Chapter 4-Camp X?


Madison and Meilin came running home. As the police were walking around, tears filled their eyes. Tom Lorraine had gotten away. His people had been carefully flushed out. Portland police determined the house was safe of bombs and other Tom Lorraine paraphernalia before they let the children into the basement. Sakura and Li were relieved, but the girls were shy around their father. "Konnichiwa." Li said slowly, "Good, afternoon?" The girls embraced their father. Sakura smiled. "Look! Their eyes are hazel again! They haven't been that way since their first birthday!" The girls blushed, unsure of how to handle the compliment. Li slowly stood. "We must go safe." The girls nodded. Portland was no longer safe. The guard up above cleared his throat. "That will do you no good. These attacks were nation wide. Even Canada was attacked. In fact, this house appeared to be the least suspected one. One brown head, seen as being a police head satisfied them. I just wish you'd known sooner." Sakura sighed. "I can sense him, Tom Lorraine, but his lackeys are not completely evil. They believe they are standing up for their country. All Americans, no matter how unloyal, are still ready to fight for their land in some way. I can not yet tell the difference." The man nodded. A man on his radio said, "Gunthin, report back to base. We're getting a transmission." "No, replay it to me here. It's not safe for Sakura or Li to be seen. Besides, they'll know the language better than I do."

It was a soldier apparently off the ship. he was supposedly sending this to his god, hoping it would save him from his master's wrath. Sakura shivered. Was Tom that upset over the trick? His queen had just killed herself, taking a crew member with her. A stomping of boots, and Tom's voice was heard. Sakura shivered, and Li held them all tighter. The guard watched, waiting for Sakura to translate. He said that this god was no good, if it saw fit to kill the queen of Mondolia, the name of his empire.

Sakura translated this. The man sadly shook his head. "He'll be infuriated. We're going to send you to Camp X for a month or two."

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Tom Lorraine mourned a week, then got to work locating her relatives. But all had disappeared. Tom found this funny. His workers thought he had finally gone insane.

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Sakura and Li had a family reunion, which was great, as the girls had never met their grandparents or relatives, all natives to Japan and Hong Kong. Julian had died a year ago from a form of cancer. Although Tori was getting done with his mourning, it hit Sakura full force in the stomache. Her sweet friend, and Yue were now gone. Tori had married a Japanese girl 5 years ago, and they had a black haired little girl.

The Showron family was there, upset about hiding in the darkness, yet understood the necessity. The man who had contacts in all nations would want any Showron blood spilt.

Mr. Avalon had taken Sakura's old classmates along as well. This of course included their families, which meant Mr. Avalon was still teaching. Meilin was upset, but Madison was glad that Michael had found a way to be useful down here.

"Now, everyone who is here right now, must stay down below for a year. Government orders. All record of this camp is down below with us. Anyone with knowledge of it is here." Sakura and Li exchanged glances. A year?

Syaoran was now having fun training, now that he had someone his size fighting. Neither had reached the level of their trainers, but were still pretty fierce. Madison enjoyed walking and talking with Michael, thinking about the next year.

This camp seemed confining to the adults, but the children felt free here.

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In Mondolia, AKA Lorraine's base, the man had recovered. "My son Michael is trained. He says he cannot find the Showron family, but I think he is blind. He went to their school, and never realized? He has taken a year away to finish his training."

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Michael sat alone, his hand in his face. His father ordered he tell a member of Mondolia if he ever discovered the Showron family. He thought his lies had been enough, but his father had still suspected the actual house. Michael had a crummy birth record. His mother had cheated on Lorraine, then after his son had been born, she'd been executed. It had never occured to Tom that the child wasn't his. Michael let a slow tear run out of his eye. How could Madison be safe while he was around?

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Sakura and Li had a small house built. Having American supplies, they improvised, having dumplings for dinner. Syaoran happily ate until he was full, and the girls ate their meals, unsure they liked these dumplings or not.

After dinner, Syaoran asked to stay. Meilin blushed, and Li quickly ordered him to stay with Sakura's mother in-law. Syaoran grumbled, but did as he was told. He'd come back tomorrow, he told Meilin.

"Tomorrow, I train you. Your mother's had ten years. We'll see how she's done." Both Sakura and Li were blushing. They were 24, but it still felt weird to have minis of themselves running around.

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I'm not sure, but I'm leaning towards a CC/DM fic. email me, which would you prefer?