Code Xana Episode 90: The Loss of a Warrior
Author: James the Lesser/The Bunnyman
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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 1-89
Sanne wakes up on the floor of the Control Room. She opens her eyes and sees Krieger standing over her. "Krieger? I, he must not have been able to posses me." Sanne sits up and feels stiff.
"You're awake!" Krieger hugs her.
"I'm sorry Krieger. I, I released Xana. We have to stop him."
"Sanne that was months ago and we are trying to stop him."
"What? No, I just tried to. He came out and attacked me but he must not have been able to posses me."
"Sanne you were attacked on Lyoko. The Schipizoa had you but, then," Krieger closes his eyes. "Sora saved you."
"What?" Sanne's head is spinning. "Sora, she, no. You're dating Maria after you broke up with Sora."
"Maria? Sanne what are you talking about?" Krieger kisses Sanne hard on the mouth. "Are you okay? We tried taking care of you. Had Skitz or Mira clean you when you uh, you know." Krieger blushes a little.
"Am I okay? Krieger I was in a plane accident then I released Xana to get Dante free."
"Plane accident? What are you talking about?"
"But, Krieger, what day is it?"
"January twenty fourth. Why?"
"Then, I, I was dreaming then." Sanne shakes her head. "Or am I dreaming here again?"
"Sanne you were out for three days."
"What? But, Jim and the others, what do they think?"
"Well, we faked your kidnapping."
"Ok." Sanne is a little slow to understand what is going on. "Wait, you said Sora saved me?"
"Yes."
"But, Xana would kill her if she disobeyed him." Krieger nods and looks across the room. Sanne looks and sees Sora lying peacefully on the floor. "No, he, she, is she dead?"
"Yes." Krieger stands up. "Sanne can you stand up?" Sanne gets up slowly. They walk over to Sora's body. Sanne sees Sora is smiling.
"Why is she smiling?"
"She told us, before Xana killed her. She said she saw how she would die when she fought Death. She knew this was when she would die and she sacrificed herself to save you."
"She died for me?" Sanne kneels down next to Sora's body. "Her body is warm. And there isn't any smell. Did you embalm her? I mean, shouldn't she be decomposing by now?"
"We don't know. She just came out of the Scanner with a smile on her face. Then you fell out and wouldn't move. We thought you were dead to but you were still breathing."
"What are we going to do? Did you tell our parents yet?"
"No." This surprises Sanne.
"But, she, she died."
"I know but we decided that we can't tell our parents. We didn't take you to the hospital because they would ask what happened. We've been taking care of you but were getting worried."
"Three days. And Sora is dead. What do we do?" Sanne starts to panic. "She's dead we can't just walk up with a dead body!"
"I know and Skitz figured it out. We were just waiting for you to wake up." Krieger kneels down next to Sanne and Sora's body. He explains Skitz's plan and Sanne agrees.
"We need to call the others. Where is Dante?"
"He, we don't know."
"What? But, how can you not know?"
"He ran off. We called him but he wouldn't answer his phone."
"I'll call him." Sanne reaches for her phone and finds it isn't there. "Where's my phone?"
"On a charger at your dorm room. I'll call Skitz and make sure she brings it here." Sanne thinks about Skitz and what she had done with her. No, she hadn't done anything with her that was a dream, or this was. She wasn't sure. Sanne thinks about that world and starts to cry. She had no idea which world was better. No Xana but no friends or Xana and… She had lost two friends. She lost Naia and now she lost Sora. But here she had her friends and the men she loved. Sanne starts to cry as Krieger calls Skitz and the others.
Soon the others make it to the Factory. After many hugs the group has to deal with Sora. "Well, we can say she was kidnapped with you and then like, send her to prove they are serious."
"Serious about what?" Ark didn't like the plan.
"About the ransom for Sanne. We already demanded fifty million dollars. Sorry Sanne but we had to make it look legit. Your dad hasn't paid it yet. He knows if he pays they'll probably ask for more."
"But, we, what if he takes me home because of this?"
"Oh." The others look at each other. "Um, we could, uh, I don't know." Skitz hadn't thought of this.
"We could just launch returns until we get to three days ago." Mira's suggestion was the best she had.
"And we'd still have a dead Sora."
"We could uh, plant drugs on her. Make it look like an overdose." Sanne glares at Skitz.
"We won't do that! Sora died to save me! She remained Xana's slave until that moment so she could die for me! She knew she was going to die and she faced it like a frakking, frakking, like someone who I will respect and never be able to live up to! I'll never be able to repay her for this! I will not let you or anyone else dirty her name like that!"
"I'm sorry you don't need to yell at me. It was just a suggestion." Skitz backs away from Sanne who looks like she is ready to hurt her.
"Then what do we do? I, I want her to have a proper burial." Krieger looks over at Sora. "I owe her Sanne's life. I'll never forget her. She staid Xana's slave for weeks knowing that she was going to die. I don't know if I could have done that." Krieger stares at Skitz mad at her for her suggestion.
"Because of her we're still alive." Ark stares at his sister. "Because of Sora we weren't killed, our parents weren't killed. We need to find a way for the world to know what a great person she was."
"But how?" Mira looks over at Sora. "I mean she's dead what can we do now? She can't exactly run into a burning building and save a baby." Mira tries not to tear up. The whole group had cried when they found Sora was dead. Well, except Skitz. Skitz seemed hardened and wouldn't even look at Sora.
"We, well, we can't make it look like suicide either." Barack is upset with what Skitz had said and was trying to think of a better idea.
"Well, I, frak it." Sanne goes over to the computer chair and sits down. "Return to the past now!" The white bubble comes up returning the group to four days before.
"Whoa." Skitz finds herself in her room with a Jazz joint. "Hey, cool. I need one after all of that." She slowly takes a drag off not remembering what happened that night. How she just barely finished the joint before Sanne came in with a hickie on her neck. She takes her time with the Jazz enjoying the buzz she was building when the door slams opens.
"Crap Skitz I need some makeup…" Sanne sees Skitz with half a Jazz joint in her mouth. "What the Frak are you doing!?"
"Sanne I, its, not what it looks like!" Skitz puts the Jazz joint out. "Look I, I needed one after uh, what happened and I…" Sanne smacks her.
"I told you if you didn't stop I was going to tell Jim!"
"You can't!" Skitz gets off of her bed. "If you do that I'll be sent home! You need me!"
"We do need you but we can't be letting you go to Lyoko high!" Sanne goes to the door to leave when Skitz attacks her from behind.
"I won't let you!"
"Let me go Skitz! I gave you a chance but you and Barack haven't stopped! I have to tell Jim!"
"Barack stopped!" The two wrestle with each other. "He doesn't know I'm smoking still!" Skitz nearly gets Sanne pinned when Sanne grabs a book and hits Skitz with it. Sanne is able to push Skitz off and get to the door. She runs out of the room and runs for the teacher's dorm. She knew only three teachers staid on campus and Jim was one of them even though he lived close by. "Get back here!" Skitz runs after Sanne not caring she was in just her underwear and bra.
Dante is in the Control Room unsure of what happened. Sanne wasn't there, neither was Sora. "Maybe she died and they tried to bring her back. They know that wouldn't work." Dante sighs. "Sanne, please, don't be dead." As Dante gets his phone it rings. "Hello?"
"Dante, Sanne's alive. She launched the return, please don't run away." It was Krieger.
"I, ok. What about Sora?"
"She was dead before she'll be dead again."
"I, I know that. Where is she?"
"In her dorm room I think. Her roommate will find her in the morning."
"Where's Sanne?"
"I just saw her running outside with Skitz chasing after her. I'm not sure what's going on."
"I was on Lyoko and there were no pulsations."
"Then maybe they are fighting." Krieger knew everyone in the group was sending hatred at Skitz after she suggested making Sora look like a drug overdose. "I, Dante are you ok? Why did you run away?"
"I don't want to talk about it with you." Dante hangs up on Krieger. Krieger wouldn't understand that Dante thought the woman he loved was dead. He lost Naia and thought he had lost Sanne. But Sanne was alive. She was awake.
Sanne runs into the teacher's dorms and finds Jim's room. She throws the door open and sees Jim, with Samantha. "Aaaa!" Samantha falls off of Jim and reaches for a blanket. "Sanne what are you doing!?" Samantha covers herself up as Jim tries to grab the other end of the sheet.
"I, ow!" Sanne is attacked by Skitz from behind.
"Don't you tell them!"
"Let her go!" Samantha wraps the blanket around herself and gets off of the bed. Jim grabs a sheet and covers up. Samantha goes over and grabs Skitz by the hair. "What are you two doing!?"
"Skitz was doing drugs!" Sanne gets away from Skitz before she can attack her again. "She was smoking Jazz!"
"I, so were you!" Sanne can't believe Skitz would say this.
"No I wasn't! I walked into our room and you were smoking Jazz!" Sanne clenches her hand into a fist wanting to hit Skitz.
"You were off of school grounds after hours with a boy! Look at that hickie on her neck!"
"Little lady I can smell it on you!" Samantha shakes Skitz by her hair. "Sanne were you doing it with her?"
"No! Do you think I would come running here if I was? I, I caught Skitz before but she said she would quit. She didn't so I had to be tough. I'm sorry Skitz but drugs are bad for you I don't want you to become a musician!"
"Traitor! Dirty traitor! I didn't tell Krieger about you and Dante! Now I will!" Skitz struggles but Samantha won't let her hair go.
"Whatever Sanne was doing, off campus, will be punished. Right Jim?" He nods. "But drugs, Skitz, you know your parents are loose with rules but drugs are something they would never let you do."
"Let me go!"
"No." Samantha turns to Jim. "Call Odd and Sandra. It should still be early in the states."
"Ok." Jim finds his pants and gets his Jcell out. He calls Odd and Sandra telling them the news.
"Jim, get dressed." Jim does using the sheet to cover up until he was clothed. "Take her so I can get dressed." Jim grabs Skitz by her arms and Samantha gets her clothes. Not caring about being seen she changes without covering up with the blanket.
"I'll get you for this Sanne! I'll tell Krieger what you were doing with Dante!" Skitz struggles but is soon being led back to the dorm building.
"There it is." Samantha picks up the Jazz joint. "Skitz what were you thinking? Do you know how bad this is?"
"It made me feel better! You have no idea what I've been dealing with!" Skitz looks at Sanne. Sanne is afraid that Skitz will tell the adults about Xana. "Having to be in the middle of Sanne and her boyfriends! Having to listen to her complain about how she doesn't know who she wants to keep frakking!"
"I've never done that with Dante!"
"And Krieger?" Samantha's voice is cold as she says this. "Sanne, you may be going home to."
"No, not Krieger." Sanne lies. "I was off campus tonight but I wasn't doing drugs and I haven't done, that."
"Detention will be coming for you. But as for you," Samantha looks at Skitz. "Your parents are coming over right now. We'll let you pack your stuff and wait at the Hermitage for them."
"You can't do this! They need me! You can't tear me away from Barack!" Skitz's screaming wakes others up. Mira, concerned about the screaming leaves her room and goes down the hall to see Samantha and Jim with Skitz and Sanne.
"What's going on?" Mira yawns.
"Uh, whatever your name is go back to bed." Samantha doesn't recognize Mira and thinks it is just a curious student.
"Mira." Jim recognizes her. "I, go and get Ark. Get regular clothes on first ok?" Mira nods then goes back to her room to change. A few minutes later she goes up to the boys' dorm floor and wakes Ark and Krieger.
"Good, I can tell Krieger about what you've been doing with Dante face to face." Skitz's smile scares Sanne. It reminds her of Sora's when, the thought of Sora makes Sanne's eyes tear up.
"Skitz, you're coming with me. I want to talk to you alone." Samantha takes Skitz from Jim and nearly drags her to the girls' shower room. A minute later Ark, Krieger, and Mira come down.
"What's going on?" Ark yawns.
"Skitz is going home." Jim shakes his head in disappointment. "She was doing drugs. Did you know?"
"What? She'd never do drugs!" Ark looks at Sanne expecting to see her mouth Xana.
"She would and has." Jim shows the Jazz joint. "Sanne caught her."
"What, but, Sanne why would you tell on her?" Ark feels mad at Sanne. "What is wrong with you?"
"Ark you don't understand. I, I caught Skitz before and she said she would quit. But she didn't and we can't be letting her do drugs."
"But she's going home!"
"I know Ark I'm sorry but would you rather she kept doing drugs and become a musician?"
"No but we need her." Sanne understands what he means.
"We need a clean Skitz more." Sanne goes over and hugs Ark. "I'm sorry. I didn't want to do this," She lowers her voice and whispers in his ear. "We can't have her on Lyoko high out of her mind. She might have been when we lost Sora." Sanne lets Ark go.
"Krieger, Mira, go back to bed." Jim looks at Krieger wondering if he should let Skitz tell Krieger about some Dante boy. So far Krieger didn't seem to notice the hickie on Sanne's neck being too tired to look.
"I, ok." Krieger turns around and walks down the hall to the stair cases. He stops outside of Sora's room. He quietly goes in and checks on Sora. She was still dead. Mira goes back to her room as Samantha leads Skitz out of the bathroom.
"Sanne, we need a talk." Samantha's tone of voice and look scares Sanne. "Now." Samantha gives Skitz back to Jim then leads Sanne to the girls' shower room. "What do you think you're doing?"
"I, I'm doing the responsible thing."
"No, with Krieger and this Dante boy? I never thought you would do such a thing Sanne."
"You don't understand, I barely do. I love Krieger I really do but I love Dante to. I love them both its not like I'm just picking up random guys. I love them both and I'm confused about what to do. I, I talked to Skitz about it but I know now her judgment hasn't been very good."
"No it hasn't. And neither has yours. Sex at your age what do you think Jeremie and Aelita would say if they knew?"
"I, I'm not," Samantha clears her throat. "Ok Krieger and I have, done that. But we aren't like, every day. The first time was special and the next time was to. We, we only do that when it's special."
"So you have sex because it's special? Sanne that's not something you should be doing at your age."
"We don't have sex. We, we make love. I got the shot so I'm safe. Krieger loves me and I love him."
"What about this Dante boy?"
"I've never had sex, made love with him. We kiss and stuff but not that. I, I love him but he, it's so hard to explain."
"I've been alive for decades Sanne I doubt it could be anything I haven't heard before."
"I, well," Sanne sighs. She starts to explain what is going on, editing where she needed to. "Please don't tell my mom and dad. I, I know I'm young, we're young. But I love Krieger and he's the only one I've been with. The only one I will be with." Sanne hugs Samantha. "I'm not stupid or irresponsible. I'm not a stupid girl, I'm not Skitz. Please don't tell my mom and dad."
"Sanne I have to, as a grandmother. I have to tell your mother." Samantha smiles down at Sanne. "She will understand I'm sure if I tell her what you told me. But Sanne I don't like you going between two boys. What will you do if Krieger finds out?" Sanne shrugs her shoulders.
"I don't know. He will find out because I will tell him. I swear I will but I can't, yet. I don't know what I want, who I want. I want both but I know I can't have both and I'll have to choose sooner or later."
"Yes you will. I hope you choose wisely. I am sure Krieger loves you and will be hurt if you break up with him for this other boy."
"I, I know but you don't know Dante. He loves me. He, he has done so much for me and I, I can't tell you all of it."
"Well Sanne go back to your room. I'm sure you'll serve detention for leaving campus after hours but Skitz, well, she'll be going home. I'm very proud of you because of that Sanne. I doubt your parents or their friends would have done the same when they went to school here. But you love Skitz enough to not want her to ruin her health and life with drugs." Samantha kisses Sanne on the forehead then leads her out of the girls' shower room.
The next morning Sanne and the others go to the Hermitage. Odd and Sandra were there already and wanted to give the kids a chance to say goodbye to Skitz. Skitz however had other ideas. "Krieger! Sanne's a slut! She's frakking Dante! Look at that mark on her neck!" Skitz points but there is no mark. Sanne had used the Scanners to heal herself after she was supposed to go to bed, including the hickie. Dante almost gave her another one afterwards but Sanne was able to stop him before he did. "She's wearing makeup!"
"No I'm not. Krieger come here." Krieger goes over to Sanne.
"Sanne I don't believe her."
"I know you don't but just to show the others." Sanne grabs Krieger's wrist and puts it on her neck. He rubs it and no makeup comes off. "See?"
"She, she, it was there! Samantha, Jim, you saw it! Tell him!"
"I don't know what you're talking about Skitz." Samantha looks over at Jim to keep him quiet. "It might have been something you saw while on Jazz."
"No! I swear! Krieger, she's been doing things with Dante!"
"Skitz stop this." Ark is about to cry. "Why do you have to act like this? I, I love you sis but you're doing drugs. How could you!?"
"Shut up Ark!"
"Skitz stop that right now." Sandra is firm with her daughter. "We're sorry for any trouble she's caused. We'll take her home and make sure she gets some treatment. Our own daughter a musician."
"I'm not addicted!"
"Skitz it doesn't matter. You're doing drugs we can't allow that." Odd sighs. "Skitz we aren't mad we're just disappointed." Ark shudders. He never thought he'd have to say something his parents had said to him.
"Skitz, I, I quit why didn't you?" Barack goes to hug Skitz but she pushes him away. "Skitz, I, I love you."
"Shut the hell up Barack!" Skitz is in a rage. "I hate you, all of you! Sanne you betrayed me and Krieger!"
"I didn't betray you. I told you what I would do if you kept doing drugs." Sanne shakes her head. "I'm sorry I didn't tell Jim earlier."
"You bitch!" Skitz spits at Sanne. "I kept your secret! You should have kept mine!"
"You didn't have a secret to keep. You said you'd stop and you didn't." Sanne looks away from Skitz. "Krieger, I, please." Sanne walks away and Krieger follows her as Skitz continues to scream.
A/N Ok, no Lyoko action, no Xana action. Is this the real world or is that other one real? How will she handle fighting in two different worlds? Find out as The Other Code Xana Episode 1: The Beginning comes out. May not be any time soon.
So, next episode on Nov. 7, also please read and review my original on Fictionpress DOT com under young adult, over 20,000 words T, In Progress, and Drama.