Shattered

-=- by Suki -=-

Chapter 7 -=- Might've

... Or did she? It was Ulrich's voice alright. She would know it anywhere. But it was too late, far too late.

Time seemed to slow as Yumi fell. (a/n: Yes, fall!) Nothing seemed to be real; it was all just there, on the brink of imaginary. Ulrich watched in horror as the girl he loved, fell to her death.

"Yumi!" he screamed again at the top of his lungs. Before he could even comprehend his actions, he had taken off his shoes and shirt, and jumped after her. Amazingly enough he fell faster than her, his body catching up to hers. "Please," he begged, "let me at least hold her."

His wishes were granted, as he was able to wrap his arms around her, holding her tight. As soon as he had hugged her, time fast forwarded back to normal speed and it all went fast. They fell together and hit the cold water with a sickening thud.

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Odd and Carly were getting worried about their friends' disappearance. Jeremie had gone to the factory, without Carly's knowledge of course.

"Odd where are they?" Carly asked, ringing her hands. They were starting to get sore from the amount of pressure that she was applying.

"Don't worry," Odd reassured her, pacing around in front of her.

"Look who's talking," she mumbled, rolling her eyes at him.

"Carly!" a voice shouted in the distance. "Where are you?"

"Oh no, it's Jim!" Carly whispered. "What do we do?"

"Run and hide," Odd suggested, as they sprinted off towards a man hole. "Down here, okay?"

"But it's gross," Carly complained, as she lowered herself down.

"Sewer or Jim," Odd smiled and went down after her, closing the hole behind him.

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Ulrich resurfaced with Yumi still in his arms. The water was cold and it felt like needles on his bare skin. 'Now what?' he wondered, trying to recall what they taught him in swimming lessons. Nothing came to his mind.

"Oh my god! Ulrich are you ok?" Odd called, seeing his friend in the river. He couldn't believe that Ulrich was there and well, alive.

"Screw Ulrich," Carly screamed. "What about Yumi?!"

Despite the fact that Odd had taken offense to that, it had turned his attention to Yumi, who was currently unconscious. "What the hell happened?"

"Now's not the time," Carly whispered. "Ulrich, swim sideways to shore, we'll meet you down there!"

Ulrich nodded, at least as much as his head allowed, and began to swim to shore. Slowly he was getting there, but his energy was leaving him fast. On the shore, Carly and Odd were waiting.

"Let's go in and help them!" Odd said, starting to take off his shoes.

"No," Carly snapped. "They'll need warm, dry clothing. Only we can provide that."

"Oh," Odd nodded. When Ulrich reached the shore, the two pulled their friends up farther and laid them down.

"Odd... I feel..." Ulrich managed to say, before he slipped away.

"Ulrich!" Odd called out and shook his friend.

"Don't," Carly said calmly. "Just get him out of as much wet clothing as possible. Keep him decent though." Odd did as he was told, noticing that Carly wasn't doing the same with Yumi. On the contrary, she was pulling a plastic thing out of her keychain. She put it on Yumi's mouth and blew.

"What are you doing?" Odd asked. He just realized something, though. He didn't want to know.

"Call 911, dammit," Carly said. "Unless you want me to say that she's dying."

"Right," Odd fished his cell phone out of his pocket and dialed.

"911 emergencies, how can we help you?" a lady's voice asked.

"Hi, my friend is dying and another one is out. We need an ambulance. We're by the abandoned factory," Odd explained. "Please hurry."

"Right," the lady hung up.

"They're on their way," Odd said, looking back at Carly, who was still breathing into the plastic thing.

"Come here, Odd," she instructed between breaths. Odd complied. "Breath for her every 5 seconds, for 5 seconds, okay?"

"Yeah," Odd said, and took over Carly's post. Carly went over and check Ulrich's pulse. He was fine, except for the fact that he was cold.

"Odd? Take off your shirt."

"What?" Odd asked, and quickly removed it, before going back to breathing for Yumi.

A siren was heard in the distance. Carly and Odd both sighed. They were saved.

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"Miss? Can you ride with us?" the medic asked Carly. She nodded and got in the ambulance as well. "What happened?"

Carly shrugged. "I don't know for sure," she admitted. "We came and saw them in the water and got them out. She-"Carly motioned to Yumi, "-needed help breathing. And he-"she motioned to Ulrich,"-is out cold, but I think he's ok. He had a pulse when I checked."

"Well I'm glad you knew what you were doing. You might've saved their lives," the medic smiled and patted her on the shoulder. After that, he looked at her more closely. "Are you Dr. Regner's daughter?"

Carly nodded slowly. "Yes, that's me."

"I thought so. You'd make a good doctor," he smiled and began to help the other medics.

"I don't want to be a doctor," Carly whispered. "And I don't want to might've saved their lives, want to have saved them."

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Another cliffy! (a stopping spot where you have no idea what will happen) We also get to see more of Carly's personality. I'm glad everyone likes her so much. I made it longer for you guys, since it took me two days to update. I hope to update again by Saturday.

-Suki