Jeremy's POV:

"Ok guys, let's see what we have here…" I said when Yumi & Od got to the info panel. Yumi started scrolling through the data while I skimmed. "Wait, go back!"

"Did you find something, Jeremy?" Yumi asked.

"Yes! This is exactly what we've been looking for!" I said. "Send me the data, & I should be able to write a program to bring Alita & Ulrick back home."

"Great!" Od said. "How do we do that, Einstein?"

"Um…I don't know…" I looked carefully at the screen showing XANA's interface. "But I'm sure it can't be too hard to figure out…"

Alita's POV:

"It'll be ok." I whispered. Soon after we got back, Ulrick had helped Jane's mom move the bookcase in front of the only window. We sat in the semi darkness, trying to pretend that we couldn't hear the gun shots outside…

"I just can't stop thinking about Adam." Jane whispered. Adam had run off to join the battle before any of us were able to stop him. "I can't help but wonder…if he'll make it back to me…"

"You can't think like that." I whispered, after glancing up to make sure Jane's mom wasn't listening in…but she seemed to be having a whispered conversation with Kate.

"I understand how you feel." I continued. "There's somebody very special to me that I can't be with right now, but all I can do is take things one day at a time until I can see him again…"

"I know." Jane whispered. "But that doesn't make me any less worried…"

"Yeh." I whispered. "Me too."

"Do you guys hear that?" Ulrick asked.

"Hear what?" I asked. I couldn't hear anything…

"Exactly!" Ulrick said. "I can't hear the battle anymore!"

"Do you think this means it's over?" Jane asked as her mom came over to sit with us.

"I suppose it does." she said. "At least for now…"

We were about to get to work on our chores when Ulrick pulled me aside.

"Is it really over?" he asked.

I shook my head slightly. "Not until tonight…" Since we couldn't hear it anymore, I assumed the battle had moved on to the area of the battlefield that would eventually become known as Bloody Lane.

We all jumped as somebody knocked on the front door. Jane's mom answered it.

"Good day, ma'm." said the visitor. "There have been a great many wounded during the fighting this morning, & we're running out of space to care for them all. Will you allow us to treat some of them in your barn?"

"Of course." Jane's mom said. She turned to us. "Why don't you three get the animals out of the barn, so that the doctors have enough room to work?"

We quickly got to work. We were just finishing up when I heard Jane cry out. Her legs seemed to give out & Ulrick quickly caught her before she hit the ground.

"What's wrong?" I asked. Jane pointed at the wounded men that were being brought into the barn…

Adam was one of the wounded.

Dun dun dun…!

Sorry, couldn't resist adding that…

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