Everywhere
People were waking up and bring snapped out of whatever mundane thing they were doing as the white light was eclipsing all, and as the light passed through every man, woman, child, creature, and building, they were suddenly merging into the dream world as they looked about as everything had a crackle of code pulsing through it as Tobias and Valencia watched as Kelsey, Hazel and Alex were getting up as their dream bodies had merged with the physical bodies as their wounds had healed as we see all over from Vade, to Tormentor/Chris, Kami and Blayde yo Charles who leans up as he sees that his wounds were gone as blue chain code swirled throughout his veins as he looked about as he stood and watched as Orion City was literally merging into the dream world as Xerxes and Zyanya hold each other as their craft was now a top of a skyscraper not too far off as Caleb looked as his hands orange code swirled throughout his being as he watched being staggering out of their houses and work spaces as he sees that some car crashed were happening as the jarring suddenness of everything was taking everyone by surprise as Winston sits up and sees his wound was gone as Esmeray looks at her body as she's blood being replaced with droplets of green code as she gets up and quickly goes towards Kelsey and Hazel as Alex runs to Tobias and Valencia as Tobias looked at her as she watched as her body was covered in white code as she looks at Tobias as she says
Valencia: I feel...alive…
Tobias looks at himself as he doesn't see the same thing as everyone else was in shock as they were watching as their bodies had merged together as Mario and Leon were amazed at the sight as Artur closed his hands into a fist as he began to weep as Cosette smiles and hugs him.
Cosette: We're all the same...we did it...we did it!
Xander smirks as he goes and stands beside Tobias as Esmeray looks at Kelsey who watches the others.
Esmeray: Should we try something?
Kelsey: I don't...I don't even know.
Xander grins as he watches from beyond as the entire city and the cities from all around the world were merging into the dream share.
Xander: Leon…
Leon created his keyboard and types as he brings up a screen as everyone turns and looks except for Xander and Tobias as reporters from all across the globe are screaming and showing the chaos as we see from Paris to Hong Kong, Sydney to Saudi Arabia, from Ontario to London... everywhere was converging.
Xander: I've closed the gap.
Tobias watches in stunned silence as Xander turns and goes towards his zealots as he looks at them with beaming pride.
Xander: This...this was now achievable without each and everyone of you. Come. We have much to do.
Esmeray: Stop!
Xander turned as Esmeray had tears streaming down her face with a scowl that conveyed her hatred.
Esmeray: I won't let you get away with this..I won't let you!
Xander: So be my.
Xander snaps his fingers and everyone suddenly goes still as nobody could move other than Xander and his zealots.
Xander: I spare your lives because everyone deserves a chance to enjoy the newfound world. But let these parting words be burned into the crawl of your now digitized brains...should you continue to stand in defiance against me and mine...there will be no coming back from what will be your eternal oblivion.
Cancer grins as he turns as Tobias looks at him as Xander seems confused as his freezing is them didn't affect Tobias, something that Tegan also took note of as Leon creates a craft large enough for all six of them as everyone boards it as Xander and Tobias stare each other down, Tobias turning and look as everyone seemed frozen in the moment as Tobias watches as Xander stepped onto the craft with a fair amount of concern on his face as Xander looks at his hands and then back at Tobias as Leon pilots them out of the Tower as everything suddenly speeds up and Esmeray steps forward looking about as they were suddenly gone as she screams and drops to her knees, her face in her hands as Kami and Blayde appeared and run towards the others as Blayde goes and comforts Esmeray who shudders and then looks at her brother as he smiles at her as she breaks down and hugs him as he holds her as Kami comes to Tobias as she looks at him and then at everyone else.
Kami: What now?
Tobias doesn't seem to know how to answer as everyone was still in a fair amount of shock.
Elsewhere
Leon lands them in a clear area as everyone gets out as Xander smirks and looks at the land with a nod.
Xander: This will do.
Leon nods and begins typing as a large structure suddenly fires out of the earth and begins to create as Leon types away and focuses as Artur wipes his eyes as Xander comes to him.
Artur: I am sorry for that display...I was...overcome with emotion I have never felt before…
Xander: It is alright my oldest friend. You have earned those tears. No longer are you a construct, an Echo. You Artur, a living breathing being of the new world.
Tegan: You should speak to them…
Xander looks at Tegan as she looks about as she sees the crazed commotion and panic that was taking over.
Tegan: You owe them to know what had happened. To know what you've done and why you've done it.
Xander: Leon…
Leon: I'll route some power to give you the ability to speak to everyone in the world directly…
Leon types a sequence in and nods as he points at Xander.
Leon: You're up.
Artur moved aside as Xander's face suddenly filled every screen, every device, every billboard and phone, screens materialized all over the world with the face of the new god as Xander smiles as warmly as he could.
Xander: A lot of you do not know me. Most of you are... experiencing a lot of emotions right now. Fear. Shock. Anger. Sadness. A convergence has happened. A world burdened by society has merged with one of unlimited potential... The class and wealth disparity that existed in one, has been erased by its merger with one where anyone can be anything. You may ask how such a thing is possible. It's possible because I, Xander Halstead...made it so. I have created a world where the impossible and possible now exists not as dreams but as everyday life. Many of you will relish. Many of you will flounder. Many of you will seek to want to make things the way they were...but that won't be possible.
Elsewhere
As Xander speaks the group heads out of the tower as Winston stays behind as he looks at his wrecked office and shakes his head as he makes a drink and sneers as he can see and hear Xander's words.
Vade and Charles regroup with everyone as Ash watches along with all of the D.R.C agents who had merged with their bodies and are now all alive and just as much in shock and confusion.
Vade: I take it we lost…
Tobias nods as Valencia grabs his hand and squeezed his hand as she sees how despondent he was as Vade pushes his glasses up as he turns and looks at Tormentor who was seething as he watched Xander's smug face on the giant monitor as the group got a good distance away from the O.I Tower as the streets were filling with confused and scared everyday people.
Vade: Looks like he never planned on following through…
Tormentor looks at Vade and then away as Vade had noticed that his eyes weren't what they were before as Tormentor seemed to have Chris's human and piercing blue eyes as Vade nods and doesn't decide to goad anymore as Hazel comes and stands by Charles and takes his hand into hers as he squeezed it as Kami and Blayde also held hands as their code swirled and danced together as Alex lights a cigarette which Kelsey takes from him and takes the first draft as Alex doesn't seem to upset by the action.
Xander: I implore you all to live the life you want to live. No longer is your dream a dream. Your dream is reality. Your Reality is that you are the dream. I have unburdened you from the norms and the drolls of modern aged slavery. Orion Industrial is no more...and too prove as such…
Xander points and the camera feed turns to the O.I Tower.
Xander: What you see before you is the beacon of oppressive. The towering central of every A.N.N dream share that casts its shadow at every corner of the world. Now watch…
Xander holds a hand out and closed his eyes as he simply thinks his thought before he opens his eyes and closed his hand into a fist as suddenly the O.I.Tower explodes, Winston taking a drink as he closed eyes exactly when the fire and explosion causes him to disappear as everyone near and close are blown off of their feet as the O.I. Tower erupts into a flaming pillar of exploded digital matter before dissipating rapidly before any fiery debris lands about as everyone was in stunned silence.
Xander: No longer a sign of its power, it's chairman and creator trapped within. I have erased Orion Industrial!
Everyone looks about as they had just witnessed the first and explosive casualty of the new world with such ease and overwhelming power.
End of chapter.