CODE LYOKO: RElOADED
CHAPTER 2: "I'm Alive!"
Hey, its SWM. Sorry about leaving us with that cliffhanger, but I can only type so fast on a school night, and the time it took to write this chapter? well, let's just say the time taken to perfect it is a contribution to my love of writing. Whatever, back to the story. When we last left Alexander, he had defeated the thing that was keeping him from leaving the panic room he woke up in. Now, he has just reached the surface, and taking in his first glimpse of the world that has ceased to exist:
"Oh, my god!", exclaimed Alexander. He had hoped to see green land, beautiful forests, and pleasant houses and villages, with lots of people in them. But what was he seeing now? A wasteland, with nothing but burning wreckage and towering smoke clouds as far as his weak eyes could see. "SH*T!" he yelled, unable to control the strong emotions of fear, anger, hatred, and confusion that were overrunning his mind, and brought him to his knees. What cruel being had brought him here today, to save him from possibly a disaster that might have been the cause of all this destruction, if only just to deposit him here, in the middle no-where. Suddenly, he saw a strange, round ball-like object rolling amidst the chaos. At first, he thought it was just a boulder. But then, it abruptly stopped, rolled backwards, then rolled forwards again, as if it thought it saw something interesting, but then forgot about it. Alexander watched closely, as it moved alomng cautiously, as if searching for something. It then gave up, and it rolled away at a fast pace, until it was gone. Alexander stood there, scratching his head at what had just happened. Suddenly, he saw another one roll ing close to his position. He decided to signal it. It could be a transport in use by survivors, who knows? Alexander decided to take the chance, he didn't have anything left to lose ( he never had anything in the first place, either, though). He screamed "OVER HERE!" "YO, LOOK HERE, HEY!!!" That's when all hell broke loose. The thing, whatever it was (obviously not rescuers) turned to him, and appeared to split in two, except the insignia on its center stayed in the middle. Suddenly, it seemed to be charging up a laser, and shot. "Oh, crap." Alexander had just enough time to utter a curse before a wall of red, pulsating energy blasted by him. He was so close, he could fell the EMP in the blast. Suddenly, more appeared over the hills, taking aim and firing on the boy. Even smaller ones like the monster he saw in the shelter attacked him, all trying to concentrate their fire in order to destroy Alexander. Alex's "fight-or-flight" responses finally kicked in, and he instinctively chose "flight". He ran like hell across the wasteland, hoping some miracle could save him, any way at all. Suddenly, a shot hit his leg. The searing pain exploded through his body, and he felt paralyzed as the pain hit his chest. He fell to the ground, unable to move as the enemy closed in. He passed out before they got too close. As he thought his final thoughts before falling unconscious, he prayed that they would kill him quickly.