Episode 25: Welcome to Earth, We have Tacos!
Aelita was sitting in the computer chair, all of the others standing right behind the chair. "I can't wait. Soon he'll be out and we won't have to deal with JEREMIE anymore," she said, then started up the virtualization program, which she had worked on for over a year. She started up the test, it started, the body stretching all the way down, and a green plus sign shot up. "Yes!"
Hours later the team was standing back in the computer room, Aelita having finished creating a document for Xana. His new name was Xana Relanuase, he was Russian, he was born November Eleventh, 1996, his parents had died because of a car accident and his Godfather had decided to transfer him to Lyoko until he could better take care of Xana.
"All right, William, go convince your parents to let Xana stay there for a few weeks until his room is ready, Sam and Sissi convince Mr. Stern to let him go to Lyoko no matter what and I'll finish up the documents," Aelita said, and the team got moving.
William soon arrived home and saw his adopted sister Milly sitting on the couch eating cereal in her pajamas with her stuffed teddy bear next to her. "Milly, where's Mom and Dad?" he asked, and she looked over at him.
"Mom's in the laundry room and Dad is at work. Why?" she asked.
"None of your business," William replied, then went into the laundry room and saw his mother folding clothes. "Mom, well, my pen pal Xana Relanuase is coming to France and he doesn't have anywhere to stay, so can he stay here?"
"Well, you'd have to ask your father if this Sana could stay," his mom replied.
"Okay, and it's Xana, with a z sound," William said before leaving. "How to convince Dad…" he wondered. He was missing his journal this morning. The journal filled with all his little corporate secret stuff. That might work, he thought, then nodded and went around the house.
William had searched everywhere around the house and no freaking journal! He was getting angry before he remembered his father had said it after coming back from a drive to pick up more coffee beans. He had brought the journal with him because he brought it nearly everywhere, and he might have dropped it.
William ran out the door and got on his bike, peddling fast to get to the store. Soon he arrived and got off, chaining the bike to a bike stand next to the door. He walked around, trying to find the little black book that would be his father's journal, but didn't find it.
"Hey, kid! What are you doing here?" the shop owner asked. William looked over and sighed.
"I'm looking for a little black book with tan colored paper," he replied.
"I think I saw a boy about your age with black hair wearing a dark grey hoodie pick up a little book like that, and then he went that way," the shop owner replied, pointing down the road.
"Thanks!" William said, then grabbed his bike and pedaled off to where this Hoodie boy was. Soon he saw the person sitting on a fire escape with the book sticking out of a black backpack on his back. The Hoodie wearing person looked down and saw him, and when he saw William's look of 'give me the damn book before I fricking rip your damn head off', he nearly wet himself.
William pointed down and the person climbed down, soon standing about five meters away from William. "Give me the journal, and no one gets hurt," William said, putting a hand forward. The person hesitated, and then spun around and started to run. William grabbed a trash can's lid and threw it, hitting the person right in the back of the head. The person fell and the journal slid out of his backpack, sliding across the ground.
William jumped over the person and was about to grab it when the person tackled him to the ground. William kneed the person in the gut, winding him, and then got away and grabbed the journal, smacking the person with it as he tried to punch him. William looked at the person and then left the alley and went back home.
Sam was standing in front of the gym where she had made a mural on the wall, once again showing Suzanne with buck teeth. Soon the teacher came and saw Sam standing in front of it finishing it up with a spray of paint.
"Samantha Knight, to the principals office immediately!" Suzanne screamed, pointing in the direction of the administration building. Soon Sam was standing there, looking said as she sat down in the chair on the other side of the desk and Mr. Stern looked at her, well, sternly.
"Why on earth would you paint a mural on the side of the gymnasium wall?" he asked.
"I… I was dared into doing it. I didn't think that Suzanne would come before I cleaned it up," Sam said, looking even sadder.
"Ms. Hertz, please leave the room," Mr. Stern stated, and she obliged leaving only the principal and student.
"Um, sir, well, since I'm here, I want to ask you about enrolling my, er, cousin Xana," Sam said, unsure of how to say this.
"What's his full name?" Mr. Stern asked.
"Xana Relanuase," Sam said, remembering the name they had created for him.
Mr. Stern turned on his computer monitor and searched the name, coming up with plenty of stuff. "Well, all his things seem to be in place. I suppose I will allow it," the brown haired principal stated. "Dismissed." Sam got up and left, then when she saw Sissi standing outside the admin building she smiled and the two went off to go to the factory.
Aelita just finished the last of the false files for Xana when the other members arrived. "Things are all ready for Xana to come to earth," Sissi said.
"All right. Starting program," Aelita said, then brought up the program. "Go to the scanner room and be ready. Transfer: Xana." The profile was chosen and the middle scanner slid shut. "Scanner: Xana." The active profile lost the brightness from top to bottom. "Devirtualization!" The scanner hummed loudly and then popped open, Xana sitting on the floor of it.
"It worked!" William yelled happily.
Xana got up and stood up, then said, "That was a rush." He put a hand to his forehead and got out, standing up straight. He laughed a little as he stood up straight and nearly fell over.
"Great, now we can shut this thing down and be over with it," Aelita said, stepping off the elevator. They all got on and rode the elevator down to the super computer room. They all stepped forward, Xana and Aelita in the front, Sissi and Sam behind them and William in the back.
"Time to shut this thing down," Xana said, looking at the black and gold core that powered his old home. HE stepped forward and put a hand on the handle, then pulled down. But suddenly his eyes widened and then he fell limp to the ground.
"Turn it back on!" Sissi screamed, and Aelita pushed the handle back up. Xana stopped shaking and just sat there, limp. William crouched down and put two fingers to the side of his neck.
"He's breathing, but barely," William said, then picked him up by one arm while Sam grabbed the other. "We need to get him to the hospital."
Soon they were in the hospital, Xana laying in a bed wearing the patient smock with a white blanket over his lower half and a wire and IV attached to his left wrist. Soon he opened his eyes and saw Aelita to his right side holding his hand and his friends waiting around him. "You okay Xana?" Aelita asked, worried.
"I think so. That was weird," Xana replied, groaning as he pushed himself up. "How did that happen?"
"I think you may have a virus keeping us from turning the super computer off," Aelita said. She frowned at the thought of having to find an antivirus now.
"Great," Xana mumbled, then fell back. "JEREMIE probably bugged it when I went to the Forest Mega Tower so the program would work." He laid his head back on the pillow and sighed.
"It isn't your fault Xana. I should have checked the program's layout before starting it," Aelita said.
"Excuse me, you four need to leave," the nurse said to them. The four Warriors nodded and left the room, wing and hospital.
Two days later Xana had moved into the Dunbar family. He shared a room with William, which he of course didn't mind since they were friends. After nearly two weeks, the two male team members were standing in Xana's new room, painted mostly red with a single bed on the right side, a dresser at the foot of the bed and a desk with a computer under the window.
"Well, at least you finally have your own room. Not that I didn't enjoy having you at my house," William said, putting his hands up defensively and smiling.
"I just hope JEREMIE doesn't attack any time soon," Xana stated, then put his last pair of pants in the dresser. He got up from his crouching position and walked over to the door and the two left and went to lunch where the girls, twins and Matt were waiting to meet William's pen pal and Sam's cousin Xana.
In the scanner room the three scanners closed and hummed, then when they opened virtualized Kankrelat's started coming out, running over to the open elevator, their targets known.
The four, no, five, Warriors were walking through the crossroads when they saw Ulrich roll away from what appeared to be a laser. He jumped away just as another was fired, but it hit him in the leg, downing him. He fell over right as the five Warriors ran over, the guys grabbing his arms and pulling him away and the girls looking around the corner to see several virtualized Kankrelat's skittering around, firing lasers at random people.
"They don't even care if their Warriors or not," Sam said, feeling her fear swell.
"Then we have to stop this attack now," Aelita said. They all agreed and ran back to Ulrich, Xana and William. "We need to get to the factory," she stated, and everyone nodded.
Soon they were all walking around a corner to see four Kankrelat's waiting, moving around uncoordinated. One of them turned and saw the team, firing a laser that narrowly missed Sissi. They all dove for cover, but then William saw a metal rimmed window. He shattered the window and grabbed the pole, snapping it free.
"What are you doing?" Ulrich asked, hiding next to him.
"I'm gonna go kick those thing's asses," William replied, then jumped out and stabbed one, destroying it. A laser fired but he blocked it, then stabbed another, slicing one's carapace off and punted the last into a tree. William looked back and saw the others coming, going Sissi, Sam, Aelita, Xana and Ulrich.
Soon they encountered yet another squad, but this one was of nearly twenty. William looked at the metal frame piece he had and sighed. "I am not gonna be able to take all of those things," he stated. Sissi looked over at the gym and tapped him on the shoulder, pointing towards the gym entrance.
Soon they entered the boiler room and were about to go through the sewers when Sam and Ulrich stopped. Xana turned back and said, "Come on you two, we have to get to the factory."
"We'll take care of the Kankrelat's," Sam said, then William threw her the metal frame piece. "We'll get some stuff from the shed to fight them with."
The team split, Xana, William, Aelita and Sissi going to the factory and Ulrich and Sam going back to the school. Soon the Factory team arrived at the skateboards and scooter. "Wait, Xana doesn't have a scooter," Aelita said, seeing only the three skateboards and her scooter.
"I'll take Sam's skateboard," Xana replied, then grabbed it, ran down the tunnel, threw it and jumped on it, quickly going through the tunnel.
"Where did he learn that?" Aelita asked, but then got on her scooter while Sissi and William got on their skateboards. Soon they were all going up the ladder, Xana having waited for them and swung across the ropes, going down the elevator to the scanner room while Aelita took the ladder to the computer room.
"Transfer: Sissi, transfer: William, transfer: Xana." The profiles were selected and the scanners slid shut. "Scanner: Sissi, scanner: William, transfer: Xana." The figures filled with green and the three were scanned. "Virtualization!" Aelita pressed enter and light and air blasted up in the scanner.
The three figures formed above the Forest sector, but when they dropped William and Sissi landed on their feet but Xana fell onto his hind quarters and got up slowly. "That hurt," he stated.
"You'll either get used to it or be able to land on your feet soon," William said. Xana nodded and the team got moving towards the tower, following the red pulsations across the pathways towards the active tower controlling the Kankrelat's.
On earth at Lyoko Academy, Sam and Ulrich had made it to the shed and were looking for weapons. Sam grabbed a nail gun and Ulrich grabbed a prop sword for a play, but it was made of metal and he sharpened it, making it potently dangerous.
Suddenly they heard a banging on the door followed by a skittering sound. "Kankies want to play," Sam said, then stood up with the fully loaded nail gun. She kicked open the door and fired, destroying one, then fired again hitting the second. She jumped away from a laser and shot the one that fired, destroying it before Ulrich stabbed the last.
A laser flew from the woods and hit Ulrich right in the injured leg, burning the skin. He nearly fell over but was able to block the second laser with his sword before Sam fired a nail into the woods, destroying the hidden Kankrelat. She ran over to Ulrich and helped him up, then the two ran back towards the school.
On Kadic the three Warriors soon saw the tower and also saw none other than the Sectorist Birch, spinning his blade in one hand as he stared at them darkly. He dashed at them before any could speak and slashed, slicing Sissi in half and devirtualizing her and damaging William with a scratch on the chest. William swung his blade and smashed Birch into a tree, then went to impale the Sectorist, who suddenly jumped and the kicked in midair, a fist melding out of the tree and punching William in the face, knocking him back from his sword.
William looked up at the Sectorist as he landed on the massive sword, then charged up his hand and dashed at Birch, jumped up from a flurry of leaves and punched, knocking about 30 life points from Birch and knocking him off the sword. William grabbed his sword, spun around, ripped it out of the tree, raised it and sliced Birch down the middle, devirtualizing him.
Xana ran past his comrade and into the tower, floating up to the second level and putting his hand on the panel.
Sam and Ulrich looked behind themselves as they got shot at by Kankrelat's that surrounded them, burning their skin and causing much pain.
The panel asked for a code and Xana entered 'Kadic', then the panels around him fell to the bottom, a white bubble shooting up from the bottom.
"Return to the past now!" Aelita said, and pressed enter as the white bubble shot out and sent everyone back to when Xana was unpacking.
"Great, now that I'm done for the second time, let's get something to eat," Xana said, standing up and rubbing his stomach as the two walked to the cafeteria.
And so ends Season 1. Stay tuned for Season 2! Leave a review please.