"Where could he be? It's not like Jeremy to disappear like this." Aelita said worriedly. She was at the factory with Ulrich, Yumi, and Odd(along with Kiwi). It was 9:37 in the morning and they were all skipping class to attend to the matter at hand; The Missing Einstein. Earlier that day Aelita had knocked on Jeremy's door and there had been no reply. It was obvious then that something was terribly wrong because Jeremy was like totally O.C.D.(Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; this pretty much basically means that if every little thing isn't perfect he kinda goes crazy(times ten)), and therefore would have been going on with his perfect routine schedule which said that at that specific time(7:03 a.m.) he was supposed to be in the dining hall eating a breakfast of cereal, fruit, and juice. More specifically eating his twelfth bite of cheerios mixed with half a cup of milk, a banana not peeled yet, a glass of cranberry juice on a coaster(Jeremy's not the school's, those ones are in horrible condition) and two sixths of an orange placed at an angle on a paper napkin. So, yeah, now you understand the severity of his OCDness and why there must have been something terribly wrong for him not to answer the door. Finally Aelita plucked a bobby pin from her head and picked the lock, but even before the locked clicked and the door swung open to reveal the empty room Aelita knew Jeremy wouldn't be there. She whipped out her phone and tried calling him, his phone rang from his bedside table, the old rock song blasting loudly was silent upon Aelita's suddenly deaf ears. She text ed Ulrich, asking him to come immediately and then curled up on Jeremy's bed, her stomach churning into a painful knot, her head felt dizzy as a cold fist seemed to squeeze her lungs tighter and tighter until she couldn't breath. That's how Ulrich, Yumi and Odd found her, curled in a tight ball not breathing, face pale. And so that was their predicament, a missing Jeremy, and they needed information, a plan.
"This is like what happened with Ulrich, he just disappeared without a trace. Maybe it's the same person!" Yumi said suddenly after nearly two hours of dead end ideas. Aelita jerked upright from her slumped position. That's completely right! Ulrich had disappeared for two whole days two weeks ago. No one knew what had happened, he then turned up with no memory what so ever of his disappearance.
"Yeah! Well Ulrich, spill what happened to you two weeks ago." Odd said crossing his arms and staring at Ulrich.
"I told you it's fuzzy I just remember a voice and blackness." Ulrich replied holding his head in his hand, he was getting frustrated.
"Cheesy." Odd said sighing.
"Shut up Odd!" Ulrich growled, leaping from his feet and lunging at Odd, who was laughing.
"Settle down you two, arguing won't help us find Jeremy." Aelita cried and grabbed Odd's collar, thrusting him in Ulrich's now empty chair. Yumi grabbed Ulrich's hand as well.
"Yeah Ulrich, listen to Princess." Odd said, still laughing.
"Shut up Odd." Aelita growled.
"Look guys I'm sorry I don't remember."
"Try Ulrich, you can do it." Yumi said squeezing his hand. Odd made kissing noises at them until Aelita slapped him on the back of his head.
Odd scowled at her, "Yeah, Ulrich, we gotta help Einstein!"
"Wait-" Ulric said suddenly, looking excited.
"What!?" Everyone was staring at him. Even Kiwi was unusually quiet.
"The voice, it said stuff about epiphanies."
"Epiphanies? What's that supposed to mean?" Odd asked slumping back in his seat. Like he cared about English class.
"I don't know, all I remember is that voice, but-" Ulrich trailed off thinking again.
"Hey! What!?"
"I remember I've heard that voice at school a lot, I never connected the two but now it fits"!
"Where have you heard it?! Where?!" Aelita said, her hopes were getting high, they would find Jeremy. They had to!
"Uh, I can't remember, but I'm sure if I heard her voice I'd know almost immediately."
"Her?" Yumi said suddenly, Ulrich didn't see the dark look on her face.
"Yeah, I'm positive it's a girl!" He said stupidly. Poor poor sap.
"Really?" Yumi said, cracking her knuckles.
"Uh... um, yeah." Ulrich noticed that, and began regretting his words earlier.
"So you spent over fifty straight hours alone with a random girl?" Yumi said angrily, fire blazing in her eyes.
Odd began laughing hysterically as Ulrich stuttered, "Well- I..." Aelita shook her head.
"Never mind." Yumi said coolly. Not good.
"Yumi!" Ulrich cried, fearfully.
"I'll yell at you later, let's focus on finding Jeremy right now."
"Where's Odd and Kiwi?" Aelita asked looking around, she spotted them staring at one of the complicated computer machines. A look of complete concentration adorned Odd's face Aelita stood straighter, had Odd discovered something. After a moment Odd spoke.
"Ha, it makes funny beepy noises!" He exclaimed, Aelita nearly fell down.
"Arf!" Kiwi yelped happily his tail wagging. What had she been thinking, Odd complex, right!
"Odd!!" Yumi screeched, still pissed off at Ulrich.
"Oh yeah right!" Odd said dazed as he looked around at them.
"So-" Aelita continued.
"Ha, beep bop boop!" She heard from behind her.
"Odd!" They all screamed together.
"Sorry!"
"Wow, they are really idiots aren't they?" The voice exclaimed as the screen disappeared.
But Jeremy was deep in thought over what his friends had been talking about. "But wait! I bet you are the same person who kidnapped Ulrich!" He finally exclaimed.
He was stunned when the voice laughed and said in a happy voice, "Maybe."
God, how old was this kid, five. But he went back to the matter at hand. "Why the hell would you do that?" He yelled.
"Language mister! I do not appreciate vulgarity in my mind!" The voice cried viciously, anger was obvious in her voice.
"What?!"
"Look will you just have your damn epiphany-" She cried.
"Hey you just-' Jeremy started but the voice continued much louder, screams echoing throughout the grayness.
"DO NOT INTERRUPT ME!! GOD, SWEARING AND RUDENESS WHAT KIND OF MOTHER DID YOU HAVE!? EVEN THAT PRETTY BOY ULRICH WASN'T THIS DIFFICULT!!" She said furiously, and then there was silence except for a quiet panting noise.
"Uh, oh sorry." Jeremy said quietly, afraid of what might happen if his kidnapper became to angry.
"Humph." The voice muttered, and then seemed to forget about it as she began to talk happily once more, "Like I was saying, will just have your epiphany so you can get out of my mind and we can all go home and be happy."
"What's my epiphany?" Jeremy asked cautiously, still scared for his safety.
"All I can tell you is that it's the true feelings within your heart."
"Oh." Jeremy said, as if he had more to say.
There was a groan, and then the voice growled, "What now!"
"Well it's just that I already know my heart's true feelings. I just never spoke them aloud." Jeremy blushed slightly, and looked down, adjusting his glasses, and then cleared his throat.
"Really!? Thank God! Well say it, tell me!" The voice cried happily, she was starting to make him go deaf.
"I'm in love with..." Jeremy trailed off.
"Yes?" The voice prodded, excitement obvious in her voice.
"Sissy." Jeremy finished boldly.
"Oh God why do you hate me so much?"
