Chapter 11- Strange Weather
"Huh? Where am I? What time is it?" said Meiling as she woke up. It was 6:00 A.M. After a few minutes of confusion, she knew exactly where she was: Syaoran's house. Meiling had been asleep for 2 days. She felt quite refreshed. The burns on her wrists and ankles felt better. They were now a light shade of pink, not dark red as they were 2 days ago. Meiling got up and was about to leave the house without telling anyone, but she didn't. She wrote a nice thank you note for Sakura, Tomoyo, Syaoran and Eriol.
When Syaoran checked on Meiling, he found that she was not there. He found the note on her night table and read it. He was glad that she felt better, but he wished that she had said goodbye to him and the others.
Meanwhile, Ling was still awake. She had finished making her new card, the Happy Card. She really enjoyed the effect it had on her. By mid-afternoon, Ling was hooked on the card. The Happy Card was like a drug to her. Whenever passed Ling's room, all they heard was laughing. They didn't think anything of it. They just thought that she was having fun with Star.
Eriol was watching T.V. alone. He was watching the news. The weather report was odd. The weatherman said that the weather was changing abruptly. First it'd be sunny, then there would be a blizzard, then there'd be a thunderstorm. The weatherman also said that there were some sightings of tornadoes. "Weird!" Eriol said to himself.
High on happiness, Lind finally stumbled out of her room, laughing and giggling. She slowly walked towards the front door. She clumsily opened it and stepped outside. 'I better follow her. It may be dangerous.' Eriol thought.
Ling was headed for the city park. It was now hailing outside, but that didn't slow Ling's pace down. She must have sensed one of her cards on the loose because she led Eriol to the card. There was a girl in a gigantic cloud hovering above them. The hail had stopped coming down. Instead, there was a huge funnel forming above them. Wind was howling hard. It was a tornado!
"I sense a card!" Ling said carelessly.
'No really? Took you long enough!' though Eriol.
Before the tornado even had the chance to touch down on the ground, Eriol had already attacked it. He was throwing balls of ice and fire repeatidly at the cloud. He ended his attacks with a huge bolt of lightning. The last attack must have finished the card off because the girl in the cloud fell out. All that was left to do was the sealing of the card. Eriol had no idea how he was going to do it because Ling was delirious as far as he knew. Eriol froze time. He decided to use that time to get Ling to focus.
After 5 minutes of shaking and talking to Ling, she finally came back… for a while. She was herself long enough to seal the card. After Ling had sealed the card, she collapsed on the spot.
'What's wrong with her?' Eriol thought as he carried her in his arms. Ling fell asleep in his arms, occasionally waking up. When she did wake up, she'd either be giggling or she would talk to him as if he were her father… wait a minute. He was indeed her father… but not really.
Eriol carried Ling to her room at Syaoran's house. As he placed Ling on her bed, he found something on her pillow. It was a card. 'The Happy Card? Why would she need this? I'll talk too her about this tomorrow morning.' Eriol thought as he pocketed it.
"Huh? Where am I? What time is it?" said Meiling as she woke up. It was 6:00 A.M. After a few minutes of confusion, she knew exactly where she was: Syaoran's house. Meiling had been asleep for 2 days. She felt quite refreshed. The burns on her wrists and ankles felt better. They were now a light shade of pink, not dark red as they were 2 days ago. Meiling got up and was about to leave the house without telling anyone, but she didn't. She wrote a nice thank you note for Sakura, Tomoyo, Syaoran and Eriol.
When Syaoran checked on Meiling, he found that she was not there. He found the note on her night table and read it. He was glad that she felt better, but he wished that she had said goodbye to him and the others.
Meanwhile, Ling was still awake. She had finished making her new card, the Happy Card. She really enjoyed the effect it had on her. By mid-afternoon, Ling was hooked on the card. The Happy Card was like a drug to her. Whenever passed Ling's room, all they heard was laughing. They didn't think anything of it. They just thought that she was having fun with Star.
Eriol was watching T.V. alone. He was watching the news. The weather report was odd. The weatherman said that the weather was changing abruptly. First it'd be sunny, then there would be a blizzard, then there'd be a thunderstorm. The weatherman also said that there were some sightings of tornadoes. "Weird!" Eriol said to himself.
High on happiness, Lind finally stumbled out of her room, laughing and giggling. She slowly walked towards the front door. She clumsily opened it and stepped outside. 'I better follow her. It may be dangerous.' Eriol thought.
Ling was headed for the city park. It was now hailing outside, but that didn't slow Ling's pace down. She must have sensed one of her cards on the loose because she led Eriol to the card. There was a girl in a gigantic cloud hovering above them. The hail had stopped coming down. Instead, there was a huge funnel forming above them. Wind was howling hard. It was a tornado!
"I sense a card!" Ling said carelessly.
'No really? Took you long enough!' though Eriol.
Before the tornado even had the chance to touch down on the ground, Eriol had already attacked it. He was throwing balls of ice and fire repeatidly at the cloud. He ended his attacks with a huge bolt of lightning. The last attack must have finished the card off because the girl in the cloud fell out. All that was left to do was the sealing of the card. Eriol had no idea how he was going to do it because Ling was delirious as far as he knew. Eriol froze time. He decided to use that time to get Ling to focus.
After 5 minutes of shaking and talking to Ling, she finally came back… for a while. She was herself long enough to seal the card. After Ling had sealed the card, she collapsed on the spot.
'What's wrong with her?' Eriol thought as he carried her in his arms. Ling fell asleep in his arms, occasionally waking up. When she did wake up, she'd either be giggling or she would talk to him as if he were her father… wait a minute. He was indeed her father… but not really.
Eriol carried Ling to her room at Syaoran's house. As he placed Ling on her bed, he found something on her pillow. It was a card. 'The Happy Card? Why would she need this? I'll talk too her about this tomorrow morning.' Eriol thought as he pocketed it.