Code Lyoko Episode 128: Power Spike
Author: James the Lesser/The Bunnyman
Disclaimer: I Do Not Own These Characters! Moonscape Does!
A/N ALL PEOPLE WHO SAY I SPELLED XANA WRONG. READ MY OTHER STORIES, 53-122 PLUS THE OVA FIRST SO YOU KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!!!! Actually, I probably don't need this anymore since Xana is Xana…
A/N Ok, starting the series back up. I'll be putting the Code Xana Episodes up still but remember they happen after 119 and not 119X. Everything after 119X does not happen in the Code Xana world! This is just me not being able to stop writing about our favorite Lyoko Warriors!
It is a week since the last attack and Odd is starting to go back to normal. At first he ignored his friends because he felt bad for hating them. Now he was avoiding S.S. because while in his new world he had cheated on her with Naomi. Naomi didn't remember it as Xana left the new world's memories only in Odd. Odd goes to S.S.'s dorm room and knocks on the door. "S.S., um, can we talk?"
"Ok Odd." S.S. was scared and happy. Odd had ignored her, refused to talk to her even if it was just a simple "hello". Now that Odd was at the door she is scared that he is there to break up with her but happy because he might be there to finally tell her what happened when Xana modified his memories, his life. S.S. opens the door and Odd walks in. They sit on her bed.
"I, um, I'm sorry S.S." S.S. gets tears in her eyes expecting to hear it's not you it's me from Odd. "I, I cheated on you."
"What?" This blindsides S.S. who was not expecting to hear that.
"Um you know how Xana modified my memories because I was an idiot who accepted his deal?" S.S. nods. "I, well, Xana modified some other memories and um, Naomi, and a couple others, were kind of my girlfriends in that, um, new world I guess."
"I don't think that counts as cheating since it was only memories Xana made up."
"Yeah, um, well, me and Naomi, um, I'm so sorry S.S."
"Oh is this about you kissing her on the bench?" S.S. had seen it but since it was after the attack happened it didn't bother her. "Odd I'm not going to hold it against you since it was Xana's doing."
"No, more then that. We kind of, well, we were back in my room and we, you know." S.S. slaps Odd then reaches over and kisses his cheek.
"I shouldn't have done that." She had smacked Odd before she could stop herself. "It, it was, Xana did it."
"But we, you're not mad? You said you wanted us to wait before we did that and then I did that with Naomi."
"Odd, I, please leave." S.S. is angry at Odd and Xana now. "Odd, go!"
"But, you said, Xana was the one…"
"You're the one who accepted his deal. You're the one who…" Now Odd puts a hand over her mouth.
"Shut up! You don't know what it is like! I have memories of a world where I was happy! A world where I wasn't going to die at any moment. A world I want to go back to by beating Xana once and for all. I'm sorry I cheated on you even though I know it wasn't my fault." Odd takes his hand off of S.S.'s mouth.
"Odd you tell me you just, with Naomi, and don't expect me to be mad?"
"But it wasn't me with Naomi it was a different me in a world where I was never with you. Where I was never a target of Xana."
"It's the same world Odd just different memories! You still did that with Naomi in this world! What if she gets pregnant? How the hell do you explain that? Gee Naomi it was when this all mighty powerful Virus modified your memories and made you my girlfriend." S.S.'s impersonation of Odd wasn't very good.
"We, we used, you know." Odd looks away from S.S. "I'll go away now." Odd walks out of S.S.'s room.
"No, wait Odd, I'm sorry!" S.S. gets up and goes to her door and sees Odd going down the stairs. "Stupid, stupid, he felt bad for it even though it wasn't his fault and you have to get mad at him!" S.S. closes her door and goes to her bed. "Stupid!" She hugs her knees while continuing to berate herself for getting mad at Odd.
Odd is walking down the hallway and sees Ulrich. Ulrich sees him and goes over to him. "Odd, I'm glad you guys got Samantha back." Ulrich starts to twitch as the shock collar forms around his neck.
"It was close, Jeremie figured a way to bring her back. Why didn't you refuse the order? Why, why did you give me that deal?"
"I couldn't fight it Odd. I, I didn't know you would accept it." Ulrich reaches up to the shock collar as it sparks and hits him. "I'm not, not," He can't finish the sentence as the shock collar hits him with a full jolt of energy.
"You're not allowed to talk to your friends, former friends." Odd turns and walks away.
"You're still my friends I just can't…" Ulrich is hit with another jolt of energy.
Jeremie, Aelita, Samantha, and Sanne are in the Control Room at the Factory. "This should give us a warning if Xana ever breaks loose of Lyoko."
"He shouldn't be able to no matter how much power he gains unless he destroys the barrier. Which from what we've seen can only be done by destroying Lyoko itself." Sanne had spent days looking over information to make sure this was true. "But he will still attack."
"And as long as we don't tell anyone else we are the world's only hope. When Xana attacks no matter where or who the target is he is attacking us." Jeremie was concerned even more about the others. They had lost Ulrich to Sissi, nearly lost Samantha, Odd was acting differently, and S.S. was acting differently. Xana's affect was long lasting and if they didn't defeat him soon they may not make it. "I still haven't found how to extend the affect of my X Program."
"Neither have I Jeremie." Sanne had also spent time trying to make the X Program work outside of a Tower but had no luck with that. "You and Aelita have homework to do. Both of you are way behind on it."
"I know mom but…" Sanne stops Aelita.
"No buts Aelita you have to do your homework. They're giving you as much time as it takes but the longer it takes you the more homework you will have." Sanne smiles at Aelita. Being able to say this to Aelita made Sanne feel incredible. She was a mother with a daughter who had to be motivated to do her homework.
"Ok mom." Aelita and Jeremie take the elevator up and leave the Factory.
"What about me?" Samantha was lying on her back staring at the ceiling bored.
"You can't be seen by anyone so you're staying here." Samantha had been getting more and more annoying but Sanne could handle her. She understood Samantha was used to being free to do what she wanted. Her parents didn't care what she did so Samantha did what she wanted but now she was with Sanne.
"How long? At least at the Hermitage I have a TV to watch."
"When Jim gets back you can go there." Sanne liked Samantha but didn't trust her to stay put. "Here, I'll turn the TV program on so you can watch while I work on this." Samantha sits up and sees one of the side monitors has a show on.
"History Channel?"
"Well since someone decided to drop out of school she has to get her education from somewhere else." Samantha sighs and watches while Sanne works on the Super Computer.
Halfway around the world Xana decides to make him the world's problem. "Sir we just got information about a new terrorist organization." A man in a black suit hands a folder with documents over to his boss.
"Lyoko, leader is a guy who calls himself Xana. What is this?" The documents made little sense to him. All the other terrorists on the watch list used their real names and the groups were usually Islamic. "Why are you showing me this?"
"I, Sir, there was a warning that this terrorist group was going to disrupt the power plants in our country and in Canada. They, the leader wants one hundred billion USD."
"And what makes you think this is credible?"
"He, we think it's a he, gave a demonstration. Sir, if you could turn your TV on and set it to ZNN." The boss waves his hand and the underling goes over to the TV and turns it on. He flips through the channels until he gets to ZNN.
"All power in Peru, Chile, and Brazil has been turned off. We are running off of our generators but as you see the city of Belau is dark." The camera pans over the city."
"Where is this terrorist group located?"
"All of our informants say this is definitely not a Middle Eastern group. They can't find the word Lyoko or Xana in any language. It's as if this Xana guy just made up these words."
"Are we sure it is an organization and not some science fiction geek living in his parents' basement? We've dealt with hackers before."
"Yes but none of those gave warnings of attacks, they never demanded money, and they were always lone wolfs. This is different Sir I can feel it."
"Yes, it may be. When did this Xana guy say his group would strike?"
"In one hour, fourteen minutes, and thirty four seconds."
"Set everyone on this, if we find the location we can strike and destroy this group. If they do strike and knock out power here and in Canada it could cause chaos and rioting. When the last blackout hit there wasn't any problem but that only lasted less then an hour and at night so most people were sleeping. Call hospitals and make sure they have generators ready."
"Won't this cause a panic Sir?"
"Tell them it is regional testing of a new power system and the power may or may not go out."
"Yes Sir." The underling leaves his boss's office and makes the calls.
"What is going on?" One hour, fourteen minutes, and thirty four seconds after the warning was given there are rolling blackouts through America and Canada. People in both countries are not panicking yet but how long would it take before the loss of power led to it? No power meant no security alarms, no 911, no safety.
"Hey Sanne change the channel could you?" The show Samantha was watching ended and the news was on after it. Sanne is busy working on a program and ignores Samantha. "Fine I'll watch the news." Samantha watches when there is a News Flash.
"Black outs have hit Canada, United States of America, Peru, Brazil, and Chile. These massive blackouts have been pinned on a terrorist group known only as Lyoko. The leader has been dubbed "Xana" but no other members are known. All information about this Lyoko and Xana are inconclusive at best. Xana is believed to be male…"
"Xana?" Xana being said gets Sanne's attention. "But the Super Scan, damn it!" Sanne brings it up to make sure it was working. "He must be using the one in Sector 5 again." Sanne, Aelita, and Jeremie had worked on making the Super Scan detect the Tower in Sector 5 but so far were unable to. "Call Odd and S.S., I'll call Aelita, Jim, and Yumi." Samantha gets her phone out and calls her contacts while Sanne uses the Super Computer to make her calls.
The group makes it to the Factory easily. "What's going on?"
"Xana attacked America, Canada, and some other places." Samantha and Sanne had continued watching the news. "He probably thinks we will do a return but I don't think this will need one."
"What kind of attack?" S.S. had family members back in the States.
"He turned off all the power. The news is reporting a terror group called Lyoko and its leader, Xana, are responsible."
"But, if, if he is exposing us we need a return." Jeremie and the others can't risk discovery.
"Not necessarily Jeremie. They think Xana is a male, between thirty and forty years of age, Caucasian, and that's about it. They haven't linked him back to France or even Europe. We deactivate the Tower and the attack will be over. No harm done." The others decide to go to Lyoko and deactivate the Tower instead of debating whether or not a return would be needed. "But something is wrong with the Super Scan. When I first checked it it couldn't find the activated Tower. I thought it was in Sector 5 but when I checked the Super Scan I found it wasn't scanning the Ice Sector. I fixed it and found the Tower. Xana can't have gotten to it, it is part of the secure section of the Super Computer."
"We can look at it later." The group gets on the elevator down to the Scanner Room.
As the group lands on Lyoko their nemesis watches. "They really think all of the energy was just turned off? They'll find out soon when I am free how wrong they are!"
"Did you hear that?" Odd on the Overboard looks around.
"Hear what?" S.S. is holding onto Odd as he controls the Overboard.
"Sounded like laughter, bad laughter."
"I didn't hear it." Samantha clings to S.S. trying to hang on. Jeremie was on the Overbike with Yumi while Jim and Aelita used the Overwing.
"We can't be that far away, look." Aelita points and the group sees three Dragons.
"Wow he's not using Sissi or Ulrich." S.S. looks up. "Sanne be careful he might be sending Sissi and Ulrich after you."
"I've already locked the elevator down." Sanne was keeping an eye on the security cameras also.
"Well as nice of a change as this is I think we need to deal with it as quickly as possible. S.S.," Odd turns to her. "Jump off and land on the Overbike. Samantha and I will distract the Dragons while you guys get Aelita to the Tower." Ulrich drives the Overbike over to the Overboard and S.S. jumps on it while still moving.
"Be careful Odd, Samantha." Odd nods and flies away from S.S. and the others with Samantha.
"Hey guys!" Odd flies over to the Dragons. "Looking for some fun?" Odd jabs his thumb at Samantha.
"Odd just because I've been locked up in the Hermitage doesn't mean I'm desperate." Samantha and Odd laugh. The Dragons do not care about the jokes and fire at the two.
"Odd fly at them while shooting arrows and I'll throw daggers. If I get close enough I'll jump on one of them." "Samantha hangs on to Odd as he dodges lasers.
"Got it." Odd flies at the Dragons as best he can firing arrows. Samantha creates daggers and throws them as fast as possible. Odd controlling the Overboard dodges lasers and flies directly at the Dragon in the middle. Samantha jumps off the Overboard and lands on the Dragon on the left. She stabs it in the Eye with a dagger destroying it.
"Odd catch me!" Samantha had tried to jump and attack another Dragon but did not jump before the Dragon exploded. Odd dives to get her but she is hit with lasers and is devirtualized back to Earth.
"Speed Arrow!" Odd flies under the Dragons and fires at the Dragons. An arrow hits a Dragon and destroys it but the last Dragon decides Odd was not important and flies after the others. "Get back here!" Odd fires Speed Arrows at the Dragon but is unable to hit the Eye. "Screw it, Exploding Arrows!" He fires these and is able to hit the Dragon on a wing causing it to fall to the sector below. "I am to good." Odd flies after his friends.
Samantha sits in the Scanner Room while Sanne gets a visit from an enemy. "How did you get in here?" Sanne had been watching the security cameras yet Sissi was able to sneak in.
"King Xana gave me powers you will never understand." Sissi is in Xanafied form and has her axe out. "I am here to tell you to say goodbye to your friends." Sissi laughs evilly.
"He won't be able to do anything to them!"
"Oh but he can. He is going to destroy Lyoko and escape!"
"He can't destroy Lyoko he doesn't have the power."
"Oh he is not going to use his power he is going to use the power from the new world." After Sissi says this the monitor starts to flash and a red exclamation point comes up. A massive amount of energy has hit the Super Computer and damaged it. "That must be from Peru."
"No, if, they'll be killed!" Sanne realizes what Xana is doing. He is going to use an energy spike to overpower the Super Computer and cause it to crash. The group on Lyoko would be killed as Lyoko caved in on itself. "That's why he didn't send his minions."
"I am a Knight of Lyoko not a minion!" Sissi swings her axe and blasts a hole right in front of Sanne. "And Ulrich is my pet, my slave, my lover, not King Xana's." Sanne is trying to think of what to do when the monitor flashes again. "Ah, the energy from Brazil."
"Everyone, get in the nearest Tower!"
"What?" Jeremie and the others were not near the activated Tower yet.
"Get in a Tower if you want to live, any Tower!"
"Ok Sanne." Jeremie and the others look around and see a Tower in the distance. They fly to it.
"Samantha get to the Super Computer and turn it off!" Sanne yells into the headset but didn't need to. The hole Sissi made allowed Samantha to hear her orders. Samantha runs over to the ladder and slides down it to the Super Computer.
"No! King Xana won't allow you to!" Sissi moves through the floor like a Ghost to stop Samantha.
"Ow!" There is an energy field around the Super Computer that stops Samantha from getting to the lever. Sissi floats down behind her.
"Problems?" Samantha turns around and sees Sissi. "I knew King Xana wouldn't allow you to stop his plan." Sissi pushes Samantha hard and Samantha falls into the energy field. Samantha is shocked then falls through it!
"Thanks Sissi." Samantha gets up and gets to the lever. She pulls it down and turns the Super Computer off. A second later a large blue energy ball moves through the wall and into the Super Computer but nothing happens. "So your loser Xana loses again."
"Shut up!" Sissi swings her axe at Samantha who dodges it. "King Xana has not lot yet!" Sissi flies to the lever and turns the Super Computer back on. "Aaaa!" She is hit with an energy field. Samantha jumps back and hits the wall. The energy field expands as another blue energy orb, several times larger then the last one, moves through the ceiling and towards the Super Computer. When it gets close it hits the energy field and the energy field expands and gains more power. Sissi continues to scream in pain as Samantha looks for a way to get out of the Super Computer Room before she to is hit with the energy field. She runs over to the elevator doors and hits the button but the doors don't open. "Sanne!" She screams hoping Sanne can hear her over the sounds of Sissi screaming. Samantha hits the button but nothing happens. She keeps hitting it hoping it will open.
"I locked the elevator down, damn, one second." Sanne had been watching through the security cameras. She unlocks the elevator. Samantha hits the button and the doors open. She runs onto the elevator and takes it up to the Control Room.
"Sanne something weird is going on." Jeremie sticks his head out of the Tower and sees Lyoko is devirtualizing and virtualizing.
"The only way to stop this is to deactivate the Tower." Sanne had hoped turning the Super Computer off would work but Sissi had turned it back on and now it was impossible to turn it off again.
"Ok so we're going to have to go out there?" Jeremie doesn't know if it would be safe. If the ground devirtualized under them they would fall to the Digital Sea below.
"I'm having no problems." Odd flies up to the Tower finally catching up to the others. "I'll take the lovely Aelita to her Tower."
"Odd it's too dangerous." Aelita walks past Jeremie and goes out into Lyoko.
"We have to or the Super Computer will be destroyed." Aelita gets on the Overboard as the ground she was standing on disappeared. They take off for the activated Tower.
Back in the Super Computer Room another, much larger blue orb of energy, much larger then all former energy orbs combined, moves through the ceiling and hits the energy field. The energy field expands and gains in power causing Sissi more pain.
"Hang on Aelita." Odd was having trouble controlling the Overboard as the ground kept devirtualizing. "There's the Tower we just have to make it!" A large section of Lyoko disappears and they fall through it. It reforms above them trapping the two under the sector.
"Odd I don't know if my Creativity will work."
"I got an idea Aelita." Odd flies towards where the activated Tower was then stops. "Come on…" He waits until he sees a section devirtualize. He flies as fast as he can and gets through it before it virtualizes again. He swings the Overboard around and throws Aelita off into the activated Tower. "Whoa!" He loses control of the Overboard again as the ground devirtualizes.
"Tower deactivated." The screens fall around her. "Mom, do we need to do a return?"
"I'm not sure." Sanne watches what is going on in the Super Computer Room.
"Aaaa!" The energy field surrounding the Super Computer merges onto Sissi. The energy shocks Sissi then invades her body. Her body swells with energy as more of it enters her body. The energy explodes and destroys the security camera but not Sissi. "Yes… Xana, I will, no, not yet." A new Xanafied Sissi stands in the Super Computer Room. The energy sparks around her as her muscles bulge. She is taller, bigger, more powerful then ever before. "Finally I have what I needed. Soon I will become more powerful and finally be free!" Sissi breaks apart into a black mist and leaves the room.
"Samantha can you go down to the Super Computer Room and see if there is any damage." Samantha takes the elevator down to the Super Computer Room. She steps off of it and looks around.
"No, no damage, and no Sissi." She walks around before going back to the elevator. She takes it up to the Scanner Room as the others are materialized back to Earth.
Later that day the group is at the Hermitage. "That was close, are you sure we shouldn't do a return?" Odd, after hearing the story of what happened, is concerned and curious. "Unless Sissi got what she deserved and a return would bring her back."
"I don't know what happened to her. The security camera was destroyed. When you go back to Kadic Academy don't look for her. Wait for classes." Sanne leans back on the couch. Aelita and Jeremie are sitting next to her. "Until then I want to work on the Super Scan."
"We'll…" Jeremie and Aelita were about to volunteer to help but Sanne stops them.
"No, you two have homework. Besides you two could use some alone time." Sanne smiles as the two blush. "I love doing that to you two." She puts a hand on Aelita's shoulder. "But you do have homework. Samantha and Jim will come with me to the Factory for protection."
"We will?" Samantha wanted to watch TV on a comfy couch not on the floor of the Control Room.
"Yes. If you do I will order pizza tomorrow for dinner."
"Fine."
"Ok, um, be safe." Odd looks over at S.S. who hadn't talked to him since they came back from Lyoko. She had forgiven him during the attack but afterwards she was mad at him, so he thinks. As they leave the Hermitage S.S. walks up to his side and takes his hand in hers.
"I'm sorry Odd." This stops Odd. "I, I shouldn't have gotten mad. I love you, you love me, and if Xana hadn't messed with your memories you never would have done it."
"I shouldn't have accepted the deal. I, I was so lost I couldn't think of anything in this life that I liked. If I had only remembered you I never would have taken the deal." Odd kisses S.S. "So, um, you're not mad at me about the Naomi thing?"
"No, I'm curious though, like, what was it like, and stuff." S.S. looks away from Odd as she blushes.
"It felt great but I wouldn't want to do it again until you were ready for it. With you it will probably feel even better since, you know, you never…"
"Naomi wasn't a virgin?" Odd shakes his head. "I never would have pegged her as easy."
"It doesn't mean she was easy it means Xana messed with her memories to. She, she could have been with the same guy for a year before she did that. Its almost like I, I raped her."
"No, Xana did it. You did nothing to her it was all Xana." S.S. kisses Odd. "I love you."
"I love you to." Odd kisses S.S. deeply and then hears a loud "awwww". They break the kiss and see Yumi, Aelita, and Jeremie. "Hmmm, if you guys want to watch its ok with me." Odd laughs as S.S. pushes him playfully.
"Let's just get back to Kadic Academy and get some dinner." The group walks back together wondering if Sissi was still alive or not.