Elle darted down the corridors, a trail of blood from the IV she had accidentally dislodged dripping behind her. She didn't have time to stop to control the bleeding though. Every blast from whatever that thing was was getting closer. She didn't know how much longer she could avoid it. What in the world had X given her and where were all of the other agents?!
Suddenly, Elle stumbled and crashed to the floor. She tried to pull herself to her feet again, but the thing that was chasing her was zooming in. She would never be able to get out of the way in time. She curled herself into a tight ball, covering her head with her arms. Maybe she could minimize the damage she would suffer anyway.
Elle braced herself for the impact, but it never came. After a minute had passed with nothing hitting her, she opened uncurled herself and looked up to find the figure from the card was laying on the floor about a foot away from her with some sort of furry pink animal sitting on top of it.
"Well, did you stop this thing?" she asked as she finally pulled herself to her feet and walked over, pressing her fingers against the bleeding on her arm to try to slow it. The pink animal eagerly bounced all around Elle, rubbing itself up against her legs.
"Aren't you cute?" she murmured as she reached down and petted it. She started off down the hall with the animal following. "Come on. You can come and stay with me. So, do you like cats?"
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Sakura, Madison and Kero were almost to the building Madison had been told about when Sakura suddenly stopped and looked around as if searching for something. "Kero, do you feel something?" she asked.
"Definately a Clow Card," Kero muttered. He slowly turned and looked at the building. "And it's coming from in there!"
The girls quickly hurried to the door and peered into the building. The only thing they could see was one guard and an elevator. The Clow Card must be on another floor somewhere. Sakura summoned the Sleep Card, releasing it as she opened the door so they could get past the guard. The girls and Kero hurried past him and ducked into the elevator. "How do you make this thing work?" Sakura wondered out loud as she and Kero examined the inside of the elevator. There were no buttons to push to make it go up or down.
"Sakura, look!" Madison said. She had been looking at the back of the elevator and had managed to hit something, she didn't know what, during her exploration. Sakura and Kero turned just as the back of the elevator slid open revealing a large area behind it.
"Should we go in?" Madison asked.
"We have to. The Clow Card is in there," Sakura said as she started in with Kero and Madison following behind her.