Code Xana Episode 41: Enter Sandman
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 1-40
"Skitz what were you doing?" Sanne had just gotten back from the girls' shower room getting ready for bed when Skitz practically jumped out of her bed.
"Nothing, none of your business. Why are you taking your showers before you go to bed anyways?"
"Well Krieger says a clean bed will keep your body cleaner. Think about it, I go to bed, sleep in my own filth, and wake up, take a shower, then sit down on my bed and what happens? I might as well have not taken a shower."
"So that's where you were? I thought you said you were going to work on the Super Computer." Skitz smiles glad Sanne had stopped asking about what she had been doing.
"I, I was going to but Krieger saw me so we decided to train. Look, I'm really starting to build muscles." Sanne flews her arms and shows some muscle. "They don't even die if you look at them." Sanne smiles. She was proud of herself. She'd always been a skinny little girl but now she was staring to gain some muscle, gaining a body. She'd probably be able to take Xana at his weakest, when they first fought him. Not that he was weak anymore.
"Where was Sora?"
"I don't know, doing homework I think. Don't you start on this Skitz I will hurt you, now that I can."
"Sanne I could take you down in three moves." Skitz rolls her eyes. "My parents made sure me and Ark could take care of ourselves." Skitz flexes her arms and shows more muscle then Sanne. "Remember my parents taught me and Ark how to box and amateur wrestling moves." Skitz sticks her tongue out at Sanne. "Now if I could only goad Mira into a fight and put her in her place she won't keep trying to take the Overboard when we go to Lyoko."
"Why can't you two get along?" Sanne was tired of Mira and Skitz fighting. "She's a Lyoko Warrior and a friend."
"Why can't you tell Krieger how you feel?" Skitz was tired of Sanne beating herself up over how she felt about Krieger now.
"Because I, it's just because, he's not available anymore. I always thought he'd be there and now that he isn't I feel something stupid." Sanne stares at Skitz then smiles. "What exactly were you doing when I came in Skitz? Tell me Skitz." Skitz turns over in her bed.
"It's late, time to go to bed." Sanne glad Skitz was going to stop talking about Krieger goes to bed.
The next morning Sanne wakes up when her alarm goes off. She turns it off and sees Skitz hadn't moved. "Skitz, morning, time to get up." Sanne sits up and yawns. "Skitz, get up time for school." Sanne leans over and shakes Skitz but she doesn't move. "Skitz?" Sanne shakes her hard but she still doesn't move. Sanne leans over and feels Skitz's breath on her cheek. "Skitz stop pretending you're sleeping and get up." Sanne shakes Skitz again but Skitz still doesn't wake up. "Fine, you need to take a shower, I don't. I'm going to breakfast early." Sanne gets clean clothes and her toothbrush. She goes to the girls' shower room and uses the facilities before changing and going to the cafeteria.
Sanne is eating breakfast when Krieger comes over with his tray. He sits down next to her then Sora comes over and sits next to him. "Hi Krieger, Sora, can you guys stomach this stuff?" Sanne pokes at what was supposed to be a sausage patty but she wasn't sure if it came from Earth.
"It's good. Just imagine it's something you really like." Krieger takes a bite and makes a face.
"Don't be making those faces when you're thinking of me." Sora laughs at her joke. "School food not what you're use to Billion Dollar Princess?" Sanne hears what Sora calls her but Sora didn't say it in a mean way. "Krieger's told me about your huge dinners when your parents all get together. Must be nice to have half the money in the world."
"It's not half, maybe." Sanne and the other two laugh. "It isn't that this stuff probably came from a can. If this stuff tasted good I wouldn't care but it doesn't." Sanne takes a bite and makes a face. "Ew."
"Where's Skitz?" Krieger looks at the food line. "And Ark or Mira? I can't believe Ark is missing breakfast."
"Skitz didn't want to get up. What about Ark?"
"Yeah he pretended he was sleeping even after I pulled him out of bed." Krieger takes a bite out of a bioengineered orange. "At least the oranges kind of taste like oranges."
"Yeah, and the milk still…" Sora sees something from Sanne. What was that? "The milk is still soy milk. I can't remember the last time I had real milk from a real cow." Sora keeps an eye on Sanne wondering just what it was that she saw. "Krieger, how about we sit at our table? When the others get here I'm sure they'll want to sit at the table with Sanne."
"Ok Sora, see you in class Sanne." Krieger and Sora take their trays from the table and go to another one. Sora looks out of the corner of her eye and sees Sanne looking at Krieger. Maybe she likes him as more then friends, she better keep her hands off of him. He's mine. Sora had been suspicious of Sanne from the beginning. She even asked Sanne up front about the two but Sora thinks she was lying. She didn't sense anything from Krieger but Sanne, the way she'd been looking at Krieger lately, always ready to train with him when Krieger told her that he normally had to drag Sanne away from her computer.
After breakfast Sanne was getting worried. Ark, Mira, and Skitz hadn't showed up to breakfast. She runs to her room and finds Skitz is still sleeping. "Skitz wake up you have five minutes until class!" Skitz doesn't move. "Skitz get up!" Sanne shakes Skitz hard then pulls her out of the bed like Krieger told her he did to Ark. "Skitz! Fine, miss class." Sanne leaves the room wondering what was going on. What were Ark, Mira, and Skitz planning?
After class Sanne runs back to her room before lunch. When she opens her door she finds Skitz still sleeping on the floor. "I don't get it." She pokes Skitz with her foot. She gets her phone out and calls Krieger. "Krieger, I, Skitz is still sleeping and won't wake up."
"I'm at my room and Ark is out like a light. I kicked him hard and he didn't move. Maybe Xana is doing something?" Krieger had picked Ark up and put him back on his bed.
"The Super Scan never went off."
"Sanne you know there are ways around that." Krieger was right. The Tower in Sector 5 or taking a Tower to Sector 5. "We better go, I'll, wait." Krieger turns around when he hears a noise and sees Sora. "Oh, hi Sora."
"What are you and Sanne planning?" Sora crosses her arms over her chest. "And what's with Ark?" Sora had followed and listened to Krieger. "Who's Xana? A Tower in Sector 5?"
"I, I'm sorry Sora I can't tell you."
"You're cheating on me with Sanne? Or Xana?"
"No I'm not cheating on you! Especially not with Xana, you don't understand." Krieger stays calm. "Sora, I, I like you a lot. I wouldn't cheat on you Sora. But I have to go."
"No way Krieger not without me." Sora blocks his way. "Take me or don't go at all."
"You don't understand, Xana, he's," Krieger stops. They, if he did this they would have to do a return. They might anyways with the way Ark was, the way Skitz was. "Xana is a bad guy. He drugged Ark, and Skitz, and Mira. Sanne and I have to get to a guy called Lyoko and tell him. He will have a way to heal Ark and the others. I know it sounds crazy but that is what we do, the club. Hell it is crazy and the only reason we're a part of it is because of our parents."
"Take me." Krieger sighs.
"Ok, follow me. Sanne's going to be mad but you deserve to know what's going on." Even if it's only for a few minutes. "I'm not cheating on you and never would. If, if I ever stopped liking you I'd tell you. I wouldn't want to lead you on or hurt you Sora." Krieger hugs and kisses Sora.
"I love you Krieger." Krieger kisses her again so he doesn't have to respond. He hadn't and couldn't say those words.
"Follow me Sora." Krieger and Sora leave the dorm room and go out to the woods.
"Whoa, what is he doing?" Sanne saw Krieger and Sora running for the sewer entrance. "No, if she, if she gets in the group…" Sanne shakes her head. You turned him away you idiot because you couldn't see what you had. Don't mess things up for him. "We didn't vote her in." Sanne runs over to the sewer entrance and goes down to the sewers. She gets down and gets on her skateboard. "What the hell does Krieger think he's doing? We may be down three members but we aren't bringing in a new member." She goes after Krieger and Sora.
At the Factory Krieger and Sora climb out of the sewers. "That's the building we meet in. There's an elevator we have to take." Krieger and Sora run across the bridge. "Jump!" Krieger jumps and swings down then Sora does. "There's the elevator. Get ready for a big surprise."
"Either you're lying or you're what, part of some government program." They go over to the elevator. "It goes down?" Krieger nods and they get in. "If you're lying I'll…"
"Neither. This is something are parents did and well, it's our fault it's back." The elevator doors close and they go down to the Control Room. Krieger starts to explain things to Sora.
"Whoa, cool, what is this?" Sora goes over to the control panel. She reaches for the keyboard.
"Don't touch that." Sora pulls her hand back. "Sanne runs that, I can to, kind of. But she uses that to send us to Lyoko."
"The guy? What, there's a subway around here?" Krieger sighs. He was going to have to explain. Not that it mattered since a return would blank Sora's memory. "What Krieger?"
"No, let me explain this. It's complicated and you won't believe me." Krieger explains to Sora, shows her the holomap, the programs for the Lyoko Warriors, explains the back round story. "Ok? This is really dangerous and why I didn't tell you earlier I don't want you to get hurt."
"But, Mira, how did she get in?"
"Ark cheated. We kept telling him no new members but then he did to Mira what was done to us to make her a member. Now she is attacked, hurt, when Xana launches an attack. I don't want that to happen to you."
"Well, what if I said I wanted to make sure you weren't hurt by helping you?" Krieger looks away from Sora. "Krieger I'm not a delicate vase or something I can kick some ass. When we train I do pretty well."
"Yes you do but that doesn't matter. I, I can't explain how bad some of these attacks can be. My parents, they, they nearly died fighting Xana. Aelita, Sanne's mom, she was killed."
"Wait, if she was killed how is she still alive?"
"Her mom did something and brought her back. I'm not sure how it worked and I know Sanne couldn't do it." Krieger hears the elevator running. "And that is probably Sanne."
"What about the others?"
"They, they're the targets. Xana did something to them and now they won't wake up. We have to go to Lyoko and deactivate the Tower so they will wake up." And do a return.
"What is she doing hear!?" Sanne yelled the second the elevator doors open. "Pulling an Ark?!"
"I, um, Sanne we can return things the way they were once we deactivate the Tower." Krieger emphasizes the word "return" so Sanne would get the idea. "So we can return Ark and the others back to normal."
"Oh, ok. Hi Sora, big surprise right?" Sanne gets the idea and feels better. She was worried Krieger was going to get Sora in the group which would… She shakes her head as she goes over to the control panel. "Sora you really shouldn't be here. If Xana sees you he might consider you a member and attack you next time." When Sanne sits down to try and see what was going on she sees why the Super Scan never went off. Xana must have first used his power to stop the Super Scan. She launches it and finds the Tower in the Ice Sector.
"Then make me a member." Sora had seen the look in Sanne's eye. Sora was positive Sanne was feeling something for Krieger that were more then "just friends". "Unless you're worried about something."
"What would I be worried about? Besides we can't we need to vote on it and the rest of the group isn't here."
"Fine once you do whatever then you guys can vote on it." Sora stares at Sanne who tries to get a dig on Sora.
"Krieger's never asked us to." Sanne sends the vehicles to the Ice Sector where the activated Tower was. "And now we have to go."
"Krieger doesn't want me to get hurt." Sora watches as Sanne and Krieger run to the elevator and take it down. She sees through a security camera screen them running into these tubes that close and then when they open are empty. "Wow, where did they go? Magic?"
"Krieger you idiot what were you thinking?" Sanne gets on the Overboard yelling at Krieger.
"I was thinking you'd do a return." Krieger gets on the Overbike.
"If you hadn't taken her to the Factory we probably wouldn't have had to do one." Sanne takes off for the Tower and Krieger follows.
"What's a return?" Sora had heard voices and found the headset. "Hello, can you hear me? What's a return?"
"None of your business you shouldn't even be there!" Sanne yells then stares at Krieger. "We're not letting her in."
"Oh so if the others vote for me you'll stop it? Jealousy is an ugly green eyed monster." Sora wanted to say more but was worried about upsetting Krieger. "Don't be jealous."
"I'm not jealous!" Sanne is getting mad. "Go back to the school Sora. If Xana sees you and decides you're a member he will attack you. Do you want to die? My mother died fighting him!"
"Is that how Ark got Mira into the group? Don't worry I can fight. And your mom is alive."
"Sora I'm sorry but Sanne is right. I don't want you getting hurt. I, I have to protect you from this."
"Krieger, I, I can protect myself." Sora wanted in the group. "I don't want you to get hurt."
"It's ok if I get hurt I can deal with it but I don't want you to get hurt! Go!" Krieger yells as loud as he can when he sees two Krabes coming up. "Sanne, he's planning something."
"We have to keep an eye out for the Schipizoa and Xana." Sanne was sure he had used the power from the Tower to try and posses her.
"I'm sorry Sanne I didn't want to bring her here. I just knew a return would wipe her memory." Krieger waits and doesn't hear a response. "Ok she's gone. Hopefully she got out before Xana saw her."
"If she gets attacked we're not bringing her in. We'll just have to act faster." Sanne sees a Krabe turn to her and fire. "Bubble." Her shield comes up and stops the laser.
"Stay back Sanne I will stop them." Krieger gets his sword and shield out. "Ok this should be easy they're just Krabes." Krieger drives at them on the Overbike using his shield to block lasers.
Back on Earth Sora is scared. She hadn't left she just stopped talking. What were they going to do to her? Wipe her memory? How could Krieger say that? She sees two orange circles and two green circles on a screen. One green circle moves towards the two orange circles.
"Ow, man those hurt." A laser had hit Krieger on the leg. "Ok no more nice guy." Krieger revs the engine and charges the Krabe on the right. When he gets close he jumps off the Overbike and throws his shield. It flies through the air and hits a Krabe on the top. The Overbike moves towards the other Krabe. The Krabe jumps out of the way but then Krieger throws his sword and it spears through the Eye. Krieger lands on the ground and catches his shield. He goes over and gets his sword then looks for the Overbike. "Sanne did you see where it went?"
"No, just get on the Overboard with me." Sanne flies down and Krieger gets on the Overboard behind her. He wraps his arms around her waist and she wants to say don't do that but stops. She really didn't want to, not now. Sanne takes off for the Tower.
"Skitz?" On Earth Barack went to check on Skitz. She hadn't shown up to breakfast or morning classes. When he opens the door he sees her sleeping and blushes. Skitz slept in her under clothes and after Sanne shook her and dragged her out of bed she wasn't under the covers. "Skitz, uh, are you sick?" Barack forces himself to look away. "Skitz? Are you ok?" He doesn't hear a response. He gets his phone out and calls Sanne, no answer. "What is going on?" He turns back to Skitz and kneels down next to her. "Wake up, come on Skitz wake up." He shakes her hard but she doesn't wake up. "No, you, you can't be dead." He sees her chest rise. "I, I shouldn't be looking, don't get mad at me Skitz." Barack gets up. "The nurse, she, she can help Skitz." Barack runs for the nurse's office.
Back on Lyoko they see the Tower and two Assassins. "Sanne I'd tell you to stay back but I need your help."
"It is probably safer for me to fight then to stay back anyways. Xana wants me on Lyoko so he can posses me. They probably won't attack me." Sanne decides to see if this is true and charges the Assassins. They fire but she dodges the lasers easily. "Krieger jump off."
"Ok, be careful." Krieger jumps off and the Assassins fire lasers at him. He dodges them.
"I knew it." Sanne closes her eyes then fires an energy beam. The Assassin she was aiming at dodges it. "But they won't go down easily." She fires more energy beams as Krieger goes on the attack.
"Eat shield!" He throws his shield at an Assassin but it ducks. "Crap." Krieger uses his sword to block lasers.
"Scattershot!" The beam breaks apart into a dozen smaller ones and one hits an Assassin. It explodes violently but the other Assassin remains.
"Ouch, no, I have to be careful." Krieger was sure one more hit and he was back on Earth. He had to protect Sanne. "I'll destroy you!"
"Whoa, what's that?" Sora sees a black circle appear on the screen moving towards a green circle. "Guys there's something black on the screen what is it? It's almost on you!"
"What?" Sanne looks up when she hears Sora's voice then sees what Sora was seeing. "It's Xana! Scattershot!" Sanne fires one but with little time to charge it the beam only breaks apart into three other beams. She closes her eyes and fires a more powerful one.
"Sanne!" Krieger blocks lasers with his sword and runs towards Sanne. "Run away!" Krieger is getting close when suddenly he freezes. "What is he doing?" Krieger can't move and waits for a laser to hit him but feels none. The Assassin was frozen. The lasers it fired were frozen. "Sanne…" Krieger stops talking, stops seeing, stops hearing. Lyoko had been frozen completely.
"Ah Sanne that power when you're in danger I will have it soon." Xana laughs as he was unaffected by what Sanne had done.
"I'm not doing this you're doing this!" Sanne backs away and sees Krieger is frozen. "I, if I was doing this he wouldn't be like that."
"You don't control it and that is where I come in. I can use that power, control it, and make myself a God once again!"
"God? You're nothing. My parents, our parents, beat you." If they were on Earth Sanne would spit at him.
"If I was beaten then why am I still here? Because I am truly a God!" Xana flies closer to Sanne.
"No, no!" Sanne backs away and actually walks off the Overboard. She doesn't even notice it until Xana uses his powers to destroy it. "How, how am I doing this?" Sanne looks around for an answer.
"I told you Sanne, my Angel. You have the powers that I want and need. Give those powers to me now!" Xana lunges for Sanne but is stopped when an energy shield comes up.
"Xana I will stop you." Sanne's eyes glow with energy as her pink angel wings form behind her. "I will free Dante and you will die! I will stop you!" Sanne attacks with her energy.
"Yes, mine!" Xana doesn't retreat and instead attacks Sanne again. He uses his powers to restrain her arms. "My Angel…" He goes to kiss her when he feels himself being ripped apart. "Aaaa!" He pulls back and sees Sanne's energy surrounding her. It had torn through his chest and his energy orbs can be seen. His body charges with energy and heals. "Angel, get to the Tower, launch a return, I'll have you later." Xana turns into a black mist and flies away to Sector 5. Sanne's wings explode and she falls down to the Sector below.
"What, what happened?" Sanne sits up and sees hundreds of pink feathers. "Where did these come from?" She picks one up and feels the energy coming from it. "I, the Tower, deactivate the Tower." A laser flies over her shoulder and she sees the Assassin and Krieger. "Wait, Xana froze them, then, I…" She couldn't remember. "Scattershot!" She fires at the Assassin and hits it destroying it.
"Sanne, I, what happened?" Krieger had been frozen with no sight, hearing, nothing.
"I don't know but I have to deactivate the Tower." Sanne runs into the Tower. She enters the code and soon the Tower is deactivated. "Return to the past now!" She launches a return and the white bubble comes up. Time is reversed and Sora's memories are blanked.
Sanne wakes up that morning when her alarm goes off. She turns it off and sees Skitz stirring. "Skitz, time to get up."
"Just another minute."
"You have to take a shower or you'll smell."
"Yeah yeah, you suck Sanne."
"I just got done beating Xana while you slept." Sanne laughs as Skitz sits up and yawns.
"What?" Sanne explains to Skitz what happened. "Oh, weird. So, like, are we voting on Sora?"
"No." Sanne didn't want Sora in the group. Sanne was trying to fight her feelings for Krieger. She felt she didn't deserve him. He liked her and she treated poorly. Now that he had someone she realized how stupid she had been but wasn't going to interfere with Krieger and Sora.
A/N ANother song turned into a story. Easter Egg thing I do. A lot of stories are song titles or lyrics. I also add lyrics to episodes.