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 8

The Future

The future or the world created by Chaos's imagination was like a large metropolis. It was much different from what Ulrich and Jeremy were accustomed to. The doors were now like sliding doors. There were several tall skyscrapers that nearly covered the sky from sigh.

Many cars were hovering or flying through the city. Kadic Junior High looked the same on the outside, but if you looked on the inside your jaw would have dropped at how much different it looked on the inside. The city and the world looked a major metropolis after twenty one years. The factory was now Odd and Sam's working place. It held their lab and the computer that held Lyoko.

If you ever went in time and came to the future, you would be in for a big surprise. Jeremy and Ulrich nearly fainted at the site of city. It was huge and the technology was beyond anything they ever seen before. If this world was created Chaos than this was his version of the future run by humans.

But no one said that Chaos did not control it.

Jeremy and Ulrich were placed inside the infirmary and were being healed at a fast rate. Odd and Sam watched as the cuts disappeared from their skin. There were robots that were using a pale beam that healed the wounds in a matter of seconds. Ulrich and Jeremy were currently asleep from injuries they sustained after being attacked from the strange black cloud.

Soon the wounds were gone and Jeremy and Ulrich looked like nothing happened to them, even though that was not true. Their clothes were ripped, torn, and had numerous bloodstains. After a few hours they were awake and Odd and Sam entered the room.

"What was that?" asked Jeremy,

"We never said the virals were gone. After we stopped Xana and Chaos we spent a few years in colleague and then saved enough money to buy the factory. We tried to restore Lyoko and Aelita incase you two ever reappeared. Even though we would risk bringing Xana and the virals.

But Aelita made sure that Lyoko was gone for good. The supercomputer was whipped clean after she triggered the shut down. They are still hackers out there. They infected the computer like Drake did to Xanadu, which created Xana, Delita, Aelita, and the other sprites.

They are not as powerful as Xana, but they are considered a threat. After we failed to restore Lyoko we created a game in the supercomputer because gaming companies started funding us. We recreated Lyoko, the monsters, but we made a few changes. The supercomputer cannot affect things in the real world like it did when Xana activated a tower.

A few viruses managed to enter Lyoko, but they took on character forms and could only play by the rules if they did not want to be caught by the system security. Some managed to use the scanners to enter the real world, but since they did not control Lyoko like Xana did they were not a big threat. There are scanners in many places now, because Lyoko is now a famous game. But we also wanted to keep the original computer protected just incase someone tries to create a copy of it and use it for their own, that is why we kept the location secret. "Said Odd.

"We were attacked by a computer virus?" asked Ulrich,

"Yes." said Sam.

"What about the Time Return Program? If it is still there they we can head back to our time. Aelita and Yumi could still be alive." said Jeremy,

"Yes, but we can't use it. If we did than who knows what could happen." said Odd.

"You sound like you don't want us to go back." said Ulrich,

"We'll talk about the Return Program later. You two need to get cleaned up. Jeremy, you might like at the computers. They are more advanced than the supercomputer." said Sam.

They sighed and agreed. Sam led Ulrich and Jeremy to room where they could get some clean clothes, and then they went into separate rooms and got dressed. Ulrich wore a black shirt, black pants, and black shoes. Jeremy wore a blue collared shirt, and black pants. They walked over to the computer and started searching.

They were tired of Odd and Sam holding back on them. It seemed like they wanted them to stay or something. Ulrich and Jeremy no longer trusted them; it was time to get some answers.

Choose one of the following options: Weather, News, History, Sports.

Jeremy typed in search.

"Let's see if we can find anything about Yumi and Aelita, then go from there." said Ulrich.

Search: Yumi Ishiyama

There were about a hundred matches, but one caught their attention.

Yumi Ishiyama biological summary

Jeremy clicked on it. A picture of a black haired teenaged girl about the age of seventeen.

Born and raised in Japan, Yumi was a student in many schools. She attended public schools, and martial arts schools. At the age of 13 her parents moved to France where she attended Kadic Junior High.

She appeared like a normal girl, but she was more than that. She and her friends discovered a digital universe named Lyoko inside a factory on the other side of the city. Inside she and her friends met a virtual girl named Aelita and helped in a battle against a powerful computer virus named Xana. For nearly a year they fought Xana to help Aelita.

After Xana created a virtual form for himself a virus named Megabyte arrived in Lyoko and attempted to take over the real world. The viruses brought some humans onto their side after they were mutated. Including her rival Elizabeth 'Sissy' Delmas. After the disappearance of Ulrich Stern and Jeremy Belpois she became depressed and started to ignore everything around her, except for her friends.

After the defeat of Xana and Chaos she shut herself away from everyone and died in her sleep one night. She was buried near the factory where Lyoko was.

End File

Ulrich looked at the picture of Yumi. He wondered if it was his fault that she died.

"Let's find the files on us." said Ulrich.

Jeremy typed in search.

Search: Ulrich Stern

They were also a list of matches, but they found what they were looking for.

Ulrich Stern biological summary

Jeremy clicked and a picture of Ulrich appeared and the info appeared below.

Ulrich Stern was born and raised as the heir of his father, Bruce Stern's company. He was sent to a boarding school named Kadic Junior High because his mother, Nataylia Stern wanted him away from his father because Bruce never did accept mistakes. Bruce hired tutors around the world to train him, but Ulrich never did wish to study. He wished he had a normal life.

His mother hoped that going to a boarding school could give him a chance for a normal life, but sadly it did not work. He and his friends discovered a virtual world named Lyoko inside a supercomputer at an abandoned factory, which held many sprites, and computer viruses. Aelita, a sprite met them and warned them about a computer virus called Xana that was using the towers in Lyoko to escape and try to take over the world. Ulrich and his friends battled the forces of Xana to buy Jeremy enough time to create for Aelita to materialize into the real world so they could shut down Lyoko and stop Xana from ever causing any harm again.

Unfortunately Xana had infected the Time Return Program and tricked Ulrich and Jeremy to coming into Lyoko and deactivate the tower. They disappeared and were never seen again. Bruce and Nataylia divorced after Ulrich disappeared, Bruce got over his loss, but his wife would not let go. She stayed in France near her son's grave and died of loneliness. Bruce remarried and had two kids that were inherited his company when he died.

End File

Ulrich looked on as he read the file. His father never cared for his mother, no surprise. All he wanted was someone to follow in his footsteps. The only person in his family cared for him was his mother.

Jeremy looked at his friend after he read the file. He knew that Ulrich's father was not perfect. That was an understatement. His father abandoned his mother.

Now he knew why Ulrich wanted to get away from his father. He wanted a normal life, but his father never understood or listened. He also knew that his father though of him, Odd, and Yumi as worthless delinquents. There are some people who believe that they are more powerful because of the money they owned.

They just though of themselves and nobody else. Ulrich would want to inherit someone like his father's company.

"Let's check your files, Jeremy." said Ulrich,

"I'm kind of afraid to find out what happened to my parents, Ulrich." said Jeremy.

Ulrich looked down at Jeremy, and understood. Jeremy sighed and decided to do it.

Search: Jeremy Belpois

Once again, there were numerous matches, but they found it.

Jeremy Belpois biological summary

A picture of Jeremy appeared and the info appeared below.

Jeremy was born in America, but he was shipped of to a boarding school in France because his I.Q. helped him pass the school in a few months. He was enrolled Kadic Junior High and one of the most gifted student ever to enter the school. He was the first to discover Lyoko and Aelita after receiving a message on the internet. He and his friends discovered the factory and helped Aelita stop a powerful computer virus named Xana from taking over the real world.

For nearly a year he worked the materialization program to bring Aelita into the real world, but Xana infected her with a virus that bounded her life force to his. Xana then found a way to virtualize himself into a character on Lyoko. Jeremy also created a virtual form for himself and aided the others in fighting Xana and other viruses. One day he and Ulrich fought Xana and deactivated the tower only to disappear without a trace.

After he disappeared his parents moved to France and near the school were he attended.

End File

"What are you doing?" asked a voice.

They saw Odd at the door.

"We are tired of waiting. We want to go back." said Ulrich,

"You don't understand." said Odd.

"Make us understand." said Jeremy,

"Even though Yumi died in her sleep, we used the game to create children from her genetic code. It was like Ana when she used her powers to create Aelita and her siblings from the remains of Xanadu. They were created from my genetic code, Sam and I also had kids. They grew up and got married.

If you two go back you may save the world from Xana and Chaos, save Yumi and Aelita, but you'll wipe an entire section of our family tree. We can't let you do that." said Odd.

"Why? To let Xana and Chaos get away with killing Yumi and Aelita? The virals were beaten, but look at what they did. You don't want us to save two very close friends of ours, and yours?" asked Jeremy,

"You won't be able to do that. If you two go back, you'll do anything to protect them. Driving them to break up with you." said Odd.

"And you know that?" asked Ulrich,

"Sam and I ran simulations on the computer. I saw the results." said Odd.

"We will go back and we promise we won't do anything drastic." said Ulrich,

"You two are good people, but we can't take that risk. You put us in a difficult position, and you were asking questions earlier that I hoped." said Odd.

"You know who you sound like?" asked Jeremy,

"Who?" asked Odd.

"You sound like Xana. Which is something I never though I would say to one of my friends, but you sound just like Xana." said Jeremy,

"Don't ever compare me to that virus! You remember what he has done? You don't what he did after you two vanished." said Odd.

"Betraying you own friends is something worse than what he could ever do. That is something Xana could only hope for." said Ulrich,

"Do you know how many people nearly died in Xana's quest to take over the world?" asked Odd.

"I can imagine, but if you betray your friends than you are no better than Xana." said Jeremy,

"Wiping out a section of your friend's family tree is not much different." said Odd.

He pressed a button and the computer started up. A force field appeared around Ulrich and Jeremy.

"Stop this, Odd! This not right! Do you care about Yumi and Aelita? They were our friends, but they were your friends, too." said Ulrich,

"If you wanted to save you should have found a way to outsmart Xana when he infected the program." said Odd.

"You're not Odd. He would never turn on his own friends." said Jeremy,

"Twenty one years can change a guy. But I like the way things are." said Odd.

"My parents were shattered by my disappearance, Ulrich's mother died of loneliness, Yumi died in her sleep because she lost tow friends and her love, and Aelita sacrificed herself to stop the virals, what the is there to like!" shouted Jeremy,

"I worked long and hard to make the world a better place. With the supercomputer we were able to stop terrorists from launching a nuclear warhead. If you go back they could launch the nuke." said Odd.

"Changing history could stop the terrorists from the launching it." said Ulrich,

"I ran simulations, they showed that the terrorists would be altered by it." said Odd.

"Computers are one thing, but real life is another." said Jeremy,

"I will not risk it." said Odd.

He pushed a button and Jeremy and Ulrich were pulled into an orb of glowing white light. They vanished as the orb disappeared.


Lyoko

Location Unknown

Xana sat against a dark wall, his eyes were closed, one knew was up, and one arm rested on top of it. He watched as Chaos used his simulation to fool Ulrich and Jeremy. He was playing with their emotions. Things were getting very interesting.

He sensed someone in the room; he opened his eyes and saw Dark Odd. He looked like the real Odd, except that his clothes were black and red, his eyes glowed red, and the Xana symbol was glowing on his forehead like a third eye.

"What have you brought me?" asked Xana.

Dark Odd held out his hand and a red piece of glass shined in his hand. Xana smiled and took it. He brought out a broken glass blood red orb and put the pieces together. Ina flash of was the mutated form of Theo appeared.

Theo wore black skin tight armor, his skin was nearly completely white, and his eyes were shining red.

"Welcome back to the living, Theo." said Xana.


Location Unknown

Ulrich opened his eyes to find himself in a tropical forest near a waterfall. He saw Jeremy next to him, just waking up.

"Where are we?" asked Jeremy,

"I don't know, but if I ever get my hands on future Odd I am going to tear him apart." said Ulrich.

"You there!" shouted a voice.

They turned and saw a teenaged boy dressed in a ninja outfit the covered his face, but they could see narrow blue eyes.

"Why do you trespass on sacred ground?" asked the boy,

"We don't know where we are, honestly." said Jeremy.

"We shall see if you speak the truth." said the boy.

He lunged at them. Ulrich, who trained everyday with Yumi in martial arts, blocked the boy's attacks. The boy suddenly tripped him and pulled a small katana.

"That is enough!" shouted a male voice.

A man dressed in heavy robes stepped out of the shadow. He was bald and looked Asian.

"These two boys are lost. There was no lie in their eyes. Bring them with us. We shall help them." said the man,

"Yes master." said the boy.

Jeremy and Ulrich looked at each other and then followed the two. They saw a large school that looked like a martial arts school in Japan. They were people dressed in ninja robes sparring in a yard. They walked into a room and the man sat on a carpet.

"Sit." said the man.

They obeyed.

"May I ask who I am addressing?" asked the man,

"I am Ulrich Stern." said Ulrich.

"And I am Jeremy Belpois." said Jeremy,

"Welcome Ulrich Stern and Jeremy Belpois. You are in a secret ninja school that was founded by warrior to hide a powerful artifact. I am the headmaster, Mutsuri." said the man.

"What was the artifact?" asked Jeremy,

"I'm afraid I cannot tell you that. You are strangers, but I offer you two a home here, until you find your way back." said Mutsuri.

"Thank you." said the boys.


The Factory

Aelita sat in the chair of the supercomputer, deep in thought. Chaos had trapped Ulrich and Jeremy in a simulation like he did her and Yumi, except now it is no distraction. If she tried to hack in to his system and get caught he would kill them. But if she left them in there they would suffer at Chaos's hands.

She would have to find a way to distract Chaos. But how? Suddenly she got an idea. She started up the virtualization sequence and went down to the scanners.

"Transfer Aelita."

"Scanner Aelita."

"Virtualization."

She disappeared in a flash of light and into Lyoko.


The Ninja School

Ulrich and Jeremy were dressed in black ninja robes as the Master Mutsuri. A figure cloaked in shadow watched them and chuckled. They were both depressed because they would never see their friends again. They were trapped in the past.

Master Mutsuri lead them through the grounds and gave them a tour of the school.


Location Unknown

Chaos watched in amusement as he saw the depressed looks on Ulrich and Jeremy. What fools. So easily tricked. Suddenly he felt a disturbance.

It was coming from Lyoko. He knew that someone was trying to hack into his systems. He knew it wasn't Aelita because she was in the real world and would not dare risk losing her dear Jeremy. He came to one conclusion.

Xana.


Lyoko

Aelita smiled as she hacked into Chaos's systems. He believed it was Xana working the controls. And he believed humans were easy to fool. She learned about what scenario Chaos had programmed and stole the records.

She quickly withdrew before Chaos had a chance to find out it was her.


The Ninja School

Ulrich and Jeremy sat near the waterfall, deep in thought. Suddenly the sound of an explosion reached their ears. It came from the school. They looked and saw demonic creatures attacking any human in sight.

They were being led by a tall man that had jet black hair that reached his neck, he wore a black tunic under black armor, and in his hand was a long black sword.

"Who is that guy?" asked Ulrich,

"His name is Zenaku. A former student who was banished for practicing the dark arts." said a girl nearby.

"Jeremy do you have the box here?" asked Ulrich,

"I kept it hidden from Odd so he wouldn't take it, but we could risk altering the future." said Jeremy.

"Do we have a choice?" asked Ulrich,

Zenaku walked into the temple and entered room where a black orb was held inside. He smiled and reached for it. Suddenly he was knocked down by a blast. He looked and saw Jeremy and Ulrich in their upgraded Lyoko forms.

"How dare you hit me? Attack!" shouted Zenaku.

The demons lunged at them. Ulrich dodged them and unsheathed his swords. He sliced through the army of demons and Jeremy blasted them with his staff blast. As the demons were being slaughtered Zenaku grabbed the orb.

It glowed and merged with him. His black hair now was standing and pointing in different directions, his hands turned red and his nails sharpened into claws, his eyes glowed yellow, and his skin turned pale.

"My transformation is complete." he said in a demonic voice.

He turned to Ulrich and Jeremy.

"This is not good." said Ulrich.


The Factory

Aelita called Odd and Yumu and they arrived at the factory.

"This is what Chaos has been doing to Ulrich and Jeremy." said Aelita.

The computer showed the images of Ulrich and Jeremy fighting Xana, being sent into the future, hearing future Odd's story, and being sent into the past. Chaos made them think that they were the reason Yumi and Aelita's deaths and if going back would drive them to break up.

This made them furious. Chaos was toying with their emotions.

"Is there a way we can enter it?" asked Yumi,

"We can send one in and interface them with one of the characters." said Aelita.

"Has Chaos inhibited any of the characters?" asked Odd,

"He inhibited Xana on the simulation when they fought in Lyoko, and then he inhabited future Odd, and now he is in one of the students close to Ulrich and Jeremy." said Aelita.

"No doubt he is trying to keep a close eye on them." said Yumi,

"We need to pick a character not too close to them." said Aelita.

"And fast." said Odd.


The ninja school

Jeremy and Ulrich prepared to attack as Zenaku turned to them. His yellow eyes glowed with malice as he smiled at them.

"You two will be the first to fall at my power." he said,

"Like that will ever happen." said Ulrich.

They fired energy waves at him. A force field appeared around him and blocked the attacks. He unsheathed his sword and charged at them. They blocked his attacks, but his hands glowed and he shot fireballs at close range.

They managed to dodge, even though the fireballs were just mere inches from their faces. They were sweating a little, but held their ground. Zenaku smiled at them.

This was going to be a long day.


Next chapter coming soon.