Hey guys, Shadow here. This is my first Code Lyoko fanfiction, but yes, I have been very well informed seeing as I was a HUGE fan from the start. This is the prologue, and it will most likely be longer than the other chapters...well, who knows. Anyways since this story is going to be a couple of chapters long, you guys should just sit back, relax, and hope that I update every week, which I most likely will. ANYWAYS, here is the one, the only, the awesomefullest story...(drumroll please)...The Last Tear (stands back as everyone "oo"s and "aa"s).
"Xana's attacking."
"What is it this time?"
"I don't know, but head down to the factory. The others are all here."
"Got it."
The Overboard whizzed through the icy air, enormous mounds of ice cascading endlessly in all directions around it. The Overwing flew alongside it as the Overbike raced underneath.
"The activated tower is due north."
"Ok, Jeremy. Thanks."
"Any monsters on the way, Einstein?"
"Just a moment." There was a brief moment of silence and clicking sounds could be heard. "That's weird, there's nothing guarding the tower."
"Aww, man, I was hoping to blow something up. Oh well. Xana lucked out this time, didn't he?"
"I guess so."
A few more moments of silence, then: "Jeremy, we've sighted the tower."
"Good. Watch out for any traps though, you never know with Xana."
"Gotcha."
The foursome arrived at the glowing red structure.
"Not a monster in sight," proclaimed the brown-haired boy as he stepped off of the bike.
"Ha! This is too easy," smiled the catlike one as he jumped off the overboard, strolled over to the tower with grace as if he had all the time in the world, and laid a purple paw on it.
"Alright, since you guys are already there, I'm devirtualizing your vehicles."
At the click of a button, the transportation devices disappeared. The two girls jumped from the air.
"Go on, princess."
She nodded. But just as the pink-haired girl ran towards the structures, Ulrich cried out, "Aelita, watch out!" He jumped in front of her and blocked the attack not a moment too soon.
The culprit, a massive Krabe, emerged from behind a chunk of ice as smaller Bloks trialed behind it.
Three words, coated with a sleek layer of hatred, flew out of the oldest girls' mouth, "Where is he?"
The blonde genius on Earth sensed a fiery temper and warned, "Don't get ahead of yourself, Yumi. He might not even come this time."
"He always does."
As if on cue, the handsome, once friendly William flew overhead on a Manta, with two more gliding behind it.
"It's a monster house!" Odd exclaimed, but Yumi wasn't listening. Neither was Ulrich. Their glares were colder than the ice beneath their feet, colder than the air that surrounded them, colder than William's frozen heart, controlled by none other than Xana himself. If looks could kill, William would have died just about seventy-gazillion times.
"I'll handle him!" the two announced in unison. They turned to each other, unsure of what to do, until Odd loudly yelled, "Ok, well, I guess I'll handle pretty boy, right?"
Hesitation overtook emotion, but it wasn't as if they had a choice: Odd was already barreling his way towards William.
"Alright Ulrich, you take care of the Krabe and the Bloks," Yumi pointed towards the monsters, who had their attention on guarding the tower, "And I'll take Aelita around back to deactivate the tower."
The boy nodded, and without another word, the remaining three sped off in two directions.
Ulrich headed for the targets and the monsters, sensing impending danger, prepared themselves in a fighting stance. The first Blok shot a series of lasers, but Ulrich dodged them with grace and ease. "Triplicate!" he cried, and soon three Ulrich Sterns were racing towards one very sorry Blok. "Take that!" he cried as his sword implied itself in the middle of Xana's mark. The Blok exploded in a flurry of fiery mechanical pieces.
Meanwhile, Odd had shot down the last Manta, of which William was riding on. The raven-haired prince jumped down to meet the playboy blonde with hatred in his eyes. Unfortunately at that moment, Odd realized that he was out of Lazerarrows.
"Uh, Jeremy?"
"Yeah?"
"Can you load me up on Laserarrows?"
"Yeah, sure, give me a second."
"Can you hurry up?"
"Odd, I said give me a second!"
"Jeremy, hurry…AHHHHH!!!!!!! JEREMY!!!!!!!!!"
"Loaded!"
"Lazerarrows!" Odd shouted as the three arrows shot from his paw and flew towards William.
William smirked; as if three puny arrows could even touch him. He swung his scythe with ease and blocked the three attacks without even breaking a sweat. This was too easy. He advanced on Odd, who was backing away slowly while shouting, "Backup! Ulrich, buddy, backup! I need backup!"
At the tower, Yumi and Aelita had almost made it. Hiding behind an iceberg, they watched as Ulrich smashed the other Blok to pieces while avoiding every attack the Krabe threw his way. Just as the Krabe was focusing on Ulrich, who was being a distraction and running the other way, Yumi whispered, "Let's go!"
Knowing what she meant, Aelita jumped up and sped towards the tower, with Yumi closely following.
At that point, the Krabe realized that is had fallen into a trap, and it turned towards the two girls speeding towards the tower. As it moved its legs in their direction, Ulrich looked over his shoulder just in time to see the happening. He cursed under his breath, then called out, "Super Sprint!" and soon, he, too was racing towards the tower.
The girls hadn't realized that they were about to be attacked, and the Krabe was in the perfect position. Moments before the attack, Ulrich knew what it was going to do, and yelled, "Yumi, watch out!" The girl turned, but too late; the laser implied itself in her and she vanished in a shower of sparks.
"Yumi!"
"Jeremy," Aelita called out, "Yumi didn't lose any life points; why is she devirtualized already?"
"I don't know, there might be a glitch or something."
"Will she be ok?" Aelita almost smiled as the words came out of Ulrich's mouth; of course Yumi would be ok, but obviously Ulrich wanted to make sure.
"Yeah, as long as it's not like the time when the scanners were down and you guys couldn't devirtualize."
Ulrich blushed at the memory, the time that they had been so close… "Jeremy, is Yumi with you?"
"No, but I'm sure she just hasn't come up yet."
There was silence on Ulrich's end.
"Ulrich?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you want me to check if she came back to Earth?"
"That'd be nice."
"Ok guys, I'll be back." There was a clanking, as if someone was tapping the microphone, then a sound like a machine being put back to work; Jeremy had taken the elevator downstairs.
Back on Lyoko, Odd was in trouble. He was, once again, out of Lazerarrows, and Ulrich was too occupied in killing the Krabe and making sure Aelita made it to the tower. Unfortunately, William had realized this too, and using this opportunity as an opening, he gained on Odd.
"Jeremy? Jeremy?!? DUDE, JEREMY!!!!!"
"He's not at the computer!" Odd heard Ulrich from the other side of the tower.
"Ulrich, help me will you?!"
No reply.
"Great friend he is," Odd murmured under his breath.
"Uh…ouch, what happened…Ulrich, is that you?"
Jeremy had dragged Yumi into the computer room, and was currently lying against the wall; she had just awoken.
"No, Yumi, it's me, Jeremy." He had snickered at the mention of Ulrich's name; of course she would be thinking of him. He continued, "What happened back there? You were out in one shot."
"Yeah, that was weird. I don't really know what happened, and I'm sure I didn't lose any life points."
"You don't feel bad, right? You never know; Xana might have put some sort of virus in you."
"Yeah, I feel alright, just a minor headache." There was a short pause as Jeremy reloaded Odd's Lazerarrows, then Yumi spoke again. "Jeremy, have you figured out what Xana's attack is?"
The boy thought a moment, then sighed, "No, I haven't. I'm worried that the attack is at Kadic or at your house, Yumi. We would never know."
"Do you want me to check out those places? I can't really go back to Lyoko, after all."
"Sure, I guess." Yumi stood up, relieved to be able to do something, and headed towards the elevator.
"Yumi?"
"Yeah, what?"
"If you find anything, call; I'll send backup if needed. The worst we could do is fall into one of Xana's traps again."
The Japanese girl nodded, and then retreated out of the computer room.
"Aelita, get in the tower, I need to go help out Odd."
"Alright Ulrich."
The brown-haired German had single-handedly defeated the last monster while only losing 20 life points – not bad for a one-on-one battle. Too bad Odd was in major trouble; William was smashing him to bits. Aelita knew that all she had to do was deactivate the tower, and everything wrong, whatever it may be, would return to its normal state.
"Odd! You've got to stop losing life points like that; if you keep it up, you'll be devirtualized in no time!"
"I know!" Odd shouted as he attempted to dodge attacks thrown his way by William, "Don't push me!"
Ulrich, who was speeding his way towards William, shouted towards Jeremy: "Has Yumi called yet?"
"No Ulrich, stop bugging me about that. She'll call if she needs to. Besides, if we do need to devirtualize someone to go and help her, it'll be Odd – he's lost the most life points – so don't get your hopes up about getting to see Yumi."
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?!"
At that point, the genius decided to shut up, which of course, was a smart choice, seeing as Ulrich was getting kind of mad.
A few moments later as both Odd and Ulrich attempted to fight off William, Jeremy announced, "Aelita is in the tower. As long as you guys hold out for another few seconds, we'll be good to go."
"Will we launch a return to the past?"
"I don't know; something might have happened and Yumi may be in trouble, and that may be why she hasn't called yet. So yeah, probably."
"Wait, what did you say about Yumi?"
"Nothing Ulrich."
"How much longer do we have to hold out?"
"Just a moment. Aelita, is the tower deactivated?"
"Yes Jeremy."
"Ok, get ready guys. Return to the past…"
"Wait, Jeremy, I think there's something wrong…"
"…NOW!"
Ooh! A tiny little cliffhanger...you guys should have seen that one coming. Anyways, I really appriciate you guys reading (yes, even the prologue) my story, and I like reviews, so could you, well, uh, review? It won't take that long, I promise, and if your mom is yelling because it's past your bedtime (again), you can always review when I update my story.
ShadowedTear