The next morning Devian was busy working on his computer, putting the finishing touches on the CODE: EARTH program. He was surprised that these kids had finished it this far, he found some inconsistencies with the program…but was able to correct them, when he was done he saved the finished program onto the CD. Cyril and Dark Angel walked in on him, Devian turned to look at them and said, "You guys are just in time, you're about to see a moment in LEGION history here."

Cyril then saw a robot dog (like the ones they make in Japan) by the bottom of Devian's chair; they were wondering what it was for. "What are you doing Devian?" Dark Angel asked, Devian smirked and in a sly voice replied, "You'll see."

They watched as Devian punched in coordinates and other numbers, "Now, if one of you two would please turn the robotic dog on and place it in the Gateway I'd be very content with you."

Cyril picked it up and put it into the Gateway, "Scanning object…virtualization complete, now to use my test dummy…activating virtual Devian, virtualization complete!"

Both Cyril and Dark Angel were surprised to see the virtual form of Devian appear with their boss having to step into the Gateway, Devian looked at both of them and said, "No need to worry gentlemen, the thing you see there is just a copy of my virtual code, without a mind to interface it with it is nothing more but a drone, a blank slate, a zombie…but that is where the next step of my theory comes into play. Here we go…beginning data fusion sequence…fusion complete!"

Both Cyril and Dark Angel looked in awe as the Devian shell and the robotic dog joined together to form a live puppy. Devian looked at their amazement and said, "Don't get too excited gentlemen…all that you just saw was the easy part of my theory, for you see that puppy is now a virtual program…quite like Hellsing or Aelita, it has no physical form in our world…that is where CODE: EARTH comes in. Cross your fingers gentlemen…Initiating CODE: EARTH!"

Devian and the others watched as the program started to scan the puppy's data, just then the Gateway opened and out stepped the puppy. Devian then started spinning on his chair shouting, "YES, YES, YES, ALL RIGHT, IT WORKED!!!"

Devian just then looked at Cyril and Dark Angel and saw they were giving him a look of 'this is a side of Devian we've never seen before'. Devian regained control of his emotions and said; "Of course I knew it would work all along?"

Cyril picked the puppy up and said, "Incroyable, juste Incroyable!"

Devian said, "And that which you are holding, is only a test of my theory…that CODE: EARTH cannot only give a data program a physical form in our world, but that an inorganic life-form, when combined with a data program. Can give it a physical form not as an inorganic machine of metal, plastic, and wires. But a form of flesh, blood and bone. You see where I'm going with this?"

Both Cyril and Dark Angel looked puzzled, Devian said: "In short, all I need for you to do is get me either Aelita or Hellsing so I can finish a piece of work I started."

Cyril then asked, "Why can't you do the dummy thing that you did with our little friend here?"

"Because the thing that that mutt used to be was a basic inorganic, the thing this program is really meant for has a complex system of wiring and programming…for there it would need a more advanced program, which Aelita and Hellsing are." Devian explained.

"I see…so who's the candidate?" Dark Angel asked.

Devian then pulled out a locket he'd been wearing and opened it, then he looked at them and said, "That's a detail I believe can wait for another time."

MEANWHILE AT THE FACTORY:

Roderick was looking at some of the files on the computer, he just felt that there was still something that he wasn't looking at, that they weren't all looking at. "I know there's something we're not looking at, some piece of the puzzle we don't see yet…but what the heck is it!?" He kept searching through the files until he came across a .avi, surely Jeremy couldn't have made it, so that left one option. "Devian made a video recording on this computer." Roderick mumbled.

He double-clicked the icon and saw an image of a younger Devian come on the screen, "Gee, I hope I hooked this thing up right?" the image said to himself, "Well if anyone is watching this, it means that you found this lab and have by my expectations guessed its purpose?" there was a brief pause then Devian continued, "Yes, it is so man can finally see the virtual landscape that is the Information Super Highway, or in simplified terms…The Internet."

Suddenly Devian looked ready to doze off, but then jerked himself awake again, "My apologies…when you've been logging 117 hours, which is about 7020 minutes, which is 421200 seconds nonstop. Your body begins to feel the effects, but if you ask me…or any genius for that matter, they'll all tell you that you must both wreck your body and torture your mind to be a success."

Devian nodded off again, but once again jerked himself awake…Roderick actually found this amusing, watching his old boss fall in and out of sleep, "I'm pretty sure you think this is funny…well then let's see you go almost five days without sleep and see how you fair it."

Roderick then asked the image, "Am I so predictable you can record your side of the conversation in advance?"

"Yes dear watcher you are so predictable I could record my side of the conversation in advance." Devian replied.

"Then why, if this be the right question to ask, did you create Aelita?" Roderick asked.

Devian gave a heavy sigh and said, "Well you see being a genius is a very lonesome road to be on, besides being called a point-dexter, a walking computer, or a four-eyes. These are prescription sunglasses I'm wearing, if that is to answer any question of yours, and being a genius I never could really get a girlfriend…so I did the next best thing, she has all the charateristics I'd like to find in a girlfriend, a loving heart, a caring personality, a loyal spirit, and the ability to speak her mind." Devian gave a faint smile and continued, "I am at this moment working on a program that should be able to give her a physical form in our world, its called CODE: EARTH. I pray it works."

With that the message ended, Roderick never realized that the pre-LEGION Devian had such a kind heart, or seemed to be such a nice person. What had caused or even forced him to change?

Roderick then looked through the rest of the files, then he noticed it…part of the computers' security was down, Roderick turned on his cell phone and called Jeremy, "Jeremy…guess what, the computer…yeah the one in the lab, it's been hacked, I can't find anything stolen…but I wouldn't be to sure that nothing was taken, wait a minute…this place doesn't have an E-Mail address, does it? Because there's an E-Mail here for you I'll read it: What once was mine is yours, what once was yours is mine again. Where you failed I succeeded to the finish. Your friend…oh you have got to be kidding me!? Your friend, Devian. That's right Jeremy…we were hacked by the best, and hacked by the only guy that knows this place exists."