Code Lyoko: Created In Their Image

By. Tate Icasa

Chapter One

My Freedom

"I'm fine, Jeremie, how are you?" I answer.

I can't see him. I can only see him when i'm inside the towers.

But that's alright, because I don't want to see him, I don't want to see any of them.

And the time will come soon, when I won't have to.

We exchange small talk, but what he wants is to finish the ''antivirus'' that will detatch me from the entity they call ''Xana.''

They think my Pet wants to kill me. And they will continue to believe it until I show them otherwise.

My Pet whispers in my mind. Soon.

The human and I work long into the night, and to the next morning. This is, of course, my plan. Soon, the others will come. And soon, my Pet and I will escape, and rid the Earth of the Leeches.

Sure enough, the other three come, and they join me in my World. They think they are protecting me.

Today, my mask falls. I am revealed to them.

I have attached devices to them that weaken them.

The one called Odd knows, he had it before.

Tensions rise and my Pet, my Protecter feeds, and we are off.

But I feel the need to turn back, if only to see their eyes.

"Thank you." I say mockingly. "We're free."

The brown-haired boy, Ulrich, glares at me. He's always been quick to accuse. But now the look amuses me.

The girl, Yumi, looks at me with confusion. She doesn't understand what I've done. This, too, amuses me.

But Odd doesn't amuse me. For he understands perfectly what I am. There is no acceptance in his eyes, but there is understanding.

He is human, and like him, I only understand, I do not accept. However, my hate for him is not as strong as that of the others.

Entering the tower, I can see the others face. He is hurt and betrayed. And I, amused, laugh.

"Thanks, Jeremie." I say. I materialize myself to Earch, my Pet surrounding me as a cloak, and both of us free from our prison.

We will feed on them when they come back, and their strength will keep us alive for years.

For long enough to seed a new race. One that will not disgust us.