Chapter 2
Ulrich burst in the hospital doors. There sat
Odd, Sam and Jeremy. He looked at them, pleading for information. "How is she?"
No response.
"How the hell is she?"
Jeremy looked up sadly. "She's
in a coma."
Ulrich stared, unbelieving.
"How?"
"Her father said that
she…fell…"
"Fell?" Anger began
welling up inside. He ran down the hall to the ICU. He stopped at the desk.
"I'm looking for a girl who
came in here—"
"What's her name?"
"It's Yumi. She—" he gave the
woman Yumi's information.
The nurse tapped on the
computer. "Yes, Yes, she's here. And you are? Family?"
"Um…" What was his relation
to her? "Um—boyfriend."
The nurse glared at him.
"Ordinarily, we don't let anyone but family in—"
"Please!"
She stared for a moment longer.
"All right. She's in room 101."
Ulrich burst down the hall and
into the room. There she was. She wore several bandages over her face and her
body was covered in a large blanket. Through the bandages, he could se bruises
and cuts. Next to her bed was her father.
"You…" Ulrich stammered.
"YOU did this."
Her father looked innocently at
him. "I didn't do it…" He then turned sour. "HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE ME???"
"YOU'VE BEEN HURTING HER ALL
THIS TIME! YOU'RE HER FATHER! HOW COULD YOU? HOW COULD—" Jeremie burst in.
"Ulrich—I'm sorry but there's no time. Aelita needs us in Lyoko
pronto. Come on!" he nearly dragged Ulrich out of the room. Ulrich glared when
he reached the door. "How could you?"