Code Xana Episode 65: Medieval
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 1-64
Dante and Naia are meeting Krieger and Sanne at a Medieval Fair. Dante wanted to check out the part on wizards and Merlin since he might learn new words that work with his profile. "Naia thanks, I know you don't like going outside much."
"Said it before I'll say it again we can't hang out at the mall all the time. Besides a little sun won't hurt me, much." Naia laughs. "Sun screen and its cool out enough to wear long sleeves so I'll be fine."
"There they are." Dante points and Naia sees Sanne and Krieger. "This is probably going to be cold." Dante shakes his head. "I mean, cool." Dante had been taught by Ark and the others how to talk and what phrases mean. It was easy once he saw the phrases as data he just needed to reform into things his mind understood. Xana made him a genius when it came to math and science but trying to understand the big deal about a band of guys who didn't play instruments or sing were hard for him.
"I knew what you meant. I haven't been to one of these before but it might be cool. Not sure I'm into the whole dungeons and dragons stuff."
"Yeah but they have cool stuff on Merlin and magic."
"Merlin and magic weren't real." Naia and Dante walk over to Sanne and Krieger. "Hey, what do they have to eat here?"
"Rat on a stick." Sanne smiles and tries not to laugh at her joke but Dante thinks she is serious.
"Rats were considered a delicacy by the French, raw only. Although they considered anything raw to be a delicacy." Dante wonders what rat will taste like as they go into the medieval fair.
As the four enjoy the fair someone else wonders how they can use this opportunity to their advantage.
Around noon the four are at a fake cave. "The Mysteries of Merlin? He wasn't real what mystery is left?" Naia was kind of bored. Sure the joust was cool but after that it was mostly men, manly men, men in tights, tight tights, talking weird.
"Yeah but magic is still cool. You know you'd like to be able to do magic." Dante is awed by the Mysteries of Merlin. As they go through video and audio talks about Arthur, the Knights of the Round Table, and Merlin. One of the scenes cuts into an animatronics of Merlin fighting a dragon.
"Whoa!" Sanne puts her arm up when the heat from the flame of the dragon gets to her. "That was cool."
"Yeah, and hot." Naia backs away to get away from the heat as do several other people.
"Whoa, what's that?" Someone points to electricity coming out of Merlin's wand. Everyone thinks it is part of the design but three people recognize it as something else.
"Crap, Xana." Sanne hears her Jpocket start to beep. "Um, we need to get out of here, now!" The electricity jumps from Merlin's wand to the dragon then a black mist appears around both.
"Sanne we need to evacuate the cave! If Xana's possessing the dragon he'll…" Krieger is interrupted by the sound of screaming. The dragon had ripped its metal bindings and turned towards the crowd. It fires a tongue of flame at the people who start to run away.
"Naia get out of here!" Dante pushes her out of the way of the flames. "Sanne, Krieger, we have to hurry!"
"Wait Dante where are you going!" Naia reaches out for Dante but he pushes her into the crowd of panicking people. Naia struggles but can't get away and is forced to follow the crowd out of the cave as the dragon and Merlin turn on Dante, Krieger, and Sanne.
"Over here!" Krieger waves his arms trying to get the two possessed animatronics to go after him. "You two get to the Factory."
"Krieger don't get hurt."
"I can't promise you that." Krieger quickly kisses Sanne on the lips. "Just get that Tower deactivated." Krieger runs at the two possessed animatronics as the other two run away. "What the hell was I thinking?" Merlin points his wand at Krieger and fires an energy bolt at him. "Krieger you really need to think this one through before you act." Krieger turns and runs in the other direction. The dragon roars and fires flame at Krieger but Krieger is far enough away to keep from being burned.
As Sanne and Dante run they call the other Lyoko Warriors. Ark, Mira, Skitz, and Barack were together working on homework so the only one left was Sora to call. "Sora, Xana's attacking!"
"Right now? Look I'm busy I can't just…" Sanne cuts her off.
"It doesn't matter you have to go to the Factory! You're part of the group that means Xana comes first before everything! If you don't come I'll delete your memories!" Sanne hangs up on Sora before she can respond.
"Damn it." Sora puts her phone away. "Well if we do a return then I'll have even more time to work on my new plan." Sora puts a journal away under her mattress wondering if she could implement her new plans once she gets to the Factory.
"Run away you idiots!" Krieger had run into some actors in armor wielding swords. "Wait, give me that."
"Get away kid." The man puts a shield up to block Krieger. Krieger kicks the shield and knocks the man over. He has a hard time getting back up and Krieger picks up his shield and sword.
"Thanks." Krieger turns towards the dragon and Merlin. "Not exactly Lyoko but this is better then nothing." Krieger puts the shield up and raises the sword. "A lot heavier then the ones on Lyoko." Krieger sees flame coming out from the cave as the dragon and Merlin get around the corner to the entrance.
"Krieger!" Krieger turns and sees Naia.
"Get out of here!" Naia runs over to him. "Naia you have to get away!" Krieger gets frustrated with her.
"What are you doing? We all have to get out of here, where's Dante and Sanne?" Naia looks around but doesn't see them. "They weren't like, hurt were they?"
"No they got out. You have to get away Naia before they see you."
"What are you doing?"
"I'm the knight in shining armor." Krieger puts the shield up and pushes Naia away. "If the dragon or Merlin sees you Xana might think you're Sanne."
"Xana?" Naia backs away slowly then stops when Krieger doesn't follow her. "Krieger come on!"
"I have to fight these things!" Krieger points his sword at the man he took the shield and sword from who was still on the ground unable to get up with his heavy armor on. "Help him up then get out of here!" Krieger has to yell over the roar of the dragon. "Now Naia!"
"Ok but you shouldn't do this."
"I have to." Krieger turns when he feels heat. He puts the shield up to block heat from the dragon's flames. "Run!" Naia helps the man up then runs away as Krieger walks towards the cave entrance. "If I can keep them in there they won't have room to maneuver. I won't either." Krieger goes back into the cave holding the shield up to block the flames coming from the dragon.
Sanne and Dante get to the Factory first. "I hope Krieger's ok." Sanne nearly loses her grip on the rope since her hands were so sweaty.
"Sanne calm down you can't do anything for him except go to Lyoko and deactivate the Tower." Dante and Sanne run over to the elevator and take it down to the Control Room.
Whoa, ok not going to work." Krieger throws the sword away. There was no way he was going to be able to attack the dragon or Merlin. He tried to hold them in the cave but they were too violent and strong for Krieger to hold them back. He had to run away. "All these tents are freaking flammable!" Krieger runs down a path as the dragon sets more things on fire.
Skitz, Barack, Ark, and Mira get to the Factory. They get to the elevator and take it down to the Control Room. "Hey, where's Krieger?"
"He's fighting the dragon." Sanne doesn't look at Skitz just loads the profiles. "You guys can go as we wait for Sora."
"Wait, Xana sent a Dragon to Earth?"
"No, he possessed a dragon." This confuses the rest as real dragons didn't exist. "Get down to the Scanner Room!" Sanne starts to type but she mistypes as her nervousness over Krieger distracts her. Dante puts a hand on Sanne's shoulder.
"Sanne get up I'll send them."
"I, I, ok." Sanne gets out of the computer chair and Dante sits down. "Maybe I should call him to make sure he is ok."
"Or you'll distract him. Go down and I'll send you with the others." Sanne hurries into the elevator and takes it down to the Scanner Room with the others. "Transfer Sanne, Transfer Skitz, Transfer Mira, Scanner Sanne, Scanner Skitz, Scanner Mira, virtualization." They land on Lyoko in the Ice Sector. "Transfer Barack, Transfer Ark, Scanner Barack, Scanner Ark, virtualization." They land next to the others. "I'm sending the vehicles now. When Sora gets here I'll send her and I." Dante sends the vehicles then waits.
Krieger is running when the Merlin fires an energy bolt that hits him. "Aaaa!" Krieger falls over onto the shield. He rolls over and puts it up in time to block the next energy bolt. "Damn it!" Krieger was starting to panic as he realized how stupid this was. He should have run with the others but now was being attacked by a Merlin and a fire breathing dragon. Krieger gets up and tries to run but the dragon sends flames at the tent next to him and the gas grills inside the food tent explode. "Aaaa!" Krieger feels the fire and heat slam into him. The shield gets so hot his skin melts to it. "No, please, someone help me!" Krieger can't feel how bad his injuries are as the nerves are burnt. But as he stumbles something gets the attention of the dragon and Merlin. Krieger isn't sure what he is hearing but when he turns around he sees several police officers with guns shooting at the animatronics.
"Kid get out of here!" An officer runs over to Krieger. "Oh damn, we need to get you to the paramedics."
"Get away, they want me not you." Krieger collapses as the other officers fire at the animatronics.
At the Factory Sora arrives and goes down to the Control Room. "Where's everyone else?"
"Krieger's fighting the attack and the others are on Lyoko already. Allow me to set up the auto transfer and we will join them." Dante starts the program and they rush to the Scanner Room. They get into the Scanners and soon land next to the others in the Ice Sector. "We must head north."
"Just waiting for you two." Sanne was on the Overbike already. "We better hurry I don't know how long Krieger can distract Xana's attack." Sanne revs the engine and the second Sora gets the rocket boots on and Dante gets on the Overwing with Mira they take off for the activated Tower.
At the Medieval Fair Krieger is loaded into an ambulance. "No, they're after me, they'll go after you." Krieger tries to warn the paramedics but they can barely hear him and don't listen. The doors close and the ambulance drives away.
"What's going on?!" The officers trying to stop the animatronics are ignored as the dragon and Merlin turn and chase after the ambulance. "We need bigger guns! Call the Guard we have to keep those things out of the city!" The officers keep firing at the animatronics but aren't able to slow them down. The dragon whips its tail and knocks a police car out of the way.
"Watch out!" The police officers duck for cover as the car flies over head. The Merlin fires energy bolts at the officers as it attempts to chase after Krieger.
Back on Lyoko the new Lyoko Warriors are going as fast as possible for the Tower when Xana sends a welcoming committee. "Dragons, Sanne, Dante, keep going Barack and I will slow them down." Skitz gets her clubs out. "Barack, I'll block, you shoot."
"Got it." Barack points his left arm at the Dragons and starts to shoot. The two Dragons dodge his lasers and fire back. Skitz blocks with her clubs so Barrack can focus on firing at them.
"If that's what he has before we get to the Tower I don't want to find out what's waiting for us at the Tower." Ark creates his spear in anticipation of a hard battle. "Dante, Sanne, which one is going for the Tower?"
"I am." Sanne revs the engine of the Overbike wanting to go faster. "But I still need to fight. The faster we do this the better!"
Skitz is still blocking lasers from the Dragons when one comes from the ground. Xana had sent backup in the form of an Assassin. "Damn, Barack, take control I'll deal with the Assassin." Skitz jumps off and dives for the Assassin. She blocks lasers as she falls, does a flip and lands on the ground. She uses her momentum to launch herself at the Assassin. The Assassin lashes out with a claw but Skitz dodges it and slams a club into the Eye. She jumps away before the Assassin explodes.
"Help!" Barack was being circled by the Dragons and was barely able to keep them from shooting him let alone being able to fire back.
"Well what do you expect me to do?" Skitz looks up. The Dragons were to fast to throw a club at them. "Fly down here and pick me up!"
"I can't!" Barrack is hit by a laser and falls off the Overboard. As he falls he fires at the Dragons but misses.
"Barrack!" Skitz runs over to where he is falling but the Dragons hit him three more times destroying him. "Crap." Skitz gets ready for the Dragons to attack her but they turn and fly after the others. "Even worse." Skitz runs after them but they quickly leave her behind.
"Those things are chasing us!" A paramedic looks out the back window and sees the animatronics.
"They're after me, let me go." Krieger can barely get the words out. "Xana wants me not you."
"What the kid say?" A second paramedic leans down near Krieger's mouth. What did you say kid?"
"He's after me not you."
"He? Those are animatronics. Kid you're hurt just relax and we'll get you to the hospital." The paramedic pats Krieger on the shoulder hoping to comfort him. "Its ok kid this isn't your fault."
"Yes, yes it is." Krieger moans in pain hoping the others were doing well on Lyoko.
"It is one of those turtle things!" Dante and the others made it to the activated Tower and see a rare monster. "He's going to be tough."
"I remember that two held us off last time." Sanne closes her eyes and starts to charge energy. When she opens her eyes she sees the Turtle's shell was glowing. "Scattershot!" The energy beam breaks apart into seven smaller beams but the area around the Turtle warps the energy beams and they collide into each other. "This is going to be hard."
"And take us awhile." Sora loads an arrow into her crossbow. "If we all attack it at once it can't hold us all off can it?"
"The shell, when it's glowing makes it impossible to hit it." Dante has his wand out but doesn't attack. "We can't attack it and it's in front of the Tower."
"Couldn't you go through the back of the Tower?"
"We could try but it's dangerous." Dante looks over at Sanne knowing she was worried about Krieger. Krieger had stayed behind so he and Sanne could get to the Factory. "Sanne, attack the Turtle, I'll try to get around it!" Dante turns to Mira. "Get off, use stealth to try and get close to the Turtle."
"Ok, be careful." Mira jumps off and becomes invisible before she lands. The area around the Turtle warps even more as the shell glows brighter.
"I can't get close." Ark tried to fly towards the Turtle to use his spear but once he got into the warped area he couldn't fly in a straight line. The Turtle fires an energy beam and it moves through the warped air turning and nearly hits Ark.
"Scattershot!" Sanne tries to hit the Turtle but the energy beams warp and hit each other. "I need more power." Sanne closes her eyes and concentrates. She knew she had special powers, she had powers that no one else had. If she could bring them out then she could help Dante get to the Tower and save Krieger.
On Earth the dragon fires a jet of flame at the ambulance. "Aaaa!" The back of the ambulance is covered in flames and the paramedics draw away from the back doors. "What the hell is wrong with those things!?"
"Xana…" Krieger wasn't sure what was going on anymore. The paramedics had given him some pain killers and made him delirious.
"Hang on!" The driver turns sharply trying to lose the dragon but the dragon lashes out with its tail and hits the side of the ambulance knocking it over. The paramedics in the back weren't wearing seat belts and tumble as Krieger, attached to the stretcher, slams into the side which was now the floor. The dragon roars and puts a claw on the side of the overturned ambulance and rips it open.
"Aaaa!" The paramedics in the back scream in terror as the dragon rips the ambulance open like a can opener.
On Lyoko Sanne can't feel her inner powers until she concentrates on Krieger. Has to focus her feelings for him into her chest and feels her powers rise. She opens her eyes and can see the glow from her wings. She is about to fire an energy beam when Ms. Delmas, Xana, appears from behind the Tower. "Mine!" Ms. Delmas tackles Sanne off of the Overbike.
"Let me go!" Sanne struggles but Ms. Delmas is powerful, more than her. Ms. Delmas had stolen power from Dante and Sanne before and after several returns it was more than enough.
"You are mine, my host, finally!" Ms. Delmas lowers her head towards Sanne's ready to kiss her and transfer Xana into Sanne.
"No!" Mira saw what Ms. Delmas was about to do and attacks. Mira shoves her Kodachi into the back of Ms. Delmas.
"That almost tickled." Ms. Delmas charges with energy and destroys Mira. This gave Sanne a chance to attack. When Ms. Delmas turned back to kiss Sanne she got a face full of energy. Ms. Delmas pulls back and Sanne kicks her off. When Sanne stands up her wings spread out. She kicks off into the sky and flies away from Ms. Delmas. "Get back here!" Ms. Delmas charges with energy and chases after Sanne.
"This isn't good." Ark wants to help Sanne but the Turtle was firing energy beams. The energy beams would warp in the air and come out of the warped area in random places. If the Turtle would just fire in straight shots he could get close and maybe hit the Eye but the randomness made the Turtle even more dangerous than any other monster.
"Ark keep distracting the Turtle I'm going to help, no, Sanne can handle Xana." Dante had to get to the activated Tower. Krieger was back on Earth fighting the possessed animatronics and was relying on him or Sanne deactivating the Tower. "Oh crap." Dante turned and saw the Dragons coming. "I guess Barrack and Skitz were beaten." Dante takes off on the Overwing. He flies over the Turtle just missing the warped area. He gets close to the Tower when a Dragon fires a laser and hits the Overwing. It is devirtualized and Dante falls into the warped area.
"Dante!" Ark dodges a laser and dives into the warped area. It was strange as flying forward wasn't forward but sideways and down and up at the same time. But as he flies in the warped area the Dragons can't hit him as their own lasers warp in the area and can't hit Ark.
"Give up Sanne you can't fly away forever!" Ms. Delmas was catching up to Sanne and reaches out for her ankle.
"I can't let you win!" Sanne dives towards the ground and flies between two chunks of ice. She turns right after the chunks of ice and heads for the Tower. Ms. Delmas charges with energy and the energy reaches out for Sanne.
"You're mine!" The energy wraps around Sanne's ankle and tries to pull her towards Ms. Delmas but Sanne's powers come out and break the hold. "That power will be mine!"
"Never!" Sanne dives towards the ground and is flying mere centimeters above the ground as she heads for the Turtle. Maybe she could lose Ms. Delmas if she went into the warped area.
"Crap." Ark catches Dante after some trouble trying to fly towards Dante in the warped area when he sees Sanne and Ms. Delmas enter the warped area. "Dante get into the Tower!"
"I'll try." Dante jumps towards the activated Tower but as he gets close the warped area makes forward down and down back so he lands father away from the Tower than before. Sanne sees Dante's problems and decides she'd go for the Tower. The warped area didn't seem to affect her as much as the others. Her powers protected her a little from the warping. Unfortunately it seemed to affect Xana even less.
"I need help!" Sanne dodges an energy beam from the Turtle and decides to use the warping to her benefit. She couldn't fire straight back at Ms. Delmas but in the warped area she could fire in front of her and maybe hit Ms. Delmas. "Scattershot!" The energy beam fires forward and as it splits apart it warps. Sanne has to dodge one of her own energy beams but she hears Ms. Delmas yell.
"Damn you! Get back here!" Ms. Delmas had been hit by two lasers and it shocked her so much to be hit that she stopped for a few seconds.
"I can do this!" Dante points his wand first at Ms. Delmas then at Sanne. "If it worked for her it can work for me, Alakazam!" An energy beam comes out and warps in the air. It twists and turns almost hitting Sanne twice before coming between her and Ms. Delmas causing Ms. Delmas to stop. Sanne turns and dives for the activated Tower thankful to Dante for the help. All Sanne could think of was Krieger and hoped he was ok.
Back on Earth the dragon has ripped the ambulance apart and roars. Krieger cowers knowing this was it. He couldn't get away as he was still strapped down to the gurney. The dragon opens its mouth and flames come out.
"Tower deactivated." The screens fall around Sanne. "Return to the past now!" The white bubble comes out and reverses time.
Dante and Naia are meeting Krieger and Sanne at a Medieval Fair. "Um, I heard the jousting is really cool but everything else will probably be boring." Dante did not want to go to the cave again and neither did Sanne or Krieger.
"Yeah, get to see the sword fighting and stuff will probably be cool." Naia and the others go into the Medieval Fair and she notices that the other three seem to be nervous or scared about something but can't figure out just what it was.
A/N Ok, a line in there is of course from Mel Brook's Robin Hood Men In Tights "Men, manly men, men in tights." And next episode will be up on Saturday. So September 1st