1Disclaimer: Don't own
Pairings: OxE
Author's Note: Okay, I'm updating regularly again! Yay! Anyway, please review!
This is insane. Completely nuts. Odd you've definitely gone off the high dive and into the bottomless pit now...
Elizabeth came out in a new pair of jeans. She wore a dark burgundy shirt and he could see droplets of red appearing on the front around her stomach. A large, formless, grey jacket covered hung open. "Ready?"
"Yeah, how about you?" he asked. She nodded, and shifted a backpack on her shoulder. He opened the trailer's back door and they made their way out, heading off through the grounds. "Where are you planning on going?"
"Anywhere. The metro. I have cash..." she replied breathlessly. He glanced over at her, grabbing her as she stumbled. "I'm sorry...about dragging you into this..." she whispered.
"Sh...it's going to be okay. Hey, I volunteered, remember?"
"Not for this. Not for any of this..." She stumbled again as they walked through the thin stretch of trees leading to the road. He swallowed.
"Hey, let's rest for a moment, okay?"
"No Odd...I have to...keep going..." she gasped. He ignored her, finding a boulder and sitting her on it. She was breathing heavily, fumbling with the jacket zipper but he could see the red seeping through the shirt.
"Lizzy!"
"Sh...Sh..." Her eyes drifted shut and her breathing evened out. "Odd...I..."
"Lizzy? Lizzy? Elizabeth!"
"I can't believe you forgot which trailer was hers!" Ulrich exclaimed. Yumi shot him a death glare as she continued her search for the elusive Huntington trailer.
"You try and find it then. You were there too!" she snapped. He glared and Jeremie got between them.
"Now, now, this isn't the time or place for fighting. We need to find Odd and Elizabeth," he told them sharply.
"Your right Jeremie," Yumi said. She sighed and began searching again.
"Isn't that it?" Aelita asked suddenly, pointing at a trailer off to the side. The other three looked over and grinned sheepishly.
"Oh yeah...that's it..." Ulrich said. Jeremie sighed and they ran across the gravel road and entered the trailer. It was completely ransacked. Bedroom doors hung open and drawers in the living room opened, their contents spilling across the floor.
"Elizabeth? Odd?" Jeremie called. They heard a creak and turned toward the kitchen. Jeremie walked over, flicking the switch. "Power's out."
They set to work, opening all the blinds, trying to get light into the trailer. "I'm going to check the kitchen," Yumi said. She walked into the kitchen and a moment later there was a crash, rip, and scream.
"Yumi!" Ulrich yelled. He ran into the kitchen, closely followed by Jeremie who was followed by Aelita.
Jeremie glanced over Ulrich's shoulder, his complexion going paler than usual. He spun around, shoving aelita backwards. "Don't look. Don't look."
"What's wrong? What happened to Yumi?" Aelita kept asking.
"Sh...sh...just, don't look," he kept telling her. She tried to peak in but Ulrich was blocking the view.
Yumi stood, pressed back against the wall, the blinds hanging half on/half off. Her breathing was ragged and she looked ready to throw up. Red covered one of her shoes and there was a skid mark where she'd skid. "My god Ulrich...what happened?" she asked.
"I don't know. Come on, we have to find Odd," he replied. She turned, wrapping her arms around him, trying not to visualize the body laying by the sink.
"But that's her dad," she muttered.
"I know, I know. And it looks like he got her too. Fresh blood...leads to the back door. Come on, maybe we can follow them," Ulrich told her. She nodded and he wrapped an arm around her waist, leading her out of the kitchen. "Come on, they left a trail."
Author's Note: Well...how do you like it? Let me know please?
