Disclaimer: I do not own Code Lyoko or Danny Phantom. I decided to give them a break from my attacks in honor of Thanksgiving.
A/N: Howdy Y'all! Welcome to chapter 6. Before I begin, I would like to announce that this chapter will be dedicated to Book of Life for being one of the only two that answered my call for help. I hope that most of you guys liked GEVI's looks. RaveMasterShinobi put it the best when he said that she was evil, but oh so sexy. The addition of those generals was a last second decision, just to make the need for character evolution become a necessity. Sorry for the short chapter, but I'm having a bout with writer's block right now. Well, I got nothing else to say to you so, let's move on to the chapter. Please R&R, in honor of Thanksgiving.
Lyoko/Nysis HQ
"Why in the fucking hell did you take a fragment of Damon's core," Jeremy demanded as soon as the group explained what had happened earlier that day.
"A safety precaution to try and prevent him from getting his memories back," Sahra stated, "I may have been tainted by evil, but I wasn't an idiot. I was trying to negate any possibility that I would have to go up against a battle on two fronts, it is basic tactics."
"We all make mistakes Jeremy," Aelita proclaimed, "There's no way that she could have known that when the viral strain left that it would take the fragment with her."
"Man, see what happens when I go to the arcade for a few hours to shatter a few high scores," Cid declared, "All of you get your asses handed to you on silver platters without me around."
"Just shut up man, you would have been defeated just as easily as the rest of us," Odd groaned.
"I have just one question," Cassandra said hesitantly.
"Go on ahead," Xavier declared.
"How does a character card evolve," Cassandra inquired.
"Ah, now that is an interesting question," Damon proclaimed, "You see, the logarithms controlling the character powers get re-sequenced in order to delve deeper into the hippocampus, thus creating a frequency that affects the character on the sub-molecular level and in fact increases character memory and allows for the digitization of deeper theta waves." Damon looked around the group and his face fell when he saw the look on the smart kids faces.
"Now, what?!" Jeremy proclaimed.
"You lost me there," Xavier stated.
"Could you translate that into English, or at the very least geek," Aelita declared.
"It's very simple," Odd stated, getting strange looks from everybody else in the room, "Pretty much, it is like leveling up. Or really in this case, a program goes deeper into the subconscious and gets a new power for the character."
"I think I need to sit down for a minute," Damon declared shakily.
"Why is that," Erethyr inquired.
"Because….he's right," Damon stated as he flopped down onto the nearest chair.
"Why couldn't you have just said it like that," Jeremy demanded.
"I couldn't resist the urge to pull what you usually pull on us with all that scientific mumbo jumbo…and it felt pretty good, until Odd was the only one that figured out what I meant," Damon groaned.
"Why is that so bad," Odd inquired.
"Because the straight A students couldn't figure out what a straight D student did," Damon deadpanned.
"Wow, this is reminiscent of Mr. Miyamoto's class back at Kadic," Erethyr proclaimed.
"You're right," Jeremy stated.
"Well, we've got a new problem at hand," Sam declared, "You guys are out of it and GEVI seems to have just launched an attack." Sam was indicating Jeremy's laptop, which had been beeping for the last five minutes, but nobody had noticed. Jeremy blushed as he took out his laptop to see where the activated tower was.
"Looks like we're going to the underwater sector," Jeremy declared, closing his laptop.
"I'll man the controls," Tucker declared. Jeremy just gave Xavier a withering look.
"What, it was either let him geek out behind something he could handle or let him geek out in the middle of a combat situation," Xavier protested. Jeremy thought it over for a second before nodding his agreement with Xavier's decision.
"The rest of us will try to find out what GEVI's attack on Earth is this time," Ulrich declared.
"Alright, let's go kick some waterlogged ass," Cid proclaimed.
Nysis, Underwater Sector
Sam was the first out of the five teens to appear on Nysis. She was wearing a black sleeveless ninja gi with purple fingerless gloves that reached past her elbows. Because she was underwater, she automatically had a black oxygen mask over her mouth allowing her to breathe underwater without any problems. Jeremy, Aelita, Cid, and Cassandra each appeared in turn, all of which were wearing black oxygen masks.
"Alright, the infected area is due south of you position," Tucker proclaimed.
"Thanks Tuck," Sam responded as they headed in the indicated direction. As they swam through the sector, they saw scattered marble ruins everywhere. They stopped in front of a large cluster of ruins.
"Wow, it looks like there used to be a civilization here," Jeremy marveled at the sight.
Aelita rubbed some moss off of a rectangular piece of rubble and gasped at what it said. "What does it say Aelita….woah," Cid inquired as he swam over there.
"What," Cassandra asked, "If it says Atlantis, then don't tell me."
"Then let's go on," Cid stated as he swam off. Cassandra stared at him and shrugged as everybody followed him.
"What are you going to do if we end up getting in a fight here, Cid," Sam inquired, "After all, won't the water ruin your revolvers?"
"That's why I also have a sword," Cid declared cheerfully.
"What are your weapons," Jeremy inquired.
"Just your average ninja accoutrements," Sam replied, "You know, ninja throwing stars, kunai knives, smoke bombs, the usual stuff."
"And that's how you imagine yourself in your subconscious," Jeremy deadpanned.
"Yeah, I guess so," Sam laughed, "What was that?!"
"What do you mean," Cassandra inquired.
"I thought that I saw something move in between those pillars," Sam stated as she swam over to the indicated area to check it out.
"You really close to the infected area guys," Tucker declared.
"Which direction," Aelita asked.
"Sam's heading right for it," Tucker replied.
"Thanks Tuck," Cid proclaimed as they followed Sam deeper into the ruins. They soon came upon a orb that glowed as with a color as black as coal that was connected to the sea floor by five thick cables. The ruins in the area looked as though at one point they were a temple to enshrine this orb. There were six creatures about eight feet long and looked like snakes that were crawling with electricity circling the orb. Moonflower was floating nearby the orb with her hands extended towards it wearing an oxygen mask that looked much like her kimono. There were black strands of data flowing from her hands into the orb.
"Good, this area should be almost fully corrupted. GEVI will be pleased by this news," Moonflower mused.
"Those orbs must act like the towers on Lyoko," Aelita gasped.
"We've got to stop her," Cassandra declared.
"HEY PURPLE BITCH," Cid shouted, immediately getting Moonflower's attention. She severed her connection to the orb and pulled out her quarterstaff.
"Cid, you impulsive bastard," Jeremy groaned, shaking his head.
"Ah, I was wondering when the rest of you would arrive," Moonflower proclaimed, a warm smile apparent from her eyes.
"Wow, they didn't say that you were hot," Cid stated, blinking more than usual.
"Thanks for the compliment," Moonflower replied as she quickly shot at Cid and smacked him upside the head with her quarterstaff. Cid was launched into the ruins of a nearby pillar, shattering it.
"I don't like it when you hurt my friends," Cassandra shouted. She started throwing lightning bolts at Moonflower. The fact that they were underwater amplified the effect of the electricity by superheating the water within two feet of each bolt. Two eels swam away from the orb and used themselves to absorb the electricity. Cassandra's attacks were instantly diffused on contact with the eels.
"Nice try, almost worked too. The only thing you failed to notice were my servants," Moonflower chided.
"She's definitely nothing like Damon," Aelita declared as she started to throw her energy fields at the eels. The eels happily gobbled these up, fueling their own electricity.
"Why aren't our attacks working on these things," Jeremy shouted as an eel swallowed one of his energy fields.
"It's because their energy creatures," Sam declared, "You're only making them stronger!" She pulled three ninja throwing stars and two smoke bombs from her gi. She threw one smoke bomb as a cover for her primary power and teleported behind one of the eels and threw a star at the back of its head, killing it instantly. She then threw a star at Moonflower and a smoke bomb at the floor; she teleported behind one eel as another one blocked the incoming attack to Moonflower, both being destroyed on contact.
"Clever girl," Moonflower appraised.
"Uhn…I just got shafted," Cid groaned as he got up from the rubble. He saw the situation and headed straight for Moonflower. "My name is Cid Jackson, you hit me on the head; prepare to die!" Cid pulled out his sword and made a fierce slash at Moonflower's midsection. She easily parried and smacked him on the head again, causing him to make a crater where he made impact.
Sam pulled out a kunai and activated one of her other power. She rushed at the remaining three eels, leaving a purple streak behind her as she used her super sprint. She slashed each eels head, obliterating each in turn. She put her hand on the orb and was instantly shot back, her body writhing with black electricity. She turned into wireframe and was devirtualized.
"Note to self, do not touch the corrupted orb," Jeremy stated as he turned his focus to Moonflower.
"I'm gonna have to see if I can purge it after we defeat this bitch," Aelita proclaimed. She and Jeremy put their energy fields together and started throwing polarity attacks at Moonflower.
"Polarity, how boring," Moonflower yawned as she started to glow a pale white. She caused the water around the polarity fields to turn into water prisons, like the one that she had captured Donjuan in. She neutralized every attack that Jeremy and Aelita threw her way without even breaking a sweat. She then captured Jeremy and Aelita in separate prisons and devirtualized them via compression. While she was distracted, Cassandra had floated behind her and unleashed an electric attack on her back. "GAH!"
"Forget about me, Damon wannabe," Cassandra shouted, her hands crackling with more electricity.
"I see that I'm going to need to make a tactical retreat," Moonflower cursed, "We shall meet again." She glowed a pale white and formed a water prison around herself, quickly using it to teleport out of the area.
"Please don't tell me that I got shafted again," Cid groaned as he came too.
"Okay, then I won't tell you," Cassandra giggled. Cid pushed himself off the ground and rubbed his head.
"That fucking hurt," Cid declared still rubbing his head, "It's okay to come out now, she's gone."
"Who are you talking too…oh," Cassandra inquired before she was surprised by the sight of three creatures with a fish's tail and a humanoid upper half covered with shimmering scales. Their faces looked like a cross between both a man and a fish.
"I noticed them the first time I got the shaft from Moonflower," Cid explained, "I think that they are the ones that Sam saw when she started swimming in this direction." The three merfolk quickly swam over to the orb and blue tendrils of data started to flow from their hands into the orb. Within a matter of moments, the corrupted data was purged from the orb, leaving it with a warm blue glow.
"Thank you, we were wondering how we were going to purge the viral data," Cassandra proclaimed.
"You are most welcome, she who chased off the purple witch," one of the merfolk proclaimed, bowing before her. Cassandra blushed at this comment.
"My name is Cassandra, and this is Cid. We have come to rid these lands of the encroaching evil."
"You will be most welcome by my people on your next visit," the second merfolk announced.
"We will call for you when it is safe to purify the orb," Cid stated. The merfolk simply nodded and swam off.
"Okay, Tucker. You can bring us in now," Cassandra declared as both she and Cid were devirtualized.
The Computer Lab
"OH MY FUCKING GOD," Damon roared with laughter, "YOU GOT SHAFTED BY A GIRL!!! PRICELESS!" Damon was rolling on the floor with laughter, tears streaming from his eyes, he was laughing so hard.
"It wasn't that funny," Cid huffed.
"So you are like me on there, except instead of the triplicate power you have a teleport one," Ulrich commented to Sam, "Nice power set."
"Well, at least we've figured out how the deactivation process works on Nysis now," Jeremy stated.
"Yeah, we have to find the benevolent race of the sector and have them purge the infected files," Aelita stated.
"That means that Uhrl's people will be the ones that we need to turn to on the grassland sector," Xavier noted.
"The ecosystems are a lot more advanced on Nysis than on Lyoko," Erethyr proclaimed, "Dr. Aurum had a very impressive resume. She was both an expert computer programmer and a geneticist. She was brilliant to say the least."
"And who knew that it would be Cassandra that would save the day," Odd proclaimed as he hugged the girl in question.
"Throw a date in tomorrow night, and you might just get out of doing the dishes this week," Cassandra stated.
"That sounds like a good deal to me. How about eating at that nice Chinese place downtown," Odd inquired.
"It's a date," Cassandra replied before kissing Odd deeply.
"How about we make it a double date," Damon inquired. Erethyr squealed in delight as she hugged Damon.
"Wow, their troubles just seem to vanish when they are with the one's the love," Jeremy noted.
"Just because you aren't the romantic type, doesn't mean that they aren't," Xavier quipped. Jeremy's ears got bright red at that comment.
"Yeah, when was the last time that you took Aelita on a date," Ulrich inquired. Jeremy blushed and hunched his shoulders as he trudged out of the room, with everybody laughing at his slight embarrassment.