Wow, it has been forever since I updated. I'm going to try to make this chapter long since I haven't updated in forever. Well here it is….

Disclaimer: I don't own code lyoko or any of its characters.

Ulrich's POV

William was holding a gun to Yumi's head. I would never forgive myself if anything were to happen to her.

"William put the gun down" I tried to sound as brave as I could but truly I have never been this scared in my life. I looked at Yumi. Tears were falling slowly out of her beautiful dark eyes. It killed me inside to see her like this.

"I asked you to do a favor for me." William said with a smirk on his face. "If you do what I tell you, I will let Yumi go."

I was willing to do anything William asked of me to save Yumi. It was partly my fault she is in this mess. I could have stopped William before any of this happened instead of going back to France and sulking.

"I'll do anything you want William." I swallowed hard waiting to hear what I had to do. I saw more tears run down Yumi's cheeks.

"I promise Yumi, we will both get through this." I gave her my best attempt at a smile and I saw her smile slightly as well. I promise

"Well that was very touching, but for now follow me." William interrupted mine and Yumi's moment.

I followed William who still had his gun pointed at Yumi's head for about 30 minutes. None of us spoke a word the whole way. Eventually William stopped.

"Where are we?" I asked. I looked around and I saw a pretty big house. It had two floors, but I couldn't tell if it had a basement, however it was very old. It was covered in dirt, tiles were falling off of the roof and there were many cracks and holes in the wooden walls.

"We are north of the beach." William responded.

"So what do I have to do?"

"I have lost my room key somewhere in this house. I want you to find it for me." William said.

This was too easy. There had to be something else.

"Don't think it is going to be this easy. I have been preparing for this little meeting of ours. I have poured gasoline all over this house and I'm going to light it on fire. If you come out without the room key I will shoot Yumi. If you die I will let Yumi go and if you find the room key I will let her go."

Of course, I had to say it was too easy.

I simply nodded my head showing I understood what he wanted.

"Ulrich, be careful. I can't bear the thought of losing you." Tears were now streaming down Yumi's face.

I smiled at her as a couple of tears escaped my eye and rolled down my face.

"I promise Yumi, I won't leave you."

She ran forward and wrapped her arms around my neck as tightly as she could without choking me. I whispered "I love you" in her ear and she said "I love you too." My arms around her back and hers were around my neck. It was one of the greatest feelings. One of the feelings I knew I couldn't live without. And that was why I knew I needed to get through this. I needed Yumi, she was a part of me now. We finally let go of each other and I whispered one last thing in her ear. "Remember. I promised." She only smiled as she stepped back next to William.

"Ok then, lets get the party started." William said as he through a match he lit at the house. The house burst into flames.

I took a big gulp and entered the burning house.

I decided to start upstairs. If I waited too long to look up there it would collapse due to the fire. There were about 5 rooms upstairs. The fire was not that big yet so it was easy to access the rooms. I only got a couple burns on my legs.

Inside one of the rooms was a bed, two dressers, a huge closet, and a desk, all of which were on fire.

I first checked under the bed and then under the bed covers. When I lifted the bed covers the fire burned my hands turning them raw. I rummaged through all of the dressers and the closet not finding the room key.

Then all of a sudden I heard a rumble. I looked up and saw that the flaming roof was about to collapse. I dived out of the way almost escaping the fallen roof. It landed right on top of my ankle. I heard a loud cracking of the bone. I knew my ankle was broken.

There was a searing pain in both my ankle and my burns but I knew I needed to shake it off for Yumi. I couldn't let it affect what I needed to do. I needed to find the room key.

I was in the house for about a half an hour. I finished searching the upstairs and the key was nowhere to be found. I was limping towards the stairs, wincing everytime my broken ankle hit the floor. The stairs were already collapsed. There was no way to get down except to jump.

I looked down at the glowing red and orange flames. I could here them taunting me. 'Too scared Ulrich?' and 'Not afraid of heights are you'. I was going crazy. My mind was racing with thoughts about Yumi, the baby, and all of my friends. Odd, Aelita, and Jeremy. If only they were here. If only there was some way to reach them.

And that's when it dawned on me. William is an idiot. He never took my cell phone. I have it in my pocket.

I grabbed my cell phone and dialed Odd's number.

"Hello?"

"Odd?"

"Hey Ulrich whats up?"

"Odd I need you guys do get down here right away."

"Sure where are you guys?"

"Walk for about 30 minutes North from the beach until you see William. You should see a house on fire too."

"Alright buddy, we will be there as soon as possible."

"Thanks, bye"

"Bye"

I hung up the phone and put it back in my pocket. I need to jump to get to the floor. I shook away my fears and jumped.

The fire burned my legs disintegrating half of my pants and burning my legs raw. My broken ankle felt like someone with a knife was stabbing me a million times.

I shut my eyes for a second but then I mentally slapped myself. No Ulrich you can't give up now. Remember the promise you made Yumi. Remember Yumi.

My eyes shot open and I was more determined than ever. I stomped on the ground. There wasn't much of an echo so I assumed there wasn't a basement which was definitely a good thing.

Fighting back the tears, I kept going I found a kitchen. There was a fridge tipped over and glass from broken plates and glasses everywhere. Fire was all over the wooden cupboards and cabinets.

The first place I looked was the cupboards most of them were already opened and empty. Only about 3 were closed. I opened each one knocking over everything in it as it shattered on the floor. A piece of glass flew up from when one of the glasses broke and cut me across the cheek. Blood dripped from the newly gained wound but that didn't stop me. I continued looking through the rest of the kitchen unable to locate the room key.

It has been 20 minutes since I called Odd. They should almost be here.

The house rumbled once again and I heard more of the roof collapse onto the floor beneath. I knew I only had about 5 minutes until the house was in pieces.

There were two rooms left to check but I only had time to check one. There was a room that was like a trophy room, and a room that was like a living room. I had a 50/50 shot at guessing the right room. Without thinking I just went into the trophy room. The fires were now as tall as me and were burning me to a crisp. All I had left of my pants was from my knees up. My green jacket was burning somewhere and my sleeves of my green tee-shirt were gone showing the burns up and down my arm.

The cabinets were glass so I just punched them. They shattered giving me multiple cuts on my knuckles but easy access to the trophies. I looked through everything and I still didn't have it. I fell to floor in unbearable pain from my injuries. I heard another rumble and some of the roof landed right next to me.

I turned to see how close it was from landing on me and a saw something white through the blazing flames.

I reached my hand right through the flames and grabbed what I spotted. I examined it and it was Williams room key.

I got up slowly, making my way an exit as fast as I could. The nearest thing to me was a window and with all my might a jumped through it.

I made it. I was outside of the house with the room key.

I held up the room key to show William that I had it. His face was in pure shock. Yumi was running towards me. She hugged me with all of her emotion just like before I went into the house.

"I was so worried. You were in there for over an hour. I..I thought you were…d.dead." Yumi stammered to me through her tears of joy.

"I promised didn't I." I just smirked at her. She lifted her head from my shoulder to look me in they eyes and then her lips fell on top of mine resulting into one of the most passionate kisses.

"No, No." I heard William yell. "How did you find it under the floor board?"

"Oh is that where it was. The floor collapsed above me and then the key ended up right next to me." I explained.

"I don't care. I'm still going to kill you Stern. You were supposed to die so Yumi and I could be together with our baby." William screamed. "I don't care what our deal was you are still going to die!!!"

"Noo!!"Yumi screamed as she through her arms around my neck.

Then the gun was fired.

Ouch. Cliff hanger. Sorry about that. Don't worry I wont take 3 months to update again. I will update soon.

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