A/N: I decided to update this story because of another story called "what if" by Blood Vampire. I allowed him to use the character Dan for a while. Go check it out if you haven't. That story if the funniest thing I've ever read here. Even funnier than Odd!
thesuperdot: This block will reveal a lot about the "mystery man". I'm not going to explicitly say it though so look for clues...
A/N: I don't expect a whole lot of reviews for chapters like the previous one. So don't be discourage my faithful fans! If you review I'll responed. Don't forget to review. Thanks.
Ulrich's and Odd's Dorm---
"You're back." I said as Odd and Jeremy entered my room. It had only been about thirty or forty minutes since they left.
"Yeah, I think we may have found what we're looking for." Jeremy replied as he sat up against the wall on Odd's bed. Odd sat on the floor like normal.
"What is it?" I asked. I could feel the pill that the nurse gave me begin to take affect.
"His diary." Jeremy replied opening the red backed book. It surprised me that he didn't seem to have any problem with reading such a book. 'I guess that when it comes down to Aelita and Lyoko Jeremy doesn't let anything get between them.' I thought as I lay in my bed.
"First Entry," Jeremy began, "Dated September 1. My first day of school here was better than I expected. First, I met a girl named Sissy. She's the principal's daughter and lives in my dorm building. Sissy was the first one to talk to me after class. I'm so glad that I managed to talk to someone today. She seems nice but is a little preoccupied with a guy named Ulrich. It's been so long since I had a friend I don't know what to really think of her."
"I never knew Sissy had friends outside Herb and Nicholas." Odd commented, "It's kind of strange that we didn't notice."
"Yeah, it is. Anyway, entry two," Jeremy turned the page and continued, "September 7. I've been offered the position of assistant nurse by the headmaster. He offered it to me because of my knowledge of the human body and the classes that I was taking. I think that I'll take the position because I found out recently that my search hasn't turned up any results yet. I suspect that 'yours truly' is under an alias. Being outside and helping people might prove useful in my search not to mention I enjoy helping people."
I had a confused look on my face when Jeremy said, "Search? Search for whom? Do you guys know what he means?" We shuck our heads in disagreement. I closed my eyes; they were getting heavy.
"Entry three, dated September 11. Well, everybody knows what today is. Even though, I wasn't affect by the tragedy too greatly I still felt a little sad as I know what it feels like to loose a loved one...or four in the same day. Anyway, that's in the past and I'm trying not to talk about it with people. They don't need to know my past."
"I guess that he's been through a lot. Loosing four loved ones in one day." Odd said, "Wow." I faded in and out of consciousness as Odd spoke.
"Yeah, no wonder he's always in his room and nobody sees him." Jeremy said, "Entry four, dated September 15. I stayed in my dorm all day today researching my latest robotics project. The Reed Corporation has been very generous in letting me discuss their synaptic link technology. I'm fascinated by this technology since I use it everyday. The class will be blown away when I present this."
"I think Ulrich's asleep." Jeremy said. I tossed the empty can of pop from Dan's mini-fridge into the garbage.
"Not for long..." I replied as I leaned into Ulrich's ear, "Buuuurrrrrrrppppp!" Jeremy laughed so hard he fell on the floor. I couldn't tell what woke Ulrich up-Jeremy's thud on the ground or my burp but either way Ulrich was now wide awake.
"Odd, you're going to pay for that." He said sitting up on his bed coughing.
"Whatever, just don't go back to sleep again. Remember we risked our reputations and quite possibly our lives in getting this so the least you should do is pay attention." I crossed my arms trying to be as serious as possible. Jeremy was still rolling around the floor trying to ketch his breath.
"For one who doesn't stay awake...in class very much you shouldn't...be talking," Ulrich said, "Just keep reading." I helped Jeremy up on my bed and he turned the page.
"Entry five, dated September 20. For--" Jeremy was cut off by a noise next door. I heard two guys talking in the hallway.
The hallway of Ulrich's and Odd's dorm---
"124, right?" One of the persons said. It sounded like an adult guys' voice. Jeremy closed the book and quickly hid it under my pillow.
"Yeah, that's right." said the other male voice that was about the same age. I then heard the door to Dan's room creep open.
"I thought he said it would be locked. Why'd he give us the key then?"
"Come on, Carol, he's had a tough day. He probably forgot to lock it. Let's just get the suitcase and go."
"Right." I heard a large object being pulled along the carpet, "Dang, this thing in heavy!"
"He said it would be. Let me help you with it." The other voice said as they left Dan's room.
Inside Ulrich's and Odd's dorm---
"What was that all about?" Jeremy inquired.
"I think they took that metal suitcase under Dan's bed." I replied.
"Hey, Ulrich where did you say Dan went to?"
"The police station. He wanted to give...his testimony about Sissy without the...press hearing him." Ulrich replied.
"I wonder what they want with that suitcase." I said.
"Well, anyway, let's continue shall we?" Jeremy said fetching the book from my pillow, "September 20, For some time now I have been hearing conversations that other students have been having in their dorms. I don't like to eavesdrop but I found myself listing to a conversation that my neighbor, Ulrich, had with his friends, Odd, Jeremy and Yumi, earlier today. Apparently, a woman named Aelita is working in a factory downtown I believe named Lyoko and has a boss named 'Zanna' that to the best of my hearing is quite aggressive. This 'Zanna' is trying to either kill or fire Aelita; I can't tell which one. I think that Jeremy likes this woman and it pains him to see her suffering because he's quite defensive about her. Maybe I should do something. I don't know."
We were all dead silent after that entry. None of us spoke for about a minute because we were all in shock that he knew so much. Ulrich finally broke the silence when he said, "Should we tell him?"
"No. We can't risk it." Jeremy replied shaking his head. He read five more entries before the writing ended. Since Dan knows so much we are going to have to be a lot more considerate in the future. The other five entries were just the everyday 'how I felt about so-and-so' thoughts nothing about Lyoko or us, thankfully. I can't believe he's so lonely.
After we finished reading Jeremy and I returned the book to his shelf and I relocked the door. We all agreed not to say a word of this to anybody except to Yumi which I assumed Ulrich would do anyway.