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Chapter Ten – End of Xana: The truth revealed

The happy couple walked down to Kadic, they hadn't slept all night. As they approached the front gate Jeremie stopped, "Aelita look!" A hole had been blown in the side of Kadic. As if a bomb had been planted there. Jeremie and Aelita ran inside. The other three gang members lay there on the floor.

"Jeremie." Ulrich breathed, "What... What happened here Ulrich?" "I don't exactly know... all I remember is after dancing I went to get a drink, as I approached the table It exploded..." Jeremie flicked out his cell phone, "Hospital please. Hurry, we are at Kadic school. A bomb has been set off and there are quite a few injuries. No none seem to look serious but... ok." He put it away. "The abulances will be here in quite a while."

"Hey at least one good thing can come out of this..." Odd said, "What's that?" "Schools canceled for the next little while." The gang laughed as much as their beaten bodies could. The bomb may have not have killed anyone but it had done a major load of damage to the wall.

"But who could've planted it?" "Anyone who came here and left could've done it. That means there are only four people; You, Aelita, Yami and Awai." "Well me and Aelita were out at the park all night. If you don't believe me ask anyone nearby who saw us dancing!" Jeremie and Aelita blushed.

"That means only Yami and Awai could've planted that bomb." Lots of Paramedics entered the room and began putting the students and teachers on stretchers. One paramedic took out his phone, "We are gonna need backup. Get me about twenty Ambulances. YES TWENTY! This is no joke, an entire school was hit by the blast." He put it away and continued to help the others.

After they got everyone to the hospital Aelita and Jeremie decided they could do whatever for the next week. Everyone would be in hospital recovering until then. Jeremie remembered his time in hospital as he still had his arm in a sling.

"Aelita I'd like to find out who did this." He said walking into the school grounds, "We know it was either Yami or Awai." "I know who did this." Awai stepped out from behind a tree. "You do? Go on, tell us." "Yami did it." "But what evidence do you have?" "I saw him plant the bomb." "Really? Then why didn't you tell someone." "I was busy." "Busy doing what? Admit it, you planted it didn't you!"

"Grrrrr... fine. I admit it! I did plant the bomb... but that's not all I did..." "What is that supposed to mean." "I am the shadow that attacked you on the street, I am the rag who spray-painted the wall and I am the planter of the bomb!" Jeremie gasped at this. "I AM XANA!" Suddenly Awai began to mutate into a tall pitch-black human, it had no face. In the place where it's face should've been was the Xana symbol...

It threw forwards one of it's hands which stretched, Jeremie shoved Aelita to one side and narrowly missed it himself. "Run Aelita! Run!" Jeremie helped her up and they entered the school. "I know a place we can hide Aelita! This way! He said entering the kitchen." Meanwhile Xana had entered the building and just as Jeremie an Aelita hid he opened the door...

"Compute... search function... activate..." It walked over to the cupboards and put its long black fingers on the rim of the door, Aelita started crying silently as she knew it was getting closer, Xana then suddenly jolted and ripped off the doors. There was nothing in them...

Jeremie picked up a rusty knife under his foot and jumped out of the cupboard. Aelita got out behind him and quietly they edged towards the door. Xana heard a creak and span around, Jeremie tossed the knife. Xana's stomach made a hole in the center so the knife passed right through it. Then Jeremie and Aelita bolted out of the door...

"Compute... chase function... activate..." Xana said as he was running after them, they turned a corner and ran up a flight of stairs, all the while Xana was gaining on them. Jeremie was beginning to run out of breath. They approached a door at the top of the stairs and Jeremie attempted to open it... it was stuck.

Xana began up the flight of stairs and Jeremie began to sweat in fear. "C'mon! Open!" He kept trying, "Aelita help me out!" She nodded as they both stepped back, "On the count of three..." Aelita gulped and heard Xana coming around the corner, "One..." Jeremie was sweating harder now. "Two..." Xana burst around the corner. "THREE!" Aelita and him barged the door as hard as they could and fell through, they realised they were on the schools roof and there was no other way down. Aelita and Jeremie backed into a corner, "Now what do we do?" Xana stepped onto the roof, "Compute... destroy function... activate..."

He slowly crept towards them to make sure they wouldn't escape and as he got to be about two meters away he stopped and turned around, there was someone else here... someone he had a score to settle with...

Yami was standing on the edge of the building gazing out into the city, "So Xana, we meet again. How fitting that when your reign of terror falls you will literally fall..." "Yami?" Jeremie whispered, Xana's eyes glowed redder than before and he charged Yami, Yami backflipped over the top of him and drew a sword hidden in the back of his coat. "I WILL STOP YOU! YOU WILL NOT TAKE ANY MORE LIVES OR CAUSE ANY MORE PAIN!"

Xana's hand materialised a sword out of it. It clutched it tightly and charged at Yami, It began to swing the sword wildly, Yami kept blocking every blow but he was getting weaker by the minute, he needed help. Xana was about to finish him too, as it held Yami down on the edge of the building.

"He needs help... it's time I stepped in." Jeremie ran towards Xana and with it completely busy with Yami it didn't see him coming. Jeremie ran into it and shoved it over the edge, it fell, no one could survive a fall like that, not even a bloodthirsty computer virus.

Jeremie helped Yami up, "You did well kid. Xana ain't coming back and this time, it's gone for good." Aelita ran over to Jeremie to hug him, "My hero!" Jeremie turned and blushed, "Knock it off Aelita!" He said happily, "The real hero here is-" He turned around, "Yami?" Yami was gone...

"I'm glad it's finally over, if Xana had got you I don't know what I would've done..." Jeremie whispered, "Me too Jeremie, me too..." Jeremie grinned and pulled her close, they began to kiss passionately, she pulled away for a second, took off Jeremie's glasses and put them in his pocket, "Now where were we?"

Jeremie and Aelita began to make out again, Jeremie's mind flooded with thoughts of what would've happened if Aelita had been destroyed, Aelita began to run her fingers through his hair again and she twirled them inbetween her fingers. She remembered the fun they had last night and smiled, his arms slid under hers and held her closer, finally they broke away. "I love you Aelita." "I love you too Jeremie." Then they began to hold each other close again...

I've
become so numb
I can't feel you there
become so tired
so much more aware
I'm becoming this
all I want to do
is be more like me
and be less like you

Sorry that's the last chapter! I'm out of ideas for the time being so I won't be writing any more storied unless I come up with something. For the last time ever in this story... Please R&R!