Alita's POV:
"Man, what a day." Ulrick said as we climbed into the loft. "I didn't think it was possible to be this tired…"
"Tomorrow will be a big day too…" I said, settling into bed. All day long, Ulrick & I had helped Jane & her family out on the farm, waiting for a sign from Jeremy & the others. Nothing came. Ulrick & I were still stuck in the middle of the Civil War…& tomorrow would be one of the worst battles in American history.
"You know, maybe the battle won't be anywhere near here." Ulrick said, trying to make me feel better.
"I doubt that." I said. "We weren't far from this farm when we got here…XANA was probably trying to put us directly in the line of fire."
"Isn't there anything we can do to get home?"
"I'm still not sure how XANA even managed to send us here." I admitted. "It's not like there are a lot of supercomputers in 1862…We just have to wait until Jeremy figures out how to get us home." I blew out the candle, making the entre barn dark. "We should get some rest. Tomorrow's the big day...Good night, Ulrick."
"Night, Alita."
Yumi's POV:
"Did you find them?" I asked as Od & I entered the lab. School was over for the day, & Jeremy hadn't gone to any of his classes, according to Od. We had been planning to stop by any way, before Jeremy called asking for us to come to the factory right away.
"Not exactly." Jeremy said, turning to look at us. "But I think I might know how to find them…"
"Great! What's the plan, Einstein?" Od asked.
"Well, I couldn't find anything on the supercomputer, but it's pretty obvious that XANA did something to them that kept them from coming back home during the return trip." Jeremy explained. "If there's no data about that on the supercomputer, there's only one place it would be."
"You mean a Replika?" Od asked.
"Sector Five?" I guessed.
"You're both right." Jeremy said. "I think the program XANA used might be stored in a Replika of Sector Five."
"But there's millions of Replikas." I said. "How are we supposed to know which one has the data?"
"We don't…We'll just have to start looking…"
"Cool!" Od said. "When do we leave?"
"Now, if you're ready."
Alita's POV:
I sat up, heart pounding, coming out of one of my nightmares. It took me a few minutes, but then I remembered where & when I was. Tomorrow was the Battle of Antietam…
Suddenly, the wolves didn't seem so bad after all…
"Alita…Are you all right…?" Ulrick asked, still half asleep.
"I'm fine." I said. "Sorry for waking you, go back to sleep." I was about to go back to sleep myself when I herd something.
It sounded a lot like footsteps.
I quietly moved over to the ladder leading out of the loft & looked out at the barn. I saw a figure taking down a lantern & putting a lit candle inside it. The figure stepped into the moon light coming from the barn's window & I noticed it was Jane.
But why was Jane awake at this hour of the night?
I grabbed the dress she had lent me & put it on over my night gown. I had to find Jane & get her back here before dawn…
Before the Battle of Antietam started…
I just want to apologize for the huge amount of time waiting for this update. Between writer's block, the holidays, & completely changing how this story will end, it took a while to figure out what had to go into this chapter. I know better than to promise you guys that there will be updates every week, or anything like that, but I will do everything in my power to post new chapters somewhat regularly…
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