Xavier and the Mechanist
"You mean you just turned on the supercomputer and then this guy was here?" Jeremie asked. The whole gang finally got to the factory. William nodded.
"But we didn't turn on the supercomputer. Someone who knows a lot about the supercomputer turned it on. She even knew about the code to the elevator," Will replied. Everyone turned to the computer screen.
"So the question is: who are you?" Jeremie asked the boy.
"I don't know," he replied.
"I see that you're in a tower. Try and find the panel for it and place your hand on it," Aelita advised.
"Okay," the boy obeyed. Soon his name came up. "It's says Xavier."
"Xavier? Hmmm, well Xavier it is then. Now, Xavier, we'll have to figure out how to de-virtualize you," Jeremie said typing away at the keys.
"Can't you use the same thing for him that you did for Aelita," Yumi asked.
"It's not that simple. I constructed that code for Aelita specifically. This is a whole different person. But what is he doing here now? Where was he when we shut off the supercomputer?" Jeremie questioned.
"I can answer that," A voice over the intercom spoke, making everyone jump. The voice was dark and deep and digital. "Hello, my name is the Mechanist. You see, Xavier here was a prisoner to XANA, but when you guys made the anti-XANA virus, I had to figure out how to preserve Xavier until the next time the Supercomputer was turned on again. I was hoping that you guys would do it, but I see we have another person who knows."
"And what about you? We don't know how much you know either," Odd accused.
"Fair enough. But you must understand that this is going to be a whole different ball game for you. XANA may be gone, but I fear a new enemy will arise," the Mechanist replied. Just then something popped up on the screen. Jeremy immediately got into his usual spot.
"An activated tower," he stated.
"I didn't activate that one," the Mechanist said.
"Then who is it?" Aelita asked.
"I don't know, but you guys better go there just to be sure," the Mechanist said. Jeremy nodded.
"I'll go with you," William said, but everyone stared at him.
"No offense, Will, but we don't know if this is XANA or not. And we still don't know if he's after you again," Yumi said. William nodded.
"I'll stay here then, make sure everything's fine. Ulrich, take care of Yumi." Will instructed. Ulrich smiled.
"Don't I always?" Ulrich smirked as the elevator closed. Will turned to Jeremy.
"How many monsters do you see?"
"Five. All of them old and new monsters," Jeremy said making both of them worried. Soon the Aelita, Ulrich, Odd, and Yumi were virtualized onto the forest sector. "The tower is in the east but go for Xavier first."
"We're on it, boss," Odd saluted. "Can you bring up our vehicles?"
"Hang on a sec." Jeremy said magically making the rides appear. Off they were to Xavier's tower. "I wonder what this is all about. Who activated the tower?"
"What about the monsters? You said they were old and new. How?" Will asked.
"Well, they're the same exact monsters that XANA used, but they don't have XANA's signature code," Jeremy explained.
"You mean someone stole the blueprints of XANA's monsters? Man that's low," Odd stated.
"Well, on the bright side we know that XANA isn't attacking," Yumi said.
"But if not him, who is?" Ulrich asked.
"I can't answer that question yet," the Mechanist said, "But I can tell you what the activated tower is doing. It's testing all the data it has. So someone is experimenting what they can do on here."
"Then we better stop it fast," Ulrich said revving up his cycle. They got to Xavier's tower. Soon Xavier got out and greeted them. He had on the same suit that William had on when he was under XANA's control. He had a tan white complexion with dirty blonde hair. He was about as tall as Yumi.
"Good to finally meet you. Now what do we do?" Xavier asked.
"We go to the tower," Jeremy said as Xavier got on Ulrich's Hover-cycle. They rode away to the tower where they met an interesting sight. The tower was red and there were Krabs guarding the tower. Four of them were old but one was new. It was green with the eyes focusing in four different positions.
"That's new," Odd said.
"What's wrong?" Jeremy asked.
"Looks like the person who activated the tower got fancy with XANA's monsters," Yumi commented.
"Here, Jeremy, I'll send you a visual," Aelita said. There on the computer screen was the monster.
"Let me see about that one. In the meantime, take care of the other Krabs," Jeremy commanded. Yumi threw her fans, destroying the first red Krab. The others did their part, too. Then they returned to the green Krab. "I got it. This Krab can shoot much like a Block, but at the same time. Be careful."
"No sweat, Einstein. We got thhhiiiisss-" Odd shouted getting shot by the Krab. He appeared in the scanner where William helped him up. "Cheat shot," he muttered.
"Okay, one down." Ulrich said. "Hey, Jeremy do we still have our old powers?"
"Yes," Jeremy said.
"Good. Triplicate!" Ulrich said now having three of him. They rushed at the Krab. The Green Krab shot down two of him, but Ulrich managed to strike it. But he only damaged it as he was thrown off and de-virtualized by the Krab. Yumi threw her fans.
"I'll distract him. You go for the tower, both of you," Yumi said. Aelita and Xavier tried to sneak around the Green Krab. The Green Krab got Yumi and Aelita, but Xavier managed to get by into the tower.
"What are we going to do?" Jeremy asked. "Only Aelita can deactivate the tower."
"No quite," The Mechanist spoke. "Xavier can too. Go on, Xavier." With that, Xavier floated up to the top. He scanned his hand and the panel showed Xavier, Code: Lyoko. The tower was deactivated. "Good."
The next day in Jeremy's room, the whole gang showed up. "So we have so many questions," Jeremy said adjusting his glasses. "Who turned on the supercomputer and how did they know about it? Why they did it? Who is the Mechanist? Who is Xavier? How exactly did he get on there? Who activated the tower and what do they want? Whew!"
"Yep, we got a lot of questions," William said.
"But how do I get out of here?" Xavier asked appearing on the computer screen.
"We don't know. But I can make a code for you. I just need time," Jeremy said. Then his phone rang.
"Who is it?" Aelita asked. Jeremy's eyes widened.
"It's the Mechanist! The number's masked but the Caller ID says MECHANIST," Jeremy put the phone on speaker.
"I see that you are asking yourselves a lot of questions. Even I do not have all the answers," The Mechanist said in his deep digital voice, "But I do know who activated the tower. His name is Platon. Basic plan: World Domination. He's the one who created Carnage, the virus that Franz Hopper tried to stop. Now he wants to use Lyoko to wreak havoc on the Earth. But you guys can stop him."
"We know," Odd said confidently.
"But this won't be like last time. Fortunately, Platon is still getting use to what he can do, so his attacks might not be that extreme yet. But you'll need help. I'll figure out how to finish Platon's terror, but Jeremy will need to figure out the code for virtualizing Xavier. But there are still some questions to be answered." The phone went silent as the Mechanist hung up. Odd threw his fist up into the air.
"YEAH! The Lyoko Warriors are back in business," he shouted. Ulrich and William covered his mouth.
"SHH! Do you want the whole school to know?" Ulrich whispered. The others laughed.
"Well, see you guys. I've got to run." Will said dashing off. He went to Sissi's room. He closed the door behind him and locked it. Sissi was typing away at the computer. "Do you know who turned on the Supercomputer?"
"No," Sissi replied. She rolled away from the screen, "But I have a suspicion that it was Pink. She's always trying to mess with us."
"So what do we do?" Will asked. Sissi took off her glasses and looked at them for a while.
"The twins are already working on their project. We need to stick with ours. But we need someone else. I'm calling for him," Sissi said picking her phone.
"How is he going to interact with the others?" William asked.
"I've got a plan in mind," Sissi smiled for the first time in a long time.
To be continued