Chapter 4: The Final Phase
General POV
William and Aelita took the elevator to the lab and when they arrived, she saw her boyfriend and the others were also dressed like on Lyoko.
When Christopher saw William was with Aelita, he grabbed his Energy Sword and activated it, with Ulrich drawing his sabers, Yumi drawing her fans, and Odd readying his laser arrow gloves.
"Wait. I don't want to fight." William said in his usual XANA-fied voice. But Christopher was unyielding and motioned for Aelita to come to his side, and she obeyed.
"Why should we believe you, William?" Christopher asked as soon as his elven girlfriend was by his side.
"Because I need your help." William replied.
"With what?" Yumi asked.
"To bring X.A.N.A. to Earth." William said with an evil grin on his face.
"Why in the hell would we help bring your master into our world?" Ulrich asked.
"It's the only way to keep your families safe." William said, chuckling a little.
"What does he have in mind?" Odd asked.
"I assume you all remember that song that put Odd in a coma?" William asked, earning nods from the heroes.
"Well, if you don't follow my orders to the letter, that exact same song will kill your families." William continued, laughing evilly when he finished. The Warriors looked at each other in horror.
"What say you, Lyoko Warriors?" William asked. The gang had no choice.
"How do we do it?" Jeremie asked, accepting William's ultimatum.
"We have to go to your room and download the original materialization you used to bring Aelita to Earth." William said.
"If all your master needs is my old materialization program, why are we dressed like on Lyoko?" Aelita asked.
"Ah yes. Well, I'm afraid there can be no witnesses to know what we are doing. And yes, Odd and Aelita, your powers work on Earth, so there will be no excuse to leave anyone alive." William said, making Christopher charge the treacherous Lyoko Warrior.
"You mean, we are to kill innocent lives?!" He shouted, pointing his Energy Dagger at the traitor's throat. William just pushed the arbiter's Dagger away from his throat and nodded his head.
"Now, let's go." William ordered, with the others piling into the elevator.
As it went up, Aelita began to think she had seen this before.
After they reached the bridge, they came to the manhole and William pointed his sword towards Odd.
"Lift the manhole open." He ordered. The purple cat said nothing and obliged. William then climbed down the ladder with the others in tow, with Odd closing up the passage behind him.
"I can't believe we're just pawns to this guy now." Ulrich whispered.
"None of us can, Ulrich. But we have no choice." Christopher said, making his girlfriend cringe at hearing that.
"You okay, baby?" Christopher asked. Aelita lied and nodded her head, still unable to shake a feeling as if she had seen this before.
After walking to the other manhole in the park, William told Odd to shoot at the manhole. Odd walked to where William was standing and prepared to fire.
"Laser Arrow." Odd said reluctantly. The manhole then went flying off its position and landed away from the passage. William continued to lead the Warriors back to the Academy, and the feeling within Aelita continued to grow. She then looked at her hands and gasped as she saw blood on them. Christopher saw this and went to her side to calm her down.
"Baby?" He asked, but Aelita didn't hear him. His voice sounded distant.
"Aelita?" He asked again, and Aelita looked at him and saw he was covered in blood. She then looked to the others and saw them covered in blood as well.
"Aelita!" Christopher shouted. She then looked down at her hands and saw they were clean. She looked at her boyfriend and then to the others and saw they were clean of blood as well.
"You okay?" Christopher asked.
"Yeah. I'm fine." She lied again, something she hated to do, especially to him.
"Okay. Come on." He said. Aelita was still a little scared.
"We'll be okay, Princess." Christopher said.
While the group were on their way to the school
Jim went to see Delmas about the gang.
"Jim, what is it? And if it's about Belpois and his friends, just go ahead and-" Delmas started before he saw the gang.
"What?" Jim asked before Delmas pulled him down into the bushes.
"It's them. But why are they dressed like that?" Delmas asked.
"And look at Della Robia's tail. It's moving as if it's a part of him." Jim said.
"And do you see Stern and Dunbar's swords? They're seriously realistic." Delmas said, earning a nod from Jim.
"We need to call the authorities before they do something." Delmas said.
"Sir, they don't look like they're doing this willingly." Jim said.
"Damn it, Jim. Don't you think I don't know that? But we still need to alert the authorities before they hurt someone." Delmas said as he resumed to call the authorities.
"Hello? Police department? This is Jean-Pierre Delmas, headmaster of Kadic Academy. I would like to some assistance at said academy. Thank you." William then looked around and felt they were being watched.
"Jeremie, come with me. The rest of you, spread out and look around. I feel like we're being watched." William ordered. And with that, the others, except Jeremie, scattered around the school. William and Jeremie headed for Jeremie's room to download the Code: Earth program.
Meanwhile with the others
Ulrich, Odd, Yumi, Aelita, and Christopher met up outside the cafeteria to report with each other.
"Auditorium's clear. Thank God. Ulrich?" Christopher asked.
"Nothing in the gymnasium. Odd?" Ulrich asked.
"Nothing on my end either. Yumi?" Odd asked.
"Same. Aelita?" Yumi asked.
"No. Nothing." Aelita said.
"Come on, you guys. Let's go see if Jeremie has finished downloading the program." Christopher said, earning nods from the others. A teacher spotted them while they were on their way to the dormitory hallway and recognized them as Aelita Stones, Ulrich Stern, Yumi Ishiyama, Odd Della Robia, and Christopher Rudy. The teacher then followed them to the dormitory hall when they stopped at the door that led to it.
"Is there any reason why you five are not in class right now? And what is with these costumes? And don't give me that 'We're preparing for Halloween' crap because Halloween is a long ways away." The teacher said, causing the five teens to look at him. They then realized what they had to do.
"I'll do it." Christopher said as he activated his Energy Sword and pointed it at the man.
"If you value your life, get out of here." Christopher said, trying his best not to kill the teacher.
"How dare you threaten a teacher with a toy sword? Why don't we take a little trip to the principal's office? Let's go." The teacher said just as William and Jeremie came down.
"Guys." William said, causing everyone, including the teacher, to look at him.
"Oh no, not you too, William." The teacher said. William ignored the man and saw Christopher's Sword was pointed at him.
"Christopher, remember what I said about witnesses." William said. The teacher looked at Christopher.
"What is he talking about?" The man asked.
"Christopher, either you do it, or say goodbye to your family." William ordered, and the arbiter reluctantly obliged.
"I'm sorry." Christopher said as he drove the Energy Sword through the teachers chest. The man then let out a blood curdling scream before he died. The arbiter let go of his Sword and the teacher fell to the ground. Christopher then picked up his Sword and shook off most of the blood.
After standing where he was for a few seconds, the arbiter became filled with anger.
"Monster." Christopher called William.
"What was that?" William asked, causing Christopher to point his Sword at William.
"Monster!" Christopher said as he charged William. Aelita stood between the two to stop her armored boyfriend.
"Baby, stop." Aelita pleaded, but the arbiter would not listen to reason.
"Get out of the way, Aelita. I'm gonna kill him!" Christopher said as Ulrich and Odd grabbed his arms and legs.
"Christopher, don't." Yumi said.
"Damn it girls, can't you see? We're all just friggin' pawns to this guy." Christopher said.
"Baby, don't you think we don't know that? Like it or not, we're all playing the game X.A.N.A.'s way now. If you kill him, then our families will die." Aelita said as tears started streaming down her face. The arbiter finally ceased his attack plan, and the samurai and cat released their hold on him.
"I'm sorry, guys. I shouldn't have reacted like that." He said.
Just then, they heard a girl scream and turned around and saw an entire group had gathered after hearing the teacher scream. They saw the Energy Sword with blood on it and realized who the murderer was.
"Christopher?" One student said.
"Murderers!" They all then shouted, as Christopher went over to William to try and convince him not to kill the witnesses.
"William, please. We have what we need."
"Agreed. It would be a waste of time to kill all of these people. But orders are orders." William said with an evil grin on his face. The arbiter sighed in defeat as he pulled his Gravity Hammer from his back and followed behind William with the others, except Jeremie, in tow. They then began to kill the group of people. Yumi's fans tore limbs off, Odd's Laser Arrows went clean through, Ulrich stabbed and slashed through the innocents, Christopher's Hammer's blade pierced their hearts as well as his Sword, and Aelita's Energy Fields either blew gaping holes in people or dissipated the people.
After a few minutes, the Lyoko Killers left the school and headed back to the factory. When they finally arrived, Jeremie put the CD copy of the Code: Earth program into the computer. On Lyoko, the four Way Towers all started glowing red, with the monsters near them going berserk. A few minutes later, a woman with hair like Aelita's, a black dragon's tail, and an all black bodysuit stepped out of the scanner. She looked at herself as soon as she stepped out.
"At last, I'm free!" She said, laughing maniacally.
TO BE CONTINUED...
That's chapter four. Sorry about the cliffy. Will the Lyoko Warriors be able to get redemption after what they have just done? Find out as the story continues. The sequel will begin right after this.