Code Xana Episode 79: Comfortably Numb
Author: James the Lesser/The Bunnyman
Disclaimer: I Do Not Own These Characters! Moonscoop 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 1-78
Things were rough in the group. Nearly two weeks had passed since the group was nearly deleted and the fight happened in the Control Room. Sanne, Krieger, Dante, and Naia were involved in a Cold War. It made things hard when Xana attacked and Sanne was upset. She decides to try and get Krieger alone to talk to her. She waits for him to go into the boys' locker room in the gym then follows. "Krieger, please listen to me!"
"Sanne get out!" Krieger had been changing into his gym clothes and was in just his boxers.
"No! I won't!" Sanne stomps her foot. "What's wrong? I told you I love you! Don't you believe me?"
"I do Sanne. But, but, when I left," Krieger takes a deep breath. "You didn't follow me."
"What?"
"When Naia left Dante ran after her but the elevator doors closed before he could get on the elevator. When I left you just stood there. You didn't even try to follow me." Krieger looks away from Sanne.
"I'm so sorry." Sanne hugs him. "I, I wanted to but after what Xana did, what Naia said, I wanted, needed to find Franz. Save Sora. Stop Xana."
"Sanne could you leave me alone for a little while?" Sanne pulls away from Krieger. "I want to get changed and train. When I'm done I'll call you."
"Can I train with you?"
"Not this time." Krieger kisses Sanne on the forehead. "I want to be alone. Think things out."
"Ok." Sanne leaves the locker room feeling strange. She thinks it is because of the talk with Krieger and ignores it.
A couple more days pass when all of the Lyoko Warriors start to feel sick. It starts with Ark running out of science class to throw up. Skitz was affected next with a high fever. When the rest get sick Jim asks the nurse what it could be since they all showed different symptoms. "I don't know Jim. It's strange though. I know they are all friends so maybe they passed it to each other but I can't understand how they have different symptoms." They walk over to a bed that Krieger was in. He had started to cough when blood came up.
"Krieger, what have you kids been doing? Where have you gone that you could have gotten sick?" Krieger decides not to lie. He didn't know what was wrong with him and the others and figures the only place he and the others could have picked something up was one place.
"The sewers."
"What were you doing in the sewers?"
"Quick way to get out of the school, sneak out." Krieger coughs hard into his hand and sees a light red mist on it. "I'm sorry but we learned it from our parents." Krieger smiles before coughing again.
"Krieger you and the others could have been seriously hurt! If you'd had fallen while climbing down the ladder or fell in the sewer water. And look now you're all sick. You're the worst of them but I saw Ark and Sanne and they look pretty bad." Jim shakes his head. "You're going to serve detention once you are out of the infirmary and a call to your parents."
"Aw Jim do you have to?" Krieger coughs again.
"Yes Krieger. Get better." Jim pats Krieger on the head then leaves the room hoping Krieger and the others would be ok.
At the Factory Dante was suffering from horrible stomach cramps. "I have to stay here. I can't use a Way Tower for this part." Dante cringes in pain as he tries to work a program from the control panel in the Control Room. "If there was an activated Tower I'd have Xana to blame for this."
At Central Academy Naia was inside of a closet hiding from any light. Her skin suddenly got sun burnt, badly. She hadn't been outside much, sat away from the windows in class and made sure to wear sun screen. But somehow her arms, neck, and face broke out in blisters as she got second degree sunburn. It was as if her skin was becoming weaker then ever before.
A few days later all of the Lyoko Warriors were in the Infirmary. Naia was at the one in Central Academy but Dante was hiding from the pain on Lyoko. "It still hurts this can't be normal." Dante was feeling excruciating pain even inside of the Way Tower in the Forest Sector. "The Scanners didn't heal me and that means Xana had to have done something." Dante lies on the platform curled up in the fetal position. "I need to fix this. The others said they were all sick to. Maybe Xana did something, he had to of. Or maybe it was, it was when I fixed them. No, then I wouldn't be sick to, would I?" Dante continues talking to himself. Finally someone replies.
Dante, Xana did do something but it is also your fault.
"What?"
You are sick from working inside of the Super Computer. I had to wear protective clothing if I were to go on the inside of it.
"Why in the hell didn't you tell me!?"
Because there was no time for that Dante.
"And what about the others?"
When you took the disk out the profiles were removed for a time. They were on Lyoko in physical form, so to speak, and were unprotected. Do you think I made the profile programs just to have fun? No, it was to protect the person who went to Lyoko. To protect my daughter.
"But, the, the Scanners,"
Would not heal this.
"Then what do we do? I feel like I'm dieing and I know the others are probably feeling even worse!"
They are but I can not fix them. There may be a way but you would have to activate a Way Tower, protect it from Xana, and follow my instructions carefully.
"I'll do it! I'll do anything for them."
I know you would. You're a good boy Dante even if your parents are filth.
"You don't have room to talk. You killed your wife, subjected your daughter to years of hell all because you made Xana and this damn thing."
If I hadn't you wouldn't be alive. You never would have met Sanne or Naia or anyone else.
"Shut up! I have to send myself back and get the others." Dante stands up and uses the control panel to send himself back to Earth.
Sanne is in the Infirmary running a fever of 104.2 when her Jcell rings. She doesn't answer it. None of the Lyoko Warriors answer their phones. "This isn't good. I'll have to go to Kadic Academy, and Central. Get Naia first there's less risk there since Jim won't be there." Dante struggles against his own pain as he goes to Central Academy.
A nurse is sitting at her desk when a tall boy walks into her office. She doesn't recognize him but can tell he is really sick. "Come here boy, I'll get a thermometer, just lie down on the bed ok?"
"Water, could you get me some water?"
"Once your temperature is taken yes." The nurse pulls a thermometer out of a cabinet and puts it in Dante's ear. Five seconds later she gets the result, 102.3. "Oh my you're almost as sick as Naia, the poor thing. Must have gone out in the sun without wearing any protection. She should know better…" The nurse rambles on as she gets a pad that was cool to the touch and puts it on Dante's head. "I'll be right back alright? What's your name by the way."
"Dante, just Dante."
"Just Dante, name doesn't ring a bell. Guess you've never been sick before. I'll go get you some water and be right back to look at your medical file." The nurse leaves the Infirmary. Dante sits up and looks over at the bed Naia was in. Her skin had broken out in more blisters and in some parts was starting to peel.
"Naia, wake up." Her eyes open at the sound of his voice. She hadn't been sleeping she just wanted the nurse to leave her alone. "We have to go to Lyoko." Naia growls.
"Don't you think I might not be able to go? If Xana's attacking you'll have to go without me. Rely on your precious Sanne."
"No Naia its, you're sick because of me. I have to fix you and the others or you'll die." Dante looks over at the door. "Hurry before the nurse comes back." Naia sits up and Dante sees she is in just a medical gown. "Um I'll find you something to put on." Naia gets out of the bed and starts to cough.
"No, if you can fix me lets hurry."
"I, you have to go to the Factory. I have to go to Kadic Academy and get the others since they won't answer their phones." Dante cringes in pain. "Be careful Naia, if you, if you aren't at the Factory when I get back there I'll look for you."
"If I don't make it there I'm sorry." Naia coughs hard and a little blood comes up. "Wait," Naia grabs Dante arm. "Tell me the truth. Is there anything between you and Sanne?"
"Emotionally yes. Physically or romantically no. She is my friend, she is someone I care for a lot but she isn't you." Dante kisses Naia on the lips quickly. "We better hurry I think I hear the nurse coming back." They leave the Infirmary and move as quickly as two sick people can.
After Dante and Naia split up in the sewers Dante makes the dangerous trip into Kadic Academy. If Jim saw him he was dead. Jim would see Xana, enemy, and kill him. He wouldn't see a sick boy trying to get to his friends so he could make them better. Jim wasn't a murderer, he wasn't a cold blooded killer. He just knew what Xana looked like, what Xana was, and killing a virus wouldn't be murder in Jim's eyes just stopping the enemy. Dante creeps behind pillars trying to figure out where the Infirmary is. If he asked a student they'd know he wasn't one and get a teacher. He sneaks up to a building that has a sign on it. "Principal's office, Teacher's Lounge, Infirmary!" Dante hacks and coughs after yelling. He goes into the building keeping an eye out for Jim.
As Dante goes around a corner he hears Jim's voice. "And that was when I was working as Le Jim Moryles the secret Iron Chef. But it is secret so I can't talk about it." Dante looks around for a place to hide and sees a door. He opens it and throws himself inside of it to find out it was a closet. He closes the door so that it is open only a little and peeks out. He sees Jim wave to someone then turn around and walk down the hall towards Dante. Dante has to suppress a cough as Jim gets closer. Jim walks and is almost by the door when he stops, sees the door is open, and closes it then locks it. "Don't need any kids getting in there." Jim walks away.
"No, no!" Dante tries to open the door but can't. "I can't, I won't be stopped by this. I can't let them down. I can't let them die." Dante throws his shoulder against the door and does little. If he wasn't sick he probably could have broken through but as weak as he was the door might as well have been made out of steel. "Jim is going to kill me I guess. I'll die in a closet. I wonder what Jim will think if he sees my body." Dante sits down utterly defeated.
Naia is in the Control Room coughing hard. She waits and waits for Dante to come back with the others. She feels bad because she had been arguing with Dante and yet he still cared enough to go to her first. She didn't even really know why she got so upset, Dante told her he and Sanne hadn't done anything physically. They were friends so it was understandable they would have some feelings for each other but when he didn't even try to lie, when Sanne didn't lie, it made her mad. Now her last moments on Earth could be alone in the Control Room waiting for the man she really liked, maybe even loved.
Dante kicks against the door but it doesn't do anything. "I have to get out. I can't let the others down." He coughs hard and sees some blood. "It's getting worse. I can't imagine what it is like for the others." Dante tries to think of a plan but his mind comes up blank. "I'm in a closet filled with cleaning materials. So if I make a mess, well, I can't make a mess because I'm trapped in a closet." Dante looks around and sees the bottles of cleaning supplies. "Or can I?" He stands up and grabs a bottle. He takes the top off and pours it near the door so the liquid will run out underneath the door. When it is empty he grabs another bottle and does the same thing. He does this with two more bottles then waits.
A few minutes pass when the principal walks by and steps in a puddle. He looks and sees it is coming from the utility closet. He goes over and tries to open the door and finds it is locked. He gets his key out and unlocks it to a big surprise. "Sorry!" Dante punches the principal in his weakest spot then runs out of the utility closet as the principal collapses in pain.
Sanne hears a noise and turns her head towards the door. She hopes it is her parents, or her grandparents. She was scared. The Nurse couldn't do anything and had already called the hospital for an ambulance to come and take her and her friends to the hospital. Instead she sees Dante. "Dante, what, what are you doing here?" Sanne coughs hard.
"We have to go to the Factory."
"I, if Xana's attacking, tell our parents." Sanne and the others were too weak to fight. They had already tried to use the Scanners to heal themselves but for once the power of the Scanners didn't work.
"He isn't attacking. I, I can heal you, us. We aren't sick from some organic virus. When you were on Lyoko without your profiles it exposed you to something. When I was inside of the Super Computer I too was affected. We have to go to Lyoko and Franz will help me save all of us."
"I'm too tired, weak. I can't move."
"Yes you can! Naia is waiting for us at the Factory. We have to hurry!" Dante shakes Sanne. "Get up! I can't let you die! No doctor or drug will cure you. You have to go to the Factory." Dante coughs on Sanne getting blood on her. "I'm sorry." Sanne smiles.
"It's ok." She sits up slowly hurting everywhere. For awhile she felt fine then realized she had gone numb. Her body, her brain, was trying to shut out the pain but in the end it wasn't enough. "Help me." Dante sticks a hand out and helps Sanne down from the bed glad she wasn't wearing a hospital gown. Dante goes over to the others and tells them to get up. He gets some resistance from Skitz and Ark but with the help of Barack and Mira convinces them to get up.
"Now the hard part comes." Dante sticks his head out of the door and sees the nurse is back. She has her back turned but would hear the noise of all of them running out of the Infirmary. "On three run, if you can." Dante slowly opens the door. "One, two," Ark stops him.
"On three or three then go?"
"Three!" Dante runs out of the room and tackles the nurse. She screams in fright as the others run out of the infirmary. Dante holds the nurse down willing his muscles not to give up. "I'm sorry but I had to do this!"
"Let me go! Please, please don't hurt me!"
"I'm sorry, please stay down. We won't hurt you. Just stay down and don't alert anyone. If you do," Dante sighs wondering if he could make a convincing threat. He closes his eyes and imagines he still has Xana in him. "If you do we will kill the kids." Dante gets off of the nurse and runs after his friends.
The group runs out of the building quiet as a herd of buffalo. They aren't worried about being noticed and this would cause a major problem. "Hey! Get back here!" Jim had met with Jeremie and Aelita who had flown in and gone to the Hermitage. "Stop!" Jim and the other two run after the kids. The kids were younger but they were sick and couldn't run away. "What the hell do you think you're doing!?"
"I'm sorry but we have to go to the Factory." Sanne wasn't going to waste time. "Xana made us sick we have to go and get healed."
"Shut up! I won't put up with this! You are going back…" Jeremie sees Dante. "Xana!" Jeremie backs away reaching into his back pocket for a stun gun he kept on him for self defense.
"No, he's not Xana." Sanne gets between Dante and her father. "He's Dante. You have to let us go to the Factory. Franz knows a way to heal us."
"Xana, Dante, Factory, Franz?" Aelita is stunned by what she hears. "What have you kids been doing?!"
"Fighting Xana so you don't have to!" Sanne coughs hard giving Aelita time to yell.
"You're sick, and you, you're messing with them! We won't let you hurt them Xana!" Aelita goes after Dante.
"I'm not my father!" Dante backs away not wanting to fight Aelita. Normally he could take her but now he was sick, weak. "Sanne saved me from him! I have to get her and the others to the Factory so I can heal them!" Dante trips and falls onto his back. Aelita runs up and kicks him while he's down.
"Shut up Xana we aren't falling for your tricks!" Aelita kicks him again. "Jim get the kids back to the Infirmary while Jeremie and I take care of, of, Xana!" Aelita kicks him again.
"Wait!" Sanne runs over to Jeremie and hugs him. She grabs the stun gun and uses it on Jeremie who drops to the ground.
"Sanne what are you," Jim is hit and drops to the ground. Aelita is too busy kicking Dante and doesn't see or hear Sanne come up from behind and use the stun gun on her.
"Dante are you ok?" He shakes his head but stands up.
"We have to hurry." The group takes off for the sewer entrance in the woods hoping the three adults would be out long enough for them to fix the damage Xana did and launch a return.
Naia is in the corner throwing up when the elevator doors open. She turns and sees Dante getting off of it. "Dante, is everyone here?" He nods.
"Get on the elevator. You and the others will go down to the Scanner Room and I'll send you then…" A black mist appears.
No! You must go to Lyoko, activate the Way Tower in the Forest Sector, then scan them one by one. If you follow my orders and do this it should heal your friends. I can't be certain but it should work.
"Should? We are doing all of this for a should?"
Yes.
"It's the best we have. Sanne, send me to Lyoko, outside of the Forest Sector." Dante gets on the elevator as Sanne gets off. Dante and the others take the elevator down to the Scanner Room.
"Transfer Dante," Sanne coughs getting blood on the keys of the keyboard. "Scanner Dante, and virtualization." Dante lands on Lyoko and runs inside the Way Tower. He goes up to the second platform and the control panel appears. He puts his hand on it.
"I, I'm not sure how to activate it."
You have done it before when Xana controlled you. Remember, think! Dante closes his eyes and searches for the memory. He didn't know it but he was different from other humans. Being part Xana, part Virus, his brain worked differently. He didn't have to try and remember things to only get a partial picture. It was like going through a hard drive and opening files, he just had to find the right one. His eyes open and he sees himself, possessed by Xana, activating the Tower. He mimics the moves and soon the Way Tower is activated. Very good, now listen Dante very carefully. If you make any mistakes your friend will be erased.
"What do I do?" Dante hears Franz's orders and sets up what he hope will be a way to heal his friends. "Sanne are you there?"
"Yes." Sanne is sitting in the computer chair with the headset on.
"Have Naia step in the middle Scanner." Sanne yells and Naia goes into the middle Scanner. "Ok, Franz, go slowly."
I can't, you must do this as fast as possible! Xana has already noticed that you activated the Way Tower. I'm sure his monsters will be here at any minute! Franz gives his commands to Dante who follows them as best he can.
"Here goes," Dante finishes Franz's orders and soon the control panel flashes green. The Scanner doors close on Naia and when they open she steps out. "Sanne is she ok? Is Naia better?" Dante waits.
"Yes. She says she feels fine." Sanne edited Naia's excited celebration. "Just do the rest."
"Ok." Dante sets it up for Ark.
Wait, it's not so easy. Each one will be different. Each one has different DNA. If you delete them then use the wrong sequence you will have a completely different person. Dante's hands start to shake. He was feeling weaker with every second and was scared he'd be the one to kill a friend, not Xana.
"Just tell me what to do." Franz does and soon the Scanner doors close on Ark and when the open he steps out feeling better than ever.
Dante heals Skitz, Mira, and then starts to heal Krieger when he feels the Tower shake. "Mega Tanks!" The Tower shakes again. "Sanne, send, send the ones who are healed to protect the Tower!"
"Ok." Sanne looks down at the keyboard. "I can't, you do it." Her vision was blurred, her hands, fingers hurt. Her muscles were cramping up as she got worse. "Send them."
"Ok, uh, tell them to get in the Scanners." No response. "Sanne? Tell them to get into the Scanners!" She doesn't reply. "Franz, can you tell them?"
Yes. A black mist appears in the Scanner Room. Naia, Ark, Skitz, Mira, go to Lyoko and protect the Tower! Naia, Skitz, and Mira step into the Scanners. Dante sends them to Lyoko then Ark.
"Stealth!" Mira disappears and dodges a Mega Tank blast. There are five Mega Tanks blasting at the Way Tower.
"Ok, this will be fun." Naia runs at a Mega Tank not worrying about the Mega Tank blasts. One passes through her then she possesses the Mega Tank. Ok, you first. She fires at an open Mega Tank and destroys it. She fires at another one but it closes up and the blast hits the hard outer shell. The Mega Tank rolls backwards and goes over the edge of the path falling into the Digital Sea. Naia goes to destroy another one when an arrow pierces the shell and destroys the Mega Tank she possessed.
"Not going to be that easy!" Sora flies down towards the others.
"Sora, please, if you stop us the others will die!" Ark flies at her on his disc ready with his spear.
"I know but if I refuse my orders I will die! Dante will make it I know he will!" Sora points her Gothic Bow at Ark and fires. Ark dodges it.
"Come on, almost, there." Dante finishes healing Krieger then sends him to Lyoko. "Sanne, get down to the Scanner Room so I can heal you." There is no response. Sanne was on the floor shaking as her nervous system was being affected. She beats her head against the floor, knocks the computer chair over, and convulses violently. "All that's left is Barack and Sanne, maybe she made it down already and is waiting for me. Or not, I, it has to be Barack in there I can't make a mistake!" Dante hopes it is Barack as he follows Franz's instructions to heal Barack. When Dante is done he sends Barack to Lyoko. Instead of setting up for Sanne Dante jumps off of the platform and runs out of the Tower. "Barack!" Barack turns and sees Dante.
"What?"
"Go back to Earth and get Sanne in the Scanner."
"Why doesn't she,"
"She won't respond. I think Xana might have attacked her. She's all that's left to heal."
"What about you?"
"She's the only real human left to heal." Dante had seen the others, heard the others. They were far worse than he was and he doubts it was all because he hid on Lyoko. He was part Xana, part Virus, and that probably saved him from being as bad as the others.
"Ok, well, I guess I'll stop a Mega Tank blast." Barack looks and sees one about to fire. He runs and jumps in front of the blast being destroyed and sent back to Earth to get Sanne.
Naia is running around trying to posses another Mega Tank but Sora was firing arrows at her. "Look at you scurrying around like a rat! You're just a copy you know. Xana showed me the other copies. We even found the copy of Yumi Ishiyama. Poor thing is paralyzed from the waist down."
"I'm not a copy!" Naia dodges another arrow, barely.
"Yes you are. You are nothing more then a broken by product of the return the original warriors did." Sora creates a red arrow and fires at Naia. Naia dodges it but the arrow explodes destroying the ground she was on!
"Aaaa!" Naia starts to fall towards the Digital Sea. She reaches her hand up for anything to grab on to but misses. She closes her eyes begging anyone or anything to save her. She just wants to get back to the ground. When she opens her eyes she sees herself floating, slowly, back to the Forest Sector. "Whoa." She starts to drop again so she closes her eyes and concentrates. Soon the white mist that the others saw returns to the Forest Sector near a Mega Tank. She runs over and possesses it. She'll never see it coming. The Mega Tank charges a blast and fires at Sora.
"Ow, what was that?" She turns around and sees the last two Mega Tanks. Both are pointed at the Way Tower. "No, she fell, I saw her fall." Sora turns back to the others firing arrows at them.
Barack rushes back to the Control Room using the ladder. He goes over to the control panel and puts the headset on. "Dante, I did it. She's in the middle Scanner. Hurry she didn't look good."
"Ok." Dante ignores the shaking of the Tower as he follows Franz's directions. He nearly hits the wrong button when the Tower is hit again.
Careful! If my grand daughter dies I will kill you!
"Shut up Franz! I'm doing my best." Dante goes to continue when the screen flashes and Xana's symbol appears on the screen. "No, no! Franz help me he's going to take over the Tower!"
I can do nothing.
"She's going to die!"
I know.
"Damn it!" Dante tries to heal Sanne but Xana's corruption was taking the Tower. "No, please, not Sanne." Dante doesn't know what to do.
You are already in the Tower. Deactivate it.
"What about Sanne?"
She will live a few more minutes. Dante places his palm against the Tower and the screen changes.
"Tower deactivated." Dante stands and waits.
Outside Sora is having fun. "Dance for me!" Xana's symbol is in her eyes as she loses herself to the powers.
"Sora stop this!" Krieger throws his shield at her and she catches it.
"I love Frisbee!" Sora throws it back harder and faster than Krieger hitting him in the mid section.
Inside the Way Tower Dante can't wait any longer and activates the Way Tower again. "Ok, just have to finish it." Dante's fingers fly over the keys.
Outside of the Way Tower the Mega Tank Naia had possessed explodes. Sora is so busy "playing" with the others that she doesn't notice this. Naia runs over to the last Mega Tank and possesses it. It turns and fires at Sora.
"Hey! What are you doing!?" Sora points her Gothic Bow at the Mega Tank. "Fine Xana I'll stop playing with them." Sora assumes Xana was getting tired of her games and turns back to the others only to be hit by another Mega Tank Blast. "Damn it leave me alone!" Sora fires an arrow at the Mega Tank destroying it. She is amazed to see the white mist. "No, I killed you!"
"Not so much Sora." Naia runs going to attempt to posses Sora but Sora fires an arrow and hits her sending her back to Earth.
Dante is about to scan Sanne when an error comes up. Since Naia was sent through the middle Scanner she came out of it. "No, damn it!" Dante would have to start over again.
Naia kneels down next to Sanne. "Sanne, are you, are you," Naia can't tell if Sanne is dead or not. "I don't feel her breathing." Naia moves her hand from Sanne's mouth to her chest. "Wait, she's breathing. Hurry Dante." Naia stands up and crosses her fingers hoping for a miracle.
Skitz is flying over Sora with an invisible passenger. "If this works you better take her out." Skitz dives at Sora. When she gets close she jumps off. "Go back to Earth Sora!" Skitz swings her clubs at Sora. Sora uses her powers to move faster then any human and creates an arrow to skewer Skitz on. As Skitz devirtualizes Sora sees the empty Overboard.
"Too bad, so sad, life sucks, I know." Sora fires an arrow at the Overboard but it dodges it! "What the?" Sora is confused. Mira jumps off of the Overboard and Sora continues to watch the Overboard wondering how it dodged her attack. It isn't until Mira lands on Sora, takes her stealth off, and attacks that Sora knows what happened. With the Kodachi sticking out of her back Sora sparks with energy and destroys Mira. "That almost tickled." Sora laughs then goes after the remaining warriors.
Dante is ready to heal Sanne and hits the last button. "Please work, you have to work. I can't lose Sanne." Dante closes his eyes. If he were on Earth he'd be crying. "Barack, is Sanne there, is she ok?"
"She's standing up. I think she's ok. Send her to Lyoko so she can heal you." Dante does this and Sanne runs into the Tower.
"Dante, thank you." Sanne was sure she was dead, had died. She could see the white light, see past family members. It was like the time Xana had frozen her and she had been so close to death she was sure she had died. Sanne hugs Dante. "Send yourself back to Earth so I can heal you."
"Yes Sanne." Dante goes to the control panel and uses it so materialize himself back to Earth. As bad as he felt on Lyoko it was nothing compared to being on Earth. His insides felt like they were melting. His skin burned, his whole body sweated. He stands in the Scanner leaning against one side for support. Naia is there biting a nail worried about Dante. Soon the Scanner doors close and when they open…
"Barack, is he there?"
"Yes."
"Ok." Sanne sighs. "Thank you Franz."
I would do anything to save you.
"And I'll do everything it takes to find you and bring you back to Earth." Sanne goes down to the first platform and runs out seeing the fight between Sora and Krieger. Ark was lying on the ground hurt but not being sent back to Earth. "Ark what happened?" Sanne runs over to him and sees a green arrow sticking out of him. "What is this?"
"What the frak does it look like? She pinned me and said she had something planned for me." Ark tries to pull the arrow out but can't.
"Well, it doesn't matter we're all healed. Barack, have Dante materialize us." Sanne waits for a reply and a few seconds later she gets it in the form of materializing back to Earth.
At Kadic Academy the paramedics that had come for the sick students were working on three adults that seemed to collapse on the campus. Finally the oldest one starts to wake up. "Xana, no, leave them alone."
"Sir it's going to be ok." A medic is checking Jim's vitals.
"No it isn't. Xana's back."
"Sir you must have been dreaming. Just wait and…" A white bubble interrupts the medic.
Sanne and Krieger are hugging after a quick make out session. "I'm glad we're ok now Sanne." Sanne knew Krieger meant both physically and emotionally. "I don't know what I would do without you."
"Find another pretty girl. As good as you look you could have any of them." Sanne smiles.
"But you're the only one I want." Krieger kisses Sanne again.
At Central Academy things were not so going so well. "Naia I told you there is nothing physical or romantic between Sanne and I. She's a friend, someone I do love but that's because of all the things she's done for me."
"I'm sure I know some of the things she's done."
"No, well, we have kissed but that was to save me."
"Save you? Do you think I would buy such a stupid, stupid, that's not even an excuse!"
"No really Sanne that was…" Naia slaps Dante.
"What did you call me?!"
"I mean, Naia. My parents had possessed me and Sanne wanted to save me so she put her energy inside of me to force the evil out."
"She put something in you? Oh well then that makes all ok now doesn't it?" Naia is confused by what Dante is saying. "I was so scared for you. When I saw how you looked I was scared that Sanne wouldn't be as good as you but now I know I'm not as good as Sanne! Get out!"
"Naia it's not like that! I swear Naia Sanne and I are just friends and that's all we'll ever be! I like you a lot, I, I love you and I know what I would do for you. If I could I'd make it so Xana never hurt you again but the only way to do that is to beat Xana." Dante pleas with Naia hoping to get a response. "I'm sorry I have feelings for Sanne but I can't help it. She saved my life more than once. She freed me from the Tower, from Lyoko. She gives me her money to spend and taught me how to swim. She taught me how to act in the outside world so I wouldn't embarrass myself, much. But know whatever I feel for her don't compare to what I feel for you. You didn't have to talk to me, like me, be with me. You could have told me to go away when we first met but you didn't. Then when you found out about Xana, about me, you didn't run away. You decided to join us, to fight with us, to stay with me. Please Naia please listen to me!" Naia stares at Dante.
"You can take your please and give it to Sanne. I know I can't tell you not to see her since she is your friend but if I ever find out you two are doing something you will not like the answer. I wonder, if I possessed you, what could I have you do on Lyoko?" Naia smiles a little. "Make you dance like Sora made the others dance? Bet you would look cute dancing."
"I don't know how to dance. It was something Xana didn't teach me." Naia laughs.
"None of us are born knowing how to dance you have to learn! How about next weekend you take me out to a club and we dance?"
"I don't know where a club is." And Dante wasn't sure exactly what a club was. He knew several definitions of the word club and had an idea but wasn't positive. "But if you do we could go."
"Great, then it's a date." Naia kisses Dante lightly on the lips then gets serious. "But if I do find out you and Sanne are doing something I will not forgive you. You will want to be as far away from me as possible."
"I understand and trust me Naia I won't do anything with Sanne. If, if you see Sanne and I doing something then it is a Xana trick."
"It better be." Naia hugs Dante.
A/N This is a song turned attack. Although they really didn't go numb, just a mention from Sanne about how her mind tried to block the pain out by going numb. This is a Pink Floyd song, great band, great song. Next episode will be out on October 8th