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(Code Total Drama Reality Introduction Song Starts)
(This Game (From 'No Game No Life'))
The intro begins with the sun rising over the city of Paris, before the camera angles down on Kadic Academy. Stepping into view is Aelita, standing at the school gates as she looks up and watches as dark clouds suddenly cover the sky. Her eyes widen as she suddenly morphs into her Lyoko form, energy fields appearing in her hands.
William appears next, a dark copy of him, resembling his Lyoko form as a warrior of XANA appearing behind him, both clashing their swords, causing a flash of light as the title appears:
CODE: TOTAL DRAMA REALITY
(I never wanted to be)
One by one, the TD Lyoko Warriors appear with her as they are surrounded by the monsters of XANA.
(Another gear in that corrupted world's machine)
A giant bird appears above the city, letting out a loud screech.
(All my life felt like a dream)
One by one, the Lyoko Warriors enter the scanners and the doors closed, a ring of light traveling up their bodies as the camera shows and alternates each Lyoko Warrior before they vanish in a flash of light.
(I was never who I really wanted me to be)
Vehicles resembling a hovercraft, a board, a motorcycle appear with new vehicles resembling a sled and a hoverbike with a jet engine appears, carrying the Lyoko Warriors off as they are surrounded by monsters that begin shooting lasers at them.
(But then God shattered that dream's cage)
Four towers, each in a separate sector begins to glow red with monsters and an armored figure leading the monsters. Aelita lands on the platform and places her hand on the screen.
(And rose me up to a new stage)
The Total Drama contestants founds themselves back in the studio, their fellow contestants gathered with them as Chris laughs
(Cut it away like a sharp knife)
He gestures to the screens, showing them all in challenges…
(No, no, No Game No Life)
With each of them suffering a variety of misfortunes: Gwen vomits on Duncan, a soccer ball explodes in Bridgette's face, Geoff yells as a missile chases after him.
(Now suddenly there's a new twist)
Geoff's yelling suddenly stops and he changes into his Lyoko form, brandishing his weapons that cut the missile in half, causing the two pieces to fly past Geoff and explodes behind him.
(A reason to really exist)
One by one, the TD Lyoko Warriors assume their Lyoko forms and battle down various monsters, some of them belonging to XANA and some are different but dangerous.
(I wanna breathe in the fame)
From legions of monsters, comes Men in Black, giant spaceships aiming their cannons down on the bewildered Lyoko Warriors.
(As this whole new world cheers my name)
The camera zooms in on the lead space ship as it prepares to fire.
(I'll never leave it to fate)
One by one, the TD Lyoko Warriors are shown running through the streets of France, the sky darkening and the Eye of XANA appearing on every monitor they pass.
(And when I see a chance I'll pave the way)
They reach the factory, sliding down the ropes and reaching the elevator.
(I'll call checkmate)
The elevator reaches the scanner room, Aelita and William waiting for them.
(This is the time to breakthrough)
The Lyoko Warriors then gather before a scanner, the camera facing them inside with the group staring at it critically. A hand reaches up, giving them a thumbs-up before the scanner doors close.
(So I'll rewrite the story and I'll finally change all the rules)
The Lyoko Warriors are now gathered in the Forest Sector of Lyoko, suddenly separated by a crescent shaped wave of red energy and out of the flames emerges a humanoid warrior in dark armor, their face covered by a horned helmet and the Eye of XANA on its chest and forehead.
(We are MAVERICK)
William charges forward, his large sword clashing against the equally sized weapon of Shadow, both glaring hatefully at each other.
(We won't give in until we win this game)
Both disappear into white and black smoke before we then see Bridgette in the Ice Sector, battling a giant monster resembling a polar bear.
(Though I don't know what tomorrow holds)
The monster is about to cut Bridgette down with its claws before a blast of pure lightning blasts it to pieces.
(I'll make a bet and play my cards to win this game)
The origin of the attack is revealed to be Geoff, holding a giant axe instead of his chakrams as he charges forward to help Bridgette, a look of determination replacing his normal carefree smile.
(Unlike the rest I'll do my best)
A pair of Wasps are shown chasing Dawn who is on the Overwing before Gwen shoots up, her cape morphing into bat like wings as she slashes through the Wasps with her scythe.
(And I won't ever lose)
A pair of Krabs fire on her but DJ's barrier saves her before Cameron flies down and blasts the Krabs with his arm cannons.
(To give up this chance would be a deadly sin)
LeShawna is then staring up at the hulking form of the Kolossus as it approaches her.
(So let's bet it all)
Gripping her hammer tightly, LeShawna charges to meet the biggest of XANA's monsters head on.
(I put all my faith in us)
Aelita is then shown in a red version of Sector 5, turning to glare at the Avatar of XANA who smirks back at her.
(So let the games begin)
Aelita readies her energy field and charges at XANA who summons his own sword, clashing with Aelita's energy fields. Pink and red energy erupt from their clash, covering the screen in white before changing to a black screen with blue lines of coding filling it and the title appearing on last time:
CODE: TOTAL DRAMA REALITY
(This Game (From 'No Game No Life') Ends)
Episode 33: A New General
(Dark William Theme Starts)
Shadow roared and charged, his blade meeting William's with a loud clash, causing sparks to fly. William grunted as he struggled to hold Shadow back, but his dark copy's strength easily matched his.
That was what he thought before he started getting pushed back.
Shadow grinned, before he vanished from sight. William's eyes widened as he realized that Shadow didn't use Super Smoke. He left a dark purple 'comet trail' that was reminiscent of Ulrich's Super Sprint.
"Surprise." His own voice came from behind.
William only had time to turn his head before he felt his digital form being sliced in two.
The scanner doors opened, revealing a furious William who banged his fist against the wall in disappointment.
"Aelita, William's been divirtualized!" Cameron called out in panic.
Shadow levitated off the ground and flew into the tower. Aelita turned and fired an energy field as Shadow entered the tower. He held up his sword and blocked it.
"Is that anyway to say hello?" He asked sarcastically.
"No, it's how I say goodbye!" Aelita replied firing another energy field down at him.
He blocked again and held out his hand firing a blast of smoke. It hit her and bound her arms and legs to her body. He used his smoke to throw her out of the tower. Luckily, she activated her wings before she fell into the void.
Flying up she saw the monsters waiting for her.
"Guys, Shadow and a bunch of monsters have shown up and taken the tower! William's been devirtualized." Cameron said into the intercom.
"Cameron, you must tell them to make to the edge of the sector. You can't access Sector 5 through a Way Tower. Tell them to head for the edge of the sector they are in and then input the password 'Scipio'. It will summon the transport orb and get them here." Aelita instructed while dodging dodging lasers.
"Okay, I'll tell them…Holy-"
"Hang on, Aelita! LeShawna's on her way!" LeShawna said jumping out of the tower.
However as soon as she jumped out lasers came down from the sky. She turned to see her attacker. Her eyes widened to see a hoard of flying Mantas circling a huge alien looking monster made up molten lava.
It had no hand on its left arm; instead, it was a huge sword with an elbow with a normal right arm. The legs were small compared to the arms making the creature slow, but it was close enough to be a major threat.
STOMP!
STOMP!
STOMP!
"Oh man...I cannot get a break, can I?" Readying her hammer, LeShawna rushed towards a path leading up to a nearby cliff. "Ok, a monster the size of Texas made of lava with one big ass sword for an arm...I'm screwed six different ways and none of them are the good kind."
"Sorry, LeShawna. I have no clue on how to help. That monster's attack power and size is higher than any other monster. The ID card calls it the Kolossus."
"Ok, time for basics then." LeShawna swung her hammer up and smashed a Manta into the ground as it dove at her. Then she leaped from the cliff edge, onto another Manta, and right towards the Kolossus. The monster swung its sword.
"LeShawna, move!"
LeShawna jumped off the Manta just in time, the giant lava sword shattering it and crashing into the ground, causing multiple cracks to form and spread.
LeShawna landed on the ground and looked back, seeing the Kolossus sweep its sword arm at her. "You got to be kidding me!"
She took off running as fast as she could. Luckily, there was a cliff ahead leading to lower ground. LeShawna jumped over the edge, the lava sword arm missing her by mere inches and she landed on the ground below.
"Cameron, there's got to be a weakness to this thing!" LeShawna exclaimed, hearing the stomping noise of the giant monster that was after her.
"I'm looking for it. This monster is so powerful, it actually has four 'Eye' locations on it. Maybe if you take one out it will fall." Cameron suggested.
LeShawna sighted, gripping her hammer. "Guess I have no choice."
Geoff jumped out of the tower but as soon as he got out the Overbike was smashed by a large foot. Looking up he saw the imitating image of the Scorpion glaring down at him.
"Uh oh."
DJ ran out of the tower and jumped onto the Overboard. He took off and headed for the edge of the sector.
"DJ, you got company!" Cameron shouted.
He looked and saw the Terror Bird in the direction he was going. Surrounding it was a swarm of Wasps and Hornets.
"Oh, man."
Bridgette had run out of her tower to see that a group of Dragon Knights had surrounded the tower.
"Oh boy." She said splitting her board into her two swords.
Shadow smirked as he flew to upper platform in the green glowing tower and placed a hand on the interface.
Code: XANA
Outside the tower's aura changed from green to red.
(XANA Attack Theme Starts)
Cameron looked at the screen with concern. "Aelita, the tower's not under my control. A virus is infecting the program."
Ducking for cover Aelita fired an energy field that destroyed an Alien shooting at her. "Try to take back control, Cameron. I'll try to get back into the tower."
XANA smirked as he watched the battle from a tower in his dwelling. He was casually sitting down while five screens showed the battle in all five sectors.
'The virus will alter your program's purpose, Aelita. Instead of mapping out Lyoko it will spread through the sectors destroying anyone and anything designated as an enemy.' XANA thought. 'All the programs you have made will be gone. Leaving you and the others trapped.'
Cameron looked at the virus as it spread.
Code: GLOBAL
Program Activated
Warning: Program infected
Tower linked to Restricted Section
Danger: Security to all classified programs compromised
Countdown to launch: 10:00
Warning: Possibility of all classified programs corrupted when GLOBAL program launches
"Aelita, what happens if the program launches with this virus?" Cameron asked.
"I'm afraid when it launches the virus will likely destroy the programs for your characters, the devirtualization program, the vehicles, everything. In order to use the program I had to connect the tower to the restricted section." Aelita answered. "When it launches it gather the data and send it to the restricted section the virus will follow and infect everything."
"So, we lose big time? Oh man! Hang on Aelita, I'm coming!" Cameron stood up.
"No, don't Cameron! If you leave then no one can get to Sector 5! Someone must be at the computer!" Aelita yelled.
"And if I stay here you guys could be killed!" Cameron argued.
"There's still a chance to win this, Cameron, but you must stay there!" Aelita ordered him.
Cameron wanted to argue with her badly. How could she ask him to just stay there while she and the others were in danger?
That was when he felt a hand on his shoulder and he looked to see it was Dawn. "Cameron, send me to help Aelita."
Cameron looked surprised but then nodded. He started up the virtualization sequence as Dawn took the elevator down to the scanner room.
"Okay, here we go. Transfer, Dawn."
Dawn stepped into the scanner just as the doors began to close.
"Scanner, Dawn."
A ring of white light traveled up her body.
"Virtualization."
She closed her eyes as a white light enveloped her.
Alert: Virtualization Sequence Initiated
Avatar Designated Dawn Detected
Warning: Coordinates for Lyoko Warrior Designate Dawn confirmed to be Sector 5
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Control of Sector 5 Tower 01: 90%
Access to Restricted Section Limited
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Virtualization Coordinates Located
Altering Coordinates
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I had anticipated that a few Warriors would be held in reserve following Aelita's attempts to map Lyoko 2.0 and had already prepared countermeasures. A hidden program I managed to embed in the virtualization sequence will allow me to alter the coordinates of any avatar I choose. It is likely that if this fails, Aelita will work to remove the program, but I am willing to take this risk.
When Dawn opened her eyes, she quickly realized she wasn't in blue surroundings of Sector 5. She was…
"Where am I?" She looked around, seeing only black ground and mountains…and countless volcanos erupting. "Cameron, where am I?"
"Dawn, I can't see you!" Cameron's voice cried out.
"I think I'm in one of the other sectors…The Volcano Sector!" Dawn realized with widened eyes.
There was a stomping sound behind her and she turned around to see a Volcanoid approaching her. She stepped back, unsure what to do. Even if she could fight, she wasn't sure if she could summon her plant vine or whip or whatever it was supposed to be in this place.
A growling sound was heard but it didn't come from the Volcanoid.
Dawn barely had time to blink before there was a sudden explosion behind her, causing her to stumble and trip. "Gah!"
She rolled and looked up, seeing a hulking figure made of rock and magma approaching her. Unlike the Kolossus, this one was only about twenty feet tall. Its body was a mass of black rock armor that covered glowing red magma inside. It had only one Eye, blazing red on its chest. Unlike the Kolossus, its feet matched the size of its muscular arms that allowed it to move faster than its larger counterpart but like the Kolossus it had a sword for a hand…
Or rather, swords for hands.
"Cameron, I see a new type of monster before me." Dawn stepped back with a nervous look on her face. "It's different from the others."
"I still can't see what's going on." Cameron replied.
SCORCHED SENTINEL ONLINE
ORDERS: TERMINATE INTRUDER DESIGNATE DAWN
The lava golem let out a growling snarl before it swung its down, impacting the ground in front of it. Before Dawn could question what it was going, red glowing cracks traveled along the ground towards her exploded in a fiery blast, obliterating her from the digital world.
The scanner doors opened and Dawn fell out, gasping for breath. "…Cameron…I'm sorry…There was nothing I could do."
Cameron gulped, seeing Dawn struggling to stand up in the scanner room through the security camera. "What happened?"
"It blasted me with some sort of fiery attack…I couldn't react in time." Dawn answered as she managed to stand up. "Why did you send me there?"
"I didn't…Something interfered with virtualization and sent you there…" Cameron ran a quick diagnostic, looking over the Virtualization sequence. "It appears XANA glitched the coordinates and sent you to this Volcano Sector instead."
"What about Aelita?"
Cameron stiffened, remembering Aelita was still in trouble and had no back up.
"Hey," He turned to see William, having come up a few seconds after Dawn was virtualized. "You can go help Aelita. I can man the computer from here."
Cameron blinked. "Right…But just in case, we might need back up."
"Back up?" William blinked but then he remembered someone else who could help.
He watched as Cameron quickly dialed Gwen's phone number.
(Transition: Lyoko Theme)
Gwen's phone rang and she answered it quickly. "Hello?"
She and Duncan were in the lounge of the studio, which was fairly empty now.
"Gwen, this is Cameron, we have a major crisis over here! As in 'if XANA wins this one time we are all royally screwed'!" Cameron said. "Get to the factory, hurry!"
"Ok, I'm on it." She hung up. "Duncan, I seriously have to go."
"What's the hurry?" Duncan asked.
"That's really private, now excuse me, I have to go." Gwen got up.
"Gwen-"
Gwen already slammed through the door with her shoulder to save the time of opening it like a civilized person and rushed down the hall as Duncan called her name. She was out of the studio, praying they would return to the past after this and began her flight to the Factory.
"Gwen!" Duncan saw her heading for the gates. "Is she crazy? She'll be kicked off she leaves!"
"No, wait!" A hand grabbed him by the shoulder, pulling him back.
"Wha-Sierra?" Duncan turned around, seeing it was the 'Number-One Fan' of Total Drama stopping him. "What are you doing? Have you been spying on us?!"
"Gwen won't be caught." Sierra whispered into his ear. "She and a few others snuck out. I tried tailing them to some old factory, but Chris busted me. But when I told him Gwen and the others left too, he said they were all in their rooms."
Duncan looked surprised. "They found a way to sneak out and didn't tell me?"
"Yeah." Sierra quickly nodded. "She's been sneaking out with LeShawna, Bridgette, Geoff, DJ, Cameron and Dawn."
Duncan raised an eyebrow.
Last, he had heard, Gwen hadn't been on good terms with either Geoff or Bridgette since dumping that loser Trent in Season Two. LeShawna and DJ were understandable since she was likely still friends with them.
But the other two…
Last, he had heard, Dawn was some hippie girl, and Cameron was just another Cody.
So why would she be sneaking off with all of them and not tell him?
"So, you've been following them?" The delinquent asked Sierra who nodded.
"I trailed them to a park and found a sewage hatch they had gone down and went to some old factory." Sierra explained. "But then I got busted by Chris."
"But he didn't bust Gwen and the others?" Duncan asked skeptically.
"I know!" Sierra threw her arms up. "Chris even checked the security cameras, and they didn't show them leaving the studio grounds but caught me! They must have altered the footage somehow!"
Normally, Duncan wouldn't entertain Sierra's delusions since she was a complete nut-job who had it out for Gwen just because Cody liked her, but he had seen Gwen sneaking off studio grounds without so much as a glance and wasn't telling him why. Duncan wouldn't call himself the caring, sensitive guy but Gwen was his girlfriend.
If she was in trouble, he needed to know.
"Okay, say I believe you." Duncan held up a finger. "I don't want to be accusing my girlfriend of doing anything rotten or stupid. That's how Trent got paranoid and led to them breaking up. On the other hand, maybe Gwen has a good reason for not telling me."
"And you would simply trust her?" Sierra asked skeptically.
"Would you trust Cody if he was doing the same?" Duncan retorted.
"Of course, but that's not the issue!" Sierra exclaimed hotly.
"And besides, she's with LeShawna who she is best friends with, Geoff and DJ who were both my buds in Season One and Bridgette who is surfing do-gooder. I can't speak for the last two but it's not like the rest are strangers or bad influences." Duncan shrugged. "So, it's not likely they are not up to anything bad. At worst, they could be considering an alliance."
"And they have to sneak off the grounds, violating their contracts and risk getting kicked off?" Sierra questioned.
"We have all taken risks at this point. Besides, how can we find out what they are doing if they can sneak out without being and we can't?" Duncan pointed out.
For once, Sierra had no reply.
(Lyoko Battle Theme)
"Woah!" Geoff shouted dodging the Scorpion's tail.
It fired lasers from its beak and feet to prevent him from using the same attack that destroyed the last time it faced the Lyoko Warriors. He threw one chakram while blocking the lasers with the other one. However, like last time the blow was ineffective and the Scorpion swiped at him, knocking him back several feet.
"Okay, this is not good." Geoff muttered getting back up.
Bridgette charged forward, dodging a slash from one of the Knights then dodging a stab from another. She parried a slash and stabbed it in the chest. She ducked under a sword meant to decapitate her and launched her foot out kicking the Knight that swung that sword. She stood back up and parried a slash from another Knight and slammed the hilt of one her swords into the attacker's face.
She was able to stay in the fight because she was mainly dodging and defending. If she attacked against the group that outnumbered her she would be done for. But she knew time was running out.
LeShawna jumped again as the Kolossus brought its fist down on her. Her super strength was not enough to repel it.
"Damn it!" She cursed as dodged more incoming lasers.
It didn't help her that the Mantas were firing on her. The Kolossus was slow, but the Mantas were distracting her for it to attack.
Shadow came out tower smirking as he looked down and saw Aelita running from the Aliens and Tripods. With a mere gesture, they stopped chasing Aelita, and their weapons powered down.
"You all stay here and guard the tower. The rest of you come with me." Shadow walked past the monsters, brandishing his Zweihander.
He disappeared in a cloud of black smoke and headed for Aelita.
"Cameron, are they here yet?" Aelita asked as she fled the chamber.
"They ran into trouble. DJ's on the run from the Terror Bird, Geoff is fighting the Scorpion, a bunch of Dragon Knights is attacking Bridgette, and LeShawna has a giant lava golem on her tail."
"Lave golem . . . The Kolossus! Cameron, tell LeShawna that the only way to destroy it is to stab the Eye on its face and on its sword." Aelita quickly said in an alarming tone.
"I will and Dawn somehow ended up in one of the new sectors. I think XANA glitched the program." Cameron answered.
"Here, let me try and fix it." William offered and Cameron agreed, quickly getting out of the chair, allowing William to sit down.
The elevator doors then opened to reveal Gwen. "Cameron, what's going on?"
"Aelita wanted us to help her with a program to map all of Lyoko. But the problem is infected by a XANA virus so unless we get Aelita to the tower in Sector 5 we lose everything and the guys are trapped for good." Cameron quickly replied.
"Okay, send me down to the scanners."
"You both go." William instructed, putting the earpiece on. "I'm running a debugging program now."
Aelita had made it into another chamber when Shadow appeared in his black smoke form. Taking solid form he smirked as his sword appeared.
"Looks like you lose this time, Aelita. When that program launches everything that you use to fight us goes and you are trapped here again. Only difference this time you'll have company." Said Shadow.
Aelita glared at him preparing to attack. Creepers slithered into the room, charging their lasers.
"Oh? Going to fight me head on? That's not like you at all. Usually, you would run and hide waiting for someone to save you." Shadow said smirking.
"I don't need anyone to protect me from you. You're nothing but a puppet." Aelita said.
Shadow's smirk faded as he glared.
"With you and Jeremy I was a puppet that made a fool of himself in the name of that idiot you rescued. And when you did you sent me to in a dark empty void. I was trapped, alone for so long. If you think you'll have your friends to keep you company than I am afraid to say that the only place you will be going is the same abyss you left me to rot in." Shadow said swinging his sword and releasing an energy wave.
Aelita jumped out of way and fired an energy field. Shadow blocked with his sword and turned to the Creepers.
"Don't interfere. Attack only if she heads for exit."
The Creepers nodded and backed away. Shadow held his sword over his shoulder.
"Just you and me now, Aelita."
Aelita held out another Energy Field, preparing to fight.
Gwen and Cameron stepped into their scanners as William started the sequence.
"Transfer Gwen."
"Transfer Cameron."
The scanner closed.
"Scanner Gwen."
"Scanner Cameron."
Gwen and Cameron felt the familiar light travel up their bodies.
"Virtualization."
Bridgette backed away as the Dragon Knights ganged up on her. She parried two strikes and quickly cut one down before another left a cut across her side. The wound leaked what looked like bits of data as it sealed up. Bridgette stumbled and looked over her shoulder. She had been backed to the edge of the river. Now only three of the knights were attacking while the rest stood by as if watching. Bridgette suffered another blow and fell back into waist deep water. She found it harder to move around as fast, but she took down another dragon knight before one of her swords was knocked away.
She was left parrying strikes with her one good blade and just managed to cut down another Dragon Knight before the other began to smash her down with its blade. She pressed her own sword up in defense but was losing ground.
'They are too many!' Bridgette thought. 'Aelita needs help and if we lose it's all over! I need to move! I have to take them!'
That was when a blue aura surrounded her. Something reacted to Bridgette's desperation and frustration. Her tattoos glowed bright and the water seemed to react. She knew what do immediately.
She was up to her chest in the water, when the Dragon Knight was suddenly sent flying into the air. Geysers of water shot up and smashed into multiple Dragon Knights, sending them flying. Bridgette's tattoos were glowing bright white as she held her arms up. She watched as a tidal wave sent the dragon knights down a miniature whirlpool through one of the gaps in the forest floor and into the digital sea below.
"Wow...did I do that?" Bridgette tested this by having the water form into shapes at her command. She then got out of the water and collected her blade. "Cameron, did you see that?"
"Sorry, Cameron's gone to help Aelita. But I just saw all the Dragon Knight signatures go screwy and then fall to the digital sea, what happened?" William answered.
"I used the water! I made a tidal wave send them all packing!" Bridgette combined her swords into their board form. "Am I awesome or what?"
"You're awesome," William admitted. "But you better hurry."
"Right."
Geoff jumped as the Scorpion swiped its arm at him again. He growled in frustration. He managed to fuse his chakrams into his axe, but the Scorpion was dodging all of his attack.
'Maybe I should do what Gwen did and just threw thing at it.'
He was sent flying back as a laser hit him the chest dropping his life points down to thirty.
"That's it!"
He threw his axe at the beast. As it spun through the air it glowed bright yellow turning into a lightning disk that sliced through the Scorpion's neck. The axe flew back into his hand as the Scorpion fell off the mountain and into the digital sea.
"Yeah. Geoff two, Scorpion zero!" Geoff yelled.
Gwen and Cameron ran through the maze.
"You're almost there, you two. Just get through that room and you'll find Aelita. But hurry, Shadow is with her." William informed.
"No problem. I'll deal with that creep." Gwen replied.
They were about half through the room when William shouted a warning. "Gwen, Cameron, there's three monsters in the room. They're coming after you."
Gwen and Cameron stopped and saw a shower of lasers coming down on them. Gwen jumped out of the way and pulled out her scythe while Cameron activated his jet boots and shot out of the way. The three Tripods fell down from the ceiling, landing in front of the pair.
"These guys again." Gwen noted.
The Tripods pointed their guns at the two and fired. Gwen blocked the shots and jumped swinging her scythe. The Tripods however jumped aside as the scythe flew by and went back into the hands of its owner.
They began firing more red beams at her forcing her on the defensive.
"Fine, they want a fight. We'll give them one." Gwen said, twirling her scythe.
"I got your back." Cameron raised his hands, the blaster palms starting to glow.
Gwen's cape formed into bat like wings, and she flew straight at them. The monster jumped away as she swung her scythe down. Cameron fired his palm blasters, striking at the Tripod he targeted but the three-legged monster mostly shrugged off his attacks while the one Gwen attacked aimed its cannon and fired. Gwen side stepped its blast and brought her scythe down on the Tripod's head.
Stabbing the Eye the Tripod exploded. Gwen then jumped as another round of lasers fired at her.
'I don't have time for this. I need to get to Aelita.' Gwen thought as she swung her scythe at another Tripod but it dodged. 'I need to tap in my special ability that Aelita told us about. Maybe something that'll make these guys stop moving so much! Hold still!'
As if on her command something in Gwen's mind reacted and she held out her hand while glowing white. Suddenly the Tripods found their bodies glowing white like Gwen before their legs were bound together.
Gwen looked at her hands. "Awesome."
She quickly threw her scythe and sliced through both of the monsters.
"What was that?" Cameron asked, landing next to Gwen.
"Not sure, but it helped a lot." Gwen shrugged. "We'll find out later, we got to move!"
With that, they ran into the room Aelita was in.
LeShawna swung her hammer taking out the final Manta leaving her and the Kolossus which was almost on top of her.
'I can't take it out directly. It's too big.' That was when LeShawna got an idea.
"Hey, you want me big guy?! Come and bring it!" LeShawna shouted running to edge that overlooked the digital sea.
The Kolossus accepted her challenge and followed her. She looked over the edge and then back at the ever-approaching lava beast. She held out her hammer, closing her eyes as she thought over her plan. The Kolossus was almost right on top of her, obviously planning to stomp her to death.
Just as it raised her foot she took off and ran underneath the beast. The monster began to turn but because of its small legs it was difficult. LeShawna raised her hammer over her head. Yelling she slammed down onto the icy ground with all of her might.
Cracks spread all over the cliff from the impact. They increased because the Kolossus was stomping its small feet. That was when it happened. The cliff broke apart, sending the small piece of the ice land and the lave monster into the sea below. A large pillar of light signalling that the Kolossus was dead shot out of the void.
"That's what you get for messing LeShawna, baby!" LeShawna shouted in victory.
She then ran towards the edge of the sector.
"Not good, not good, NOT GOOD!" DJ shouted as he continued to dodge lasers from the swarm of Hornets and the monsters on the Terror Bird.
He had a barrier up which blocked most of the incoming fire but it was already strained from the amount of enemy fire it had absorbed. He was nearing the edge but unfortunately the enemy was not about to let him leave. The Terror Bird fired a powerful laser from its beak that slammed into the barrier. It shattered from being hit and DJ was sent flying off from the force of the impact.
"OW!" He said from landing on the ground.
He got up and saw the Terror Bird getting closer. The hornets flew down to finish him off. He quickly took off, sprinting towards the edge. However he would not make it.
The Terror Bird fired another shot that hit him in the back and devirtualized him.
Back on Earth the scanner DJ went into spat him out. He groaned as he stood up.
Aelita dodged another energy wave sent at her from Shadow and fired another Energy Field. Shadow ran at her with his sword raised. She jumped to the side avoiding a slash. She activated her wings and jumped into the air firing several energy spheres which Shadow blocked and dodged.
Shadow preformed his Super Smoke and flew above Aelita. He took solid form and fell towards her. She dodged as he brought his sword down but he grabbed her leg and pulled her down with him. Aelita hit the ground hard. She looked up to see Shadow bringing his sword down.
Rolling out of the way she jumped up and fired an energy field. But once again Shadow dodged it. He then tried to slice her in half but she created two energy fields in her hands and held them above her head, creating a current of energy that blocked the attack. Aelita grunted, straining to hold out.
Raising a foot, he kicked her in the chest and knocked her on her back. He quickly sent a cloud of smoke at her which bound her arms and legs to her body. Floating helpless in the air she watched as Shadow smirked, proud of his victory.
"Now it's over."
"For you."
Shadow turned and saw a scythe flying at his head. He jumped back but it sliced his arm forcing him to release Aelita. She landed on her feet and watched as the scythe flew back into Gwen's hand. The Aliens growled as they charged their lasers but Cameron fired his blasts, knocking two Aliens down and striking a third in the Eye, causing it to explode.
"No! This is my fight." Shadow growled.
He gripped his sword with two hands. Gwen held out her scythe as they prepared to fight.
"So, the goth shows up? I thought you were on a date." Shadow commented.
"I heard that someone was harassing my friends." Gwen answered.
He smirked and swung his sword unleashing an energy wave. Gwen dodged and charged. Shadow swung his sword which Gwen blocked with her pole. Shadow shoved her back and tried to stab her. She blocked and swung her blade at Shadow's head.
He ducked and jumped back. "I still owe you for last time."
"Not my fault you ran off." Gwen retorted.
He smirked before sprinting at her leaving a purple trail like a comet. Gwen's eyes widened as Shadow kneed her in the gut which knocked her feet off the ground. Shadow slammed the hilt of his sword into which sent her flying back.
"I've still got a few tricks." Shadow said walking over to her.
"Funny . . . So do I." Gwen said standing up.
Shadow ran at her again using his super speed, but Gwen jumped into the air. She flew down on him with her scythe. As she did a red aura surrounded her. Shadow raised his sword to block . . . As the red glowing scythe sliced through Shadow's sword.
Shadow's eyes widened as he jumped back as the scythe hit the floor and red veins spread from contact. He glared at her which she returned with her own. She flew at him, but the Aliens fired. She managed to avoid most of them, but she was hit in the shoulder.
She grunted as the monster surrounded her. Cameron flew in and fired his blasters, striking an Alien with enough power to bring its life points down to zero. Shadow held out a hand and fired a blast of smoke that hit Cameron, freezing him in mid-air.
"I can't move!" Cameron exclaimed before he was hit by lasers from the remaining Aliens that brought his life points down to zero.
"Cameron!" Gwen called out as the armored Lyoko Warrior was devirtualized.
"Looks like I still have some friends." Shadow said smirking.
"Energy Field!"
Two Aliens were destroyed by Aelita. She prepared to fire again but Shadow caught her in his smoke again.
"Aelita!" Gwen shouted pinned by the Aliens.
"Time to send you where you belong. The Digital Void." Shadow said bringing her to a hole that led right out the large sphere Sector 5 was and into the space it resided in.
"Any last words?" Shadow asked.
"How about this? Wipe out!"
Shadow turned and saw Bridgette fly into the room on her surfboard and slam it into him. The impact sent him flying back while Aelita was released. She landed on Bridgette's board as she brought them back into the room.
"Don't forget about me! LeShawna's in the house!"
LeShawna ran swinging her hammer, sending Creepers crashing into the wall as she rampaged through them. Shadow got up and growled.
"Hey, dude."
He turned and saw Geoff holding his axe over his shoulder.
"I think you should call this one a loss." Geoff said smiling.
Shadow growled again as he turned into black smoke and flew out of the room.
"I guess he did." Geoff said.
They finished off the last of the monsters.
"That was close. We better hurry. William, how much time do we have left?" asked Aelita.
"You got about fifty seconds."
(Tower Deactivated Theme)
They ran back to the tower at high speed. Aelita activated her wings and flew into the tower. She flew into the upper platform. Placing her hand on the screen she entered the code.
Aelita
Code: Lyoko
The tower's changed from red to green.
William sighed as the virus was deleted. "We're good."
"Is the program ready?" asked Aelita.
"We're just at the last five seconds." William answered, watching the countdown on the screen. "Five . . . Four . . . Three . . . Two . . . One."
That was when the program activated. The tower released the built-up energy as hundreds of white orbs blasted from it and flew out of the room. They flew through the data tunnels and spread throughout Lyoko. Dawn and DJ looked in awe as the screen showed the data the program was collecting.
"It's working... its working...there we go!" William smirked. "Devirutalization! Come take a look!"
The entire group was gathered in the lab, staring at the new, updated interface that allowed them to see clear pictures of Lyoko terrain instead of general shapes. It was as though they were staring through a camera that allowed them to look anywhere in the entire world.
"Wow...it all looks so real." Bridgette said as they passed over the Tropical Region, showing many islands of varying shape and size with trees, rivers, lagoons, and even had clouds in the air.
"Man, XANA really does go all out with this." DJ added.
"I was in the Volcano Sector earlier and as far as I can tell, it's got some dangerous monsters there." Dawn stated, taking a deep breath.
"I'd hate to see that swamp region then." Gwen shuddered. "Oh wait, I just realized! Duncan! I don't suppose we could uh...return to the past could we?"
"Sorry Gwen, we can't use the Return to the Past unless we have to undo damage made by XANA." Aelita replied.
"Ah crap, now I need to explain why I ran off." Gwen sighed. "This'll be hell."
"Ah don't worry Gwen, this is Duncan! He's mad about you, not mad 'at' you." Geoff said with a confident smile. "I'm pretty sure he'll understand."
"Besides, we'll help you come up with an alibi." Cameron offered.
"Thanks, Cameron." Gwen smiled at him which made him blush slightly.
PROGRAM LABELLED 'GLOBAL' SPREADING THROUGHOUT LYOKO
LYOKO MAP UPGRADED
SECTORS 06,07,08,09 DISCOVERED
"Real fair, one of me and six of them. Those monsters are useless." Shadow growled as he appeared in the Sector 5 of the Carbon Copy.
He walked into the Celestial Dome and saw the main interface showing the recordings of Lyoko 2.0 being mapped by Aelita's program.
"Did you hear me, XANA?" Shadow called out. "Despite all these new, more powerful monsters, they're still winning."
ACTIVATING AVATAR
Shadow stepped back as XANA's Avatar appeared in front of him with its back turned to him as XANA continued to watch the recording.
"Don't dismiss them, Shadow. You are the general of these monsters. But you are right." XANA stated once the recording ended. "Despite your upgrades from William's own form and the considerable improvement of my monsters, these new warriors are growing stronger than their predecessors. I do not know for sure why they are progressing so fast but clearly we must refine our efforts and build upon the tactical advantage we currently have at the moment."
"Our tactical advantage?" Shadow asked in confusion.
XANA closed his eyes and focused.
ACTIVATING SYPHOZOA
LOCATION: FOREST SECTOR REPLIKA 64
On the interface, a new screen appeared, showing Ulrich Stern meditating on a tree stump. Shadow raised an eyebrow but silently watched, curious as to what XANA was up to.
How long had it been since he had been dumped here?
The Forest Sector was the most beautiful sector of all the sectors in Lyoko. Calm, serene and completely quiet that Ulrich wondered how long it would be before he had gone completely mad?
Or had he already gone mad?
He truly didn't know.
Were his friends all right?
Were they still sane?
Were they coming to rescue him?
Look at him, the warrior of the group practically praying to be rescued. He didn't even know if Aelita was all right or if she had somehow rescued Odd and Yumi yet and was on her to find him.
A familiar screeching sound opened his eyes, and he saw the Scyphozoa approaching him. Ulrich stood up to his feet, surprisingly eager for some action, even against XANA's most terrifying monster. It didn't matter if he was without weapons, he still would fight to the very last.
"Finally deciding what to do with me, XANA?" Ulrich spat, taking a fighting stance. "Fine, just try it."
Before he could attack, the Scyphozoa pulsed with red electricity as it lashed out with one of its tentacles, striking Ulrich and an aura of red light surrounded him.
"I…can't…move…" Ulrich grunted, struggling against whatever the jelly-fish like monster had done to him.
The Scyphozoa wrapped its tentacles around him and placed three tentacles around his temples before preforming its task.
"This monster was one of my most valuable creations. It was able to steal anything from the warriors, their memories, their digital DNA, and even implant a virus that would allow me to control them on Lyoko. Now it shall be useful again." XANA said, him and Shadow watching as it grabbed Ulrich.
Shadow watched as a new window appeared the interface, showing Ulrich's form being scanned.
"What gives you your form Shadow is the DNA and genetic codes that Jeremy scanned from William that he used to give you your form, your voice, and your ability to think. In order to create an AI that can think like you and I can human DNA must be scanned as a base code for the AI." XANA explained as he accessed Ulrich's digital DNA and genetic codes.
"Scanned DNA and genetic codes? But that would mean . . . That you . . ." Shadow said looking at XANA.
He resembled Aelita, except he was a male.
"At Antea's suggestion it was Aelita's DNA whose was scanned and integrated into my code to give me the human ability to think outside the box as humans say. She was only a year old when her parents did this. However, because I am a multi-agent AI I am capable of shapeshifting, manipulating any program I want, as well as create digital constructs for combat and I am not bound to a single form." XANA replied not even looking at Shadow.
XANA always had the ability to take a human form but chose not to since he believed that since he was an AI he was above humans. What good would it be having a body that left you vulnerable to attack, that could be injured and feel pain? However after fighting the warriors for so long he believed that in order to defeat them he would have to fight them on their level. The results were better than he hoped.
"Just because an AI has digital DNA scanned from a human doesn't mean it would be the same as the human its scanned DNA came from. You should know this."
The Scyphozoa was done with Ulrich and dropped him on the ground. He groaned and looked up, watching as the Scyphozoa retreated.
"Wha…What did you…do?" Ulrich called out, shakingly standing. "What did you do, XANA? What are you up to?!"
No one, not the Scyphozoa or even XANA answered back.
A black and red swirling portal appeared before XANA and Shadow and from it emerged the Scyphozoa.
"Now what?" asked Shadow as the monster glided past them.
"The DNA will give them the ability to assume a human form. Now to work on the next step." XANA turned around and Shadow followed his gaze, watching as a Dragon Knight appeared.
"What is that for?" asked Shadow.
"The strongest will become your new comrades' bodies." XANA answered.
The Scyphozoa floated forward and landed in front of the Dragon Knight.
"The Scyphozoa will inject the DNA scanned from the Warriors. The Dragon Knights are the most human of my monsters and can be modified to learn, adapt, and evolve." XANA said.
The Scyphozoa placed three tentacles on the Dragon Knight's head and injected the scanned human DNA along with upgrades needed to make it like Shadow. The Dragon Knight began convulsing as if it was actually in pain. The Scyphozoa released it and it looked down at its hands as the armor began to crack. XANA and Shadow watched as the Knight reacted painfully to the mutation.
It fell to the ground as its armor continued to crack. That was when it led out a very human scream when the armor exploded. When the debris cleared, they looked to see a human shape where the Knight stood.
When it stood, it was about Shadow's size. It had long black hair that was spiked with red tips and was tied in a ponytail. Its eyes were black with an orange sclera, and its skin was pale grey. It wore a red and black hexagonal patterned kimono and black baggy pants and his wore black steel toed knee-high boots on his feet.
He had a set of armoured gauntlets ending in semi fingerless gloves. Finally, he had plates of armour on his shins, outer thighs, over his chest, shoulders, and biceps, all of them a dark red colour with a black sash tied around his waist and black plate resembling Eye of XANA. There was a single long katana hanging on the boy's back, and two daggers from his belt.
"Excellent..." XANA examined the boy. "Do you understand me?"
After several moments the boy spoke. "Yes."
"Do you know who I am?"
"Yes."
"Do you know what you are here for?"
"To serve XANA and eliminate my key targets." The boy replied.
"And your name?" XANA tilted his head.
The boy paused to think for several moments. "My name...is Ryder."
"Ryder it is then. This is your comrade and your superior, Shadow," XANA allowed the two copies to look at each other. "Ryder, you shall obey Shadow's orders while on assignments, only I may countermand an order he gives."
"I understand, master." Ryder nodded.
"Excellent." XANA looked at Shadow. "I trust that my hard work has not disappointed you, Shadow?"
Shadow looked over Ryder for several moments. "Let's see how he does in the field."
"Good, because he is not the only one you will be looking after. There are three more that you will be responsible for." XANA said. "Ryder, go with Shadow. He will take you to Lyoko and we will test your powers."
"Understood." Ryder replied.
Walking back to the studio Gwen was wondering what she would say to Duncan. That she had to run off to save the world from a demonic AI out to kill them all? No way! Like he's ever going to believe that.
Gwen shook her head. Aelita did explain that the return trips to the past made XANA stronger and she understood that it was a good idea to limit them, but she would have a lot less trouble if they did. Great, what kind of excuse was she going to come up with?
"Relax, Gwen. Nothing bad is happening yet." Geoff said, noticing how distressed she looked.
"Yeah. Just be calm when you speak to him and you'll come up with something." Bridgette added.
Leave it to them to be optimistic. Well, Gwen was not like them. She was a not a pessimist but at the same time she didn't get optimistic. They walked through the gate and found themselves in the lobby of the studio.
"I only hope he'll give me a chance to explain myself. He was already suspicious and I might have just made it even worse." Said Gwen.
"Hey, come on. Don't be such a downer. Just be cool and you won't have a problem." Geoff said.
That was when they entered the lobby Gwen noticed Duncan was sitting in the lobby. He was waiting for her.
'Oh, crap.'
He looked up and smiled.
"Hey, Gwen. Take care of whatever you were doing?"
Gwen walked over and sat down next to him. The others quickly walked back to their dorms to give them some privacy.
They were both quiet for a moment when Gwen finally spoke up. "Duncan, I'm sorry for running off like that. I didn't plan for that to happen. They needed my help with something important."
"And just what is that?" asked Duncan.
Gwen sighed.
"Duncan, I promise that I will not lie with some half-baked excuse but I also cannot tell you because I promised them that I would keep it a secret."
She looked down away from Duncan. She closed her eyes fearing that this might be the end of their relationship. That was when she felt Duncan's hand around her shoulder.
"Hey, if it's not no big deal than I won't worry. Besides what guy would enjoy having a hot chick as a girlfriend that was predictable?" Said Duncan.
"So, no trouble?" asked Gwen.
"Almost none, if you give me something to assure me that you're keeping your promise." Duncan said, smiling wickedly.
Gwen rolled her eyes knowing what he was talking about. He pulled her in and kissed her. After a moment they pulled away and smiled.
"See ya." She said getting up.
"See, ya." He replied.
Gwen internally sighed in relief that Duncan did not pressure her for answers. Little did she know, Duncan had looked in the direction Gwen had gone which happened to be the same direction the rest of the TD Lyoko Warriors had gone, frowning slightly.
(Credits)