Chapter 8

Franz Hopper

"10, 9, 8" Jeremy was saying aloud. Everyone was in the scanner room waiting too find

out if they would finally be able to talk too him. "3, 2, 1, 0" He said hopefully. Suddenly,

one of the scanners opened up and a blinding white light filled the room. When the light

disappeared, a middle aged man was laying in the scanner. At once, Jeremy knew who it

was and went to tap him on the shoulder. Franz Hopper then got up and walked out of the

scanner. "Why am I?" he asked. "And who are you?" He asked Jeremy. "My name is

Jeremy Belopis and I just got you out of Lyoko". "Are you saying that I'm in the scanner

room of the factory?" he asked. "Exactly. But Franz, I need you too answer some

questions". "I knew this would come one day" he sighed. "Let me tell you the story of

Lyoko from the beginning. I designed Lyoko to be a place of paradise with 4 different

climates and landforms. I created XANA to matain peace throughout Lyoko and I created

Carthage so XANA could store old files and help keep Lyoko stabilized so it wouldn't

fuse with earth. Apparently, he is using the towers I designed as a resting spot as a portal

from Lyoko to earth for his attacks. His latest tower that he activated was supposed to

speed up the destabilization of Lyoko so it could fuse with earth" He said. "So in order to

stabilize Lyoko again, we need to deactivate a tower?" Jeremy asked. "not just your only

every day Lyoko tower, but the master tower, which is in the heart of Carthage" Franz

said. "how do we get to Carthage?" Odd asked. Jeremy had forgotten all about the others.

"What do you think happened to Kadic when you were away?" Franz asked. "XANA

turned its insides into Carthage". "So that's what that double crosser William did when

he separated himself from us." Yumi said. "If you can deactivate the tower, you can save

Lyoko and Ulrich" Franz said. "Ulrich is dead. I saw it happen" Sissy said. "he isn't dead

yet." Franz continued. "Lyoko is not completely fused with earth yet. If it was, you all

would be in your Lyoko outfit. Haven't you noticed that some parts of earth are still not

parts of Lyoko? You need to shut down that tower before the entire globe becomes

Lyoko. Only then will you be able to save Ulrich" Franz finished. "How do you know

whats been going on when you were just a mere data file trapped in Carthage?" Jeremy

asked. At that precise moment, however, a block came in the room and froze Franz,

followed by it switching eyes and sending 2 simple laser blasts at the now frozen Franz.

The first one broke the ice, and the second one sent him flying in the air. Franz hit a

scanner and started to bleed badly. Yumi then took out both of her fans and threw them at

the block . one hit the eye, and the other missed, and returned to her hand. "Franz!"

Jeremy yelled. the old man was literally bleeding to death. He only managed to say a few

words. "Jeremy, let me tell you Aileta's anti-virus code" he said weakly. "Here it is:

raj-raj-sknits" he said before he died. "Speaking of, where is Aileta?" Jeremy said. Aileta

had not spoken ever since XANA arrived. "Up here!" Aileta yelled! she was tied to the

ceiling of the factory. "I'll get you down" Jeremy said as he started to climb a ladder.

When he made it to the top, he saw that Odd's hair was starting to change. Time was

running out.

Can all of you star wars fans out there find out what the anti-virus code? Its pretty obvious. Remember the code is raj-raj-sknits. If you know it, just put the answer in the review section.