"Are you the one who sent out the text message?" Yumi asked.
"Yes I did, you can put your weapons away Xanatu can't get you here, and I won't hurt you. Please sit and I will explain everything," Freya said.
She waved her hand over the Lyoko Warriors and very comfortable armchairs appeared behind them. Each put away their weapons, sat down, and began to listen to Freya's story.
"I was not always the program you see before you once I was known as Carthage. The ones who invented me wanted to use my functions for the good of mankind but there were others that wanted to use me for disturbing purposes," Freya said leaning against her pillows.
"But I thought Project Carthage was destroyed," Jeremie said from his computer screen.
Freya shook her head.
"Although that was the original plan of my creator Franz Hopper until he found out, I was sentient, so instead of destroying me, he made me easier to hide. That's why he created Xana, Xana split Carthage in half one half, he made Lyoko the other half the half that was alive he made me," Freya said pointing to herself.
"Wait are you saying that Xana is your father?" William demanded.
The Lyoko Warriors were about to get out their weapons when Freya raised her hand.
"I see from your reaction that you've already met my brother Xanatu. Please I am not asking you to trust me yet all I ask is that you hear me out and then decide," Freya pleaded.
Everyone looked at Ulrich, who nodded and put his weapons away, the others followed suit and sat back down.
"Thank you," Freya said leaning back into her pillows.
Freya continued with her story.
"But secretly behind Franz Hopper's back on that day he made a clone of himself Xanatu," Freya said.
"Well at least we know where he gets his insanity from," Odd said reclining in his chair.
"As my father's powers grew, he became more corrupted as did Xanatu, I was somehow immune to the madness that consumed my father and brother, so I turned to my original creator for my development, he taught me many things, he treated me as one of his own. It was not long before I became the black sheep of the family a lost cause according to my own father," Freya said a little tear coming down her cheek.
"I feel your pain," Ulrich said.
Freya smiled.
"So when I found out about my father's plans, I tried to warn Franz Hopper, but my brother discovered what I was trying to do and captured me, I begged my father not to carry on with his plans, but he would not listen. It infuriated my father that I had betrayed him, he tried to assimilate me to his way of thinking, but I resisted and broke free before he could complete the process. As I made my escape, my brother fell into a hot pursuit, and we fought each other in open combat. We fought and fought until I finally had him on the ropes, but I couldn't finish him, he was still my brother, that's when Xana attacked and imprisoned me inside of Lyoko, but I didn't go alone I took my brother with me, and we fell into a deep sleep, I was never able to warn Franz Hopper in time. Alieta I am so sorry," Freya said.
"It's not your fault Freya," Aelita said.
"If only I had figured out my father's plans in time you would have led a normal life," Freya said regretfully.
"What do you mean?" Aelita inquired.
"Xana knew that as long as the Carthage team existed then they would be able to thwart his plans, so he began to take them out or get them captured. The plan was a simple one so simple that I could not catch it. He would find the location of a Carthage scientist, and then posses an intelligence agent then used the sed agent to get the scientist captured or killed.
"So you're telling me that Xana was responsible for the…," Alieta said unable to finish.
"For the kidnapping of your mother yes, though I bet he meant to have all of you captured but you and your father managed to escape. Therefore, Xana took things into his own hands, he possessed an intelligence agent nearby and gave your location, and then he took over the men who were sent to fetch you making sure their eyes were covered so your father would not get suspicious. Then they would scare your father enough so that he would run to Lyoko," Freya explained.
"There he would be trapped like a rat and at Xana's mercy," Sissi realized.
Everyone stared at Sissi in shock.
"What? I'm not as ditsy as I make people think I am," Sissi said with a smile.
"But if you and brother fell into a deep sleep then how did you both wake up?" Jeremie asked.
"I made a program that would wake me up when my father was dead but my brother hacked into the program and received access to the same functions," Freya said.
"So when we destroyed Xana, we woke up Xanatu," Yumi said in a realization.
"Yes but also thanks to you, I am freed so thank you. I knew that the first thing my brother would try to do was to gain control over The Factory and Lyoko, so I raced towards the supercomputer, but my brother caught up to me, and we fought. I used what energy I stored to get here first, the supercomputer has helped me to recover my strength, but it will be some time before I'm ready to fight," Freya said apologetically.
"Even in a weakened state my brother is still more dangerous and powerful then my father ever was or would have been, if the world was not truly in danger than I would not have brought any of you into this if any of you want to get out now I understand," Freya said shamefully.
"Hey fighting killer viruses is what we do," Odd said.
"We already learned the hard way this won't be easy," Yumi said.
"Everyone here knows what they're getting into," Ulrich said.
"Besides it's already too late to back out, besides I have a score to settle with Xanatu," Aelita said.
"The bigger they are the harder they fall," William said.
"I'm not too fond of the idea of constantly putting my life in danger, but I have big plans for my future and they don't include being enslaved by a mentally unstable virus. I'm in," Sissi said looking at her nails.
"We're in it to win it," Jeremie said.
"Well I knew none of you would back down, and even though I'm unable to fight, I can at least give you an edge, it's time for some upgrades," Freya said knowingly.