Code Xana Episode 28: Relative
Author: James the Lesser/The Bunnyman
Disclaimer: I Do Not Own These Characters! Moonscape Does! Actually, I own most of these characters, I made them up, but the place and the settings and the back round stuff is Moonscape.
Please read my episodes, 53-119 plus the OVA of Code Lyoko to know what is going on. Oh and Code Xana the Movie and Episode 1-27
Ms. Delmas is on the phone with a relative. "I don't care what you want I'm the one who decides who goes to Kadic Academy."
"But your father said he was welcomed…" Ms. Delmas cuts her relative off.
"I don't care what he said I'm the principal now. I've seen his grades from Bellmoore and while they are high I don't know if they are good enough for Kadic Academy."
"What? I know your grades were horribly low and the only reason you stayed at Kadic Academy was because of your father! You just don't want Barack to go to Kadic Academy because he's half black! You've never gotten over the fact I 'sullied' the Delmas name by marrying a black man."
"This has nothing to do with that!"
"Then why didn't you come to my wedding? Why didn't you come to our five year anniversary?"
"I, I was busy, I have a very important job that needs my attention."
"So does Charles but he was able to fly all the way over from America."
"He's your brother not a cousin. Look, fine, I'll accept Barack but he won't get any special treatment from me just because he's my second cousin."
"Go ahead and mask your racism as not wanting to show any special treatment for Barack. Sissi when will you grow up?"
"I'm a thirty six, uh, I mean a thirty one year old woman I am grown up!"
"If you're thirty one then I'm the Prime Minister of England."
"Send him before the first of the month or he's sleeping in the garden shed." They hang up. "Now I need to find a room for him. There are eight singles, only five paying for singles. Which of the three should I stick him with?" Ms. Delmas goes to her computer and looks through wondering where to put her second cousin Barack Mackenzie.
A few days later the Lyoko group is sitting in math class when the bell rings. The teacher walks in with a new student. A tall dark skinned boy who is athletic. His hair is short and curly. He is wearing an orange shirt and blue jeans with white sneakers. He has two earrings in his left ear, one in the lobe that expands it and one up at the top of the ear that is a gold stud. "Hello class we will have a new student joining us. Um, Barack Mackenzie right?"
"Yes ma'am."
"You're from England but we won't hold that against you."
"No worries ma'am my Liverpool Fire Cats will always beat any French team." He laughs a little showing off his perfectly white teeth. His voice is a little deep reminding Skitz of Jim's voice when he tried to sing a low note. She looks him over then looks at the empty seat next to her.
"Take a seat we will do some review today since you may not be where we are." Skitz raises her hand.
"He can sit next to me. I mean, there is an empty seat here."
"Alright, Barack, go sit down." Barack walks over and sits down next to Skitz.
"Um, hi, I'm Skitz."
"You already know who I am. Hmmm, your Francois, it sounds different from the others, you're not originally from here are you?" Skitz shakes her head. "Where are you from?"
"America."
"Really? My uncle moved there to work as some big wig with the embassy. What do you think of Ms. Delmas?" The question catches Skitz off guard.
"Um, she's a good principal, I guess. I don't really talk to her that much." Skitz tries to think of something better to say but can't. "Um, I, we should probably pay attention so you know, um, where we're at." Skitz gets her math book out so she has something to focus on.
After class the Lyoko group goes to lunch. "Um, guys, I'm going to sit with Barack ok? Since he's new here and all he, um, I can show him around and stuff." The way Skitz says it is not missed by Ark or Mira.
"Aw Skitz are you smitten with him?" Mira laughs. Krieger and Sanne aren't sure what Mira is talking about.
"Sis if you're going to fall in love with the new guy you better hope he has good dental. I'd hate to see that smile get broken." Ark and Mira laugh as Ark punches a fist into his open palm. Ark was only joking, mostly. He was protective of his sister but he wasn't going to punch a guy just because his sister liked him.
"That's not, I mean, shut up Ark." Skitz walks away and goes over to Barack.
"What are you two going on about?" Krieger and Sanne are still lost.
"You two are hopeless." Mira rolls her eyes as they get in line for food. "So what do you think we'll get today, greenish soy or yellowish soy?"
"Wait, you think Skitz likes the new guy?" Sanne looks over her shoulder at Skitz who was talking to Barack. "No, she's just being nice to Bar, Bra, whatever his name is."
"Barack. Something about him reminds me of someone, not sure who." Krieger looks at Barack and Skitz. Barack notices this.
"Skitz, is that kid like, your boyfriend or something?" He points to Krieger who immediately looks away.
"No he's just a friend. My brother probably told him to keep an eye on me."
"Why?"
"Um, uh, I don't know." Skitz looks away. "How about we get lunch? They have some really good stuff that almost looks like food." Barack laughs.
After lunch Skitz and Barack sit next to each other in history. The history teacher doesn't waste time with a review and jumps right into the French Revolutionary War. Barack is able to keep up as his old school was good and covered European History along with England's History. When the bell rings Skitz and Barack leave together. "Hey, I have band practice soon but after you want to hang out and work on homework? Maybe give you a tour of the campus?"
"Sure except I already had a tour of the campus. Some Jim guy did it but I'd like to get a tour from a student's perspective." He smiles at Skitz and she nearly trips over her own feet.
"Ok, yeah, and Jim's a great guy. He's the grandfather of my friend Sanne."
"He seemed ok, he started talking about the time he worked as a museum guide at the Smithsonian but it was almost curfew so he couldn't talk about it. I didn't know Kadic had a marching band though."
"Oh no me and my brother are trying to start a band. I play the drums and sing."
"Cool. I can play the drums to, about as well as a blind drunk monkey." Skitz laughs.
"Well I have to go, um, see you later at the library." Barack nods as Skitz runs over to the dorm building to get her drums sticks and practice pad. Ark was having the practice in his room that day and when she gets there she finds Mira was there. "What are you doing here?"
"I want to listen to you guys. Unless that's a crime or something. You could have brought Barack his deep voice would really add something wouldn't it Ark?" Mira turns to Ark.
"No new members."
"That's not what you said when you were trying to get Mira in the band." Skitz stares at her brother.
"Yeah, but, look you wanted to work on Mighty Micah right?"
"You need to get a lot better lyrics and more rhythm."
"It's a great song that doesn't need better lyrics." Skitz and Ark get into an argument over the song as someone else decides to have some fun.
"Hey, there is no way my computer could freeze." Sanne was working on homework when her computer froze. "Ok, help button." Nothing. "There's no way a virus got in this unless, Skitz, she better not have downloaded anymore music without my permission." Sanne smacks the side of her Jtop when the screen flashes then the proof of a virus comes up. "Xana!" The Xana symbol flashes on her screen. "What is he doing?" Normally the Super Scan would alert Sanne there was an attack but her Jtop was frozen and her Jpocket was charging on its base.
Ms. Delmas is on her computer when it freezes and a weird symbol appears on the screen. "Who is responsible for this!" Ms. Delmas smacks the side of her monitor. "I hate these things but I refuse to buy a J INC product." She smacks the monitor again when the screen changes. It shows her when she is young but she looks different. She leans in towards the screen. She sees herself in a weird world with a pretty cool costume and a massive axe. Around her is a group of weirdoes and she recognizes one of them. "Ulrich? What is this, no, the kids." She assumes this is a prank by the kids of her former enemies. "They planted a virus on my computer then this, I'll have them expelled!" But Ms. Delmas doesn't stop watching. She sees herself beat a girl that was probably S.S. then destroys a purple cat man that had to be Odd with a purple spot in his hair. She beats up a giant living tank then goes after a geisha. "That's Yumi, whoa, what?" A message appears on the screen.
This is what you use to be, a Knight of Lyoko, my favorite. You use to have power that would make anyone less than you. You would not have to do what your cousin or your father wanted. You could rule more then the school if only you remembered.
"Remembered, remembered what? What kind of prank is this?"
This is no prank. Elizabeth Delmas if you want to remember go to this address and wait for me. An address is put on the screen.
"Like I'd fall for such a stupid trick. Those kids might be good with computers but I'm the one with the power." Ms. Delmas hits the power button on her computer and the screen goes blank. "Wherever those kids are they better be ready…" Ms. Delmas stops. "No, detention, physical labor, that would be better then expelling them. The gym needs new paint, as does the dorm building, and the main school. And maybe I'd like the walls of the main offices wallpapered." Ms. Delmas makes a list of things that she would have the group she thinks is responsible for the virus and messages.
The group however was having another problem. Sanne, Krieger, Ark, Skitz, and Mira had run into Jim as they headed to the sewer entrance in the woods. "What are you doing here?" Jim was lifting the lid and was surprised to see the kids. He had already called Samantha about the symbol of Xana appearing on the computer screens of all the screens of the school.
"Uh, well, we saw you and wanted to know what you were doing Grandpa." Sanne does a sweet little girl voice knowing they had been to slow. "And what that strange symbol was, it, it even got on my computer. It reminded me of the symbol you and my parents talked about."
"It has nothing to do with that!" Jim wasn't sure if it was Xana or not. He wasn't going to believe it until he and Samantha got to the Factory. "Why don't you kids go back to the school and…" Jim looks down the sewer and sees skateboards. "Wait, you kids aren't, you, what's going on?"
"Sorry Jim." Krieger launches himself and kicks Jim in the gut. "Oh man I didn't mean to hit you that hard."
"You didn't hit me that hard." Jim reaches out and grabs Krieger by the ankle. "You kids, you didn't find the Factory and, no." The look on the kids faces tells Jim everything. "How could you?"
"We'll explain later Jim." Krieger breaks Jim's grip on his ankle. "Stay here Jim I don't want to fight you and we can't waste any more time."
"I, I could help, I already called Samantha and she's on her way to the Factory."
"Oh crap." Jim turns to Sanne. "Jim I'm sorry but please call her and tell her to stop. I know you're not my real grandfather but please just do this for me."
"What, you know, about that?" Sanne and the others nod. "This is dangerous."
"We know, just let us go, and stop Samantha. We'll tell you everything later." Sanne lies but she feels she has to, to keep Samantha from finding out.
"Kids I don't know if I should. Xana's so strong he could hurt you and I don't want that."
"He's weak. Sanne, the original Sanne, weakened him so badly he can't even possess humans. Please Jim we have to get going!" Sanne is getting frustrated.
"Ok, go, I need to catch my breath." Jim turns to Krieger. "That was a good kick but I saw it coming and tightened my stomach muscles. Next time don't make your target so obvious." The others go down the ladder into the sewers and take off for the Factory as Jim calls his wife.
"You know what this means." The group makes it to the Factory. "A return is needed." Sanne jumps and swings down to the Factory floor below.
"Probably what he wanted. If he only put his symbol on the computers so Jim would find out about his release then this should be easy for us." Krieger runs over to the elevator and pushes the button. The elevator doors open and the group get in it. They take it down to the Control Room.
"Forest Sector, I think you're right Krieger there's a small barrier around the Tower." Sanne brings up the Transfer Program. "Go down guys." The others get back on the elevator and take it down to the Scanner Room. "Ok, Transfer Mira, Transfer Skitz, Transfer Ark, Scanner Mira, Scanner Skitz, Scanner Ark, Virtualization." They land on Lyoko in the Forest Sector. "Any problems?"
"No, come on down Sanne. Or is it over, up?" Ark thinks about what going to Lyoko would count as when the vehicles and Sanne arrive.
"Time to go north." Sanne goes over to the Overbike. Krieger was already on it. "Hey, I let you drive last time."
"Yes but you need to be able to jump off if you have to." Sanne gets on the Overbike and puts her hands on his shoulders to hang on. Ark is on his disc as Skitz gets on the Overboard. Mira mumbles a complaint as she gets on the Overwing. "West, right?"
"Yes Krieger." Krieger revs the engine and takes off on the Overbike. The others follow on their slower vehicles.
"Leave me alone! I'm not falling for such a stupid trick." Ms. Delmas is trying to convince herself what was going on was a trick.
"This is not a trick. Go to the Factory and I will make you my Knight once again."
"If you wanted to do that you could do it here."
"Yes but I must test you. Your memories may be gone but I want to see if you have faith in me still. Go to the address I gave you and you will learn how Ulrich, Yumi, and the others betrayed you." This is enough to egg Ms. Delmas into going to the address.
"I don't care what you say now you said it was Xana!" Samantha and Jim are fighting over the phone.
"It can't be though you said it yourself. You would have felt his presence."
"I, I thought I did, then it went away, then it came back."
"Hot flashes…"
"These are not hot flashes!" Samantha hangs up the phone. "Why is he trying to keep me away from the Factory? Could he be worried about me?" Xana was an all powerful being who could destroy the planet, from what she knew. Her Xana had reached a new peak in power but his son had taken control his son had won the fight. If this really was Xana though why was he only sending out his symbol on the computer screens? "I have to go and make sure." Samantha continues through the sewers going to the Factory.
"Easy huh?" Ark and the others get to the activated Tower to find three Assassins surrounding the Tower.
"Yes. If he wanted to keep us out he'd have come himself." Sanne gets off the Overbike. "Krieger block the lasers."
"Don't have to tell me twice."
"Why I'm only telling you once." Sanne closes her eyes and concentrates. The energy builds in her mouth as she concentrates on a Scattershot. When she opens her eyes she sees Krieger, Skitz, and Mira blocking lasers as Ark flies around on his disc looking for an opening. She fires a Scattershot when Krieger and Skitz are knocked back by lasers from the Assassins. The Scattershot breaks apart in nine different beams and destroys an Assassin and hits another Assassin in the leg. When that Assassin pulls back Ark wraps his tail around the leg that had been hit.
"Let's see if this work." He sticks his arm out and concentrates. He had done something before where a spear came out of his arm. He had no idea how to control it but tries to make it come out. Ark flies over the edge of the pathway of the Forest Sector. "It won't come out, how did I make it come out before?" The Assassin, hanging by Ark's tail, fires lasers at Ark but the disc blocks them. "Well, down you go." Ark releases the Assassin and it falls into the Digital Sea below.
"What are you doing here?" Samantha climbs out of the sewer and sees Ms. Delmas standing in front of the Factory.
"What are you doing here Mrs. Morales?" Ms. Delmas has been standing in front of the Factory mad that she had fallen for such a stupid trick.
"I, Sissi, does Xana mean anything to you?" Samantha is worried that Sissi has remembered something after over two decades of having her memory erased.
"No. Does expulsion for your bratty little granddaughter mean anything to you? It has to be her and her little friends who did this. No one else could get their hands on such a good hologram Machine or virus every computer at the school."
"Any proof?"
"Who else could do this? I'll have them as slaves until the last day of school then I'll expel them and make sure they never get into any school in this country!"
"With no proof you'll have nothing and you'll do nothing." Samantha looks around looking for any sign of Xana or a Xana attack.
"Then why are you here?"
"I, none of your business." Samantha stares at Ms. Delmas and Ms. Delmas stares back.
Back on Lyoko Mira has used her stealth ability to get behind the Assassin. "Gotcha!" Mira jumps in the air and grabs Ark's tail. She swings herself on it and lands on the back of the Assassin. She then shoves a Kodachi into the Eye of the Assassin. She jumps away before it explodes. "I don't have a red carpet for you but this should be good enough Sanne." Mira bows and motions to the activated Tower.
"Thanks." Sanne runs into the Tower.
"Yes, there you are." Xana appears on the bridge! He floats over to Ms. Delmas. "You came, sorry I made you wait I had a little business to clear up."
"Xana…" Samantha clenches her fists. "How did you escape!?"
"Ask your darling granddaughter about that." Xana turns to Ms. Delmas. "Now, bow to me."
"What? I'm not bowing to you. She's in on this isn't she? You all think that making me a fool is funny but we'll see how funny it is when I sue to get all the computers replaced!"
"Bow to me!" Xana waves his hand and Ms. Delmas falls to her knees. "Much better." Xana floats to her and reaches for her head. "I shall release the memories locked away." As his hand gets closer and closer energy sparks from it. He gets within a centimeter when he stops. "No she was faster then I thought." Xana breaks apart into a black mist.
"She? Sanne, how could she, I'll, no!" Samantha sees the white bubble come up. "You're making him stron…" The white bubbles hits Samantha stopping her in mid-sentence and reverses time.
"Hello class we will have a new student joining us. Um, Barack Mackenzie right?"
"Yes ma'am."
"You're from England but we won't hold that against you."
"No worries ma'am my Liverpool Fire Cats will always beat any French team." He laughs a little showing off his perfectly white teeth. His voice is a little deep reminding Skitz of Jim's voice when he tried to sing a low note. She looks him over then looks at the empty seat next to her.
"Take a seat we will do some review today since you may not be where we are." Skitz raises her hand.
"He can sit next to me. I mean, there is an empty seat here."
"Alright, Barack, go sit down." Barack walks over and sits down next to Skitz.
"Um, hi, I'm Skitz."
"You already know who I am. Hmmm, your Francois, it sounds different from the others, you're not originally from here are you?" Skitz shakes her head. "Where are you from?"
"America."
"Really? My uncle moved there to work as some big wig with the embassy. What do you think of Ms. Delmas?" The question this time doesn't catch Skitz off guard.
"She's been mostly a pain in the ass for me and my friends."
"What would you say if I told you she was a cousin of mine?" Skitz's eyebrows raise in confusion.
"But, you're, um, you know." Skitz shakes her head. "No, she's still a pain in the ass for me and my friends. Our parents went here when she was a student and since she can't get our parents she comes after us."
"We have a lot in common. Ms. Delmas doesn't like me because of my parents either. She thinks that my mother should have been disowned when my mom married my dad."
"So, you're, like, half and half?" Barack nods. "Like white chocolate or like coffee with a little bit of milk in it?" Barack laughs.
"How about vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce on it?" Skitz laughs.
"You two. Is this a good time for class or are you doing more important things?" The teacher was irritated that the students seemed to have other plans for her class.
"Um, sorry." Skitz and Barack remain quiet for the rest of the class. After class Skitz goes with Barack to lunch to redo what she had done already. Returns made some things easier but it did get annoying repeating the same actions and words sometimes. As she sits with him in lunch she decides not to tell the others Barack was related to Ms. Delmas. She didn't hold it against him but the others might.
A/N Ok, Skitz finally has a love interest. I've been debating with Skitz for awhile. Her and Sanne were close and she seemed to centered on getting Sanne and Krieger together. I had to get her away from that and from arguing with Mira over her brother. So I figured I'd introduce a new student. It didn't make sense she'd see a student she'd been going to school with and suddenly change her views or whatever about them. I made him a relative of Sissi so I could set up his intro into Kadic Academy. Well, thanks for reading and hope you review!