~The Lyoko Warriors~
Before I begin...
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Code Lyoko, the preview image,or any of the characters
used. I only own the storyline...somewhat atleast. With copyright issues taken
care of,here's chapter 3!Hope you enjoy it-this chapter is way better than
chapter 2!Sincerely, Ember
Chapter 3: Who?
Yumi awoke with a start, her eyes wide. She had a strange dream. It was as if
she was digital, speeding through some sort of network in a small pod, racing
away from a boy who's face she knew from school..(A/N: foreshadowing much?) But
he looked different. Yumi herself did, but the boy looked...demonic. She groaned
as the pain from sitting up so quickly caught up to her. She was laying in a
cold hospital bed, the room dark except for the glow of machines around her
(A/N: also foreshadowing here)
The doctors had deemed her with a fractured knee, a sprained ankle, and a
broken arm, with minor bruises on her torso area. She had to stay in the
hospital for an entire week. She had to go without seeing her new friends. She
wondered what Ulrich would say when he found out how badly she was hurt. Then
she second-guessed herself, wondering why she would even care, but she could not
deny that she did.
Yumi sighed, laying back down. She had to get some rest. She hoped that her
dreams didn't return...they made no sense. Her? DIGITAL? She couldn't believe
her mind even thought up the matter. She also could not deny the fact that those
dreams seemed so real...
Odd sighed as he entered his dorm. Ulrich was waiting patiently for him
"So what's up?" he asked.
"Uh...define 'what' and 'up'," Odd said, stalling.
"You know exactly what I mean," Ulrich glared.
"Fine fine," Odd said, sticking his hands up a bit.
"So?" he asked expectantly.
"Broken arm, fractured knee, sprained ankle. They also said she may need surgery
to heal her knee, and she's going to be there for at least a week," Odd
reported. Ulrich sighed and laid down.
"She's open for visitors though," Odd mentioned, attempting to cheer his friend
up. Ulrich's eyes showed that this comforted him, but only a little.
"What?" Odd asked.
"Well you know that thing Yumi said was controlling the car?" Ulrich asked. Odd
nodded his head.
"Yea your point?" he asked.
"What if it attacks her again?" Ulrich asked worried.
"Ooo Ulrich's in love!" Odd teased.
"Shut up Odd..." Ulrich said.
Jeremie sat at his computer in his dorm. He was typing codes in an attempt to
connect with the virtual world to Aelita. He smiled as it worked and a window
popped up with the pink-haired face.
"Aelita!" he exclaimed.
"Hello Jeremie," she greeted him with a friendly smile on her digital face.
"Um Aelita...I was wondering if you could tell us whats going on," Jeremie
asked.
"Well...it's a bit of a long story actually...let me start from the
beginning..."
'10 years ago, my father created the supercomputer and the scanners and the
virtual world of Lyoko, all of which I know you've heard of. He also created a
type of A.I.(A/N: an A.I. is an artificial intelligence) which was called XANA.
Eventually, XANA developed a will of it's own and got of of hand..."Aelita
recalled what her memory told her.
"Wait wait wait, so what exactly is this XANA capable of?"Jeremie asked.
"Its now like a virus-it can take control of any electronic device. Also, at
it's strongest, it can posses living creatures...although, knowing of XANA
decreases your chances of getting possessed. The downside to that is the fact
that if you know about XANA,he'll try to eliminate you for good," Aelita
explained.
"But Yumi didn't even go to Lyoko, or know about XANA," Jeremie stated.
"Yes, but she is fully capable of learning about XANA and going to Lyoko since
she knew of he supercomputer. She's a potential threat to the A.I. so he's
trying to eliminate her before she does anything," Aelita said. Jeremie looked
very on-edge.
"What's wrong Jeremie?" Aelita asked.
"At the hospital, Yumi's surrounded by machines!"Jeremie exclaimed. Aelita's
eyes widened.
"She is?" she exclaimed. Jeremie nodded.
"I'll let you know if any towers are activated so Ulrich and Odd can take care
of the monsters," Aelita declared. Jeremie nodded in agreement,and then left the
dorm.
Yumi sighed heavily. Her breathing became deeper as she slipped into an
uneasy slumber.
She twitched as she piloted the pod around the network in her digital form.
She still found her digital form interesting-a purple jumpsuit with two pieces
of metal(A/N: you can believe what you want,I think they're metal)above her
eyes. She had no idea why she would dress like that, although it didn't feel
strange to her exactly. It felt natural, as if it were normal. That is what made
it so strange to her. It was that, on top of the fact she felt as if she knew
this pod, as if it had saved her life. She tried to disregard how normal she
felt in such a strange place, but she couldn't seem to shake the feeling. Then
she picked up a signal...and from behind her, in a different pod, the boy she
recognized faintly came up behind her. She couldn't help but feel a sense of
foreboding, as if this entire thing were actually taking place.
Jeremie burst into Odd and Ulrich's dorm.
"Hey, ever heard of knocking, Einstein?" Odd said sarcastically. He was sitting
on his bed in his pajamas, holding his little dog Kiwi.
"No time," Jeremie panted. It was clear he had sprinted down the hall.
"What do you mean?" Ulrich asked.
"Aelita explained everything to me...ever heard of an Artificial Intelligence?"
he asked.
"You mean like robots and stuff? Yea," Odd replied. Ulrich nodded.
"Well, yes, but this is a different type of A.I...it was trapped in the
supercomputer. When we turned it on, we turned XANA on as well," Jeremie
explained. Kiwi barked at the word XANA.
"Whoa whoa whoa, slow down Einstein," Odd said, hushing his disturbed little
dog.
"It's okay Kiwi, my little digity-dog," Odd said soothingly.
"Who-a?" Ulrich asked, confused.
"XANA. We need to constantly watch Yumi, because the A.I. XANA can take control
of all electronics...and right now, he's trying to eliminate Yumi before she
becomes a threat," Jeremie explained.
"What? Yumi's in danger because of a computer YOU turned on?" Ulrich demanded,
rage in his eyes.
"Well, yes and no," Jeremie said.
"I'm listening," Ulrich said.
"Well, if you guys go to Lyoko and fight off the monsters for Aelita, then she
can deactivate the tower like last time and stop whatever XANA is doing,"
Jeremie explained.
"So we're saving someone real from an evil A.I. by going to an abandoned factory
and going into a virtual world to protect someone digital from the same A.I.?"
Odd asked.
"Well, in a nutshell, yes," Jeremie concluded.
"Cool!" Odd exclaimed.
"Weird...but okay. So when do we start?" Ulrich asked.
"Well in a way...you already have," Jeremie said. The others looked at him
strangely.
"What do you mean?" asked Odd.
"I mean you've been to the digital world of Lyoko before, and distracted the
monsters while Aelita deactivated a tower," Jeremie explained.
"Ooooh...hey you're right-we have!" Odd said cheerfully.
"So what do we do now to stop him?" Ulrich asked.
"At the moment, we wait," Jeremie stated.
"Why wait?" Ulrich asked.
"We have no reason to go to Lyoko unless XANA launches one of his attacks,"
Jeremie explained.
"So what can we do to watch Yumi?" Odd asked.
"Visit her in your free time," Jeremie answered.
"Alright...we'd better get some rest, Ulrich, we have a big day tomorrow.
Someone's gotta look out for Yumi, after all," Odd said with a smile, then laid
down. Ulrich nodded.
"Right...see you guys tomorrow," Jeremie said, walking out.
"Night Einstein," Odd said.
Yumi blinked her eyes open, and yawned. The sun was shining brightly in the
window. She considered sitting up, but felt suddenly very tired. Her legs
throbbed, as did her arm. Although, today would be the day that everyone came to
visit. She couldn't wait to see Ulrich. She questioned herself why, but then
quickly decided she'd probably never admit to that. She glanced at the clock-
they'd arrive in about an hour. She sighed, deciding to ignore the pain as she
drifted back into her uneasy sleep.
Ulrich quietly peeked into the room. He saw Yumi laying there. Her hair was
frayed, and nearly all her limbs were bandaged and in casts. He still thought
she looked so innocent in her sleep...so peaceful. But he decided to ignore this
feeling, and walked in, followed by his two friends. Yumi's eyelids flickered.
Then they opened.
"Morning sunshine!" Odd exclaimed cheerfully.
"H-hey guys," Yumi greeted, trying to be cheerful in her tired voice. She sat
up, supporting herself on the back of the bed.
"Hello Yumi," Jeremie greeted.
"Its good to see you guys again...I was getting kind of lonely," Yumi said, with
a glance specifically at Ulrich.
"Listen Yumi...we figured out what what attacked you," Jeremie reported.
"Don't you mean who?" she asked.
"No I think we mean what," Ulrich said.
"Well it was that car," Yumi said.
"Well duh it was the car! But did you see anyone driving it?"Odd exclaimed.(A/N:
Odd isn't supposed to come off really mean here).Then he looked over at her
table.
"Is that a menu?" he asked. Yumi nodded once. Odd grabbed it and began flipping
through(A/N: typical Odd-I'm trying to put more of his jokes and stuff in,
including his love for food.)
"Well now that you mention it, no..." Yumi admitted.
"It's an...A.I. you called it, right? Named XANA?" Ulrich asked.
"An A.I.? Like a robot?" Yumi asked.
"See? It's not a stupid analogy!" Odd said, defending himself from the previous
night. Jeremie shook his head.
"Whatever. It's not a robot Yumi. It's like a computer virus, but it's set on
eliminating any threats to it," Jeremie explained.
"So what, whys it after me?" Yumi asked.
"You know of the supercomputer, therefore you're a 'potential threat',"Jeremie
explained, doing air quotes around the words potential threat.
"And this XANA thing...does it control stuff?" Yumi asked.
"Well, yes. It can control anything electronic, from video games to cars to
computers to robots," Jeremie explained.
"Wow...all this sounds really dangerous..."Yumi said.
"What, are you backing out?" Ulrich asked.
"Hell no! I've got a score to settle with this thing!" Yumi exclaimed. Then came
a strange sound. All three kids looked at Odd.
"Odd?" Jeremie asked. Odd held his hands up defensively.
"Sorry guys, that'd be my stomach...it's bad to look at menus right before
dinner," Odd said apologetically. Ulrich and Jeremie smiled. Yumi was laughing.
"What?" Odd demanded.
"Nothing..."Yumi said.
It was dark outside, the only light was emitted by the glow of the machines
in the hospital room. Then, everything in only that room went dark. A red symbol
that was a cross between an eye and a target appeared on the monitors all around
the sleeping teen-it was the eye of XANA.
Authors Note:Hey another chapter!yes it's only 5 pages...but it was only two days since I uploaded the last one, and I had a free moment, so I went ahead and wrapped up the I was planning to do something like this anyway...and a cliffhanger it is!Yep I'm being an evil author heheh :3but since i put cliffhangers,that gives me more to pack into Chapter 4Also I added a dislcaimer in this one and will continue to do solet me know if you want to read it but your computer wont let !
-Ember