Code Xana Episode 121: Ancient Assassins
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 1-120
Ark and Naia are in Sector 5 making plans. "Degameath has failed us. Zen has been quite annoying also. We need to do something about her."
"She is nothing Ark. Sanne, Krieger, Mira, and Barack are the targets." Naia points at several orbs floating showing the different Lyoko Warriors.
"And what about Dante?"
"He is not a target he is mine." Naia clenches her hand into a fist which sparks with energy.
"Then what shall we do?"
"I think it is time we stop playing and start killing." Ark raises his eyebrow. "Yes?"
"Really kill them?" Naia nods. "How?"
"We will raise some assassins. I want the best ever!"
"And that would be?"
"A group from Japan. Allow me a few minutes to find and resurrect them." Naia turns into a black mist and disappears.
Zen and Krieger are training. Sanne sits and listens bored. "I'm useless. I can't work on the Super Computer. I can't train with Krieger. I can't do anything." She curls and hugs her legs. "I want to go back to Lyoko, or the other world." Krieger overhears Sanne and is distracted.
"Ha!" Zen kicks Krieger hard in the stomach dropping him to the mat. "I win again!"
"You, got, lucky." Krieger tries to catch his breath.
"Isn't this the third time? Krieger you must be losing your edge." Sanne laughs a little.
"I haven't been able to train with you." Zen makes gagging noises. "What?" Zen makes a face.
"You two are so icky."
"When you're older you won't find it so icky." Sanne had to remember that Zen was younger than the rest.
"Yeah right unless a boy could beat me in a fight why'd I want to waste time with him?" Zen looks at Krieger. "Maybe you like weaklings."
"He's not weak he's our best fighter."
"Well I'm on Lyoko now so I'm the best fighter." Zen does a little boxing footwork. "And if you disagree I'll prove it."
"When we're on Lyoko we're a little busy with Ark, Naia, and Degameath." Krieger holds his stomach as he stands up.
"I handled Degameath last time. He never saw me coming."
"Is that why he crushed you?" Sanne and Krieger laugh a little. "Come on Sanne we can go do homework."
"Running away Krieger? I win again!" Zen does a little victory dance. When she lifts her arms Krieger pulls away.
"Make sure you take a shower before going anywhere else."
"Yeah whatever." Zen rolls her eyes as she goes to the exercise room.
Sanne and Krieger walk away from the gym. "She's a loose cannon." Krieger shakes his head. "We can't trust her."
"Well the only option that we have is deleting her profile and her memory. Which is risky since we might accidentally delete every memory. But I agree she is loose cannon."
"She nearly attacked me last time because she wanted to prove she was a better fighter then I. If Mira hadn't stopped her we'd probably have been crushed by Degameath."
"Well she has helped us, a little."
"Once, the first time. Every time after that she's been a nuisance and a problem. We need to kick her out of the group."
"Everyone else would have to vote on it." Sanne squeezes Krieger's hand tight. "And if one votes not to and tells her we'd be in a lot more trouble. She doesn't seem to know how serious everything is. She just wants to fight and stuff." Krieger squeezes her hand back.
"Which is dangerous. We just need to get you or Dante to the activated Tower not stay and fight."
"I know but we have to wait and see. Maybe she'll mature once she realizes how serious this is."
"Maybe." Krieger and Sanne get to the dorm building and go inside.
Over in Japan the grave of three long dead Assassins is disturbed. Three black mists enter the ground and soon the bones and decayed flesh of the Assassins dig their way out. As they step out into the sun light their flesh returns. Muscle, blood vessels, tendons form into place and then skin covers them up. Their bodies are charged with energy and when their eyes form the eyes of killers gaze upon the land. Naia appears in front of them. "I have a mission for you. If you do as I ask I will grant you eternal life. If you fail your bodies will be returned to the Earth as they once were." She smiles evilly.
"As you wish." Naia turns the three Ancient Assassins into black mists and sends them to France.
Sanne and Krieger are almost to his room when Sanne's Jpocket beeps. "Activated Tower!"
"I'll call the others." Krieger gets his Jcell out and calls Barack. "Naia and Ark are attacking."
"We'll be there." The two hang up. "We better get changed Naia and Ark are attacking."
"We just got here. Gah, I hate him." Mira and Barack go back into the locker rooms at the pool and change quickly.
"Zen, they're attacking, get to the Factory."
"I'm busy."
"Zen I said Ark and Naia are attacking get to the Factory now!" Krieger hangs up on Zen not realizing how loud he had been.
"What was that?" Jim was coming up the stairs to check on Sanne when he could have sworn he heard Krieger say something about a Factory.
"Zen took off again and she said she was going to the industrial district. I told her that the factories are dangerous and that Sanne needed help going somewhere I couldn't take her." Krieger crosses his fingers and hopes Jim buys his story.
"She left school grounds on a weekday? That's against the school rules she should know that."
"I know and she likes going to the factories. She says she finds all kinds of things and brings some of them back."
"Well I'll talk to her when she gets back. An afternoon of detention should set her straight." Jim looks at Sanne. "Honey do you need any help? I could get one of the female teachers to help you."
"No I was able to feel my way around on my own." Sanne smiles glad Jim had bought the lie. "Um, we have homework and stuff."
"Stuff?" Jim gives a suspicious look towards Krieger.
"Well she wants to watch, listen, to a movie I just downloaded."
"You know you shouldn't download it's against the law."
"So is speeding but the way Aelita drives you'd think the speed limit was a contest and she's going to win." The three laugh.
"Well behave ok? And let me know when Zen comes back." Jim walks away and Krieger and Sanne go into Krieger's room.
"That was close." Krieger wipes the sweat from his brow. "We need to wait a couple minutes before heading for the Factory."
"I know." Sanne hugs Krieger. "Good thing you thought fast. But if we don't need a return Zen is going to get into a lot of trouble."
"Well maybe it will help her mature." Krieger looks at the clock and waits a couple of minutes before leading Sanne out.
Zen gets to the Factory when the Assassins show up. "What the frak are you?" Zen confronts them.
"She has guts, let's see what they look like." One Assassin pulls a dagger out. "Well little girl?"
"If you have to cheat who is the little one?"
"Even better! She could be one of us if we weren't about to kill her." Another Assassin pulls out a sword.
"Wait!" Ark appears. "That is not a bad idea! She is not resistant to our possessions yet is she?" Another black mist appears and forms into Naia. "What do you think?"
"I like it." Naia waves her hand and a black mist appears attacking Zen. Zen tries to fight it off.
"Hmm, we need more power." Ark snaps his fingers and the Assassins turn into dust. Two more black mists attack Zen and soon she is possessed. "Now we wait Naia." She turns to Ark.
"Why wait?"
"We can trick them." Ark and Naia turn into black mists and disappear leaving the possessed Zen behind.
Krieger leads Sanne to the end of the passage and they find Zen knocked out. "Zen!"
"Huh?" Sanne is confused.
"Zen, she's passed out or something." Krieger leads Sanne over to her then checks on her. "She's hurt." Krieger shakes her and Zen's eyes open.
"Huh?" Wait, better change that. "Huh?"
"Zen are you ok?" Zen shakes her head. "What happened?"
"I don't know. There were these guys. I tried to fight them off but they cheated." She laughs a little. "I guess you scared them off."
"Or they're going after Barack and Mira. Krieger get your phone and call them. Hopefully they will be ok." Krieger gets his Jcell out and calls Barack.
"Barack, are you two ok?"
"Yeah, why?"
"Zen was attacked but they went away. We don't know where the attack is now. Just be careful." They hang up. "Zen can you get up?"
"Uh, yeah." Zen gets up on her own. "We better hurry." Zen runs to the entrance and jumps swinging down.
"Come on Sanne." Krieger grabs her hand and leads her to the Factory entrance. He grabs a rope and hands it to her and waits for her to slide down before swinging down himself. They hurry over to the elevator and take it down to the Control Room. "Hi Dante."
"Are you all ok?"
"I will be when I get to Lyoko." Zen pounds her fist into her hand. "Get back at them for cheating."
"I see. Well, I can send you now while we wait for the others." Dante brings up the transfer programs.
"Ok Dante." The three get on the elevator and take it down to the Scanner Room. They get in the Scanners.
"Transfer Sanne, Transfer Krieger, Transfer Zen, Scanner Sanne, Scanner Krieger, Scanner Zen, and virtualization." They land on Lyoko in the Ice Sector. "I'm sending the vehicles." Soon they appear next to the others. "Any idea when the other two will get here?"
"No." Sanne smiles. She loved being on Lyoko. She could see on Lyoko and after being blind… It was a miracle.
"Hai!" Zen attacks Krieger. A sign she was possessed… Right?
"Get off of me Zen!" Krieger throws her off.
"Come on Krieger! You said you could beat me on Lyoko now prove it!" Zen lunges at Krieger again. He puts his shield up and knocks her away. "Come on loser fight me!"
"Zen we have a Tower to deactivate!" Sanne yells at Zen who ignores her.
"You can deactivate it once Krieger beats me, if he can." Zen attacks Krieger again.
"I told you she was a loose cannon!" Krieger fights Zen off. "We can do this after Zen!"
"Now coward!" Zen attacks Krieger again. He uses his shield to protect himself but Zen continues to attack him.
"Stop it!" Krieger gets his sword out. "If you don't stop I'll attack you!" He keeps his shield raised.
"Attack me coward!" Zen lunges at Krieger. Krieger knocks her away with his shield and lunges at her with his sword out front. Zen dodges it and stretches her right arm to move it around her body in an impossible way to hit Krieger in the side. "Ha! Not so cocky now are you?"
"Super Leap!" Krieger slams his shield into Zen knocking her backwards. "Stop doing this Zen!"
"Not until I prove I'm better then you!" Zen leaps at Krieger again ready to fight and keeping the possession a secret.
Barack and Mira make it to the Factory and go straight to the Scanner Room. "We're ready Dante."
"Transfer Barack, Transfer Mira, Scanner Barack, Scanner Mira, and virtualization." They land on Lyoko and see Krieger and Zen fighting.
"What's going on? Is this the attack?" Mira gets her Kodachi out.
"No Zen is being an immature little, frakking idiot!" Sanne tries to get a shot on Zen but she and Krieger were to close to get a clean shot. Soon Dante virtualizes onto Lyoko.
"We need to get to the activated Tower."
"What about Krieger and Zen?" Barack points his laser arm at the two hoping to get a good shot in but can't.
"Leave them." Dante jumps on the Overwing while Sanne gets on the Overbike and Mira and Barack take the Overboard.
"This is going so well." Ark watches the fight with Naia. "I think we should keep this up. Maybe Zen will think she should be the leader? And if she beat Sanne wouldn't she be the leader?"
"Maybe Ark, maybe." Naia disappears and goes to the activated Tower to wait for the other warriors.
Zen and Krieger battle each other but Krieger is finding that Zen is a little too agile for him. "I give up Zen you win now we need to help the others!"
"No not until I win!" Zen attacks Krieger who decides for the best of the others to take the hit and be devirtualized. "That's not fair you let me win!" Zen sparks with energy as Ark takes control of her and sends her after the others.
The others are close to the activated Tower and soon see it. "No Degameath I'm suspicious." Sanne looks around.
"Don't say that you know our luck." Dante gets his wand out. "But maybe we're getting lucky this time."
"Haha! Luck is for the Irish!" Naia appears and throws an energy orb at Dante. Dante dodges it.
"Where's Ark?" Barack points and fires his laser gun at Naia.
"He's dealing with the attack. They got a little violent and we don't want them to kill anyone but you. Well, there is one of you not here!"
"Krieger?"
"Oh no I'm talking about thousands of miles away." Naia laughs evilly as the ground shakes. "He's here!" She turns into a black mist as Degameath appears! It roars nearly deafens the group.
"Guys a big dot just appeared on the screen!" Krieger, sitting at the control panel, informs the group of what they already knew.
"No really? A big frakking monster just appeared on Lyoko!" Dante turns to Sanne. "Go for the Tower we'll handle Degameath!" Dante takes off on the Overwing firing energy orbs at Degameath.
"Stealth." Mira disappears and jumps off of the Overboard leaving Barack alone. She runs along the ground for Degameath.
"Be careful!" Barack worries but goes into action. Firing laser beams at the Eye on Degameath's chest knowing it would do nothing.
Sanne runs for the activated Tower but something blocks her way, Zen! "Zen what are you doing!?"
"I beat Krieger up proving I'm a better fighter and I think I should be leader! But you're the leader so now I have to beat you!" Zen lunges at Sanne.
"Bubble!" Zen bounces off. "Zen stop this! We have to deactivate the Tower! Naia and Ark are going after Skitz!"
"You can deactivate it if you beat me!" Zen punches at the Bubble but can't break it until…
"Cheater! I want to see who will win!" Naia is back and uses her powers to break the Bubble. "Besides I think it would be interesting to see Zen as the leader." Naia laughs as Zen attacks Sanne again.
"What are we going to do?" Dante fires an energy orb at Degameath trying to distract it as he watches Zen and Sanne fight.
"Damn it Zen stop this!" Sanne fires an energy beam close range hitting Zen right in the face.
"Frak!" Zen falls backwards and grabs at her face being temporarily blinded. That is until her face sparks with energy, not seen by the others. As Sanne gets close to the activated Tower Zen leaps and attacks her from behind.
"Alakazam!" Dante hits both Zen and Sanne sending them both back to Earth. He dives on the Overwing for the activated Tower when Degameath prepares to swing and crush him.
"No!" Mira, still stealthed, attacks Degameath shoving her Kodachi into its skull. It roars in pain and tries to get her off as Dante makes it into the activated Tower.
On Earth Zen, Sanne, and Krieger are fighting. "I can't believe you risked getting us all killed!" Sanne grapples with Zen.
"I'm better then you!" Zen headbutts Sanne hard in the face cracking her nose cartilage.
"No you're not!" Krieger pulls his hand back for a punch to knock Zen out. "Stop it!"
"The Tower is deactivated." The screens fall around Dante. "Do we need a return? Sanne, can you hear me?"
Zen slumps over after the punch, so Krieger and Sanne think. They hug each other not noticing the black mist leaving Zen. "What do we do about her? She's a loose cannon."
"I can only think of one thing Krieger." Sanne looks at Zen. "We delete her memory."
"Isn't that dangerous?" She nods.
"But I should be able to delete only the memories of Lyoko, the Factory. But we better…" A white bubble comes up reversing time.
Krieger hurries to Sanne's room where he can already hear the fight. He throws the door open and sees Zen and Sanne rolling on the floor grappling. "Damn it Zen!" Krieger lets out a vicious kick hitting Zen in the head knocking her out. "Damn, is she, ok?" Krieger checks on Zen as Sanne gets off the floor.
"I don't care. She attacked me the second we were back." Sanne checks herself by patting herself down, no blood. "We have to get her to the Factory so we can get her in the Scanner and delete her memory."
"I'll call the others." Krieger calls Barack, then Dante, telling them what was going to be done to Zen.
At the Factory Sanne is first sent to the Forest Sector to the Way Tower so she can do what she can as Dante uses the control panel in the Control Room. "Is she in Dante?"
"Yes Sanne." Dante brings up the program Sanne had created ages ago to be used on Sora. "Are you ready?"
"Yes." The Scanner doors close on Zen.
"Hey, what's going on?" Zen sees she is inside of the Scanner and beats against the door. "Let me out!"
"No Zen." Krieger places his hand against the Scanner door. They could accidentally destroy Zen's mind if Sanne or Dante messed up.
"Let me out!" Zen has no memory of fighting on Lyoko. She was possessed, not yet resistant to it. And when the return was done Sanne attacked her! She has no idea what is being done to her or why. "Please let me out!"
"No." Krieger waits for the process to be completed.
"And activate." Sanne starts the program.
A few minutes later the Scanner doors open and Zen falls out. "Huh, what? Where am I?"
"Return to the past now!" Dante launches a return reversing time.
Krieger hurries to Sanne's room and throws the door open. "Hey!" Zen throws a book at him. "Knock first!"
"I'm sorry!" Krieger blocks the next book thrown at him before he closes the door. "Sanne, can you come out?"
"Yes." Sanne comes out of her room. "It worked."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes…" Naia watches and smiles.