Code X

Chapter Nine - Surge of Emotions

As the injured hunters were sent to the infirmary, the others followed. The nurse reploids set them up in tubes. The nurse explained that they were being healed mentally and physically. Their minds were being protected from any Maverick infestations and thier bodies were being repaired with more powerful parts. X and the others were sitting between the tubes and watching as thier friends were being healed. Zero and Axl awoke from a temporary shutdown used to check thier brains. The results were being sent to the head of the medical department.

"Alright Protoman, time to explain," said X. He was in no mood for waiting as he had to watch his friends come close to death, his base attacked, and all at the hands of a mysterious black robot.

"Alright, let's start with the story of who I am. I am Protoman. I was the prototype used to create robots in the year 20XX. After my systems were corrupted and I was stolen by Dr. Wily- an evil scientist who worked with my creator- my creator, , made a new robot. His name was Mega. He was a helper robot along with Roll. After they became lonely, he created a dog for them named Rush. One day, Dr. Wily took over some of 's robots for evil purposes. No one was able to stop them. So, Mega bravely decided he would fight to protect the world. He became Megaman. He could copy his defeated foes abilities and adapt. He was the first of his kind and the only one who stood up to Dr. Wily. He defeated him at every turn. Eventually, he got sick of losing, of course this was after Megaman saved me from being corrupted. He created Bass instead so he could fight and kill Megaman. He too was beaten, but never destroyed. One day, Dr. Wily...was killed. Megaman ended up killing the doctor after he realized how many lives were lost to his evil. However, because of his murdering, he was frozen and sent away, never to be awoken again. Before the doctor died...he was working on an even more powerful robot than Bass...Zero. How Zero awoke I do not know, but, beccause Megaman was sent away, Dr. Light began making a new robot. His name was X. But... X's capsule was lost after...an incident. Zero awoke and was filled with pure evil. He broke into Dr. Light's home and killed him. It was too late though, X and I were sent away in capsules, Megaman was still safe, and Roll was out being frozen. Rush died so he wasn't to be concerened about."

All were silent as they heard this long story. They were amazed at the things said.

"So...Zero's evil!? Then...why are you helping him? And if he killed Dr. Light, why is it when he speaks to him via the armor capsules, he's always nice?" X asked.

"Simple...Dr. Light wiped his memory and froze him in a capsule as well, as a wish for Zero. Though he was evil, Dr. Light saw good in him. In return, he asked that he die, allowing the world to live on and letting him have a chance to try and be friends with his former friend, Dr. Wily. I'm not sure how the armor capsules come about, but I guess only the genius would know. Maybe he's not dead, but deemed dead."
"Um...what does that mean?" Odd whispered to Ulrich.

Ulrich laughed and said, "It's ok, I barely know what it means but I'm guessing it means that they are just saying he's dead even if he's not."

Axl and Zero both looked away from them. Zero felt ashamed of his past. Axl thought about the incident and wondered if he'd ever go maverick like that.

"You're...lying. You're lying to me! You're lying!" X shouted as he ran out of the room.

"X wait!" Yumi shouted. Protoman held his arm up and shook his head.

"Leave him be. Besides, we need to get you guys to sleep," he said to Axl and Zero. "We should go and rest up for a while."

Zero turned around and hid his tears from his friends.

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Back in the present, Jeremy was woking hard on his computer. Since the departure of his friends, he had not slept at all. He'd been working on a model to go into Lyoko and find the problem. While he already had the model ready, he hadn't the skills. Not to mention he had to cover for the disappearence of his friends and stop William's attacks.

"It's time," he said speaking to himself. "It's time I finally go to where the others vanished. Maybe I'll find a clue as to what happened."

As he prepared to go into Lyoko, he sighed and took one last look into the lab in case he wouldn't return. He typed the combination for the timed trip to Lyoko. As he hit enter, a strange, bright light appeared in front of him. A sillouette appeaered in front of him. It was a red robot with long flowing blonde hair. His armor looked like it suffered a lot of damage.

"What-what are you!?" Jeremy shouted.

"My name is Zero. Jeremy, you are needed. The two of us must go into...Lyoko(?) and go through the portal."

Jeremy winced and looked at the clock. He still had a couple minutes before the scanners would activate so he nodded and ran down into the scanner room. He thought nothing of whether or not this was a Xana attack. Ever since the teens left, Xana hadn't attacked. William continued to move and attack in an odd pattern though, as if looking for something.

The two stepped into the scanners and were teleported to a white sector that was completly empty. The so called Zero looked around the area.

"So where are we?" he asked.

"This is a sector I made to test my skills and do other miscellaneous things. You see the things in Lyoko are quite-"

"I asked where we were not for a science lesson. Man, why did Ceil stick me with this mission?"

Jeremy sighed. His Lyoko form looked like that of an American punk. Since Lyko creates the image you want to look like the most in your subconcies, he looked like this, seeing as how he hated being made fun of for not being cool. His weapon was a spear attached to his back. He had a hat on the was turned to the side, torn clothes, and a strange tatoo under his left eye.

"Well, from here I can teleport us to the exact location we need to go to. But first tell me, how did you know my name? Why are you here and what's stopping me from deleting you here and now?" Jeremy figured now would be the best time to ask questions since he was stronger in Lyoko than the real world.

"I am Zero. I am from the year 22XX. I was originally created in 20XX but reawoke in the year 21XX. You see, my past self is probably just now meeting up with your friends and finished being injured by the robot known as Bass. I have already lived through all this, even though my memory isn't as great as I want it to be. I need you to go to the future, my past, so that we may help defeat the evil at hand and I can be able to live on without these scars."

Jeremy blinked for a moment and came to the conclusion that anything was possible.

"Alright, so you know how to get there? After all, you're the one who suggested to come here," he said.

Zero replied, "As a matter of fact, I want you to take us to the very location that your friends disappeared. If we do, we can acess the portal, go the future, and save everyone."

"But what about William? I can't leave him here to reak havoc!"

Zero shook his head. "This is the year 2009 and you're able to use a program to return to the past yet you don't understand the quantam physics behind theoretical time travel in this era?"

Jeremy glared at the robot and teleported the two of them directly in front of the area where his friends disappeared.

When they arrived, they saw a raging vortex in front of them. Zero looked at the human, nodded his head toward the portal, grabbed his hand, and together they jumped into it, appearing in any time possible, hopefully it would be the right time.

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Author-Done. You want more R+R!!! ^-^

Bass- Yea or I'll kill you all!

Author-Do you want to be expelled like the Starforce characters? I will ban you from this story!

Bass- I'll be good.