Code Xana Episode 112: Stuck Together
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 1-111
Zen Meraviglioso
Sanne is sneaking into Kadic Academy late at night after working on a way to fix Naia. She sneaks into her room trying to be quiet so she wouldn't wake Mars up. Unfortunately Mars was still awake. "Hi Mars, what are you doing up so late?" Mars rolls over and sees Sanne.
"I'm, I'm sorry." Sanne isn't sure she heard Mars right. She didn't have to take ten minutes to figure out what Mars said.
"Why?"
"I, I have, to go."
"Oh, why?"
"My daddy he, there was an accident." Mars starts to cry uncontrollably. Sanne goes over to Mars and hugs her.
"I'm so sorry." Mars continues to cry while Sanne hugs her and comforts her. As much as Mars annoyed her Sanne felt bad for her.
Sanne feels Mars get slack in her arms as she falls asleep. Sanne tries to move but finds her arm in pinned under Mars. If she moved she'd wake Mars up. "Well I guess this will have to do." Sanne tries to fall asleep.
A couple hours later there is a knock at the door. "Come in." Sanne yawns as the door opens. "Hi grandpa."
"What are you doing Sanne?"
"Um, she was crying so I was um, comforting her and she fell asleep on my arm." Sanne pulls a little to show she was pinned.
"Oh. I didn't know you two were friends."
"We aren't but you know she was crying. She said something about her dad and an accident." Sanne pulls her arm some more and wakes Mars up.
"Huh, what?"
"Mars, your mother's here. She says she wants to leave as soon as possible." Jim uses his most soothing and calming voice. "You can have a few more minutes to say goodbye to Sanne."
"Um, thanks." Mars sniffs trying not to cry. Jim closes the door and lets Mars get ready.
Sanne helps Mars with her things and says goodbye. Jim takes Sanne back to her room. "Jim is I going to get another roommate?"
"I don't know. Teachers are starting to say you're cursed." Jim smiles to show he was joking. "Maybe third time will be the charm."
"Maybe." Sanne doesn't know if she wanted another roommate. It would be easier to get in and out without one during a Naia attack. "Um, I'm still really tired and have classes in the morning."
"Don't worry Sanne you'll be excused. I'll let your other teachers know." Jim hugs and kisses Sanne goodnight.
Sanne goes into her room and lies down on her bed. "Wow this room is so empty." She falls asleep quickly in the quiet, empty room.
Sanne doesn't wake up until a little past noon. She hurries to the cafeteria for lunch. Krieger sees her and goes over to her. "Sanne you missed the morning classes you're going to be in trouble."
"No I'm not. Jim told the teachers what happened."
"What happened?"
"Um, my roommate was uh, I don't think I should talk about it. Um how was your day?"
"Ok so far. Surprise quiz in science and math homework by the ton. It sucked not having you in class since Barack and Mira sit together."
"Those two seem to be getting close. You think they might like start dating or something?"
"What? Well, now that you mention it they might. They do hang out a lot now that Ark and Skitz aren't here."
"It's strange to look at it though. Like what would have happened if the Twins never showed up." Sanne and Krieger eat lunch. Krieger goes to class after as Sanne goes back to her dorm room.
Two days later, after classes, Krieger goes to the gym to train. When he gets there he sees a small girl in training gear doing warm ups. "Hey, who are you?" Krieger doesn't remember seeing her before.
"Zen Meraviglioso, you?" The girl doesn't turn around as she continues her stretching.
"Krieger Stern. Meraviglioso is Italian right? Provenite dall'Italia?"
"Si, parlate bene Iralian."
"I can but this is easier."
"If you say so. What are you doing here?" The girl stands up and turns around. She is short with short dark hair, medium tan.
"What grade you in?"
"I'll be in ninth grade when I start on Monday." This surprises Krieger as the girl looked really young.
"How old are you?"
"Eleven. I'm early placement." She looks Krieger up and down. "You look like you're in good shape want to train with me?"
"I don't want to hurt you."
"If you hurt me I'll never bother you again."
"You don't understand I've trained in Pencak Silat, Jeet Kun Do, and Ken Po. It wouldn't be so much training as trying not to hurt you."
"You think just because I'm a girl you'll win?"
"Well, no I mean my mom and my dad train all the time and she sometimes wins but um you're young and smaller."
"If you're afraid of losing just say so."
"I'm not afraid of losing. Look fine I'll train with you but when I win will you drop it?"
"If you win." Zen gets into a fighting stance. "Are you ready?"
"No I haven't done any warm ups."
"You do that I'll go get something to drink." Zen goes to get a bottle of water while Krieger does some stretches.
When Krieger is ready Zen and he spar. Krieger holds back not wanting to hurt her but this proves to be a big mistake. Zen kicks him in the side then unleashes a powerful punch. Krieger is knocked down to the mat and Zen pounces unleashing several punches. "Ok ok I give up stop hitting me!"
"Ha!" Zen jumps to her feet ready for more. "See what you get for underestimating me." She does a back flip and lands gracefully on her feet. "Fly like a butterfly sting like a bee if you mess with the best you mess with me." She does a couple punches in the air.
"Yeah, I went easy on you."
"Oh really? Want to go again then?"
"No I'm going to work out."
"I'll join you." Zen follows Krieger into the exercise room. They compete against each other on the different machines. Zen won on the exercise bike but Krieger could lift a lot more then her. They kept competing through the day.
Sanne was getting annoyed. She was in her room after classes after finding a mess. Clothes were everywhere and magazines everywhere. She was trying to clean up her side of the room when the door opens. "Please stop following me I'm trying to see my girlfriend." Krieger goes to close the door behind him but Zen stops it with her foot. "What?"
"This is my room to!" Zen comes in and sees Sanne. "Whoa you have pink hair. Cool that your parents let you dye it."
"Its not dyed and who are you?"
"I'm Zen Meraviglioso, who are you?"
"A very annoyed roommate. Why did you make such a mess?" Sanne holds up and shirt and Zen grabs it from her.
"Sorry I wanted to check out the gym here. I had to dig through to find my gym clothes." Zen looks Sanne over. "You train?"
"Sometimes, why?"
"I just beat your boyfriend up." Zen jumps and lands on her bed. "Do you beat him up to?"
"No, he, he must have let you win."
"He went easy on me because I'm a girl but he learned not to." Zen smiles. "What's your name?"
"Sanne Belpois."
"Whoa, Belpois?" Zen sits up. "My parents did some art work for the J INC Fashion office in Milan."
"Your parents are artists?"
"Yeah. I'm so glad to be away from them."
"Why?"
"I'm a delicate little flower that needs to be protected according to those two. But I'm away and can do what I want."
"Well not anything. Classes and stuff." Sanne looks Zen over wondering if her new roommate would be ok. Mars drove her crazy but Zen so far didn't seem to be too bad. "What grade are you in?"
"Ninth, early placement. I'm eleven but my parents paid for the best. Mental and physical." Zen flexes her arms a little.
"Wow, cool. Um when do you start?"
"After the weekend. Sorry for making a mess I'll help you clean it up if you want."
"You should clean it up alone. Come on Sanne lets leave her to clean her mess." Krieger takes Sanne's hand in his and they leave the room.
"He's just mad I won." Zen cleans her room while Sanne and Krieger go for a walk.
Naia and Ark see the two alone in the woods. "Shall we Naia?"
"We shall," They laugh as they activate a Tower.
Zen is in her room when she hears a beeping noise. "What the heck is that?" She finds the source. "Whoa, a Jpocket. Must be Sanne's." She opens it up to try and turn the beeping noise off. "Naia, Ark? Xana, activated Tower, Lyoko? What the heck is that?" She looks through the Jpocket.
Sanne and Krieger are holding hands when they feel something warm in it. They try to pull away but find they can't. "What's going on?" They try to pull away but their hand sticks together.
"Frak it has to be Naia and Ark!" Krieger tries to pull away but pulls so hard Sanne loses her balance and falls into him. Her other hand touches his other arm and sticks to it.
"What about you're Jpocket?"
"I didn't have it on me when you pulled me out of my room." Sanne slowly pulls away from Krieger making sure not to touch any of his skin. "We need to call the others and get to the Factory."
"I can't reach my Jcell."
"I can't move my hands." Sanne tries to pull her other hand away but it remains stuck to Krieger's arm.
"We can't climb down a ladder to get to the sewers."
"And we can't go back to the school. If anyone sees us they will wonder what is going on."
"So we need to sneak out and get to the Factory."
"How do we get to the Factory floor?"
"Um, are you strong enough with one hand?"
"I don't think so. We need to find either Barack or Mira."
"They'll be together, probably at the library." The two stuck together teens run through the woods as fast as they can to the library.
Barack was trying to work up the nerve to ask Mira out. He kept trying to work up the nerve but every time he was about to ask her something would interrupt him. "Mira um, maybe after we get done with homework we could…" The doors burst open as Sanne and Krieger run in.
"Help!" Sanne and Krieger yell together.
"What's going on in here?" A teacher yells but Sanne and Krieger ignore them as they run over to Barack and Mira.
"Guys Naia and Ark are attacking."
"What are they doing?"
"This," Krieger and Sanne try to pull away but they can't.
"Ok. Well I guess we need to get to the Factory." Barack wants to punch the two. He was so close and yet so far from asking Mira out.
"Yes and you will like have to help us." Sanne starts to get worried. "We don't know how to get down to the Factory floor."
"And how will you be scanned?"
"Frak." Sanne gets even more worried. "Dante will have to figure it out when we get there." The four teens run out of the library. Barack and Mira run for the sewer entrance while Sanne and Krieger go through the gates. Just in case Naia and Ark kept targeting Sanne and Krieger it was safer for Mira and Barack to be away from them. Less they be caught up in the attack.
Dante is sleeping on his cot. He had been up all night and most of the day working on his own fix for Naia. He didn't want to have Sanne risk merging with Naia which could have them lose both girls. But after that he had to sleep. He slept so deeply he never heard the Super Scan beeping.
Barack and Mira make it to the Factory first. "Mira before the others get here I want to ask you something."
"Sure, what is it?"
"I wanted to know if you might want to go do something after…" Barack is interrupted again when a horn blares. The two look and see Sanne and Krieger running across the street and coming towards them. "Frak!" Barack clenches his hand into a fist trying not to get too mad. Naia and Ark were attacking and that came before everything else.
"What do we do?!" Sanne and Krieger get to the two.
"Um, Krieger you have one hand kind of free." Krieger shakes his head.
"I can't move it much. I can't even reach my back pocket to grab my Jcell. Um, with help maybe could get down."
"We'll help don't worry you two." Mira smiles trying not to laugh. "Just imagine if you had been doing something else when they did this! Sanne might not be able to talk!" Mira lets out a little laugh as Sanne and Krieger stare. "What? It would be funny."
"Too you maybe." Sanne glares daggers at Mira.
"We need to get to Lyoko." Barack runs down the bridge and the others follow. Barack grabs the rope and hands it to Krieger. "If you wrap your legs around it and, wait." Barack strings the rope between the two. "Now just slide down, hold on tight though."
"No I was going to let go." Krieger and Sanne jump over the edge and slide down the rope. Mira and Barack follow them and they hurry over to the elevator. Barack pushes the button for the elevator and they go down to the Control Room to find a sleeping Dante.
"Dante?" Mira goes over to him and shakes him. "Dante wake up." His eyes snap open and he sits up.
"What's wrong?"
"Naia and Ark are attacking, see?" Sanne and Krieger walk forward and show Dante that they are stuck together.
"I never heard the Super Scan I'm sorry."
"Don't be Dante you must have been tired." Sanne looks at Krieger. "I just don't know how to send Krieger and I separately."
"We can't. I don't know what the Super Computer will do if we send you two together but we have to try it."
"What if it merges us together?"
"Krieger I, well," Dante doesn't know what would happen. "Hope it separates you when you come back."
"Well that's reassuring."
"Krieger do you think I would do something to hurt Sanne?"
"No." Krieger looks at Sanne. "I may be getting a lot closer to you then I ever thought I would."
"Like you haven't been inside of her before." Krieger and Sanne stare at Mira. "What?"
"Shut up." Both Krieger and Sanne say this together.
"Get down to the Scanner Room so I can send you." Dante goes over to the control panel as the others get on the elevator and take it down to the Scanner Room. "Transfer Mira, Transfer Barack, Transfer Sanne and Krieger, Scanner Mira, Scanner Barack, Scanner Sanne and Krieger, and virtualization." They land in the Mountain Sector. "What happened?" Before anyone responds a profile appears on his screen. "One hundred fifty life points?"
"Wow." Sanne, Krieger, were one. Krieger's armor was pink and they had Krieger's sword and shield. But best of all they had Sanne's power. "Dante hurry. I don't know if I, we, can deactivate a Tower." They jump into the air and go higher then normal. "Wow."
"That is so cool. They're like a super Lyoko Warrior." Mira walks around Sanne and Krieger checking them out.
"Yeah but it means we only have one Lyoko Warrior instead of two which could be a big problem." Barack goes over to the Overwing. "Are you coming Dante?" His question is soon answered when Dante lands on Lyoko next to the others. "Where do we go from here?"
"North." Dante gets on the back of the Overwing as Mira goes over to the Overboard and Sriega goes over to the Overbike.
Zen finds a folder labeled Attacks. "Cold attack, animatronics dragon, dead cow, zombies?" She reads through some of the attacks. "Wow these are really good stories. She should post these up somewhere."
The Lyoko Warriors go to the activated Tower being very careful. The Mountain Sector after the virus was just floating platform after floating platform. They had to be very careful as a dip in the Digital Sea was permanent. "I see the Tower." Sriega points to it.
"Good eye." The others turn towards it. As they get close Naia and Ark appear. "Be careful!" Barack points his laser gun at the two.
"Oh do behave. We simply wanted to have some fun. A trip to the beach a swim in the ocean." Ark smiles evilly.
"That's not going to happen you bastard!" Mira gets her Kodachi out. "I can't believe I ever liked you!"
"Oh Mira let your feelings out tell us how you really feel." Ark laughs evilly. "Such a pitiful girl."
"Don't say that about her!" Barack fires an energy beam at Ark but misses. "You bastard don't you dare talk to her after what you did!"
"I'll do whatever I want." Ark sparks with energy as he gets his spear out. "You however need to take a bath." Ark flies towards Barack ready to attack but Sriega fires an energy beam.
"No one wants to attack me? I feel so unloved." Naia sparks with energy. "I guess I'll attack you." She flies towards Dante.
"Alakazam!" The energy beam comes out and slams into Naia.
"Frak! That really hurt." Naia points her hand towards Dante and fires an energy beam. Dante pulls the Overwing up and Barack nearly falls off.
"Man warn me when you're going to do that!" Barack hangs on as Dante turns the Overwing in a tight turn nearly throwing Barack off again.
"Super Leap!" Sriega jumps off of the Overbike. "Scattershot!" Eight beams of energy come out and Ark isn't able to dodge them all.
"That was different." Ark waves his hand and destroys the Overbike. "Now what will you land on?" Sriega falls towards the Digital Sea.
"No!" Mira turns the Overboard and dives towards Sriega.
"Frak!" Sriega closes her, his, eyes and focuses on their energy. As they neared the Digital Sea Sriega opens their eyes and their wings explode out from their back. They fly over the Digital Sea only a meter away. "Wow I can see my reflection." Sriega smiles and then flies back up towards the Sector.
"It would be too easy if they went that way." Naia dives towards Sriega ready to attack the Super Lyoko Warrior.
"Alakazam!" Dante fires at Ark.
"Stealth." Mira jumps off of the Overboard. It flies towards Ark. He uses his energy to block the energy beam from Dante then uses his powers to destroy the Overboard.
"Too bad, so sad."
"That's what he thinks." Mira had landed on a platform and as Naia flies past it to attack Sriega Mira jumps off and lands on her back. She stabs Naia with her Kodachi. "Get along little doggy!" Mira rides Naia like a horse who tries to throw her off. "Wooo!"
"Get off of me!" Naia sparks with energy trying to destroy Mira.
"Aaaa!" Mira is knocked off then destroyed. Sriega flies past Naia then fires an energy beam at her. It hits Naia in the face and she falls from the air. Sriega flies past the Sector and sees Ark battling Barack and Dante.
"Alakazam!" Dante misses Ark but Barack hits him with a laser.
"Dante you have to get to the Tower!" Sriega fires an energy beam at Ark and hits him from behind.
"Attacking from behind not very nice of you!" Ark sparks with energy and goes after Sanne. Dante flies the Overwing towards the activated Tower.
Naia recovers from Sriega's attack and flies back up away from the Digital Sea. She sees the Overwing getting close to the activated Tower and fires and energy bolt at it. She destroys the Overwing and the two Lyoko Warriors fall.
"Alakazam!" Dante destroys Barack but there was no hope for himself. He would fall into the Digital Sea…
"Not so fast Dante!" Naia grabs Dante by the ankle. "No, I'll play with you first." Naia throws him up into the air then flies at him. She punches him in the stomach knocking him up into the air. She keeps juggling him like this hurting him more and more.
Srieger dodges Ark's spear and swings their sword cutting him across the chest. They block the spear with their shield and shove the sword into Ark's stomach. "Sorry Ark." Srieger sends energy through the sword and Ark explodes. A black mist retreats to Sector 5.
"Are you ready to die Dante?" Naia grabs him by the throat. "Sanne always was trying to teach you how to swim. Let's see how you do." Naia lets go of Dante and he starts to fall towards the Digital Sea.
"No!" Srieger flies after Dante. Naia sparks with energy and attacks Srieger. "Stop this Naia you still love him!"
"Shut up tramp!"
"It was my fault! It was never his! Save him please!" Srieger tries to fight Naia off but Naia wasn't letting her go.
"You try and save him tramp!" Naia sparks with energy and destroys Srieger's wings. Srieger falls towards the Digital Sea as Naia watches with a triumphant look on her face.
"Aaaa!" Srieger tries to recreate their wings but can't. This was it they and Dante would be lost in the Digital Sea.
"Grab them!" Mira sends the rocket boots hoping she sent them to the right place. Dante sees them and grabs them. As he falls he struggles to put them on. When he finally does he activates them just meters from the Digital Sea.
"Sanne!" He flies up and catches Sriega. "Are you ok?"
"Wow, nice catch." Sriega hugs Dante as he flies back up towards the Sector. Unfortunately Naia is waiting for them.
"Nice job Dante. But you can only do so much." Naia sparks with energy and sends an energy bolt at Dante.
"Bubble." Sierga's bubble appears and blocks the energy bolt. Dante flies to the Sector and drops Sierga off.
"Stop right there!" Naia sparks with energy ready to destroy Dante when Sierga fires an energy beam at Naia hitting her.
Dante flies into the Tower. He tries to go up to the second platform but can't. "What do I do?" Dante jumps and tries to fly with the rocket boots but he won't move. "Sanne!"
"Take them off!" Sanne realizes that Dante had never tried to deactivate a Tower while using the rocket boots. Dante does as she said and soon goes up to the second platform. He places his hand on the control panel and soon the screens fall around him. "The Tower is deactivated." Dante crosses his fingers and hopes Sanne and Krieger will be fixed when he sends them back.
"Aaaa!" Sanne and Krieger fall out of the Scanner and land on the floor hard. "Ow," Sanne rubs her knee.
"Ow," Krieger rubs his back. Soon another Scanner closes its doors and when they open Dante steps out.
"So you're separated, good." Dante helps Sanne and Krieger off the floor. "Are there any, mixes?"
"No, I don't think so. I don't think anything strange or feel weird. What about you Krieger?"
"I'm fine. Wow Sanne your powers are incredible." Krieger had never felt anything like that before.
"Your fighting skills are amazing."
"Who was in charge?" Mira is climbing down the ladder.
"I wasn't." Krieger looks at Sanne.
"I wasn't."
"So you two were working together without even knowing it. Amazing." Dante hugs Sanne then lets her go. "That was close."
"Yeah but hey, no return is needed." Sanne smiles. "I think we need to go back to Kadic. And Dante I think you need to go back to bed. You must be tired still after we woke you up."
"I could use some more time asleep." The group goes to the elevator and takes it to the Control Room. Dante steps off and the others go up to the Factory floor and leave the Factory.
When Sanne gets to her room she finds Zen with her Jpocket. "What are you doing with that?" Zen looks over.
"These stories are amazing! The ideas, the drama, and the action. And all the names you came up with. And the idea for a time machine? Most of them suck but your idea for one is amazing!"
"Frak."
"What?"
"Um, those aren't uh, well, they suck."
"No they don't! I mean these are really good. The attack where you disappeared into another world what a twist!"
"Yeah, twist. Um don't tell anyone about them ok? I don't want them to know I write stories and stuff."
"Well I guess I could keep it a secret. They are really good though."
"Thanks." Sanne takes her Jpocket back from Zen glad she had been able to lie her way out of a return. Naia and Ark were strong enough as it was they didn't need to make them stronger.