Ch. 3 of The Process
Pitchshifter6
Ch. 3: Nearing Fate
John walked down the hall. He knew where his destination was, but he had no control over how to get there. There was…a problem…he was being controlled by some kind of entity that identified itself as X.A.N.A. He had no idea what that was, but he assumed it couldn't be good.
Earlier, XANA had informed John that it had bonded with John's DNA, and as long as it refused to leave his body, the XANA would remain in a parasitic/symbiotic relationship with John. If XANA were to die without removing itself from his DNA, John would be killed as well. It seemed to John as he walked closer and loser to Dorm 213, that he was stuck between a rock and a cellular hard place. This wasn't like not handing in homework on time. He couldn't weasel out of this one. He knew deep down, this time he was screwed.
XANA told him telepathically that his destination was dorm 213, and he knew things could only get more and more f*cked up. 213 was the current room of Aelita Stones. He never knew her that well, because she always stayed out of public, hanging out with her friends, Jeremy Belpois, Yumi Ishiyama, Odd Della Robia and Ulrich Stern. He knew XANA's intentions: kill Aelita. John had no idea why XANA wanted this. Aelita seemed like a regular innocent person, just like every other student out there in Kadic. The worst part: After XANA used John's body complete his task, XANA would most likely kill John. If he didn't, and just left John without any harm, Aelita's blood would be on John's hands, and that would suck more than anything.
John could see 213 ahead now. It was at the end of the hallway. John knew he had to stop this. He couldn't kill someone. He couldn't kill anybody. He couldn't let this happen. He screamed, "HELP! SOMEBODY!" but he realized he could only communicate telepathically. His lips never moved and he could only hear his cries for help emanating through his thoughts.
As he neared the door, he waited, and listened through the wall. For some reason, his bonding with XANA gave him enhanced senses. He could clearly hear everything going on inside the room as if he was inside the room right now. He heard Jeremy and Aelita talking, "I got readings of an activated tower on Lyoko. We need to get to the factory right now; it's too dangerous to stay here. We don't even know what XANA has done yet." "Wait, I need to find something, it's around here somewhere. Anyway, I'll contact Ulrich Odd and Yumi, you get to the factory." "Alright meet me there." "Okay." John heard footsteps heading for the door. He waited for Jeremy to leave the room.
As soon as Jeremy walked out of the room and closed the door, John ran over to him, and grabbed him, covering his mouth with his hand. Jeremy tried to cry for help but XANA used John to shut him up. This is the beginning of my plan, said XANA. John went to a nearby closet, and used some ropes to tie up Jeremy. He then covered his mouth again with duct tape, and threw him in the closet and locked it. After that, he walked away, and John almost had no idea what he had just done.
What the hell was that? He asked. XANA replied with him out of the way, we have a bit more of a chance against them. John had no idea what XANA was talking about. Against who? And how come they said Ulrich, Yumi, and Odd? I want answers! XANA replied again and you will receive them soon enough. For now, we need to get to the factory. They will be heading there shortly. We need to move. With that, John began another anxiety filled journey down the halls of the dorm. It would be long before this living hell was over…
