Code Xana Episode 105: Harder Better Faster Stronger
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 1-104
After Ark told Barack about his sister and Krieger Barack was angry at Krieger and Skitz. He had hoped to get Skitz back but if she was dating an old friend he knew it was pretty much through.
Sanne also now knew of the two and didn't know what to feel. She felt bad for Barack and was a little depressed about Krieger. She still had feelings for him even though she was with Dante.
Skitz and Krieger didn't care. They had been betrayed or felt like they had been betrayed by the one they loved. They might not love each other but they hated the others around them. The farther they pushed themselves away from the others the more worried the others got. One of them might already be the traitor and if one was the other wouldn't be far behind. And if neither was the traitor they could be joining the traitor and be Knights for Naia.
Naia loved all of this. She decides now was the perfect time to make the deal again. She waits for Krieger and Skitz to be alone before appearing. "Hey Skitz, Krieger, how are we today?"
"Naia!" The two pull away from each other and back away from Naia. "What do you want?" Krieger gets into a fighting stance.
"Not to fight you of course. Why would I fight with someone who hates Sanne as much as I do?"
"You still attack us." Skitz remembered the last one well.
"That was a wide spread attack. I was not focusing on you. Neither of you were hurt right?"
"No."
"Then why worry?"
"Because you're being corrupted. Why are you here?" Krieger relaxes a little believing Naia.
"To offer you the same deal as before. Power for annoying Sanne. Very simple. One of you has already accepted this deal and has done well. They will not be like Sora and neither will you."
"I'm sorry but I don't trust you that much." Krieger gets back into a fighting stance waiting for an angry Naia to attack.
"Skitz?"
"I, no. I mean, well, no."
"Very well. Just know you can come to me any time you want and join me as equals. Not like what you are to Sanne. Little people not the children of a billionaire. Not part of the upper class privilege. With me you would be an equal with as much voice and power as me." Naia turns into a black mist and disappears from the woods leaving the two teens alone.
"Wow." Krieger relaxes again. "I, its tempting isn't it?" He looks over at Skitz and sees the look on her face. "Not that I would, would you?"
"I don't know. After what Sanne did to me I thought I'd be willing to do anything to get back at her but join Naia? Too risky. Be our luck Xana is hiding in her and once he gets a few Knights come out and take over the world."
"Yeah, exactly." Naia's offer seemed a lot less tempting when Skitz put it the way she did. "Well want to go do something?"
"We can do what I want right here." Skitz starts to kiss Krieger.
Sanne and Dante are working on a way to fix Naia. They have an idea but it was risky. As they work they have to turn some programs, like the Super Scan, off for more resources. Naia detects this and decides to see just what humans would do if they had power like she had. She used it to annoy Sanne and hurt Sanne and get back at Sanne. What would other people use it for? She activated a Tower and sends out multiple Ghosts. She sends them to a power plant and uses the power from there to power up her Ghosts and create more Ghosts.
As humans realize they have power they of course abuse it. Soon looting begins and rioting starts. People are able to break through bullet proof glass like nothing. People pick up a TV in one hand and a sofa in the other then run down the street. "Exactly as I thought. Adults are horrible people. Look at those teens they aren't doing anything bad." Naia watches a group of teens using their powers to play an incredible game of basketball. Teens under two meters tall doing dunks, flipping in mid air for amazing shots. "And of course I use it to do stuff like this." Naia continues watching the city of Paris as it riots and loots.
Sanne and Dante are completely oblivious to what is going on. In the Control Room they are cut off from the rest of the world. Ark however gets a warning from his partner in annoying Sanne. A black mist forms in Ark's dorm room and forms into Naia. "Ark, I have started play time."
"What are you doing?"
"I gave a lot of people power to see what they would do with it. As expected the adults are fools and the teens like us have fun."
"Well, Sanne hasn't called yet."
"She turned the Super Scan off while doing work on the Super Computer. If I were you I'd tell Mira you heard it on your radio about a riot and assumed it was I. This way she does not get hurt."
"Ok Partner." Ark turns into a black mist and disappears from his room. Naia turns into a black mist and disappears from his dorm room.
Mira hears the yelling and fighting outside of the Kadic Academy walls and starts to worry. She gets her Jcell out and is about to call Ark when she hears another noise. She turns around and sees Ark running down the path towards her. "Perfect timing." Mira puts her Jcell away.
"Mira! I just heard on the radio that the city is rioting. I, I think it might be Xana." Ark acts like he is out of breath. "I mean uh, Naia, you know what I mean."
"Did Sanne call?"
"No, she, said she would be working on the, Super Computer." Ark takes deep breaths.
"So?"
"I think that, means she turns, the Super Scan off."
"Oh. Well, we better hurry." The sound of glass smashing can be heard over the wall of the school campus.
"Exactly what I was thinking." The two run away from the wall into the woods headed for the sewer entrance in the woods.
Krieger is messing around with Skitz when they hear footsteps. By the time Skitz has her shirt back on Ark and Mira come running out of the woods and see them. "Hey what are you doing with my sister!?"
"Ark go away." Skitz didn't want to fight with her brother again.
"We're on our way to the sewer entrance because Naia is attacking." Mira tries to keep Ark from saying anything else. "So um, hurry." Mira runs past the two and Ark follows.
"I guess we better go." Krieger gets off of the ground and Skitz notices something and smiles.
"You might want to wait." Skitz puts her hand on Krieger's lap. "For that to go away or Ark might go for it."
"Naia attacking will deal with that." Krieger pulls away from Skitz feeling uncomfortable after being caught by Ark. "We better hurry. Who knows what Naia is doing."
"Fine." Skitz and Krieger run after Ark and Mira.
Barack is in the library doing homework. He still had a lot to do and unlike the others had no help. He was alone now. He got into the group because of Skitz but now she was with Krieger and he was so alone. He doesn't even notice the lamp sparking and a black mist coming out forming into Naia until she speaks. "Hey, Barack turn around." He does and sees her.
"What the hell do you want?"
"To help you." Naia waves her hand and energy comes out. It appears to attack his homework and school books.
"What are you doing!? I'm not even half done!"
"Now you are completely done." The homework papers form into a neat pile. "See what you could do? All of your homework is done now. I am sorry my attempts at annoying Sanne made you so aggravated."
"If you left us alone everything would be ok."
"No it wouldn't. Skitz did not leave you because of me she left you because of Sanne. It's her fault that you're so alone. Well so am I. She stole Dante from me." Naia appears to have tears forming in her eyes. "She stole the man I loved from me! She did it with no care for what I felt! And now Skitz left you because of her! If she had stuck with Krieger he could not be frakking her! If Sanne had stuck with Krieger she never would have sent Skitz back to America to keep her quiet!" The tears form and start to flow down her cheeks. "I loved Dante and that tramp confused him! I wanted nothing more then to be heard by him but she distracted him so much he couldn't! I love him still but she won't let him go!" Naia puts her face in her hands as she starts to cry. Barack is stunned by this display of emotions.
"I, I never, I mean…" Barack doesn't know what to say. "I'm sorry Naia but I can't help you."
"No, you can't. Enjoy my gift." Naia turns into a black mist still crying.
Sanne and Dante are surprised when the elevator starts to run. "What's going on? Did something happen?" Sanne checks her phone and sees no missed calls.
"We're about to find out." The elevator doors open and four Lyoko Warriors step off. "What are you doing here?"
"Naia's attacking!" Ark tries to sound hurried. "How could you two not know? I heard on the radio about a riot and it has to be Naia."
"What? Frak, one second." Sanne pauses a program and brings up the Super Scan program. A minute later it finds an activated Tower in the Desert Sector. "You guys were right. Go down to the Scanner Room and I'll send you."
"No I'll do it." Dante didn't want Sanne alone on Earth. She was Naia's target for obvious reasons. Sanne and Dante switch places in the computer chair and Sanne hurries over to the elevator. She takes it down with the others to the Scanner Room then get out.
"We're ready Dante." Sanne steps into the middle Scanner.
"Transfer Krieger, Transfer Sanne, Transfer Skitz, Scanner Krieger, Scanner Sanne, Scanner Skitz, and virtualization." They land on Lyoko in the Desert Sector. "Transfer Mira, Transfer Ark, Scanner Mira, Scanner Ark, and virtualization." They land near the others. "I'll just wait for Barack."
"Uh, you might want to call him." Mira had completely forgotten about him. "We didn't call him."
"He's been forgotten a lot lately hasn't he?" Dante turns to see Naia floating in the air. "He doesn't like that I'm sure." Naia snaps her fingers and a few seconds later a black mist appears before forming into Barack.
"Whoa, what the, huh?" Barack was stunned by what had just happened. "What's going on?"
"They forgot you again. I remembered you though. Have fun on Lyoko Barack, Dante." Naia turns into a black mist then disappears preparing her defense of the activated Tower.
"I guess I'm going."
"I'll set up the auto transfer. I didn't forget you I just thought someone else had already informed you of the attack."
"Its ok Dante I don't know if going to Lyoko is such a good thing." Barack would have to be close to Skitz and Krieger and of course being fired at by monsters wasn't a good thing.
"We need you." Dante sends the vehicles then sets up the auto transfer and hurries with Barack down the ladder to the Scanner Room. They get in the Scanners seconds before the doors close and send them to Lyoko. "We head south from here. We have to be careful though. We don't know what Naia will do or if her, playmate, will turn on us."
"If she even has one." Ark gets on his disc and takes off for the activated Tower. The others get on their vehicles, except Barack. He was going to get on the Overboard with Skitz.
"Who do I ride with?" Mira and Dante were on the Overwing since Ark took off without Mira.
"Barack, I," Sanne doesn't know. "Think you can handle the rocket boots? I'll ride with uh, Krieger?"
"I don't care Sanne get on if you want." Krieger is lying. He did care but he just wants to get going.
"I'll try it." Barack goes over to Sanne who gives him the rocket boots. She gives him a quick explanation of how to use them then goes over to Krieger. She gets on the back of the Overbike.
"Let's go!" The group takes off after Ark who already had a substantial lead.
The riot spreads and Naia gets worried. Humans being human were corrupt already without Naia's influence. "Frak this is bad. Hmmm, but how to do it in a way to annoy Sanne?" Naia smiles evilly. "Yes, that will be fun." Naia goes back to Lyoko leaving the rioting and fighting on Earth.
As the Lyoko Warriors get close to the activated Tower Naia decides to reveal a new monster. "What the heck is that?" Ark gets his spear out as the new monster virtualizes onto Lyoko.
"Um, looks like, what were they called," Sanne tries to think of what the animal was. "They went extinct a few years ago. My dad brought them back though for his Extinction Park and stuff."
"Rhinoceros." Krieger gets his sword and shield out. "I wonder what it will do." Krieger slows down on the Overbike not wanting to get to close.
The new monster looks at the Lyoko Warriors waving its large horn. The Eye on its forehead glows. It charges for Krieger and Sanne who were the closest. Its speed is amazing for its size.
"Whoa!" Krieger revs the engine and turns away from the monster. It charger by and continues for Dante and Mira on the Overwing. Dante takes off into the air and the monster charges underneath them.
"This should be easy." Barack fires lasers at the Rhino Monster. He doesn't hit the Eye but with every hit he and the others notice something.
"What the hell?" Skitz dives on the Overboard and when she gets close swings her clubs at the Rhino monster. She misses the Eye but hits the horn. "Is it shrinking?" With every hit the Rhino monster seemed to get smaller and faster.
"Scattershot!" Sanne fires at the monster and three energy beams hit the monster and it does get smaller. "Watch out!" The Rhino monster was smaller but much faster. It charges after Sanne and Krieger on the Overbike.
"Sanne get off!" Krieger revs the engine of the Overbike but the Rhino monster was still catching up to them.
"No way, Scattershot!" Sanne hits the Rhino monster again and it gets smaller but it gets even faster.
"Well Dante go in." Dante jumps off of the Overwing and runs for the activated Tower. When he gets close an energy beam explodes the ground in front of him knocking him backwards.
"Dante don't do it!" Naia flies down from the sky.
"Naia, you're attacking we have to stop it."
"I'm not attacking! I gave humans power and they are the ones who attacked. I did nothing to influence that."
"You're corrupted Naia and so are they. It isn't your fault though."
"Like you care! You left me for that tramp!"
"I, yes and no. I thought you were dead, gone. I still loved you then and I still love you now. But Sanne, she, I can't explain it."
"Bastard! How can you say you love me then talk about that tramp! She will get what is coming to her!"
"She might. Naia if you help us we can fix you and bring you back to Earth. Then maybe we could work something out."
"You want to help me she doesn't. She hates me and knows if I come back she'll lose you. She has done everything she could to keep you from saving me!" Naia sparks with energy. "I hate her! And you should to! Look at all the things she has done! She has no friends left because she has hurt them all!"
"She still has friends left." Mira defends Sanne. "And she did right when she told Jim about Skitz. Drugs are bad and she was addicted to them."
"Shut up!" Naia sparks with energy and strikes Mira with an energy bolt sending her back to Earth.
"Hey!" Ark flies up to Naia. "Don't hurt Mira!"
"Shut up boy! If my playmate wanted to be exposed I'd have them make you pay to!" Naia hits Ark with an energy bolt sending him back to Earth.
"Playmate? Do you think we'd be so easily tricked?" Dante looks up at Skitz who flies around on her Overboard hoping she wasn't the traitor. Or that Krieger wasn't the traitor and right now Sanne was alone with him.
"Yes you would be. You have no idea who they are. You can only wonder." The Tower deactivates. "I think a return is needed after all the damage done on Earth. Go and launch one." Naia turns into a black mist and disappears to Sector 5 as Dante runs into the deactivated Tower. He goes up to the second platform and uses the control panel to launch a return.
Barack is in the library again. "No, my homework." It was undone. "Frak, thanks a lot Naia."
Skitz and Krieger are in the woods again. "I guess Dante did it."
"No Naia deactivated it. She just wanted to mess with Sanne again. Which means we get messed with."
"I know and it's getting on my nerves."
"I wonder if she'd let us quit. I mean it's not like she's Xana right? No real threat to the world. Let Sanne deal with her alone."
"And then we find out that Xana was hiding and we get killed before we know what's going on." This time it is Krieger that makes the argument for staying.
"It would be our luck. If we didn't have bad luck we'd have no luck at all right?" Krieger nods. "Well, sometimes I get lucky." Skitz starts to kiss Krieger.
Sanne and Dante are in the Control Room again. "We need to complete this program. If we get it to work then the fight will be over."
"If," Dante wasn't so sure it would work. But if it did what would he do? He felt bad for Naia but didn't know what he would or could do. He loved Sanne so much and he loved Naia. "If…"