Code Xana Episode 106: Walk Like An Egyptian
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 Moonscoop.
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 1-105
Sanne and Dante are up late working on their new program. They were close they knew it but there was just that last little something. "Sanne it's after midnight you should be back at Kadic Academy."
"But we're so close."
"I know and we'll be close tomorrow." Dante rubs Sanne's shoulders. "I love you too much to let you burn yourself out."
"I'll take a break if you take one."
"I will Sanne." Dante kisses Sanne on top of the head. "Go back now Sanne." Sanne sits up from the computer chair.
"And you lie down on your cot." Sanne looks at it and frowns. "Maybe we'll get you a bed soon. Once Naia is back we'll have time for that."
"I'd love to have a real bed." Dante hugs and kisses Sanne who kisses him back for a few minutes.
"Ok now I really have to go." Sanne yawns as she walks over to the elevator. "And you go to sleep."
"I'll dream of you."
"And I'll dream of you." Sanne's smile is bright as she looks at Dante. Things were hard in the group but when she was alone with Dante it was all forgotten. "Be safe Naia could attack at any moment."
"I'm not her target."
"I know but still be safe." Sanne gets on the elevator and soon leaves the Factory and goes back to Kadic Academy.
Naia is worried. She didn't want to lose her powers. Well corrupted Naia didn't want to lose her powers. The real Naia would have been helping the group rescue her but the corrupted Naia wanted her powers and was ready to attack to keep them. "I have to slow them down! What to do?" Naia thinks then decides on her newest attack. She had been looking for any way to annoy Sanne and on her search she found an Egyptian Exhibition going on at the local museum. "Walk like an Egyptian!" Naia laughs as she activates a Tower and starts her attack.
Sanne is about to open the door to her dorm room when her Jpocket beeps. She pulls it out and sees the Super Scan has found an activated Tower. "Not now I was so close." Sanne really wanted to sleep but fighting Naia came before everything. She runs down to Mira's room and knocks lightly on it. No one responds so Sanne opens it slowly. She goes to Mira and shakes her. "Mira, wake up."
"Huh, what?"
"Mira be quiet. Naia is attacking."
"Oh." Mira yawns and sits up. "Let me get regular clothes on and stuff and I'll be on my way."
"Ok." Sanne sneaks out of the room making sure not to wake Mira's roommate up. She gets her Jcell out and calls Krieger.
"Sanne? Do you know what time it is?"
"Its time to go to the Factory because Naia is attacking."
"Oh we'll be there." Krieger hangs up on Sanne then wakes Ark up. "Ark, wake up." Krieger shakes him hard then gets dressed.
Sanne is unsure of whether to call Skitz. Skitz hated her. Skitz refused to talk to her during class. Skitz refused to acknowledge her existence unless there was a Naia attack to deal with. "Well she loves seeing me get hurt on Lyoko." Sanne calls Skitz and Skitz answers.
"If this isn't about Naia I'm hurting you."
"This is about Naia."
"Ok." Skitz hangs up on Sanne.
"One left." Sanne calls Barack.
"Sanne? It's like one in the morning."
"I know but Naia is attacking."
"Oh. I'll be there."
"Bye."
"Yeah, bye." They hang up.
"At least one of them was nice to me." Sanne sighs. She knew why the others hated her and it was her fault, somewhat. Skitz had been sent home because of her but it was because she was doing drugs. Ark hated her because of that. And Krieger, he was the only one she felt bad about. She still loved him but knew he would never want her back after what she had done. That was the only one that was really her fault and wasn't a good thing to do like when she told on Skitz. Sanne runs out of the dorm building when she realizes she hadn't heard from Dante. She calls him but he doesn't answer. "What did she do to him?" Sanne gets worried.
Dante tosses and turns on the cot. He was so tired he passed out when his head touched the pillow and not even the beeping of the Super Scan could wake him up. Naia comes out of the Super Computer and watches him sleep. She brushes a hand on his cheek holding back tears. "Dante, I still love you. It isn't your fault that tramp tricked you." She continues watching him as her attack starts.
At the museum the security guard hears a noise. He goes over with his flashlight and sees the three mummies walking stiffly across the museum floor. "Stop right there!" He pulls out a can of pepper spray. The mummies ignore him. "I said stop right there! Don't make me use this!" The mummies walk by. "This is bad. Those things are priceless." He runs over to a security phone hanging on the wall and calls the police. They think he is on drugs or something after hearing his story of the mummies walking on their own.
Sanne gets to the sewer entrance in the woods and climbs down. She gets on her skateboard and takes off for the Factory.
Skitz is sneaking out of the Hermitage when a light turns on. "And what do you think you are doing?" Skitz turns and sees Samantha.
"None of your business."
"None of my business huh? It might be your parents business when I call them and they come out here to take you back home."
"I'm not going back."
"And you think you'll be the decider of that? Sneaking out to buy drugs aren't you?"
"No! I was sneaking out because Sanne called me and woke me up. I'm going to find her and kick her ass."
"And why would Sanne call you?"
"I don't know but she did." Skitz gets her Jcell out and shows that Sanne did call only a few minutes ago.
"Go back to your room. I'll talk with Sanne in the morning." Skitz goes back to her room glad that at least Sanne would be in trouble.
Krieger and Ark get to the sewer entrance in the woods at the same time as Barack and Mira. "I wonder what the attack is."
"I don't know." Barack has to fight back a yawn.
"Neither do I." Ark follows the others down wondering what his Partner in Crime was up to.
The mummies shuffle down the street towards the Factory. A car drives by then stops. "What do they think this is Halloween?" He drives off as the mummies continue towards the Factory.
Sanne gets to the Factory and takes the elevator down to the Control Room. Naia turns into a black mist just as the elevator doors open and Sanne finds Dante still sleeping. "Dante," She shakes him lightly. "Dante wake up Naia is attacking." His eyes open slowly.
"Huh? What?" Dante sees Sanne. "Morning already?"
"No, Naia is attacking." Now Dante notices the beeping sound.
"Oh crap." He sits up.
"Don't worry I'm here so Naia failed. We just have to go and deactivate the Tower."
"I guess. Unless Naia wants to hurt the others this time."
"Why would she do that?" Sanne sits down on the cot.
"Well Barack and Mira don't hate you so that might be it." Dante yawns and stretches. Did you call them?"
"Yes they're all coming." Sanne yawns. "I was almost in my dorm room. So close to my bed."
"You're tired, that's another reason why she would have attacked. Just to mess with you." Dante hugs Sanne.
"Yes but soon we'll save her and we won't have to worry about this." Sanne and Dante wait for the others to make it.
Krieger, Ark, Barack, and Mira climb out of the sewers to find a surprise. Three mummies circling around the sewer entrance. "Ok this is a bit creepy." Barack looks at one then another.
"Mummies? Well, unroll them and poof right?" Mira gets a little scared.
"How bad can they be?" Krieger is ready to fight. "Look at how slow they are? I'll distract them while you get into the Factory." Krieger runs at one mummy and kicks it knocking it over. The other two mummies move at Krieger as the other three run into the Factory. One hits Krieger from behind knocking him down. He rolls and pushes off landing on his feet. He unleashes with a vicious kick at the knee of a mummy hoping to break the leg but the mummy is tougher then Krieger thought.
Sanne hears the alarm that lets her know someone made it to the Factory. She looks through the security cameras and sees Mira, Barack, and Ark. "I wonder where Krieger is."
"Maybe dealing with the attack." Dante goes over to the computer chair. "I'll send everyone just in case Naia changes her target."
"Ok Dante." Sanne gets up from the computer chair and kisses Dante lightly on the lips before going over to the ladder and climbing down to the Scanner Room. Sanne waits for the others and soon the elevator runs.
"Whoa!" Krieger dodges an attack from a mummy. He punches it in the stomach and nearly breaks his hand. "Frak!" He pulls away from the mummies. "The others made it time for me." Krieger goes to run down the bridge to the Factory when a mummy clubs him with their arm.
The elevator goes straight to the Scanner Room and the three get off. "What's the attack and where's Krieger?"
"Mummies and Krieger's beating them up." Mira goes over to a Scanner and gets in. Sanne and Ark get in the others.
"Transfer Mira, Transfer Sanne, Transfer Ark, Scanner Mira, Scanner Sanne, Scanner Ark, and virtualization." They land on Lyoko in the Ice Sector. "Barack I'll set up the auto transfer."
"We're not waiting for Krieger or Skitz?"
"I would but if Krieger is fighting Naia's attack we need to hurry." Dante sends the vehicles then hurries down the ladder to get in a Scanner as Barack gets in the other Scanner.
"What about Krieger and Skitz?" Ark didn't want to leave them behind.
"We need to hurry. East of here is where the Tower is." Dante runs over and gets on the Overbike as Sanne gets the rocket boots on. Ark gets his disc out while Mira gets on the Overwing and Barack on the Overboard. They take off for the activated Tower as Krieger fights the attack.
"Come on slow poke!" Krieger backs away from the three mummies taunting them. He realized that fighting them was a lost cause so decides to keep them away from the Factory for when Skitz made it. Of course she was stuck in her room and not coming but Krieger didn't know that.
Skitz is trying to think of a way to get out. She didn't want the others to think she was weak or just blew them off. She tries the window but Samantha and Jim had made sure it wouldn't open more than three inches to keep Skitz from climbing out. "Frak, I hate this. I want to be back at Kadic Academy."
Krieger ducks under a mummy punch. He does a leg sweep and trips the mummy. Another mummy tries to step on him. He rolls out of the way and kicks out at the knee. The knee snaps and the mummy falls over. "One down two to go." Krieger rolls onto his shoulders then launches himself to his feet.
On Lyoko the Lyoko Warriors are close to the activated Tower. "First snakes, then frogs, then a rhinoceros. What will she send our way next?" Ark gets his spear out knowing the newest monster was one he thought up and was ready to see how it did.
"It looks like we're about to find out." Sanne starts to focus on her energy as something virtualizes on Lyoko.
"Is that a Tiger?" Barack points his laser gun at it.
"No it's a Mountain Lion! Like the one Skitz and I saw when we were rock climbing in the western states." Ark rolls his eyes. "How could you think it's a Tiger it doesn't even have any stripes!"
"It could be a regular lion like the ones on the moon preserve."
"No mane." Ark is getting annoyed. He thought a lot about this monster and the others were too stupid to tell what it was. "I bet it is a close combat monster. Claws and teeth and stuff."
"Well Krieger would love to fight it I'm sure but he's not here. And neither is Skitz, you and Mira are the only close combat warriors here." Barack grabs at the BFK at his side.
"Don't forget about me." Barack pulls it out.
"Your laser gun is a lot better." Dante pulls his wand out. "If it is a close combat monster then Sanne and I or Barack should deal with it."
"No! You have to fight it close combat style." Ark dives at the new monster ready to fight it.
"Ark you idiot!" Mira pulls her Kodachi out and dives at the monster on the Overwing.
"Alakazam!" Dante fires an energy beam at the monster but it dodges it. Ark jabs with his spear and misses. Mira jumps off of the Overwing and lands on the monster.
"No, Mira!" Ark hadn't wanted Mira to fight the monster. He had been seeing the monster pouncing on Sanne or Dante and tearing them apart. Now he had to save his girlfriend from the monster he created with Naia. Ark jumps off of his disc and aims for the monster. It seems to know that Ark is behind it and moves out of the way at the last second causing Ark to stab Mira through the chest with his spear.
"See you on Earth." Mira devirtualizes back to Earth.
"Let us handle this the easy way." Sanne opens her eyes after focusing on her energy. "Scattershot!" Twelve beams of energy come out at the new monster. It has feline agility but can't dodge all of the attacks. It is hit by two beams but isn't destroyed because she doesn't hit the Eye.
"Where's the Eye?" Barack points his laser gun at the monster looking for the Eye.
"On its stomach." Ark uses his psychic connection to his disc to bring it back to him and jumps on it.
"Then we need to do enough damage to it to destroy it." Dante fires energy orbs at the monster.
"You can't hit the Eye from a distance!" Ark was getting mad no one was going to try and fight it close combat style.
"We can still destroy it." Sanne fires an energy beam at the monster but misses. She fires again but misses again.
"Sanne get closer. It has too much time to dodge your attacks." Ark dives at the monster blocking Dante's line of sight so he can't shoot the monster. Sanne does get closer and fires energy beams at the monster.
"Aaaa!" Sanne gets within range of the monster and it lunges at her knocking her to the ground.
"Sanne!" Ark fakes concern as he goes on his disc for the monster still blocking Dante's line of sight. Ark waits and listens to Sanne's screaming as the monster tears at her with its claws and bites her with its teeth. Once Sanne is devirtualized he stabs it through the back with his spear destroying it.
"Dante hurry before Naia sends anything else." Barack looks around for any other monsters.
"Yeah hurry Dante." Ark doesn't look around for any other monsters knowing Naia wasn't going to send any more.
Dante goes into the activated Tower, goes up to the second platform, and soon the Tower is deactivated. Dante uses the control panel to send everyone back to Earth.
Krieger is running away from the mummies when they collapse. "I guess they deactivated the Tower." He gets his Jcell out and calls Ark. "Hey, I'm assuming you guys did it."
"We did, go back to Kadic."
"Ok." They hang up.
Three nights later Sanne and Dante are ready. After one other minor distraction involving the dissecting frogs attacking the two had worked on the program to save Naia. They call the others and they come to the Factory. "So this is it huh?" Ark is sure that it won't work. Naia had told him she watched the two and the program wouldn't work. And even if it did he'd still have his powers. He would still be able to annoy Sanne. "Launch it."
"We will. We have to be ready for any anomalies though." Dante was nervous. There were three results that could happen and a few more that could but were very unlikely. "We may have to go to Lyoko to deactivate a Tower in case Naia tries a last attack to stop us."
"And if this works? How do we explain Naia being back? She's been gone for so long I don't think they will buy a kidnapped story or something." Krieger is nervous. This could be it. No more Lyoko or attacks or monsters. How could it be this easy? He doesn't believe it could be so easy.
"We aren't sure yet. We'll think of something later." Dante sits down at the control panel. "Sanne are you ready?"
"Yes." Sanne climbs down the ladder and goes to the middle Scanner.
"Transfer Sanne, Scanner Sanne, and virtualization." Sanne lands in the Rain Forest Sector and runs into the Way Tower. Soon it activates and Dante launches the program.
"No!" Naia appears in the Control Room. "Do you think I would lie down and let you defeat me!?"
"We aren't defeating you we're saving you!" Dante gets up from the computer chair. "Just let it work Naia."
"Frak you!" Naia charges with energy.
"No Naia." Dante crosses his fingers hoping the program was working. Naia's energy continues to spark and charge from her body. It is focused around her chest where the last energy orb is. "Naia let it work. If you don't fight it you won't be hurt." Naia smacks him.
"Shut up! Nothing you could do could stop me!"
"Naia your energy orb's information was in the Super Computer. We created a program to delete it. Once it is deleted you will no longer be corrupted by the evil in it. You will be Naia again."
"It won't work!" Naia starts to choke Dante. Dante grabs at her wrists trying to pull her hands away. "I won't lose!"
"Naia, stop." Dante has to fight to breath and beg Naia. "Help me." Dante looks at the others but none of them move.
"They won't help you." Naia pushes her thumbs into his throat. "You're going to die Dante!"
"We thought, this might, happen. The energy orb, being destroyed, is releasing the, evil."
"Stop talking!" Naia's energy sparks even more creating an aura of energy around her.
"I love, you." Dante hopes his words will help Naia fight the evil and corruption. "I love you, Naia."
"No you don't!" Naia pulls away from Dante and he falls to his knees gasping for air. "No you don't! You're with that tramp! You hate me and I hate you!" The air around Naia turns black. "And I will kill you for that!"
"No you won't Naia." Dante smiles. "The energy orb is almost gone. Soon you'll be Naia again."
"No, playmate help me!" Naia turns towards Ark. Ark thinks fast.
"Naia don't think you can trick us. Like I'd ever help you."
"Liar! You made a deal with me! I help you, you help me. Get revenge on that tramp and you could use your powers for anything else!"
"Powers? Oh yeah my great powers that allow me to do my homework at the same pace as everyone else and be lucky to get a B." Ark rolls his eyes using a sarcastic tone.
"I'll kill you to!" Naia lunges at Ark but stops in mid air then collapses to the ground. "Aaaa!"
"What's happening?" Sanne couldn't hear what was going on in the Control Room on Earth. "Guys? Did it work?" Sanne waits for the word from Dante to deactivate the Way Tower.
Naia sparks with energy and shakes on the ground. Her chest opens and a black energy orb comes out of it. It cracks then explodes.
"Aaaa!" The Lyoko Warriors scream as the explosion knocks them backwards. A black mist is left and floats over Naia.
"Ugh, what happened?" Naia opens her eyes and sees the Control Room. "Hey, did I do it? Did I kill Franz? Xana?" She starts to sit up when the black mist comes down and attacks her.
Dante recovers from the explosion and sees the black mist attacking Naia. "No! Leave her alone!" Dante tries to tackle the black mist but can't touch it. He tries again when he hears yelling from behind. He turns and sees Ark collapsed on the ground grabbing at his stomach. A black aura circles him. "Ark!" Dante is torn between helping Naia and Ark.
"Ark, what's wrong?!" Mira recovers from the explosion and goes over to him. "Ark!"
"Leave me alone!" Ark knocks Mira away with one hand.
"Ah, it's good to be back." Naia floats to her feet.
"No, Naia." Dante goes to hug her when he runs into an energy shield. "Naia, fight it!"
"No Dante. I'd like to thank you for freeing me." Naia smiles evilly as Xana's symbol appears in her eyes. "I had to hide. I knew as weak as I was if I tried to act I'd be killed. Now I am stronger and I have a partner."
"That's right." Ark has the same evil smile on his face. "How about we go back to Lyoko? We will let these children figure it out."
"Figure what out?" Mira and the others are confused.
"I planted something. I have now activated it. Of course none of you remember that do you? I told you awhile ago and you all thought it was a bomb or something silly like that." Naia turns into a black mist and disappears.
"Ark why?" Mira is about to cry.
"I have gotten my revenge on that whore many times over. Now I get to have fun! Sorry all but you won't be seeing my pretty face at school any more." Ark turns into a black mist. Instead of following Naia to Sector 5 he goes to Kadic Academy. He packs some of his things then writes out a note saying he was running away to be with his new girlfriend. He turns into a black mist again taking the things he packed to the Factory roof. He leaves the trunk there then turns into a black mist again now going to Sector 5 to join Naia.
"Are things set?" Ark nods. "Good." Naia goes over to him. "It will be nice having a partner."
"Yes, not a knight but a partner. I have made it so the adults will not be suspicious. Now what to do Naia?"
"Anything we want. How about we go to New York City for some fun?" Ark smiles evilly.
"Sounds wonderful." They turn into black mists and go to New York City for a night on the town.
The other Lyoko Warriors are stunned. Sanne is still on Lyoko trying to find out what was going on. "Guys can I deactivate the Way Tower yet?" Finally she gets a response when Dante puts the headset on.
"Sanne deactivate the Way Tower and come to Earth." Sanne deactivates the Way Tower and uses the control panel to send herself back to Earth. She takes the elevator up. "What happened?"
"Naia, Ark, they're gone."
"Gone? What, how?"
"That bastard!" Mira has gone from on the verge of tears to pure anger. "He betrayed us!"
"What? Ark betrayed us? What happened?" Dante and the others tell Sanne what happened. The explosion, the black mists, and then Naia and Ark disappearing. "No. It should have destroyed the energy orb."
"It did Sanne. But it released the evil, Xana, something." Dante wasn't sure what it was. It might have been Xana but the way Naia and Ark acted were not like Xana. "We destroyed the energy orb but not the evil inside."
"Frak! We overlooked that!"
"Overlooked? You two geniuses overlooked something? If I over look something I get a bad grade on a test when you overlook something we lose Ark and Naia!" Krieger grasps his hands into fists. "Overlooked! How can you say that!? You, frakking, frak!" Krieger storms over to the elevator and gets on. "And you overlooked that Xana left something and now he activated it."
"We didn't mean to! I didn't think about it. I mean I thought the energy orb was the thing that held the evil. I didn't know it was two different things."
"Neither did I." Dante doesn't know what to do or think. He had been so close to having Naia saved. He had heard her voice. Her voice not the corrupted voice not the Ghost voice but Naia's voice. It was Naia Cawasaki. And now she was gone again. "I'm sorry."
"Sorry?" Mira is battling between anger and tears. "We lost Ark!"
"No Ark lost Ark." Barack was a little calmer then the others. "Ark was the traitor. He betrayed us. He joined Naia to get back at Sanne and now he's gone." Barack wonders what Skitz will do when she learns about this. Even after being dumped and knowing she was with Krieger he still loved and cared for her.
"Frak. What do we do? How do we explain Ark disappearing?" Sanne and the others are clueless.
"You guys stand around and wait for the geniuses to figure something out I'm going back." Krieger was also worried about Skitz's reaction. He didn't really love her but Skitz was an escape and after being friends for so many years he did care for her. Krieger pushes the button and the elevator doors close. He leaves the Factory and goes back to Kadic Academy.
Sanne and the others are still in shock. Mira finally gets fed up with it and goes to the elevator. Barack follows her and they leave together leaving Dante and Sanne alone in the Control Room. "We messed up."
"We frakked up." Sanne was in shock but was starting to come out of it. "We frakked up so badly. I, maybe we should call the others."
"Your parents?"
"Yes. We, we just lost Ark. And Naia she's not corrupted any more she's evil. The evil is now Xana or something but not."
"I know. It is like a reformed version of Xana. One that is more influenced by his host then before."
"I guess. Well I'm not sure. I mean it, we'll see." Sanne's mind was running at a million kilometers and second. It was too much for her to put it in words. "I'm so sorry Dante."
"No Sanne." Dante hugs her. "Don't be sorry. We both overlooked it. It is as much my fault as yours. No more my fault then yours. I'm supposed to love her and yet I didn't make sure she'd be safe."
"No Dante you did but we messed up. We destroyed the energy orb like we wanted but the evil inside got loose." Sanne hugs Dante back and starts to cry. Dante holds her tight and cries.
A/N Mwahaha! It isn't corrupted Naia, it isn't Xana, it is something new! And with Ark as a partner and not a Knight what will happen? And no they didn't attack New York City they went there to party and/or have fun. Again as said it is like Xana being more influenced by the host then normal. A corrupted Naia and Ark but evil. Not Corrupted Naia mad at Sanne and using her powers to annoy Sanne but Corrupted Naia Evil.
Also, updated my original, finally.