Disclaimer: No Lyoko yet. It sucks for me, but you guys get to enjoy yet another story! Unless….you haven't been enjoying them. In that case, READ SOMETHING ELSE! For those who do, here you go. FYI, I wrote this while listening to "Down with the Sickness", by Disturbed. Believe me, they are disturbed.

WARNING: This chapter is rated a PG-13 for violence. READ AT YOUR PERIL!

Chapter 8: The Demon Inside

Will's POV

(Will): No. You wouldn't. You couldn't just kill a bunch of kids in cold blood! WHERE'S YOUR HUMANITY?

(Man): Dead. Left behind on the battlefield. Just like my pity for you, your friends, and everyone else in this facility. In Vietnam, we had to shoot little kids just to stop them from delivering bombs and blowing us to hell and back. So why can't I shoot you or your friends?

(Will): DON'T YOU DARE HARM THEM! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU!

This was when I lost it. The hate, my anger, my bloodlust were all driven towards this one man. He was Satan incarnate, deceiving and conniving; doing anything to meet his objectives. All I could see was him, standing there smugly and taunting me with their deaths. Then my world went dark as I screamed at the top of my lungs.

Jeremie's POV

Will's ability to talk was lost somewhere in his screams. All we saw were subtle changes at first; Will turning red, his eyes practically bulging. Then the real changes began. He started shaking violently, like he was having spasms. Everyone in the room stared dumbfounded as Will's eyes, sockets and all, clouded over in a screen of pure black. Like an opaque lens. Then his arms, no his body, started turning a metallic silver. His bare feet extended and claws replaced his toenails and his fingernails. Metallic, steel-like teeth replaced his original ones. Then, all at once, his muscles bulged and broke the bonds that held him.

(Aelita): AAAHHHHH!

(Man): Shit!

Will leaped at the man in the direction of the man in the black and white uniform, claws extended. The man barely scrambled back in time to avoid Will's claws, raking only empty air. Will gave a snarl at his miss. Then one of the guards started opening fire on Will. That's when we decided to leave the room and run.

General POV

(Aelita): Jeremie, what happened to Will! Is that even him anymore?

(Jeremie): I don't know Aelita! I don't know.

Unbeknownst to them, Will was taking no damage from the guard's guns. It was just pissing him off even more. He was killing everyone in sight, trying to get at the man in the suit. Claws sliced at human flesh, decapitating and disemboweling each person in his way. Spines were slowly coming out of his back, skewering anyone behind him.

Seeing the beast that was tearing it's way through his forces, the man made for his own escape. As he left the room, two thoughts penetrated his mind. One, what was that thing that the boy had become? And two, what had they released? His second thought was sliced through thin air as the creature's howl of fury and hate permeated through the facility's corridors; sounding closer with each passing second. His last thoughts were these as well as the creature dropped from the ceiling. He saw the changes, metallic skin, claws and spines, and even two blades coming from the sides of each arm. He saw the hate, the agony, the unmerciful, the animal eyes. He saw one more thing in them as the beast leapt at him. He saw his death. Then cold claws raked into his midsection, and everything turned to darkness.

Code Lyoko POV

(Jeremie): Damn!

For not the first time, the group had hit a dead end.

(Odd): What the hell is this place? We've been running around in circles!

(Yumi): Stop it Odd! We're all tense, it's no reason to scream.

(Odd): It's plenty reason to scream! We just saw Will turn into a bloodthirsty, killing machine in front of our own eyes! What else do you need!

(Ulrich): ODD! We can't panic-

Ulrich was cut off as the beast that had once been William leapt down and turned towards them. It uttered a slight growl. Then, to their surprise, it collapsed. Just collapsed. They stared in amazement as it's claws retracted, becoming finger and toenails. It's teeth dulled into human teeth and it's spines and blades were drawn back within the shrinking beast's form. Finally, it's eye-lenses disappeared from whence they came. Before where a terrible, destructive force had once stood, now only a boy remained. His eyes were closed, as though he was simply asleep.

(Ulrich): So….what now?