Authors note
Okay once again there was change in plans and this is coming up first
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Aelita laid in bed having found the Mister Puck doll she managed to get some sleep and was no longer having nightmares, there was a brief flash like lightning and Aelita shot forward scared, but thought nothing off it, she laid back down when suddenly it happened again she looked towards the window suddenly there was another and another it sped up in rapid succession, suddenly there was screaming from all around the dorm building,
"Oh shit" said Dallas as he jumped out of bed and moved towards the window, "What's going on" asked Jeremie, Dallas threw him his glasses as he pulled on his jeans before grabbing his jacket and wings in one hand and crossbow in the other, "That doesn't sound good" said Odd as he stepped out of the door, then Ulrich heard his phone ring he pulled it out "Yumi, what you saw it" said Ulrich, Jeremie stepped out of the room as Jim rushed towards them, he was both scared and trying to keep calm "Everyone back in your rooms" he said but no one was listening, "Jeremie" said Aelita as she ran towards them, "That's more than thunder and lightning" said Ulrich as he grabbed his shirt, "ULRICH" screamed Sissi as she moved towards Ulrich deliberately forgetting about his relationship with Yumi, "Not now Sissi" he said as he moved towards the exit of the hall, Jeremie then heard his phone ring, he rushed back inside the call was from Dallas, "You might want to take a look at this" he said as he looked at something he couldn't explain.
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The rest of the night ended without most people getting anymore sleep Dallas stood watching still in what he left in as Jim and Delmas examined a chuck of missing floor, it had taken both parts of the concrete floor and dirt, but the missing ground was smooth and spherical shaped wider in diameter than in depth,
"What on earth could have caused this" said Delmas as they looked at the smoking crater, Jim scratched his head "I don't know" he said, Delmas looked around at the gathering students, "it's a bit late to cover this up" said Delmas as he led Jim away, Dallas nodded as he stood up, "You forget these" said Jeremie as he threw Dallas his Jumper whilst Yumi handed him his boots which he slipped on without socks, "So what's the situation" she asked, Dallas pulled his jumper over his head, "well Delmas and Jim have idea" he answered, Jeremie and Aelita stepped over "it's still warm it was 8 hours ago" said Jeremie, Ulrich kneeled and went to touch it, he felt his hand burn slightly "what could have caused this" he asked as he rubbed his hand on his trousers, "No idea, but it must have been hot and below ground" said Jeremie as he looked towards him pushing his glasses onto his face, "close but no cigar" said Dallas, the others looked at him, "what do you mean" asked Odd, Dallas moved towards the hole, "whilst it might be possible on the outside chance it's sunk, how do you explain that" said Dallas as he pointed at a close tree, a small section was a Black ring but inside the ring was a missing smooth section similar to the ground, "holy shit" said Yumi as she covered Aelita's ears, "so it wasn't in the ground, or a freak weather condition" said Jeremie as he touched the tree, "So if not either of those do you think" said Odd, Ulrich shook his head saying "Why would XANA burn a tree and create a hole in the ground", Aelita looked at the ground and then at the tree, "when we first met didn't you a giant ball of electricity" she asked, Jeremie looked down at her, "could be that" replied Jeremie as they moved away, "But if this is XANA is irregular" said Aelita, Dallas grabbed his crossbow "there's one way to find out" he said as he pulled back the string and loaded a bolt, Ulrich grabbed his shoulder "Jim and Delmas are already on edge, you going pointing that at people, you're barely allowed to carry that thing" said Ulrich, Dallas pulled out the bolt and placed it back in the sheath, "so what now" he asked.
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Watching from her window Sissi looked at the warriors she turned back at the rest of her group, with Adam sleeping on her bed,
"Wake up you lazy sod" she said as she chucked a book at him hitting him in the forehead, "fucking hell" he said as he held the swelling area, "Ulrich and his friends must be behind this" said Sissi, Herb spoke up saying "well it's an impossibility to attract that much electricity without a serious power source", Sissi threw a book towards him, "If I said they're behind it, they're behind it" she said, Adam rubbed his head "well it does seem impossible" he said before standing up "how have they done that hole in the ground then" said Evelyn, Sissi snarled as she looked out the window, "they must have dug it before everyone was alerted" said Sissi trying to get think logically, "right through solid fucking concrete" said Adam as he turned away, "they must have" she said, Nicholas scratched his nose as he added "it is smooth though".
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Delmas put down the phone and rubbed his eyes, he was scared and tired due to a lack of sleep, he looked at Jim who was standing looking outside the window,
"You think this is the best course of action Jim" said Delmas as he turned his chair towards the window, "It has to be, we can't explain this, and something that I'd rather not talk about, well it gave me a number to call in this sort of situation" said Jim, Delmas grabbed his glasses and cleaned them, "I assume that this number comes from your days in the military" Asked Delmas, Jim looked down unable to answer, then the phone rang, Delmas picked it up, "Hello" he said nervously, "Skip the formalities, What is it you saw" asked a male voice on the other end of the phone, it was clear that he was trying to be monotone, but there was a hint of emotion "what appeared to be a lightning storm and a strange hole in the ground" said Delmas slightly confused, it was a few seconds before the voice replied "Okay, we'll be over any second now", then the line went dead, Delmas looked at the phone as he realised that the phone had gone dead on his end, "I hope this was a good idea" said Jim as he rubbed his head.
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"You're still not satisfied are you" said Yumi as Dallas punched one of the boxing bags, "Why should he be" asked Odd, the others looked at him, "He can't work out if was XANA or a natural occurrence" said Odd, Dallas quickly turned landing his shin into the bag, "I doubt this is a natural occurrence" said Dallas as he grabbed his clothes, "but XANA isn't that stupid to leave something this obvious so easy to find" he added as he pulled on his jacket, "Who's to say this is even XANA" said Jeremie, Dallas looked down, "he might be right" said Ulrich, the others looked at him "What makes you so sure" asked Aelita, Ulrich looked towards Dallas "I'm sure you all noticed that stench in the air" Said Ulrich, Dallas looked up towards him, "the burnt rubber" he said, the others were confused "Burnt rubber" asked Yumi, "you don't think" said Dallas, Ulrich nodded as he stood up "mind explaining" asked Odd, Dallas looked towards him and said "do you remember when we were attacked by that 6 foot fuck off robot", Odd thought for a second before nodding briefly, "We'll after you disabled the first one, me and Dallas were attacked by a second" added Ulrich, Yumi raised her eyebrow "you said that the factory section imploded didn't you" she asked, Dallas sat down "more or less, to be honest I don't know what happened but before that me and Ulrich found some charred rubber" he said, Jeremie pulled out his laptop and said "you think there's a connection", Ulrich looked down as he said "I'm certain of it", suddenly there was a booming siren "what the fuck is that" shouted Aelita.
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Quickly rushing out of the gym the warriors watched as two vehicles moved from the front gate, one of them a troop transport the other a jeep,
"Okay fall in" Said an army officer as he exited the jeep, his face showed a few scars a moustache carried most of the colour from his hair, atop his collar sat a Colonels eagle stepping out of the car after him a man in what would be considered a snappy brown suit, except he wasn't wearing a tie, with a black trench coat over it, behind stepping out of the front of the car was another soldier on the sleeves on his jacket sat Corporal stripes, another solider stepped out his collar adorned with a Major's Oakley's, "Major frost fall them in" said the Colonel, the warriors stayed behind cover, "What the fuck" said Jeremie as Dallas grabbed him by the mouth and moved him around behind a cover, "the military, the fucking military" said Odd, Dallas reached behind shirt and pulled out his Glock pulling it back before flicking the safety, "are you fucking mental" asked Yumi as she pushed the weapon down, "Probably" said Dallas as he looked around the corner as 20 soldiers moved out of the truck, two of the soldiers were medics with no indication of rank and both were unarmed, another was a priest with a Lieutenants bar on his right collar and a Christian cross on his left collar, he also was unarmed, "Fall in" shouted the major as the 17 soldiers lined up, whilst 14 of soldiers were privates, one solider was a single striped corporal, another was a two stripe Corporal, and the other a master sergeant, the two medics moved slowly and lined up, "When I say fall in that means instantly" shouted the Major, "pipe down frost" said the Colonel as the soldiers presented their G36C's the man in the coat stepped forward spitting the cigarette out of his mouth, "now listen up You're on a need to know basis" he said as he looked around, before grabbing a Geiger counter from the Jeep, Delmas and Jim then walked over "I do hope you don't intend to scare the students" said Delmas, The man in the coat looked at them before moving the Geiger counter handle over them, there was no sound, "clear" he said then he looked around "oh the hole is this way" said Jim as he led them towards the dip, "Okay I suggest we keep back" said Jeremie, Dallas then handed Ulrich his crossbow and said "Duly noted" as he flicked the safety on his Glock, "You're not gonna listen to me are you" asked Jeremie, Dallas smiled and said "probably not" then he remembered something, "Ulrich wait here I know something we need" he added before shooting off towards the office building.
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The Man in the trench coat looked at the dip in the ground, although it was at least 12 hours after the incident the crater was still smoking and was still warm,
"Erm what exactly do we call you" asked Delmas the trench coated man looked at them and simply said "Winter", he grabbed the handle and held out the Geiger counter, the noise lit up causing Delmas and Jim to step back, "Don't worry it's only the trace of Radiation it's harmless" said Winter as he then moved the handle off the crater and began to follow a trail "Colonel gather your men" said Winter as they followed the trail, "You heard the man fall in" shouted the Major, the infantry soldiers moved and followed him, Winter stopped and looked at Delmas "where does this path go" he asked, Jim stepped forward "the tool shed" he answered, Winter moved towards the door and ran the handle over the Geiger counter one again lit up, "How many doors into this building" he asked as he handed the counter to the one stripe corporal, "Just the one" answered Jim, the Colonel nodded and shouted "OKAY EVERYONE FALL IN AND SURROND THE ENTRANCE".
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Watching from behind the pillars by the dorm building the warriors looked towards the tool shed,
"What do you think they've found" asked Aelita, Ulrich looked down at his shin at the memory, "hopefully it isn't what I think it is" said Ulrich, Yumi stepped towards him placing her hand on his shoulder, he shuddered at the touch, "is it that bad" she asked, Ulrich looked down scared, "What do you think Dallas is doing" asked Odd, Jeremie smiled and said "if we know him he's probably doing something completely stupid", the soldiers set up a barricade and mounted a MG36 aimed at the door of the shed, "I don't want a fly to enter or leave this building" said the Colonel as he watched the Soldiers set up, many of the soldiers were behind cover with their riffles aimed towards the door, "Are you sure all of this is a necessity" asked Delmas as he became concerned at the students watching, "I'm afraid it is, Ask Jim" said Winter as he looked towards the aforementioned, "Is this true" asked Delmas, Jim was confused as to why they were mentioning him, "Could you at least keep the students away" said Delmas, the Colonel looked at the students before nodding, "that might be best" he said before shouting "CAPTAIN ALDA, FATHER CHRISTOPHER KEEP THE STUDENTS CLEAR", then the soldier with the cross and one of the soldiers who wasn't carrying any weapons and no indication of rank moved towards the students and started pushing them away, Suddenly there was a banging on the door of the shed.
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"What did I miss" asked Dallas as he moved towards the rest of the warriors he had Jim's M38 over his shoulders and his Sawn- off holstered on his leg, "Well the soldiers are shitting themselves" said Odd, Dallas rolled his eyes before handing Ulrich the shotgun that was on Display in his office, "Careful it's loaded" he said, Ulrich handed the crossbow to Jeremie, "you know how to use that" he asked, Jeremie shook his head as he placed it over his shoulder, "aim at them and hope you never have to shoot" said Dallas, then suddenly there was shooting coming from the soldiers as they opened fire on the shed, "Jesus" said Aelita as she crouched down covering her ears from the loud gunshots, "Odd, Jeremie take Aelita away" said Ulrich, Dallas looked back at them "Yumi go with them" he added, Yumi was confused "but" she said, Dallas looked back again saying "do it", Yumi looked down before following the others, Ulrich and Dallas moved towards the shed as the Major shouted "Cease fire wait for a target", the Soldiers stopped taking the opportunity to reload, "what's going on" said Dallas as he moved next to the colonel and held up the Glock as he ducked behind cover, "what is a Teenage Civilian doing with a gun and hear of all places" said the colonel, Ulrich ducked behind cover as well, "is that my shot gun" said Delmas, Ulrich looked at him and then at the gun saying "yeah long story", Dallas looked at the colonel "any clue what's in there" he asked, the Colonel looked at him, "why should…" he started but Dallas pointed the Glock at him saying "because right now me and him are the best hope you've got", the Colonel looked at him and then at Winter as he said "We've got nothing to lose", the Colonel looked at him "we've fired about 400 rounds into there, whatever was inside is dead" said the Colonel, the Major moved behind cover with them, "do you want me to order the men to…" he started then he noticed Dallas and Ulrich, "what're these civilians doing here" he asked Ulrich pointed the gun at him "do you really want to know" he said, the Major turned his attention back to the Colonel, "as I was saying do you want me to order the men to move in and remove the body" said the Major, Dallas and Ulrich peaked their head over "if I'm right there isn't a body" said Ulrich, everyone but Dallas looked at him, "it ain't dead" he added everyone looked at the door, "SERGEANT MOVE IN AND SECURE THE BODY" shouted the Colonel, the Sgt looked at the other behind cover and moved towards the door, suddenly there was a banging on the door and he moved back as the rest of the soldiers opened fire at the building again, "Okay what's the plan now" said Dallas as the gun fire ceased, "Corporal, order one wave of M302 rounds" said the Colonel, Dallas looked at the senior officer, "That is school property" Said Delmas but Winter moved towards him and said "this will be covered by insurance", Delmas moved away but Dallas moved up "Colonel right now you've got whatever's in there cornered, best case scenario it's unarmed, let me go in" said Dallas, the Colonel looked at him as his young Corporal subordinate moved towards him "the men are ready to fire sire" he said nervously, the Colonel looked at the three men ready to fire at the building, "Colonel" said Dallas, but he took no notice and shouted "FIRE" the three soldiers pulled the triggers and launched the compact grenade pellets, suddenly the Tool shed erupted in flames as the pellets exploded, "Great" said Ulrich as he sank behind cover, Winter looked at the burning building, "Don't worry after those Grenades nothing remotely human could have survived" said the Colonel, Dallas shook his head as he said "believe me what was in that shed wasn't even remotely human".
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Watching from Jeremie's window the warriors were worried at the state of events, Aelita was scared because of the loud explosion,
"how could this get out of hand over what could have been simply sorted" said Odd, Jeremie was sitting at the computer, "Whatever's going on it's out of our hands now" said Jeremie, Yumi stood up and looked out the window "why has he got Ulrich with him" she asked, whilst by the burning wreckage Dallas looked at it, "as soon as the fire burns out we'll…" said the Major suddenly debris began to move the Soldiers turned around as Dallas's and Ulrich's worst fear was confirmed, it was a Robot, a robot that was exactly the same as the one that had attacked them the last time, but it was covered in burnt or burning rubber and a Destroyed Jumpsuit, "What is that thing" asked Winters as Dallas pulled him down behind cover, "we had that thing contained" said Ulrich, Dallas grabbed his phone from his pocket and dialled a number, "fuck it's not working" he said, he then clicked his fingers at Ulrich who handed him his phone, "it's the same" added Dallas as he handed it back, then he remembered the walkie talkie and pulled it out of another of the M38's pouches, "what're you doing" asked Ulrich, Dallas quickly adjusted the frequency, "he's thought of everything" added Dallas as he pocketed it, Ulrich looked over the cover, before grabbing the shot gun and aiming it towards the robot before pulling the trigger, he was kicked back by the force, "Get a better grip on it" said Delmas, Ulrich and Dallas looked at him, "I was in the military" said Delmas, Ulrich looked up and stood aiming the gun pulling the trigger the Bullet exploded from the Barrel and struck the Machine but minimal damage was caused, as it looked around, "Okay, I've one idea" said Dallas as he searched his jacket pockets pulling out a small white paper bag, a magnifying glass and a shotgun shell, "here we go" he said as he found some string, "what're planning" said Winter, Dallas handed the string to Ulrich, followed by his knife from his boot, "Cut that in pieces of about foot long" he said then he moved towards the Colonel, "I'm gonna need a hand grenade" said Dallas, the Colonel looked at him before pointing his own side arm towards Dallas, "In my Books that's an act of Terrorism" said the Colonel, Dallas rolled his eyes before grabbing the gun and disarming it by dropping the clip and kicking it towards the Colonel, he then emptied the Chamber before handing both the bullet and the gun to the Colonel, "if I wanted to I could have killed us all by now" said Dallas, the Colonel looked at the gun as he reloaded it, he nodded before shouting "SERGEANT", the Sgt quickly stopped firing and moved behind the other soldiers and towards the Colonel, "yes sir" he said Saluting, the Colonel looked at Dallas before looking back and saying "I need one hand grenade", the Sgt quickly pulled one from his belt and handed it to the Colonel, before moving back to help the other soldiers, "Now what do you intend to do" asked Winter as the Colonel handed the grenade to Dallas, "I'm gonna blow that fucker open" he said.
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Adam and Evelyn watched from Adam's window as the Soldiers opened fire, Adam was Laughing at them,
"You're enjoying this way too much" said Evelyn, Adam looked back at her before sarcastically saying "Got any popcorn", Evelyn shook her head with disappointment, she then walked to the window as Adam moved closer towards the window, "well shithead is going for it" said Adam, Evelyn looked towards him and said "aren't you worried, I doubt XANA wanted the X-600 destroyed this early", Adam simply laughed "XANA still doesn't tell you everything" he said, outside Dallas tied the string to the Grenade pin, "Are you sure this will work" asked Winter as they watched as the robot was held in position by the gunfire, "no" replied Dallas, the Colonel quickly shouted "SUPRESING FIRE", the soldiers quickly fired at the Robots feet causing him to remain in fire, Dallas moved from behind cover and moved around towards the Robot, suddenly one the one stripe Corporal realised he was out of ammo, "I'M OUT" he shouted, numerous of the other soldiers realised they were also out of ammo, the gun fire began to die down as more and more of them ran empty, Dallas drew the Sawn Off and held it up as he moved from behind cover and fired a single shot striking the Robot in the side of the head, slightly denting it, suddenly most of the gunshots ended, "We need to give him more time" said Winter as he and the Colonel drew pistols and began to open fire, Ulrich grabbed the Shotgun and began to shoot as well trying to distract the Robot, it turned and faced them before starting to move through the flames, Suddenly it was knocked away slightly as Dallas fired another shot at it, the robot turned and grabbed Dallas's arm snapping it at the elbow, causing him to drop the Sawn-off, he screamed loudly, Ulrich fired the shot gun again "over here you fuck" he shouted as he began to move from behind cover, the Robot turned and looked at him, Dallas grabbed the robots arm and jumped wrapping his legs around its neck section and using all of his weight flipping it over, the robot landed in flames whilst Dallas moved away, the robot grabbed him pulling him down by his left knee, Dallas felt it Buckle, the robot stood up grabbing a peace of rubble, Dallas moved and got to his feet, the Robot moved its arm to swing at Dallas, but he ducked and pulled out the grenade and smacked it into an opening of the Robots chassis, he then pulled on the string and the pin was pulled, Dallas then dived down, the next 2 seconds felt like forever as the time ticked until suddenly the Grenade exploded a huge fireball erupted, the Soldiers looked at the dust cloud that formed, Winter looked down "I'm sorry but I don't think your friend made it" he said as he holstered his gun, Ulrich looked at the cloud "what was his name we'll see that his family finds that he died a hero" said the younger corporal, Ulrich looked at the cloud, "over there" said one of the Medics, as the Soldiers drew there knifes whilst two of the soldiers reloaded the M302's ready, but as the dust settled Ulrich smiled as Dallas emerged limping, he smiled as he leant over, he was only going down on his right knee as he kept his left one straight, he grabbed the sawn off before holstering it, "You stupid fuck" said Ulrich as he moved to help him, "Colonel, post some of your men at the gates no one gets in and out of the school" said Winter, the Colonel nodded in Agreement.
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Jeremie, Odd, Aelita and Yumi exited Jeremie's and Dallas's room,
"Are you okay Aelita" asked Yumi, Aelita nodded slowly as she was still freighted by the violence, "are you sure that you can't contact them" said Odd, Jeremie nodded as he showed them his phone, "there's no signal, and I Can't even use my computer to connect to a scan, We'll have to grab Dallas and Ulrich before heading to the factory" said Jeremie, then the solider who had the cross on his collar moved through the doors, "are you Jeremie Belpois" he asked, his voice was gentle and soft unlike many of the soldiers, "yes" replied Jeremie, the Chaplin smiled and said "Ulrich said you'd better head to the nurses office", Yumi stepped forward "are they okay" she asked, the Chaplin nodded "yes well Ulrich's fine, the other one needs some medical care" he said, Yumi quickly rushed off worried for the two of them, "we'd better follow her" said Aelita as she ran off after her.
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Adam looked at the fire as it was extinguished by two of the Soldiers, he began to chuckle but Evelyn failed to see why,
"Why hasn't XANA deactivated the tower, we haven't any resources to…" she started but Adam turned to her saying "You think we're defeated, have faith", he walked away signalling for her to follow, whilst in the infirmary Dallas was sitting on one of the beds as Ulrich sat beside him on a stool with a blanket over him, "how did it feel" asked Dallas, as a nurse moved around him, "how did what feel" asked Ulrich, Dallas then realised that a nurse had just cut off his jacket sleeve, "what're you doing" he asked, she looked at him, "your arm is broken" she said, Dallas then looked at it and moved it normally "that look broken to you" he said, the nurse moved away, "if you mean firing that gun, I won't get used to it" said Ulrich Dallas patted him on the back, "hope you don't have to" he said, then they looked at the solider at the door as he stood over the two shot guns, "what now" asked Ulrich as he noticed Dallas grabbing some bandages wrapping them around his knee, "We wait for Jeremie, we deactivate the tower and jump back in time" said Dallas, suddenly the door opened and the other warriors rushed in, "ULRICH" said Yumi as she rushed and hugged him, "where's my hug" said Dallas sarcastically as he tightened the bandages, he was caught off guard as Yumi hugged him and said "thank you for keeping him safe", Jeremie moved towards him, "are you okay" he asked, Dallas moved his legs off the bed, "we need to go" he said as he limped towards the door, but Winter walked towards him, "you can't go anywhere" said Winter, he looked back saying "Corporal bring me the Geiger counter", Dallas looked back at them before pulling a small metal casing from his right pocket, the older two striped corporal handed winter the Geiger counter, "you knew a lot about what we were facing" said Winter, Dallas stepped forward "going on guess work" he said, Winter didn't seem convinced, "listen we were attacked and we had to make sure it wouldn't cause damage" said Ulrich, Yumi looked towards Winter whilst grabbing Ulrich's hand, Winter pulled the handle of counter and said "step forward please", Dallas stepped forward and the handle was held to Dallas, suddenly the device lit up, "care to explain why you appear to be covered in Radiation" said Winter.
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The warriors were being moved at gun point out of the Main building, the other students watched as they were marched,
"What's the plan" asked Aelita as she looked at the gun behind her, "to Lyoko, I'll draw them away" said Dallas, he felt the riffle behind him as he pushed "Shut up and keep moving", Dallas pulled the lighter from up his pocket and sparked the small string on the casing, "into the truck" said Winter, suddenly Dallas threw the casing onto the ground it exploded leaving smoke anywhere, "Go now" said Dallas as he rushed away as fast as he could, "come on" said Jeremie as he grabbed Aelita by the hand and pulled her towards the gym, Odd and Ulrich followed after them, Yumi started running but she was grabbed by Winter, "after them" he said Coughing, the warriors quickly shut the door leading to the sewers, "where's Yumi" said Ulrich as he looked around, "she must be behind us" said Odd, Ulrich then thought for a moment, "what if she's been captured" he said before moving towards the door, Jeremie grabbed him saying "If she's been captured, the only thing we can do is deactivate the tower" said Jeremie, Ulrich looked towards the door before looking down and shaking his head, "she'll be fine" said Aelita, Ulrich started to sulk, "I hope so Aelita" he said as they grabbed their skateboards and Jeremie's scooter.
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Winter looked around, unable to see the warriors Yumi was being held in the back of the van, he looked down before saying,
"Colonel, search the grounds they must be here somewhere" said Winter, he moved into the back of the van and sat down opposite Yumi, "You're Japanese aren't you" said Winter, Yumi looked away saying "isn't that obvious" Winter looked sad, "for what is going on, you and your family could be deported" he said, Yumi looked up before looking down and then up again, "you bastard" she said, Winter half smiled "I don't want that, I'm not making the threat, it's not my department, but if you help me, I can persuade the higher ups to leave your family alone" he said, Yumi was angry, "so you're trying to bribe me" she said, she sat up looking him in the eyes, "turning me against my friends and the man I love, you're trying to make me choose a side" she said, Winter pulled a cigarette from his carton then he looked at Yumi, his eyes widened and he put it back, "My department is specialisation in the unidentifiable, E.G what I saw today" said Winter, before looking at the soldiers "the Military cooperate on a need to know basis" said Winter, Yumi wasn't listening, she was still disgusted by what he had said.
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Dallas quickly moved down from the door in the Garage, he had managed to grab his Sawn off, luckily the soldiers hadn't had time to search him or find the Glock and the remaining shells, he quickly grabbed the crate by his bike, and opened it,
"This happens so often" said Dallas slightly angrily as he grabbed a shoulder pad and attached it to his jacket before re grabbing the M38 and pulling it over his shoulders, he then grabbed a brace for his knee and pulled it over the bandages, "alright keep looking" said one of the soldiers, Dallas looked at the door before grabbing his keys for his bike, whilst outside two of the soldiers looked at the Vehicle door, "check in here" said the one stripe corporal, "why have I got to do it" said the private, the corporal pointed at his stripe, then suddenly they heard an engine roar, the private unlocked the door and suddenly as it sprung open, but before they could react Dallas roared off on his bike, "what the fuck" said the soldier as they rushed towards him, Dallas quickly moved towards the gate, but the military jeep blocked the entrance, "holt" said the young corporal, Dallas quickly turned around and shot off back, "What's going on" said Winter as he stepped out of the van, "we've located one of them" said the Major, suddenly Dallas shot past them, "after him" shouted the major to the two remain soldiers, Yumi looked out of the door, "get back in" said Winter as he drew his revolver, "You don't intend to use that do you" asked Yumi, Winter looked down in doubt.
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Ulrich exited from the tunnel onto the bridge he helped Aelita onto the bridge, he grabbed Jeremie's hand then Odd's,
"I still don't feel good about leaving her behind" said Ulrich, Jeremie looked down before moving towards the factory, "Ulrich this is our only hope" said Odd, they quickly slid down the ropes and moved towards the elevator, "we're down by two of us, this might be difficult" said Jeremie, he pressed the button on the elevator descended to the computer room, "get ready I'll find the coordinates" said Jeremie as the door closed again, quickly taking a deep breath from the stress he moved to the chair and it moved towards the screen, whilst in the elevator Odd and Aelita looked at Ulrich, he wasn't saying anything and as his fist curled Odd moved towards him, "Ulrich are you gonna be alright" he asked, Ulrich looked towards him and smiled as he uncurled his fist, "yeah hopefully let's just get this tower deactivated" said Odd as the elevator doors opened, they quickly walked towards the scanners, Jeremie quickly started typing, "Transfer Aelita, Transfer Odd, Transfer Ulrich" he said as he began typing the programs, "Scanner Aelita, Scanner Odd, Scanner Ulrich" he said as their ID cards began to fill up, he then shouted "VIRTUAIZATION" and inside the scanners the warriors felt the blast of air sending them to Lyoko, their blue squared outlines appeared in the desert sector, "okay guys, the towers due north, you're vehicles are coming up" said Jeremie, then the Over-Bike and the Over-Board appeared, "Aelita ride with Odd" said Ulrich, Odd looked at him "what trust me now" said Odd, Ulrich laughed as he mounted his bike saying "no just don't trust myself at the moment", Odd was shocked at the response as they shot forward, "Jeremie keep an eye out for Adam" said Ulrich as he looked around the area, Jeremie sank back into his chair, looking around scared that anyone could show up, "hurry guys, I'm getting sort of paranoid here" said Jeremie half sarcastically, suddenly two new blips appeared on Jeremie's radar, "Guys heads up coming your way" said Jeremie, Odd looked forward before moving behind Ulrich "I can see the tower" said Ulrich as they shot forward moving towards it, Suddenly Adam appeared and his sword swung, Odd moved away avoiding the swing as Ulrich shot forward, "GO FOR HIM" shouted Adam as he raised his hand shooting the red electricity towards Odd and Aelita, "Hang on" said Odd as they quickly moved out of range.
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Winter looked around as he made sure that Yumi was staying in the back of the van,
"I'm gonna assume you won't persuade him to give himself in" said Winter as he looked around, Yumi shook her head saying "I'm not gonna betray him", Suddenly Winter heard a roar of an engine he turned around raised his revolver, "That won't stop him" said Yumi, Winter looked back at her, "I might look like a pencil pusher, but I'm not a bad shot" said Winter, Dallas quickly moved into view, Yumi closed her eyes as Dallas moved towards them, "STOP" shouted Winter, Dallas turned the bike skidding to a holt, he quickly drew the Sawn-off, "drop the gun" said Winter, Dallas didn't lower it "let her go" said Dallas, Winter moved back saying "so what you'll just be recaptured", Dallas signalled with the sawn-off "I'm sorry" said Winter as he began to squeeze the trigger, suddenly his finger began to twitch, he looked down as it snapped in the opposite direction, he screamed as Yumi knocked him over and kicking Winter's revolver under the van, "you shouldn't have done that" said Dallas as she climbed on the back of the bike, "you should have listened" said Dallas, Winter looked at him as he stood up unable to find his gun, "You would have shot me otherwise" said Winter as he held his hand, Dallas flicked forward the Sawn-off and held it towards Winter showing both Barrels were empty, "that's dishonest, low" said Winter, Dallas laughed and said "that's life" as he kicked the stand and rode off, "Are you sure this is safe" said Yumi, Dallas looked back at her saying "maybe but I had to get you out of here", he quickly turned towards another exit of the grounds, suddenly two of the soldiers moved towards them, "Shit" said Dallas as he turned without slowing down, "What're you gonna do" asked Yumi, Dallas looked at the ground as they moved across a small hill, Dallas stopped, he nodded, suddenly there was gunshots followed by a loud "HOLT", Dallas quickly shot forward, "what're you going to do" said Yumi, Dallas turned around and said "Hold on", he quickly shot forward quickly moving towards the small hill, he quickly pressed down on the bike and as they rode up he moved back pulling the bike upwards and moving over the fence, they quickly landed on the road before shooting off, "AFTER THEM" shouted the Major as he watched the incident.
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As most of the soldiers moved after Dallas and Yumi, two of the soldiers stood combing the wreckage of the supply hut, one of them was the younger corporal, the other was the Sgt
"great I get this promotion and I'm stuck combing through trash" he said as he pointed his M36 through some rubble, "Come on we have a job to do" said the Corporal, being younger he was more paranoid and wearing a steel helmet, and was carrying an M9 pistol, "What does that Winter want with that machine anyway" asked the Sgt, the Young corporal shook his head then they heard a strange noise, "what was that" asked the Sgt suddenly he was grabbed on the shoulder and thrown across the rubble dropping his riffle and his grenade holster, the Corporal raised his pistol and began to shoot at the Robot, it moved towards the Corporal and grabbed the pistol from his hands and then pushed him away, The Robot looked at him as he examined the gun, suddenly the text in the robots eyes read DO NOT HARM, the robot grabbed the dropped M36 and the grenades, before moving off.
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Back on Lyoko the warriors were moving forward in a convoy formation, Ulrich was ahead whilst the Odd and Aelita were behind him,
"Jeremie how far behind us is Adam" asked Odd, Jeremie looked at the radar, "Not far enough, But I think Evelyn is moving towards you and fast", Ulrich looked back before saying "Dallas won't like it but I need his bike", Jeremie's eyes shot open, "what" he asked as he leant forward towards the screen, "it's the only vehicle fast enough" replied Ulrich, Jeremie looked down as he began typing, Ulrich looked at his belt as the Baton appeared, "Do you know how to use it" asked Jeremie, Ulrich looked back saying "Odd, you and Aelita on get on the Over-Bike, I'll take care of Evelyn", he quickly pulled over to the side before grabbing the baton and extending it to show the Over-Rider, he quickly mounted it before shooting off, "he has no idea how to ride that does he" asked Aelita, then Odd quickly hopped onto the Over-Bike, "get on" he said, Aelita quickly got on the back placing her hands on Odd's shoulders, he quickly shot forward, whilst Ulrich was moving back towards Evelyn who as she drew closer to him, she drew her sword pointing it forward then to the side, Ulrich gulped as he reached around slowly to grab his Katana, "Ulrich the Over-Rider has a gyro stabilizer you're not going to lose control" said Jeremie, Ulrich drew the Katanna and as he passed Evelyn swerving to the side just avoiding her, their blades clashed as the passed away, Ulrich sheathed the Katana and turned the Over-Rider around and carried on in pursuit of her, he moved behind her bike, quickly re drawing the Katana he moved forward trying to get alongside her, she swung her rapier at him, "Ulrich you can't go head to head, you don't know how to use that vehicle" said Jeremie as he placed his hands on his head in panic, Ulrich looked at Evelyn's bike he moved forward and looked at the front section, he quickly flicked the katana so he was holding it upside down and he quickly threw it, piercing the front of the bike, suddenly there was a small explosion followed by a trail of black smoke, Evelyn jumped from the bike onto the Over-Rider, Ulrich quickly swerved trying to shake her, but she gripped onto the rear, "Jeremie I can't shake her" said Ulrich, Jeremie looked at the screen and watched were Odd and Aelita were, "Ulrich if you look on the left handle there's a cap, flip it up and flick the small lever, that disables the gyro control" said Jeremie, Ulrich looked at it before looking back, he flicked the cap, suddenly he felt a hand grab him, "Die fucker" said Evelyn, Ulrich quickly flicked the lever, suddenly the Over-Rider began to shake and lose control as Ulrich was unable to keep control, he suddenly smashed into a rock, the two were devirtulized.
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Dallas quickly moved past Yumi's house, but instead of stopping as Yumi had hoped he kept moving,
"shouldn't you drop me off there" she said as she looked over his shoulder, "I can't hence the same reason we can't go to the factory, they'd find and pick us up there" said Dallas as he pulled out of traffic and onto the back road, "what was that he said about radiation" asked Yumi as she started to feel ill, "Who Winter, well the Supercomputer is powered by a Radioactive battery, and because of the scanning process it must cover us with a small dosage of radiation, like and X-Ray" said Dallas, he quickly parked the bike and the two dismounted he quickly wheeled it towards an old shed quickly opening the door, and looking inside, the only things inside was what appeared to be an old wrecked car, and some mechanic equipment that was mostly broken, "do you think" asked Yumi, Dallas looked back at her "I don't know" he replied as he moved the bike inside, "get some rest" said Dallas as he flicked back the sawn off and loaded two shells, "do you think they'll comb the sewers" asked Yumi as she sat down, Dallas moved alongside her "Those tunnels are vast, Took Jeremie a week to get to the factory, when he first found it" said Dallas, Yumi started to shake due to the cold, Dallas handed her a blanket, "give it an hour before we move off" he said as he stood up and moved to the door, he looked back saying "get some sleep".
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Back in the Nurses office, One of the Medics was wrapping bandages around winter's busted hand, having had to snap the fingers back into position,
"I knew women were vicious creatures but this is ridicules" said the Medic as he laughed, the other Medic walked in saying "the best way to keep them calm is to be nice to them", the first medic cut the bandages as he finished with Winter, "I am nice to them, each and every new one that shows up" said the Medic, Winter scratched his chin as the Colonel walked in, "well we've lost him but we know that they're still in the city" he said, then suddenly the young corporal ran barely carrying the Sgt over his shoulder, "we got a problem" he said as his voice began to squeak, "what's going on" said Winter as he stood up "that robot, it's still moving" said the Corporal as he began to hyperventilate, "where is it now" asked Winter.
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Back on Lyoko Odd and Aelita were still moving forward towards the tower,
"Jeremie where's Ulrich" asked Odd as the tower became bigger as it got closer, "He's down but so is Evelyn" replied Jeremie, Odd smiled at the small mercy, "lookout" said Aelita, Odd looked forward as Adam appeared, Odd swerved the Over-Bike to the side, skidding along the ground, Odd pushed off the Vehicle taking him and Aelita away from Adam, the Over-Bike moved towards Adam but he drew his sword and slashed it down on the bike destroying it, "Pathetic" he said as he moved towards Odd, "Aelita run" said Odd as Aelita got to her feet and started running towards the tower, "I'll get to you" said Adam as he looked at her, he quickly grabbed Odd by the tail causing him to scream, Adam laughed as he said "this will be fun", Odd quickly grabbed Adam's Musket and pulled the trigger, there was a bang and a flash, Adam fell over at the strike, Odd quickly flipped the tables and pinned Adam, he extended his blade and stabbed it into Adam's neck, Adam started to choke before devirtulizing, Odd stood up and ran towards Aelita who passed into the tower, she moved towards the centre and began to levitate, she landed on the platform and placed her hand on the screen the word AELITA typed out followed by CODE LYOKO, "tower deactivated" she said, Jeremie smiled as the blue screens descended into the black void, Ulrich exited the elevator and walked over "Return to the past now" said Jeremie as he hit enter, but nothing happened "What on earth" said Jeremie, Ulrich looked at him and asked "what's going on".
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Yumi rubbed her eyes and stretched her arms as she looked at Dallas who was sitting against the rundown car in the small shed,
"How long was I asleep" she asked, Dallas looked at her saying "just over an hour, I thought it best you got some sleep" he said as he moved away from the car, "how long until you think we'll be jumping back in time" said Yumi, Dallas looked at her as he opened the door, "I dunno, could be a…" started Dallas but he was grabbed by the robot, he looked at it as he was thrown onto the car windshield smashing through it, "Dallas" said Yumi as she looked at the Robot, it looked at her its eyes typed out CAPTURE, Yumi moved away, the robot raised the G36 ready to pull the trigger, there was a loud gunshot, but not from the riffle, the G36 was thrown from the hands of the Robot, it was dented inwards and damaged unable to fire, it looked at Dallas as he moved from the car sheathing his sawn off, he quickly pulled his Glock and began to fire a round at the Robot, it turned its attention back towards him, he then proceeded to unload the remainder of the Magazine into the Robot, it quickly moved towards Dallas knocking him into the wall, Dallas stood up, but the Robot swung its arm knocking Dallas over to the side, "Run" said Dallas as he began to crawl away, the Robot drew its own side arm and pointed it at Dallas pulling the trigger, there was a click and Robot looked at the weapon as it was empty, "STOP" screamed Yumi, the Robot looked at her, Dallas looked up, "Yumi don't" said Dallas, Yumi placed her hands on her head and suddenly the Robot began to vibrate and stumble backwards, suddenly its blown out torso section began to crush in, it's eyes exploded as its head appeared to deflate and collapse it fell to the floor, Dallas noticed a light in the Chassis dim until it was no longer lit, he quickly rushed to Yumi as she collapsed, "Yumi you shouldn't have done that" said Dallas, then he heard a clicking, he stood up looking at the soldiers, "what was that" asked Winter as he threw down the Geiger counter "of course" said Dallas, Winter looked at him and said "I'll ask again what was that", suddenly one of the soldiers aimed his weapon, Dallas looked back at Yumi having no choice he reached for his sawn-off and pointed it at the soldiers who opened a hail of bullets into Dallas as they were engulfed by the white flash…
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Dallas shot forward looking around, he quickly grabbed his knife and cut down the palm of his hand the blood began to pour out but the wound resealed itself, he grabbed his pillow throwing it at Jeremie,
"Cutting that fucking close didn't you" he said, Jeremie shot forward grabbing his glasses "what" he asked, Dallas stood up feeling his knee "we tried activating the return to the past but it took a while like something was delaying it" Said Jeremie, Dallas then realised, "what if that robot was jamming it" he said, Jeremie looked at him confused, "you Mean XANA is able to stop return to the pasts" said Jeremie as he moved from his bed, "could be, keep this from the other if you have to tell Aelita" said Dallas as he grabbed his boot, sheathing his knife, "why" asked Jeremie, Dallas put his boot down saying "It's best we don't stress them out with what we don't know"
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Authors note
Thanks for reading hopefully this didn't bore you, trying a new format with this chapter, hope you enjoyed, will be taking a week off before I begin work on the Next Chapter I've got another project that needs starting.