a/n: Kayrana thanks for bringing it to my attention that I forgot to mention that Aelita no longer has the virus and Lyoko is shut down, sorry about that.-Imagenation Queen
Chapter 2
By that evening Aelita had ninety-five percent vision loss, meaning that by law she was blind. The optometrist looked at her eyes and he knew she would probably never see again and Jeremy was devastated when that news reached him. Odd walked into the room where Aelita sat, but the news had yet to get around to him.
"Hey Aelita" he said
"Hi Odd" she replied easily recognizing him by his voice. Odd then noticed that she just looked straight a head and she didn't make any attempt to follow his movements or make eye contact.
"Aelita, what's wrong with you?" he asked
"I can't see" she sighed sadly
"You mean you're blind?"
"Yes" she paused "I'm being transferred to another school, a special school"
"Oh, man, I'll bet Jeremy isn't handling this too well"
"HE doesn't know that I'm leaving tonight"
Odd gasped and Ulrich came in.
"What's going on?" Ulrich asked
"I'm leaving tonight Ulrich" Aelita said
"And she has yet to tell Jeremy" Odd added
"What!?!" Ulrich said "I'm going to get Jeremy, this is something he has to know!"
Ulrich ran out of the room his expression one of anger and disbelief, he couldn't believe Aelita hadn't told Jeremy when she was suppose to leave. He got to Jeremy's room and knocked on the door. Jeremy opened the door and was surprised to see Ulrich.
"Jeremy, there's something you need to know about Aelita" he said
"What's that, Ulrich?"
"She's leaving" Ulrich paused "tonight!"
"What!?! Why didn't she tell me?"
"I'm not sure, she told me but I didn't understand her reason, maybe it'll be clearer to you that it was to Odd and me" they returned to the infirmary and Aelita was immediately aware of someone else's presence in her room, but she didn't know who.
"Who's there?"
"Ulrich and Jeremy" Odd said
"Guys, could you give us some time alone?" Jeremy asked
"Sure thing Einstein" Odd said then he and Ulrich walked out of the room, Ulrich hoping he wouldn't have to be the one to break the bad news to Yumi.
"Aelita, why didn't you tell me you were leaving today?" Jeremy asked Aelita
"I wasn't sure how to tell you that"
"Oh" Jeremy paused "I'm sorry you are having to leave, but remember we will still be in contact"
"Okay"
Jeremy walked over to Aelita and hugged her gently.
"I love you, Aelita, and don't let anyone tell you any different"
"I love you too"
Ulrich sat on his bed and pulled out his cell phone.
"What are you doing?" Odd asked
"Calling Yumi, I don't think she knows" Ulrich said
"As far as I know she doesn't even know Aelita was hurt" Odd said
"Yeah, your probably right, seeing when she had to head home we still hadn't found Aelita" Ulrich dialed Yumi's cell number and brought the phone to his ear.
Odd walked out of the room, he had a date with Samantha and was going to meet up with her.
After about three rings Yumi answered
"Hi Ulrich"
"Yumi, we found Aelita" Ulrich said his voice almost drenched in his sorrow
"That's great, but what's the problem?"
"She's blind"
Yumi gasped in disbelief, Aelita was blind!
"Oh, my gosh!" Yumi cried in shock "how is she?"
"Trying to cope"
"And Jeremy?"
"Trying to keep his head together, I don't think he's gonna sleep too well tonight, she's leaving for her new school tonight"
"You mean the one down the street that teaches both blind and deaf students?"
"Yeah, she's going there" Ulrich looked at his feet wishing he'd told Yumi in person instead of over the phone.
"Oh, well at least she won't be too far from Jeremy" Yumi said, trying helplessly to lighten the mood of their conversation.
"Yeah, at least they've got that going for them"
"Yeah, well I'll see you at school"
"Yeah, later Yumi"
They said their good-byes and hung up. Yumi reached up and wiped tears from her dark brown eyes, if there was one thing she didn't want her mother to see it was her crying, she knew she'd get the third degree and probably break down and cry like a baby, she felt bad for Aelita and felt she would give anything to take Aelita's place.
'Gosh, why couldn't it have been me instead of Aelita, she was so in love with Jeremy and now her vision loss has driven a wedge between them' Yumi thought in anger 'I don't have a boyfriend, I'm not like her, she has so much she's never seen that she wants to see, and I've seen all I'm interested in seeing as of now' she hit the bathroom vanity with the side of her fist "It's not fair" she said through tears
"What's not fair, Yumi?" her mother asked calmly
"Mom, you remember Aelita, right?"
"Yes, why?"
"She disappeared earlier, and well Ulrich just called me with some bad news about her"
"What is it?"
"She's blind!" Yumi said sharply and did as just as she didn't want to, broke down crying.
"Oh, Yumi" her mother hugged her softly "I'm sure she'll be okay"
To Be Continued...
a/n: I know it's a tearjerker now, but trust me it'll get better
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