Xana's Story
Chapter 7: Xana's Honour
Xana and Riya had begun fighting quite ferociously even though Riya was quick Xana was still quite skilled and had been easily blocking every attack Riya seemed to be getting stronger but Xana was still stronger than Riya by a long way
No one had realised that Xana was stronger than Riya due to the fact he had never fought against Riya without someone coming to save him but now it was Xana's time to fight
Xana was blocking each attack Riya launched but he was surprised when Riya managed to slice through his scythe turning it into a stick and another stick with a curved blade which actually helped since he could now block both of Riya's swords
It wasn't just the skills of Xana and Riya that were amazing it was also the agility they were dodging each other's attacks even when they were so fast that it was hard to see them though the team did see one thing it was one of Riya's swords Xana had managed to knock away from Riya but that didn't mean Riya was at a handicap she could fight easily with one sword
Both of them seemed to be generating energy and putting it into their own attacks the rest of the team could only watch on the screen as the two kept fighting it seemed as though they were evenly matched when one began to get stronger so did the other
Xana could feel his energy draining Riya seemed to have unlimited power while he only had what he could draw from Lyoko but he knew it would be enough but he'd have to end the fight quickly
Xana managed to trip Riya and was about to strike but he stopped Xana knew he couldn't attack her he still wanted to save her he knew that he could there had to be someway to get the other Riya back
"Grace is there any way to access Riya's programming a way to get to her mind" Xana asked as Riya got back up
"none that I can think of her programming is probably hidden in the computer there would be no way to reach it" Grace said then she began to think back to when she was helping the Riya possessed girl when she had mentioned Xana's plan Riya freaked out and changed and that was the key
"Xana there may be a way start talking to her tell her what you were planning how you want to bring her to earth along with you" Grace said
Xana quickly understood and began to speak he hoped that it would get through to her that he could save Riya he let her charge at him then blocked to get her as close as possible so that he could tell her
"listen to me I had a plan to bring you to earth with me to set you free from what ever has a hold of you so that you could see what the outside world is like with out the fear of being sent back to what ever place scares you"
Riya began to slow slightly and didn't attack as much which Xana noticed he lowered his half-scythe "Riya I'm sure we can help you we all know that you don't want to do this" Xana said keeping Riya's thoughts on what he was saying
Riya began to change colour again returning to the almost colour drained version of her self that the team had seen when they arrived in Lyoko earlier Xana moved over towards Riya who began to fall to the floor Xana caught her before she hit the ground
"Now what" Grace asked
"All I need to do is get her to a tower and she should be safe there"
"Take her to one of the other towers who knows what would happen if you take her into the activated tower"
Xana lifted Riya up and began to carry her on his back as Xana began heading for a different tower he began to sense a dark presence the same one that had been radiating from Riya when that dark lightning had struck her
Xana ran faster which was still difficult with him carrying Riya if he hadn't a bolt of dark lightning would of hit him and Riya he knew what effects it would have on Riya but he didn't know what would happen if he was hit with it
Xana soon realised that he was right and another force was included in this that Riya was not doing everything of her own free will
Xana was halfway to the tower when the lightning became more frequent striking only a few steps behind him Xana then started to see that all around him was getting darker and someone was shouting to Xana for him to hurry up when Xana got closer to the tower he saw Andy then he realised that all around him was dirt Andy had created a tunnel for Xana to shelter under and keep away from the lightning
Xana made it into the tower quite soon after as soon as Xana was inside Andy was devirtualized
"So how is she" Grace asked
"Fine but how did Andy come back into Lyoko isn't it dangerous for him to come in to Lyoko so soon" Xana said
"yes but he only was only being virtualized for a short time so he was safe and he said he'd take the risks if he had too" Grace said smiling at Andy who was pretty weak from the trips to Lyoko
"I think we should use the return to the past" John said
"We've been gone a while we should do it" Kelly said
Grace began to activate the return to the past program hoping everything would be fine the team felt the strange white glow of the return to the past go over them and send them back to the morning
As the morning of the day began again Xana was still watching over Riya who hadn't moved or made a sound Xana wondered if she would be okay "as soon as you wake Riya I'm sure we'll be ready to go to earth"
John and Andy were once again already heading for the cafeteria and met up with Kelly and Grace who were earlier than last time Kelly moved quickly next to Andy giving him a quick kiss as a way of thanking him for saving both Riya and Xana
(For any one who forgot Kelly and Andy are dating it was said in chapter 4 but I haven't done much on that)
All of them walked to the cafeteria for breakfast ready to start a new day
"So how's Riya" John asked
"Her condition is stable materializing her should be easy" Grace said
"How long until we are able to materialize her and Xana" Kelly asked
"Quite soon I've almost finished the program everything is ready and we should be able to do it tomorrow" Grace said quite pleased with her self
Andy had been quiet he had been thinking about the dark lightning he knew Riya hadn't been causing it so who was creating it "what are you thinking" Kelly asked
"About that dark lightning, who created it we know it's not Riya" Andy said making the rest of the team wonder as well
"I'm sure we'll find out soon we'll ask Riya as soon as we get the chance" John said
The team finished breakfast and headed to class Grace smiled slightly as Julie came in still acting quite snobbish
The day went on normally for the team they were sure that there could be no attacks if Riya was on their side now but Andy was still wondering if that could be true was Riya really on their side how do they know that it's not a trick by this other force
The end of the day came and everyone had nothing to do so Kelly and Andy went out on a date while John helped Grace with the materialization for Xana and Riya with the extra help Grace from both John and Xana she was finished and they could do it tomorrow straight away
"I just thought of something" John said
"what"
"how are we going to have Riya enrolled here and Xana"
"I already thought of that a couple of months ago" Grace said opening a file on her computer
John had a look and saw some documents they were birth certificates and basically medical and family history for Xana and Riya they seemed quite real but John knew the were fakes that Grace had obviously made her self
"so now we ring the principle pretend that were Riya and Xana's parents then sneak the files into his office, that way they'd be enrolled here then in the morning we go there and ask about our friends coming to this school saying to him that we just heard they might becoming here" Grace said
"you really thought all this through didn't you" John said
"more than you will ever know"
Inside Lyoko Xana had been walking to the activated tower to see what it was like when he got there he could see it was activated but it seemed duller now it wasn't giving off any pulsations looking around the area where he and Riya had been battling just a while before he spotted Riya's sword the same one he had knocked away during the fight
When Xana picked it up it shone slightly and began to turn in the direction of where Riya was Xana began to head back thinking that if he could get this to Riya she'd be okay and not in the slightly comatose state that she was in
Xana began to think about what it would be like to not be stuck in Lyoko anymore to see the real world but his thoughts were soon broken by a strange sense and the sound of rushing feet
Xana turned to see a large group of raptors heading his way placing Riya's sword on his back and pulling out his scythe that was now fixed he was ready to face them but when he saw what else was in the large group of raptors he sent a message to the team he knew this fight was to protect Riya he was sure of it Xana had done so much to try to help Riya and he wasn't letting anything stop him now
And the end of another chapter and now there's something I need to explain there are technically three parts to this story the first you are reading right now and has 3 or 4 chapters to go
The second part will be about 10 chapter as well and will be quite interesting
And the third part will also be 10 chapters and more of a way to end the story or to lead onto a fourth part I'm not to sure yet