Chapter 12 Satellite
A.N. – These beginning Author Notes may be ending soon. I'm not getting rid of them all together, but if there is nothing new, I won't put them in.
Disclaimer – I do not own Code Lyoko, the plot, or the story idea. 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 ice sector, pulsations go to an activated tower, surrounded by two hornets…
"Now then, if you provoke a collision between two neutrons, what do you obtain?" Ms. Hertz asks. "Who would like to answer? Anybody?" She looks around the room. "Nobody?" Herb raises a hand, but she doesn't notice.
"Me, ma'am" Herb answers, and all the cell phones go off. Everyone answers to find nobody on the other side. Ulrich and Odd turn to each other. Ms. Hertz taps her foot, unamused.
"Sissi, you, the principal's daughter, should know the rule dealing with cell phones. Now why don't you remind us all what that rule is?" She crosses her arms as she stands in front of her.
"All mobile phones have got to be turned off before entering the classroom, under penalty of having them confiscated." Ms. Hertz holds out her hand.
"Hand it over." Sissi gives it to her. "And that goes for everyone." They all gasp, protesting. Jerem turns to his friends and Ms. Hertz taps her foot again. "Quiet down. Put all your cell phones on my desk right now!" Ms. Hertz points to her desk as the bell rings. They groan as they do so.
"Xana's gonna be happy about this" Odd murmurs to Ulrich and everyone steps out. Yumi runs up, the four walking out.
"We have this weird problem. This morning, like everyone's cell phones started ringing and-"
"The teacher confiscated them, huh? Us too" Odd interrupts her.
"Crazy, huh? All those calls and no one at the other end. I think I'll contact Aelita. This could be Xana's doing" Jeremy leaves to go to his room.
"It does sound a lot like Xana" Nadia tells them.
"But how did he do it? He couldn't make over a hundred phones go off all at once without some serious power" Odd explains.
"More like a signal, and there is more than enough antennas to make that happen."
"What's he hoping to achieve then?" Yumi asks.
"I don't know but we gotta do something. If Jeremy's right and we can't stay in contact, we're in a real jam" Ulrich explains.
"Hey you four!" They turn to Sissi. "I'm organizing a meeting. They've got to give us our mobiles back. Well, are you with us?"
"You bet we are" Yumi speaks to her surprise.
"Huh, no kidding. If you really mean it, we'll see you in the auditorium right after lunch." She walks away, a little surprised at Yumi's tone of determination.
"You were right, we gotta see what's up" Ulrich finishes.
"Hopefully Sissi can do it, or we'll be in serious trouble soon" Nadia murmurs.
"Connection," Jeremy presses enter on the keyboard in his room. Aelita is in the way tower in the forest sector. "Aelita, do you read me? Aelita?"
"Oh, hello Jeremy."
"Hi. Tell me, have you noticed anything strange on Lyoko?"
"No, should I have?"
"I don't know, but I'd better launch a scan to check."
"Okay, and I'll see if I can pick up any of Xana's pulsations" she stands up.
"Good but be careful."
"See you later" she logs off and he does a scan of Lyoko.
In the cafeteria, the four are eating their lunch. "You're gonna take back your cell phone? That's called stealing, you know that?" Yumi asks Odd.
"No, it's not. Taking back what belongs to you in the first place is not what I would call stealing" Odd argues back.
"Stealing or not, you're running the risk of suspension or expulsion if you get caught. We can't afford that" Nadia tells him.
"The students were warned. I'm not going to return their phones that quickly. We need to deactivate the school's antenna." Ms. Hertz nods in agreement with the principal. "That way, even with new phones, they won't be able to use them. Can you handle that Jim?"
"Huh?" Jim looks up from his food and stands up, waving a hand.
"We have no choice girls" Ulrich states, the two gasping at what they're gonna do. They're basically committing a crime on school grounds.
"Thank you Charles" Mr. Delmas says as he puts more food down for them.
"Alright, let's go" Odd says as he and Ulrich leave.
"Dumb move" Nadia comments.
"Just hope they do it clean or we'll have more problems on our hands" Yumi replies.
Odd and Ulrich break into the lounge. "The coast is clear." Ulrich says as he stays on lookout.
"Here we go" Odd cringes as he uses a pin. He sweats and smiles as he gets into Ms. Hertz's locker. He opens it with ease. "Now let's see…"
"Oh, hello, Mr. Levron!" Ulrich calls out, Odd closing the locker.
"Oh, uh, hello Ulrich" the teacher replies as Ulrich walks away, hoping that Odd hid somewhere where the teacher can't see him. Odd is hiding under a desk as the teacher is standing in front of it. A pen drops down, rolling to him. Odd sweats, hiding his face in his knees. The teacher grabs it with his foot and picks it up, luckily not bending down. Odd looks as he turns and leaves, smiling. He opens the locker.
Yumi stands next to Jeremy, waiting for the scan to finish. Kiwi is lying on his bed and Odd comes in, getting his attention. "Ha ha," Odd throws the phones on the bed. "Mission accomplished."
"Let's hope that nobody finds out" Yumi says, Kiwi barking as Odd takes his phone.
"I'd rather hope that we're worried over nothing" Odd replies as Ulrich takes his phone back.
"For now, the scan hasn't found an activated tower" Jeremy reports.
"I haven't seen anything either. False alarm" Aelita tells him. Jeremy gasps, standing up and dropping his glasses.
"Xana!" Jeremy exclaims as the symbol is on Odd's phone. They look at the phone worried.
"Why would Xana be interested in mobile phones, huh?" Ulrich wonders.
"That's' what I'm hoping to find out by checking out the school's antenna" Jeremy replies, as they all knew Xana never does anything without reason.
"I'm off to the meeting. I promised Sissi" Yumi runs off, the others running to the roof. Jim turns around, seeing them.
"Hey, who let you guys up here? Trying to stop me from disconnecting the antenna?" He demands.
"Oh, us? No, we were just passing by" Ulrich tells him, and Jim gets shocked.
"Careful!" Jeremy warns. Jim falls off the roof, but the others manage to grab him. They pull him over, Odd, Nadia, and Ulrich walking away.
"We'll take him to the infirmary" Ulrich informs Jeremy.
"Okay, I'll try to find out what Xana's done to the antenna" Jeremy looks at the antenna.
"Hey Jim, can you hear me?" Ulrich calls out as he lies down on a hospital bed.
"Smells like roast chicken, huh?" Odd asks.
"Not funny!" Nadia tells him seriously.
"Jim! Hey Jim! Yoo-hoo" Ulrich tries again as the nurse walks past, hearing him.
"Odd, Ulrich, Nadia, what are you doing here?" She asks walking in. "Jim! What happened to him?"
"Oh, you know how Jim is. He's a regular live-wire, so- uh I mean!"
Jeremy uses his device, a finger on his chin as he looks at the city. He gasps, noticing something. "The main television antenna?" He unplugs the device from the school antenna, running off.
In the auditorium, Milly signs the petition. "There." Yumi walks up.
"Oh, Miss Yumi is gracing us with her presence. Where were you when we wrote the petition?!" Sissi demands to her.
"Just what is going on in here?" They turn to see Ms. Hertz and Principal Delmas.
"Oh dad, uh, I mean," Sissi stands up. "Sir, what is going on here is this." She reveal the petition like a scroll. "You see, we all signed a petition, so you have to give us back our cell phones."
"Oh really? First, let me remind you that in this establishment, the students do not make the rules. Secondly, Miss Hertz has just learned that someone forced her locker open to get back his cell phone." They gasp, looking at each other.
"It's only normal sir. How can anyone live without their cell phone?" Sissi argues, Yumi moving her head to see Jeremy gesturing for her to meet him outside.
"I'm sorry, but this heft is another reason for not returning them to you. And we're going to investigate to determine who had the nerve to steal back his own!"
"And I say we don't step foot in the classroom without our mobiles!"
Ms. Hertz and the principal look at each other. Yumi leaves to go talk with Jeremy.
"You see these waves? Xana's using the school antenna unit to try to plug into the main television dish" Jeremy explains in his room.
"That's why all the phones rang?" Yumi asks.
"Right. It jams the frequencies. If Xana manages to take control of the dish, he'll have direct access to the satellite that is now orbiting Earth."
"And?"
"And he'll be able to guide a military satellite."
"Okay, but for what reason?"
"I wish I knew. In peace time, these satellites are used for spying, but if Xana reprograms one, who knows?" Jeremy explains.
"Anything can happen. Jeremy's right, this is serious" Ulrich agrees.
"It would help if we knew which one he is after" Nadia wonders.
"There are over 800 orbiting, and who knows which one Xana wants. He's probably going for one to do a lot of damage. The scan has detected a tower!" Aelita appears on the screen.
"Jeremy, Xana has activated a tower in the ice sector!" She reports.
"We're on our way."
"Better hurry."
"Let's go through the tunnel in the park."
Kiwi barks at them as they leave. "Kiwi, you stay here" Odd tells him. He barks and jumps at the door, opening it.
Sissi paces in front of her entourage. They're holding up picket signs in front of the cafeteria. "No more phones, no more school. Perfect."
"I'll stay here in case Xana's got plans to attack the school" Yumi offers as she talks with the others.
"Hey, are you with us or not?" Sissi calls out, Yumi smiling sheepishly as the others leave. "Ever hear of solidarity?"
"Don't worry Sissi, I'm with you a hundred percent. No more phones, no more school!" She moves past Sissi, cheering.
"Okay, let's go!" Sissi orders.
The manhole cover is opened, and Kiwi turns up behind Odd. He turns around to see his dog. "Kiwi, what are you doing here?"
"Incredible. For a dog, he's stubborn as a mule" Jeremy comments, climbing down.
"Well, now that you're here, come on" Odd waves him forward and Kiwi jumps into his arms.
Odd climbs down with him. The four take off on their skateboards and scooter, Kiwi sitting on Jeremy's scooter. They skate to the ladder, Ulrich jumping over the gap. Odd starts climbing, followed by Jeremy and Ulrich. Kiwi barks as he stands in front of Odd. He runs across the bridge, Kiwi barking as the other boys and Nadia follow him. They jump down using the ropes while Kiwi goes another way down. Jeremy presses the button, and they descend down. Kiwi and Jeremy go into the lab while the doors close on Odd, Ulrich, and Nadia. They go down into the scanner room and Jeremy turns in his chair.
"Aelita's on her way to the ice sector." He reports before putting on his headset. "Aelita?"
"I made it to the ice sector, but I don't see any activated towers" she tells him.
"Okay, wait there for Ulrich, Odd, and Nadia. And watch out for Xana's monsters" her warns.
The three stand in front of the scanners. "Well, are you ready? Here we go." He presses enter. "Transfer Ulrich. Transfer Odd. Transfer Nadia." They step in. "Scanner Odd. Scanner Ulrich. Scanner Nadia." All three of them are successfully scanned. "Virtualization."
Appearing in the ice sector, they land safely. Ulrich looks around for Aelita.
"Odd, Ulrich, Nadia!" Aelita waves at them nearby.
"There she is" Ulrich points and they start running.
"Good news. Xana's still not in control of the TV dish. That gives us a little time. I'll try to find out which satellite Xana might wanna get his hands on, but it won't be easy" Jeremy types away.
"No more phones, no more school!" The protest group is sitting in front of a window at one pf the buildings. "No more phones, no more school! No more phones, no more school!" Yumi starts chanting with them.
"Okay, now let's try the access code. Access code accepted. Yes! Ha ha, bingo," he cheers, Kiwi looking up. "Let's see, U466. Huh? Military satellite, armed with…" He gasps at the weapon listed. "A highly destructive laser beam."
Aelita can feel the pulsations as she runs in front. "Where can that tower be?" Odd asks.
"One thing at a time Odd. First of all, I figured it out. I know what Xana's after. He wants to gain control of a highly accurate and destructive satellite. If he does, he can destroy whatever he wants."
"The factory's safe. Xana wouldn't fire at himself" Odd deduces.
"But he can destroy and recreate everything else in his image" Nadia adds.
"Right. He still doesn't control the satellite, so we got time to take care of things on Lyoko."
"Sounds good. But if Xana decides to destroy the school-" Ulrich starts.
"Yumi…" Nadia murmurs.
"Yumi is still there, so that's for sure what he's gonna do. We have to warn them! But without a mobile…" Kiwi barks and Jeremy looks at him, getting an idea.
"No more phones, no more school!" Principal Delmas looks at Sissi and they look at each other. "No more phones, no more school! No more phones, no more school!"
"I demand that you stop this absurd strike now!" He demands and Yumi sees Kiwi walking up to her. He's got a note tied to his collar. The principal sees him as well.
"Kiwi," Yumi tries moving him away.
"Yumi! What is going on?" He picks up the dog.
"Oh, uh, well…"
"This is inadmissible! To my office, immediately!" He orders.
"Did you see that? We have to save her from the dictator! Free Yumi!" Sissi shouts, the protesting yelling to set her free. She walks off with the principal.
"According to the holomap, the tower is just across the bridge. But be careful, it's probably guarded by those, uh…"
"By the hornets. Thanks, we've noticed" Ulrich interrupts, four hornets flying across from them. He unsheathes his sword.
"Remember, the poison they're carrying will kill your life points, so watch out."
Odd narrows his eyes as he positions his fist. "What are they waiting for?"
"They must just want to hold you there until Xana's able to control the satellite. You gotta get past them" Jeremy theorizes.
"Laser arrow!" Odd fires an arrow, but misses. Ulrich gasps as Aelita tries to sneak past.
"No Aelita, watch out!" The hornet fires its poison, and she moves out of the way, running off.
"Aelita, don't take any chances. Leave that to Odd, Ulrich, and Nadia" Jeremy warns as she appears behind them Odd lowers his fist.
Yumi sits in front of the principal. "Yumi, I don't understand. What's going on? A strike, a dog. (I thought it was only forbidden for dorm students to have pets. If Yumi is only a day student, why is the principal charging her with the animal? She has family that can have a pet.) You're usually so sensible too," Yumi reaches down to try and get the note. He notices she isn't paying attention. "Yumi, will you listen to me?" She manages to get the note.
"Huh? Oh, I'm sorry sir, but I have to leave right away!" She leaves and then peeks through. "You too as a matter in fact. Everyone around here has to leave!" She closes the door and leaves.
Jeremy rubs his chin. "We have no choice. One of you has to make the sacrifice."
They look at the poison. Odd steps up, Nadia stops him. "No, I'll go. Aelita gave me an idea" she smiles.
"You're crazy, your life points will leak out!" Ulrich tells her.
"Only if I get hit, which I don't plan on." She moves to the edge. The hornets fire at her and she uses her super reflexes to dodge them. The hornets chase after her, leaving an open path for the three. They get around the poison and run towards the tower's position.
Nadia continues to avoid the lasers. She gets hit in the chest and slides back.
"Be careful Nadia, that's 20 life points" Jeremy informs her.
"More than enough." She jumps up, and slices one in half. She deflects more lasers before continuing to run. The others continue. Od sees her in danger.
"I'll go help Nadia! Find and deactivate the tower!" Odd tells them as he goes to her.
"Please hurry! Oh no, Xana's taken over the satellite! Yumi…" He gives a look of worry.
Yumi runs back to Sissi. "He let you go?"
"I escaped when he wasn't looking. Because our…our demands are more important than anything for me. In fact, we should increase the strength of our movement and protest in town!" Yumi thinks, since she had to get them to leave before anything happened. Sissi turns to Nicolas and Herb. "Everyone into town. We've gotta get all the schools on our side." Sissi gives a thoughtful look.
"Okay!" She runs past them.
"Yeah!" Yumi pumps a fist.
"Let's go. Freedom for all our schools! Come on!" Sissi leads the way. "No more phones, no more school! No more phones, no more school! No more phones, no more school!" Yumi follows them.
The satellite starts to lock on its location. "Wow, what an incredible technological masterpiece!" Jeremy gasps in awe as he watches. It locks on and Jeremy recognizes the area.
"Parameters locked in place. Target localized."
"Already? We were right. The school's in the satellite's line of fire. But…" There's a dotted line at the school's entrance.
The students continue to chant. Yumi pushing the last boy. "Come on, faster." They gasp as the principal stands in front of the entrance.
"You will not leave the school grounds" the principal tells them.
"You have no right!" Sissi argues to him. Father or not, she was sticking up for her right to have a cell phone in school.
"Hm?" He crosses his arms, Yumi cringes…as Xana prepares to fire.
Ulrich and Aelita walk to the edge, but there's nothing. "What's going on? I thought the tower was supposed to be here?" He turns to see Odd running, Nadia defending. She gets hit in the shoulder, and he gets hit in the back.
"Odd, 20 life points left, Nadia 50!" Jeremy warns.
Odd fires and misses yet again. He bends down to his knees. One hornet charges to Nadia. It sprays its poison. Odd pushes her out of the way and takes the hit, making his points drop to zero. Nadia slowly gets up.
Aelita gasps and Jeremy places his hands on both sides of his head. "Oh no! Ulrich, Aelita, the hornets are after you!" They start flying to their destination and Ulrich places his hand on his sword. "The holomap doesn't lie. It's gotta be somewhere."
They jump off and land near a cave. The hornets appear, firing at them. Ulrich blocks them with his sword and Aelita runs off. He follows her, standing in front of the hornets as he dodges the lasers. He turns around and follows Aelita. He turns around again.
"Triplicate!" His copies appear. "Go on, don't worry about me."
Aelita jumps off plateaus twice, trying to find the tower.
"I wonder how accurate this satellite really is." The satellite locks on its target…the silhouette of Yumi. "I don't believe it.." The satellite lowers the laser and opens up. Odd appears from the elevator. "Yumi is in danger. The lasers aimed right at them!" Jeremy gasps in horror.
"You're making a terrible mistake; we beg of you sir! We've all gotta get out of here!" Yumi insists to the principal, all of them still outside the entrance.
"I have had enough Yumi. I'm suspending you for a month, you and your dog have to leave this campus now! As for the rest of you, back to your classrooms. This strike is over!" He orders them.
"Sir, it's a question of life and death. Let us all leave, please!"
"Hey, aren't you being a little dramatic Yumi?" Sissi wonders.
"Yumi!" Odd exclaims running out of the bushes. "To the factory, hurry! It's you the satellite's after!"
She gasps and runs off, the others confused.
Ulrich's clone gets destroyed. Ulrich runs up and destroys a hornet. Aelita walks up to the cave and runs past it. The hornets fire as she runs past them.
"Laser path locked. Satellite ready to fire" the computer says as Jeremy cringes.
"It's all over, Xana's gonna fire!" He sees the satellite putting Yumi in its sight. Odd looks up, cringing as he holds Kiwi. The satellite fires and they see the sky darkening a little. Odd and Yumi jump in different directions. There's a hole in the ground where the laser hit.
Aelita jumps off a platform. "Where is it?" She runs off.
Ulrich's other clone is destroyed, and Ulrich jumps off the plateau.
Yumi and Odd look at the hole. "Come on, we have to reach the factory. It's the only place that's safe." He grabs Yumi's arm, and they run off.
"What in the world is happening? Let's get out of here, now!" The principal leads the way.
"Aelita, have you found it yet?" Ulrich calls out. "Time is running out!"
"I'm doing my best, but nothing yet. It's pretty well hidden" Aelita tells him in an apologetic tone.
A hornet comes up to them. Nadia pushes them both away and takes the hit as she destroys it. She is also devirtualized.
Odd and Yumi continue to run. The satellite fires another laser near the science building.
"Ulrich, Aelita, answer me!" Jeremy calls out.
"I'm here Jeremy. Nadia saved us, but Ulrich's knocked out cold. I still haven't found the tower! Ulrich, can you hear me?" Aelita shakes him and he wakes up.
"Yes Aelita. H-Have you found the tower yet?" Aelita looks up at the cave, and sees a faint red glow behind the waterfall…
"I think I have" she stands up.
"Okay, go." Ulrich points and she runs off. She runs into the cave to see the tower.
"Jeremy, I've found it!"
Odd and Yumi look past a tree. "To the boiler room, ready?"
Yumi gives a nervous look at the sky, not knowing where the satellite was at this point. "It's now or never, let's go!" Odd runs off.
Aelita enters the tower and steps into the middle. She starts floating.
Odd and Yumi continue to run. Aelita continues floating. The laser fires at Yumi. Aelita makes it to the top. Yumi pants harder. Aelita walks up to the middle.
Yumi trips and rolls. "Nooo!" Odd calls out.
Aelita presses her hand to the interface.
Aelita
Code
Yumi screams, sweating as the laser fires.
Lyoko
The laser stops right in front of Yumi, and she gives a look of relief.
The tower deactivates and the return happens. "Return to the past now!"
Odd walks up to a window, posting a note outside. Sissi walks out, turning to him. "Invitations to a party?"
"Um, not really" Odd waves his hands sheepishly and she looks at it.
"What is this thing? Official school policy reminder to all students that all mobile phones not turned off before entering the classroom will be immediately confiscated. Huh!" She turns to them, and they laugh. "That's incredible! Talk about teacher's pets! Hmph," she lifts her head high, walking away. "I'd like to see someone try to confiscate my mobile."
The others laugh in irony.
A.N. – These ending notes probably won't end, due to me doing outros in every chapter. Next time, we explore a monster ability, like the poison in this one, that was only used once in the entirety of the show as well as Xana attacking Aelita directly. How? Find out next time! PM me with story ideas! Review with questions or comments! I will respond! As always, till next time! See ya! -lyokowarrior97