Author's note
Nope were not ending the series I had to make a good pitch to the head but it's carrying on and the first part of this chapter is just to finish the loose end of the last chapter
Now before we begin I would like to answer a question that was asked in the reviews, now I know this isn't a Q&A, but I was asked before Dallas killed Agnew and when he gave him the options of 10 and 5 minutes, and then drives away, it then explodes in 2 minutes, well the answer is Agnew or XANA if you will, planned to kill everyone that Dallas cares about, and he is a calm guy unless something big hits him, and he wanted Agnew to suffer just in case he failed, so he hoped Agnew would die trying to cut his foot off as XANA had removed his mind from Lyoko, and created a body for himself, and he had started to develop feelings as in physical not emotional, and Dallas knew this so he planned for Agnew to die in pain and hoping that he wouldn't die, hope that answered the question.
"The third channel, it's still on. Please take off the third channel. The third channel, it's still running. Stop it, please, please for God's sake, please stop it. There's no more time! Please stop it. Stop it now. Turn it off! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!" screamed Dallas, then the 3rd channel displayed the message; Dallas then fell to the floor "yes" he said the kids looked at him "is this some kind of Halloween joke" asked one of the kids, the man looked at Dallas who nodded "yeah hope you enjoyed it" said the worker, the kids then nodded and left, Dallas got up "hey mister did you mean what you said" asked the worker "yeah please man tell nobody, also sorry about the gun, it's a long story" said Dallas, he stepped outside then he stepped back in "also filler up" said Dallas, the worker laughed before stepping outside to fill up the car, "damn nice car" said the worker, who then leaned on the bonnet and inspected the car "tell you what a picture of me in this and the gas is free" said the worker, Dallas looked in his pockets only his sleeve and some bullets were in them "deal" said Dallas, the worker then walked back inside the gas station and grabbed his camera as Dallas started filling up the car, it then started to rain Dallas looked at the car, "I think I'll keep her" said Dallas.
Half an hour later Dallas drove the Ford Falcon towards the factory, he crossed the bridge before he stopped and used eagle sense to get it down safely towards the factory floor, he then drove it towards a part of the factory, that they never went to, before stepping out in his worn to hell clothes, he then walked back towards the elevator before stepping into it, and pressing the button to go down, when he arrived at the lab he stepped out the others looked at him, torn jacket dirty trousers cut open head and knee brace that clanked as Dallas walked towards them, and what caught their eyes most of all was the holster with the gun in it, Ulrich looked up and down at Dallas
"The fuck happened to you" asked Ulrich, Dallas walked over to Jeremie "long story, we can't activate a return to the past, otherwise XANA will be back again, and we'll have to repeat the entire cycle again" said Dallas, Jeremie looked at Dallas, "okay" said Jeremie, Dallas then sat down, before rolling up his trouser leg and extending his blade "what are you doing" asked Yumi, Dallas looked up and said "there's a bullet still in my leg unless I want this knee brace on the entire time I need to remove the bullet" said Dallas, who then stabbed his knee with his blade and tore out he bullet just avoiding take of his leg "that is disgusting" said Odd, "yeah well" said Dallas, as he removed the bullet, he then pressed the leg back to the knee and the muscle reconnected "that feels better" said Dallas as he walked over to the wall were he noticed a hole, "what happened here" asked Dallas, then he looked at Jeremie "you didn't did you" asked Dallas, he got no reply but Jeremie just smiled, then Yumi looked at his forehead and grabbed his head "what about your head" she asked, Dallas moved her hand "I'll explain later" said Dallas, he then removed his holster with his sawn off in it and placed it against the wall next to the elevator then he entered it and the others the proceeded to joined him in the elevator, "I don't know about you but I need some sleep" said Dallas "tell us about it" said Odd as the elevator closed.
A girl in blue denims shorts and a grey torn vest backed up against a wall panicking as a quadrupeded alien walked towards her, its body a light grey whilst it's head a darker grey with the front of its head smooth with no sign of a face except a mouth that extended around the creatures face, it's tail was a mixture of dark greys, the girl backed up and panicked as it got closer, it then roared at her with its purple tongue visible, it then jumped at the girl, when suddenly a gun was fired at the creature causing the stomach of the creature to explode as the creature leaned back with pain, before moving slightly then falling over and dying, the creatures white blood covered the girl, she saw once the creature fell a man with short brown hair in blue jeans and white vest holding the recently fired gun, he was leaning against the door frame, he smiled causing his teeth to shine, the girl was suddenly in his arms as they looked into each other's eyes, then a title appeared Extra-terrestrial 3 then a James finson film, before a load of credits began to role, the school was watching a film, it had been a few days since the Vira incident, Dallas had sown his jacket sleeve back on, the Lyoko warriors were sitting in the centre row
"Totally ridiculas" said Jeremie, "he could have left it on Extra-terrestrials but oh no, he had to make this pile of horse shit" said Dallas, "wow that was great" said Ulrich, "I thought the special effects were pretty good but it wasn't scary enough" said Odd, Yumi turned to face him "you're kidding how come you're teeth where chattering, for the sound effects" said Yumi, then the warriors laughed at Odd, meanwhile Delmas had walked on stage "dear students you're attention please, I would like you all to give a warm welcome to the director of the film you've just seen, and which we all found very interesting, and here he is now James Finson, who is honouring us today to discuss his fascinating work of cinema" said Delmas who started clapping and walked away from the Mike as James Finson a man in his forty's with black hair a blue business jacket, over a red shirt and a lighter shade of blue trousers, stood towards the Mike "that's right and I'm also here to look for locations to shoot for my new film, in fact I heard theirs an old factory around here, that nobody uses anymore which I'm very interested in" said Finson the crowd was entertained by this notion "a factory oh no not ours" said Jeremie upon realising.
Later that day, the Lyoko warriors were standing outside the lunchroom, where finson was signing autographs
"I don't see how you could have liked it, there was a plot hole that ruined it immediately" said Dallas, "if you hate it so much why not tell him" said Odd, Dallas then looked in through the window "oh no don't actually do it" said Yumi, but Dallas already started walking into the line for autographs, "if this Finson guy finds out about are super computer, were in trouble" said Jeremie, "that means we absolutely have to stop him from using it" said Yumi "yeah sure we do but how" said Odd who was sitting down whilst the others were standing "nothing to worry about I got an idea" said Ulrich, meanwhile inside Dallas stepped forward to Finson, "who am I making this out to" asked Finson "Dallas Marshall, now I'd like to complain to you about that god awful disgrace you called a film in the hall" said Dallas, Finson looked up and asked "Dallas Marshall, did you say" Dallas placed his hands on the table "yes but…" said Dallas but Finson cut him off who said "I've been wanting to meet you" Dallas removed his hands and asked "wait what", "yes I wanted to use you're singing talent in my film" replied Finson, "might I ask how you found out about me" said Dallas, "one of your songs Hero was on the internet" said Finson, Dallas then face palmed himself "Jesus" he said, as for the moment he wanted to remain small time "do I have any time to think about it" asked Dallas, "yes you have a few days, here's my number just in case" said Finson, Dallas then walked away, and out the lunch room, but he noticed Ulrich in line he was right behind Sissi who for once wasn't trying to ask him out, she was let forward by a security guard who was wearing a black suit with a white shirt and black tie, he moved down his arm as to say you may go forward now, then raised his arm again to stop Ulrich from moving forward, whilst looking in through the window were the other Lyoko warriors, "how come everytime he says, there's nothing to worry about I get worried and I mean worried" said Odd shaking his head, as finson started writing on the next picture in the pile "oh I'm so glad to meet you mister Finson" said Sissi, Finson then looked up, "I just love you're film's I'm a big fan off yours" said Sissi, Finson's ego kicked in and he replied "oh really, well I can't argue with your taste, I like my films too what's your name" "um why don't you just write, to Sissi the rising star, who I'm going to give the lead role to in my next film" said Sissi with just as big and ego as Finson but was shot down, "I think I'm going to write, to Sissi whose got a lot of nerve" said Finson, Sissi then leaned in and said "and a lot of talent" "well I'm very sorry Sissi, but the casting is over the parts have all been distributed" said Finson, "WA, WA, WA, WAAAAA" said Dallas, behind the window, Sissi didn't hear this and angrily took the photo, before walking away, then Ulrich moved forward "uh hello sir, the factory you were talking about I was wondering if you'd already bin their" asked Ulrich, "no but I'm going to start my scouting latter today" said Finson, handing Ulrich a photo who using his hand denied it "well you see I know the place inside out, and I don't think you could find a better guy" said Ulrich, Finson failed to keep a straight face "it looks like everyone in this school has a lot of nerve.
Later that day Ulrich was showing Finson the factory
"Fantastic even better than I thought" said Finson, Ulrich looked at him "yeah it looks alright, the trouble is, it's falling apart, hopefully the sealing won't fall on are heads" said Ulrich, Finson looked up and smiled "that's great I love a dangerous shoot, that's what I always look for and actors are always better under pressure" said Finson walking ahead as Ulrich face palmed himself "uh Mr Finson you better watch out for your equipment it's crawling with rats here" said Ulrich running after Finson who replied "rats, that's lucky I've got some big scenes to shoot with rats in them", whilst watching them from above where the other Lyoko warrior's, they were crouched down whilst Dallas was on his knee with his gun "I can hit him from here" said Dallas, aiming down the sights of the gun, Jeremie pushed down the barrel "Are you crazy" asked Jeremie, "hey if he discovers the super computer I'm pulling the trigger said Dallas, before placing it back in the holster "conclusion never trust Ulrich when he says there's nothing to worry about" said Odd, "yeah he tried to gross him out instead he's even more excited" added Jeremie, then they watched as Ulrich and Finson walked towards the elevator "you're right it's a great set too bad about all that uranium they stored here for years and years, maybe one day it won't be radioactive anymore" said Ulrich, but Finson took no notice as he looked into the elevator, "do you know where this freight elevator leads to" asked Finson Ulrich replied "oh that old thing, it stopped working ages ago, any way they say when it was working it…" then suddenly there was a loud noise made by Dallas, added with Odd making ghostly noises, this shocked both Finson and Ulrich "what was that noise" asked Finson "that noise oh it's nothing, nothing at all, well there is an old rumour that this factory is haunted by ghosts, but I don't believe a word of that although" said Ulrich, as Dallas, Yumi and Jeremie held Odd down, then Finson cut Ulrich off, "ha, ha this place just keeps getting better and better than a I thought, and you seem to know every knock and cranny of it, I know" said Finson who placed his hand on Ulrich's shoulder "how would you like to work as a technical advisor on the film" asked Finson, whilst the Lyoko warriors above them were hoping that Ulrich would say 'yes' Yumi was praying and Jeremie had his fingers crossed "yes do it say yes, say yes" said Odd, quietly but fast at the same time, "are you serious" asked Ulrich, "course I am" replied Finson, then the Lyoko warriors cheered but made a noise, Dallas thought fast and drew the gun and shot a window, to cover up the sound "okay bad idea" said Dallas, they looked at him, "more ghosts" said Finson "um well it would be a great honour sir but the only problem is that the principal would never let me miss my classes" said Ulrich, "let me talk to him" said Finson.
The other warriors snuck out of the factory, they looked at each other glad Finson fell for the ghost story
"Ulrich might need some help" said Odd, Jeremie turned to him "how, we'll never get past security" replied Jeremie, "yeah how are we goanna get into the film" said Yumi, Dallas looked in his pocket "I hate what I'm about to say, but I could get in" said Dallas, the others looked at him "how" asked Odd, Dallas then showed them Finson's number "he gave me this, he asked to use my talent in his film" said Dallas, they then walked back to the school, Dallas then gave them a sign to say stop before walking to Finson, he whistle then said "Finson", Finson then turned to see Dallas, "ah have you thought about it" asked Finson "yeah I'll do it" said Dallas, "do what" asked Ulrich as they walked into the principal's office "my music in his film" said Dallas, "on a few conditions" Dallas quickly added "shoot" said Finson, "I'm aloud to bring a few friends to the shoot and I get to write the song" said Dallas, Finson thought for a few moments "you can write the song, but no friends unless you're trying to bring someone special" said Finson, Dallas thought for a moment he hadn't spoken with Alexa in a few days and since he told her not to wear a mask "yeah I'll need to ask her" said Dallas, Ulrich then looked at him, Dallas just shrugged his shoulders before mouthing "I'll explain later", then Finson was about to enter Delmas's office, Dallas stopped him "let me ask my girlfriend if she wants to come along first" asked Dallas, Finson nodded Dallas then looked at Ulrich "I'll be back" he said, "why where are you going" said Ulrich, Dallas was already walking out the door "to see Alexa" he said, before walking into the dormitories, he then found her door, he knocked on it "who is it" asked a voice, Dallas thought for a moment and said "did you wear a mask", the door opened and Alexa stepped out and hugged him "nope" she said "before kissing him on his cheek "calm down will you" said Dallas, "what I haven't seen you in a few days" said Alexa, "yeah I was wondering if you wanted to come to James Finson's move set" said Dallas, Alexa stared at him in disbelief "you not sneaking onto the set are you" said Alexa, "no he asked for me, believe it or not" replied Dallas, "oh and whys that" asked Alexa, "my music as far as I can tell he wants something fresh" said Dallas, Alexa then thought for a moment "okay" she then kissed him again, "oh shut the door if you goanna do that" said Mollie, Alexa turned back to look at her.
20 minutes later Sissi, Nicholas, Adam and Herb where in the hallway outside Delmas's office, Adam was sitting down whilst the others were standing
"Sissi, you're farther won't let them miss even 1 hour of school" said Herb, "he's right, Ulrich aint the best in any of his classes and Dallas, ha that fucking retard should have been kicked out long ago" said Adam, who looked around, before lighting his cigarette, Sissi grabbed his shirt and pulled him to his feet and said "we'll see about that nothing's going to stop me from becoming a big movie star", then both Nicholas and Herb looked at each other in disbelief, meanwhile Finson, Ulrich and Dallas left Delmas's office
"Wow he said no incredible I even promised to put his name in the credits" said Finson, scratching the back of his head, and then all three of them turned their heads to see Sissi open the door, and said "uh Mr Finson can I talk to you for a second", Finson was confused but walked towards her anyway.
Later that day Ulrich and Odd, where sitting in Dallas's and Jeremie's room, whilst Jeremie sat at his computer, Dallas sat on his own bed with his book in hand, writing a song as an excuse to be on the set, whilst Odd and Ulrich sat on Jeremie's bed
"I don't believe it Sissi got a part in Finson's film" said Jeremie, "yeah in exchange for her dad to let me and Dallas skip school" said Ulrich, "Ulrich and Sissi, working together on a film this could be the beginning of a great romance" said Odd, Ulrich sighed and said "yeah right she won't leave me alone for one second" Dallas then looked up from his book "I can help with that" said Dallas "remember you two you're real job is to be there at the factory and make sure that nobody discovers are lab" said Jeremie as Aelita's window appeared on his screen "come on it's not going to be as bad as all that" said Aelita.
The next day Dallas, Alexa, Ulrich and Sissi where walking across the bridge towards the factory, Dallas had been forced to leave his crossbow behind and was carrying a rucksack over his shoulder, whilst Ulrich was dragging a suitcase
"Are you sure it's not too heavy" asked Sissi, noticing Ulrich drag his suitcase, Ulrich gave no response, Dallas then walked behind Ulrich and grabbed the other end of his suitcase Ulrich turned his head and nodded "when I think I'm about to become a big star and you Ulrich honey are lucky enough to witness the event live" said Sissi, Dallas was about to say something but he was beaten to it by Alexa who "Sissi you're an attention seeking whore you know that" "amen to that" said Dallas, Sissi was angry about this but calmed down as they made it towards the factory entrance "oh hello Mr Finson is expecting us" said Sissi placing her hand on a table as a woman sat down at it with 2 security guards behind her both in suits "do you have cell phones by any chance" asked the woman "err… cell phones why of course, how could you think we didn't" said Sissi, the woman then extended her hand "confiscated Mr Finson's orders" said the woman, Sissi was shocked and she reluctantly handed hers over, Ulrich then handed his over followed by Alexa, then it was Dallas since he had lost his during the Vira incident he hadn't had the time to replace it.
"During shooting it's forbidden to communicate with the outside world without Finson's okay, that's so there's no leak about the script or newspaper gossip, that's also why everyone sleeps here with guards at the entrance" said one of the technical assistants on the film as he lead the group through the factory as many people working on the film were either rehearsing or setting up equipment "apart from that it's a lot of fun" added the assistant "yes but what if we have to get InTouch with our parents for example in case there's a problem huh" asked Ulrich the assistant turned his head to Ulrich and "when you shot with James Finson theirs never a problem" Sissi then placed her arm around Ulrich's and said "cut off from the rest of the world that's so incredibly romantic, it's almost like being alone on a dessert island" said Sissi "real fantastic I can't wait" said Ulrich in a very sarcastic tone, Dallas then budged between the two of them "no excuse this time" said Dallas, before pushing Sissi away from them.
Moments later Finson called out to everyone, they then walked over to him as he was standing next to something that was underneath a giant grey sheet
"Well it's time for you all to meet the main character of my movie, prepare yourself for a big surprise" said Finson as he removed the sheet, to reveal an alien similar to the one used in Finson's last film except this one was a biped, and had 6 pipes, that acted as a form of hair coming out of the side of its head and the colour was dark on this one "don't be shy tell me what you think it's my best monster yet right, and to top him all off I've worked out a way for him to squirt tiny disgusting threads of goo" said Finson, Dallas rubbed his chin with his hand as if he was thinking and said to himself "I know a few people who will be calling their lawyers" "it'll nock you're socks off you'll see" added Finson, "funny, reminds me of the Alien in that film, I can't remember the name…" said Ulrich, but Finson stood towards Ulrich and pointed at him and said "my creature is unique young man and my movie will be like no other ever made" said Finson, before crossing his arms and walking away, Sissi then ran after him "Mr Finson" asked Sissi, this caused Finson to stop and turn around as Sissi said "I'm very anxious to get my script if you don't mind, I'd like to start working on my lines, you see we professionals are very serious" Finson then remembered he had to give Sissi a role otherwise he wouldn't be able to use Ulrich or Dallas as help on the film "oh why of course" said Finson, who then pulled out a piece of paper and started writing on it, he then folded it and handed it to Sissi "there" he said, "thank you" replied Sissi she then unfolded the paper "aaaaahhhhh" she said, as she read just that on the paper "you got it kid, you'll be the aliens first victim, 20 seconds on the screen, yes but 20 seconds of glory" said Finson, Sissi was shocked as she had expected a better role, and was annoyed to be reduced to a background character, Finson then patted her on the check before saying "glory, glory too", before walking back towards the group of people working on the film, Sissi then screwed up the piece of paper as Finson approached Dallas who was sitting on a barrel, he had his book in hand "hey Finson can I have the basic plot of the film so I at least know what I need to write the song about" asked Dallas, Finson stopped and turned to him "sure, an Alien arrives at a space station on the moon, theirs a bit of romance and the main character, considers herself an outcast as she distances herself away from the rest of the crew, whose mission is on the moon who then try to get back again, as soon as the alien attacks" said Finson
Authors note
You heard that here first, anyone steals that idea I swear to god
Dallas then thought for a moment
"got it" said Dallas, he then flipped through his book, to something he was working on before saying, "replace, replace that line that spoke to you and showed no signs to be alive. So are you livin' or dead" Finson then thought about it "yes that works, by the way as part of this deal, theirs a role for you" said Finson, Dallas looked up from his book "what now" asked Dallas, "I left a role open just in case you would agree" said Finson, Dallas stood off the barrel "what's the role" asked Dallas, Finson replied "I knew you would agree" Dallas then raised his hand with a finger pointed upwards "I never agreed to the role, until I know what it is" said Dallas, Finson then gestured for Dallas to follow, "you'll play ÆTIUS, a younger member of the crew, who survives towards the end" said Finson, Dallas thought for a moment "all this because of the song" said Dallas, Finson then place his arm around Dallas shoulder "I believe you have potential, and if I'm the first to use it, it'll be good thing" said Finson, Dallas realised this was a great way to keep an eye on Finson so he didn't discover the computer room "deal" said Dallas, "good, now to hair and makeup" said Finson, Dallas then was slightly disgusted.
After a long day of helping setting up the equipment, Ulrich retired to his and Dallas's tent that had been set up, it was next to the girl's tent, he entered it when Dallas followed him, his hair was slicked back, and for once wasn't a mess, on the left side of his head a grey line had been dyed into his hair for the film, he was carrying a suit bag
"what happened to you" asked Ulrich, "Finson gave me a part for doing the song" said Dallas before lying down on his mattress "hell at least Finson had some decency to have these brought in" said Dallas, then he remembered something, "how many people do you think this tent could hold" asked Dallas, leaning forwards "about 3 beds" replied Ulrich, "good" said Dallas who then got out and went to the next tent and said "hey Alexa if you don't want to sleep with her you're welcome in mine and Ulrich's tent", Alexa then unzipped it "are you sure" asked Alexa, "pretty sure" said Dallas, then Alexa grabbed her mattress at one end whilst Dallas grabbed the other and they carried it into the other tent "you don't mind do you Ulrich" asked Alexa "not at all, anything's better than Sissi" said Ulrich, before laughing, "hey you can't leave me here all alone" said Sissi, "let me sleep with you" she added "uh sorry bro's before hoes" said Dallas, "you've got a girl in your tent though" said Sissi angrily "Yeah but she aint no hoe" said Dallas, before he stepped out and zipped the tent up before walking towards the rest of the crew, then Sissi noticed a script in his back pocket "hey how do you have that" asked Sissi, Dallas even though he hated having to be in the film, he decided to rub it in "well Sissi, I'm in it" said Dallas, "what" screamed Sissi she then tried to steal Dallas script "hey watch it bitch" said Dallas, "love it using it" said Finson overhearing this Dallas then quickly grabbed the script and placed it in his inside pocket of his jacket, he then walked back to his tent and closed it, Ulrich and Alexa where sitting down on their respective beds "Sissi complaining about you're role" asked Ulrich, "Dallas you got a role" asked Alexa, "yeah, both questions" said Dallas, before taking his jacket and wings of before lying down on his bed, "well done" said Alexa lying down next to him "god I need some sleep" said Dallas, Alexa then curled up next to him, Ulrich remained seated on his own bed and looked at Dallas, he shook his head in a good way, as if to say "you lucky arsehole".
Hours later around midnight some of the film crew where still up discussing the shot that began tomorrow morning, whilst in their tent Dallas and Ulrich were awake, Dallas quickly checked Alexa before nodding to Ulrich who got dressed, Dallas then followed suit before he and Ulrich left the tent, Alexa woke up, she noticed Dallas and Ulrich had left she got dressed and then started to follow them, Sissi also noticed from her tent and followed them, Dallas and Ulrich quickly snuck past the film crew and then looked at the grey sheet which covered the alien, then they carried on towards to a service hatch which took them down towards the computer room, unbeknownst to them Alexa was following them and unbeknownst to her Sissi was following her, whilst in a small hut where some electronics where being stored for the filming a screen suddenly turned on and the XANA logo appeared before a black ooze began leaking out of the cables and made its way towards the alien, the mouthed then opened and emitted a small roar, then it started to blur.
Back at the school Jeremie was sitting at his computer which came at no surprise to anyone as he usually was awake at this time of night, especially since Dallas wasn't there to tell him to get some sleep
"Hey what are you doing in the lab anything wrong" asked Jeremie, "they took my cell phone away, and Dallas doesn't have one, Finson's totally paranoid, it won't be easy staying in touch with you" said Ulrich, whilst Dallas had placed his holster back on, then they heard a noise Dallas drew the sawn-off and then pointed it at the ladder, "wow what is this place" asked Alexa, Dallas then span the shotgun around his finger and re holstered it "sorry bout that" said Dallas, "can you keep a secret" asked Dallas, "well, well" said another voice, Dallas then drew the shotgun again, as Sissi had also followed them "bollocks" said Dallas, "what kind of a weird place is this" asked Sissi, then she noticed the gun in Dallas's hand "why do you have that thing" asked Sissi, moving backwards slightly "I like to keep this handy… for close encounters" replied Dallas, "hey Ulrich please tell me that isn't Sissi's voice I just heard" asked Jeremie but he didn't get a reply as Ulrich had removed his earphone and had stepped out of the chair "look we can't explain this to you, but you can't tell anyone about this or else" said Ulrich, Alexa nodded but Sissi said "or else what a monsters going to spray gloopy goop all over my face huh Ulrich" then it happened, then they all looked up to see Finson's alien, as it was on a small platform above Sissi, as it let out it's roar, Dallas then raised his shotgun and fired at the alien, the bullet struck the alien in the head causing it to explode and fall to the ground, "well that was easy" said Dallas, then some more goo feel, Dallas looked up again, to see there was a dozen of the aliens, "funny I swear there was only one" said Dallas "Jeremie we've got a big problem here" said Ulrich, then he dodged out of the way as one of the aliens spat a load of goo at him "Ulrich what's that noise" asked Jeremie, Sissi was panicking, Ulrich grabbed her wrist and pulled her into the elevator, Alexa stood their also panicking, as one of the aliens lowered itself towards her, then it was shot away by Dallas who grabbed her and shouted "we are leaving", then they proceeded towards the elevator, Alexa entered first Dallas reloaded and shot at one of the aliens he missed the head taking the tail off causing it to scream, Dallas then entered the elevator Ulrich then hit the button and said "come on" as the door began to lower itself, but it jammed as an alien placed its head underneath the door stopping it from closing "cover your ears" said Dallas the others then did that, Dallas then shoved the sawn-off in the aliens mouth "eat this" shouted Dallas then he pulled the trigger, the elevator then closed and started going upwards, Dallas then reloaded the gun "Ulrich what is going on answer me" said Jeremie, unware of the current problem, whilst in the elevator, Alexa and Sissi fell to their knees as Dallas holstered his gun "could you not use that" said Ulrich, Dallas turned his head to look at him and sarcastically asked "what do you expect me to use man, harsh language?", then an alien hand burst through the floor, the elevator then came to a halt "any ideas" asked Alexa looking at the others "well I say we give them Sissi" said Dallas, "fuck you" said Sissi, "anytime anywhere" said Dallas, Ulrich then looked up and saw the hatch, he pointed to it and said "up their", Dallas then quickly jumped up and opened it, he then stood on top of it "you gotta climb up, I'll follow you" said Ulrich as Sissi placed her foot in her hands and then he boosted her up, then he did the same for Alexa, Dallas then lowed his arm and grabbed Ulrich's hand and began pulling him out of the elevator, but the alien burst through the floor and grabbed Ulrich's foot, but it only succeeded in taking of his shoe "let's go we can't stay here" said Ulrich before removing a grille cover on an air vent "through here come on" added Ulrich, Alexa went first followed by Sissi, then Ulrich and Dallas went last, whilst back at the school, Aelita was on the screen "XANAs up to something I've activated the scan to localise the tower I'll wake Odd, call Yumi and we'll be on are way" said Jeremie, then he hit the enter key and started running towards his door, as Aelita nodded and her window closed down.
The sun arose over the factory many of the crew were in their respective tents having fallen asleep earlier that night, and a noise in the form of a song played throughout the factory, awakening several crewmembers
"Who's the moron that…" asked one of the crewmembers as he unzipped and opened his tent to find the boom box that was playing the noise and standing behind it was Finson "oh it's you boss I'm sorry" said the crewmember "not bad huh I just composed it for the film" said Finson then he clapped and many of the other crewmembers who were very tired emerged from their own tents "Okay all you lazy bones, let's go we've got a movie to make" shouted Finson as the crew members got dressed, Finson then turned towards his assistant and said "go get the alien", he then walked over towards his director's chair, "Boss better come and take a look" said a crewmember, Finson then stood up and started walking towards him "we've got a little problem here" said the crewmember showing Finson that the alien was now missing and that the tarp that covered it was on the floor "a little problem huh, you call this a little problem, go and find him you understand he couldn't have walked out on his own, go find him" said Finson angrily as he pointed in a random direction when the female crewmember who had just previously been guarding the entrance stepped forward and said "Mr Finson the four youngsters have disappeared" Finson was enraged by this news.
In a disused part of the factory, where all the scrap was being held, along with Dallas V8 which was showing signs of modifications and repairs, as the hood was up, it was slightly raised, and the exhaust system was being changed, and the boot lid was removed, Alexa and Sissi where curled up in a corner of a small narrow metal box, whilst Dallas and Ulrich where at the end of the box Ulrich was standing up whilst Dallas was kneeling down keeping an eye out, Dallas held his gun at the ready, whilst he had given Ulrich his hidden blade
"Okay remember it's triggered by your nerve, and remember to flick it into your hand" said Dallas, Ulrich nodded before trying it he managed to extended it but he couldn't quite flick it into his hand, "how where there that many of the aliens" asked Ulrich, Dallas looked around "XANA must have altered the structure or some shit" said Dallas, then he looked towards his car "hang on, theirs the prototype for my second hidden blade in their" said Dallas, before handing it towards Ulrich, "what's that doing here" asked Ulrich, Dallas rather sheepishly held his hand to the back of his head and replied "well it's err… err… well it's mine", Ulrich then retracted the blade on his forearm "I don't think you should keep hold of it" said Ulrich, Dallas then turned back to face him whilst still knelt down his gun still facing forward "why should I besides you not my dad" replied Dallas, he then quickly looked around before, handing Ulrich the gun, Dallas then started moving quickly towards the car, Ulrich looked around aiming with the shotgun as he was covering Dallas, who stopped at the car, he then opened the door, and sat in the passenger seat, Sissi stood up and walked over to Ulrich
"Finson's alien monster it's come alive how can a machine made of plastic and rubber come alive" screamed Sissi, Ulrich then covered her mouth "thank you" shouted Dallas, as he opened the glove compartment and grabbed a second blade, the blade was black and had no modifications, he quickly slipped it onto his right arm, and extended it forward, to check if he at least had that working "yes" he said, then he closed the glove compartment, suddenly he was thrown from the car, and into the wall one of the alien's had found them it was the one whose tail had been shot off, it appeared to be the leader of the pack, Dallas stood up, there was a cut on his forehead, he then went to unsheathe his gun, he then looked to see it wasn't their "Ulrich the gun" shouted Dallas, Ulrich then raised the gun and shot at the alien he missed, so he pulled the trigger again, missing the alien again, Dallas then jumped at the creature extending his blade forward and went to stab the alien, but it managed to grab him by the neck, before crushing his neck, then he threw Dallas's body down, Alexa screamed as she saw her boyfriend killed before her eye's the alien looked down before turning towards the others, then it started moving towards the other's before spitting a load of the goo that Finson had built into the creature, using the goo it had pinned them to the wall as Sissi screamed at the top of her lungs then it walked over towards Dallas's body and then it grabbed it and threw it against the wall smashing the face of the body, causing it to fall off leaving a head missing the face and the front part of the skull, the creature then moved away.
On the factory bridge Jeremie, Yumi and Odd, where observing the security guard who during the night and despite the numerous gunshots had fallen asleep on duty, the 3 warriors then snuck past him quietly as he snored loudly, before making their way past the film crew that where filming a scene whilst all non-essential personal where looking for the alien, they made their way to a boiler room
"I'm going to try and find the others, we'll stay in contact okay" said Yumi, "right" said Jeremie as he and Odd started walking towards the tunnel that lead towards the computer room, whilst Yumi walked off in the other direction, once arriving in the lab Jeremie, walked over towards the chair and sat down as Odd walked towards the other ladder, one thing both of them noticed was the amount of slim and the dead alien's on the floor of the lab
"Aelita, Odd's about to make the plunge how do things look" asked Jeremie, whilst on Lyoko in the dessert sector; Aelita looked at the pulsations that moved along the floor in front of her "pretty bad, you were right Jeremie, XANA's up to no good again, the arsehole" replied Aelita, Jeremie did some quick typing "I've localised the tower it's in the polar region" said Jeremie, "I'm on my way" said Aelita.
In another disused part of the factory where the river would run through by some abandoned machines used for whatever purposes back in the day when it was being used for whatever job or reason that it was used for, Yumi walked into the area having been in here before she knew her way around, she jumped from one platform to another to cross the small gap of water that was between the two, she carried on walking and was about to turn a corner when she suddenly saw two of the film's crewmembers
"Do you really think it was those kids that stole the alien" asked the female crewmember as she got off the ladder "if it was them they better hope Finson doesn't find them, Yumi started running in the opposite direction but at the same time she accidently hit a piece of scrap metal causing it to make a loud noise as it bounced a few times before hitting the water, the crewmembers started walking towards where the noise had originated from, both of them holding onto their torch's moved and looked around the corner, to see nothing, the crewmembers carried on walking, whilst Yumi had hidden atop of one of the redundant machines.
In the scanner room Odd stood in front of one of the 4 scanners
"Okay Jeremie I'm ready" said Odd as he stepped inside of one of the scanners "Aelita's on her way to the polar region, that's where the scan localized the tower, I'm launching the transfer" said Jeremie, then he started typing before saying "Transfer Odd" then he selected Odd's ID card before hitting enter and saying "Scanner Odd", then he typed even more and Odd began to feel himself rise and spin inside the scanner "Virtualization" said Jeremie as Odd felt the blast of air as he was sent to Lyoko, allowing his blue square outline to appear in the sky, before gaining it's texture and dropping towards the ground "Odd" said Aelita running towards him "nice little place but it could use a little heat" said Odd, Aelita stopped at him "the tower plato is in that direction" said Aelita point in front of them, she then started to run on the spot momentarily before starting to run "if we run it'll warm you up" said Aelita, then Odd started running after her.
Back in the metal box Ulrich, Sissi and Alexa where still pinned to the wall by the goop, Alexa was crying not because they were trapped but because of Dallas
"I don't get this at all why he leaved us alone, when he could have just as easily" said Sissi, "I'm pretty sure it wanted to use us as bait to attract the others" said Ulrich, "when you said the others Ulrich, do you mean that whole gang of yours, but why" asked Sissi looking in Ulrich's direction, then they heard a noise and Yumi walked into sight at the end of the metal box, she turned and saw them "Ulrich" she said before running towards them "Yumi" said Ulrich with a smile "Whatever you do don't move a muscle" said Yumi, reaching for Dallas's first hidden blade which had come off in the struggle she then pulled out the knife section and began cutting into the goop "boy aren't you funny" said Ulrich, Yumi then quickly cut through the goop "oh Yumi I never thought I'd be saying this to you one day but I'm actually very glad to see you for once" said Sissi, "you can kiss and make up later, but we've gotta go or XANA's goanna get his way" said Ulrich, before they all looked down at Alexa who was crouched down crying and holding onto Dallas's body, "that thing killed him" said Alexa, Yumi kneeled down next to her "calm down it's going to be okay" said Yumi, Alexa pushed Yumi off of her and said "no it's not" then suddenly the alien reappeared, Ulrich grabbed Yumi and Sissi, before shouting "super sprint" and darted off towards the other end of the room, "get Alexa" said Yumi, but it was too late the alien grabbed Alexa and began strangling her "oh no" shouted the 3 who watched in horror, when suddenly there was a gunshot and the arm that held Alexa fell of the alien, which turned to its right Alexa turned her head to the right to see Dallas standing up holding the double barrel, he then shouted at the alien "GET AWAY FROM HER YOU BITCH" before firing the second shot into the alien's head killing it, he then grabbed Alexa and helped her up "I thought you were dead" said Alexa still crying slightly "I get that a lot" replied Dallas as he helped her out of the metal box and towards the others, when he arrived they heard a voice call out saying "come out of their", they turned to see Finson, "and make it snappy" added Finson, Dallas looked back at the other's "Maybe we can trust him" said Yumi, "I don't trust anybody" said Dallas, then he sheathed his gun, and helped Alexa up as they walked towards Finson.
"Odd, Aelita XANA's sent his monsters out, just behind you theirs a swarm of Hornets armed with lasers, 20 points per impact" said Jeremie, as on Lyoko Odd and Aelita where running towards the tower, Odd turned his head back and said "a little battles bound to keep me warm", then he and Aelita moved onto a thin path made of ice that lead towards the tower, the 5 Hornets then lowered themselves and started to follow them in a straight line, then they moved side by side and started to fire rapidly at Odd, but due to his and Aelita's speed they missed every shot "talk about a reception committee wow" said Odd, as the Hornets flew forward before turning and flying straight back at them, they then opened fire on Odd and Aelita, the later then stopped as the former ran at the creature's running up a piece of ice that stuck up from the floor in front of them, before jumping to the side in front of the Hornet and raising his arm to shout "laser Arrow" firing one of his arrows dead into the Hornets XANA logo destroying it, the others immediately scattered "Odd watch out" said Aelita pointing towards the Hornets that had regrouped behind Odd, the latter turned back and saw this, but was too late the Hornets had opened fire striking Odd in the back causing it to spark, Aelita then ran towards Odd, she quickly helped him up "let's go" said Odd as he and Aelita started running again whilst back in the lab Jeremie typed and started calling Yumi causing one of her ID cards to appear, "Yumi can you hear me, where are you" said Jeremie "come on Yumi answer me please answer" added Jeremie who was now getting worried.
In the abandoned factory control room Finson had Yumi, Sissi, Alexa, Ulrich and Dallas held there, Yumi's phone was vibrating but she couldn't answer it
"Tell me right now what have you done with my alien" said Finson, "don't you think Ridley Scott should ask you that" said Dallas being cocky as he usually was in these situations, Finson walked over to him and punched him in the jaw "my alien is unique" said Finson, then they heard the door open, Sissi and Alexa where scarred at the sight, whilst Yumi and Ulrich, where surprised, Dallas just looked up and quickly did something, Finson turned around to see that his alien was standing behind it but it wasn't alone as the other aliens where also with it "huh" said Finson, leaving him shocked at the sight "but…" said Finson as he was knocked to the side by the leading alien, "oh, great wonderful. Shit!" said Dallas as he stood up "Let's go" said Ulrich as he led the others towards the other door "boss did you find the…" said a male crewmember but both he and the female crew member where shocked when they saw numerous aliens "don't let them get away get a moved on" said Finson, who was clutching his bloody and cut up head, the two crewmembers then moved into the control room, but where sent flying into the wall by the alien's goop, Ulrich shut the door, as the aliens proceeded towards it, when Finson grabbed the ring leaders tail "stop I created you, you have to obey me you hear" said Finson, the creature growled and then the next thing Finson knew was he was pinned to the wall with the crewmembers, the ring leader then opened the door that the youngsters had gone through, "knock, knock" said Dallas holding the double barrel at the alien pulling the trigger, destroying the alien's head, he then slammed the door shut "Ulrich, Yumi help me barricade it" shouted Dallas, as he pressed himself against the door, Ulrich and Yumi grabbed numerous pieces of metal from around the Fairley large room they were in, when Dallas suddenly noticed a blow torch he then grabbed it and started wielding the door shut, "come on, come on" said Dallas, then as soon as he had welded the side with the handle the blow torch stopped, "that could have gone better" said Dallas, then he pressed every piece of heavy metal he could against the door, as the aliens constantly banged against it "I guess were not leaving soon" said Alexa, Dallas had forgotten about his girlfriend in all the confusion, knowing the door was secure he walked over to her and knelt down, "no were not" replied Dallas, "I saw you killed" said Alexa feeling Dallas's face his skin, still felt like skin, Dallas smiled "yeah but I'm fine now" replied Dallas, as he stood up and walked over to Ulrich, "you're goanna need this" said Dallas, as he rolled up his right sleeve and took of his blade, and grabbed Ulrich's arm and placed it on Ulrich's arm, Ulrich nodded as Dallas walked away and reloaded his gun, Ulrich then extended the blade forward before looking at Yumi, he then walked over to her "you might need this" said Ulrich as he removed the second blade and placed it on Yumi's left arm, she looked up from it and smiled at him "this doesn't mean were engaged" said Ulrich jokingly, he hoped Yumi would take it as a joke, Yumi then pulled out her phone "Jeremie it's Yumi , yeah I did find them, XANA's managed to take possession of a monster whose goanna be here in a minute" said Yumi, who stopped as the aliens tried in full force to break through the door, Dallas raised his gun and stood close to the door and waited for the inevitable "why not smash through the glass" asked Alexa, Dallas turned back towards her "this was a factory once the thing is most likely reinforced" replied Dallas, as he turned back and looked towards the door "how are you calm about this" asked Sissi, "that's the funny thing I'm not" replied Dallas.
Back on Lyoko, Odd and Aelita where still running away from the Hornets and towards the tower
"Odd, the others are in trouble there's not much time" said Jeremie, Odd then looked back at the four remaining Hornets that were pursing them, when the stopped at a cliff edge with a slide at the end of it made entirely from ice "wow that sure is steep" said Odd, he then looked back as the Hornets started shooting at them again "but we have no choice" said Odd as he pushed Aelita down the slope, "ya who" shouted Odd as he went down the slope on his feet whilst Aelita screamed as she went down on her backside "I think I might just settle down and live hear" said Odd, as he and Aelita began to pick up speed in the ice tunnel they had entered "by the way Jeremie what's at the end of this" asked Odd, "well I um err…" said Jeremie not knowing the answer "oh I get it GERONIMO" said Odd as he and Aelita exited the tunnel at a fast pace as the slide they were on ended, causing both of them to hit the ground, they both quickly stood up and recovered "at any rate the tower is closer now" said Jeremie, "thanks for the info Jeremie" replied Odd.
It had been some time since the aliens had last banged on the door
"Do you think he's called it quits" asked Ulrich unsure if he was being sarcastic or not "nope" said Yumi, Dallas kept on looking at the door, "for once I have a chance to show how talented I am, now that mechanical monster has to go nuts, what's more he had to pick on me I don't understand what did I ever do to that plastic piece of junk to deserve that huh" said Sissi crying, Dallas looked back at them "hey Ulrich do you think you could tell her to keep still for a second" said Yumi, Ulrich turned towards Sissi, he then raised his hand to his mouth and said "shush".
Back on Lyoko, Odd and Aelita were looking for the tower
"Well Aelita any sign of that tower yet" asked Odd, with his left arm holding his right arm, as he and Aelita slowly backed into each other "yes but I may be seeing double" said Aelita, Odd then moved around so he was next to her "Jeremie there are 2 towers" said Odd, as that stood in front of both of them 2 activated towers "how can that be I only saw one on the hollo map" said Jeremie typing trying to work out what the problem was "XANA must have done that to confuse us" said Aelita, Odd then looked at her "well we've gotta chose one and pronto too" said Odd, as they started running towards the towers "where the fuck is Dallas when you need him" said Aelita, unbeknownst to them the four Hornets followed them towards the tower.
Back in the room Dallas stood still aiming at the door, despite the fact there was still no banging Dallas then looked to the side "wonder XANA's planning" asked Dallas, Ulrich then stood up and looked at the door, "we nether know what he's up to" said Ulrich, Dallas eye's then shot opened "oh shit" he said before looking up at the air vent above them "Ulrich give me a boost" said Dallas, as he walked over towards it, Ulrich put his hands together and boosted Dallas up, Dallas using the gun raised the grille and then he poked his head inside the vent, to see the aliens moving along towards him "oh shit" shouted Dallas as Ulrich let go, as Dallas dropped he fired the gun into the vent, then the aliens knowing that their element of surprise was gone burst through the vents Dallas reloaded his gun and started shooting at the aliens shouting "Come on! Come on! Come and get it, baby! Come on! I don't got all day! Come on! Come On! Come on you bastard! Come on, you too! Oh, you want some of this? Fuck you!" he hit 2 of them reducing the number to 6 before he ran out of bullets the alien nearest to him knocked him back into the wall "hello Jeremie have you got any news for us" said Yumi dodging all of the lunges that the alien in front of her was throwing at her, she then dropped the phone and was forced back "Yumi what's going on answer me Yumi, Yumi?" said Jeremie, as an alien stepped on and smashing Yumi's phone "Odd" said Jeremie, whilst on Lyoko Odd was running and shooting at the Hornets "I know what you're goanna tell me hurry up, well for your information were not exactly having a tea party here" shouted Odd as he dodged a Hornets shot, he then fired an arrow hitting the creature and destroying it , then the three reaming Hornets regrouped and started flying towards Aelita who stood between the two towers trying to choose the right one "get down" said Odd as he pushed her down as the Hornets flew towards them before starting to gain height again and turning around the right tower "Aelita you've gotta choose one of the towers now I can't hold them off much longer" said Odd, Aelita nodded and said "okay" as she stood up and started running back towards the towers "laser arrow" shouted Odd as he fired an arrow at the Hornets but he missed and the Hornets carried on after Odd shooting at him rapidly but missing each shot, whilst Aelita looked at both of the towers "take that" said Odd, firing another arrow, then he tried firing another only to hear a clicking noise "oh no I'm outta arrows" he said as Aelita started walking towards the right tower and said "here I go" as she passed through the wall and started walking towards the centre of the platform lighting it up as she went along before levitating towards the top, whilst outside the tower Odd jumped towards the Hornets before he was gunned down by them causing his texture to disappear and his blue square outline to fade out of existence, as back in the room the aliens cornered Sissi, Ulrich and Yumi before grabbing Ulrich and Yumi's throats and they began strangling them, Alexa grabbed Dallas who was too weak to move "close your eyes baby" said Dallas as he pulled Alexa close to him, whilst Sissi was crying her eyes out, Aelita reached the top platform before walking towards it and placing her hand on the blue screen "Jeremie I have chosen the wrong tower it'll be all over you know that" said Aelita as the word Aelita was spelt on the screen followed by the words Code Lyoko "I have faith in you Aelita" said Jeremie, there was no effect the aliens carried on strangling Ulrich and Yumi, "Jeremie, I'm sorry I choose the wrong one" said Aelita then suddenly the aliens stopped strangling Yumi and Ulrich, they feel to the floor as the blue screens on the walls off the tower began to descend into the black void below "no wait" said Aelita upon noticing this, then once all of the blue screens had descended the return to the past began to arise, Jeremie hit enter on the keyboard and said "return to the past now".
A few days before Finson was signing his autographs and had just turned down Sissi
"Great idea to use the factory for a movie" said Ulrich walking up to him "thank you I must say with great modesty that my ideas are absolutely ingenious" said Finson passing Ulrich an autographed picture Ulrich raised his hands to turn it down "it makes a great set, by the way you do know that a film was shot here once before" said Ulrich, "you're kidding" said Finson suddenly disappointed "no a science fiction movie with an alien a fabulous picture too" said Ulrich Finson was none too happy about this news, and an hour later he left the cafeteria on his phone
"no, no I've given it some thought, I don't think the factory's a good idea, besides it wasn't my idea in the first place, what's that how dare you accuse me of lying to you I can find another Producer you know" said Finson as Ulrich left the cafeteria and joined the others as they laughed and walked away.
Authors note
Thanks for readings were not done yet and I doubt we ever will be stopping, it's like the first song we used "there's only one way and it's done this road" so we never will know.