Code Total Drama
Disclaimer: I don't own Total Drama or Code Lyoko.
Chapter 28
Since the date of its creation Lyoko had always been an almost completely empty world. Aelita and her father along with XANA were the only occupants of Lyoko before Jeremy discovered it. Then during an attack whenever a tower was activated the original and new Lyoko warriors would come and fight XANA's monsters to help Aelita reached the tower. However whenever there was no attack the digital realm was usually empty, calm, and quiet.
"WHAT HELL IS THIS PLACE?"
Except right now.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO US?"
"WHY ARE WE DRESSED LIKE THIS?"
"HOW THE HELL DID WE GET HERE?"
"WHAT ARE YOU FREAKS UP TO?"
THWACK!
THWACK!
It should be known that most of the times whenever a new warrior recruited to aid in the fight against XANA usually reacted in awe of their surroundings and their costumes. They would also know in advance about the dangers of Lyoko, the towers, the digital sea, the monsters, XANA. Of course the first time was always the hard time. When Ulrich and Odd first arrived into Lyoko they were easily devirtualized because they were unaware of the danger here.
When William was recruited he ran head first into the fight. He did have skills but the need to prove himself served to be his undoing. He attacked the Scyphozoa and ended up possessed by XANA. This was why no one else had been recruited since it was too risky to recruit someone who could end up possessed.
Aelita recruited the current Lyoko warriors because her friends were captured. Unlike before she made sure they were aware of the dangers and they managed to win the first battle of the new war. She also asked them to train to build up resistance against XANA's possession which they did. It was tough and making sure no one else suspected them while being on Total Drama was difficult which led to a few more contestants being recruited.
However unlike with any other new Lyoko warrior who knew what they were getting into when they got into the scanner the first time the new ones had no idea where they were and they were the kind of people who did not react well to surprises. Which of course led to one of the veteran warriors to attempt to calm them down . . . By giving them a splitting headache, courtesy of Gwen's fist. Heather and Courtney nursed their heads, glaring at Gwen who was smiling happily at the now silent recruits.
"Well, that's a lot better." Gwen smiled at Bridgette.
"Did you really have to do that?" Bridgette asked, shaking her head.
"Well, I suppose there were other ways but this was the only that would have made me smile." Gwen replied, a smile still on her face.
"DJ, can you hear me?"
"Loud and clear, Gwen."
Heather and Courtney jumped when they heard DJ's voice.
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"Aw man this is gonna give me one mother of a head ache." DJ sighed.
The screen popped up, showing the gathered warriors.
"Whoa, 3-D...is that Courtney?" Duncan asked.
"What are you-Hello!" Alejandro paused as he saw all four of the girls in Lyoko form.
Their outfits caught the eyes of several males in the lab.
"Do you guys mind? I need thinking space." DJ gently herded them away.
"How did they get there and what the heck happened in those pods?" Trent asked. "They're-they were gone and now- why do they look 3-D?"
"Trent, thinking space, now, no TALKY!" DJ snapped, losing patience. "Everybody be quiet for a second and somebody can explain it all!"
Noah glanced at the scanner next to him. "Hm..." He stuck his head inside and looked up and down. "It's not like any of the VR pods at the studio."
"That's because it's not a VR Pod." DJ replied, tapping away on the computer. "Yo Gwen, sending you vehicles."
Moments later the OverBike and OverJet appeared near them.
"Thanks!" Gwen said. "But we might need a minute to calm these two down, don't virtualize anybody else!"
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She turned and looked back at Heather and Courtney.
"Now that we have your undivided attention listen up because I am not in the mood to repeat myself. First off, this place is Lyoko. Second, we didn't do anything to you, you jumped into the scanners and got sent here with us. Third the reason you are dressed like that is because those clothes are based off of your personalities." Gwen said. "Which is actually pretty fitting if you ask me. Duncan always called you princess, Courtney, and Heather your attitude and determination to win through deception and tricks is like that of a ninja."
"Hey!" Heather snapped.
"Moving on." Gwen waved her off. "Next up are the 'answers' you're looking for. Everyone better listen up and if you don't believe me I don't care. You'll see the truth in probably a few seconds. This place, Lyoko, is a virtual world that co-exists with our own. The reason why those monsters are hunting us is because an evil AI named XANA is attempting to destroy the world and we're here help a friend make sure that does not happen. The reason why you look like that is because when scanned and sent into Lyoko you are given an avatar that is best suited for you with a weapon and power.
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Everybody in the lab was focusing on Gwen's explanation also.
"Well no surprise about the looks." Noah crossed his arms.
"Sh!" Several people hushed him at once.
"Alright, jeez."
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"Evil AI? An evil computer that makes monsters appear out of nowhere? That's...that's..." Courtney searched for the word.
"Crazy?" Gwen asked.
"Insane?" Bridgette added.
"Impossible?"
"Improbable?"
"Very unlikely?"
"Wacko?"
"We get it." Heather said sternly.
"I don't know, I think we have a lot more words. Heck, we've seen a lot of things here that are so crazy, we'd actually believe Izzy if she tells us a story about her fighting aliens again." Bridgette smirked.
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"Those butt ugly green sickos weren't getting anything outta THIS!" Izzy slapped herself on the butt.
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"So now, you both have yourselves avatars and there's only one thing you do with it here," Gwen continued. "Fight. Monsters. Lots of them like in the real world, except the playing field is more even."
"We have powers, and weapons!" Bridgette brought out both of her swords, and combined them into a hover board. She flew up into the air as Heather and Courtney watched, jaws open and eyes close to popping out of their sockets.
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"Flying surf board? Why does that scream 'cliche' to me?" Noah raised an eye brow.
"So cool!" Beth added.
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"Think that's bad? Look at this!" Bridgette's tattoos glowed, and she swung her arms up.
Large, soccer ball sized spheres of water shot up and floated around her. She then formed several into a snake and had it twist and turn. She then dropped it all back into the ocean and fired a wave of energy off into the distance.
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"And they've been doing all this...how long?" Trent asked as he watched the spectacle of Bridgette's power.
"Uh...a few weeks." DJ answered.
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Gwen took out her scythe, extending it to its full length and floated off of the ground. She dropped down after losing one life point. She then cast out her fire like aura on one of the nearby trees, which went up like a candle. "Pretty sure now that you two are here, you might find something useful...hopefully. Because now that you've been in Lyoko, you won't be able to forget it like we've made you and others do last time."
"You...made us...forget?" Courtney blinked.
"Yep, whenever you all found out...well let's just say that being in Lyoko really makes you immune to it. Kinda like that flashy thing from Men in Black." Gwen shrugged.
"The point of all of this is to get to one of the towers in this world that XANA has activated and help Aelita to get inside it so she can shut it down, severing XANA's connection to the real world temporarily." Bridgette floated down. "Aelita can fight, but she really needs some help, so that is where we come in."
"But I don't know how to fight!" Courtney said.
Everyone found that hard to believe from what they had seen of her on the show.
"You do now," Gwen retracted her scythe. "Like I said, you have a weapon and power, you just have to learn to use it."
"Weapon? I don't have a-" Courtney paused and reached something that hung on her lower back. She slowly drew out a one foot long silver rod not too dissimilar from Gwen's. "What is-" The rod extended to a staff that was perhaps a foot longer than Gwen's scythe and had a simple end tapered into a spike on both ends. "Whoa!"
"Yep, totally a princess." Bridgette crossed her arms, grinning.
"Where are mine then-" Heather looked around on herself. "I don't see anything."
"Well, DJ doesn't have any and he had defensive powers...but you obviously have offensive ones." Gwen observed, an evil smirk forming on her face. "A little combat ought to make you see what they are."
"Combat-"
SWOOSH!
Suddenly Gwen's scythe swung right in front of Heather, barely missing her nose.
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?" Heather leaped back.
"Simple, we need to figure out how to summon your weapon and the best way to do it is in combat, so you'd better figure it out fast, because if not...I'd like to say it's been nice having you here but this thing can take you out in one hit...if it slices you in half or takes a limb off. The good news is if you lose your life points, you don't die, you just go back to the real world with a head ache, so it's win-win." Gwen twirled her scythe. "Think fast!" She swung again, and Heather ducked under it.
"QUIT IT!" Heather began to step back to avoid more swings from Gwen, who was slightly enjoying this. Heather began to do more complex manoeuvres to dodge the scythe as Gwen got closer and closer. Suddenly Heather did a professional, handless back flip.
"How did I do that?" She didn't get time for an answer and did a back roll to avoid being cut in half at the waist.
"Like I said, ninja." Gwen swung down at Heather, who braced her hands against the ground, got on her knees, and slid forward, the scythe burying itself into her pony tail as she slid inside of Gwen's guard.
Withdrawing her scythe, Gwen remarked. "Yep, you're definitely more agile, but jumping around and dodging isn't good enough, we need you to fight!"
She reared her scythe back to swing again. Heather yelped and brought her hands up as if to defend herself...and a shuriken shot out of her wrists, striking the blade of the scythe and knocking it from Gwen's grasp.
Heather opened her eyes, and saw her unarmed opponent. "Did I just...?"
"Yep..that was your weapon." Gwen picked her scythe up. "Looks like you fire shurikens."
"Shurikens?" Heather stood and tested this, firing one into a nearby tree.
"Be careful, you have seventeen left." DJ cautioned the Kunoichi.
"Only seventeen? That bites."
"Plenty of use if you make sure you don't miss." Gwen said supportively. "We'll have to check for other powers later, we have to get to Aelita!"
"Hate to interrupt you, Gwen but Aelita's on her way to you and she's got company. And it looks like XANA has spotted you guys. There's monsters appearing the island you guys are on."
"Where?" Bridgette asked.
A laser whizzed past her head, answering her question. They turned and saw three Krabs, five Pyramids, five Spiderlings, two Tarantulas, four Mechs, and two Dragon Knights.
"This might be a good way to get some training." Gwen said, pulling out her scythe.
"Training! What do you mean?" Courtney asked.
"To destroy them you have to hit the Eye symbol on them." Gwen suddenly smirked at Heather and Courtney. "You two aren't going to curl up in a fetal position and chant 'it's only a dream' over and over, are you?"
Heather glared at her.
"In your dream, Gothie!"
"Yeah! I can't speak for Heather, but I am just as good as you, Bridgette, DJ, Geoff, Cody, LeShawna or this Aelita!"
Gwen chuckled.
"Follow my lead."
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DJ sighed.
"They couldn't put their rivalry aside even for a second."
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A Spiderling approached Heather and fired. The kunoichi jumped to one side and fired a shuriken, hitting the symbol and it exploded.
"Wow." Heather said looking at her wrists.
Bridgette ran towards the Mechs that started to fire at her. She deflected two shots and ducked under a third one. She ran towards the nearest Mech and swung out her sword. The monster was sliced in half and exploded.
She swung her sword at the other nearest Mech but it grabbed the blade with its hand and tried to push the blade away. However Bridgette slammed her other sword into the Mech's chest and it exploded. However the third Mech shot her in the chest.
"Bridgette, you lost twenty life points." DJ said at the computer.
"Thanks, DJ."
Courtney dodged a Dragon Knight's blade as she held out her staff. She tried to stab it in the Eye with the bladed end but the knight blocked her attempt. It swung its sword again and she parried with her staff. After the next few minutes of sparing she got really good at it much to her surprise and managed to stab it in the Eye.
It dissolved into black and red smoke.
Meanwhile Gwen was busy deflecting shots from three Krabs that fired on her. She spun her scythe in her hands creating a blue barrier that blocked the lasers as she charged. Taking off into the air she threw her scythe down that slammed into the Eye of the middle Krab and it exploded.
"What is she thinking throwing her weapon-" Courtney was cut off as the scythe disappeared and reappeared in Gwen's hands.
The spell caster flew down and landed on the top shell of the left Krab. Her figure started to glow white as she cast another spell.
"Energy Strings!"
White strings tied the legs of the other Krab which caused it to fall over and hit the ground. Gwen stabbed the Eye of the Krab she was standing on and jumped as it exploded. She quickly finished off the other Krab and went to fight other monsters. Heather jumped back as the Tarantulas aimed their guns at her and fired.
Performing aerobatic moves Heather desperately dodged the lasers while trying to aim for the Eye symbols on the back their heads but it was nearly impossible. That was when a scythe spun through the air glowing light blue and sliced off one of their guns. The Tarantula screamed as it looked down at its severed arms.
Heather looked to see Gwen land on the ground and her scythe reappear back.
"Having trouble?" Gwen asked, smirking.
"You wish." Heather retorted.
"Then do you want to fight the one behind you?"
"What?" Heather spun around and found herself facing a Megatank that had rolled up behind her.
"I guess I'll deal with it." Gwen raised her scythe to attack but Heather made the first move.
Just as the Megatank was charging Heather raised her wrists and fired a shuriken that hit the eye and it exploded.
"Yes!" Heather squealed in excitement.
"Wow, not too shabby."
"Lucky shot." Gwen said sounding casual.
She remembered being taken out by a Megatank during her first fight and the fact that Heather of all people took it down in one shot seemed impossible.
"Call what you want, Gweny." Heather gloated. "But it seems I'm getting the hang of this."
"Don't celebrate just yet, Ninja wannabe, there's still plenty to go." Gwen cautioned.
"Scared of a little competition?" Heather smirked.
"We'll see about that."
Courtney was having a better time with the Pyramids, having been able to dodge their lasers. She stabbed one in the Eye but just as she able to move to attack another it turned its head and released a blue beam that froze her legs.
"What?"
She struggled to move but her legs were frozen. She looked to see the Pyramid turn its head and the Eye glowed bright red, signalling it was about to fire. Until a light blue energy wave slammed into it and destroyed. Bridgette ran up to Courtney and slammed her sword into the ice, shattering it instantly.
"Thanks, Bridgette." Courtney smiled.
"No problem."
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"Hey, DJ, Gwen said they all had one power right?" Trent asked.
"Yeah." DJ said.
"So why is that Gwen can fly, summon her weapon back, and whenever she glows a different color she can use different attack?"
"Well, Trent, Gwen's special ability isn't specifically as so limited around one power. Her character is basically a spell caster meaning that she's the one with the most tricks but there is a cost. Every time Gwen flies she loses life points for every five seconds she's in the air and can't use an elemental aura while flying." DJ explained. "It's all very confusing, but then again Gwen does have a bit of a complex personality at times, maybe that has something to do with it."
"She got hit again!" Lindsay said as Gwen tried to attack one of the Tarantulas after failing in her first attack, only to be hit again and reduced to fifty life points.
"Aw man this isn't working." Trent glanced at the scanners. "DJ...send me in."
"Whoa man, I can't just send you into a fight with no absolutely what your weapon or power would be! Plus you'd be wiped out the moment one of those monsters laid its eyes on you!" DJ protested..only for both Trent AND Duncan to haul him up.
"Ok pal, here's the deal: Courtney is in there, and as much as I've been an ass to her for the past few months, I am going in to help her." Duncan said. "So let me and Guitar Hero in and we won't tie you up and try to do it ourselves and perhaps mess your computer up...deal?"
"Uh..." Seeing no other alternative, DJ sighed. "Okay, get in and uh...I'll send you in."
"Ooh! I wanna go too! I wanna go-" DJ glanced at Izzy and said one word.
"No." That was the 'end of discussion' voice. "These two are over the line as it is, I am NOT sending anybody else! We don't want half the cast in on this!"
"Aw..." Izzy whined as Duncan and Trent stepped into one scanner each.
Noah, who was observing one of the other scanners. "Man, I have GOT to get a picture of these, are there any blue prints? These are seriously some impressive stuff."
His question went unanswered as DJ activated the process.
This lab, however, had a different way of working from the one at the factory. Instead of individual scanners being closed when occupied based off the command of the user in the chair, the scanners in this one did a search for any occupants and would automatically begin the process after DJ put the code in. And Izzy, being one who wanted to get her way, immediately rushed for the one Noah was in.
"I'M COMING TOO!" She yelled.
"What-? OOF!" Noah found himself squished into the scanner...just as DJ hit the last key.
"What the- OH NO!" DJ shot to his feet as the scanners containing Duncan, Trent, Izzy, and Noah closed. "Way too many!"
"DJ, what's going on?" Gwen shouted.
"Uh...you'll have back up in a second...LOTS of it, and they'll need some training." DJ said nervously. "On the bright side, we have more Lyoko fighters than ever before."
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Four figures materialized in mid air not too far from the fight. They slowly took form...and then fell.
Duncan and Izzy reacted rather quickly-used to falling and surprises, and landed on their feet. Trent stumbled a bit, and Noah...he fell on his ass.
Duncan's Mohawk was now jet black and his piercings were missing. He now wore a pair of steel toed and spiked boots, black pants with chains and several pieces of spiked armour, a black t shirt, spiked metallic shoulder and elbow guards, a pair of gauntlets with skulls on them, and also has a long length of chain wrapped around his upper body over his left shoulder and under his right arm. On his back was a sword sheathed with a silver skull on the end of the black hilt.
"Whoa..." He looked over himself. "I. Look. Bad ass."
Trent was clad in one might consider to be the outfit one would wear while playing a piano...basically a tuxedo not too dissimilar from Cody's but more...relaxed. He wore a pair of loose white pants and what looked like a white dress shirt under a white coat with the top button undone. He had...a large, fancy looking electric guitar on his back that was pitch black with a green T on it. He also had a set of sun glasses on.
"Wow."
Noah sported a dark trench coat that was kept shut above the waist and wears a pair of knee high black boots and matching pants. He wore a set of gloves with red veins on them and has a hood on his trench coat.
"...Why do I feel like something out of The Matrix?" He asked.
Izzy was dressed in a long red robe with orange jagged edges with her hair looking even wilder than before. Unlike anyone else who visited Lyoko she was barefooted, but had a set of ankle bracelets. Her hands were clawed and like Aelita her ears were pointed, however she had fangs, the combination of both features giving her a rather fox like image when put together with her red hair and robe.
"Ooh! Izzy likes!" She got down and scratched her ear with her left foot, and then howled.
"Okay...so I got this." Duncan took out his sword. It was a short bladed one, with a green blade, and the base started wider and slowly thinned out until it reached the point.
"Uh...I think this is my weapon." Trent held up his guitar.
"Uh...I got nothing." Noah held up his hands.
Izzy howled again.
"I can't tell whether to scratch her behind the ears or send her to the pound." The Boy Genius added.
"Come on, we gotta help them!" Trent looked at his guitar. "As soon as I realize what this thing does."
"Think fast man, incoming!" Duncan held his sword in both hands as one of the Mega Tanks came their way.
"Guys, that's a Megatank, one hundred life points per hit!" DJ said. "You got one chance to hit it: when it opens up and before it fires! Hit the eye!"
"Ok...I got this." Duncan's eyes narrowed as it slowed to a stop.
The Megatank opened its shell, revealing its red vine interior with its eye glaring at them. The energy began to build up inside the Eye as it targeted them. Duncan charged with his sword as soon as he saw the Eye but the Megatank released its attack. Luckily Izzy pushed him out of the way while avoiding the attack herself.
Duncan landed on his back while Izzy flipped through the air and landed on a tree branch.
"Hey guys...I think I might have an idea." Noah spoke up. "Okay, when the tank opens up, it took three full seconds to charge, and if I'm right it doesn't have 360 degree vision. So...if somebody..." He gathered them around and whispered the plan to them while hiding behind a tree. "Somebody far away draws its fire, and somebody else gets in close and stabs it in the eye."
"I'll go for the eye." Duncan hefted his short sword.
"Guess we'll distract it then." Trent held up his guitar. "Seriously though, how the heck am I supposed to use this as a weapon?" He strummed a cord...and a sonic wave shot out of the tip and split the tree in half, leaving them exposed to the Megatank. "...Cool."
"MOVE IT GUITAR HERO!" Duncan shoved him out of the way of another blast and dodged it himself.
The four fighters began to split up. Duncan ran off to the left while Trent began to blast the Megatank with several more attacks. He began to memorize what each type of attack was. One for fire, one for lightning, one for sonic waves...and when the Megatank fired at him again he instinctively raised his guitar as if to block it, and as he kept playing desperately, a bubble formed around him. The blast struck the shield, which held as Trent kept playing. "Awesome!"
"Ok..." Duncan crept up on the Tank as it closed again. He began to moved along its side-in its blind spot as it closed in on Noah.
"Aw crud," Noah looked around. "Why didn't I get a weapon?"
The Megatank fired. Noah squeaked, and backed into a rock...and went right through it. The blast struck the rock as he came out safely on the other side. "...How the heck did I just do that?"
"Noah, you phased through the rock!" DJ answered the Boy Genius' question.
"Oh...sweet."
The Megatank opened up and began to charge again. Duncan leaped on it and brought his sword down..but missed the eye and cut what looked like one of the many nerves within the Tank. Cursing, he lurched to his left and avoided being cut down by the 360 degree vertical blast of energy that the Tank sent out. "I missed!"
The tank began to roll away, wounded.
Noah accidently came out from behind cover and right into its path. "AH!" He squeezed his eyes shut. "Phasephasephasephase!"
It ran him over...and he was gone the next moment.
"Uh...says he's still there." DJ said.
"Where am I? What happened?" Noah's voice came from the Mega Tank...which had turned grey instead of black and was open, looking around. "Uh...what are you guys looking at?"
"Noah...I think you're...inside the Mega Tank." DJ said.
"What? Impossib-" Noah paused as Duncan held up his sword's flat side so he had a good look at his reflection. "Impossible...?"
"Dude, don't complain, you're a giant freaking tank now, so put it to good use and start blasting!" Duncan said. "We still got a lot of monsters attacking the others."
"Uh...let me just see how to steer this-WHOA!" Noah shot off towards the battle.
"LET'S GET EM!" Izzy cheered and ran off after the Mega Tank.
The four new fighters entered the battle, which quickly fell in their favour. Duncan cut apart one Tarantula's laser legs and then stabbed it in the head. Trent blasted away two of the Spiderlings. Trent confronted the last Mech and blasted it with a stream of fire that destroyed it in seconds. Izzy stood in front of one of the Pyramids as it advanced on her.
"Hm..." She held up her hand...and a weapon appeared on her forearm in a stream of code.
It was a wrist mounted Cross Bow! It had a single arrow in it.
"Yo Izzy, I'm seeing an ammo meter for you, fifteen arrows in one meter and fifteen in the other!" DJ announced.
"So I have two?" She revealed her second Cross Bow. "Sweet!"
She fired once, and the arrow stuck into the Pyramid. For a moment it looked fine...and then the arrow exploded in a ball of fire, destroying the Pyramid.
"YAY!" She hopped up and down. "Izzy like!"
Soon the last of the monsters fell, and the eight Lyoko warriors gathered around.
"Duncan? Trent? Noah? Izzy?" Gwen glanced at each of them. "What the heck are you four doing here?"
"Well...Guitar Hero and I volunteered to go at first." Duncan started. "And then uh...well Izzy really wanted to go and Noah was checking out one of the scanners when she ran into him...right as we got in to some other scanners, the rest is history."
"I don't believe this," Bridgette smacked herself on the fore head. "You four will get yourselves killed."
"Uh...we just saved you." Noah said from inside his Megatank. "And I think we did a fairly good job of it for beginners...and how do I get out of this thing?" He suddenly phased out of the Megatank...which exploded after Duncan quickly reacted and sank his blade into the eye as it began to charge up.
"The reason you did so well was because they didn't expect you to be here!" Gwen said sternly. "And as for us being in trouble, Bridgette and I have been doing this for a while, we even have a set of extra life points on us! DJ, are we getting back our life points yet?"
"Yep, you're both fully charged now." DJ answered.
"Hey, we only planned for it to be me and the Rock Star Wannabe to go in." Trent said as he pointed a thumb at Duncan. "And you would have lost somebody trying to fight those things, you might have lost entirely if Noah didn't possess that Tank and blast half of them away."
"You're welcome by the way." Noah added.
"We haven't revealed all of our tricks yet Trent," Bridgette crossed her arms.
"Look, ladies, either way, you wanted some help, you got us." Duncan said.
"Question," Gwen held up one hand. "Can any of you newbies promise to keep this all secret? Knowing that you'll be risking your lives here and out there? Now that you're here, you're a target until either you die, or XANA dies."
"Aw hell...well, I haven't run from a fight in...well since before Juvy and I ain't running now. If it keeps more of those uh...well just more of the annoying cast members out, then sure, I'm game." Duncan nodded.
"They already know though, they've seen everything." Trent said.
"Leave that to us. Now that you're here we won't be able to erase your memory." Bridgette replied.
"But as I asked before: Can you keep a secret, knowing your life is at risk? If this get out to the public, there could be a political shit storm so big that XANA could take over while the government picks apart our scanners. Plus, the reason why this place exists in the first place is because of the government wanting to build 'a big bad weapon'. They'd just want to see how they can use it for themselves, say 'American Kids shouldn't poke their noses where they don't belong', and possibly take Aelita like they took her mom!" Gwen said in a serious tone. "We need you to keep this secret."
"Ok...lips are sealed." Trent drew one hand across his mouth in a 'zipping' motion.
"You do have a good point...alright, I'll shut up about it, but I'll be complaining very fiercely in my head." Noah crossed his arms.
"Sounds good to me." Gwen shrugged. "And you three?"
"Okay!" Izzy nodded. "I'm really good at keeping secrets! Like that time my-" she slapped a hand over her mouth. After removing her hand she chuckled sheepishly. "See?"
"...Heather? Courtney?"
"Well...we did see those monsters...and if you're right about the government...then we'd all die if they took over...aw hell I hate thinking about this, if I shut up about it and promise not to tell can we move on?" Heather demanded.
"Deal."
"Ok, ok, I don't think anybody would believe me even if I wanted to tell them anyways." Courtney said as the group stared at her.
"Ok, so we're all agreed, welcome to the Lyoko Warriors." Gwen pulled out her scythe. "We need to meet up with Aelita and help her get to the tower so she can deactivate it. If she does, the monsters in the real world will vanish."
"Oh man, I just remember!" Trent said. "Carlos and Chris are still out there!"
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Chris opened his eyes...and found himself hanging from a tree branch in his sleeping bag. "What the-?"
"You're welcome." He glanced at the branch above and saw Carlos, loading a rifle among other weapons he had secured to his person. "I leave for half an hour after my expensive cabin is destroyed and I find you sleeping in your tent observed by giant lobsters while me, Kurt, and the others have been running for our lives from giant monsters out to kill us." He sighed as he slid his rifle onto his back. "Does karma hate me that badly? Because I do have a list that says 'apologize to everybody I hurt'."
"What the heck are you talking about?" Chris asked.
"Look down, mophead."
Chris looked and saw a whole bunch of Spiderlings starting at them.
"Yipes!" Chris squeaked. "You idiot! Why am I hanging upside down! Pull me up!"
"You're bait, and I liked it better when you were sleeping." Carlos pulled out a single grenade, pulled the pin out and dropped it past Chris as the swarm began to charge its lasers. "Here boys! Here he is! Human mop head! You hate humans, right? Here's one right for you!"
"WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING?" Chris shouted as several Creepers and Tarantulas joined the group.
"Quite simple, they wanna kill us, I'm making it easier for them and us." Carlos held up three fingers and counted down. "Three, two-"
BOOM!
The group of monsters exploded in a flash of light as they were torn apart by the grenade.
"wow...-"
"GET ME DOWN! MY HAIR'S ON FIRE! MY HAIR'S ON FIRE!" Chris wailed.
"Whiner." Taking out his knife, Carlos cut the rope and dropped Chris into the crater made by the grenade.
"OW!" Chris rolled around. "STOP DROP ROLL! STOP DROP ROLL! STOP DROP ROLL!"
"Wow..." Carlos said. "You remembered something from Basic Training! I guess all that time you spent trying to get a life in Fame Town, that crappy Cook Show, that skating show, that hair salon commercial, that male underwear model attempt-which by the way increased the amount of visually impaired people worldwide, and then Total Drama...which has been the most successful thing you've ever done up to this point and it's still more enjoyable for me now that I'm not prevented from kicking your butt whenever you mess with the campers."
"Oh, bite me."
Xxx
"We better hurry before they die. Never thought we'd be saving Chris." Bridgette said.
"Incoming! Aelita's coming and she has company."
Everyone looked up to see Aelita flying towards them followed by Hornets, Flying Mantas, and Wasps. She had managed to destroy many pursuers, only to find that XANA had deployed more of them to destroy her.
But when she flew over them, the monsters were confronted by not one, two, or three but EIGHT Lyoko warriors. Gwen shot her fire aura out and took two Wasps out of the air while Bridgette flew up on her board and angled it down so that she came down blade first on a Manta. She repeated this tactic while those on the ground tried to work with their limited abilities.
Duncan swung when any of the flying creatures passed close by, as did Courtney. Heather fired off a few Shurikens, and Trent blasted away with his guitar. Noah stayed by Izzy, who fired off many explosive tipped arrows and took down many flying enemies before her thirty arrows ran dry.
"Uh...uh oh." She said as her cross bows ceased to fire projectiles.
"On it...got you a refill, ninety nine arrows. Good thing Aelita showed me how to work the computer at the factory!" DJ said.
"Sweet!" Izzy started firing twice as fast now.
Noah watched as Manta passed awfully close. He took a chance and leaped on it, phasing into it and taking control. He could not help but say the following: "Assuming Direct Control."
"Is this really the time or place for jokes?" Trent asked.
"You get used to this type of thing! Then you make the jokes!" Gwen shouted as she shot another Manta out of the air.
"Kill Joys." Noah began to shoot down several of the attackers with ease.
As soon as the last Hornet fell, Noah abandoned his Manta so Gwen could destroy it and then the nine fighters gathered in a circle.
"Nice work," Aelita said kindly. "And six new warriors! I've never had so many people helping me at once before!"
"A couple of them jumped in by accident." Gwen glanced at Heather, Courtney, Izzy, and Noah. "Anyway, you've heard us talk about several of them before. The ninja is Heather. The Princess is Courtney. The Rock Star is Trent. The uh...Matrix Guy is Noah."
"Told you I look like something out of The Matrix." Noah mumbled.
"The punk swordsman is Duncan. And the fox girl is Izzy."
"Oh my god your hair is pink? Wow it doesn't even look dyed!" Izzy said as she got REALLY close to Aelita. "It looks so natural on you!"
"Uh...thank you." Aelita said, taking a step away for the sake of her Personal Bubble.
"Yeah...she was one of the ones that jumped in by accident." Gwen whispered. "She said she'd keep it secret, and I gotta believe her. Nobody would believe her with her being the 8th most wanted on the RCMP's list."
"Point taken." Aelita introduced herself. "It's nice to meet you, my name is Aelita."
"Yo." Duncan said.
"Hello." Trent said in a more friendly voice.
"Hi." Noah said in a tone that matched Duncan's: not rude but just plain casual.
"HIYA!" Izzy waved despite being two feet away.
"Uh...hi." Courtney said awkwardly.
"Hi." Heather finished the introductions.
"So what's going on here Aelita?" Gwen asked. "One second we're all asleep in Carlos' Cabin and the next there are monsters all over the mountain."
"XANA activated another tower, he used the satellites in a similar method to how he used it in the second attack after you first joined me, to make his monsters real." Aelita explained. "The EMP field must have short circuited everything electronic in the mountain except for the lab, which must have been protected."
"Definitely, seeing as about four people too many are here now." Gwen nodded. "Ah well, gotta make do with what you have."
"There is a Terror Bird guarding the Island with the tower on it." Aelita said. "But the Generals aren't in sight, I never saw them."
"Generals?" The six new Warriors asked at once.
"Personal Lieutenants of XANA, they are made entirely to serve XANA and they are very good at it." Aelita said. "There are three of them so far: Shadow the leader, Ryder the Lightning Caster, and Yuki the Ice User. They are based off of my other friends: William, Ulrich, and Yumi, except with recent upgrades to make them all the more dangerous."
"And they aren't pushovers." Bridgette said, her Sword Board under one arm. "Trust me, they could take one or two of us out no problem if we're not careful."
"How can all this be possible anyways?" Noah asked. "How does a computer make all those monster appear out of nowhere?"
"XANA is capable of manipulating electricity and other forms of energy. With this he can conjure digital spectres into the real world. With the right energy source he can create spectres in the form of his monsters that can be as dangerous as they are here in Lyoko."
"By using...what? It was a big forest!" Trent exclaimed.
"With a satellite monitoring it no doubt." Aelita pointed out. "With the right number of satellites above one area, XANA could create a spectre or more than one. Speaking off, DJ what's the status of the monsters?"
"Now that you mention it, Aelita, things stopped shaking out here after Heather, Courtney, Bridgette, and Gwen were virtualized. The lab was shaking because they were trying to break through the air lock but now nothing."
"Is it possible to find out without opening the doors?"
"Hang on, let me check."
Xxx
The monster army took up position around the house, keeping their lasers locked on it but not firing.
Carlos peered through a set of binoculars. "What are they doing? They didn't hesitate to blow through my house and now they won't touch that empty one at all?"
"Who cares? Let's just get outta here!" Chris said.
"The kids are there Chris!" Carlos growled. "If we leave them to die, it's on your head."
"How are we supposed to get there anyways, huh?" They began to argue as something large began to form not too far away...something EXTREMELY big.
Xxx
DJ quickly took the mouse and started searching for anything that could be used to help find out what was going on outside.
"What's going on? What's going on?" Lindsey asked repeatedly.
"Lindsay, I don't think asking him every three seconds will get you a different answer." Darth Alejandro groaned.
"Uh..Aelita? I found security cameras in the main house above us!" DJ said. "And it looks like they only monitor the house...but the whole forest! I see the monsters...and I see Chris and Carlos!"
"The big moron's okay?" Kurt looked right into the screen.
"There." DJ pointed them out where the two were arguing in the bushes.
"Unbelievable, arguing in the middle of a Life-Or-Death situation!" Kurt shook his head at their antics.
"Five bucks says Chris wants to run and Carlos won't have it." Alejandro tried to wheel over and look at the screen.
"They won't leave us, will they?" Katie asked hugging Sadie.
"That'd be so bad if they did." Sadie said.
"No, of course not." Kurt shook his head. "Carlos may be dumb but he's no coward and-what the heck is going on with the monsters?"
The monster army had started to pull away from the house and began to dissolve into clouds of a black smoke like substance. Flying through the air and they started to group together a few miles away from the house.
"Uh..Aelita?" DJ shook. "The uh...monsters are...disappearing and...something is happening."
"Describe it to me DJ."
"It looks like they're all turning into smoke and forming one big blob of uh...smoke." DJ rubbed the back of his neck. "Not sure what...hey, somebody get those two in here before something happens!"
"DJ, send a link to my wrist computer."
Xxx
The Lyoko warriors looked up as a screen literally materialized out of nothing and showed them the camera footage.
"Great, five bucks says Mop Head wants to run and Brit wants to fight." Duncan said.
"Uh...they might want to run." Trent said as another camera showed that the mass of spectres had become...
A lava Golem!
"The Kolossus!" The Veteran Lyoko Warriors shouted.
"Colossus?" Noah raised an eye brow.
"Kolossus with a K, for Killer." Bridgette replied.
"Aw man, Carlos get yourself and your mop head cousin out of there!" Gwen shouted.
Xxx
"Come on, they're all gone." Carlos tugged Chris towards the cabin.
"Forget that man! I'm outta he-AH!" Chris shrieked as the Kolossus advanced on the cabin, setting trees alight as it went. "MOMMY!"
"HOLY CRAP!" Carlos shouted.
"CARLOS! CHRIS! GET IN HERE!" Kurt shouted from the door.
"GLADLY!" Tossing Chris through first, Carlos leaped through, rolled on the floor and came up on his feet. "Oh man what the hell was that?"
"Uh...they said it was...the Kolossus...with a K meaning Killer!" Kurt lead them down the stairs.
"Oh...okay, nice to know the Giant Lava Freak has a name because that just makes this night all the more sound and reasonable putting aside the fact that THERE'S A GIANT THING MADE OF LAVA ABOUT TO BURN US ALIVE!" Carlos shouted as they rushed into the air lock.
"Carlos, I have never before seen you panic like that." Kurt tilted his head.
"How can you be calm?"
"Oh trust me I am screaming on the inside and close to wetting myself ,but when I lost my hat I lost all sense of living in this world." Kurt sighed. "The only thing that keeps me going is the fact that I'll be safe in death from my girl friend Sarah when she finds out that I forgot to pay her back five bucks."
"You're in debt to your girl friend? Man, that's just sad. Suddenly that Lava Golem seems less significant." Carlos said as they came into the lab.
"Well in my defence I thought I had the right change, and Sarah is not one to say no to. Remember when you said 'No' to her?"
"Uh...oh yeah." Carlos shuddered. "I just pray we survive...with my marriage intact. Because neither Melissa or the insurance company will believe a word of THIS!"
"You got that right!"
Xxx
"This is bad, really bad. The Kolossus will flatten the house with one stomp of its feet and all it needs to destroy the lab with everyone in it is one fist or a simple swing of its sword." Aelita said before looking up. "DJ, send the vehicles!"
"On it!"
One by one the vehicles appeared in front of them.
"Awesome!" Duncan looked at the OverBike.
"Neat." Noah inspected the OverWing.
"I already got transportation." Bridgette stepped onto her surfboard.
"Izzy wants the board!" Izzy jumped onto the OverBoard.
"I guess I'm taking the OverJet." Gwen hopped onto the OverJet.
"We might need to take a passenger." Trent took the OverSled.
"I'll ride with book boy, I guess." Heather stood on the OverWing behind Noah.
"What do I get on?" Courtney asked.
Duncan smirked. "Free ride here, princess."
"No thanks." Courtney glared at him.
"I can give you a ride, Courtney." Bridgette said.
"Thank you." Courtney stepped on the board behind Bridgette.
Aelita activated her wings and everyone was in the air.
"Listen carefully, the island the tower is on will be heavily guarded. From what I saw XANA has deployed enough monsters to turn the island into a fortress. Be extremely careful and do not engage the monsters alone. Also watch out for the generals, they will be much harder to fight than any of the monsters there." Aelita spoke.
"Aye Aye!" Izzy suddenly straightened up and did a military salute. "Now let's just get this thing movi-IH!" She shot off into the distance.
Duncan rolled his eyes and managed to smoothly bring the OverBike into the air. "This actually isn't too bad." He snickered. "Definitely not telling the government about this, they'd take away my sweet new ride."
