It only takes a week for Odd to go. (It's inevitable, really—he's the most careless of them. But that doesn't mean he deserves to die.)

Another two weeks later, it's Yumi. (How were they supposed to know that the sector had a gun?)

Then there's just Ulrich left to fight. (The only thing driving him is grief.)

All the while, Jeremy pushes on until he's haggard and weary. He pushes pass the losses, convinces himself that it's okay, because she'll be back soon to help. Soon. Maybe even tomorrow—no, tonight. (It's not like she drowned in the sewers. That's only a nightmare.)

Xana hadn't actually killed her. (She was just missing, and that was all.)

Saying it, thinking it, sobbing it enough times will make it true. He's sure of it. (And he does convince himself.)

Jeremy believes it enough to ignore Ulrich when the brunette tells him it's time to move on and find a new way to deactivate the towers, when he sensibly points out that they'll both be lost if they can't find a way to stop Xana without Aelita. (Aelita's not dead. She'll come back tonight, this time for sure.)

Ulrich didn't die either. He didn't leave Jeremy to fight alone. He's just missing too—yeah. (Just like Yumi, Odd, and Aelita.)

They will all come back soon. He knows it. Believes it. (It's all that's left for him.)

They're just lost.

(Only temporarily, not forever.)


Well, this is the result of a prompt given from XL for a challenge. More will come, and they will most likely be dark as this one.

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