Code Xana Episode 39: Freak Out!
Author: James the Lesser/The Bunnyman
Disclaimer: I Do Not Own These Characters! Moonscape 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 1-30
"Be very careful with them. These specimens are very hard to find." A man in a white lab coat fixes a Preying Mantis to a clip as an associate fixes a Dragonfly to another clip. "The Genome Reconmbulator, set it to twelve percent, and then brings up the mirrors." The scientist walks away from the Preying Mantis and goes to the door when he finds it is locked. "Hey, unlock the door!" He hears the humming noise of the Genome Recombulator warming up. "This isn't funny! Let me out!" He pounds on the door having no idea what had happened. Five other scientists were knocked out by a black mist and now the mist was controlling things. The scientist inside the test chamber yells and screams but no one can hear him. "Dear God what are you doing? You can't do this to me! This is my project!" He pounds on the door as he hears a high pitch whine. "No, no!" The Genome Recombulator hits the Dragonfly and Preying Mantis then branches off and hits him. The three are fused together and soon a freak of nature is made.
"Perfect, now let's see if I can posses you!" The black mist moves into the room and attacks the freak of nature. It struggles but the black mist is able to invade the body and take control. The human will to resist was no more as the combination with the insects destroyed it. "Yes, a nice body, let's see what they do now." The freak of nature turns into a black mist and escapes the room.
At Kadic Academy, Sanne sits in her room flipping a coin. She catches it and it comes up heads. "But I can't, I, it's being selfish. Try it again, heads I, I tell Krieger tails I don't." She flips it and it comes up heads again. "No, I can't. Third times the charm." She flips the coin and this time it lands… "Heads, shut up, you're just a coin."
She puts the coin on her desk. "This is stupid. All that time you kept yelling at him because he wanted to date and now that he's off limits you want to go out with him. That's it, I, I just want to go out with him because now I can't. Yeah, that has to be it. I just thought he'd always be there..."
He is there. Just not single. I don't even want to date him I just don't want to lose him. "That came out wrong." She shakes her head.
She looks at pictures on her phone of her and her friends. "I'm not losing him. Yes he's good looking and smart and so brave." She sighs. "I love him." She looks at a picture of Skitz. "She's just as smart and brave. My best friend. I love her too." She feels tears in her eyes. "I love all of my friends. Xana killing any of them..." She swipes to a picture of Ark. "Even this goofball." He is sticking his tongue out and giving Mira rabbit ears in the picture. "I love you too, Ark. And Mira, you're growing on me." She smiles a little when a beep interrupts her thoughts.
"Hey, it's done." Sanne turns to her computer and checks that the Virus Scan is done. "Three files, hmmm, delete, delete, and delete." She deletes the files the Virus Scan found and turns other programs back on. "Oh crap." The Super Scan has discovered an activated Tower. "He picks the perfect time to attack. Well, he probably watches me and the others." Sanne shivers thinking about it. There are times she would not want to be watched, showers, getting changed, and other moments that she sure as heck didn't want the enemy to be watching.
She gets her phone out and calls Skitz and hears the phone ringing outside the door. "Skitz!"
"Sorry Sanne." Skitz opens the door. She had heard Sanne talking to herself and listened to her. "Um, I," Skitz looks away as Sanne stares at her.
"How long were you there?" Xana was the enemy Sanne could expect him to spy on her but her own friend?
Skitxz refuses to look her in the eyes. "Um, I'm sorry. I didn't want to interrupt you."
"So you stood there and spied on me?" Skitz nods her head. "I'll yell at you later but right now we have a Tower to deactivate." Sanne calls Ark, then Krieger, then heads for the Factory with Skitz following.
They go to the sewers, Ark and Mira aren't together which makes Sanne and Skitz wonder.
They see Mira's skateboard is gone but Ark's isn't. "I figured they would have been together like always. I guess Ark called her and told her since I didn't even think of it." Sanne gets her skateboard as does Skitz and they head down the sewer in silence. Sanne was still mad at Skitz for spying on her.
Mira gets to the end of the sewer passage to the Factory. She and Ark had gotten into a fight again and she went for a walk. When she saw his number she thought it was to apologize but it was only to tell her to get to the Factory because of an attack. "Whoa, what the heck is that?" When she climbs out of the sewer she saw a strange looking being flying over the bridge. "That must be Xana." She looks down the bridge, to the Factory entrance, and wonders how fast she could run.
They fight on Lyoko, beat Xana, and launch a return
Sanne confronts Skitz. "What are you doing? Seriously, what the frak?"
"I, I heard you talking and thought you were talking to someone. I didn't want to interrupt but then I realized you were talking to yourself." She smiles. "You love us?"
"Yes, all of my friends." She hugs Skitz. "I don't want to lose any of you."
"Especially Krieger?" Sanne tenses up in Skitz's arms. "You bitch."
Sanne is a little worried when Skitz doesn't let go. "It isn't like that, I swear Skitz. I, I don't want to lose anyone."
"Especially Krieger." Skitz lets go. "I knew you liked him as more than a friend!" She surprises Sanne with her smile.
She takes a step back from Skitz. "I, I mean, I don't think so. Maybe. I love him, and you, and Ark. I love all of you."
What does that mean? Her voice sounds the same for all of us. "Sanne, have you ever thought... I mean, you say you love all of us but you don't want to date Krieger. You don't have a celebrity hottie crush. You don't want to date anyone. What if, um, you know..." She makes some motions with her hand.
"What?"
What if she just doesn't want to date? It isn't any of my business."I'm sorry I was spying on you."
"I'm sorry I'm so confused. I love that you two are dating. He needs to get out of the gym. You needed to find someone. Your brother used to be at your side twenty four seven and now he's not."
"If it weren't for Xana we could have been cruising the mall for boys and getting our nails done. Ignore the idiots we've had for years and find someone new." She smiles. "I bet Krieger would still love you."
"I, Skitz."
Skitz nudges Sanne in the shoulder. "I really like Krieger. I do. But I know he doesn't love me. We're having fun. We can't really date anyone outside of the group or they will be pulled in to this bullshit."
"Skitz! Language." The two laugh. "You're not wrong." She bites her lower lip. "Who do you think is cute, on campus?"
Skitz taps her chin. "If it weren't for Xana and I could actually date anyone, I mean, Barack is kinda cute. I love his British accent. I'd ask you the same thing but you already said you don't want to date anyone."
Sanne frowns a little. "I don't. I think hard about Krieger and try to see like, a world where I date him, but can't. Maybe something is wrong with me."
She looks so sad. "No, Sanne, maybe you just aren't ready." She wants to be normal and thinks she isn't. "I'm sure there is nothing wrong with you. You just haven't met the right," The right what? "The right person."
"Maybe." Sanne sighs. "I need to go for a walk."
"Okay, I, shit!" She goes to her bed and finds her wallet. "Krieger beat me in a bike race so it is my turn to pay. He's waiting for me." She runs out of the room.
Ark is sitting on the bridge with his feet dangling over the edge. "What the hell am I going to do?"
He leans back and looks up at the sky. The moon shines down on him. "Mira turned on me in an instant. How the hell does she not trust me? How do I trust her after that?"
He closes his eyes and hears footsteps. "Light, not Krieger." He opens his eyes and looks hoping to see Mira. "Oh, hey Sanne."
"Hey Ark." She stands next to him. "Want some company?"
"Sure."
She sits down with her feet hanging over the edge and lies down. "So, what's up?"
"Just thinking. You?"
"My brain can't focus. Sitting in front of the control panel helps me focus. Even if I'm not working on a program just being there lets me concentrate better." She turns to him. "What are you thinking about?"
"Mira. She, I tell her there is a Xana attack and then a woman starts kissing me and she thinks I'm cheating on her."
"Oh, I heard something happened but didn't know what."
He turns to her. "Frakking hell. My own sister says Mira is working with Xana, I still take Mira's side. I tell her Xana is attacking and she sees some woman kiss me and doesn't think for a second that it is Xana. Just that I'm cheating on her. I trust her but she doesn't trust me."
Sanne turns so she is on her side. "That sucks. She isn't like us. She hasn't known us forever and ever." She reaches over and touches his arm. "But that makes what you two have better, doesn't it? When I came here I wanted to be with you and the others but I also wanted to make new friends."
Ark turns so he is facing her. "Same! I love you and the others but I wanted new friends too. We've all been friends forever and I wanted new ones. People who might be more into skateboarding or different music I haven't heard before. Movies I haven't watched. As wild as my parent's are there is so much I never saw or heard and new people would help me find that."
"Exactly!" Sanne gets a little closer. "I was hoping Krieger could start a martial arts club. I could join it and stuff. Or maybe I could start an art club. I can draw and stuff but I have no idea how to do it on a computer." She makes a noise.
"What?"
"Then I frakked it all up and released Xana."
"Aw, Sanne, we all released him. Krieger could have turned it off and kicked all of our asses to keep it off." He reaches over and brushes hair from her eyes. "We'll beat him. One way or another."
"Oh, my, GOD!"
Both teens turn and see Mira. "What the frak are you two doing?"
"Oh, hey Mira." Sanne gets up. "If you want to talk to Ark I'll head inside."
"You, you two," Mira glares at Sanne. "Frak you!" She goes back to the sewer entrance leaving the two behind.
Sanne is highly confused and flinches when Ark screams. "What was that about?"
"This!" Ark motions towards the sewer entrance. "We're friends. We're talking. She sees us talking and thinks what?"
It clicks for Sanne. "Wait, us?" She laughs. "Sorry, but no. You're a great guy and always find a way to make me laugh but, no."
Ark gives her a goofy smile. "I'm adorable."
She smiles back. "Yes you are." She reaches out and pinches him on the cheek. "You're also the funniest."
"Thanks. You got the brains, I get the charm and humor. Krieger has the muscles and my sister has my parent's convinced I'm the wild one."
"Oh? That sounds like some stories I haven't heard."
"Oh, plenty." He holds up a hand with three fingers up. "Trust trust trust?"
Sanne holds up three fingers and touches them to his. "We were what, eleven the last time we did this?" He is silent. "Sorry, trust trust trust."
He pulls his hand away. "So, one time when..." He goes over a couple stories of Skitz sneaking out to parties as the night gets later. Ignoring the time and curfew.
A/N I love the trust trust trust. Only did it once in all of Code Xana and wanted to use it again. So now Sanne knows some of Skitz's more wild times and can't tell Krieger or anyone else! Ha, love focusing on the story.