AN: Starts with Yumi dreaming. Dreams are signified by :: at the beginning and end. Another chapter coming soon, I hope. I'm going on vacation after Sunday and I'll be back on the Saturday or Sunday after. I'll try to get a chapter in before then. As always, read, review, and enjoy!
:: In front of me I see Ulrich the day he told me he had feelings for me - the day Sissy tricked him. His face falls as I tell him I didn't write the letter. I don't want to say it, but I can't stop myself. And I can't take back the words.
The scene changes and now we're in Lyoko. All of us are there, even Jeremy. He seems to be throwing rocks at the blocks and doing fairly well. There isn't an infected tower in sight, but I fight on anyway. Every time we destroy a block, two more come in its place.
"Where's the tower?" I shout at the others as I destroy another monster.
"There is no tower," Odd replied, "We win when we destroy all the blocks."
"Where's Aelita then?" I asked, stopping my attack and looking at Jeremy.
"Aelita? Who's Aelita?" Jeremy asked, turning blank, sightless eyes to me. I took a step back in surprise and horror. This is no Jeremy I know, I thought. The real Jeremy is in love with Aelita. Somehow, I had to convince the others he was a fake... probably created by X.A.N.A.
"Ulrich, this isn't Jeremy," I said, turning to the one who was most likely to believe me.
"Of course he is," Ulrich replied and turned so his back was to me, "But I'm not Ulrich."
"Yes you are," I said desperately, looking back and forth from the fake Jeremy's empty eyes and to Ulrich's back.
"No, I'm not," he said, turning to face me again. This time I was looking into the eyes of Theo.
"This can't be happening," I whispered, fear creeping into my voice.
"It is," Theo said coldly, shifting his attention - and his blade - from the blocks to me.
"Where's Ulrich?" I asked softly. I backed away and a knot of panic and anxiety formed in my stomach. The person before me looked in every way like Ulrich, except for the face. Something in his eyes terrified me and I continued my retreat until my back hit a tree. My hands went back to the tree's trunk as I braced myself for whatever was to come. He advanced on me with his sword pointed on me and Odd and Jeremy closed in behind him.
"He's dead," Theo said grimly. The knot in my stomach twisted, along with my heart.
"D-dead?" I stammered, not wanting to believe him.
"I killed him," Theo said simply, stepping in front of me. "And now I'm going to kill you."
I only had time to scream one word before a stab through the heart silenced me.
"Ulrich!"::