Disclaimer: Still don't own Code Lyoko, but you have this story so please enjoy. c:

I stood and turned Aelita toward me.

"Listen, we just want to help you but we can't do that until you tell us what happened." Her eyes looked pained for a moment and then she sighed.

"Leave." I stood frozen, did I hear that right?

"Excu-," she cut me off.

"Leave, now!" I stepped towards her. Aelita stepped back. I reached out to her and she flinched away from me. "Odd I said leave! I don't want to see you!" Ouch. I think I felt my heart break. I nodded slowly. This wasn't happening. It couldn't be. I paused in the doorway for a moment then left. I walked out of the infirmary, past all the students walking the opposite direction, through the double doors, and past the school building. I looked up at the gates surrounding me. She doesn't want to see me. That was my last thought as I walked out of the "security" of the school and into the woods.

What did I do? I feel stupid. I can't trust them. Not anymore. I can't let anyone get near me. They'll only hurt me like he did. What was that he said? Before he left. He stood in the doorway and said,

"Real friends don't hurt you...Yeah, well, sorry to disappoint but I no longer have friends." It was like acid on her tongue. She had no friends and the realization hit her for the first time.

"I'm alone."

Ulrich was looking up at the ceiling. How could Jeremie expect him not to do anything. The group hadn't spent two years fighting for Aelita's life for nothing. He ran his hands through his hair. She was like a little sister to him. He couldn't just not care. Ulrich hadn't expected something like this to happen. Not in a million years. They were all the best of friends. How could things go so wrong?

Jeremie was the last person he expected to hurt Aelita. It was supposed to be Jeremie and Aelita, Yumi and Ulrich, the perfect couples. A happily ever after. 'That's not exactly how it worked out', he thought. A soft rapping came from his door. He went and answered only to see a grinning Sissi in his doorway.

"Sissi?" He furrowed his eyebrows.

"Word's out Ulrich." Now he was even more confused. She dropped her smile. "Can I come in?" He opened the door wider so she could pass then closed it quickly. "Ulrich, everyone's starting to question what went down during that dance. What happened to Aelita?" His phone went off in his pocket but he ignored it.

"I can't tell you-"

"Why? Is there something you're not telling the authorities? Ulrich what's going on?"

"I can't tell you 'cause we don't even know what happened ourselves... Your father told you to question me didn't he," It was a statement not a question and her eyes widened. He looked up at her.

"Yes, but only because there's something going around the school. A rumor has made its way around," she paused," that you beat up Jeremie." She looked at him intently. Studying him carefully. Ulrich's features and body language gave away nothing.

He hesitated, then,"Aelita was with Jeremie the night of the dance. They were together and no one saw anything," he heard his own voice quaver.

"Ulrich I didn't come here to get you into any trouble. I came to help. I convinced my dad that there was a good reason for all this and he agreed to let me talk to you to find out what it was." Now she looked troubled. Ulrich stared at her for a moment before she continued. "If we can't prove Jeremie did cause all this, I'm afraid he'll have to expell you." Ulrich's heart sank. Great, more pressure. 'I got myself into this', he thought, 'but if Sissi's willing to help they must believe me.'

"Sissi, I never thought I'd say this but, thanks." She gave him a small smile.

"No problem, but we need to find out what happened as soon as possible, because everyone is starting to get tense." Yumi knocked and entered.

"Hey I've been-" Yumi stopped mid-sentence. "Hi, Sissi. Um." Ulrich looked towards her and smiled.

"Yumi, Sissi is gonna' help us found out what happened." Yumi gave the other girl a warm smile.

"Thanks."

Aelita stood in the middle of the infirmary. She was alone. The silence was thick with her own tension. Tick, tick, tick. TICK! TICK! TICK! The clocks seconds became more and more audible. Growing louder and louder with each tick. They echoed and reverberated throughout her mind. Thump, thump, thump, Thump, THUMP, THUMP! She fell to her knees and threw her arms over her ears. The pain came back in her right hand. She felt the sharp pain that she had partially felt the night before and in the morning. No longer was it a dull throb. Aelita ran over to the glass cabinets. THUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP!

She tried opening them, but they were all locked. She pulled with all her strength, ignoring the pain in her hand, but they held fast.

THUMP, THUMP, THUMP!

The noise was faster and louder than before. It blended seamlessly with the constant ticks of the clock.

TICK, THUMP, TICK, THUMP, TICK!

At some point she became aware that she was beginning to hyperventilate. Aelita felt the walls inching in closer. She felt her arm raise slowly.

THUMP! THUMP! TICK! TICK!

The dizzy feeling returned with a wave of nausea. What was happening to her? Finally, she curled her fingers into a tight fist and broke the glass. Bottles fell everywhere. She grabbed the nearest one and popped open the cap.

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! TICK! TICK! TICK!

It wouldn't stop! She dry swallowed three of the pills before the room span out of control and she passed out. The thumping stopped.

Nurse Yolanda entered and screamed at the sight. The room was a bloody, glassy mess. She ran over to Aelita and quickly picked up the bottle in her hand. A bottle of morphine.

A/N: So... Good news: Sissi is helping

Bad news: Odd is gone and Aelita...yeah. Reviews?