Disclaimer: I don't own Code: Lyoko or .Hack/SIGN.
Lord Maximus: This has nothing to do with my other crossovers, but I will be using Xana's form from them. It is much easier than thinking of a new one.
Summary: Xana has finally been destroyed, but is it over? No it has only begun. Anothe virtual being has taken over Lyoko and seeks to take over the real world. A group of warriors from another virtual comes to help but will it be enough.
Chapter 9
The Lyoko gang and the players have waited a few weeks, but finally Helba has managed to hack into Franz Hopper's files and downloaded a file on Lyoko, Aelita, Franz, the woman, and Xana.
"It wasn't easy getting into the files." said Helba,
"What have you got?" asked Jeremy.
"This is a video somehow in Franz Hopper's mind, thanks to Lyoko. It's like the diary was actually Franz Hopper's mind itself." said Helba on the computer.
"What do you mean?" asked Aelita,
"Check for yourself." said Helba.
A window appeared and it showed Franz Hopper and his wife Taelia at a computer.
"You sure this is a good idea?" asked Taelia,
"It is the only way." said Franz.
He typed on the computer and on the computer two images appeared. One looked like Aelita's doll, Mister Puck and Aelita herself.
"Who is that?" asked Taelia,
"A guardian to protect Aelita. Xanadu." said Franz.
They typed away, until the image vanished and a new file came. This one showed a stretcher with a body covered. Franz and Aelita watched the body be taken away and they both had tears running down their faces.
"Daddy, why did she have to die?" asked little Aelita.
Aelita looked at the image as it began to trigger questions in her. Who was that woman? Why was she in there? What did all this have to with her dreams?
"Its okay, Aelita. I will not anything else happen to use." said Franz.
Suddenly the door was busted open and men dressed in black suits entered. They turned and walked to Aelita. She ran into the basement and kept running. Franz called her and they ran through the sewers.
They ran into the factory and entered the elevator. The door closed and opened to the super computer room.
"Head down to the scans, Aelita. It is the only way to keep you safe." said Franz,
"But Daddy . . ." said Aelita.
"Do as you are told." interrupted Franz.
She started crying, but obeyed. She entered the scans and Franz started the process. She appeared in Lyoko and Xanadu in the form of Puck walked to her.
"Aelita, what is going on?" asked Puck,
"They have come for us." said Aelita.
He embraced his sister and held her as she cried. A red symbol flashed on his forehead as if something called him. He pulled away and vanished.
"Where are you going?" asked Aelita.
"You are under arrest for the use of illegal technology." said the man,
"I will not let you take my daughter!" shouted Franz.
A black cloud emerged and entered the machines. Suddenly they came to life and killed the agents. Franz ran out in panic and headed back for the Hermitage. When he got back by using the secret entrance he found the place was surrounded.
Suddenly he was overtaken by a dark cloud. He was alone in a void of darkness, like his heart. He sat and sobbed.
"Why is this happening? Why must they take my family? What did I ever do to them?" asked Franz,
"Then hate them." said a dark voice.
He looked up to see someone the gang did not expect to see. It was Xana. He sat down with one knee up and put his hand on Franz's shoulder.
"You are the great Franz Hopper. A genius. Yet there are those who despise your gift. You are human so you have emotions.
It is all right to use them. Hate the ones who took your family, but don't despair. I know how to bring them back. Like you did with your daughter, you can revive your wife, Taelia." said Xana,
"No, my dream is dead. There never can be a world without danger." said Franz.
"Then are you going to allow your children to die?" asked Xana,
"Children?" asked Franz.
"You created me and Aelita. You created us. We are your children. They come to kill us.
They come to hurt us. Are you going to allow your children to suffer?" asked Xana,
"No. No more . . . no more suffering. All of it ends. Make your father proud, Xana. Let nothing stand in your way. Nothing!" shouted Franz.
Xana only smiled all too well. He possessed Franz and attacked the agents. He raised his hand and a car was brought up in electricity. They fired bullets, but they went through him look a ghost.
They attacked, but with a single hand Franz under the control of Xana knocked them all down. His eyes were blood red and the Xana logo pulsed on his forehead. Suddenly a man with a knife stabbed Franz on the forehead, right on the logo. Xana's cloud emerged from Franz's dying body and took control of the car.
He slaughtered them all and activated a program that sent everybody into the past. No one remembered Lyoko and now Franz was dead. However Xana put his wife in the scanner and a child came out. It was Taelia.
"You are the last of Franz Hopper's family now. A reincarnation of his wife. Emotions have made me weak, but I will spare you for my creator's sake. Now Lyoko will be isolated from Earth and the humans that know about it will die." said the teen in front of her.
"Who are you?" asked the child version of Taelia.
"I am Xana." said the teen.
He entered the scans and they closed.
The video ended.
The Lyoko gang and the players were shocked. But not as much as Aelita.
"This all happened about three years ago. The same time Harold disappeared." said Helba,
"This still doesn't answer many questions. Where did Xana come from? And what happened to Puck?" asked Mimiru.
"This is like in my dreams. Puck was the image my guardian took, but when he traveled to Sector 5 he saw something. A black ball of darkness. He touched and they became one.
His body melted away and in his place was being with a body made up of darkness. It had Xana's logo." said Aelita,
"But how did that thing get there?" asked Yumi.
"There are still many questions that need answering. If that girl Taelia is the same one that came out of the scans then she is your mother. Why didn't Xana kill you both that day? He would have destroyed the only ones who could have defeated him." said Bear,
"Guardian." muttered Tsukasa.
They all turned to him.
"He is exactly like the creature Morganna gave me. He used to be a digital human that understood emotions. That thing changed him. .. Made him into something he wasn't meant to be. My Guardian, even if it was created y Morganna saved my by sacrificing itself, like Maha." said Tsukasa,
"The reason why Xana could not kill Aelita himself because his original programming still existed even if the virus was now inside him. He could not harm anybody in Franz Hopper's family. He wanted to be free and the only he could have done is through Aelita. He was her guardian." said Helba.
"Aelita might have held the key to Xana's freedom. If he was free he could have killed Aelita." said Jeremy,
"And now Morganna wants to do what he couldn't and use Lyoko to finish what Hopper started." said Krim.
Deep in the depths of Carthage Morganna prepared her newest plan. Spire was in his office, waiting for Morganna to send the word. This time Morganna would take over both worlds and nothing could be done to stop her.
Spire smiled to himself.
In the Desert Region of Lyoko a giant black tower was being constructed. Monsters were appearing everywhere and Morganna watched them as they constructed the tower.
In Spire's office walked a girl.
"Are you ready?" asked Spire,
"Everything is set." said the girl.
"Good, Morganna will be very pleased." said Spire.
Back in the dorm Aelita looked down. Jeremy moved over to her and put his hand on her shoulder.
"You okay?" asked Jeremy,
"It is just hard to believe. If that video was true than I am actually human and my family . . ." said Aelita.
Jeremy wiped away some tears coming out of her eyes. She grabbed Jeremy and soflty sobbed onto his shirt.
"Why? What did my father do to deserve that? He tried to help his family, but instead he was hated and he created monster." said Aelita,
"He didn't mean to." said Jeremy.
All of the others nodded and walked out of the room. Bear and Helba signed off from Jeremy's computer and left the two alone. Aelita cried for a while and then sat up. Her eyes were red from crying.
"Aelita, Franz never meant for what happened to your family to happen. He only wanted his daughter back. He got his wish, even if did cost him his life and lead to the creation of Xana." said Jeremy.
Aelita only looked down.
"Aelita, get a hold of yourself. You have wanted to find out about Franz ever since you started having these visions. If it wasn't for them or Xana then we never would have met you. Even trough Xana was now evil he was still meant to be your guardian, and I think a part of him was relieved when Ulrich destroyed him." said Jeremy,
"Still, why did Franz let a virus into Sector 5? If it wasn't for that then we would never have suffered at Xana's hands." said Aelita.
Jeremy hugged her tightly. Suddenly Jeremy's computer started beeping and they turned to see Bear.
"Sorry to interupt, but we might have a problem." said Bear,
"Morganna?" asked Jeremy.
"I'm afraid so." said Bear,
"There are no activated towers. How can Morganna be causing trouble without a tower?" asked Jeremy.
"The holo map has detected a large number of monsters in Lyoko. It looks like they constructing something." said Bear.
Jeremy nodded and called the others. They were all at the factory. They gathered in the control room and watched the red dots. Bear was right.
"We need more info. Anybody up for a little scouting?" asked Jeremy,
"I'll go." said Ulrich.
They all nodded and Odd followed him.
"You stay here, Odd. This might be a trap by Morganna. No need to get both of us caught." said Ulrich.
The elevator closed and went down to the scanners. Ulrich entered one and the doors closed. Jeremy started the program and he entered Lyoko. He landed in the Desert Region and saw what the monsters were building.
It was a giant black tower with a mass of vines stretching into the ground and connecting to the other towers.
"Jeremy, they are constructing a black tower that is attaching itself to all the other towers." said Ulrich,
"That's strange. I need a scan on that tower." said Jeremy.
"How?" asked Subaru,
"One of the towers it is connected to." said Jeremy.
Ulrich ran and avoided one of the monsters spotting him. He entered a tower and noticed the inside lights were glowing purple. He walked up to the interface.
"What am I looking for?" asked Ulrich,
"Give me a visual." said Jeremy.
The screen cam on and Jeremy instructed Ulrich what to do. He read through the codes and gasped.
"Oh no!" said Jeremy,
"Relax, Jeremy. Just breathe and tell us what is going on." said Mimiru.
"This tower is a very powerful one. From it anybody could activate more than one tower." said Jeremy,
"That means that Morganna would be able to attack with more than just one machine or possessed person." said Aelita.
"But what for? If we deactivate that black tower wouldn't the others shut down?" asked Tsukasa,
"I wish it was that easy." said Jeremy.
"Let me guess, there's more to it than that." said Sora,
"Once all towers in Lyoko are activated Morganna can use the black tower to transfer herself onto the internet. Her strength would no longer be limited." said Jeremy.
"And she would be able to attack the factory without fear of destroying herself." said Aelita,
"It appears she has thought of everything." said Bear.
"I don't think so. Morganna was created inside a game and that means like any other monsters in a game she has a weakness." said Krim,
"Like what?" asked Yumi.
"The only thing we can do is to cut Morganna off before she can activate more than one tower. You guys remember what happened when Xana activated more than one tower?" asked Jeremy,
"So all we have to do is deactivate the black tower?" asked Odd.
"It is a little more complicated, Odd. In order to make sure Morganna never tries anything like this again I will upload a virus into Aelita when she deactivates the tower. It will only weaken her to the point where Morganna can only activate one tower at a time." said Jeremy,
"Sounds simple enough." said Sora.
"Always positive are you, Sora?" asked Ginkan.
They all entered the scanners and appeared near Ulrich. They watched as the monsters finished construction and the tower now glowed purple. Purple lights traveled through the vines. They ran towards the tower as the towers began to glow purple.
Monsters saw them coming and prepared to attack. Sora unsheathed his blades and jumped at monsters welding an axe. He sliced it to pieces and soon more monsters attacked. Ulrich sliced off the head of a snake and blocked the attack of one of the blobs.
Bear and Silver Knight slashed against the sword wielding monsters and soon Spire came out to play.
"This is all over." said Spire,
"You think so?" asked a voice.
Spire turned to see Krim swing his spear. Spire quickly blocked the attacks and fought back, but Krim was too fast. With one swing Spire's body was sliced in half. Aelita hit behind Ulrich and Odd as they blocked the attacks.
"Aelita run now! Morganna is not waiting to take over." said Jeremy.
Tsukasa used his staff to created force field around Aelita that protected her until she reached the tower. She came into the tower and flew to the upper platform. The monsters soon overwhelmed the warriors as they fought on. Aelita placed her hand on the screen.
Morganna's controlled machines were on a rampage.
AELITA
The warriors were down to their last life points.
CODE LYOKO
The machines stopped and in Lyoko the monsters vanished.
"Return to past now!" said Jeremy