Authors note
well here we are, the Beginning of the second season and despite what people thought, this isn't New Order, I was actually considering dropping this Chapter but, I needed more time to work on Season 2 as I almost to put it simply blew it apart at the seems, so this chapter is slightly different it's a collection of shorts that I've been unable to get into the series properly, so hope you enjoy.
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This 1st short takes prior to the series
Jeremie walked through the dorm building, he was unfamiliar with the layout, his parents insisted he transfer after he was constantly bullied by everyone else at his old school, he wasn't happy about the change nor the fact he'd be the new kid, he looked around before finding his new room, he noticed Jim walking towards him
"who… who are you" asked Jeremie, Jim looked down at him "I'm the PE teacher" said Jim, then he looked at Jeremie's bags and numerous Boxes, "lucky for you, you don't have a room mate" said Jim as he unlocked the door, "or for them to that matter" said Jim, Jeremie looked at the empty room, containing the Kadic standard of a bed, a desk and a wardrobe, if two people were in the same room, there would be two of everything, Jeremie looked at his new room, "I'm sure the Principal has told you the rules" asked Jim as he moved some of the boxes inside the room, Jeremie nodded as he began opening them and unpacking his clothes, "School starts in a week so you have time to get comfortable, the rules of not being in your room are null for this period" said Jim as he walked out of the room and down the hall, Jeremie put his clothes away before he opened up the remaining boxes and pulling out his computer equipment, he placed then placed the screen onto the desk and began setting up the rest of his equipment when suddenly it stopped working, "what" he said, then he tried resetting it, the same effect "useless piece of trash" he said as he sat down on his bed.
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Jeremie exited his room, locking his door he was nervous about the new school, since border students would have to arrive at the school from around the world, some would arrive weeks in advance just to be comfortable for the year ahead, Jeremie looked around at the empty hallway,
"What did I do to deserve this" asked Jeremie, then he noticed someone walking towards him, Jeremie moved to the side so as to avoid any altercation, but he was shoved into the wall by Herb, "you" he said, Jeremie was confused he didn't even know Herb "do I know you" asked Jeremie, Herb obviously didn't know what he was doing but he didn't want to drop the hard man act, "Its because of you I'm dropped to the second best" said Herb, Jeremie know understood when being registered he was told his grades were the best in his year possibly the school itself, "listen its not my fault that you're terrible" said Jeremie, Herb was visibly angered by the comment as visible by the vein in his forehead, he didn't have any reply and curled his fist, he went to punch Jeremie, but as he did Jeremie ducked causing Herb to miss and hit the wall, causing him some pain, Jeremie quickly walked away as Herb held his bruised hand, unable to do anything about his bruised pride, Jeremie shook his head with confusion as he exited the hallway, Herb looked towards him before turning and walking in the other direction towards his room.
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Jeremie looked outside, the temperature was dropping sharply, and many of the students who'd arrived were sitting in doors curled up to the radiators trying to stay warm, Jeremie grabbed another cup of coco, since many of the staff were still due to arrive, Jim was drafted in to work the canteen
"Thanks… Jim was it" said Jeremie as he took a sip from the still hot drink, "Yeah" said Jim as he poured more cups as some more students entered the building, Jeremie walked away he noticed a girl walking towards the booth where Jim was walking followed by Nicholas and Herb, "Could you two stop following me" said Sissi, Jeremie was close to laughing at the stupidity of it, he pulled out his laptop as it was the only piece of equipment that was working, then he suddenly noticed three obviously older people staring at him from across the room, he tried not to make eye contact, Jim moved into the kitchen having run out of coco, Jeremie was about to stand up and close his laptop, when another person walked over and sat down next to him placing his hand on his shoulder making him stay sitting, he was a foot taller than Jeremie, wearing combat boots with camouflage trousers and a black jumper with a hood, his hair was a buzz cut, it was obvious he was a couple of years older than Jeremie, the other three walked over, each of them were wearing similar styled attire but different patterns, two of them were wearing jeans, one was wearing a brown jumper, the other a red one, the final of the three was wearing a pair of green trousers and a blue thermal coat, they all sat down on the table "do I know any of you" said Jeremie, knowing full well in the back of his mind that being the new kid, they were going to beat him up, "well we know you" said the one sitting down next to him, Jeremie took a sip of his drink, "You know the resident genius, Herb" said the second one, Jeremie quickly put his laptop away, "well he's not overly happy, with the fact that you're out smarting him" said the third, Jeremie knew that something was about to go bad, "and what is it to you" asked Jeremie, he was starting to sweat, "You see he helps us with our homework and we do him a favour" said the third one, Jeremie looked towards the door, "and he wants your laptop" said the third, then the one sitting next to Jeremie placed his hand on Jeremie's bag reaching into, Jeremie stood up grabbing it, but the man sitting next to him tried throwing a punch to wind Jeremie, but unfortunately for him Jeremie smacked the cup of coco into his face, everyone turned their heads as he screamed with pain as the boiling liquid burned his face, Everyone was shocked but enough people had seen that Jeremie had done it out of self defence, the other three that were after Jeremie watched as their acquaintance fell over in pain, this gave Jeremie enough time to grab is bag and quickly exit the building.
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This second one takes place again prior to the series and a few days prior to the previous short.
Lowering his crossbow, as the squirrels moved away, showing great accuracy and marksmanship he hit two with a single bolt, Dallas walked towards the two pinned into the tree, before pulling out the bolt and grabbing the squirrels, he was wearing a Grey button up shirt with long sleeves, his wings were over them, he quickly placed his foot in the end of his crossbow and loaded the bolt, he heard a branch snap, he quickly turned around raising his crossbow,
"Don't shoot" said his dad jokingly, Dallas laughed as he lowered the crossbow, before picking up the two squirrels and throwing them towards his dad, who quickly placed them into the sack he was carrying, "how many's that today" asked Dallas as he placed his crossbow over his shoulder, "about 10, we'll have a nice meal tonight" said his dad as they walked back towards their house, "You know school is starting soon" said his dad, Dallas laughed the idea had been put off so much since they moved, "yeah what about it" asked Dallas who wasn't overly keen on the idea, "theirs a school not that far from here, you could attend on a daily basis and come home every day" said his dad, Dallas laughed slightly "there's not much I could learn from a school that you couldn't teach me" he said, the two entered a clearing and walked towards their small house, "I was only an army medic for 3 years, there's not much I could teach you" said his dad as he opened the front door, "I'll think it over" said Dallas as he walked into his room, the two had modified the cabin since they first moved in, since Dallas's dad had purchased the place, it and about 20 feet in any direction was his property, they'd put up a fence and extended the house with a porch and another room so Dallas's dad didn't need to sleep on the couch, Dallas locked his door before putting his crossbow down on his desk that he had built in his room, he looked at a photo he had of him and Liam, he closed his eyes the memory was too painful, he quickly put it back in his draw before lying down on his bed.
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Sitting down on the sofa, eating one of the squirrels that he'd killed Dallas was still having a hard time adjusting to his new life,
"I know it's difficult" said his dad as he threw a log into the stove fire, "you have no idea" said Dallas, as he put down his plate, his dad looked towards him before looking at the clock, the clock was a digital with the time and the date on it, he sighed before opening a draw and pulling out a sheathed knife before passing it to Dallas, "what's this" asked Dallas as he pulled out a Hunting Knife "I was gonna wait, but I lost track of time" said his Dad as he sat down on the sofa with Dallas, "it was mine from the military, I got it the day you were born, It was actually at the moment that I found out you were born, I arrived only a few minutes late" said his dad, he sighed again "it was the next day I was deployed for a few months" he added, Dallas knew the rest of the story, he placed the knife and sheath into his pocket, before he was stopped "no I modified it since, it goes inside the shoe" said his dad, Dallas smiled, his dad looked at the clock, "its about time we got some rest, big day tomorrow" said his dad as he walked into his room, Dallas stood up, they would leave the fire on to keep them warm and with the winter approaching it was very welcome, he walked into his room and quickly laid down, thinking about what his dad had said.
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Moving down the trail, Dallas had spotted dear tracks and was following them, his dad was following from behind with a riffle,
"I heard you crying slightly last Night" said Dallas as he raised his crossbow and looked at a recently eaten shrub, "I wasn't" said his dad, then they noticed another deer, "I'll take this one, you find the other" said his dad, Dallas nodded and crouched down as he followed the other ones tracks, suddenly he heard a gun shot and a loud "YES" from his dad, he smiled as he followed the deer tracks, a minute passed when he heard a shouting and another gun shot, Dallas rushed towards the origin of the noise, he stayed in the bushes but he could see a clear view of his dad standing over a dead dear, and across from him were two men wearing typical poacher attire pointing their riffles at him, one was wearing a cap whilst the other was bald with a thick beard "step away from the deer" said the one with the cap as he pumped the grip on his Ithaca 37, "hey I found it and I killed it" said Dallas's dad, then he noticed the time on his watch, before looking towards them, "listen just leave off" he added, but the second poacher wasn't as calm, "step away or I will fire" he said as he pulled the bolt back on his riffle, "over my dead body" said Dallas's dad, the second poacher swiftly replied "so be it" and pulled the trigger, Dallas's dad smiled as the bullet passed through the centre of his chest, Dallas screamed with fear as his Dad fell to the floor, the two poachers noticed Dallas in the bushes "over there" said one of the poachers, Dallas quickly ran away as fast as he could, tears poured from his eyes, "we've lost him" said one of the poachers, Dallas kept running through the bushes, until he suddenly slipped and fell down a small ravine, he hit his left knee on a tree, before coming to a stop, "no, no, no" he said to himself as he looked at his bleeding leg.
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This third short is the bridgehead between the two seasons, so here we go.
Jeremie sat at the supercomputer console, Dallas quickly emerged from the hatch, carrying a tool belt over his shoulder,
"Alright the camouflage is in place" said Dallas as he closed the hatch, Jeremie nodded and replied "okay good, then we can begin" he pulled out the disc with Aelita's Materliazation Program on it, "Aelita" he said, then Aelita's window opened on the screen, "Hello Jeremie" said Aelita as she appeared, "you ready to come to earth for a while" asked Jeremie, Aelita nodded, then Jeremie pressed enter, and Jeremie quickly rushed towards the elevator when it opened to show Ulrich, "Ulrich what're you doing here" asked Jeremie as he stepped inside followed by Dallas, "well Aelita's coming to earth we wouldn't miss this, the others will be along in a moment" replied Ulrich, the others smiled as the elevator descended into the scanner room, they quickly stepped out and observed as the scanner opened and Aelita stepped out for the first time in months, Numerous XANA attacks had limited her time on earth "Welcome back to Earth" said Jeremie, Aelita smiled as she stepped towards them, it was obvious she was still faint due to the lack of Materliazations, "you okay" asked Dallas, Aelita smiled and nodded, "yeah" she said, "just thirsty is all" she added, the elevator opened and everyone looked towards it, "sorry we're late" said Odd as he stepped towards Aelita, Yumi quickly followed "yeah Odd was stuffing his face again" added Yumi, Odd quickly had an embarrassed look on his face, "its fine" said Aelita as they laughed, "so what's the plan" asked Aelita, Dallas quickly pulled out a envelope full of money, and handed it to Yumi, "What's this for" asked Yumi, Jeremie smiled before looking towards one of the walls, "Its for Aelita, to get some clothes" said Jeremie, Aelita smiled it was one of the first gifts she had received, "Come on Aelita I know a place you'll like" said Yumi, Aelita stepped towards her before the two walked into the elevator, before Jeremie nodded towards Yumi, the elevator closed and ascended.
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Yumi and Aelita walked through the town that neared Kadic; Aelita was continuing to take in the surroundings, she hadn't seen it during the day before,
"Are you okay" asked Yumi as she looked towards Aelita, the latter looked towards her as she took a deep breath "yeah just taking it all in it's rather different from the night" she said, Yumi smiled, to her Aelita was like a new born learning everything for the first time, except Aelita's intelligence was one of few that would rival Jeremie's, "oh no" said Yumi, Aelita looked towards the other side of the road, "what is it" asked Aelita, suddenly Yumi started to signal and push her slightly behind a car, the two ducked down, Yumi quickly looked over the car, "it's Sissi" said Yumi, Aelita didn't know the aforementioned all to well having never gotten the chance to know her during her brief stay on earth, "Who" asked Aelita although she knew the name from the first attack she didn't know all that much about her, "say the biggest pain in my arse since XANA" said Yumi, the realising that Aelita was obviously younger and that all the warriors agreed to tone down there swearing in her presence, by which they'd asked Dallas to stop, the two listened as they heard Sissi yelling at Nicholas, Herb and Adam, "I TOLD YOU TO KEEP AN EYE ON ULRICH" she yelled, Yumi and Aelita heard the faint muffles of her yelling as they moved from car to car, "we tired but he disappeared in the woods" said Herb as he sweated and cowered at Sissi's menace, Yumi quickly made sure Adam couldn't see them just in case it caused trouble, "WELL YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE BETTER" said Sissi, Yumi couldn't help but giggle at this, "come on the shops just around the corner" said Yumi, Aelita smiled as she wasn't going to let this minor inconvenience ruin the day.
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Ulrich and Odd were standing on the second floor of a street building, whilst the numerous shops were connected together below, the second floor stretched across 4 of the small shops and consisted of a restaurant known as the butterfly, it wasn't any specific theme, they'd make almost anything, although they would proudly display a Pizza oven, Odd and Ulrich stood at the Valet desk, one of the waiters walked towards it,
"Can I help you two fine gentleman" he asked, Ulrich stepped forward "yeah can we get a table for 6 at around 7" asked Ulrich, the waiter looked down at the book on the desk, Ulrich looked at Odd, "do you do all you can eat" asked Ulrich sarcastically, Odd looked at him slightly angrily "yes we have one free table on the balcony at around 5 past 7 is that okay" asked the waiter, Ulrich looked at Odd the two nodded in agreement, the waiter took this as a sign of approval, and ticked them off on the book.
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Jeremie looked at the computer screen, he quickly closed the window as Dallas ascended through the hatch,
"Okay that's that part done" said Dallas as he closed the hatch throwing down the tool belt, "good, that's the second step completed now we're just need to hope the program works" replied Jeremie, Dallas shook his head as he walked over, "TBH I really wish we didn't have to wait until the next attack to test it" he said as he grabbed his Jacket and wings and put them on rolling down his jumper sleeves, "me too but it's the only sure fire way" replied Jeremie, Dallas grabbed his Blades and strapped them to his arms, "it's gonna be difficult with Adam causing trouble" said Jeremie, everyone but Dallas was worried of what Adam was capable off, "I'm not so sure" said Dallas, Jeremie turned the chair to face him, "how can you be so sure" asked Jeremie, Dallas brushed his hand through his hair, "XANA and Adam mentioned a timeline and that they can't change it" said Dallas, Jeremie wasn't convinced but turned and faced the screen.
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"so why do I need these" asked Aelita as she looked into a bag which Yumi quickly closed making sure that no one could see, "trust me you will" said Yumi, Aelita looked towards Yumi "is that what…" started Aelita, but Yumi placed her hand over Aelita's mouth, "Aelita this isn't exactly something you discus in public" said Yumi, before she removed her hand, the two then looked at each other before laughing, then Aelita spotted something, "I'm actually quite surprised that they're that size" said Yumi then she noticed what Aelita was looking at, "oh that's cute" said Yumi, then she followed Aelita into the store, "Aelita, you need to be careful, you see there are some stores that aren't family friendly" said Yumi, Aelita was confused "what do you mean" asked Aelita as she grabbed something off a clothes rack, "well things that aren't exactly appropriate for people our age" said Yumi, Aelita was still confused "Remember that magazine I showed you" said Yumi, Aelita instantly felt disgusted at the memory, "yeah" she replied, Yumi nodded knowing that summed it.
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Jeremie looked at the screen, he smiled as the green circle with the exclamation mark appeared, the prototype was done, and he'd spent several weeks working on three simultaneous programs, he pulled his glasses off and wiped them on his jumper, suddenly he heard the elevator descend, he turned around grabbing a spanner, he had been told to expect trouble from Adam, the elevator opened Jeremie jumped from his chair ready to strike only to see Dallas walking out wearing his tool over his shoulder and around his waist,
"good, at least you were prepared to fight" said Dallas as he walked over to the toolbox, he quickly picked it up before walking towards the elevator, "yeah I suppose" replied Jeremie nervous about the whole incident, Dallas smiled and stepped into the elevator, "I'm proud that you're willing, not like when I met you" said Dallas, then he noticed something and stepped out grabbing the spanner from Jeremie, "what will I do if Adam shows up" asked Jeremie, Dallas quickly reached behind and flipped open a pouch handing Jeremie his Glock 17, "you know how to use it" he asked Jeremie pulled back and inspected the chamber, he smiled before handing it back saying "I'll take my chances", Dallas smiled as the elevator ascended.
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Some hours had passed and Ulrich and Odd were sitting at the Restaurant table, the two had arrived early having stayed in town, whilst Odd was eating the free bread on the table, Ulrich was looking down at the street below,
"Aren't you gonna have some of your drink" Asked Odd, Ulrich looked down before moving away from the banister, "what's up" asked Odd, Ulrich sat down brushing his hand through his hair, "I'm nervous about tomorrow" said Ulrich, Odd was confused, "why" he asked as he took a sip of his drink, "because tomorrow is the one year of me and Yumi, I'm worried something bad might happen" said Ulrich, Odd put down his drink, "Ulrich buddy, tomorrow will be one of the best days of your life, you never know it could be the start of one of greatest things" said Odd, Ulrich smiled feeling confident about what could happen, then suddenly the two heard a loud roar, the two looked down to see Dallas and Jeremie pull up on Dallas's bike, the former kicked out the stand and turned off the engine,
"A bit late aren't you" said Odd, Dallas laughed before flipping him the middle finger, "How nice" said Jeremie as he and Dallas climbed the stairs, for decencies sake Dallas had been persuaded to leave his obvious weapons at the factory, this meant he still had his blades under his sleeves and a knife in his boot, the Waiter looked towards the two, "can I help you gentlemen" he said, it was obvious he was looking towards Dallas's left eye, "yeah we're meeting some friends" said Jeremie, the waiter looked down at the book in front of him, "the name" he said, it was clear that the waiter knew that Dallas had caught him staring, "Stern" said Jeremie, the waiter nodded and stretched his arm out allowing the two to pass, "I hate it when that happens" said Dallas, Jeremie smiled and shook his head.
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Having been waiting 10 minutes and Jeremie and Ulrich seeing who could drink more without needing a bathroom trip, Yumi and Aelita finally arrived, Yumi stepped up first, Ulrich stood up to greet her, then everyone noticed Aelita, she had changed her attire into a dark pink jumper dress over a light pink hooded long sleeved shirt with two fuzzy pull strings and pink knee boots, Jeremie looked at her, he didn't know what had overcome him, he felt weird, he quickly stood up, Aelita watched as he walked away from the table before running towards the bathroom,
"what was that 5 drinks" asked Odd, Dallas laughed, then Ulrich dashed off also needing the bathroom, "what was that 4" asked Dallas, the girls were confused "they were having a drinking contest" said Odd, the girls sat Down, Dallas sat at one balcony end with Yumi next to him, across from her was Aelita and to her left was Odd, leaving Jeremie's seat at the balcony end, he was the first of the two to return, "I'm not sure if you won" said Odd chuckling, Jeremie rolled his eyes, "that's the last time I let you talk me into something like this" he said as he pulled out his seat, he couldn't help but blush as he looked at Aelita, he sat down trying not to look at her, Dallas gave him a nudge under the table, before shifting his eyes towards Aelita, "Aelita, you… you look nice" said Jeremie, Aelita smiled and said "why thank you Jeremie", Ulrich quickly rejoined them, "so Aelita, you enjoying yourself" asked Ulrich as he pulled out his chair and sat down, "Yes very much, it's such a shame I'll have to return to Lyoko soon" she replied, She suddenly noticed that the others weren't saddened by this, she thought nothing of it, "lets eat" said Odd.
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After having ordered a shared Pizza for Odd and one for the rest of them, and numerous drinks, Dallas agreed to pay for the lot, as according to him, Money didn't matter at all, Ulrich had walked Yumi home, whilst Odd had walked back to Kadic for some sleep, Dallas had gone off somewhere, and Jeremie was walking Aelita back to the factory,
"You seem upset" said Jeremie, Aelita looked towards him, "I have a feeling all this, this peace, I'm worried it could be temporary" said Aelita, Jeremie was slightly saddened by this, then he felt a hand on his shoulder, "but I have faith in you" she added, Jeremie felt a wave of confidence as they neared the factory, "I hate every time we have to do this" said Jeremie as they grabbed the ropes and slid down, "hopefully it won't be for much longer" said Aelita as she pressed the button opening the elevator, "yeah" said Jeremie, then the two stepped in, "chin up" said Aelita, Jeremie pressed the button and the elevator descended, "listen Aelita" started Jeremie, but as he turned to face her, she grabbed his face and kissed him, "just make sure I don't have to wait as long next time" she said.
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Having virtualized Aelita, Jeremie had stayed at the factory double checking everything, he stretched his arms and decided to leave, it was around 5 in the morning and he'd had very little sleep, although he was used to it by now, he pressed the button in the elevator and was beginning to ascend, due to the lack of sleep the ride felt like forever, he started to doze off when the sudden jolt shook him awake, the elevator opened and he stepped forward towards the ropes, he began climbing them, he made his best attempt to stay focused as he didn't want to fall off and break any limbs, he reached the top taking in the fresh cold air of the morning when he noticed Dallas standing on the bridge looking towards the dying lights of the city night,
"Dallas, are you okay" asked Jeremie, Dallas looked towards him, "yeah, I'm just thinking" said Dallas, Jeremie stepped towards him and joined him in looking at the city, "about what" he asked, Dallas smiled "everything, We've been fighting XANA for fuck knows how long now" he said before laughing slightly, "we've all changed, I can't die and you lot are super human" said Dallas, Jeremie smiled "Yeah its been quite a change" said Jeremie, he looked at Dallas, "you have to admit you were wrong" said Jeremie, Dallas laughed and looked down "back to that are we" he said, "I told you I owed you" replied Jeremie punching him in the arm, "yeah, to be clear after everything that'd happened it became hard to get along with people" said Dallas, Jeremie smiled and replied "yeah, but some things haven't changed", Dallas smiled and replied "yeah I still got some scars, those aint healing", Jeremie turned his head and laughed saying "I got something to show you", Dallas moved away from the barrier and started to follow Jeremie back into the factory saying "I remember the last time you said that".
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This final short, that is half of this chapter, takes place prior to the series.
Jeremie quickly ran through the woods, holding his bag to his chest like a woman would her newborn child, his three pursuers easily had more agility and speed compared to him, and it didn't help that Jeremie was severally exhausted and it was freezing cold,
"Over there" shouted one of his pursuers, Jeremie was losing energy fast and as he tried moving over a fallen tree he collapsed, "found him" said one another of the pursers, they moved over to Jeremie, who panting heavily looked up at the sky through the frost covered trees, Jeremie watched as the other two quickly moved over, "this is for our friend" said the first as he kicked Jeremie in his ribs, causing him to scream, a scream that didn't go unheard, another of the three kicked Jeremie in his side, "alright grab his laptop" said the only one who hadn't kicked him, the second bent over and tried pulling it from Jeremie's grip, but Jeremie in an act of defiance held onto it, "Let go" said Jeremie, but all this succeeded in doing was pinkie and ring fingers getting stomped on by the leader of the group, Jeremie let go of the laptop, he could no longer oppose them, "we got it" said the leader as he held it up, it started to snow, but it picked up quickly "come on, I don't want to be caught in this cold" he said then suddenly the laptop bag was thrown from his hands, it was pinned to a tree by a crossbow bolt, the three turned around to see a figure walking towards them through the snow, "Who the fuck do you think you are" said the second as he stepped towards the figure, Dallas looked at them his face one of anger he was breathing heavily, his shirt had been the sleeves were missing, his Arms had numerous cuts on them, his left eye was Dilated whilst his right eye was normal, "answer me fucker" said the second, Dallas didn't answer as he threw down his crossbow, the leader stepped forward towards him, he signalled for the others to move around, Dallas only shifted his eyes and watched as they cornered him, "you gonna answer him" said the leader as he approached Dallas, the latter remained silent, the leader curled his fist and went to attack Dallas, but he was stopped as Dallas raised his left leg and kicked him in the upper torso knocking him down in the snow, the second moved towards Dallas holding a thick tree branch, Dallas turned and kicked it out of his hand, he quickly did a spin kick onto him, but the second grabbed his right leg and held onto Dallas, the third moved towards Dallas, but he was caught off guard as Dallas span around whilst the second still holding into his right leg, Dallas's left connected with the thirds head knocking him over into the snow, Dallas then turned his body kicking the second in the head leaving the same result, Dallas fell to the ground but quickly flipped back onto his feet, the leader had recovered and moved towards Dallas in an attempt to sweep his leg, Dallas quickly flipped backwards dodging the kick, by the time the leader knew what had happened Dallas was standing on his feet behind him, the leader turned and charged at Dallas, only to be met by a spin kick to the head knocking him down in pain, Dallas looked at each of them as they laid in the snow, not unconscious but in severe pain, blood trailing from numerous wounds, Dallas felt his left knee before limping towards Jeremie, the former crouched down and looked at the latter, he nodded before picking him up and slinging him over his shoulders, despite his limp he grabbed his crossbow, the bolt in the tree and the laptop bag.
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Jeremie came to, wear he'd been kicked was causing him some massive pains, he winced his face as he moved, he looked around he was in what appeared to be an open cave, he could see outside clearly, he looked at what he was laying on, it was clearly an animal fur, he looked around to see Dallas sitting with his trouser leg rolled up removing a bandage from around his left knee to reveal a scar, Jeremie noticed his laptop next to him and near Dallas a fire,
"I wouldn't move" said Dallas in a deep voice, "why" asked Jeremie as he leant forward to get a better look of his surroundings, Dallas moved towards him limping and pushed him down, "you gonna answer me" said Jeremie, then he noticed Dallas's appearance, "you look worse than I do" said Jeremie in an attempt at small talk, but Dallas's didn't reply, Jeremie tried moving towards the cave mouth, Dallas moved towards him and grabbed him, "you can't hold me here, they'll come looking" said Jeremie as he flayed his arms about before noticing his hand, it was bandaged with what appeared to be shirt sleeves, he then pulled up his jumper to see the same thing around his mid section, "you helped me, why?" asked Jeremie, but Dallas didn't respond as he moved to the other side of the cave, "what's your name" asked Jeremie as he moved towards him, "come on answer me" said Jeremie, Dallas stood up and looked him in the eye saying "you ask too many fucking questions", then he looked towards the snow storm outside, "theirs a school nearby they can treat me" said Jeremie, Dallas looked at his arms, "they could help you too" said Jeremie, Dallas looked back at him "I don't want help" replied Dallas before he grabbed his crossbow, Jeremie fell to the ground, it was clear his wounds were worse than he'd anticipated, Dallas moved towards him "the school its on the edge of the woods" said Jeremie before he passed out, Dallas breathed out through his nose before picking up Jeremie.
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"And you tell me, he lured you out into the woods where you were attack by a group of people" said Delmas as he sat at his desk with numerous police officers as the group that had attacked Jeremie sat their with numerous bandaged wounds, "yeah about 5 or 6 of them jumped us, then they took Belpois" said the leader as he held an ice pack to his head, "do you think it could be the same people who murdered Marshal, and took his kid" said one of the officers, another one shook his head, "no they were killed when they accidently burnt down the victims home" he said shutting down the theory, "did you get a look at the victims" asked Delmas, the three looked at each other before they heard a rough voice say "next time you make a lie, make sure that there are no loose ends", they all looked towards Dallas who stood at the door with Jeremie over his shoulders, they took in the rough destroyed appearance, "that's one of the people who attacked us" said the leader as he stood up, the police recognized Dallas immediately, "One is the only truth in that lie" said Dallas, Jim quickly walked over and took Jeremie, "his ribs and fingers are broken" said Dallas, Jim nodded and quickly rushed off with him, Dallas placed his crossbow over his shoulders and started to limp away before one of the police officers grabbed his shoulder, "hold it son" he said, Delmas looked towards the others "you have some explaining to do" he said, the three looked at each other with worry.
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Dallas laid on a hospital bed in a fresh set of underwear, his skinny frame had evolved into a more beefed up one, but he was obviously still weak, Dorothy looked at each of the wounds, his left eye Dilated, his Left knee scared, a scar across his chest, and numerous self harm wounds across his forearms, the nurse shook her head at the sight of them, it was both of sympathy and disappointment, one of the police officers walked in,
"What's the damage" he asked, Dorothy looked towards him "well to put it simply he's got no disease or illness, despite his eye he's not bleeding to death, his knee I can't explain, he shouldn't be able to walk on it much less carry someone on it" she replied, the Officer nodded and looked at his arms, "what about those" he asked knowing they were self harm, "they won't cause any trouble, they'll likely scar" said Dorothy, she was nearly sickened by them, "what about the other boy" asked the officer, "well he's in better condition, his hand and ribs will heal" said Dorothy as she looked towards Jeremie who was asleep on the bed, "what about those who claimed to be attacked" asked Dorothy as she sat down at her desk, "well they claim Dallas and others attacked them, whilst Dallas claims it was him alone fighting them in self defence" said the officer as he grabbed a cup of coffee, "so we can't say anything until Jeremie gives his account" said the officer, Dallas had been feigning unconscious, he looked towards his shirt, wings and trousers, "you need to give your account" said the officer, Dorothy sighed and stood up, "hopefully this won't take long" she said as she followed the officer out of the door, Dallas saw his time to escape, he quickly shot forward before grabbing his trousers he looked at his knee, before moving towards the table and grabbing some bandages and started to wrap it around his knee, before pulling up his trousers, "what are you doing" asked Jeremie as he looked towards Dallas, the later looked towards the former on the bed, he looked away grabbing the tattered remains of his shirt and buttoning it up, "If you run, they'll think your guilty" said Jeremie as he tried moving forward but felt too much pain to move, "so" said Dallas as he grabbed his wings and pulled them over his shirt, "they'll believe the lie" said Jeremie as he fell off the bed and started to move towards Dallas, "Lies only become the truth if you chose to believe it" said Dallas as he moved towards Jeremie grabbing him, "why are you helping me" said Jeremie, Dallas didn't reply as he placed him back in his bed, Dallas quickly looked for his boots, "come on answer me" said Jeremie, Dallas grabbed his boots and placed them on, "why run away" asked Jeremie as Dallas walked to the door, he quickly heard footsteps and rushed back to his bed and jumped onto it, "Jeremie are you able to move" said Dorothy as she entered the room with the officer, "yes, just about" replied Jeremie as he stood up, "take it easy" said Dorothy as she helped him get dressed.
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Jeremie face Delmas as one of the officers stared at them taking notes, Jeremie could just about speak but he still felt enough pain that every time he breathed it would hurt,
"So what happened" asked Delmas, Jeremie adjusted himself in his chair, "well I was chased into the woods by the three of them, they then caught up to me and then attacked me, all I can remember after that is some figure fighting them off" said Jeremie, the officer compared the story with that of Dallas's, "what do you think" said Delmas as he faced the officer, "well these too are adding up better than the others" he replied, Jeremie looked towards them "I take it he's off the hook" asked Jeremie, Delmas looked towards the officer who nodded, "Considering the evidence is in favour of Mr Marshal and that it's obvious that the others have lied, I'd say it's pretty clear cut" said the officer, Delmas pressed a button on his intercom, "Jim start filling out the paperwork for expulsion of those three" said Delmas as he rubbed his face, "They'll be taken into custody, and eventually they'll be given a criminal record" said the officer as he grabbed his hat and walked towards the door, "good day, thank you for the cooperation" he said as he tipped his hat to the two of them, "I'm sorry for all this trouble Jeremie" said Delmas, Jeremie stood up and walked towards the door when he remembered, "erm sir" said Jeremie, Delmas looked up "Yes Jeremie" he responded, Jeremie limped back towards him, "what will happen to Dallas" asked Jeremie, Delmas sank into his chair, "well I'm not sure, the procedure is he'll be taken to an orphanage" said Delmas, Jeremie thought for a second, "he's my age, why isn't he just enrolled here" said Jeremie, Delmas stood up and looked out of the window, "I'm not sure, from what Dorothy and the police said, he's a wreck he lost his entire family within a week, he most likely won't be able to cope" said Delmas, Jeremie stood up saying "room him with me, I'll help him adjust if I have to, he's helped me I want to return that favour", Delmas smiled at the thought "okay, I'll sort it out, it'll probably be temporally" said Delmas as he walked over to his desk "But it's a yes" he added.
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Jeremie sat at his bed, Jim had installed another bed and wardrobe into his room, Dallas was still in the infirmary resting and healing, when Jeremie had told him that he'd been enrolled he didn't seem to enthusiastic, he just turned over and refused to face Jeremie, suddenly the door opened and Dallas was being escorted into the room by Jim,
"This is where you'll stay the rules will be posted when school starts" said Jim, Dallas just looked at the room, his arms had been bandaged, Jim walked away knowing he wasn't getting to him, Jeremie stood up shutting the door, "you could at least say thank you for helping you" said Jeremie, Dallas turned towards him his silent demeanour broke but his voice still deep and angry, "HELPED ME, YOU'VE ESSENTIALLY FUCKED MY CHANCES OF GETTING AWAY" he shouted at Jeremie before throwing his bag onto the bed, "what, you would have been thrown in an orphanage if it wasn't for be" replied Jeremie, Dallas turned around "I could get away from there, they wouldn't care" said Dallas, before he limped towards his wardrobe, "what's the point of running" asked Jeremie, Dallas turned and faced him "it's all I've got" said Dallas angrily as he turned and despite his limping knee he jumped and raised his knee with such force that he smashed it through the wardrobe door, Jeremie stood up "your knee" he said then he noticed Dallas wasn't limping anymore, Dallas turned his leg and jumped quickly, he nodded and started to walk towards the door, Jeremie quickly blocked him "don't" said Dallas, Jeremie smiled "I know that wasn't your voice" he said, Dallas smiled and said "yeah and, don't get close to me" he moved away before opening his bag and pulling out his clothes, he then noticed Jeremie's computer, "what's wrong with that" he asked, Jeremie sat down on his bed, "stupid thing doesn't work" he replied, Dallas pulled out a multi tool and walked over to it, "what're you doing" asked Jeremie, then he noticed the screen turning on "what did you do" asked Jeremie, Dallas moved away saying, "I fixed it" before putting the multi tool back in his bag, "the table is no where near big enough" said Jeremie, Dallas looked back at him, "I'll need a few days" he said, Jeremie looked back at him, "I'll do you a deal" said Jeremie, Dallas laid on his bed "if you sort out that trouble, I'll give you a reason to stay here" said Jeremie, Dallas looked towards him, as he pulled out a grey jumper and throwing it into his draw, "why" asked Dallas as he pulled out a white t shirt, he pulled off his destroyed grey shirt, Jeremie looked at his wounds, "where I'm from aint shit for free" said Jeremie, Dallas pulled on his shirt, he quickly stood up and grabbing a leather jacket out of the bag, "where I'm from everything is for free" said Dallas before walking towards his wardrobe "and it was all shit" he added before he snapped the door of his wardrobe.
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A few days had passed, Jeremie had ran into a few of the other students, Dallas had torn apart his Wardrobe entirely to build Jeremie a desk, the latter returned to his room
"Honey I'm home" he said sarcastically, he noticed the light was off, he quickly flicked the switch, he then noticed Dallas crying at the end of his own bed sitting on the floor, "Dallas" he said as he walked over and crouched down to see he was half drunk with a bottle of whiskey in his hand, "Just leave me alone" said Dallas as he pushed Jeremie away, "What's the matter" asked Jeremie as he moved back towards him, "why am I bothering, I've nothing, my dad's dead, Liam's dead" said Dallas as he pulled his knife from his boot and held it to his arm, "Dallas that's not the answer you know that" said Jeremie as he tried grabbing the knife from Dallas's Hand, "Don't" said Dallas, his tears of pain quickly turned to anger before he threw the knife at the wall causing it to crack, "Dallas I promised a reason" said Jeremie, Dallas looked towards Jeremie, "You saved me, now let me show you something, it'll change your life…".
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Author's note
Right it's at this point that I'd usually say thanks for reading, but I'll get to that, I'd like to justify why the end of this took on the turns of dealing with self harming, well to put it simply Dallas Marshal is more or less me, and it's no secret I'm depressed a lot of my time, and I have done those things, I'm not proud off it, but I've chosen to write close to home, yeah I know it's controversial, but it's what I've chosen to do, so you don't like simple it's time to turn off now, It's a real thing that myself and the people I care about all suffer with this shit, I'm not gonna explain it, that isn't my job, but if you're gonna stay despite this problem thank you.