Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko.
This part introduces a new character. Also the gang is in the U.S. because of a foreign exchange program.
THE BATTLE PLAN
Lets back up to where ZED was shut off in 1997. During the beginning of the year this news about a supercomputer had gotten out to the press. Some people began to riot, and others liked the idea. Then the military decided to abort the project, they told the news centers and the press. That was after military school was first destroyed; this was placed as the militaries fault. This was the original computer that destroyed the military school the first time and at the end of the first part of the story. After it was destroyed the second time the press was all over the situation and all the local news crews were reporting round the clock on this breaking story. Again the military got charged with endangering human lives and was penalized for it. But the president at the time waved the charges.
Lets move forward to the year 2004. This was after ZED was shut off for the first time. The president banned any personnel that had worked on the ZED project in 1995 from returning to the scene. But instead of just putting the project aside the president reinstated the project in Area 51 on July 4th 2004. The computer was rebuilt a second time but the technicians tossed most of the old plans. They got rid of the scanners and the towers for a simpler way of saving the U.S. The new plans consisted of this; the computer structure from the original design, a three-screen monitor, and each screen would monitor different processes within the computer. So all the operator would do was turn it on sit back and relax. Also by getting rid of the scanners and towers it freed up a lot of memory. So now more options were put in so the U.S. would be even safer. This new design took a lot longer to build because the computer would be bigger than the other one. It took about 5 years to complete, and what do you know, it was completed on July 4th 2009. But when the computer was turned on more hell than ever broke loose. Immediately the computer took over the entire base and Area 51 was under ZED'S control.
Also at this time a father had brought his son there so that he could help test out some new project. The plans to one day make a substance to get rid of all disabilities. He got the idea for this when his only son was getting a ride home from his mother in 5th grade. That day was tragic for him indeed. They were coming up to a stoplight that had just turned green. When the car got to the stoplight some bonehead didn't even bother to stop for his red light and as He got to the intersection he hit the other car. The father's name was Paul; just to clear this part up, his wife was Mary and they had a son named KC. Paul rushed to the hospital as soon as he got the news. When he got there he had found out that his wife had died just before she got to the hospital. He asked about his son, they told him that they didn't think he would make it through the night. Well he did, but he was paralyzed from the waist down. So this is when Paul started to make plans for the substance. July 4th 2009 he finally had a sample and wanted to test it on his son. His son agreed to come in and test his father's experiment. Unfortunately this was the day that ZED attacked and the father thought that he had lost his son that day. He told the press that he was ready to test it so that one day anyone with a disability could return to a normal life. It was later said that he did test it and it worked but he was unhappy because his son wasn't around to see it; or so he thought.
The project used high amounts of electricity ZED put a power surge through the whole building, at the time the mans son was holding on to some unconnected wire. The base went black for a minute and when it turned back on the kid got the biggest shock of his life. He was thrown away from the area where he stood and into some chemicals. It is assumed that he died soon after the shock and his dead body flew through the air. Then every computer monitor in the security room and labs started too ooze some weird black stuff. One of the technicians who escaped called it rolling blood. The black blood rolled out of the screens and onto the floor forming huge black puddles. Then the puddles started to rise into the air and take shape. They took the form of our well-known killers the Creepers. Immediately the Creepers started to kill everyone in Area 51. Blood was everywhere; it was on the floor, the computer screens, the lab equipment, and even the ceilings. The Creepers used their sickles to chop workers in half. The workers tried to escape but only the lucky ones got out. The rest was bloody murder, not one room was left untouched, blood everywhere body parts ranging from the little stuff like heads, arms, and legs, to just workers cut in half; this littered the place with death and destruction. Then to show that ZED was in power he ordered all of his Creepers to take all the dead bodies and body parts and put them into the nearest river. The nearest river was the Mississippi but they didn't want to go that, far so they took a plane and dropped dead bodies on every city they came to. They ran out of bodies and body parts around Chicago. The Creepers assumed that they had put everyone into the cities, but they were wrong. Back in the lab where the father and son team had been working the father had escaped and the lab was locked. There were no computers in the lab for the Creepers to come out of because the father had his program on his lab top.
The Creepers never got to the lab nor did they know it was even there, until ZED found out about it and sent some Creepers down to investigate. While this was going on ZED started to make a scanner so that he could get out and into the world. He also started to make his robots, the Crabs, Scorpions, Mega Tanks, Metal Men and three new sets of machines, one set was the Blocks and the other set was the Hornets. The Blocks are like a cube; they have four different shooting angles and can move pretty fast. The Blocks are easy to destroy but the Hornets are really hard. The Hornets can maneuver well in the air. They are armed with two weapons on is a small laser gun on their stingers; the other is behind the gun. The bottom of the stinger with the gun flips open and what looks like the actual stinger pops out. The "stinger missile" as it's called has a highly poisonous liquid inside. If the stinger gets in you it will kill you in about two minutes.
Meanwhile the Creepers where almost to the door of the unknown lab. But inside that lab there was something-fishy going on. KC was alive and he had a lot to learn about who he had become. What ever happened cured his inability to walk and boosted his physical attributes. When he heard the Creepers trying to get in he ran to the door but hid near behind some debris near by. The Creepers burst in and KC quietly escaped, when the Creepers detect no life forms they left the lab and report back to ZED. KC on the other hand is trying to get out of the base. He was running down a long corridor when it came to a dead end. But there was some one who did detect his presence. A newly finished Mega Tank came rolling up to him. KC turned around and backed up to the wall. The Mega Tank stopped a few meters before it hit him. It opened up and charged its gun. Then a ding sound was made and an elevator door was opened. KC made a dash for the door; he didn't know how he made it open he was relieved to get out of the base. The Mega Tank knew that it couldn't get him so it stopped charging the gun closed up and left.
KC pushed the main floor button on the elevator. When the elevator stopped and opened, a smell of sewage filled the air. KC looked out and to his surprise saw a train like those in Japan. Curious he got in and went to the control room. There was no one on the train so he decided to start it up him self. He turned it on and set the computer to auto drive. He sat down and the computer said "Buckle up." The train then took off it sped up past 200mph and stopped at 2000mph in ten seconds. In about one minute it slowed down until it came to a stop. KC got out and could hardly walk from the ride that he just had. He staggered to another button for an elevator and pushed it, he then sat down until the elevator came to his floor. He got in and pressed ground level but nothing happened, he tried again and another computerized voice said, "Please put key in to slot." He looked around for a key but couldn't find one. So he went back to the train, in the ignition he found two keys, one for the train and the other for the elevator. He went back to the elevator and put the key in and turned it, then the doors closed and the panel with the key in it dropped to reveal two buttons labeled up and down. KC pushed the up button, and then the panel closed locked and spit the key out. The computer voice then said, "Thank you for riding Area 51 rails enjoy your stay in Chicago."
The elevator doors opened up and KC got out. He then realized that he was in the Sears Tower lobby. He decided not to stay and look around so he went outside into the busy streets. When he was walking around people started to look at him funny, like he was from another planet or something. So KC wanted to know what was up with himself, he went to the nearest McDonalds and went strait to the restroom. When he looked in the mirror he saw that he had electric blue hair and electric blue eyes, he was also wearing all black. Then a black man came into the restroom, KC jumped a little and the man said," Sorry 'bout that my man, didn't mean to scare ya. By the way do your hair and clothes always change colors like that?" KC looked in the mirror and saw that his hair had turned blonde and his shirt was still black but it had a weird symbol on it. The symbol was a bull's eye with a Z and X through it. He was also wearing a military green button down shirt that's open. His pants had also changed they were military camouflage cargo pants. He thought that this was so weird, so he left McDonalds. As soon as he got outside he saw a familiar car sitting in front of the restaurant. It was SNAKE, his dad's 2005 mustang. He walked up to the car and the front window rolled down, his dad was sitting in the front seat with tears in his eyes. KC got in the passenger side and they drove home.
That was in July, now its September. September 6th to be exact, a Friday night in a small town outside of Chicago, at a house on Fourth Street. Two friends were having a sleep over; they were watching Holloween 5 on DVD. ZED by the way in the time that he had alone took over most of the populations' computers and TV's, but he didn't control them so people wouldn't know about him. Anyway ZED was going to let the people know little by little. So when the two boys started the movie one of the went to the bathroom. So the other one was watching the starting when all of a sudden the screen went black. Then it flickered into the gray fuzz but the music from the DVD still played in the background. Then the TV flickered again, this time the symbol of ZED appeared on the TV screen; X.A.N.A'S symbol cut in half with a Z on top of it. The TV flickered again for a moment then what was put in the papers as "rolling blood"; the black ooze came out of the television screen. It formed on the floor and then the Creeper came out of it. Before the kid could scream the Creeper chopped his head off. Blood sprayed on the wall behind him and all over the couch. The Creeper took his head and left the body. He went to the bathroom and burst the door open. The other boy who was just done washing his hands jumped back and screamed. The Creeper dropped his friends' head and took out his sickle. He advanced on the other boy until he ran out of room and hit the wall. The boy tried to climb out the window, just as he got it open the Creeper chopped his head off. The head flew out the window and blood went all over the bathroom.
Next door the neighbors heard the screams and called the police. When the police arrived they found a gruesome sight. Blood everywhere both kids with their heads chopped off and no trace of the killer. They believed that he escaped out the window. The parents came home and were frightened. When the police told them that their son and his friend were dead the mother fainted and the dad cried like a baby. The police brought the forensics team in; the team didn't find any fingerprints or messages. The only thing that stood out to them was the TV it was still had the gray fuzz and the Holloween 5 music playing in the background. This was familiar because last month a whole family was killed in the same fashion only this was at 11 o'clock in the morning. They were watching Barney, and the theme song was being played over and over again like a broken record. On Monday this was the main subject in the schools.
We are at Caudhrill High School this is where the gang is going to school. What do you know; coincidence or not everyone moved to the same area and is going to the same school. Accept for X.A.N.A, Rex, Alex, and Zero. Its lunchtime and our heroes are in the cafeteria eating what is supposed to be lunch.
"What is this stuff?" asked Ulrich.
"I don't know, I suppose its meat loaf," said Jeremy.
"What's wrong with it? If you won't eat it I will, " said Odd.
"Odd don't be such a pig," said Yumi.
"Hey what's going on over there?" asked Aelida.
In the commons area there were a lot of teachers going towards the offices. Some students followed just to see what was up. Then all of the students were running back into the commons. Teachers were screaming telling kids to get out of the commons and head for the gym. The gang looked into the commons and saw what was either an illusion or the real thing. In the commons was a Creeper; it was holding the Vice-principals head. Up until this point the students thought that this was a joke, but when the Creeper stepped in then the whole lunchroom went wild. People scrambled for the exits, it was pandemonium as people got knocked down as they tried to exit the lunchroom. Then the Creeper dropped the head and faced the gang.
"Ok someone explain to me why those things are still here," said Ulrich.
"I don't know. They should have disappeared when we got rid of ZED," said Odd.
"I don't know about you guys but we have to get rid of him," said Yumi.
Before the gang could even decide on a plan the Creeper was in front of them.
"Uh… Hi," said Odd.
The Creeper took out his sickle and got ready to strike. The gang split up and ran all different ways. The Creeper decided to go after Jeremy because he was the closest to him. Jeremy ran into a section of the cafeteria and the Creeper followed. He cornered Jeremy and got ready to kill him. Then a voice came from behind the Creeper.
"Hey you, yeah you, tall black and scary," said KC.
The Creeper turned around and saw KC, Immediately he tried to escape through a power outlet but KC got in his way.
"You aren't going any where," said KC.
The Creeper then pulled out his sickle again and got ready to attack KC. KC immediately changed into his other form. His clothes went all black, his hair and eyes turned electric blue. He then got a charge ready in his hand and shot it at the Creeper. The Creeper tried to dodge the shot but KC was too close to him so he couldn't. The Creeper got hit, and the most unpleasant sound came from him. Jeremy had to cover his ears just to drown out the sound. After the Creeper was gone KC helped Jeremy up and introduced himself.
"Hi my name is KC," said KC.
"Jeremy," said Jeremy.
Then Ulrich, Odd, Yumi, and Aelida came over to see if everything was all right.
"Is everything ok?" asked Aelida.
"Yeah everything is fine," said Jeremy.
"Who is this?" asked Odd.
"Oh, uh, everyone this is KC," said Jeremy.
"Ok, so then do you know what just happened?" asked Ulrich.
"Yes I do, but it is going to take some time to explain it to you," said KC.
"Ok, so what are you doing after school today?" asked Yumi.
"Nothing much," said KC.
"Ok then we will all meet at the local Library and discuss this situation," said Yumi.
"Ok then," said KC.
The rest of the day seemed to just drag on, but it finally ended at 3:00pm. Then from school the gang headed over to the library. This was perfect for KC because there is a secret passage under the Library that leads to the Sears Tower. So at the library the gang met outside and KC explained the situation.
"The Creeper that attacked this afternoon was no fraud, it was real," said KC.
"Real? How could it be real? We got rid of ZED last month," said Odd.
"Um Odd I don't think KC knows what you are talking about," said Yumi.
"Actually I do, I heard about the supercomputer that was destroyed out in Pennsylvania," said KC. "So I am glad to actually meet the people who did defeat him. But that was the old non-updated ZED. The new and better assembled ZED is way more powerful."
"More powerful? How did they manage that?" asked Jeremy.
"Well it was assembled in Area 51," said KC.
"And how do you know this?" asked Jeremy.
"How? Because I was there when he was fired up by the technicians," said KC. "You see my father was working on a substance to cure paralyzed people. He wanted to test it on me because I at the time couldn't walk. But when I was plugging in the final cord ZED started up and shocked me. I was knocked out for quite some time. But when I woke up I could walk, so I escaped. From that day forth my dad wondered how it happened. Also I have been going back to Area 51 to see what ZED is up to."
"Ok, so then do you know how to get rid of ZED?" asked Aelida.
"No, not at the moment," said KC.
"Can we take a look at the computer?" asked Jeremy.
"Sure, fallow me," said KC.
The gang followed KC to a janitor's closet. They all got in being careful not to get spotted by anyone. In the closet KC turned on the light and walked over to the fuse box. He opened the box and moved the fuse panel aside. He then pushed a button, and then he closed the fuse box and turned off the light. There was a ding and part of the wall opened to reveal an elevator. Everyone got into the elevator and KC pushed the down button. The elevator went down and opened into a large stone corridor. KC led them to a big metal door. KC then pulled on the handle and opened the door to reveal a train cockpit. He told everyone to buckle up. KC fired up the engine and the Train blasted at speeds of about 800mph. The train then slowed to a stop at another platform. Everyone got out and went to another elevator.
The gang was inside a restaurant washroom when the elevator stopped. Unfortunately it was the men's washroom, so they had to make sure that no one saw Yumi and Aelida. Once out side they walked two blocks over to the Sears Tower.
"Wow we are in Chicago," said Odd.
"Yeah, who would have thought that area 51 was under the Sears tower," said Ulrich.
"Well, Area 51 is no where near the Sears Tower," said KC.
"So where is it then?" asked Ulrich.
"Fallow me," said KC.
KC led them into one of the elevators. They made sure that no one else got into the elevator with them. Then KC opened the panel under the floor buttons. He then pushed the down button and the panel closed and spit the keys back out. Then the elevator went down and opened to reveal another station.
"Another train," said Odd.
"Yeah, but this one is better than the last one. This train can get us to Area 51 in 60 seconds," said KC.
'Really, how is that?" asked Jeremy.
"Well the train goes 2000mph," said KC.
"Yeah, right, I'll believe it when I see it," said Jeremy.
So KC let Jeremy ride in the cockpit of this train. KC started up the train and it left the station. Not more than two seconds after the initial take off the train began to pick up speed really fast. In no time the train was travelling 2000mph. Jeremy was becoming a little uneasy with the speed but he got over it. The train came to a stop one minute later at another station.
"What, do we need to take another train?" asked Odd.
"No," said KC.
KC walked over to a door and opened it. Behind the door was a long metal hallway. The rest of the gang followed KC into the hallway and they made their way to the ZED'S lair.
"Ok now what you are going to see may be frightening. So if anyone wants to turn back I suggest you do it now," said KC.
Everyone stood their ground. KC then took out another key and inserted it into the lock. After he turned it a keypad came out of the wall. KC then put in the code. The doors opened to reveal another set of doors. KC walked up to another keypad and typed in the second code. Then the doors opened and they all walked into a dark room. A few seconds later the lights went on and revealed the super computer. The computer was twice as big as the other one. It had a five-screen monitor; one screen displays the computer status. The second screen displays the weapons and their statistics. The third screen displays what is being fired and where it's going. The fourth screen displays a map that shows the direction of missiles, or nukes that have been fired. The final screen shows how much ammunition for each weapon is left.
"Wow that thing is huge," said Jeremy.
"Yeah, over 5000 gigabytes of memory, 45 different CPU's, 18 video cards, and a whole mess of other stuff," said KC.
"So what do we do now?" asked Odd.
"Well I don't know," said KC.
"What do you mean you don't know," said Yumi.
"I don't know what to do with the computer," said KC.
"Have you tried turning it off?" asked Ulrich.
"Yeah, watch," said KC.
KC went to the back of the computer and pulled the plug. The computer shut off for two seconds. Then the plug some how reconnected itself and the computer turned back on.
"That's really weird," said Jeremy.
"Yeah tell me about it," said KC.
"A computer that can turn itself back on, how did the military manage that?' asked Jeremy.
"I have no clue," said KC.
"So how do we get rid of ZED?" asked Yumi.
"Well there is only one scanner that I've found so someone could go solo if they wanted," said KC.
"Ok that is really dangerous since no one has even been inside of the computer yet," said Jeremy.
"What about the manual, it should say something in there," said Aelida.
KC found the manual and gave it to Jeremy. After a few hours of reading Jeremy was surprised that he found nothing dealing with the scanner.
"Ok the scanner was not part of the plans," said Jeremy.
"So than ZED made it," said KC.
"I guess so," said Jeremy.
"Ok guys it's really late and we should get back home," said Yumi.
"What time is it?" asked Ulrich.
"8:05 p.m.," said Yumi.
"Ok let's get out of here," said Odd.
On the way back to the school Jeremy was writing down different ways that the computer could have been constructed to turn itself back on. But nothing seemed realistic, eventually Jeremy gave up. Then something weird happened.
"KC what does this flashing light mean?" asked Ulrich.
"I don't know," said KC. "Don't touch it and everything will be fine."
Then the computer voice from the train said, "Please push flashing button."
"Why?" asked Ulrich.
The voice repeated the words, "Please push flashing button."
"KC I think we should press the Button," said Ulrich.
"NO don't push the button," said KC.
Then the computer said, "You have 1000 meters until you have to press the button."
"KC, look at the speed. We are going 2000mph 1000 meters is not that long," said Ulrich.
"Don't push the button," said KC.
"Evasive programming engaged," said the Train.
In 500 of the 1000 meters the train came to a very sharp halt, everyone was thrown into the backs of the seats in front of them. Ulrich and KC were thrown onto the dashboard of the train and almost out the windshield.
"KC I really think you should push the button," said Ulrich.
"WHY SHOULD I PUSH THE BUTTON!" yelled KC.
Ulrich pointed forward, in the darkness of the tunnel they could see the headlights shining on a weird object.
"KC very slowly turn off the lights in the train," said Ulrich.
KC slowly pushed the off switch and all the lights turned off. Then Yummy came into the cockpit.
"What's going on?" asked Yummy.
"Shhh," said Ulrich.
Then in the darkness of the tunnel a bright green symbol appeared. The symbol looked like X.A.N.A'S only it was cut in half and there was a Z on top of it.
"KC, is that ZED'S symbol?" asked Ulrich.
"Yeah, it's ZED'S symbol," said KC.
Then the figure opened up and what seemed to be a charging laser blast appeared.
"KC, that wouldn't happen to be a Mega Tank would it," said Ulrich.
"Yes I believe it is," said KC.
"Push the flashing button please," said the Train.
"Alright already I'll push the button," said KC.
"You better hurry its almost charged up," said Ulrich.
KC pushed the button and then the ground started to shake. A passage opened up and the moving wall blinded the Tanks vision. KC put the throttle all the way up and they nearly missed the tank blast. As the train entered the new station the passageway closed up and sealed them in. Then every one got out of the train.
"Where are we?" asked Odd.
"I have no idea," said KC. "Now do you see that why I don't push the flashing button."
"Yeah well I don't think that the train can stand the blast from a Mega Tank," said Ulrich.
"Well maybe it could have and we would be at the school so we could go home. But no, we have to push the button so we can get locked in a passage way that leads nowhere," said KC.
"Oh so now it's my fault that we are stuck in here. You pushed the button not me," said Ulrich.
"Right and you had to remind the train that the light was blinking," said KC.
At this point KC and Ulrich where about ready to tear each other apart, but Aelida steps in to break it up.
"Would you two knock it off already, no one is going to get any where if we keep fighting," said Aelida.
"She's right you guys. If we ever want to get home we have to work together," said Yumi.
Mean while Odd was tapping along the walls looking for a hollow spot, but he couldn't find any.
"Jeez it's like we are trapped in here," said Odd.
"Yeah, whoever built this place didn't want anyone to get out," said Jeremy.
"Any more bright ideas KC?" asked Ulrich.
"No, but if I could barrow your head maybe I could use it to break down the wall," said KC.
"Would you two just stop it. You're acting like little babies," said Yumi.
"Yumi just stay out of this," said Ulrich.
"Don't you tell me to stay out of it. I'll come over there and kick your ass," said Yumi.
"Wow Ulrich your girl friend's going to beat you up," said KC.
"Hey don't you talk about her that way," said Ulrich.
Yumi walks over and stands between the two of them.
"Both of you shut up. Ulrich you stay here, KC go over there," said Yumi.
"She told you two," said Odd.
"Odd, I'm in no mood, shut up," said Yumi.
After twenty minutes of searching they couldn't find a way out. So they all sat down against the wall. Odd picked up a pebble and threw it.
"Odd where did the pebble go?" asked Jeremy.
"How should I know. It's probably on the other side of the rail," said Odd.
Jeremy got up and walked to the other wall. A couple of seconds later he disappeared.
"Jeremy?" said Aelida. "Jeremy where are you?"
"Guys, I found a way out," said Jeremy
Everyone got up and walked over to where Jeremy was. They dropped into what seemed like another passageway.
"Ok why didn't we check this out before?" asked Odd.
"Why, because of our two numskulls over here," said Yumi.
The passageway led them to another elevator. They all got in and KC pushed the up button. The elevator rose, when it opened they were in a dark room.
"Where are we," asked Jeremy.
"I have no clue," said KC.
They left the elevator and looked for a light switch. When they finally found one and turned it on everyone realized that they were in the janitors.
"Who knew we would end up here," said KC.
"Well we are back at the school, can we go home now?" asked Odd.
"Yeah lets go home," said Yumi.
The next day the school filled up with its students and faculty. The classes went on as normal. But during fifth period, something was going to happen. Odd, KC, and Aelida were in English class. They were watching the movie The Crucible. The movie got started, and then about half way through the period the DVD player started to do weird things.
"What's wrong with this player?" said the teacher.
The teacher began to mess around with the different settings. Then she finally got the movie to work. About five minutes later the screen jumped. Then it jumped again, the third time the screen went all fuzzy. Then it flickered once, twice, and on the third flicker ZED'S symbol appeared on the TV screen. Then the TV shut off and the whole school went into total darkness. In Odd's classroom the teacher let out a scream and then vanished. The rest of the class cheered, but more screams ripped through the air. Students began to run from their classrooms. Then the lights turned back on, and Odd's teacher reappeared.
"That was funky," said Odd.
"Yeah, be alert for anything suspicious," said Aelida.
"You mean like KC, he's gone," said Odd.
"Huh, where did he go?" asked Aelida.
"I don't know," said Odd.
Everyone in the classroom looked at the teacher for directions. But their teacher just stood there and stared at everyone.
"What's up with Mrs. Vanberg?" asked another student.
"I don't know," answered Odd.
Then Mrs. Vanberg started to do some weird things her self. She started to twitch. This made the whole class start laughing at her. But then it started to turn ugly; she began to foam at the mouth. Her eyes started to glow red, her hair and skin went jet black. Then her skin seemed to peal off her body. After all her human features were gone standing in her place was a large black figure. It looked like a Creeper but it had metal teeth and claws, it didn't hold any weapons. All of a sudden the creature was gone. Then the lights in the classroom went out. Everyone in the classroom bolted out the door, some didn't even make it because as they left their heads were chopped off and blood sprayed everywhere.
"This is not right," said Odd.
"We have to get out of here," said Aelida.
"Yeah but we can't use the door," said Odd.
Then all the desks started to flip over by themselves. They stopped flipping in front of Odd and Aelida.
"What just happened?" asked Aelida.
"I don't know," said Odd.
Then the last desk on its top turned jet black and transformed into the creature.
"This is insane," said Odd.
Odd and Aelida made a break for the door. But when the got close to it the classroom door did the same thing. Now they were trapped in the classroom. The creatures knocked them out and took them to Area 51. Five minutes later the rest of the gang showed up at the classroom.
"What happened here?" asked Ulrich.
"I don't know," said Yumi.
"It looks like what ever happened had a very disastrous effect," said KC.
"Ok, now the second question is where are Odd and Aelida?" asked Jeremy.
"My guess is, is that they were taken back to Area 51," said KC.
"Well now would be a good time to make a break for the station," said Ulrich.
As they headed for the janitors closet a large blast ripped through the building. It just missed the gang as it tore through the floor. Everyone looked outside and saw the Mega Tank sitting and taking aim. Before it could get off another shot the gang rushed into the closet, and into the elevator down to the station to see their next task.
"What are these things?" asked Yumi.
Floating outside the elevator door were hornets. They were four times the size of regular ones.
"Great Hornets," said KC.
"What are Hornets?" asked Yumi.
"You know the wasp like creatures," said Jeremy.
"No, these are far more advanced. These things have two different types of weapon. One is its stinger. The stinger has a high concentration of cobra venom; it will kill you in two minutes. The second weapon is a mini laser gun located behind the stinger. You should be able to figure out what that does," said KC.
"So how do we kill them?" asked Jeremy.
"I don't know," said Ulrich.
KC changed into his other form and engaged the hornets. He took out all five hornets in about one minute.
"Well that answers our question," said Odd.
"Ok now we have to get to the base,' said KC.
They all hopped into the train and started towards the base. Because the passageway door wouldn't open they had to take the second set of rails. These rails seemed to be better than the other ones they took. The train was up to speed but something was up.
"Hey KC," said Yumi as she enters the cockpit.
"What,' said KC.
"We have these weird black things following us," said Yumi.
KC looked into the side view mirror and saw the lights in the tunnel changing into the black shadowy figures.
"Great, Shape Shifters," said KC.
"What are Shape Shifters?" asked Ulrich.
"Shape Shifters are creatures that can make themselves into any object they want. It's the best form of attacking people," said KC.
"So how do we get rid of these guys?" asked Ulrich.
"I don't know, every time these things show up, I get the hell out of where ever I am," said KC.
"Isn't there anything in this train that we can use?" asked Ulrich.
"Not that I know of," said KC.
"What about this button?" asked Ulrich.
"Don't touch that…" said KC.
Before KC could finish his phrase Ulrich touched a big green button. Then a computerized voice came over the intercom and said, "Jet engine activated, everyone sit down and put on the harnesses." Jeremy and Yumi got into their seats and got ready.
"How much do you want to bet that Ulrich pushed another button?" asked Jeremy.
"How about two hundred dollars," said Yumi.
"Very funny," said Jeremy.
Ulrich and KC buckled up and get ready for ignition.
"Ulrich for once I am glad you pushed another button," said KC.
"So your not mad," said Ulrich.
"No, but if we don't get out of this alive my spirit is going to kill your spirit," said KC.
"Ha ha very funny," said Ulrich.
A countdown started on the computer screen. 10… 9… 8… 7… 6… 5… 4… 3… 2… 1… 0. Then with a huge burst the train picked up speed. It went from 2000mph to 3000mph and faster.
"How fast does this thing go?" asked Ulrich.
"I don't know," said KC.
Even faster yet until it toped off at 4500mph. The train was going so fast that the Shape Shifters couldn't keep up. As KC looked into the distance he could see a very bad sight.
"KC isn't that the wall of the base," said Ulrich.
'Yes," said KC.
"I think we should get to the rear of the train now," said Ulrich.
"No, by the time we do this train will hit that wall," said KC.
"Oh so we die now instead of later," said Ulrich.
"Yeah you could say that," said KC.
The train was coming up to the wall and it was only seconds away from hitting it. Then the computer automatically engaged the brakes. But that wasn't enough to slow the train to a stop. The train blasted through the wall of the base and flew through a second wall. The train blasted through two labs and then into a black room. But this wasn't really a room yet. The train was not moving forward anymore, it was falling. Then the train fell through the roof of what seemed to be an unused lab. The train hit the floor with driving force and stopped short of going all the way underground.
"Holy shit that was a wild ride," said Jeremy.
"Yeah, I wonder if Ulrich and KC are ok," said Yumi.
"Well if I can walk I'll go see," said Jeremy.
Meanwhile inside the train cockpit.
"KC, you ok over there?" asked Ulrich.
"Well we're not dead," said KC.
"Not dead yet that is," said KC.
"Ok so this train is armored so much that it lasted through two titanium steel walls, two laboratories, and a fall of about what 800ft," said KC.
"Yeah I think that's about right," said Ulrich.
After waiting about ten minutes they finally got out of the train. When they got out and looked around the noticed that they were in a huge room.
"What is this place?" asked Ulrich.
"I have no clue," said KC.
"It looks like… wait," said Jeremy.
"What, what is it Jeremy?" asked Yumi.
Jeremy was looking around and noticed something really weird.
"Does anyone see that this room looks very familiar," said Jeremy.
"What do you mean," said Yumi.
The rest of the gang turns around to see a familiar sight. Everyone saw the computer. Its center core was in the middle of the room; glowing bright red was the symbol of the eye on the side.
"No way," said Yumi.
"Way," said Ulrich.
"This can't be possible,' said Jeremy.
"Ok can some one please tell me what is going on here," said KC.
"Well um in the year 2007 we shut off a super computer in France. This computer was called X.A.N.A. He is after the same thing ZED is, destroying the world. But the first time we faced ZED he helped us get rid of him," said Jeremy.
"So he helped you got rid of the old ZED computer," said KC.
"Exactly," said Jeremy.
"Hey guys look at this," said Ulrich.
Everyone went over to the place where Ulrich was standing. Ulrich showed them a newspaper article that he found on the screen. The article read this:
Last year in December the French found a super computer in an old abandoned factory. The French army immediately went in and took every inch of the computer out. Next the military decide to discard the pieces in a near by junkyard. Two weeks later the military returned to the junkyard and made the manager take every piece of the computer and put it into the crusher. The last thing the press got about this issue was that every piece was pressed together into a big block and sent into the furnace and melted down.
"That's crazy," said Jeremy.
"Yeah we kept it a secret all these years and now it's all gone," said Yumi.
"Well I don't think that it's gone," said Ulrich.
"Your right who ever got a hold of the plans must have rebuilt the computer," said Jeremy.
"And that's exactly what happened," said a voice from behind them.
Everyone turned around to see a short blonde haired kid. He was dressed in blue cargo pants and was wearing a black long sleeve shirt.
"Who are you?" asked Jeremy.
"My name is Chelznicallson Moen Robertalisintol.
"What?" asked Ulrich.
"Just call me Moen," said Moen
"Ok Moen why are you here?" asked Yumi.
"I'm trying to get this computer running so that I can get rid of ZED, and I suppose that's why you're here to," said Moen.
"No not exactly," said Yumi.
"Well, can you tell us how you got the plans for this thing?" asked KC.
"I didn't get them it was already here," said Moen.
"Ok then I bet the US stole the plans from the Russians but they couldn't read French so they couldn't start the computer up," said Jeremy.
"Yeah but the question is why did they build it," said Yumi.
"That is a very good Question," said Moen.
"Well should we start it up or should we figure out how to leave this place?" asked KC.
"Lets take a vote, who wants to restart X.A.N.A?" asked Jeremy.
"Wait you know what this thing is called," said Moen.
"Yeah this is the computer that we shut off three years ago," said Jeremy.
"Ok so then if it was bad why should we restart it?" asked Moen.
Then there was aloud crash. Part of the ceiling just fell onto the top of the train.
"What's going on?" asked Moen.
"Well we are probably going to be attacked by the Shape Shifters that were following us," said Jeremy.
"Oh those things, leave them to me," said Moen.
Moen closed his eyes and then a wind came from nowhere. When it stopped they saw that Moen was half human and half Creeper.
"Ok how did that happen?" asked Yumi.
"I'll tell you after I'm done," said Moen.
Moen engaged the Shape Shifters; he used what seemed to be blasts of black energy. In about three minutes he had the last of them running for their lives.
"Ok now that they are gone tell us how this happened to you," said Yumi.
"Well it was about two weeks ago when this happened. I like to call it power fusion, it's when you get a power in an unknown place and it isn't suppose to fallow you back to where you came from," said Moen.
" So where did you get your powers?" asked Yumi.
Moen immediately pointed at X.A.N.A.
"No way, X.A.N.A gave you your powers," said Jeremy.
"Yes, I started him up and went into the scanners. When I came out I was like this," said Moen.
"Ok now we know that this is a big problem," said Yumi.
Then all the lights in the room went on. Surrounding them was a big force of Metal Men; they had their weapons drawn and were ready to fire.
"What do we do now?" asked Yumi.
"Uh, well the only escape route is the super computer," said Moen.
"No, no one is going back into that thing," said Jeremy.
"Ok so then we can all die because KC and I are the only ones with powers," said Moen.
"How did you know that?" asked KC.
"Well he makes a good argument," said Ulrich.
"I think that we should think twice about this," said Yumi.
Then Yumi looked around and saw Aelida and Odd in the clutches of the metal men.
"Ok I vote in," said Yumi.
"Yumi what are you doing?" asked Jeremy.
"Look over there Jeremy. Do you see who the Metal Men have," said Yumi.
"No it can't be," said Jeremy.
"All of you give up and come quietly, no one will get hurt," said one of the Metal Men.
"Ok guys what is it going to be?" asked Moen.
"We'll do it," said Jeremy.
"What?" said Ulrich and Yumi in unison.
"Great it's settled, Jeremy will put Yumi and Ulrich into the scanners and we will free Odd and Aelida," said Moen.
"Ok then what happens when they are free?" asked Jeremy.
"Then you will transfer them to, then one of us will put you in the scanner to," said Moen.
"Wait how many scanners are there?" asked Jeremy.
"There are ten scanners," said Moen.
"Ok so what about the one left behind?" asked Jeremy.
"He will have to do an auto transfer," said Moen.
"Those rarely work," said Yumi.
"Well we have to trust it right now," said Moen.
"Ok let's do it," said Jeremy.
Jeremy took the controls and immediately everything came back to him. He put Yumi and Ulrich into the computer. Moen and KC changed into their second forms and engaged all the Metal Men. This was going to be a really hard task because there are ten Metal Men in the room. The first set they took on was the set that had Odd and Aelida. It was hard to over throw the Metal Men, but once they figured out that their heads were the control centers Moen and KC began to take them out faster. In five minutes they got Odd and Aelida free from the Metal Men's clutches. Then Aelida and Odd went for the scanners. Jeremy transferred Aelida and Odd into the computer and was waiting for either Moen or KC to take over the Controls. Moen told KC to get into the scanner with Jeremy. KC went into the scanner and Jeremy did the same. The Metal Men began to open fire on the scanners. But they didn't get a good shot at KC or Jeremy because Moen readied their transfers and sent them. Moen then took on the rest of the Metal Men by himself. The Metal Men could hardly get a chance to aim at Moen. Even if they came close to getting a shot off their heads were gone. There was one left, Moen got set to attack it. But this one was not dumb. It dropped its first gun and stuck its hand into the air. Immediately a gattling gun formed in his hand. The Metal Man didn't have to aim now; all he had to do was open fire. So it did, Moen dodged the bullets, but the Metal Man wouldn't quit. Because of Moen's lack of knowledge of these robots he didn't know that they could make as many bullets that they wanted to. Moen was getting tired and he knew that he couldn't keep this up much longer. So he made a daring move, he made a strait dash for the open scanner. He got in untouched, the Metal Man moved into position, before the door closed Moen threw a huge black energy blast at the Metal Man. After the door closed Moen heard a loud bang. The Metal Man had gotten hit with the energy and was thrown back against the wall. Then it blew up throwing its parts everywhere. The auto transfer fired up and in no time Moen was in the computer world with everyone else.
"Wow the auto transfer worked," said Jeremy.
"Yeah, I'm surprised that it didn't back fire like it used to," said Moen.
"Ok now why did we even go in here?" asked Jeremy.
"Well we needed to get away from those Metal Men so I figured that we should go in here to be safe," said Moen.
"Be safe, BE SAFE, DO YOU THINK THAT BEING IN ANOTHER DEATH TRAP IS SAFE!" yelled Jeremy.
"Jeremy take it easy, I'm sure that we can reason with X.A.N.A so that he will let us out," said Aelida.
"Well that is some very strong words from someone who was X.A.N.A'S archenemy for so many years," said Jeremy.
"You know Jeremy she is right I will understand," said X.A.N.A.
Everyone looked up to see X.A.N.A He was taller than Ulrich and had blue hair. He was wearing all black, from shirt to pants. He had a sword on one side and a gun holster on the other just like the last time they saw him.
"Wow you haven't changed much," said Ulrich.
"What do you mean," said X.A.N.A.
"Well since the last time we saw you," said Ulrich.
"Oh right right," said X.A.N.A
"So where are we going now?" asked Jeremy.
"Let me show you," said X.A.N.A. "You may recall these regions, The Mountain Region lots of rocks and mountains perfect to snipe people down below. The Polar Region, like the mountain but all icy. The Forest Region, tall trees winding pathways green upon green the only place you could materialize Aelida. The Desert Region, with its dust storms and open planes its easy to take out anyone."
"We are going to the Forest Region to visit my master tower, then we will get rid of ZED," said X.A.N.A.
"So how can we trust you?" asked Jeremy.
"After all this I want out of this computer so I can be like you. I started to attack the earth because, it gets so lonely in here after a while and I needed the company," said X.A.N.A.
The gang made there way to the Forest Region and into X.A.N.A'S master tower.
"Wow nice place you got here," said KC.
"Like it, I did all this my self," said X.A.N.A.
X.A.N.A'S master tower was huge, it had wall to wall carpeting, a kitchen 60in plasma screen TV, every gaming system known to man, self warming couch and bed for cold nights; not that its needed in a computer but it looks cool. It has a basement with a pool and billiards room. There is a bar and hot tubs. On the second floor is the bedroom with a king size bed and another 60in-plasma screen TV. The bedroom also opens to a deck and you can use the telescope to see the stars at night, if night ever comes.
"When I am older I am going to get a house like this," said Odd.
"Yeah but instead of a big screen TV you will need a king size fridge because of all the food you eat," said Ulrich.
"Hey I have a big stomach ok," said Odd.
"Yeah but with all the food you eat you should be the size of a sumo wrestler by now," said Jeremy.
"Ok, Ok calm down lets get back to business," said X.A.N.A. "Come here and take a look at this."
X.A.N.A takes out a remote and presses a button. This button revealed a projector on the wall. Everyone looked the other way to see a giant projector screen on the wall.
"Sit down and take a look at this," said X.A.N.A.
X.A.N.A fired up the projector and got out a pointer stick. In a few minutes a map came on to the screen.
"This is the map of ZED'S world," said X.A.N.A. "I hacked into his system to get an overlay of what he had. Unfortunately this is all I got, it took him 30 seconds to find me and he kicked me out. I got a big part of what his terrain looks like but I don't know a lot about it. Eventually I hope to get back there and shut him off."
"Wait if you can't get in to his systems without him finding out then what's the use?" asked Jeremy.
"Good question, but before I answer it look at how his areas are arranged, you will see two new areas different from my map," said X.A.N.A.
"So what is the black ring and the gray area?" asked Yumi.
"I was just getting to that. The Black area is called the Dark Forest, the gray area is ZED'S tower core," said X.A.N.A.
"The Dark Forest? What's in there?" asked Odd.
"Well, the Dark Forest is a very nasty place. I don't know any more than this, supposedly in the dark forest there are these creatures that can kill you with just one look in the eye. They move so fast that one look is all you will get," said X.A.N.A.
"So what do we have to do?" asked Ulrich.
"Well the only way to get rid of ZED'S power supply is to shut off all five towers in the center core. But in order to do that we have to get inside of him," said X.A.N.A.
'Well that should be easy," said Ulrich.
"Not exactly, his computer has a very high protection program. Anyone who gets in will be put out in 30seconds," said X.A.N.A.
"Ok so we have to send each of us one at a time," said Odd.
"No that won't work. ZED will know that we have gotten into his systems, and if he finds out he will pull his own plug," said X.A.N.A.
"But won't that kill him to," said Jeremy.
"No, he has been feeding on enough power from the city so he can pull through in a matter of hours," said X.A.N.A.
"So if ZED is out in the world how come no one has seen him? I mean a giant robot is not to hard to spot in a large city like this," said Odd.
"Robot? ZED is not a robot. ZED has been able to create himself in human form, so he blends in with everyone else," said X.A.N.A.
"Well then who did we fight last time?" asked Odd.
"You fought the old ZED. That computer tricked you into thinking that you were in the real world. So while Old ZED was repairing himself you guys would just be fighting his simulation," said X.A.N.A.
"So he locked us up in a virtual prison," said Odd.
"Yeah didn't Jeremy tell you about it," said X.A.N.A.
"Huh. No," said Odd.
"Odd I did to, you must have forgotten," said Jeremy.
"Let's not get into an argument. X.A.N.A how many people will be allowed to go into ZED?" asked Ulrich.
"Only three," said X.A.N.A.
"Ok lets do rock paper scissors," said Odd.
"Well one person is a must," said X.A.N.A.
"Who is that?" asked Odd.
"Aelida," said X.A.N.A.
"Me?" said Aelida.
"Yes. You are the only one that can deactivate the towers," said X.A.N.A.
"Ok then that leaves two more people," said Yumi.
"I'll volunteer," said Odd.
"No I actually had two people in mind," said X.A.N.A.
"Who?" asked Odd.
"Ulrich and KC," said X.A.N.A.
"Ok then. What will the rest of us be doing?" asked Odd.
"We will be distracting ZED so that Jeremy can put Ulrich, KC, and Aelida into ZED'S world," said X.A.N.A.
"Oh, so we get to walk into a death trap," said Odd.
"Well you could say that," said X.A.N.A
After the meeting everyone exited X.A.N.A'S computer except Aelida, Ulrich and KC. So Jeremy set up a connection with ZED'S computer. He sent Ulrich in first. Then Jeremy got disconnected. He then reestablished the connection and sent KC through. The third time the connection was lost Jeremy repeated the process and sent Aelida through.
"When will I be able to contact them?" asked Jeremy.
"After we give ZED a distraction that he can't refuse to stop," said X.A.N.A.
"How will I know when that "distraction" comes?" said Jeremy.
"You'll know," said X.A.N.A.
"Ok then good luck," said Jeremy.
X.A.N.A and the rest of the gang left the room in an elevator that could have been used earlier instead of using the train. But anyway, Jeremy has to wait for ZED to have a big enough distraction so he can't monitor his system. Eventually Jeremy will be able to guide his friends through the Dark Forest in hopes of restoring order to the situation at hand. If this plan fails then some day soon the whole world will be under ZED'S control.
