Note: I do not own Code Lyoko or any characters regarding it. I simply modify and add my own characters to the story. All original ideas regarding Code Lyoko thus belong to Moonscoop, Taffy Entertainment, France 3, and Canal J.
Chapter 2
Xana and Franz Hopper
The next morning, Ulysses was nowhere to be seen. Yumi noticed that her bedroom window was open, so she called the others and told them that Ulysses had gone. They all decided to meet at the warehouse since that was the only place they knew where Ulysses would be. Indeed they found him in the Wakusei computer lab, and he was working on something on his computer. "Why didn't you tell me you were leaving?" asked Yumi.
"I had to leave because I didn't want to get in the way of your parents," said Ulysses.
"You could have left a note or something to let me know," said Yumi.
"I'm sorry about that," said Ulysses, "Besides I thought that I could try to develop a super-scan for detecting activated obelisks, but I haven't had any success yet. I am coming close though."
Jeremie stepped forward and said, "I can help you with that because I created a super-scan for Lyoko's towers when we were fighting XANA."
"Thanks, Jeremie," said Ulysses, "And I just figured out why HADES has gotten stronger over a course of three years. The obelisks increase his power the longer they are activated by him. This is going to be one hell of a battle and we'll need some help."
"What do you mean? Only we can know about this," said Odd.
"Odd is right," said Ulrich, "We can't tell anyone about this because we'll be questioned about this and possibly imprisoned for endangering the world."
"I don't mean that," said Ulysses, "There's an old saying I remember everyday. It says 'Keep your friends close, and your enemies even closer'."
"What do you mean?" asked Aelita.
"I mean we should seek assistance from your old enemy," said Ulysses.
"XANA?!" everyone exclaimed.
"Wait a minute, we deleted XANA when the battle was over," said Jeremie.
"Yes, I understand that," said Ulysses, "But the file containing the program is still saved on the supercomputer, isn't it?"
"You're insane!" exclaimed Odd, "If we bring XANA back to life, we'll be facing two virtual enemies!"
"Just trust me," said Ulysses, "I am positive that this plan will work."
"Alright," said Jeremie, "We'll try it, and if it doesn't work, we'll activate the Anti-XANA program again and pull the plug."
"Agreed," said Ulysses, and they were off to the Renault Factory.
It only took them about a minute to get to the factory. It was still the same as when they left, dusty and empty with only the freight elevator working. After they started up the supercomputer, they went straight to the mainframe and located the XANA program file. "Here we go," said Jeremie as he opened the file, "Transfer XANA! Scanner XANA! Virtualization!" The program started in Sector 5 and spread throughout all of Lyoko and after it had finished, a video transmission window opened and revealed the Eye of XANA.
"I am XANA," said a female voice, "Who am I speaking to?"
"We are the Lyoko Warriors," said Aelita, "We need your help."
"And why should I help the people who destroyed me?" asked XANA.
"XANA, listen to me!" exclaimed Ulysses, "My name is Ulysses Hindman and we need your help in destroying a rogue program that I created to govern a virtual world of my design! We need you to help us destroy this program because it intends to destroy humanity!"
"Well, you did save my life when the supercomputer was running low on uranium energy, and you also helped me destroy the Marabounta program," said XANA, "And I do believe I owe you one for that. What is its name and location?"
"The program name is HADES," said Ulysses, "And I'm sending you the coordinates of my computer so you can gain access." Ulysses typed in the global coordinates and address of his computer's location in the input box.
"Alright," said XANA, "I have the coordinates, but in order for me to do what you want me to do, I'm going to have to activate all towers on Lyoko."
Jeremie hesitated before he said, "Do it."
They watched as XANA activated Lyoko's towers and started searching the digital sea. XANA had just located the computer system when there was a sudden drop in the electrical signal and the supercomputer rebooted.
"What just happened?" asked Ulysses.
"I don't know," said XANA, "But I think your program may have locked me out of your system. HADES detected me and immediately activated a firewall."
"Well, at least now you have my computer's location," said Ulysses.
"Yes, but unfortunately, I can't do much from in here," said XANA, "Is it possible to materialize me in the real world?"
"Maybe," said Jeremie, "Could you create a polymorphic specter and have me send it to Lyoko?"
"That would work," said XANA, "Hang on just a second."
XANA sent a specter into the scanner room and Jeremie transferred it to Lyoko. The specter headed into a passage tower and chose a physical form. "Alright, Jeremie, I'm ready," said XANA, "Launch the Code: EARTH program."
"Here we go!" said Jeremie as he activated the materialization program, "Code: EARTH!" The program worked, and Xana, now a human, was materialized in the scanner. They all went down to the scanner room and watched as the steam cleared from the scanner and they stared in shock. Xana was a beautiful young woman with flowing black hair and violet eyes, and her symbol appeared on her forehead as a simple birthmark.
"How do you feel, Xana?" asked Ulysses.
"Ready to take on HADES and save the world!" she said, "After all, now that I'm human, Earth is really my home now, no longer Lyoko."
"Thank you for helping us," said Jeremie.
"There's still one thing we need to take care of," said Xana as she headed for the elevator. The others joined her and she started operating the mainframe of the computer. She appeared to be looking for something. "Where are you?" she muttered as she started scanning Sector 5. Finally she found it. "Gotcha!" she exclaimed, "Aelita, think of this as a way of saying I'm sorry." She then typed in the materialization code and they went back down to the scanner room. Aelita could not believe her eyes when the scanner opened, because inside was none other than Franz Hopper.
Aelita immediately hugged Xana and said, "Thank you, Xana! And I accept your apology."
Franz stepped out of the scanner and said, "Aelita?"
"Daddy!" exclaimed Aelita as she ran up to hug him, "I've missed you so much!"
"I've missed you too, Aelita," said Franz as he hugged her.
"We thought Xana had killed you," said Jeremie.
"Not really," said Franz, "Virtual death on Lyoko is just the scattering of your digital, physical, and DNA codes throughout the sector you're in. How did you get me out by the way?"
"I brought you out," said Xana, "Forgive me if you don't recognize me, father. I'm Xana."
"Father," asked Franz.
"In a way you are my father because you created me," said Xana, "And that also makes me, in a way, Aelita's sister."
"It's nice to meet you," said Franz.
"And it's thanks to Ulysses here for bringing me into the real world," said Xana.
Ulysses stepped forward and said, "It's nice to meet you sir, but this is kinda urgent. I materialized Xana so that we could face a rogue program that I wrote to govern a virtual world I created called Wakusei."
"I see," said Franz, "I can help you out, but I will need you to develop a program to link Lyoko to Wakusei, that way I can have remote and direct access to your system."
"I can work on that over a course of a few days, maybe less," said Ulysses.
"Good idea," said Jeremie, "And in the meantime, we can enroll you and Xana as students at Kadic Academy, and maybe Franz can get his job back as a science teacher."
"That's not such a bad idea either, Jeremie," said Franz, "I would like to go back to teaching science at some point, and I can enroll Xana myself as my daughter, and I could try to enroll Ulysses as my adoptive son."
"Thank you, sir," said Ulysses.
After they returned to Kadic, Franz enrolled Xana and Ulysses as his children and he got his job back as a science teacher, Ulysses got his room and he started working on the program to connect Wakusei to Lyoko, and they all prepared for the approaching battle for the survival of the human race.
Incredible! Franz Hopper is back and Xana is on our heroes' side now! HADES is going to have more of a challenge now, but he may have a few tricks up his sleeve, the question is what kind of tricks? Find out later on...