Living Up To A Legend Chapter 12: Inferno, a code lyoko fanfic

Okay, here's the pivotal chapter 12 of Living Up To A Legend. I hope you like it!

Sorry it took so long. I just moved to a new house and I'm in the process of unpacking. It's been hectic, and I haven't had much spare time to work on this.

Anyway, I'd like to give a big thanks to everybody who reviewed the last chapter. You guys are the reason why I'm still writing this story. This chapter has a bit of a twist, and I won't say any more than that.

So, I don't have much more to say, other than this:

Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko, but I own this story and my OCs.

Okay, now that I've protected myself from overeager lawyers, here's the next chapter.

Oh, one last thing. This chapter is dedicated to lyokolady. The reason is at the bottom.

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Chapter 12 – Inferno

The wheel jerked out of Odd's hands and the car spun around and went off the road. He yelled as he fought the wheel and tried to turn back on the road.

"What's going on?" Ulrich yelled from the back seat.

"XANA!"

Dan looked at the others, and they headed off towards the manhole. However, they found a car sitting on top of it!

There was another car blocking the boiler room entrance, and they ran back to the front gate to find that it was also blocked off.

"Great…just great…" John mumbled.

Nina rolled her eyes. "Just use your powers!"

Eric looked up with a grin. "Of course! No puny walls can hold the heroes of Lyoko! Um…except maybe Dan."

Dan just shook his head. "No. I scanned myself as well. I just haven't gone to Lyoko yet. I've experimented and found out what my powers are, so I'll see you at the factory."

With that, he stepped into the shadow of a tree and disappeared into thin air. Eric looked at the spot where he had been for a moment.

"Um…does anybody besides me think that was just a little weird?"

Everybody shrugged and took off into the air. Nobody had been watching the sky, being too busy running away from evil cars, but if they had, they would have seen a jet of flame, a beam of light, and three people, two of which were riding boards made of stone and ice, fly off to the south-west.

Odd transformed and shot a few arrows into the steering column, effectively destroying the steering mechanism. The car refused to stop. Finally, he just ripped out some wires from the dashboard. The car rolled to a stop and sat there for a moment.

Odd just sighed. "This is gonna cost me a lot to fix…"

With a creaking noise, the car started to slowly crumple inward as everybody yelled.

They reached the factory to see another obstacle in front of them. There was a pile of cars blocking the entrance to the factory!

They ran all the way around the factory, succeeding only in finding out that every alternate entrance was blocked and wasting a lot of time.

Finally, Rena got fed up. She ran up to the pile of cars at the front of the factory.

"I'll take care of this." she growled.

She snapped her fingers and created several small sparks. They drifted over to the gas tanks of all of the cars.

Seeing what she was about to do, Dan ran for her. "No! The blast will kill all of us!"

She didn't listen, and John used his powers to make the ground under Dan bring him away. Dan looked at him as if to accuse him, but he just smiled. "Once she gets an idea in her head, she'll stick with it. It's best to just get the hell out of her way."

Suddenly, there was a huge explosion as every car blew up.

"Why me?" Kirsten asked as she pushed against the side of the car, which was now so warped that there was no chance of escaping.

"Well…XANA's attacking, and we're its archenemies, so it naturally goes for us. Duh!"

She rolled her eyes. "Odd, that's not what I meant."

The kids opened their eyes a moment after the explosion, and saw a raging inferno. It looked like a tornado of fire, with a dark figure barely visible at the center. The fire swirled toward her and was sucked into her.

The last of the fire disappeared and there was a loud bang as she was thrown back to the gang. She landed flat on her back and lay there for a moment, her entire body covered by a red aura.

John looked down at his sister.

"Sis? Are you okay?"

She groaned and slowly stood up, holding her head. She was still glowing a bright red. "Yeah…owwww…I think so…"

She slowly walked towards the factory, leaving smoldering footprints behind her. The rest of the gang just looked at each other with wide eyes, then followed her. Her headache went away as she reached the elevator, and she got in with the others.

"Transfer John, transfer Eric, transfer Amy…scanner…virtualization!"

The doors reopened and Rena and Nina got in. "Transfer…scanner…virtualization!"

With a flash of light and a rush of air, they were in the forest region of Lyoko. They immediately took off towards the tower.

John and Amy were riding next to each other, talking. John glanced at his sister and smiled. "Well…I don't know what the hell she just did back there, but I'll just say that her powers fit her temper. Wow…she's still glowing bright red!"

Amy laughed, and John ginned at her, thinking: Her laugh is beautiful…

…SHE is beautiful…

"John?" Amy's voice penetrated his thoughts.

"Wha–ah!" He swerved to the side to avoid a tree, then let out a breath. "Phew…stupid tree! It just ran out right in front of my and I had NO time to move!"

She laughed again, her thoughts echoing his. She suddenly jerked back to the present and had to swerve to avoid another tree. They both started laughing, speeding up to catch up with the others.

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Anyway, I'd just like to mention that if you haven't already, you should read the Stronger After All series by lyokolady. It's absolutely awesome. She is the one who inspired me to become a writer in the first place, and her fics are absolute masterpieces! There are currently five books in the series. That's why I dedicated this chapter to her.

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