p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""As you all know, XANA has too many facilities for us to be able to hit all of them and destroy him that way. Instead we will be attempting to distract him and delay his plans long enough for our computer programmers to finish their antivirus program and free his hostage," Lieutenant Weitzler says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""We know that XANA has a supercomputer nestled in the mountains of Andorra in an abandoned mountain hut off an abandoned trail. This supercomputer houses one of his robot factories and also helps to run his teleportation program. While all of our surveillance drones have been jammed, we know that it will be heavily defended. We will be launching our assault tomorrow at 10:00AM. Paris squad 2, L squad, and NY squad 7 will charge the building and attempt to clear out all defending troops. Once inside, L squad along with Paris squad 2 will destroy the computer. During the initial assault UNMISS squad 3 will be on roving patrol and will assist wherever necessary. Once inside, they will work with NY squad 7 to secure our exit and clear the building of all hostile troops. Any questions?" Lieutenant Weitzler continues./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""What will Paris squad 1 be doing?" Sergeant D'Hondt asks./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""You will remain in Paris guarding our supercomputer and computer techs," Lieutenant Weitzler answers/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Why are we assaulting during the day? Wouldn't we have a better chance of mounting a stealth attack during the night?" L'hopital asks./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""L squad is not a true Defender squad- they consist of a few special operators that we just commissioned. They do not have the equipment implanted for a night op, or the outfit for one, so it makes more sense to launch a day assault," Weitzler says, looking at the Lyoko warriors./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""If there are no more questions, then you are dismissed. Muster at the entrance to the base at midnight to begin the trek to Andorra," Weitzler says, as the Defenders get up./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_ The next day on the bus to Andorra _/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Mother, this is papa cobra, how copy?" Weitzler says into the small microphone attached to his helmet./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Papa cobra, mother reads you loud and clear," Jeremie responds back from the Defender base in Paris./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Mother, Cobra force is 10 minutes out. Begin the transmutation program," Weitzler says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Yes sir," Jeremie responds./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"10 seconds later 4 pale white specters come flowing out of the electrical outlets on the bus. They fly into Yumi, Odd, Aelita, and Ulrich. Their bodies pixelate and shake violently, as their regular clothing vanishes and their Lyoko outfits appear. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Papa cobra, this is mother. What is the status of L squad?" Jeremie says/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""L squad has completed the transmutation process and is now operational," Lieutenant Weitzler responds into his microphone./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"After another 9 minutes, the bus pulls into the parking lot at the base of the mountain. As the Defenders and Lyoko warriors disembark from the bus, they get strange looks from the people about to start their hikes- no doubt because of the strange mix of combat suited Defenders in green camouflage and combat helmets and the Lyoko warriors in their bright costumes./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Park 10 km away, we will call when ready," Weitzler says to the driver as he disembarks./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"A park ranger immediately moves in to cut off Lieutenant Weitzler and his group from accessing the trail head. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I'm sorry sir but your group is too large to hike on this trail, and I think a few of your group members are not ready for a trip of this magnitude," The ranger says, looking at Odd in his catsuit./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""UN Defender Command. We have an active combat operation going on on this mountain. You need to clear everyone off it ASAP, because they could be in danger," Weitzler says, gently picking the ranger up and moving them out of the way./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The motley group begins jogging up the trail, shouting to every hiker they pass: "military operation, get off the mountain,"./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"When they reach the first short rock climbing portion, the Defenders all use one smooth leap to carry them to the top of the 2m rock wall. Odd, using his cat-like climbing ability, easily scurries up the wall. Aelita and Yumi quickly climb over the rock wall, and Yumi then reaches down and catches Ulrich as he jumps part of the way up the rock wall./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"50 feet ahead, the Defenders have staked out an intersection with a trail that has a large log over it and a do not enter sign posted. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""This is it," Weitzler says, pointing down the closed trail./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Everyone jumps over the log and quickly covers the first 2 miles./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Ok. We should be a quarter mile away from the facility. L'hopital, Gadbois, Rundell, go ahead quietly and stealthily and report back," Weitzler says/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"They acknowledge and set off, slowly and silently down the trail. Once they have gotten within 600 feet of the cabin, they crouch down behind a few trees and switch on their optical enhancers and IR vision. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""We see these weird snake-like creatures with a brown upper body and grey lower body," they report over the radio./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""That would be a Creeper- they have powerful lasers but are very easy to kill," Odd says, twirling his tail/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""They appear to be slithering around the cabin in some sort of patrol pattern. Flanking the main entrance to the cabin appears to be 2 spider-like animals and a couple of those combat robots," They continue./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""That would be a Tarantula. They have 2 lasers that they can fire very rapidly, and they are very hard to kill," Odd reports./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""The cabin itself seems awfully small for a robot factory," They finish./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""They must have built the robot factory and the supercomputer underground," Weitzler speculates./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""L squad, myself, and Rundell will take the front of the cabin. NY squad 7, you have the right side of the cabin, and the rest of Paris squad 1, take the left side. Stage 600 feet away behind trees and await my mark before beginning your assault. UNMISS Squad 3, stage another 200 feet back and await my signal for where to begin," Weitzler orders into his mike as the other Defenders begin to slowly and silently move towards the cabin./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Once Weitzler is in position behind a tree, with a good visual on the rustic wooden cabin guarded by the creatures, he calls into his mike for all the Defenders to report when ready. Once they acknowledge he whispers into his radio: "mark,"./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"He leaps out from behind his tree, fingers curled into firing position. He lets off 2 quick bursts of cutting laser, dropping the 2 nearest Creepers into puddles of goo and spare parts. One of the Tarantulas guarding the door lets loose with a massive barrage of rapidly fired laser. Weitzler's nanocomputer takes over and sends him diving away from the laser fire, behind a nearby tree. Odd jumps out from behind a nearby tree and shouts: "shield!"./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"A small purple sphere of energy appears in front of him, absorbing the laser blasts of the 2 Tarantulas. Behind him, Aelita throws 1 energy field at the Tarantulas. As the shield fails and they dive for cover, the energy field lands right in between the 2 Tarantulas, and the blast destroys both of them. Rundell leaps out from behind her tree and drops the robots with a few quick blasts from her anti-armor laser. Yumi tosses her fan, dropping the last of the Creepers as Ulrich stands ready to block any lasers that might be shot at her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Front is clear," Weitzler says into his /Once he gets the all clear from the other squads, he whispers "Change in plans. UNMISS 3, secure the upper shack, NY7 come with us,"./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"As he finishes this, an army of combat robots come marching out the door. He and Rundell immediately direct their sonic weapons at the combat robots. The robots just keep on marching through, as Odd starts blasting them with laser arrows from behind a tree, while Aelita starts throwing energy fields at them, dropping 5 at a time, and Yumi throws her fans at the robots. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""We need some help up front," Weitzler says into the mic as he and Rundell swing their anti-armor lasers into firing position and let loose with a barrage of bright blue lasers that drop the robots that get past Odd and Aelita's barrage. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"By the time the other Defenders from UNMISS 3 and NY7 have arrived, 50 robots have been blasted down. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""In!" Weitzler shouts./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"All the Defenders and Lyoko warriors start charging the hut, with their fingers curled into firing position. Once inside, they find themselves in an empty mountain cabin, devoid of all furnishings. In the middle, there is a giant hole. The Defenders approach it, and see an elevator platform loaded with another 50 robots ready for combat. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Go around the sides of the elevator, and prepare to fire into it," Weitzler says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Once all the Defenders and Lyoko warriors are around the elevator, they open fire with their weapons, obliterating the robots, who because they are still deep underground cannot get a good firing angle. Once the elevator platform arrives at the ground level, Defender squad NY 7, Paris 1, and the Lyoko warriors board the elevator, as the remaining Defenders take up defensive positions around the cabin. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"As the elevator prepares to descend, he hears on his radio "Papa cobra, this is mother. I managed to hack into XANA and get the floor plans for this facility. This elevator will open up into a hallway on the side with an arrow on it. Once inside I should be able to guide you," Jeremie says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Roger that," Weitzler responds into his mic/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Yumi, Ulrich, Odd, Aelita, head to the side of the platform with an arrow on it, and be prepared to deflect XANA's attacks. All Defenders, prepare to fire when you see hostiles," He continues./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"As the elevator descends down to the underground facility, they see the heads of 50 combat robots waiting for them. The Lyoko warriors take out their weapons, waiting to block their laser fire. The Defenders curl their fingers into firing position and let loose with their deadly cutting lasers. By the time the robots are able to fire, half of them have already been deactivated, and the remaining robot's lasers are easily deflected by the Lyoko warriors, until all the robots have been destroyed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The soldiers then run down the hall, into a large amphitheater filled with thousands of combat robots. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Cover!" Weitzler yells as they all dive to the sides of the hallway, which are lined with support pillars./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The robots open up with a massive barrage of laser fire, and the warriors respond with their own smaller but deadly barrage./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Mother, this is papa cobra. We are taking heavy fire from a large army of robots that we cannot defeat. Is there an alternate route," Weitzler says into his mic./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span"Directly behind you on the right there should be a service corridor that will take you around the amphitheater," Jeremie says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Weitzler immediately slides along the wall, looking for the service corridor. Seeing nothing, he switches to IR. On the IR he sees a bundle of warm pipes. Tapping on the hallway wall right in front of the pipes, he hears a hollow area. With a series of servo augment kicks he kicks the door down giving him access to the hallway. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Lyoko warriors, Rundell, Gadbois, with me down the tunnel. The rest of you, keep this hallway clear," Weitzler orders./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Once you get to the end of the tunnel, turn left, it should take you to the supercomputer. On the right you should be able to see the entrance to the robot factory," Jeremie says into the radio./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"As the team reaches the end of the tunnel, Weitlzer cautiously peers out of it, to see a line of robots marching 4 across out of the manufacturing center. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""They're making the robots just as fast as we can kill them," Weitzler says/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""UNMISS 3, get as many of your Defenders down here as you can ASAP!" Weitzler orders./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Without waiting for acknowledgement, he turns to the rest of his team, and says: " Rundell, Gadbois, find a way to shut down the robot factory. Lyoko warriors on me to destroy the supercomputer,"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Aelita tossess 4 energy fields at the pillar of robots, knocking down a large enough gap for the other team members to get through, using their fan, sword, and shield to block the robots' lasers. As they head down the hall, 2 columns of robots follow them, firing their blue laser orbs. Using his swords, Ulrich parries them as Odd and Aelita shoot laser arrows and energy fields at them. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""The supercomputer room should be on your right," Jeremie says over the radio./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Aelita, come with me to take out the computer. The rest of you, hold the robots back," Weitzler orders./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"He and Aelita peel off and cautiously enter the room. In it, they see 2 large, black spheres flanking a second entrance./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""You should see a hallway in front of you, go down that," Jeremie says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Those are Megatanks," Aelita says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The eye of XANA pops up on the Megatank's black shell, as they open up to reveal their bright red interior. A series of red circles form around the large eye of XANA, and they both shoot out large sheets of red laser energy. Weitzler dodges to the left, and fires on the tank with his cutting lasers, scoring some scratches in its metal armor. Aelita throws her energy fields at the laser, causing it to shatter like glass. Weitzler pivots on his right leg, bringing his left leg up. Placing a quick target lock on the large eyes of XANA on the 2 Megatanks he fires 2 quick bursts with his anti-armor laser, destroying the first Megatank. Before the second can be struck, it closes its shell, and the laser is harmlessly absorbed. When it opens again Weitzler is ready and he fires with his anti-armor laser, striking its eye of XANA dead center, causing the tank to shut down./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"_ /p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Mother this is Paris 2-7. How can we shut down the robot factory?" Rundell says into her radio as she and Gadbois crouch behind support pillars and shoot at the robots heading towards the tunnel. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Go back 50 feet down the tunnel, There should be a small room branching off from the left. In it there is a large circuit box controlling the factory's power. Destroy that and you should shut down robot production," Jeremie replies/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Rundell backs away from the tunnel entrance. Looking at the left wall, she activates her optical enhancers, and spots a small crack in the wall. Curling her right hand into firing position, she fires a quick burst of her cutting laser, scoring a small hole in the door. Once cool, she inserts her fingers into the door and using her servo motors yanks it open. She bursts into the room, fingers curled into firing position. Before they can even react, she fires 4 quick bursts of her cutting lasers, dropping the 2 Creepers and 2 combat robots who were guarding the circuit box./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Surveying the room, she sees a massive circuit breaker box covering 3 of the room's walls, with over 100 circuit breakers on them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Mother, this is Paris 2-7, I see over 100 circuits. Which one should I destroy?" Rundell says into her microphone./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Give me a few minutes and I should have the answer for you," Jeremie responds./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Mother, this is NY-7-Lead, we are getting clobbered here in the hallway- I'm not sure how much longer we can hold this position. We need the robot factory and supercomputer disabled NOW!" Sergeant Dalton shouts into the mic./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Mother, this is Paris 2-7, I got this," Rundell says into her mic./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"She pivots onto her right leg, bringing her left leg to bear on the circuit breaker panel. With 3 quick blasts of her anti-armor, she burns holes in each of them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Mother, this is Paris 1-4, I see no new robots coming out of the factory," Gadbois says over the radio/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"_/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Nicely done Paris 2-7. Paris 2-7, 2-4, and Yumi and Ulrich, fall back to assist the Defenders guarding our exit," Lieutenant Weitzler says into his mic. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Fingers curled into firing position, he and Aelita walk into the supercomputer room. In it, they find a monitor with the eye of XANA on it, flanked by all sorts of wires, leading into a series of 6 large boxes./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""How do you recommend destroying the supercomputer?" Weitzler asks/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Normally we would be concerned with trying to make the damage to the supercomputer look as accidental as possible. This time around, we can just destroy it," Aelita recommends/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Weitzler opens fire with his cutting laser, cutting through all the wires linking the monitor. He then turns to the boxes, firing bright blue bolts of electricity at them from his arcthrower. Using her energy fields, Aelita wrecks the other 3 boxes with her energy fields. The 2 then exit the computer room. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Over the radio they hear: "NY-7-lead to Papa Cobra, the robot army has shut down,"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Papa Cobra roger, I am on route to provide medical assistance," Lieutenant Weitzler responds into his mic./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Weitzler and Aelita meet up with the Lyoko warriors and Gadbois and Rundell and travel through the tunnel back to the entry hallway. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Status report," weitzler says/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I have 3 Defenders dead and another 4 seriously injured. Most of the other Defenders took some minor burns," Dalton says, looking remorsefully at his dead soldiers./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Rundell, Gadbois, L'hopital, grab the explosives and rig the facility up to explode. Shaw, Clawson, cut a series of foot holds into the elevator shaft so that we can exit in a hurry if we need to. If you don't need me as a medic, I am going to take the Lyoko warriors and inspect the robot factory," Weitzler says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Once they acknowledge, he and the Lyoko warriors walk back down the tunnel to the droid factory. At the factory they see hundreds of robots in varying states of construction, nestled onto 4 robotic assembly lines./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""The question is, where did XANA get all the resources for this?" Weitzler asks, taking pictures of the facility with his camera./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Before Aelita can answer, a panicked voice says into the radio "We're under attack,"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Come on," Weitzler says, as he starts a servo powered sprint into the tunnel./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"When he gets back to the entrance hallway, he sees the previously disabled droid army attacking with vengeance. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Paris 2-7, this is Papa Cobra what is the status of the explosives?" He says into his mic as he ducks behind a column and fires his 2 cutting lasers, and swivels his anti-armor laser into firing position. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Paris 2-7, We've only had time to rig them in the entrance hallway and a few strategic points near the supercomputer. We have not been able to rig up the robot factory yet," Rundell responds over the radio./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Papa Cobra to Paris 2-7, We don't have time. Toss the rest of the explosives into the robot factory and then fall back to the entry hallway. The robot army has reactivated," Weitzler says into the mic./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"2 minutes later, the 3 Defenders return and take up firing positions in the hallway./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Papa Cobra to all units, Everyone, grab an injured or dead Defender, the Lyoko warriors and myself will cover you," Weitzler says into his mic./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"On cue, Ulrich and Yumi jump out from behind their columns and begin to block the robot's lasers, while Weitzler, Odd, and Aelita fire their weapons from behind pillars. As the Defenders climb up the elevator shaft, Weitzler and the Lyoko warriors slowly back up until it is their turn to leave. After tossing Ulrich up the shaft, where he is caught by Gadbois, Weitzler jumps halfway up the shaft before grabbing onto the handholds and climbing the rest of the way. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Once he and the other Defenders are 600 feet away from the cabin he shouts: "blow it,"./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Gadbois presses a little button and a column of fire explodes out of the center of the cabin, as the ground to the left of it collapses. Weitzler begins providing medical care to the injured Defenders, while Sergeant Dalton calls for a medical helicopter. Once all the injured have been evacuated, the remaining Defenders climb down the mountain and hop on the bus back to Paris. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""We know that XANA has a supercomputer nestled in the mountains of Andorra in an abandoned mountain hut off an abandoned trail. This supercomputer houses one of his robot factories and also helps to run his teleportation program. While all of our surveillance drones have been jammed, we know that it will be heavily defended. We will be launching our assault tomorrow at 10:00AM. Paris squad 2, L squad, and NY squad 7 will charge the building and attempt to clear out all defending troops. Once inside, L squad along with Paris squad 2 will destroy the computer. During the initial assault UNMISS squad 3 will be on roving patrol and will assist wherever necessary. Once inside, they will work with NY squad 7 to secure our exit and clear the building of all hostile troops. Any questions?" Lieutenant Weitzler continues./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""What will Paris squad 1 be doing?" Sergeant D'Hondt asks./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""You will remain in Paris guarding our supercomputer and computer techs," Lieutenant Weitzler answers/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Why are we assaulting during the day? Wouldn't we have a better chance of mounting a stealth attack during the night?" L'hopital asks./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""L squad is not a true Defender squad- they consist of a few special operators that we just commissioned. They do not have the equipment implanted for a night op, or the outfit for one, so it makes more sense to launch a day assault," Weitzler says, looking at the Lyoko warriors./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""If there are no more questions, then you are dismissed. Muster at the entrance to the base at midnight to begin the trek to Andorra," Weitzler says, as the Defenders get up./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"_ The next day on the bus to Andorra _/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Mother, this is papa cobra, how copy?" Weitzler says into the small microphone attached to his helmet./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Papa cobra, mother reads you loud and clear," Jeremie responds back from the Defender base in Paris./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Mother, Cobra force is 10 minutes out. Begin the transmutation program," Weitzler says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Yes sir," Jeremie responds./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"10 seconds later 4 pale white specters come flowing out of the electrical outlets on the bus. They fly into Yumi, Odd, Aelita, and Ulrich. Their bodies pixelate and shake violently, as their regular clothing vanishes and their Lyoko outfits appear. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Papa cobra, this is mother. What is the status of L squad?" Jeremie says/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""L squad has completed the transmutation process and is now operational," Lieutenant Weitzler responds into his microphone./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"After another 9 minutes, the bus pulls into the parking lot at the base of the mountain. As the Defenders and Lyoko warriors disembark from the bus, they get strange looks from the people about to start their hikes- no doubt because of the strange mix of combat suited Defenders in green camouflage and combat helmets and the Lyoko warriors in their bright costumes./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Park 10 km away, we will call when ready," Weitzler says to the driver as he disembarks./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"A park ranger immediately moves in to cut off Lieutenant Weitzler and his group from accessing the trail head. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I'm sorry sir but your group is too large to hike on this trail, and I think a few of your group members are not ready for a trip of this magnitude," The ranger says, looking at Odd in his catsuit./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""UN Defender Command. We have an active combat operation going on on this mountain. You need to clear everyone off it ASAP, because they could be in danger," Weitzler says, gently picking the ranger up and moving them out of the way./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The motley group begins jogging up the trail, shouting to every hiker they pass: "military operation, get off the mountain,"./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"When they reach the first short rock climbing portion, the Defenders all use one smooth leap to carry them to the top of the 2m rock wall. Odd, using his cat-like climbing ability, easily scurries up the wall. Aelita and Yumi quickly climb over the rock wall, and Yumi then reaches down and catches Ulrich as he jumps part of the way up the rock wall./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"50 feet ahead, the Defenders have staked out an intersection with a trail that has a large log over it and a do not enter sign posted. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""This is it," Weitzler says, pointing down the closed trail./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Everyone jumps over the log and quickly covers the first 2 miles./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Ok. We should be a quarter mile away from the facility. L'hopital, Gadbois, Rundell, go ahead quietly and stealthily and report back," Weitzler says/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"They acknowledge and set off, slowly and silently down the trail. Once they have gotten within 600 feet of the cabin, they crouch down behind a few trees and switch on their optical enhancers and IR vision. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""We see these weird snake-like creatures with a brown upper body and grey lower body," they report over the radio./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""That would be a Creeper- they have powerful lasers but are very easy to kill," Odd says, twirling his tail/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""They appear to be slithering around the cabin in some sort of patrol pattern. Flanking the main entrance to the cabin appears to be 2 spider-like animals and a couple of those combat robots," They continue./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""That would be a Tarantula. They have 2 lasers that they can fire very rapidly, and they are very hard to kill," Odd reports./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""The cabin itself seems awfully small for a robot factory," They finish./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""They must have built the robot factory and the supercomputer underground," Weitzler speculates./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""L squad, myself, and Rundell will take the front of the cabin. NY squad 7, you have the right side of the cabin, and the rest of Paris squad 1, take the left side. Stage 600 feet away behind trees and await my mark before beginning your assault. UNMISS Squad 3, stage another 200 feet back and await my signal for where to begin," Weitzler orders into his mike as the other Defenders begin to slowly and silently move towards the cabin./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Once Weitzler is in position behind a tree, with a good visual on the rustic wooden cabin guarded by the creatures, he calls into his mike for all the Defenders to report when ready. Once they acknowledge he whispers into his radio: "mark,"./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"He leaps out from behind his tree, fingers curled into firing position. He lets off 2 quick bursts of cutting laser, dropping the 2 nearest Creepers into puddles of goo and spare parts. One of the Tarantulas guarding the door lets loose with a massive barrage of rapidly fired laser. Weitzler's nanocomputer takes over and sends him diving away from the laser fire, behind a nearby tree. Odd jumps out from behind a nearby tree and shouts: "shield!"./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"A small purple sphere of energy appears in front of him, absorbing the laser blasts of the 2 Tarantulas. Behind him, Aelita throws 1 energy field at the Tarantulas. As the shield fails and they dive for cover, the energy field lands right in between the 2 Tarantulas, and the blast destroys both of them. Rundell leaps out from behind her tree and drops the robots with a few quick blasts from her anti-armor laser. Yumi tosses her fan, dropping the last of the Creepers as Ulrich stands ready to block any lasers that might be shot at her./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Front is clear," Weitzler says into his /Once he gets the all clear from the other squads, he whispers "Change in plans. UNMISS 3, secure the upper shack, NY7 come with us,"./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"As he finishes this, an army of combat robots come marching out the door. He and Rundell immediately direct their sonic weapons at the combat robots. The robots just keep on marching through, as Odd starts blasting them with laser arrows from behind a tree, while Aelita starts throwing energy fields at them, dropping 5 at a time, and Yumi throws her fans at the robots. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""We need some help up front," Weitzler says into the mic as he and Rundell swing their anti-armor lasers into firing position and let loose with a barrage of bright blue lasers that drop the robots that get past Odd and Aelita's barrage. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"By the time the other Defenders from UNMISS 3 and NY7 have arrived, 50 robots have been blasted down. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""In!" Weitzler shouts./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"All the Defenders and Lyoko warriors start charging the hut, with their fingers curled into firing position. Once inside, they find themselves in an empty mountain cabin, devoid of all furnishings. In the middle, there is a giant hole. The Defenders approach it, and see an elevator platform loaded with another 50 robots ready for combat. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Go around the sides of the elevator, and prepare to fire into it," Weitzler says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Once all the Defenders and Lyoko warriors are around the elevator, they open fire with their weapons, obliterating the robots, who because they are still deep underground cannot get a good firing angle. Once the elevator platform arrives at the ground level, Defender squad NY 7, Paris 1, and the Lyoko warriors board the elevator, as the remaining Defenders take up defensive positions around the cabin. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"As the elevator prepares to descend, he hears on his radio "Papa cobra, this is mother. I managed to hack into XANA and get the floor plans for this facility. This elevator will open up into a hallway on the side with an arrow on it. Once inside I should be able to guide you," Jeremie says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Roger that," Weitzler responds into his mic/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Yumi, Ulrich, Odd, Aelita, head to the side of the platform with an arrow on it, and be prepared to deflect XANA's attacks. All Defenders, prepare to fire when you see hostiles," He continues./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"As the elevator descends down to the underground facility, they see the heads of 50 combat robots waiting for them. The Lyoko warriors take out their weapons, waiting to block their laser fire. The Defenders curl their fingers into firing position and let loose with their deadly cutting lasers. By the time the robots are able to fire, half of them have already been deactivated, and the remaining robot's lasers are easily deflected by the Lyoko warriors, until all the robots have been destroyed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The soldiers then run down the hall, into a large amphitheater filled with thousands of combat robots. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Cover!" Weitzler yells as they all dive to the sides of the hallway, which are lined with support pillars./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The robots open up with a massive barrage of laser fire, and the warriors respond with their own smaller but deadly barrage./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Mother, this is papa cobra. We are taking heavy fire from a large army of robots that we cannot defeat. Is there an alternate route," Weitzler says into his mic./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /span"Directly behind you on the right there should be a service corridor that will take you around the amphitheater," Jeremie says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Weitzler immediately slides along the wall, looking for the service corridor. Seeing nothing, he switches to IR. On the IR he sees a bundle of warm pipes. Tapping on the hallway wall right in front of the pipes, he hears a hollow area. With a series of servo augment kicks he kicks the door down giving him access to the hallway. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Lyoko warriors, Rundell, Gadbois, with me down the tunnel. The rest of you, keep this hallway clear," Weitzler orders./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Once you get to the end of the tunnel, turn left, it should take you to the supercomputer. On the right you should be able to see the entrance to the robot factory," Jeremie says into the radio./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"As the team reaches the end of the tunnel, Weitlzer cautiously peers out of it, to see a line of robots marching 4 across out of the manufacturing center. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""They're making the robots just as fast as we can kill them," Weitzler says/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""UNMISS 3, get as many of your Defenders down here as you can ASAP!" Weitzler orders./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Without waiting for acknowledgement, he turns to the rest of his team, and says: " Rundell, Gadbois, find a way to shut down the robot factory. Lyoko warriors on me to destroy the supercomputer,"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Aelita tossess 4 energy fields at the pillar of robots, knocking down a large enough gap for the other team members to get through, using their fan, sword, and shield to block the robots' lasers. As they head down the hall, 2 columns of robots follow them, firing their blue laser orbs. Using his swords, Ulrich parries them as Odd and Aelita shoot laser arrows and energy fields at them. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""The supercomputer room should be on your right," Jeremie says over the radio./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Aelita, come with me to take out the computer. The rest of you, hold the robots back," Weitzler orders./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"He and Aelita peel off and cautiously enter the room. In it, they see 2 large, black spheres flanking a second entrance./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""You should see a hallway in front of you, go down that," Jeremie says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Those are Megatanks," Aelita says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The eye of XANA pops up on the Megatank's black shell, as they open up to reveal their bright red interior. A series of red circles form around the large eye of XANA, and they both shoot out large sheets of red laser energy. Weitzler dodges to the left, and fires on the tank with his cutting lasers, scoring some scratches in its metal armor. Aelita throws her energy fields at the laser, causing it to shatter like glass. Weitzler pivots on his right leg, bringing his left leg up. Placing a quick target lock on the large eyes of XANA on the 2 Megatanks he fires 2 quick bursts with his anti-armor laser, destroying the first Megatank. Before the second can be struck, it closes its shell, and the laser is harmlessly absorbed. When it opens again Weitzler is ready and he fires with his anti-armor laser, striking its eye of XANA dead center, causing the tank to shut down./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"_ /p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Mother this is Paris 2-7. How can we shut down the robot factory?" Rundell says into her radio as she and Gadbois crouch behind support pillars and shoot at the robots heading towards the tunnel. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Go back 50 feet down the tunnel, There should be a small room branching off from the left. In it there is a large circuit box controlling the factory's power. Destroy that and you should shut down robot production," Jeremie replies/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Rundell backs away from the tunnel entrance. Looking at the left wall, she activates her optical enhancers, and spots a small crack in the wall. Curling her right hand into firing position, she fires a quick burst of her cutting laser, scoring a small hole in the door. Once cool, she inserts her fingers into the door and using her servo motors yanks it open. She bursts into the room, fingers curled into firing position. Before they can even react, she fires 4 quick bursts of her cutting lasers, dropping the 2 Creepers and 2 combat robots who were guarding the circuit box./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Surveying the room, she sees a massive circuit breaker box covering 3 of the room's walls, with over 100 circuit breakers on them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Mother, this is Paris 2-7, I see over 100 circuits. Which one should I destroy?" Rundell says into her microphone./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Give me a few minutes and I should have the answer for you," Jeremie responds./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Mother, this is NY-7-Lead, we are getting clobbered here in the hallway- I'm not sure how much longer we can hold this position. We need the robot factory and supercomputer disabled NOW!" Sergeant Dalton shouts into the mic./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Mother, this is Paris 2-7, I got this," Rundell says into her mic./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"She pivots onto her right leg, bringing her left leg to bear on the circuit breaker panel. With 3 quick blasts of her anti-armor, she burns holes in each of them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Mother, this is Paris 1-4, I see no new robots coming out of the factory," Gadbois says over the radio/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Nicely done Paris 2-7. Paris 2-7, 2-4, and Yumi and Ulrich, fall back to assist the Defenders guarding our exit," Lieutenant Weitzler says into his mic. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Fingers curled into firing position, he and Aelita walk into the supercomputer room. In it, they find a monitor with the eye of XANA on it, flanked by all sorts of wires, leading into a series of 6 large boxes./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""How do you recommend destroying the supercomputer?" Weitzler asks/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Normally we would be concerned with trying to make the damage to the supercomputer look as accidental as possible. This time around, we can just destroy it," Aelita recommends/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Weitzler opens fire with his cutting laser, cutting through all the wires linking the monitor. He then turns to the boxes, firing bright blue bolts of electricity at them from his arcthrower. Using her energy fields, Aelita wrecks the other 3 boxes with her energy fields. The 2 then exit the computer room. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Over the radio they hear: "NY-7-lead to Papa Cobra, the robot army has shut down,"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Papa Cobra roger, I am on route to provide medical assistance," Lieutenant Weitzler responds into his mic./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Weitzler and Aelita meet up with the Lyoko warriors and Gadbois and Rundell and travel through the tunnel back to the entry hallway. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Status report," weitzler says/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I have 3 Defenders dead and another 4 seriously injured. Most of the other Defenders took some minor burns," Dalton says, looking remorsefully at his dead soldiers./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Rundell, Gadbois, L'hopital, grab the explosives and rig the facility up to explode. Shaw, Clawson, cut a series of foot holds into the elevator shaft so that we can exit in a hurry if we need to. If you don't need me as a medic, I am going to take the Lyoko warriors and inspect the robot factory," Weitzler says./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Once they acknowledge, he and the Lyoko warriors walk back down the tunnel to the droid factory. At the factory they see hundreds of robots in varying states of construction, nestled onto 4 robotic assembly lines./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""The question is, where did XANA get all the resources for this?" Weitzler asks, taking pictures of the facility with his camera./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Before Aelita can answer, a panicked voice says into the radio "We're under attack,"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Come on," Weitzler says, as he starts a servo powered sprint into the tunnel./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"When he gets back to the entrance hallway, he sees the previously disabled droid army attacking with vengeance. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Paris 2-7, this is Papa Cobra what is the status of the explosives?" He says into his mic as he ducks behind a column and fires his 2 cutting lasers, and swivels his anti-armor laser into firing position. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Paris 2-7, We've only had time to rig them in the entrance hallway and a few strategic points near the supercomputer. We have not been able to rig up the robot factory yet," Rundell responds over the radio./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Papa Cobra to Paris 2-7, We don't have time. Toss the rest of the explosives into the robot factory and then fall back to the entry hallway. The robot army has reactivated," Weitzler says into the mic./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"2 minutes later, the 3 Defenders return and take up firing positions in the hallway./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Papa Cobra to all units, Everyone, grab an injured or dead Defender, the Lyoko warriors and myself will cover you," Weitzler says into his mic./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"On cue, Ulrich and Yumi jump out from behind their columns and begin to block the robot's lasers, while Weitzler, Odd, and Aelita fire their weapons from behind pillars. As the Defenders climb up the elevator shaft, Weitzler and the Lyoko warriors slowly back up until it is their turn to leave. After tossing Ulrich up the shaft, where he is caught by Gadbois, Weitzler jumps halfway up the shaft before grabbing onto the handholds and climbing the rest of the way. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Once he and the other Defenders are 600 feet away from the cabin he shouts: "blow it,"./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Gadbois presses a little button and a column of fire explodes out of the center of the cabin, as the ground to the left of it collapses. Weitzler begins providing medical care to the injured Defenders, while Sergeant Dalton calls for a medical helicopter. Once all the injured have been evacuated, the remaining Defenders climb down the mountain and hop on the bus back to Paris. /span/p