Chapter I: Computer-Controlled Cars Are Dangerous to Your Health
Nick Dillinger was a very patient young man. He waited for so long to get a hold of ENCOM, but not for reasons of revenge. No, what he wanted to do with ENCOM was to get it up and running in the new century. He had plans, but they were good ones, not evil ones. He pushed his black bangs out of his black sunglasses and looked down at his pocket watch. He readjusted it for the local time here in Paris, but he noticed that the company car that he was promised was late.
"Great, I'm going to be late because some idiot decided to probably joyride on my time." Nick's silky voice said.
He smoothed out the wrinkles on his semi-business shirt and looked down at his khaki pants, noticing a thread was out of place. He looked further and noticed that his light brown boots were a little scuffed but both of these he didn't pay attention to. He looked at the watch again and was about to call a cab when he saw the black limo pull up.
"Great, just in time too." Nick said before waiving.
The car stopped and the door opened all on its own. He picked up his black leather briefcase and stepped into the car. He started to buckle in his seatbelt and said, "Driver, you're late. Take me to Kadic Jr. High on the double and their might be a job for you when I get there."
The car started going off towards its destination at about 70 MPH.
"Driver, I said 'On the double', not 'Kill me'." Nick said.
The black dividing window dropped down and Nick noticed that there was no one driving the car at all.
"Uh-oh…" Nick said simply, noticing a fear creeping in his stomach.
"YOU WILL PAY FOR DESTROYING MASTER CONTOL AND DR. HOPPER…" a voice said in the speakers.
"Oy veh," Nick whispered before climbing into the driver's seat to stop the crazy car from killing him.
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"Guys, I just picked up something…XANA's controlling a car?" Jeremy said with confusion.
"Now why would ol' XANA work on something so little?" Odd said with a little humor.
"Is there anyone in the car?" Yumi asked with a little worry.
"Let me check…" Jeremy said.
While they were checking, Ulrich looked on as though he were deep in thought.
"Got it…The car's registered to ENCOM, and the guy in the car…is their new senior executive vice-president: Nicolas Dillinger!" Jeremy said with a little excitement.
"Jeremy…who is this 'Nicholas Dillinger' and what is 'ENCOM'?" Aelita asked.
Jeremy looked a little sheepish before speaking to the rest of the group.
"Nicolas Dillinger took over Alan Bradley's job at ENCOM. Alan Bradley was the person in charge when the whole 'Internet' scare happened and fCOM tried to buy out ENCOM. Fortunately, fCOM was found out to be the one's responsible and they were shut down. And, according to my notes and Franz Hopper's notes, ENCOM was the company who built the factory, the scanners, everything." Jeremy said without taking a breath.
"OK, now what's XANA got against him?" Odd asked.
"I don't know, but we better get to LYOKO and stop him." Jeremy said as they left for the factory.
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"All right, you've done this a million times. Just cut the power from the computer system and shut the kill switch off before you become human soup all over the car and the pavement." Nick said to himself.
The car swerved dangerously in front of cars, trucks, semis, anything it could get in its path.
Nick pulled out the plastic housing for the ignition and started tweaking the car's power supply.
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In LYOKO…
The quartet had swerved, dogged, and attacked their own enemies. They just made it to the tower when XANA's Sciphazoa showed up. Ulrich, Odd, and Yumi had no trouble keeping it at bay while Aelita snuck into the tower. What she didn't expect was XANA himself to be standing between her and the only way to shut him down.
"Ah, Aelita, my pet…what are you doing all the way out here. You know that you're friends can't help you in here…alone." XANA said with a verbal smile.
"Just you wait XANA. We'll stop you!" Aelita said.
"Somehow…I doubt that." XANA said while continuing with his task.
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Nick was pulling out wires that specifically led to the power generation in the car.
He got zapped once and noted that it left a slight scorching mark on the top of his hand.
"Yiesh, why didn't I become a mechanic like mom was?" Nick said as he dove back into the car's circuits.
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XANA then materialized into a corporeal form: Nick Dillinger. He produced a staff out of no where and started zapping at Aelita with electricity.
"I will destroy ENCOM this time, I'm sure of it." XANA said with a feral smile.
Aelita saw an opening and said, "Not this time."
XANA pondered for just a moment before Aelita dove at the screen and allowed the 'CODE: LYOKO' code to stop XANA's plan for this time.
"NOOOOOOOO!" XAXA screamed as he disappeared to Sector 5.
With this Aelita seemed pleased and said, "Tower…deactivated."
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When the car finally stopped, Nick said, "Right, next time…I take the bus."
When the cops arrived, he told them the situation and showed them his id. Taking this into account and noting who it was they stopped; they let Nick go the rest of the way to Kadic Jr. High.
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XANA reappeared in Sector 5 with somewhat of a smile on his face. He thought he made a good performance.
"Now the real fun…begins." XANA said with a smile.
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And that's chapter 1, hope you like it. Don't forget, Read and Review.
Disclaimers
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