Chapter 7: Xanatos Gambit
A/N: FUCK SCHOOL. I really wish I could make updates more frequently but school is taking up all my god damned time. Now enjoy the chapter. Also I don't own Code Lyoko or any related products. If I did Evolution would be much better.
Sector 5
Xana is doing what he usually does, which includes going through data on the interface. Superior is sitting on the edge of the platform, using Mantas for target practice. "Could you please refrain from killing the monsters that are guarding us?" Xana asked. "Yes Lord Xana." Superior replied in an annoyed tone. "My Lord, what are we looking for again?" Superior asked. "A way to break through the defenses of the Cortex. I need to get to Tyron. He has something of mine locked up in there." Xana replied. "What does that mortal have that you can't take Lord?" Superior asked. "Two things my solider: One, you are mortal too, at least until we win this war. Two, he has another AI. I need to either make it join us or kill it." Xana replied. "My Lord, what do we need another AI for?" Superior asked. "We don't need one, but any advantage against the Lyoko Warriors is something we need to exploit." Xana replied. "I can deal with those nuisances sir." Superior said. "It is painfully apparent that you can't. You have failed on multiple occasions." Xana replied. "I feel like I can beat them the next time we fight." Superior said. "The problem is you let your emotions over take you. They taunt you and mention that 'petting zoo' incident, and then you fight sloppily. They know your weaknesses, but you still haven't learned theirs." Xana said. "My lord, show me videos of the fights you had against them and I promise that our next plan won't fail." Superior said. "Fine. But if you fail me again, I will throw you into Carthage's data field myself." Xana replied.
Cafeteria
"Alright Shane, where's Odd?" Sapphire asked. "What makes you think I know where he is?" Shane asked. "You two are still at war, and Odd would never miss breakfast. Where is he?" Then everyone heard a tiny explosion. "What the hell was that?" Ulrich asked. "It may or may not have been the finale the prank I am finishing this war with." Shane said smugly. "So you did know where he was!" Sapphire yelled at him angrily. "I never said I didn't. All I did was ask why you thought I would know where he was." Shane said. "Can we get back on the subject of what that explosion was please?" Jeremie asked. "Yeah I think there is a bigger problem than Shane's exact words. Like is Odd ok?" Yumi asked. "He will be fine. It was step five in my five step prank." Shane replied. "What were the other four steps?" William asked. "I'm glad you asked William. Step one: put sound proof ear plugs in Odd's ears so he doesn't wake up when I carry him into Sissi's room and he doesn't wake up when she does, making him late for either class, or at least breakfast. Step two: He is panicky because because he is late. All the girls have learned to wake up before Sissy so she doesn't take all the hot water. Odd runs into the bathroom to take a shower, and accidentally sees Sissy naked, resulting in most likely, a slap from her. Step Three: I-" "Wait a minute, two things, how did you hide Odd in Sissy's room, and Ulrich why didn't you notice Odd was gone?" Aelita asked. "I just assumed he got up before me." Ulrich said. "And you didn't jump to the conclusion that something was wrong when Odd was getting up before you?" Sapphire asked. "Sometimes the guy doesn't sleep at all, so it's not weird just, unusual." Ulrich said. "As for the other question, I hid him under her bed and made sure he couldn't snore by putting duct tape on his mouth. Now Step Three: I covered all his clothes in itching and sneezing powder that everyone is allergic to." Shane said. "How do you have itching powder that everyone is allergic to, and isn't everyone allergic to sneezing powder?" Ulrich asked. "No, sneezing powder just fucks with your nose to make you sneeze. Also, this itching powder makes anyone it touches itchy and break out in some ugly hives. Step Four: I payed Milly and Tamiya to sneak a vial of chemicals into Odd's pocket. It is set to break five minute after they set the time. The vial is full of a substance that dissolves clothing and nothing else. Finally, Step Five: The ink bomb that has been hidden in Odd's hair this entire time. That was the explosion, making his hair black for the next week. "That sounded like more than just dyeing his hair." Aelita said. "Well I mean his chest up is going to be covered in ink too, but the main goal was to make is hair black so he I don't have to look at that stupid purple area of hair anymore." Shane said. "You have a problem with the purple spot in his hair? That is why you did this?" Sapphire asked. "Yes." Shane replied.
Then the door to the cafeteria opened, and everyone looked at Odd walking in. He had gotten most of the ink off of his face, but his hair and eyebrows were jet black, and his sweatshirt is stained black. The part that everyone noticed was the fact he wasn't wearing pants. He was covered in nasty hives, and kept sneezing every ten seconds. Shane noticed that his boxers were about two second from being dissolved at the waist band, and then they would fall. William, Ulrich, Shane, and even Sapphire were all trying there best to stifle laughs. Then Shane saw that the waist band had dissolved and was about to fall. "Look away if you value your sanity." He told the others before looking away himself. Everyone saw either Odd's ass, or, if they were unlucky like Sapphire, his 'pride' "Son of a bitch! My eyes!" Sapphrie shouted covering her eyes. "Why are all you guys looking away?" Odd asked. "Don't you feel that breeze below Odd?" Shane asked while laughing. Odd looked down. He then proceeded to run out of the cafeteria screaming. Shane leaned back in his chair and said "That is how you win a prank war."
Two hours later, Principal Delmas' office
Odd and Shane were listening to the Principal's rant about their ongoing prank war. "This is absolutely unacceptable! We can not have students destroying other students property, or exposing them like what happened today! Mr. Xypher if your father didn't have enough money to shut this entire school down you would have been expelled two hours ago! And Mr. Della Robbia from what I understand you started this. If Mr. Xypher wasn't your friend you might have been expelled. But you two are still going to pay. Three hours detention after classes for the next week and on Sunday four hours after Breakfast." Principal Delmas said. Now go." Mr. Delmas said, pointing at the door. On there way through the courtyard Odd pushed Shane into a nearby bush. Shane got up, with an angry expression on his face. "What the hell was that for?" Shane asked. "You just fucking cost me more then you could ever imagine!" Odd shouted at Shane. "Calm down Odd, it's just fucking detention." Shane snapped back. "Just detention? I finally managed to get the chance to get back with my ex, Samantha Knight, and you get me fucking detention when our date is!" Odd yelled back. "Well this is your own damn fault." Shane shouted. "How the hell is this my fucking fault?" Odd asked. "If you hadn't started this shit with me by putting hot sauce in my underwear, we would both be free, but no, you had to be good old Odd fucking Della Robbia and play the clown. Everything that has happened to you is your own fucking fault!" Shane shouted before storming off.
Cafeteria, next day
Shane and Sapphire are sitting on the opposite side of the cafeteria from the others. "Shane go apologize." Sapphire said. "Like hell I will. He owes me an apology." Shane said back. "You ruined his chances with the one that got away Shane. You know exactly what that feels like." Sapphire said. "Don't you dare bring that up. How dare you compare what happened to me to what happened to him." Shane snapped, before getting up and dumping all his food, and leaving for his next class.
At the same time with the other warriors...
"He does have a point Odd." William said. "You started it Odd, you should have been able to finish it." Ulrich said. "Oh shut the hell up Ulrich. If I made it so William and Yumi got together, you'd hate my fucking guts." Odd replied. "Yes, but because I never did anything to you to provoke that. You provoked Shane. He didn't even directly cause what happened. You just need to realize that it was your own stupidity that got you here." Ulrich said. Yumi, Jeremie, and Aelita were staying out of the conversation, thinking that the two just needed to solve their own problems.
Sector 5
Superior was watching the entire argument while eating... virtual popcorn that he got somehow. "Superior two questions. One why would you just randomly make popcorn when you don't need to eat, and two how are you watching this? There is no camera there." Xana asked. "Well one, I enjoy eating when I am watching a funny show, and two, I activated a tower in the Cortex to posses a fly." Superior replied. "You activated a tower... TO POSSES A SINGLE FLY!?" Xana shouted in rage. He was just about to summon his weapon and delete Superior when he realized that a tower was under his control. In the Cortex. "How did you do it?" Xana asked. "What?" Superior asked from behind a forceshield he was cowering behind. "How did you activate a tower in the Cortex?" Xana asked, bewildered. "Well, I wanted to see if I could activate a tower like you have been trying to teach me, but I realized it would bring the warriors to Lyoko if I did it in their superscan range, so I decided to try the Cortex, and it just clicked." Superior replied. Then it dawned on Xana. "Of course! Your not an AI! You wouldn't set off any of the anti hacking systems that I would. You'd seem human, because you are human, and ok to enter. We must exploit this. Be prepared to get data from the Cortex, Superior." Xana said. "Y-yes my lord." Superior replied, frightened.
School Library, One hour into Odd and Shane's detention
They are at a table with Jim, who is so engrossed in a book, that he doesn't notice Odd sleeping or Shane juggling five pencils. 'I just noticed something!' Shane thought. 'Jim looks like Solid fucking Snake! The head band, the five o'clock shadow! Wait... wouldn't he have to be older because of FOXDIE? Well then again, video games are just alternate dimensions. Maybe I live in a dimension where everything that Snake did was covered up and now he is retired, and Naomi never fucked with FOXDIE, so Snake isn't infected. See now I have to ask.' "Hey Jim" Shane said. Jim looked up from his book. "Yes Xypher, what is it?" Jim asked. "I was wondering if you have ever heard of a group called FOXHOUND?" Shane asked. Jim stayed stone faced and said "No Xypher I can't say I have. Now get back to studying with Della Robbia." Then he looked over at Odd to see the feline boy was sleeping. Jim proceeded to throw a book right next to Odd's head, making a loud crash, waking Odd up. "Ah! Who, where, what?" Odd asked. "Della Robbia, please refrain from sleeping when you are supposed to be studying while also being punished for your actions." Jim said before going back to his book. 'There goes that idea... Unless he has been asked before and is actually a lot better at hiding surprise than he was in the games!'
Forest Sector
A tower inside of a huge tree turns red.
Jeremie's Room
Jeremie's laptop goes off with a Xana alert while he and Aelita were working on new coding for Lyoko. "Uh oh." Jeremie said. "I'll text the others." Aelita said.
School Library
Some data starts accumulating in a nearby electrical socket. This isn't noticed by anyone because Jim is stuck in his book while Odd has gone back to sleeping and Shane is back at juggling, but with seven pencils this time.
Factory
"Guess we can't be expecting Odd and Shane." Yumi said. "No, Jim probably has them under maximum security." William answered. Jeremie went to the monitor while the other went down to the scanners. "Ladies first." William said extending his arm. "Then why aren't you going Will?" Sapphire asked before walking into one of the scanners. "William you really should know that chivalry is dead." Ulrich said. "Transfer Aelita." Jeremie started. "Transfer Yumi. Transfer Sapphire. Scanner. Virtualization.
Forest Sector
The girls landed in the forest, smelling the grass and wood on the slight breeze. "This sector is probably the most peaceful with the new upgrades." Yumi said. Then a laser hit her in the back. "You just had to say something Yumi." Sapphire said, while pulling out her scythe. "We haven't even been here a whole minute!" Yumi said, irritated. She turned to see two Krabs and a Tarantula all ready to fight. The three girls dodged the lasers while Jeremie was virtualizing the guys behind the monsters. Ulrich and William landed behind the three monsters that were focused on the girls. "You take the sea food platter I'v got the creepy-crawlie." William said. They were about to advance on the monsters when something fell in front of them with a loud crash. The impact sent the two warriors a few feet back, barely staying on their feet. They looked up to see a humanoid figure. It was porcelain white with a frail glass looking shell. Its legs were so slender it could barely stand, but were also tall enough to make it about ten feet tall, and they ended in stumps. It had long arms that touched the ground. Its head looked like a human's, but was blank except for a pitch black Xana eye in the middle. "What the hell is that thing?" Ulrich asked. Then the figure brought its hands up to its face, and the fingers turned sharp. Then its fingers all turned black. Then its arms started stretching at the wrists and each hand quickly going to attack one of the guys. Ulrich and William both barely managed to dodge the elongated limbs. "Einstein what the hell is this thing?" Ulrich asked. "I have no idea Ulrich! It seems to be made of data that can change within seconds, making it unpredictable. Look out for anymore changes guys." Jeremie replied.
Meanwhile the girls were down to just the Tarantula. Aelita and Yumi were both trying to hit it, but it kept blasting their fans and energy fields out of the air. "Alright this is just sad. Watch and learn." Sapphire said with a smug grin. She pulled out her book while blocking the Tarantula's lasers with her scythe. She read "Eternal Black Hole." Her eyes, book, and scythe blade all turned pitch black. A black portal appeared behind the Tarantula, which got sucked in because of its lack of anything to hold on with. Everything returned to its normal dark blue color, while Sapphire looked back, and smiled saying "See easy." "I hope you can deal with what the guys are dealing with as easy, because it has chased them about two miles in the wrong direction of the tower." Jeremie said. "Then we'll need our vehicles." Yumi said. "Already on it." Jeremie said. The Overwing and Overshadow both materialized and Aelita activated her wings. The girls started to go where William and Ulrich were fighting the porcelain giant.
Kadic Library
Shane had gotten up to ten pencils when he saw it. A humanoid figure made of data was right behind Jim. "Jim look out!" Shane shouted. But it was too late. The data figure shocked Jim into unconsciousness, and then became him. "ODD WAKE YOUR DUMB ASS UP!" Shane shouted, while tackling the sleeping Odd before the specter could grab him. Odd woke up and pushed Shane off. "What the hell?! You can't just be happy with ruining my love life? You have to stop me from sleeping too?" Odd asked. "Look at the specter you dumbass!" Shane shouted back. Then the specter Jim threw Shane into the wall. Odd looked just in time to get grabbed and have his codes start to get drained. Shane got up, his back hurting, but adrenaline keeping him going. He tackled the specter, forcing it to let go of Odd. Then Shane started beating the shit out of the specter, only for it to catch one of his fists and throw him into a nearby bookcase, making it topple. Odd started throwing up because of the data theft. The specter was about to grab Odd again when Shane jumped on its back and got it in a headlock. "Got ya now you son of a bitch!" Shane shouted. Then the specter simply grabbed Shane's arms, pulled him off, and threw him into the ground. Shane got back up, with a pain in his back, slowly put up his fists and said, "If you want this dumbass' codes, you'll have to get through me first." The specter just grinned, cracked its knuckles, and got ready to fight Shane.
Forest Sector
The girls had finally caught up to Ulrich, William, and the porcelain monster. Its bladed fingers were still trying to kill the guys. "How have you guys not killed this thing yet?" Sapphire asked. "We can't get to its damn eye. The parts it has turned black are super strong, and we can't get past them!" William shouted while blocking and hitting the black parts to no avail. "Jeremie, please tell me we are at least doing some damage to this thing." Ulrich said. "Sorry guys, but you haven't done any damage to it at all. In fact it only has one life point, but it looks like the eye is the only place you can hurt it." Jeremie replied. "I got this!" Sapphire said with enthusiasm. She then flew at the giant, scythe above her head. But then, a tentacle formed out of the monster's back. The tip turned into a blade and turned black. It pierced the Overshadow, with Sapphire barely jumping off her vehicle in time. "Hell no!" Sapphire shouted. "I am not dealing with your hentai shit right now Xander!" Sapphire shouted in anger. She then charged at the tentacle and traded blows with it. "Let's help her Yumi." Aelita said. "Right." Yumi replied, nodding her head. But before they could get close, two more tentacles formed. One turned into a hand, held a finger up, and waged it, as if the monster was saying 'No, no, no.' Then both tentacles turned into blades and lunged at the girls.
Kadic Library
Shane was thrown through the Library window. He opened his eyes at see the specter climbing out of the window to get him. 'How the hell did I not get any glass in my back?' Was Shane's first thought. His second was 'I don't stand a chance against this specter in a fair fight, so time to start playing dirty.' As the specter approached, Shane grabbed a piece of glass, and tried to jam it into the specters eye. The specter caught his hand midair, grinning evilly. But then, Shane jammed the other piece of glass he had into the specter's eye. Code started spilling out of where the specter's eye used to be. The specter let go of Shane and tried to remove the glass shard. Then Shane shoved a glass shard into the specter's other eye. Then Shane kicked the specter over. He grabbed his phone out of the desk Jim was keeping it in, and ran to help Odd get up. "Hurry up Furry, specters can regenerate quickly, but it can't do it with the shards in its eyes." Shane said, pushing Odd in front of him, and both of them started running. Shane pulled out his phone and dialed Jeremie. "Shane, it's about time, is anything strange going on at the school?" Jeremie asked. "No, the only weird thing was a specter attacked us." Shane replied sarcastically. "I assume the others are on Lyoko." Shane then said. "Yes, but they are dealing with a monster that can warp its body into weapons." Jeremie replied. "OK, well patch me through to Sapphire." OK, but why?" Jeremie asked. "I need to talk to her." Shane replied simply.
Forest Sector
"Sapphire, Shane wants to talk to you." Jeremie said. "Tell him to screw off. I'm fighting a god damned tentacle monster and am not in the mood to talk to him." She replied, still fighting the tentacle, while the others were fighting off their respective body parts. "I don't think he is going to take no for an answer, so here he is." Jeremie said. Then an earpiece materialized in Sapphire's ear. "Hey sis." Shane said. "DAMNIT JEREMIE!" Sapphire shouted. "So sis what's going on?" Shane asked. "I'm good, you know, just fighting a monster that seems it's straight out of Parasyte, and fighting a bladed tentacle like I'm in a bad hentai. HOW THE FUCK DO YOU THINK I'M DOING?!" Sapphire asked angrily. "Hey, don't compare Parasyte to some bad hentai! You're not the only one having a bad day. I got thrown through a window by a specter of that Solid Snake look alike." Shane replied. "Solid Snake look alike? Who the hell are you talking about?" Shane asked. "Jim. He looks like a out of shape Solid Snake. According to the others, he doesn't like to talk about his past, so I think he may be Solid Snake." Shane replied. "OH my god, you're right. Wait shouldn't Snake be dead?" Sapphire asked. "I'll explain my theory later, but I just wanted to see how your doing, so bye. Got a specter to run from. Have a nice time with the hentai you are staring in." *click* "At least he hung up. I'm going to have to go kick his ass after this for saying I'm staring in a hentai." Sapphire said. Then the blade nicked her arm. "Oh that's it!" Sapphire shouted. She cut the point where the black and white met, and it cut like a hot knife through butter. The black part crumbled into rubble. "Guys, cut of the black parts! The white areas are super weak and easy to cut!" Sapphire shouted at her teammates. They all nodded and went after the points in which white changed to black. Yumi cut through her tentacle, and Aelita blasted hers off. Ulrich cut off one of the hands. William cut a few feet above the hand, cutting about a third of the arm off. That was the only part that didn't end with the black part shattering into rubble. The giant extended its stub arm, attached it to the cut off part, and they fused back together. Its hand turned white again, turned into a hammer, and became black again. "Oh shit." William said seconds before getting crushed and devirtualized. William was using the scanner wall to keep himself upright when the scanner opened. Sapphire jumped on its arm while it was still on the ground, ran up the monster's arm, and stabbed it in the Xana eye. Sapphire thought she had killed it, but its head just split in two, grew teeth on the inside, and the entire head became black. Then it bit Sapphire in half, sending her back to the scanners. Its head reformed, but was still all black, with the Xana eye now being red. "It's head is hardened, that's how we need to kill it!" Ulrich exclaimed. "Triplicate! Super Sprint!" Ulrich used both of his powers, and rushed the monster. The giant formed three more tentacles, and attacked Ulrich and his clones. One of the clones was impaled instantly, destroying it. The other two jumped over the tentacles and started running up them. Then, ten ax tentacles formed out of the monster's back, and swung at Ulrich and his clone. They dodged as best as they could, but one ax cut through the clone, allowing them all to focus on Ulrich. All the tentacles went straight to Ulrich. Ulrich jumped, threw his sword right at the monster's eye. Ulrich's sword pierced the monster's eye, just as he was slashed by all the axes, devirtualizing him. The monster returned to what it looked like at the beginning, its entire body turned black, and it crumbled into rubble. "Finally, it's dead." Yumi said. "Alright, you need to hurry to the tower. Who knows what trouble Odd and Shane are in right now. I've got the others looking, but better to stop the attack before something even starts then when it's finished." Jeremie said. "Right." Aelita said. Then both of the girls flew towards the tower.
Kadic Gym
Odd and Shane had decided to hide in the gym. They were both panting from the run. "Think we lost him?" Odd asked. "Probably not." Shane said. He then went back into the weight room, pulled out a metal bar (I have no idea what the things you put the weights on are called.) and stuck it between the handles, making it hard to open. "That should at least slow it down." Shane said. Then he heard glass shattering, and looked up to see Jim crashing through one of the windows. "Or you know, just jump through a fucking window." Shane said, obviously tired of running from the specter. He then pulled the metal metal bar out, and was ready to fight the specter. "Odd get the hell out of here, I've got this son of a bitch." Shane said. "What so he can throw you through a window again?" Odd asked. "Fine, if you wanna help, then you can have first crack Furry." Shane replied with a grin. "Of all the nicknames, you name me after anthropomorphic animals?" Odd asked. "Yes. That is your Lyoko form after all. Oh and duck." Shane said. "Duck?" Odd asked. He then turned to see the specter about to punch him. Odd barely ducked under the punch, only to have the specters knee come up as well, landing right in the middle of Odd's face. Odd was knocked back to Shane. Odd got up, holding his now bloody nose. "Why the hell did you tell me to duck when his knee was coming up too?" Odd asked. "I only saw the fist." Shane said. "Fine, then you fight while I stop the blood flow." Odd said. "Got it." Shane said. He then ran up to the specter, and smacked him across the face with the metal bar. The specter's head turned back to Shane. Shane tried to hit it again, only to have the bar ripped out of his hands, and get smacked in the ribs, sending him flying and making an audible crack. "You know Shane, I don't wanna start ribbing ya, but I don't think you affected the specter too much." Odd said. "Shut the hell up Furry. It's nothing, just a few minor cracks in my rib cage." Shane replied. He started to get up, only to see the specter had snuck up on Odd. "Odd, look out!" Shane shouted. The specter put its hand on Odd's shoulder, and gripped him like iron, starting to suck out Odd's codes. Shane got up and was about to try and charge the specter, when he heard two gunshots. He looked down to see two holes in the left side of his chest. He then looked up to see the specter had a gun. The gun dissipated into data, and Shane fell down.
Kadic Courtyard
Sapphire, William, and Ulrich were looking around for where Odd and Shane could be. "You'd think it would be easier to find two guys with dye jobs being chased by a digital specter disguised as a heavy set gym teacher." Sapphire said. Then they all heard the gunshots. "My money is on them being in that direction." William said. They all ran before any other students of teachers could get caught in the crossfire.
Gym
The three Lyoko warriors burst through the door to see Shane on the floor in a pool of blood, and Odd having his codes sucked out. Sapphire, seeing her brother bleeding on the floor, charged the specter in rage, and tackled it. She started slamming its face into the ground, making noticeable dents in the ground. "YOU MOTHERFUCKER! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY BROTHER!?" Sapphire shouted in absolute rage. The specter turned into a cloud of data, grabbed Sapphire's hair, and threw her across the room. Ulrich and William charged the specter, but it turned into data again, got behind them, and grabbed the backs of their necks, stealing their codes.
Forest Sector
The girls reached the tower, finding it unguarded. "I don't like this." Yumi said. "We need to get to the tower. Cover me in case it's a trap." Aelita said. She then flew down to the tower, and entered it. She flew up to the second platform, and touched the interface.
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"Tower deactivated." Aelita said. Then a warning came up on Jeremie's screen. "What? The Return to the Past just became bugged. I'll have to fix it." Jeremie said calmly, not realizing the urgency of what was going on.
Gym
The specter had exploded into code, and Sapphire was holding Shane in her arms, crying. "Hey sis, come on stop." Shane said, coughing up a little blood. "How am I supposed to stop, you've got two bullets in you chest?" Sapphire asked. "Come on, the return to the past will fix me up good." Shane replied. Then he looked over to Odd, who was puking his guts out. "Hey Furry, come over here." Shane said. Odd got up, and walked over. "Hey, I'm sorry Odd." "For what?" Odd asked. "For making you miss your date. I am the one who was childish enough to start retaliating against your prank. In case I don't get a chance to say it to you, I'd like to apologize." Shane said. "Don't talk like that Shane. You said yourself that The return to the past would fix you up." Sapphire said. "Yeah I guess you're..." Shane closed his eyes. "Shane? Shane?" Sapphire asked with fear in her voice.
Factory
"Finally! Alright, return to the past now!" Jeremie shouted.
Cafeteria
"How can you tell me to be calm?" Sapphire whisper shouted. "We don't know that he died. He would be in the Principal's office right now." Yumi replied. "We don't know he is alive either. I don't want to just sit hear and hope." Sapphire replied. The doors opened, and they all looked to see Shane and Odd walk in. They sat at the table. Sapphire hugged her brother. "Oh thank god you're alive." Sapphire said. "Come on Sapph, you know that I've survived my fair share of near death experiences." Shane said. "How are you so calm?" William asked. "I've been at death's door before, but I always escape." Shane said. "So Odd, how'd it feel to get detention twice in one day?" Ulrich asked. "I wouldn't know." Odd replied. "What?" Ulrich asked. "I took all the blame. Odd doesn't have detention, but I do." Shane replied. "Dangit Shane, why are you always so nice right after your you almost die?" Sapphire asked. "Because I can be sis." Shane replied, looking off into the distance.
Sector 5
"Superior, you didn't even try to stop them, so I'm going to have to follow up on my promise." Xana said. "But Lord Xana, them succeeding was my plan." Superior replied. "What?" Xana asked. "By deactivating that tower, I now have access to a tower in the Cortex that give us a full analysis of its defenses." Superior replied. "Well, it would appear you are good for something." Xana said, grinning about how his plan would soon be ready, thanks to his great second in command.
A/N: Ok, that got slightly darker then I had originally planned, but you get the gist. R&R. Flames will be used to power up Shane.
Code Count
Ulrich: 75%
Odd: 80%
Yumi: 91%
Aelita: 100%
William: 85%
Xana: 12.6%