chapter 1 - Doubts . . .

burgessa: But what happened to CODE:CHARLOTTE?
kasi karra: I don't know
linkmasta: hahahahahaha
sombersongwolf: you guys must all know the disclaimer by now
goth-odd: so forget about it
burgessa: but what (kasi karra tackles her and covers her mouth)
all, but burgessa: enjoy
Burgessa: but

The Lyoko Warriors stood around the computer in their school clothes. Everyone was present except for Xana.
"I don't know what's happening," Crystal read from the computer screen. "I fell like I'm . . . changing . . . and becoming more dangerous with every passing moment. Please don't follow me." The group was silent for a moment as they pondered Xana's note.
"Some of the keys look damaged. Like claws dug through a few of them," Jeremy pointed out.
"I don't think she wrote it," Aelita stated.
"How could she be changing?" Odd asks.
"Maybe something went wrong and she going to join A.X.," Crystal whispered the thought that was in the back of everyone's mind.
Everyone was silent. "She wouldn't do that," Olivia whispered. Everyone turned to look at her.
"How do you know that?" Ulrich asked. Olivia's eyes fell to the floor as she was unable to explain her reasoning.
"We all want to believe that, but in a matter like this," Yumi said. "We may have no option. If she does turn to A.X. we may have to destroy her."
Crystal sighed. She slowly opened her eyes. In her eyes was the familiar look. "Jeremy you have the computer. Odd. You, William, Sapphire, Olivia and I are going to Lyodstal. Aelita, Ulrich and Yumi you're in charge of the incident at the school," Crystal said jumping from her chair and surrendering it to Jeremy. Jeremy jumped in the chair and started the virtualization program up. Aelita grabbed an extra head set before running to catch up with Ulrich and Yumi as they assended in the elevator.
"Virtualization in 3 seconds," Jeremy's voice said to Aelita in the headset. The doors to the elevator opened and with a flash of light three Lyoko Warriors ran towards the school.

Crystal and the others took the elevator down to the scanners. "You're off to the wind sector. Transfer Crystal. Transfer Odd. Transfer Olivia. Scanner Crystal. Scanner Odd. Scanner Olivia. Virtualization."
Crystal, Odd and Olivia virtualized into the wind sector their wings flared out so that they gently hovered. William and Sapphire virtualized behind them shortly.

Outside Ulrich, Yumi, and Aelita hurried to the school.
A.X. stood on the roof top of the school. His arms were folded as he proudly watched the Lyoko Warriors come closer.
"Give it up A.X.," Ulrich called.
A.X. laughed. "I activated the tower for no reason," he said with a smile. The Lyoko warriors looked stunned. "You think you can defeat me. Soon I will be more powerful then any of you can ever imagine."
"And how do you plan to do that?" Yumi asked throwing a fan at A.X.
A.X. smiled as he caught the fan. "I'm not the only one that started out as a computer program." The Lyoko Warrior's eyes grew wider at what his words implied. "Soon. Very soon I will not be working alone in my goal to defeat you and rule this pathetic world." He threw the fan back down at the warriors and it landed half imbedded in the Earth at Yumi's feet. A.X. laughed again as a breeze picked up and he disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

In Lyoko the other Warriors reached the base of the tower just as it deactivated.
"What?" Odd asked.

"Everyone meet back at the lab," Jeremy said. Aelita nodded as she conveyed Jeremy's message to Ulrich and Yumi. Everyone in Lyoko and Earth nodded as they ran back to the lab or waited to be devirtualized.

In the lab Aelita relayed their "adventrue." The others nodded from time to time, but no one interupted. "And he said that soon he won't be working alone," Aelita finished. The room was silent as everyone understood what it meant.
"But that means . . ." Odd said his voice growing quiet until it trailed off into silence.
"That we have to kill Xana the next time we see her," Crystal finished. The others nodded. No one was happy about it, but they knew that they could barely handle A.X. on a bad day. How would they handle two of them.
"From now on Xana is our enemy too," Crystal declared. Everyone nodded again.
Olivia shook her head as she headed to the elevator. No one seemed to notice as her as the elevator closed and ascended to the surface. Olivia walked back to her lonely dorm and sat crosslegged on the bed. She buried her head in her hands and reflected on everything that had happened today.
"I refuse to believe it . . ." she whispered as she looked up her eyes full of determination. She reached over and pulled out her lap top. She took a deep breath before opening the computer and typing away.