Aelita was doing her usual nightly routine of getting ready for bed when she heard her mobile alert her that she had a text message. She opened the message up and gasped in horror as she re-read it hoping to find that she had been mistaken.

Her eyes read over the text for a third time:

Hi Aelita I know we aren't friends but I want to say sorry for changing. Please tell this the whole gang. I know you must know about Ulrich being dead, I heard it off Sissy of all people. She was pretty upset too. My life isn't worth living now that the only person who cared for me is dead. I'm sorry for having to tell you this but I thought someone out of the gang must know that their former member is going to die, even if you all hate me. My last wish is these please do not carry on hating Ulrich for simply sticking by me, not in his death that is something he does not deserve. Goodbye Aelita. From Yumi

Xxx

She couldn't understand this text; she had seen Ulrich only 10 minutes ago. She had remembered because of the icy silence between them.

Again, Aelita re-read the message and her brain picked up on one aspect Sissy.

"What a nasty trick, oh no! Yumi!"

Aelita rang Yumi's number but there was no answer.

Aelita immediately rang up Ulrich who's, luckily number had not changed:

"Hello?" Ulrich's impatient voice sounded.

"ULRICH! QUICK PLEASE SAVE YUMI. SHE THINKS YOU'RE DEAD THANKS TO SISSY AND SHE IS GONNA KILL HERSELF, SAVE HER ULRICH!"

"WHAT!" Ulrich's panicked voice shouted

"I got a text of her saying her life wasn't worth living now that you're dead but you're not dead, sissy has made her think that you are, you've got to save her. She won't answer her phone Ulrich"

Ulrich, who seemed to have realised what had happened, heard voices on the other side of the phone and sadly realised that it was Odd and Jeremie.

Odd's voice came onto the phone.

"Ulrich, pick us up at the mount' café I know you know where she is but we have to come"

5 minutes later Ulrich's car came thundering round the corner. Three guilty faces came into the car but Ulrich had no time for this carried on to the old factory.

Yumi had talked a lot about this place and had even said that if she were to kill herself she would throw herself off the bridge. Ulrich just couldn't allow this. He loved Yumi way too much to have her kill herself over a dirty trick of Sissy's. Yumi couldn't swim very well at all and especially if she didn't want to...