Back on Lyoko Kat and Aelita were looking around the mountain sector however they have not seen an activated tower.
"Jeremy" Kat called out "You sure there's an activated tower?"
"Yes I am sure" Jeremy replied "And I think I know which one. Ulrich you remember the tower that in that circular valley. I believe it the one that was activated to create that polymorphic clone of Odd then turned into you."
"Oh yeah" Ulrich said "I remember... Yumi and I are headed in that direction now she saw a group of Kankrelats running in that direction"
Jeremy said "She did?"
Odd said "and that's not all guys there more... I saw a Tarantula, A krabe and a Megatank head in that direction too. I actually got a lift from the Tarantula"
Aelita said "You did Odd"
Jeremy said "Hmm... it must be the security protocol of Lyoko... and since I've registered us as residents of this world. They are not hostile to us unless we're in a training mode.
Aelita said "That can be good."
Jeremy said "indeed it can. Alright guys get to the tower. I don't know what being downloaded but it can't be good if the security system doesn't like it.
Aelita said "Jeremy download Odd's overboard and Kat's overboard for me and Kat"
Jeremy said "Roger... download."
Two orbs appeared and transformed into Kat's and Odd's overboard"
Kat and Aelita jumped on to the boards and took off.
In the real world the elevator opened to reveal Liz
Jeremy turned and said "hey Liz finished your homework?"
Liz said "I kind of rushed it worried that it was serious... so what's up?"
Jeremy said "I'm not fully sure... Someone activated a tower to open a portal to a replica deep in the digital sea or the outside network and they are transferring data between here and the replica. Everyone headed to the tower as we speak.
Liz said "So are you going there?"
Jeremy said "For now no... not unless I'm needed."
Liz said "You mind if I stay with you just in case something happens out here?"
A squeak was heard as Strawberry was curled up in Jeremy lap.
Jeremy said "Strawberry here in case something does but I do welcome the company. There some folding chairs you can bring over."
Liz smiled and brought over a chair.
Ulrich and Yumi were approaching the tower they were in the round area just before the tower. There were several monsters that were in the area but they were not moving toward the tower nor shooting at it. The leader of the group appeared to be a Tarantula which was blocking the path Odd was in front of him
Ulrich said "Yo Odd what's up?"
Odd said "Not quite sure the Tarantula stopped everyone here. When I tried to move on it stopped me by blocking the path."
Ulrich said "Why is that?"
Odd said "Don't know I don't speak monster."
The Tarantula grunted a few times.
Ulrich said "Hey Jeremy you got any idea what it just said."
Jeremy said "Not really… I can tell from actions that it doesn't want you to continue on…"
"What it said exactly is to wait for me." Came a distinct voice
Jeremy said "Xanatos!"
Xanatos seemingly appeared out of a dark portal.
Ulrich and Yumi both pulled out their weapons. Odd also got into a defensive position.
The monsters reacted as well but they pointed their weapons at the warriors.
Xanatos said "Shoot me and you get shot… the security was given their orders by me so I'm their leader."
Ulrich said "What are you doing here…"
Xanatos said "Investigating…" He looked toward the tower "I want to know who exactly trying to invade Lyoko."
Yumi said "invade…"
Jeremy said "What do you mean invade?"
Xanatos said "Lyoko is linked to the Internet thanks to the Google Key you downloaded. It gives anyone who wants it a quicker access to the Internet and most likely they don't want anyone to interfere especially us… The Lyoko Warriors of XANA
Jeremy said "We don't work for XANA!"
Xanatos said "By defending Lyoko you do… this world is owned by him. It was given to him by Waldo Schaeffer."
"Or in other words my father" Aelita and Kat entered on vehicles. It had been Aelita who had spoke
Xanatos said "Correct. Like it or not. This world is owned by XANA and as his son I have complete administrative power over this world. I can do whatever I want here."
"Yeah…" Kat said "not if I have anything to say about it." She pulled out her ribbon bow
Xanatos said "Chill Fox girl"
Yumi said "Why don't you." She charged up to go for a Icy Wind attack
Jeremy said "Everyone just cool it please. We don't need to fight."
Kat said "But Jeremy! He's the enemy!"
Jeremy said "Xanatos has a slight point. If Aelita's Father gave Lyoko to XANA to defend then it is his which would explain what I discovered a few weeks back."
Kat said "What did you discover."
Jeremy said "Just before the activated tower a program was installed into the superscan it was a subroutine that if a tower was activated by a person different then us or XANA that a signal would be sent to an Internet site telling that a tower was activated which by the site address I can only guess is the main headquarters of Xanadu Shadows Inc or XANA home base. The only way the superscan can be modified is if some has admin rank on Lyoko and now that I know XANA and his son both have Admin rank here. I now know who modified it. It was Xanatos"
Xanatos grinned "About time… and I thought they called you Einstein." He chuckled
Jeremy exhaled "Alright Xanatos obviously you control the monsters right now and you're not attacking us so what are you planning on doing…"
Xanatos said "First I want to know who the activator of the tower is. Second I plan to find out what they want. Third if I don't like it I'll force them out and shutdown whatever they are doing"
Ulrich said "Sound straight forward enough. The question is can you do it"
Xanatos said "If I get a little help from you guys."
Yumi said "You want us to help you."
Xanatos said "Why not… We both want the same thing the tower deactivated so if we have the same goal we should work together to complete that goal."
Odd said "That kind of makes sense."
Kat said "But aren't you guys forgetting something he's working for XANA, XANA is our enemy!"
Aelita said "But is the person who activated the tower a friend? Or are they a foe as well? Guide warned us there would be a Boss Battle when a tower was activated. If Xanatos is willing to work with us then we could easily defeat this boss. I'm sure Xanatos is quite skilled in battle."
Kat said "but what if Xanatos is the Boss! Letting our guard down and allowing him to work with us means he could backstab us just to get ahead"
Xanatos said "I'll have you know Kat… once I've been sent on a mission I complete it and if you are my ally on this mission I won't backstab you… but if you're my enemy well I delete you simple as that. It's called Loyalty. It's something that wielder of the Darkness believe in just as the wielders of light tend to believe in Morality that you must not use your powers for evil purposes although both sides tend to forgot their beliefs periodically especially when the power gets to their heads"
Kat crossed her arms "humph…" She huffed "I still don't trust you." She said "I think you're not telling us everything"
Xanatos smirked "You are correct. I'm not…" He looked and blinked slightly as he saw something "I know exactly who's activated the tower."
"Who?" The warriors replied
Xanatos said "him…" as he pointed at someone
Everyone looked
Coming up the path walking was a black haired, blue eyed warrior with a silver outfit wielding twin sabers. He walked with a focused but calm look and he was looking right at Ulrich.
"Ulrich," Yumi said "it's that rogue, the one that attacked us at Google."
Ulrich said "Just when I thought the day couldn't get any worse."
Xanatos said "I believe the name Jeffrey Star right."
"Correct" Jeffrey replied and focused on Xanatos. "So you must be Sandy Toes that Takara told me about." He grinned slightly
Xanatos growled taking insult "Either you say my name correctly or I'll give you the same treatment as I did Takara." He threatened
"hmm…" Jeffrey hummed then dropped the grin "very well Xanatos" Jeffrey replied "I give you all five seconds to get out. This world now belongs to the Lyokoians and if you don't want to be deleted I suggest you all logout now."
Jeremy said "and what if I say if you don't tell us what you are doing in the next two seconds you will be deleted."
Jeffrey said "obviously you don't know what you are dealing with." He chuckled and held up his right hand with fingers posed to snap.
"Jeremy, Liz, get away from the computer!" Xanatos commanded
Jeremy quickly threw off the headset "Get Back Liz!" He shouted as he got off the chair.
Liz gasped and moved away
Jeffery snapped his fingers and electrical surges went though the console and monitor.
Jeremy and Liz hit the deck and Jeremy covered Liz slightly knowing that a power surge like that could make it explode and he didn't want her hurt.
The console was started smoking due to an overload of power taking out the monitor by cracking it and the keyboard frying it.
Jeremy was panting "You okay Liz."
"mmm-hmm" Liz replied with a slight whimper "are you?"
Jeremy sighed "Yeah…" He replied "that was close…"
"Now if you would Jeremy" came Jeffrey Voice through the headset "logout your warriors now."
Jeremy picked up the headset somewhat surprised it still works "You just fried my console." Jeremy replied "I can't do anything."
"Your refusal will just make it worse for your friends now I'm commanding you log them out." Jeffrey continued
"Don't you get it?" Jeremy asked "I can't!"
"very well if that's your decision," Jeffrey replied "they will be deleted."
"Guys" Jeremy called out "if you can hear me, I can't do anything to help you're on your own."
Odd said "No worries Einstein there 6 of us about 20 monsters and only 1 of him."
Jeffery said "Is there indeed." All of a sudden he split into 2 perfect clones
Kat said "uh guys… I'm seeing double."
The Left Jeffery said "and allow me to introduce you to some of my programs…"
The Right Jeffery said "Lyokoian Archers, Lyokoian Knights, and Lyokoian Mages come forth"
Like a small army, several programs in shimmering armor appeared floating in midair wielding crossbows, swords, and wands.
Odd said "uh guys. I hate to say this but I think we're outnumbered"
Xanatos said "Security Mode last stand!"
The Tarantula roared and all the monsters shot off various attacks like a barrage
The programs scattered
Xanatos said "Quickly while the security holding them off we got to get to another tower and setup a defense base by activating a tower for ourselves as long as we have one tower activated they can't fully control Lyoko."
Kat said "I'm with ya on that."
Ulrich said "and maybe you can tell us what you know about these Lyokoian punks."
Xanatos nodded "Yeah… it appears I'm siding with you guys for now"
Game Notes: Xanatos has joined as a Temp Ally for this mission
Back out in the real world Jeremy was looking at the fried console. Liz was with him also looking at it.
"uh… it's totally fried like I figured." Jeremy said "without this console I can't see what's going on…"
"hmm…" Liz hummed "Jeremy didn't you say your Computer has a remote connection maybe you can use that." She suggested
Jeremy growled "but if we go back to my room and someone comes they could get wise." He retorted
Liz said "but Jeremy it's a game."
"This isn't a game Liz!" Jeremy snapped but then he stopped and stared at Liz realizing something.
Liz looked at him and gave a slight nod "It's a game we can use that as an excuse."
Jeremy said "You're right… come on let's do this."
Liz nodded "mmm hmm…"
Jeremy and Liz quickly headed out of the lab and back to Kadic
