The conclusion to Locke and Key was split between two mini-series, Omega and Alpha (helpfully collected together in volume 6 of the tpbs.) Omega, a 5-issue mini-series, came first, followed by the 2-issue Alpha.
Omega takes place near the end of the school year, all the students looking to their future, and to regrets. In Tyler's case, a lot of regrets, which he seems to be trying to run from by burying himself in work around the house. Similar to Volume 1, although he might see it as trying to become more responsible so he doesn't repeat those past mistakes.
The kids decide to have a post-prom party in the caves under Keyhouse (drained of water this time), which is when Dodge - still inside Bode's body, with basically all the keys, and golden eyes as he makes no attempt to disguise his presence - makes his move. As Tyler, his mother, his uncle and the detective come under attack from shadows, Dodge uses more shadows to gather the high schoolers at the doorway to his world.
Alpha is when Dodge reveals his true plan, which is not what Kinsey or we might expect. More critically, it's when Tyler comes up with a plan to counterattack, based on a conversation he has while dying with his dad's spirit. As a rule, last-second, death door's epiphanies are more useful than last-second, death bed recanting, but are also much rarer so I guess Tyler's luck was running good that day.
Tyler takes advantage of one last gift of his dad's, and that combined, with the return of Rufus and the fact memories extracted via the Head Key can't drown, is enough to take care of Dodge once and for all. A few characters die and stay dead. One character's dead and doesn't stay dead. A couple are already dead, but end up, I guess extra dead. Perma-dead? Unable to be summoned via the well, at any rate.
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