Ulrich's Secret
Chapter9
When Ulrich woke up he felt a weight on his legs. He sat up and noticed that Yumi was asleep there. Trying not to wake her he sat up a little more. He then noticed that Odd and Jeremy were still asleep also. Just as he was about to wake Odd up, there was a soft knock at the door. Odd then woke with a start. The door then slowly opened and in walked Nick. Odd stood up and stood inbetween Ulrich and Nick.
"What do you want? Haven't you hurt enough people lately?" asked Odd.
"I... I...I didn't... I mean... I ...No." stuttered Nick.
Ulrich slowly got up off the bed and stood up on his good leg.
"I think it's time you left."
"Ulrich..."
"Just go."
Nick then slowly made his way to the door. As he reached the door, he turned around, and with a sad look in his eyes, said goodbye. As he left the door slammed shut. Both Yumi and Jeremy woke with a start.
"Who was that?" asked Jeremy.
"No one important." replied Ulrich.
Ulrich then sat back down on the bad. He knew this was going to happen and yet, he couldn't prevent it. Suddenly there was a commotion out in the hall. Odd rushed to the door and opened it. Standing on the other side was Nick.
"What do you want?" asked Ulrich from his place on the bed.
"You." Nick replied.
Nick then body slammed Odd into the wall. Yumi screamed and jumped infront of ULrich to protect him. Ulrich could see blood dripping from Odd's head. He wasn't moving. Ulrich new that Nick would stop at nothing to get what he wanted. He didn't want Yumi to get hurt. Ulrich then got off the bed and, hanging onto the wall for support, walked over to his brother. Ulrich stood up strait, looked his brother in the eye and said" Don't you ever hurt one of my friends again."
Nick struck. He slapped Ulrich across the face with such force, Ulrich fell backwords and hit his head on the wall. Jeremy, seeing his chance, ran out the door for help. Nick seeing this ran after him to stop him. Yumi knelt down next to Ulrich. He was a awake, but just barely. His eyes were unfocused. He looked like he had a concusion. Yumi then went over to Odd. He was unconsios and there was a gash on his head that looked pretty bad. Yumi looked back over at Ulrich, his eyes were closed. Yumi put her ear to his chest trying to hear a heartbeat. A very faint one, and slowing down. Yumi cried for help. It was a few minutes before any one got there. When some one did show up, Yumi was on top of Ulrich crying. She kept saying over and over that she loved him. The nurse knelt down and pushed Yumi off. After another minute Ulrich was on his way to the ER, and Odd was in intensive care. Yumi tried to follow Ulrich, but the doctors made her sit in the waiting room. Next to her sat Jeremy. They had been waiting for over 2 hours to hear how Ulrich and Odd were doing. Then Yumi saw a nurse coming towards them.
"Are you Yumi?" she asked.
"Yes."
"We just stabelized Mr. Della-Robia, and are trying to stabelized Mr. Stern."
Jeremy then spoke up.
"May we see Odd?"
"I geuss you can. Just not for too long. He's a bit out of it."
The Nurse led them down a hallway to room # 203. The nurse pushed the door open and let Yumi and Jeremy in. They shut the door behind them. When Odd heard the door shut, he looked up. On his head was bandage and he was hooked up to all kinds of machines.
"Hey Yumi," Odd said weakly, " How's Ulrich?"
"We dont' know. They haven't managed to stabelize him yet." sighed Yumi. There were tears streaming down her cheeks.
"It's alright Yumi. Ulrich will be fine. He's tough like that." soothed Odd.
"Thanks Odd. So how are you feeling?"
"Can't complain really. Seeing as what happened."
"Yeah. So you're not tired at all?" asked Yumi. Her question was answered by a loud snore from Odd.
"Now I know why Ulrich sleeps with earplugs." said Jeremy.
The two friends then left Odd's room, to return to the waiting room to hear news about Ulrich.