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 9

Zenaku raised his sword and swung at Ulrich. He blocked and tried to attack, but Zenaku created a miasma that would have killed him, if Jeremy had not created a force field around him. Zenaku grew four extra arms with claws and five tentacles. He lunged at Ulrich.

Ulrich tried to block them, but Zenaku was too fast and delivered a series of blows at him. Jeremy flew at him and knocked him of Ulrich. Zenaku grabbed Jeremy with one of his tentacles and tossed him across the room. Ulrich jumped and cut off one Zenaku's arms.

Zenaku turned and sent all of his tentacles at him. Ulrich dodged and sliced the tentacles, but the tentacles regenerated and so did the arm. Zenaku smiled and ran at Ulrich. He tried to move but Zenaku knocked the swords out of his hands and wrapped his tentacles around him.

"Looks like you are now finished. Don't try struggling. This is going to hurt you much more than it will hurt me." said Zenaku, smiling evilly.

The tentacles tightened and Ulrich was having breathing. He could feel burning pain through out his body. Jeremy saw what was happening and pointed his staff at Zenaku. He saw Jeremy pointing his staff and brought Ulrich in front of him like a shield.

Jeremy's went wide.

"If you dare shoot then your friend could be fried with me." said Zenaku, smiling.

Suddenly a black figure jumped in and cut through the tentacles around Ulrich. It was a teenaged boy with blue eyes and long black hair. He held Ulrich's swords in his hands and tossed them to him.

"Another mortal coming to die." said Zenaku,

"Not today, Zenaku." said the boy.

Ulrich fired an energy wave at him. Zenaku tried to move, but he was hit by the full blast. He crashed into the wall of the room. Jeremy tried to finish him but he turned into a dark cloud and flew into the air.

A pair of yellow eyes stared at them and there was an evil laughter from it.

"Not today, Cosmos. We'll meet again." said the cloud.

It vanished.


The Factory

Aelita ran check on all the characters of the simulation that Chaos had created. She needed to find what character Chaos had taken over before sending Yumi and Odd into the simulation, and then there is the problem with Xana and the Elements.

She found a boy named Cosmos that was closer to Ulrich and Jeremy. It was very suspicious since Cosmos meant Chaos in Japanese. It meant that it was Chaos was Cosmos in disguise. That was pretty clever.

She now had to find two characters that so Yumi and Odd can enter to warn Ulrich and Jeremy.


Lyoko

Island Region

Bob and Matrix flew on their zip boards above the ocean in the Island Region. Mouse had informed them that Xana's forces had been spotted. They could lead them to Xana. They could see monsters on one island that were being led by the Elements and the Dark Lyoko gang.

Tsunami now wore a blue version of Aelita's outfit. Shadow wore black clothes; she had black hair, and dark eyes. Cold had white eyes and white pupils, his skin was pale blue, he wore white clothes, and he had white hair. Abigail had blond hair, yellow eyes, and pale yellow skin.

She wore a white tank top and blue jeans. Dark Ulrich wore black clothes, he was a little more muscular than the real Ulrich, his eyes were glowing red, and the Xana symbol was on his shirt and forehead. Dark Yumi wore a black and red version of the real Yumi's outfit, her eyes were red, and Xana's symbol was glowing on her forehead. The other members of the Dark Lyoko gang wore black and red versions of the original Lyoko gang's outfits, their eyes were red, and Xana's symbol glowed red on their foreheads. Monsters surrounded three red glowing shards.

"Those must be pieces of the orb." said Bob,

"We better not let them have it." said Matrix.

Dark Ulrich saw them coming and smiled.

"Looks like we have company." he said to the others.

"Let's not be rude." said Cold.

Bob and Matrix landed and pointed their weapons at them.

"Xana sending you out to do his dirty work?" asked Bob,

"He's looking for some good help. We're the best he could find." said Cold.

"You're not getting those shards." said Matrix,

"Says who?" asked Dark Aelita.

Matrix fired his gun at them. They scattered and the monsters turned and fired. Suddenly a barrage of lasers fired at them. They saw the Saucy Mare and Hack and Slash pointing their guns at the virals.

"This can be the easy way or the hard way. Where's Xana?" asked Bob,

"You didn't get the message? He went to where nobody can hurt him. You should know the answer by now." said Dark Ulrich.

"Enough of the games, virus!" snapped Matrix,

"It is no game." said Shadow.

Matrix, Bob, and the others fired their guns. The Elements started changing. Shadow's skin became jet black, her eyes turned blood red, and she grew twice the size of a Megatank. Cold changed into a creature turned into a creature covered in ice, spikes pointed out of his back, his eyes glowed white.

Abigail turned into a creature completely covered in stone. Tsunami turned into a creature made out of water and her blue eyes became luminous green orbs.

"Fire!" shouted Captain Capacitor.

The ship fired at the Elements. Abigail was unharmed by the missiles, Shadow stood still as the missiles went right through her, Cold fired spike made of ice at the missiles that exploded, and Tsunami turned into a puddle that went under the missiles. The Dark Lyoko gang dodged the missiles at a fast rate.

"Those filthy virals are dodging our blasters!" said Mr. Christopher,

"We must not give up hope, Mr. Christopher." said the Captain.

Dark Yumi used her powers and sent rocks at them. They crashed into the guns. The monsters fired their lasers at Bob and Matrix. They dodged and fired back, trying to clear a way to the shards. Dark Odd and Dark Jeremy stopped them by firing at their zip boards.

They fell to the ground in loud thud. They ran for cover before the virals could fire again.


Chaos's world

Ulrich and Jeremy looked at the damage that was done by Zenaku and his demons. Master Mutsuri was dead, and many others were injured. The entire school was damaged. They turned to the boy known as Cosmos.

"Zenaku seems to know you." said Jeremy,

"He killed my parents when I was young. I came here and learned out to fight. I graduated a few months ago and have been searching for Zenaku so I can kill for what he did." said Cosmos.

"You remind us of someone." said Ulrich, thinking of Bob and Matrix.

He remembered that they wanted revenge on Xana for what he did to Dot.

"We can help you. Zenaku tried to kill us, we need to know why." said Ulrich,

"I saw the way you fought Zenaku. Are you sure? Beating Zenaku will not be easy." said Cosmos.

"We have faced dangers before." said Jeremy,

"Okay. We need to find out where Zenaku is hiding." said Cosmos.

"What was that orb that changed him?" asked Jeremy,

"It is a long story." said Cosmos.

"We have plenty of time." said Ulrich,

"Okay. It all starts back about one hundred years ago. There were three guardians that protected a village from a powerful demon. One was corrupted by darkness and begun to destroy the village. The other two guardians had no choice but to fight him.

When they defeated him he was sealed into an orb and placed here to be guarded and to never be released." said Cosmos.

"And Zenaku knew where it was." said Ulrich,

"Zenaku sold his soul to the demons so he could be granted the power to destroy the barriers that protected the orb." said Cosmos.

"So now he is going to take over?" asked Jeremy,

"Yes." said Cosmos.

Ulrich and Jeremy sighed. Even in a different time they find somebody trying to take over the world.


Lyoko

Island Region

It was a war on the small island. The forces of Xana clashed with Bob and his friends. Shadow sprung multiple arms and grabbed the Saucy Mare and pulled down to the ground. The impact shook the ship and the crew fell of their feet.

Monsters fired lasers at the sprites as they tried to get close to the shards. Suddenly Delita appeared and grabbed them.

"Never send an Element to do a virus's job." she muttered and vanished.

"We're done here. Everybody retreat!" shouted Dark Ulrich.

They all vanished into thin air. Matrix punched the ground in frustration.

"They got away with three shards! Now Xana and his forces will only get stronger!" said Matrix,

"We'll find him, Matrix." assured Bob.


Somewhere in Lyoko

Xana walked into a large dark room to see the Delita and the others returning successfully from their mission.

"They seem to be very eager to find me." said Xana,

"That's putting it mildly." said Delita.

"Either way we now have more shards and we can summon some old friends." said Xana.

He took out the nearly completed orb and put the pieces together. In a flash of light was Nicholas, Megabyte, and a woman with green skin.

"Nicholas welcome back. And my dear partner Megabyte. Dot Matrix has decided to join us. How deliciously perfect." said Xana.


Next chapter coming soon.