Chapter 20 Success & Sacrifice

A.N – The second part of the fight against Tyron and Anti-Xana. As you can tell by the title a sacrifice will occur, but who will it be? Time to find out! Big story change moments.

Short Summary – The Lyoko Warriors shift into high gear as Anti-Xana's power is about to multiply. They make a rush to stop Tyron quickly but who will win: the Lyoko Warriors or Professor Tyron?

Disclaimer – I do not own Code Lyoko. I am just a fan of the show.

Continued from last chapter

The Lyoko Warriors watched in horror as the machine powered up and Tyron waited for his greatest creation come to life in order to end the warrior's threat for good.

"You are just too late. This time, I will win!" Tyron stated.

"Is that what all of this is about? Victory?" Aelita said.

"You destroyed my life's work with your little virus. Now the tables have turned and now I have a virus that will kill all of you and your virus friend!"

"Anti-Xana holds the same abilities of Xana. You have not improved the system anymore. You are feeding another multi-agent based AI bent on conquering the world!"

"He is under my control. I can shut him down when I want to."

"Once he escapes into the network, shutting down your computer won't kill him, even terminating the programming. He will isolate himself from your system allowing him to move freely without the threat of termination!"

"How would you know all of this?"

"The same thing happened to me. I lost my life once Xana got the keys to Lyoko in my memory and escaped into the network. It took us one full year to fins and stop Xana, also to free William from his grasp. If he is more powerful he will take over the world and succeed where Xana failed."

"Not my problem."

"You're willing to risk the world just to see us die! What kind of asshole are you!? You are one fraudulent piece of shit! You know that!"

"And you are just a minor! You should listen to your elders!"

"Not when they copy my father's work and risk the world's fate you motherfucker!"

Just at that point the machine started to increase Anti-Xana's power.

"I'm not going to let you ruin everyone's future!" Aelita said as she activated her EMP.

"My EMP device! Where did you get that!?" Tyron said.

"It's nice to have family members that are allies when they betray you, huh bitch?"

"Anthea."

"Yeah, my mother. Now prepare to see your life's work destroyed again" Aelita said as she rushed towards the supercomputer.

With no one left to protect the supercomputer, Aelita had a clear path, but only a limited amount of time. She quickly threw the EMP onto the supercomputer and within five seconds the EMP detonated disabling the supercomputer. Within the time Aelita took, Tyron also devirtualized his ninjas into his lab to prevent them from falling into the Digital Sea. But also, something else has happened in this timeframe.

The group noticed that the supercomputer was destroyed, but looking at the power amplifier display, they noticed that the power transfer took place. And with that, the look of horror came across their faces.

Suddenly, laughter came over the intercom. "Finally, I am free from that infernal contraption!" the mysterious voice said.

"Who was that?" Aelita asked.

"Anti-Xana" Tyron said with disappointment.

"You failed to listen to us, now you have to face the consequences!"

"I know. I should have listened to you earlier, but I was too consumed with rage that I didn't see the bigger picture. I just hope that you guys can forgive me."

"We can."

"Now, how do we stop Anti-Xana?" Ulrich asked.

"We shut him down" Tyron said.

"You can't. He has the power to escape into the network" Aelita said.

"Not if I have anything to say about it!"

Tyron tried to enter the deactivation program with the termination codes but was quickly overridden by Anti-Xana. "Not so fast Professor!" Anti-Xana said.

Tyron noticed that Anti-Xana tried to wipe all programs so he quickly downloaded all programs on the flash drive. Then he gave the flash drive to Jeremy. "Here Jeremy. Take this and find a way to stop this virus. Maybe you can succeed where I failed" Tyron said.

"You fool. Well, if I can't stop you manually, then I'll just have to kill you."

Right after that, Anti-Xana activated the lab's self-destruct.

"Self-destruct activated. Lab is to self-destruct in t-minus five minutes" the lab voice said.

"You had a self-destruct program!" Ulrich said.

"In case the government came looking, I had to get rid on any evidence" Tyron said.

"Now what?" Yumi said.

"Get everyone out of the school now! I will try to stop the self-destruct."

"No Professor! You can't!" Aelita said.

"I must. I created this program, and if I can't stop the self-destruct, then I must die for my research. Goodbye Aelita."

With that Ulrich got over the intercom and said "Every student and faculty member, evacuate the school immediately! This is not a drill!"

"Let's go! We did all we could do!" Jeremy said.

Now it became a race against time. Aelita was still reluctant to leave after finally making amends with Professor Tyron. But Tyron motioned to saying 'Leave.' with his lips. Then he turned around and tried to stop the self-destruct.

"You really think you can stop me now. You must realize you are doomed!" Anti-Xana said.

The Lyoko Warriors rushed downstairs and ushered the students outside and got them as far away as possible from the lab. As soon as everyone was outside the Lyoko Warriors looked back at the lab to see if Professor Tyron succeeded.

Back in the lab, Tyron found out that he could not stop the self-destruct. His whole life flashed before his eyes within the final minute of the procedure. His whole life as scientist, his betrayal against Franz Hopper, Aelita, the Lyoko Warriors, Anthea, and everyone else.

"The world will be mine!" Anti-Xana said right before detonation.

"I'm sorry" Tyron said and then everything went black.

Outside the lab

The Lyoko Warriors were waiting outside for a minute waiting for the good news from Tyron, but then suddenly the lab exploded in front of their eyes. After recovering from the shock, tears came out of everyone's eyes, and the Switzerland police force showed up and saw all the students and the warriors outside. The police rushed over to them.

"Are you all okay? Is anyone hurt?" the police chief asked.

"Not physically. But I don't know emotionally" Aelita said.

Within the night the police escorted everyone home and cleaned up the mess finding nothing but a scorched picture of Professor Tyron and Anthea. Aelita asked the police chief if they found anybody. He responded this "No, but we did find this." He handed the picture to Aelita and again Aelita's heart sank. She said she will take it as it will be the only memory of her mother and the new Professor Tyron, the one that tried to stop Anti-Xana.

The Lyoko Warriors returned back to their meeting spot and slept all alone knowing that they failed the world, the mission, and lost a new friend.

A.N – A quick upload and a somewhat somber end, but I was hinting that Anti-Xana would blow up the lab. I wasn't hinting that anyone was going to die. Tell me what you think of this climax of the story. Two more chapters that will act a wrap-up as well as a return. How will this traumatic event affect the warriors now? Find out next time. Please review as I like feedback and will respond to you. Till next time. See ya.

–lyokowarrior97