The First Day chapter 2: Rampage and Heartbreak
Scorch sat on his bed and let out a long sigh. Where the hell was Jeremy? It was nine at night and he was starting to worry. What if Jeremy didn't show up? What if the dreams continued...
Scorch didn't want to fall asleep for fear of his nightmares so, he sat on his bed and waited for Jeremy. Maybe he went to help Aelita unpack her stuff first. I should call Yumi and see if they're there.
Scorch picked up the phone and dialed. Yumi answered but not in her usually cheery tone.
"Hello?"
"Hey Yumi, Are Jeremy and Aelita there?" Scorch asked.
"Yeah they just got here. Jeremy is on his way over."
All of the sudden Scorch felt a strange sensation in his body. From his toes slowly creeping up his legs, his body began to go numb. He then felt as though there was a presence in his body. It was X.A.N.A.
Slowly X.A.N.A. started to take over more and more of Scorch's body. Scorch couldn't move, he couldn't think. He felt as though he was trapped in a black hole. Everything was dark, cold and silent.
He felt X.A.N.A.'s anger pulsing through him. He felt as though he had become X.A.N.A. Scorch knew he had lost control. There was nothing he could do about it.
Jeremy walked down the hall, happy to be back at school and finally getting to see his friends after he was so busy over the summer. He walked down the hall and found the door labeled C23... It was already open.
When Jeremy looked inside he saw the room was a mess. Great. He thought I get a messy roommate. Then he saw Scorch laying on his bed.
"Hey Scorch!" he called out cheerfully.
Scorch stood up and turned to Jeremy, malice showing in his eyes. Scorch raised a metal pipe. He slowly walked towards Jeremy.
"Scorch what are you doing?!"
Scorch raised the pipe and smiled evily.
"X.A.N.A...." Jeremy said. "It's you!"
Scorch lowered the pipe.
"Long time no see genius. I wasn't expecting you'd find me out."
"But... you... what did you do to Scorch? Is this a clone or what?"
"Ha. Einstein's stumped for once. Well I'll tell you cause there's nothing you can do about it anyway. Before you locked me out of the real world and transported Scorch back to reality I infected him with a virus."
"A virus? But, Why?"
"I infected Scorch with a virus for several purposes. I chose Scorch because he's the only one who wouldn't notice if I infected him. The virus connects me to Scorch and lets me control him. If he had the mental strength he could control me too but, as I was saying. I can now use a computer to destroy the barriers keeping me in Lyoko."
"I knew you would come back... Me and Aelita prepared for your return over the summer."
"No amount of preparation will help if you die."
The pipe whipped around and smacked Jeremy hard in the head. He blacked out before he even hit the ground.
"Pathetic human..."
Yumi sat up awake in her room, not able to fall asleep. In the bed next to her she could hear Aelita's contented breathing. She wished she too could sleep and be content but something bothered her... Ulrich seemed a little strange and distant from her.
She sat there trying to decide whether or not to call Ulrich. It was almost ten he was probably asleep. Maybe he and Od were staying up late playing videogames as they usually did. I should call him she decided.
She picked up her phone and dialed.
"Hello?" Ulrich said in a sort of sleepy voice.
"Ulrich I'm glad your awake. I wanna know why you were acting weird this afternoon."
"Yumi..." There was a long pause.
"Ulrich just tell me the truth." Yumi had a hard time saying this. She could sense something bad was going to happen. He was stalling. There was something he didn't want to tell her.
"I didn't want to... at first but then... I started to like her..."
It was another girl. Yumi felt as though someone just ripped her stomach out. On the verge of breaking into tears she asked.
"Who was it Ulrich?"
Scorch sat on his bed and let out a long sigh. Where the hell was Jeremy? It was nine at night and he was starting to worry. What if Jeremy didn't show up? What if the dreams continued...
Scorch didn't want to fall asleep for fear of his nightmares so, he sat on his bed and waited for Jeremy. Maybe he went to help Aelita unpack her stuff first. I should call Yumi and see if they're there.
Scorch picked up the phone and dialed. Yumi answered but not in her usually cheery tone.
"Hello?"
"Hey Yumi, Are Jeremy and Aelita there?" Scorch asked.
"Yeah they just got here. Jeremy is on his way over."
All of the sudden Scorch felt a strange sensation in his body. From his toes slowly creeping up his legs, his body began to go numb. He then felt as though there was a presence in his body. It was X.A.N.A.
Slowly X.A.N.A. started to take over more and more of Scorch's body. Scorch couldn't move, he couldn't think. He felt as though he was trapped in a black hole. Everything was dark, cold and silent.
He felt X.A.N.A.'s anger pulsing through him. He felt as though he had become X.A.N.A. Scorch knew he had lost control. There was nothing he could do about it.
Jeremy walked down the hall, happy to be back at school and finally getting to see his friends after he was so busy over the summer. He walked down the hall and found the door labeled C23... It was already open.
When Jeremy looked inside he saw the room was a mess. Great. He thought I get a messy roommate. Then he saw Scorch laying on his bed.
"Hey Scorch!" he called out cheerfully.
Scorch stood up and turned to Jeremy, malice showing in his eyes. Scorch raised a metal pipe. He slowly walked towards Jeremy.
"Scorch what are you doing?!"
Scorch raised the pipe and smiled evily.
"X.A.N.A...." Jeremy said. "It's you!"
Scorch lowered the pipe.
"Long time no see genius. I wasn't expecting you'd find me out."
"But... you... what did you do to Scorch? Is this a clone or what?"
"Ha. Einstein's stumped for once. Well I'll tell you cause there's nothing you can do about it anyway. Before you locked me out of the real world and transported Scorch back to reality I infected him with a virus."
"A virus? But, Why?"
"I infected Scorch with a virus for several purposes. I chose Scorch because he's the only one who wouldn't notice if I infected him. The virus connects me to Scorch and lets me control him. If he had the mental strength he could control me too but, as I was saying. I can now use a computer to destroy the barriers keeping me in Lyoko."
"I knew you would come back... Me and Aelita prepared for your return over the summer."
"No amount of preparation will help if you die."
The pipe whipped around and smacked Jeremy hard in the head. He blacked out before he even hit the ground.
"Pathetic human..."
Yumi sat up awake in her room, not able to fall asleep. In the bed next to her she could hear Aelita's contented breathing. She wished she too could sleep and be content but something bothered her... Ulrich seemed a little strange and distant from her.
She sat there trying to decide whether or not to call Ulrich. It was almost ten he was probably asleep. Maybe he and Od were staying up late playing videogames as they usually did. I should call him she decided.
She picked up her phone and dialed.
"Hello?" Ulrich said in a sort of sleepy voice.
"Ulrich I'm glad your awake. I wanna know why you were acting weird this afternoon."
"Yumi..." There was a long pause.
"Ulrich just tell me the truth." Yumi had a hard time saying this. She could sense something bad was going to happen. He was stalling. There was something he didn't want to tell her.
"I didn't want to... at first but then... I started to like her..."
It was another girl. Yumi felt as though someone just ripped her stomach out. On the verge of breaking into tears she asked.
"Who was it Ulrich?"