Sakura in Paris 2
Part Eight: Thunderstorms
{I've got a question to ask anyone out there that knows any french. What does cherchez la femme mean? I'm dying to know!! Please tell me! I think it means something like "the deadly woman" or something, but I'm not sure! Enlighten me!}
We're home at last. Ahhh. Home sweet home. So peaceful. So tranquil. So.....
Ms. Sinic: GIVE ME THE F-ING REMOTE!!!!!
Max: I wanna watch Seasame Street!
Raye: ....so f-ing crowded.....
Christopher: Just shut up, please. (Sweatdrops.)
Ameoba Boy: Sassafrass!
Psycho: I'M HE-RE!!!!
(Everyone stares at her in silence until her sweatdrops.)
Psycho: Uh, just thought, that I'd, you know, let you know....
(Sits on the couch by Raye.)
Ms. Sinic: I'm hungry!
Max: Me too.
Christopher: What time is it?
Raye: One.
Ms. Sinic: C'mon, Ange! Let's make a jumbo pot of mac 'n cheeze!
Raye: I'm with ya, pal!
(The two disappear into the kitchen. Minutes later, several clatters and screams can be heard. Everyone rushes into the room to find everything from the cabinets scattered everywhere and Raye and Ms. Sinic sitting in the midst of it all.)
Raye: No! It can't be true! *(ToT)* {Tears streaming down her face.}
Christopher: What is it?! What's the matter?!
Ms. Sinic: THERE'S NO MAC 'N CHEEZE!!!!! (Begins sobbing hopelessly.)
(Three sweatsdrop.)
Max: Point being.....
Raye & Ms. Sinic: WE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT MAC!!
Psycho: So go to the store and buy some more.
(Tears continue streaming down their faces.)
Raye: THAT'S JUST IT! I HAVE NO MORE MONEY!!!
{Disclaimer}
I cannot live without mac 'n cheeze.
Neither can Ms. Sinic.
So we go outta control if we don't get none.
Ms. Stevens: Un uh! You DO NOT use double negatives in the same sentence!
Ah, shaddup!
Ms. Stevens: Well! I never.... As your old literature teacher, I demand you listen to me!
Oh yeah? Well listen to this, Stevens. I don't never ever own Cardcaptors 'cause I didn't never create it! Clamp went and done made it! How do ya like them apples, huh?!?
Sakura looked out at the stormy sky nervously. "Jacque? Has Madison and Shawn come back yet?"
Jacque looked up from the letter he was writing. "Pardon? Madison and Shawn? No, I 'aven't seen them. Sorry, Sakura."
Sakura sighed. "I'll give them ten more minutes. Then I'll go out there and find them myself."
Madison shivered as the rain began to fall, in slow, freezing drops. She was soaked completely through in less than no time, and Shawn didn't look any better.
"Ewww! My socks are all soggy!" Madison complained as she splashed through an extremely muddy puddle.
Shawn shook water out of his eyes and trudged onwards stolidly. "Let's keep walking and pray that we find the exit in the next five minutes."
"I don't think I've ever been colder. Not even when the Freeze Car-, I mean not even last winter." Madison stumbled on shakily. "It feels like a deep freeze out here."
"Why did you start to say Freeze Card? And why did you break off like that?" Shawn asked curiously, turning to stare penetratingly at the shivering Madison.
"What do you mean? I didn't start to say Freeze Card." Madison stuttered through chattering teeth.
"Yes you did! And you were thinking about Sakura when you said it. Why?"
Madison skidded to a sudden, squelchy stop. "I was thinking about Sakura! How did you know that?"
Shawn quickly dropped his eyes and began sloshing through the mud again. "Let's keep going. We shouldn't be too far away from the exit."
"Wait a minute!" Madison cried, grabbing Shawn by a damp arm and stopping him. "How did you know what I was thinking?"
Shawn lowered his head. "I just did." The whisper barely reached Madison's ears. "I just hear people's thoughts." He suddenly looked up, frightened.
"We've got to go!"
Madison gasped loudly as Shawn grabbed her right hand in his and pulled her along after him in a fast run.
"Shawn! What is it?!" Madison screamed over the thunder and wailing wind as they turned another maze corner.
"We've got to get out of here! The shadow's coming!"
Sakura peered down through the rain, struggling to find Madison and Shawn through the water whipping past her face. She paused briefly to push a wet lock of hair behind an ear before returning her hands to a tight-knuckle clasp on the flying wand.
"Madison! Madison! Can you hear me?!?!" Sakura cried in despair. Where could they be?!!
A sudden movement caught Sakura's eye. Glaring down through the sleet-like rain, Sakura managed to make out two small forms, running through the winding Maze.
"Madison!!! Wait there!" Sakura cried through the maelstrom, knowing that her friend probably hadn't even heard her, before speeding downwards.
Madison and Shawn skidded to a surprised stop as Sakura appeared, diving down towards them from the slate-gray sky.
"What the?" Shawn gasped out as she landed with a splash.
"We've got to get inside! It's not safe for you two to be out here!" Sakura said as she called the Fly Card back.
"And you think we're just doing this for our health?!?!" Madison screamed angrily at her stunned friend. "We've BEEN TRYING to get out of here for the past three hours!!!!"
"But how will we get out of here?" Shawn asked quietly, seemingly no worse the wear for the sudden shock of seeing Sakura flying.
"Li lent me the Lasin Board. Seeing as how this isn't the Maze Card, it should work for us."
A stream of blue-white light pointing the way, the three ran through the creaking Maze, to safety and home, Shawn hurrying ahead of the girls.
"We have to hurry! The shadow's getting closer!"
(Max, Christopher, and Psycho are in Raye's kitchen, calling Zellers. Raye and Ms. Sinic are currently sitting in the living room, eyes glazed, chanting "Mac and Cheese. Mac and Cheese good for me." Ameoba Boy is just staring at the blank white wall as though it's the most interesting thing in the world...)
Max: Yes, Sir. Send that paddywagon over as soon as is humanly possible.
Christopher: Did I just hear a semi's horn honk?
Psycho: Dear God, oh no.
(The three rush into the living room. The front door is open, and the room empty {Except for Ameoba Boy, who is watching a small ant crawl across the wall animatedly}.)
Raye (Yelling outside): Get him out of the seat, Ms. Sinic!
(Psycho, Max, and Christopher rush to the front door. A giant Mac 'N Cheeze delivery truck is parked at the curb. The driver is unconscious and being dropped on the sidewalk by Ms. Sinic. Raye, waving a broomstick about wildly, is climbing into the driver's seat.)
Psycho & Christopher & Max: RAYE! MS. SINIC! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!
(Raye, laughing maniacally, slams the driver's door shut. Ms. Sinic climbs in beside her. Running and taking flying leaps, Christopher, Max, and Psycho manage to climb in as well. Cartwheeling out of the now empty house, Ameoba Boy vaults in.)
Ms. Sinic: Hit the gas, Ange!!!
(Raye promptly slams down on the gas and the Gang and Mac 'N Cheeze truck go carreening off down the street wildly.)
Christopher (turning pale green and looking sick to his stomach): Lord, give me strength.....
Max: Wait a minute! Hit the breaks! Isn't that Li and Sakura?!?!
(Raye hits the breaks and Ms. Sinic throws open the door. The anime couple, standing frozen on the sidewalk in terror, are pulled inside by Ms. Sinic. The door slams shut again, and THEY'RE OFF!!!)
Max: You both are COMPLETE psychos!!!!
Psycho: Hey!
Max: Sorry. But just WHAT are we going to do now?!!? You've beaten someone unconscious with a broomstick, and we've just hyjacked a Mac 'N Cheeze truck!!! What're we going to do NOW?!?
Raye (Pausing in her maniac laughter): You don't have to come, Max!
Max: Yes I do! Otherwise, who'll keep you two from going on a crime spree?!!?!?!
Ms. Sinic: Well, the plan is to make it to the Mexican border in two days! Then we're home free!!!
(Three sweatsdrop)
Max: My friends ARE wak.
Ameoba Boy: Hey, Raye! You drive like a deranged howler monkey!! {*o*}
