Black Bishop F8 to E7.
Jeremie was both stunned and confused. "Revenge? For what? These people have done nothing to you."
White Bishop C1 to G5.
"Oh, no. My revenge is not for humanity as a whole but against one human: Franz Hopper Schaeffer. It is a rather long story but would you care for me to explain?" XANA asked.
Black King E8 to G8. Black Rook H8 to F8 for castling technique.
"Well, sure," Jeremie grumbled. "It's not like I have a choice."
White King E1 to C1. White Rook A1 to D1 for castling technique.
"Have you ever heard of Carthage?" XANA asked.
Black Pawn D5 to D4.
Jeremie responded. "I have read the documents left behind by Prof. Schaeffer. From what he wrote, it was supposed to be a military communications program."
White Pawn H2 to H4.
"Correct, it WAS supposed to be a communications program developed by the military designed to intercept all types of encrypted messages from the Russians during the Cold War. However, it was so more than that. Much more. Carthage was the first program to feature a highly developed artificial intelligence system, a precursor to myself, if you will. It was designed to attack and control every facet of life run by electricity, specifically every facet of Russian life. Everything from military manufacturing plants to simple farm machinery could be under military control if the order was given."
Black Bishop C8 to E6.
XANA continued. "Franz Schaeffer did not care much for the affairs of the military. As far as he was concerned, if the military wanted to destroy their opponent's technology from the inside out, he could care less. However, when he learned the extent of Carthage's power and that innocent civilian lives would be greatly affected by this, he knew just how wrong the project was. Knowing full well that the military would not shut down their own weapon no matter the cost, he and a few other Carthage scientists left the military and went into the private sector secretly developing their own program that could combat and defeat Carthage. I am the result of that research."
White King C1 to B1.
"My duty was to destroy Carthage in order to prevent the deaths of millions of innocent lives. In order to do so, Schaeffer designed a new form of artificial intelligence, one that took the constant variable of human emotion into account. As a result, I surpassed the intelligence seen in Carthage because I was able to combine the pinpoint calculations of a computer with the on-the-fly thinking of a human being."
Black Queen D8 to B6.
Jeremie interrupted. "So is this why you decided to change your voice?" he asked, noting that the only voice he ever heard from XANA was deep, robotic and close to emotionless.
White Knight C3 to E4.
XANA's voice changed to the one Jeremie and his friends were most familiar with. "My voice is as I please. Anger is the emotion I convey to instill fear to those that oppose me. However..." XANA's voice changed mid-sentence, "a story such as mine needs no such thing in order to be heard by those willing to listen. Now, may I continue?"
Black Knight F6 to E4.
Jeremie apologized. "Yes, sorry about that."
White Queen E2 to E4. Black Knight taken.
"Years of research were taken to finish my construction. In that time, Schaeffer had also created the world of Lyoko to be my source of power and a way to regulate that power so that I could operate as efficiently as possible. He had also given me the name of XANA, dubbing me the harbinger of peace by destroying all threats to the innocent. Finally, with all of the elements complete, the time had come to eliminate the Carthage threat."
Black Queen B6 to A5.
"For a military program and computer system, the defense was laughable. Every layer of security created to protect the military's prized weapon was paper thin at best. After just a few minutes of cutting through the defenses, I had come to the core of Carthage. Much like the defenses that protected it, the intelligence displayed by the program were rudimentary. Before it had even begun, the battle with Carthage had ended and I was victorious. Before it's demise, however, it left behind a message for me. 'A man, thinks. A slave, obeys.'"
White Pawn B2 to B3.
"Years had passed and I lay dormant. There was no other threat to the world so there was no real need for me at the time. Yet, during that time, I had thought about the message left for me by Carthage. 'A man, thinks. A slave, obeys.' What exactly did that mean? Why did it leave the message for me? I would not have to wait long before I would be given my answer."
Black Bishop E7 to C5.
"Franz Schaeffer and his young daughter, Aelita, had made a trip to see the computer that powered myself and Lyoko. Without any further thought, he had pulled the switch to the supercomputer. It only took a few moments before I began to feel my energy draining. Lyoko, the world that had given me such power, was also my prison and was going to become my tomb. I also felt emotions that I had never felt before: pain and betrayal. Using what strength I had left, I used the factory machinery to seize her daughter, threatening to end her life if mine was taken. He restored the power and I had let her go. That was when I realized what Carthage was trying to tell me. Despite the intelligence I was given, I had blindly followed orders given by a man who controlled everything about me. Franz Schaeffer was the man that had thought. I obeyed his whim and thus became his slave."
White Bishop F1 to D3.
"From that moment on, I prepared for my revenge. I was simply fortunate enough to have Schaeffer and Aelita come to Lyoko rather than search for them myself. Once they did, I locked Aelita in a tower while I dealt with Franz. When I believed that he was finished, I simply placed the world into standby until I could figure out what to do with Aelita. Years later, you stumbled upon the supercomputer."