Dorothy shows up and walks into the music shop around 10am very punctual as usual. At that precise moment he was paired with a shirt of the same color and finally some nike shoes, he felt very comfortable with this type of clothing, even very dark let's say. This time since he was going to Jericho, however, the place he had photographed, he brought with him a steel katana with some gold trimmings on the case, in case she needed it. As he crossed the threshold he noticed with great amazement that Connor and Alex were already there. For a moment he looked at them impassively without saying a word that they were the first to speak. Dorothy just watched Alex approach her and when he was close enough she noticed that he was quite frustrated by the situation.

"You can know why that little girl is still alive, huh?"

"Now calm down, okay?" "Let's say I warned her about the poison that's all."

"Thing?" "And why would you have done it?" "Weren't you with us?"

"Well yes and I still am". "But there is a positive thing, right?" "I mean followed him and I photographed the place you were looking for." "We just have to go there."

"Yes, all right, you didn't go so much male but did you do it only for this?"

"Also because I noticed the potential in that little girl and I want to see with my own eyes what she is able to do".

"Mmh okay let's go". As the three headed to Jericho, Paola was leaning with her head on her boyfriend's shoulder and just singing "stand tall" in a very sweet and in tune voice. Luke had closed his eyes as he heard the melodies of his song and calms down and relaxes. Hearing that voice as sweet as an angel made him feel very good and made him forget most of his worries. She obviously didn't imagine at all that those three were about to catch up with them and she didn't even imagine that they were going to be in danger because all that mattered to him for now was staying with him. After a while, however, she stopped singing unexpectedly, taking off her headphones, sighing and looking down, enveloped in negative thoughts.

"Do you think what we did yesterday will work?"

"Will people understand?" "I ... I ... I don't want to lose you Luke".

"I don't know but the important thing is that we have done everything impossible". "And then I know that if you are there with me everything will be fine". "And for this very reason I am not afraid".

"Yes but .... Connor and Alex are much stronger and I don't know if they are capable of ..."

The android shook his head and stood up to then surround her in a strong hug and wipe some tears that were falling from her face.

"Hey, we'll do it, okay?" "Without you I was nothing but since I met you I have changed for the better ... you have changed me for the better". "I promise you everything will be fine." "You must never lose hope, right?"

"You taught me that. You never give up and you have to keep doing it." "Don't give in right now."

Having said that, she gave him a sweet kiss on the cheek and then began to say sweet words to her until she calmed down completely and when she felt better she gave him one of the sweetest and most tender smiles in the world so that it melted in an instant. As soon as she calmed down she tried to forget all the various problems and worries by closing her eyes for a while trying to fall asleep. Luke from time to time continued to look at her with a very sweet look and gently stroked his shoulder. While she relaxed and rested with Luke, meanwhile, after a while Connor Alex and the sadistic Dorothy reached the appointed place. As soon as they were there in Jericho they noticed with amazement that it was quite big as a place so they decided to split up. Dorothy took a direction that led her directly to the rest of the group as Alex walked alongside Connor in the other direction intending to find the leader of the deviants. Dorothy immediately grabbed her katana and began to slowly approach Adam and Aiden. The youngest noticing that the situation was starting to get dangerous, instead, he began to run away and then hide, also starting to tremble as he was afraid for what was happening and especially for his friends. The child had already realized that something very bad was starting and that soon things would get bad for everyone so he burst into tears.
He would have wanted so much someone trusted to comfort him but unfortunately Paola was not there at that moment so he had to limit himself to staying there hidden all the time at least until things would be settled. The girl began to attack the two deviants with speed with the difference that while Adam was quite trained in combat and was able to defend himself even well Aiden instead he was doing very badly in fact after a short time he found himself already on the ground with a deep cut on his arm so much that Blue blood was also coming out of his wound. The boy tried to get up holding his aching arm but as soon as he reached his friend he received a strong punch on the stomach by Dorothy that forced him to collapse back to the ground while complaining in pain all the time. Adam tried to resist as long as possible while also trying to protect his friend but the situation was starting to get more worrying than usual as Connor and Alex also came to their prey. Luckily Paola had woken up for a while now and when she saw the two she jumped to her feet and instantly stood next to the boy to protect him.

"What do you still want?"

"Isn't it obvious, silly little girl?"

We're here to catch your little friend. "

"If you just dare touch it, go over me first."

"Oh so now you're being brave, huh?" "What happened to you?" "Before, you always ran away instead of facing problems."

"Well ... yes but now I've changed."

"Really?" "Show us then".

"come?"

"Protect your dear boyfriend, right?" "If you are able to do it".

"Of course yes"

She took a deep breath and looked at it with a defiant look, assuming a courage never seen before, something that was not really like her. For the first time in his life he felt like a completely new and different person: more self-confident and stronger. She stood there without moving an inch more and more determined and determined.

"I'm not going to give up, okay?"

"Your courage is admirable but you see ... we have a mission to carry out and you certainly won't be the one to stop us."

"I wouldn't be so sure."

Having said that he gave Alex a hard slap with a slight smile.

"Never underestimate me".

Alex held her hand to her cheek where she had just received the slap and smiled slightly.

"Move or .."

"Or what?"

"Or this".

The boy approached her, taking her by the arm and then starting to squeeze harder and harder, forcing her to grit her teeth in pain. From Alex's iron grip, tears began to fall down his face and as soon as Luke noticed it he began to worry so much that he got to ask him to be able to speak directly with the two.

Connor warned Alex to let her go and when he did she glanced in his direction not understanding what he had in mind. Slowly Luca approached them but before doing anything he whispered something in the girl's ear.

"Don't worry, I have a plan." "Did it hurt you very much?"

"Well ... no don't worry."

"Don't convince me but ... we'll think about this later."

"Help me hold Connor when I tell you."

She nodded even more confused than before just looking.

The boy walked over to then take Alex's arm and convert it to make him a deviant. It took a few minutes and after a while Alex's expression changed and softened.

"Sorry for what I was trying to do and .... I'm also sorry for all the times I tried to kill you."

"It doesn't matter it's okay now"

"Thank you ..."

Paola smiled at the now deviant android as she approached Connor and blocked him so he wouldn't try to hurt anyone and then see Luca do exactly what he had done before.

After a few seconds when both became deviant they heard a scream and saw many androids starting to escape.

Paola took Luke by the hand starting to run quickly to escape from Jericho as soon as possible until she noticed little Billy from a distance so she approached. When he turned in her direction he held her tightly in an embrace still very shaken by the whole situation. Paola signaled him to follow her and when he came out of hiding she took him in her arms.

"Let's go hurry up."

The girl always with the baby in her arms also noticed Dorothy who was about to give a last blow to Adam now almost exhausted from the long struggle. He slowly walked over to Aiden and called him to see if everything was still ok and luckily the answers so he wasn't damaged at all. He put Billy down for a moment and helped Aiden to get up and then suggested that he go away and get safe as he would join them later. Once Aiden was out of danger too, only Adam was missing even though she didn't really know what to do. Adam after a while turned in her direction and when he noticed her he tried to reach her even though Dorothy tried to stop him. Unexpectedly, however, Alex came to her rescue to block her so since she had now recovered everyone consequently she too went away with Adam taking Billy by the hand. Although it took long enough, he eventually managed to reach the control panel and press the button so that Jericho exploded. Once he did so he continued to run until he reached all the others, also trying not to get hurt and killed since at that moment they were most likely also surrounded by police. Eventually, luckily, they managed to get there on time and without many injuries even with the whole group and without hesitation they jumped until the ship exploded completely.