Chapter 7 Journey Down
A.N. – Alright, this chapter focuses on going down in order to find the resources needed to perform an escape. So far, this is a filler chapter. It's the next one where some of the mystery element returns.
Short Summary – The Lyoko Warriors began the descent down to find two key resources: iron and a reliable power source. While they are successful in finding both, they don't know if they have enough to perform an escape attempt…especially if they're being watched.
Disclaimer – I do not own Code Lyoko. I am just a fan of the show.
The sun started to rise on a brand new day for both the Lyoko Warriors and X as well as Xana. All of them had something to do today and each one was willing to complete their tasks no matter what. The Lyoko Warriors all went to the mineshaft to begin looking for resources needed to get out.
"So, remind me. What exactly are we looking for?" Odd asks.
"Iron and a reliable power source. Something that can store and release energy as well as transmit it. If it works, it might just give us enough power to send a signal to Jeremy in order to rematerialize us" Aelita answers him.
"Apparently speed isn't enough" Ulrich comments.
"How do get speed without power? This escape is a little more complicated then just building a track and hope for the best. There are a lot of components that need to be put into place before we can attempt an escape. Right now, our goal is to get the resources needed to start researching attempts. Once we find one that works with a test subject, then we build one where we go instead of something else."
"Not to mention if Xana gets in the way. We got to dance around him before we can accomplish anything" Yumi mentions.
"He is just putting up roadblocks. There are always detours and no setback is going to keep us down. All it means is we have to improve."
The Lyoko Warriors began excavating the shaft. Ulrich was slashing all stone with his sabers. Yumi used her metal fans to chip away at the stone. Odd used his laser arrows to chip away as well. Aelita used her energy orbs to excavate larger portions of the mineshaft. They were digging for an hour before coming upon an opening.
"Aelita! We found something" Ulrich calls out.
Aelita then used her energy field to open the opening into a dark cave. "A cave."
"Probably has the iron we are looking for" Odd comments.
"Most likely. Let's take a break and explore."
All four of them entered the cave and explored. Along the way they found iron, but then they all realized that the cave was way too big to explore, and they resumed with their initial quest. At almost halfway down they found another strange anomaly.
"Quiet, everyone else hear that?" Yumi asks as they all remain silent and still. They hear the running water.
"Water" Aelita replies.
"And what exactly does that do for us?" Ulrich asks.
"Water means a cave entrance, which leads to more resource gathering."
"Let's mark this as a checkpoint. We'll come back to it later" Odd replies.
As they were nearing their final destination, Odd came across a mysterious mineral. "I found something." They all went to him and observed the mineral. "What is it?"
"Redstone. We need this" Aelita says observing the stone.
"Why?" Ulrich asks.
"This is our power source. Redstone has the ability to store energy and release it in controlled bursts."
"If Aelita is right, that mineral could be the only thing to punch a signal through to the supercomputer" Jeremy tells them.
"Any ideas how that will work princess?" Odd asks.
"Yeah, but I'll save it for later" Aelita replies thinking on how to use the resource for their power source.
Along the way, the Lyoko Warriors came across more minerals such as lapis and gold. The lapis was useless to them, but the gold could be used as a way to use the redstone for power transfer.
"This gold could be useful for us" Aelita told them.
"How and in which way?" Ulrich asks as science was not one of his strong suits.
"Gold works as a conductor which we can use to transfer power that the redstone produces or transfer power to the redstone."
"Good idea Aelita. Anything that can give us an edge on helping our fight against Xana in this new world is a big help" Jeremy tells her.
Outside the mineshaft, two figures approached the entrance.
"This is the place" one of the figures said.
"This place could be very…useful to us when we decide to build our army" the second said.
"And who will lead this army?"
"You will. You will be my general in the upcoming war X."
"What war?"
"I don't think the Lyoko Warriors are the only threat here. I think when I made this world, I think I messed some codes up that created a malicious program that wants all of us dead."
"Then why not ally with the warriors? Defeat this threat!"
"They would not believe or put trust in me. Besides, we've been enemies for a long time. I don't need their help. We will deal with this ourselves."
They both enter as they both put their plans into action.
The Lyoko Warriors have finally made it to the bottom. They hit bedrock. They thought they were done, but Aelita was not.
"There are two thing we are missing. We need diamonds and lava" Aelita told them.
"Aelita, we have been digging this all day. Can't we relax a little?" Odd pleads.
"Yeah Aelita, I know you want to escape as soon as possible, but there has to be limits. This mineshaft isn't going anywhere" Yumi adds.
"Yeah, I guess so" Aelita agreed sitting down.
Suddenly, a sense of nausea hit all of them.
"Is it just me, or are guys all feeling a little sick?" Yumi asks.
"This shouldn't be happening. Sickness doesn't exist on Lyoko" Aelita adds, concerned for what is happening.
They heard a sound and caught a glimpse of a pair of white eyes. They soon realized that Xana had found them.
"Xana!" Yumi exclaimed.
"We can't fight like this! Let's get the hell out of here!" Ulrich adds as they all race up the ladder. Aelita uses her wings to reach the top. The further they got, the more the nausea went away.
X and Xana all went back to their base. Xana gave the warriors a scare of a lifetime. X was able to drop off the book and video record.
"I know you're hiding something for me," Xana told X. He suddenly picked him up with force. "Where is the book and record?!"
"The warriors have it now. They need to know what they're dealing with. Maybe we can come to a compromise" X responded.
"They will now know too much of my existence! You have one last chance to prove your loyalty to me! Do not disappoint me again!"
Xana violently stormed out, waiting for the warriors to find the book and record in order to retrieve it from them. As for the warriors, they were about to find out more about who Xana was in this world.
A.N. – Short filler chapter here. I plan to make the next one a bit longer as it will reveal secrets about the world the Lyoko Warriors are in as well as secrets about Xana. You don't want to miss the next one. PM me with story ideas if you have any! Don't forget to review with questions or comments! I will respond! Stay safe and healthy out there! As always, till next time! See ya! -lyokowarrior97
