Code Xana Episode 103: Speed of Sound
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 1-102
After three days of strange accidents Sanne is convinced she has been cursed. Her clothes ripping and shoes coming untied causing her to trip. Then food trays mysteriously sliding and dumping into her lap. Ark knew what was going on as he was the one doing it but Sanne was convinced she'd been cursed somehow by Naia. "Xana used mystic stuff before. Voodoo dolls and stuff why not Naia?"
"Because curses aren't real." Dante knew curses weren't real because that was magic and magic wasn't real. "It just seems like a lot of bad things are happening all at once."
"Because they are Dante. Just this morning I go to throw something away and I trip over nothing! Then before that the milk carton I was drinking out of bottom opened and milk spilt all over me. I'm telling you I'm cursed and Naia has something to do with it Dante."
"Naia, well, she doesn't really want to hurt you just annoy you so I guess a curse would make sense."
"Not hurt me? Last time she possessed a teacher to hit me with a belt! That really frakking hurt."
"Yes Sanne I'm sorry." Dante hugs her. "But you know magic isn't real. There must be a scientific explanation for all of this."
"I guess." Sanne hugs him back. "Thanks Dante."
"No thanks is needed Sanne I love you." Dante kisses her lightly on the lips. "If you aren't worried about the curse maybe we could go to the mall. I haven't eaten for awhile."
"That's right, sorry Dante. I kind of forget you're usually at the Control Room working on fixing Naia."
"I could use some chocolate." Dante smiles as he takes Sanne's hand in his. They get on the elevator and leave the Factory.
Ark is in the woods waiting for Naia. Soon a black mist appears and forms into Naia. "Hey Partner."
"Hello Partner." Naia smiles at Ark. "That was wonderful what you did to Sanne this morning but I have a juicy idea!"
"What's that Naia?"
"That tramp is about to go to the mall with Dante. Go there and find a way to humiliate her. She believes she is cursed. Maybe you could keep that going. I will attack once you humiliate her."
"Ok Partner." Naia turns into a black mist and disappears. "Hmmm, I'll go the fast way." Ark had been practicing on using his powers and soon turns into a black mist and disappears.
Sanne and Dante get to the mall and see Krieger. "Hey, Krieger." Sanne goes over to him. "What's up?"
"None of your business." Krieger is cold to Sanne. She knew he was still mad at her but they had been getting along better.
"I, well, if you're here alone you could come with Dante and I and uh, get something to eat." Sanne didn't like to see Krieger alone. She didn't like to see him in a bad mood. She knew it was her fault and wanted to make things better. "We're going to the food court."
"Who said I was alone?"
"Well I, who?"
"None of your business."
"What about Naia? She might attack her. You know that's how Naia, Barack, Mira, and Sora got involved."
"Naia isn't Xana. She won't attack her." Krieger turns his back on Sanne ending the conversation. Sanne goes back to Dante more worried about Krieger. Maybe Naia wasn't messing with them. Maybe Krieger knew Naia wouldn't attack his date because he was the new Knight.
"Dante we need to be careful about Krieger." Sanne looks back at him scared for and of him. She still loved him as more than a friend and didn't want to lose him to Naia. She keeps an eye on him as he walks away.
Krieger is in a bad mood after seeing Sanne and Dante and tells his new girlfriend that he wants to go back to Kadic Academy. They do splitting up once they get back to the school grounds.
Ark walks through the mall and finds Sanne and Dante. "Hmmm, this will be fun." He sneaks up close as they get on the escalator. Sanne had stopped wearing skirts since the third one mysteriously broke and went with jeans. Ark decides that Sanne would have an accident with the escalator. As Sanne and Dante get close to the top Ark sends energy out to pull on the leg of Sanne's pants. He pulls it down into the conveyor belt and when it gets to the top it gets caught.
"Hey, help!" Sanne struggles as her pants rip a little as the escalator moves and her pants get pulled into the small space at the top.
"Crap I didn't think of that." The jeans weren't ripping as well as Ark thought they would. He sends more energy and rips the pants himself exposing Sanne to the people at the mall. "Pink panties again? Does she wear the same pair or does she really only own pink panties?" Ark watches as Dante tries to cover Sanne up and other people point and laugh.
"I told you I was cursed!" Sanne runs away with Dante following. She doesn't stop until she gets to a sewer entrance and climbs down. Dante climbs down after her closing the sewer cover.
"There we go. Needed those two away from others." Naia activates a Tower in the Mountain Sector.
Sanne is still running down the sewers with Dante chasing behind her. Being away from anyone and even from outside makes it so they don't notice the attack that Naia launched.
Barack is taking a nap in his room. He never notices what is going on around him.
Krieger is working out in the gym when his new girlfriend shows up. "Hey, want some company?"
"Sure." Krieger does a sit up and sees his new girlfriend is already in her gym clothes. "And if I had said no?"
"I would have convinced you." His new girlfriend smiles as she goes over to him. He doesn't notice the attack.
Mira is in the sewers after Ark called her inviting her to the mall. He told her to make sure to take the sewers even though it was the weekend and they were allowed to leave through the gate. Being in the sewers she doesn't notice the attack as she was away from everyone.
Ark notices the attack though. He hears a whooshing noise then notices it is night. "That was strange." A black mist appears and forms into Naia. "Hey Partner what are you doing?"
"Just sped things up. Kind of boring I know but after all those returns they did for Xana awhile ago I think we need to go back to where we should be. Know what I mean Partner?"
"And they won't notice?"
"They are all away from others and unaffected by the attack. So until they come out from where they are they will not notice."
"And this annoys Sanne how?"
"Homework, tests, life missed."
"Oh crap if I get less then a B Average I'm being sent back home."
"Don't worry Partner I can't lose you." Naia waves her hand and a bunch of papers appear then disappear. "Your homework is done." Naia puts a hand on Ark's cheek. "I won't lose you Ark."
"Uh, ok." Ark is uncomfortable by the touching. "Um when we get to the point that we were before all those returns what will you do?"
"Distract them some more." Naia smiles evilly. "I loved what you did at the mall. Hilarious."
"I'm trying to catch a time she isn't wearing any underwear." Ark makes a little growling noise.
"That would be great! Let everyone know she is really is a natural pink haired girl."
"Yeah and you know I'm a guy what can I say? Seeing naked girls is my main mission."
"No your main mission is to annoy Sanne then your mission is to see naked girls." Naia and Ark laugh. "But to continue my attack," Naia snaps her fingers and time speeds up.
Mira gets to the end of the sewer passage near the mall and climbs out. "Ark, where are you?" She looks around. "He said he'd meet me here." Mira looks just in time to see time speed up on a clock in the middle of the parking lot. "That is just frakking weird. No, Naia!" Mira gets her Jcell out and calls Sanne who doesn't respond. Her Jcell and Jpocket were in her pants pockets back at the mall. She calls Ark who also doesn't answer. "Why won't anyone answer?" Time speeds up again as Mira tries Dante who ignores his phone as he continues chasing Sanne. She calls Krieger but he and his new girlfriend were, busy, in the gym. She calls Barack but he is still sleeping and doesn't answer. She calls Skitz as a last resort but she was busy with her new boyfriend and doesn't answer her phone. "Am I the only one left?" Time speeds up again and when it stops Mira hears a car horn blaring. She turns just in time to see a car going down the parking lot. Mira tries to get out of the way but is hit. "Aaaa!" She falls onto the ground and rolls onto her back.
Krieger is leaving the gym a few minutes later with his new girlfriend. "I told you not to leave hickies."
"You left them on me Krieger."
"Yeah but not on your neck." Krieger rubs his neck. "Not the kind of work out I expected."
"Yeah well it burnt calories." His girlfriend smiles and laughs a little. She reaches down for her phone to see what time it was when she notices someone called. "Hey, Mira called." She listens to the voice mail. "Naia's attacking!"
"Crap Skitz we better hurry." Krieger and his new girlfriend, Skitz Della Robbia, go off into the woods to use the sewer entrance.
Barack turns over in his bed but doesn't wake up from his nap as his Jcell rings and rings.
Sanne gets tired and has to stop. Dante catches up with her quickly. "Sanne why did you run away?"
"Did you not see all those people looking at me? I can't believe I'm this cursed! Those were my favorite pair of pants too." Sanne pouts.
"Sanne you could have stopped once you got into the sewers." Sanne shakes her head.
"No way. All those people, I was so embarrassed." Sanne blushes. "I told you I was cursed."
"It was an accident I'm sure it could have happened to anyone." Dante's phone rings. He takes his Jcell out and sees the text message. "Crap Naia's attacking. We have to go to the Factory."
"Not like this!" Sanne would not show up in her panties.
"Wear my pants I have boxers on underneath."
"But, that would look bad."
"We can't take the time to go to Kadic Academy and have you change. We need to hurry." Dante gets his pants off and gives them to Sanne who quickly gets them on and they head for the Factory.
Ark is at the Factory waiting for the first Lyoko Warrior to get there. Naia had sped time up to be where it should be after all of the returns they had done and now she had a new idea. Soon the sewer cover lifts and Ark gets ready for his act. "No, leave me alone!" A black mist forms around Ark to make it look like he was being possessed. Mira climbs out and sees him.
"No, Ark!" She runs over but when she gets close he smacks her away. "Ark, fight it!"
"I can't!" The black mist enters Ark. I don't want to hurt Mira. I'll let her go. "Mira, get away before I hurt you!"
"No Ark I won't let you get possessed." Mira gets up and goes towards Ark but he sparks with energy.
"I already have!" He grabs Mira and throws her near the Factory entrance. "Go, now!" Mira gets up and jumps swinging down to the Factory floor. She runs over to the elevator and gets on taking it down to the Control Room.
"Hurry guys we can't let Ark get hurt." Mira worries about Ark but he was fine. Better then fine.
"Well then just have to wait for Sanne or Dante." Ark stands and waits for Sanne or Dante to show up.
Sanne and Dante climb out of the sewers to see a black mist attacking Ark. "Help me!" Dante and Sanne run over to him. Perfect. Ark lashes out and hits Sanne knocking her away. Dante jumps on Ark.
"Get out of here Sanne!" Dante wraps his arms around Ark's neck choking him. "Hurry!"
"Yes Sanne hurry!" Ark sparks with energy and shocks Dante. Dante doesn't let go.
Krieger and Skitz climb out of the sewer and see Ark and Dante fighting. "Leave him alone!" From the looks of it it could be Dante fighting Ark or Ark fighting Dante and Krieger's prejudice towards Dante makes the choice for him.
"Krieger make sure Sanne gets to Lyoko!" Dante squeezes his arms tighter around Ark's neck trying to ignore the pain.
"Frak, we better get in." Skitz runs past Ark and Dante and goes into the Factory. Sanne and Krieger follow. They get on the elevator and as they take it down Sanne notices the marks on Krieger's neck.
"Oh, you uh, have a new girlfriend?"
"What's it to you?" Krieger's defensive answer hurts Sanne's feelings. She was just asking a question.
"Just wondering. Are you sure you want her dragged into this fight? Can you trust her?"
"We don't have to worry about that any more. This is Naia not Xana. Naia just wants to get back at you for what you did."
"I, well, ok. Just hope Naia sticks with that." Sanne looks Krieger over wondering if Naia really did have a playmate as she called them. Or it could be Skitz, right? Or Ark, or Barack. None of them were exactly fans of her and she could see any of them joining Naia to get back at her. Not like they were or would be joining Xana right? But it would still mean they were the enemy. Sanne isn't sure if it is safe to be around any of the other Lyoko Warriors, except Dante. The elevator doors open and the Warriors step out.
"About time you got here! Xana possessed Ark!"
"We know you guys go down so I can send you." The Lyoko Warriors get on the elevator and take it down to the Scanner Room. "Transfer Skitz, Transfer Mira, Transfer Krieger, Scanner Skitz, Scanner Mira, Scanner Krieger, and virtualization." They land on Lyoko in the Mountain Sector. "Ok, my turn." Sanne sends the vehicles then sets up the auto transfer hoping Dante would be ok. Ark had to be fighting the possession making it possible for Dante to get away, right?
Dante is running away from Ark. "Ark fight it!"
"I'm trying!" Not but this will be fun. "Keep running Dante or I'll kill you!" Well I won't but I'll have fun. Little bastard is with that tramp!
"This is bad." Dante didn't want to run into the city where people could be hurt or see Ark.
Sanne and the others are headed for the Tower. They are being cautious but trying to go fast at the same time. The new Mountain Sector was just a platform here, platform there, with large empty spaces in between. If they weren't careful they'd take a dip in the Digital Sea. "The Tower is this way but we have to be careful." Sanne looks around for monsters.
"Tell us something we don't know." Skitz is annoyed. She didn't want to keep going to Lyoko. But she wasn't going to appear weak. She hated Sanne and Dante. She didn't like that Barack not once stopped going to Lyoko. All she had on her side was her brother and Krieger her new boyfriend.
"The algorithm of the nexus node mixed with the tangent of the stasis program is how the program files work." Sanne tries to make a joke to get Skitz to laugh but Skitz doesn't laugh.
Dante runs into the woods with Ark right behind him. Ark is using his powers to float in the air and send energy bolts at Dante. He doesn't want to hit him just scare him. "Come on Dante!"
"Ark stop this!" Dante feels the heat from an energy bolt as it barely misses his head. Dante ducks and a bolt barely misses him again.
"Run!" Ark laughs insanely. He was having a lot of fun and though he didn't know it he was losing himself to the energies corruption. "Give me a harder target to fire at!" Ark sends more energy bolts at Dante.
On Lyoko the Tower can be seen but no monsters. "At least we don't have to worry about those Snakes." Mira hated snakes and the Snake monsters scared her to death. Being attacked like last time and carried off had given her nightmares. "What's that?" She points at a rock near the activated Tower.
"I'm not sure." Sanne starts to focus on her energy. If Naia was going to have any nasty surprises she wanted to be ready for them.
"That's no rock that's a monster!" Krieger gets his shield out just in time. He saw the glow of a laser being charged and blocks it after it was fired. "She's trying to trick us!" The new monster seems to grow legs and fires more lasers at Krieger. "Sanne stay back!" Another rock on another platform moves and fires lasers at Sanne. She dodges them.
"I think we might be surrounded!" Skitz blocks lasers with her clubs as two more rocks turn out to be monsters hiding.
"Maybe," Sanne dodges more lasers as another rock turns out to be a monster. "Get down on the platform! We can't risk a vehicle getting hit!" Sanne dives for the platform that the activated Tower was on. The rocket boots couldn't be hit but the other vehicles were in peril.
"Whoa!" Krieger is hit in the leg by a laser. "Man they burn. Been so long since I've been hit." Krieger dives for the monster on the platform with the activated Tower. He jumps off of the Overbike and it crashes into the monster destroying it. "Sanne hurry!" Krieger blocks lasers with his shield hoping to distract the monsters from Sanne. "Before she sends more!"
"Trying!" When Sanne got close to the activated Tower lasers would keep her out. "I need help!" Sanne fires energy beams at a monster but she is so far away it has plenty of time to dodge it.
"Super Leap!" Krieger leaps off of the platform and lands on a different one. Two of the new monsters are on it and fire lasers at him. Krieger uses his shield to block lasers and runs towards them. "Super Leap!" He leaps towards one monster slamming his shield into it. He didn't see an Eye on it so wasn't sure where to slash with his sword. The second monster fires a laser and him and hits him in the back. "Damn it that burns." Krieger uses his sword to block the next laser. The first monster fires at him but his shield blocks it.
"If he has them I'll get this one." Skitz runs over and blocks laser from a monster on a different platform. "Now try it Sanne!"
"Ok." Sanne goes for the Tower.
Ark hits Dante in the knees. The energies corruption had gone to his brain. "Goodbye everybody you've got to go. Got to leave them all behind to face the truth." Ark raises his hand and charges energy into it.
"No, Ark, fight it!" Dante tries to crawl away unable to stand up. "Don't do this Ark!"
"Too late!"
"Tower deactivated." The screens fall around Sanne. "I hope I was in time." Sanne sends her friends back to Earth.
"Ark?" Dante was stunned. Ark had been ready to kill him then froze in place. Dante crawls over to him and pushes on his leg causing Ark to fall over. "This isn't good." Energy sparks out around Ark's body but he doesn't move. Dante nearly screams when his phone rings. "Sanne?"
"Are you ok Dante?"
"No. Ark got me at the knees I can't stand up and whatever Naia did to posses Ark like froze him. He's not moving or anything."
"Ok, I'll launch a return." Sanne goes to do the keystrokes when Naia comes out of the monitor and attacks her!
"Not so fast!" Naia pins Sanne to the floor. "I didn't speed time up just so you could send us back in time!" Naia sends energy into Sanne.
"Aaaa!"
"Leave her alone!" Krieger goes to attack Naia but is shocked by her energy and pushed away.
"Let's send you on a trip Sanne!" Naia starts to laugh as she sends more energy into Sanne causing her more pain. Sanne feels herself slipping away as the room goes black.
"Aaaa!" Sanne sits up in bed. She looks around in a panic. "No, wait, Naia?" Sanne looks at the clock it was really late. "How did I get here?" Sanne rubs her eyes trying to wake up when she feels a weight on her bed. "Huh?"
"You ok babe?" It was Skitz Della Robbia. "Another nightmare huh? Its ok babe I'm here." Skitz hugs Sanne.
"But, I, I'm back." Sanne realizes that Naia sent her to the other world. A world where Skitz didn't hate her. No one here hated her. No one here might be a traitor who joined Naia. Of course here Naia wasn't in the group or anything. Xana was still alive and active…