T H E E L E M E N T A L
TheRagnarok
james.norris@syskin.demon.co.uk
Chapter 2- Hallucination
Fan fic
Sakura was nervous. She'd been this sort of situation before. But neverless she was nervous.
What was going to happen? I mean, what if it is a gh- gh- oh, its no good I can't say it.
The dream, the voice. They where telling her something. ALpha? Alpha's here? What the hell-?
"Sakura?"
Sakura snapped out of thought when Madison probbed her between the shoulder blades.
"Hoe!"
"Are you all right?" Madison asked, concern in her voice,
"You've just been sitting here all morning, whats wrong?"
Sakura looked at Madison. Madison, the only close friend of hers who knew about her powers.
In fact she had taken to following Sakura around with a video camera whenever she went out
to catch a Clow card. Sakura could tell her what was going on.
"Madison..." Sakura began, "I think something big is happening, or is about to happen."
Madison looked confused.
"Something big?" She queried.
Sakura told her all that had happened, about the dream she couldn't remember but neverless
was disturbingly scary, the dark premonitions she'd been feeling and, of course, about the
voice she'd heard.
When she'd finished Madison looked even more confused.
"Alpha? Whos he?"
"I dunno."
"D'you think he's after your Clow cards."
"What now about the Clow card?" muttered a voice behind them.
"Hoeeeeeeeeee!" squealed Sakura and span around fully expecting to see a monster or worse a
gh-gh.. nope, still can't say it.
She gawped, she was standing nose to nose with Li Syoaran.
"Oh!" exclaimed Sakura embarrisingly aware that she was blushing.
"You where saying?" said Li looking as if what had just happened hadn't fazed him, but
Sakura could detect a slight flush to his cheeks.
"Li?" Sakura asked, "Have you sensed anything evil recently?"
"Evil?" queried Li one eyebrow raised, "What? Like our lunch menu?"
His tone so much lacked tone that it Sakura and Madison a full five seconds to realise
he'd cracked a joke. Sakura almost smiled. This was new, when Sakura first knew him she
thought the day Li made a joke would be the day that Satan went to work in a snowplough.
"Seriously Li" Sakura snapped "have you?"
"No," said Li looking slightly abashed "Have you?"
Sakura recounted what had happened again to Li, this was getting boring.
Li listened solemnly (unsurprisingly) then said; "And your sure no one else could hear
that voice?"
Sakura nodded.
"I dunno Sakura." said Li "It might be your imagination."
"Wha-" gasped Sakura, "For goodness sake Li! You don't just have bad dreams AND hear voices because your
imagination is a little lively, somethings going on here!"
"Well," said Li slowly "how come I haven't sensed it."
"I dunno!" snapped Sakura.
Then she thought of something; "Li?"
Li grunted to show he was listening.
"Does the name 'Alpha' ring any bells?"
Li's half closed eyes jerked open.
"Alpha?"
"That what the voice said he was."
"Alpha doesn't just ring a bell, it rings several alarms!"
"?"
"Alpha" Li explained, "is Omega, Omega is Alpha. His sightings are very rare even amoungst sorcerors."
"so, why the alarms?"
"Alpha is a mortal version of god and the devil, so they say. He is staggeringly powerful. He commands the four elelments
and thus has earned him the name; the fifth one, the fifth element. Either way, you'd better ask Kero, he'll know
more about Alpha than me even if is a stuffed bear."
**************************
The rest of the day passed slowly, with almost nothing interesting happening. It was when Sakura and Madison were
on their way home that something happened to Sakura.
**************************
They where walking slowly along a back alley, Sakura had taken off her skates and was carrying them under her
arm. They where discussing exactly how powerful this 'Alpha' might be when Sakura stopped.
"What, Sakura." Asked Madison as Sakura stood stock still.
Sakura didn't answer.
"Sakura?"
Madison reached out to prod her.
BLAM!
A huge shockwave sent Madison flat against a wall.
"What... was that?" Madison panted, her back felt badly bruised.
She looked at Sakura. She'd dropped her skates and was looking scared.
She kept looking sideways and behind her, she was shivering.
"Sakura?" whispered Madison, feeling helpless at Sakura's obvious fear and consternation.
She looked at Sakura's eyes. They where dull, lifeless. She wasn't seeing her.
***************************
Sakura was scared, extremely scared. The darkness around her felt heavy and sickly, threatening to swallow her up.
"Madison?" she called out. "Madison?"
No answer.
What is going on.
Sakura stepped backward as she heard voices.
"Come... come... little one!..."
"Staaaaaay here with ussssssssss..."
"I am Alpha."
"Theres no hiding from us child,"
"Your power! Your power! It's ours!"
"I am Alpha."
"I am Alpha."
"I am Alpha."
"STOP!" screamed Sakura, hands over ears.
"STAY AWAY!"
This was horrible. No more! Please!
Cold, icy cold fear took control.
She was running. Running away from these voices.
"Madison? KERO? LI! WHERE ARE YOU!" she screamed. "HELP ME!"
She kept running. The voices pursuing her.
"I am Alpha."
"I am Alpha."
Running.
Got to get away.
Then through the stifling darkness, a light.
Yes, no mistaking, a light, hope!
She kept running, the voices seemed to be drawing nearer.
She kept running, nearly there,
She was just a pair of legs, complaining and sore, the voice so close now, could she make it? She had to run.
She was there! She ran into the light and the voices ceased their menacing chant.
She fell on her knees, trying to suck air into her reluctant lungs.
She hoped she would never ever have to run a marathon like that again.
The she froze and looked up.
Hovering in the air was, a man?
Yes a man. Tall and gaunt. Long grey hair, and cold hard eyes. Red armour buckled around his torso with a jewel
encrusted in one side.
Sakura looked again, he had wings.
Not angel wings like Yue's but leathery bats wings, tattered and torn.
It was grotesque.
The man looked down. His cold eyes penetrated Sakura's. Cold eyes that lacks either compassion or pity.
He looked down at her and smiled a wicked smile.
This was all too much for Sakura, all she'd been through, the dream, the voices and now this, they lay on her shoulders
like lead weights. The last thing she remembered before she blacked out was that this man was Alpha. The raw power
she sensed of him was unbelievable... she keeled over and passed out.
End of part 2
Notes: CLAMP owns CCS and its characters, not me. Alpha, Omega, the Fifth one or whatever you wanna call him is MY
character though so if you wanna use him for anything just drop me a line.
What do you think so far people? Comments? Complaints? Send to: james.norris@syskin.demon.co.uk
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TheRagnarok
james.norris@syskin.demon.co.uk
Chapter 2- Hallucination
Fan fic
Sakura was nervous. She'd been this sort of situation before. But neverless she was nervous.
What was going to happen? I mean, what if it is a gh- gh- oh, its no good I can't say it.
The dream, the voice. They where telling her something. ALpha? Alpha's here? What the hell-?
"Sakura?"
Sakura snapped out of thought when Madison probbed her between the shoulder blades.
"Hoe!"
"Are you all right?" Madison asked, concern in her voice,
"You've just been sitting here all morning, whats wrong?"
Sakura looked at Madison. Madison, the only close friend of hers who knew about her powers.
In fact she had taken to following Sakura around with a video camera whenever she went out
to catch a Clow card. Sakura could tell her what was going on.
"Madison..." Sakura began, "I think something big is happening, or is about to happen."
Madison looked confused.
"Something big?" She queried.
Sakura told her all that had happened, about the dream she couldn't remember but neverless
was disturbingly scary, the dark premonitions she'd been feeling and, of course, about the
voice she'd heard.
When she'd finished Madison looked even more confused.
"Alpha? Whos he?"
"I dunno."
"D'you think he's after your Clow cards."
"What now about the Clow card?" muttered a voice behind them.
"Hoeeeeeeeeee!" squealed Sakura and span around fully expecting to see a monster or worse a
gh-gh.. nope, still can't say it.
She gawped, she was standing nose to nose with Li Syoaran.
"Oh!" exclaimed Sakura embarrisingly aware that she was blushing.
"You where saying?" said Li looking as if what had just happened hadn't fazed him, but
Sakura could detect a slight flush to his cheeks.
"Li?" Sakura asked, "Have you sensed anything evil recently?"
"Evil?" queried Li one eyebrow raised, "What? Like our lunch menu?"
His tone so much lacked tone that it Sakura and Madison a full five seconds to realise
he'd cracked a joke. Sakura almost smiled. This was new, when Sakura first knew him she
thought the day Li made a joke would be the day that Satan went to work in a snowplough.
"Seriously Li" Sakura snapped "have you?"
"No," said Li looking slightly abashed "Have you?"
Sakura recounted what had happened again to Li, this was getting boring.
Li listened solemnly (unsurprisingly) then said; "And your sure no one else could hear
that voice?"
Sakura nodded.
"I dunno Sakura." said Li "It might be your imagination."
"Wha-" gasped Sakura, "For goodness sake Li! You don't just have bad dreams AND hear voices because your
imagination is a little lively, somethings going on here!"
"Well," said Li slowly "how come I haven't sensed it."
"I dunno!" snapped Sakura.
Then she thought of something; "Li?"
Li grunted to show he was listening.
"Does the name 'Alpha' ring any bells?"
Li's half closed eyes jerked open.
"Alpha?"
"That what the voice said he was."
"Alpha doesn't just ring a bell, it rings several alarms!"
"?"
"Alpha" Li explained, "is Omega, Omega is Alpha. His sightings are very rare even amoungst sorcerors."
"so, why the alarms?"
"Alpha is a mortal version of god and the devil, so they say. He is staggeringly powerful. He commands the four elelments
and thus has earned him the name; the fifth one, the fifth element. Either way, you'd better ask Kero, he'll know
more about Alpha than me even if is a stuffed bear."
**************************
The rest of the day passed slowly, with almost nothing interesting happening. It was when Sakura and Madison were
on their way home that something happened to Sakura.
**************************
They where walking slowly along a back alley, Sakura had taken off her skates and was carrying them under her
arm. They where discussing exactly how powerful this 'Alpha' might be when Sakura stopped.
"What, Sakura." Asked Madison as Sakura stood stock still.
Sakura didn't answer.
"Sakura?"
Madison reached out to prod her.
BLAM!
A huge shockwave sent Madison flat against a wall.
"What... was that?" Madison panted, her back felt badly bruised.
She looked at Sakura. She'd dropped her skates and was looking scared.
She kept looking sideways and behind her, she was shivering.
"Sakura?" whispered Madison, feeling helpless at Sakura's obvious fear and consternation.
She looked at Sakura's eyes. They where dull, lifeless. She wasn't seeing her.
***************************
Sakura was scared, extremely scared. The darkness around her felt heavy and sickly, threatening to swallow her up.
"Madison?" she called out. "Madison?"
No answer.
What is going on.
Sakura stepped backward as she heard voices.
"Come... come... little one!..."
"Staaaaaay here with ussssssssss..."
"I am Alpha."
"Theres no hiding from us child,"
"Your power! Your power! It's ours!"
"I am Alpha."
"I am Alpha."
"I am Alpha."
"STOP!" screamed Sakura, hands over ears.
"STAY AWAY!"
This was horrible. No more! Please!
Cold, icy cold fear took control.
She was running. Running away from these voices.
"Madison? KERO? LI! WHERE ARE YOU!" she screamed. "HELP ME!"
She kept running. The voices pursuing her.
"I am Alpha."
"I am Alpha."
Running.
Got to get away.
Then through the stifling darkness, a light.
Yes, no mistaking, a light, hope!
She kept running, the voices seemed to be drawing nearer.
She kept running, nearly there,
She was just a pair of legs, complaining and sore, the voice so close now, could she make it? She had to run.
She was there! She ran into the light and the voices ceased their menacing chant.
She fell on her knees, trying to suck air into her reluctant lungs.
She hoped she would never ever have to run a marathon like that again.
The she froze and looked up.
Hovering in the air was, a man?
Yes a man. Tall and gaunt. Long grey hair, and cold hard eyes. Red armour buckled around his torso with a jewel
encrusted in one side.
Sakura looked again, he had wings.
Not angel wings like Yue's but leathery bats wings, tattered and torn.
It was grotesque.
The man looked down. His cold eyes penetrated Sakura's. Cold eyes that lacks either compassion or pity.
He looked down at her and smiled a wicked smile.
This was all too much for Sakura, all she'd been through, the dream, the voices and now this, they lay on her shoulders
like lead weights. The last thing she remembered before she blacked out was that this man was Alpha. The raw power
she sensed of him was unbelievable... she keeled over and passed out.
End of part 2
Notes: CLAMP owns CCS and its characters, not me. Alpha, Omega, the Fifth one or whatever you wanna call him is MY
character though so if you wanna use him for anything just drop me a line.
What do you think so far people? Comments? Complaints? Send to: james.norris@syskin.demon.co.uk
T