Cold...I'm so cold. My body, if it's still here, is most likely blue like the vast seas. My body is stiff, my fingers barely flinching even thought I'm trying to move them with all my might. My eyes, I'm sure, they are blue like my skin and I can't seem to open them. The room behind my eyelids is dark and cold. So cold. Odd are you there? Please help me.

Jeremie typed away furiously on his computer, the screen dimly lit up his room. His fingers typed harshly on the keyboard, not caring if he broke it. He slowly read through every message that appeared on his screen, making sure he didn't miss any important information.

"I'm...cold." a voice faintly whispered to him, the words also sent a cool breeze that the boy simple shook off. He continued to type even when the words repeated themselves into his ears. The boy got up from his chair and walked over to the dresser, grabbing a few ear plugs. A smile washed over his face but vanished when he tried to put them in. A scream bursted his ear drums even though it sounded as if it came from down the hall. The boy exited his room and ran down the hall, his feet slipping every few steps.

"Jeremie, what's going on?" Ulrich opened his door to find the blonde panting in his doorway.

"I...heard...a...scream...and...ran." Jeremie breathed out, trying to catch his breath before continuing.

"So you heard it too?" Ulrich said, closing the door behind him as he entered the hallway with the blonde.

"Yeah, that's why I was running."

"What's going on here?" Jim stood over the boys, his hair was curled and tangled behind his sweat band. There were dark circles under his eyes as he tried to wipe the sleep from them so he could glare at the students below.

"Sorry Jim, we heard something but turns out it was nothing," Ulrich gave the man a grin before pushing his friend down the hall, towards Jeremie's room.

"How did you hear it Ulrich? Don't you wear ear plugs?" Jeremie asked, putting his key in his lock.

"Yeah it sounded as if it was right in my ears but it was far away at the same time."

"That's exactly how it was. Did Odd wake up?"

"No, he's still asleep actually." Ulrich entered his friend's room and sat on the bed, stretching his muscles.

"I wonder if the others heard it to."

"Maybe," Ulrich looked around and notice how active the computer was on the desk. "Wait, were you already awake when you heard the scream?"

"Oh, yeah I was." Jeremie motioned towards his computer for Ulrich to look at the monitor.

"What were you doing?"

"I was trying to find Lily and see what went wrong."

"Find anything...or her?"

"I did find something, but I want to say it only once and with everyone here. In the morning meet in the factory before breakfast, okay?" Jeremie shut off the computer, said goodbye to his friend and crawled into his bead. unfortunately sleep didn't rock the boy to sleep, instead he stared at the ceiling.

Soon morning crawled through his window with sunlight and the boy got ready to face the anger that would surface in his friends. Jeremie found his feet dragging as he slowly scooted down the sewers, the noise echoing around him. The boy bit back tears and swallowed the fear that inched up his throat as he slid down the roped and into the elevator. Jeremie entered the room to find everyone waiting anxiously by the monitor.

"So what did you find?" Yumi asked, her voice sprinkling with hope.

"Well, I don't really know how to say this." Jeremie took his seat and began to open various windows and screens for his friends to see.

"Just spit it out Jeremie," a dull voice spoke out and everyone turned to see Odd with his arms crossed and looking intensely at the screens.

"Well, I'm the reason Lily didn't come back..."

"What?!" They all looked at the boy in new light, even Odd drew his attention from the screens.

"The arrow Odd shot, I was the one who put all of Lily's memories and I didn't know there was an anti-virus in them."

"An anti-virus?" Yumi asked.

"Yes it was the prototype for William so he could be free from X.A.N.A's control, it was supposed to weaken X.A.N.A but there was a bug and it...it destroyed him."

"And Lily," the words whispered out of Aelita's lips, her mind reeling.

"Yeah, it-AHH!" Jeremie was interrupted as a pair of hands clenched his shirt. The boy found himself staring into the smoldering glare of Odd, fear picked at Jeremie as sweat beaded down his face.

"It's your fault! Lily is gone because of you!" Ulrich was the first to react and help. He frantically tried to pry Odd off of the boy, screaming about how it was an accident. William was the next to help and the two boys were able to get Odd off of Jeremie, Aelita and Yumi making sure the blonde with glasses was alright.

"Odd, it was an accident. It couldn't have been avoided!"

"Yes it could have! Its all Jeremie's fault! He killed her!"

"Get him out of here Ulrich!" Yumi called out as the boys dragged the purple man out of the factory. They brought the boy into forest and dropped him on a grass patch.

"Odd, what the hell happened back there?" Ulrich pushed the boy onto the ground and tried to make Odd look him in the eye.

"I can't believe Jeremie messed up like that. I just...can't believe it."

"Odd we all loved Lily and we're all sad but we can't just blame Jeremie, it was a mistake." William kept the boy from getting to his feet, even though Odd didn't make any effort to fight them off.

"Odd, you don't really blame Jeremie do you?"

"Its his fault..."

"I know you, your my best friend and roommate. You don't blame Jeremie you blame yourself, admit it!"

"I can't believe one promise, I broke one promise and it killed her. I killed Lily. I killed the one girl who made my heart race and my mind go blank. She was the only girl that I..."

"Loved?" William offered the word for the blonde.

"I...I don't know if I loved her."

"Odd you whispered her name before you woke up and before you went to bed. You actually kissed Kiwi, thinking he was Lily. You love her, Odd." Ulrich pointed out, trying to make Odd feel better.

"Yeah, Odd admit it."

"Fine! Yes I'm in love with Lily and I think she's the one! It doesn't do me any good now that she's, gone." Tears began to fall from Odd's eyes and he found himself engulfed in a hug with Ulrich and William.

"We will find a way to bring her back, she can't be dead."