Over the last year after I finished the initial story, I told people they could get a copy of the alternate ending, and so after awhile, this is what I should have done in the first place. So now it is here, you don't have to ask me for it.
Ulrich had not time to lose. Running across the bridge of the factory Ulrich made his way in and stopped when he reached the drop.
" Yumi!" Ulrich shouted, hearing his voice bounce off the walls and hit him back. Hearing nothing but silence he shouted her name again. Again nothing. Running to the edge he grabbed the rope and swung down, landing next to the destroyed elevator shaft. He checked his watch, three minutes.
" Dammit," Ulrich said to himself. Then he heard a noise. He couldn't identify what it was, but he no better place to look, so began to run in that direction. Reaching the stairs that lead to the second floor of the factory. Running by and checking the rooms as he ran by, he came to the end of the hall and came to a locked door.
Ulrich rammed the door a few times with his shoulder and discovered it was too strong to break. Looking around he saw a fire axe and took it out of the glass case. Going back to the door he swung at the door knob and snapped it off on the first try and the door slowly swung open. Taking the axe with him he ran into the empty room.
" Oh come on," Ulrich said aloud. The he heard the noise again. Looking around the room he saw another door and ran that way. Grabbing the knob he turned it open and looked inside. The first thing he saw made him drop the axe. " Yumi."
Yumi was tied to a chair, her wrists and ankles bound by duct tape, and her body and arms bound by rope that was becoming loose. She looked unharmed but with her being unconscious it was hard to see how bad she was. Running over to her Ulrich grabbed her shoulder and began to shake her.
" Yumi, wake up," Ulrich said to her. " Yumi please, wake up," he said crying when she didn't even move. " No."
" She's alive, don't you worry," said a mans voice from the shadows in the corner. Ulrich turned her head and saw the man. He was wearing black head to toe, with his black mask still on. In his hand was a cigarette and a light that he kept clicking off and on. That's the sound Ulrich had heard.
" What did you do to her?" Ulrich asked.
" Put her into a chemical induced sleep, and before that had fun," The man said to him.
" You didn't touch her," Ulrich said to him.
" Oh I did. Had a lot of fun too. Those japs sure are tight," the man said to Ulrich with a sickening grin. Ulrich charged the man who a moment later pulled out a gun.
" Oh no you don't," The man said to him. " I'm going to have a little chat with you."
" Why me, why her?" Ulrich asked.
" I love Yumi, and so do you. Only one person can love her, and that's me. She picked you, and not me," The man answered. Ulrich suddenly realized the voice sounded familiar. Looking at the man in the eye, he knew who it was.
" William?" Ulrich asked. William smiled then took his mask of.
" Took you long enough," William said.
" So what are you going to do now?" Ulrich asked him. William cocked the gun then aimed it at Ulrich.
" Take a wild guess." To they're left Yumi groaned and began to open her eyes, making William look at her. Ulrich took that chance and charged. William faced Ulrich a second later, and fired. It missed and Ulrich sent his fist into William's face, sending him wobbling from the hit. Ulrich kicked the gun out of his hand and away and began to try and restrain William.
William elbowed Ulrich in the face, who fell to his back and William went for the gun. Ulrich quickly reached out and hooked Williams foot with his own making him fall to the ground. Ulrich got onto William's back and pushed his chest against the ground. William kicked backward and hit Ulrich's spine with his heel, causing Ulrich to sprawl over him. Ulrich rolled and landed next to the gun and grabbed it.
When he turned around the first thing he saw was William's fist into his face. Ulrich fell back and hit the wall hard, knocking the wind out of him. William grabbed Ulrich's wrist and began to try and fight Ulrich for the gun. Ulrich spun hoping he'd let go, but William stayed with him. William head butted Ulrich who wobbled back, with the gun still in both of their hands. On accident Ulrich hit the button and the ammo clip fell out and to the floor.
Ulrich let go of the gun and drove William into the wall with his shoulder. Punching him in the stomach William let out a grunt, then caught Ulrich's next punch. Pushing Ulrich back he tried to punch him, but Ulrich ducked under the blow and wrapped his arms around his lower stomach and charged him into a shelf on the wall. Items on the shelf fell to the floor from the collision, after which Ulrich punched him in the stomach again.
William kicked Ulrich away from the shelf and swung, but Ulrich blocked it and sent the opposite hand to her face. William spun and hit the shelf with his chest. He was breathing deep and angry. Ulrich was winning this fight. William was about to turn around and try again before he saw his bag on the shelf. Inside was a syringe still filled with a yellow liquid. Grabbing the syringe he kept facing away from Ulrich.
" Come on William, you give up?" Ulrich said to him, ready to keep fighting.
" Nope, I still got some fight," William said to him, turning around, holding the syringe behind back. " Bring it."
Ulrich charged and swung for William's face, but William ducked under the punch, then stabbed Ulrich in the chest with the syringe. Pushing it down he injected Ulrich with the unknown yellow fluid. Almost instantly, Ulrich felt weaker. Falling to a knee Ulrich pulled the syringe out and looked at it.
" What did you inject me with?" Ulrich asked, because he was already pretty bad.
" My home made poison. It'll shut down your central nervous system them work up to your brain that will forget to perform the vital functions, like breathing, body temperature, heartbeat, and then you'll die," William answered looking at Ulrich.
Ulrich tried to stand but wobbled to the side as he tried to breathe. It was getting harder. Hitting the ground the room began to spin around him. He was getting tired as his vision became blurred. William walked over and kicked Ulrich in the ribs while he was down, making Ulrich roll over toward the door. Ulrich began to crawl toward the door and William kicked him again, making him get closer to it.
Ulrich got to his knees and saw something on the ground. Reaching for it, William wrapped his arms around Ulrich's neck and began to strangle him, making is lack of oxygen go faster. Ulrich desperately reached for the item on the ground, his only hope.
" Do you know what I'm going to do after I kill you. I'm going to rape her again, and again, and again, just because I can," William said to him.
Ulrich still have some wit left in him, got angry and reached that last inch for the item. Grabbing the handle of the axe he swung it over his head and stabbed it into William's back. William froze when he felt it stab into him, between both shoulder blades. Slowly releasing Ulrich he fell to the side with the axe still in him.
Blood ran out of his mouth as he tried to speak. " I'll see you in hell," William said, before his last breath was made.
Ulrich got to his feet and slowly slid his feet across the floor to Yumi was still waking up. " Yumi," Ulrich said to her as she was regaining consciousness. Ulrich undid her restraints as Yumi's vision and hearing became clearer.
" Ulrich," she said to him, standing up off her chair. Almost falling she kept herself balanced before she face planted. Looking at Ulrich, she saw that he was pale for some reason. " Ulrich?"
" I'm fine," Ulrich said to her. Ulrich then fell to the ground, cold and limp. Yumi went to her knees next to him.
" You're not fine, what happened to you?" Yumi asked. Looking around the room she saw William dead on the floor feet away from her. " It was William," Yumi said aloud.
" He said he poisoned me," Ulrich said, trying to stand, but not getting too far.
" Stay down I'll get help," Yumi said crying. Getting her phone out she called the police. Placing her phone on the ground next to her she leaned down to Ulrich and looked at his face. It was getting paler.
Ulrich closed his eyes and Yumi shook him awake. " No, stay awake," Yumi said to him.
" Can I ask you a question Yumi?" he asked stressfully. Yumi nodded, as a few tears landed around him. " Why did you start dating him?" Yumi began to think about how she could tell him. Looking at him, he didn't have much time. Maybe seconds left.
" I started to date him to make you crack, and make a move on me. I started to date him, not because I liked him, but because I liked you. Because I loved you."
Ulrich looked at Yumi as his vision got blurrier. " You what?" Yumi leaned down and kissed him. His lips were cold.
" I was going to tell you in your room, but I couldn't get to it. I love you. Always have," Yumi said to him. Ulrich smiled then coughed.
" I love you too Yumi. Glad I got to know that before this happened," Ulrich said with a smiled. " Yumi...good...bye." Ulrich closed his eyes as everything stopped.
" Ulrich," Yumi said to him softly and sadly. It was too late. He was dead. Yumi lay her head on his chest and began to cry deeply. " Ulrich."
Yumi was alone with Ulrich's dead body before the police arrived to see two dead teenagers and the missing girl. It took three officers to pry Yumi away from Ulrich's corpse. Yumi sat in the back of an ambulance with a blanket around her. A minute later Her parents ran out of a car and both hugged her at the same time. They were so glad to see her alive and unharmed for the most part. Her mental being more damaged than the physical.
Months past after that night. Yumi had taken several hours of therapy to get over the rape. Nightmares haunted her dreams for a few weeks, but Ulrich hurt her more. He was dead and not coming back. Everyday at school she'd sit there, and look up, and not see him looking at her, then look away because she caught him. Every now and then she'd see his image smile at her then vanish.
Occasionally she'd be walking and turn and around, and swear she saw him hide behind something. She knew she was seeing things. Sitting on her bed when she got home she looked out her window and looked down. She saw her backyard, her pool, then him. He was standing just how he was that night. Yumi shut her blinds then let out a tear.
" Your hallucinating, Yumi," she said to herself then turned around. He was on her bed this time.
" Don't be sad Yumi," Ulrich said to her. She knew she had to be seeing things.
" Ulrich, are you, dead?" she asked him, just in case.
" Yeah, I'm gone. You saw me die. Yumi you can't grieve over me forever. Look something I want more than to be with you, is to see you happy. You're not happy right now."
" Come on Ulrich, I'm only happy when I was with you," Yumi said, crying.
" Yumi, I will always be with you. Love is a bond beyond the grave. If you never forget me, never forget who I was and that I loved you and you loved me, I will never die. I'll be here always Yumi," Ulrich said placing his hand on his chest.
Yumi looked at him then managed to stop crying. " Promise me you'll never forget me," Ulrich said to her.
" I promise Ulrich." Yumi answered with a smile.
" See you around. And remember, I'm always with you." Then he vanished. Yumi sat on her bed then smiled.
" I promise."
I didn't think the whole Ulrich's ghost thing was a good idea, so I went with the other. Tell me what you think.