Welcome to the final chapter of "Dreams of Insanity," okay well not final chapter that will be posted but final chapter of the actual story. As usual, before we continue with this chapter, I'd like to reply to the people that have kept this story going and to the other reviewers.
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Now I'm gonna go find a good hiding spot because you guys are gonna kill me after this chapter.
"Jeremie pull the switch now!" Yumi yelled. She sat up in her bed. "Huh? What happened? Wasn't I just in the factory with Jeremie?"
She got up and started to walk around her room. She went downstairs and into the kitchen to get some green tea to calm her nerves. On the table was a newspaper. She picked it up and looked at the date. A smile began to appear on her face and her nervousness began to disappear. "Good job Jeremie, I knew that we could trust you."
Yumi, all questions now satisfied, headed back up to bed to get some well deserved sleep.
Ulrich woke up and looked around his room. It was quite, too quite for his liking. He looked over and saw Odd's empty bed. Millions of thoughts now flooded his mind.
'They didn't make it. How am I going to explain this to everyone? What am I going to do without my friends?'
Just then the door opened and none other then Odd walked into the room. Ulrich stared at him for a moment. It looked like Odd was trying to say something. He took his two index fingers and pointed to his ears.
Ulrich brought his hands up to his ears and felt them. 'Oh, I left my earplugs in. Man do I feel like an idiot now.' He pulled out his earplugs.
"You know Ulrich it would probably be a little bit more comfortable for you if you slept without those earplugs in."
"That's what you think." Ulrich smiled.
Odd got into his bed and quickly fell asleep. Ulrich put his earplugs back in and went back to bed.
Jeremie was inside of his room walking around and getting ready for bed.
"I did it, I finally got out of that horrid place."
'Yeah you did, but was it without a cost?'
"What do you mean? I got out safely, didn't I?"
'Well yes, this time. But what makes you so sure that you'll get out safely next time.'
Jeremie sat down at his computer and thought about what his subconscious what saying.
'And suppose next time it's not you. Next time it could be one of your friends. Do you really think that they'll be able to figure out what's going on, let alone get out of there safely?'
"What are you trying to say?"
'Well let's face it, you're fighting a losing battle here. Soon enough XANA will succeed in his plans. Are you really willing to keep that burden on your shoulders?'
"There's nothing to worry about, I've almost finished the anti-virus so soon Aelita will be here with us."
'It's sad really.'
"What is?"
'You are. You're willing to put other people's lives on the line just to save something that shouldn't even exi'
"She, not something. Aelita is a she. And she does to exist." Jeremie's anger was beginning to rise.
'Right, well she doesn't even exist in this world. She's just a computer program.'
Jeremie was fed up with listening to this. He slammed his fist on the desk. "She's more then just a computer program, she's a real person!" he yelled.
'Someone seems a bit testy tonight. So if she is a real person, why does she not breathe, why does she not walk among us, why does she not have what every human being has, emotions.'
"But she can see and hear, just like humans."
'But she cannot taste, smell or even feel. But let me ask you something, how can you love something that doesn't even know what love is?'
"I... I never said I loved her. I mean I care about her but I don't know if I love her."
'I'd believe that if I didn't know you like I do, but I do know you. I know what you think and what you feel. I know that you love her. And if you love her so much, why were you so willing to kill her?'
"What do you mean? I never thought about killing her."
'Yes you did, back in XANA's world. And you went through with it too.'
"That wasn't her, that that was an imposter."
'Who are you trying to convince, me or you? And besides, you looked right at her, right into her eyes, and pulled the switch.'
"That was XANA. I'd never think about hurting the real Aelita."
'And that's my point. You'll put anybody into danger just to save her, even your friends. That's how you got into that place. XANA knew that you would go to her. You're too predictable to be fighting him.'
Jeremie was filling with doubt now. 'He's right, I have no place in this battle.'
'Now you're getting it. So why don't you just leave everything to the others.'
Jeremie closed his eyes. "Because if I give up then it's all over, we lose and you win. Now get out of my head XANA."
'What are you talking about? I'm not XANA.'
"Yes you are. You think I wouldn't know when I was talking to myself and when I was talking to you."
'Your a very bright boy, you know that. But that won't stop me from destroying this world.'
Jeremie stood up and began to grin. "You're scared of me, of what I can do, aren't you? You know that it's only a matter of time before we stop you. Now I'm gonna ask you one more time, vacate my head or else."
'Or else what? You can't do anything to me.'
"You forget, I'm an excellent hacker (1). You know exactly what I can do to you."
'This is not the last you'll here from me human.'
Silence filled his head. 'It's over now.' Jeremie went over to his bed and drifted off to sleep.
The Next Day
Jeremie, Ulrich, Odd and Yumi were all in Jeremie's room. Jeremie was sitting on his computer chair, Ulrich and Yumi were sitting on his bed, Odd was sitting on the floor, and Aelita could be seen behind Jeremie. They were discussing what had happened before the return trip.
"So Jeremie, how did you know that you were in an alternate world before Odd told you?" Yumi asked.
"Well there was a lot of evidence to suggest that things weren't right."
"Like what?" asked Odd.
"Well the first morning I was there, there was a slight power failure. I thought it was XANA, but Aelita was convinced that it was nothing more then faulty wiring and didn't even want me to run a scan. After that I began to get suspicious. Then at lunch I experienced something that happened to you guys."
"And what was that?" Odd interrupted.
"You mean the thing where people would repeat themselves and not know they did it?" Yumi asked.
"Yeah, and then that night I had some visions of you guys."
"What do you mean visions?" asked Ulrich.
"Well I saw you asking Yumi if I was breathing and something between you and Odd, I'm not sure right now."
"That must have been when we found you." Yumi said.
"But how could you have known what was going on in both worlds?" asked Odd.
"I'm not sure, but I could have been partially aware here while I was there."
"So what else happened?" Odd's curiosity was taking over him.
"There were also these weird dreams that I had. I'm pretty sure that XANA was behind them."
"How could he do that, XANA can't attack humans directly." stated Ulrich.
"It must have had something to do with the virus he used to transport me to his world. It could have implanted a part of him in me, which could explain how he was trying to imitate my subconscious last night."
"What!?!" the three exclaimed.
"What do you mean he imitated your subconscious last night?" Ulrich asked.
"Just like it sounds. He was trying to make be believe that I was talking to myself, you know trying to break me down. But I scared him off."
"How'd you scare him off? What'd you do, think him away?" joked Odd.
"He's always been scared of me, of what I can do. Now I have a couple of questions for you guys. How did you know what happened to me?"
"Aelita. She figured it out when she couldn't contact you. Isn't that right Aelita." Yumi stated. Everyone turned to face her.
"That's right Yumi. When I couldn't contact you, I searched the tower that XANA had activated to materialize the roachster. That's when it all started to come together."
"What made you guys come and get me?"
"Were friends Jeremie, besides you did the same for us." Ulrich said.
"And we couldn't lose our Einstein now could we?"
"Thanks guys, but what would you have done if I hadn't made it out of there? Would you have kept the mission going?"
That's it. I finally got the last chapter chapter up. Would they keep the mission alive? I'm gonna have to make you wait and see. The answer is quite obvious in the alternate ending. I'm almost done with that now, I just have a few things to do to it.
Just so you know:
(1)- In episode "Cruel Dilemma" Ulrich tells Jeremie that he can hack into the city database to give Aelita an identity. And in "Satellite" Jeremie hacks into the French database to access information about the satellite that XANA took over.
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Be on the look out for the alternate ending, the question and answer chapter, and future stories by me. See you later.