Time
Frame: Same as the last chapter.
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Liz hadn't expected the test to be quite so hard. She had been thinking about Syaoron so much that she neglected to study for the exam. Yet, she didn't really care all that much. She couldn't care less if she did well on this test or not, all that mattered was that her rival was out of the way, and soon she would make it permanent.
Suddenly, out of
no where the bell rang to signal the end of the test and she got up to hand in
her paper. She took her time because Syaoron was usually the last to leave the
room. He always took his time in leaving, but when Liz looked over to his seat
she found him already making his way out of the room. This turn of events sent
her carefully laid plans crumbling.
Liz quickly
packed her books and rushed to leave the room, barely even stopping to throw
her test paper on professor Wong's desk.
As she raced out
of the building she could still see Syaoron's back as he crossed the quad.
However, the quad was quickly filling with the bodies of numerous other
students as they got out from their own midterm exams.
She tried to
follow him but she couldn't follow what she couldn't see. Finally she gave up trying to find him in
the ruckus of the campus.
With a resigned
sigh she turned and started to head for her next class. As she headed for the
humanities building she consoled herself by reminding herself that winning
Syaoron over was something that would happen. It just might take a little more time
than expected, but time was something that Liz had plenty of.
She smirked as
the image of her rival bound on the cold hard floor of a warehouse passed
through her mind. Yup, she had all the time in the world.
When she finally
arrived at the humanities building she found several students from her class
leaving the building. Puzzled as to why they were leaving, she decided to find
out what had happened.
"Where are you going?"
inquired Liz as she stopped one of the students. "Don't we have class today?"
"Yeah," responded
the student. "But the professor is out and there's no sub."
"Oh," said Liz as
she turned around and headed back the way she came.
This new
development left her with more time to plan how she was going to get Syaoron. It
also presented a golden opportunity; she could go to Sakura and gloat some
more.
As Liz rounded
the corner to her dorm's parking lot she was thinking of all the enjoyment she
was going to have as she played with Sakura, and the final blow when Syaoron
became hers. The thoughts were enough to make her snicker at how pathetic Sakura
was going to look when Syaoron broke her heart.
Liz couldn't help
but laugh maniacally at the prospect of seeing her rival in tears as she got
into her cherry red Saab convertible. Her laugh echoed across the parking lot
as she sped onto the expressway.
The wind whipped
through her hair as she drove along the expressway heading for the docks, while
a demonic grin spread across her face.
Everything was
right in her world. Her only rival for the heart of Li Syaoron was out of the
way. And her brother wasn't around to annoy her. Things couldn't get any
better, well except of course if Li was with her, but that was soon to be a
reality.
He had to love
her, everyone did, no on could refuse her. And now with that bitch, Sakura out
of the way, he would soon realize this.
The deluded
thoughts swirled around her mind as she pulled up to the front door of the
warehouse that her family owned.
She got out of
the car and headed for the door. As she approached the door, she opened her
purse and fished around for the key, while pushing aside a large silvery
metallic object. She slipped the key into the keyhole and turned it, opening
the heavy metal door. The door opened with a gust of stale dusty air, which
made Liz sneeze.
She quickly
recovered and walked inside and the large door slammed shut with a very audible
thump. She quickly strode across the ground floor headed towards the stairs. The
pitter-patter of her footsteps could be heard echoing through the dank
warehouse as she ascended the stairs. Upon reaching the second floor of the building
she turned to the left and walked down the hall towards the second to last
door.
The only sound that
could be heard was the creak of the door hinges as she opened the door and
entered it to see the helpless Sakura laying on the cold floor as she quietly
slept in a most uncomfortable position with her hands and feet bound.
Liz padded
towards her captive and looked down to examine her handiwork. Sakura looked
tired and tense, with the salty paths of dried tears very visible on her
cheeks. There was still some evidence of dried blood on her lip from the slap
Liz gave her. Her auburn hair, which still held a certain luster was wild and
unkempt. Her clothes were disheveled, dirty and in some areas ripped. And her
skin looked as pale as the frozen snow which hadn't been seen in over 2 months.
Yet, even in this
condition, Sakura still looked beautiful. It was as if nothing could be done to
take that away from her. Liz frowned at this and none too gently prodded the
still unconscious Sakura to wakefulness with the sole of her sandal.
Slowly Sakura
awoke to find herself in a bound position on a hard surface. At first she was
alarmed but soon remembered what had happened. Her memories came back to her. Memories
of her abduction by Liz, the split lip she got from Liz and how she had cried herself
to sleep when she thought of her predicament and how she may never be with her
little wolf again.
Sakura feebly
looked up at the shadow that loomed over her to find that the face seemed
familiar. Then it hit her as she remembered that this was Liz, the person who
had taken her from her Xiao Lang.
"I'm glad to see you
sleeping so well," sneered Liz as she sat down in a nearby chair.
"Why did you do
this?" asked Sakura though parched lips.
"I think you
already know the answer to that question," replied Liz with a level tone.
"…"
"You honestly don't
know?" asked Liz incredulously.
Sakura shook her
head in negative.
"Syaoron!"
shouted Liz. "He's the reason."
"I don't get it,"
replied a clearly puzzled Sakura.
"Argh!" exploded
Liz. She had wanted to gloat at Sakura, but she couldn't do that if the other
girl was so clueless. "I did it to get you out of my way so I could be with
him!"
The stunned
expression on Sakura's face showed that she really never did expect this.
"I love him and
you were in my way," said Liz as she calmed down. "And you just wouldn't go
away. So the only logical course of action left for me was to get rid of you.
"I had originally
wanted to gloat a little, but since you're so thickheaded, I guess I'll have to
go with my original plan and take you out of the picture permanently."
With that said, Liz opened her purse and
reached in to take out a small silver plated pistol. She took it and aimed it
at Sakura's head.
Suddenly seeing
the imminent danger she was in, Sakura tried to move out of the way but she had
no way of doing so. All Sakura could do was lay there and wait for the
inevitable. However, it never came.
Suddenly the door
to the room burst open and in rushed Syaoron with four of his men flanking him.
Two of his men immediately put themselves in front of Syaoron upon seeing the
weapon. However, he quickly pushed them aside and tried to rush forward to
Sakura, but was warded off when Liz waved the gun at him.
"Stay where you
are Syaoron," said Liz in a low menacing tone. "I wont let her take you from
me," as she turned the gun back towards Sakura so fast that Syaoron was caught
off guard.
"NOOOOO!!!"
Bang!
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Apologies:
I am truly sorry for making you wait so long for this chapter, but I was
swamped with work so I couldn't work on it.
I
am sorry if you wanted longer chapters, but I just can't seem to write that
much.
Luckily
with most of my assignments done, I can start to write more.
I
plan on uploading chapter twenty by the end of the week and hope to finish this
series by next week.
Thank
you for taking the time to read this and once again I apologize for my slow
updates and short chapters.
Author's
Notes: Sorry about the cliffhanger, but the story
just wouldn't work otherwise.