Lord Maximus: I don't own Code Lyoko or Reboot.

Relita, Sheena, Alex, Max, Elsa, Ana, and Chaos are mine. Nightshade is shared by me and Flesheater777.

The Core


Chapter 2

Lyoko

Mountain Region

Sheena sat the computer in the small fortress by her and her siblings. She was looking up the scientist's logs for finishing Lyoko. AndrAIa, Mouse, and Ray flew to the fortress on thier boards and landed. They walked over to her.

"Bob and Matrix still hunting Xana?" asked Sheena,

"Yeah. They are not giving up until they find him." said AndrAIa.

"With no trace of Xana in Lyoko it's going to be very difficult to find him." said Sheena,

"You sure that there is no trace of him, sugar?" asked Mouse.

"This scan can locate any virus Lyoko. If he was here it would have found him." said Sheena,

"Maybe Xana found a way to avoid detection." said Ray.

"He could have cloaked himself, set up a barrier, or somehow left Lyoko without Jeremy detecting him." said Sheena,

"Either way we have find Xana before Bob and Matrix do. They won't rest until he is deleted. I know that he is your brother and was turned evil by that virus, but Dot was a very close friend of mine." said AndrAIa.

"I understand. I only wish that Xana's blast missed your friend." said Sheena,

"We all do, sugar. We all do." said Mouse.

"Let's just hope that the scan can find Xana soon." said AndrAIa,

"We'll keep looking." said Sheena.


Misty Region

Xana's base

Somewhere in Xana's abandoned fortress something awoke. It ran out of Xana's base and headed for the portal.


Mountain Region

Lyoko sprite's fortress

The computer started beeping. Sheena turned and looked at the screen.

"Xana?" asked Mouse,

"No. Something has come out of his base, but the scan can't identify it." said Sheena.

"It could be one of Xana's cronies." said AndrAIa,

"Maybe it could lead us to Xana." said Mouse.

"Bob and Matrix are headed for it. Very fast." said Sheena,

"They might destroy it before it can lead us to Xana." said AndrAIa.

"Than what are we doing here?" asked Mouse.

Sheena stayed at the computer while the sprites got onto thier boards and headed for the Misty Region.


Misty Region

A cloaked figure ran through the Misty Region, heading for the portal. Suddenly two sprites appeared, one had blue skin and wore body armor, and the other had green skin, one robotic eye, and held a gun in his hand. The cloaked figure stopped and pulled out a dark wicked sword.

"You're one of Xana's goons." said Matrix,

"I was, until he abandoned the base." said the cloaked figure.

"Looks like he forgot somebody." said Bob,

"Out of my way. I have no quarrel with you, let me pass." said the cloaked figure.

"Not until you answer a few questions." said Bob,

"Than be deleted." said the cloaked figure.

It charged them, they flew put of the way as the cloaked figure swung its sword. Matrix jumped until the ground and punched the figure. It landed on the ground and the cloak was ripped off. It was Dark Ulrich.

He looked like the real Ulrich, except he was a little more muscular, he wore all black, his eyes were glowing red, and Xana's logo was on his shirt and forehead.

"You're one of the clones." said Bob,

"How long did it take to figure it out?" asked Dark Ulrich.

"Glitch, containment field." said Bob.

Glitch fired a laser rope and it wrapped around Dark Ulrich.

"Now let's get some answers. Where's Xana?" asked Matrix,

"Sorry, but I cannot tell you where he is when I don't know myself." said Dark Ulrich.

"Are you sure? Because if you lying." said Matrix.

He aimed his gun at the Xana logo on Dark Ulrich's forehead.

"All that I know is that Xana has gone to where nobody can hurt him. That is all I know." said Dark Ulrich,

"What do you mean where nobody can hurt him?" asked Bob.

"Xana cut me off before I could learn anymore. That is all I know." said Dark Ulrich,

"In that case." said Matrix.

He blasted Dark Ulrich. He disappeared in a flash.

"Matrix!" shouted a female voice.

They turned and saw AndrAIa, Mouse and Ray flying at them.

"He could have led you to Xana." said AndrAIa,

"He didn't know where Xana was hiding. All that said was that Xana had gone to where nobody could hurt him." said Bob.

"That's a lot of help. We could have kept that clone alive to see if he had any ideas where Xana could be." said AndrAIa,

"It was created by the same virus that destroyed my sister!" said Matrix.

"Sounds tragic." said a voice.

They turned and saw Dark Ulrich, smiling.

"But I deleted you." said Matrix,

"Do you think I would have let myself get defeated so easily? You destroyed a mere clone of me, compliments of the real Ulrich. Xana gave me the real Ulrich's powers when he made me." said Dark Ulrich.

"I have noticed." said Matrix,

"You have become real sloppy since that battle with Xana, Megabyte, Chaos, and Xanadu. I hope your not still thinking that you can destroy Xana." said Dark Ulrich.

"I can and I will." said Matrix,

"I love to see you try." said Dark Ulrich.

He disappeared in a flash of light

"Where do you think Xana would be if he thought nobody could hurt him?" asked AndrAIa,

"I honeslty have no ides." said Bob.

"We'll find him." said Matrix,


Somewhere unknown

In a dark place a figure walked out. It had bright green eyes that seemed to glow in the dark. It skin seemed pale white, that also looked it glowed. The being chuckled.

"So they want to find me? I will reveal myself when the time is right." said the being.


Next chapter coming soon.