Code: CONTROL is a fanfic by D4IKIZEN
. It is a crossover between Code Lyoko and Control.
The formation of AWEs (Altered World Events) is increasing and has spread all over the world. The newest director of the FBC, Ingrid Layton, is investigating one such event in France as her first directorial undertaking. Unbeknownst to her, said AWE is the Supercomputer, having been discovered already by a rag-tag group of boarding school students. However, trouble begins to stir when the X.A.N.A. becomes in league with the resurgent Hiss. Now Ingrid and the Lyoko Warriors have no choice but to join forces to protect their worlds from hostile paranatural entities, all while uncovering why the Bureau has become so interested in the Supercomputer, and the mystery surrounding its origins.
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The story was last updated on March 23, 2023, and there has been no activity from the author since July 7, 2023.
- Adaptational Badass:
- X.A.N.A. is significantly stronger in this story than it was at the same point in canon - he's able to possess a second tower within seconds of the first deactivating, something he wouldn't be able to do for the duration of the first season of Code: Lyoko. In the rewrite, he's able to possess Milly's teddy bear and Milly in his first appearance. This is indicated to be due to a case of Symbiotic Possession with The Hiss.
- This Hiss also gets in on this, being able to empower its hosts and change their appearances.
- Adaptation Expansion: On March 13th, the story had undergone a massive rewrite that great changes and expands upon narrative elements found in the very first chapter.
- While the original indicated that XANA and the Hiss were collaborating, how was left ambiguous. The rewrite has the Hiss possess Milly at the same time as XANA is possessing her teddy bear, with the narration confirming it's a mutual partnership.
- Ingrid directly comes to the defense of Milly during her first encounter with Sissi and the Lyoko Warriors, even giving the former a "The Reason You Suck" Speech.
- The original version of the story indicated that their encounter in "Teddygodzilla" was the first time that Ingrid and the Lyoko Warriors interacted. The rewrite confirms that this is the case, but also reveals that Ingrid had already been snooping on them due to learning about XANA somehow (though all she knows at first is the name).
- Due to the Hiss aiding XANA, the Lyoko Warriors find red Hiss fluid while investigating Sissi's room, and end up in a confrontation with Ingrid over it.
- Ingrid never had any bound objects of power shown in the original. The rewrite gives her a notebook that exists in its own time space, which allowed her to keep track of her research between multiple Returns to the Past.
- Adaptational Wimp: The Hiss, in both versions - Control indicated that the Hiss would be unstoppable if it ever escaped The Oldest House, but despite having made it to Kadic here, the Hiss has yet to do more than cause a small amount of mayhem.
- Agent Mulder: Odd fills this role, being the only member of the Lyoko Warriors who is willing to take Ingrid's comments at face value. He's also the only one to come to the correct conclusion that whatever is possessing Milly isn't XANA, but rather a different entity that is taking advantage of the chaos for its own ends.
- Arc Villain: A Hiss-possessed Milly serves as this for the first few chapters.
- Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence: Comments by a Hiss-possessed Milly indicate that Jesse apparently went the way of Dr. Darling, though in her case it's indicated that Jesse actually had a Merger of Souls with Polaris.
- Both Sides Have a Point: When Ingrid tries to get the Lyoko Warriors to explain regarding XANA, she points out how leaving her in the dark just makes things harder for the both of them. The Lyoko Warriors retort that she's asking a lot of them when she isn't willing to share her secrets with them, as she refuses to tell them who she is (as in, that she is the Director of the Federal Bureau of Control).
- The Cloud Cuckoolander Was Right: While Odd is too grounded to normally count as a Cloud Cuckoo Lander, he's the only member of the Lyoko Warriors to figure out that an entity other than XANA is possessing Milly, and that Ingrid's powers aren't related to XANA either.
- Conditional Powers: Ingrid's Service Weapon can only be used by direct authorization from The Board. Without The Board's favor, the Service Weapon becomes inactive. However, since The Board still recognizes her as the Director, she can still carry around and interact with the Service Weapon without it killing her.
- Contrasting Sequel Main Character. Ingrid is this to Jesse.
- Jesse was assertive and composed, while Ingrid is more emotional and lacking in self-esteem.
- Jesse was heavily favored by the Bureau, while Ingrid was met with skepticism, to the point that in the rewrite, she has trouble using the Service Weapon.
- Jesse dressed in black while Ingrid prefers to wear white.
- Darker and Edgier: The story as compared to the source material.
- The initial incursion in "Teddygodzilla" is significantly darker than in the original, with a Hiss-possessed Milly outright attacking and kidnapping Sissi.
- In a more minor example, Ingrid and Sissi have an argument unique to the rewrite that is incredibly mean-spirited on both ends.
- A Hiss-possessed Milly appears to straight up kill Ingrid at the end of their first encounter.
- Entertainingly Wrong: In the rewrite, Jeremie initially assumes that Ingrid's uncle must work for the CNRS - the French National Centre for Scientific Research. He clearly didn't consider the possibility that there are other paranatural phenomena going on outside the Supercomputer.
- Foil: Ingrid and the Federal Bureau of Control to the Lyoko Warriors.
- Ingrid is the leader of an Artifact Collection Agency that is nominally a Government Agency of Fiction, while the Lyoko Warriors are a group of kids/teens working to deal with a singular issue. Ingrid has the backing of her entire organization while the Lyoko Warriors are on their own. Ingrid is The Chosen One while all of the Lyoko Warriors chose to fight against X.A.N.A.
- As a side effect of their organizational level differences, the Lyoko Warriors are stuck fighting X.A.N.A. on their own, while Ingrid has people to consult, and an entire database to reference when dealing with paranatural entities.
- A more minor difference between the two is their choice of headquarters - the factory housing the Supercomputer is an obscure location, but it can still be found if you're actively looking at it. The Oldest House, meanwhile, exists in broad daylight in New York but generates a Perception Filter that actively prevents people from noticing its existence.
- Handicapped Badass: Ingrid was born without nerves in her eyelids. This does not interfere with her ability to fight, and it doesn't even impair her ability to see.
- Harmful to Minors: The majority of the cast are under the age of 15, and in the first few chapters most of them have been exposed to some pretty terrible things.
- Nicolas and Herb witness a possessed Milly kidnap Sissi while her room is covered in what they think is blood.
- Tamiya watches Ingrid get impaled by Milly. TWICE.
- A mortally wounded Ingrid is forced to watch Milly horrifically transform several police officers into mindless Hiss Monsters; bone-cracking disfigurement and skin deformation included.
- The Lyoko Warriors make the horrible revelation that Ingrid may have died fighting Milly, and if she is, their Reset Button won't bring her back, a situation they've always tried avoiding.
- It's All My Fault: When it looks like Ingrid was killed by a Hiss-possessed Milly, Jeremie feels completely responsible due to being the one to activate the Supercomputer (he still thinks that Milly's possession was done by X.A.N.A at this point).
- Killed Offscreen: Since Ingrid is now the Director of the FBC, this is evidently what happened to Jesse Faden. Comments during her first fight with the Hiss imply Jesse somehow merged with Polaris.
- Mutual Masquerade: Prior to the events of the first few chapters, the Lyoko Warriors and the FBC were in the dark about each other - the former just pegged Ingrid for a nosy girl interested in the paranormal, while the latter was suspicious of the group and their connection to the several Altered World Events that have occurred on campus.
- Oh, Crap!: A somber example, but the Lyoko Warriors are disheartened when they learn that Ingrid has been killed by a Hiss-possessed Milly, as that means she is gone for good.
- Only the Chosen May Wield: As in canon, only the Director of the FBC can wield the Service Weapon.
- Outside-Context Problem: The Lyoko Warriors are completely flat-footed when dealing with the Hiss and Ingrid, as their abilities defy anything X.A.N.A. has thrown at them prior. In particular, they're left dumbfounded when the Hiss manages to completely hide all evidence of its existence after its first confrontation with Ingrid.
- Parental Abandonment: Implied. Ingrid keeps her hair cut short and has a special sweater that fits her no matter how big she gets. These traits were endowed upon her by her mother, who Ingrid misses. It's implied that her mother has passed. Her father's presence is also questionable.
- The Pen Is Mightier: A variation - the default form of Ingrid's Service Weapon is a pen.
- The Stations of the Canon: Averted. The first few chapters reference the events of Code Lyoko's first episode Teddygodzilla. The story detracts HEAVILY from the source material to the point where the original episode's plot is completely different.
- X.A.N.A and the Hiss possess Milly's teddy bear and Milly herself. This is because of X.A.N.A and the Hiss forming an alliance, and Milly becomes a terrifying enemy for the protagonists to face.
- Milly is aware of her teddy bear's abilities and can command it to attack, rather than it just following X.A.N.A's orders, though it has shown levels of autonomy.
- Token Adult: Ingrid and Yumi are downplayed examples. While the majority of the Lyoko Warriors are around 11-13 years or so, Yumi is the oldest of the Lyoko Warriors at 14. Ingrid is the overall oldest at 15 years old.
- Uncertain Doom: Ingrid appears to die after her first fight with a Hiss-possessed Milly, but the narration never actually mentions her dying, and her corpse is nowhere to be found later. A post the author made giving Emily Pope's analysis on Milly reveals that she is alive but in urgent care.
- Villain Team-Up: For reasons unknown, The Hiss and X.A.N.A. appear to have allied. While the exact nature of this alliance was left ambiguous in the original, the rewrite confirms it to be a mutual partnership.
- Young and in Charge: Ingrid is the youngest Director in the FBC's history, only being 15 years old during the events of the Teddygodzilla AWE.
