Author's Note: I may be going a little fast. I've just been eager to submit these chapters. Six American Cards have been sealed and the hunt for the next one may include a day of recreation. (And I included some S+S, too ^_^)


Cards captured so far: Vision, Heat, Vine, Bell, Sleep, and Wind


CCS: The American Cards: Part 10


It's been a long bus trip. It had to have been a few days already. The Christmas she spent in Charlotte with her friends was a distant memory. She hadn't been anywhere else since, except for the big bus to Orlando.

"What's wrong, Sakura?" Madison asked.

Sakura paused at first. "I'm just confused, Madison. Confused over what Vision showed me."

"What did you see?"

Sakura tried to recall what she saw. "I saw…a big castle. I was high above the ground on top of the castle and I was facing…a little imp…with wings."

"Wings?"

"Out of her back," Sakura continued. "I don't know what it could be."

"We may find out sooner or later," Kero added. "But a castle…in Florida? Where could that be?"

Madison gasped. "It couldn't be."

"What?" Sakura asked curiously. "What is it?"

"It couldn't be…Disney World…could it?"

Sakura felt stupid for not thinking of it before. "You're right. It's Disney World…in Orlando. That castle I saw has to have been the one in the Magic Kingdom."

"Well, that's great to hear," Kero groaned. "Another card…out in a public place!"

Usually, Sakura would have agreed. The hardest American Cards to capture were the ones out in the public…which, so far, have been nearly all of them. But she was feeling confident.

"They'll never see me," Sakura said boldly. "How can they? I'll be up on the roof."

"How are you going to GET on the roof?" Kero shot back. "If this is such a big place, then there won't be an empty spot anywhere."

Sakura stuffed Kero in her pocket. "Why did you have to say that? Now I'm not sure anymore!" She buried her face in her hands and sighed. Then she felt Madison put a friendly hand on her back.

"Don't worry, Sakura. You can do this. The only problem I have with this is…how am I going to tape you if you're on the roof?"

Sakura smiled. Those words made Sakura feel better. She was glad to such an optimistic friend like Madison.

"Well…look at it this way," Sakura said comfortingly. "You'll have plenty of other things to tape out there. After all, it looks like we'll be spending the day at Disney World."

Suddenly, Sakura and Madison…basically overcome by giddiness…squealed for joy. Sakura was actually excited about the next capture. She would confront an American Card at night…but the entire day before that, she would spend at the happiest place on Earth.

Carter looked at the pictures again. A Chinese boy and a Japanese girl…it just seemed so weird. The 8 X 10's Chris made out enlarging the images on the tape caught their faces perfectly, and Carter honestly couldn't understand how these two could threaten national security. But he didn't say anything. He would just accept this assignment and hope it ended quickly.

Cole was eager to get this over with. He wanted to check the airports, but Carter had a better idea. These two seemed to be traveling short distances. And since they were suspected foreigners, then it was doubtful that they had a car. So Carter had an idea to check the bus depot. He was just about to get out, before Cole held his arm.

"What are you going to say?" he asked sourly.

"What do you think I'm going to say?" Carter snapped. "I'm going up to the window, I'll tell them I'm FBI, and I'll ask if these two have been seen."

"NO!" Cole shouted. "This is a COVERT mission. You are not to tell them you work for the government!"

"Well, what you want me to do, then?" Carter asked indignantly.

"Think of something," Cole growled. "But you are NOT to tell them you're FBI."

Carter just shrugged and turned to walk into the bus depot, muttering incoherently. He couldn't believe what he was putting up with from Mr. CIA. Carter walked up to the ticket window and started to put on his act.

"How you doing?" Carter said half-heartedly. "I'm sorry to disturb you like this, but…I need help."

"What do you need, sir?"

"It's…my…daughter," Carter improvised. "She really hates me right now. I think she might have run away. She looks like this." He held up the Japanese girl's picture. "We argued so much the night before. I yelled at her and I feel just terrible for it." By now, Carter was putting on the water works. He was great at these acts. "We were arguing about the guy she was dating. So when I sent her to her room, I think she may have run away with the little punk. They might be getting eloped. Have you seen her…or the little punk? He looks like this." He held up the Chinese boy's picture.

The woman looked at Carter skeptically. "You…and this girl…are related?"

Carter quickly tried to think of a lie. It was obvious that they weren't related. This girl was Japanese and Carter was…African-American.

"Uh…she's adopted," Carter lied. He put on the fake tears again. "The adoption process was so long. I gave up my social life for that girl. But you should have seen her. She was so cute…only 7. She looked me in my eyes and I couldn't resist. I just had to adopt her. But now…she's run away. My little baby's run away. Please tell me you've seen her."

"Uh…I'm really sorry," the woman apologized. "I just started today. I haven't seen your little girl. I'm so sorry."

Carter dried off the fake tears. "It's all right. I'm sure I'll find her again. And…maybe we can be a family again." Carter was ready to beat himself up. He was really pouring it on.

"I hope you find her."

Carter turned to leave. He dried the tears again…and began muttering incoherently again. Then his phone rang.

"Carter. Is that you, Chris?"

"Any luck, bro?"

"You'd think it'd be easier to find two foreign kids around here. We ain't even left DC yet. I know they have to have gone by bus or something, but the depot ain't telling me anything. Mr. CIA thinks it's best I don't tell anyone who I am."

"So do I have to come to your rescue again? Because I have a lead."

"Let me have it, partner."

"There was a situation a few nights ago in Virginia, around Monticello. Surveillance tapes found guards asleep at the switch. Sound familiar?"

"How did those kids get there so fast?" Carter thought.

"Oh, it gets better. Apparently, they aren't alone. Two other girls, one Japanese, one Chinese, were seen with them. They're probably in this, too."

"This just keeps getting weirder. You're sure about this? I ain't going on some dead end chase in Virginia."

"Trust me. They were there. Of course, that doesn't mean they haven't already left."

"Well, thanks anyway."

"I'll see you later."

"Not if I see you first."

Carter hung up and stood there for a moment. Those two just became four. And they were still going cross-country. But if they were threats, wouldn't they have stayed in DC? These were questions Carter would have to find the answers to.

It had been such a wonderful day so far. Sakura would never forget it. But the sun was starting to set and it was almost time for Sakura to get down to business. But for now…she just laid back as she went up Splash Mountain. As the log moved forward, Li romantically put his arms around her.

"This has been so beautiful," Sakura said softly. "I wish we could be like this forever."

Li took that moment to kiss Sakura passionately. Sakura could hear the squeals of joy from Madison and the sighs coming from Meilin. Then he broke the kiss as the log made its way up. Sakura was momentarily distracted by that moment of romantic bliss. But then the log slowly reached the peak and Sakura could see outside. She gasped as she saw something flying far in front of her. It wasn't a bird. It wasn't a plane. It was a small imp…with wings.

Sakura cried out. "Hey! That's the…AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"

The long drop completely caught Sakura off-guard. When the log finished its fall, Sakura covered her head as the long splash of water covered the log. Unfortunately, both Sakura and Li got the brunt of the splash and were soaking wet.

"What…did…you see?" Li sputtered.

Sakura tried drying her hair off. "I saw…the card.

"What did it look like?" Li asked.

"A little imp," Sakura said. "With wings on her back."

"It's the Angel Card," Li said affirmatively. "That must've been what you saw." He looked in the sky. "It looks like it's gone now."

Sakura kept drying her hair. "But it'll be back. If it's anything like what Vision showed me, then I know where it'll be."

"You ready, Sakura?"

Sakura giggled. "Madison, I love this! It's beautiful. It's just kind of weird to be hunting cards like this."

Sakura looked at herself again. She really liked the blue dress Madison gave her. It brought the Cinderella out of her…except for where the dress was cut just above her knees. Of course, the look couldn't be complete without the wig Madison had for her.

"Ok, Cinderella," Kero said teasingly. "What's the plan? How are you going to get on the roof?"

Sakura thought about that. "I…don't know. I can't just use the Vine Card. It'd attract too much attention."

"How about Windy?" Li suggested.

"Beats anything else I have in mind," Sakura sighed. "But I need you to make sure the coast is clear."

Sakura wandered through the large crowd until she reached the big castle at the end of Main Street. Then she walked through the back of the castle to the only spot where there wasn't any people, the restroom that was out of order.

Li and Meilin looked around, while Madison had her camera pointed right at Sakura. The people were all going down Main Street for some reason. She knew the park didn't close for another hour.

"Coast is clear," Meilin said.

"Good luck, Sakura," Li added.

Sakura took out her key. "Key of Clow. Power of Magic. Power of Light. Surrender the wand. The force ignite. Release!" She took the wand in her hand and took out the Wind Card. "Windy! Release!"

The Wind Card came out, still in its eagle form, and began blowing upwards. Sakura was lifted high into the air and was dropped on the castle roof. But that's where Sakura started to slip. She fell to her knees to keep herself from sliding off the roof. She realized that it was a long fall down. As soon as she had a firm grip on the ground, she got back to her feet. That's when she saw the Angel Card flying in front of her.

Only one card could be effective without attracting attention. Sakura took out the Wind Card again. "Windy! Surround the Angel Card! Release and dispel! Wind Card!"

The eagle Wind Card took to the sky and started flying around the Angel Card, creating strong winds. The Angel Card countered by flapping its wings fiercely. The winds offset each other and the Angel Card maintained its position. Suddenly, Sakura heard cheering. She looked down to see that the people were now watching the skies. They saw the Angel Card…and apparently thought it was a part of the show. Needless to say, they also saw Sakura.

Then Sakura began to hear a drum roll. She began to hear…music. Not just any music, though. She started to hear the Sorcerer's Apprentice. Then she heard a whistling sound. That was because fireworks began to light up the sky. It was the "Fantasy in the Sky" fireworks display. The fireworks were literally filling up the sky. The Angel Card was obviously distracted…especially since the fireworks were literally inches from hitting it.

Then just as the music hit a crescendo, the Angel Card was nailed by a rising firecracker. The Angel Card fell and landed right in front of Sakura. She couldn't believe it. She hardly did anything, yet the Angel Card had been beaten. Sakura held her wand out.

"Angel Card! Return to your power confined! Angel Card!"

As the song ended, the Angel Card was sealed. Holding the Angel Card in her hand, Sakura peered over the edge of the castle to the out-of-order restroom, where her friends were looking on. Sakura expected to see Madison's camera pointed straight at her, but it wasn't.

"Hey! Madison!"

Madison bashfully turned the camera towards Sakura. "Sorry, Sakura. I just had to get those fireworks on tape. Great capture!"

"But how are you getting down?" Meilin asked.

Sakura looked at the Angel Card. "Angel Card! Release!"

An aura began to surround Sakura. Then she saw the shocked expressions on the faces of her friends. Sakura looked behind her. She saw…wings. It was nothing like the Fly Card, which left wings on her wand. These wings were literally coming out of Sakura's back. She looked down one more time and jumped down. Unfortunately, Sakura wasn't used to the wings yet. She stumbled and struggled to get them working. Sakura only fell…until she was caught…by Li.

"Hi," Sakura said shyly.

"You all right…my little angel?"

Overtaken by that, Sakura reached up and kissed Li. Then she got to her feet. She looked at herself again. There were wings on her back, but she could hardly move them.

"That's…amazing," Madison said, as she held one of Sakura's wings. "You look so beautiful."

Meilin held her other wing. "I've never seen anything like this."

"Yeah, but I'm not used to them," Sakura sighed. She recalled the Angel Card and the wings disappeared from Sakura's back. "It's…going to take some practice."

"I can't believe I got that on tape," Madison added. "Even I can't believe it."

"It's the effect of the Angel Card," Kero explained. "Whoever calls on it gets the wings of an angel…but…you have to learn how to use them. It's like you just got another limb. It takes a while to get used to, but when you do, it's like no other feeling in the world. Haven't you ever wondered what it's like to fly on your own? It's always worked for me."

As the fireworks continued to light up the sky, Sakura took one more look at the Angel Card. This would definitely come in handy for future captures, but she also thought about what Kero said. What would it be like…to fly…like a bird…like an angel?

"I think it's time to find the next card," Kero muttered.

Sakura dismissed that thought. "Not now. Right now…I just want to watch the fireworks."

Sakura put her arm around Li and watched the fireworks fill the sky. It would be a memory she would cherish…a memory of her time at Disney World.


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