Okay, so my brother and I are watching The Walking Dead, and let me tell you, that series is creepy. I was curious as to how the Lyoko warriors would react to it. We'll see how this goes...

Disclaimer: I do not own The Walking Dead, or Code Lyoko for that matter.

Warning: This drabble may/will contain references to blood, gore, or other disgusting things associated with a zombie apocalypse. (If you've watched The Walking Dead already, you'll probably be fine. It is likely that none of this will disturb you any more than you have already been disturbed) You have been warned, and have the choice not to continue reading if this might bother you. :)


Drabble #9: Walkers

They watch in open-mouthed horror as the horde of zombies ("walkers", the show calls them) spill into the clearing where the protagonists have set up camp.

Aelita just barely stifles a scream when the first one shows up, right where everyone had expected there to be a normal human being.

Yumi is trying not to wince as a walker tears into the shoulder of one of the survivors.

Odd focuses on petting Kiwi rather than watching the blood and gore spill across the grass as a character digs a screwdriver into a walker's head.

Ulrich has every muscle tensed, and if someone were to touch him right now, they would probably end up with a black eye.

Jeremie stopped agonizing over all of the scientific flaws a long time ago and is gripping the edge of his chair tightly, his knuckles white.

After the show ends, they all agree not to watch the next episode, but of course they end up watching it anyway, too morbidly fascinated to stop.

None of them wants to turn the lights out that night. Yumi practically begs her parents to let her stay in Aelita's dorm instead of walking home alone in the dark.

Most would think that, having seen just about everything Xana has to offer, they wouldn't be scared of a TV show. Most would be wrong.

They watch these horror films and, where most people would be able to reason away the existence of zombies or vampires, the Lyoko warriors know how just how real they could become.

After all, Xana has created his own version of these walkers once already. Who's to say he won't do it again? And who's to say they'll be able to stop him when he does?