XANA's POV...
As I slither and wind around my captive, I begin to get impatient. Why won't he break already? I let out something of a snarl. I draw my lips back and bare my demonic teeth at Jeremie. To my dismay, the boy is unfazed. In fact he seems completely blank. He glares forward, his expression... he looks lost, finally bending towards the breaking point. My fabricated nightmares are eating at his humble mind. In fact, I even watched him react inside that dream. I sat on the sidelines, watching my specters taunt him. Jeremie of course, saw the specters as his friends, the ones he loved and longed for. I merely looked on as he reached out for a helping hand. The faces of his "friends" contorted. The all began to circle him.
"Failure." One said.
"Idiot." said another.
"Horrible friend." hissed yet another specter.
"Selfish." The specters enclosed on the kid. I could easily make out his tears and pleas for forgiveness. Such a strong boy, yet so fragile. It won't be long until his friends became his prisoners as well...
Yumi's POV...
I took over as leader of the group, keeping us together, trying to grab hold of what little hope we had. Our food was becoming scarce, and from what I've seen outside, the school is... Gone. I try to think of Jeremie often. He is the true leader. I always tell Aelita: "We'll find him someday." But it has been so long. How could he possibly still be alive? I am outside now looking around the site of where Jeremie was taken. I flinch at a sudden voice heard on the wind . Again, I hear a voice whisper in my ear.
It's him!
"Jeremie?" I call out.
'Leave' His voice rings in my head.
"Where are you?" I persist.
'Get out of here! He'll find you.' I can hear his fear through that simple sentence. With that warning I begin to run away.
Thwack! My head decides to pay a visit to a low hanging branch. I hit the ground. Hard.
'Keep going.' He urges.
I stand up and run. Wait, where do I go?
'West... Good now go Northeast... Watch that tree... Go down that path a little ways...' It brings tears to my eyes as I realize that he is helping me to go the right way, like on Lyoko. I come up on the safehouse. I look up to the sky upon instinct.
"Thanks Jeremie." I say.
I hear him curse and then there is a sort of demented voice that I can't make out.
"Jeremie?" I insist upon some sort of response. But, as if on que, he has become silent. I spit with annoyance. The one time I hear from him!
Ok sorry. This was a really bad filler chapter that needed to happen. I know it was boring but i should have an interesting chapter up soon. Thanks and READ ON!