Code Xana Episode 128: Zen 2.1
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 1-127
Things had been weird the past two weeks. Three Naia attacks had been stopped and three returns had been launched. This world's Skitz was getting used to her new life. The group bought her a cot of her own and brought her a bunch of clothes and other things. It was like living with a roommate for Dante. Not that he had any idea what that was like. Skitz was used to a roommate but it was Sanne, her best friend, and a girl. "Dante go to the Scanner Room."
"You look fine you don't need to change again."
"I have to use the facilities and if the people there notice me wearing the same stuff every day they'll think I'm homeless or something."
"Ok Skitz." Dante takes the ladder down so Skitz can change.
Naia was feeling better. She wasn't any where near as strong as she had been but she was better. And now she had an idea. She missed having a partner. It was nice having someone else do the dirty work. And if she ever had to fight on Lyoko it was dangerous since she was so weak. But she didn't want a partner just someone to do her bidding.
Sanne was freaking out. As time passed the more she saw things. She saw a world where she looked pregnant. A world where Krieger and Ark were together… She didn't want to think about that world. But the most dominant and scariest world of all was one where it seemed Xana had won. There were robots everywhere. The city looked like it was in ruins. And there she was usually with a boy she didn't recognize fighting. Using guns and grenades and bombs to fight. She didn't like that world at all and had nightmares about it.
Naia is searching for a Knight. She had one prospect, Skitz. This was a world foreign to her yet familiar. She was stuck in the Control Room now. She had to hate that. Naia would try for her as soon as she was alone.
Skitz has to use the facilities and leaves the Factory. Naia waits at the bridge and flies down to Skitz. "Hello Skitz."
"Naia, what do you want?" Skitz backs away.
In the Control Room Dante hears the Super Scan beep.
Sanne hears her Jpocket beep.
Skitz is backed to the edge of the Factory edge. "Naia please leave me alone." Naia is sparking with energy.
"I want a new partner! Ark pissed me off so I killed him I need a new partner, join me!"
"Hell no." Skitz spits at Naia.
"Very well." Naia pushes Skitz over the edge then disappears. Skitz lands hard on the Factory floor and is knocked out.
The Super Scan stops beeping but Sanne keeps going.
Sanne makes it to the Factory and leaps for the rope. She swings down and nearly lands on Skitz. "Skitz, are you ok?" She lifts Skitz's head and feels blood. "Skitz, Skitz!" Sanne tries to pick Skitz up but can't. She gets her Jcell out and calls Krieger. "Are you almost here yet?"
"Yes why?"
"Naia stopped her attack but she hurt Skitz badly. I need help."
"I'm almost there." A minute later Krieger leaps and swings down to the Factory floor. He nearly lands on the two girls. "Sorry."
"Just help me." Krieger picks Skitz up easily. He walks over to the elevator and Sanne follows. They take the elevator down to the Scanner Room. Sanne calls out to Dante. "Scan her she's hurt!"
"Ok Sanne." Dante sees Krieger place Sanne in the middle Scanner. He scans her and she is healed.
"Ow." Skitz rubs the back of her head. "How'd I get here?"
"Krieger carried you." Sanne helps Skitz up. "What happened?"
"Naia pushed me. I told her I wouldn't join her so I guess she tried to kill me." Skitz shakes her head. "My head still hurts."
"It's ok Skitz the Scanner healed any damage."
"I hope so." Skitz rubs the back of her head sure she felt a lump.
Naia is sitting in Sector 5 stumped. No one else would join her would they. She was stuck. "I need a warrior who hates the others except they all seem ok. Too bad it wasn't like before when they were at each other's throats. Hell even when Zen was a member…" Naia snaps her finger. "Zen!" She turns into a black mist.
"Super Scan is beeping again." Dante checks it. "Ice Sector. I wonder what she is doing."
"Um, send us ok? The others are still coming." Sanne, Krieger, and Skitz step into the Scanners.
"Transfer Sanne, Transfer Krieger, Transfer Skitz. Scanner Sanne, Scanner Krieger, Scanner Skitz. And virtualization." They land in the Ice Sector. The vehicles appear and Dante sends the Overboots. "Since you don't have your wings any more Sanne."
"Thanks Dante." Sanne puts them on.
Mira and Barack make it and go to Lyoko. Dante sends himself. The group worries. Who, what, was Naia after?
Zen is reading a book for homework on her bed when Naia forms over her. "Hello Zen." Naia smiles as Zen looks up.
"I hate homework. Fell asleep while doing it and still can't get away from it." Zen throws the book away.
"You are not sleeping. I am very real."
"Well then what do I owe the non pleasure?" Zen acts rude to Naia.
"I can make you better. Your roommate deleted your memory about something very important. I am willing to give them back if you join me."
"Right. Sanne deleted my memories. With what a smack upside the head? Stupid dream."
"I am not a dream! I will prove it!" Naia and Zen turn into black mists and disappear from the room.
The Lyoko warriors get near the activated Tower and see two black mists appear. "Ok this could be bad." Sanne watches as one mist forms into Naia but the second one forms into someone she didn't know.
"What do you think?" Naia spreads her arms. "This is Lyoko and they are the ones who betrayed you." Naia gives some of Zen's memories back. Showing her thrown in the Scanner and her memory deleted.
"Those bastards." Zen clenches her hand into a fist. "I'll kick their asses for that."
"Good."
"Who are you!?" Sanne is ready to fight.
"You don't recognize me roomie? After you deleted my memory this nice person decided to give me a chance to kick your ass."
"Zen she's not nice. She tricked us. She tricked us into deleting your memory. Please believe me I'm sorry."
"Then why didn't you let her back in if I tricked you?"
"Because we didn't want her to get hurt." Sanne flies down in front of Zen. "Please Zen I'm sorry but you don't know what we're dealing with. She's evil. She'll kill you like she killed Ark."
"Ark? Isn't that the guy who ran away from the school?"
"He didn't run away. He joined Naia but she killed him."
"I did not you did! I tried to save him and you killed him!" Naia sparks with energy. "I will have my revenge!"
"You killed him!" Skitz comes forward. "You bitch you even laughed at me when I asked how you could do it!" Skitz pulls her bow out and loads an arrow.
"You can't do anything to me. Or my partner once she joins me." Naia creates a shield around herself. "Partner destroy Sanne and I will give you unlimited power." Zen steps forward.
"I like the sound of that."
"Zen please! I don't want to fight you. I'm sorry for deleting your memories. She tricked us into thinking you turned on us! I, we'll let you back into the group ok? But you have to believe me this is a lot more dangerous then you can imagine! Sora was killed by Xana, Naia killed Ark, you could die too!"
"If I'm on her side I don't think I have to worry." Zen lunges at Sanne. They wrestle on the Sector as the others watch.
"Damn it Naia we'll destroy you and your new partner!" Krieger gets his sword and shield out.
"Wait. Let them fight. If your tramp wins I'll step aside, promise." Naia watches the two fight with the others.
"Zen stop!" Sanne is being pummeled. Zen was a good enough fighter to beat Krieger in a sparring match. She stood no chance.
"Damn it I can't sit here and watch her get hurt!" Krieger is about to attack when Barack grabs his arm.
"Let them go. We can be ready to attack when she destroys her. Dante is the one we have to protect." Krieger shakes with anger.
Zen leaps away from Sanne and lands next to Naia. "That was fun." Zen does a little boxer footwork and does mock punches.
"You didn't destroy her."
"I'm playing let me have my fun." Zen backs away from Naia, crouches, then runs straight at Sanne as she gets back up. "Hai!" Zen releases a flying kick hitting Sanne hard in the chest.
"Zen, please stop." Sanne backs away as Zen does a back flip and lands next to Naia again.
"Why? So you can delete my memory again?"
"I would never do such a thing again." Sanne backs away and hugs Krieger. "I swear on Krieger's life I'll never do anything to hurt you." Sanne leans up and whispers something in Krieger's ear.
"Die!" Krieger throws his sword at Zen. Zen catches it.
"Krieger I kicked your ass on Earth let's see what happens here." Zen swings the sword around.
"No, destroy Sanne first."
"Whatever." Zen does a mock jab, swing, then spins around and slashes Naia across the chest. Naia is shocked and Zen gets a lunge in shoving the sword through her chest.
"Bitch." Naia turns into a black mist and the sword falls on to the Sector.
"Damn right. The toughest bitch." Zen does a back flip, no hands, landing on her feet gracefully. "Great plan Sanne."
"Wouldn't have worked with out you." The others, except Krieger, are stunned. "But I think Dante needs to deactivate the Tower. No need for a return."
"Yes Sanne." Dante runs into the activated Tower. He goes up to the second platform and touches the screen. "The Tower is deactivated." The screens fall around him. He sends the others then himself back to Earth.
The group is having a meeting. "So wait, Skitz isn't Skitz?"
"No she is just from a different world. Just like you are. You know me as having blue hair but I don't have blue hair." Sanne grabs her hair. "This is naturally pink. In my world I have pink hair."
"So I am from which world?"
"We don't have names for all of them. Just this world, that world, and other world."
"And can it be fixed?" Sanne shrugs her shoulders. "Lot of good you are." Zen laughs a little.
"We're sorry." Dante steps near Zen. "We were tricked and after we decided it was too risky to bring you back. We've lost a warrior, and now Ark. We'll understand if you don't want to get involved."
"Are you kidding? I want to fight Naia hand to hand. Show her I am not the lady to mess with."
"You have no idea." Krieger thinks of painful moments with Zen. "Just so you know I go easy on you."
"Its ok I understand you don't want to admit I kick your ass." Zen does some mock punches.
"You and what army."
"I only need twenty." She holds her hands up then does a couple of kicks. "Which means I'm out numbered."
"What?" Krieger and the others are confused.
"You have twenty one." Everyone laughs except for Krieger.
"We need to be going back. Zen I'll tell you more when we're in our dorm room." Sanne and the others, minus Skitz and Dante, go to the elevator and leave the Control Room.
As the group goes back Sanne hears noises. She tries to ignore them but when she hears a loud explosion her reaction is noticed. "Sanne what's wrong?" Krieger puts a hand on her shoulder.
"Nothing. Don't worry about it." They go through the sewers and make it to the woods.
As they walk through the woods Sanne stops as a large four legged robot aims a laser cannon at her. "Aaaa!" She throws herself out of the way as the laser cannon fires. Everyone else wonders what Sanne is doing.
"Sanne?"
"I, um, I must be seeing things." Sanne gets up. The giant robot was gone.
"Sanne what is going on?" Krieger hugs her then whispers in her ear. "Is it Naia? Or worse?"
"I don't know." Sanne pushes Krieger away. "I'm seeing things. After being blind for so long I'm not used to being able to see stuff."
"You were blind?" Zen stares at Sanne.
"I was. Um, you were like my seeing eye person and that's how you first got in our group."
"If you go blind again you're on your own. I may be a bitch but I'm not a seeing eye dog." Zen laughs at her joke.
"Aren't you a little young to be cursing?" Zen sticks her tongue out at Mira. "Real mature."
"Like I care what you think." Zen sticks her tongue out again and makes a rude hand gesture.
"You little, get back here!" Zen runs down the path laughing as Mira chases after her.
A/N Hmm, what was I going to say? Oh yeah I had a really crazy dream. I dreamed I made an invention that disabled all cell phones and remote controls and wireless internet. What happened? There were all these blonde bimbos smashing their heads against walls and old men shooting themselves and nerd crying about their level 70 Ork Paladin and stuff before slashing their wrists. I want to know, is it disturbing I dreamed that or is it disturbing that that is probably exactly what would happen if I did invent something like that?
Oh also, hope you enjoyed this short yet sweet episode of CX. I already wrote the ending like a month ago and it is weird reading stuff now. But when does it end? You will have to wait to find out!