Ah,my dirty mind has another suggestion.
What if Dan lost to Magnus when He was infected by the v-virus and became Tiko’s puppet maybe they will be saved although I don't want them to be saved...
Maybe they will be Tikos ‘loyal’ servant's forever cuz I kinda want that to happen tbh. And then the AO will be defeated by Magnus and Dan. And no one will stop Tiko and Tiko has quite an interest on Dan there...Maybe he'll release Magnus from his control and Keep Dan and learn about his past (Make it tragic) but...Once the AO and Magnus comes to save Dan it's too late cuz the v-virus already took over his mind and it's impossible to get him back.(Even though what's impossible will come to reality.) And then Tiko will be manipulating Dan from his mind but.. Meanwhile in Dan's mind trying to resist his ‘hypnosis’ but it's to strong and Tiko corrupts Dan's heart and he can't be save unless they get core cell energy or Light energy.