Imprisoned II: Sacrifice
Chapter 9
Jeremie couldn't believe it. It was William, though he wasn't facing Jeremie. How can that be, thought Jeremie, he fell into the digital sea! Jeremie heard a loud bang. What was that? It had come from inside one of the scanners. Jeremie glanced towards the scanner on the left, just in time to see it open, revealing a Mecha Tank! Jeremie gasped as the Tank made its way out, breaking the scanner in the process. William turned around. His eyes, which looked like XANA symbols, flashed a couple of times when he saw Jeremie. Jeremie turned and bolted for the elevator door as the now XANA-possessed William advanced towards him.
Back at school, Aelita was getting a little worried about Jeremie. "What's taking him so long? Shouldn't he be back by now?"
"Don't worry, Aelita," said Odd. "He'll be here in no time. It's not like XANA's attacking or anything."
"That's the thing, Odd. We don't know that for sure. Maybe we should check the computer in his room." Aelita stood up in her chair. "Mrs. Hertz?"
Mrs. Hertz stopped her lesson for a moment. "Aelita," she said. "Is anything wrong?"
"May I go to the infirmary? I don't feel very well."
"Why, yes, of course."
Odd and Ulrich stood up and said at the same time, "Can we take her?"
"Well, I don't think both of you need to go with her. Ulrich, you stay here. Odd, you can take her, just don't dilly dally."
Ulrich sat down and frowned as Odd escorted Aelita out of class.
"Okay, class, what was I saying? Oh, yes, I remember . . ."
Aelita and Odd didn't actually go to the infirmary, of course, they headed for Jeremie's room. "Do you really think XANA might actually be attacking?" asked Odd.
"Yes, I have a bad feeling that Jeremie is in trouble," replied Aelita worriedly.
"Well, well find out in a minute." Odd opened Jeremie's door and Aelita gasped. The computer was beeping and an activated tower was flashing on the screen.
Jeremie was indeed in trouble. Jeremie had managed to escape to the computer room, but it was short-lived. William managed make his way into the room before Jeremie could call for help. He now was holding holding Jeremie up in the air by his shirt. William smiled evilly as his hands began to glow. Jeremie began to shake as William shocked him. William then tossed Jeremie across the far wall, knocking him out cold. William then made his way back to the scanner room.
When he got there, XANA had managed to materialize one Tank, several Hornets, many Kankrelots, a Krabe, and last but not least, the Scipizoa into the real world while destroying two of the scanners in the process. Following XANA's orders, William opened the elevator door, letting in all of the smaller monsters first before entering himself. Once the elevator reached the top floor, William opened the door and let the Hornets and Kankrelots out and they made their way towards the school. William then made his way back down to the scanner room and let Tank in. Lather, rinse, repeat. William eventually was able to transport all of XANA's monsters to the top floor and send them towards Kadic Adademy. He then went back to the scanner room and XANA virtualized him back into Lyoko, where he found another legion of monsters near the activated tower. XANA didn't want to destroy the final scanner, as he needed it to transfer William back and forth between Lyoko and the real world, plus, he needed it just in case Aelita managed to escape the Scipizoa in the real world and get into the Lyoko. XANA had a created a second Scipizoa, which was the one he sent into the real world. XANA was ready, and William was going to lead XANA's monsters if any of those pesky kids managed to enter Lyoko. XANA was ready; nothing would stop him from getting Aelita's memory this time.
