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 10
The Factory
Aelita sat at the computer as she scanned the world that Chaos created. She found two characters that were perfect for Yumi and herself. She had to keep an eye on Lyoko just incase Xana decided to attack. She wondered what he was planning.
There must be more to it than just collecting the pieces and reassembling the orb of Xanadu. They had defeated the most powerful being that was created by the orb, Xanadu himself. If Xana was collecting the pieces for something else that what was it? She got back to work and called Yumi and Odd.
Yumi's house
Yumi sat in her room. She missed Ulrich and wondered if he could survive long enough in Chaos's world for to get to him. Yumi's parents walked in.
"Yumi, I think it is time you explained Ulrich and Jeremy are missing." said her father,
"I don't know where they are." said Yumi.
"Please, Yumi. We've had enough of you keeping secrets. It's time you explained." said her mother.
Yumi stared down at the ground. Her cell phone rang. She turned it on.
"Hello?" asked Yumi,
"Yumi, I have just found two characters for us to use. Get over as soon as you can. Chaos has Ulrich and Jeremy where he wants them and I think Xana is planning more than just reassembling the orb of Xanadu." said Aelita.
"Okay." said Yumi,
"You're not going anywhere until you explain." said Yumi's father.
"I think you will understand if I show you." said Yumi,
"Show us." said Yumi's mother.
Yumi led them to an abandoned factory and entered the elevator. They went down a level and the door opened to reveal a large room with a machine showing a holographic map and a supercomputer. At the computer sat Aelita and Odd and the clones.
"What is going on?" asked Yumi's father,
"This is Lyoko. A digital artificial universe inside a supercomputer. The reason why are here is because it and our world is in danger." said Yumi.
"How is that?" asked Yumi's mother,
"A hacker named Drake created two computer viruses called Xana and Delita. Aelita is one of Xana's siblings, but she is not a virus like Xana. We go into Lyoko because Xana and other viruses are using to attack our world. We enter Lyoko and fight these viruses.
They the reason why several students at our school were found dead." said Yumi,
"You mean the principal's daughter and her friends?" asked Yumi's mother.
"Yes. They joined up with Xana and his partner Megabyte so they could get revenge on us. Megabyte is a Trojan horse virus that comes from the internet. We have fought to stay alive and to protect our world from the virals.
But Drake created a new virus called Chaos and he has captured Ulrich and Jeremy and also created clones of us. They are the ones Odd and Aelita. That is Logan, next to him is Kimono, they one next to her is Taylor, and the last one is Andrew. If we don't get them out then Chaos will kill them." said Yumi,
"This is hard to take in, Yumi. A digital universe, evil viruses, and a human from inside a computer. But if you are telling the truth then we are proud of. My daughter a super hero." said Yumi's mother.
Yumi smiled and hugged her parents. Kimono and Logan smiled at them.
"So how are you going to save your friends?" asked Yumi's father.
Yumi looked down at the ground.
"In order to get them out of there one of us has to enter Chaos's world and warn them." said Kimono,
"So one of you is going to enter a virus's world and risk your lives to save them." said Yumi's father.
"Who's going in?" asked Yumi's mother,
"I am one of the people going in." said Aelita.
"Who is the other?" asked Yumi's father.
Yumi raised her head and she had a look of fear on her face as if she was afraid to tell them. They saw this.
"You are going in also?" asked Yumi's father,
"Yes." said Yumi.
"No, I am not letting you risk your life." said Yumi's father,
"Daddy, I am not your little girl anymore. I am growing up. Ulrich or one of my friends would do the same for me if I was in there place and I was trapped in Chaos's world before. Ulrich got me out, I should do the same for him." said Yumi.
Yumi's mother nodded and put her hands on both of their shoulders.
"She is right. She is growing up and she had done many things that we don't know. If Ulrich had saved her life than she should have chance. Just promise us you will come back alive." said Yumi's mother,
"I will." said Yumi.
They had group hug and Yumi headed for the elevator. Aelita smiled.
"Odd, I got message for you from Sam." said Aelita,
"What is that?" asked Odd.
She planted a kiss on his lips. Nothing romantic, just a message from his girlfriend passing it onto Aelita and giving it to him.
"She said you better not let us get hurt or she will kill you." said Aelita,
"Just make it back. It wouldn't much fun without you guys." said Odd.
"Keep an eye open for Xana or any other virals." said Aelita.
She walked over to the elevator and Yumi pushed the button for one level down. The door closed and Yumi waved good bye to her parents.
Somewhere in Lyoko
Xana listened to the conversation in the supercomputer room. He smiled as he knew what Yumi and Aelita were about to do. They were going to take the plunge into Chaos's world. The orb of Xanadu was nearly completed.
Time for some fun.
"We need only a few more pieces to go and that is where you come in, Horror." said Xana to someone cloaked in shadow.
A dark figure stepped out of the shadow. He wore all black and had spiked bracelets. He wore a black cloak but his face could be seen. It was like a skull with red glowing eyes inside it.
In his hand was a long staff. It reached above his head. His hands had long sickly claws and skin seemed to be completely black.
"What is that you wish of me, virus?" asked Horror,
"You are going to help me find the last pieces of the orb or I will cast you into the digital sea." said Xana, glaring at him.
"You think I am afraid of you, Xana? Hardly." said Horror.
Xana had enough of him and moved at amazing speed. He grabbed Horror and tossed him across the room. Before Horror could retaliate Xana pointed his sword at Horror's throat.
"Any more objections?" asked Xana,
"Alright, I'll do it." said Horror.
Xana smiled and sheathed his sword.
"You better do as your told, remember I can read your mind so don't think of betraying me." said Xana.
He left before Horror could say anything. He walked into a room where there was a woman with green skin and dark hair with green high lights chained to a wall. He violet eyes were empty. There was someone else in the room.
It was a blue robotic figure that looked like a robot and at the same time looked like a monster. He had metal blood red hair that stuck upwards at the back of his head, his hands had long yellow claws, and his eyes had green irises with red pupils. It seemed to have metal tubes attached to back of his head from his back. He had his mouth was partially opened and they was silver sharp teeth.
The creature was very muscular.
"Enjoying your stay, Miss Matrix?" sneered the blue robotic creature,
"You'll never win, Megabyte." said the green skinned woman.
"And why shouldn't I? My dear partner, Xana has big plans for you and I just want to see what he has in store for you." said Megabyte,
"You will in time, Megabyte." said Xana.
They looked at him in surprise. Obviously they did not know he was in the room. He smiled at their looks of surprise and left. He walked past a number of creatures, some looked they were a combination of three cubes, and the others looked a sphere with eyes.
They all had dark blue skin and, like Megabyte, had green irises and red pupils in their eyes. They carried a symbol that looked a circle with two arrows, one pointed up, and the other pointed down. The top was green and the bottom was black.
They had emotionless looks on thier faces as they patrolled the hallways. They bowed as Xana passed them, fearing he might be in a bad mood or wanted to have some fun by torturing them. Never get on the wrong side of a virus. Some of these small creatures carried medals near their icons, indicating they were above the ranks of the others.
Xana walked into a room where there was computer showing the regions of Lyoko. The Guardian Bob and the Renegade Matrix were still searching for him. They were so obsessed with revenge they missed the very clue that could lead them to him. The Shadow Temple wasn't the only temple in Lyoko.
He smiled at them.
The scanner room
Yumi and Aelita entered the scanners and they hummed to life. They were lifted into the air.
"Transfer Yumi."
"Transfer Aelita."
"Scanner Yumi."
"Scanner Aelita."
"Virtualization."
They vanished in a flash of light.
Lyoko
Bob and Matrix had Mouse to a scan for any shards and she found one in the Desert Region, but Xana's forces were already on their way. On a nearby plateau was a dark figure, covered by a black cloak. Near the figure was a shinning red piece of glass.
"Hold it right there! Move and I'll delete you." said Matrix, pointing his gun at the figure.
The figure turned and looked at them. His face was a skull with red glowing eyes. In his hand was a long silver staff that reached above his head.
"You must be Bob and Matrix. Aren't you two looking for Xana?" asked the creature,
"Who are you?" asked Bob.
"My name is Horror." said the creature,
"Hand over the shard and tell us where Xana or you will be deleted." said Matrix.
Horror only smiled, which was hard because his face was a skull. His staff glowed black and he vanished in a flash of black light. Matrix looked around to see where he went. Suddenly he felt a kick in the stomach and was sent to the ground. Horror appeared over him, his eyes glowed brighter red.
Bob fired lasers at him from Glitch, but as the lasers flew Horror brought his staff in front of him and spun it. It spun so fast it looked like a shield. The lasers bounced off the staff and into different directions. He vanished and appeared in front of Bob.
He swung his staff and hit Bob in the head. Matrix fired his gun, but Horror vanished as the bullet flew near him. He reappeared in front of Matrix and pointed his staff at Matrix's throat.
"Who shall delete who, renegade?" asked Horror,
Bob jumped and landed between them. He fired at Horror with laser from Glitch at close range. Horror was blasted back a few yards, but he got back up as if the laser never hurt him. He threw his staff into the air it now had a life of its own and flew at the sprites.
They ducked as the staff flew over them and back to its owner. He grabbed his staff and pointed it at the shard. The glowed a black aura and flew into his black hand.
"We shall finish this little contest later. I have what I was sent to retrieve." said Horror.
He disappeared in a flash of black light. Bob looked at where he was and then down at Glitch.
"Glitch, get me Sheena." said Bob.
Sheena's face appeared on the computer.
"Bob, what is it? You found Xana? The pirates are getting restless and Phong has just arrived with Welman and Enzo." said Sheena,
"Do you have any info on a Lyoko sprite named Horror?" asked Bob.
"Give me a minute . . ." said Sheena.
She turned to the computer and typed in 'Horror'. Her eyes went wide.
"We are in serious trouble." said Sheena,
"What is it?" asked Bob.
"Horror is monster created by Drake, but he could not be controlled because of his power. The only difference between him and the other monsters is that he has a personality. He has dark powers and can instantly vanish without a trace. Every Lyoko sprite has a special power and his is the power of stealth or invisibility." said Sheena,
"Where does he live?" asked Bob.
"He was not supposed to be in Lyoko after he went out of control. He was sealed onto a separate computer hard rive and was meant to stay there. Only a hacker could have found him." said Sheena,
"I don't think it was a hacker, Sheena. He was after a shard of the orb; I think he is now affiliated with Xana. He might have found Horror." said Bob.
"It is a possible, but we should keep a close eye opened." said Sheena.
Somewhere in Lyoko
Xana smiled as he watched Horror take down Bob and Matrix. This was all too easy. Horror appeared behind him and held out his hand. In it was a glass blood red shard that glowed in the darkness.
"Not bad for your first mission." said Xana.
He took the shard and put it into the nearly assembled orb. In a flash of light was ghostly figure. Its body was black with a red aura around it, its hands were clawed, and its eyes were completely white and looked like they glowed. The figure had blood red lips that were curved into a smile and his eyes seemed to have bleeding edges.
"Welcome back, Error." said Xana,
"It is good to be back, Xana." said Error.
"All we need is one more shard and the orb will be complete." said Xana.
He, Horror, and Error laughed and their laughter echoed throughout the base.
