Damn those kids; they're always getting in the way of my plans. My newest pawn barely has a fighting chance even with the monsters backing him up and how is Aelita able to project such power into her palms? He sat on his throne in Sector 6, his home. Digital outlines from the web laid in front of him as his subjects walked around the silver area. William was the only human in here and was mindlessly walking about, his sword dragging on the ground.

"William you are dismissed." His words leaked like a black fog from his lips, releasing the spell he had casted over the young boy. His eyes regained the emotion he kept bottled up inside his brain. He watched as the boy fell onto the ground clutching his black hair; his mouth and eyes wide open in agony as he tried to scream out for help. X.A.N.A ignored the cries from the boy and continued to dwell on his newest plan. His lips twitched with anger as his fingers scrolled over the papers.

"X.A.N.A?" her tone was fearful and she clutched the door frame with her fragile fingers.

"Yes?" he turned towards his newest project as she slowly strolled into his room.

"Um, I was just wondering if, um..."

"Spit it out child! I do not have all day!" he didn't mean to yell but he hated it when his subjects stuttered or delayed getting to the point.

"I was wondering if I had a name," The girl looked towards the ground and dragged the tow of her silver boots against the white floor, nervously twitching with every movement.

"A name?"

"Yes, when I went into the tower another person joined me and asked me who I was."

"If it bothers you that much go ask William if you have a name, I don't care." X.A.N.A waved the girl away and she quickly bounded down the hall towards the outside. William was still buckled on the ground screaming out in pain as the girl ran towards him.

"William?" she asked, kneeling beside her comrade as he slowly pieced together what was happening.

"Y-yes?" he stuttered out, his blue gaze mixing with hers.

"Do you know if I have a name?" she held the boy in her arms as he dried his eyes. He looked at her again in amazment and confusion.

"What do you mean?"

"Well I asked X.A.N.A and he said to ask you. Do I have a name?"

"Do you want a name?"

"Yes, of course I want a name!" William slapped his forehead remembering that the girl was created a few days ago for the sole purporse of destroying towers and being X.A.N.A's slave; they were just puppets and X.A.N.A never truly gave a damn about either of them.

"Well if I had to give you a name it would be, Lily."

"Lily?"

"Yeah, its an Earth flower and has white pedals kind of like your silver hair." at the mention of her hair the girl quickly grabbed a few strands and admired the color.

"Lily.." she quietly whispered, a smile playing on her lips as her crimson eyes shined bright.

"Do you like it?"

"Yes! Its the best name ever!" the girl quickly jumped into the air with excitement and William felt a smile tugging on his lips as he watched her. Lily wrapped her arms around William's body, hugging him tightly as his arms drapped around her shoulders. She whispered out a thank you and William only bent down his head and sniffed her hair; never really giving her a response.

She's only been alive for a couple of days but she seemed to bring a human like atmosphere to this dreary place. Sector 6 was hell for William and this girl was his only salvation for surviving this place. Before her he had been alone to walk the endless hallways, never able to voice his own thoughts and now he had Lily who listened to his every word with amazement. She would sit beside him for hours as he told stories of the Lyoko Warriors or all adventures he had on Earth and she would quietly listen only interuppting when she didn't understand something he said.

"Come on let's go walk around." William peeled off Lily's arms and led her down a snow white hallway.

"Oh can you tell me about when you first met that one girl, um..."

"Yumi?"

"Yeah, Yumi!" William blushed lightly even though he had told Lily this story numerous times.

"You can almost site this story word for word why do you want to hear it again?"

"Because it gives me a warm feeling right here." Lily stopped her walking and pointed a slender finger right at her chest. Her black sleeves shifted as she placed her hands by her sides again, a blush brightening up her pale face. William smirked but started to tell the story, much to Lily's joy.

It seemed as though hours passed when they recieved the call. William ended his story and grabbed Lily's hand, wanting to escaped this place. Instead his feet carried him in the opposite direction, towards the manta ray.

"You have one job, destroy the Mountains and anyone who gets in your way." his order rang through their ears and William felt his will slowly disappear.

"Let's move out." Lily said, clutching to William's outfit as they soared through the digital sea. She secretly hoped that Aelita would be there so they could talk some more, hopefully the pink-haired girl would be happy about Lily getting a name.

The two flew over the brown mountains towards the center, the atmosphere silent and calm. Lily shifted the weight between her feet as William kept staring blankly ahead, his mind gone. She knew it would be a wasted effort to try and talk with William when he was in this state, he was only focused on one thing and it was X.A.N.A's will he followed. Her fingers clutched at the black and purple silk of his shirt as they drew closer and closer to their target.

"Its William!" a voice broke the silence and Lily looked ahead to see a purple creature riding a slender board. He had purple ears that peaked through his blonde hair that was spiked up. He pointed his hands at the two ontop the manta ray and began to fire.

"Hold on," Lily tightened her grip as the monster steered up towards the sky to avoid the attack, "I'm going to drop you off, run towards the tower and do not stop." William looked back at the girl and she slowly nodded, looking at the ground and swallowing the fear that rose in her throat.

"Wait, I think we're to far high-" before she was able to finish her sentence William detached her hands from his shirt and pushed her off the manta ray. The girl let out a terrified scream as she fell towards the ground at an alarming speed. The girl kept screaming even after she had closed her eyes, her arms and legs flailing around the empty space.

"Don't worry, I got her!" The purple creature rushed towards the falling girl and she landed on the back of his vehicle with a thud.

"Nice catch Odd!" a voice sounded out, Lily tried to look for the source of the voice but couldn't find it. Lily crawled to her knees and finally stablizaed herself on her feet as the purple boy began to look at her from the corner of his eye.

"So who are-" Lily jumped from the vehicle when the timing was perfect, cutting off the boy's sentence. They all stared in amazment as the girl landed on the ground with a light thud and began to sprint towards the tower. William was busy fighting off a woman that used two circles to fight while another boy dressed in brown weilded two silver sticks. They all fought viciously as Lily and Aelita headed for the tower.

"Wait!" Aelita stood infront of the silver-haired girl and put her hand out, stopping Lily in her tracks.

"Get out of my way!" Lily yelled towards the pinkette as the purple boy circled over head.

"No I won't allow you to destroy this tower!"

"Its what I was created to do! I have to do it!" Lily cried out, worried that she was wasting too much time.

"Quit talking and destroy the tower already!" William ordered, still defending himself against the two attackers. Lily went to take a step closer, her ruby eyes glaring into Aelita's emerald ones. They both shared a glare and began to pace back and forth, not daring to take a step closer. Finally Lily gained the courage and charged forward, much to Aelita's surprise. Lily pushed the pinkette to the side and headed for her destination.

Her arms were spread out but a searing pain hit her side. She crumpled to the ground and cried out in agony as another blast of pain hit her back. She turned to see the boy that saved her firing arrows at her.

"No Odd don't hurt her!" Aelita cried out trying to deflect the rest of Odd's arrows as they fired towards Lily.

"But Aelita, if we don't stop her than she'll destroy the Mountain Sector!" the voice without a form sounded out again, causing fear to grip at Lily's chest. Aelita stood over Lily and offered the girl her hand. Lily looked at the pinkette with wonder and fear but still took her hand, allowing Aelita to lift her off the ground.

"Thanks Ae-" Lily screamed out in pain and heard the loud cries of Aelita that were slowly drifting away. There was a searing pain in the lower half of Lily's body and she almost felt it go away as her body fell to the ground with a thud. Her ruby eyes held no emotion and her face was frozen with a pain filled look. Everyone looked in shock as the girl laid underneath William's foot, his sword in her side. Tears stung at the back of Aelita's eyes as she stared at the poor girl, frozen on the ground.

"William, how-how could you do that?!" A black haired girl cried out, rushing towards the two as William removed his sword from his partner's side.

"Easily." was the only word he said before he picked up Lily's still body and they both jumped over the edge, into the digital sea.