Author's Note: And here we go again. Why is it called 'The Quest for Jeremy- Phase 1'? E-mail me, and I'll tell you. On with the show.

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"NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"

Ulreck woke with a start. His breathing was hard and looked around wildly.

"Oh my!" Said a soft voice near by. "You almost gave me a heart attack!"

Ulreck looked at the source of the voice. It was the nurse of the school. "Ungh, how did I...? What happened?"

"Your friends found you passed out on the floor of your dorm. You've been out cold for at least 4 hours. Any longer, I'd have sent you to the hospital."

Just then, a knock came at the door to the infirmary. "Now who could that be...?"

Ulreck placed his face in his hands. He tried to remember what happened after he screamed. That girl... Those eyes, that hair... He had seen them before. But, where?

"Ulreck, you have visitors."

Ulreck looked up and saw Yumi, Odd, and Alieta. He smiled. "Hey guys."

Yumi rushed toward him. "Ulreck! Are you alright?!?"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine... But, uh, what happened?"

This time it was Odd. "Uh, maybe we should talk after lunch in Jeremy's dorm, ok?"

"Yeah, good idea. Hey, uh, I am feeling much better, do you mind if I go to lunch?"

After much persuasion, the nurse finally gave in. At lunch Ulreck and the rest got something to eat, thankfully, Odd remembered his money and bought the most.

"Hello, Ulreck, are you feeling better?"

"Oh, hello Sissy."

"Say, Ulreck, do you mind if I sit with you guys?"

Yumi looked at Sissy as if she was insane for even asking.

Ulreck was thinking to him self, "No, I do not want you to sit next to me! GO AWAY!'

But that wasn't what he said.

"Sure, Sissy, you can sit with us."

Yumi, Odd, and Alieta looked stunned. Even Ulreck was stunned at him self. But it didn't end there...

"Here, you can sit next to me..."

That was too much. Yumi looked stunned and was mouthing wordlessly. Odd, who had been eating, nearly spat out what he was eating and began to choke. Alieta hurried to help Odd but was equally as stunned.

Ulreck had a blank expression tried to get his thoughts together. 'Did I just invite Sissy to sit next to me?' Ulreck got up and pushed his chair in. "Please... Excuse me... I need to go to... the restroom..." And he left.

In the restroom, Ulreck was sloshing water over his face... Did he really do that?!? The door opened and Odd entered.

"Dude, why did you just invite Sissy to sit next to you?"

"I-I-I don't know... I didn't want her to but, I couldn't say it..."

Odd looked at him in questionable way.

"Well, don't worry about it... C'mon, we're waiting in Jeremy's dorm."

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When Ulreck entered Jeremy's dorm, he felt ashamed at what happened.

"Listen, guys, I..."

"Don't worry about it..." Odd cut him off.

"O-ok, now, can any one tell me what happened?"

"Actually, Ulreck, we still don't know..."

"Huh?"

"When me and Odd went up to be with Yumi, heard that person talk to you."

"Yeah? Then what?"

"Your status card went berserk and the whole system locked up. A message simply said 'System Error'. At first we were very concerned, wondering what would happen to you. Then we say another message behind the system error message that said you'd been successfully de-virtualized."

"But, the nurse told me you found me in my dorm."

"We did."

"How did I get there?"

"We don't know. We went down to the scanners to see if you were all right, but you weren't there! We checked every where in the factory, but you weren't there. Fearing the worst might of happened, we went back to school, we planned to meet after class to try to figure out what happened to you and who that new person was."

"It's a girl. I heard her speak."

"Odd went back to your dorm, to get some of his things, and that was when he found you. Odd called us and we decided to make it look like and accident and then we carried you to the infirmary."

"But you do not know what happened to me?"

"No, I'm afraid not..."

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. "I'll get it." Odd said and he went to open it up. "Oh, it's you."

"I need to talk to Ulreck."

"I'm sorry. He has a headache right now. You'll have to speak to him later."

Then the door burst open despite Odd's attempts to keep it shut. And there standing in the doorway was none other than Sissy.

"Ulreck dear, I need to speak to you."

'NO! SAY NO DAMNIT!' But he was finding it very hard not too. 'NO! JUST SAY NO!!!!!' But he didn't. Through gritted teeth, he said, "Sure Sissy, I'll be right there."

And he walked out the door to talk to Sissy.

The others were stunned. "Did you see that?" Odd asked. "It looked as if he was tring to say no."

"Yeah, I saw that look too! It was as if he were in pain to say it."

"But why?"

"You guys, this is serious! We need to find out what happened to Ulreck and we need to find it out FAST!"

Ulreck entered the room again. His expression was that of a person dying a really slow death. As he entered, Sissy called to him, "See you then, Ulreck dear!"

"Yeeeah, see you then..."

The others looked at him. "Well? What was that about?"

His eyes never left the floor and he muttered something as he took a set on the bed.

"What was that?"

"I'm taking Sissy to the movies later tonight..."

"YOUR WHAT?!?!?"

"I-I-I couldn't help it... I tried to say I couldn't, but, I just couldn't say it!"

"What do you mean, you couldn't?"

"Ever since that battle, any time that Sissy asks me something or give me a request, I feel compelled to do it, even if I don't want to... It's as if I lose control of my self, but haven't, you know?"

"Hmm, you're right Yumi! This is serious! Well, Ulreck, unfortunately, you have no choice but to go to the movies. Me, Yumi, and Odd will go to the factory to see if Xana is using Sissy or whatever."

Everyone agreed. "She is right, Ulreck, you have to go. Don't worry, we'll find out what's going on."

Ulreck said good bye to everyone and went to get ready.

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Author's Note: Why is Ulreck acting this way when Sissy is around? You will just have to wait. Oh, and come on now! I have hardly gotten ANY reviews! Swamp my inbox with reviews and questions and flames! I don't care! Oh, and remember, if you e-mail me, I'll tell what the 'Phase 1' means. But only if you e-mail!

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