A/N: Yeah, I know I haven't been up in a while because – well – school, practice and family issues were needed to be sorted out. I do NOT plan on terminating this story so don't worry about it. I just had to do some research on this particular section of Code Lyoko because it's so hard for me to understand. If I got anything wrong, please forgive me. I'm not perfect. I'll try to make it right but there are some parts that I'll just end up making up so, once again, please forgive me if I got certain details wrong. I tried my best.
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Chapter 28
-Time-Skip-
Saturday, Nov. 27th
(That's two month and 25 days, since school started on Sept. 3)
"It's ready!" said Annie, running up to her friends.
"What's ready?" asked the black-haired, purple-highlighted 14-year-old girl currently sitting on Kevin's lap (A/N: If you guys can't figure this out...idk, I just gave you, like, four hints).
Everyone else looked at the pinkette, silently asking the same question.
"The materialization program. It's finished!" Annie told them, grinning.
"Seriously?" asked Aaren.
Annie nodded.
"I just finished it last night!" she said.
"Oh, so that's why you've been so sleepy this past week," Mina commented.
She nodded, rubbing her left eye.
"Yup," she said.
"When can we launch it?" asked Jace.
Annie smiled.
"I planned on launching it this afternoon," she said.
"Well, then. I'll be there!" cheered Aaren.
"Me, too."
"Me, three."
"Count me in!"
"I'm in!"
"Whatever."
Annie laughed and nodded.
"Meet me at the factory at 1 pm. Aaren, did your dad say 'yes' when you asked him about a friend coming to stay at Kadic?" Annie asked.
"Yup. He'll pay for his dorm and everything."
"Cool. Kevin, do you have your back-up story down?"
The dark-haired boy blew a hair out of his face.
"Yeah," he said, pulling Jace a little closer to his body.
"Awesome! I'll meet you all there at one! I'm going to get the program ready to launch. See you!" she said, running off.
They watched run in the direction of the academy. All of a sudden, Aaren cheered. They all turned to stare at him. He grinned.
"Whoo! Jasper's coming!" he yelled.
They all laughed.
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It was one o'clock and the whole gang was there. Annie pulled a CD out of her bag and looked at all of them.
"This is it," she said.
They all stared at her.
"Get in the scanners and lead Jasper to the de-activated tower. I'll give you the coordinates when you get there. When you're in, I'll start up 'Code:Earth'," she told them.
"I'll stay with Annie in case something goes wrong," said Caleb.
They all nodded and ran down to the scanner room. Kevin, Jace and Emma got in first. Annie started up the virtualization process.
"Transfer Kevin. Transfer Jace. Transfer Emma."
"Scanner Kevin. Scanner Jace. Scanner Emma."
"Virtualization."
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All five of them were finally in Lyoko and Annie had given them the coordinates. They were to report to the Forest Sector. After a minute or so, they met up with Jasper.
"Let's go," said Kevin.
They all agreed and ran towards the tower Annie had ordered them to go to."
"There it is!" Aaren exclaimed, pointing at the giant cylinder-shaped building.
Kevin's eyes narrowed.
"Looks like we're not alone."
They all stopped and stared at the approaching monsters. Annie's screen beeped. Her eyes widened.
"Oh, crap! Guys, the Scyphozoa's coming towards you," she warned them.
"Yeah. We see it. Along with the rest of the monsters," said Mina.
"I count ten," said Jace.
"I see fifteen," said Aaren.
Jace looked closer, narrowing her eyes.
"Oh, yeah. I didn't see those five little flying things," she observed.
Annie rolled her eyes.
"Those are Hornets," she told them.
"Appropriate names," commented Mina.
"Well, take care of them. You need to get Jasper to the tower in order to start up Code: Earth," said Annie.
"Got it. Aaren, take the two Megatanks. Jace, Emma. The both of you have long-range weaponry. Go for the Hornets. Jasper, take on the three Kankrelats. Mina, the Bloks. I'll go for the three Krabes," said Kevin, forcing his spikes out.
Mina got her swords ready, Aaren unsheathed his claws, Emma unfolded her fan and Jace pulled out her crossbow. Kevin looked at each of them in approval. They stood, shoulder-to-shoulder and stared at the oncoming horde of monsters.
"Three, two, one. Go!" shouted Kevin.
They all started running towards the monsters. A Megatank opened it's shell and prepared to fire when Aaren disappeared and reappeared in front of it, sinking his claws into it's Eye. He jumped back just as it exploded and dodged a shot by one of the Hornets. Jace narrowed her eyes at the flying monsters and Kevin got an idea.
"Jace, jump when I say 'jump'," he told her.
She looked at him then nodded. Kevin ran faster, taking the lead and stopped a few yards in front of them. He turned to Jace who was only a few feet away.
"Jump!"
She jumped and landed on his forearm. Using his Super Strength, he threw her up in the air, where she became leveled with the Hornets. Using her sharp eyesight and good aim, she managed to destroy two of the five. As she fell back to the ground, Kevin jumped and caught her.
"Good job," he said, settling her down and going for the first Krabe.
He jumped and landed on his, stabbing his spiked fist into it's Eye before jumping off onto the next one. He managed to destroy that one too and jumped off of it, landing next to Jasper who had already destroyed one of the three Kankrelats.
"How's it going?" he asked casually, avoiding one of the Krabe's pincers.
Jasper destroyed yet another Kankrelat and dodged a laser from one of the Bloks. Mina jumped on top of it and stabbed her sword right through it before doing a back flip off of it. Emma, who was standing right next to her, was blocking the Hornet's lasers with her fan while Jace was firing off arrow after arrow. She had managed to hit another one when she got hit in the shoulder by a Blok.
The computer screen blinked and showed an image of Jace's body; her shoulder area was blinking red.
"Jace. You just lost 40 life points."
Two lasers came from one of the Hornets and managed to hit Kevin on his back. He fell forward and the Krabe fired a laser at his chest, causing him to fly backwards, onto his back.
"Damnit Kevin! Eighty life points! You've only got 20 left!" shouted Annie.
Kevin got to his feet shakily and looked at each of his team mates. They were dodging and jumping around, trying to attack yet trying to avoid getting attacked. He sighed when something registered into his brain. It was as if someone was feeding his brain codes. He fell to the ground, on his hands and knees.
"Kevin! What's wrong?" asked Jace.
His comrades turned to look at him, causing Emma to get hit once on the shoulder by a Hornet.
"Twenty life points!" exclaimed Annie.
"What's wrong with Kevin?" asked Mina.
He shook slightly, breathing hard before his head snapped up and his eyes had what seemed to be and upside-down version of XANA's Eye.
"What the hell is that?" asked Aaren, backing away slightly.
Jasper noticed, out of the corner of his eye, that the Scyphozoa was retreating.
"What's what?" asked Annie.
"Here, look through my eyes," offered Jasper.
A window popped up in the computer screen and both Annie and Caleb were able to see what was happening.
"There's no way..." Caleb trailed off.
"What is it?" asked Emma.
(A/N: This part I'm just making up.)
"That symbol. It's the same one my mother had on her I.D. Card. It may represent the genuine opposite of XANA, Franz Hopper. Either way, it seems to be a representation of great power against XANA," Annie informed them.
"So he's possessed?" asked Aaren.
Annie clicked a few keys.
"I don't think so. He just seems to have a giant surge of power being generated through his body."
Kevin yelled once.
"Grab onto something! Stay away from the ground!" he ordered.
"What?" asked Mina.
"JUST DO IT!" he shouted.
They obeyed, jumping away from the monsters and grabbing onto various boulders and trees. Kevin glowed a dark green..
"What the f-"
"AAAAAHHHHH!"
The glow from Kevin's body flowed down his body and onto the forest floor. It started to spread out, heading directly towards the remaining monsters. The glow seemed to – for lack of better word – infect the monsters. It latched onto the Krabe's legs, it covered the Megatank, the Kankrelat and the Blok, and it shot up and latched itself onto the Hornets. His comrades watched in awe as the monsters struggled to get free when all of a sudden, the entire thing exploded in a batch of brilliant white light. They all had to close their eyes to avoid going blind and cover their ears to avoid going deaf from the sound of the explosion.
When they opened their eyes again, the monsters were gone.
So was Kevin.
Jace and Emma jumped off of the boulder they were standing on. Mina, Jasper and Aaren all jumped off the trees they had latched on to. They searched for any sign of movement but saw none but their own.
"Where'd he go?"
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The scanner doors opened and Kevin collapsed onto the floor, breathing hard. Caleb climbed down the ladder to his side.
"Hey, bro. That was awesome. How are you?" he asked, helping his friend up.
Kevin grunted slightly as he was lifted to his feet. He sighed heavily.
"Feels like I just died," he said gravely.
Caleb chuckled.
"You did good, kid."
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"Get to the tower," Annie ordered them.
"Where's Kevin?" they all demanded.
"I'm here," came a sleepy voice.
"Kevin!"
"You're alive!"
"Thank God!"
Kevin chuckled.
"Guys. Get to the deactivated tower now. We'll deal with all this stuff later," said Kevin.
"Aye-aye, Cap'n," said Aaren.
Mina smiled and looked at Jasper.
"Alright, guys. Let's go."
They took off towards the tower and stopped in front of it. They let Jasper in first before each of them followed after.
"Get into position on the center of the platform, Jasper," said Annie.
Jasper walked onto the circle in the middle of the platform.
"Guys, let's de-virtualize ourselves. I wanna see this," said Aaren.
They all nodded. Jace shot both Emma and Aaren. They were then materilized back through the scanners.
Jace turned to Mina and smiled. She launched an arrow just as Mina stabbed her with one of her swords. They were both materialized and saw Emma, Aaren, Caleb and Kevin standing there.
Annie loaded the CD into the computer and started clicking the keyboard.
Back in the tower, Jasper was lifted up in mid-air and stayed there, arms out, eyes closed.
Annie pressed Enter.
"Code Earth."
The virtual windows engulfed Jasper in a cylinder-like shield and he disappeared into fragments. Annie climbed down the ladder and ran to her friends. They all faced the middle scanner and waited. After a nervous moment, it opened with a hiss and a boy with red hair was lying there. He had on a red shirt, jeans and sneakers. They gasped slightly at the sight.
He let out a low grunt before opening his eyes to reveal two, emerald-green pupils. He looked up at them with a smile. Annie laughed.
"Welcome to Earth, Jasper."
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A/N: I tried to make this extra long for you guys so this is what I came up with. I didn't want to come up with a side story because that would eventually lead me to give you guys a cliff hanger and I just wanted to do it all in one-shot.
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