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Sector 9. Standing there, holding the Link, he knew that this is where it all would begin…and end. And either way, he just had to be successful.

Ed lifted up the Link and allowed it to open the strange portal into the Machine. Before he could finish this process, a searing pain shot through his head and filled his entire body. It felt as though he was being electrocuted from the inside out. He dropped the Link and it rolled away, stopping the process.

Ed held his head and panted as the pain melted away. He has never experienced such pain before!

"Agh! What was that all about?" Ed grumbled to himself, slowly letting his vision clear. When it was good enough, he looked around for the Link.

"Yo, Ed! Over here!" Ed's head shot up and he spotted that same team of couriers. Except this time they were more than familiar. He knew exactly who they were.

"Give me the Link, Burn!"

Burn was slightly taken aback. "Y-you remember me now?"

"Yeah. I remember exactly who you guys are. Deets, Burn, Loogie, Fizz," Ed took a step towards the group of couriers. "Now do ya mind giving me the Link now?"

"Wait, Ed! We have the cure!" Deets exclaimed, rushing forward with the shot. She quickly made her way over to the still-warped boy, oblivious to anything. As soon as she was within reaching distance, Ed quickly took out his slammer.

"Hey! Stay away from me!" He yelled, jumped back a bit. "What do you think you're doing?"

"I'm trying to cure you before you die! Now stay still." Deets attempted at giving Ed the cure again, when he jumped back for a second time. He smirked and slashed at the shot with his slammer. The shot went soaring through the air, before it was caught by Fizz.

"I'm not going anywhere." Ed growled.

A look of pure confusion swept across Deets' face as she looked at him. "Wh-what do you mean, Ed? You remember us, right? We're you friends,"

Ed straightened himself and smirked, saying the few words that was just enough for the courier team to know that he's gone way too far. "I have no friends."

They all just stood there stunned. Ed merely shrugged and strolled over to Burn. When he reached for the Link, Burn finally snapped out of it and yanked his hand away.

"Not so fast, hotshot. Now I don't know if it's too late for the cure now or not, but whatever's happening to you, it isn't good. An anything not good, is not getting this Link," Burn held it up.

As soon as he finished his last sentence, someone snatched up the Link right from his hand.

"I beg to differ…" They all gasped and looked up. Bedlam stood there in his (large, red machine thingy), holding up the Link, laughing evilly. He looked down to Ed, who was glaring at him. "Hello, Ed. You managed to go against my rules once again," He moved the machine closer to the boy, who stood motionless, unafraid. "Come join your father so we can depict your punishment—"

"You're not my father!!" Ed shouted angrily. "And you lied to me!"

Bedlam cocked his eyebrow. "So you're better now, hm? Why hasn't your appearance changed?"

"Because of your warped experiment!" Fizz yelled.

Bedlam turned to the group of Dojo couriers. With that one sentence, the five of them began having a long fight about who did what to Ed.

Ed, on the other hand, snuck around them all while they were distracted. His eyes locked on the Link in Bedlam's hand. He walked around to the other side of his machine and jumped onto it.

He snatched up the Link without anyone seeing or knowing.

Finally, Dr. Pinch moved around. "Has anyone seen Ed?"

That's when everyone turned. They all saw him towards the machine's opening devices. Ed lifted the Link as the four parts of the Machine opened up. The door/pathway opened up and he grinned with evil joy.

"Ed—no!" They all—but Bedlam, who still wasn't completely sure on what was going on—yelled.

A step before the door, Ed turned and smirked at them all. His deep red eyes and red-black hair flashed, only for a split second, it's normal, natural blue and blueblack. But the worst part of it was that his face and attitude didn't change at all. He was still evil for that split second. But the second went by so fast that they figured it was just an image of their imagination.

He turned back to the door and took was step towards it...

…then fell back with a scream.

Ed's entire body was covered in electrical waves. The Machine electrocuted him and knocked him out of it. He fell backwards and closed his eyes.

Team Dojo ran over to him, making sure he was okay.

"Is he okay?" Loogie asked.

Fizz stayed kneeling next to the warped boy's form. "He's breathing, but was hit with a massive electrical surge," An idea struck. "Hand me the cure,"

Deets did so. Fizz carefully picked the right spot and injected the strange liquid into Ed's system. He groaned for a second, took in a deep breath, let it out, and that was it. His eyes remained closed and it appeared as if nothing had happened.

"Did it work?" Deets questioned hesitantly.

Fizz stood. "I don't know."

Burn watched him in silence with the others. "All we can do now is wait and hope that it isn't too late."

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There is no arguing with this chapter! Lol. Sorry it took so long though. The next chapter shall be the final chapter! What will happen to Ed now? Read on to find out more! And review, too!!