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 11

Chaos's world

Yumi awoke to find herself in a field outside of a forest. She looked down at what she wore. She wore her Lyoko clothes, except her hair was loose. She saw Aelita next to her.

Aelita wore a white and pink version of Yumi's Lyoko outfit. Her hair seemed to be a bit longer and a sword was sheathed on her back. Yumi looked down and saw a sword sheathed around her waist, like Ulrich. For some reason Chaos's world felt more real than it was the last time she was here.

She shook Aelita.

"Aelita . . . Wake up." said Yumi.

Aelita opened her eyes and looked around. She remembered everything.

"We made it?" asked Aelita,

"We sure did." said Yumi.

"We better find them. The only to escape Chaos's world is to kill Zenaku." said Aelita,

"So either we find Zenaku or we get rid of Chaos before he gets rid of Ulrich and Jeremy." said Yumi.

"Let's go." said Aelita.

They started running.


Lyoko

Polar Region

A red piece of glass that was inside a giant ice wall glowed bright red. A crab stood in front of it firing a laser beam, melting through the ice. It reached the shard and a viral infected binome smiled and reached for it. Suddenly a grappling rope fired and snatched the shard from his hand.

They turned to see Bob, Matrix, AndrAIa, Mouse, and a group of pirates.

"Tell Xana that if he wants this than he can come get it himself." said Bob.

The crab fired a stream of lasers at them. They moved out of the way and fired back. Suddenly the wall blasted and a group of hornets flew through the debris right at them. Acid spat out of their mouth and at the sprites.

AndrAIa jumped back as stream of deadly acid hit the floor, trapping between an ice wall and a small river of acid. An ABC flew through the hole and targeted Bob. It fired a laser at the wall Bob was near and the blast sent him flying. The shard flew out of his hand and hit the ground.

A binome snatched it and jumped onto the ABC as it flew out of the cave. Bob fired a grappling hook from Glitch and it attached to back of the ship. He was dragged into the air as the ABC flew into the digital sky. A binome saw him as he pulled himself up the rope and onto the ABC.

He fired green lasers, but Bob dodged them and landed onto the back of the craft. Bob blasted the controls and the ship crashed into an icy mountain. He grabbed the binome that held the shard and took it from him. Suddenly a hornet fired a laser at the shard and it broke into two. The hornet grabbed one piece and flew away.

Matrix arrived and grabbed the pilot.

"Now talk! Where's Xana? What does he plan to use the orb for?" asked the renegade,

"I . . . I don't know. He only talked with the generals about his plan." said the scared binome.

Matrix face darkened and he pulled out his gun. The biome's pupils shrank.

"Honestly! I don't know!" said the binome,

"Matrix!" shouted AndrAIa.

She put her hand on his shoulder and he calmed down. The screen on the ABC's computer started up and showed Xana who was cloaked in shadows, but his bright green eyes and white pale skin allowed them to know where he was.

"Good work, sprites." said Xana in an emotionless tone.

"Xana!" shouted Matrix,

"The one and only. I see that your skills are improving since our last fight." said Xana.

His lips curved into a smile.

"No more hiding, virus! Where are you?" demanded Matrix,

"Don't worry; I won't be hiding for long. You'll get your chance to see someone who you thought was dead." said Xana.

The screen turned off. Matrix yelled and blasted the computer with his gun.


Somewhere in Lyoko

Xana watched as the hornet carrying the shard entered. He reached out and grabbed it.

"I was hoping for the complete set, but this could be even better." said Xana.

He put the pieces together. In a flash of light appeared a woman. She had red skin, black chest armor, black boots that seemed to be made out of metal, gloves that also were made from metal, and her face appeared to be a mask, but her mouth could move and she could blink.

"Hexadecimal." said Xana.


Chaos's world

Ulrich, Jeremy, and Cosmos walked through a forest. Cosmos told them he knew where Zenaku's fortress was hidden and was leading them there. They wondered if they would ever see their friends again. A gigantic snake creature appeared out the forest and lunged at them.

Jeremy fired his staff laser and it destroyed the creature. The remains suddenly grew into smaller versions of the creature though. Ulrich unsheathed his swords as the creatures lunged at them. Just as the creatures were about to attack two girls dressed in kimonos leapt out and sliced them with their swords.

One girl had jet black hair that reached her shoulders and the other had short pink hair. They both were spitting images of Yumi and Aelita. The pink haired girl saw Cosmos sneaking up on Ulrich and Jeremy with a knife in his hand. She jumped and swung her sword at Cosmos as raised his hand.

Cosmos collapsed to the ground, dead. She turned and looked at Jeremy. He somehow knew it was Aelita when he saw her eyes.

"Ulrich!" shouted the girl with black hair,

"Yumi?" asked Ulrich.

"Yes, Ulrich. It is me." said Yumi.

He ran up and hugged her and Jeremy did the same to Aelita.

"I thought we would never see you two again. After Odd sent us here." said Jeremy,

"It wasn't Odd, Jeremy. This place is another simulation created by Chaos." said Aelita.

"That could explain how you two got here, but how did Chaos catch us?" asked Ulrich,

"He must have erased your memories of the day he captured you." said Yumi.

"Anyway we have to get out of here before Chaos attacks." said Aelita,

"Too late." said demonic voice.

They looked and saw Zenaku. His yellow piercing eyes glowed with malice.

"Why is that?" asked Ulrich,

"I control this world. I decide who wins and who looses." said Zenaku.

His body started to mutate. His hands became wolf like with claws. A scorpion stinger grew out of his back, as did dragon wings, and tentacles. His legs became giant horse like legs with giant hooves.

Ulrich fired an energy wave, but a force field appeared around Zenaku/Chaos and blocked it. He flew into the air and barreled down onto Ulrich. Yumi jumped and pushed him out of the way as Chaos landed. His landing created a small earthquake that shook the ground around them.

Aelita ran at Chaos and tried to stab with her sword, but Chaos saw her coming and grabbed her with his tentacles. His scorpion stinger rose up and was now over her.

"Aelita!" shouted Jeremy.

He fired an energy blast at the stinger, it hit, and Aelita sliced the tentacles holding her. Suddenly the tentacles turned into a dark gooey substance and attacked Aelita. She tried to fight it off, but the black substance trapped in its shapeless body and dragged her to Chaos. Jeremy to stop it, but Chaos smacked him away with his hand.

The black substance entered Chaos's body.

"Where's Aelita?" demanded Jeremy,

"Right here." said Chaos.

Aelita appeared out of Chaos's chest. She was still trapped because parts of her were still inside Chaos's flesh.

"Try to kill me and she'll die with me." said Chaos,

"You monster!" shouted Jeremy.

"Go ahead, blast me. You know want to." said Chaos.

Jeremy could only stand in horror as Aelita struggled to escape Chaos's chest. Ulrich jumped with his swords and sliced on the flesh near Aelita. His swords glowed and fired an energy wave. It blasted through Chaos and Aelita sliced through with her sword.

"Thanks, Ulrich." said Aelita,

"Good job." said Yumi.

Suddenly Chaos's body regenerated and he stood back up. He smiled at them.

"Sorry to cut your celebration short." said Chaos,

"Is there any weakness?" asked Ulrich.

"This is his world. He controls it." said Aelita,

"But still, he should have a weakness." said Yumi.

"We have to destroy the entire body." said Jeremy,

"Easier said than done, Jeremy, but here we go." said Ulrich.

His swords glowed and charged. Chaos wiped his tentacles at Ulrich, but a fan flew and sliced through them. Chaos looked and saw the fan in the hand of Yumi, in her upgraded Lyoko form. Aelita was also in her upgraded Lyoko form.

Yumi used her powers and Chaos was held in the air. Ulrich, Aelita, and Jeremy's weapons glowed. They fired beams that combined and fired at Chaos. The beam hit him head on.

His eyes went wide as his body was destroyed. The entire world was now being destroyed as Chaos was now defeated. They all disappeared.


Location Unknown

Ulrich and Jeremy awoke to find themselves strapped to chairs. It didn't take long for Ulrich to cut the bounds and free Jeremy. They ran out of the warehouse and headed for the factory.


Lyoko sprite's fortress

Bob looked out into the Mountain Region, thinking of what Xana said. He decided it was time to find out what he was planning. He picked up the shard and grabbed his zip board.


Somewhere in Lyoko

Xana sensed Bob leaving the fortress with the shard. He must be planning to make a bargain. This sounds like fun. Xana walked out of the room and entered another room where two women were chained to a wall.

"You two are about to get me what I want." said Xana.

He laughed.


Forest Region

Bob flew on his zip board until he noticed an assembly of monsters. He got jumped of his board and looked at the monsters.

"Like I said before, tell Xana is if wants he wants this he can come get it himself!" said Bob,

"Why do you think I'm here?" asked a voice.

Xana walked out from behind the monsters. Bob pointed Glitch at him.

"Before you open, I think you might like to see something." said Xana.

The monsters moved aside to reveal Dot and Hexadecimal trapped in a pair of Guardians (Xana's Guardian).

"Dot! Hex! Alive?" asked Bob,

"The orb of Xanadu can revive anyone in Lyoko who was killed or was given Lyoko powers." said Xana.

"I have what you want and you have what I want. About a trade?" asked Bob,

"Interesting. You would doom the net, Lyoko, and the real world by doing that. Isn't that against the Guardian code? Though, I would like to have my shard back." said Xana.

A hornet flew in and grabbed the shard and gave it to Xana. The monsters stepped forward and charged their lasers. Suddenly Matrix and the others appeared. When they saw Dot and Hexadecimal their eyes went wide.

"Sis" shouted Matrix and Enzo,

"The family reunited. How touching." said Xana.

AndrAIa fired her nails at him, but hornets fired and destroyed them before they reached their target. Xana turn and ran as the monsters fired their lasers.

"I'll stop Xana." said Bob.

He charged after Xana who was running the vast reaches of Lyoko. Xana jumped onto a giant rock and then off it, landing on a giant platform. Bob followed him.

"You just don't know when to quit, do you?" asked Xana,

"I don't believe in the no win scenario." said Bob.

"But I thought we had a deal." said Xana,

"I can't go against my code and that means never give a weapon to a crazy virus." said Bob.

"That's noble. But you stole the shard from my siblings in order to catch me. That wasn't so noble nor was it a part of your Guardian code. As humans say 'two wrongs don't make a right'." said Xana.

Bob had enough. He charged at Xana and an energy sword was activated by Glitch. Xana moved as Bob tried to stab him. He kicked Bob in the stomach.

He got back up and fired an energy beam at a nearby rock. He tossed the boulder at Xana. He raised his hand as the rock flew at him. With the tip if his finger the rock exploded.

Bob fired lasers at him, but Xana blocked with his sword. He smiled at the Guardian.

"I should thank you for this gift. I repaid by giving back your precious Dot. Now the orb of Xanadu will be complete and then the fun really starts." said Xana.

He disappeared in a puff of black smoke. Bob glared at where he stood.


Lyoko sprite's fortress

Bob sat on a cliff just outside of the fortress. Dot walked out and sat next to him.

"Have you come to yell at me? Matrix already did." said Bob,

"I'm just here to talk. Why did you give up the one thing that virals need to complete their plans?" asked Dot.

"I tried to fool Xana, but when I saw you and Hex in the those monsters I was so surprised I let Xana trick me. It dosen't matter now. Xana got what he wanted, heread me like a book and I still don't know what he and Megabyte are planning." said Bob,

"That's not true. Whatever Xana is planning, it involves gathering his forces and the reassembling of the orb of Xanadu. But it seems to me that you acted like Megabyte when he is disguising himself, and you didn't act pretty smart.

Xana did not trust you when you agreed to give him the shard and you did not trust your friends." said Dot.

"Don't even joke about that. I'm nothing like Xana or Megabyte." said Bob,

"I know you had a hard life. You blame yourself for what Megabyte did to your partner, what his genesis did to Mainframe's twin city, and what Xana did to me." said Dot.

"Those two viruses. It's the first time I ever had the urge to delete anything in my life. Xana made me think that he deleted you, Megabyte turned everybody against me thinking I was a copy." said Bob,

"Don't forget. Others have suffered at the hands of Megabyte. I still have nightmares of I nearly married him when I thought he was the original you. Now I know who is real." said Dot.

She got up and walked away. Bob looked down at the mist below the mountains.


Next chapter coming soon.