Authors Note
you may have noticed that the Q&A chapters have been removed they will be added at the end of the prequel series so, they will be up their soon, the change was brought upon me by the other's in the group who felt that they ruined the pacing.
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Sundays were as Sundays are, dull and boring, but above all that day it was cold, it was so cold to the point Jeremie was wearing a shirt under his jumper, Odd was wearing a few vests, Ulrich was wearing an underarm shirt and gloves, and Yumi was wearing a vest whilst keeping close to Ulrich, Dallas was wearing his white jumper over his white shirt and his beanie, he was sitting with the other warriors, their breath was visible
"why is it so damn cold" said Odd, the other's looked at him "because of the… oh you wouldn't understand Odd" said Jeremie, the others smiled, Dallas was writing in his book "how can you do that in this weather" asked Yumi, as she noticed Dallas writing but not letting a single scribble "warm blooded" he replied, Ulrich smiled "same" he said, Yumi punched Ulrich in the arm "why do you get to be the lucky one" she said, then Odd noticed someone by the tree line "who's that" he asked, the others looked up and towards the tree line "I'll go" said Dallas, as he grabbed his crossbow and pocketed his book "do you think it could be XANA" asked Ulrich, Jeremie shook his head "No Aelita would have contacted me" he replied, then he looked forward as Dallas neared the tree line towards the figure "she was right you would always carry that thing around" said the figure, Dallas hadn't seen her in a while, he smiled "yeah but I wondered what else she said about me" replied Dallas, the figure stepped forward "it's a shame what happened to her, I know that…" she started, Dallas raised his hand "Mollie I don't need reminding" he said, as if he was about to cry "funny I always pictured you a strong and silent type" said Mollie, Dallas smiled, "anyway I've come to say good bye" she added, Dallas raised his eyebrows "goodbye where you going" he asked, then he noticed Mollie was standing wearing a fur coat and an expensive one at that "the Day she died, I was returning from America, I entered and won a modelling contest" she said, it all came together now "and recently I got a job modelling for a company" added Mollie, Dallas smiled "so how long until I see you in playboy" he said, Mollie smiled before knocking him over the back of the head "it's a clothing company" she said, Dallas had one last question "why you saying goodbye to me" he asked, Mollie smiled "I wanted to say goodbye to the only piece of her I have left, her dad as he is legally called took all her stuff and sold it" she said, Dallas knew that is was partly his fault for his ex-girlfriends death and it haunted him to this day "she also left this for you" said Mollie as she handed Dallas an envelope, he looked at it "that was addressed to you, so her dad had no right to it" said Mollie, Dallas put the envelope in his back pocket, "well this is goodbye" said Mollie as she grabbed the front of Dallas's hat and pulled it down over his eyes, he then grabbed it and pulled it back up as she walked away, Dallas smiled and walked back towards his friend's "what was that about" asked Ulrich as Dallas at back down on the sports stands, "Just some lose ends" said Dallas.
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It got warmer soon after but was still freezing cold, Ulrich and Yumi were at Yumi's house, they were home alone, and Ulrich's excuse was he was helping her with homework
"Ulrich you know the homework excuse was the oldest trick in the book" said Yumi, Ulrich smiled and laughed "yeah but it worked" he said, as he leant forward to kiss her, then they heard a door open and shouting, Ulrich quickly pulled away
"HIROKI DON'T DISOBEY ME" shouted Takeo, Ulrich decided to keep his head out of this one, Yumi however looked up "I only talked to her" said Hiroki, Takeo rolled his eyes "what's the problem with that" asked Akkio, Takeo looked at her as if he was going to hit her "you didn't see him give that girl flowers, I swear he'll bring dishonour to the family" said Takeo, then he noticed Yumi and Ulrich, "sorry Ulrich, but I hope you can understand" said Takeo, as he stormed off "mum what happened" asked Yumi, as she saw Hiroki walk up the stairs "apparently Hiroki talking and giving flowers to a girl is dishonourable to him" said Akkio, Yumi looked down knowing she was now doing that, "I'm goanna go" said Ulrich, as he grabbed his stuff, Yumi packed away her's "I'll walk with you" she said, as she caught up to Ulrich, "what was that about" asked Ulrich, Yumi stopped him and looked into his eyes "listen my dad is all about honour, it's the reason he hit you on stage" said Yumi, then since they were out of sight of her parents' house, she hugged him, due to a recent growth spurt of Ulrich's he was now slightly taller than her, Ulrich hugged her back "I don't know what to do" said Yumi she was now crying, Ulrich knew this time, there was nothing he could do "about what" asked Ulrich as he was confused when he thought about it, Yumi let go and looked at him "I don't want to lose you, and I don't want to dishonour my dad" said Yumi, Ulrich thought for a moment "is their anyway it won't be dishonourable" asked Ulrich as he wiped away one of Yumi's tears, "no my dad wants me to marry someone of Japanese descent to maintain honour" said Yumi, Ulrich looked at her, he knew that Yumi truly loved him, but he couldn't do anything.
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In the waiting room outside Delmas's office, Jeremie was sitting in their having been commended for one of his pieces of work and the fact it was spot on, Jeremie was close to falling asleep as he had been waiting for so long, then the door finally opened, and a boy about Jeremie's age, with long black hair, wearing a blue zip up hoodie with a red and black checked button up shirt, and blue trousers that we're visibly baggy, he had a small bit of stubble on his face
"I assure you Gareth you will make plenty of friends here" said Delmas as he let the new guy out of his office, Jeremie looked at him "who was that" asked Jeremie as he entered the room "Gareth Winchester, a new student" said Delmas, as he walked over the desk, "now Jeremie you're test scores have been impressive, and since you aren't smart enough to go to a special school, I believe moving you up a year might be the best option" said Delmas, Jeremie was shocked it would really affect him and the others if there was a XANA attack, "do I have a say in the matter" asked Jeremie, Delmas realised that this could affect Jeremie emotionally "I'm… I'm afraid not" said Delmas, Jeremie looked down, "but I haven't decided on it yet" said Delmas, Jeremie looked up "uh when are you deciding sir" asked Jeremie, Delmas knew that it could be bright for Jeremie's future, but at the same time it could affect Jeremie's work to the point that it might start going down "at some point after the school trip" said Delmas, he knew either decision had its ups and it's downs but as the principal he knew he had to make the best decision "you can go now Jeremie" said Delmas.
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Jeremie couldn't stop thinking about what Delmas said, him being moved up he wouldn't see his friends as much, and he didn't think he'd have as much time to work on Aelita's materialization program
"yo Einstein" said Dallas, as he waved his hand in front of Jeremie's eyes "Jeremie, are you there" asked Dallas, Jeremie moved looking at Dallas "I'm sorry what" he asked, Dallas sat down on his bed "I think these late nights are getting to you" said Dallas, Jeremie didn't want to tell anyone about what Delmas said just yet "yeah suppose it must be" he said, "Jeremie don't lie to me" said Dallas, Jeremie turned his head but continued to look at him "how did you" he asked, then Dallas tapped his temple with his finger "oh yeah" replied Jeremie, as he walked over towards his bed "you goanna tell me what the hell is bothering you" asked Dallas, Jeremie looked down "I might be moving up to the next year" said Jeremie, Dallas shock his head "I told you to lay of the work" he said, then he walked over towards the mini fridge and grabbed a can of cola, "what do you mean maybe" asked Dallas as he sat back down "Delmas is still deciding" said Jeremie, Dallas thought for a moment "well is there anything we can do" he asked, then there was a loud bang, Jeremie fell to the floor Dallas fell on him deliberately to make sure if anything did fall it'd stop it hitting Jeremie "what the fuck was that" asked Dallas, as he stood up helping up Jeremie, Dallas then grabbed his crossbow, he opened the door and walked out moving towards the source of the sound, there was a quieter bang, Dallas found the room, he knocked on the door "you okay in there" he asked, then a complete stranger to Dallas opened the door slightly just to poke his head through "everything is fine, there is no need for alarm" said the stranger, then he shut the door Dallas placed his ear to the door, then the stranger opened the door again, "do you mind" he asked, Dallas stood up this time the door was open fully, he looked at the room the best he could it was dull and boring "I said do you mind" said the stranger, Dallas looked at him and said "oh sorry, I'm Dallas" then he extended his arm for a handshake, the stranger looked at him "no thank you" he said then he stumbled backwards holding his head, "hey are you okay" asked Dallas as he stepped forward "yes everything is fine" said the stranger, before he slammed the door in Dallas's face, the latter then walked back towards his room "who was it" asked Jeremie, Dallas walked back into the room putting his crossbow down, "new neighbour with long black hair" said Dallas whilst making a gesture towards his hair "I think that might be Gareth" said Jeremie, Dallas looked at him "he's this new guy who was in Delmas's office earlier" explained Jeremie, then Jeremie noticed something "what's the matter" he asked, Dallas sat down, "it's nothing" said Dallas, as he layed down on his bed "I need some sleep" he said, then Jeremie walked over towards his computer and began work on the materialization program.
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Odd sat in his room reading a comic, with Kiwi next to him on his bed the little dog was asleep, Ulrich then walked in
"where you been hey" asked Odd, Ulrich looked at him "I don't want to talk about it" said Ulrich, as he layed down on his bed and faced the wall "whys that" asked Odd, Ulrich wasn't in the mood for this, his girlfriend was confused about what she was goanna do, and he was half the problem "Odd not now" he said, Odd however was persistent, "come on you can tell me" said Odd, Ulrich was getting agitated by this now "Odd I swear ask me again" said Ulrich, as he grabbed a hard back book just in case "were you with Yumi" asked Odd who had now just crossed a line "that's it" said Ulrich as he turned over and threw the book at Odd, the later raised his arm to shield his head, then the book bounced off Odd's arm "is it over yet" asked Odd, Ulrich was confused "err… Odd the book just hit you" said Ulrich, and then Odd opened his eyes and looked at his arm, then at the book which looked like it had been hit by a sledge hammer, he then rolled up his sleeve, "Ulrich look at this" said Odd, then Ulrich got off his bed and looked at Odd's arm it looked like a shell had been broken up and then glued onto Odd's arm "when did you put that on" asked Ulrich , Odd looked up at him "I didn't put it on" he argued, then Ulrich looked down and tried to pull it off, it wouldn't budge, then it into Odd's skin leaving no trace of it being there, Odd backed away and held his arm out as if he was in some way trying to get away from it, Ulrich grabbed his arm "calm down" he said, then he started to knock on Odd's arm there was no noise "what was that" said Odd, then Ulrich curled his fist and went to punch it, then the armoured shell arose from Odd's skin "Odd it's back" he said, Odd then thought for a moment "okay how did this happen" asked Odd, Ulrich shook his head and said "I dunno but we should see Jeremie about this".
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Jeremie and Dallas looked in bewilderment at Odd's arm how the shell was from his hand all the way up his arm and along his shoulders, down his back and down his other arm, Aelita was also on the screen she was also confused
"Jeremie I'm sort of scared, what is happening" asked Odd, Jeremie wiped his glasses just in case they were cloudy, "I don't know" said Jeremie, Dallas placed his hand on it, "never felt anything like this before" said Dallas, then he looked up at Ulrich "so the book bounced off his arm and brook in half" asked Dallas, Ulrich nodded his head he was stuttering "yeah" he barely managed to get out, Dallas nodded and stood up he walked over towards his crossbow "hold still" he said, Ulrich and Jeremie stood back Odd was about to scream "shhh" said Dallas, whilst using his left arm to signal them to be quiet, then Dallas closed one of his eyes and aimed down the sight, before squeezing the trigger, the bolt raced from the crossbow striking Odd's arm, the bolt cracked upon impact, Dallas grabbed it off the floor "shit" said Dallas as he inspected the cracks, "well any idea what's causing this to happen" asked Odd as he put his shirt back on "no clue" said Dallas, as he threw away the damaged bolt "wait" said Aelita, then the others looked at her "what Aelita" asked Jeremie as he jumped back into his chair "well Dallas has two powers right" said Aelita, Dallas nodded, "yeah what's that got to do with it" he asked, Aelita rolled her eyes "Isn't it obvious Odd has developed his second power" said Aelita, Odd looked at her "what" asked Odd, Ulrich looked at Odd then at Dallas he was confused "I thought our powers manifested within 12 hours" said Ulrich, Jeremie turned around "they did, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a second dormant power, I mean Dallas's must have manifested early because he died, and it didn't know what to make of it" said Jeremie, even he wasn't sure what he had just said "I see, there is a second power so mine might be triplicate" said Ulrich, Aelita nodded and said "that seems to be the most obvious option at the moment" suddenly Ulrich heard something his eyes and ears pointed towards the door "what was that" asked Ulrich, Dallas rolled his eyes and said "that is our new neighbour, he's a strange son of a bitch".
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Dallas was in the factory, he was working on his car, the vehicle had been raised so he could get to the suspension, and the bonnet was raised as Dallas was working on the engine
"why would you keep it like this XANA" he said, as he pulled the spanner from the engine, then he lowered the bonnet, he walked over towards the back, visual this was almost entirely different, Dallas removed the boot lid, and used the boot space more wisely, there was a giant drum, that was now linked into the fuel tank, adding a lot more fuel, next to it on one side was a jerry can for quicker refuelling and on the other was a few smaller drums, none of them were anywhere near as big, next to it was a tool box and a spare wheel, all of this was tied down by a few ropes, "time for a test run" said Dallas, as he lowered the car, and opened the door he then stepped inside and drove it towards the entrance, before carefully driving across the bridge, before turning off the bridge, he then slowly started to accelerate, but trying not to attract attention to himself, he looked at the vehicle, he knew XANA has some class when he found the car at the Vira factory, he decided to go and get a sneak peek at the mine that they were going on the school trip, just to know if he would bug out I'll or not, he then pulled out a map that was stored inside the glove compartment, having located the address he drove forward before pulling the handbrake and drifting around a corner, "let's see… straight down this road" he said as he looked the road was empty, Dallas then pressed down on a red button and the Super charger rumbled to life, the car shot forward, until Dallas noticed the mine, he quickly parked his car, and stepped out overlooking the mine, Dallas knelt down and looked down at the area, it was huge several pieces of machinery dominated the area, "damn" he said, then he heard an alarm "over their" he heard a shouting, he must have tripped security, he knew his car was out of security zone, but he would have to escape on foot, he got up and started running, it was dark he'd have that much at least, so he could fly out of the location, he started manifest eagle sense, he then started to fly away, when suddenly he was struck by a red lightning it could him by surprise knocking him to the ground "what the…" he said as he landed, then he looked up a figure stood in the distance, he was about to stand up, when suddenly the red lightning struck him again, this time some struck the ground this blew Dallas backwards slightly, he landed on his feet, "come on then" he said, then eagle sense began to manifest, he then expanded it around him the gravel began to rise like a twister along with him, he then began to rise into the air, whilst watching in the distance the security could only see the gravel "must be a storm" said one of the security as he looked back at the other officer, whilst inside the gravel storm, Dallas looked around, then he noticed the lightning striking in a triangle formation all around him, "you will not win" shouted a distorted voice, Dallas looked up then a bolt of the red lightning struck Dallas clean in the centre, his skeleton illuminated as the eagle sense dispersed all around sending the gravel dust everywhere, this then kicked up and actual storm and then another bolt struck Dallas's sending him flying towards the ground, he bounced a few times before coming to a stop.
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Sitting in her room Yumi was trying not to show her that she was upset, being Japanese she knew all about what honour meant to her dad, but no matter how much she tried to get the thought out of her head, she couldn't do it, she pulled out her phone and looked at Ulrich's number, she knew she might have to break up with him, even though he would understand it would strain their friendship, she looked at her watch it was past midnight, she was so confused about what to do, she couldn't talk to anyone, because she knew they could tell someone in secret, but if they could keep the secret was the problem, in his room Ulrich was having the same problem thinking the same things, so far they had 4 options and they had their ups and their downs, Jeremie he would keep their secret, but he was more or less no good in these situations , Dallas would definitely keep a secret, but he was bound to mock Sissi and cause someone to think some things, Odd would mock them at every turn and people would find out that way, both were more or less unsure about Aelita, to tell her meant that Jeremie would know, and neither wanted to tell more than one person, this was a nightmare.
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On Lyoko Aelita was walking through the forest sector, she looked around the baron wasteland was empty, not even a single glimpse of XANA's monsters, she stopped, she felt Jeremie trying to contact her
"hold on Jeremie, let me find a tower" she said, as she looked around then she noticed her home tower, she quickly ran towards it, spreading her arms she passed through the tower walls, before walking over towards her 'bed' she sat down on it, before she finally made contact "sorry Jeremie, I wanted to play it safe" said Aelita, on his end Jeremie smiled "it's okay" we'd most likely do the same" replied Jeremie, Aelita smiled, she enjoyed these moments.
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Odd looked at his second skin how it looked so different from his own, it was blue and shelled he had no idea that he could possess such a power, he thought he only had his future flash, which he felt was the most useless power that any of them had, both he and Ulrich were in their Pyjamas
"hey Ulrich" said Odd, Ulrich looked at him "what Odd" he replied as he rolled over to face his roommate "hit me" said Odd, Ulrich was confused "what" he asked, Odd motioned for Ulrich to come near "Odd, I'm not going to hit you" said Ulrich, who was now sick to death of Odd going on about his armoured skin, Ulrich then rolled back over and face the wall "Yumi would be proud" said Odd, Ulrich turned back over "what did you say" asked Ulrich, Odd realised he had got Ulrich agitated "Yumi would be proud" repeated Odd, Ulrich jumped out of his bed, quickly curled his fist and then punched Odd, he managed to get him just before his armour would grow "owww" screamed Odd, "say anything again, and we'll see if your balls are armoured" said Ulrich as he layed back down in bed and grabbed his hidden blade.
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In Jeremie's room he was working on the materialization program, he found himself making more mistakes than he ever usually did, every few minutes he took off his glasses and wiped them, he felt sweat run down his forehead, he looked at the time, minutes felt like hours, the only things he could hear was a clock, and a ringing in his ears
"Jeremie are you okay" asked Aelita, breaking the silence that Jeremie had failed to notice existed "Jeremie" said Aelita, the aforementioned moved suddenly looking at the screen "oh sorry Aelita" said Jeremie as he looked at her "my mind is elsewhere" added Jeremie, Aelita was confused "how can your mind be away from your body" she asked, Jeremie chuckled and said "It's a figure of speech", Aelita blushed and placed her hand on her mouth, "Jeremie didn't want to tell Aelita until it was certain, he didn't want to upset her "Jeremie why don't you take a break" asked Aelita, Jeremie looked at her "no the sooner I get this done, the sooner I…" started Jeremie then Aelita gave him an angry look and said "Jeremie take a break already", Jeremie then closed down the program window, he left Aelita's open, Aelita knew Jeremie wasn't telling her something "want to talk about it" asked Aelita, Jeremie looked at her, then he heard a knocking "could you keep it down in there" it was Gareth, Jeremie looked back at the door, before looking back at Aelita "who was that" she asked, Jeremie rolled his eyes and crossed his arms "our new neighbour, he's really strange" said Jeremie, Aelita didn't know what he meant exactly but then something else hit her mind and she asked "hey where's Dallas".
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The next morning a security jeep from the mine was driving through the gravel field, they knew their had just been a storm and had seen a heat signature so they believed someone or something might be out in the field
"whatever was out is most likely dead" said the driver of the jeep, as his partner looked through some binoculars "I don't know" he replied, then the jeep hit a bump but carried on drive "what was that" asked the passenger, the driver looked at him "most likely some uncrushed stone" he said, as they carried on moving, meanwhile at the bump some of the gravel began to slide down it, when suddenly Dallas burst from the gravel, his eyes narrow due to the gravel inside of them, he shook his head, as the gravel fell from his hair
"ah fuck" he said as he looked around, he noticed the tyre tracks, he knew security was looking for him after he accidently trespassed, he looked back at the mine, he need to go and collect his car, but it was too bright he would be seen in an instant, he looked around and started to run in the direction of the tracks, he looked down at his shirt it was dusty and ripped, he felt his hand and felt some flesh, then the skin grew back over it.
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That day was the day of the trip; Ulrich was in no mood to go on it, but it was a part of his science course and he needed to the only good thing was that Yumi was also on it, he was thinking of making a decision one that would hurt him but would be good to Yumi in the long run
"Ulrich are you okay" asked Jeremie as he patted him on the back, Ulrich and Odd were in Jeremie's room "yeah just a lot on my mind" replied Ulrich, as he scratched the back of his head "you and me both" said Jeremie, then Odd looked around the room "where's Dallas" he asked, Jeremie shrugged his shoulders "haven't seen him all night I'm assuming that he spent last night in the forest" said Jeremie, at that moment they heard shouting "no running in the halls" it was Jim, then Dallas burst through the door "did you hear me, have you got sand in your ears" shouted Jim, Dallas leant through the door "no gravel" he shouted, then he shut the door, the others looked at him "okay what happened" asked Jeremie, as he walked to the drawers under Dallas's bed and grabbed him a fresh set of clothes "long story short, XANA's agent knows I'm onto him" said Dallas, as he took off his jacket and wings which were only a bit dusty, his shirt was in taters and his trousers had seen better days "how" asked Ulrich as they turned away as Dallas replaced his trousers, they turned back now he was decent "that attack on the cafeteria, it was the agent not XANA, well not directly at least" said Dallas, as he looked noticed he had no shirts left "when's the next laundry day" he asked, Odd thought for a moment "next week" he said, Dallas was annoyed he then clicked his finger before grabbing his vest and jumper "I thought you only where that when recording" said Jeremie, Dallas looked up as he grabbed his jacket and wings "it's my only option" he said, Dallas then noticed something "what's the matter with you Ulrich" he asked, Ulrich knew Dallas was onto him, "nothing" he said, Dallas knew he was onto something, but he knew Ulrich was desperate to keep this one a secret "okay" he said, Jeremie looked at his watch "well there's an hour till the trip" said Jeremie, Odd sat down "what do we do until then" he asked, then they looked at each other, Jeremie noticed the mood was tense "Why don't we get some fresh air" he suggested, Dallas nodded before standing up "not the worst thing I've heard all day" said Ulrich as he stepped outside, then he bumped into Gareth "whose this" asked Ulrich as he got off the floor having been knocked over "Gareth, that new neighbour I mentioned" said Jeremie, Dallas extended his hand to help Gareth up, but he pushed it away "do not" he said, then Gareth stood up and started to walk away, "your right he is a strange son of a bitch" said Odd, as he watched him, meanwhile whilst walking into the building, Yumi bumped into Gareth "excuse you" said Yumi, as Gareth rudely barged past her, strangely Gareth stopped and looked at her, he smiled as if it was love at first sight "I have a boyfriend so don't even try it" she said, as she walked into the building, Yumi knew it was safe to say that to him, he didn't know her and she gave on no leads to it being Ulrich.
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Standing outside the school as Jim talked to the coach driver, the tension was high, each of the warriors except Odd had a problem, the major one was Dallas knew that XANA's agent was cracking down on them
"are you sure" asked Yumi, Dallas nodded and said "positive" he looked away, Yumi looked at the others, Ulrich for some reason wasn't looking at her "any idea who it is yet" asked Odd, Dallas shook his head, Ulrich turned around but he still didn't look at Yumi, "is it me or is that new guy, constantly staring at us" said Ulrich, the others looked his way "yeah he is one creepy dude" said Odd, then the coach horn sounded, Yumi quickly whispered into Dallas's ear, his eyes darted her way, whilst everyone started to climb onto the coach, Dallas patted Odd on the shoulder and said "sit with Jeremie" he said, Odd didn't understand what he meant but he nodded, Odd was the first of the warriors onto the coach, Ulrich was next, Jim checked Odd's name then signalled for Jeremie to step on, Dallas whistled and caused Ulrich to stop and turn around allowing Jeremie to move forward and next to Odd, Ulrich found another seat behind them as the one next to them was taken by Millie and Tamiya, with their equipment for recording on the trays in front of them, Yumi stepped on next and she sat down next to Ulrich, who immediately tried to move from the seat, but Yumi placed her hand on his lap
"Ulrich can we talk" she asked, Ulrich knew this was what he had to do "Yumi I…" he started, Yumi cut him off "save it, just tell me why are you being like this" she asked, then she noticed that there were too many people in this area of the coach, she grabbed his hand before pulling towards the back of the coach, they sat down Yumi made sure he was on the window side "Yumi, listen I think" started Ulrich, Yumi knew what he was going to say, she got angry but she didn't raise her voice "Ulrich if you think breaking up with me, will help, forget it, I don't care what my dad thinks, you are my boyfriend and I love you, I don't to lose you" said Yumi, Ulrich looked at her, a single tear shed from his eye, he wanted Yumi to be happy that's all he wanted, and if she wanted to stay with him, who was he to deny her, a few moments later Delmas stood up at the front and spoke out
"Now this is a 5 hour journey I do not mind what you do as long as it's suitable" he said before he sat back down, Sissi was sitting with Adam, Herb with Nicholas, Dallas had two seats to himself as he was too tall for a single one, Jeremie was sitting with Odd, Gareth was sitting by himself, with Cameron behind him, whilst at the back in the near empty section of the coach Ulrich was against the window, with Yumi resting her head on his shoulder "Yumi" he said as he looked out of the window, Yumi looked up at him "yeah Ulrich" she said, Ulrich looked down at her "I'm sorry for thinking about…" started Ulrich, she then kissed him "you thought you were doing the right thing" she said.
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The coach made it half an hour early to the mine everyone exited the bus, almost everyone had some form of stiff muscle from the coach trip, a man stepped out from the Main gate booth, he was wearing a hardhat with a light atop of it
"your early" he said as he took off his helmet wiping his forehead "yeah well the coach arrived early" said Delmas, the worker looked around "well I suppose we should begin" he said, before putting his helmet back on "welcome to de Gaulle mine, one of Frances oldest mines" said the worker, Dallas was however a bit more preoccupied as he looked around for his car "to begin the tour, I need everyone to take and keep on at all times one of these helmets" he said, then everyone walked over towards the kart and picked one up, placing them on their heads, Odd struggled to get his on, causing Dallas to try and not laugh at his struggle, each of the hard harts had a light on top which was powered by a battery unit that was worn on a belt
"clunky aint it" said Ulrich as he put his belt on, Jeremie looked at Gareth his gaze upon them had increased "he is seriously starting to bug me" said Odd, as he just managed to get his helmet on, "what is his problem" asked Yumi as she grabbed Ulrich's arm so that Gareth would see, "I got this" said Dallas, as he turned around and faced Gareth, he then put his hand to the light on his helmet and flicked the switch, the light turned on blinding Gareth as he turned his head away, Dallas flicked the switch again turning the light off "simple" he said.
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On Lyoko Aelita was in her tower, she was concerned for Jeremie he wouldn't tell her anything, and then suddenly she felt the all too familiar vibrations of XANA
"no" she said as she stepped outside the tower, she noticed numerous Krabs carrying armoured warriors atop of them, they were moving towards the way tower, whilst on earth some time had passed and the group was now in the mine
"it's hear that we first found the mineral" said the worker, as he pointed towards one of the walls, "the time has come" said a voice that only one person heard, suddenly there was a gunshot and due to the small mine area it echoed loudly, Dallas turned around as it felt like time froze, he looked Gareth had raised a nickel platted Colt M1911 and had pulled the trigger, Dallas looked down, he hadn't been hit, the bullet had instead struck Ulrich in the shoulder "AHHHHH" screamed Ulrich, Gareth smiled and fired another bullet, aiming at Odd, but the bullet ricocheted, due to Ulrich's screaming had caused him to raise his armour, Sissi screams were echoing down the mine as she and the other students rushed out, Yumi knelt down next to Ulrich, whilst Jeremie ducked for cover, Dallas quickly ran at Gareth the latter fired a shot hitting Dallas in the shoulder, there was no apparent effect apart from Dallas's body jerking backwards, but never the less he carried on running towards Gareth, who fired more shots, he was now panicking they weren't stopping him, Dallas tackled Gareth lifting him off the ground and through some boards into another shaft "run" shouted Dallas as Gareth punched him in the face knocking him over, "my arm" said Ulrich as Yumi helped him up "has he gone crazy" asked Odd as he helped carry Ulrich out, Jeremie then felt Aelita trying to contact him, whilst in the other shaft, Dallas found why it had been boarded up there was a ravine inside it, but the barriers where too strong and high, his concentration was broken by Gareth who grabbed him and through him into barrier, "why" asked Dallas pretending to be injured "XANA has ordered your demise" said Gareth, Dallas knew this meant trouble, then Gareth turned around ready to attack the others, but Dallas quickly grabbed his leg and pulled him to the ground, whilst the other warriors rushed out of the shaft "how do we get to the factory" asked Odd, then Jeremie noticed one of the patrol jeeps "does anyone know how to drive" he asked, Yumi raised her arm "owww" said Ulrich as she realised that she had caught it, "I've got a permit" she said Jeremie smiled "good" he said as they rushed over and clambered into the vehicle, they were careful with Ulrich "shouldn't we get him to a hospital" asked Yumi, Ulrich looked up at her scarred the others were goanna catch on "he should be fine once you're on Lyoko" said Jeremie, Ulrich coughed a bit of blood "should" he asked.
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Gareth looked up the exit was in reach, he started to move towards it whilst getting up at a fast pace, Dallas found his foot caught, he then learned towards the arch and grabbed his left arm and suddenly there was a small bang and the arch collapsed in on itself, Gareth looked back as Dallas rolled back his left sleeve and grabbed pulled back the bolt, ejecting and began to load another small pellet into it, Gareth charged at Dallas who quickly loosened his foot and moved causing Gareth to hit the floor
"it doesn't have to be like this" said Dallas, as he looked down on Gareth who secretly gathered some dust "yes it does" he said as he turned throwing the dust and dirt at Dallas, temporally blinded Dallas couldn't do anything Gareth jumped at him grabbing his arm, Dallas dust filled now red eyes cleared, he looked at Gareth who he had a small height advantage over it was small but it was enough, Dallas swung his left arm hitting Gareth in the temple, stunned Gareth who had a tight grip tore the sleeve off Dallas's jacket "I'm getting seriously pissed with you doing this XANA" said Dallas, then Gareth punched him in the rib knocking him down, Dallas quickly felt his rib fixing itself, but Gareth landed another blow, this time the blow struck Dallas in the head knocking him out.
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Yumi turned the jeep onto the factory bridge, Ulrich was drifting in and out on conciseness, the gunshot wound was really hurting, he looked up as the light from the sun would increase
"hang in there Ulrich" said Jeremie as he looked back, Yumi stopped the jeep, and they clambered out before lowing the back so they had easy access to their friend "come on" said Odd, as he helped Ulrich to his feat "how am I goanna get down" said Ulrich as he felt weaker, Yumi grabbed him "hold on" she said, as she levitated downwards towards the factory floor, Odd and Jeremie came down via the cables, "do you think Gareth is a spectre" asked Ulrich he was too weak to concentrate, "must be, I mean why else" said Odd as Jeremie pressed the button causing the elevator to descend "come on, come on" said Yumi, Ulrich looked at her, then the lab doors opened and Jeremie rushed through the doors
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Authors note
I would like to apologize if the chapter seems to be getting a little weak at this point; I have just learned (at the time of writing) that my uncle has passed away, and I am deeply upset about this but I have been told to try and not think about it, so this was my best option.
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Quickly sitting down at the computer Jeremie turned his head as the doors closed again and the elevator descended again, turning his head back towards the screen "Aelita, Aelita are you their" asked Jeremie, whilst on Lyoko Aelita stopped moving "Jeremie, XANA has activated a tower" said Aelita, Jeremie looked down "we know, Dallas is dealing with the spectre" replied Jeremie, Aelita nodded and said "I'm following the pulsations into the dessert sector", then her window closed down, meanwhile in the mine, Gareth had given up on trying to move the rocks, and was now trying to find another way out, he looked around the mine shaft, he found a chain swinging above a small puddle of water and looked up seeing light, he grabbed the chain and started climbing it, he smiled evilly as he was nearing the top, but was shot down as he found there was a grate their stopping him, he let go off the chain and grabbed the grille, before trying to shake it lose
"son of a bitch" he said, then suddenly he was thrown from the grate by Dallas who dived at him, taking him down into the water, Gareth gained the upper hand and started to drown Dallas, "just die already" said Gareth as he held Dallas by the neck, the latter's arms and legs moving violently as he was drowning, for two minutes Dallas's arms and legs still moved "for fucks sake die" said Gareth, then Dallas's limbs stopped moving, Gareth stood up and moved his hair away from his face, he stepped out of the water and carried on down the tunnel.
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In the scanner room Yumi helped Ulrich into a scanner, she looked down at him
"how do you feel" asked Yumi, Ulrich looked up and smiled "it bloody hurts" he said, he couldn't help but smile, Jeremie was typing the virtualization codes "guys get ready" he said, whilst in the room below Odd stepped into another scanner, Yumi quickly moved away from Ulrich and towards another scanner, Jeremie hit a few of the keys and said "Scanner Yumi, Scanner Odd, Scanner Ulrich", then the scanners closed as Jeremie selected the ID cards "Transfer Yumi, Transfer Odd, Transfer Ulrich" he said, then the three in the scanners felt themselves rise and spin then Jeremie shouted virtualization, then they felt the blast of air, the blue square outlines of the three appeared in the sky of the dessert sector, they landed beside the way tower, Odd and Yumi looked directly at Ulrich "how do you feel" asked Odd, Ulrich moved his shoulder and rotated his arm "feels better" he said Ulrich, whilst Odd wasn't facing her, Yumi sighed with relief "okay Aelita should be joining you momentarily" said Jeremie, then the others looked around, none of XANA's monsters were insight, "it's quiet" said Odd then Yumi stepped forward "too quiet" he added, then they turned Yumi drew her fans, Odd raised his arm and Ulrich drew his sword, to see Aelita pass through the tower "did I miss something" she asked, as the others put their weapons away, "Jeremie where's the tower" asked Ulrich, Jeremie quickly typed "eh… it's 30 degrees north" he said, then he noticed something "and heavily guarded" he added, the warriors looked at each other "let's go" said Odd as he started running, "wait up Odd" said Aelita, after him, Ulrich looked at Yumi "come on" he said as he started running after the others, Yumi then followed suit and ran after them.
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As he went further down the shaft Gareth began to think this was a bad idea, he stopped as he knew that he couldn't go any further, he turned around and decided to try the other way, walking along he knew that he had to find a way out of the mine
"where the fuck is the exit" he said, as he walked back down the tunnel, he found the water were he had drowned Dallas, he stepped through it "wait a minute…" started Gareth, but then Dallas dropped from the grate with the chain and landed behind Gareth, his fist curled he swung his arm back Gareth turned around, Dallas then swung his arm forward landing a blow in Gareth's rib, but Gareth grabbed Dallas's mouth and threw him against the wall back first knocking him down, Dallas quickly scrambled to his feet, but Gareth charged at him pinning him to the wall as he punched him repeatedly in the face, Dallas quickly grabbed a loose piece of the wall and smashed it repeatedly into the side of Gareth's head, it created cuts and marks but no blood, but this succeeded in making Gareth let go of Dallas's neck, Dallas used this moment and started to run away, but Gareth grabbed the chain and threw it with such accuracy, that he managed to get around Dallas's neck, he pulled it backwards causing Dallas to land on his back choking him in the process, Gareth then started to pull the chain and by extension Dallas towards him, the former's head was dented in, Dallas felt himself being suffocated, he looked at his left arm, quickly rolling his sleeve, he looked at the gun feature, he hadn't reloaded it, and he forgot to carry the spares, he extended his left arm blade, then quickly as he got closer to Gareth, he jumped onto his feet and jumped at Gareth but he was stopped as Gareth used a pickaxe and smashed it through Dallas pinning him to a wall "CONFUCAMUS" said Dallas as he looked down at the pickaxe lodged into his heart, "why are you not dead" said Gareth, before he turned around and held his head "I am trying" he said, Dallas noticed this as Gareth was kneeling on the floor in some pain "what's the matter with you" asked Dallas, Gareth stood up and turned around "the voices they refuse to leave me alone" said Gareth, from what Dallas could tell he was almost crying, Dallas looked at the pickaxe, then he closed his eyes for a moment, and his body went limp, Gareth placed his hand on Dallas's neck and felt for a pulse "he is dead XANA" said Gareth, then he removed the chain and pulled the pickaxe out of Dallas, then suddenly Dallas's eyes shot open and he tackled Gareth to the ground knocking him out.
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The warriors ran level with each other, Odd was bringing up the front Aelita was behind him, Yumi and Ulrich were bringing up the rear, Jeremie was nervous, he knew what was coming could fail
"man I need a cup of coffee" he said, then he heard another beeping, he quickly typed "guys there is a small squad of warrior's on their way" he said, he gulped, whilst on Lyoko the group stopped and looked around
"we're too exposed here" said Aelita, then he fell to her knees and started to sing, then suddenly a stone wall began to emerge over them, it eventually formed a small dome, with a small hole that was to be used as an exit, "do you think this will keep them out" asked Ulrich, Aelita shook her head, "better dig in for the fight then" said Yumi as she drew her fans, then suddenly they noticed something in the distance "is that the warriors" asked Odd, as he placed his hand above his eyes, Jeremie started typing "I'm not sure if that's better or worse" he said, Ulrich stepped outside the dome, "it's a sand storm" he said, then they realised that it was moving faster and faster towards them "inside" shouted Odd, then they quickly moved into the dome, whilst inside the storm the warriors marched forward, their buzz saw scream echoed throughout the sector "oh shit" said Ulrich as he drew his sword ready, then the storm hit the dome, then the buzz saw noise got even louder "Odd with me" said Ulrich as he stepped outside into the storm, "I can't work out where the warriors are the storm is covering them" said Jeremie, Ulrich walked around the dome, when he bumped into something "Odd tell me that's you" said Ulrich, but he was wrong, the warrior drew his sword and raised it "ahh" said Ulrich as he jumped backwards the warriors sword struck the ground, all Ulrich could see clearly was the light of its eye as it shone through the dust, Ulrich drew his sword and blocked the next swing, he then knocked it backwards sending it into the helmet of the warrior, causing it to move erratically "he should hopefully be a distraction" said Ulrich then another way destroyed the damaged one, before turning its head and looking at Ulrich, the latter quickly ran away, whilst Odd couldn't hear much through the storm then he stopped, then a warrior stuck him from behind DE virtualizing him, then suddenly he moved to the side, the warrior missed him, it was a vision, the warrior turned his head swinging his sword towards Odd, who quickly back flipped over the swing of the weapon, Odd raised his arm during the back flip and as soon as it was level he shouted "laser arrow" firing one into the creatures left eye, the half blinded creature screamed, but Odd barely heard it through the storm, the creature swung it's sword again, this time it landed a blow on Odd's shoulder, but it immediately bounced off, as Odd felt the armoured skin rise from it, the warrior looked at the sword, the blade was chipped slightly from the attack, Odd smiled before running away yelling "HELP", inside the dome Yumi and Aelita where sitting ready to fight, they couldn't hear anything from within the storm "are you okay" asked Aelita, as she noticed Yumi was looking out the hole, with her arms crossed "yeah I'm fine Aelita, why do ask" replied Yumi, Aelita moved towards her "I dunno, you just seemed a little worried" said Aelita, then she looked down realising she herself was worried this attack XANA seemed all to prepared for, then Yumi placed her arm around her "don't worry lita, we'll be fine" said Yumi, Aelita smiled, whilst outside Ulrich was moving blindly through the storm, "Odd, Yumi" he shouted, whilst Odd was doing the same "anybody" he shouted then he bumped into Ulrich, this knocked Odd to the ground "hey watch it" said Ulrich, Odd looked up at him "it was your fault" he said, then they heard the muffled screams of the warriors and how they drew nearer, Ulrich and Odd stood back to back "where are they" asked Ulrich, Jeremie looked at the screen "I'm still getting nothing" he said.
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Gareth awoke to the sound of a chain swinging, he looked around everything was upside down, he looked at his hands they were chained together, he looked at his feet, they were chained as well and he found himself above the water, he heard a noise and looked forward, Dallas walked towards him holding his double barrel shot gun and carrying a bucket, Dallas turned the shot gun around so he was holding the barrel then he smacked it into Gareth's face
"who is XANA's agent" asked Dallas violently, Gareth's face winced at the blow "what are you talking about" asked Gareth, Dallas was not impressed by the answer, he quickly grabbed the bucket and scooped it full of water, "what are you doing" asked Gareth, Dallas then held the bucket over Gareth's head, Gareth's screams and pleas of help were muffled by the water, Dallas lowered the bucket allowing the spectre to breath "funny" said Dallas, as he flicked forward the front of the gun, "what" asked Gareth as he staggered to get his breath back "you don't bleed like a human" said Dallas as he loaded two shells into the gun, "but you choke like a human" he added, as he raised the gun "so what the fuck is your purpose, XANA should have warned you, that I'm unable to stay dead, so why did you attack me" shouted Dallas as he held the shotgun to Gareth's chest "I dunno he just said to attack you" screamed Gareth almost crying now "that's another thing" said Dallas as he lowered the gun, Gareth opened his eyes "what" he asked, as he used his chained hands to wipe his eyes "You cry, spectres can't do that" said Dallas, Gareth looked at him, "listen I'm doing what the voices tell me too, XANA said if I do what he says he'll leave me alone" said Gareth, Dallas put the gun into his leg sheath, "so you mean you do it because your ordered to" said Dallas, then he remembered back to a year ago what Agnew had said "he was a rogue spectre… the code went array…" Dallas realised it had happened again "what is XANA planning" asked Dallas, Gareth looked up at him "I dunno he just said to attack you, and keep you away from the others" said Gareth, it all came together now "no wonder you were stronger to take out" said Dallas, as he paced back and forth "you were meant to distract me" he added, then he raised his gun and pointed it at Gareth "what else did XANA say" shouted Dallas, Gareth looked at him "I couldn't clearly make out what he was saying, but it sounded like another spectre" said Gareth, Dallas's eyes shot open "you were to distract me, whilst the other one…" said Dallas, before he started walking down the tunnel, "hey you can't just leave me here" screamed Gareth, Dallas turned his head "please, I'm begging you, I'm not like XANA, the voices they forced me" continued Gareth his eyes were closed due to the tear build up, Dallas stopped and turned around, before walking back towards Gareth, "what are you doing" asked Gareth, Dallas drew his gun and pulled the trigger, Gareth winced, but the bullet didn't strike him it struck the chain that held him up, he hit the water, before Dallas reached in and grabbed Gareth "you're coming with me" he said as he dragged him by the hand chains "You could at least cut these free" said Gareth, Dallas turned around and put the gun to the chain and pulled the trigger smashing the chain "I meant untie it" said Gareth as he felt his now free wrists, he looked down to see that Dallas had also managed to shoot the chains around his ankles, "well at least I know you're out of ammo now" said Gareth, as he limped behind Dallas he was uncertain of what was going to happen, he stopped and looked at him Dallas carried on and said "I carry more ammo", Gareth quickly ran after him "how are we goanna get out" he asked, Dallas smiled and replied "I made an opening, how do you think I have this" he raised the gun and lead Gareth towards the opening, Gareth grabbed a pick axe, Dallas turned and raised the gun "XANA is going to pay for what he has done" said Gareth, Dallas lowered it before stepping through the hole "where are we going" asked Gareth as he followed through the hole, he covered his face as the light hit him, "the factory" replied Dallas as he sheathed his gun, Gareth followed him through the mine, it was now abandoned after the first few shots everyone panicked and left, as Dallas and Gareth exited through the gates, Gareth looked in horror as there was no form of transport "how are we going to get their" he asked, Dallas smiled and led Gareth down the road, "what is that" asked Gareth, Dallas looked as his car due to the storm was beaten up and dirty, the bonnet was lose, the colour now fading along with many other things , many chips on the frame work, and the driver's side door now looked grey, the back right tire looked torn up, but apart from that was actually intact, Dallas took off his sheath and opened the driver's door and sat down, "get in" he said, Gareth reluctantly opened the other door and sat down placing the pickaxe behind his seat, suddenly Dallas raised the gun again "what are you doing" asked Gareth panicking as the barrel was now pointed at his head, "if you dare betray me, I will not hesitate to pull this trigger" said Dallas, Gareth gulped, the former then turned the key, and black smoke erupted from the Supercharger and the exhausts "is that a bad thing" asked Gareth, but Dallas didn't reply as he put his foot down, the car then started moving forward.
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The sand storm had picked up in pace, Ulrich and Odd covered their eyes with their free arms, the sand was moving all directions towards them
"Do you see anything" shouted Ulrich his voice was more muffled than before "no, you" shouted Odd, then they heard the un-muffled screams of the warriors, Ulrich couldn't work out where the sound came from, Odd suddenly lowered his arm, then suddenly a sword struck him impaling both him and Ulrich, then suddenly he turned back, both were fine, "Ulrich jump" shouted Odd, as he jumped backwards knocking into Ulrich and at that exact moment the blade from the warrior in front of Odd moved into the position that Odd had foreseen, "hey what did you do that for" asked Ulrich as he pushed Odd of him and rolled over, then he noticed the warrior standing in front of him, the warrior then swung it's sword down, Ulrich rolled over, missing the blade, then he noticed that the warrior was also blinded in the storm, "Odd' grab the blade" shouted Ulrich, Odd looked in the direction he heard Ulrich speak from "are you crazy" asked Odd, but he grabbed the blade, Ulrich then grabbed it, then the warrior moved it from the ground, unbeknownst to it the two were clinging onto the blade, then as Odd and Ulrich were pulled into the air Ulrich shouted "now" then he drew his sword, and Odd raised his free arm and fired an arrow into both of the warriors eyes blinding the creature, Ulrich then plunged his sword into the creatures eyes, before placing his feet onto the warriors shoulder and moving so he was now standing on its shoulders, Ulrich then tugged and pulled the sword, snapping the creatures neck, it fell to its knees, Ulrich then jumped off before it exploded landing on his feet in a crouch position, he stood up "Odd, where are you" he shouted, before looking up "Jeremie where are Aelita and Yumi" he asked, Jeremie looked at his screen and zoomed out slightly, "uh turn right and carry on" he said, Ulrich then did as instructed and turned right and started walking forward, almost instantly he walked face first into the dome, he stood up "Jeremie" he said as he walked around towards the entrance "uh… Sorry" said Jeremie, Ulrich walked into the dome "Ulrich are you okay" asked Yumi, Ulrich nodded but then he noticed "where's Odd" he asked, Aelita looked at him "I thought he was with you" she asked, Ulrich drew his sword "Jeremie where's Odd" he asked, Jeremie quickly started typing "Odd, turn left and move towards the dome" said Jeremie, Odd couldn't see anything through the storm "okay Jeremie" he said before he started walking his left hand placed firmly on his right wrist ready to fire at any moment, he was looking left and right, moving his arm in all of those directions, then suddenly he bumped into something and was knocked over "oh shit" he said as it was a warrior, he turned over and started to crawl away, but the warrior stood on his tail "ahh" he screamed, then the warrior grabbed it and pulled him back "can we talk this out" said Odd, as the warrior held him by the tail, the warrior then raised his sword, Odd closed his eyes expecting the inevitable, then it stopped, Odd seized his opportunity and raised his arm shouted "laser arrow" but he was empty, "Jeremie need more arrows" he said, then the sand storm died down, and the dome was visible "guys help" screamed Odd, then the others walked out seeing them "hang on Odd, almost done" said Jeremie as he typed the reloading program, "Odd" said Aelita the warrior then turned his head slightly and looked at the warriors, then it turned its head back and swung slicing Odd in half, Yumi turned Aelita away just in time so that she didn't have to see, Ulrich looked at the warrior, in turn the warrior looked back at him, as in its hand it let go off Odd's DE virtualizing tail, it then ran towards Ulrich swinging his sword, "get back" said Ulrich, Jeremie quickly looked at a window "the tower is north of your location" said Jeremie as Odd arrived in the elevator, Aelita and Yumi started running towards it, "do you think he'll be okay" asked Aelita, Yumi looked back "he should be fine" she said, then they arrived at the pit "I hate this area" said Aelita, then they noticed a light flash, and a strange figure walk towards them, Yumi drew her fans, as Aelita stood behind her "get ready to run" she said, then through the dust, emerged Ulrich his sword was shattered and broken his clothes in tear "are you okay" asked Aelita, Ulrich nodded Yumi hugged him "come on" she said, then they decided to go around the pit "I can see why you don't like it Aelita" said Yumi, as she noticed how dull and boring it is.
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Gareth looked at Dallas, the latter was focused on driving, but he was uneasy he looked at the pickaxe, he span it around
"listen I am sorry" said Gareth trying to break the silence, Dallas threw him the double barrel, "reload" he said almost grunting, Gareth looked at him "could you at least say something" said Gareth as he put the shells into the shotgun, Dallas then pulled over and grabbed the gun "You're kind, why I'm trusting you I'll never know" said Dallas, Gareth looked down the barrels before looking up "my kind, I did not choose to be who I am" said Gareth, Dallas realised this was true, "okay, you know you'll cease to exist once we're done" said Dallas, as he put the gun into his door "I know, but I at least want to redeem myself" said Gareth, Dallas put his foot down and carried on driving forward, Dallas then noticed that Gareth looked in pain "what's happening" asked Dallas, Gareth looked back it is XANA he wants an update" said Gareth, Dallas breathed and said "lie or something", Gareth nodded uneasily "XANA, Dallas is chained up in the mine, he has no chance of escape" he said, then he heard the voice that he knew as the voice of torment "good, report to the factory, the other spectre will be waiting on the bridge" said XANA, then the voice stopped and Gareth looked at Dallas, "he believed me, he said there is another spectre on the bridge waiting for me" said Gareth, Dallas smiled and put his foot down "hang on" he said, then the car shot forward "how long until the bridge" asked Gareth, Dallas then turned onto another road "it's right there" said Dallas, then he noticed the spectre standing at the entrance, the spectre looked like someone you would see in a crowd and forget within a few minutes, the most distinctive thing about him was his fine pressed brown suit, "hold on" said Dallas as he put his foot down whilst looking at the speedometer "to what" asked Gareth, Dallas looked at him quickly, before pulling up the hand brake and drifting onto the bridge, the loud and mighty roar of the powerful v8 echoed, the spectre turned upon hearing the noise, a voice appeared in its head "dispose of them, then the others" said XANA, but it was too late for the spectre, as the ford rammed into the spectre trapping him onto the front, Dallas then turned and drove the car through the entrance off the factory and off the platform "ahh" screamed Gareth as the car and the spectre on the front crashed into the wall, without touching the wall, the spectre layed limp on the front of the car, Dallas and Gareth layed with their heads on the airbags that had exploded from the steering wheel and the compartment, Dallas leaned backwards, blood pouring from an open wound on the side of his head and the front of his head, his right eye swollen shut, Gareth coughed "are you okay" he asked, Dallas looked at him breathing heavily "at least I know" he replied, Gareth was confused "know what" he asked, Dallas laughed and said "the air bags work", before he fell forward into the car horn.
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In the computer room, Odd looked up having heard the loud noise that had originated from the factory floor he looked at Jeremie
"What was that" he asked, Jeremie moved the chair back and looked at him "let Dallas deal with it" he replied, then Jeremie moved back towards the screen, whilst on Lyoko the three warriors had just made their way around the pit
"Jeremie, How much further" asked Yumi, as she felt exhausted from running "not too far" replied Jeremie, then the three warriors stopped upon noticing the tower, unfortunately it was guarded by Several warriors and Krabs, the quickly hid behind a rock "Jeremie any update from Dallas" asked Ulrich, "nothing, but we heard a loud noise, so we assume he's nearby" said Jeremie, whilst on the factory floor, Dallas came to from the air bag, frightening Gareth
"how do you do that" asked Gareth, as he panted heavily, Dallas turned his head and starred at him "it's a long story" said Dallas, then he turned his attention to the spectre that was slumped over his bonnet "time to finish that fucker" said Dallas, who then grabbed his double barrel and stepped out of the car limping towards the spectre, Gareth watched as Dallas stepped towards the spectre, and placing the gun to its head, then suddenly it sprung to life, punching Dallas down, and flipping the car "Oh shit" said Dallas, as he reached for his gun, but the spectre grabbed him "fuck" shouted Dallas as he was thrown towards his car, he manifested eagle sense landing perfectly "Gareth" said Dallas, as he remembered that his ally was still in the car, he quickly ran around to the passenger door, "Gareth" he said, the aforementioned looked up at him, Dallas then grabbed the door of the car, ready to pull it off, when he was grabbed by the spectre, and pulled away, he took the door with him, Gareth unbuckled his seat belt and fell out of the car grabbing his pickaxe, before charging at the spectre, it turned around and grabbed the pick before Gareth could strike a blow "oh shit" he said, then the spectre pulled the pick causing Gareth to lose balance, whilst on Lyoko Ulrich looked over the rock, the group of XANA's monster's
"how many are their" he asked as he ducked back down, Jeremie quickly started typing "theirs 20 monsters" said Jeremie, Odd looked over Jeremie's shoulder, "do you think they can handle them" asked Odd, Jeremie looked up at him "I'm not sure" said Jeremie, then Odd heard his phone ring "hello" said Odd, then he heard screaming "Odd, put Jeremie on" shouted Dallas through the phone, as he was grabbed by the spectre, and thrown across the factory "hang on" said Odd, as he passed his phone to Jeremie, "Dallas any news" asked Jeremie, Dallas landed on his back "ah… Jeremie hurry up this spectre is a hard case, he's too strong" said Dallas, he looked forward to see the spectre walk towards him before Gareth struck it in the back with his pickaxe "die ass hole" said Gareth, the spectre turned knocking Gareth down, Dallas charged at the spectre grabbing it by the legs and carrying a small distances before dropping it into the ground, before he started punching it "Gareth get the gun" shouted Dallas as he turned and looked towards Gareth, only to see he was unconscious "Oh shit" said Dallas, then the spectre turned the tables on him, by flipping Dallas onto his back and then sitting atop of Dallas, and starting to strangle him, Dallas grabbed the spectres neck and began tried strangling him, no effect "XANA would love to have a pick at your brain" said the spectre, Dallas knew that XANA would take him apart in any attempt to steal his healing factor, "pick at this" said a voice, then the pick of the pickaxe emerged from the spectre's mouth, Dallas looked to see Gareth had stabbed it through the back of spectre's head and into its mouth, "no… please" said the spectre the best it could considering, Gareth pulled the handle back ripping the nose up of the spectres head off, the body fell limb on Dallas who then pushed it off, he started chuckling "why are you laughing" asked Gareth, Dallas looked over at him "come on" he said, before he stood up and walked towards the elevator, "come on then" said Dallas, Gareth quickly rushed towards the crate, Dallas hit the button and it descended, then it stopped inside Jeremie and Odd turned around "Dallas, what took you so…" started Odd, before he and Jeremie noticed Gareth, Odd quickly grew his armour "what is he doing here" said Jeremie, Dallas raised his hands "cool it, he's on our side, or mine at least" said Dallas, Odd and Jeremie looked at each other, "Jeremie, we gotta find a way of disabling the tower, without actually destroying Gareth" said Dallas.
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Aelita looked at the tower, the numerous monsters 10 warriors and 10 Krabs, she ducked back behind the rock
"what are we goanna do" she asked, Ulrich looked at them "I don't think supersprint would help this time" said Ulrich, Yumi shook her head, then they heard Jeremie shout "guys, we need to find another plan", they looked up "Jeremie what do you mean" asked Yumi, Jeremie took a deep breath unsure of what he was about to say "Dallas things the spectre, that attacked us, might be able to help, and we need him alive" said Jeremie, Ulrich looked at his sword before looking up at Yumi "I've got an idea" he said, Yumi looked at him "what is it" she asked, Ulrich looked up "Jeremie send Dallas over" said Ulrich, Jeremie then looked at Dallas, "Ulrich wants you on Lyoko" said Jeremie, Dallas nodded and walked towards the ladder and began to descend into the scanner room "he's on his way" said Jeremie, Odd looked at Gareth "what is your problem" asked Odd as he stepped away, Gareth couldn't blame him "Yo Jeremie I'm ready" shouted Dallas, Jeremie then loaded another window "Scanner Dallas" he said, then the gold ID card appeared and filled up "Transfer Dallas" he added, Dallas felt himself rise "Virtualization" he said as Dallas felt the blast of air and he was sent to Lyoko, his blue squared outline appeared before gaining texture and dropping to the ground, he noticed the others before running towards them, "were have you been" asked Aelita, Dallas looked at her "there's been a minor hold up" said Dallas, then he looked at Ulrich "what's the plan" he asked, Ulrich grabbed him "are you sure you want Gareth alive" asked Ulrich angrily, Dallas looked down at his hand before looking at him "yes both that and I owe him" said Dallas, Ulrich let go and looked at Yumi "here's the plan" said Ulrich.
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Some time passed, the monsters were still patrolling the tower area, the only visible form of communications where the warriors nodding towards each other, and the slight bowing of the Krabs then suddenly there was a loud
"Now" then Yumi, Ulrich and Dallas ran out from behind the rock, weapons in hands, the warriors charged towards them, whilst the Krabs formed a wall "Supersprint" shouted Ulrich as he ran towards the tower, Dallas jumped towards a warrior with a baseball kick, knocking the creature down, Dallas then stabbed it with his tomahawk, then he and Yumi ran towards the rest, the warriors then began to swarm them, meanwhile Ulrich stopped moving behind the Krabs they didn't seem to notice him, Ulrich took a deep breath and stabbed his katana into the ground, "Jeremie is it through the ground and out the other side" said Ulrich, Jeremie looked at the screen "yeah" he replied, Ulrich grabbed the handle of the sword, before again shouting "super sprint" the Krabs turned around, Ulrich smiled and started running and pushing the blade through the ground, the Krabs started shooting at him missing each shot, the laser beams hit the cracks that where being created by the sword, this expanded the holes, then the Krabs noticed what was happening, they then tried shooting at Ulrich, but only continued to increase the hole, suddenly the tower began to shake and rumble, before the platform began to fall towards the void below, the Krabs started to back away, Ulrich stopped super sprinting he then jumped towards the still safe platform, but a Krab fired a shot striking Ulrich in the chest, instead of DE virtualizing him it sent him backwards "Ulrich" shouted Yumi, then she ran through the warriors towards Ulrich, as he fell over the edge, Dallas stayed back and thought off the warriors, dodging their sword swings but at the same time being unable to strike a blow, Yumi quickly grabbed Ulrich's hands, "thanks" he said looking at her, unbeknownst to them a Krab was charging his shot "no" shouted Dallas, then he quickly manifested eagle sense, but the rate was more powerful than he had ever done on Lyoko, it sent the warriors backwards, he then ran and jumped towards the Krabs he pulled his tomahawk out and struck the Krab that was charging it's shot, the others turned and looked at him, they all fired at him DE virtualizing him, Yumi pulled Ulrich up, and Jeremie quickly DE virtualized them , they arrived inside their scanners and Ulrich felt his shoulder, the bullet was still inside it "Jeremie did Aelita get to safety" asked Yumi, Jeremie looked towards the hatch "yeah she's safe and away from trouble, Dallas then emerged from the hatch to see Gareth holding his arm "are you okay" asked Dallas, the others looked at him "no, my arm feels like shit" said Gareth, Dallas then noticed "your human alright" said Dallas, as he rolled up Gareth's sleeve causing him to scream "sorry" he said, before noticing his arm "it's broken after the car crash" said Dallas, Jeremie looked at him "car crash" he asked, Dallas shrugged his shoulders as Ulrich and Yumi stepped out of the elevator "what do we do with this guy" said Ulrich, who was still bitter about the fact he was shot "I dunno" said Jeremie as he turned his chair towards Gareth, "why don't you join us" said Dallas, they looked at him "I'm not sure" said Odd, Dallas looked at him "I'll keep watch of him" said Dallas, then he looked at Gareth, who smiled "thanks but no thanks, I am a free man now, I'm sorry, I'll keep this a secret" said Gareth as he walked towards the elevator, "I don't trust him" said Ulrich, Dallas turned and looked at him "you'll just have to bite the bullet on this one" he said, Ulrich wanted to punch him for that "you could have worded that better" said Ulrich, then Yumi looked at Jeremie "I think we need to return to the past" she said, Jeremie smiled and obliged.
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Authors note
Thanks for reading been going through some hard times during this chapter, but yeah back on track now.