The Two Faces of Evil
Part II of The Search For Franz Hopper
10: Double

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The group checked on Jeremie and the nurse told them he broke his leg and he'll be off it for about three weeks with a cast on it. His arm was sprained as well but not too seriously so he would have to wait only a few days before he could use it.

"This is gonna make things hard for a while", said Jeremie.

"No kidding", replied Odd. "Is your hand fine though?"

"Yeah I can use it so it's not totally useless."

They group made small talk until the nurse left.

"So is the thing gone?" asked Jeremie.

"Oh yeah", replied Ulrich. "That bomb's becoming useful."

"By the way are any of you guys hurt?" asked Jeremie.

"Not really", replied Yumi. "Only a scratch or two here and there."

"Well at least none of us are really hurt", said Jeremie.

"Yeah", said Aelita. "We should get ready for class though."

Everyone but Jeremie went to the last class of the day. During that time Jeremie was sent to his room and he began to write the programs. By the time school was over, Jeremie finished the searching program leaving only the tracking program to be written. Then someone knocked on the door.

"It's us", said Yumi.

Jeremie let the group in.

"Finally it's over", said Odd. "Anything new?"

"Nah, just writing", replied Jeremie.

"Does your leg hurt?" asked Aelita.

"It's fine, thanks", replied Jeremie. "But this cast is itchy. Not being able to move around is gonna be pretty annoying too. Hopefully XANA will keep quiet for a while."

"I wouldn't mind that", said Ulrich. "I don't think any of would. Oh and Sissi was talking about another new kid coming here."

"When?" asked Odd.

"Tomorrow I think she said. She's supposed to be from northern Italy."

"Cool but we need somehow make sure this isn't another trick by XANA", said Jeremie. "We just got XANA but we never know if it's him."

"So just watch for anything suspicious?" asked Ulrich.

"Sounds good", said Jeremie. "Just don't be a stalker."

"Like Sissi?" asked Odd.

Everyone laughed. Then Ulrich made a weird expression on his face.

"Wow she really is one", said Ulrich. "Now I'm more scared of her than I don't like her. Scary..."

They kept talking for a while until Yumi headed home. Then everyone else went to their dorms. Aelita stayed behind to help Jeremie write the last program. Within the hour thee finished and ran it. The program printed on the screen that XANA was active but only 50 of him was.

"What?" said Jeremie. "XANA's on the move again?"

"That's weird", added Aelita. "He couldn't've gotten this strong in such short time. Either the program's gone haywire or it's right."

"Wait a second Aelita, this promotes our guess that XANA can become two or duplicate himself."

"We should go tell my father about this."

"Right."

The two headed for the Hermitage and told Franz about their discovery. Although he didn't look surprised when they told him about XANA. After that they went back to school and did homework. Meanwhile Ulrich was doing homework while Odd was taking an early shower. Then someone knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" asked Ulrich.
"It's Sissi."

"What do you want?"

"Can I at least come in?"

"Answer my question first."
"I need to talk to you."

"About what?"

She didn't answer. After a minute Ulrich turned his attention back to his homework.

Stalker he thought and Odd came in.

"Hey you know Sissi's just ran off from this door", said Odd. "I think she was crying. Did something happen?"

"No", replied Ulrich.

"Whatever. So your actually doing homework."

"I got nothing better to do."

"Wanna go play soccer?"

"Alright you're on."

A few hours passed, the clock struck seven and it was time for dinner. They ate took showers and eventually went to sleep, a pretty dull evening.

The next day came and another day of school. Odd woke up and looked out the window and made a big yawn. He saw a girl with a backpack walking around th campus.

Is that the new kid? he thought. She looks lost. Maybe I'll help her...and meet her...

He woke up Ulrich and told him about the new kid. He didn't seem to care but then again he just woke up and was still half asleep. Odd went out and took a quick shower, got dressed and went down to see the new girl.

"Hey are you lost?" Odd asked the girl with long, blonde hair wearing blue jeans, a pink shirt and a red, zipper jacket over it.

"Yeah", she said. "I'm looking for the office so I can get my stuff and my room."

"It's over that way", said Odd as he pointed the office out. "Did you just get here? It's pretty early."

"Yeah", she replied. "I just got here from Torino. By the way I'm Kristina. Kristina Soriani."

"I'm Odd Della Robbia", he replied. "And don't take my name literally."

When they made eye contact, they both blushed.

Yikes she's hot Odd thought.

He's really cute Kristina thought.

"Right", Odd said. "I'll take you to the office."

They began to walk towards the office, but neither of them realized they were holding hands. When they reached the office they finally realized it and immediately let go.
"Oh I'm sorry", said Kristina and Odd at the same time.

"Let's get your things", Odd said.

They did and went to Kristina's new room. Apparently it was next to Aelita's room. Odd helped Kristina unpack and told her where the showers were and when each meal was. He then took her down to breakfast. The rest of the gang was already there eating.

"Hey look at that", said Ulrich. "Odd's at it again."

"That must be the new kid you mentioned", Jeremie said.

"Hey guys", said Odd. "This is Kristina she just came today."

"Nice to meet you", said Aelita. "I'm Aelita, that's Jeremie, and Ulrich. I'm guessing you know Odd."

"Great to meet you too", Kristina said. "I'm starting to like this place already."

"So where are you from?" asked Ulrich.

"Torino, Italy", Kristina replied.

"Hey neat the Olympics are there in a few years", said Ulrich.

"By the way what grade are you in?" asked Odd.

"Eighth", Kristina replied.

"Hey neat, we'll have our classes together", said Odd.

"Cool", said Kristina. "But I don't begin until next week. The school gave me some down time."

They ate and then the bell rang. Everyone but Kristina went to class where she went back to her room to keep unpacking. Most of the stuff was clothes, textbooks, books, and then out came a laptop. She put away her clothes into the closet. She took out a router and a few cables from another box and connected all of them into the phone jack in her room and her computer. Finally she took out the AC adapter to her computer, plugged it in, and turned it on.

"Let's see...anything new? Guess not, no new mail."

She turned away from her computer and looked for a place to put her books. Then she discovered some drawers under her bed. So she put them there except one book that had a feather sticking out some half way into the book. She sat down on her bed and began to read Alexandre Dumas' The Three Musketeers. Kristina continued to read for a while until the bell rang. Then there was a knock on the door.

"Who is it?" she asked.

"It's Odd."

"Come in."

Odd entered and said, "Come on out. I'll show you around the place."

"Okay then."

The two left and met up with the others outside the dorms.

"Oh I didn't realize you had a cast on Jeremie", said Kristina.

"Yeah I fell and this is what happened", Jeremie replied.

"I'm sorry", Kristina said. "Odd weren't you going to show me around?"

"Right let's go", said Odd.

Odd began to tour with the gym, then the science building, dorms and eventually ended up at where the rest of the gang was, now with Yumi.

"Say what's your name?" Kristina asked Yumi.

"I'm Yumi. You're the new kid right. Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too."

Soon enough the bell rang and they gang went off to class again where Kristina went back to her room. Immediately she began to read her book. Again some time passed before the bell rang and lunch. Odd came and walked with Kristina to the cafeteria.

"So you're not doing anything tonight are you?" asked Odd.

Kristina blushed and said, "No. Why?"
"I was wondering if you would go out with me."

"Yes."

"Great then we can go after dinner."

They got to the cafeteria and got their lunches. The others came and got their food too. They ate, talked and laughed a little. After they ate they went outside to the soccer field. Odd wanted someone to play him in a game of soccer and Kristina accepted the challenge. During the match, Jeremie's phone went off.

"Hello?"

"It's Franz. Tell the others to come to the Hermitage after school."

"Okay bye."

"Who was it?" asked Yumi.

"Franz, he wants us to go to the Hermitage after school", Jeremie replied.

"What do we do with Kristina?" asked Ulrich. "We can't tell her about XANA."

"Let's have Odd keep her company for a while", said Jeremie. "She seems to be having fun with him."

"Anyways did something happen?" asked Aelita.

"He didn't say anything. Just to come over", said Jeremie.

When the bell rang, Jeremie told Odd what to do after Kristina went back to her room. Odd told him he already had plans with her and that he wouldn't have any problem keeping her within his reach. Then class passed and school was over. The gang went to the Hermitage while Odd stayed behind.

"So do you wanna do something?" asked Odd.

"I think I'll go finish my book", Kristina replied. "I'll se you at seven then?"
"Yeah, bye", said Odd as they parted.

When the gang reached the Hermitage, Odd called and said he'd be coming there. They waited for him outside the house and when he came they entered. As they entered Franz was sitting on the living room couch reading.
"Franz?" said Jeremie.

"Oh hello, just in time", he said. "Come with me. I need to show you something."

They followed him downstairs and out of the house. He then entered the door that leads to the sewers and the factory. Thus he took the gang to the island where the factory once stood. The bridge was intact but most of the factory was covered in black and soot where most of it was scrap metal. When they entered the roof and the floor had gaping holes in them where they could see all the way down into in supercomputer floor. They took the elevator down, which was also another survivor and arrived in the supercomputer floor. To their surprise the whole of it was intact, just turned off.

"If the supercomputer didn't explode that night, what did?" asked Jeremie.

"Let me answer that question for you like this", replied Franz.

A ball of light appeared on his hand and threw it at Jeremie, throwing him into the elevator doors.

"XANA", said Yumi.

"Very good, but far too late", he said. "Now let me explain something before you die. If I destroyed the supercomputer I would've killed myself before I could go on with my plan."

Jeremie finally gets up.

"I simply overloaded the supercomputer's power supply enough to trigger a explosion but short of making the uranium go into fission to create a nuclear blast burning most of this place down, which didn't work out as I expected", XANA continues. "But the supercomputer was damaged enough thus my goal was achieved. Then I transferred a part of me to infect that your friend's computer conveniently connected to this place so I can do my bidding from there as well. As for me I took over this creep's body. And although my counterpart is independent from me, it and I have the same goal; to enslave this world and take over you disgusting creatures. Only humans can think of something as insidious as love, so I'll begin with your friend over there's girlfriend."
"Kristina? No not her!" cried Odd.

"Too late, I've grown powerful enough to proceed with my plan", said XANA.

Odd took his cell phone out of his pocket but before he could even touch a key XANA fired a bolt of electricity at the phone and destroyed it.

"Time to die!" XANA yelled as bolts of electricity began to emit out of Franz's body.

Jeremie pressed the button to the elevator, opening it. The gang ran in and the door quickly shut before XANA could get in. By the time they got back to school there were two Krabs and five Hornets firing away at the students and faculty.

"Back to the tool shed", said Ulrich.

"I need to go save Kristina", said Odd.

"Go get her", said Aelita.
Jeremie, Ulrich and Aelita went to the toolshed while Yumi rounded up everyone into the gym.

"You sure we'll be fine in there?" asked William.

"No so I'm gonna need your help and a few other people's", replied Yumi.

she got a few other people besides William and went out a back way and met up with Ulrich, Aelita and Jeremie. But the monsters soon found the group and fired at them. Immediately they ran into the closest building, the dorms. They went upstairs and found Odd with Kristina.

"What's going on?" Kristina asked.

"No time to explain", Jeremie said. "I need to go get the bomb."

"Bomb! What bomb?" asked William.

"Again, no time to explain", Jeremie replied. "Stall the monsters as long as you guys can."

"Got it", said Ulrich.

Jeremie went out the building a separate way than the others did. He ran into the forest intending to get to the factory but there waiting was XANA.

"You think that thing can defeat me?" he asked.

"Oh yeah", Jeremie replied with a smirk.

Jeremie flipped the switch and a giant flash of light was created. All he heard was a brief scream while the flash was there and when the light dissipated, Franz's laid on the ground unconscious. All Jeremie could do for the time being was leave him there but he felt thankful that it was he actually devirtualized the creator. When Jeremie got the fighters within sight of him he found the Krabs to be gone with only three Hornets remaining. Then a Hornet noticed him and fired at him continuously.

"Jeremie, duck!" yelled Ulrich as he shot a nail from a nail gun.

He hit the monster and it exploded.

"Thanks, I owe you one", Jeremie said in relief.

"No problem", Ulrich replied. "Let's go."

William threw a shovel at a Hornet and hit it.

"Good throw", Ulrich said. "One more left."

The last Hornet swooped down and charged at Aelita. Standing next to her was Yumi with a rake who took a swing at the monster and hit it out of the park. Then there was an explosion in the sky. The group cheered in joy as they seized the day. Carpe diem.

"Okay back to the factory", said Jeremie.

"What", William said, but the Lyoko gang was already out of sight.

They entered the factory and took the elevator down hoping the lab room was still there. To their surprise, the computer was still there just that the room had a giant hole in its roof and floor. They went down to the supercomputer and turned it back on. They went back and ran the return in time function hoping that Franz wouldn't be possessed by XANA.

The return in time took them back to that day's morning. Odd was up early, Jeremie's leg was still broken, etc. Apparently Odd had to start all over again with Kristina. Hopefully today won't be interrupted by XANA.

"Time to go meet her...again", Odd says to himself.

This ends part two of this story. Please R&R. As the saga continues, the plot thickens and more dangers arise.