Lets skip the greeting and get on with the show.
Bold: TV and events last night
Italics: Flashback
It was early in the morning and the people from the Lower Ring were drying their clothes under the near a cargo depot next to the monorail tracks. A mono train roars above the people and honks its horn. In the canal, the boy's mother was washing their clothes, while Ulrich and William were playing in the water.
"Hey Ulrich." Said William as the ball came flying to him and Ulrich misses it the boy's mother turned to look at them and smiled to herself and went back to doing the laundry. Ulrich tries deflecting the ball but misses it and William swims to it and later throws it. The mother then has a feeling of something is not quite right, she turns to the mono rail depot and then hears what sounded like a battle cry. She turns to the boy's just about when Ulrich failed to deflect the ball and goes under the water and William throws it back she looked back to the depot and see's a mob of earth benders and ethnic Earth Kingdom peasants armed with iron bars, crow bars, baseball bats and all of sorts of weapons charging towards them.
Ulrich gets out of the water and rubs his eyes and notices the eeriness. The people were starting to drop their things and were starting to run. Their mother turns to them with a terrified and panicked stricken face.
"ULRICH! WILLIAM!" screams the mother, Ulrich was still looking at her when William comes up and grabs him. The mob surge through the slum assaulting any non ethnic peasant they saw. The boy's mother turned to the boy's and told them get out of there as fast as they could. William was trying to hoist Ulrich out of the water, Ulrich turns to see his mother as an ethnic peasant came up from behind her with a baseball bat, she turns only to get here face smashed, she fall back dead. Ulrich was both shock and scared as the scene replied in his mind.
"Drive the foreign devils out of our land. Earth Kingdom for Earth benders." Yelled one the members of the mob as they went around killing people. Ulrich was watching the carnage and proceeds to help William out of the water. Three peasants armed with iron bars beat a man named Kronk (Emperor's New Groove/School), Ulrich grabs William's hand and hosts him out of the water as they run only to stop to observe the scene a little more and then continue running.
"This way William." Said Ulrich as he took the lead. People were running everywhere to escape the mob. Ulrich and William were sliding through a group of people fleeing in another direction. A group of mob men grab a man named Stu Pickles (Rugrats) and beat when baby starts screaming in the background. Ulrich and William were running as fast as they could as a earth bender bends a rock that was on fire and sends it flying at door, catching it on fire the owner of the house Peppermint Larry (Flapjack) opens the door and screams in terror upon seeing the fire, Ulrich and William were looking around in utter fear as they see three man beat up a man named Mr. Turner (FOP) with bowls. Ulrich and William cut through an alley way and both stop to see a boy, the boy's head was shaven and was only wearing pants, he was painted black and white, had pointy hairs on the top of his head, had wings strapped to his back and was carrying a fox doll in his right arm, to the boy's he looked like an owl. The three boys looked at each other and then Ulrich and William resume running and go past a raven hair Japanese girl hiding behind plywood only to run and to see a man named Lancer (Danny Phantom) with the top of his shirt covered in a flammable substance and set on fire by one of the mob members he runs down where Ulrich and William are as they watch the scene in mute horror and go back into the alley and this time Ulrich notices the girls.
"Get a move on! Come with us!" said Ulrich, the girl followed the boys as they ran to the street. The boys cross the street but the girls doesn't Ulrich and William spot a police truck and see the police officers smoking and talking amongst themselves.
"Hey get lost! Are you deaf? I said piss off!" said one of the officers in a nasty tone the boys didn't move until they saw another man lit on fire screaming down the road, William runs off and Ulrich turns to the girls still at the other side of the road.
"Come with us." Said Ulrich as he follows William, the girl runs into another direction. Back at the canal, the lifeless body of the boy's mother floats while the houses burn down and people are fleeing the mob.
End of Flashback
The scene was playing in Ulrich's head again and again and turns to speak.
"I wake up every morning wishing I didn't know the answer to that question." Said Ulrich, his tone heavy with grief and sadness as he turns to face Lelouch still looking at the TV, he turns to gaze Ulrich. "If it wasn't for Wang Shi Tong. I would still have a mother." Said Ulrich.
The scene was replaying in Ulrich's mind and remembers seeing the fox doll that boy carried. He faced Chris and was ready to answer.
"Fox." Said Ulrich
"Final answer?" asked Chris, Ulrich nods his head.
"Final answer." Said Ulrich with confidence. Chris turns to the computer.
"Computer, lock in the answer." Said Chris, Ulrich was starting to lose a little bit of confidences. The computer select Fox from the choices of a bear, a lion and platypus bear, Chris turns to Ulrich.
"You have just one 16000 ryos." Said Chris as the audience claps, Chris extends his hand and Ulrich takes it and Chris shakes his hand.
"Time for a commercial break, don't go away." Said Chris. The lights dimmed, the audience members clapped their hands and Ulrich breathed a sigh of relief.
"You got lucky dude. If I were you I take the money and run. You're not going to get the next one." Said Chris his playful smile was gone and replaced with a frown, he got up from his seat and went to the exit as he got out his cell phone and started talking. Ulrich turned and was going to reminisces.
Flashback
The immigrant section of the Lower Ring was burning. Ulrich, William and the girl were on the hill overlooking the Lower Ring, Ulrich and William went to the edge of the hill and gazed in both sadness and anger as some screaming was heard in the burning section. Ulrich turns and glares at the girl, William turns and walks away; Ulrich heard thunder and turns to follow William.
That night Ulrich and William were in a abandoned cargo container in the port located in the Upper Ring taking shelter from the rain while the girls stands in the rain. Both the boys were looking at her.
"Piss off!" Barked William to the girl, he turned to Ulrich "She'll have the security guard onto us." Explained William.
"Let her in." said Ulrich, he turns to look at the girl and then back to William "She could be the third Musketeer." Said Ulrich.
"Even though I'm your stepbrother, I'm now the elder member of this family now, and I say she's not coming in, okay?"Explained William, Ulrich turns to the girls outside. William was going to lie down.
"In any caseā¦" said William as he was going to lie down, "We don't even know the name of the fucking third musketeer." Said William as he drifts off to sleep, Ulrich was still looking at the girl outside, who was now soaking wet, Ulrich laid down to sleep. Both the boy's were having a hard time sleeping.
A roar of thunder echoed in the shipyard as the boy's were having a nightmare of the events this morning. Ulrich gasped and got up and turned to face the girl again, William had his eyes wide open in terror and was shivering. Ulrich turn to William.
"William?" Said Ulrich but there was no response. Ulrich turned to face the girl as she was drawing in the dirt with a stick and her hand was shivering from the cold.
"Hey." Said Ulrich to the girl, Ulrich repeated what he said earlier and the girl took notice.
"Come over here." Said Ulrich, the girl got up.
"Come over here." Repeated Ulrich the girl ran over to the container and sat down in front of Ulrich still shivering from the cold. William was either too afraid or too cold to protest.
"Where's your mother?" asked Ulrich, the girl didn't respond.
"Your father?" asked Ulrich, she shakes her head no.
"I 'am Ulrich." Introduced Ulrich he turned to William
"This is my stepbrother William." Said Ulrich introducing William to the girl. The girls looked up to face Ulrich.
"I'm Yumi." Said the girls Yumi.
"You can sleep here if you want." Said Ulrich, they both lay down; unknown to them the William was still awake.
"Thank you Ulrich." Said Yumi as they both go to sleep.
They finally meet each other. Time to end the chapter here folks.
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