Xana's Story

Chapter 2: A an angel called Grace

Riya stood facing the group bow and arrow still aimed towards them "I can't let you get to this tower" Riya said

"Oh yea well me and my sword say different" John said charging at Riya who blocked him and knocked him aside

As Riya took steps closer to the team Andy raised his hand and suddenly the sand in front rose with it creating a shield Riya jumped backwards thinking it would attack her "whoa" Andy said still slightly shocked he moved his other hand concentrating on the sand it twisted and form a small pillar

"Go and check on John I'll deal with her" Andy said

Kelly and Xana moved quickly towards John as Riya raised her bow to fire at them Andy moved the sand around in front of Riya "your fight is with me" Andy made the sand rise and created a sand wave that came crashing down on top of Riya "ha" Andy said triumphantly

Andy began to walk off the large sand hill when it began to rumble it happened in seconds Riya jumped out quickly aiming her bow and arrow Andy barely turned as Riya fired piercing through Andy

Kelly and John watched as Andy's body disappeared "Kelly almost cried thinking something really bad had happened "don't worry Andy is back here with us the scanners have activated it seems if your destroyed in Lyoko you end up back here

"Except Xana" Riya said listening into the conversation

"What do you mean" Kelly asked

"If Xana is destroyed here he's destroyed for good" Riya said laughing slightly

"Well then we'll destroy you first" John said finally getting up

John grabbed his sword and charged at Riya this time he dodged Riya's counter attack and slashed at her it missed but it showed that John couldn't be fooled twice by the same trick he moved again this time even quicker before John could hit Riya spun her bow which turned into two swords the sudden change meant John wasn't prepared Riya hit John quickly sending him back to the real world

Kelly started to back away but bumped into Xana instead which made both of them fall backwards both of them stood up quickly preparing to ran full force towards the tower as Riya charged both swords in hand Kelly darted in front of Xana as the blades hit Kelly a sound of metal hitting metal could be heard

Kelly opened her eyes to see that along her arm were quills running up to her shoulder and they had blocked the swords and the fur that was pink had turned red

Back in the real world Andy had helped John into the elevator and taken him up to the computer room with Grace in as soon as the doors opened Grace ran over to help moving John to the side of the room then heading back to the computer to see if anything had changed

On Lyoko Kelly was still a little surprised by the quills that now ran up her arms and legs she looked like a walking pin cushion but at least she knew these could protect her then she had a thought if she could grow these maybe she could launch them as well "here goes nothing" she said as she waved her arm at Riya causing the quills to just wall on the floor

Riya took her chance and attacked but once again the quills appeared and protected Kelly from the attack then she realised they were thought controlled each time Riya attacked she wanted to protect her self so the quills responded

Kelly tried again this time creating the quills and then launched them at Riya who managed to block them but now Kelly was on the offensive she ran at Riya but each step she created more quills on her body when she got close enough Riya attacked her but the quills were keeping her quite safe she also noticed that her entire body was now red the fur had changed she wasn't sure why but she guessed it must have been when she used the quills

Engaging in hand to hand combat with Riya was difficult for Kelly as she had no previous experience but every time Kelly got close to Riya the quills on her body shot out hitting Riya

By now Riya was getting tired of this it should have been easy to take out Xana but these kids were quite good Riya decided she had enough of this and jumped away moving out of sight

Kelly and Xana moved quickly heading for the tower as they got there Grace spotted something on the screen it was small and moving fast Kelly quickly stepped in front of Xana she knew what was coming she used the quills to protect herself but that didn't work as Xana watched her get hit through the chest by a burning red arrow and disappear back to earth

Xana was now alone with a person who wanted to kill him Riya appeared again and stood proudly knowing she had won she pulled an arrow into the bow and aimed it at Xana

Xana hoped for a miracle that something would save him and that was what he got as the arrow fired a new figure appeared and landed straight between Xana and the arrow but this new person knew what to do and quickly deflected the arrow away when Xana looked he saw that the person looked like an angel wearing entirely white and had two small wings protruding from her back

"Who are you" Riya asked in some slight confusion

"I'm an angel called Grace" she replied

Xana instantly realised and couldn't believe it "get to the tower" Grace said Xana just nodded and ran towards the tower

Riya was about to shoot when a spear landed near her "lets leave the boys out of this" Grace said Riya turned and fired on Grace trying to hit her but Grace's wings had given her flight and allowed her to keep away from Riya's attacks easily she continued to swoop down and tried to destroy Riya with her spear

Xana had finally reached the tower but looking at it he saw no entrance "how the hell am I meant to get in here" Xana said extremely confused

Xana turned around and saw one of the creatures that had attacked the team before Xana began backing away he wasn't sure what it would do he thought he was going to be destroyed since his back was now pressed against the tower as the monster reached out Xana fell backwards rolling into the tower

"So that's how you get into these things" Xana said slightly relieved

Xana walked into the centre of the platform and levitated up to another he placed his hand on the panel in front of him on the screen it showed his name then it said "code Lyoko"

Outside Grace was still battling Riya and was quite tired she was now fighting on the ground blocking then returning the attack each time but they were evenly matched Grace was sure Riya would soon finish her but as they were locked in combat she saw the tower lose the red colour around it and with it Riya disappeared too

Xana devirtualized Grace and waited for her to get to the computer room where both Kelly and John were lying next to one of the walls Andy had been watching the computer and congratulated Grace on a great battle

Xana quickly appeared on the screen and told the team what he had found out it seemed that Riya used the tower to create that body and that Xana could deactivate them he had also found out that Riya can use the towers to do things in the real world as well

So the team made a promise that until Xana was free from Lyoko and they could defeat Riya they would protect earth from Riya and protect Xana Grace and Andy helped John and Kelly back to Kadic and back to their own rooms they were all quite tired from their trip to Lyoko

When Grace checked her computer Xana appeared "hello Xana" Grace said "thanks for the link to your computer" Xana replied

In John and Andy's room they were discussing some of the things in Lyoko like their weapons and powers and creatures they had seen

"I think they should be called Stalkers" Andy said

"why" John asked

"well first they appeared and attacked us then another one appeared and went after Xana"

"okay we'll call them Stalkers until we can think of a better name"

The team went to sleep all thinking about their first time in Lyoko Kelly was dreaming about her Lyoko from and what she could do with the quills she can make Andy wondered how powerful his abilities were he had been able to raise that sand but it took a lot of concentration John knew he would have to get better with his sword he couldn't lose to Riya again Grace thought about her Lyoko form she hadn't had much of a chance to try it out but knew it was very powerful she also had a dream about Xana which made her happy

Xana walked around Lyoko looking at each of the sectors he wondered how big the entire place was huge and some of the areas were quite dangerous and he wouldn't want to try any thing without the others around he decided he would rest in a tower for a while

Well that's it for this chapter and for all you reading enjoyment I have two things one is information on the characters the other is a vote on the best team member

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Andy

Powers: controls land (sand, ground) it's also his own weapon which allows him to be defensive and offensive at the same time

Weapon: land

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John

Powers: during battles he becomes quicker also has super speed

Weapon: double edged sword

Kelly

Powers: body can double abilities fur turns red when used (speed, strength ect) (will be fully seen later on)

Weapon: quills that appear all over body fur turns red when used

Grace

Powers: Flight (she has other powers but those are secret for now)

Weapon: spear