether they have five or thousands they will fail when they see what I have in store! It will take years for them to destroy all of my Replicas!
And even if they do I will always have a back up plan. I will be back Lyoko Warriors!"
Outside the monolith the Digital Network turned from calm blue to blood red.