Disclaimer: Don't own
A/N: No amount of apologizes will make up for how long it took me to get around to this.
And sadly it just feels like a filler.
Ah, there was a lot of mistakes I didn't noticed when I posted this... So they are now corrected. I think.
Chapter 14: A Deep Pit
I hate myself I do
Because I fear that,
I have killed you.
Maybe it's not on the surface.
And maybe it's not underneath.
But you lay as still as the dead.
So I can no longer sleep.
Odd was tired.
The authorities had questioned him and the rest of the group countless times and admittedly they didn't have the best cover story. It was the usual fall back: we found her like this. Which still brought a world of questions about why they had all been up that night when the school had a curfew. It was a bit fishy even if they weren't sneaking around together.
Odd rolled parts of that conversation around in his head. I was worried about Sissi so I went to her room to see if she was alright and spotted her sneaking out so I followed. When Ulrich realized I was gone they came looking for me. That was it but there was always more questions and each one dug deeper into his conscious- each lie souring his tongue.
It was all his fault. He wanted to say that it was all his fault.
The principal was on leave ever since his daughter had been committed to the hospital. Rumors passed about what had happened to the girl but no one was really sure. Even though people couldn't possibly be further from the truth it was still a constant reminder of what he had done.
Sissi was in a coma- this everyone knew. The real mystery was why. Some of the crazier rumors claimed that Odd had snapped and pushed her down a man hole for all the horrible things she said to him over the years. That of course was an unfair assumption.
The two of them had been getting along rather well as of late.
Other people claimed that Odd and Sissi must have snuck off somewhere together and were mugged or something along those lines. No matter what answers they came up with though, the only sure fire thing was that the Lyoko warriors knew the truth and none of them were talking.
The food sat in front of Odd- untouched.
"You should eat something." Ulrich commented in a flat tone that lacked visible concern. While the group had been mad at their shortest member for awhile they had gotten over it when it became obvious that he was punishing himself with silence. It wouldn't be right to scorn him when he was now so aware of what he'd done wrong. He didn't need anymore jabs at his emotional state.
"Yeah Odd, you'll get even scrawnier if you don't."
They were purposely trying to get a rise out of him- anything to return him to his normal way of acting. Odd began poking at his mash potatoes, looking grim. Though his friends spoke to him his mind was miles away. There had to be something he could do to fix this. He ran it over in his head again and again until he came to one conclusion: he needed to go back to Lyoko.
With this he slowly began to eat, if only to satisfy the others. He wasn't sure how to bring this to their attention yet so decided to keep quiet for the moment. The sky was visibly darkening outside the windows so he finished up and headed off.
No one said a thing to stop him.
An hour later he heard Ulrich enter their shared room. Since his back was to him though, he figured his roommate wouldn't know if he was asleep or not and probably wouldn't bother him. Maybe it was his lack of snores that grabbed the boy's attention though.
There was a brief pause in the footfalls and a faint sigh: "You awake Odd?"
It wasn't something Odd wanted to deal with so he continued to stare at the wall in silence. With the creak of Ulrich's bed and the click of the lights going out- he finally closed his own eyes.
He wasn't sure why but someone was calling to him.
The voice was familiar but he couldn't match it with any of the people in his head.
The world around him was bleak- starch white and cold. He rubbed at his arms but warmth refused to return. The chill was working deeper then his bones, it was penetrating his heart and squeezing it without mercy. There seemed to be no relief in this place- no matter what direction he turned.
Della Robbia
A chill passed through him and he whirled around, the breath misting in front of his face.
Odd
He thought he caught the sight of someone out of the corner of his eye but when he tried to get a better look no one was there. There was something wrong with him, that was all there was to it- he was just seeing things. Letting out a sigh he turned one final time and found Sissi's face inches from his nose.
His heart leapt and before he could register anything- he found himself falling… falling into the abyss.
Odd woke with a start.
The breath was caught in his chest and he was soon gasping for air. His fingers clawed at his sheets and Kiwi looked at him in alarm but there was no response from his roommate. As the erratic beating of his heart slowed he look over and found that Ulrich had gone.
His fingers worked there way through his damp hair.
It must have been the weekend. Ulrich must have left so he could sleep in.
Odd swung his legs over the side of the bed and slowly stood.
He could really use a shower- preferably a cold one that might actually wake him up.
A/N: I'll put more effort into the next one ^^;