I got a complaint about how the last chapter was a little mushy, that wasn't how they put it. I have a writing stile, I switch between things. If there is ever something you don't necessarily like just wait and you will probably find something you do. Don't stop reading one of my stories just because you come across a part that you don't like.
Mysterious Signs Continued
Odd:
I was lost. I was so lost that I had never seen the part of the city that I was in. Nothing looked familiar, and for some reason I couldn't get a phone signal. It seemed that I would have no way of finding my way back to Kadic School, unless I asked for assistance. And if I asked a police officer they would wonder why I wasn't there and I would most certainly get in trouble.
So asking a police officer was out, but it wasn't like I could ask some random adult either. I had always been told not to talk to strangers, and I tried to do as I was told in situations like these. But if I couldn't ask someone on the street then what could I do? I was lost and it appeared that I would be stuck.
The worst part about it was that I kept getting premonitions. I hadn't had them in years but for some reason I was having them now. I didn't know whether or not to trust them either, this wasn't Lyoko and my abilities were not as acute here as they were there. If my abilities led me wrong I may find myself in more trouble than it was worth. Because of that I ignored them when they happened.
For now it seemed as though I was lost in a business area of the city, there were tall buildings all around me. There also seemed to be a river or stream near buy, but I couldn't tell where. There were so many people on the street that I wondered how they could all live in the city. I could barely see anything because of them all.
I stumbled around a little trying to find my way somewhere… I really had no idea where, this was beginning to look like a different city all together. I really just wanted to get home now, but it seemed that there was no way to do so. I would just have to keep walking until either I found my way home or until I was found.
Suddenly I found myself having another premonition. I was being shown to the river, as I reached the river I followed it and found the factory. The factory was upstream to me but since the river wound through the city I didn't know exactly what direction that was in. I could on the other hand use this information to lead me to the river and then follow it upstream to the factory; from there I could find my way home.
I knew that I had just said that I would not follow my premonitions, but this one was so clear, and I could actually help me. All I would have to do was find out if it was true enough to lead me to the river. I could find my way from there. With this decision in mind I began following the premonition to the river.
As I walked the path that I had been shown I soon realized that I was seeing exactly as I had seen in my premonition. It appeared that I had been correct in following this one. I was even soon able to see the river itself. I began running to it excited to find my way home, I dodged running into people, and of course narrowly missed crashing into a few.
By the time I reached the river I was running out of control, if I wasn't able to stop I would fall in. I desperately tried to slow myself down but for some reason the ground was wet and slippery. I began sliding into the river and soon found myself falling over water. I landed in the cold river with a wet splash.
Now I was in trouble. I may have known how to swim but it was useless to try against the river. I was already quickly being drawn by its swift current. And of course I was being drawn away from the factory. Probably the worst part about it was the fact that there were motorboats in this part of the river and some narrowly missed me.
Eventually I stop struggling, it was pointless. If no one in a boat was going to save me then there was no hope. It was too bad that Yumi wasn't here, when I had seen her powers that one time I had been shocked but now they would be useful, not like my abilities. Seeing the future can be useful, at times, like when we are about to take a test… but my abilities never seem to work at times like that.
"I really wish someone would bother to save me." I said to no one in particular. "I'm getting really cold and I don't know how much longer I can keep myself afloat."
Need some help child? asked a voice.
"Who said that?" I asked looking around, but I didn't see anyone. "Great, Odd, now you are beginning to hear things."
I can help you, but my services don't always come cheap… the voice said.
"Well, I am floating down a river freezing my butt off; I don't think I have much to offer…" I mumbled to myself.
Take my hand, said the voice. Take my hand and I will take you to safety.
"Yeah, right… an imaginary thing will save me…" I said my mood not improving.
"Do you ever want to see Sam again?" asked the voice in a more solid tone.
"What? Where?" I asked shocked.
"Look up…" the voice said again sounding annoyed. "Take my hand if you ever want to see Sam again."
I looked up. There was a man standing above me wearing a black and white cloak with a cape. He looked very strange, almost like a Lyoko character, yet somehow different. In any case I didn't really believe he existed so I chose to ignore him. He was probably just a figment of my delirium, and I did not know how I knew that word…
"Well, if you are going to be stupid then…' said the imaginary man.
Suddenly I felt myself being lifted into the air. The next thing I knew this really weird symbol appeared beneath us that looked like an 'N' in the center of an 'S'. Then a bright white light appeared and consumed everything. When the light faded we were in the factory. The last thing that I saw before I passed out was Yumi and Ulrich appearing in the elevator.
I made a miscalculation... Everyone is there... That wasn't supposed to happen... Oh, well. It'll all work out in the end, I am sure of it. This 'chapter' will be a little longer. There is more here than you see yet. I intend to write somewhat more intelligently, but that'll mean it'll take me longer. But hey, I have managed to produce nine chapters in three days...