Chapter 22: Code L.A.

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Cole: "(shaking) I think they didn't need the final boss!"

The group falls to the ground as Austin and Aegis descend from above.

William: "(shaking) Housekeeping?"

Aegis and Austin have touched the ground.

Austin: "(blankly) Our time has come..."

Caleb is struck with fear, but only for a moment.

Aegis: "(blankly) ... for our power to be free from the virtual realm."

Serena: "What're you saying?!"

Binary begins to rise from the ground.

Both: "(blankly) Code L.A. is our RLA."

The entirety of the group except Caleb and Yukiko are filled with regret, emptiness, fear, and guilt.

Isabel: "(distraught) No..."

The two begin to fade.

Austin: "(blankly) Now we must take care of Maximilian Walker."

Aegis: "(blankly) Then we may roam free and take the world into our hands."

The binary stops rising as the two disappear.

Andrea: "U-Uh..."

Yukiko: "We need to log out!"

Caleb and Yukiko log out.

Risa: "O-Okay..."

The others log out.

Meanwhile...

Walker: "(concentrating) Those .EXE files are the programs purged from the two!"

Walker types away as a typhoon of binary swirls at the center of town, picking up debris and other small items with it.

Walker: "(deep breath) I'm running out of time."

Walker types faster.

Meanwhile...

Caleb: "Whoa!"

They're in the eye of the storm...

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