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"Wake up Aelita," murmured Jeremie as Aelita began to open her eyes and the Ferris Wheel began to slowly move.
"You should have woken me up," said Aelita, "You must have been scared". (remember Jeremie is afraid of heights!).
"You looked too peaceful for me to wake up for no reason other than my fright," replied Jeremie as he blushed, "Besides you also looked very beautiful as you slept."
Aelita blushed bright pink, but laughed as she kissed Jeremie on the cheek like she'd done so many times before. Everything seemed so right with the world that night. There was no Xana to worry about and nothing to do, but enjoy the carnival with Jeremie. Unfortunately for our favorite couple, one of Xana's plots would ruin the night fully.
Aelita and Jeremie were walking by the games again when they were approached by Tom. It struck Aelita as odd that he was wearing one glove only.
"Having a good evening?" asked Tom coldly.
"Yes we are," replied Jeremie as he began to feel tense, "I didn't know you were here."
"Oh I just came here," said Tom ominously, "I have never really liked carnivals too well. They sicken me."
"Then why are you here?" asked Aelita.
"Oh dear young Aelita," replied Tom in a playful yet dark manner, " I came here for the same reason as everyone else. I came here to have fun of course. That and to serve my master."
Tom grinned (and not very kindly) as he removed his glove and showed both Jeremie and Aelita Xana's eye on the back of his hand.
"I believe you already know him," drawled Tom, "His name is Xana and he has sent me here to deliver a message."
"Tom listen," began Jeremie, but he was cut off by Tom.
"Shut up Jeremie," said Tom, "I suppose you're going to tell me that Xana is evil and I must not listen to whatever he says. Xana has showed me kindness for the first time of my life and has rescued me from the streets of my hometown. All he asks of me is to take care of a few annoyances."
With quickness that rivaled the wind Tom drew a knife from his pocket and held it against Jeremie. He took Jeremie into the darkness of a nearby empty booth and signaled Aelita to follow. Needless to say, Aelita followed. She wasn't going to leave Jeremie with Tom
"You know Aelita Hopper," said Tom, "Everybody you have ever loved has died. Do you know why?"
"Don't listen to what he says Aelita," interrupted Jeremie, "Run away and save yourself!"
"Shut up," ordered Tom as he punched Jeremie in the stomach without moving the knife that was now against Jeremie's chest.
"So do you know why?" continued Tom, "No? Well it's simple. You are poison. It was because of you that your mother fell ill and died. It was because of you that your father, Franz Hopper, died as he sacrificed himself to keep you from dying and it's going to be because of you that Jeremie is going to die."
"No," gasped Aelita, "Please. Kill me instead."
Tom gave an evil smirk as he stabbed Jeremie in the chest and Jeremie fell unconscious on to the ground.
"NO!" cried Aelita
"Think about it. Was it I that killed Jeremie?" said Tom with one parting glance at Aelita, "No. It was your love for him that killed him." And with that he was gone.
"No," said Aelita, "Please be alive Jeremie." She bent down and felt Jeremie's hand. It had a pulse! Maybe there still was time! Maybe Jeremie could still survive! Aelita anxiously lifted Jeremie's body against her shoulder and as she gently carried him back into the crowd.
With Yumi and Ulrich
Yumi and Ulrich were talking about odds and ends as they sat on a bench.
"Yumi," said Ulrich, "I got something to tell you. If you don't feel the same way, I understand. I love…"
But he was interrupted by Yumi's phone ringing.
Ulrich sighed, "This can wait. You should answer the phone. Maybe Xana is attacking."
Yumi nodded and answered her phone.
"TomstabbedJeremiehe'shurtJeremieisbleeding!" sobbed Aelita from the other end of the phone.
"Slow down," replied Yumi, "What happened?"
"Tom stabbed Jeremie with a knife!" cried Aelita, "I'm with a woman right now and we're going to the parking lot to take him to her car so we can take him to the hospital. Jeremie's going to die!"
"Calm down," said Yumi, "You go take Jeremie to the hospital with the lady and I'll tell the others. Jeremie's going to be all right and you're going to live a happy life with him."
"Jeremie needs to go to the hospital," asked Ulrich, "What happened?"
"Tom stabbed Jeremie," answered Yumi, "And Aelita is taking him to a hospital with someone."
"No way," gasped Ulrich. "I- I'll call Odd."
With Aelita and Jeremie
After Jeremie had been stabbed, Aelita was carrying him and asking everyone she could for help.
"Please help me," said Aelita to a woman, "My boyfriend just got stabbed by somebody and is badly hurt."
"Oh my God," said the woman as she inspected Jeremie's wound and ripped a sleeve from her own coat and tied it around his chest, "This looks deep. Come on, we must take him to the hospital."
The woman was large, but it would be unfair to call her fat. She could carry Jeremie no problem and had introduced herself as Ms. Karol when Aelita told hers and Jeremie's name. After what seemed like years to Aelita they reached her car. She carefully placed Jeremie on the backseat of the car and told Aelita to sit by him.
"Thanks," said Aelita calmed down but with tears in her eyes.
"It's no problem. I only wished I could strangle the one that did this," replied Ms. Karol, "Who was he anyway? And ex-boyfriend or what?"
"We thought he was our friend," replied Aelita, "I don't know why he did this."
Ms. Karol could hear the sadness in Aelita's voice and said, "Don't worry about your boyfriend. He'll be fine.
Aelita only nodded, forgetting that Ms. Karol wasn't looking at her and kissed Jeremie gently. "Please be okay Jeremie. Please."
A/N. Is Jeremie going to survive? Sorry about the long wait. My account was locked. Review please. Any suggestions are welcome.