Consequences

by JustMakeLeftTurns

Summary:

The Lyoko Warriors had to figure out that RTTP doesn’t bring people back from the dead somehow. The memory of the first death still haunts them.

Notes:

This did not want to get written. This is attempt number five. I tried writing it as a full-fledged oneshot but it didn’t work out. And I had an idea for the XANA attack and everything. I think this works well enough, though.

There’s a child that lives in each of their minds. He’s bloody, broken. Frightened, pained screams taper off into eerie silence. His blank, accusing eyes stare straight at them. 

The first to die. Or so they think. So they hope. How many others have they killed whose names they don’t know, whose faces they wouldn’t recognize? 

They were once cocky, careless. When things go wrong, they undo it. 

Then the child dies in front of them. Cold seeps into their bones. 

When things get dire, when other people end up in the crossfire, that’s when he appears. 

A haunting reminder.

Notes:

Whumptober Prompt Used:
Alternate Prompt - Innocent Bystander

Series this work belongs to:

• Part 11 of Whumptober 2025
• Part 7 of 100-Word Drabbles