Yumi limped along the Corridor, when suddenly with stiff movements the X-800 limped towards her, suddenly it grabbed her, its exposed eye illuminating the darkness, she screamed as it gripped her arms as she tried to wriggle free, there was a gun shot, and a massive chunk was blown from the machines arm exposing it's innards, Yumi looked and fell to the floor as it let go and backed into the open room, Yumi looked as Dallas pulled the lever of the 1887 and rushed forward, the X-800 stood there it moved forward but Dallas fired another shot knocking it backwards, he fired again and pulled the lever, and another, and another, and another, and another, and Another, and another blowing the machine through the window onto the ground making a thump upon landing, Dallas panted heavily "you… you are Dallas" said Yumi crying, Dallas looked back at her and said "As a matter of fact I am", he rushed downstairs hearing the police sirens and dogs barking from all of the noise, he opened the door to see nothing but a massive blood stain on the floor, his eye open widely as he walked towards it placing his uncovered hand on it, "What's going on out here" said Delmas as he looked at Dallas, in this second he knew it was an emergency, "Call the police, tell them it's on the loose" said Dallas as he stood up, "is this some kind of joke I've been scared to death tonight" said Delmas Angrily but he was scared again when Dallas looked him in the eyes and said "You don't know death is" and rushed off back inside the building.
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Episode 66 – the Hunters
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Dallas kicked down the doors to the dorm building and rushed inside reloading the 1887 in a hot load, he rushed up the stairs as quickly as he could making sure the machine wasn't hiding, he flipped the catch forward and found Yumi, he quickly grabbed some sunglasses and picked her up, before carrying her in his arms,
"Come on" he said as he rushed down the stairs, he looked around, "Phone the others" said Dallas as he exited the building the cold air hitting them, Yumi dialled Jermeie's number before handing the phone to Dallas who held it between his head and shoulder, "Jeremie before you say anything, bring every weapon we've got lying around, don't activate the return to the past, get in my car and have William drive you down to the 3rd street away from Kadic near the hermitage, we've got a serious fucking problem" said Dallas as he dropped the phone to Yumi, "you better do as he says" she said barely able to speak.
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At the factory, Ulrich and Odd grabbed the Sawn-off and the crossbow whilst Jeremie packed another EMP bomb, they loaded it into the back of the interceptor, and everyone was panicking and rushing as they had no idea what was going on,
"This is fucking crazy" said William as he grabbed the keys, Jeremie shook his head "I know I have no idea what's going on" he said as Aelita helped load the bomb, "WE'RE ALL SET" shouted Odd as he banged the roof of the car, he, Aelita and Jeremie climbed in the back, whilst Ulrich grabbed the Sawn-off and joined William in the front, they exited the factory to see, Police cars, ambulances and news van rushing along, "Jesus he's gone and done it now" said Ulrich, Odd was taking a deep breath as William pulled up on the street with the Hermitage, they all climbed out with Ulrich grabbing Yumi, "what's going on" said Odd as he pointed the Sawn-off at Dallas, "it's an X-800" said Yumi, they all looked at her "another one" asked Aelita, Dallas looked in the back of the car, "yeah it's gotten away I don't know where it's gone, but William you and I are going to find it, Jeremie you and Aelita go to the hospital with Ulrich and Yumi, she needs medical attention, Odd you're security" said Dallas as he sat down in the car, "who put you in charge" asked Jeremie angrily, Dallas looked at him, "Because I'm sick of you treating me like I'm not even me, now you better get her to a hospital before she enters shock" said Dallas, Jeremie didn't have anything to retort, William climbed inside the car and Dallas handed him the Glock 17, "let's go" said Dallas as he drove off, Ulrich looked at Yumi, she was nearly out cold, "We'd better do what he says" said Ulrich as he ran as fast as he could shouting "I NEED AN AMBULANCE HERE", the others followed.
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Back at Kadic the X-800 walked up the stairs looking for Yumi, it kicked in every door on each floor trying to find her to no avail, suddenly it caught a reflection of itself, it tilted it's head at the missing face sections and knew this wouldn't pose well for camouflage, it then spotted the Mask Ulrich had donned and grabbed it pulling it one, before walking away slowly out of the building unable to find Yumi or any of the others, it made its way towards the Cafeteria as a squad of police officers arrived and began looking around the dorm buildings, It looked at them with a read out in its eyes saying Do not engage it walked into the building and grabbed a Butcher knife before walking out the back entrance again,
"I think I heard something over here" said one of the officers but by then the X-800 was already in the woods and out of sight, it suddenly noticed the warriors standing on the road it made its way towards them slowly but it stopped as an ambulance stopped "What happened" asked the driver, Ulrich was breathing and panting, "She was attacked we need help" said Aelita, one of the paramedics opened the doors and grabbed the stretched placing Yumi on it, "Sorry only next of kin" said the paramedic, Ulrich climbed in saying "I'm her boyfriend please" he said, the paramedic nodded and closed the door, "We'll follow on" said Odd as he hid the Sawn-off, the X-800 moved away deeper into the woods finding a hunting shack, it busted down the door, someone was inside of it, "hey what the fuck do you think…" started the hunter but he was grabbed by the neck and thrown across the table, the X-800 looked around before seeing a box of Gelignite, it grabbed it before seeing a hunting rifle, it grabbed it and loaded the riffle before looking at the hunter, he was out cold and wasn't going to be any threat, the X-800 grabbed his trench coat and walked out of the building.
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Ulrich looked as Yumi was hooked up to IV, she was faint and getting weaker, the Paramedic handed Ulrich a clipboard,
"I need you to fill this out" said the Paramedic, Ulrich looked at his name tag JP, "How far along is she do you know" he asked as he chewed some gum, "about 20 weeks I think" said Ulrich as he filled out the details, JP shrugged as he made Yumi was secured, Ulrich looked forward to see a road block opened up for the ambulance, "Off all the times for a shooting incident" said the driver, Ulrich was becoming more and more panicked as they got closer to the ambulance, he put down the clipboard and grabbed Yumi's hand "I'm here Yumi" he said despite knowing she couldn't hear him, whilst outside the others walked past as a news crew were outside Kadic, the news reporter was barely audible as a helicopter was over head, "Just here mere minutes ago an unknown assailant attacked Kadic Junior High, luckily the school was nearly abandoned, with only a handful of staff and some students having stayed behind, of those students only five have been accounted for, the others however remain unaccounted for" she said the best she could, Odd looked up at the chopper, "do you think Dallas is for real" he asked as they exited the area as quickly as possible, Jeremie was sceptical at best "it could be a trap, we don't know if it's another X-800" he said, Aelita looked at him, "there was an activated tower and Yumi confirmed it didn't she" argued Aelita, Jeremie knew there was hard evidence in Dallas's favour but he didn't want to trust him, "Come on we'd better hurry" said Odd as they started sprinting now they were out of the sight of the cops.
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Dallas was driving slowly down a street, William was loading the Glock 17 and making sure the 1887 was also loaded, Dallas was shining a light at every building and everywhere he could,
"I can't believe you missed" said William as he chamber an extra bullet, "I didn't miss the bastard took more than I thought he would" said Dallas as he turned the light and looked the other way, "you know I think you're lying" said William, Dallas however wasn't going to put up with it, "yeah believe that but we could die tonight if we're not careful" said Dallas, the interceptor came to an intersection, "Halloween, needle in a fucking haystack" said William angrily, then he noticed something, "what's that" he asked, Dallas shone the light and he noticed someone pointing something in their direction, "Down" said Dallas as he pushed William down, there was a gunshot, Dallas rolled out of the car and grabbed the 1887 people believed it was just a noise from a toy and paid no attention, "GET DOWN" shouted Dallas as he ran towards the figure, he raised the riffle, there was another gunshot striking him on the chest but he kept running, people screamed and Panicked as Dallas fired back missing at long range, the figure walked into the road pulling back the hammer, but suddenly he was struck by a police car and was rammed into the side of a van, there was an explosion and the figure went up in flames, Dallas ran over with William behind him, "Was it him" asked William as the burning flames masked his voice, "WAS IT HIM" asked William again louder, then he noticed the occupants of the car, "he came out of nowhere" said Cyphers as he rubbed his head and panicked, "YOU" said Winter loudly, Dallas turned back and looked at the figure seeing the remains of a mask, he pulled off his jacket and tossed it to William, "only one way to check" said Dallas as he removed his glove allowing Winter and Cyphers to see the endoskeleton, Dallas grabbed the mask and pulled it off the fire melting the skin off his hand, "You fucker" spat out the figure, "Adam" said Dallas, Cypher threw up as Winter was in shock at what was transpiring, "well this was a blast" said Dallas as he grabbed Adam's revolver and shot him in the head, Winter grabbed him and pinned him down, "I don't know who or what the fuck you are but I should have you quarantined and arrested" said Winter holding him over the car bonnet, "Project Carthage, super computer, Waldo Schafer, Defence program" said Dallas, Winter looked at him as Dallas signalled for William to stay, "If you help me take out the biggest threat anyone is going to see tonight I'll tell you everything you need to know" said Dallas, Winter looked at him, then at his arm, he let go, "I'll take that as a yes" said Dallas as he grabbed his jacket and Glove, "what is this threat you're talking about" asked Cyphers wiping his mouth, William stepped forward "a machine, its designed to hunt down and kill or capture, its developed by an Evil AI" he said, Winters Eyes shot open, "Project Carthage" he said to himself, Dallas looked at him, then William got a phone call, "Ulrich" he said as he answered, "what, the hospital, okay" he replied as he heard Ulrich's words, "What do you need" asked Winter, Dallas pulled off his glasses exposing his eye, "We need a small battalion, and that hospital evacuated and fortified we're taking that fucking machine head on" said Dallas.
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JP and the driver rushed Yumi into a spare room, Ulrich was forced to wait in reception, and the hospital seemed almost empty only a few nurses and doctors were around,
"Sorry we had to be careful" said Odd as they walked in, Ulrich looked around and noticed the Sawn-off in Jermeie's bag, "any update on Yumi" asked Aelita as they sat down, "She's got a minor concussion and is in shock" said Ulrich as he tightened his blade, "Any word from the others" asked Ulrich as it had been a few minutes since he'd made his call to them, "Nothing so far, the towers deactivated which means the X-800 is vulnerable" said Jeremie as he pulled out his laptop, "Mr Stern" said a nurse, Ulrich stood up "She's okay to see you now, good news is she's stable and the child's fine" said the Nurse, Ulrich left out a massive sigh of relief and rushed down the corridor, "room number 79" said the nurse after him, she then looked at the others, "we're with him" said Aelita innocently which was enough to convince the nurse who smiled back at her unaware of the grave situation.
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Ulrich knocked on the door; he waited until he heard Yumi say
"come in", Ulrich walked in, the lights were off except for a bedside one, "Yumi" said Ulrich as he rushed over and sat next to her "how do you feel" he asked grabbing her hand, she smiled and nudged over for him to lay down, before the door shut of its own accord, "you promised you wouldn't do that" said Ulrich, Yumi didn't care she grabbed him and hugged him, "Yumi what happened" asked Ulrich as he stroked her hair, "I was Attacked Dallas saved me, Ulrich it's him" she said, Ulrich wasn't keen on accepting the thought, "Ahh" said Yumi letting out a moan, "what's wrong" asked Ulrich, but Yumi grabbed his hand and placed it on her belly "what's…" started Ulrich but he looked at her as he felt something "is that" he asked, Yumi smiled and let out a tear of joy, "the little thing is kicking" she said, Ulrich let out a few tears as he leant forward and kissed her belly, he felt the small kick "Calm it kiddo, you don't have to be like your parents yet" he said, Yumi just laughed, Ulrich placed his hand on her belly then he felt something weird as if the child was trying to feel his touch as it placed it's foot against the place he had his hand, "what's wrong" asked Yumi, Ulrich looked up smiling "the little thing is tryna fight it's papa" he said with a small laugh Yumi simply smiled at the notion.
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The X-800 was walking around the woods making its way towards the hospital, it was slow, coldly calculating each and every move it made, it was smart adapting to each situation that was being made, and every prior encounter was recorded and was being used to try and avoid the same scenario from playing out, XANA programed it to be a self-sustaining and thinking machine, it didn't need orders, it stopped as a police car drove past, before walking back into the shadows, when suddenly a van pulled up, it tilted its head as Evelyn opened the door and was dressed in a Harley Quinn Cosplay that had been modified to look more revealing and squished her breasts up,
"Get in" she said, the X-800 opened the back and stepped inside preparing the riffle, Evelyn reached back and opened a case revealing a Spas 12, and a Mini Uzi, "we're instructed to use tranquilizers only, any death could make them shut down the super computer" she said as she started driving again, the machine began loading the Riffle with tranquilizers "Leave that, there's one target I think we can take out" she said, the Machine turned and tilted it's head, Evelyn rolled her eyes at the unfeeling figure.
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The receptionist was reading through a magazine as the night was quiet, the only people in reception were Jeremie, Odd and Aelita, suddenly there was a loud noise followed by the thuds of Jackboots, he looked up as numerous soldiers rushed in armed with weapons,
"I'm going to need your insurance details" said the receptionist, suddenly Dallas, Winter and William walked in, "William what's happening" asked Jeremie, Winter walked over to the counter, "call as many drivers as you can we need every possible patient moved out of here as quickly as possible" he said, the receptionist was scared seeing all of the arm soldiers, "That" said William as he holstered the Glock 17, the military colonel went over to the receptionist "Better do what he says, he's so secret he doesn't even know who he works for" said the Colonel, the receptionist picked up the phone as the Soldiers quickly moved through the building.
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Numerous ambulances came to pick up every patient that could be moved, new-borns and those in a critical condition had to remain where they were, it seemed like every other minute a new ambulance was arriving
"doesn't it seem like XANA is trying to give us time" said William as the warriors except Dallas, sat around Yumi, "He knows that if anyone dies we shut down the super computer, and that'll damage the timeline" said Aelita, one of the soldiers came in and sealed the windows, "Can we trust these guys" asked Odd as the soldier rushed out, "We may have to, we don't know how prepared this new machine is, for all we know it might be stronger than the old one" said Ulrich, Yumi held him close and tighter, she shook at the thought of the machine, "What did it look like" asked Jeremie, Yumi knew that saying it looked like Dallas would only give Jermeie's Hatred a platform, "I dunno… it was too dark and I was too worried to see" she said, they were interrupted as numerous soldiers ran past, "this has gotten serious" said Jeremie as he looked down, "Maybe it was wrong turning the supercomputer on" he said starting to think he was causing more trouble than was worth it, then he felt Aelita's hand touch his "we'll get through this we already do" she said, Jeremie let out a small smile.
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Winter looked over the building plans with Dallas and the Colonel, Winter had a cigarette in his mouth, Dallas shook his head as he had his jacket on the side,
"so the main entrance is the most likely place it'll attack" said the Colonel, Winter pulled his Cigarette out and pointed at the blueprints, "we best keep a few soldiers on the rear just in case" he said as he took another puff, "How many snipers have we got" asked Dallas, The Colonel rubbed his forehead "Just one, he's the fastest man we got just in case he needs to switch sides" he said, they watched as a few soldiers sealed the shutter at the front before welding it down, "We can't use explosives, on the chance we cause any damage" said Winter, Dallas grabbed the 1887 and loaded it, "the one I've dealt with before was more affected by this than the current one" said Dallas as he chambered the final bullet of the hot load, "I'm scared it could be a more advanced Model" said Dallas, the Colonel looked at his exposed Endo-Skeleton and removed his glasses exposing his eye, "So you're one of them" he asked, Dallas let out a cocky smile, "give it fifty, fifty, I'm human or close enough and I got fussed with one" said Dallas, Winter stubbed his butt on the ash tray, "what's the difference between the two of you then" Asked Winter as he folded his arms, Dallas smiled grabbing his jacket in his other hand and said "I won't be shooting at you".
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Cyphers was feeling slightly queasy having seen a man melt, he was sitting in another car having used as many spare men as possible to watch all the roads towards the Hospital,
"Ambulance is moving out now" said an officer over the CV radio, "Check" said Cyphers as he picked up the mike as the vehicle moved past, he rubbed his head at the long day it had been, "Ambulance" said another officer, "Check" said another over the radio, Cyphers sighed and watched as it went past, suddenly he noticed a van driving along it didn't have any lights on, "Hang on I think we got something" he said as he picked up the radio, he watched as the van drove past, despite the suspicion it was driving the speed limit, "Its coming up to the hospital" said Cyphers, he quickly turned on the lights and drove after it, the van didn't pull over but sped up, "We got a runner" he said as he sped up after the car, "We're moving to intercept" said one of the officers over the radio, the van sped up before screeching to a holt as another Police car pulled out in front of it, Cyphers grabbed his service Revolver and moved towards the van, "GET OUT ASS HOLE" he shouted as the officers in the other car moved around with a shot gun and revolver, a man opened the door and dropped to the ground, "God damn it" said Cyphers, he rubbed the back of his head, "It aint the guy we're after, book him" said Cyphers, as he looked in the van to see a large bag on weed, "Son of a bitch" he said as he watched another drive past with Evelyn at the wheel laughing, Cyphers grabbed his CV "we got a van heading towards the Hospital" he said both angry and scared at the same time.
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Dallas quickly moved the interceptor into a line formation, with numerous other vehicles, they had quickly established a barricade in case the X-800 attempted to ram the front of the building, Winter looked at the inventory,
"According to whatever that thing is, that machines got 7 targets and we've got all 7 right here" said the Colonel, Winter shook his head, "M16, Famas, M60, Barret 50 Caliber, you guys don't fuck about" he said, the Colonel smiled and said "We don't plan to, we've got that M60 mounted outside the room with the kids inside, that thing isn't getting anywhere close to them", Winter smiled as Dallas ran back in carrying as many Weapons as he could, "Right seal up" said the Colonel, two soldiers quickly moved and closed the shutter and welded it shut, "You think we have a chance" asked Winter, Dallas nodded "if I'm correct, that thing won't be shooting to kill, it'll only kill if me, and 4 of those guys are subdued" he said, Winter looked at him and loaded his pistol, "we better be ready" he said, suddenly one of the soldiers rushed over panting, "We got an unidentified vehicle moving towards the Hospital" said the soldier, the three looked at each other, the Colonel grabbed a mike and started yelling into it, "I WANT EVERYONE ON YOUR TOES WE GOT AN UNIDEFNTIFED VEHICLE HEADING THIS WAY" he shouted, numerous Soldiers rushed to the window, whilst others got ready in their positions.
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Dallas rushed into Yumi's room, they all looked at him with Aelita grabbing Jermeie's hand, Dallas handed Ulrich his Glock 17,
"What's going on" he asked as he looked at the weapon, "it may be on its way" said Dallas as he turned around and walked out of the door, "Dallas" said Ulrich, the aforementioned turned around, he was caught off guard as everyone but Jeremie and Yumi hugged him "stay safe" said Aelita, Dallas nodded as he closed the door, Odd locked it behind him, "I hope that convinces you Jeremie" said William, but Jeremie wasn't so sure, Yumi curled up scared the trauma was getting to her "Yumi" said William as he noticed her, Ulrich grabbed her and hugged her "It'll be fine, that bastard has been through a lot more than we ever could" said Ulrich, he looked at the Handgun and put it down on the table, "I hope he didn't give me that for something else" he said nervously with a gulp, but he knew it wouldn't come to that.
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The soldiers watched the empty parking lot, most of the hospital had been evacuated, the sniper was eying the place like an eagle in the sky, the rest of the soldiers were posted in the windows, the Colonel, Winter and a few troops were in the lobby,
"men, we're facing an unknown enemy, that's inhuman and without emotion if we don't make it I want you to know it's been an honour both leading and serving alongside you" said the Colonel his troops in his immediate presence smiled "Sir we got something" said the sniper as he spotted the van, Dallas moved to a window and grabbed some binoculars "Please no, please no" he said but the side door opened and the X-800 stepped out, "Is it him" asked the Colonel over the radio, Dallas couldn't tell, "turn on the lights" he said and they came on illuminating the car park, the soldiers noticed the guns in the X-800's hands, "OPEN FIRE" shouted the sniper as he spotted them, the soldiers began firing rippling each bullet into the flesh of the machine but it stood almost motionless if not for each impact, inside the room Yumi began to scream the gunshots were getting to her, "Shhh" said Aelita as she hugged Yumi, "It'll be fine" said Ulrich as he looked at them, outside the X-800 looked up at the sniper and fired the UZI hitting him, "THE SNIPPER IS DOWN" shouted another soldier who saw into a microphone, Dallas looked out the window seeing what was happening, "Shit" he said as he climbed out and started climbing the side of the building, "What the hell is he doing" asked the Colonel as he watched the security feed, Evelyn smiled and said "And it presents itself", she drew the hunting rifle and from behind cover fired a bullet, it struck Dallas's shoulder "FUCK" he shouted as he felt it, he reached the top but Evelyn was laughing and chambered another bullet, she pulled the trigger again, the next bullet punctured Dallas's arm, "God damn it" he said as he noticed it had broken the Endo skeleton and now his fingers were locked up, he grabbed the sniper rifle, "so the game begins" said Evelyn as she chambered again, Dallas moved behind cover as he looked at the solider, "tranquilizers" he said as he grabbed the Mike "Winter, they're using sedatives" Said Dallas, Winter looked at the Mike, "what's the danger level we're facing" he asked, Dallas took another bullet into the shoulder, "FUCKING HELL" he yelled at the pain, "Only the sniper is using live ammo" he said as he grabbed the radio, he quickly grabbed the sniper and pointed it towards Evelyn, he pulled the trigger, the Bullet raced forward and struck her through the scope hitting her in the eye, "Fuckin A" he said to himself, but she switched Eyes and fired back at him "how is that fair" said Dallas, Winter looked out of the window, "the sniper is under cover, supressing fire" he said as he pointed at Evelyn's location, the colonel relayed the orders and every solider tried to hit her but couldn't because of her angle, Dallas felt his shoulder, since he couldn't heal he was in a serious amount of pain, he looked over the cover just to quickly dodge another bullet, "This is so much fun" said Evelyn as she continued to pull the trigger, "Kid we got an unidentified box in the van" said Winter as he looked up firing his revolver, then the X-800 started to move forward through the gun fire, Dallas looked at the van noticing the box, "Gelignite" he said as he looked through the scope, he took another bullet grazing his skull "son of a…" he said as he was knocked backwards, Dallas felt himself slipping he grabbed the sniper once more and aimed it at the box "Yippee Ki yay mother fucker" said Dallas as he pulled the sniper trigger at the same time Evelyn fired another bullet, whilst hers hit Dallas in the head shutting him down, Dallas's struck the box, it exploded which caused the van to follow suit leading to a massive fire ball rocketing upwards, Evelyn was engulfed in flames and killed the fire spread and caught the X-800 its back was exposed, it's spine was visible and part of its face was burnt off.
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"WHAT… WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT THING" Shouted one of the soldiers as he noticed the metal Endo Skeleton beneath the mask, only the left jaw was exposed, in that explosion something changed the programing was messed up and it started charging the Hospital, it smashed throw one of the cars and entered the hospital, "OPEN FIRE" shouted the Colonel as he was knocked backwards, Yumi screamed at the sound of the gunfire, Ulrich rushed to the door grabbing the Glock 17, but the solider stopped him "stay here" he said as he grabbed his M16 and rushed down the corridor, Winter pulled out his Revolver and fired at the X-800, the bullets either bouncing off of the exposed Endo Skeleton or puncturing the remaining Flesh, it turned around and fired the Tranquilizer bullets at them, Winter ducked but most of the soldiers in the lobby were hit and knocked out, "Fuck, fuck, fuck" said Winter as he reloaded, the Machine rushed up the stairs trying to find Yumi, Numerous soldiers rushed and opened fired but it only led to more bullet bounces, Ulrich heard them and started to get angry, "William can you risk a jump, get Aelita and Jeremie out of here to the factory" he said as he checked the Magazine, he handed Odd the Sawn-Off, "what about Yumi" asked William as he grabbed Jeremie and Aelita, "if that thing realises she's gone, it might damn well kill everyone here" said Jeremie as he got the message, Aelita hugged Yumi "Be safe" she said, Yumi rubbed her hair, "Super Smoke" said William as he, Jeremie and Aelita disappeared, "You ready Odd" asked Ulrich as the two looked at each other "we will make it" he said, Yumi curled up in the corner of the room, the soldier who was guarding the room ran down and began firing at the Machine it turned around and instead of shooting him full of tranquilizers it swung it's arm smashing him into a wall, "fuck" said the Solider as the Machine speed walked towards the room, it looked around before finding the room, it kicked the door open and was met with a hail of gunfire from Ulrich and Odd, Yumi covered her ears and screaming, the machine swung and knocked into Odd he was sent flying, Ulrich looked at him and suddenly everything began moving in slow motion, he quickly ran and jumped off the wall grabbing Odd, the Machine barely registered the speed, it turned and raised its gun but as it went to pull the trigger of the Uzi, but there was another gun shot and the wrist of the X-800 exploded open it dropped the Uzi turned to face a shot up Dallas holding the 1887, he was breathing heavily, Dallas flipped the lever by flicking it around his hand and shouted "GO" as he pulled the trigger again the X-800 flinched backwards and charged at Dallas, it knocked him down, Dallas flicked the Lever again and fired into its knee blowing it off Odd and Ulrich grabbed Yumi, "Come on" said Odd as they placed her arms around them, Dallas grabbed the head of the Machine as they watched but it grabbed his torso and began tearing him open, Dallas screamed before head butting it and grabbing it but it grabbed his neck and began choking him, Yumi let go of Ulrich and Odd, "Yumi" said Odd as he moved to grab her, but she was overcome by the shock and grabbed the M60 and pointed it at the two, "DO IT" shouted Dallas but Yumi refused to fire, suddenly there was a loud crunching noise as Dallas stopped moving the Machine turned around and Crawled towards Yumi it reached out, but Yumi placed the Barrel into the Machines head "stay away from my family" she said as she pulled the trigger, as each Bullet escaped from the Barrel it rammed into and destroyed the Head of the X-800 tearing it apart and causing chunks of Shrapnel to fly into the walls as the arm that reached out finally dropped as smoke moved from the barrel and from the remains of the Machines head, Yumi collapsed onto the floor and Ulrich grabbed her, "Yumi" he said hugging her, "Odd check on Dallas" he added, Odd moved to Dallas, "Jermeie's the expert, I don't know what to do" he said, Ulrich grabbed his phone and dialled the Factory, "Jeremie the Machine it's dead" said Ulrich, Yumi cried into his shoulder, Winter walked up looking at the mess, "what the fuck is going on" he said as he looked at everything, he sighed as he looked down at the Damaged Dallas, "so this guy was no better than this bloody machine" said Winter as he tapped Dallas with his foot before doing the same to the X-800, "they're different" said Ulrich, Winter shook his head, "looks like I won't get what's promised but I think we can weaponize these bastards" he said, Yumi looked at him, "Jeremie activate the program now" said Ulrich, Jeremie looked at the window and began typing "Return to the past now" he said, Winter heard the words, "Hopper, you know…" but his words were cut off as they were engulfed by the white flash resetting the day.
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The Warriors stood in the factory as Jeremie looked inside Dallas using his already open section to look at the inner workings,
"Well" he asked as he looked down "You've failed your MOT" said Jeremie as he poked around with a pen, "real funny" said Dallas as he rolled his eyes, he was happy that his eye was repaired in the jump back in time, "I'd say you should be fine" said Jeremie as he wrapped up Dallas's chest again, "Thank you Dallas" said Yumi as she moved over and hugged him, the others but Jeremie joined him "come on Jeremie" said Aelita, but he let out his anger, "that isn't Dallas, Dallas is on Lyoko and I've got to get him off whilst freeing Aelita from XANA and you're acting like this fucking automaton is Dallas" he said as he walked away, Dallas looked down knowing he was true and he couldn't deny that, he had Dallas's memories but he wasn't him.
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Winter punched a wall as he looked at the wheeled away corpse of Couture, he looked at him as one of the doctors walked towards him,
"I'm sorry sir, but Heart Failure isn't anyone's fault" said the Doctor as Winter looked at the report, he shook his head "this can't be coincidence" he said to himself, he looked at the photo, 12 faces were crossed off, one had a question mark on it, Franz Hoppers, "where are you old man" he said as he pocketed the photo, but not before he crossed off Coutures.
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Authors Note
Thanks for reading sorry it's shorter than the last one but I felt like there wasn't much to expand on apart from some character development, and some mystery setting up.