Chapter 8 Big Bug
A.N. – So, pretty much the same as last chapter. No major changes just added dialogue.
Disclaimer – I do not own Code Lyoko, the story idea, or the plot. I am just a fan of the show, the plot is owned by the creators, and the story idea was submitted by LittleRedRebel.
In the school courtyard, Tamiya is telling Milly about her fashion style. "And so my mom says, 'I'm not gonna let you go out dressed like that.' And then says, 'Just look at your t-shirt, you see your navel.' Well you know me, I tell her 'Listen mom, everyone dresses like that. It's the latest style.' So then she says-"
"Hold on a second," Milly interrupts. "It's Ulrich." They see him walking with Yumi, Nadia and Odd. "Just look at him. Oh, how can anybody be that handsome?"
Sissi turns around, seeing the two girls staring at Ulrich. She walks up to them. "Hello little ones. Aren't you a bit wet behind the ears to be looking at boys? I don't believe it, look at yourselves. You've even got a drop of milk from your bottle your cheek."
Tamiya wipes her chin with her sleeve. Nicolas laughs. "She believed you, Sissi. Not only is she a baby, but she's also dumb."
"Hey Nicolas, you should defend her, not insult her. You dumbbells oughta stick together. Besides, girls, you're setting your sights much too high. Ulrich's way out of your league. Why don't you just go back to your dolls and stop dreaming?"
"Oh yeah? You think that just because you're a few years older and act like a snob, all you have to do is snap your fingers and he'll come running, huh?" Milly argues, knowing that Ulrich hates her.
"I don't think, I know. There isn't a boy in school who isn't dying to go out with me. Stick around and learn," they turn to the four walking up to them. "Hi, how are you?"
"Well, what do you know? It's Miss Conceited in person" Odd says.
"Nobody asked you creep! So, Ulrich, when are you going to stop being so shy and finally tell me how you feel about me, huh?"
"You're wrong, I'm not shy. Not at all, I'm just allergic to anyone who's stuck up. And in that category you win hands down." Everyone laughs except for Sissi, who glares at her two friends to stop. She turns back to them.
"I'll bet she's been telling you how nobody can resist her charm. She's right too, just take a look at the two nobodies she's always hanging out with," Odd jokes. Nicolas steps forward, ready to fight him, but Sissi pushes him back.
"Take it easy" Sissi tells him.
"Wow, you oughta be a dog trainer when you grow up" Ulrich replies.
"Go on, laugh all you want. Show your friends how clever you are. But I see the way you look at me when they're not around." She walks away.
"I think she's hallucinating" Ulrich says. Yumi looks at him.
"Oh no. Speaking of dogs, I have to go and feed Kiwi" Odd reminds himself.
"I'll go with you. Do any of you two wanna come?" Ulrich offers, turning to the girls.
"No, we promised Jeremy we'd stop by and see him" Yumi tells him.
Jeremy types away and Yumi slightly knocks, peeking her head in "Jeremy?"
"Hi Yumi, Nadia. Come in" he greets. Nadia closes the door after she enters.
"What are you doing?" Yumi leans against the desk.
"I'm working on a new program, sort of a catastrophe alert system. The idea is to rate non-natural disasters on a scale of one to ten. And once I've got it finished, I'm going to get it onto every website or information network if you like. And anytime the system registers a disaster that rates higher than a five, it automatically informs me."
"And then what?"
"If Xana becomes active, we can possibly get to Lyoko and stop him before he can do any real harm" Nadia tells her.
"Exactly, it's the surest way for me to identify a possible Xana attack" Jeremy adds.
"Wow, that's cool" Yumi comments.
"What's on your mind?" Jeremy asks Yumi.
"Well, it…it's Ulrich. I wonder…do you think he likes Sissi?"
"Sissi?! You're kidding," he places his hands behind his back. "Come on. You know, I never would have believed it, but you're really jealous, aren't you?"
"What? You're kidding. How could you think for a minute that I could be jealous of that dimwit? That is ridiculous!"
"You could just say how you feel about him to him directly. What's the worst that can happen? He says no. You're crushed, but now you can stop living in doubt" Nadia suggests.
"Sorry, but I'm not gonna ruin a friendship as good as this."
Odd and Ulrich are in their room as Kiwi eats. "Hey, eat a little slower, Kiwi, will ya? You look like Nicolas in the lunchroom!" Ulrich says, laughing.
"Don't insult my dog, huh? Kiwi's manners are ten times better than that sloppy airhead" Odd chuckles.
"Yeah. I got a great idea that might be fun. What do you say we take our friend Sissi down a peg or two?"
"There's nothing in the world I rather do," Odd agrees. "What's your idea, huh?"
Sissi is adjusting her hair when her cell phone beeps. She picks it up. "A message. 'You're the fairest of them all, I can't resist you. Meet me in the garden shed.' Oh, I knew it." She places her phone in her bag, putting on perfume before she leaves.
In the desert sector on Lyoko, a tower is glowing red. Voices can be heard from the pulsations.
"Do you read me? I repeat, do you read me? What's wrong, I can't contact any engrams."
"Hey, the traffic lights are all blocked. The city's gonna be a total gridlock! The subway trains ain't stopping anywhere. What's going on?"
"I don't know, but I've got a sort of eye on the monitor." All the computers in the metro station show the sign of Xana. "The train switches aren't responding. The trains are out of control!"
The tracks switch by themselves. "Have you contacted the conductors?"
"Most of them. The problem is that trains 3611 and 9432 are completely automatic. And on a collision course and I can't stop them!"
"They're freight trains, no passengers. How long before they collide?"
"26 minutes, but the 3611 is a special convoy train carrying a load of highly toxic chemicals!"
Jeremy types away on his computer, still with Yumi and Nadia. "One last adjustment and the program should be ready. There we go. Now there's nothing left to do but wait until Xana rears his evil head."
A news report about the two trains appears on his screen.
"Looks like Xana is testing the new program already" Nadia reports.
"A mysterious and powerful virus infected all the country's main computer systems just a few minutes ago," the three all look at each other, knowing Xana is capable of doing this. "The infrastructures affected are very numerous and vital. They include communication, banking, all subway systems, and air traffic control. The most imminent danger, however, is the probability of a major train crash. For more information, here's John Swamp."
"Uh, thank you, Ellen. That's right, two freight trains are on a collusion course and one of the trains is carrying highly toxic chemicals, which if spread into the atmosphere, would cause an unprecedented environmental catastrophe."
"John, is there any way of preventing this disaster?"
"None at all, for the simple reason that the trains are both computer operated and therefore impossible to control at this time. It'll take a minute to stop them. If the authorities are considering an evacuation of the local population-" Jeremy turns off the news report.
"A miracle, like us" Nadia says.
"You try to warn Odd and Ulrich" Jeremy tells Yumi. Me and Nadia will head over to the lab to contact Aelita and prepare the transfers."
Ulrich peeks from the bushes, Odd appearing next to him. They watch as Sissi walks to the garden shed. Ulrich's phone buzzes and he answers it quickly. "Yumi's trying to reach us, she's gonna blow our cover."
"Gotcha. I'll shut off my cell phone" Odd turns off his phone.
Yumi paces in Jeremy's room. "What's going on with them? Come on, one of you has got to be able to answer!"
Sissi arrives at the shed. She looks around before opening the door. "I'm here Ulrich!" Her eyes widen as Kiwi comes out of the shed, tackling her to the ground. He starts licking her face and she wipes it in disgust. "What is going on here?"
She hears snickering, looking to see the two boys. "Irresistible Sissi" Odd comments.
"You're right, not even dogs can resist your charms" Ulrich adds.
"Hey, don't knock it Ulrich. This is a step up huh? Because…Herb and Nicolas are no match for Kiwi" Odd laughs, petting his knees. "Sorry to drag you away Kiwi." Kiwi runs up to Odd.
"You'll pay for this!" Sissi declares in anger.
"That's okay, as soon as you're all dry, send us the bill. Ciao!" Odd giggles as they leave. Sissi stands up, clenching her fists. "Kiwi, go home now." Odd points to the dorms. "Come on, go home boy. That's it."
"It's a shame we didn't take a picture" Ulrich comments as they walk away.
"Yeah, imagine the headline in Milly and Tamiya's newspaper. 'Sissi and Kiwi, an impossible romance!'" The two laugh, Sissi glaring at them.
"Ugh, I seem to recall a school rule that says, 'pets are strictly forbidden on campus.' Rule's are made to be obeyed!" Sissi says.
Jeremy and Nadia run down the tunnel from the boiler room. When they get to the sewers, they grab their rides. They ride through the tunnels and get to the factory elevator; Jeremy pushes the button to go down. They appear in the lab and step out. Jeremy connects to Lyoko.
"Aelita, do you read me?" Jeremy asks.
She appears on the screen. "Yes. I was working on your latest materialization program."
"Forget it for now, there's no time. We've got a big problem. Xana has launched an attack. Have you noticed anything?"
"No, but I'll go have a look around."
Nadia contacts Yumi. "Yumi, we're ready over here. Are the guys with you?"
"No, they're mobiles are shut off, and I don't know where they are. I'm out looking for them," she tells her. She opens the door to the boys' room, seeing no one. "Where in the world can they be?" She leaves and kiwi enters. Sissi follows them, peeking to see him jumping into Odd's drawer. Sissi walks up to it. She closes the drawer on Kiwi, making him whimper.
"That's it, go beddy-bye now, you horrible little mongrel."
Odd and Ulrich are sitting on a bench. Yumi walks up to them. "Oh, Yumi, you got here too late. You missed a great show" Ulrich comments to her.
"Sissi's got herself a boyfriend, although boy's not exactly the right word. Anyway, they're in love" Odd chuckles.
"Hey, I've been trying to reach you for 15 minutes. Thanks guys," she retorts. "Xana has just launched an attack."
"Okay, I read you, it's urgent" Ulrich tells her.
"Hey, you there!" Ulrich turns around to see Jim holding Kiwi…followed by Sissi.
Oh no, no, no as if we didn't have enough problems" Odd facepalms at this.
"So, it seems you forgot the rules here at school, huh? Pets are not allowed!"
"Yeah, we know that, Jim, but…you're not gonna make a big deal out of a little dog, are you?" Odd asks nervously.
"That's for the principal to decide, follow me!" He grabs Odd by the shirt, dragging him away.
Sissi gives a smug look, crossing her arms.
"You're even a worse pain in the neck than I thought!" Ulrich decides, Sissi winking as she walks away. "How could she do such a thing?"
"She got her revenge, but we can't worry about it now. There's no time. Come on, there are too many lives at stake" Yumi says, as they walk away.
Jeremy is watching an update about the trains. "The situation remains unchanged. The two freight trains are completely out of control. Army units have began to evacuate the people in the immediate area. Now for other news around the country, the capitol is in a state of total gridlock. Huge traffic jams are creating chaos, and the police are totally swamped and unable to help. And since all alarm systems are down, there's a tremendous amount of polluting."
"This is really bad. Xana has everyone in a state of panic! At this rate, everyone will wipe each other out" Nadia says.
"Yeah, and Xana will top it off with the collusion. Anything new Aelita?" Jeremy presses a button, and she reappears.
"Yes, I do Jeremy. I've picked up pulsations and it seems that…the activated tower is in the desert. I'm on my way."
Jeremy hears the elevator open and turns to see Ulrich and Yumi.
"Hey, where's Odd?" He asks,
"He's in the principal's office cuz Jim found out about Kiwi" Yumi explains.
"We'll have to make do without him" Nadia replies.
"Right. You three, get ready for immediate departure" Jeremy says as they head for the scanners.
Jim opens the door and Odd enters, followed by Kiwi. "Do we really have to stay here? Don't be like that, come on Jim" Odd asks Jim.
"You heard the principal, you've both gotta stay in the study hall until your parents get here and pick up that mutt!" He looks at the dog, who scratches behind his ears. He points to the seats and Odd sits down. Kiwi lays down underneath Odd. "And I'm gonna stay here and keep an eye on you!"
Jeremy starts the procedure, Ulrich stepping in first. "Transfer Ulrich." Yumi steps in next. "Transfer Yumi" Nadia steps in last. "Transfer Nadia. Scanner Ulrich. Scanner Yumi. Scanner Nadia. Virtualization." They are all virtualized successfully into the desert. They all land safely.
"Everything's cool Jeremy. The transfer was successful, no problem. And Aelita's here" Yumi says as Aelita is standing a few feet away in front of them.
"Okay great. And no monsters in sight."
"Any news form Odd?" Ulrich asks.
"No, not yet. I'll try to contact him."
Jim snores as Odd taps his foot impatiently. He taps his fingers on the desk,. His phone rings and answers it to see 'S.O.S XANA J.' "Huh? Well, what do you know?"
"Huh? What'd you say?" Jim asks, suddenly waking up.
"Uh, nothing, nothing. I, uh, I have to go outside for a minute. Dogs have, well, they have certain needs, if you know what I mean" Odd says, as he tries to use this to escape to the factory.
"Hmm. Forget it. What they need is to get some sleep" Jim goes back to sleep, Odd sighing.
Ulrich, Aelita, Nadia, and Yumi follow the pulsations and Aelita stops first, pointing. "The tower is there." It's past a field of rocks, however.
"That's too easy" Yumi suspects, looking behind her.
"Yeah, looks like a real Xana trap. Hey Jeremy, do you see anything on your screen?" Ulrich calls out.
"No, nothing. Not even aa single monster" Jeremy replies.
"Something doesn't feel right here. I feel we're being watched by something other than Xana" Nadia says, knowing Xana can hide his monsters anywhere.
Jim looks from his magazine, raising a warily eyebrow at Odd. Odd leans toward Kiwi. "Hey, Kiwi, wake up. Want a biscuit?" Kiwi wakes up. "A nice big doggie biscuit, huh?" He starts barking, annoying Jim.
"Hey, what's the matter with him?" Jim asks.
"I warned you if I don't take him out for a walk, you're gonna have some mopping up to do" Odd reminds him.
"You think I'm stupid, huh? Soon as you're outside, you'll take off, right?" He steps up to him.
"Me? I wouldn't do that Jim."
"Okay now, stop. You can't pull that one on me. I'm gonna take the dog out myself and you're gonna stay put and not move, you got that?" Jim takes Kiwi outside.
"14 minutes. Just 14 minutes before the two trains collide with each other. Remember that one of the-" Jeremy looks at the left screen.
"Careful! Your surrounded by four monsters!" Jeremy warns them.
"I knew it, just where?" Nadia says, drawing her sword.
Ulrich stops Yumi from walking forward, looking around suspiciously. He unsheathes his sword slightly. "Where are they? I don't see any monsters."
Lasers hit all of them before seeing 4 bloks. Ulrich pulls out his sword and he deflects the lasers from a blok with his sword. Aelita backs away as they continue firing and Yumi brings out her fan. She throws it at a blok, but it tilts its head out of the way from the fan.
"Yumi, Ulrich, Nadia, get out of there now! You're losing too many life points!" Jermey orders.
"Great idea, only how do you suggest we do it? Sprout wings, huh?" Ulrich retorts.
"Running ain't an option because they'll continue to hit us" Nadia adds, getting hit in the shoulder.
"There are a lot of rocks on your right. Try and lose them in there" Jeremy indicates the rock field. Ulrich looks at the bloks.
"Yumi, take Aelita away with you. I'll handle them. Nadia, go with them" Ulrich orders.
"No way. I'm staying with you. With two of us, it'll give them more time to escape" Nadia replies.
"But Ulrich-!" Yumi protests.
"Don't argue, run!" He takes a deep breath and jumps up, two clones of him appearing. "Triplicate!" They land in front of the bloks. "Go!" Aelita and Yumi start running, one of the bloks firing at them. Ulrich turns his attention back to the monsters, rushing forward. "Impact!" He stabs one of them in the eye, jumping back onto the ground as it's destroyed. His clones were destroyed through Nadia rushes toward a blok. She uses her supe agility to avoid the lasers. She eventually jumps and lands on the blok. She then stabs the eye and front flips off before it explodes.
Jim puts Kiwi on a leash, walking him to the park. He sniffs a tree. "Well? Are you gonna do it or not?"
Milly and Tamiya see them. "How are you doing Jim? Walking your widdle doggie?" Milly comments and they both giggle as they walk away.
"Okay, you had your chance, we're going back now." He pulls Kiwi away and he struggles. Jim opens the door to see an open window. "I don't believe it!" He turns to see Kiwi peeing on the wall. "Aw no!"
Odd gets on his skateboard and rides to the factory through the sewers. He heads to the lab. "Hey, did I miss the party?" Odd asks.
"I guess you could say that. Ulrich has the grand total of ten life points left. Nadia barely holding on with twenty" Jeremy tells him.
"What about the trains?"
"8 minutes to impact. Better get a move on."
Ulrich and Nadia run away from the lasers as they continue to fire. "This is pointless! They won't stop!" Ulrich exclaims.
"We're both one hit from devirtualization! Just make it to the rock field!" Nadia tells him.
They both enter the rock field, turning around and jumping out of the way. He runs forward and jumps. "Impact!" He stabs another blok, jumping off and landing on the ground. The last blok freezes him and devirtualizes him. It looks for Nadia, then heads to where Yumi and Aelita are. Nadia moves behind the rocks.
"Run!" Yumi says as the blok approaches.
Odd steps into an open scanner. "Transfer Odd. Scanner Odd. Virtualization."
He virtualizes on top of a rock. He starts running. The blok is still after the two girls. "Jeremy, where's Nadia?" Odd asks.
"I'm not sure. She's not with the girls?"
"No."
"Forget it for now. Protect Aelita."
The blok powers up and fires a laser. Yumi pushes Aelita out of the way form one. They look up to see the blok approaching them. Yumi stands up, pressing her hands to her head. "Telekinesis." She lifts one of the rocks up, Aelita gasping. Yumi struggles to keep the rock lifting, since using it for too long weakens her. She drops the rock over the blok, pumping her fist. "The coast is clear" she's suddenly hit from a circular laser, devirtualizing her in front of Aelita.
"Oh no, oh no!" Aelita exclaims as the megatank rolls in front of her, opening. "Jeremy help!"
"Hang on, Odd is on the way."
The megatank closes and she runs, the monster rolling after her. Odd is perched on a rock above. Nadia is behind a rock. They both see Aelita running. She makes it to the tower, panting as she stops in front of it. Odd stares at the megatank, waiting to make a move.
"Welcome back to our world Yumi" Jermey calls out as Yumi appears in the elevator.
"I'm sorry, I did what I could" Yumi says walking up to the guys.
Odd runs in and Aelita turns around to the megatank.
"Aelita, you're crazy!" Yumi exclaims as Aelita's card and the megatanks card appear.
"What are you doing, get out of there now!" Ulrich shouts.
Aelita brings her hands together, kneeling down. She uses her creativity to make a ridge. The megatank rolls away from her.
"Yes!" Ulrich cheers.
"I was sure she would do that" Jeremy replies as Ulrich and Yumi look at him in a smug way.
Odd makes it to the megatank. Aelita starts running to the tower again. The monster and the Lyoko Warrior stare at each other. It opens up, and it aims at Aelita. It powers up, but Aelita keeps running. Odd runs to her as the laser fires and takes the hit. Odd lands on the ground. It rolls up to him, ready to finish him. Nadia appears in the air behind it stabbing it and grabbing Odd before it explodes.
"And that's game!" Nadia says, putting her sword away.
"Thanks. I owe you one" Odd says as Nadia helps him to his feet.
The two trains are getting closer to hitting each other. Aelita enters the tower.
The two trains go faster and Aelita floats to the top.
Jeremy, Ulrich, and Yumi watch intensely as they watch the video feed of the tracks.
Aelita lands on the upper pad, walking up as the interface appears. She presses her hand on it.
Aelita
Code
The two trains come within sight, the three gasping.
Lyoko
The two trains stop in front of each other, a few inches from touching.
"Yeah!" Jeremy cheers as they look in relief.
"Yeah, just in time" Ulrich says as the tower is deactivated.
"Return to the past now!"
Sissi walks to the shed, like last time. She looks around and opens it. "Alone at last Ulrich. Just the two of us." She opens it fully, finding not Kiwi this time, but Herb. He lands on top of her. "Herb, what the-"
"Sissi, I love you too" he leans in to kiss her, but she stops him, confused.
"You what?!"
There's a flash and Odd lowers the camera. This time, everyone is watching the prank.
"Cut it out, are you out of your mind or what?!" She pushes Herb off.
"But I got your text message. 'Meet me at the garden shed. I love you, Sissi.'" He explains.
Odd hands the picture to Ulrich. "We're gonna give Tamiya and Milly a real scoop. Guess who's gonna make the front page of the next school paper" Ulrich says.
"Just keep dreaming, you creep!" Sissi warns. "In the meantime, you've got some explaining to do when my father hears about this!" She starts walking away.
"Hey Sissi, wait a second!" He walks after her.
"That's really such a shame, we've just seen the beginning and the end of a beautiful romance!" Yumi jokes and they all laugh. She smiles at Ulrich, and he smiles back.
"By the way, Nadia where were you? I lost all trace of you" Jeremy asks.
"I hid within the rocks and moved silently. Got to keep Xana off me" Nadia replies.
"And I thank you for that" Odd says to her.
"Anything for a friend." She smiles and they all walk away.
A.N. – Another normal chapter with a few added scenes. Just as a side note, Nadia's power is enhanced reflexes, not super sprint like Ulrich. With this power, she has the ability to avoid some objects with super speed. I just don't want people to be confused with the two. They are completely different abilities. PM me with story ideas! Review with questions or comments! I will respond! As always, till next time! See ya! -lyokowarrior97