Chapter 15: Final Battle Part 3
"Transfer, Odd. Transfer, Ulrich. Transfer, Dartz. Scanner. Virtualization." Jeremy said as he virtualized his friends onto Lyoko.
"Open the portal, Jeremy." Aelita said. Jeremy entered a few keystrokes and the group was transported to a large field full of hills.
"Can you guys hear me?"
"Loud and clear, Einstein." Odd said.
"This is where Anax is?" Dartz asked.
"Yep." Andrew said. "We tracked him to a place not too far from here. Follow us." Andrew, Klaus, and Emma ran ahead across the field with the element bearers behind them. They reached the top of a rather large hill and noticed a large black castle behind a line of hills a few yards away.
"That's Anax's castle." Klaus said. "Now we just need to get in." The group looked at Sharon, who nodded in understanding and, using her powers, became invisible. She crept across the field and walked around the castle looking for an opening she could use to enter the castle. She found a small cave behind the hill the castle stood on and stepped inside.
"This looks promising." She said. She looked around and crept further into the cave.
"Find anything yet?" Lisa asked.
"Yeah. A cave. It leads into the hill under the castle, but I don't see a way into the castle itself." Sharon placed her hand against the wall. The section Sharon put her hand on pushed into the wall. Another section of the wall opened, revealing a staircase leading up to the castle. "I stand corrected. I just found our ticket in."
"Alright. Just get inside and lower the drawbridge."
"Got it." Sharon walked up the staircase and into a musty looking basement. Dust and cobwebs covered every surface. "Yuck."
Meanwhile with the gang
"Has she found anything?" Yumi asked.
"Yes. She's inside the castle." Jeremy said. "The drawbridge will be opened in-" The drawbridge started to open. "Never mind." The gang ran up to the lowering drawbridge and watched as Sharon walked out of the crank chamber.
"Great. Now let's find Anax." Andrew said. The group ran into the castle and looked around the entrance hall.
"Man. I wish I lived here." Odd said. Two large mammoth-like creatures made out of rock appeared. "Actually, I'd hate to live here. It's a zoo in here."
"Stop with the bad jokes, Odd." Dartz said as he brandished his bow.
"Those are vulcanoids." Andrew said. "One of Anax's monsters." Two wasp-like creatures appeared beside the vulcanoids. "And those are wasps." Dartz shot a wasp, causing it to explode.
"Not that tough, are they?"
"The vulcanoids are a lot harder." Klaus said. "Double Team!" Klaus split into two and ran at a vulcanoid. Both Klaus and the clone stabbed the vulcanoid on the inverted Xana symbol on its forehead with their knives, but it just shot the clone making it disappear.
"Let me try." Ulrich said. He ran at the other vulcanoid. "Triangulate!" Ulrich and two clones surrounded the vulcanoid. Before it could do anything, all three Ulrich's stabbed it. The vulcanoid exploded, leaving nothing but a bit of debris. The clones stabbed the other vulcanoid, making it explode as well. Both clones were shot by the remaining wasp, which was quickly dispatched by a stab from the crystal on Duke's staff.
"Not bad." Andrew said as he sheathed his sword. "Anax will be a lot harder, though." A hole suddenly opened in the middle of the ground.
"Wonder what this is." Duke said as he peered into the hole. A sudden force suddenly pulled him in. "Whoa!" He landed at the bottom of the hole with a thud.
"You okay, Duke?" Dartz asked.
"Yeah. There's a tunnel here. It's too dark for me to see what's inside."
"We're coming down." Sam said as she jumped into the hole. Dartz, Odd, Klaus, and Andrew followed. They looked up at Yumi, Aelita, Sharon, Emma, and Ulrich. Yumi jumped in a second later, followed by a hesitant Ulrich.
"Come on down! We'll catch you!" Dartz shouted. Sharon and Emma nodded and jumped. Dartz quickly caught Sharon before she hit the ground. Andrew did the same for Emma. Aelita activated her wings and flew down. The group looked at the dark tunnel. "Sam and I should be able to light up the tunnel. I'll go in front and Sam can walk behind." Dartz walked into the tunnel and lit a small flame in his hand. The other element bearers, along with their three teammates, walked in after him. Sam walked in last and used her powers to summon a small light that lit everything about a foot around her. After a few minutes of walking the group came out of the tunnel.
"Where are we?" Sam asked.
"It looks like some sort of secret room." Aelita said. She scanned the room, noticing that the only exit was the tunnel they had just left. "Looks like we're trapped in here."
"Anax must have wanted us to come down here." Ulrich said as he drew his swords as a safety precaution. "More than likely to take us out himself."
"We'd better be careful." Odd said. "We don't know how powerful Anax is."
"But you shall soon find out." A voice that sounded strangely familiar to Dartz said. He turned to face the source of the voice.
"So nice to see you again, doctor." He said in a sarcastic tone.
"So nice to see you again too, Dartz." Doctor Robotnic said.
"You shall not win this fight." Two voices said in unison. One of the voices belonged to Xana, but the other was unfamiliar. Two figures appeared next to Robotnic. The source of the unknown voice was a brunette boy in a black cloak with a sword sheathed at his side.
"Anax!" Andrew, Klaus, and Emma said in unison.
"Looks like the whole party's here." Duke said as he took out his staff.
"Not yet it isn't." A voice said. Eleven figures in hooded cloaks appeared.
"And Organization XIII as well. Looks like you're pulling out all the stops." Yumi said.
"And we outnumber you." Xemnas said as he and his cohorts removed their hoods.
"Not for long you don't." Axel said as he appeared in a pillar of fire with Sora, Riku, Kairi, and Roxas.
"Don't forget about us." Sonic said as he and his friends appeared out of a portal.
That's the end of chapter 15. The next chapter will be the last, so stay with me for one more update. One review and I'll post the final chapter when it's finished. If I get an extra review I'll throw in a preview of the upcoming sequel.
