Chapter 7: Fallen Angel.
A/N: What's up, guys. I'm back with a new chapter of An Odd Nightmare. And guess what? School is almost out and the sequel to Falling For Your Enemy is coming. When is I'm not telling. All right, enough talk. Let's begin.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except the Dark Warriors.
Ulrich, Jeremy, and Aelita are in Jeremy's room.
"Jeremy, how are we going to defeat the Dark Warriors and save Odd?" Ulrich asked.
"I've been working on a program that will be able to turn Odd back to normal," Jeremy said, "However, I'm not even close to finished."
"How long will it take to finish?" Aelita asked.
"I don't know." Jeremy said.
"Well, you better hurry up." Ulrich said, "Because the longer you take, the longer Odd is in trouble.
Meanwhile, the Dark Warriors are at an unknown location in Lyoko.
"We're almost finished with phase 1 of our plan," Dark Odd said as he moved around on his overboard, "We just need to keep the Lyoko Warriors busy a little longer."
"What should we do?" Dark Ulrich asked.
Dark Odd grins evilly, "Let's wait until our old friend Xana attacks. Then we'll have some fun."
The gang was having lunch in the cafeteria.
"Hey guys," Yumi said as she joined the others, "How's it going?"
"Jeremy said he's been working on a program to turn Odd back to normal,"
"Really?" Yumi asked.
"Yeah," Jeremy said, "But I'm nowhere near finished. It could take me weeks, maybe months, to finish."
"Don't worry, Jeremy," Aelita said, "You'll find a way."
An evil chuckle was heard behind them.
"Oh, I wouldn't get your hopes up, princess," A voice said, "Because saving me won't be so easy."
Everyone turned to see Dark Odd standing there with an evil smirk on his face.
"What do you want?" Ulrich said.
"You destroyed," Dark Odd said, angering the Lyoko Warriors, "But we can't all get what we want, now can we? After all, you want me back to normal, but as you can see, you'll have to get through some... obstacles."
"Like what?" Yumi asked.
"Well, there's Xana, The Dark Warriors, and most importantly, me," Dark Odd said as his eyes flashed red, "You think that I'll just let you save me without a fight?"
"You sound like you're the real Odd," Ulrich said.
Dark Odd grinned evilly, "You may be more right than you know."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Ulrich asked.
Dark Odd looked thoughtful for a minute, "Hmm, since you're going to be destroyed, I might as well tell you. Mine's and Odd's spirits are slowly merging together with each passing day. Soon, we will become one, with me in control. And it's going to be permanent. No amount of programs you will come up with will stop it."
"No," Aelita said, "It can't be."
"It can be," Dark Odd said, "And will be. There's nothing you can do. You can't stop the merging nor can you save me," He looks down, "It's hopeless."
The Lyoko Warriors noticed that his voice turned sad at the last part he said.
"Odd?" Jeremy said as he walked slowly towards Dark Odd, "Is that really you?" He was about to put his hand on Dark Odd's shoulder, but he smacked it away.
"Don't touch me!" Dark Odd said, "You'll be destroyed soon enough." With that said, he walked away.
"Did you see that?" Yumi said, "It sounded like the real Odd was talking for a moment."
"Which is why we need to save him as soon as possible," Jeremy said, "He's suffering, and we need to help him."
"You're right," Aelita said, "We will save him."
Jeremy's laptop started beeping.
"Oh, great," Ulrich groaned, "Xana picks now to attack?"
"This could be another trap by the Dark Warriors," Yumi asked.
"That's a risk we'll have to take," Aelita said.
They made it to the factory and Jeremy virtualized them into the forest sector.
"The activated tower is not far," Jeremy said, "But be careful, there are four Krabs guarding it, along with William."
"So, the Dark Warriors are not setting a trap this time, huh?" Ulrich said.
"Guess they're not the type to try the same thing twice," Jeremy said, "But enough of that, get to the tower fast, before Xana tries something." He brought up the vehicles and with that, the Lyoko Warriors took off towards the tower.
Unknown to them, a figure was watching them and started following them towards the tower.
Meanwhile, the Lyoko Warriors could see the tower ahead.
"There it is," Yumi said.
However, William saw them, and commanded the monsters to attack. The Krabs managed to destroy the vehicles, leaving the warriors on foot.
"Looks like we're doing this the old fashioned way." Ulrich said as he took out his katanas.
However, before either one of them could attack, a stream of black flames destroyed two of the Krabs. Everyone turned to see Dark Aelita floating in the air with black, flaming wings.
"Uh oh," Ulrich said.
Dark Aelita said nothing as she destroyed the other Krabs by firing another stream of black flames at them. Dark Aelita flew down towards William and landed in front of him. William swung his sword at her, but she stopped it with one hand.
"Weakling," Dark Aelita said as she fired a stream of black flames into his chest, devirtualizing him, "If only this was real." She muttered to herself.
"Why did you help us?" Ulrich asked.
"So I can destroy you," Dark Aelita said in a emotionless tone.
"Not if we can help it." Ulrich said as he ran towards Dark Aelita and swung his katana. Dark Aelita flew into the air, dodging his attack.
"Weakling," She muttered as she hit Ulrich with a stream of black flames, sending him flying into a tree, "You're not the one I want." She said as she landed on the ground and started walking slowly towards Yumi and Aelita.
Yumi tried to stop her by throwing her fans at her, but they went right through her, not affecting her at all.
Dark Aelita fired a stream black flames at her, sending her flying into another tree.
"Now, it's just you and me," Dark Aelita said.
"What do you want?" Aelita said.
"To destroy you," Dark Aelita said, "I thought we went over this." She fired a stream of black flames at Aelita, who activated her wings and flew into the air, dodging her attack. Dark Aelita fired at her again, and Aelita tried to counterattack with her energy fields, but the flames disintegrated her fields and hit her, sending her to the ground, "You can't win."
Ulrich tried to attack her from behind, but Dark Aelita fired a stream of black flames behind her, making him fall to the ground behind her.
"Trying to attack me from behind?" Dark Aelita said as she turned towards him, "You're a coward, Ulrich Stern." She was about to fire at him, but got hit by Yumi's fans, sending her flying.
"You okay, Ulrich?" Yumi asked.
"I think so," Ulrich said.
However, before they could react, they were devirtualized by a stream of black flames.
"Ulrich, Yumi!" Aelita said.
"Why cry for them?" Dark Aelita said, "They were in our way."
"You're insane," Aelita said.
"No, I'm not," Dark Aelita said, "I am the embodiment of all of your hatred, anger, and despair."
"What are you talking about?" Aelita asked.
"Don't act like you don't understand," Dark Aelita said, "You felt them once before, have you not? The anger and hatred for Xana for taking away your father, and the despair for losing your father. You tried to lock them away, but instead, your friend took them all and used them to create me."
"So, what you're saying is," Aelita said as she took a step back, "That you and the other Dark Warriors are just our negative emotions in human form?"
"Yes," Dark Aelita said, "We are the embodiments of your hatred and despair. We are the ones with the darkness that was once in your hearts." She had black flames in her hands. "And soon we will be the ones who will destroy you." She fired black flames at her, hitting and sending her to the ground.
"Aelita!" Jeremy said.
"We would destroy you now if we wanted to," Dark Aelita said, "But that's not our plan. We want to make you suffer. We want to make you feel what we're feeling right now. I want you to hurt. And I will make you hurt." She fired black flames at her again, sending her flying.
"Aelita!" everyone said.
"You will not stop us," Dark Aelita said, "You will not save your friend. And we will make you realize that, one way or another." With that, she devirtualized Aelita and deactivated her tower with a wave of her hand, "And soon we will cover the whole world into darkness." She disappeared in a swirl of black flames.
Meanwhile, the Lyoko Warriors are in the lab.
"You okay, Aelita?" Jeremy asked.
"I'm fine," Aelita said, "Don't worry about me."
"We know what your dark half said and we know it's gotten to you," Ulrich said, "But don't listen to her. We will stop them. And we will save Odd."
Aelita nodded, but then her dark half's words replayed in her head.
'You will not stop us. You will not save your friend.'
'Is she...right?' Aelita thought.
In an unknown location in Lyoko, Dark Odd was moving on his overboard.
"Guess the merging is affecting me more than I thought," He said, "I was starting to feel his emotions. No matter. Once the merging is complete, he will be gone for good.
The Dark Warriors appeared in front of him.
"Is it finished?" Dark Odd asked.
"Yes," Dark Ulrich said.
"Good," Dark Odd said, "Let's check it out."
The Dark Warriors disappeared and reappeared in another place. the skies had dark clouds with lightning flashing through them. The landscape had a large dark fortress in the center of it. besides that it was nothing else but rock. this is the sector of darkness.
"It's perfect!" Dark Odd said, "With this, we will consume the whole world into darkness. But now we will begin with phase two. The destruction of Lyoko will begin!" He started to laugh maniacally.
A/N: That's it. This chapter was long too. So what did you think? Did you like it or did you hate it. Review!
