When the Towers Wake | Code Lyoko FanFiction | Project Carthage

Kadic Academy Grounds

A sudden electrical storm breaks out; lights flicker, and every screen flashes with Elias's symbol. Elias emerges from a digital rift above Kadic — fully human, wearing a version of his Lyoko armour. Students and teachers freeze. Time momentarily halts, a power Elias manipulates through corrupted tower energy. He approaches Lyra's dormitory, walking through locked doors, speaking in glitchy echoes:

"Lyra, it's time to choose what kind of world we'll create."

"No..." Lyra mumbled.

Tower Chamber

Lyra and XANA finish initialising the reboot protocol — all that's left is activation. But the moment she's about to push the command... the system flashes red.

"Elias has entered the human world."

XANA becomes unnerved. He was not built for the physical plane.

"If we use the reboot... will it erase him? Or you?" Lyra asked.

"Possibly both. You must decide whose version of the future survives." XANA said.

Factory Control Room

Jeremy, Aelita, Yumi, Ulrich, Odd and William regroup. They see Elias now physically manipulating Earth systems: traffic lights, drones, smartboards — even using voice to control smart tech.

Aelita insists they launch their virus now, even without Lyra's help.

Odd hesitates, reminding them of Lyra's message — that she had a way.

"She had her way. She chose XANA. We have to choose ours." Urlich said.

Jeremy inputs the launch key. As he hits "Enter",... the screen goes black.

Simultaneous

Instead of launching the virus, Elias intercepts it, warping the code and throwing it back into the system. The factory loses control of the supercomputer. Lyoko begins fragmenting; parts turn red-glitched. Franz Hopper appears to Aelita again, via a projection:

"He's rewritten your attack. He's out of control. You must go in now."

The team must return to Lyoko one last time.

Crumbling Tower Nexus

Lyra stares at her father's image, embedded in the code of the reboot key. He whispers:

"You can still undo this, Lyra. You can bring me back... or you can save the world."

"You don't have to lose anything. I can make a world for us."

XANA stands quietly beside her, glitching slightly. He's weakening the longer Elias remains physical.

Lyra steps into the core and begins rewriting the reboot key — not to destroy Elias, but to split the system.

A chance to keep both Elias and XANA... but it will cost her.

Above the Factory

A new, obsidian-black tower appears in the sky over the city. It is connected to both Lyoko and Earth — a hybrid. Lyra stands at the top of it, caught between dimensions. The reboot is launched — and instead of deleting Elias, it traps him in a mirror realm inside the new tower. XANA collapses, his form destabilising — but Lyra absorbs fragments of his code to preserve him.

Kadic Rooftop

Aelita watches the sky return to normal... but senses something still wrong.

"It's over, right?" William asked.

"No. It's just rewritten." Aelita said.

Below, in the shadows, a screen flickers on in Kadic's library basement. Elias's eyes flash red from within it. And in her dorm, Lyra opens her eyes... her left iris flickering with static.