Breaking the Habit

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Chapter Seven: Burning Vengeance

Aelita smelt smoke whilst she approached the factory, she turned the corner and saw Jeremie staring in disbelief at the factory. It was ablaze. "Je... Jeremie... what happened here?" "I saw him... he ran at it and passed through... then it was burning..." Tears welled up in Aelita's eyes, "MY PARENTS! XANA HOW COULD YOU DO THIS? THEY WERE INNOCENT!" She dropped to the ground on her knees and punched it as hard as she could over and over.

Jeremie crouched down next to her and she looked at him for a second before bursting out in tears, Jeremie helped her up, "My parents... are gone..." "Ssshhh, calm down..." "Jeremie, are they gone forever?" Jeremie didn't answer but look at the floor, words need not describe what he was saying. Aelita buried her face in Jeremie's shoulder and cried.

"So anyway I tried to ask her but she just said-" Yumi was cut off by the opening of her door. Odd, Ulrich and herself were at the table when the door opened to reveal an unhappy couple; Aelita and Jeremie. "Ah, you're just in time to tell us what has been going on." "Please you guys, this isn't-" "Come on, we heard about Xana's son, so spill the beans." "Not no-" "We are demanding an explanation!" "If you would just give me-" "Tell us!" "Fess up!" "We want to hear it now!" Jeremie turned to them angrily, "You want the truth? Aelita had parents and now they are gone." Aelita burst into tears again, "Gone?" "THEY ARE DEAD YOU NUMBSKULLS!" Aelita buried her head in his shoulder and he helped her upstairs. "Happy now?" He asked still being annoyed.

The three looked at the table, shocked and disturbed the three felt guilty about making Aelita feel worse. After a few minutes Yumi spoke, "I feel terrible." "Me too." "Me three." They all sighed, they could hear Aelita crying upstairs and could hear Jeremie trying to comfort her. "We have to do something about this." "Like what? If we do something to help we might mess it up and make things worse!" "True." "I don't care what Jeremie says, I'm gonna help them anyway." "I agree." "He needs his friends."

Aelita cried for a couple of hours, Jeremie new what it must have felt like, being separated from his parents too go to boarding school was bad enough, Aelita was separated from them for life. Aelita stopped and sniffed, "I will find Xana's son and destroy it. I swear it!" "With my help we will defeat it." Jeremie tried to hug her but

she shoved him away, she got up off the bed and walked to the door, "This is a battle I must fight alone."

She ran down the stairs and out the door. You will pay for what you have done... She turned the corner and ran to the factory, the fire was still burning intensely and she ran to the entrance, how she knew he would be there was a mystery, all she wanted to do was rid the world of him. She walked up to him, Xana's son walked forwards and laughed, "You think you can beat me? Fool! I will kill you and the other two!" He ran forwards and threw a punch, she was about to react when someone shoved her aside and cut through Xana's son. "Hey, what's the big idea?" She stood up, Yami stood there. "Looks like I got here just in time. He won't be... what?" The creature before him reformed and laughed, "I am much more powerful than my previous program."

Yami stared at him shocked before being knocked over the head, picked up and thrown into the river, "One down and two to go." Aelita guessed it was talking about her and Jeremie, he ran up to her just then. Unlucky moment to be making an entrance...

Aelita turned around, turning her back was her first mistake, "Jeremie get out of here! You're in danger." "I'm not leaving without you!" Giving the creature time was her second and her third was not paying attention to it. "Your mine!" Xana's son shot out a tentacle and caught Aelita on the arm, she shot into it. "I'll absorb your data and be even stronger!" Jeremie tried to pull her out and she reached out a desperate hand. But no matter what he did it was too strong and pulled her into it. Jeremie dropped to the ground...

"Hah, now what are you gonna do? Cry?" A tear dropped from Jeremie's eye to the ground... What do I do? I'm no fighter, he's too strong... It's hopeless... Another tear fell to the ground, Aelita's gone, she's my whole world... now she's gone... A trickle was falling down his face, Aelita... I'd give up everything for you... just to see you smile, that beautiful smile... He slowly stood up, I will get you out, I promise! He ran full pelt at the entity before him and passed into him, he saw Aelita with a floating circle around her. She looked like she was unconcious but slowly opened her eyes, "Je...re...mie?" She said slowly, "I'm coming Aelita!" He flew towards her but hit the circle, on the inside layer was a bubble. He punched on it but nothing seemed to work. "Just give up."

Jeremie looked at her surprised, then he realised, being inside Xana was affecting her and making her depressed, "Aelita, don't give up!" Her eyes opened again a little, "What?" "You said when we first met that we would never give up in the fight against Xana." He kept punching as hard as he could, his knuckles were bleeding, "Yeah so? It is hopeless now, no one cares if I get out of here alive or not." He kept punching, his hands bruised, "I care." Her eyes flicked open, "What?" "I care. I will never quit trying to get you out of here even if it takes me all eternity." "And why is that?" "Because I love you." She finally got it why he was trying to get her out, "And I will never leave your side." She stood up and began hitting it, "I love you too Jeremie." That's all he needed as a final punch broke through the barrier and Aelita was freed.

Outside Xana's son began to feel pain, "What is happening to me?" His chest exploded as the two flew out of him, he quickly re-formed, "How? How is it possible? You couldn't break her out alone!" "You are right in saying that I did not do it alone." Jeremie smiled, "Love brought us together and will keep us together." "And there is no power greater than that."

This is something a computer couldn't handle, "Love? It's not possible! It's not possible! ERROR ERROR!" He went completely limp and fell backwards off the bridge, just as he was about to hit the water he disintegrated into nothing... "We did it." "Yeah."

They leant in to each other when suddenly a bit of the creature sprouted a head and grew larger and larger, it formed into a huge creature of what appeared to be the original Xana but two times bigger. "Now I will crush both of you!" It raised a hand and brought it down on top of them, the two closed there eyes to take the pain when nothing happened, they opened their eyes wondering why they weren't crushed, standing there holding up Xana's sons arm was Odd, Yumi and Ulrich. "We saw you needed some help so we decided to stop by." "Thanks I owe you one. Um... about earlier..." "It don't matter Jeremie, right now taking down this monstrosity is the priority."

Jeremie nodded, the trio ran into the creature, "You ready?" "Let's do it!" Jeremie and Aelita ran full pelt at it and it fell into the river. "Phase 2. Oil." Odd, Ulrich and Yumi brought out three barrels of oil and dropped them on the rocks below, it flowed into the river. "Phase 3. Fire." Jeremie took a match from his pocket and struck it on the ground, then he threw it into the oil-stained river. In three seconds it had set alight and was making it's way to the evil abomination. "CURSE YOU!" It cried as it sunk beneath the waves in a flaming mess.

"Is he gone for good this time?" Aelita said, still a little shaken up. "Yeah, don't you worry your pretty pink head about it." Jeremie said, the others smiled, it was really over for good this time, and no jokes about it.

Aelita looked at the floor and Jeremie motioned for the others to leave, "Aelita, what's wrong?" "I just remembered I have no physical parents." "So?" "If I don't have any parents I can never be normal, I've just another computer program..." "Don't say that!" Aelita looked at him surprised, "You've always had parents, you don't know what it is like to lose them both in a fire at such a young age, it hurts..." "Yes but I do know what it is like not to see your parents for 5 years. For years all I have had is letters. No pictures, no visits, no parents." He coughed from the smoke, "Aelita, you are a human, if you weren't a human you couldn't have ever been materialised. And machines, like you have just seen do not understand love." Aelita smiled, "Thank you Jeremie..."

I don't what worth fighting for,

Or why I have to scream,

But now I have some clarity,

To show you what I mean,

I don't know how I got this way,

I'll never be alright,

So I'm breaking the habit,

I'm breaking the habit,

Breaking the habit,

Tonight.

From a tall building they watched, Yami stood there, burnt a bit, "They must never know the truth..." they said as one pink lock of hair came out of their head...

That was sadly my last chapter of Breaking the habit. So have you figured out who Yami is yet? Please R&R!