I...I'm confused. "Ulrich...ca...can you show me how you died?" He places a hand on my shoulder. "I just need to stimulate it is all." Odd gently presses down. Something clicks in my mind, and I begin to have another vision.
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Yumi bolts out of the room, with me right after. I wasn't really after her-it was Xana chasing Yumi down the halls, leering maliciously. My eyes are blank, devoid of the usual possession alert. Instead, the sign on my hand is bright red-the color of oxygen-rich 'blood'.

Ulrich stumbles out of the nurse's room and freezes, seeing me. "Ulrich! Run!" Yumi screams, taking off in the opposite direction. I give chase to the weaker 'prey,' Ulrich, who runs. Unable to achieve his required strength for 'Super-Sprint,' and in consequence unable to 'Triplicate,' all he can do is hide.

Ulrich runs down the halls and hides in a room, specifically a 'closet.' The poor target tries to keep from panting. 'Blood' trickles down his back from the deep gash that I left him as a 'souvenir' the last time we had met. Sweat floods down his arms and drips from his face. The cold anxiety of 'waiting' presses against Ulrich's chest.

I peer in, looking about, eyes narrowed. My hand goes to the ground, and I pause, closing my eyes. Ulrich holds his breath, hoping not to be discovered...it would take a 'miracle,' though, and luck detested the poor abhorred boy.

"I know you're here, Ulrich." The words strike terror into his heart. "I can feel your heartbeat...I can hear you straining to hold your breath...are you not clearly aware that you also have a trail of 'blood' following you?" Ulrich's heart thumps wildly as he dislodges the wooden rack in the 'closet.'

"I am not willing to spare any captives. I am not willing to let you live. I only wish to see you at the ground, heaving your last breath..." The shadow gets closer...the footsteps are louder...Ulrich kicks open the door and 'clouts' me full on the head. The possessed being drops to the ground, stunned, as my 'prey' scrams.

Dripping a trail of bright red liquid, Ulrich runs smack into Odd. "Odd!" "Ulrich, who's after you?" "Jeremie. He's possessed..." "Come on, let's get going into the forest and wait out the possession." Odd takes Ulrich by the arm and helps him out of the school.

"Come on! We gotta get out of here!" Ulrich lags behind. Hot pain suddenly slashes through his right arm, 'blood' dripping down his skin. "Missed me?" hisses my voice. "Ulrich, go!" Odd yells. The 'prey' shakes his head. "I...I can't...move..."

Ulrich was too weak to do anything, his body shuddering with every gasp, eyes dim and unable to focus. Ulrich's rag-doll body reels and falls to the ground, 'blood' staining the stalks of wheat from which I had arisen. "Ulrich! No!" Odd screams, as I smack him aside.

Ulrich closes his eyes, waiting...waiting for the death blow. Suddenly his heart beats irregularly, a tingle slicing its way through his body, rupturing his heart, splitting his veins...he drops off into the darkness, unable to see now...

I drop to my knees, devoid of all power...no trace of possession. The mark on my hand was now charcoal black. I fall forward, as if asleep, eyes closed.

"Ulrich..." Odd crawls over to him. "Ulrich..." The misty eyes peer back at Odd. His hand finds Odd's own...and grasps it gently. Something like an electric shock wells up Odd's arm and knocks him back, stunned.

"Ulrich!" he yells, running over to the fallen boy. "Ulrich, no!" No response. Ulrich's eyes are glassy now, unable to see anything. He was limp all over, sides refusing to move anymore.

"Oh...Ulrich..." Odd's eyes drip with water. "Ulrich...no..." The vision suddenly cuts off.
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"I...I did that?" Odd glares at me. "NO! YOU DIDN'T!" he yells. "Jeremie, you're a good person! Take our word for it!"

My ears catch a crunching sound. "Wha-who?" I mutter. Odd looks utterly frightened. "It's the police!" he yells. "And Jeremie! You got my 'blood' on your clothing!"

"HOLD IT!" yells a voice. I get up and run into the woods, Odd behind me.

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Cliffie! Haha! I've decided to go ahead and add previews, neh?
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I look up and eye the floating being above me. "Who are you and why are you following me?"

She smirks. "My name is Atilea and I'm your guardian angel."