Chapter Twenty Eight - A Needle In A Haystack
After their latest encounter with both Shadow Fist and XANA, the Lyoko Warriors took the opportunity to rest. During that period, Jeremy attempts to decipher that data he found within Sector Olympus. Doing so proved more difficult than he initially anticipated. But after a few days, Jeremy was able to decipher it. One day after class, the Lyoko Warriors met at the Factory.
Omega: Were you able to find anything on that data?
Jeremy: Yes. Based on the data that was uncovered, I have a good idea about those "Sectors" we've been seeing.
Aelita: What is it?
Jeremy: It seems that those Sectors act more like an information database.
Ulrich: You lost me.
Jeremy: Like a digital library. These Sectors seem to hold specific data. And from what I've been able to gather, these Sectors were created by Shadow Fist.
Upon hearing this, the Lyoko Warriors were taken aback. In all their time working within Lyoko, they never thought of the possibility that someone other than XANA would be capable of creating these Replikas. But now it seemed that Shadow Fist was a far more larger than they expected.
Odd: Well.....that certainly lightens things up.
Yumi: Do we have any idea about what exactly Shadow Fist is using those.....Sectors for? Or better yet, why are they using Sectors to store their data?
Odd: I mean.....they might be using it to skim off their phone bill.
Yumi and Ulrich turn to glare at Odd, unamused by his joke. Odd simply shrugs it off with a nervous smile.
Odd: What? I'm just trying to lighten up the mood.
Aelita: Jeremy, was there anything on that data you found that might give us any clues as to what Shadow Fist might be planning.
Jeremy: From what I've been able to gather, I found some kind of project related to Project Carthage. Most of the data was corrupted, but I was able to uncover a name: Project Necromancer.
Omega: Project Necromancer?
Jeremy: It doesn't really say much. But whatever it was, it looked like your parents were the heads of the project.
Upon hearing this, Omega was shocked.
Jeremy: Omega.....did your parents ever.....say anything about the project?
Omega: N....no. My mother only told me that she and my father were doing important work. Even when she sent me away to attend Kadic, she never told me about what kind of work she was doing. I never imagined.....
At this point, Omega was trying to process the information about her parents and Project Necromancer. Jeremy and Aelita began to wonder if Omega had anything to do with Project Necromancer.
Jeremy: This....this might sound crazy, but I think you're tied into this, Omega.
Odd: Hold up, Einstein. You're telling me that Omega is somehow connected with this Project Necromancer stuff?
Jeremy: I'm just saying that one way or another, every lead we uncover about all of this, it all goes back to Omega. I mean.....look at when XANA took control of Omega to bring itself back. Or when we first encountered Shadow Fist, Omega was singled out.
Ulrich: Now that you mention it, it does seem pretty weird that Omega seems to be connected to all of this.
Yumi: Not to mention that Omega being able to deactivate Towers just like Aelita.
At this point, everything seemed to spiral for Omega. The more information that they uncovered, the more it seemed that she was at the center of it all. As it started to overwhelm her, Aelita moved to comfort her.
Aelita: Whatever your connection to all of this is, you're still our friend. I....I know what it's like to have your past be a haze for you. For the longest time, I had no idea of who I was. But my friends were able to help me uncover my memories. I wouldn't be here without them.
At this point, Omega felt a burden being lifted from her. In light of this moment, Odd cracked a joke.
Odd: Glad to know we can end on a happy note. Nothing like a good ole mystery to solve for team bonding exercise. You know, we should really make some kind of detective agency once this whole thing blows over.
Yumi: You running a detective agency? You can't be serious. You practically sleep through most of your classes.
Odd: Oh ye of little faith. When we get that detective agency off the ground, you'll be glad I'm in it. I'll be like those brooding detectives on TV.
Ulrich: Well part of being a "brooding detective" is to actually talk less.
Omega couldn't help but chuckle. This humorous exchange was something that she needed after hearing so much information about her parents.
Ulrich: So what now, Einstein?
Jeremy: Honestly there's not much we can do for now. I'll try my best of my abilities to try and recover the rest of the data. In the meantime, we can wait until one of those Towers activate. If we can uncover more data from those Sectors, we should be able to find out more about what Shadow Fist is doing as well as uncover any information on Project Necromancer.
Omega: Sounds like a plan.
And with that, the Lyoko Warriors had their next plan. They would try to uncover more data from the Sectors held by Shadow Fist. But what they didn't realize was that Shadow Fist had their eyes on them. And it wouldn't be long until their operative on the inside made his move.
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