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Ulrich swung open the Lounge room, gasping- Heather and Odd were pretty much getting it on, "No. Look. Odd, we have to get to the hotel, now. It's important." He grabbed Odd put his shirt, "You shouldn't be doing this anyway. You have a girlfriend."
Heather, not listening to Ulrich, only made a sad frown, and waved at Odd as he was being tugged out of the room.
Odd blew a kiss and waved back.
In the car, Odd was blowing up at them.
"LISTEN." Jeremie shouted, "Yumi's the murderer's next victim."
Odd stopped then and there, "Wait, how can you be sure?"
"I'm not really sure. But just knowing it's a possibility scares me shitless." Ulrich replied, trying to keep his cool; not only to not yell at Odd, but to avoid unnecessary wrecks on the street, "I'll ask Yumi if her stalker gave her any names."
Theo, who had agreed to come with them, suggested, "Should I stay in the hotel, too? Just incase?"
"I'd sure like it for you did." Ulrich answered as he pulled into the hotel parking lot, "Let's go."
XxX
Yumi was on the floor- laughing, along with Sam, due to the hilarious story Aelita had told them about a man in the hospital.
"Yeah sure, it's funny," Aelita started, also sniggering herself, "but the poor guy didn't know any better."
Ulrich threw the door open, scaring the bee-jeebers out of the three women, lifted Yumi off the floor, looked into her eyes, and gave her a passionate kiss.
"Well, hello there." Sam greeted. Sort of annoyed that Ulrich had ruined their fun 'girl-chat'.
Ulrich ignored Sam's sneered comment and said to Yumi, "Did your stalker guy ever give you a name?"
"Why yes. He did." Yumi pulled a note out of her pocket, "He calls himself Helplessly-"
"N. Love?" Ulrich finished for her. Yumi was surprised that Ulrich had guessed correctly without even looking at the note, "Promise me, stay in this room, with me." He whispered to her carefully, "Yumi, it's important to me."
"Okay, okay, Ulrich."
Soon, though, without an explanation, Aelita and Sam were kicked out.
The sleeping plans were arranged by the men like this:
Sam and Aelita would be in the room on the left of Ulrich's.
However, they only got this far for a long while, fighting for what they should do next. They all wanted to protect Yumi. And although they all agreed Ulrich is a permanent person to stay, they would think she'd need at least one more person to stay.
"Alright, you know what, why don't we all freaking stay?" Theo threw his arms up, "We can't agree on it. We all want to protect her. We can all stay."
"Yeah, my hotel has two beds, two sofas, one of them with a hide-a-bed." Ulrich informed, "I'm sure Yumi will be thrilled to know she'll be in a room full of men."
Sam and Aelita were actually okay- just hearing they'd get to share a room together, with no boys, meant party! And they jumped up to the room without a complaint. They planned on texting Yumi every now and then to make sure she wasn't going insane.
Yumi, however, wasn't as pleased, "All of you?" She repeated, "All of you? No thanks. I'll just back to my room and-"
"No." Ulrich responded forcefully, "We care about you, Yumes. We all want to protect you." Gee, how many times have we used that, "We just want to make sure you'd be okay, no matter what happens. If the stalker man does show up, he can't take all of us on."
"Yeah, and you, Ulrich, Jer, and I are used to fighting, remember?" Odd referred to Lyoko and she nodded.
"Alright. Under one condition." Yumi held up her pointer finger.
"What's that?" Theo asked.
"I'm not sharing a bed with any of you."
"Not even me?" Ulrich said with a smile.
"Especially not you."
"WELL."
XxX
"I need to get my stuff…"
"I'm coming with you."
Yumi turned to Theo, "You don't have to. It's like, two feet from here."
"Ulrich told me that if he wasn't available, and you go somewhere, anywhere, he wanted me to come with you." Theo shrugged, "And since he's not available, I'm coming."
"Sure. Whatever."
Walking down the hallway with Theo, Yumi found this a perfect time to ask, "Have a girlfriend, Theo?"
He snickered, "No. Girlfriends are overrated." He sighed and added, "Besides, I'm not attractive enough to hook a girlfriend."
"Aww, that's not true." Yumi giggled, "You're attractive, Theo. Hot, even. If anything, you're just as attractive to me, as Ulrich."
"Ooh, is that so?"
"It's very so. You have green eyes, he has green eyes. You have brown hair, he has brown hair. And I'm a sucker for men in uniforms."
Theo smiled at her, "Gee, thanks, Yumi. I have a whole bunch more confidence in myself now."
Yumi opened the door to her hotel room. Surprised that William wasn't there. She quickly got her stuff, and took out her luggage bags.
"Crap! How much crap does a girl need for a short visit?" Theo asked mockingly. Yumi had three bags in her hands.
"She likes to make a man feel useful." She handed two to Theo, "So be a useful man, and carry these."
"Dang it, why'd I have to go?"
"Once you know, lemme know."
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"They're back!" Odd announced as Yumi and Theo opened the door. They set her items down near the door.
Ulrich had just stepped out of the shower. His still damp hair, made him look all the more feisty. Although, his eyes showed nothing but pure affection.
Getting ready for bed, for they all had work to do tomorrow. Jeremie had changed into a cotton pair of light blue pajamas. Odd has changed into a white muscle shirt, and purple pajama pants. Ulrich wore green pajama pants, as Theo wore orange pajama pants- both Ulrich and Theo remained shirtless.
Yumi, being the only female in the room, had decided to not wear a night gown, but her long black pajama pants, and a white spaghetti-strap shirt.
"I'm so tired." Yumi murmured in the room, Ulrich, who had fought to get the bed in the same room, nodded to her. The lamp between the beds was still lightly lit.
Ulrich found the scene sort of romantic, but he was sure Yumi wasn't thinking about that right now, "How do you feel, Yumi?"
"I want to know, Ulrich. Why did you want me to stay? I even told you my stalker may hurt you…"
He jumped off his bed, onto hers, and sat next to her, "Yumi, please don't be scared." She nodded her promise, "There's been a similarity in these murders- including the McClear's case. And it's been a stalker, named Helplessly N. Love. Theo, Jeremie, Odd, and I- we all think he's aiming you to be his next victim."
Yumi's eyes widened.
"It makes sense. The other three women were about your age, beautiful, like you, and everything." He added, and tugged her against him, "But there's a difference with you. You have me. I'll protect you." He promised.
She started sobbing into his bare chest, "Ulrich…"
"You promised you wouldn't be scared." He murmured.
"I know, but how can I help myself?"
"I understand."
Theo, Jeremie, and Odd came in- hearing Yumi crying.
"What's wrong?"
Ulrich looked up at them, "I told her why we wanted her to stay here. It's pretty scary. If it were me, I'd be crying too."
"Yeah, of course, as would I." Jeremie agreed, he sat on the other side of Yumi and rubbed her back, "It's fine, Yumi. I work for the president, if anything, I can get the whole nation on this badass. Odd's a physic, he could have dreams tonight about your stalker before he comes. And- Your boyfriend here and Theo are cops. They can take him down if he gets anywhere near you." He tried to soothe his crying friend, "Yumi, Yumi. Look at me." He peeled her face from Ulrich's chest, "Yumi, please. We've been best friends and we've JUST been reunited, there's no way in heaven or hell that I'm letting this creepy jackass take you, okay?"
"Okay." She clang onto Jeremie for a second, just to embrace him. It was nice to know so many people cared about her.
Suddenly, the door started banging, a frightened yelp with it.
Odd jumped back to the door, "William?"
The man was in his pajamas, eyes wide, in a sweat, and pale white in fear, "Oh my god! You guys! Someone just shot the windows out!" He screamed.
Theo ran past them, heading toward William and Yumi's former room- Well, William didn't lie. The windows were shattered, a couple bullets laying near the window- he took a look outside, absolutely nothing. Well, there was a couple cars in the parking lot, but nothing totally suspicious. He was about to turn back around when he heard another shot in the distance, he leaped back to the window-
J0X--928
Yes, a license plate. The black car (too dark to tell what kind) sped off. What idiot parks the back part of his car near a streetlight?
Theo muttered the six characters a hundred times while looking for paper and pen. Finally, he realized, they had a pad and a pencil next to the telephone- after writing it down, he returned to his room.
"You don't look pissed." Ulrich noted the second his partner walked in, "What'cha get?"
Theo waved the paper, "A license plate."
"PERFECT." Jeremie ran to his laptop, "Top of the art, my friends. The president doesn't only use me as a lackey, but with this job, I can find any information on this side of the planet."
"Awesome, lookup this." Theo gave the paper to Jeremie who started typing away. While this was going on, Theo smiled up at Yumi, "See Yumes? This is all under control. This guy chose the wrong girl this time."
William, still startled, was invited to stay for a while, since they all knew Odd liked to stay up and watch TV- as did William.
XxX
"I feel sorry for Yumi." Sam stated, lying on Aelita's bed as the pink-princess was in the closet, choosing tomorrow's outfit.
"Oh my god, me too." Aelita giggled, "All that testosterone in the same room as little Miss. Yumi? She'll explode."
"Tell me about it. Tomorrow, we need to bring her somewhere, anywhere, just somewhere without the boys." Sam suggested, "The mall?"
"OH YES. Girl's paradise." Aelita squealed, shoving off the clothes she just picked out. When Sam asked about it, Aelita answered with the following: "Going to the mall- that deserves a fresh, new outfit."
"Maybe, if you go around without your ring, guys might hit on you." Sam giggled as she stretched on her friend's bed.
"Please honey, even with the ring, the guys can't keep their hands off me." Aelita answered, "But, uh, do you think Jeremie has a girlfriend?"
"Jeremie? Jeremie… Belpois?" Sam repeated.
Aelita nodded, waiting for an answer from her best friend.
She kept quiet, until narrowing her eyes with a grin on her face, "You still like him, don't you?"
Aelita turned a deep red and turned around, "Well, sorta. I mean, it was just an innocent question, I promise."
"Sure, innocent. Yeah." Sam answered with a giggle. She couldn't believe how much stuff Aelita had, "You don't know how lucky you are to be an only child."
"Orphan, thank you." Aelita corrected.
Sam sighed, "Same thing. I have this stupid sister."
Aelita hopped to face Sam, "SISTER? Why didn't you tell me before?"
"Well, she was always a goody-two-shoes, and well, I wasn't. I don't like talking about her." Samantha answered, looking at the floor, "My parents always teased me saying she'd be the officer, and arrest me."
Aelita laughed, "You're not that bad. Now, tell me about your sister."
"She's actually younger than me." Sam informed, and began a total biography on her sister.
The Divorced- William and Heather Dunbar.
XxX
"Gotta match." Jeremie finally stated, about ten minutes after he had gotten the license plate, "It's a black car, no wonder you couldn't see it. It's an interesting tricked-out car to be exact." He turned his laptop around to show everyone.
Yumi eyed the car- That's the car she got here in! "No way. Will. Look at this." She pulled her partner, almost shoving him into the laptop.
He gasped, "BITCH STOLE MY CAR."
"How did they get your car keys?" Odd asked- clearly confused. You need a key to start it, right?
"Good question." William answered, as he wormed his way out of the room, "Be right back. I'm gonna go see if they took my key from my room somehow."
"Sure thing, dude."
A familiar ringtone rang in the silence of the room after William left, "Yes? Clay? Aww, man. It's Ulrich and my after-hours." Theo pleaded not to check out whatever was going on, "Get Heather to do it."
"That's just it." Clay answered, completely serious, "She's not here. She disappeared."
"What do you mean she's not there?!" Theo shouted, "Of course she's there! She told me she'd be there till 1 AM and take her morning shift off!"
"Gauthier- Hush. I'm telling you, she's not here. Scary part? The car she checked out this morning, it's still here. Her regular car? That's here too. I've tried her pager, cell phone, house phone, everything. I'm calling you, because you were the last person to see her."
Theo couldn't state anything- everyone at the station was family. Thinking that someone went missing was like a man stole your child. It was a scary thought, "Alright. Ulrich and I are coming."
He slammed the door in the faces of the others, screaming questions at him. Ulrich, clearly confused, stayed quiet, because he knew Theo would tell him eventually.
Jumping into Theo's car, Ulrich found the perfect time to ask the question, "So buddy, what exactly are we doing?"
"We're going to the station. Heather's missing."
Ulrich gawked in surprise. Heather was never one to leave without telling someone where she was going. Unless it was a pure emergency, but even then, when she found the time, she'd tell someone.
Not even completely there, they found a man trying to blend in with the darkness. "Pssh, that's not weird." Ulrich muttered, making Theo chuckle. Not too far later, a strange random bag caught their attention.
"What is it?" Theo asked looking over the passenger window.
"It looks like a trash bag. Let's go check it out." Ulrich hopped out of the now still car they were in, and carefully walked up to the bag. It wasn't rare- prostitutes at this time of night that got a baby they didn't want, usually put the newborn in a bag and thrown out to where-ever. Selfish idiots often put young animals- puppies, kittens, baby rabbits, you name it- they sometimes trashed them if they didn't want them.
Ulrich kicked a foot out, softly, hoping for a reaction.
"Mmmfm!" Okay, that was NOT a pet.
The brunette officer quickly took action, trying to rip the bag open- fumbling with it like nothing else, after ripping it open, he realized the scared face, "Heather?"
She was so close to death, it wasn't even funny. Pale, from the lack of blood, mouth gagged, she couldn't even keep her eyes open.
"Hold on, Heather." Ulrich begged his not only teammate, but a girl he considered his sister, as he pulled her out of the trash bag, and into the back of the police car.
"What's—HEATHER?" Theo yelled, looking into the back seat, Ulrich climbing in with her to help her breathe.
"Yeah, get to the hospital—now." He commanded, untying the rag on her mouth, trying all he can to get her to the hospital, "Damn it, we should have the siren and everything."
"I know, too bad we can't trick-out our regular cars." Theo sighed as he turned around to go to the nearest hospital.
XxX
"I wonder what happened." Yumi asked out loud. Odd and Jeremie shrugged, "I hope it's okay. I've never seen Theo that jumpy before."
"He did seem worried." Jeremie agreed, "Well, I'm sure Officers aren't very peppy when they hear something going on in their neighborhood."
"Very true. I wouldn't either." Odd interjected.
Ring! Ring! Ring!
The hotel room's phone went off.
The three looked at each other- Um, yeah. This isn't our room, so yeah. Are we supposed to answer this?
"Uh, hello?" Jeremie was willing to take the chance.
"Hi, this is the front desk. There's a visitor here for this hotel room number."
Dude. That's not suspicious. I mean, it's like—what?—midnight by now? And I mean, we all visit each other when the sun's down, right?
"Uhh, a visitor?" Jeremie repeated.
"Yes." The madam answered, seemingly annoyed, "This man, wait a minute- Sir! SIR!"
Jeremie motioned for Odd to go out in the hallway, "Look for some suspicious man coming up here. I think he's trying to get in this room." Odd nodded, heading out.
The computer genius stayed on the telephone, "Ma'am? Ma'am? Yes, is that man coming up here?"
"I think so. He didn't look to happy. I'll call the police…"
Jeremie couldn't speak, he couldn't even think. Someone, anyone, was coming up here. They knew exactly what room number they were in and everything. The next thing he knew BLAM!
Yumi jumped, "What the hell was that?"
Jeremie put the phone down, ran to Yumi, and threw her into the closet, "Don't make a sound, okay? I'm thinking this may be your stalker. Angry that you're staying with all of us."
Yumi, tears in her eyes, could only nod.
Where was Theo and Ulrich?
XxX
Now at the hospital, Heather was taking into better healthcare.
"Is she going to be okay?" Theo asked every doctor that passed their hallway. Ulrich found it best to grab Theo's arm and pull him back into his seat.
"Calm it, Theo. We don't want to bug them this time of—" Ding a ling! Ulrich got his cell phone out, "Yes?"
"Stern! Oh good. Just got a call about a distress call at the Holiday Inn. I think it's the one your staying at. Do you have any details?"
… Yep, sure do, boss. I can see my hotel room from here.
"Um, no. I'm here at the hospital with Theo. We found Heather. She wasn't… well, happy." Ulrich answered, running his fingers through his hair, "But never mind that, what's going on at the Holiday Inn?"
"All the front counter clerk could say was that the man was dressed in completely black clothes, top to bottom, with sunglasses and a hat. Going into a room without the permission needed. So, the punk needs to be arrested."
"Okay, I'll try to get there A.S.A.P." Ulrich put his phone up and nudged Theo, "I'm gonna steal you car and go back to the hotel, apparently, something's going down. You stay here, update me on everything about Heather."
"Um, okay! See you later!" Theo waved as his partner was already in the parking lot.
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