William held onto the reins of his blank manta over the Digital Sea, moving toward where the Lyoko Warriors were. He saw Odd on his Overboard and sped toward the unsuspecting tiger, slashing him with his sword. Instead of devirtualizing, the slash became real. Odd plummeted down to the Digital Sea. In a wave, the sea turned deep red from Odd's blood. William stared down at it, wide-eyed. He felt a terrible pain in his heart. But, feeling a strong impulse, he steered his manta toward the other unsuspecting warriors.

He saw Aelita next. She was kneeling in the center of a rock platform, singing. A rock was forming in response to her beautiful resonating tune. William directed his manta toward her. Swooping down, he slashed her from behind and she collapsed, blooding spreading out around her. The rocks she had been constructing froze and fell. A terrible chill shot down William's spine and he felt like whimpering, but the awful impulse pushed him on, and he flew in the direction in which he could hear the hum of the Overbike.

Surely enough, Ulrich came into sight, speeding past rocks on his bike. William shot a laser at him and hit the wheel of his bike, causing it to explode. He flew forward and crashed into a rock, unmoving. William's stomach turned when he at last saw blood. Finally, he turned his manta and sped toward a group of floating rocks. He tried desperately to fight the impulse, but still went onward toward the final Lyoko Warrior.

Yumi was practicing her telekinesis with some boulders. They were spinning around and over her as her power increased. William jumped off his manta a few feet away from Yumi, readying his sword to kill her, as well. She was completely unaware of his presence. His heart screamed as he desperately tried to fight the impulse. He so desperately did not want to kill Yumi. Amidst the battle with himself, he let a whimper escape. Yumi gasped and turned around, locking eyes with him. He raised his sword with shaky arms and Yumi was paralyzed, taken completely off guard.

"No, William!" she cried. But it was too late. The evil forced inside of William took him over and he stabbed her through the chest. She collapsed, dead. Staring down at her, he finally started to cry. He looked up at the orange sky and screamed.

William shot up in his bed, screaming. Tears were streaming down his cheeks, just like in his dream. He grabbed his head, unable to handle his nightmares. Finally, the door flew open and Jim jumped inside.

"Dunbar! Dunbar!" he cried, grabbing William's shoulders and shaking him. "For god's sakes, Dunbar! Calm down!"

William's screams broke into cries and he buried his face into his hands. Jim stared at him.

"This is the third time this week, Dunbar…Maybe you should see the counselor."

William just fell back onto his bed, sobbing. Jim stood awkwardly for a moment, and then patted his shoulder.

"Try to go back to sleep, Dunbar. If you wake up screaming again, I think the other students will start to get angry."

Jim quietly left the room and William was left alone again. But he didn't go back to sleep. He feared killing his friends, again. Too often he had dreams of murdering them. In all honesty, William was afraid of sleep.

The next day, William sat in his science class, listening to Mrs. Hertz ramble on and on about something. His chin was resting in the palm of his hand, and he was trying his best to stay awake. His eyes kept closing and his head would bob, nearly falling off of his hand, but he'd wake up. He'd listen to a few words of the lecture, and then almost fall asleep again.

"Mr. Dunbar!" Mrs. Hertz called. "Care to tell us the answer?"

"I'm sorry Mrs. Hertz," William mumbled.

"Please stay after class," Mrs. Hertz said before resuming her lesson. William's struggle with consciousness continued. Finally, he couldn't stay awake any longer and drifted into sleep. In the short time he was asleep, he saw Yumi's face once again. She was crying, and he saw his sword was once again planted in her chest.

He awoke with a sharp gasp, and tears immediately stung his eyes but he quickly wiped them away and buried his face in his arms, his forehead against the desk. He could feel his arms shaking. He just couldn't handle it.

He jumped when the bell rang. Within seconds, Mrs. Hertz was beside him, looking down on him.

"Mr. Dunbar, may I ask why you have been falling asleep so often in my class?"

"It's not just your class, don't take it personally," William mumbled, keeping his head down. Mrs. Hertz sighed.

"Allow me to rephrase. May I ask why you have been falling asleep so often in all classes?"

"Because I have nightmares whenever I sleep, and I can't stand it!"

William got up, quickly leaving the room. Mrs. Hertz called after him but he ignored her, quickly hurrying down the hallways and out of the science building. He made his way to the cafeteria, where he slowly went inside. The room was filled with familiar faces, eating their lunches happily and having conversations. William got his lunch, quietly thanking the woman behind the counter, and started to find a table. As he walked down the aisle looking for an open seat, he finally came across the table where all of his friends were.

The five of them looked up at him in silence, watching him. There was an open seat at their table. He looked at the seat briefly and then locked eyes with Yumi. She just stared back at him. So many times he had watched her die by his hand in his nightmares. It was rather strange to look at her now. He took a deep, quiet breath.

"Do you want to sit with us, William?"

William looked to Aelita, who was smiling warmly. Quickly, William lowered his head and mumbled, "No," and continued down the aisle past their table. Glancing back, he noticed all of them were glaring at Aelita. William's head fell even lower in shame. He found an empty seat in the far corner of the lunchroom where he sat down and ate his lunch in solitude.