Konichiwa all. It's your grateful Dragonking421, here to put another installation of the 4 Lyoko Knights. In advanced, I'm sorry for not updating more recently. Been way to busy. But, I don't really think you all want to hear my weblog entries today, so let's get on with the story. Also, I'm dropping the review requirement of getting 3 or more reviews for the story. But anyway, on to Chapter 7:
Chapter 7: Enter Shade
The monsters just stared the 6 warriors down, until one of them let out a deafening scream and soon all the Tarantulas and Crabs started to charge and letting out stream after stream of laser fire.
"We're never going to get out of this cross-fire, me and Heath are far to weak to go on any longer," yelled Tiamat to the others. Urlich was growing tired of defending from the laser fire as well.
"Guys, I have a feeling your going to see someone that can really help you out," said Jeremie with a grin on his face. "Who's that Eienstein," asked Odd. From the air, a cloaked figure, with a red ax flew in on the Overboard, and jumped off it and landed right in the middle of a mass clump of Tarantulas and Crabs. From the weary warriors' eyes, the figure was destroying many of the monsters with sweeps and attacks so great of magnitude, the Lyoko gang were sometimes hit from enemy fire they were so stupified.
The figure looked as if it had been in Lyoko for many years, longer than anyone, except Tiamat and Heather. Yumi took out about 5 monsters before saying, "I getting the hang of it again." After her next 5, she was shot too many times and materialized. Odd was doing great cover fire for Urlich, taking out any monster that snuck up on him.
"Hey Urlich, I found a new technique," Odd yelled to Urlich. Urlich backed up some feet to where he could see Odd when Odd yelled, "Laser Arrow Barrage!" Odd shot so many arrows in quick repitition, he toke 7 monsters out in the cross fire. "Nice one Odd, and he's beating your kill count, Urlich," said Jeremie to the two. To Urlich, it seemed a lot like an old game he forgot and was actually having fun with it. As Urlich continued his battle style, and Odd still yelling out for his new technique, after he yelled for it a second time, all Odd shot were blanks. "I guess it takes all the arrows you had Odd," said Urlich. Odd just smiled and said, "I'll use it when I'm in a pinch, like what we're in now."
Tiamat and Heather were fighting the monsters with ease, a lot like the cloaked figure, still taking out the many Crabs and Tarantulas. A small circle of monsters continued to blast with no success at the two knights. Tiamat and Heather were back to back of each other, blocking blows and dealing out spells and slashes to the new enemies, instead of each other.
As the number of monsters started to die down, many of them started to retreat back into a cave, but not all. The more that ran, the more morale the battle scarred battle group gained. The cloaked figure was also helping Odd and Urlich after taking out nearly a third of the entire army. Urlich tried his hardest to see who it was in the hood, only to see paint paterns like Aelita and Odd's. "We got 'em on the run guys, let's take 'em out completely," yelled Odd to the group.
As the army of battle worn monsters ran to the cave, team Lyoko, along with Tie and Heather, charged after them in one last retaliation. But as the last of the monsters returned to the cave, a ball of dark energy shot indirectly at the group.
The ball landed and exploded with just enough time for the group to jump out of them way. From the cave, a voice came and said, "Ssssso, Heath-Heather, you be-be-betrayed me."
Heather cringed at the sound of the voice. "No, no," yelled Heather, "your to weak to leave Carthage."
"I-I grew sssssstronger-ger, you fool," replied the voice.
"Who are you, show your self," yelled Urlich to the shadow of the cave.
The voice laughed low hm's then stepped to the battle scarred snow front. It had the same features of a man, but was darker. The figure's skin was a clear-black, which made him some what see-through. It's hands were out reached to it's knee bones with claws for fingers. The figure had red, peircing eyes, with no pupils in the center, making it look soul-less. The only guard it wore was a simple white coat, that was only buttoned at it's lower mid-section.
"I feel," started Tiamat, "darkness. A darkness I have not felt since XANA's awakening."
"I feel it to," committed Heather. The group started to back away from the creature, not knowing what other attacks it could do.
"What'ssssssssss the mat-matter, ssssscared of a monssssssster," questioned the beast.
Odd simply smiled and said, "We're not scared of any monster, but your just plain ugly, pretty boy." The figure made no attention to the comment and simply shot another ball of dark at the group. All jumped out of the way, except for Heather, which tripped on a small icicle jutting from the surface. The ball then grew larger, till it swallowed Heather and quickly hardened.
"Heather," yelled Tiamat. Tiamat ran to his lover in the hardened shell, slicing at the material without making a scratch to the surface.
"It'ssssssssss no ussssssssssse," stated the shadow monster. "No weap-weapon can destroy my guar-guardian." However, the cloaked figure had other plans. The warrior jumped at the monster and heaved her ax at the arm that shot the ball of darkness. As metal hit bone, the ax shattered into pieces, freeing Heather in the process.
"NO, how can that-that be," yelled the Shadow. The cloaked figure just stood up and pulled back the hood, revealing someone that looked a lot like, Sissy. Throwing the cloak away, she revealed what her 'costume' looked like. It looked to be somewhat like Odd's costume, except more revealing and was pink and red, instead of his blue and purple. She bore, what seemed to be, metal claws (think Wolverine). The markings on her face where light pink that went slightly above and below her eyes. Her hair was in her normal pony-tail.
"I wouldn't want only you to have all the fun, wouldn't I sweety," said Sissy to Odd, blowing a kiss to him.
"I'm game babe," said Odd, with a huge grin.
The Shadow creature then took on a liquid form, after Sissy's attack, and went back to the cave yelling, "I'll be back you miserable knights. Mark my words you two, you will forever be hunted by me and my monsters."
The monster crawled back to the cave, laughing to itself. "So, the battle is over," asked Jeremie.
"Yes, for now at least," said Tie. Heather stared to the cave, then went back to Tie and embraced him, long and hard, burying her head in his breast. "Your safe now Heather, your safe now," said Tie in a comforting tone of voice. He returned the embrace and placed his head on top of her's.
As the five others stared at the battle scarred pair, the looked to each, and Urlich said, "Jeremie, I think we should head out for today, what time is it anyway?"
"Wow, we spent the whole day here," said Jeremie staring at his watch. "I think we should be heading out now."
The Real World: Lab's main-computer room
"I still don't understand why you two wish to stay there, I mean it's possible to get you both out," said Jeremie to Tie and Heather.
"As much as we both want to, we have to stay here," said Heather.
"Agreed," said Tiamat, "we are to stay here, and help find Lyoko's balance and stop that shadow creature."
"Ok, but be sure to get us when XANA attacks," ordered Jeremie.
"You got it boss-man, Tiamat and Heather, out," said Tiamat in an army tone. The screen the whole team was looking at turned blank, ending Tiamat and Heather's connection to the team.
A few minutes passed of Jeremie sitting in the chair of the computer, until Odd yelled, "I think we should celebrate, we just defeated some weird-o new monster, and my baby's now a part of our team." "Let's go to town and celebrate."
All agreed and were heading to the elevator, only Jeremie stayed behind. "You coming Jeremie," asked Aelita. "Not yet, I'll catch up to you guys later," stated Jeremie. Aelita smiled and kissed Jeremie on the forehead, "don't be up to late now."
Jeremie stared at the super computer. This is something that we may be completely over our heads. This war is far from over. XANA, was that you that fought with everyone, using that dark energy, and if so, how did you get that power?
Lyoko: Tiamat's tower in the desert region
Heather and Tiamat were hitting their old relationship off, hard. Many of their clothes were thrown off the edge of the tower's floor.
"Are you sure we should be doing this Heather," asked Tiamat.
"I'm positive, we've been apart for God knows how long, and I've missed you completely," Heather said, donning a puppy look on her face.
Tiamat waited for a short second, then looked back at Heather and said, "ok babe, just because I'm glad your back," said Tiamat in Heather's ear.
Tiamat laid Heather down on her back and started to kiss her, growing in force every second, Heather returning almost as powerful, wanting what was about to come.
Lyoko: Carthage
The Shadow creature sat on a throne made out of many crude blocks, grabbing at the arm Sissy slashed at just recently. The wound was recovering much of it's lost flesh and fluid, but to the shadow creature, it was painful.
"They- they will not get a-away with thissssssssss," said the shadow creature. "I, XANA, will not ssssssstand for thi- thisssssssssss."
That would be the end of this chapter. To bad this isn't a mature fic, other wise... well, you get my drift. Please review. Just because I decided to drop my review requirement, doesn't mean I don't want any reviews. But anyway, I hope you enjoy this story as much as I do. So, as the Japanese say, Dewa mata. See you later.
