I had no spell check when I wrote this, so bare with me.

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It was all over at last. The lab was completely demolished, and everything was in working order again. Later that week after several press conferences and much more the newspaper hit the front gate outside of Kadic. The paper was distrubuted between all of the student who had the most interesting read of their lives.

"Boarding school students save France. Five students attending Kadic academy have reported to have found a hidden computer server under a large abandoned factory. If not for their find a virus program that was developed on that computer would have been uploaded by terrorists. Officials managed to end the download and trace their roots leading to the capture and conviction of several wanted terrorists. This victory isn't without lose, as a sixth student was involved but was killed shortly before the governement forces arrived, managing to save his friends in the process. The president of France honors these six teenagers and national heroes for dedication to their country.

'Though as heroic as these children are said to have been, there is a strong romantic side to this story. Aelita Stones, a student at Kadic acadamy was orphaned months before the incident and lived at and attended the school under the impression of being Odd Della Robbia's cousin, thought the two share no relation. In a interview with the two, it was learned that while pretending to be related, the two shared feelings for each other that they had to restrain in order to keep up their charade. The boy who died however, Damien Hopper, was in fact her cousin, and not Odd. Ulrich Stern, a german transfer student was dating Yumi Ishiyama for most of the incident, and Jeremie Belpois the last member of the team was intiatally the one to organize the group.

'The actions of five teenagers, and the sacrifice of one has prevented a tragidy of unmeasurable damage. The officials are still looking into the case, but for now the loose ends seem to have been dealt with. No terrorist organizations have been identified, but the server has been reported as terminated.'

Jeremie finished reading the article aloud then rested the newspaper on his lap. He let in a breath of air then exhaled it slowly. Ulrich and Yumi smiled at each other and Odd just rubbed kiwi behing the ears.

"And that's that," Jeremie said with a smile of accomplishment.

"I guess so, it's actually over," Yumi said then leaned into Ulrich. Odd sighed then looked at the roof. Aelita had left with her things earlier that evening. He'd be visiting her in a week to see how she fit in at her new home. The government arranged an adoption for Aelita close to Kadic, so she could still go to school. Yet deeply depressed about not living at the same place as Aelita, Odd had something making him several more times happier. Their relationship could be public.

"So Odd, you're going to start walking with Aelita hand in hand, kissing her between passing periods?" Yumi asked with a smile. Odd just looked at her, then at Jeremie who just nodded as if saying, ' yeah, I know.' Ulrich looked at them and laughed.

"No, isn't that Jeremie'a job?" Ulrich asked aloud because the entire time he was the only one who never knew about Odd and Aelita.

"No, it isn't," Jeremie said to him, "Aelita and I have ended our emotionally inclosed relationship for months now," Jeremie said to him.

"And um, I was kinda dating Aelita for a week or so before I called it off, but then we went at it again, bad things happened, so we put it on the back burner, and now I guess what Yumi said is true," Odd said then stretched. Ulrich looked at everyone and almost laughed, still figuring it was a joke. After he finally realized it wasn't a joke, his smile dropped and he looked down.

"Do you know what's bugging me?" Jeremie asked. Everyone just shrugged then waited for him to continue. "What in the hell ever happened to xana?"

"Yeah, ever since it got out, it hasn't showed up anywhere, why do you think that is?" Yumi asked.

"Maybe Jeremie's theory was right, it's weaker because now it had to self sustain, so it just malfuctioned or something," Odd said, just laying suggestions on the table.

"Maybe it was just trying to clear things up. The first thing I could imagine was xana trying to destroy the computer and all loose ends toward it," Jeremie said to everyone in the room.

"But that happened. The organazation that constucted carthage is disbanded or dead, and Damien and Franz Hopper are gone, so is the computer itself," Ulrich said then leaned into Yumi more, making her smile.

"You don't think this entire time it was playing behind the scenes?" Odd asked.

"I guess we'll never know," Jeremie said then looked at his computer. When the computer went up in smoke, the link crashed, so now it was just an average ordinary computer.

"And besides, who or what could xana of taken over to play directly enough to affect the outcome of this. Maybe xana is actually just gone," Jeremie said then leaned into the wall while sitting on his bed.

"I suppose you're right," Yumi said. Everyone nodded in agreement.

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Aelita rolled her suitcase beind her toward a man and a woman standing on the porch of their home. The man walked down the stairs then helped her bring it up the stairs then into the house. Dmetrio carried of few of her things in and handed them to the peope before walked back to the car. Aelita didn't have much at all, but she had enough to live with. Dmetrio closed the trunk of his car then leaned against it waiting for Aelita to come out again. A minute later she climbed down the porch and walked over to the car.

"So, will I ever see you again?" Aelita asked.

"Probably not," Dmetrio said,"In all honesty, Dmetrio isn't my real name, just a cover. But in the end, Dmetrio kinda rolls off the tonge doesn't it?" He said to her with smile. Aelita smiled back then walked over and hugged him. It took her a minute but she finally started to cry.

"I already miss him so much," Aelita cried into his chest.

"I know kid, Damien was a good person," He said to her, "But he'd did a lot for you. Damien and I arrived at the factory at the same time, but he ran faster to get the elevator to save you. Damien would hate to see you cry, especially over him. Dry your eyes, and live your life now that you can do so without worrying about when a computer is going to complicate things. Be fortunate for that alone. And besides, you got friends right?"

"Yeah, and boyfriend now," Aelita said with a smile. Starting soon Odd and her were officially public.

"Then try to be happy, that's the only thing that makes his death not in vain," Dmetrio said then nudged her away. The man and woman who adopted Aelita smiled at her then looked at each other. They agreed she was cuter in person.

"These are good people trust me. Kyle and Michele shouldn't be too bad. Good luck kid," Dmetrio said then let her go. Aelita walked back to the house where she was greeted warmly by Kyle and Michele Douglas. She would like it here, and it was only three blocks away from Kadic.

Aelita walked into her room then opened her window a moment later and saw that Dmetrio was still there. She waved to him, and he waved back before walking around the car and into the drivers seat. Before putting on his sunglasses she saw something that almost made her heart stop. A small flicker, or something she must have imagined. It was only a split second be she could of swore for that one instant she saw it in his eye. The eye of xana. Dmetrio smiled then started the car, leaving Aelita speechless as he drove off, never to be seen again.

The end.