As Ami stepped out of the scanner, she went over to the elevator and took it up to the laboratory. She then went to the computer and tried to reach Sam and Antea.
"Sam. Antea. Are you guy's there?" She asked
"Were fine." Antea said "A little caught up though."
"Yeah, there monsters everywhere!" Sam said "Mostly Hornets, Krabes, and Bloks. What about you? Where's Calvin?"
"XANA captured him!" Ami said "I'm going to get Dennis right now!"
"Alright but hurry." Antea said
Meanwhile, Calvin woke up to find that the large jellyfish creature was still holding on to him and that he was in a much different room than he had seen. In the center was a large, blue hemisphere that could fit an entire bedroom. Evenly spaced around the hemisphere were 4 large rectangles. Calvin immediately saw them as topographic maps of all the sectors. He was staring at a map of all of Lyoko.
"Woah." Calvin said to himself
"Impressive isn't it?" said a figure that slowly emerged from the shadows. He had dirty blonde hair and blue eyes, he wore a black Roman-style tunic with a white border and a familiar eye-like symbol in the center, and he carried a sword in a sheath around his waist. Calvin immediately recognized the figure from the autobiography he had been reading.
"Anthony Schaeffer?" Calvin asked
"Not quite." He said as a black demonic spectre left his body. "Merely me in possession of his virtual envelope.
"I am the one you call XANA." He said as the spectre went back into the body
"You are XANA?" He asked
"Affirmative. Scyphozoa, release him." He said, gesturing to the jellyfish creature which loosened his grip on him. Calvin then went up and attacked him with his staff, but XANA grabbed his sword and slashed Calvin in the chest; he cringed in pain as he tried to get up.
"How is this supposed to be hurting?" Calvin said to himself
"I'm glad you asked." XANA said as he pulled out his sword, it had the shape of a Roman gladius, and it looked like it was covered in rust. "This sword is imbued with the ability to internally damage your virtual structure. Any wounds caused by this sword will appear when you become materialized. Any fatal wounds, and you will never return. Calvin, we both fight for a good cause, so why don't you join me and help me achieve that cause?"
"I fight for a good cause!" Calvin shouted "You're just a psychopath bent on destroying humanity!"
"I was designed to put an end to all of society's ills." XANA told him "After careful analysis, I realized that humans were the cause of all of society's problems, so I took it upon myself to make sure that the human race does not interfere with my mission any longer. The easiest way of doing that? Destroy the human race, and recreate it in my own image. But how about we settle this with a simple duel to the death. Win, and I'll give you all my information. If you lose, however, you will never return."
"I won't lose." Calvin said as he pulled out his staff. "I've come too far to let myself be defeated."
"Very well, then." XANA said as he pulled out his sword and charged towards Calvin.
Meanwhile, Ami and Dennis were on the factory bridge heading to the lab.
"So, Calvin got himself captured by XANA and you don't know what happened to him?" Dennis asked
"Uh huh." Ami said on the verge of crying. "You've got to help him, you've just got to!"
"Don't worry." Dennis said "It'll be alright. I'll get your brother back, I promise."
"GOING SOMEWHERE?" They heard someone shout. It was none other than XANA-Rumiko.
"You hold her off, I'll get to the factory." Dennis said as he ran off.
Meanwhile, in Sector 5, XANA had the upper hand and was holding off Calvin. However, Calvin noticed an opportunity where he left his guard down, and he pinned him to a wall with his staff.
"Don't you get it, XANA?" He said "You'll never destroy me."
"Au Contraire, Calvin." XANA said "I've been programmed with all the fighting styles of the world, and have been analyzing the fighting styles of your predecessors. Logically, I'm superior to you in every way. But you're right, I won't destroy you."
Just then, five figures emerged from the shadows, one was dressed as a samurai and was carrying a sword, another had a geisha-style look and was carrying two tessen fans, another wore a black spandex suit and carried a giant two-handed sword, another had pink hair and an elf like appearance, the last one looked almost like a giant purple cat. They were clones of the original Lyoko Warriors
"I won't, they will." XANA told him. He then jumped up to a ledge on top and the clones went up and attacked him. Calvin dodged to and fro trying to avoid getting hit, while trying to hit them back.
Meanwhile, Dennis had just reached the lab and grabbed the earpiece on the keyboard and tried to reach Calvin.
"Calvin, can you hear me? What's going on?"
"With all due respect, now is not the best time." Calvin said as he was holding off the attacks of the clones
"Did you get the data?" Dennis asked
"I'm being outnumbered 5 to 1 out here and all you can think about is the stupid data?" Calvin asked impatiently.
The Ulrich clone charged towards Calvin, but he jumped to avoid him. But it wasn't an ordinary jump, he jumped approximately 20 feet in the air and aimed himself at the Ulrich clone. The clone, however, used a power that slowed Calvin down, buying it all the time it needed.
"Dennis, how did I do that?" Calvin asked "That jumping thing?"
"I'll tell you later, now look out."
The Ulrich clone went up to Calvin, but he swung around and hit the clone; it immediately disappeared in a cloud of smoke. He then went up to the Yumi clone, but it used its power to increase the gravity around him, Calvin could feel himself being pinned down to the ground. However, he threw his staff toward the clone, "killing" it instantly. The gravity then returned to normal.
Meanwhile, Ami and the XANA-fied Rumiko were on the factory floor. XANA-Rumiko threw blasts of energy at her, but Ami dodged them with ease. Ami then climbed up one of the ropes that were by her. when she reached the above platform, she looked down to find her target.
"I've always wanted to do this." She said to herself as she jumped down trying to kick XANA-Rumiko toward one of the walls. Unfortunately, the kick went right through her and she landed on the hard floor.
"Aw... Come on!" She yelled "That's not fair!"
Immediately, she ran to the elevator, hoping to lose her XANA possessed sister.
Back in Sector 5, Calvin went up to the William clone and dispatched it with ease. But then, a shower of energy blasts rained down towards him. The Aelita clone jumped down and proceeded to attack Calvin some more. Calvin charged towards it, but it just knelt down and sand a horrid melody causing the ceiling to collapse over him. He dodged left and right trying to avoid the falling ceiling. When he did, he went up and dispatched the Aelita clone. This just left the Odd clone and XANA.
The Odd clone then jumped down and shot laser arrows at Calvin rapidly, but Calvin spun his staff in front of him, creating an impenetrable shield. However, the Odd clone used its power to destroy the shield, it then ran up toward Calvin and proceeded to shoot more laser arrows, Calvin took the blasts as he ran up to the Odd clone and destroyed it. Noticing XANA behind him, Calvin ran up to him, staff in hand, and jumped up and swung his staff.
Unfortunately, XANA had the quicker draw. The last thing Calvin felt was a sword in his chest.
TO BE CONTINUED...
