Code: Extension
Chapter 2: Infiltration
On the other side of the world it was morning, on a Sunday to precise. The gang had gone into Lyoko for some quick practice in the Iceberg Region. "XANA hasn't attacked for a while," said Ulrich. "Yeah, I think the old rust bucket has finally given up," said Odd. Then a tear opened in the air in front of them. The tear widened and opened up into a portal. A small robot jumped out and the portal closed behind it. The robot looked like a cylinder with one eye, six tentacle arms, and four spider legs. Its pupil was the Eye of XANA. "Jeremie, has XANA created a new monster?" asked Aelita. "No, this thing came from outside of Lyoko. It's some kind of virus." "Not just any virus," said the robot. "This is the body of an alien cyborg I found. I took it and brought it back with me." "No offence XANA, but I think you could have gotten a better cyborg," said Odd. "Really? Let's test that," said XANA and he fired an indigo blast towards Odd. Odd leapt out of the way and the blast hit an ice boulder behind him. The boulder flickered and disappeared into nothingness. "Careful guys," said Jeremie. "That thing can fire out deadly computer viruses. In your digital state, it would destroy you." "So how do we fight it?" asked Yumi. "You can't. I'm rematerializing you." Aelita ran into a tower and hid in it. The rest disappeared from Lyoko. XANA wasn't fazed. "Go ahead and run. You'll see me again very soon." With that he disappeared back to Carthage.
Later the gang were in the woods, talking about XANA's new threat. "How are we going to defeat that cyborg?" asked Yumi. "We can't attack it head on. It'll delete us in ten seconds." "We'll have to bring the fight out here somehow," said Jeremie. "But how?" asked Aelita.
Just then Sissi appeared. "What are you losers doing here? The forest is dull enough without you five playing around in it." "We're having a private conversation, thank you very much," said Ulrich. "We're talking about what we'll do when we grow up," lied Aelita. "I'm thinking about being a rock star," said Odd. "Please, you have better chance of meeting aliens than being a rock star," said Sissi. Then something metal hit Sissi on the head and knocked her out.
The gang looked up. A small alien spacecraft had just landed their door on Sissi. Now to figures were in the doorway. One was a large green lizard with pointed ears. The other was a blob-slug-amoebae thingy. "One small step for an experiment!" said the lizard stepping out of the spacecraft. "One giant leap for experiment-kind!" said the blob and slammed a flag down on the lizard's foot. The lizard yelled with pain. "And one whopper headache for Sissi," said Odd. The two came to the group. The lizard was as tall as Yumi's waist. "Diminutive, aren't they?" said Ulrich. "Hi, I'm Draco and this is my cousin Morph," said the lizard. "We're looking for our cousin Chip. Have you seen him? He looks like this." Morph transformed into the cyborg that XANA had possessed. "Yeah we've seen him on, er," said Aelita. "Where is that?" asked Draco. "Well it's sort of secret," said Yumi. "Hey we can keep a secret, in fact we are a secret, right Morph?" "Yep." Jeremie sighed and said, "Your 'cousin' is in a virtual universe." "I think we both need to explain each other cause nobody's making sense," said Morph. That seemed logical so the gang told Draco and Morph about Lyoko and Draco and Morph told them about the genetic experiments. "So you're not here to abduct her?" said Odd pointing to Sissi who was still unconscious. "Not unless you want us to," said Morph. "I don't think we should though the idea is very tempting," said Yumi. "By the way what kind of a name is XANA?" asked Draco. "It's an acronym," said Jeremie. "So what does it stand for?" asked Draco. Jeremie was dumbfounded for a minute, trying to think of an answer.
Fortunately for Jeremie, his laptop started beeping. He pulled it out and turned it on. XANA-Chip's face appeared on the screen. "Hello my enemies. How are you today?" Draco pressed his face against the screen. "Get out of my cousin's body, you data-eating fungus!" he yelled. "So you two are here too. And you have joined with my enemies. That makes you more of a nuisance than ever," said XANA-Chip. "What do you want XANA?" asked Aelita. "Your memory of course. I will be arriving at the docks with the Skipizoa at 2 o'clock. I expect you to be there to meet us." "What do you think will make us agree to that?" said Ulrich. "The fact that I'll materialize an army of Tarantulas and Mega-Tanks and have them destroy the city," said XANA-Chip. "We'll just disconnect the scanners," said Odd. "Who said I'm going to use them. This body has the power to bring virtual things into the real world. And that reminds me, try to enter Lyoko through the scanners and I'll attack. And just to make sure those experiments don't do any funny business, bring them with Aelita. See you later." XANA-Chip logged off.
"Well this is a dilemma," said Ulrich. "Would the memory-draining kill me in the real world?" asked Aelita. "Probably yes," said Jeremie. "Is there anything we can do to save Chip?" asked Draco. "We could but it'll require a sound pitch of high decibel." The word 'decibel' echoed through Morph's mind for a while before it took hold. "I have an idea!" he cried. "I'm desperate enough to listen to it," said Draco. They all leaned in to hear Morph's idea. They stayed in that position to hear Jeremie's plan.