Half term! Finally! I will try to update a couple of times this week since I will have more time :)
IchigoMxHarryP and HopeDiamond: Sorry I couldn't update sooner! And thankyou for reviewing! XD Have... um... have... chocolate! Lots and lots of chocolate! And also thankyou EvilWizardKairon for your PM'd review :D You can have chocolate inside an exploding bubble.
Sorry this is REALLY short :( I wrote it really late last night and I was too tired to write any more!
Disclaimer: I will own Tokyo Mew Mew when I go to a cosplayer convention dressed as Lettuce, lose my map, find love, and get trapped in an a burning building. And then Pai will do my homework for me! XD
Chapter 10
Endless darkened corridors stretched out, blurring into one as they stumbled on. They could have been walking in circles, but they had no way to tell. Exhaustion was cutting deep into their determination. Despair was finally setting in. Then they saw it. A stairway! Going down to the next floor.
Catriona's dry eyes stung as she sobbed in relied. They were going the right way... at least now they stood a chance...
Isamu regarded it warily, remembering how the stairs had collapsed earlier, but he still couldn't suppress the flicker of hope.
He pulled on her arm and slowly they made their way towards the steps, almost disbelieving, half unsure if it was real or just a mirage sent to further torment them.
A faint noise reached their ears. Catriona tilted her head, frowning. A... voice? Maybe there was someone else here, maybe trapped too, or maybe come to rescue them! As she listened, the noise resolved into words. Could it be...? It sounded almost like... Claire! Fear that her friend may be in trouble gripped Catriona and she strained her ears further. The message kept repeating, but only a few words reached them each time.
"Catriona... must... police.../ ...escape... say... more.../...you...there're...bombs!"
Isamu was listening too, mouthing the words as he heard them. Catriona shook her head, bewildered and unable to make sense of what she was hearing. The voice stopped, and a tsunami of loneliness crashed over the pair as their only contact with the outside world vanished. They huddled closer together, Isamu still muttering the words, trying to piece them together.
"'Catriona...say...' no, 'escape more Catriona', still no..." Then the eureka moment hit and he punched the air victoriously. "Catriona you must escape, police say there're more bombs!" His eyes widened as if someone had hit him in the stomach. "More... bombs... CAT WE'VE GOTTA GO NOW!"
She had frozen in silent terror but now ran painfully as he dragged her by the hand once more. Halfway down the stairs, disaster struck. Again. Every step jolted through Catriona's body as they ran faster and faster downwards. Then one didn't. Her foot missed the edge and she tripped, tumbling helplessly head over heels, releasing Isamu's hand. Something snapped. As she came to a stop, legs twisted underneath and draped across the flight of steps, Isamu dashed to her and knelt.
"Cat, Cat, you ok? Look at me Cat! Are you hurt? Cat, we have to keep going!" He was desperate, and she tried to smile reassuringly though her blurred vision, throbbing head, hurting ribs and suspiciously numb ankle.
"Isamu... don't worry... just a bit bruised... I think..."
She sat up carefully, then stood and took a step. And collapsed with a shrill cry, holding her ankle and her ribcage.
"Catriona!"
"Aghh! Isamu I-I think my ankle is b-broken, and my ribs hurt so, so much..."
He cursed quietly but hid his worry behind a grin and a wink as he crouched beside her.
"Then I guess I'll just have to carry you again, sweetie!"
Gomen-nasai! Gomen-nasai! It's too short :( I tried to warn you...
Anyway R&R! Because if you review in the next 5 days, I will try and fit you into the story somehow! Maybe I'll write an extra chapter on the end...Though I might have to change your names a little, eg. Hope Diamond to Hope, DevilishAisha to Aisha etc...