The Medieval Delusion

Chapter 6

"Leave, Imprisoned One."

"Not happy to see me then, Jeremy?"

"Jeremy. Keep an eye on them. See if you can help. In the mean time, I can take care of him."

"All right, then. Have at thee, Willy!"

"Don't call me Willy!"

"Spells!" said Xanite as the curses flowed out of his mouth. "Dodge them!"

"Acrobat!" said Milo as he performed amazing flips.

"Did he say Acrobat?" Odd asked Yumi as they ducked. "Our Lyoko abilities work! Shield!" A small purple circle appeared in front of his arm. The spells ricocheted off it.

"Super Sprint!" Ulrich shouted as he moved back and forward at near-light speed.

"Telekinesis doesn't exactly work on energy!" said Yumi. But the last of the spells were crashing into the walls. "Wow. We didn't get hit even once."

"Yeah," said Xanite. "How great is that? Hey, Milo? Would you mind untying me?"

"Xanite!" said Odd as he noticed that Xanite was covered in bleeding cuts. "What did they do to you?"

"The Rack, then the Scavenger's Daughter, then a good stint in the Shackles," said Xanite with no trace of a smile. "Then they hacked me up a bit with some rusty daggers." Yumi was rigid with empathy.

"How did you survive?" asked Milo as he untied him. The ropes fell off and Xanite stood up. His axe was jammed into his leg.

"They never wanted to kill me," said Xanite as he pulled it out. It bled, and Ulrich ran off to get some bandages from Sam's closet. "They sent me with a message."

"What?" asked Ulrich as he tied the bandages tightly.

"Three days. Then Aelita gets the same as me," said Xanite. "Unless the police come back with a promise from you not to interfere in the wedding."

"The police," Milo muttered, and ran to the window.

"You heard the prisoner," boomed the police chief.

"Bladerang!" shouted Milo as he threw the double-sword out the window. It chopped a few policemen in half and they vanished, then it flew back into his hand.

"Wow. That's an interesting power," observed Odd.

"It's the same thing he does with his hat," said Yumi.

"What hat?" asked Ulrich as he finished bandaging Xanite.

"Nothing," said Odd and Yumi simultaneously.

"Are you guys going to help?" asked Milo from the window. "If not, give me your weapons. I can Bladerang them too."

"I'll go," said Ulrich. He ran outside.

"Is he insane?" asked Xanite interestedly.

"No," said Yumi. "Just confident."

"Bladerang!" There was another dropping of policemen as Milo ran out, blades twirling. "Look, come help Ulrich or try and find Sam's spell book, but as we're in the middle of a battle, please do something."

"Go," said Xanite. "I can find the book, and I can cast a few spells out of it."

"All right," said Yumi, and she and Odd joined Milo's charge.

"Willy, Willy. You're a bit rusty."

"Damn it! Jeremy, a bit of help would be nice!"

"It's on its way."

"Not quite, Will- Will- Will-"

"What did you just do to him?"

"He put too much of his DNA into digital code. I just fed him a loop."

"Will- Will- Will-"

"Wow. How are the others doing?"

"Bad. Xanite is almost dead. The others are doing their best to fight a police force, but there are still 114 policemen left. And one is Commander Lawrence."

"Who?"

"One of the Three Commanders in the game. There are Six Bosses. The Three Commanders, the Two Generals, and Xana. They're in a bit of trouble."

"You have a way of understating everything. How's Aelita?"

"Just as not good. It's five days until the wedding. And if Milo doesn't give his word not to interfere, they're going to maul her in three."

"Oh my god! Aelita…"

"You really care about her, huh?"

"I wouldn't steal her from Milo. I feel more like her big brother."

"That's good. I made that mistake once…"

"I heard."

"Will- Will- Oh, that's it!"

"Oh my god! How did you get free?"

"I couldn't bear to listen to you talk about my daughter like that!"

"Your daughter? I told you I didn't buy that!"

"I don't care!"