Chapter 3: Code Redux
A/N: I do not own Code Lyoko or anything else referenced in this chapter. I only own the Xyphers and Scotts.
The Lyoko Warriors minus Odd and Sapphire are running across the Ice Sector. "Let's hurry up with this tower, I'm freezing my balls off." William said. "I could throw a fireball in your direction William." Shane replied. "I'd prefer being cold to being devirtualized, thank you." William said. "Then quit your bitching like I told you to five minutes ago." Shane snapped. "Can I interest the two of you in a nice hot cup of shut the hell up?" Ulrich asked. "No I'm good." Shane retorted. "Jeremie can you make a program to shut them up?" Yumi asked. "Sorry, that would take Xana's AI intellect to do." Jeremie said, annoyed. "Come on Yumi, it's just some pre battle banter to ease the nerves." Shane said. Then a barrage of laser balsts came out of nowhere, with one hitting Yumi in the arm and another hitting William in the leg. "Take cover!" Shane shouted. The Warriors dived behind chunks of ice. "There goes my eased nerves." Shane said. Then he noticed that Ulrich and Yumi had dived behind one piece of cover and the others dived behind another. "I guess its true that lovers are synchronized in their choices." Shane said. Yumi threw a fan at his head. "SHIT!" Shane ducked just before it hit him. "Can we focus on stopping Xana now?" Yumi asked. "Ok fine." Shane replied. He looked over his cover. On a ridge above them he saw five Bloks ready to fire. "I got this." Shane said. He pulled the shield off his back and crouched behind it. Then he charged. The Bloks shot at his shield, but every time the shield was hit, the shot was deflected back at the Bloks. Two of the Bloks were destroyed by the reflected lasers. Shane looked back at the other warriors. "Would you people mind getting off your lazy asses and help?" Shane asked. William sighed. "Fine. Super Smoke." William said before turning into a ball of smoke. He came up behind the Bloks and slashed all three of them with one swing. "I guess their chances just went up in smoke, huh?" William asked. Shane threw a fireball at William. William narrowly dodged it. "What the hell?" William asked. "This is what happens when you quip horribly." Shane replied. "Can we get to the tower without you guys trying to kill each other?" Aelita asked. "Well, I guess we could." Shane replied. "I forgot how insufferable you can be sometimes Shane." Aelita said. "Love you too Lita." Shane said. Then the warriors ran to the tower.
They reached it without anymore looked unguarded. "Ok, where are the monsters?" Ulrich asked. "Xavier isn't stupid. He would have monsters around." Shane said. "Will you stop calling him that? He isn't the guy you knew anymore." William said. "I'm sorry Dunbar, but I like to think that we can still save him." Shane replied. "Can you guys stop arguing?" Jeremie asked. "Fine, whatever. You see any monsters Einstien?" Shane said. "No, but there is something closing on you guys fast." Jeremie replied. Then his eyes widened. "Guys, look out!" He shouted before something crashed in the middle of them and shot a huge forcefield out. All the warriors were scattered. "Guys look out, that thing did twenty life points of damage." Jeremie said. "Anyone get the number of the bus that just hit us?" Ulrich asked. The warriors look at what hit them. It was a guy. He had a full blue body suit with a gold X in the middle, and the hand part was also gold. His forearms were covered with white gauntlents. He had no visible weapons. He had chrimson red hair that was messy, and he opened his eyes to reveal Xana's eyes. "Is that-" Ulrich started. "Oh hell no Xana, you seriously brought this asshole into Lyoko to fight us?" Shane asked. "It was quite easy." Xana/Mark said. "Now let me into that tower so I can make this transformation a little more permanant." "Like hell you will." William said. "We outnumber you." Ulrich said. "Yes but you have no idea what my powers are." Mark/Xana said. "Don't need to, we'll still kick your ass. Lita go deactivate the tower." Shane said. "Oh that won't do." Mark/Xana said. Then three Tarantulas virtualized in front of the tower. "God damnit. William, Yumi you protect Lita, me and Ulrich have got this." Shane said. "Got it." Yumi said. "You ready?" Shane asked Ulrich. "Hell yes. Triplicate!" Ulrich cloned himself. His clones charged at Mark. One was faster than the other, and it jumped to do a downward strike on Mark. "Forceshield." Mark said. He put his gauntlents up and a forcefield came up. The Ulrich clone's blades shattered as soon as they hit the barrier. Then Mark pushed the field hard, making it a projectile. The clone was devirtualized. The other one ran to Mark. "Forceshield." Mark said. "Supersprint!" Shouted the clone. He ran straight into the barrier, devirtualizing him. "Well, this could be problematic." Shane said.
Meanwhile...
William, Yumi, and Aelita were dealing with the Tarantulas. They were behind a rock of ice. Yumi threw a fan at one and hit it in the leg. William super smoked above one and stabbbed it in the back, then he supersmoked back behind the cover Aelita and Yumi were using. The Tarantulas were using their hand lasers to pin the trio down. "Well this just sucks." William said. "I got this." Yumi said. She activated her telekenisis and lifted some ice chunks over the Tarantulas. The Tarantulas started shooting at the chunks. They weren't shooting fast enough. Then they all started shooting a third laser out of their eyes. "What the hell?" William asked. The ice chunks were decimated. "Well, now we have three lasers to deal with." Aelita said. "This day has been one big mess of new things to fight. " Yumi said. "Why the hell didn't Xana step up his game like this earlier?" William asked. "Maybe he underestimated us." Aelita theorized. "We will figure this out later, I am gonna kill these things. Super Smoke!" William said. He went up behind one and was about to slice it when its head turned around 180 degrees and shot William in the face, doubling the damage. "Holy hell!" William said in surprise. The Tarantula shot him once more before he super smoked behind the rock. "Careful William, you only have five life points left. " This would be a hell of a lot easier if Odd and Sapphire were here." Yumi said.
Meanwhile Shane and Ulrich were trying to devirtualize Mark. Every time one of them tried to slash Mark, he put up a shield. "Stand up and fight you wuss!" Ulrich shouted. "I will admit this form is a bit too defensive." Mark said. "Are you sure you mean defensive, or offensive to our eyes?" Shane asked. "I am not amused." Mark said. "Force Run!" He shouted. Suddenly he was propelled forward at an incredable speed. He went right through the Tarantuals, destroying them. Then he went in the tower. "What the hell is he doing?" Shane asked.
In the tower...
Mark walked to the middle and flew up to the platform. He put his hand on the console.
MARK_
CODE_
REDUX_
Mark started getting hit by lightning in the tower. Then he was enveloped in a red cocoon.
The warriors outside of the tower were confused. "Could he be trying to delet the sector?" Yumi asked. "You'd need a way tower to do that." Shane said. "How do you know that?" William asked. "My father and uncle made two of these worlds, how would I not know how this world works?" Shane asked. "Fair enough." William said. Then Mark came out of the tower. He looked the same except for his suit was now red, the gauntlents were black, and his X and had partss were silver. "Guys, Marks not possesssed anymore but the tower is still active." Jeremie said. "Oh I am free now, its just that Xana has shown me what could happen if I were to help im take over the world." Mark said. "And what's that?" Shane asked. "Well first I could have any woman I want." Mark said while winking to Yumi. "Oh he's dead." Ulrich said. "I could also have power over anyone and do anything I want. I can't wait to see your sister again Shane." Mark said. "That's it. Scott three things will happen. I will devirtualize you, I will have Lita deactivate this tower, and then I will beat the shit out of you in real life." Shane said. "Don't call me by any of my human names. I am now a God. You will call me Superior, God of Lyoko and your destroyer." Superior said. "Isn't that Xana's job?" Aelita asked. "No, he has alredy named himself god of the world. He is ok with me asserting dominance over Lyoko." He replied. "You know, for such a badass boast I can't help but think of the time at the petting zoo." Shane said. "Don't yopu dare bring that up!" Superior shouted. "HEY! Have you guys forgoten that the tower is still active?" Jeremie asked. "What is it doing Einstien?" Yumi asked. "It made a specter." Jeremie said. "Yes and good old Odd should be getting a visitor soon." Superior said.
Sapphire and Aelita's room...
Sapphire finally finished with her video game testing and looked at her phone. She saw the text from Shane. 'Xana, get to the factory ASAP. Get Odd if you find the text first.' "Oh crap, I gotta move!" She shouted.
Boys Dorms
Sapphire breaks down Odd's door after failing to wake him up. She pulled him out of bed. "SOOFABITCH!" Odd shouted as he fell. "Damn it Sapphire, why'd you do that?" Odd asked. He looked up to see Xana's eyes instead of Sapphire's pupils. "Oh Sh- Gah!" Odd said as the specter grabbed him by the throat. Data started flowing from Odd's body into the spceter. Its eyes turned black and green with code running through them. Sapphire walked in to see this. "Oh come on." Sapphire said. She kicked the specter in the ribs, making it drop Odd. Then she pushed it out the window. "There can only be one." Sapphire said. Then she looked back at Odd. "Come on dumbass, we need to get to the factory." Sapphire said. Odd tried standing up but his legs gave out. "What the hell, I can't feel my legs." Odd said. "Son of a bitch." Sapphire said. She picked up Odd and put him over her shoulder. "Wow, your even lighter than I expected. You have to be the scrawniest kid I know." Sapphire said. "I'm not scrawny, I'm svelt!" Odd shouted. "Whatever." Sapphire said. Then she heard a cracking noise outside. She looked out the window and saw the specter's bones were snapping back into place. "Fuck. Me." Sapphire said. "Goddamnit, say what you want about Xana, he builds his specters well." Odd said. "Shut up. Now old on, but not to anywere you aren't supposed to." Sapphire said. Then she ran tot he factory.
Lyoko
"Alright lets take this bastard down." William said. He charged at Superior. "Force blast." Superior said. He shot a red energy fist at William, and devirrtulized him. When the scanner opened and he said "Forgot I only had five life points." The other warriors were being more cautious. "This seems unfair, i should even the odds." Superior said. Then five Mantas virtualized. "Lita and Yumi, you two take care of the Mantas ad try to get to the tower, we will get this asshole." Shane said. "Ok." Yumi said. The girls started attack the Mantas. "Now we fight like men." Shane said. "I couldn't agree more." Superior replied. "Force sword." He said. Then a red energy sword appered in his hand. "I love sword fights." Superior said. The three charged.
Factory
Sapphire and Odd came down in the elevator. "About time, Mark is under Xana's control and calling himself Superior and fighting the others." Jeremie said. "What's wrong with Odd?" He then asked. "The specter did something to him. I think going to lyoko will fix it." Sapphire said. "Alright just hurry." Jeremie replied. When they got to the scanner room, William was waiting at the door. "Finally, we need the calvary." William said. Jeremie started the scanners. "Transfer, Scanner, Virtualiztion."
Ulrich and Shane were evenly matched with Superior. Neither side could hit the other. "You're prety good." Shane said. "You are doing better than I though you would." Superior replied. 'But one thing you didn't think of is this. Forcequake!" Superior slamed his fist into the ground and the other two warriors went into the air. Shane landed on his feet but Ulrich landed on his back and one of his swords went through his shoulder. He pulled it out, grabbed his other sword, and got ready to fight. "Cheap shot." Shane said. "I'm just using my Lyoko given powers." Superior replied. He was about to do it again when everyone heard a familiar voice. "Bonzai!" Odd shouted. He jumped off of a shadow could Sapphire had made. Her eyes, scythe, and book were black. He started shooting at Superior, hitting him a few times. Sapphire flew over and slashed all the Mantas, destroying them. All the warriors surrounded Superior. "Only one thing to do now." Superior said. "FORCE KAMIKAZE!" He shouted. Shane balsted a fire ball at Aelita's feet, getting her away from the blast. Everryone else was hit with its full blast. Only Sapphire, Odd, and Aelita survived. "That thing did ninety life point of damage!" Jeremie shouted. Then the Specter arrived and shocked Jeremie. It grabbed William and did the same thing to him as she did to Odd. Aelita went into the tower
AELITA_
CODE_
LYOKO_
The specter blew up into code. "Automatic return to the past active." The supercomputer said in a feminine voice.
The warriors were in the lunchroom. "I figured out what the specter did to William and Odd. It took codes out of them. Codes that match Xana's." Jeremie said. "So, Xana stayed alive by keeping parts of himself in those two?" Shane asked. "He put one in all five of the old warriors." Jeremie said. "He has twenty percent in each of them. If he gets all of hims codes, he can get back into the web." Jeremie said. "He took five percent of each of their codes, which is one percent of his codes." Aelita put in. "So he only has two percent? That's not too bad." Willaim said. "But he could have gotten a lot more. We have to be more carful." Shane said. "Well right now lets celebrate, we put Mark, or Superior or whatever the hell he calls himself, in his place." Odd said.
A/N: Hope you liked the chapter. R&R. Flames will be used to power up Shane.