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Episode 76: Redemption
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The warriors sat outside Delmas's office, being watched by Jim and Kidd really put them all on edge, Delmas's secretary gave them glances between pages of work, Ulrich was the first to have gone in to Delmas's office, and was still inside where Delmas and father Mulcahy were talking with him,
"All we want to know Ulrich is where Dallas is, he's been absent for over a week now" said Delmas trying to remain calm but it was clear from his tone he was infuriated, "We're worried about him, he might be hurt" said Mulcahy who was actually calm, "I don't know he just took off one day whilst we were all asleep" said Ulrich, Delmas shook his head, "did you have an argument" asked Delmas still trying to keep calm but it wasn't working "No, I dunno what happened" said Ulrich sticking to his point, Delmas shook his head as he returned to the other side of his desk, "That'll be all Mr Stern" said Delmas, Ulrich stood up and walked out of the office, "Jeremie you're next" said Mulcahy, Jeremie stood up nervous as he walked into the office, "Jeremie have a seat" said Delmas, Jeremie sat down, "I'm gonna keep this brief" said Delmas as he removed his jacket and turned to face him "Where is Dallas" asked Delmas, Jeremie looked straight at him responding "I don't know he just disappeared one night", Delmas shook his head as he sat down, "Jeremie, we know you know what happened to him, you're the closest thing he has to family" said Delmas, Jeremie stood up "It's not just me it's the others, we're all he's got" he said angrily, it was true that the rest of them except Aelita had family's, and whilst she was a program and had never had one, Dallas at one point did, "Jeremie we're worried about him as much as you must be we just want to know if he's safe" said Delmas, Jeremie wanted to say he knew Dallas was safe but that was a can of worms he couldn't open.
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Yumi was next in the office, she had a more comfy chair given her condition, Delmas had to be more calm with her out of fear for her pregnancy,
"Yumi, we understand if you hold some grudge against him…" started Delmas but Yumi was quick to cut him off "I don't he saved my life" she said, Delmas carried on "But if you're hiding anything for us because of that you need to put that aside and let us know where he is" he added, Yumi looked at them, and firmly said "I don't know, none of us do he disappeared one night and we haven't seen him since", Delmas looked at his papers "I don't think we need to see anyone else" he said as he stood up, "You're excused" said Delmas, Yumi stood up and waddled towards the door and exited "They can go" said Delmas over the intercom, Jeremie was curious "What's wrong Einstein" asked Odd, Jeremie raised his arm and closed his eyes, he used his rarely used power suddenly he heard into the office, Jim and Kidd had joined them the two, "Why have you told them to leave" asked Jim, Kidd nodded in agreement "it's odd to do so" he added, Delmas looked at them, "they have until the end of the day, and if none of them come forward we launch an official investigation" said Delmas, the others looked confused but agreed, Jeremie's eyes shot open, "Jeremie" said a concerned William, Jeremie quickly started moving towards the hallway "We have 12 hours, if we can't get Dallas back by then we'll have to launch a return to the past" said Jeremie as he moved as fast as he could, "Jeremie we're nearly finished with the nexus, but…" started Aelita as she placed her hand on his shoulder, "We don't know if it'll work" she added, Jeremie didn't want to think about it but he knew he had to consider it, "It's got to, it just has to" said Jeremie, he looked back at the others, "go act normal it should through them off for a bit" said Jeremie as he started heading up the stairs, Aelita followed after him.
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Jeremie wasn't the only one who'd been taping into the phone, Adam and Evelyn were sitting in Adam's room and had also been listening to the entire conversation,
"What do you think" asked Evelyn, Adam rubbed his chin as he thought to himself, "I dunno, if they get both Dallas's to the nexus we'll lose him" said Adam, he stood up off his bed, "But if he doesn't show up, we could have to force the timeline, and XANA has declared that a no, no" added Adam as he looked at his sister, "That might be our best option" she said, Adam nodded in agreement, "We'll barely get it passed it, but we've no choice" said Adam as he grabbed a machete that he had hidden beneath his bed.
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Odd, William, Yumi and Ulrich sat outside the Cafeteria; Odd was eagerly awaiting its opening for lunch, whilst for the others food was the last thing on their minds,
"What're we gonna do" asked William as he stood against the wall, Yumi looked up at him "what can we do, Jeremie needs to finish his work, and now we're under a time limit" she said grabbing her belly feeling queasy because of the stress, "What if we can't save him" said Ulrich, the others looked at him, "Don't say that" said Yumi placing her arm around him, "I dunno how long you've looked down that double of him, but… I dunno if we can capture him" said Ulrich starting to shake, "Come on Ulrich, if we put our heads together I'm sure we can do it" said Odd, Ulrich looked up at him, "I guess so but I'm just worried, what if we have to keep repeating this day until it's done" he added, Yumi squeezed him "Don't be so negative" she said.
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On Lyoko, the cloaked Dallas was overseeing the repairs on his vessel, the journey to sector 5 had shaken the frigate apart, the journey into the mountain sector had beached the vessel, the cracks had to be fixed and several of the weapons replaced, he stood on the top deck and watched as the silver warriors conducted them, he shook his head as he kept thinking back to what Aelita had said,
"Why are you helping them" he kept hearing her words, and the flashes of what happened to him kept getting him, "Dallas" said Evelyn he turned and looked at her, "be prepared, they're gonna be coming for you" she said as she stood next him leaning over the top deck, "Let's hope the soldiers can fix this bucket of bolts in time" she said, Dallas folded his arms as he looked at them "be on your guard" she added as she moved to the lower deck "Join me in the cabin if you want some fun" she said half-jokingly, Dallas ignored her as he looked forward.
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Jeremie was typing frantically on his computer, almost to the point that the computer was struggling to keep up with it, Aelita watched as Jeremie was getting to his breaking point,
"Jeremie" she said, but he was so focused that he didn't hear her "Jeremie" repeated Aelita, but again he didn't hear her, "Jeremie" she said again as she placed her hand on his shoulder, "Oh sorry Aelita" he said as he stopped typing and began clicking his fingers, "I think you need a rest" said Aelita, Jeremie shook his head "I'm nearly done, I know it" he said as he turned back to his computer, Aelita was far from satisfied with his response and sat on his lap with her arm around him, "At least slow down and take it easy" she said as she placed her head on his shoulder, not seeing that his face was as red as a tomato, "Okay" he said nervously as he carried on typing.
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Delmas sat in his office writing down the reports on the warriors, he was more concerned with Dallas's safety than having to punish them, he was shaking his head,
"Jim what do you think" he asked as he remained focused on his work, "Well Dallas has a history of mental issues" said Jim, Delmas looked up knowing that was a worst case scenario, "doesn't he have a cousin" asked Kidd, Delmas looked up, "In prison for violating parole, but he's not allowed visitors, and if he was he could have easily gotten permission to take a leave of absence" he said, he looked down at his work, "I just hope he's safe" he added to himself.
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Aelita found herself dozing off on Jeremie as she found him unnaturally comfortable, Jeremie found her slightly heavy for his frame but he didn't want to move her, he carried on typing as he watched the screen, then suddenly the window closed and reopened
"Holy shit" said Jeremie, then he realised he'd done it "I've done it" said Jeremie, Aelita looked at him, "Aelita I've done it" added Jeremie as he gave her a kiss on the check as the adrenaline ran through his body, he didn't even realise that he'd done it, Aelita however turned red in the face, Jeremie grabbed his phone and dialled Ulrich's number, "Ulrich it's me Jeremie, I've done it the program is finished" said Jeremie over the phone, Aelita smiled at seeing how excited he was, "Yeah meet me at the factory" said Jeremie, he hung up, "Care to follow me lady" said Jeremie in a posh voice followed by a bow with an extended hand, Aelita followed suit "of course my prince" she said with a giggle as she took his hand, causing both to blush.
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The warriors all regrouped at the factory, Jeremie was sitting in his computer chair as the others gathered around him, the mood was tense they all knew what needed to be done,
"Are you sure we can do this" asked William as he had his arms folded, "of course, I have an idea" said Jeremie, the others seemed confused, "what do you mean" asked Ulrich, Jeremie smiled as Aelita stepped forward, "The frigate that XANA is using as a mobile fortress will be useless in the forest sector" said Aelita, the others were shocked, Jeremie turned to show the screen, "The forest sector is a single level like the Ice and desert sector but the trees make getting close to the ground a near impossibility, it wouldn't be able to attack us without risking Damage" said Jeremie as the screen showed a basic visual, "One question" said Dallas as he listened in, "What're we gonna use as bait" he added, Jeremie turned towards the screen and looked at him on the screen, "You" said Jeremie the others were shocked at Jeremie's choice of words, "You're not serious" said Yumi, Jeremie nodded "XANA wants too things, Dallas and Aelita, why risk both of them" said Jeremie, Aelita looked at Jeremie "what do you mean" she asked, Jeremie looked at her "you don't need to go to Lyoko, the nexus can be activated from here" said Jeremie as he quickly typed "I thought of every trick I needed to" he added.
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Dallas rode his steed into the forest sector, he rubbed its head as there was no rush, he looked at all the vines as they moved from tree to tree,
"Jeremie are you sure this plan is going to work it's a massive risk" he said as he halted his horse, "It should do, but its damn risky" said Jeremie as he loaded the virtualization program "Get ready guys" he added as they stood near scanners, "Scanner Yumi, Scanner William, Scanner Odd, Scanner Ulrich" said Jeremie as they entered the scanners and the doors closed behind them, "Transfer Yumi, Transfer William, Transfer Odd, Transfer Ulrich" added Jeremie as they began to spin and rise, "Virtualization" he finished as they felt the blast of air that sent them to Lyoko, Dallas turned as their blue squared outlines appeared and gained detail, they walked over to him, "You ready" asked Ulrich, Dallas nodded as he walked to his stead, "In case I don't make it, make sure Odd doesn't eat all the food at my Funeral" said Dallas sarcastically, he grabbed the reigns as he mounted it and flicked them riding off, "Do you think he's expecting trouble" asked William, Odd laughed and said "Dallas is trouble and if he's looking for himself", Yumi stopped him "Let's hope he knows what he's doing" she said as Dallas disappeared into the trees.
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The Frigate was nowhere near done with repairs, the hull had barely been fixed and the weapons were mostly inoperative, Dallas looked at the front as the ram was just about the only thing that wasn't close to breaking off, the warriors were rotating between above and below deck as some would go down with supplies for repairs whilst others came up for more, Evelyn stood at the top deck and listened to the noises from one of the warriors, she nodded as she moved down to Dallas,
"it seems your twin is moving through the sectors" she said, Dallas looked back at her as he made his way towards the cabin, "How close are the repairs" said Dallas as he pointed at one of the warriors, it let out its noises, "it's enough" he said angrily, as he ascended towards the top deck, "You're not taking it into battle" said Evelyn, but Dallas didn't listen as he yelled "FULL AHEAD" the sails of the vessels dropped and the ship sailed forward through the sky.
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Dallas rode out of the way tower and into the mountain sector, he halted his steed and looked around before looking up,
"Jeremie can you get a fix on that vessel" he asked as he slowly moved through the path ways, "I think so it might take a minute" said Jeremie, Aelita looked at him she was a little upset she didn't need to go to Lyoko "Hang on, I think I've got it" said Jeremie as he looked at the radar, "DALLAS RUN" Shouted Jeremie, Dallas looked up then he realised what Jeremie meant as the Ram of the frigate smashed through the rock face with incredible force, "go" said Dallas as he flicked the reigns and moved towards the way tower, the cloaked Dallas spotted him and shouted "FULL FORWARD", the vessel began to speed up, his twin rode on the horse flicking his reigns as fast as he could, the steed was barely keeping ahead, the ram smashed through every bridge and every platform like they were made of sand, Evelyn looked at Dallas he was clearly on a warpath, "Move the ship up" she said as the ship crashed through another bridge, the Hooded Dallas looked back as he leant forward "Come on girl" he said as they neared the tower, his counterpart however remained on the war path, "No" said Evelyn as she grabbed the wheel and turned it, however it turned to violently and the ship veered into the mountain, the hull shattered and exploded the rubble struck down onto the plato, "Oh shit" said Dallas as he looked back, the Horse quickly threw him off, "NO" shouted Dallas as he was thrown to safety as the horse went down with the Plato, "Dallas hurry into the way tower" said Jeremie as he watched the radar, Dallas was upset but he ran anyway into the tower, the damaged ship carried on, Dallas jumped down and exited into the forest sector, "Jeremie do you think it'll follow" he asked, Jeremie quickly checked the radar, "hopefully" he said, Aelita grabbed his arm, "I'm worried" she said Jeremie looked at her "So am I" he replied.
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The others were sat around waiting, Ulrich was throwing stones at trees, it was unusual for Lyoko to be so tranquil with no monsters trying to attack them,
"You know Jeremie when we beat XANA we could turn this place into a holiday resort" said Odd jokingly, then they noticed a single hornet fly by but it ignored them, "Heads up guys trouble might be coming your way" said Jeremie, they quickly stood up "Monsters" asked Yumi as she drew her fans "MUCH WORSE" shouted Dallas as he ran through the trees, Laser beams fired down at him from several hornets, with explosions taking place nearby as his double on his warpath was flying the frigate into the trees, "It won't take it" said Evelyn but Dallas ignored her, but her words came true as the vines that were amazing around the vessel suddenly tightened and they pulled the ship down, it smashed into the ground, the impact was felt across the sector as Ulrich, Odd, William and Yumi were knocked back lightly whilst close to it the Dallas was thrown forward with an enormous force, the ship shattered on impact it splintered to pieces as pieces fell to the ground several of the silver warriors were destroyed, the cloaked Dallas and Evelyn were thrown to the ground, "that went well" said the cloaked Dallas as he collapsed.
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The warriors looked around as the dust settled the wreck of the frigate was noticeable all over the sector, Ulrich looked up and spoke
"Jeremie is Dallas okay" he asked, Jeremie frantically typed "I can't get a lock on anything, it's too erratic" he said as began to panic, "We need to be able to help them" said Aelita, Jeremie looked at his arm before looking away "you have an idea" Asked Aelita, Jeremie was quickly to respond "No, no I don't" he replied, Yumi started to move forward but William grabbed her "We've got to check" she said, but William held her back "we can't do anything but wait" he said, Ulrich reached for his Katanna, "Dallas might be injured or worse" said Odd, William relented and let go of her, "Alright then" he said nervously as he looked up "Jeremie any idea about the vehicles" he asked, Jeremie tried typing "nothing I'm afraid the signal is jammed", the warriors ran forward in the direction of the crash site, The silver warriors who survived the crash emerged from within the wreckage, Evelyn stood up and kicked the cloaked Dallas "You idiot" she screamed at him, Dallas sat up looking at her as he stood up, then he noticed his twin getting up and stumbling "He's mine" he said as he grabbed his Katannas and charged after him, "Dallas, can you hear me" asked Aelita, Dallas looked up "Loud and clear" he said as he coughed, then he was thrown into a tree by his double who lunged both Katanna's at Dallas who quickly dodged and then southpaw punched him, knocking him away allowing him to draw his own weapons, "Jeremie I need help here" said Dallas as he blocked a double swipe, "it's on its way" responded Aelita.
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Yumi and Odd moved towards the wreckage with odd firing his arrows at one of the warriors but it bounced of its armour,
"we need to hold them off" said Yumi as she threw her fans but they missed as more of them came into view, "these things just won't die will they" said Odd, whilst further along the cloaked Dallas was swinging violently towards his counterpart who was managing to block the attacks but they were knocking him back and down "Got you" said the cloaked Dallas as he was about to lunge, but he himself was knocked back as William emerged from his cloud of smoke and kicked into him "Dallas run" said Ulrich as he helped the hooded one up William looked as the cloaked one raised his Katannas ready to strike him, but none of them expected what happened next, the cloaked Dallas was pulled back as Jeremie had jumped onto him, "GO" he shouted as he pulled Dallas away, the others looked at him before Jeremie shouted "GO" again, they followed what he said "I might have taken a bump to the head, did I see Jeremie" said Dallas as the three ran towards the wreckage.
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Aelita sat at the controls of the supercomputer, she was trying to clear up the static, she was barely getting a read on the bio signs of the warriors,
"Come on" she said as she typed, "Aelita what the hell is Jeremie doing on Lyoko" said Ulrich as he ran and blocked a swing from one of the silver warriors, "Jeremie's on Lyoko" asked Yumi as she rolled from under the swords and threw her fan knocking it back, Dallas jumped between them and swung at Evelyn, "So I haven't bumped my head" he said as Evelyn moved back and jabbed forward with her sword which was met with a shield block, "What's the plan" asked William as he blocked with his sword before swinging, "Jeremie didn't say but he has only one plan" said Aelita, Odd fired several arrows knocking a warrior back through the wreckage "Isn't that great Einstein manages to think of a plan but doesn't tell us" he said as another warrior spun its sword at him, he quickly jumped out of the way "Laser Arrow" he said managing to shoot it in the eye.
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His lack of combat experience made what would have been a fight a pure chase, explosions rocketed left and right as Dallas was firing explosives at Jeremie was either behind a tree managing to avoid them or was being thrown by the explosions, Jeremie checked his arm and saw that his life points hadn't dropped, Dallas got closer and drew his Katannas,
"Dallas you don't want to do this" said Jeremie, but Dallas jumped ready to stab him, Jeremie quickly crawled back as the Katannas struck the ground "Don't tell me what I want" he said as he pulled his Muskets and fired, just missing Jeremie, Jeremie got up and ran as Dallas pulled his riffle again and fired another explosive sending Jeremie flying.
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Evelyn jabbed rapidly at Dallas, who was even quicker with his defensive swings of his sword, he moved his shield in as she blocked jabbed with enough force to break his balance
"Come on" said Dallas as a warrior tried attacking him from behind, Dallas ducked as its swing almost hit him, "Right" said Dallas as he put his shield on his back, he then placed both his hands on the sword and charged at Evelyn, meanwhile Ulrich and William were forced back to back as the warriors were beginning to get the better of them, Odd fired another warrior but then he heard his clicking as he was now out of arrows, "Oh shit" he said as one of the silver warriors grabbed him "let go of me" he said, Yumi turned and watched "Odd" she said but then she was knocked to the ground and had one of the swords pointed at her, "YUMI" shouted Ulrich but this left him off guard and he was disarmed and knocked down, William knowing he was cornered dropped his sword and raised his hands, "Look" said Evelyn, Dallas however jumped "Dallas's I've got a view back" said Aelita, Dallas was getting more angry as he jabbed again, "They're prisoners" said Evelyn, Dallas quickly dropped and swung his leg out, Evelyn fell to the ground, Dallas looked to see the others being held down on their knees with the silver warriors holding their swords behind them, "surrender or I'll see they suffer the most painful devirtulization possible" said Evelyn, Dallas rose his sword ready to carry on fighting but he dropped it as Evelyn stood up removing his other weapons and throwing him with the others, "It was a good try" said William, Dallas looked at him "yeah I know".
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Across the sector Jeremie found himself in a game of cat and mouse as he hid behind a tree from the cloaked Dallas, he was panicking this was the only way he knew he could get through to him, suddenly there was an explosion next to him and he was thrown towards the edge of the Plato, Dallas had spotted him,
"Found you, you little shit" said Dallas as he marched towards Jeremie, the latter looked over the edge, "Dallas please you don't have to do this" said Jeremie, but Dallas didn't listen and fired another explosive, Jeremie was sent over the edge and was hanging on by his hands, he didn't have the strength to pull himself up, "Aelita start devirtulizing me" said Jeremie, Aelita quickly began typing "But don't hit enter until I say" he added, Aelita stopped for a second questioning it, but carried on anyway, Dallas stepped forward and stood on Jeremie's hand crushing his fingers causing him to scream "Dallas we need you" said Jeremie as he let go with one hand , "I'm better and stronger alone" said Dallas coldly as he turned to Jeremie's other hand "You don't believe that Dallas, I need you, we have a job to do" said Jeremie, Dallas stopped for a second "without you we can't beat XANA" said Jeremie, Dallas started to calm down and he sheathed his Katannas and pulled down his mask, "If you're the Dallas I know, you'll know what to do" said Jeremie, Dallas suddenly realised what he was doing "Jeremie… No" he said but Jeremie lost his grip and fell, Jeremie watched as he got closer and closer towards the digital sea below, he closed his eyes ready to accept his fate when suddenly with a yell that echoed and rocketed throughout the sector he heard "JEREMIE, I'M COMING", Jeremie looked back to see Dallas rocketing towards him at an incredible velocity with a vine tied around his leg "Dallas" said Jeremie questioning it, but it was no figment of imagination as Dallas grabbed him "Hang on I've got a plan" he said, then they looked at the digital sea, using his free arm he pulled his riffle and fired another explosive shot, just before it hit the digital sea it exploded sending waves and giving them more leeway and as the vine reached its limit it sprung them back upwards towards the Plato.
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"what on earth do you think that was" asked William as he looked at the others, "By the sounds of it, we've lost" responded Odd as he looked at the others grimly, "Aelita anything" asked Yumi, but Aelita knew that if she spoke it would give the game away, "Aelita if you don't start speaking I'm gonna start popping these shits off" said Evelyn the Lyoko warriors looked at each other, "That's it" said Evelyn as she drew her musket and walked along the kneeling warriors, "no need" said the Cloaked Dallas as he threw Jeremie to the ground "We're boned" said Ulrich, Dallas looked at Jeremie "I can't believe you came here" he said, Jeremie chuckled slightly and said "Yeah it isn't the only surprise today", Dallas looked confused as he looked at his twin "which one do we off first" asked Evelyn, The cloaked Dallas grabbed his counterparts sword, and walked towards the kneeling one, "looks like I'm offing myself" said the kneeling Dallas, he looked up at his counterpart who said "When you fall down look up and you're flying", the kneeling Dallas's eyes shot open, Evelyn looked at the cloaked Dallas and walked towards him "What does that mean" she asked, he didn't answer "what does that mean", the kneeling Dallas looked at the others and nodded "get ready to run" he whispered, the others were confused "WHAT DOES THAT MEAN" shouted Evelyn, suddenly the cloaked Dallas let go off the sword and curling his fist punched Evelyn, the hooded Dallas grabbed his sword mid fall and stabbed it into the warrior behind him before pulling it out, the Lyoko warriors got up and started to move away, the two Dallas's looked at the silver warriors, the hooded one jumped and grabbed his shield smashing it as hard as he could into a warriors head it crushed inwards, his twin threw one of his Katannas at another, it punctured into the creature, whilst Dallas used his last remaining Katanna to deflect an attack from another, Evelyn looked up in horror, they no longer had control over Dallas, the warrior with the Katanna in his chest stumbled forward but the hooded Dallas raised his leg and after pulling it in kicked outwards knocking the sword through the warrior and before it exploded he pulled out the sword and through it to his double who with a turn spin sliced into the last remaining warrior and with his free hand grabbed his other Katanna and during the turn sliced again destroying it, he sheathed his Katannas as Dallas did so his weapons, then they turned their attention to Evelyn who was almost too stunned to move, "No… stop please" she said as she crawled away but found herself backed up against the wreckage, "she's yours" said the hooded Dallas as he patted his twin on the shoulder, as he walked away he heard Evelyn screams and smiled.
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Aelita was frantically typing, she was worried as to what was going on,
"Jeremie, come in, Jeremie" she said, there was a moment of silence "Aelita can you hear me" replied Jeremie, Aelita suddenly felt better "Are you alright" she asked almost crying, Ulrich laughed and said "Better than alright, I think the capture part is more or less done", Aelita was confused "Looks like Dallas is back on our side" said Odd cheering, Yumi however was a little distrusting "Yeah he just saved us but how do we know it's not a trick" said Yumi before shaking her head "Can't be thinking like that" she added, then the two Dallas's exited the wreckage, "Job done" said the hooded Dallas as he looked at his twin who nodded at him, then he looked at Jeremie, "I thought you were two scared to come here" he asked, Jeremie chuckled nervously and rubbed the back of his head "Yeah… well i… uh" but before he could answer the cloaked Dallas hugged him saying "Thank you", the others smiled and laughed as he moved back, "We better head to sector 5, we've one last thing to do" said Jeremie as he started to lead the way but he got worried and stopped "Still too scared Jeremie" said Ulrich as he moved ahead, "Come on Einstein riding the transporter will be fun" said Odd mockingly as they moved off towards the edge of the sector.
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The warriors were transported to sector 5 and having activated the key they were standing in front of the nexus, located in its own room, the nexus looked unimpressive as it merely consisted of tower Pillars that were a gun metal compared to the pristine white of sector 5, between the pillars was a black void,
"Couldn't have thought of a better colour could you Einstein" said Ulrich, Jeremie looked at him insulted "What, I just needed to program it I didn't need to make it look good" he replied causing the others to laugh, the two Dallas looked at it "Returning to earth" said the hooded one, the cloaked one true to form remained silent, "Better get on with it" said Yumi, suddenly there was a laser shot, "What the" said William as he looked up, XANA had launched a retaliatory strike a swarm of hornets circled the interior of the room with several creepers climbing down the walls, "Aelita how many are there" asked Yumi as she drew her fans, Aelita typed, "I dunno there's too many, the warriors drew their weapons, "Dallas get in the nexus" said Ulrich as he held his Katanna, "No we're gonna fight" replied the hooded Dallas, "Sorry" said Jeremie as he pushed the cloaked Dallas into his twin and the two fell into the Nexus, the monsters moved in and got closer, "should we devirtulize" asked William, Jeremie shook his head "we need to know if it worked" he said as he grabbed his only weapon which was a sword handle which formed into a scimitar blade, Jeremie's eye brows raised he'd never seen his weapon before, the nexus suddenly disappeared "Aelita what happened" asked William as the monsters got closer to them "I don't know, I can't find it" said Aelita beginning to panic, "to the end guys" said Odd as he raised his arm feeling it refilled with arrows.
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The Hornets that were swarming the warriors were too numerous to count, the warriors stood ready to fight, the Hornets charged up their shots, the three warriors holding swords got ready to deflect, although Jeremie wasn't holding his correctly when suddenly they heard a yell
"HELLO SECTOR 5" the warriors were confused as the voice was slightly distorted, "WHO TAKES AELITA TAKES LYOKO" the voice yelled again "BUT BAD NEWS XANA" the voice yelled out again before the warriors got a pleasant surprise "CAUSE GUESS WHO" shouted Dallas as he appeared in his robes that he'd not been seen in for what felt like years, the warriors stood in amazement, "LISTEN YOU STUPID FUCKING HORNETS YOU'RE ALL WIZING ABOUT BUT COULD YOU HOLD STILL FOR A MINUTE CAUSE… I… AM… TALKING" shouted Dallas his words boomed and echoed through the room, and the Hornets strangely listened as they started to hoover in place "NOW QUESTION OF THE HOUR IS WHOSE GOT AELITA, US, NEXT QUESTION WHICH OF YOU WILL ATTACK FIRST" shouted Dallas, Jeremie moved forward but Ulrich grabbed his arm to stop him, "YEAH I KNOW EACH MONSTER HAS IT'S OWN MIND, SO COME ON, NO PLAN NO BACK UP AND WHAT'S MORE I HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE, SO YOU LITTLE SHITS FLYING UP THERE, IF YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO TRY AND TAKE AELITA, WE WILL STOP YOU, AND TRUST ME I'LL WATCH EACH OF YOU EXPLODE BEFORE I'M DONE" finished Dallas, the Hornets suddenly began to fly erratically as they moved towards the top of the room, the creepers looked at each other before following after them, the others looked at Dallas as he finished starring at the ceiling, "Okay now I'm gonna faint" said Dallas as he suddenly collapsed, the others rushed to him "Aelita bring is home" said Jeremie.
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Aelita had set the devirtulization program to bring everyone back, Jeremie was the first to return, then Odd, followed by Yumi, then William and finally Ulrich, they walked out of their scanners but Dallas was still yet to come through,
"Do you think he can come back" asked Jeremie as he stood looking at the tower scared, "He must, I mean we combined him didn't we" said Yumi as she sat on the hatch before getting chills for some reason, "Come on" said Odd, Ulrich and William remained silent as the scanner began to start up, it closed, then it began to make noises, "Come on please" said Jeremie, then the scanner opened, the steam exited the capsule, and falling out was someone they'd not seen properly for almost 4 months, his jumper was still stained with his blood that he'd been virtualized with all that time ago, as he laid on the floor one thing was clear, Dallas was home.
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Odd and Ulrich had Dallas over their shoulders as they rode up in the elevator, everyone was happy he was home, although William was a little upset and was nervous as he stood aside from the others but they were too happy to notice,
"I'll join you guys later, I've gotta clear up Lyoko, it's a mess" said Jeremie, William spoke up, "I'll stay" he said nervously the others looked at him "for protection" he added, Jeremie nodded and he and William entered the computer room, whilst Yumi pressed the elevator button and it once again began ascending, "We'd better get him into his bed before Delmas starts asking too many questions" said Odd as the elevator opened, Suddenly Dallas was thrown from his and Ulrich's arms, Adam had fired an electricity blast that struck him and threw him into a girder, "DALLAS" screamed Aelita but Adam was in a very angry mood and he grabbed Ulrich kicking Odd away, whilst on the floor as smoke emanated from Dallas his eyes suddenly opened and shaking his head and spitting out blood his pupils narrowed, Adam dragged Ulrich towards the floor and held up his Machete "I'll have your fucking head" said Adam, he raised his weapon when suddenly he was kicked away, Dallas had flip barrelled kick him away, "You…" said Adam as he charged Dallas but Dallas quickly kicked him twice in rapid succession with his right foot before landing a more power kick with his left, Adam was stunned as he kicked forward, but Dallas with flawlessness jumped and raised his right leg over Adam's head and then kicking him with the left, Adam charged again swinging the blade at Dallas but he extended his blades and pared the swings before jumping and spin kicking Adam away, Adam was getting angry and charged again raising his leg to kick Dallas but the latter grabbed it as it connected with his back and smashed his elbow into Adams knee cracking the bone before jumping up and double kicking Adam away, "You fucker" said Adam as he felt his leg, Dallas quickly flipped onto his feet, and signalled for Adam to attack again, Adam followed through but swung the machete downwards and struck Dallas in the arm knocking him down before Adam electrocuted him and sent him flying across the factory floor, Adam turned towards Yumi and began to move as fast as he could with his injured leg "I don't care what XANA says I'm gonna fix this sodding mess" he said coughing up some blood but before he could get close Dallas slid in extending his left blade and stabbing it through Adam's foot before disconnecting it and lifting himself off the ground in a spin and launching before kicking Adam in the face, Dallas was angry as he pummelled Adam by landing several blows into his face be it from his fists or more Gyver kicks, then Dallas grabbed the machete from his arm and spun below Adam quickly removing his blade from his foot instantly kicking out Adam's leg and as Adam fell Dallas turned and held the Machete up, Adam's head came down and was impaled through the jaw and up the top of the head, Adam lived long enough to look at Dallas's furious grin before he died, Dallas let go and kicked Adam away looking back at the others before smiling and collapsing again.
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It was nearly night by the time the warriors got back to Kadic, and as such Delmas was with Jim and Kidd walking up the stairs to the dorm room,
"I really didn't want to have to do this" said Delmas as he entered the hallway, he was starting to tear up, "I'm afraid it has to be done Mr Delmas" said Jim, Kidd simply nodded in agreement, they found the Door to Jeremie's and Dallas's room, "Best knock its only polite" said Jim, Delmas looked at him and rolled his eyes, "Come in" said Jeremie, Delmas opened the door "Okay Jeremie I've no choice I'm…" he started but stopped as he saw Dallas sleeping on his bed he had nothing over his chest, mainly so they didn't see his blood stained jumper, "Dallas, it can't be" said Delmas as he rubbed his glasses "What… where has he been" asked Jim, Jeremie stood up saying "he came back from the forest he just said something about wanting some time to himself", Delmas was still in a state of shock, "Okay then forget I said anything" said Delmas as he closed the door, Jeremie looked at Dallas, he'd not woken up in over 6 hours, "I hope you're okay" said Jeremie as he returned to his computer to start typing, there was a knocking at the door, Jeremie sighed "Come in" he said, William opened the door "Jeremie you got a minute" he asked, Jeremie turned and face him, "I guess what's up" responded Jeremie, William sat on Jeremie's bed "With Dallas back… what's gonna happen to me" asked William, Jeremie was confused "What do you mean" asked Jeremie in response, William looked down and held his hands together "I only got to join you guys because you were a man down, and now you got him back" said William as he was getting a little upset, "William, I…" started Jeremie but then they heard a voice that gave them a world of relief, "Uh god my chest" said Dallas as he sat up coughing, "Dallas, you're… you're okay" said Jeremie as he rushed over hugging his friend "Jesus Einstein what're you on about" he said, Jeremie looked at him, then Dallas noticed William, "Dallas don't you remember anything" said Jeremie, Dallas looked at him then he noticed William, "Oh uh hey William" he said nervously, Jeremie looked at Dallas "What's the last thing you remember" asked Jeremie.
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The others had joined them in Jeremie's and Dallas's room, Yumi had managed to get the blood stains out of Dallas's jumper, she handed it to him as he pulled it on,
"Thanks" he said then he noticed the size of her belly, "That long, I've been on Lyoko for that long" he asked looking as Jeremie handed him a cup of coffee, "Not really" said Jeremie as he shook his head, Odd chimed up at the same time you were this machine that was covered in skin "The X-600" asked Dallas, Ulrich shook his head and said "It was much worse, the thing had genuine skin looked exactly like you, but you weren't the only one", Dallas grabbed his wrist blades and equipped them, "there were more two duplicates and one other one" said Yumi, Dallas looked at them, "so that's everything, good and bad" he said as he drank some of the coffee, "you gonna be okay" asked Aelita, Dallas smiled as he looked up at her saying "I've been through worse" then he stood up "Where you going" asked Jeremie, Dallas smiled and said "I've something I want to do"
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Authors note
So I managed to get this one out in a day, wow that's good for, yeah this is the final part of a trilogy back to regular episodes next time, and yeah this one was about 3 years in the making finishing that whole arc is one hell of a time, I didn't plan for it to take that long.