Chapter 2: diagnosis
"So you did believe me?" Yumi said
"Well when I saw William trying to keep you from leaving I just somehow knew in my heart that it was you" Ulrich replied
Yumi blushed "oh ok…"
"I wanted to tell you something," they both said at the same time
"Heh you first" Ulrich said, "I mean you are the lady here not me"
Yumi giggled "I just wanted to say that I l…" Yumi began but gripped her heart as if she had been shot "aaaah" she screamed
"Yumi!" Ulrich cried and caught Yumi, the others heard and ran to see what happened. They found Ulrich sitting on the ground with Yumi in his lap. Yumi was cringing and wincing in pain holding her heart.
"What happened" Jeremie asked
"I dunno" Ulrich replied, "But I think it has something to do with the sign in her eyes."
"Odd stay here with Ulrich, Aelita and I are gonna take Yumi to the factory to see what happened"
"What? Why can't we just go with you guys" Ulrich said in a worried tone "I mean we're her friends too"
William had over heard them talking and decided to spy on them. He saw Ulrich carry Yumi out from behind the gym and followed them to the factory. "So this is where they go every day," he said as he followed them to the park. He stopped suddenly when he saw them go down the manhole leading to the sewer "ewe gross" he said and waited before following them into the hole. "I still can't believe I'm following them into the sewers" William thought and ran after the group, which had to run because Ulrich was carrying Yumi. He saw them climb up another hole and close it behind them after Ulrich sent up Yumi. William followed as if he knew where they were going. He saw them get into the elevator and he heard Jeremie say "to the negative 6th floor" and he followed but took the stairs. He ended up in the scanner room and saw Ulrich lay Yumi down inside one but he still hid in the shadow of the stairwell.
"Ok Jeremie she's in" Ulrich said
"Ulrich stay down there until I'm done with the scanning."
"Yes sir"
"Oh no"
"What is it Jer?" Ulrich asked in a worried tone.
"It seems Yumi has been injected with some kind of a virus, I'm aborting the scan now."
The scanner opened and Ulrich lifted Yumi out and carried her to the elevator. "How bad is it?" Ulrich asked.
"Deadly" Jeremie replied. Ulrich went extremely pale and looked away "no how could this happen" he thought, "I thought Xanna couldn't attack us," Odd said
"S did I" Jeremie replied and then he looked at Ulrich, "you know if we went into sector five we might be able to find the antidote"
"I know Jer, but I'd really rather stay here with her, I would go with you but I want to keep her safe"
"Ulrich you stay here I'll go, I've known about Lyoko for a while now and I'm sure it's not that hard to defeat this Xanna guy" William finally spoke and walked out of his hiding place.
"Will-William is-is that y-you" Yumi said quietly
"Yes Yumi it is, and Ulrich I'm sure you'll be able to tell her while I'm gone. After all I know that I've been getting in the way"
"Heh that's funny, I thought you were gonna tell her yourself" Ulrich said
"I tried."
Jeremie looked at them and began "well if you're going I'd follow Odd"
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A/N this chapter is a little bit longer than the other but it may still be short, please review…
