Authors note
I really like this chapter, should be known, so expect a reference or two
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It had gone midnight and everyone was asleep, but in the factory everything was fair from asleep, in the control room that once operated the entire factory, sparks suddenly consumed the machinery and the numerous screens suddenly shot to life with each of the screens displaying a red XANA logo.
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In there Lesson, Mrs Hertz was using a drill against a sheet of metal, sparks were flying from the sheet but they weren't causing any form of danger to anyone, the drill was hardly scratching the alloy, Mrs Hertz stopped and wiped the sweat from her forehead,
"as I'm sure you've noticed that this sheet of titanium is much stronger than steel, which is why it's used by NASA for constructing there space shuttles" Said Mrs Hertz as she held up the sheet for the class to observe, in the front row, Nicholas leaned towards Herb and said "you should've used it for you're robot", however Mrs Hertz was quick to shoot him down, "I'm afraid this alloy would be a bit out of your budget range Herb" said Mrs Hertz, Nicholas upset returned his head to his hands, "but since your friend brought up the subject, may I remind you the robot competition is scheduled for this afternoon, I hope those who've entered have finished your models" added Mrs Hertz, Ulrich and Odd looked over to Dallas and Jeremie who sat looking forward both with smug looks on there faces, "we're gonna assume yours is ready" said Ulrich, then the two of them nodded in unison, watching them was Sissi and Adam, the latter smiled and looked across to Herb, whilst Sissi said "and you Herb", Herb shook his head with a confident grin, "no problem come and see my master piece after school" he replied, Sissi sat back into her chair giggling at the thought of beating Jeremie, "Why do I have a feeling you're gonna cause a serious problem" said Adam as he began to open and close his hands, "Christ getting sick of Jim's routine inspections" added Adam, Sissi looked at him "why" she asked, then she noticed he was sweating, "he keeps on finding my nicotine, I haven't had one for three days, if I ever get the chance he's a dead man" said Adam, Sissi knew he was joking and chose not to say anything as she looked back towards Jeremie and Dallas who hadn't said a word.
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In the factory, several of the machines that had once attacked the warriors began to move and sputter to life, Dallas hadn't gotten around to dismantling them, suddenly the furnace began to heat up, as several machines threw the numerous scrap that was laying around into it, and the black slime that was created by XANA formed a new mould for which XANA created several parts, every new part created was a mixture of several different alloys and because of this the colouring was a mixture of a rusted brown and a dark silver, suddenly another mechanical arm grabbed several bits of tubing it before placing it onto the conveyer belt, the parts that had cooled down were grabbed by more arms and placed on the conveyer belt, more arms with the tool appendages began to weld and construct the machine.
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Nicholas and Herbs dorm room showed what was obviously a home to two different kinds of people, whilst Herb had shelves that contained numerous books of classic literature and a computer used for his research, Nicholas was almost the complete opposite, he had a darts board and a picture taken from a magazine of a half naked lady, he usually had a cut out of Sissi's head stuck on it but since she was in the room, he had felt it best that he remove that detail, Sissi and Nicholas stood as Herb stood next to something that stood at 2 feet tall and obscured by a white blanket, Adam laid down on Herbs bed skimming through his books,
"Well let me see it Herb I'm waiting" said Sissi as she folded her arms with impatience, Herb was both nervous and scared as he lifted the blanket exclaiming "ta-da", however Sissi and Nicholas were scared and bewildered by the machine respectively whilst Adam couldn't help but laugh, "what is that horror" said Sissi, as she noticed the machine it was one four wheels and looked like Sissi, except it was a lot smaller and had what appeared to be razor sharp teeth and wires for hair, its hands where two fingered appendages, "well it's our teams robot, Iron Sissi" Answered Herb unsure if he should have been proud of it, Sissi was shocked at this, "huh, what how dare you name that hideous monster after me" said Sissi pointing towards the machine, "yeah the machine might get offended" exclaimed Adam then Sissi snatched the boom from his hands and chucked it at his face, "but it's a tribute to you" said Herb as he started to sweet, "besides it may be ugly, but watch how it works" said Herb as he grabbed the remote that had to be held by a neck strap, he started to wiggle the controls, this only succeeded in causing the machine to back into Herbs wardrobe, he then adjusted the controls and the machine moved forward and face Sissi, the aforementioned knelt down and stared at the machine, then the machines arm moved towards Sissi, "oh Herb, oh Herb do something" screamed Sissi, the others in the room were caught of guard by this, "it's nothing" said Herb as he got back at the controls, causing the machine to back into his wardrobe again, "just a little adjustment and it should be fine" said Herb who for the first time in a few minutes was feeling proud of his creation, "it better be" said Sissi, then Herb looked at her almost vicious eyes, "If not Jeremie and his pals are gonna humiliate you again" said Sissi, then she pointed at the machine and yelled "it's gonna win ugly or not", Herb was upset at the fact that Sissi didn't like his tribute but was scared when Sissi yelled "if not then say goodbye to Sissi's gang, that goes for you to Nicholas", Nicholas was now also scared, Adam however just whispered under his breath "lucky them", then Sissi walked out of the room followed by Adam, Nicholas looked back at Herb who said "nothing to worry about, I've thought of everything".
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In Jeremie's and Dallas room, the warriors were all either sitting or standing and for the first time in a while, Jeremie had asked Odd to bring Kiwi, as they looked at an almost identical replica of the dog, except this was made out of metal, Jeremie cleared his throat and said,
"we'd like you to meet Kiwi II" said Jeremie, the others were amazed at what Dallas and Jeremie had built, whilst most machines designed by students operated on a wheel based system, it was obvious the two roommates had gone the extra mile and made it so Kiwi II was on legs, the warriors found it cute, even Aelita placed her hand on her face and blushed at the small machine, whilst the real Kiwi walked up to the machine and started to sniff at it, before he started to back away in fear, "that's cool, Kiwi's got a playmate" said Odd, Kiwi obviously didn't like this metal impostor and started to move away even further, "he's as cute as the original, congratulations" said Aelita, Dallas smiled as he grabbed a white clothe and wiped the grease marks of his hands, "it wasn't easy but Kiwi II is ready to go, whilst Jeremie designed it, I built the little guy" said Dallas as he patted the machine on the head, Odd leaned towards it and said, "whose a good boy, you want a bolt or a nut", then Odd felt his leg get wet, he looked down to see that Kiwi II had relived itself on him, "I can now see why you asked me to implement that feature" said Dallas as the others laughed, "sorry" said Jeremie "I didn't have time to take him out, he needs an oil change everyday" added Jeremie, then they stopped laughing as they heard the bell signifying the beginning of the competition, "it's time lets go, we're bound for glory guys" said Ulrich as he pointed towards the roof as if he was making some speech that would go down in history, Dallas grabbed his jacket and wings off his bed whilst rolling down his jumper sleeves, Jeremie picked up Kiwi II as the others left before he turned back towards the computer and said, "see you later Aelita, call us if anything gets suspicious on Lyoko" Aelita smiled and replied "I promise, but I hope XANA gives you enough time to win the contest", Jeremie then nodded and then he exited the room, "bye, bye" said Yumi as she closed the door, Aelita's window then closed as she phased back into the background.
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In the factory whatever XANA had assembled had been finished and had taken the elevator down to the computer room, it placed his hand on the screen and suddenly began to download information, pictures of each of the warriors began to download into the machines data base, he had found and selected his targets, The photos had been taken at one time or another of the warriors, the one of Jeremie showed his glasses having been taped back together, Odd was in his pyjamas with his hat flattened down, the one of Yumi showed her with slightly longer hair, Ulrich's photo was almost no different just he was wearing a vest, Dallas's showed him with shorter hair and more stubble with a black eye, the Machine removed it's hand from the computer screen having acquired all of its data.
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A majority of the students had all arrived in the Gym to watch the robot event, a small court had been created and at either end was a small basketball hoop for which whoever was controlling there robot would have to try and score, Jim stood forward and said into a microphone,
"And now the moment you've all been waiting for, That's right folks the grand finale" then Jim pointed to his right, "in this corner Iron Sissi" and then he pointed in the other exclaiming "In this corner Kiwi II", it was obvious who was the fan favourite as a majority of the people were cheering for Kiwi II, "Jeremie vs. Herb isn't that original" said Millie as she lowered her camera and looked at Tamyia "and the winner will be Jeremie, boy what suspense" replied Tamyia, "Remember both robots are forbidden to use any physical force" said Jim, this rule had been clear since the beginning of the competition, "Okay shake hands now" said Jim, then Jeremie extended his hand, Herb looked at it he started to sweat, and reluctantly he shook Jeremie's hand, the two then returned to there respective corners, Dallas closed a panel on the side of Kiwi II, "okay that leg problem should be sorted just go easy on it" he said, then he and Jeremie clap-clap hug snapped each other, then they heard Jim shout "okay lets roll" quickly followed by "Lets go" as he threw a small basket ball into the court, before it even reached the ground, Both Jeremie and Herb started to wiggle the controls, with Jeremie getting the upper hand and snagging the ball and running to the opposite end of the court, whilst on Lyoko Aelita was standing in the mountain sector, she suddenly felt the numerous vibrations travel towards her, she turned and looked up shouting "Jeremie, can you hear me", but she got no response from him, back in the school Gym Jeremie took the lead rather quickly scoring, the entire crowd roared with an applause, "oh right Kiwi 1 Sissi 0" said Ulrich, Sissi was angered at the loss of a point, Herb was quick to recover however scoring a point, he then managed to pot another shot within the next minute, and despite the fact he was now losing Jeremie kept a clam face, "very good but I've never seen a robot so ugly" said Delmas as he looked at Sissi, "dad" said Sissi as he didn't realise he had just called his daughter ugly.
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On Lyoko Aelita had moved very little, she had started to follow the vibrations,
"Jeremie please answer" she said, she turned having heard the movement of two blocks, they were slowly moving towards her, she panicked and started to run away, she reached a fork in the path, although it went around and made a single path almost instantly, the two blocks went either side and started to shoot at Aelita, they missed but they came close to hitting her, whilst back at the school, Herb looked at the score, he laughed at the fact he was winning, but this was short lived as Kiwi II had the ball in it's mouth and Jeremie was out running Herb, Jeremie quickly release the ball and scored another point evening the score, "wait a go Jeremie" shouted Odd and Ulrich, Herb was clearly angered, Jim quickly blew his whistle "Time out" he said, then he picked up the ball and added, "one minute for half time" Dallas moved towards Kiwi II, and crouched down opening the panel whilst Jeremie walked over, "any damage" asked Jeremie, Dallas looked up "nothing too problematic, the leg should hold until the end of the game, you've still got a speed advantage" said Dallas as he pulled out a screwdriver, "but be careful, you could easily shake this thing apart" said Dallas as he tightened the screws, then he closed the hatch "lets hope it holds" said Jeremie, then Jim blew his whistle again, he threw the ball into the air, Iron Sissi managed to grab it and managed to speed towards the opposite net, before potting it, the victory was short lived however as Jeremie brought the score back up, As Kiwi II jumped and slam dunked the ball, Herb was getting more angered every time he lost a point, but he scored his 4th point but Jeremie knew it was make or break time as he scored his 4th point in the same tactic as the previous one, "Game ball" said Jim, the audience went silent, both opponents would need total concentration , whilst on Lyoko Aelita had reached the end of the platform she was on, she was about to create more to run across, but there wasn't any time and she jumped down, luckily she landed on another platform, whilst back in the Gym, Kiwi II managed to grab the ball first and at the speed Iron Sissi was moving, it had no chance of turning around in time, "oh no I don't believe it" said Sissi, as she knew her group had lost "go on, Kiwi, go on" chanted Tamyia, who had just broken a journalist code by choosing sides, Iron Sissi had just turned around and was speeding at full force to try and catch up to Kiwi II, the aforementioned jumped ready to win the game, when Herb said "ready, set" then he pressed a button on his controller, and Kiwi II exploded, the audience went silent, everyone was shocked, then Iron Sissi grabbed the ball before potting it and winning the game, Sissi then hugged Adam "we won, we won" she exclaimed then she felt Nicholas touching her.
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The audience had started to cry foul, but there was no evidence to suggest it, "uh… well done to all our contestants, the robot contest is over for this year" said Jim ending the competition, Jeremie and Dallas walked over to the wreckage of Kiwi II and looked at it, "I know what you're gonna say Jeremie" said Dallas as he scratched his head, Jeremie looked back "no you couldn't have managed that to happen" replied Jeremie, then the other warriors walked over, "it's okay Jeremie, don't worry about it" said Ulrich, then Yumi sat down next to Jeremie, "you can't win em all" said Yumi, Dallas looked up and turned his head, "anyone else here a bang" he asked, but thought nothing of it, "it doesn't make any sense, what happened" he asked, then they heard Millie call out saying "we can show you", the warriors looked towards them "take a look at this" she said as she handed Jeremie the camera, Jeremie watched the play back, which showed the mouth section of Iron Sissi opening up, and a screw being fired from the mouth striking and causing Kiwi II to explode, "so that was it, he cheated us" said Jeremie, then they looked towards Sissi and her group, "well am I still apart of the gang or what" asked Herb as he scratched his jumper, with his hand behind his back acting as if had just been knighted, "I guess, we did win but it's still the ugliest robot I've ever seen" said Sissi, then they looked at it, Herb turned away when Jeremie said "Herb can I see you for a minute", Jeremie then walked up and face Herb, "I was…" he started before there was a sudden loud crash, everyone started screaming and they looked in the direction of the noise, several people started running as a machine moved from behind the stands standing at 6 foot 2, it resembled a metal skeleton, its head looked like a skull, but it's eyes were simple red lights, the numerous piping ran in it's upper torso, it's limbs despite being ran by hydraulics were very agile, the lower torso consisted of two metal poles either side of centre section which looked like a small motor, being made from the factory scarp it was both silver and bronze, it looked around for it's targets "get down" shouted Dallas as he fired a crossbow bolt at the machine, it left no effect, "where did that come from" said Jeremie, the Machine noticed them, Dallas handed his crossbow to Ulrich, before he reached into his Jacket and pulled his Glock 17 and started to fire the bullets at the Machine, it only succeeded in denting the frame, the machine charged towards the warriors, they quickly ran into the changing rooms, except Dallas who let it get closer before he tackled the machine through the wall of the Gym, the Machine quickly subdued Dallas by punching him in the heart with such force, that it was dislocated causing Dallas to cough up blood and die, the machine grabbed the Glock 17 but found it empty, so it threw it down, it then followed the others towards the locker rooms, the warriors except Jeremie were holding back the door, "you thinking what I'm thinking" said Odd, as Jeremie sat down on the bench "XANA" said Yumi, "if that's true Aelita's probably been trying to reach us" said Jeremie as he pulled out his laptop, he put on his headset and said "Aelita", her window opened almost instantly, "Jeremie at last" exclaimed Aelita upon seeing him, "Aelita is everything okay" asked Jeremie, "Not really, XANA has activated a tower and the blocks are after me" replied Aelita, "and we got a robot at school that causes Panic where ever it goes" said Jeremie, then the three warriors at the door felt a massive bang on the door, as the machine tried to get in, "how could XANA have made a thing like that" asked Yumi, then they felt another bang, "I wish I knew, one thing is sure it's us he's after" replied Ulrich, "okay Ulrich and Yumi you two try and neutralize that thing, whilst Odd and I will give Aelita some help" said Jeremie, they all nodded in agreement.
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Outside Gym, a girl with black and purple hair crouched over Dallas's body she looked at the blood from his mouth and the obvious mark from where the machine had punched him, she was given a massive shock as Dallas snapped back to life,
"what the hell" exclaimed the girl Dallas covered her mouth, "shush, don't say anything, you'll alert that thing" he said then he peered in through the massive hole in the wall, "what is that thing" asked the girl, Dallas looked back "no fucking clue" he said, then he grabbed his Glock and thought for a second, "what" she asked, Dallas then placed it back in his holster, "its not enough fire power", then he realised something he started to move away from the Gym, "what are you doing" asked the girl, Dallas turned around and said, "I'll be back", whilst inside the changing room, the Machine managed to beat down the door, but it failed to see Yumi and Ulrich as they hid behind the lockers, but it noticed them as they ran out, it turned around and started to pursuer them whilst in its vision, their pictures had the work Capture over them, whilst in the room that led to the tunnel, Jeremie and Odd found that the door had been beaten down,
"hey it looks like our visitor has already gone to the factory" said Odd, then it hit Jeremie, "it might be much worse" he said then it dawned on Odd as they both said "he could have been made there".
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Back on Lyoko Aelita was still being chased by the Blocks, she had been chased onto a thin path, it was slowly coming to an end, but she knew this area of the sector, she jumped off to try and land on the next platform, but she jumped too early, she grabbed onto the edge, she managed to climb up, and due to the angle it appeared that the Blocks couldn't shoot at her, she kept on moving having brought herself some time, whilst in the factory, Jeremie and Odd arrived in the computer room to see it half trashed, both of them were shocked,
"Look at that" said Jeremie, whilst back at the school the robot was still pursuing Ulrich and Yumi,
"He wont quit" said Ulrich as he looked back to see the metallic creature following them, then suddenly there was a loud gunshot, they looked to see Dallas standing there holding Delmas's 850 Remington, and despite the fact that Delmas was French, the Remington was in a USMC configuration, but with a customised grip, the machine looked towards Dallas, this powerful blast had managed to blow a small hole in, the machine looked down at the damage, in it's vision the words MINIMAL typed out then it disappeared, "run" said Dallas, then the machine turned its attention back to Ulrich and Yumi, the word CAPTURE read again, Dallas fired again, the shell pierced the frame of the machine, it then started to march towards Dallas who fired another shot, this one struck it in the shoulder causing it to flinch back, it grabbed Dallas and pinned him to the floor knocking the shot gun away from Dallas, "Go" shouted Dallas as he wrestled with the machine, Ulrich grabbed the shot gun, "do you know how to use that" asked Yumi, Ulrich tilted the Remington, "no" he said but instead of giving the machine any opportunity he carried it anyway, "Dallas will you be okay" shouted Yumi, only to hear Dallas shout "Ask me in an hour", Ulrich and Yumi ran away, whilst Dallas looked into the eyes of the enemy and it looked back from Dallas's point of view it was a cold dead blank expression, whilst the machine's view showed his image with the word DISSABLE, it then went to punch Dallas in the heart again, it struck the machine thought it had won, but Dallas laughed, and then Dallas manifested Eagle sense and threw the machine of him, he then ran away in an attempt to confuse the machine, "got any ideas" said Ulrich as he and Yumi ran away, "not really we should try and find a specialist in robots" said Yumi.
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Back in the factory Jeremie had shoddily put the computer back together, it was the best he could do considering Dallas was the engineer
"I can't access anything, all the programs the scanners, the Holonet nothing, everything is down" said Jeremie then he looked at Odd and added, "that means I can't send you to Lyoko", Odd looked concerned then they heard Jeremie's phone ring, "Hey Ulrich" answered Jeremie, "Hey Jeremie, how are you doing, Dallas is down he's managed to scratch the machine but that's it" replied Ulrich, "Not so great here either, the machine was made on the assembly line at the factory, and it messed up everything in the computer room, which means no way of getting to Lyoko" said Jeremie as he began typing, "the times come to eliminate the robot" said Ulrich as he hung up, he and Yumi stopped both of them were out of breath, "Jeremie's got his hands full" said Ulrich, then Yumi realised the only alternative, "Jeremie's not the only one who knows about robots" replied Yumi, Ulrich caught his breath "who've you got in mind" he asked, "Herb" answered Yumi, Ulrich scratched the back of his head "I take it we haven't got a choice" he said, then they noticed the machine in the distance, but no sign of Dallas, whilst back in the factory Jeremie and Odd were doing more repairs,
"Odd plug in the ITE" said Jeremie, then Odd found one of the cables that Dallas had labelled the ITE, "it's done" he said, then Jeremie typed again, and the entire system rebooted "Bingo, You're a genius Jeremie" said Odd as he patted him on the back.
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Back at the school Sissi and her group were walking away, when Ulrich and Yumi rushed past them, Yumi grabbed Herb shouting
"You're coming with us", Sissi and Adam were confused whilst Nicholas just wanted to get out of the school, "what are you doing" asked Adam, Ulrich took the steps what Dallas would do and raised the Shot gun at Adam, "back off" said Ulrich, Adam wasn't intimidated and stepped forward only to back away as Ulrich pumped the shot gun, then he stepped away and ran after Yumi and Herb, Sissi screamed "hey where you going, come back the schools being evacuated" after them, but there was no response, the two warriors stopped under the arches, Herb was panicking as he was out of breath, "Herb we've got a favour to ask you" said Yumi, Herb looked up confused, "we need help to disable that robot" said Ulrich, Herb stood up having caught his breath, "I'm sorry you're not in my gang" answered Herb as he tried walking away, but Yumi stopped him "it's a tremendous danger Herb" she said as she placed her arm out stopping him, Herb grabbed her arm and moved it walking off saying "I said No" then he stopped as Ulrich said "I wonder what Sissi would think if she found out you were a cheater", Herbs face curled up with anger, but at the same time he was confused and turned back and exclaimed "what?" in a confused tone, Ulrich folded his arms and said, "Millie and Tamyia have it all on camera, positive proof", Herb was visibly angered "okay, but if you tell her…" started Herb but they heard the foot steps from the machine as it got closer, "you stay with Herb, I'll distract this guy" said Ulrich as he pointed the shot gun up and aimed at the machine ready to fire, but suddenly Dallas grabbed the gun, "no offence but your shooting is terrible" said Dallas as he pulled the trigger, it struck the machine in the shoulder section, the machine flinched in its eye sight the word SHOULDER OFFLINE typed out then the machine looked at it and during the confusion Ulrich ran away, whilst Dallas stayed behind, he charged at it again, this time he grabbed it by the leg section and smashing it through the wall of the cafeteria, elsewhere Yumi and Herb were rushing towards the science building, "hey you better find a way to eliminate this horror" said Yumi, Herb looked at her and replied, "I may have an idea but we'll need mrs Hertz's drill", then Yumi spotted Ulrich run into the forest, the machine burst through the wall and started to pursue him, Dallas jumped at the machine pulling him back into the building.
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Back on Lyoko, Aelita had followed the pulsations to the point that she could clearly see the tower,
"Jeremie, I've finally found the activated tower" said Aelita, Jeremie was now worried, "you can't go by yourself" he replied then he turned his head as Odd said "I'll go", Jeremie gulped and said, "I don't know if the scanner management program is operational" Odd shrugged his shoulders and replied "it's to late to test it, lets give it a try", he entered the elevator and descended to the scanner room, which luckily for them hadn't been damaged in the slightest, "Odd you're heading for the mountain sector" said Jeremie, then the elevator opened and Odd walked towards a scanner before stepping inside, "Transfer Odd" said Jeremie as he pressed enter, Odd's blue squared 3d outline appeared on the screen, "Scanner Odd" added Jeremie as Odd's id card filled up, "Virtualization" finished Jeremie as Odd felt the blast of air that sent him to Lyoko, his blue squared outline appeared then gained texture before dropping to the ground, "Odd are you okay" asked Jeremie, Odd quickly inspected himself there was no visible problems, "I'm okay I made it Jeremie" he answered, Jeremie was relived "that's great just a little further north" said Jeremie.
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In Mrs Hertz class room, Herb sat down at her desk and started to construct a small device that resembled a bee but had a tail and wings of a bird,
"there we are, let's hope the robots not made of titanium" said Herb, whilst outside Ulrich was hiding in the woods he was almost out of breath, but he didn't know if Dallas was still distracting the machine or not, he looked around the coast was clear so he kept moving, whilst on Lyoko Odd was running to Aelita's position, he spotted her walking from around the corner of a small boulder,
"Aelita" he said, then Aelita turned around and pointed towards the tower, "there" she said, but Odd was more focused on the monsters guarding the tower, "we better make a little detour" he said as he noticed numerous Blocks jump onto the pathway towards the tower, then he and Aelita started running towards the tower.
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Back in the forest, Ulrich was still running when he bumped into Dallas,
"Ulrich please tell me you haven't seen the robot" said Dallas, Ulrich shook his head, then they heard several loud thumbs, "what was that" asked Ulrich, then the robot came into view from behind the trees, it smacked Ulrich towards a tree before moving towards Dallas who drew his Glock 17 and started to shoot at the machine, each of the bullets did little to no damage, then suddenly it stopped Dallas looked up at the machine, he quickly stood up, but it was far from immobilized as it stepped forward and grabbed Dallas by the throat and began to crush his wind pipes, whilst watching from a bush was Herb and Yumi, then there was a loud click, and Dallas stopped moving, the robot let go and Dallas fell to the floor,
"is he" asked Herb, Yumi looked down then the robot started to move towards Ulrich, put the damage Dallas had caused was obvious the left leg was obviously being dragged as it was no longer working, it stood over Ulrich when Yumi shouted "XANA NO" the robot turned and spotted Yumi and Herb in the bush, whilst taking notice almost immediately of Yumi, "no don't hurt him" said Yumi as she stepped forward holding Herb's little robot, the robot moved towards Yumi, she then threw the small robot, and Herb began to control it via his controller, it slowly flew into the skeletal frame of the machine and began to cause its damage, Yumi grabbed Ulrich and began dragging him but the robot blocked there path, it raised it's arm ready to strike her, when suddenly it's eyes stopped shining and it fell over to the side, Herb stepped forward "yes" he exclaimed, then he looked over at Dallas, Herb then got a massive shock as Dallas suddenly shot forward, "bloody hell it's like smelling salts that return process" said Dallas as he stood up grabbing his Glock and sheathing it, "hey Ulrich" said Yumi as she tried to wake him, Ulrich opened his eyes to see Yumi say "we got him", then Herb looked at Dallas before using his scientific curiosity examined Dallas's neck, "how… what are you" asked Herb, Dallas then looked down on him and replied "I don't know", Yumi looked at Herb and said "Herb I've got to hand it to you, your droid worked miracles", Herb started to blush "thank you" he said, Yumi waved at Herb as she, Dallas and Ulrich left, "well we've gotta go now, a couple of things we've gotta do" said Yumi, Herb watched them walk off, he knew despite this he had just made some friends.
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Back on Lyoko, Odd and Aelita ran into XANA's welcoming committee, the first of the two blocks fired at Odd, the first strike hit him, it fired a second shot, Odd jumped out of the way, it fired a third, Odd jumped up and over the block shouting
"laser arrow" firing it into one of the blocks eyes, but the second block fired a shot this one striking Odd, "Odd you've only got 50 life points left" said Jeremie, Odd felt where he had been struck and replied "yeah but whose counting" then he and Aelita started to run towards the tower again, "hey this isn't exactly summer camp, tell the others to move it" said Odd as he and Aelita got closer to the tower, "they'll be there soon" said Jeremie, the tower sat on a floating platform in the centre of a ring, the platform itself was spinning and consisted of a single path that lead to the tower, the ring section was separated from the path leading up to it, Aelita quickly jumped and landed on it, Odd jumped but his pursuing block fired and stuck him sending him slightly of course, he missed his landing but he managed to grab onto the side, before he climbed onto the platform.
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Back outside the factory, Dallas, Yumi and Ulrich quickly ran across the bridge towards the factory they quickly jumped and slid down the ropes, they were about to enter the elevator when Ulrich and Dallas noticed something,
"I don't believe this" said Ulrich, as he spotted another machine "it's a nightmare" added Yumi, Dallas stood forward and loaded his shot gun, "I'll hold it off" he said as he pumped the grip, Ulrich stepped forward "I'll give you a hand" added Ulrich then he knew that Yumi would also try and help so he pushed her into the elevator "I'm sorry" he said as the door closed, this machine differed heavily from the other, it had what appeared to be destroyed clothes on, its head bulkier as it had what appeared to be charred rubber covering it, it's clothes torn, "what is this thing" asked Ulrich, whilst on Lyoko Odd and Aelita examined the single block that just appeared to be standing there doing nothing, as if it wanted them to succeed
"Jeremie how many points" asked Odd, Jeremie looked at the screen "only 10 left, Odd you've gotta jump" replied Jeremie, then he heard the elevator open and Yumi ran in, "okay Jeremie what's up" asked Yumi, Jeremie turned and looked at her, "Odds losing all his life points, head for the scanner" he replied, Yumi nodded and rushed for the elevator, whilst back upstairs Dallas and Ulrich were being chased by this new machine, when suddenly they found themselves in the construction area, another machine appeared to be on the construction line, Dallas and Ulrich jumped down in an attempt to mask there body heat, the area looked as if it was red due to the heat of the furnace
"what's this" asked Ulrich as he looked at the destroyed rubber on the ground, Dallas looked at it, "remember the features on that new robot" he asked Ulrich looked at him and replied "yeah what about it" Dallas then threw the rubber away, "XANA attempted to disguise the machine" he said, then suddenly the machine appeared from the shadows behind them and smacked Dallas with enough force to send him into a girder and denting it, Ulrich quickly ran away, but the machine noticed that Dallas had dropped the shot gun, on the machines view it examined the weapon section by section, it then armed itself with the weapon, whilst in the scanner room Yumi stepped into a vacant scanner,
"Transfer Yumi" said Jeremie as he selected her Id card, "Scanner Yumi" he added, as Yumi began to rise and turn inside the scanner, "virtualization" said Jeremie, as Yumi felt the blast of air that sent her to Lyoko, her blue square outline appeared, it gained detail before dropping to the ground, she then quickly started running towards the tower, whilst Back in the assembly room Ulrich was running from his now armed pursuer, he stopped at Dallas in an attempt to wake him up,
"Come on wake up" said Ulrich as he nudged him, but all he got was "not now dad, too tired" suggesting Dallas had suffered some brain damage in the blow, Ulrich noticed the robot had caught up to him, Ulrich quickly moved, he gained some distance as the robot placed the gun to Dallas's head and pulling the trigger, Ulrich nearly threw up on the sight of Dallas's destroyed head, back on Lyoko, Odd was observing the speed of the rotating platform,
"Okay concentrate of the rotation speed" said Odd as he looked away from Aelita, then suddenly they heard Jeremie yell "LOOK OUT TWO MORE MONSTERS", suddenly two Kankrelots fired at Odd both shots striking and de-virtualizing him, his body lost detail leaving the blue square outline which faded into nothingness, Aelita screamed she was alone, whilst back in the assembly room Ulrich had almost made it to the stairs when the machine fired its gun causing Ulrich to back away, fortunately the shot missed but unfortunately he had been hit by the spread and was limping as his left shin had been grazed, on Lyoko Aelita looked as she was boxed in by XANA's monsters, the block charged it's shot but it suddenly exploded as Yumi jumped into the air and threw one of her fans at it, she then threw her other into a kankrelot, "go ahead I'll take care of the last one" said Yumi, then Aelita ran around the ring and jumped onto the platform, she then rushed towards the tower, she passed through the walls and 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 in, then the words CODE LYOKO were typed in, the blue screens that surrounded the tower walls began to descend into the black void below, in the assembly room, the machine cluttered and stopped XANA had lost control over it, "okay Jeremie activate the return to the past" said Aelita, Jeremie started typing but the red circle with the exclamation mark appeared "what the fuck" said Jeremie.
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In the assembly room, Dallas's head reformed and he stood up before seeing Ulrich and rushing over to see the powerless robot,
"are you okay" said Dallas as he examined Ulrich's leg, "yeah it just hurts" said Ulrich, then it occurred to Dallas, "wait why hasn't Jeremie activated a return to the past" he said then suddenly a massive red blinding sphere engulfed all of the machinery, "what the fuck is that" asked Ulrich, Dallas stood up the light was obscuring his vision, he placed his hand on it, but found it wasn't solid and his hand went through it, he felt a sever amount of pain as he pulled his arm back to see his hand had been destroyed by the sphere, "oh my god" said Ulrich, then the sphere imploded, Dallas pulled out his phone, and dialled a number, "Jeremie you're not gonna believe this, but the machinery used to create those robots has just imploded in a red sphere" said Dallas, whilst in the computer room Jeremie looked at his headset to see if he had heard that right, "okay, well I've only just now been able to start the return to the past" replied Jeremie, who then hit the enter key engulfing everything in a white flash…
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Earlier that day the contest had restarted
"Game ball" said Jim, the audience went silent, both opponents would need total concentration, Jim threw the ball into the air, where Kiwi II managed to grab the ball first and at the speed Iron Sissi was moving, it had no chance of turning around in time, "oh no I don't believe it" said Sissi, as she knew her group had lost "go on, Kiwi, go on" chanted Tamyia, Iron Sissi had just turned around and was speeding at full force to try and catch up to Kiwi II, the aforementioned jumped ready to win the game, when Herb said "ready, set" then he pressed a button on his controller then suddenly Iron Sissi's mouth opened firing the bolt towards Kiwi II, but unlike last time were it passed through and caused Kiwi II to explode the bolt bounced off the back of the small robotic dog and Kiwi II scored the gaming winning point, "huh" said Herb confused as to what had just happened, Jim stepped forward and spoke into the microphone "I now declare Jeremie the winner of this years robot contest" said Jim, the crowd cheered, as Jeremie walked over to Dallas who was opening and extending the fingers of his left hand, "good idea to use the titanium" said Jeremie, Dallas smiled then Jeremie walked back over to Herb as Jim said "okay you two I want both of you to shake hands", Jeremie extended his hand, but like before Herb looked at it and began to sweat, before he shouted "NO WAY" causing a booing reaction from the students as Herb walked away, "What a sore loser" said Odd, but Yumi smiled knowing that Herb had saved her boy friends life, "I forgive him, he's nice every now and then" said Yumi, Odd was confused "huh" he said, "mind explaining" he clarified, but Ulrich and Yumi just started laughing, "come on we'll tell you all about it" said Ulrich as he patted Odd on the back.
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Authors note
Thanks for reading, really enjoyed this chapter considering the last one this was a step in the right direction plus I ask this question, what happened to the machine assembly line?