Last Time:
"Let me tell you the real truth: My name isn't Julien Xavier."
"Then I don't understand." Sam said. "What is it?"
"My name is Anthony Schaeffer."
Everyone was stunned when Mr. Xavier said this.
"Wait. You?" Sam said. "All this time, you were XANA's creator?"
"In a way, yes." Anthony (A/N: I'm calling him this until later in the story) said.
"Bullshit." Dennis said. "If you're Anthony Schaeffer, then you'd be like 70 years old."
"And?" Anthony said."
"Uh... Looking good." Dennis said.
"Well, why did you go into hiding all these years?" Calvin asked. Anthony then told him about how he caused Scipio's downfall and how he gathered government agents from all over the world to imprison Scipio's scientists, and how he lost control of them when they went to far and decided to kill the scientists.
"After Antea was taken, I decided to go into hiding. Decades later, I got a job at the CIA going under the name Julien Xavier. After a while, I came to France and found the supercomputer again. That's when XANA took control of me."
"Wait." Calvin said. "You founded the Carthaginian Guard. You captured Antea Schaeffer. You tried to kill Franz Hopper!"
"The what?" Anthony said.
"That's what Benjamin Noel called them."
"Anyways, I did." Anthony said. "But I never intended for any of this to happen."
"You tell that to the people you imprisoned and killed!" Antea shouted. "Tell it to my grandmother!"
"That was not my fault." Anthony said. "Another agent overthrew me, Gregory Nicotopolus was it? Anyways, I tried to stop them but they were too powerful for me; I lost control of them. I was only able to help my brother."
"What do you mean?" Calvin said.
"On June 6th of 1994, the agency had located my brother in France. Before they were able to take him away, I sent a program to him that would buy all the time he would need."
"The Return to the Past." Yumi said.
"Wait." Sam said. "You never said anything about a return to the past, Dennis."
"I thought it would be too dangerous." Dennis said.
"Let me explain." Anthony said. "When I sent it, I made a mistake. I made it so that it would increase the supercomputer's power with each use. Of course, I didn't think it was too much of a problem, until I realized he was using XANA to help him, and when I knew of this, it was too late. A year ago, when I first stumbled upon the supercomputer, I heard of Jeremie and his friends and how they had stopped XANA from taking over the world. When I sensed XANA's return, I gave Calvin, the son of two Lyoko Warriors, all the information I had so that he may stop XANA and put an end to his next plot."
"Just one more thing." Calvin said. "The spectre that saved my life. That was you?"
"Yes." Anthony said. "I thought if I helped you, it would help me fix my mistakes in the past."
"See?" Ami said.
"Nobody said you were wrong." Antea said.
"So now what do we do?" Dennis asked.
"We go in and face XANA in a final showdown." Anthony said. "I'll stay and monitor the computer while three will go to Sector 5, Antea and two others."
"I volunteer." William said.
"What?" Yumi said.
"William, please." Ulrich said. "You remember what happened last time."
"I know, but I'm older and wiser now. I won't make the same mistake." William said.
"But why?" Yumi said.
"To show you that I'm willing to do anything to seek forgiveness for everything I've put you through, before and after Lyoko." William said. "All I want is a chance for me to redeem myself. Please give me that chance."
"But he'll kill you." Ulrich said.
"Then I'll have finally paid for everything I've caused."
"What are you talking about?" Ulrich said. "What did you do to her that was so bad, huh?"
"I'd rather not say." William said. "But if it makes you feel better, one of you will go with me."
"We can't." Ulrich said. "We have to evacuate the..."
"I'll go." Calvin said.
"What?" Dennis said.
"Calvin, no." Yumi said softly.
"I'm sorry." Calvin said. "It's me that XANA wants. Besides if Antea goes in too early, she'll get killed before she can get to the tower, Sam will get devirtualized to easily, and Dennis and Ami are already needed with you. What choice do we have?"
"Okay." Ulrich said. "But promise you'll come back alive."
"I'm not making any promises. But I'll try." Calvin said.
"Come on." Yumi said. "We have to get to the school."
"Hold on." Dennis said. "I'm almost done getting your supplies."
"What supplies? What are you doing?" Yumi said.
"Using a new program of mine." Dennis said. "Get to the scanner room, I'll meet you there."
In a short time, everyone but Anthony headed to the elevator and went to the scanners.
"Check the middle one." Dennis said. They looked in to find a pair of katanas, a pair of Tessen fans, a purple glove of sorts, and two punching daggers (A/N: Look them up if you don't know).
"Wait. These are our Lyoko weapons." Ulrich said picking up the swords.
"Yes." Dennis said. "XANA's monsters are immune to the elements of Earth, but not to the elements of Lyoko, making these the only thing that can harm XANA's monsters."
"Wow." Yumi said picking up the fans. "Never thought I'd be using these again."
"As an added bonus, as long as you're holding the weapons, you have all the powers you used to have on Lyoko."
"Well what's this thing for?" Sam said picking up the glove.
"That one's yours." Dennis said. "It shoots laser arrows."
"What now?" Sam said.
"We'll tell you on the way to the school." Dennis said. "Right now, we have to get ready to send William and Calvin to Lyoko."
"Alright then." William said as he headed to his scanner. Just as everyone else was about to go up, Antea ran out of the elevator and to Calvin.
(A/N: As you are reading these last lines, feel free to listen to 'Le Reve' by Herman Martin, the composer for the show, if you can find it. It was played near the end of 'Routine' when Ulrich and Yumi were about to kiss).
"Wait." She said. "Will I ever see you again?"
"I need to last long enough for William to get the upper hand against someone who's already killed me once." Calvin said. He then sighed morosely. "No. Probably not."
"Then I might as well tell you something before you go."
"What's tha...?" Calvin said but froze when Antea came up and kissed him on the lips. Calvin then returned the kiss and wrapped his arms around her as a tear rolled down is face. After a few seconds they broke away from the kiss and Calvin went into the scanner.
"Goodbye Antea." Calvin said quietly.
"I love you." Antea said. Just then the scanner doors closed.
"Transfer William." Anthony said. "Scanner William."
"Transfer Calvin. Scanner Calvin."
"Virtualization!"
Yeah, kind of a slow and short start. But don't worry, the next chapter will have plenty of action to go around. God I'm so exited, and yet so sad, only like 4 more chapters 'till the end, (not counting the epilogues). Also effin emo, that twist I mentioned earlier is not in this chapter, mainly because I couldn't see where it would fit into my story, it will be in the next one though. Also, I promise that this will be the last time that a chapter will be this short.
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