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I don't own Code Lyoko, just the idea. I don't get money from this as I do this for fun.
"And why can't you?" asks Father.
"Because I know what will happen if I leave Odd with you" speaks Ulrich calmly.
"Ulrich, don't" I whisper out.
"Oh, and what would happen?" asks Father.
"You'll do what my uncle did to me, you'll rape him. I'm not afraid of you or anyone else for that matter. If you don't leave Odd alone, I'll tell the cops," growls Ulrich standing in front of me.
"Then I'll call your uncle" smiles Father.
"If my uncle even dares to think to touch me again, he'll be going to prison for life. I have enough evidence to put him away for good" smiles Ulrich knowing he won that one.
"You little prick. I'll withdraw him from this school tomorrow morning," growls Father turning around to leave.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you Father" speaks William stepping out from hiding.
"William, my son, why wouldn't I?" asks Father.
"Because I'll tell mom the truth and the cops and Mom will file for custody of him and win. Now leave, and don't come back and don't pull him out of school. Or you'll end up in prison for life" growls William.
"I see, I can't win tonight. I'll be back and don't worry. I will win when I come back," growls Father getting into the truck and driving away.
I collapse to the ground in pure disbelief and shock. My father retreated without hurting William, Ulrich, and me. I can't believe I came out of tonight without so much as a scratch on me. He will be back and I'll be ready. I will not let him control me anymore. I'm free now and I'm not giving my freedom up without a fight. Ulrich is asking me if ok and I just nod my head. William says that we should head back to our rooms while he calls everyone and tell them that things went as planned. Ulrich helps me stand because my knees won't support me right now and we all walk back to the dorms. I'm free! I can't believe it! After everything that has happened to me, I never thought I would be free of my father unless I turned eighteen and left his house for good.
"Thank you," I whisper.
"You don't need to thank me of anything," smiles Ulrich crawling into his bed for the night.
After that night, I didn't have any nightmares. From then on, I never had a nightmare again. My bruises faded and I can honestly say any bruise I got from then on was my own fault. I stopped trying to hide the scars and when people asked about them, I told them that it wasn't their business to know my past. I fight against Xana and he has tried several times to take me away somewhere. Ulrich and William are always the first two to save me from Xana's clutches and Aelita and Yumi usually stand back and help me afterwards. Jeremy is always helping us improve on Lyoko and in our grades in school. Mother filed for custody for me after I told her I hated father and wanted nothing to do with him.
So now I go home with William to Mom ever vacation. It's great being able to hang out with my friends and brother and just have fun. A year into living with William, Ulrich asked me out. We have been dating for a year now. Our senior year has gone by so fast that I can't believe that Ulrich will be going into his Senior year this fall. William, Yumi, and I won't be going off to college until Jeremy, Aelita, and Ulrich graduate from Cadic Academy. Right now Yumi, William, and I are working at the same place, so that one person can stay behind to keep all of our jobs. This way when Xana attacks one will cover for the other two. We rotate times as well, this way we all do the job.
"Odd, there you are" speaks Ulrich walking into William, Yumi, and mine's apartment.
"Ulrich," I smile turning to look at him from my computer screen. "I'm glad you came. I've been wondering if we should go out for a date tonight or not."
"We'll see, as long as Xana attacks before tonight. This way we have a Xana free date" smiles Ulrich walking up to me.
"I don't mind kicking Xana's ass sometimes but I'm down with it either way," I smile while he kisses me on the lips.
"I'm just glad that you got over everything he did to you and are now comfortable with being with me," smiles Ulrich pulling away.
"Me too," I whisper while he kisses down my throat.
"Ok you two love birds break it up" speaks Yumi coming into the room.
"Why should we, I mean you two act this way all the time and we only get to see each other when Ulrich has the time to, so what is up?" I ask after sticking my tongue out at them.
"Father, just showed up at the driveway and he refuses to leave until he sees you, Odd" speaks William placing his hand on my shoulder.
"I'm fine, nothing he can say or do to me will make me fear him" I ground out as Ulrich leads me outside and down to the end of our driveway. "What the fuck do you want?"
"Is that how you speak to your old man? I have come to see if you have come to your senses and will come back to me" speaks my father.
"Go to hell" barks Ulrich, pulling my body closer to his.
"What he said" I state and turn around to leave.
"Fine, I won't tell you why the hell you keep coughing up blood, even though I haven't given you any drugs and I won't tell you how you can get rid of it either," grins my father as I turn to look at him.
"I see, so it is a long lasting drug that unless given the antidote will continue to work within my system" I growl out, now that I know what I'm looking for Jeremy should be able to find it and make an antidote.
I can't believe my father has let me suffer for this long. I hate the fact that every couple of days I cough until I cough up blood then cough up the blood for at least five minutes. Jeremy keeps scanning me every couple of days to see if he can't find what the hell is making my body do that. Now that we know that it is a long lasting drug, Jeremy can do something about it. He can create a drug for me to take that can suppress the other drug and free me from coughing up blood. Even if I have to take it every couple of days, I'm willing to put up with it for the rest of my life if Jeremy is willing to make the drug for me.
Ulrich leads me back into the house and up to our bedroom. Even though he lives on campus, he calls my room our room, because he'll be moving in once he graduates from high school. He lets me lie down before he calls Jeremy telling him what we found out. Turns out, that with the information we gave Jeremy, he was able to make an antidote to give me. So now, I no longer cough up blood. I'm so happy about that. Ulrich and I also found out last month that I'm pregnant. I now am not allowed to work or even go to Lyoko.
But I guess the best part of it all is that I'm free from my past, my personal living hell, and it can never come back to haunt me. All we have to worry about from now on is Xana attacking us. Well I have to worry about giving birth and raising a kid with Ulrich. Ulrich can't wait for the kid to come even though I'm only two months along. I'm just happy that I had made the choice to go to school where my brother went to school and now live in piece from my father.
I guess this is what I have been waiting for, a happy ever after just for me!
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Dark Angel from Mercury