Code Lyoko: Reincarnation Chapter 18: Nightmare, a code lyoko fanfic

Authors note
I know this is going to be a bit late when this is finally published but this is my tribute to Wes craven, one of my favourite directors who recently passed.

A peaceful forest surrounded a beautiful Japanese garden, the many trees within the garden that were thin and where finely trimmed, the gravel that looked like stone, that made a ripple effect, the pond that had many a fish swimming in it along with the path, that was made of stones that had been placed down, with tiny gaps between each one, all this was situated outside a traditional Japanese temple, it's roof that curved around the edges of its single story made of many fine woods, a gravel pathway led up to the 3 steps which in turn led to the porch, Yumi found herself here, unsure of how she got there, nor what she was doing there, but she found herself walking towards the building, the door was open and on the porch, sitting with their legs crossed around a small, table was her family, Yumi was further confused at what was going on, she walked along the path leading to the steps, the first thing that she noticed of her family was that they were wearing traditional Japanese clothing upon stepping onto the porch, Yumi walked over to her family who were strangely motionless, she sat down at the empty spot, her family failed to notice her, even her father who was more or less looking at her in the eye
"I can't believe she did what she did" said Yumi's dad, Yumi was confused who where they talking about "she has brought dishonour" said Yumi's mother, at this point Yumi started to catch wind of what they talking about, but before she could say anything, Yumi's dad stood up and walked over to the small stand holding 3 Katanas, Yumi's mum and Hiroki her brother stood up and walked over to him, the blue sky then began to get darker, it became colder Yumi began to shiver, "what she did was dishonourable" said Yumi's dad, Yumi realised they were talking about her, she wondered what she could have done, then she felt a sharp pain, and she looked down to see her belly was huge, as if she was pregnant, she began to turn and run, but she was grabbed by her mother and Hiroki, and was pinned down to the table on her back, the daylight had become night-time almost instantly, she looked as her farther drew a katana and walked over to her and said "Pati sadurunge lumrah" then he swung the sword towards Yumi, who suddenly shot up to find herself back to normal in her bed, she was sweating heavily, a nightmare she thought, then she noticed scratch marks on her arms, something she didn't have when she fell asleep, she looked around to see nobody in the room, her arms stinging from the pain of the scratches, she stood up and walked towards her window, and looked out of it she was scarred from the nightmare she'd just had, and was now scarred to go back to sleep, she looked at the time, it had just gone past 4 in the morning so she sat down on her bed, her arms where around her legs as she sat in her bed wear, and was worried even now that her nightmare had ended, hours later Yumi had gotten dressed she was tired and shaken up from last night, she struggled slightly to even walk, she made it downstairs when she started to make some breakfast "morning Yumi" those words took Yumi by surprise scarring her at who said them, her farther the man that no less than 3 hours ago she had seen attempting to decapitate her "oh hi dad" said Yumi very nervously around people should feel safe near, "boo" said another voice, this time Yumi who was now even more nervous fell to the floor "Hiroki" said Yumi's farther as he stood up getting angry, this unintentionally scared, her even more "Yumi are you okay" asked Yumi's farther, Yumi stood up shaking "yeah I gotta go" said Yumi, before grabbing her bad and rushing out of the door, all the while getting more scared.

At the school, the rest of the gang where standing by the vending machines, Jeremie was standing against the wall, with Odd sitting down next to him, whilst Dallas and Ulrich where training, Dallas had fashioned Ulrich a hidden blade and was teaching him how to use it, the circle of the mechanism had Ulrich's Lyoko logo on it, Ulrich had found himself in need of a favour and Dallas was able to oblige
"it isn't as easy as it looks" said Dallas, as he strapped the new blade to Ulrich's arm, "okay, okay" said Ulrich, as he looked at the new blade on his left arm, Dallas was working on the vambraces for him "now it's triggered by…" said Dallas, when Ulrich's blade extended through Dallas's hand, he flinched "yeah… that's it the vein" said Dallas, as Ulrich retracted it laughing slightly, allowing Dallas's hand to move itself back together sealing the wound, then Yumi walked over to them yawning loudly "Yumi are you okay" said Odd, as he stood up, Jeremie looked at her, noticing the bags under her eyes, something that he regularly had himself "Yumi did you get any sleep last night" asked Jeremie "yes and I'm fine" replied Yumi, yawning mid-sentence "fuck that, coffee is on me" said Dallas, as he turned around and walked to the coffee machine, and inserted several coins, until a cup of coffee was made, before walking back and handing it to Yumi who then took a few sips "what happened last night Yumi" asked Ulrich as he sat down next to her, Yumi however edged away from him "nothing it was just a bad dream" replied Yumi angrily at all the questions, she was determined not to tell them "Yumi, there's no point lying" said Dallas as he knelt down, facing her looking at her "besides it's not wise to lie" said Jeremie, Yumi looked at them she knew she had to tell them, but she didn't want to trouble them, but they were being too persistent then the bell rang, Dallas was angry so close to a confession, and now nothing "Yumi tell us later" said Jeremie as he and the others made their way towards their English class, Yumi looked at them as they walked away.

Dallas sat with Jeremie in the front row but by the window, whilst Odd and Ulrich sat behind them, Grey was once again teaching the class, and many of the other students where bored with his way of teaching as he tended to go off topic but he claimed it was basic knowledge and it didn't hurt, as it was he was rambling right now
"with his rambling we'll be behind by 2 lessons" said Jeremie, as he looked down at his book, Dallas however wasn't paying much attention to either of them, then he noticed that the door was open, it hadn't been like that, and there had been no noise to suggest someone had opened it "hey Jeremie that door wasn't open was it" asked Dallas, to Jeremie but he remained looking his book, Dallas was confused so he turned back to look at Ulrich, "Ulrich" he said, their wasn't an answer, Dallas then stood up surprisingly Grey didn't notice him, Dallas walked over towards him and looked him in the eye, nothing "hey sir fuck you" said Dallas, still no response so Dallas walked over towards the door he activated eagle sense, everything was blue as if nothing had changed, Dallas believed that they were pulling a joke, but eagle sense couldn't be modified, he then walked over to Adam, he grabbed him and attempted to pull him up, but Adam snapped in half before disintegrating into black dust, as if he was ash, he then grabbed Adam's chair, which now appeared burnt he then swung it at Sissi, upon it striking her she also turned into the ash, Dallas walked out of the room to find that he was in some woods, he turned around to see the classroom had vanished, "fuckin brilliant" said Dallas, as he removed his crossbow from his shoulder, and started walking towards the forest, when he noticed some foot prints, he knelt down and placed his hand into the print "you disappointment" said a voice, Dallas quickly turned around falling to the floor, whilst aiming upwards down the crossbows sights, "don't aim that at me" said the figure, Dallas lowered the crossbow, to see a man with long brown hair that had been brushed down and his face was losing a war with facial hair, he was wearing a brown jacket with a fur inning and a white shirt and dark blue jeans, "no, how the fuck" said Dallas, as he stood up "just how the fuck" asked Dallas, then the man punched him in the face, cutting his face, "don't speak to me like that" said the man, Dallas then looked at him angrily as his cut healed itself "real good magic trick" said the man, Dallas remained angry, at the same time he was confused but he didn't show it "you died, I watched you die" said Dallas, the man laughed but then turned angry and said "it was you're fault" as he pushed Dallas back "It wasn't" said Dallas, as he stepped forward "it was, do you know how that fells knowing your own son let you die" said the man, Dallas stared at him knowing that he was condemning him.

Back in the class, Grey had noticed that Dallas was not moving in fact he was leaning back in his chair, Jeremie looked at him, and started nudging him, Dallas then fell to the floor hitting it like a rag doll cutting his face on the table, luckily it didn't heal otherwise theirs some explaining to do, Jeremie looked at him before crouching down to him, and placing his hand on Dallas wrist to get his pulse, it was still their
"what on earth" said Jeremie, then he looked up to see Ulrich and Odd looking down on him, whilst what Dallas saw was a dead man walking, Dallas walked around, the man who claimed to be his dad a man that he watched die
"you can't be" said Dallas, as he again raised his crossbow and aimed at the man "well I'm alive, and that's more than I can say for you" said the man who again was laughing "unlike you, I know why I'm alive" said Dallas, the man reached out and lowered the crossbow, "and why do you remain alive" said the man Dallas looked at him and said "I don't know if I want to live, or if I have to it's just a habit" then he looked the man who remained still, he then fired a bolt into the man, it struck him in the shoulder, the man looked at it and started laughing, as if it was nothing, he then quickly lowered the crossbow, taking Dallas off guard, Dallas then noticed that the man was now holding an M1911 and it was pointed straight at him, "this is revenge" said the man, Dallas looked down the gun barrel "of course" said Dallas, then the trigger was pulled and as Dallas's unconscious body was being carried away by Ulrich and Odd over their shoulders in the classroom, suddenly it spasmed and Dallas's eyes shot open and he gasped, as he gained conscious before falling to the floor, landing on his hands and knees
"Dallas are you okay" asked Grey as he knelt down to Dallas, who then looked at him his eyes showed how angry he was shock wasn't exactly the word to fit Dallas at this time, suddenly Dallas realised something was wrong with him he quickly stood rushed out of the classroom, and towards the bathrooms, where he entered and raised his shirt to reveal, a massive wound clean where his heart was, "how did you get that" asked Ulrich as he, Odd and Jeremie walked in, Dallas poked the wound to see if it was real or not, it was real "it was a dream, I was shot, I don't fucking know" said Dallas then the wound began to heal he quickly looked at the others, Dallas noticed the wound was healing slowly, Dallas then grabbed a tissue and then wet it before wiping the blood off of his chest, "we need to talk to Yumi, theirs something weird going on here" said Ulrich as he looked at the bloody tissue, "that's just because she shunned you earlier" said Dallas, Ulrich looked at him before walking over to curling his first ready to hit him "what the fuck did you just say" asked Ulrich, Dallas looked back at him before shaking his head as if he was letting something out "okay, what the fuck just happened" said Dallas, then Ulrich struck him in the face "ouch" he said, Ulrich then went for another punch, Dallas blocked him "you mother fucker" said Ulrich, Dallas then grabbed his arm and twisted it back "Ulrich I'm fine" said Dallas, then he let go of Ulrich and pushed him away "what happened" asked Ulrich calming himself down "well from what I can work out, I was angry, like that was my only emotion or it had been enhanced or some shit" said Dallas, then he looked at the others "do you think XANA is involved" asked Odd, as he looked at Jeremie, the later was confused "I suggest we check with Aelita" said Jeremie, then Dallas examined the tissue, then felt around where he had gained the wound "that's odd" said Dallas, the others were confused "what's me" said Odd, making a horrible joke one that Dallas wasn't in the mood for it "real funny, but I was shot clean in the heart" said Dallas, as he felt around "and I don't feel any bullet" said Dallas, then he removed his wings then his jacket and then finally the shirt then looked at his back, "no exit wound" he said, Jeremie poked his back where the exit wound should have been "well that is definitely weird" said Jeremie, then Dallas placed his clothes back on, "I take it Greys pissed" asked Dallas as they walked out of the toilets "yeah" said Ulrich, Dallas looked at the classroom "yeah I'll pass on the rest of that lesson" said Dallas then he and the others quickly rushed towards the forest before Grey saw them, Dallas then stopped Ulrich "hey man, I'm sorry before my healing factor fixed it, I wasn't myself" said Dallas, Ulrich smiled and said "hey man it's fine".

After a few more of their lessons, the 4 warriors waited at one of the benches whilst, they waited for Yumi, who dismally walked over she looked even more tired and nervous than she did
"Yumi, you need some sleep" said Dallas, Yumi suddenly focused again "no, I'm fine" said Yumi, but again she yawned in mid-sentence "listen Yumi, Dallas fell asleep in class and barley managed to survive" said Ulrich, somehow Yumi managed to focus enough to listen but she looked as if she didn't want to "what do you mean he had a bad dream end of story" asked Yumi, Dallas then stood up, he knew Yumi if she had the same problem she couldn't heal, or at least as quickly "listen did you have a bad dream last night" asked Dallas, as he grabbed Yumi "Yumi answer him" said Jeremie, Yumi looked at them she was getting angry at this "yes it was a weird but personal dream" answered Yumi, Dallas upon being satisfied sat back down on the bench, "Jeremie I think we should check with Aelita" asked Odd, Jeremie then nodded and stood up "if this is a XANA attack, how is he doing it" asked Yumi, Jeremie looked at his friends "I'll try and figure it overnight, we'll discuss it tomorrow" said Jeremie, then the group departed, "what do you think it is Einstein" asked Dallas, Jeremie looked back to see if the others could hear them "I don't have any clue or any idea where to start" he said as they entered the dorm building.

Later that night Ulrich and Odd, where resting Ulrich being healthy had been practicing silat by himself as Yumi was to pissed to train, he would have asked Dallas but he was helping Jeremie, and Odd wasn't exactly material, in fact he was lying on his bed sleeping

"Lazy" said Ulrich as he quickly changed from his sports gear into his night wear, then he lied down on his bed, before looking at his left arm he still had his new weapon on his arm, he began flicking it forward, beginning to get the hang of it, then he lied back onto his bed, when he started to feeling something move across him, he turned his head to the side, to see Odd was asleep with Kiwi asleep on him, Ulrich didn't need to look as he felt something lift his shirt, and then he felt a strange feeling on his chest as it began to move forward towards his head, then it came into view "Ulrich" it was Yumi, she was in a better mood than she had been and dressed in her night gear as well, she had kissed Ulrich's chest on the way to his head, Yumi started kissing him on the check, Ulrich should have known better but he was lost in lust, then Yumi rolled next to him but carried on kissing him, Ulrich felt as if he was in heaven, then Yumi made a strange noise "it's never happening Ulrich" said Yumi, Ulrich was confused "what do you mean" asked Ulrich, Yumi then stood up and walked out of the door, Ulrich looked forward and then stood up grabbing his regular jacket and placed it over his night gear pointed downwards, Ulrich then started to follow her out of the building, "Yumi, wait up" said Ulrich after her as she walked away, Ulrich started to jog after her, but despite this and her apparent walking she was moving faster, Ulrich started running when he looked around, he was in an open area Yumi then walked over to him, "Yumi what's going on" asked Ulrich but Yumi placed her arms around his head and started kissing him, "Yumi answer me" asked Ulrich but Yumi just carried on kissing him, then she stopped and pointed downwards, Ulrich then looked to see his blade had stabbed Yumi in the stomach the blood stain visible and expanding in Yumi's shirt, Ulrich retracted the blade, and grabbed Yumi "Yumi, come on, no, no, no" he said, then she disintegrated in his arms, then he shot forward it had been a nightmare "hey Ulrich are you okay" asked Odd, as he noticed Ulrich was panting as if he hadn't breathed in several hours "Ulrich, are you okay" repeated Odd, but Ulrich didn't answer, he just lied back and down and faced the wall, Odd usually would have remained oblivious to this sort of thing, but for once he was worried about his roommate and best friend, he didn't know what to do.

Odd looked at Ulrich, he wouldn't speak to him what so ever, his body language wasn't even obvious as he just sat there
"come on, stop playing around" said Odd, but he soon came to realise that Ulrich wasn't playing around, Odd was becoming worried at his roommates health, something must have shaken him up real good.

Having been unable to sleep that night, Ulrich was drossy and luckily for him it was a Sunday, he was able to get some rest even though like Yumi he was scarred to sleep, Odd knew the only thing he could do was make sure Ulrich was okay, Dallas and Jeremie were walking over, Odd stood up and waved to them signalling them over, Dallas then quickly rushed to have a look at Ulrich, he dropped his crossbow, before placing his hand on Ulrich's face
"Ulrich, are you okay man" asked Dallas, there was no answer Ulrich looked at him with a blank face, Dallas shook his head before turning to Odd "how long has he been like this" asked Dallas, Odd shrugged his shoulders "since last night, he woke up breathing like he had been choked for hours" said Odd, Dallas looked back at Jeremie "he's in shock, something must have spooked him" said Jeremie, then he turned his head to the left to see Yumi walk over, she wasn't in a good state her hair was a mess, she had just managed to get her clothes on "Yumi, need your help with Ulrich hear" said Dallas, Yumi sat down next to Ulrich, she was still edgy "Ulrich are you… are you okay" asked Yumi having yawned in the middle of that sentence, Ulrich looked at his dream how it shook him to his core, he moved away scarred to hell of what might happen "he's become a mute" said Odd, the others were forced to agree, Dallas and Jeremie where edgy about what was happening.

Dallas sat on his bed, whilst Odd was sitting on Jeremie's whilst the afore mentioned was sitting at the computer
"okay before we rush into anything, lets at least go over the facts" said Dallas, Odd looked at him before looking at Jeremie "well Ulrich, must have come back when I was asleep, and he woke me up when I heard him breathing heavily and he hasn't spoken a word since" said Odd, Dallas wrote this down "what about Yumi" asked Jeremie, Dallas then flipped through the pages of his book "we'll a few days ago, Yumi became a nervous wreck and has since been resenting everyone" said Dallas, Jeremie looked at him "okay so this doesn't necessarily mean a XANA attack" said Jeremie, Dallas wasn't sure of what was happening he had been through the dreams but he recovered because of his healing factor something the others didn't exactly have "okay so I say we keep an eye on them, and we keep an eye on each other" said Jeremie, Dallas looked at him "I can keep watch as you two sleep" said Dallas, Odd was visually on-board with this idea, Jeremie however was less than agreeing "what about you" said Jeremie, Dallas knew his plan had hit a dead end "Okay what the fuck can we do than" asked Dallas, Odd looked at him then at Jeremie who coldly said "I don't know, I just don't know".

Dallas was lying down on his bed writing in his book, the floor board was removed and Jeremie was at his computer vigorously typing, Aelita was on the screen
"Jeremie perhaps you should take a break" said Aelita, Dallas looked up "Jeremie you need some god damn rest" said Dallas, then Jeremie stopped typing "at least you're listening to me for once, now at least lie down in your bed" said Dallas, but there was no reply from Jeremie, Dallas stood up and walked towards him, before whilst keeping his eye on him turned his chair around and found Jeremie asleep, "for once, I'm not sure if this is a good thing" said Dallas.

Jeremie found himself in the lab; he didn't know that this was a dream; he felt as if he had been working for hours on end for the past 4 weeks, he finally found the right code, and was preparing the supercomputer
"only a few more adjustments" he said, then he smiled as he grabbed his laptop and rushed down stairs to the scanner room, he had linked his laptop to work as a form of remote control, Aelita was on the screen ready for this next step, "just one more minute" said Jeremie, Aelita was smiling "I can't wait Jeremie" said Aelita, then Jeremie looked at the scanner that he had programed for Aelita's arrival, he then started the procedure, the lights inside the room began to fade, then the scanner closed itself and Jeremie smiled, when it opened and standing there was Aelita, Jeremie was opened mouthed as she stood there, in the flesh, literally she was standing their naked with her elf ears pointing upwards, Jeremie didn't know what to say, Aelita stepped forward towards him "Jeremie thank you" said Aelita, Jeremie tried to remain focused but he couldn't he'd never seen a girl naked before, suddenly Aelita changed from the innocent girl she was to something different, she grabbed Jeremie's hand and placed it on her left breast, Jeremie blushed red, as Aelita took off his glasses, then Aelita leaned forward and screamed in pain "Jeremie" she said, as she feel to the floor dead, Jeremie looked at her then the room began to crumble "what's happening" he said, then parts of the wall began to crumble and fall, the small shockwave was enough to Jeremie down, then the scanner fell on Jeremie's leg, causing him to awake screaming, Dallas looked at him
"Jeremie, oh fuck" said Dallas, as Jeremie fell to the floor in pain "Dallas help" said Jeremie, Dallas looked at Jeremie as his legs looked different "Jeremie hold on man" said Dallas, as he rolled up Jeremie's trouser legs Jeremie screamed at the pain, his legs looked as if they had been crushed, "hold on man" said Dallas as he grabbed Jeremie in his arms and opened the door, before carrying Jeremie down the corridor, they bumped into Nicholas and Herb "what's going on" asked Herb as he adjusted his glasses "outta my way" said Dallas, as he kicked open the door, at the end of the hall, and started rushing down the stairs, towards the main building, the door was locked Dallas quickly walked backwards "hold on" said Dallas as still holding onto Jeremie he ran at the door, but before the moment of impact he turned around smashing through it, before running to the nurses office, he kicked open the door and placed Jeremie on the bed, Jeremie was weak, the nurse was literally outside the window, Dallas opened it and then grabbed a metal tray and threw it at her car, she screamed then looked at Dallas, "need some help in here" said Dallas, before he turned back then grabbed some scissors and started cutting Jeremie's trousers, then the nurse came in "Jeremie" she said, then she looked at Dallas "what happened" she asked, Dallas looked at her upon removing Jeremie's trousers "no idea" said Dallas, as the nurse examined Jeremie's legs "can you wait outside please" she asked, Dallas obliged and stood outside.

A few hours later Dallas was still outside, he was unable to sleep not because of the nightmares but the fact that his best mate was in the infirmary, then the door opened and the nurse exited
"Dallas, do you know what's happened to Jeremie" asked the nurse, Dallas looked at her and replied "no, why what's happened" the nurse signalled for him to enter, Dallas stood up fearing the worst, "his legs are broken" said the nurse as Jeremie lied down in the hospital bed, Dallas didn't know what to make of it "did you do this" asked the nurse, Dallas looked at her "what, no he's my closest friend" said Dallas, as he knelt down to look at Jeremie "what's goanna happen to him" asked Dallas, the nurse sat down "he's going to be confined to a wheelchair" said the nurse, Dallas the punched the wall, the nurse took no notice "someone's going to need to help him around" said the nurse, Dallas who had returned to Jeremie's side, he looked up "I'll do it" said Dallas, the nurse hadn't expected this "no, it must be a member of staff" said the nurse, Dallas stood up and faced her "I don't care, I'll take care of him" said Dallas, before he started looking around the room "where's a fucking wheelchair" he asked as he started moving some of the equipment, the nurse knew Dallas was too persistent "here" she said, as she opened the cupboard and pulled one out, Dallas smiled and walked over to Jeremie, and awoke him "Jeremie, how do you feel" said Dallas, Jeremie opened his eyes "my legs I can't feel them" said Jeremie he looked at his legs then at Dallas "come on, I'm getting you back to our room" said Dallas, as he grabbed Jeremie and placed him in the wheel chair.

The next day, Odd had managed to get Ulrich to the bench during the lunch hour, he wasn't tired, Ulrich however was, he hadn't seen Jeremie who had been let off his lessons and Dallas was assigned to keep an eye on him
"Ulrich at least say something" said Odd, as Ulrich looked at him, then Odd was shocked, as he saw Dallas move Jeremie along in the wheelchair "shit, what happened" asked Odd, Jeremie raised his hand to signal Dallas to let go and then started moving the wheel chair himself "whatever it is it has to be XANA" said Jeremie, Dallas stood behind him "so far the only physical attacks have been at me and Jeremie, whilst more or less physiological attacks have been affecting Ulrich and Yumi, hence their currents states" said Dallas, Odd had a hard time keeping up with that sentence, "Odd, has Ulrich had any sleep" asked Jeremie, Odd looked at his best friend "I'm afraid not" he said, Dallas shook his head "I say, we get Yumi and check with Aelita to see if it is an activated tower" said Jeremie, Ulrich looked at them "wait a god damn minute Odd, why haven't you been having nightmares" asked Dallas, Odd then scratched the back of his head "um… err… Hypnocil" he said sheepishly "okay then… wait what" said Dallas

authors note
we here at the ghost writers would like to point out we know that this drug is total bullshit, but were meant to be doing a small tribute to Wes craven and back to the story

"what do you mean Hypnocil" asked Dallas, Jeremie looked up at him "what's Hypnocil" asked Jeremie, Dallas looked down at him "it's a dream suppressant, but very dangerous" replied Dallas, he then looked back at Odd "why have you been taking it" asked Dallas, "we'll I tend to have a lot of nightmares so I usually take a pill every week" said Odd, Dallas was shocked "how much do you have" asked Dallas, "we'll I'm sent a semesters supply, every semester" said Odd, Dallas's plan was out the window there, then they all looked towards the science building, where Yumi staggered out of "okay, Odd I know someone who needs some Hypnocil" said Dallas, unsure if he was joking or not "Yumi are you okay" asked Jeremie, then Yumi rubbed her eyes upon seeing Jeremie "I should be asking you that" said Yumi, Dallas looked at her "Yumi were going to mine and Jeremie's room we believe it could be a XANA attack" said Dallas, Yumi was too tired to argue "let's go" she said, then Odd helped Ulrich up and Dallas pushed Jeremie in his wheel chair, all the while avoiding Jim, as they made their way towards the dorm building "hey Dallas how do you know what Hypnocil is" asked Jeremie, Dallas chuckled slightly and said "it's a long story".

Having carried Jeremie over his shoulder and the wheelchair in his other hand Dallas, was to say the least exhausted when he reached their room, he then placed down the wheelchair and put Jeremie in it before unlocking the door and opening it, Yumi walked in first, but Dallas grabbed her arm, she turned defensively
"get some sleep, I'll keep an eye out" he said, then she walked in and lied down in Jeremie's bed, then Jeremie wheeled himself in and he got a shock as he saw that 2 computer screens had been smashed and the hard drive and processor was taken apart "my equipment" said Jeremie as he looked down, Dallas activated eagle sense, it was blue "nothing" he said, whilst Yumi woke up, the room was empty, nobody was in it she stood up, she still felt tired she looked out of the window to see the school courtyard, she then walked over and placed her hand on the door handle, when she found it warm "ow" she said as then using her jumper she opened the door, to see that the building was on fire, but she wasn't in the dorm building anymore she was in her house "mom" she said before coughing "dad" she said before coughing again "Hiroki" she said, then she moved on finding, her parents door they were both stabbed in the chest "mom, dad" she said as she walked over to them covering her mouth, then the building started to collapse, and this covered the door, "no" she said, before passing out because of the fumes, whilst back in the dorm room "fuckin hell, she's burning up" said Odd, whilst Dallas looked down at her, her left hand had a small burn on it and her face was black as if she was in a fire, "it's happening again" said Dallas, "what's happening again" asked Jeremie, "they are definitely affecting us as if they were real attacks" said Jeremie, Dallas nodded then he placed his hand on Yumi's face "I'm goin in" he said, Dallas then looked at Ulrich "sorry man" said Dallas, then he placed his other hand on Ulrich's face and said "hold on", then he activated eagle sense, causing his eyes to turn white, and his head to jerk upwards whilst, Ulrich flinched at the pain, then Ulrich opened his eyes to find himself in Yumi's house "Yumi" shouted Dallas, Ulrich stood up coughing "Yumi, where are you" shouted Dallas, then he found her "Ulrich give me a hand" said Dallas, as he grabbed the chunk of burning wood that was blocking the door, he then lifted it up "get Yumi" said Dallas, Ulrich then obliged and moved underneath Dallas and the barrier, Ulrich started nudging Yumi's unconscious body, "fucks sake, YUMI WAKE UP" said Dallas shouting the last part, Yumi then faintly came around, "Ulrich, my parents are dead" said Yumi who was crying she hugged Ulrich who then hugged her back he then helped her up "it's a dream Yumi" said Ulrich for the first time in a few days, then they heard a crash, Dallas looked up "oh fuck" said Dallas, then the barrier fell on him, along with more rubble "no" said Ulrich, whilst Dallas awoke, his hands on both Yumi and Ulrich's faces, his body burnt, "Dallas what's going on" asked Jeremie, as he looked at Dallas, "their trapped in a burning building" said Dallas, as in that burning building, Ulrich, looked at the window "Yumi it's are only option" said Ulrich, as he looked at Yumi, who was too intoxicated "I'm sorry" said Ulrich as he grabbed Yumi and slung her over his shoulders and then he ran at the window jumping through it, and he started falling, then as he got closer to the floor, his faced winced in fear, but as soon as he touched the ground he fazed through it and he awoke on the floor of the dorm room his skin was covered in soot and was slightly burned, he sat forward "Yumi is she okay" asked Ulrich, Dallas then looked at her then to Jeremie, who placed his hand on her wrist "yeah she's fine, but we need to get to the nurses station" said Jeremie, then Ulrich grabbed Yumi and started to carry, her away but he found himself too weak, so Dallas helped by carrying both of them with help from Odd, whilst Jeremie grabbed his laptop which was undamaged.

Again Dallas kicked open the door of the nurses station it was empty, so Dallas then found the blinds to the window and he shut them, before walking over and once Jeremie had entered Dallas locked the door before grabbing Jeremie and placing him on a bed and using the wheelchair to block the door
"real funny" said Jeremie, Dallas laughed before smashing the glass case and grabbing the bandages and an air tank "do you know what you're doing" asked Ulrich, Dallas turned and looked back at him, "sort of" he said as he placed the air tank to his mouth "you've suffered from oxygen depression" said Dallas he then grabbed the bandages and then grabbed hand "hold on this could hurt" he said, Yumi looked at him "any more than it could" asked Yumi, Dallas shrugged his shoulders, and then grabbed some water and placed it over Yumi's hand she flinched with pain, Dallas then grabbed some bandages and wrapped it around her hand "are their anymore burns" asked Dallas, Yumi felt around her body and replied "a few", "where" asked Dallas as he grabbed some more bandages, "awkward places" replied Yumi, "do you know what to do" asked Dallas, Yumi nodded Dallas then passed her the bandages, and pulled the curtain around her, before looking back at Ulrich "how do you know these things" asked Odd, Dallas looked at him "trust me after living my life it helps to know" said Dallas, as he looked at Ulrich, "Jeremie, have you raised Aelita yet" asked Dallas, as he looked at the marks on Ulrich's face "no not yet, connections bad in here" said Jeremie, whilst on Lyoko Aelita was inside a tower, at the same time trying to reach Jeremie
"come on, why won't it connect, even with direct connection" said Aelita, she then heard the vibrations again, she then walked out the tower "no" she exclaimed, XANA had placed a Guardian around the tower she was trapped, she ran to the walls, as this time she was able to move, but she couldn't pass through it, "Jeremie" she screamed out.

Having treated herself Yumi opened the curtain she was heavily bandaged, she was limping over, where she sat down with the others, as Dallas bolted the door, and barricaded it
"is that really necessary" asked Ulrich as he felt his hands, "yes, until me and Einstein, work out what's going on" said Dallas, as he then made sure that the door wouldn't open "well Einstein what is going on" asked Odd, then Jeremie looked his, "we'll as far as we can tell, are dreams or nightmares are hurting us" said Jeremie, then he looked at Dallas "check if there's any record of this happening to anyone else" asked Jeremie, Dallas then nodded and walked over to the filling cabinet and opened it before looking through the documents "Yumi when did this first occur to you" asked Ulrich, Yumi looked at him before shaking her head and saying "last night, I had a strange as hell dream", she then started crying slightly hoping that the others didn't notice but Ulrich did, he placed his arm around her, but found that he was hurting his own hand, due to the burn "god fucking damn it" said Dallas, as he knocked the filling cabinet over "nothing" he said, then noticing the damage he had caused "sorry" he said, then he looked at the other's they were still "fuck" he said.

Dallas opened the blind, to notice it was dark, but not night time, then he looked carefully it was snowing, then he noticed it wasn't snow but ash, he opened the window and went outside, then he heard gunfire, he ducked down "fuck" he said, then he noticed coming out of the bushes, where his dad, and another man with stubble all around his lower face, and black hair which stood up, but wasn't that long, he wore a blue button up shirt, with brown tan trousers, the shirt was unbuttoned, around the torso and he had a silver cross necklace, he unlike Dallas's dad carried a Mossberg 590 shotgun "Liam" he said Dallas, upon recognizing his older brother, he quickly moved through the bushes, then he heard a gunshot and he looked at his shoulder, the bullet had gone straight through, he then looked up and Liam was aiming down on him, "how would you like to go" asked Liam as he licked his lips whilst aiming down the guns sights, Dallas examined his options he noticed his crossbow was still on his back and that Liam was standing near his legs "only got so many arrows, How you doing on ammo?" said Dallas, Liam then laughed as he pointed the gun further at him "enough" he replied, Dallas smiled, then he quickly kicked out Liam's legs, causing him to fall over, whilst Dallas quickly jumped up and grabbing the shotgun and looking at it, he then pumped out the shells, before grabbing them, then he looked down on his brother then he felt another bullet go through his shoulder, his dad had found him, Dallas then rushed towards the tree lines, the ash that was now building up on the floor was slowing him down, he then looked back and noticed that his dad had stopped to help Liam up, he noticed there was enough distance between them he then manifested eagle sense on his hands and then in front of him the 2 foot high pile of ash blew to the sides, when he started to run towards the dorm buildings when he bumped into someone, he stood up and raised his crossbow unsure of what was happening "Dallas what's going on" asked the person, Dallas then adjusted his eyes as the ash dissolved in his eyes "Alexa… turn around" said Dallas, Alexa was scarred, but Dallas lowered his crossbow and then placed it over his shoulder and then started patting down Alexa searching her for weapons "Dallas, that's a bit strange even for you" said Alexa, Dallas found nothing "okay so you're not carrying a weapon at least" said Dallas, as he grabbed his crossbow "what do you mean" asked Alexa, then there was a gunshot striking the post next to Dallas "that" said Dallas, then against his better judgment he grabbed Alexa's hand and dragged her to safety as his dad and brother started shooting at him, Dallas quickly led Alexa into the woods where, Dallas managed to lose his pursers "Dallas could you tell me what's going on, first thing I know I'm in class, next thing I know I'm in my room lying down naked in my bed" said Alexa, Dallas realised that Alexa had been pulled into this "shit, shit, shit" said Dallas, then he felt some jogging and then some vibrations, "what's that" asked Alexa, then the ground between them began to split apart "Dallas help" said Alexa, Dallas looked around he heard as Alexa screamed, then Dallas noticed that the platform that he was had begun shaking "time to meet you end" said Liam, as he aimed his gun at Dallas, the latter then looked at Alexa, "if you kill me, I'll just wake up, you kill her she dies" said Dallas, then he then manifested eagle sense, and discharged it at Alexa, she fell backwards but as she hit the floor she passed through it, Alexa awoke in the class, she believed it was a bad dream.

Meanwhile Dallas looked back at Liam who was now standing right in front of him with the gun at his forehead "you're turn" said Liam, then Dallas dad, appeared behind Dallas "do it my son" said their dad, Dallas closed his eyes for the inevitable, "no" shouted a voice this one also male, Dallas opened his eyes and noticed Liam stumbling and Ulrich was behind him, with his blade extended, Dallas smile and stood up and then stood back to back with Ulrich "how are you here" asked Dallas, as he looked around looking for the two that had recently been hunting him, "I don't know, I placed my hand on you, and next thing I know, I'm here" said Ulrich, as he also looked around "so who were those guys, people who had some disagreement with back in Detroit" asked Ulrich making his best assumption "say it's a family matter" said Dallas, Ulrich was shocked at the news "what" he asked "don't ask me it's XANA most likely" there was a loud bang but not as in a gunshot, but as in a knocking on a door, Dallas opened his eyes to find himself back in the nurses office "that was close" said Dallas as he leaned forward, looking at the others "what happened" asked Odd, Dallas rubbed his shoulder "it's XANA, it has to be, he's managed to drag others into the nightmares" said Dallas, Jeremie looked at him "we'll we need to get to the factory" said Ulrich, as he helped Dallas up, "hey I'm fine" said Dallas, then Jeremie looked at the door "who's knocking" asked Dallas, as he rubbed his head, "whose in their" said the voice on the other side "fuck, Delmas" said Dallas, who then grabbed Jeremie off the bed, and held him like a back pack "hold on you two" said Ulrich as he walked over to Odd and Yumi, and grabbed the back of their necks, Dallas then walked over to the window and opened it, then in a flash the other three disappeared, "ever flown before" asked Dallas, Jeremie looked at him "no, I haven't" he replied, Dallas smiled, before taking a few steps back "you might wanna hold on" said Dallas then he started running towards the window and as he jumped through the open window he kicked off the ledge and using eagle sense he propelled himself into the air, and started to fly towards the factory, all the while Jeremie was screaming as Dallas flew through the air.

Aelita stood at the wall of the guardian, looking at the yellow wall that surrounded her and the tower, she knew that she hadn't any way of communicating with Jeremie
"Jeremie can you hear me" said Aelita as she sat legs crossed on the floor, there was no response, she then started to panic, whilst in the scanner room Yumi, Odd and Ulrich where standing at a scanner each, waiting for Jeremie and Dallas who were getting close to the factory, Dallas brought them in and low
"hey Jeremie the elevator aint their" said Dallas, Jeremie opened his eyes "What" he asked, then Dallas flew in low and then as soon as he arrived at the elevator shaft, he quickly changed his angle and flew down until he stopped at the elevator, he then opened the hatch and dropped down with Jeremie, and placed him at the console "regroup with the others" said Jeremie, as he started typing Dallas walked towards the hatch, Jeremie then loaded a window and said "Aelita can you hear me", he then tried typing again "Aelita, answer me please" he said, then he clicked his fingers, he started typing "last location, dessert sector" said Jeremie, he then started the virtualization process "transfer Odd, transfer Ulrich, transfer Dallas, Transfer Yumi" said Jeremie, then their ID cards appeared and began to lighten up "Scanner Odd, Scanner Ulrich, Scanner Dallas, Scanner Yumi" said Jeremie as in the scanners the four began to spin and rise "virtualization" said Jeremie, as the four suddenly felt the blast of air that sent them to Lyoko, their blue square outlines then appeared in the sky, before they dropped to ground, they looked around no monster's in sight "can't remember the last time we were all together on Lyoko" said Dallas, as they looked around the others smiled something they hadn't done in some time, "Jeremie where's Aelita" asked Yumi, "I dunno, you need to look around" said Jeremie, Dallas then drew his crossbow, before walking off, he then signalled Odd, to move, he did so leaving Yumi and Ulrich by themselves Jeremie noticed what they were doing, Odd looked through the trees unable to see anything "why can't I just trigger my power at will" said Odd, then he turned around to see Ulrich and Yumi, who were searching the area together "what caused you to become a mute" asked Yumi, breaking the silence that the two were sharing "a nightmare" said Ulrich, trying to dodge the question "I mean what in the nightmare caused you to" asked Yumi as she looked around, she looked behind a rock "what caused you to become insecure" asked Ulrich, Yumi looked back from the rock "I saw myself being killed by my family, what about you" replied Yumi, Ulrich didn't want to tell her the truth "I saw you guys die" said Ulrich, Yumi noticed this was bullshit as Dallas couldn't exactly die, but she knew Ulrich didn't realise his mistake, and she also realised who he truly meant, "okay then" she said, then Odd came running over "I think I've found her" said Odd, then the others ran over to him, "where is she" asked Ulrich, Odd started running off, the others followed him up a small ridge where they were looking down on a small valley with a giant guardian inside it "I'm getting sick and tired of these guardians" said Ulrich, as he peered over the edge "fill me in later, but what are we goanna do" asked Dallas, as he looked down the sights of his crossbow, "I dunno, I doubt that things goanna fall for the same trick 3 times" said Odd, they then quickly brainstormed but Dallas broke the silence by asking "uh… what trick" he asked "Basically, we created a duplicate of the trapped person and then it manages to fall for it" said Ulrich, then they heard some distressing news "uh guys theirs a small army of XANA's monster's" said Jeremie, Odd then clicked his fingers "piece of cake" he said, "which monster's" added Odd, Jeremie quickly typed "those armoured warriors" he said, Odd then frowned and said "slightly smaller piece of cake", then the army of warriors came into view, Dallas smiled "you get Aelita free, I'll deal with this shit" he said, as he dropped down, "he's so screwed" said Ulrich "let's not waste time" said Odd as the three of them moved down from the small cliff.

Dallas landed at the base of the small cliff and noticed that the guardian was suddenly unprotected, then suddenly his crossbow was thrown from him, it had been destroyed by a sword, he looked forward to see the small army of warriors emerged and stand on the elevated rocks in front of them, he was out numbered, he simply smiled as he raised his hood, Dallas evaluated his surroundings, then the warriors started charging at him, he ran up and using a rock he slightly propelled himself over one of the warriors before kicking the one behind him down, another of the warriors charged at him with his sword, using his left hand Dallas pushed the blade down, whilst with his other he extended his hidden blade stabbing and penetrating the warriors armour, he then spun over it, then it exploded behind him, Dallas quickly spun around as the next warrior charged at him, Dallas knocked the sword to the side before stabbing the warrior in the throat, and then grabbing the warriors weapon, the latest of the warriors ran at him, and as soon as Dallas had dealt with the previous one, he swung the sword into the torso of this one, then he noticed that another one was already beginning his attack by charging at him and raising his sword ready to strike him, Dallas grabbed his arm, and twisted it around, and using arm that still held the sword blocked the swing of another warrior, before kicking that one away, then twisting the warrior's arm and around and forcing it to stab itself, he then turned as another swung it's sword, he ducked underneath it before grabbing the warriors arm, and twisting it around and snapping it's neck, then another behind him grabbed him, and held Dallas as the previously kicked warrior charged at him, ready with another swing, Dallas broke free with a second to spare causing the warrior to strike his captor, then as the warrior realised what had happened, Dallas grabbed it and head butted it and kicked it away, as yet another swung it's sword, Dallas using his right arm pushed the warriors sword wielding arm to the side, and then using his left arm Dallas stabbed the warrior in the chest then using his other arm, he pushed it away in time for the next customer's attack, the warrior drew it's sword in its charge, Dallas knocked the arm away, grabbing the sword and planting it in the warriors chest, before ducking as another swing of a warriors sword almost struck him, then Dallas using his right blade stabbed the warrior in the neck as it was temporally unable to attack due to the power of the swing, Dallas then kicked it away, before turning back to the remaining crowd of warriors, he extended both of his hidden blades, as the next warrior charged at him, Dallas turned the warrior around, before stabbing it the back with his left hand and then using his right one he stabbed another one in the chest, then the last one not picking up on the fact all his brethren had been killed, swung it's sword, this swing struck Dallas, but he managed to block it from DE virtualizing him by using his left hidden blade, but the blade came off, Dallas then turned and using his other hidden blade struck the creature in the chest, causing it to fall to its knees and exploded, then he noticed that Odd, Ulrich and Yumi where watching the entire fight, even Jeremie had watched it Dallas smiled and said
"I hope you saw that as I will not be doing it again".

After the impressive fight the Lyoko warrior's walked over to the guardian, Odd however clap, clap hug snapped Dallas for the impressive display

"You gotta teach me how to do that" said Odd, Dallas just smiled and rubbed Odd hair, before lowering his own hood "okay any ideas" asked Dallas, as he looked at the others "not really no" said Ulrich as he began to pull out his sword then he remembered what happened the last few times he tired it "Jeremie, any ideas" asked Odd, then Dallas clicked his fingers he'd thought of something "I have a risky idea" said Dallas, they looked at him "what" asked Yumi, then Dallas manifest eagle sense around his hand, it then appeared as if his hand was alight with blue fire, "I'm goanna cover the guardian with it" said Dallas the others looked at each other "Dallas I don't think that you can generate that much eagle sense on Lyoko" said Jeremie, ruining the idea "Jeremie he just took out the small army of warriors single handedly without taking any damage" said Yumi, Jeremie couldn't argue with the facts "okay try it" said Jeremie, Dallas then looked at Yumi "could you levitate me to the top of the guardian" asked Dallas, he then looked up Yumi nodded before placing her hand on her forehead, Dallas then began to levitate towards the top of the guardian, Yumi then removed her hand causing Dallas to fall onto the very top "Dallas, are you okay" asked Odd, "yeah it's very slippery" said Dallas, then Jeremie monitored his life points "Dallas you've still got all your life points somehow" said Jeremie, Dallas laughed then he closed his eyes and breathed in as eagle sense began to swam around him, then he held him arms forward and all the eagle sense flew forward into his open hands he then knelt down and then the eagle sense expanded flying forward from Dallas onto the smooth glowing surface, and then as it expanded across the guardian, then it began to solidify as if it froze, then it exploded sending a bright light throughout the area, as soon as the flash cleared the guardian had been destroyed, Aelita could see her friends "how, how did you free me" asked Aelita, then they looked around "wait where's Dallas" asked Yumi, they looked around "Jeremie did he come back in one of the scanners" asked Odd, Jeremie started typing "no, he's not come back" said Jeremie, then Aelita with her hand above her eyes covering the sun noticed something "what's that" she asked, then Jeremie started typing "I dunno the systems has a little static on it" said Jeremie, then a figure stood up on top of the tower behind them "had to ask myself one question, do I feel lucky punk, well did I" it was Dallas he then stretch before looking "well I did, lot of fuckin good it did me" added Dallas, he looked down "at least it worked" then he looked up "Jeremie how many life points have I got" asked Dallas, "not a lot Dallas" said Jeremie, then Jeremie started typing again "the activated tower is located 20 degrees west" said Jeremie, Yumi then placed her hand on her forehead and Dallas began to fly downwards, upon landing he nodded before the five warriors started moving with Dallas trailing behind due to exhaustion.

Sometime later, the five warriors reached the tower area, there were numerous Blocks and Kankrelots guarding it, the warriors stood on a small cliff overlooking the monsters
"XANA must have limited resources or something" said Jeremie, Odd looked up and asked "what do you mean", Jeremie leaned back in his chair "we'll why not create another small army of warriors" said Jeremie, Dallas's eyes shot open "fuckin hope not" he said, then he looked down on the small group, then he looked at the others and snuck away "okay we need a plan" said Yumi, as she counted the creatures below "what do we do" asked Aelita, then she noticed Dallas's right hidden blade and his tomahawk on the floor "where's Dallas" said Aelita, "down their" said Ulrich, as Dallas stumbled over towards the creatures, they all looked his way "he's an idiot" said Odd, then Dallas raised his left arm and as the creatures charged their shots, Dallas using the projectile part of his blade he fired, then time seemed to slow down as using his last ounce of strength he ducked and rolled shooting the creatures, but the barrage of shots got the better of him as he was struck by the lasers DE virtualizing him, leaving only a few monsters destroyed "well he's bought us an opportunity, let's not waste" said Ulrich, who then grabbed Dallas's hidden blade and placed it over his left arm "you know how to use that" asked Yumi, Ulrich nodded then jumped down, the cliff with his new weapon extended, striking the Block closest as the creature looked up, then he rolled forward and struck the next one with his sword, before he stood up deflecting the barrage of lasers with his sword "some help would be appreciated" said Ulrich, then Aelita grabbed the tomahawk, and went to jump "I don't think so princess" said Yumi, as she grabbed Aelita and handed Odd the tomahawk, who then jumped down, and went to help Ulrich, "Aelita stay with me" said Yumi, Aelita then smiled as the two girls found another way down, whilst Ulrich and Odd started moving forward until the point in which as soon as the creatures shot at them they were instantly destroyed "now Yumi" said Ulrich as Yumi jumped up throwing her fans striking the creatures, before the three warriors carried on repeating this process, until Aelita had a clear path, she then started running towards the tower, then suddenly Odd had a vision off lightning striking Aelita, "Aelita, no" said Odd, as he ran after her, then the lightning which Odd had seen went straight towards Aelita, Odd jumped in front holding Dallas's tomahawk to absorb the energy blast, which it did but made the weapon red hot he dropped it at the exact moment that Aelita entered the tower, she walked towards the centre platform and began to levitate towards the top platform, where the blue screen appeared and she placed her hand on it, the word Aelita was typed then the words Code Lyoko, the blue screens that surrounded the tower walls began to descend into the black void below, starting the return to the past and ending XANA's attack, and instead of what he would usually say
he instead said "can't wait to use my legs again".

Sometime later in the past, Dallas remembered his past experience and managed during one lunch break, now that they had all had some form of uninterrupted sleep, to get them to do another performance as fort minor,
"ready" asked Dallas, as he looked at the others they nodded, then Dallas looked back at the small crowd who had gathered to see the performance

I remembered black skies
The lightning all around me
I remembered each flash
As time began to blur
Like a startling sign
That fate had finally found me
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve

So give me reason
To prove me wrong
To wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross
The distance in your eyes
Give me reason
To fill this hole
Connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies
Across this new divide

There was nothing in sight
But memories left abandoned
There was nowhere to hide
The ashes fell like snow
And the ground caved in
Between where we were standing
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve

So give me reason
To prove me wrong
To wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross
The distance in your eyes
Across this new divide

In every loss in every lie
In every truth that you'd deny
And each regret and each goodbye
Was a mistake too great to hide
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve

Upon finishing the song, Dallas looked at his friends

"fuckin rocked it" said Odd, Ulrich put down his guitar "too bad it's only a handful of people who are going to see it" he said, "maybe not, I noticed Millie and Tamiya record it" said Yumi laughing, Dallas was laughing then it hit him "wait what" he said, before noticing them, and started chasing after them.

Authors note

thanks for reading hope you enjoyed it, would have been out sooner but went back and padded it out, so yeah.