Chapter: 8 You Know You Can't Win.

Last Time On Code: Lyoko.

Back in Lyoko, X.A.N.A was furious. "One more attack is all I need, then I'll tell him the truth." his evil laugh echoed throughout all the sector's.

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Yumi came down from her room and was about to knock on Matthew's door, when her mother interupted her.

"He's not feeling to good, Yumi, he'll have to stay home." Mrs. Ishiyama said. "Ok...bye mom." said Yumi as she headed out the door.

Matthew tossed in his bed, wide awake, thinking. "You can't deny me for long, Matthew..." said X.A.N.A in his head.

"Oh yeah? Just watch ya digital freak!" said Matthew right back at him before getting up and putting on his gothic clothes.

He headed out the door, careful not to get caught by X.A.N.A's polymorphic clones that took the shape of Yumi's parents.

He looked around and saw their car. He opened the door and hopped in. "Ok...umm...keys keys...I don't need keys!" he yelled at himself as he hot wired the car.

He stepped on the gas pedal as hard as he could and sped off toward the fastest way to the factory.

Matthew stopped at the school's forest and went down into the sewer and soon ended up in the factory. He sat in the supercomputer chair and began typing.

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Yumi found her friend's at school. "Hey Yumi, where's Matt?" asked Aelita.

"My mom said he wasn't feeling good, so he's not here." she answered. Jeremie and Aelita exchanged glances and Jeremie checked the superscan.

"Hmm...no activated tower's...maybe just a cold." said Jeremie. "Well, come on, time to get wet!" said Odd as he, Ulrich, and Jeremie went to go change into their swimsuit's.

Back at the factory, Matthew was franticly typing. "Matthew, this is silly, why are you protecting them? It's not like they

trust you or even like you." X.A.N.A hissed in his ear. "SHUT UP!" shouted Matthew, and it echoed throughout the empty room.

Matthew searched the Lyoko chronicles that Jeremie kept. He deleted all of them. "That's my boy..." "Well, Jeremie would never have found the anti-virus, now

time to turn off the supercomputer." Matthew said as he headed into the main control room. "Wait, Matthew, If you let me live, We can rule the world

together..." Matthew stopped the elavator just a few feet above the main control room. "Rule the whole world eh? Hmm...that doesn't sound to bad..." said

Matthew as he headed back up. "Come now, young Matthew, even your silly little cousin won't be able to stop you, and that Ulrich boy won't even

match your power..." Matthew suddenly had a red aura around him. It disappeared and he balled up his fist's. He opened his hand and thrust his arm at a wall.

A bolt of lightning came out of his hand and struck the wall with tremendous force. "Nice!" Matthew said excitedly.

"Matthew, time for my fun..." X.A.N.A hissed in his ear.

Matthew walked over to the computer and pressed the enter button. He heard a scanner activate and the elavator come back up. "Ah, this is much better." said a

voice from the elavator.

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"Oh no, X.A.N.A's activated a tower!" whispered Jeremie to his friends.

"Come on!" yelled Odd and they ran from the pool area toward the sewer's.

The figure inside the elavator came into veiw. He had a Black t-shirt and black jeans. He also had long black hair. He had a red line under his left eye.

And in the middle of his forehead was the X.A.N.A symbol. "Very good, Matthew." he said with a voice as cold as ice. "Now it's time for you to help me,

X.A.N.A." Matthew said. "Of course, but first..." Xana pointed towards the factory entrance where the lyoko gang rushed in.

Jeremie gasped. "Xana!" he half shouted half asked. "But, of course." Xana said confidentily. Ulrich charged at Xana, but a lightning bolt hit him square in then

chest. "Now now, Ulrich." said Matthew as he stood beside Xana. Ulrich was thrown into a nearby pillar and fell to the ground.

Yumi gasped and was about to run towards Ulrich when Matthew now stood in front of her. "You know there's no way out now, Yumi." he said coldly.

Yumi backed away from him and looked at her friends. "What can we do?" she asked. "...nothing..." said Jeremie breathlessly.

Yumi was shocked Jeremie would give up this easily. She turned around and stared at Xana and Matthew. 'They look so...alike." she thought.

"Like father, like son." Xana said, reading Yumi's mind. Yumi froze. "This means...your..." she started.

"Yes, I am Matthew's real father." Xana said. Matthew didn't seem to phazed by this information. "Your not my...?" Yumi tried to ask.

"No." Matthew finished for her, with an evil grin on his face. Ulrich started to regain consciousness. Matthew looked over at him and in the blink of an eye, was over by him.

He grabbed Ulrich by his throat and turned towards Yumi. Ulrich kicked his legs and tried to struggle but it was useless.

"You know, Yumi. I could kill him right now if I wanted to. But I won't, if you beg me not to." he said with that sick grin on his face.

Yumi's face of despair turned into disgust. But she looked at Matthew's hand tightening around Ulrich throat."

"Please, don't Matthew, please, don't kill him." she said quietly. Matthew frowned a little and threw Ulrich down at Yumi's feet. Yumi kneeled beside him and held his head in her lap.

Matthew's frown turned to anger and his fist's charged with electricity. Odd jumped over Ulrich and Yumi and ran at Matthew.

"Odd, no!" screamed Jeremie and Aelita. Matthew caught Odd in midjump and tightened his hand around his throat.

"Please, don't kill him Matthew, please!" sobbed Yumi.

Matthew just smiled and wrenched his arm. A sick Crack! rang through the air as Odd's body went limp. Yumi started crying and she bowed her head.

"Ohhhhh, such a pity, and you could have saved him to, ahahahaha!" laughed Matthew as he laid Odd's body on the floor.

Ulrich had witnessed all of this and decided to end it. He jumped up and did his Pin Chilat pose(whatever it is).

Matthew just laughed at him. "You know you can't win." taunted Xana.

"I've already destroyed the Lyoko chronicles and all your controls, you cannot win, ever." Matthew said icily.

Ulrich just balled up his fists, but Yumi put a hand on his shoulder. "He's right Ulrich, we can't win, he'd just kill us like he killed Odd if we tried." she said solemly.

Ulrich looked into her eyes and embraced her. Her tears and his mixed.

Aelita and Jeremie looked at each other franticly. Matthew crossed his arms. "ARE YOU QUITE DONE YET?" he yelled at Ulrich and Yumi, scaring them into letting each other go.

Jeremie tried to think of a way to beat Xana and Matthew, but he just couldn't. Odd gave his life in a despearate attempt to beat Matthew.

Jeremie felt tears streaming down his face as he fell to the ground. Aelita went to his side and hugged him, crying too.

"Oh don't worry, you'll have plenty time to grieve in the after life." Xana said coldly. Matthew looked at all of them and back at Odd.

He felt a couple of tears stream down his face but he didn't wipe them away. This was the right thing wasn't it? This is what he wanted, to be with his real dad.

But...he didn't want this. He walked over to Odd's body and looked at it. Odd was dead, nothing could change that, not even a return to the past.

But Matthew could change what happened next. Matthew looked at Xana. Xana was just hell bent on destruction, he wouldn't have time to spend with his own son.

Then Matthew looked at the gang. They were all crying as he was now. And they were all he had when he had came here.

Matthew grabbed the sides of his head and fell to the ground crying silently and shaking his head. 'Your supposed to wake up from nightmares...WAKE UP!'

he screamed at himself. 'This can't be real...it has to be a nightmare...but...i felt Odd's heart stop beating and his windpipe crack...Nightmares aren't that

specific...' He kept shaking his head as he heard Xana walking over to him. "Get up Matthew." Xana growled. 'I've dreamed of getting killed but...Xana belongs

in a nightmare...he doesn't deserve to be real...' he thought not hearing Xana. "I said GET UP!" Xana yelled as he kicked Matthew in the gut.

Matthew stood up shakily and drew in a huge breath. Matthew nodded and walked over to Yumi and Ulrich, tears still streaming down his face.

He leared over them with one hand raised, convulsing electricity. Yumi and Ulrich looked up at him and noticed he was crying. Xana was laughing evily behind them

as he waited for Matthew to kill them.

Matthew raised his hand higher only saying one last thing.

"I'm sorry..."

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AN: OHHHH Cliffy .lol. I'm evillllll... ''