Well here we go, another chapter and I just have to say hold on tight. I can't say more just read people read!
Jeremy was with his commander on the edge of the town, opposite of where the massive AMEA army was invading. Jeremy stood in shock as he watched the destruction of the town that had been his home for so many years.
"Sir, I need to get to my friends." Jeremy pleaded.
The commander looked down at the young man, "I'm sorry son, I can't allow you to go, it's too dangerous."
"I have to! The girl I love is trapped in that factory!" Jeremy exploded as he started giving into his emotions. He loved Aelita too much to stand by and watch her die.
"No way will I allow…." The commander never finished as Jeremy pushed him to the ground. "What the hell?"
Jeremy didn't wait for his commander's reply, he was already in the jeep and driving towards the factory at insane speeds.
The commander was helped up by an aid. "God help you son." He said as he watched Jeremy top a hill and then disappear from sight.
Inside the factory, the firefight was going all out. Hiroki was bleeding from a wound in his side, but he was still up and fighting. Yumi had been grazed on her legs and arms, but she was pissed off and determined to reach Ulrich so the fight in her was only rising.
"Hiroki, do you have a grenade?"
Hiroki nodded, and threw the explosive into the elevator shaft. It exploded sending debris and fire shooting up and down the metal tube. Yumi rushed the door and looked up raking the stunned enemy with bullets. She ducked back inside as the lifeless bodies of the enemy dropped past the entrance.
The explosion from Hiroki's grenade gave Kasey and Millie enough of an edge to fight the soldiers out of the room. Millie added a grenade of her own, and for a moment, there was a still, deathly silence throughout the lower floors of the factory.
"Umm…excuse me, but can I be materialized?"
Kasey turned in shock as the computer screen lit up revealing a very unhappy Xana.
"Why should we, we haven't finished yet?"
"You need all the help you can get out there, and I want to experience humanity before you fail and kill us all."
Kasey frowned, "Fine, what could it hurt."
Kasey started the program and Xana's picture vanished on screen.
A large whoosh of air released as the scanner door opened behind Hiroki who jumped back rifle at the ready. The steam cleared to reveal a man in his twenties, with jet black hair.
"Oh, why do I feel like…whatever this feeling is?" Xana asked gripping his head, feeling true pain for the first time.
Yumi walked over to the scanner and offered her hand to Xana. The recently materialized virus took the offered hand and pulled himself up. Xana stood six feet tall, and was dressed in all black, with a large trench coat to top off the outfit.
"Well don't we look cheerful." Yumi commented.
"I never said I was a happy being did I?" Xana shot back, with a glare that caught the two siblings off guard.
"So…do you want a gun?" Hiroki asked.
"Yes," Xana said taking the gun, "Now, I'm going to kill everyone!"
"What?" Yumi and Hiroki both yelled raising their guns.
"Calm down, I mean all of them." Xana said pointing towards a dead AMEA soldier.
With that Xana jumped and grabbed a hold of the elevator cable and started pulling himself up faster than what was humanly possible.
"Uhh…..Kasey?"
"Yeah, did Xana appear?"
"Yeah and he….he is superhuman."
"Oh boy." Kasey sighed.
Chance was the first to see the grenade land in the middle of the pinned down squad.
"Shit!" Chance yelled as he dove for it. He scooped it up and tossed it over the wall before it exploded. The adrenaline was pumping through all of the squad, they all had the wild look of trapped animals.
"That's it! I can't take this anymore!" Ivan yelled.
The large Russian tossed his last grenade over the wall and then grabbed the two man machine gun his brothers had used and sprinted out from behind the wall.
"Covering fire!" Ulrich yelled as the others tried to give cover for their insane comrade.
Ivan was screaming all kinds of obscenities in Russian. He saw a group of soldiers lying on the ground still recovering from the grenade blast.
"Hey!" Ivan yelled as he stood above them.
The soldiers looked up thinking the voice was one of their own. When their faces turned to shock, Ivan unloaded. He unleashed hundreds of bullets into the soldiers, as they were torn to shreds by the hot steel. Numb to the violence he had just committed, Ivan walked back behind the wall, spraying bullets at any enemy who poked his head out.
"Are you…are you crazy?" Ulrich yelled grabbing Ivan by the shirt and hauling him back down.
"I….I had…" Ivan couldn't finish, and the fatigue began to set in. The fighting continued and Jesse handed JJ over to Ivan who was pretty out of it, so he could fight.
Jeremy rammed his jeep through the small group of AMEA soldiers standing outside of the factory. The blonde genius was furious, these men were trying to kill his friends, the girl he loved, everything he knew. The soldier who had dove out of the way, grabbed for their guns.
Jeremy dove through the door of the factory tossing a grenade out behind him to deter any pursuit. He rolled to a stop at the feet of twenty enemy soldiers.
"Oh…damn." Jeremy said as they pointed their guns at him and smiled sadistically.
Jeremy dropped his rifle and stood hands above his head.
"Ah, look at the puny soldier who thinks he can just surrender. Let's kill him!" One soldier said. The others nodded, but they all agreed, a bullet was to quick, this French soldier needed a good beating.
A large man reared back and landed a punch square on Jeremy's jaw, sending him sprawling across the floor. The soldiers all had a good laugh, as he struggled to his feet.
Another soldier ran over and reared back to get another punch in, but he never completed his attack. A bullet shot through his head and the man dropped dead in front of Jeremy.
"I believe, it is time for you to die." A very calm and defiant voice said from the shadows of the elevator shaft.
The soldiers aimed and fired at the figure as he stepped out of the elevator and walked slowly towards them. The bullets ricocheted off, seeming to do no harm to the man dressed in all black.
One soldier tossed a grenade at the feet of Xana and the newly materialized being smiled. The explosion sent dust and debris everywhere. Out of the dust, walked Xana slowly and menacing. His almost gleeful expression changed to one of hate and disgust.
"I've had enough fun, toying with you." He hissed as he lunged at the first soldier catching him in the throat with a knife.
The soldiers panicked and opened fire to no success. Xana dashed between the soldiers with amazing speed slicing them, sometimes shooting them, but no matter what method he chose, the result was the same. In a matter of minutes, all the soldiers were dead.
Xana strolled over to Jeremy. "I should really kill you too for all the times you tried to finish me."
"Who are you?" Jeremy said staring up in awe and wonder.
"Come on Jeremy, don't you recognize your old nemesis?"
"Xana?" Jeremy gasped.
Xana smiled, "I'll let the others explain, and I'm sure you can figure out my powers once you get to the computer. Farwell."
With that Xana strolled outside casually as if he was taking a walk. Jeremy heard screams and horrified screams as Xana continued his massacre.
The screams from the factory caused Ulrich to poke his head out from behind the wall and take a look. He was shocked to see a lone man about his age walking among the enemy soldiers slaughtering them at will.
"Uh…guys take a look at this." Ulrich said and the others joined him.
The enemy soldiers tried everything, but nothing appeared to affect the lone man. The man turned and looked directly at Odd and flashed an all too familiar evil smirk.
"Xana!" Odd gasped.
"That's the computer you've been fighting?" Chance and Jesse both exclaimed as Xana punched through the window of a truck and dragged the driver out.
"Well…yeah…I think." Was all Ulrich could say. With all the attention focused on Xana the squad made a dash to the factory, leaping over dead soldiers all the way.
Ulrich and the squad ran through the door, running smack dab into Jeremy.
"Jeremy?"
"Ulrich?"
The squad and Jeremy all ran for the elevator. Using some rope, they lowered everyone down to the control room.
Kasey heard more sound outside and readied her weapon, aiming for the doorway.
"Millie, be ready there could be a lot of them." Millie nodded as she aimed her rifle.
"Don't shoot!" Chance yelled as he hovered just above the entrance.
"Who are you?" Kasey yelled back.
"Omega squad, how can you forget, we just vacationed in this nice place a month and a half ago?" Chanced said a little sarcastically.
Millie jumped up and before Kasey could stop her, poked her head out of the door.
"Chance! Oh my God, get in here!" Millie said jumping for joy.
Kasey relaxed and Chance lowered into the room.
"Howdy, good to see you." He said and then gave Millie a quick kiss.
Kasey looked behind him with worried eyes and Chance knew what she was thinking.
"Don't worry he's right…" Chance didn't finish because Odd came shooting through the door, detached himself from the rope and wrapped Kasey up in a hug.
"Oh I've missed you!" He said as he held her tight.
Jeremy was next and then Ulrich and Ivan, followed by Jesse who had strapped JJ to his vest, using some extra rope. He would have given her to Ivan, but she wouldn't leave his side after they had ran for the factory so he offered to take her down even though he was wounded.
Yumi and Hiroki came up from below and Yumi wrapped Ulrich up in a hug and the two kissed passionately, all the while Hiroki groaning behind his sister.
Jeremy was looking around for Aelita. "Where's Aelita and Sissy?"
A hatch next to Jeremy opened and the two girls spilled out on the floor. Jeremy helped Aelita up and embraced her. Ivan offered his hand to Sissy who took it and was soon on her feet.
As always the current situation cut the happy reunions short. Jeremy rushed to the seat he had sat in so many times before and stared at the screen.
"Oh my gosh."
The others crowded around the blonde man.
"Xana is…Xana is fueling himself off of Lyoko, but every moment he fights, he is destroying what is left of Lyoko."
"What?" Aelita gasped, "why would he do that?
"Wait, there's a file here to the side, it's called explanation."
Jeremy clicked on the file and Xana's face appeared on the screen.
"Hello, dear former enemies."
"Did he just say former enemies?" Odd asked, but everyone shushed him to be quiet.
"Yes, I said former enemies. I have grown tired of our constant battles, with neither of us gaining any ground. My whole being is bent on destruction, so I have decided to end it all doing what I do best."
"He's destroying Lyoko." Jeremy gasped.
"I'm using all the power and energy that makes up Lyoko to fuel my superhuman abilities, mainly the shield that surrounds me. You humans have no clue what potential you could have with a few alterations here and there."
Xana's image gave another one of his trademark evil smirks.
"Don't worry, you have earned one thing from me in all these years…respect. For that, and for being worthy adversaries for so long, I have already erased the virus that connects me and Aelita. You are free Aelita, go live your life."
Aelita stared in shock at the screen and Xana's message continued.
"To Jeremy, Ulrich, Odd, and Yumi, you have been most fun to toy with over the years, but alas all good games must have an ending. Take care and live your lives knowing I won't interfere anymore."
The message vanished and in its place a countdown until all the energy from Lyoko would run out.
Everyone rushed up to the top and out of the factory. In the distance they could see Xana cutting his way through the soldiers. He seemed to be set on reaching the command tent.
Xana could feel himself weakening, already two bullets had made it through his dying shield. The enemy seemed to be recharged by the sight of the blood and more were popping their heads out to fire.
"Die you foolish creature." Hades screamed as he rushed from his tent firing his pistol at Xana. His rage caused him to rush with in a few feet of Xana.
Xana's shield collapsed and the bullets struck all throughout his chest. Xana smiled, this pain, this utter pain and anguish meant he was truly alive, at least for a moment.
"No…it…is you who is foolish!" Xana yelled as he lunged forward and tackled Hades.
With his last bit of energy, Xana drew his knife and plunged it into the man's heart. Hades' eyes widened in shock. 'How could I fail' He thought as everything grew dark around him. He gasped for a breath that did not come and he like so many others was dead.
Xana rose to his feet and smiled at the shocked troops around him.
"Remember the name Xana, I'm the one who killed all of your friends." Xana coughed and then started laughing weakly.
The soldiers around him let loose with their weapons and Xana was filled with bullets. He collapsed on the ground his trench coat soaked with his own blood.
"My God!" Odd said as he watched the enemy army retreat carrying their commander's body with them.
For a moment all was quiet and then the sound of trucks and tanks could be heard as the French army moved in to reclaim what ground the could. Sissy looked around, she couldn't see Nicolas anywhere. She turned towards Ulrich, and then looked at Odd. No one would look her in the eyes.
Well I definately through another twist in there. I hope you liked it, and no this is not the end, there will be at least another chapter or two, maybe a lot more if you ask for it, but definately one or two more. I really would appreciate reviews, both good or bad, I want to know what you think. Have a great day or night(depends on what time it is) Thanks again. castaway567