Author's Note:
Yeah so… not exactly back in full form but a friend of mine gave me a little bit of interest into putting this update out.
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On with the Story!
*Flashback*
"We should get out of here", Odd muttered, getting up from his corner as he headed toward the door.
They then took out the long metal pipe covering the entrance. Odd leaned it against the wall.
And the door decided it wanted to greet everyone with a loud creak. The pipe wanted to join along, clanking loudly on the floor.
It turns out that Ulrich, Yumi, and Jeremie weren't completely out of the sewers and turned around to see Aelita, Odd, and Sam staring in shock back at them. The seekers ran towards the hiders.
And so the three runaways ran out of the sewers in the opposite direction knowing damn well that they'll be running for a while.
Of course, Jeremie wouldn't last two minutes, but Yumi and Ulrich can be pretty persistent.
*End Flashback*
The runners (by instinct) slammed the metal door shut, which was followed by banging. As Aelita, Sam, and Odd made their way from the crowds of unaware people surrounding the bus stops, they overheard the others tripping on branches, hard potted plants, people, and was thankful that they were not as clumsy. Odd used his cat like senses to cut left back into the forest, leading the three.
Soon enough, they reached a point a bit deep in the forest, behind a tiny cave. Due to the rain, the cave had a mucky, dank smell, and the roof of the cave was dripping slowly due to the downpour. There were big rocks inside that seemed to have been used as benches before, due to all of the markings and blunts all around them. Odd and Sam blocked the entrance with a ton of leaves and twigs from the ground, while Aelita opened the bag to reveal some more snacks.
Odd had most of them.
Meanwhile, near the school grounds...
"Jesus, we'll never find them! When I get my hands on them, I'll-", growled Yumi, her two fists hitting a tree. The others laughed when she held her hands in pain from the stubborn tree. She ended up using her boots to stomp fiercely on the ground, making the boys back off.
"We can-" Jeremie started, but then corrected himself while he pushed up his classes in confidence. "-We will find them. Don't get your hopes down, Yumi. I last saw them heading that way." Jeremie used his skinny fingers to point to the dorms. Yumi nor Ulrich bothered to contradict him.
"Let's just check around the school, just in case." Ulrich suggested. The three then went to Odd's dorm first, but all was stuck on the wall seconds later, when they found four huge dudes pushing them.
"Hey idiots! Why did you do that?!" shouted Ulrich. He quickly shut his mouth when he had to look up to his much stronger opponent. The boy quickly unclenched his fists.
"Do you know a person named Odd?" one of them said, a bit more calm.
"What about him?" Jeremie stammered. He knew he made a mistake as soon as he replied.
"We need to find him because…" another tried to come up with a legitimate answer finishing his sentence with "We need to talk to him." The man smirked at the others as they approached Ulrich and Odd's dorm room.
"Guys, wait a second. A group of four? That knows Odd?" whispered Jeremie, almost silent.
"It's them." They all thought, except for Ulrich, who said it aloud.
"And who's them?" The one that seemed like a leader chimed in with his own short question.
Yumi then tried her best to forget her pain from her fists as she punched the smallest man of the four. It sent them about three feet out, knocking one of the other bullies, forcing them to a wall that was very close to the stairs.
"So you guys did bully him! How could you?! He's…", Yumi said, cracking her bleeding knuckles. She was cut off again by Ulrich.
"Want me to help you beat them up?" asked him, getting a simple nod from Yumi, as he then kicked the other two in the kisser and the love maker (respectively), which led the fleeing and limping down the stairs.
"Good thing we took care of them.", said Yumi, finally wincing at the pain she inflicted on herself. "For now, at least."
"Let's find Odd. He's not going to be too happy about this one." Jeremie finished. All three of them went to the end of the hallway for the side stairs, exiting just outside the boiler room.
Odd's Point of View
We just finished with another bar and some sips of water before Sam stood up, looking out of our little home. She almost whispered something, but stopped when she looked at me, then finally, spoke loud enough for me to hear.
"They should be gone, let's go." She made sure to smile at me, as if she's saying something else behind it.
"Yeah, it's been five minutes. We should be good for now", Aelita stated simply, helping Sam pry the twigs from the entrance, while I closed up the bag with barely any snacks left.
It wasn't me who ate it all okay?
We soon headed out before seeing familiar faces a couple of meters away from us. Our group almost bolted again with full speed, but that was until Jeremie spoke up, louder than he usually speaks.
"We know what's going on! We don't want to make you tell us, because the guys...they..."
"They what, Jeremie?" we said at the same time.
"A-are here, and I-I don't know h-how they got h-here, and I haven't the slightest clue why." He rushed through the words with a pant, and walks up to me. He was practically chocking up due to his shock.
I almost fainted in front of everyone, as I started to feel that feeling, the one that I had gotten used to, not until now.
Unwanted.
I don't why I'm feeling it; I have no clue at this point. The rest of the gang carried me to my dorm, which took a bit quicker than I thought. They locked the door and set me on the bed, in silence. All of them left, except Sam.
"Sam, what am I going to do, now that the worst people in unwritten history are in this very school with me?"
"We will help you, I promise. I never let you down at all, and you helped me so many times, so now I have to help you with your needs." Sam gave me that same, flirtatious smile from before.
"Somehow Sam, you make me feel better." I smile back at her, trying to find a place to put my hands besides around her.
"Oh stop it." She hurled into my arms, causing me to blush a light pink, before returning the hug slowly.
"Sam, you know it's true, you make me feel better."
"Odd, do not make me ask for more compliments."
"But I will give you as many as I like." I chuckle at my comment. "It's not like you can control me." And I look at her with a smirk.
We both found ourselves crashing our lips together, and falling back on the bed. We broke apart too soon for me. Sometimes, I feel like I can kiss her forever, but I can't, knowing that humans need to have air, water-
And food.
Just then those four boys who were bullying me come into my mind with those three words popping, yet again. These words have been in the back of my mind for a while, but somehow in front. They went speeding back to the back again after Sam's lips hit mine. My nightmares can wait.
I guess I was right, which is unusual, about Sam making me feel better. She knows what to say, when to say it, and the only one that can make me feel not alone in this world. Of course, there are my friends and I love them with all of my heart, but Sam... she's different.
"Hey Sam, can you call Aelita and Yumi in here? I want to talk to them."
"Sure thing. I'll leave you alone with them."
"Thank you, Sam."
With that, she almost silently opened the door, revealing Aelita and Yumi as they come in with smiles on their faces. I put on my hoodie, suddenly embarrassed by the way they see me.
"So what do you need, lover boy?" Yumi asked playfully, both of them sitting on either side of me.
"Yeah, what is it?" says Aelita.
Normal Point of View
"Well, it's just that this voice keeps calling out to me, saying I'm unwanted. Am I overthinking this whole thing? Just… what the hell is going on?" Odd almost screamed the last part, shaking his head in the process. "But I'm probably overreacting this whole thing… that must be it."
"Odd, we will help you, it's not like they'll show up anyt-"
Aelita got out of the bed, thinking that her stupid statement caused the door squeaking open, only to reveal those four guys standing before them.
Soon they pulled Odd to the window, cracking the glass in the process, making Odd bleed on his top lip. It looked like he almost fainted, but Odd kept finding the strength in him to fight back at his nightmare.
At that exact moment came out Ulrich, who had a face mixed with anger, anger, and anger all at once. He took a big stick near the door and simply wacked as hard as he could at one of them, knocking them out. Jeremie took the stick from Ulrich, and with his might, knocked out another, having two of the four left.
The leader of the men didn't seem to care, picking Odd up by his hoodie, yelling something vulgar, and made him fly and crash a desk. Odd tried to stay up but faded away and fainted.
The firemen noticed the sound as three of them rushed out of the classroom halls, making way out of the increasing amount of students, going up the stairs. Back at the dorm, Yumi and Aelita tackled the leader, making him flip backwards, having his back nearly ruined by the fall.
Odd tried recovering, feeling his lip quiver and throb, but fell back down and stopped moving. Ulrich jabbed his foot across the last man's face, having him fall to the ground with a grunt and a thud.
No one noticed that Odd passed out until the fireman came and saw the cause of this.
"Why are you kids here?" the man shouted, surprisingly panting from the stairs he just climbed.
"Odd, he..." He quickly changed the statement with another shaky hand to fix his glasses. "Four men came out of nowhere tackling our friend. He passed out just before you came." Sam hugged the bad shaped body of Odd.
"ODD! Please wake up! It's Sam!" she cried out, but with no response. She knew he was hurt, tears flowing out of her, and then gently kissed his forehead, before snatching Aelita's shoulders and hugging her instead.
"You kids really helped him out; you must be good friends of his." Another fireman said, applying some sort of bandage to his lip.
"We are. Can you take him to the infirmary? I want him to be safe." said Aelita, tightening her grip on Sam.
"Sure, anything can help for him, help me pick him up, will you?" a man finished, smiling as Ulrich and Sam carried him to the room for Yolanda.
Odd's Point of View
I think I fainted. That's the second time this year. The last time I passed out was when I had the same powers as XANA.
I'm in the infirmary, my body hurts everywhere, and my friends are looking with excitement as all of them gasped from my opening eyelids. I try to wave at them, but that was when my leg felt like it had broken into pieces. Yelping in pain, I gulp as Yolanda held out a bag of ice, placing it on my forehead. That hurts too.
"Sam, he'll be alright." Yumi tried saying calmly. It seemed like she's said it many times before, but tears were coming down her face. It looked like she had been crying for hours, seeing the red puffiness of her eyes. I frowned at that. Did I cause that much trouble to her? Was I out long enough for them to worry if I was alive or not?
"I want to be with him all night; I can do that, right?" Sam asked, getting a slow nod from the nurse in white.
"Well, of course you can..." She looked like she was only saying that for comfort. It's probably not allowed.
"Odd, don't scare me like that again." Sam said, looking down on me. I felt a tear fall on my cheek.
I gave her a sweet smile, making her blush with her tears, as I fall into a sleep, with Sam on my side and no thoughts but her, only her, just her…
Another hunch flew to my brain.
Maybe my friends do care. I mean, they just showed it to me today. Why did I even get the feeling in the first place? XANA, perhaps? No, it just can't be. I've had this before. All I know for sure is that...my friends are there when I need them. How can I be sad about that? Not a lot get to have such good friends.
And how the hell did those guys get into the school?
My questions will be answered; I know that for sure.
(FIN)
And that's it! I hope you liked this little surprise update.
What will happen with Odd? Why are the bullies there? Would Odd be saved, if it weren't for his friends? Just some stuff you should think about as I try (and most likely fail) to update this anytime soon.
Until then, check out my other stories! It'd be a delight to see you guys around some of my other works.
Well, I'm out of things to say, so-
Bye~