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Code: Going Ghost
"Ulrich talking"
"Aelita talking"
"Danielle Talking"
Part one of Fourth Story Arc
A Demon's Grave
"The perpetrators were all virtualized specters and possessed victims. It was like Xana was back in town."
Flash Back
City Hall
"It was then time to pay Vlad Masters a visit. To collect for letting him walk that night on Amity Bridge . Xana wouldn't make a comeback without Vlad's knowledge. He was like our canary in the coal mine."
Dani Phantom along with Ulrich and Aelita in their Lyoko forms are seen outside of City Hall with Vlad Masters smiling and speaking them.
"He seemed all too happy to talk and said with Xana gone it was possible some of the ghosts he forced into working with them are now using his technology for their own goals. He claimed they stole some of Xana's monsters and the blue prints to the old Amity Gasworks."
"He gave us his word that he had not seen Xana since that night on Amity Bridge ."
"Whether there was any truth in his story or not it was a step closer to Xana. So we headed for the Gasworks."
Amity Gasworks
Ulrich, Aelita, and Dani landed on a deck over a pool of water that was created by the opened drains in the walls that were connected to the sewer pipes beneath Amity Park . There were only a few lights on the old place but it was enough for them to see. Dani walked around the deck and noticed a ladder leading above the catwalk. She flew up the ladder and looked to see two dark clouds fly at her.
She ducked as they lunged at her and the specters fired several electric blasts. They transformed into the same ghost Xana disguised as a real ghost at Kadic High and they lunged at them. They sliced through several pipes which leaked water. Ulrich unsheathed his swords and blocked the electric barrage as Aelita fired energy bolts.
She few around and dodged their attacks as the dark virtual beings flew at her. Dani fired several ecto bolts which ghosts evaded by stretching out holes in thier pixilated bodies and the bolts flew through them. Ulrich jumped up and sliced one of the specters in half. Aelita fired an energy bolt after she led a specter to pipe and water fell on the specter.
The virtual beings surged with electricity a let out a screech similar to a scream as they faded.
"Were those . . ." asked Dani,
"Specters." finished Ulrich.
Aelita pulled out a PDA.
Amity Streets
"I can't believe you got free tickets to the Dumpty Humpty concert, Sam." said Danny.
They were walking down the streets with Odd and Yumi.
"It was very easy actually." said Sam,
"Like how, these are front row seats." said Tucker.
Tucker's PDA started beeping. He turned it on and Dani and Aelita's face appeared.
"Hey guys, what's going on?" asked Tucker,
"Bad news." said Dani.
"What kind?" asked Danny,
"We're investigating a crime that fits Xana's M.O." said Ulrich.
It was with that sentence that made their eyes go wide.
"We need all of the blue prints on the Gasworks fast." said Aelita,
"You think Xana's back?" asked Yumi.
"Possibly but we won't know for sure until we infiltrate the Gasworks and see what his goons are up to." said Ulrich,
"I can get in a few minutes." said Tucker.
"Until then you guys should be careful. If Xana is making a comeback it's going to be big." said Danny,
"Got it." said Dani.
Amity Gasworks
"According to Tucker the drainage system will make some areas inaccessible. There are three wheels needed to shut of the flow of water before we can infiltrate the Gasworks." said Aelita,
"I can always go intangible and phase through the walls." said Dani.
"There's a chance that the virtual specters and monsters can see through your invisibility since Xana received ghost fighting technology from Vlad. If he is behind this than you might get in trouble." said Ulrich,
"Besides we just found the first wheel." said Aelita.
She pointed to the wall on the far right of the room and there was a wheel on a metal cube connected to a pipe in the wall. Ulrich turned it and though they weren't there to see it a gate came down a closed off a large hole with water coming out and falling a narrow pit of water. They looked at the door and opened it.
The hall went down and led to a catwalk over a wooden deck right over the water. There were several specters and Kankrelats on the deck. Aelita and Dani took to the air while Ulrich ran carefully on the old catwalk. A specter flew at him and he sliced it easily.
He looked and saw another wheel for the water system and turned to close the water. There were now two massive gates on the drains while one was still pouring water. They jumped off the catwalk and landed at the end of the deck and looked at the corner which led down. They entered the next room where Dani looked to see several specters on the catwalk and looked at the way out of the room.
Ulrich jumped onto the catwalk and hid behind a barrel to see the third wheel. Dani flew up and caught the specters' attention. They flew up and lunged at her. She ducked and hit them with her ecto bolts.
Aelita landed at the final wheel and turned it. They looked to see the way out of the room and entered it. They turned and ran to the end of the hallway but Ulrich had to stop at near the edge completely because the next room was a massive room spiraling down with a massive drain with water pouring out. They were several platforms attached to the wall of the room which had a safe distance between it and the falling water.
Aelita grabbed Ulrich as she and Danny flew down and noticed a platform that was leading into another room. They looked to see three closed gates which were probably the drains they closed off with the wheels. They looked over the river which was far below them before looking what was one the other side of abyss. Ulrich jumped over as Dani and Aelita flew across.
Ulrich opened the door and looked down the hallway and noticed a staircase leading up. They followed the staircase and opened the door. They looked to see a wall and turned to see they were in a three floored room with a pillar in the middle with four pipes on each side of the pillar connected to pipes leading up out of the water at the bottom. They saw an opened door leading into a room with a giant open pipe leading into the wall.
What was going on inside was what caught their attention. A specter taking on the form of Odd's old Lyoko form was placing Kankrelats into the opened pipe. The sound of their pointed feet was heard inside the pipe. Ulrich pulled out the PDA.
"Danny, where are you guys?" asked Ulrich,
"We're just outside the Gasworks. You guys found what is going on?" asked Danny.
"Xana's men are loading Kankrelats into the abandoned gas pipes." said Ulrich,
"What? That's not good. Those pipes trace the entire city. What's he trying to burn down?" asked Tucker.
"We'll figure that out after we have destroyed the monsters." said Ulrich,
"How do you plan to stop them?" asked Sam.
"I can phase through the pipe and blast them." said Dani,
"Dani, the pipes spread through out the entire city. It would take a long time for you to find them all but I know how to stop them. We have to flood the pipes." said Aelita.
"How?" asked Ulrich,
"The fire sprinkler system. We'll join the pipes between it and the gas pipes. Tucker, what you do have on the plumbing?" asked Aelita.
"The gas pipes are colored yellow while the water pipes are colored blue. There should be a central pillar in the room you guys are in which you can use to connect them by pulling three switches on each floor. After that there are a set of three wheels which you need to turn to start the plumbing.
The green part of the wheels need to match the green of the machine." said Tucker.
They nodded and switched off the PDA. They looked inside the room and quickly ran in. Aelita blasted the remaining Kankrelats while Ulrich fought the clone. Dani noticed the switch and pulled.
The pipes at the bottom of the central pillar began to spin and the water pipes on the pillar connected to the yellow pipes. The clone fired a laser arrow at close range which caused Ulrich to duck as it sailed through his hair and hit the wall. He launched his foot out and kicked the clone in the face as Dani launched an ecto bolt which destroyed it. The ghost girl went intangible and flew onto the second floor as Aelita flew up with Ulrich.
"Duck!" said Ulrich.
He grabbed Aelita and pulled her down as a fan flew through the air and sliced a few strands of Aelita's pink hair. They looked to see a specter in the form of Yumi's old Lyoko form catch the first fan and prepare to throw both of them.
"Leave her to me." said Aelita.
Ulrich nodded and opened the door leading into the room with the switch. Aelita flew into the air and fired energy bolts. The clone back flipped and dodged the attacks and threw its fans. Aelita blocked the attack with two energy bolts in her hands and fired a third one which hit the clone in the chest and caused it to explode.
Dani flew up to the third floor and fired an ecto bolt as a clone in the form of Ulrich's old Lyoko form lunged at her and tried to swipe her. The clone blocked the bolt and used Super Sprint. Dani went intangible as the sword went through her and she jumped and gave the clone a hard kick which sent it falling into the water below. Aelita landed at the door and entered the room with the final switch.
Ulrich looked to see the three wheels but the part of the deck that led to them was cut off. He used his Super Sprint and jumped across it and landed in front of the wheels. Aelita pulled and finally the switch and the gas and water pipes were connected. Ulrich smirked and used his triplication.
With his clones help all three wheels matched green color in a matter of seconds. But nothing was happening. Danny however flew into the room and met them
"Hey, guys, sorry I'm late. What's going on?" asked Danny,
"Nothing and that's the problem." said Aelita.
Ulrich pulled out the PDA.
"Tucker, the pipes are connected but the water isn't pumping." said Ulrich,
"Hang on. It looks like someone closed of the main valve." said Tucker.
"Where?" asked Danny,
"The pressure station just across from you." said Tucker.
They looked to see the part of the deck that led to the room was cut off. Suddenly a Tarantula busted down the door and aimed its cannons.
"I knew this was too easy." said Ulrich,
"Listen you have open the valve now or else the pressure will build up in the Gasworks and anyone in there will drown." said Tucker.
Ulrich nodded and switched off the PDA as lasers started to rain down on him. Danny created a shield that blocked the lasers but suddenly the lasers hit him and sent him flying into the wall.
"That hurt! Wait, that hurt?" asked Danny.
Dani flew into the air and went intangible but the monster hit her on the shoulder. She screamed as she started to fall from the pain. Danny quickly flew after her and caught her. Aelita at the Tarantula and fired an energy bolt at its symbol which hit and caused the monster to explode. However as the fighting started the entire facility began to shake like an earthquake.
Ulrich jumped over to the room and noticed there was only a lever inside. He quickly pulled it and the shaking stopped and the sound of water pumping was now heard. He looked to see someone on the ground tied up.
"Guys, I need you to see this." said Ulrich.
They entered the room as Ulrich turned the person over for them to see. Danny's eyes widened.
"Damon Grey?" asked Danny.
The man that was Valerie's father looked to them with fear.
"Please don't hurt me! I didn't want to go this far!" said Damon,
"You. . . This is your show. You're the one trying to burn down the city." said Ulrich with a glare.
"No! Not the city! I didn't want to hurt anyone!" said Damon.
"It's a little late for that." said Danny, looking Dani.
"It was an insurance scam. I just wanted to burn down Axion Labs. After Walker destroyed my lab I tried to collect for the damage but I couldn't without revealing the names of my financial backers. I know about Lyoko and I know about you kids in that world thanks to an order from the government to track down Franz Hopper." said Damon,
"And you couldn't reveal their names because Xana was funding you so you decided to burn it all. You found about Lyoko, hacked into it and used Xana's resources to through us off the trail." said Aelita.
"It was all I left to do. But the specters stopped listening to me. I can't control them anymore. They tied me up, they wanted to burn down the whole city. I swear, I didn't want to hurt anyone." said Damon with a sad look.
Everyone's eyes fell to the ground.