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 12

Somewhere in Lyoko

Xana smiled as he held the nearly completed orb in one hand and the last shard in another. Now was the time to launch his plan into action. He put the pieces together and in a flash of light stood the cyborg known as Drake.

"Drake. Welcome back. You have some information I need. Tell me and I will let you live." said Xana,

"What do you want?" asked Drake.

"How do I enter the core?" asked Xana,

"You aren't thinking of using it are you?" asked Drake.

"Sometimes you have to take risks to accomplish your mission or propose, I am no exception." said Xana,

"The Elements can open the portal, when you reach the door that guards the core use the orb." said Drake.

"Good. That is all I needed." said Xana.

He walked out of the room and walked through a dark hallway. He entered a room where all the virals and Elements were.

"Xana, I believe it is time you tell us what you are planning." said Megabyte,

"Agreed. I hate it when you keep me in the dark." said Delita.

"We agreed to help you, but you haven't done anything that will help you take over the real world." said Cold,

"I was on my way to tell you. Behold the orb of Xanadu!" said Xana, holding up the orb.

It shined brightly in the darkness.

"This orb will guide us to a place where our powers will be increased to where not even the Lyoko warriors can match." said Xana,

"And what is this power source that you speak of?" asked Megabyte.

"The Lyoko Core." said Xana,

"You can't be serious!" gasped Tsunami.

"I am, and you Elements are going to help me enter it." said Xana,

"Why would we do that?" asked Shadow.

"If you don't you will deleted. I said I would my end of the bargain if you would help. You know what I do to those who betray me." said Xana,

"Alright. We'll help, but what guarantee that your plan will work?" asked Abigail.

"That is for me to know and for you to find out." said Xana.

Before they could speak Xana walked out of the room and disappeared into the shadows. He appeared in a room with a large computer and started typing at a fast rate. On the screen appeared a bald man with numerous tattoos on it. His eyes were dark grey and emotionless, and could send chills down anyone spine, but he did not scare Xana.

"Chaos, so you are still alive." said Xana, smiling.

"Silence, virus! You have some nerve contacting me." said Chaos, in an angry tone.

"I am just offering you a partnership, for old time sakes. After all we did work together before and we almost won." said Xana,

"What's in it for me?" asked Chaos.

"Your revenge on the clones and the Lyoko gang." said Xana,

"How would you be able to do that?" asked Chaos, unconvinced.

"Allow me to use the Code Earth to enter your lab and I will explain." said Xana,

"You had better not be lying. If you are you will regret it." said Chaos.

Xana smiled and typed in Code Earth. As he typed Megabyte and Delita entered.

"Xana! I am tired of your stalling, tell us your plan!" said Megabyte,

"Watch the screen." said Xana.

He vanished in a flash of data streams.


Chaos's lair

Xana stepped out of the scanner. Chaos stood at the computer, looking at Xana as he walked over. Xana still had his smirk and an evil look in his bright green eyes.

"What do you have in mind, Xana?" asked Chaos,

"Is the assembly line still functioning?" asked Xana.

"Yes, but that doesn't answer my question." said Chaos, loosing his patience.

"Watch. I feel better if you look, rather than listen." said Xana.

His bright green eyes glowed brighter than back to normal as the assembly line started manufacturing mysterious series of robots. Chaos still had no idea where Xana was going with this.


Hidden Fortress

Megabyte and Delita watched as Xana used the assembly line to create something. When it was done a pair of red eyes glowed in the shadows and the robot stepped out of the shadows. Chaos, Megabyte, and Delita gasped as they saw the robot. It was exactly a duplicate of the virus known as Gigabyte.


Chaos's lair

Xana smiled at Chaos's surprised face as he stared at the robotic duplicate of Gigabyte.

"Where are you going with this, Xana?" asked Chaos.

Xana did not answer. He kept using the assembly until a sea of red eyes glowed in the shadows.

"You still don't get it. And you say that I'm a brainless program. Guess who got that question wrong?" said Xana mockingly.

Chaos only glared at the virus.

"My very own army of Gigabytes! The army will be used to complete the final phases of my plan, after the Lyoko warriors have been defeated." said Xana.


Lyoko sprite's fortress

Relita eyes opened and she let a small gasp. She ran to the computer to call the Lyoko gang.

"Jeremy? This is Relita, come in." said Relita,

"What is it, Relita?" asked Jeremy's voice.

"I sense Xana and the virals. They are making their move. I have never felt anything so powerful." said Relita,

"It must be the orb of Xanadu. It's time we stop them." said Jeremy.

"But we don't know where they are." said Aelita,

"I think I do. He is at the fortress of the Elements. After he abandoned the Shadow Temple he traveled through Lyoko and bringing the Elements to his side, and gathering his forces. He must now be using their fortress as his base of operations." said Relita.

"Where is the fortress?" asked Aelita,

"In the Island Region." said Relita.

"We have to stop Xana and the virals before they make their move." said Jeremy,

"We'll meet you at the island closest to the fortress." said Relita.

"Why there?" asked Jeremy,

"We would alert the virals and they would send their forces after us. Xana is ready to begin his plan and will not let anybody stop him." said Relita.

"Okay, we'll meet you there." said Jeremy.

He logged off and Relita headed out of the room. Outside Bob watched the Mountain Region. Hexadecimal watched him. She knew Bob loved Dot and respected that.

She would still be his friend and decided it would good enough. She saw Relita run out of the fortress.

"Bob, we have a problem." said Relita,

"What is it?" asked Bob.

"Xana." said Relita,

"What? You found him?" asked Bob.

The other sprites heard their conversation and walked towards them.

"Yes, but that is not the problem. Xana and the virals are preparing their plan. I sensed an enormous amount of energy coming from the Island Region." said Relita,

"Then it's time we end this, once and for all." said Bob.


School Cafeteria

"Xana has finally decided launch his attack." said Jeremy,

"What's he doing?" asked Yumi.

"I have no idea, but he can't be allowed to launch it." said Jeremy,

"Jeremy's right. I have enough of Xana hiding and toying with us. We have the coordinates, now all we have to do is go over there and stop them. Xana's throwing a party and everybody has been invited, including the former dead mutated teens that Xana gave powers to." said Ulrich.

"If we go over there we could fall into a trap. What if Xana is expecting us?" asked Yumi,

"We give him what he wants and not disappoint him." said Odd.

"We have no choice, Yumi. Have you forgotten what Xana nearly did last time? What if it is worse and we can't stop it?" asked Ulrich,

"I have to agree with the others. The sooner we attack Xana's headquarters the less chance he has into launching his attack." said Aelita.

Yumi looked down and then nodded. The clones looked at each other and then at the Lyoko gang.

"We will do whatever it takes to help. Chaos might have a hand in this." said Logan,

"Then let's head to the factory." said Jeremy


The Factory

Jeremy sat at the computer creating virtual cards for the clones. When he was done they headed for the scanners, ready to plunge into Lyoko and confront the virals. They stepped into the scans as they hummed to life.


The Island Region

The Lyoko gang landed on an island. A fortress on the sea was seen in the distance. They looked over at the clones. Logan wore a black and red long sleeved shirt with matching pants, and black gloves.

A spear was sheathed on his back. Kimono wore a blank tank top with black skirt under a black cloak, attached to her hands were claws. Andrew wore a black and blue version of Logan's Lyoko outfit and had a sword sheathed on his back. Taylor was a black shirt with black cargo pants, and held a hammer.

They looked and saw the Saucy Mare flying overhead. They landed and let the Lyoko gang board the ship and then flew towards the fortress. It wasn't long before the virals sent their forces to stop them.

Dragons, hornets, and ABCs flew at them, firing everything they had. The pirates fired back. Kimono jumped into the air and vanished. Only to reappeared onto the top of an ABC.

Within a few seconds she sliced the ships guns and jumped onto another ABC and repeated the process. Hexadecimal flew up into the air and blasted the viral forces attacking. The ship landed in a few seconds right in front of the fortress. The Elements were there waiting for them.

Tsunami had deep blue hair that reached her shoulders, blue eyes, and wore a blue version of Aelita's Lyoko outfit. Shadow wore black clothes, had black hair, and dark eyes. Abigail wore a white tank top with blue jeans. Her skin was pale yellow, her eyes were yellow, and she had blonde hair.

Cold had pale blue skin, white eyes and pupils, white hair, and wore white clothes. They all smiled as the pirates landing.

"Sorry to disappoint you, but we're crashing your party." said Tsunami,

"Sorry to disappoint you, love, but the party has just begun." said the surfer.

They turned into monsters. Cold became a giant made of ice and his eyes glowed blue. Shadow's skin became jet black, her eyes turned blood red, and she grew a giant mass of darkness. Tsunami became creature made completely made of water and her eyes became luminous green orbs.

Abigail turned into a rock giant her eyes became yellow orbs. They charged at the sprites. Bob prepared to fire and looked at the Lyoko gang and the Lyoko sprites.

"Go ahead! We'll deal with them, you need to stop Xana." said Bob.

They nodded and ran past them. Bob and his friends attacked the Elements. Shadow sent shadow tentacles at them, Cold fired icy missiles, Tsunami fired water blasts, and Abigail tried to punch them. Surfer flew around them trying to get their attention, Cold fired in his direction.

The pirates fired lasers at the Elements from the pirate ship. Abigail charged at them, but Bob managed to fire a cable from Glitch that wrapped around her legs. She tripped and plunged into the ground. Suddenly the cable was cut by claw belonging to his worst enemy, Megabyte.

"Hello, Guardian. Come by to say hello to an old friend?" asked Megabyte, mockingly.

"We're here to stop once and for all, Megabyte." said Bob,

"Then bring it!" said Megabyte.

They charged at each other. A small energy sword came out of Glitch as Megabyte tried to punch Bob. He ducked and stabbed Megabyte in the stomach with the sword, but it had no effect. Megabyte smiled and unsheathed his claws.

He swung his arms at Bob who managed to avoid the claws. Megabyte whipped a tentacle at him, which wrapped around his neck and pulled his head into Megabyte's hand. Megabyte brought Bob over to an open pit into the digital void.

Matrix jumped in front of him and punched him, making him release Bob. Before Megabyte could attack again, Bob fired a laser that sent Megabyte flying into the wall of the fortress. Shadow attacked Hexadecimal who blasted every tentacle Shadow sent at her. She saw the other sprites nearly at the mercy of her brother and the Elements.

She had only one option. Her body glowed crimson. Megabyte saw her and looked in horror as he knew what she was doing. Her body exploded and thousands of masks flew out attacking the Elements.

The only looked in fear as the mask flew through thier bodies and destroyed them. Bob looked at the light that was Hexadecimal's body as it vanished, deleted forever. Dot put her hand on Bob's shoulder and they looked at the fortress. They had done there job, now it was up to the Lyoko gang to finish it.


Inside the fortress

The Lyoko gang ran through a long tunnel that was lit by lines of torches on both sides of the tunnels. They soon entered a room where they were a large door with Xana's symbol on it. They heard an evil laughter and saw Horror and Error looking at them.

"So the Lyoko warriors have come to stop us. No matter, it is far too late." said Error,

"It can never be too late." said Jeremy.

"It is for you." said Horror.

Horror disappeared and Error fired lasers at them. They scattered, but Odd was hit by an invisible attacker. He was kicked in the stomach and sent into the wall. In front of him Horror appeared, his red eyes glowed.

Yumi saw him and threw her fan at him. But Horror disappeared and the fan flew at Odd. He manged to duck as it sliced through the wall. Ulrich and Jeremy blocked Error's lasers as Aelita tried to get close enough to stab him.

Horror appeared in front of her and prepared to attack her, but Taylor used her brought out her hammer and hit the ground. It started to crack up and headed for Horror. Aelita jumped as Horror watched the ground beneath him explode. He was sent flying into the air and lost his staff.

He got up and raised his hand. The staff flew into his hand and he pointed it at the clones. Kimono moved at super speed and appeared in front of him. She kicked him in the stomach and then brought her foot up to his head.

Error fired a laser that hit Kimono. Logan threw his spear at Error, but it was blocked by Horror. He threw his staff at them. It flew at them, they managed to dodge, but the staff flew back at them. Andrew blocked it with his sword, but the force of the staff sent him flying.

"Go and stop Xana! We'll deal with these guys." said Logan,

"Just make it out alive." said Ulrich.

Jeremy fired a laser that destroyed the door and the Lyoko gang ran through the debris. The clones stood ready as Error and Horror turned towards them. Horror vanished and Error fired lasers. Even though Horror was invisible they knew where he was. Logan stabbed Horror as he tried to punch Andrew.

"How did you know?" asked Horror,

"Remember when Taylor sent you flying? Look down at yourself." said Logan.

He looked down and saw his clothes covered in dust. He growled and fired a beam of pure darkness at him. Kimono ran at super speed and pushed Logan out of the way. Andrew and Taylor fought Error. Taylor threw her hammer which hit Error dead on.

He hit the wall, hard. Andrew moved in and plunged his sword into Error.

"Not again!" shouted Error as he exploded.

Logan and Kimono dodged as Horror fired pure black lasers at them. Logan threw his spear that was blocked by Horror, but it gave Kimono enough time to run in plunge her claws into Horror. He jumped back and vanished. They all sat down and took deep breathes.

"It's up to them now." said Logan.


Below the fortress

Xana walked towards a huge door with a very small circle in the middle. Just small enough for the orb. He placed the orb in the circle and the doors slid open. Inside was computer inside looking the one that held Lyoko.

It was on a platform above pit that held a glowing blue light. Xana walked onto the platform and placed his hand on the computer. Energy beams blasted out of the pit and entered Xana's body. He is body was glowing flaming red.

The blue light in the pit turned to reddish black.


Chaos's lair

A sea of red eyes opened and the creatures came to life. There was an army of Gigabytes and monsters. They walked out of the warehouse and attacked the city. The people ran for their lives as the robots attacked everything.


Outside the Core

The Lyoko gang ran through the halls and entered the core. They saw Xana in the centre of the platform. Xana wore a black T shirt with black baggy pants, and he wore black fingerless gloves on his hands. His skin was pale and there were dark triangular marks under his eyes.

His eyes were bright sharp green and his hair was jet black with red streaks and it was spiked.

"Xana!" shouted Jeremy.

He turned and saw the Lyoko gang. He smirked at them.

"So the others could stop you. I should have they wouldn't have the spine to finish you!" said Xana,

"Give up, Xana. It's all over." said Yumi.

"Over? This is only the beginning." said Xana.

He fired red lasers at them from his hands and the gang scattered. He was floating in the air. Crimson lightning blasted from his hands and headed for the Lyoko gang. Yumi and Odd fired their weapons, but Xana blasted them away with his lightning.

Jeremy fired his staff laser as Xana fired his crimson lightning again. The beams collided, but Jeremy was blasted back. Ulrich ran over to where Jeremy was as he got up.

"It's time for our upgraded Lyoko forms." said Ulrich.

Jeremy nodded and his staff glowed. The Lyoko gang glowed and their normal forms turned to their upgraded Lyoko forms. They turned and looked at Xana.

"When you have seen one Lyoko form you've seen them all." said Xana.

He fired crimson lightning, but Jeremy's staff glowed and a blue force field appeared around them. Ulrich fired his energy wave and it hit Xana. He was sent into the wall and Jeremy an energy blast. It hit him and was engulfed in an explosion.

But when the dust cleared Xana was still there, completely unharmed. He landed on the ground and fired lasers at them. They dodged, Odd ran at Xana with his claws, but Xana dodged his attacks and grabbed him. He tossed Odd to the edge of the platform, right over the core.

Odd grabbed the edge as he fell and held on for his life. Jeremy fired lasers from his staff, but Xana raised his arms and caught them. They turned from glowing blue to red and Xana fired right back at him. Aelita used her sword to block the laser and charged at him.

Xana dodged all of Aelita's attacks and jumped back. Aelita attacked, but this time Xana grabbed her sword as she attacked and knocked it out of her hands. Before Aelita could react Xana glowed red and Aelita was tossed to the edge near Odd.

Aelita saw Odd about to fall over and grabbed his hand as it slipped. Ulrich fired an energy wave as Xana as he was distracted and hit him. He was knocked off the platform and into the wall. Jeremy and Odd fired their weapons and it blasted Xana.

It created an explosion and left a big hole in the wall, but taking a closer look inside the hole they could see Xana physically unharmed.

"Why won't anything hurt him?" asked Yumi,

"He must have harnessed power from the core." said Aelita.

"How powerful would he be if he did." asked Odd,

"I'm guessing very powerful." said Ulrich.

"I agree." said Jeremy,

"You are absolutely right, Lyoko heroes." said Xana, smiling at them.

He flew out of the hole and prepared to attack. The gang held their weapons tight. Yumi, Odd, and Jeremy fired their long range weapons at him, but he fired crimson lightning that collided with them. Ulrich and Aelita attacked him at close range.

He plunged his hand into the ground and created a field of crimson electricity around him. It shocked Ulrich and Aelita and knocked them back. Xana smiled at them. He had them right where he wanted them.

"I have enjoyed this, but I have important business that I must deal with, so I will just end it right here and now!" said Xana.

Suddenly the gang was lifted into the air and brought over the pit of red glowing energy.

"This won't kill you. It will just put you into a cyber sleep. I might bring you back into the real world if I am in a giving mood." said Xana.

The gang fell into the pit and vanished.


Chaos's lair

"The sprites are in shape to stop us and the Lyoko warriors have been beaten. The city is ours." said Megabyte,

"I must congratulate you on your victory, Xana." said Chaos.

"Well done, brother. You seem to be more vicious these days." said Delita,

"Change is good. Now that the warriors are beaten, the city is ours." said Xana.


Next chapter coming soon.