Nobody's Known Till Now 2
By Jesus-is-my-Savior
"What are we going to do? They aren't safe here." Jeremy shook his head and they all turned to hear a loud crash on the floor where Jim stood.
Ulrich's POV
Ulrich ran back to Sissy's room. Only to find she wasn't there. He was panting and his head was killing him. He fell to his knees gasping for air.
"Are you alright, Ulrich?" Ulrich turned to face Sissy. She had Emma in her arms. Ulrich nodded trying to catch his breath. "Ulrich, I must know. What's going on? I'm so confused."
"I'll tell you on the way. Follow me." Ulrich took Emma in his arms and led Sissy to the sewer. He opened it. Holding onto Emma tightly he climbed down the ladder. Making sure nothing happened to Emma. He reached the ground and Sissy followed him. They ran through the tunnel since Ulrich couldn't ride because of Emma.
They reached the end of the sewer and climbed up. Emma was asleep and Ulrich and Sissy walked to the elevator. When he heard a scream he immediately took Sissy and Emma to a small enclosed area. Emma was sleeping in Sissy's arms.
"Stay here and try and stay quiet. I'll be back soon. Whatever happens don't come out of the hiding place." Ulrich whispered to Sissy.
"Ulrich, wait…I'm sorry…for everything I said about you and Yumi. I was just jealous." Ulrich smiled at her and saw for the first time the fear in her eyes.
"I'll be back." He turned and left sleeping Emma and scared Sissy behind. He quickly went down the elevator, when it got stuck. All the sudden he heard something snap and the elevator dropped 4 floors. Ulrich sat up and shook his head trying to focus. He looked at the emergency exit and began to climb up. He climbed higher and higher trying not to let vertigo get to him. He got to the top, but slipped causing him to loose his grip. He quickly tried to get his grip back and did. Pulling himself in close to the ladder her closed his eyes and tried to breathe.
"Just keep climbing. Yumi needs you." He opened his eyes and opened the door. He went inside and found nothing. No one was there anymore. He wasn't sure if he should worry or be relieved. When a jolt of electricity hit him he was actually relieved. The gang had gotten away.
Ulrich stumbled back the doors were still open. He tried to keep his balance. He lost it and fell. Quickly grabbing the edge of the wall Ulrich hung there over the edge. His head began to spin and he lost his grip.
He fell and with a loud and painful crash he hit the top of the elevator. He screamed in pain before loosing consciousness.
Meanwhile Yumi, Jeremy, Lillian, Odd, and William were down in the basement. --A place where XANA wouldn't go because if he did he'd explode from all the electricity in the air— William heard the scream as well as everyone else.
"Guys that sounded like Ulrich!" Yumi's voice carried fear. William looked scared as well as everyone else.
"I'll go check it out." William climbed up the ladder to the next floor which he went into the broken elevator. He looked up and saw the escape door open and blood dripping in. He climbed out and want to throw up and the site. Ulrich lay there motionless with his eyes closed. He was alive, but barely.
"He must have fallen." William took out his cell phone. "Odd, I found Ulrich, but no one's going to like what happened. He must have fallen off the ladder and well I think he was at the top and then fell four floors. XANA must have pushed him off. There's blood, a lot! He's alive, but barely. We have to stop this now! I won't let Yumi lose Ulrich." William looked at Ulrich's limp body. "I don't want to move him, but if I don't XANA will finish him off. I'll be there in a few minutes." He hung up and picked Ulrich up. Realizing the blood was coming from his back. He carried Ulrich down the next floor.
He very carefully laid Ulrich on the ground. Ulrich flinched from the pain which was a good sign.
"Oh…oh my…goodness!" Yumi almost screamed at the site of Ulrich's mangled body. The tears flowed down her face as William began to wrap up the wound with Ulrich's shirt. Ulrich opened his eyes.
"Si…Sissy…Emm…Emma…sh…shaft." His whisper was weak and raspy. Ulrich closed his eyes again.
"Sissy must be in the shaft with Emma. I'll limb up their and bring them down." Yumi's eyes got huge. "Don't worry I wont fall. I'm not scared of heights and XANA won't bother with me." William gave Yumi a hug and climbed up the ladder. Floor by floor he climbed. He got to the top floor and ran over to the shaft. He found Sissy shaking and Emma still asleep.
"Sissy, are you alright?" She looked up at him with tears in her eyes.
"I heard Ulrich scream. Is he OK?" William looked away.
"Come on lets get you down in the basement before XANA shows up." Sissy nodded and they walked down to the ladder. William carried Emma. He very carefully climbed down the ladder.
When they reached the bottom they walked into the basement and Sissy burst out crying at the site of Ulrich. William hadn't Lillian Emma and Emma woke up. She didn't cry. Odd sat next to Lillian staring at their daughter.
They sat there for hours trying to come up with a plan. They felt it getting colder and colder down in the basement. XANA was attacking in more than one way.
Later in the evening they were all freezing and Ulrich opened his eyes.
"What happened?" He looked at teary eyed Yumi.
"We're not quite sure. How do you feel?"
"I can't feel from my hips down. Right now I'm kinda thankful for that." Ulrich smiled trying to lighten up the moment. Yumi burst into tear. "Hey, hey, hey…shhhh. Don't cry. I'm going to be fine. I might be paralyzed, but still. I'm not dead. Yumi whipped the tears away and kissed Ulrich on the forehead.
"I love you, Ulrich Stern." Ulrich didn't answer he once again fell into a restless sleep.
They were cold, hungry, tired, hurt, and completely without a plan. They didn't know where XANA was and what his next move was. They weren't even sure if they were safe. All they could do was hope.
P.S Hope you enjoyed. I hope you'll review. I really want to know what you think. It helps me keep writing.