Chapter 28- Origin.

Here it is, the chapter that wraps it all up. I just want to thank: Acosta, Kingdom219, Geoff Welch, Snowboarder9, heck everyone who has reviewed this story! Thank you all so much! And here is the chapter you've all been, hopefully, waiting for. As ever, read and review!-badwolf1.

The cold wind bit into the skin of the group as they arrived at their destination, and everyone looked around apprehensively. The factory was a true sign of an industrial revolution that, despite Retroville's being behind the times, was truly a thing of the past. The steel scaffolding told a story of refurbishment, the work was clearly never finished. The outside of the building was gloomy, old and it projected a dark unfriendly atmosphere. Just being near such a place made Jimmy feel uncomfortable, he was not used to such antisocial surroundings.

"Well are you ever going to enter, or you just going to admire once fine architecture?" Jimmy wheeled around, and saw Eustace Strych standing behind the group. The dark lord walked towards them, one pressure building step at a time.

"What do you want Eustace? Its over, we've found the bomb. I will disarm it, I'm telling you now. This is over." Jimmy placed particular emphasis on the last three words of his speech, taking time to sound confident and ready to fight.

"You're wrong once again Jimmy. This is only the beginning." Eustace smiled, and flew up into the air; so that he hovered just above the factory.

"I'm ending this today, once and for all! I'm going to make sure that you pay for what you've done!"

"Strong words, back them up." Eustace was completely unaffected by the teenager's threats, they made no difference to his confidence whatsoever.

Jimmy was confused by Eustace's attitude, he had expected the lord of shadows to attack and kill him immediately. Instead he simply bragged about his victory, something that wasn't even a certainty.

"What are you up to Eustace? Why aren't you trying to stop us?" Eustace smiled, and Jimmy had a sinking feeling. Eustace wasn't going to stop them, but everything that was loyal to him would.

"I won't stop you Jimmy! But they might." The words confirmed Jimmy's deepest fears, he turned and saw an army of machines. Led by Captain D.

"Has everyone got a weapon?" Jimmy asked, drawing his own sword at the same time. Cindy turned to him abruptly.

"You can't expect us to fight them!" Jimmy nodded, and looked into her eyes.

"Cindy you told me to the end." Jimmy turned away, and gazed at the advancing soldiers.

"Well this is the end." Cindy wiped a tear away at her boyfriend's words, and drew her own laser sword. The others followed suit, each and every one of them worried; but at the same time each and every one of them wanted this to be over.

Captain D stopped about ten metres away from Jimmy, he looked at the genius.

"Care to give up Jimmy? I wouldn't like these odds. I'll let you surrender, but give me your lovely girlfriend." The Captain's tone was taunting, he knew that his forces greatly outnumbered Jimmy's.

"I would never give her up, especially not to someone as pathetic and cruel as you." The Captain didn't even move, he simply allowed the insult to bounce off him.

"When you see humanity reduced to ashes you'll think differently Jimmy, and when I torture you I shall make sure that you regret your perilous decision." The Captain pointed at the tiny group.

"Slaughter them, but keep Neutron alive." The machine's charged, and Jimmy endured the force of hundreds androids crashing into him. He was in tremendous pain, but he still fought.

Cindy has been separated from her friends, and she was keeping five machines at bay. She cut off one's arms, and used them as a club. More came, and once more she was kicked from behind. She rolled out of the way, and just narrowly avoided having her head cut off. She put her sword through one more android, and grinned.

"Hope you kept the warranty." She said, and attacked again.

Sheen was up against a wall as the robots came closer, he timed it perfectly and threw his sword through one's head. It exploded, and so did the others. More assaulted him, and he dived through one machine's legs. He quickly turned, and stabbed it from behind.

"Bring it on." He muttered, and set out to destroy more androids.

Carl walked backwards, attracting as many machines as possible. He was luring them to somewhere he had noticed when they had arrived, and now he was using to its fullest potential. He backed up against the scaffolding, and shouted.

"This is for you Dad!" He slashed the scaffolding, and it began to collapse. Carl moved out of the way, and at least one hundred machines were crushed. Carl moved away, determined to use his surroundings to his advantage.

Libby wasn't battling machines, instead she was locked in combat with Captain D. There was only problem however, Libby wasn't experienced in using a laser sword. The Captain was, he was clearly a master of the weapon.

"Think you stand a chance against me?" He asked while he spun round, and Libby pressed the attack.

"I can hold you off long enough for my friends to disarm the bomb!" She screamed the words, and pushed him back.

"What about my charm?" He questioned her, and she scoffed as she tried to stab his chest.

"I'd never fall for you." The Captain laughed, and he began to move faster.

"I wouldn't be so sure." He moved much faster than Libby could she, and in one fluid swift movement severed three fingers. Libby shrieked in pain, while the Captain stood and laughed.

Everyone turned to see what had happened, and Jimmy cursed. There only half an hour left, they didn't have time for this. He destroyed two more machines, and looked towards the inside of the building. He just needed to get inside.

Sheen shouted in anger when he saw Libby, and forgetting the androids he was fighting he charged Captain D. The Captain met the charge head on, and then a new battle commenced.

"I'll kill you for that." Sheen spat furiously, and the Captain laughed.

"Just try it moron, I'll kill you before you can even touch me." Swords flashed, and the two moved like lightning to avoid the other. The blades met again, Sheen constantly attacking and drawing on his anger over Libby; the Captain mocking the teenager the entire time. Sheen leaned backwards to dodge an attack, and then tried to slice off the Captain's legs. The Captain eluded the aggressive attack, but Sheen brought his sword up; and struck the villain's face.

The Captain was in complete shock, part of his mask was gone; and a long wound was on the left side of his face. No doubt it would leave a scar, he was forever marked by Sheen Estevez.

"You'll pay for that." He snarled angrily.

"Sheen come on!" Jimmy had taken the moment to enter the dilapidated building, and Sheen helped Libby and followed.

The machines had approached D uncertainly, and he wheeled around to see Jimmy escaping. Wiping away blood that was on his face, he pointed at them and shouted ferociously.

"No you fools! Destroy them now!" It was too late, Jimmy had fled. He had locked the doors behind him, now it came down to whether Neutron could figure out how to disarm to bomb or not.

"Lock the doors." Carl obeyed the command, and locked the doors as Jimmy approached the bomb. He accessed the controls, and began to type faster than ever before. Soon he came to a password screen, and he was stuck. For all his genius, he couldn't figure it out. And he only had fifteen minutes left...

Sheen walked over to Libby, the teenager was staring miserably at her hand; and Sheen had made the brave decision to comfort her.

"How you doing?" He asked sympathetically.

"How do you think I'm doing?" She snapped, and Sheen stepped back.

"I'm in agony, I don't need you bothering me." Sheen was hurt, but he didn't show it.

"Fine then, its like you want me dead!" He shouted, and he walked angrily.

Jimmy and Cindy looked back momentarily to see what was going on, and then they continued their work.

Eustace and Captain D watched the building, waiting for the moment in which one their enemies would attempt to flee.

"Can Neutron defuse the bomb?" D asked whilst fingering his injury, he would always hate Sheen for that.

"It may be possible, but only if he can find the password. If he does stop it, revert back to the original plan." The Captain nodded, it would be his pleasure to eliminate one of Neutron's useless friends...

Libby stared at Sheen as he watched Jimmy, and she felt sad. She knew she had to tell him the truth, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. She was scared, and it held her back. How could she tell him? Everything was wrong, she felt as if she was spiralling out of control. She needed to concentrate, to focus herself at one goal. But Sheen distracted her, he had the ability to make her forget everything else. She couldn't afford for that to happen now, not with the world at stake.

"He won't be around forever you know." Libby turned surprised to see Carl standing beside her.

"What do you mean?" She decided to play dumb, she didn't want to be drawn into a conversation.

"Sheen, he won't be around forever. We take him for granted, as if he'll always be there. He won't. You need to tell him the truth, you'll hate yourself if you don't." Carl's tone was different, it had more pain in it. He had changed.

"I don't what you're talking about Carl, I'm sorry but I don't. I just don't feel that way about Sheen anymore, and that's all there is to it." Carl shrugged his shoulders, and looked Libby straight in the eye.

"You're a bad liar." He walked away, and Libby felt worse than ever before.

Jimmy and Cindy tried everything they could think of, but the password eluded them. Jimmy was as determined as ever, but even his hope was beginning to fade. They only had five minutes left, and nothing worked. Jimmy slouched in his chair, and looked at Cindy glumly.

"Its over." She looked around, and took over from Jimmy.

"Not yet it isn't." She muttered, and she began to think. She wouldn't let the Earth by wiped out, she just wouldn't.

Sheen thought about the password, it would have to be something that Eustace wanted. Something he was obsessed with, something he could never forget. Sheen realised what it was, what Eustace wanted constantly, and what he had chosen as his password.

"I know what it is! Its nine letters long, and it has to be this!" Jimmy looked at Sheen wearily, he expected the word Ultralord to come out of his friends mouth. He consequently ignored him.

"I know what it is! Let me type!" Cindy turned to look at Sheen sadly.

"Look Sheen we know you're trying to help, but if we can't figure it out then what chance have you got?" Sheen looked at her shocked, she had been so direct with the words.

"Just trust me! For once trust me!" Jimmy stopped, the last time Sheen had said that he had died. Sheen looked at him mournfully, and Jimmy made his choice.

"Go for it Sheen." Sheen smiled, and ran to the computer. He typed the letters, and everyone gazed in amazement at the word forming on the screen.

VENGEANCE.

The bomb shut down, it only had a minute left. The gang began to cheer, it was over. Earth was safe.

"Time for a little modification." Jimmy said elated.

"NO!" Eustace screamed the word, and suddenly he became enraged. He pointed at his machines.

"Decimate them now!"

Jimmy came out of the door grinning widely at Eustace, and suddenly he threw the bomb at the machines. Eustace snarled, and cast a shield around himself and the Captain. There was an explosion, and the machines were reduced to dust.

Jimmy and the others came out of the building laughing, and Libby felt an urge to tell Sheen how she felt. But she resisted, it could wait for another day.

"Did you see Eustace's face?" Carl said doubled up laughing, and everyone felt right again. There was a moment of silence, and Sheen collapsed. Everyone spun around, and saw a laser sword rammed through his chest.

"Sheen!" Jimmy rushed towards him, and saw Captain D standing behind the dying teenager. The Captain took off his mask, and Jimmy stepped away in shock.

"It can't be." Carl murmured overwhelmed.

"I told you I'd get him back." Said the smug, gloating face of Nick Dean...