I really did not want to work with Ulrich. As we tried to find our way to the Palais Garnier, I thought to myself, Great. Just great. Countless idiots, and I get stuck with the jealous jerk. I honestly didn't see why Yumi liked him, but I tried to keep my mouth shut and avoid arguments with him. He was supposed to be a friend, but he was closer to a frenemy. Could this get any worse?
Ulrich: Well, this is the Palais Garnier, so we're in the right place. But I don't see any hotels around here, much less a deserted one.
William: Didn't Jeremie say it was a few blocks away from the Palais Garnier?
Ulrich: I thought he said we could see it from here. Do you remember the name of the place?
William: I think it was called "Je t'amie Paris Resort and Spa", or something similar to it.
Ulrich: I found it. (he points to a deserted hotel) Je t'amie Paris Report and Spa. (he tries to open the door) Of course, it's locked. Now I really wish Odd was here...
William: Maybe we don't need to pick a lock. We can just sneak in!
Ulrich: William, are you crazy? We could get in trouble!
William: Do you have any better ideas? And besides, we've faced way worse.
Ulrich (sigh): Alright. We'll sneak in.
Eventually, I found a backdoor that we used to get in. We looked through every room on the 1st floor and we realized it was taking too long to find any trace of Aelita. We called for her name every once in a while, but there was no response. We were speaking to empty air.
William: This is taking forever. We should split up. I'll search the 2nd and 3rd floors, you can cover the 4th and 5th floors, contact me if you find anything suspicious or find Aelita's trace.
Ulrich: Alright. (he runs over to an elevator and steps in, William begins to run up the stairs)
William: Aelita! Where are you?
I looked through all the stairways, hotel rooms, and almost everything else. Eventually, there was one room I didn't look at which I still needed to search; the 3rd floor pool and hot-tub area. I walked in, and didn't find anything. I stared at the water in the pool, feeling like a failure, but then the strangest thing happened...
(William looks into the water, and sees a red-cloaked figure running past the hotel late in the night)
Figure: Can't let.. her.. catch me.. (the vision ends)
William: That voice... is so familiar..
I put my hand into the cold, somewhat dirty water. It didn't seem like there were any unnatural energies in the water, so where was that vision coming from? I wanted to muse to myself and come up with a logical answer for this, but unfortunately, I didn't have the time to do so.
(William gets a cold chill)
William: No, it can't be... (he turns around, seeing Xana) Xana!
Xana: Well, well, well, look what we have here... Where's your girlfriend?
William: She's not here. Not anywhere in this building.
Xana: Aw, that's a shame. I was hoping to finish you two off today. Oh well, I guess just destroying you will be enough! (she begins to form a ball of dark energy)