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Code: Going Ghost
Chapter 2
Sam had allowed the Lyoko kids to stay at her house for the night since that they had now where else to go for a while since they appeared in Amity Park so quickly.
"Man, how the heck did your family get this rich?" asked Odd,
"My family got filthy rich off my grandfather Izzy because he invented the deli toothpick cellophone device." said Sam.
"And you're not spoiled like most of the other rich families my parents have met." said Ulrich,
"I'd rather not earn popularity because I am rich. I want to have real friends instead fake ones that only pay attention to you when you're rich." said Sam.
"Tell me about it. My parents are Grade A snobs and my dad throws a tantrum whenever I get anything below a B." said Ulrich,
"At least your parents don't care how you dress. My parents keep on forcing bright dresses and that junk on me in the morning and when ever I get a cold they call half the hospital over." said Sam.
"My parents or mostly my dad could care less if I broke my leg in a game. My dad keeps on comparing me to him when he was my age and went to school. He also believes my friends are holding me back." said Ulrich.
"My parents don't approve of me hanging around Tucker and Danny much either. Mostly because the behavior of Danny's parents." said Sam,
"Thanks, Sam." said Danny.
"No offence Danny but that's what my parents think." said Sam,
"At least we managed to meet someone as rich as Ulrich's family and not let it go to their heads. My parents are nearly always fighting and it upsets me and my little brother. I don't know what I'm going to do." said Yumi.
"So what do you think you guys are going to do?" asked Danny,
"We called Jeremy and told him where we are and our current situation. The problem is that because of Technus bringing Xana here without activating a tower on Lyoko prevents Jeremy from using the Time Return program. As long as any remains of Xana's conscious stays on Earth we cannot use the Time Return program to throw him back into cyberspace." said Aelita.
"Bummer." said Tucker,
"Especially since Xana teamed up with Vlad but I got a feeling that they are planning something big. Xana told Vlad it wasn't the right time to get rid of us." said Ulrich.
"What could they be planning?" asked Odd,
"I don't know but it's actually a good thing Xana is here on Earth. Since he's not on Lyoko he can't activate a tower without returning so his powers aren't as great as before. But that doesn't mean he still isn't dangerous. He can still control electronic devices." said Aelita.
"That means he control my PDA! Please help me protect my PDA! It didn't do anything to him!" said Tucker,
"Relax no one said Xana was going to possess your PDA." Odd said and then whispered to everyone else, "Out Loud."
The others snickered at Odd's joke.
Next Day
Casper High School
The Lyoko gang walked down the sidewalk with Danny and his friends.
"I heard tonight was the big football finals." said Danny,
"Who cares about that? Besides if Dash looses the game he will take out on you, Danny." said Sam.
"The problem I've got the one thing he doesn't got." said Danny,
"A teddy bear?" asked Odd.
"No, well actually he does have a closet fall of teddy bears but I was talking about ghost powers." said Danny.
Sam looked sternly at the boy.
"Danny you know it's not a good idea to use your ghost powers on others who aren't ghosts." said Sam,
"Relax, I'll just use it to get away." said Danny.
"Hey Fen-toad!" yelled a voice.
They turned to see a muscular teen wearing a black shirt and a jock jacket. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. This Dashiel 'Dash' Baxter the most popular guy in school and a member of both the football and basketball team at Casper High.
"Who are these new geeks? Especially that scrawny kid wearing pink and purple?" asked Dash,
"First I am not scrawny, I'm svelte. Second of all aren't you the guy who as teddy bears in his closet?" asked Odd.
Dash growled and grabbed Odd by the collar.
"Let's get a few things straight here. I am in charge here and second I make my job to beat up geeks and freaks." said Dash,
"Drop him now you big lug." said Ulrich.
"Or what?" asked Dash.
Ulrich ran so fast Dash couldn't even see it and got the air knocked out of him by a kick in the chest, hard. Dash dropped Odd and fell down. Dash's friends gasped as Ulrich just knocked the big man of the campus down.
"You'll pay for that." said Dash,
"You deserved it." said Yumi.
"Oh so his little girlfriend comes to defend him. Why not you and that pretty pinky come and hang out with the real men?" asked Dash,
"I would hope not considering the kind of welcome you have given them, Dash." said a stern voice.
They looked to see Principal Ishiyama walk up to them with a stern look.
"I come out of the office to welcome my niece to school and here I find you harassing her and her friends." said the principal,
"Auntie Kikyo!" said Yumi.
Dash's eyes widened.
"Dash, you are suspended from the football team for unprovoked harassment on the new students and if I hear you pestering my niece and her friends again then I will do more than just suspend you from sports." said Principal Ishiyama.
"But, Principal Ishiyama tonight's the big finals." said Dash,
"You should have that before going to insult and harass the new students here. This is a school not your personal castle and I expect to follow the rules." said the principal.
Dash grumbled and walked away.
"Kwan, since Dash is out you will be the team's new quarterback. Can I count on you to give the new students a tour of our school?" asked the principal,
"Yes, Principal Ishiyama. We won't bother your niece while she's here. She can count on us." said Kwan.
"Yumi, I got your call last night about that student exchange program. I am happy you chose this place." said the principal.
Yumi smiled at aunt.
"Thanks, Auntie Kikyo, I mean Principal Ishiyama." said Yumi,
"Please call me Auntie Kikyo when I'm off duty. Tell me how are your parents?" asked the principal.
"They are still trying work out the kinks in their relationship." said Yumi.
The principal sighed and nodded.
"Have a good day then, Yumi." said the principal.
The others looked at Yumi in shock.
"Your aunt's the principal?" asked Danny,
"Yeah, but I wasn't about to go bragging about it. Thanks to Jeremy last night we managed to trick everyone with a student exchange program." said Yumi.
"This is cool. Thanks to you Dash has just gotten what was coming to him." said Tucker,
"At least he'll leave us alone for a while." said Danny.
"Hey guys, ready for the grand tour of Casper High?" asked Kwan.
The others simple shrugged and nodded. The rest of day's events were boring. After first class Ulrich and Odd gained a great dislike for Mr. Lancer and noticed half of the students were snobs. Mr. Lancer seemed to enjoy how smart Aelita was since she did so well.
It was lunch time and the gang noticed Aelita had a sad look on her face.
"What's wrong, Aelita?" asked Odd,
"It was Paulina. She said Aelita dyed her hair pink just to get attention and said that no one would be attracted to a pink premadonna." said Sam.
"Now that's just mean." said Ulrich,
"Well, suppose I had a plan to get back at her for those remarks." said Odd.
Suddenly Danny's ghost sense went off and he stood up.
"Sorry, but whatever you have planned I'll need to skip out." said Danny.
He ran behind the bushed and quickly changed into Danny Phantom. The others looked back at Odd and he had smile that gleamed mischief.
"Hey, Sam I might need your help so you want in?" asked Odd,
"A chance to humiliate Paulina, right?" asked Sam.
"Yeah." said Odd.
Sam smiled and nodded.
"Okay, first I need you to get your make up kit and plenty of Goth like clothes for the big Football game tonight. Paulina and her group will be cheerleaders right?" asked Odd.
Meanwhile
"I have you now, whelp!"
Danny dodged another missile as he fired another ecto-blast at Skulker. The ghost hunter went intangible and dodged the missile. Danny charged forward and landed a punch on Skulker's face. The ghost hunter stood up and a knife sprouted from his wrist.
He swung the blade and Danny quickly ducked as it flew over his face. Danny sent his foot out and Skulker quickly blocked the kick. Danny then spun around and fired an ecto-bolt in Skulker's face.
"Why don't you just go home and hunt some ghost deer or something?" asked Danny,
"You're rarer plus I already have deer's pelt on my favorite reading chair." said Skulker.
"Whatever." said Danny.
He quickly fired a bolt that froze Skulker's legs to the street.
"A new power?" asked Skulker,
"You got it." said Danny.
He landed an ecto-bolt right on Skulker's face and which broke his head and his real self fell out. Danny picked it up and smirked.
"One delivery for Mayor Fruit Loop coming right up." said Danny,
"You can't do this to me! I am Skulker, the greatest ghost hunter in the Ghost Zone." said Skulker.
"See you later." said Danny.
He threw Skulker towards the mayor's office with a might throw. A loud squeaky noise was heard through the air.
"Hey Sam said I was getting lazy." said Danny.
Skulker hit the window and fell onto the floor of Vlad's office. He looked to see Vlad and Xana looking down at him.
"You failed to get Daniel, didn't you?" asked Vlad.
Skulker only stuttered. Vlad sighed while Xana did nothing but watch.
The Casper High Gym
Odd, Sam, and Yumi watched as Paulina her squad entered the girl's locker room.
"Did you get the chloroform in there?" asked Odd,
"No problem." said Yumi.
A minute later Yumi and Sam looked to see the entire cheerleading squad out cold. They both smiled and flashed Odd a thumbs up.
"You know what to do, ladies." said Odd,
"No problem. I'll give them the best treatment." said Sam.
Soon enough the entire gym was full of students on the bleachers and Mr. Lancer held the mike.
"Tonight is the big finals for this years Football tournament against the visiting Soaring High Crabs." said Mr. Lancer.
Dash shrieked in horror on the bleachers as the mascot which was a crab step out into the gym. Sam and Yumi snuck out of the locker room wearing big smiles.
"Does Ulrich have the camera?" asked Yumi,
"Full film and he is waiting." said Odd.
"Our cheerleaders for our team!" said Mr. Lancer.
There was only silence. Mr. Lancer quickly got a girl to go in and wake them up. The cheerleaders stepped out and everyone gasped. Paulina and the entire squad wore white make up with gothic attire. Paulina shrieked as she noticed she was wearing the same clothes as Sam.
The attire the cheerleaders were a variety of chocker necklaces, spike wristbands, black dyed hair with purple or red streaks, black stars and many others drawn across their faces.
"I am unpopular!" wailed Paulina.
Ulrich started taking pictures of the entire group as everyone laughed. Danny got back only to burst in laughter at the entire cheerleading squad. Mr. Lancer walked up to them.
"Saint of New York! What are you girls doing?" asked Mr. Lancer,
"I don't know! I never put this one!" wailed Paulina.
Danny walked up to Odd.
"Nice plan. You got Sam to help out?" asked Danny,
"Yumi helped out as well. She and Sam both have their own Goth make up kit." said Odd.
"And pictures like this will go well for the yearbook." said Aelita,
"That should show her." said Yumi.
The game soon begun but Danny had to go out and get some snacks for the long game. Suddenly his ghost sense went off again. Ulrich looked and noticed.
"A ghost is nearby." said Ulrich.
Suddenly a harsh evil laughter filled the air and was so loud it echoed throughout the streets outside the school. The Lyoko Gang was on alert for that laughter was Xana's voice laughing. Danny quickly hid and transformed.
Sam, Tucker, the Lyoko gang ran up to the roof and looked at the city.
"Where did that come from?" asked Tucker.
The evil laughter was heard and again and it sounded it came from a factory labeled 'Amity Chemical'.
"Xana's at that chemical factory." said Yumi,
"I'll go check it out." said Danny.
As Danny flew towards the chemical factory he heard the cries of a woman which muffled before Xana's laughter was heard once more. Danny quickly landed on roof right under the large red glowing sign that 'Amity Chemical'. Danny floated a few feet above the ground and looked around. The laughter and cries were now silent.
He looked to see a gate and behind it was a woman bound and gagged. He flew through the gate and landed in front of the woman. The woman was screaming but it was silent by her gag. Danny quickly removed it and she shouted "Bomb!"
Danny looked to see a box hooked up to chemical barrels with a clock counting down from ten. Suddenly a ghost shield enveloped the chemical factory and Danny quickly grabbed the woman and jumped off the platform of the roof they were and landed on a lower part. Danny looked to see a hole in the ghost shield and flew for it. As he flew the counter hit zero and Danny looked to see a raging inferno behind him.
Danny quickly went intangible as the flames passed through him and the blast sent the entire chemical plant on fire. It was a good thing the plant was closed for the night for rooms were blazing on fire and the blast sent debris flying everywhere. Soon enough there was not much left of Amity Chemical. A dark figure walked through the flames with a smirk of satisfaction on his shadowed features.
Before he vanished he gave one last evil laugh before vanishing.
Somewhere in the debris
Danny put down the room when he managed to find a safe place. Fire erupted all over the area and highlighted the darkness of the night. Danny cut the unconscious woman's bound and noticed something slip on the floor. He picked up and read it.
'Rita had a little lamb whose neck was in the noose.
For every payment Rita misses, Xana lights a fuse.
If you live through this than you get one more chance.
Five million or the boy is put to sleep.
Plasmius.'
Danny's eyes went wide. Xana and Vlad are holding her kid for ransom. He looked to see the woman had disappeared into the fiery night.
Fenton House
The Lyoko Gang along with Sam, Tucker and Jazz waited outside the house and saw Danny walk on the sidewalk in his human form. He walked up to them.
"Sam I need you to find out what there is to know about this woman. Her name Rita Fury." said Danny, handing the note to her.
"Is she in some kind of trouble?" asked Sam.
"It's Xana . . . along with Vlad and maybe more. There's something about this woman that doesn't add up." said Danny,
"So it was Xana who kidnapped her and blew up the chemical factory." said Ulrich,
"He left before I got there and left that woman tied up and a bomb right next to her waiting to go off." said Danny.
"Oh man. He's never gone this far before." said Odd,
"But like I said there is something about this woman that doesn't add up." said Danny.
Danny walked into the house and headed up to his room. Tonight was no something he expected. The Lyoko Kids said Xana was far more evil than Vlad and now he was starting believe them. Vlad was obsessed with his mother but he never went as far as to actually take a hostage and hold them for ransom.
The gang said Xana didn't care who got in his way and that he would eliminate them without regret and would probably make it long and hard. Vlad only wanted to kill Jack but Xana is out to destroy anyone in his way. Suddenly his cell phone rang. Danny quickly answered it.
"Hello?" asked Danny,
"You are right about that woman you rescued. You must be careful for that woman did not exist until recently." said a deep voice.
"Who is this?" asked Danny,
"Someone who does not want you getting caught and blasted molecule by molecule. That person who was with the mayor has hired several ghosts to aid them in their goal. Which is to get to you." said the voice.
"How do you know this?" asked Danny.
However the person hung and all there was left was the dial tone. Danny looked it for a few minutes then turned off his phone. He waited a few hours later and then came down to the lab in the basement. Sam was at the computer and the others noticed him walking in.
"Did you find anything, Sam?" asked Danny,
"Just a whole bunch of questions with no answers." said Sam.
"What do you mean?" asked Danny,
"It says here that Rita's son, Gordon, was kidnapped about last night but before then, nothing. Didn't go to school, wasn't even born. The same goes for Rita. I got an address on the apartment she just moved into and that's it." said Sam.
"That's impossible. Nothing else at all?" asked Danny,
"Not a thing. I don't know if we can save these people, Danny. We might as well consider them ghosts." said Sam.
Danny looked at the screen and saw the address.