Heh heh...I'm back!
1.) CCS doesn't belong to me, so ha! You have no reason to sue me.
2.) The last chapter was pretty short. This one's even shorter. Sorry but whatever.
Chapter 4
Madison was cold and frightened. She only had a broken arm, which was pretty good. The crash, she learned, wasn't all that tragic. A lot of people were walking away from it.
If so many people are walking away from the crash, why didn't Sakura?
Too many things had happened too fast that Madison couldn't remember how Sakura got onto the stretcher. She just did. All Madison remembered was the paramedic telling her that she would be at the nearest hospital to the airport...Madison shook her head. She couldn't remember what it was called. She only knew the location.
Madison hated being alone like this. Her cell wasn't working so she couldn't call her mother, or even Meilin. She sighed and looked around. There were a lot of people here at the airport. They were all driven here by bus. There were people serving coffee or hot chocolate or giving some sort of medical aid. Fractured bones were the major injury here. However, paramedics decided that it would be best that they get help later, after all the crucial or fatal injuries were seen to first.
Madison looked around, trying to see if there was anyone she could find to take her to the hospital. Suddenly, she spotted a young man with light brown hair and who was obviously wet from the rain and was fighting with a security guard.
Could that be...?
Madison moved closer, hoping to get a better view of the young man.
"Listen," he was saying angrily. "I have two very good friends who were on that plane. They were just coming for a visit from Japan. Can't you just let me find them?"
"I'm sorry sir, but if we allowed everyone to enter, paramedics wouldn't have space to work. The answer is still no," the guard replied stiffly.
However, by then Madison already knew the identity of the young man. "Syaoran!" She cried, waving her good arm. He looked up and his eyes brightened. She rushed over to where he was standing and grasped his hand, which he squeezed, his eyes shining with relief.
"Madison! Thank God you're alright! Where's Sakura?" He asked urgently.
Madison's eyes filled with tears. "I...I...oh, Syaoran, she was so stupid! She was going to use the cards to save the plane but the plane lurched forward and...and then she fell forwards and I screamed out to her and then we crashed and then they took her away and then...oh, Syaoran, I forget the name of the hospital, it's the one near here...I don't know anything else!" With that, she started to cry helplessly.
Syaoran hugged his sobbing friend and turned to the guard. "You don't mind if I take her with me? There isn't anything she has to go through, like investigations?"
The guard, looking at Madison with sympathy, shook his head. "No, don't worry. Why don't you wait for a taxi or something? I'm sure they have all the criticals at the hospital now."
Syaoran thanked the man and led Madison over to the door. "Don't worry Madison, we'll see Sakura. Don't worry, she'll be alright." He then pulled his phone from his jacket and phoned Meilin.
"Hello?"
"Meilin? This is Syaoran."
"Syaoran? God, did you find them? Are they okay?"
"I found Madison. She has a broken arm but otherwise she's fine. However, I'm going to go see Sakura. She's at the hospital."
"How are you going to get there?"
"Call a cab or something. If not, we'll walk."
"In the rain? Are you crazy. Both of you will get sick!"
"It's not raining anymore and she's pretty dry. Don't worry about me. I'll be okay."
"If you say so, Syaoran. Good luck."
"Thanks. I'll call you in a bit. Bye."
With that, he hung up and turned to Madison, who had stopped crying. "Are you going to be okay? We're going to have to walk."
"I'll be fine," said Madison with a determined look on her face. Syaoran smiled encouragingly.
"Good. We'll walk."
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Syaoran and Madison, tired and weary, finally got to the hospital. It was filled with a lot of people, most of the sobbing, either out of joy or sorrow.
Ignoring the people, lest it should spread the fire of their own doubts, Madison and Syaoran quickly rushed to the front desk. "Excuse me, can you direct me to Sakura Kinomoto's room?" Said Syaoran quickly. "Room B301. Third floor," said the nurse at the desk. Thanking her, the two rushed to the elevator and, once getting to the third floor, rushed to the direction of Sakura's room. When they were getting closer, they saw a man, obviously a doctor, walk out of the room with a clipboard in his hand.
"Um, excuse me, is this Sakura Kinomoto's room?" Asked Madison tentatively. The doctor looked over at her, then at Syaoran.
"Hmm? Oh, yes. Are you related?" Asked the doctor.
"We're her friends. She was coming here for a visit and..." said Syaoran calmly. The doctor sighed.
"Well then, I think you'd both better sit down. I have some things to tell you."
Syaoran didn't like the tone of the doctor's voice. It was sad and tired, as if he'd seen enough of this but couldn't get over the initial shock. And he never liked it when a doctor had to tell him to sit down for news.
"She was probably one of the worst ones. Her head...major concussion. She also had a few broken ribs, which wouldn't have been a problem. However, a piece of bone broke and basically punctured her vital organs." He sighed. "I'm very sorry, but she died just minutes ago."
Madison let out an agonized cry and put her face in her hands. Syaoran, on the other hand, was too shocked to do react.
Sakura? Dead? Not now...I didn't even tell her...not now!
The doctor coughed a bit. "I'm so sorry to do this, but since she was a visitor to the country, I'm going to have to have some identification of the body...it's easier, so the police doesn't phone her family...we can let you do that, in your own way."
Syaoran looked at the sobbing, shaking Madison and sighed. He was only capable right now because he was numb with shock. What would happen later, when he actually saw her. "I'll go," he said quietly. He got up and followed the doctor into the room. He gasped at the sight. There was Sakura, still beautiful, but pale...so very pale...
He walked over towards her, silently. Her eyes were closed and some hair was over her face. Carefully, tenderly, he pushed it back. She looked the same yet...so different.
I suppose, death does that to a person, though Syaoran before he could think of what he was saying. He could feel tears forming in his eyes so, taking her hand and squeezing it, he whispered, "I'm sorry Sakura. I've always been there to protect you...I failed you. I should've told you this before. It's too late now. However...Sakura, I love you and I always will."
Squeezing her hand one final time, he set it down softly on the bed and, without turning to the doctor, he said quietly, barely above a whisper, "Yes. This is Sakura."
Geo: *sniff* Dear God, why did I just write that? (Dodges a few expertly thrown daggers) I'M SORRY! I know everyone expects them to get together...it's just that...I was reading Romeo and Juliet and...well, the tragedy part just sort of spilled over. Heh heh...sorry to all of you expecting something else. Well, there's more to come. Keep on reading. Oh, and one more thing: please don't hate me! I promise I'll make an actual happily-ever-after S+S story!
