The Four Cards-ch5 The Four Cards:ch.5
Sakura, Tomoyo, and Kero found themselves in a dimly lit corridor with torches and three doors along the walls. Sakura walked over to the nearest torch and picked it up. Then they continued down the corridor and approached the first door. Sakura put her free hand on the handle and turned it. The door clicked open and they went inside where they found themselves in a room. There was a bed in the far left corner with a nightstand next to it and a large window on the right wall. Sakura saw a desk on the left wall and picked up an old book that was on it. She flipped open the cover. Someone had written in it! The writing looked like journal entries. She continued to turn the pages while Tomoyo looked at a large vase on the ground next to the desk. It was decorated with a very intricate design, chipped in several places, and empty. Kero was examining the bed which looked like any other kind, but it had dusty sheets. He lifted the pillow and found a key colored gold, or at least it had been, which was tied with a pale blue ribbon that was frayed on the ends. He handed it to Sakura who put it into her pocket for safe keeping. Since they didn't find anything else they left the room and continued down the corridor.

There was another door to their left. When they went inside, there were wooden chairs in front of a very dirty fireplace with a large mirror over it. There was another desk in a corner by a window. Pieces of crumpled up parchment lay on it. There was nothing of interest in here so they went back outside and went to the door at the very end of the hall - that was a lot longer than it looked. When they finally got to the door, it was locked. Sakura remembered the key in her pocket and took it out, slipped it into the keyhole and turned it. It made a loud click and the door unlocked. She peeked inside just in time to see two shadowy figures and a glint of light,followed by a growl, and then a thud. She slowly entered the room moving the door slowly so she wouldn't be noticed. Kero and Tomoyo followed her trying not to make noise but the floor creaked every step.

"Who's there?" said the standing shadowy figure.
Sakura recognized the voice at once.
"Syaoran?" said Sakura surprised.
"Sakura? Is that you? Where's everyone else?" asked Syaoran.
"It's ok. We're here." said Tomoyo.
Sakura ran over to Syaoran and gave him a big hug. He blushed but then winced in pain.
"What's wrong?" asked Sakura.
She looked at her hand. It was covered in blood. His blood.
"Tomoyo do you..." said Sakura.
"Here." said Tomoyo handing her a roll of bandages.
"How did you..." started Sakura.
"Sakura, we've been friends a long time. I know when you need something."
While Syaoran put the bandages on, the group looked for another way out. That's when Sakura realized that the ceiling of the room was made of glass. Above it was not sky, but water. There was also a high ledge going around the room that a person could stand on if they could reach that high.
"Kero? I don't think the ceiling looks safe." said Sakura, her voice wavering.
"Yeah." agreed Tomoyo and Kero.
Since there was no other way out at the moment, they decided to rest and look later.
"So Syaoran, what happened to you?" asked Sakura.
"Well, I just woke up when I saw another person in the room. I wasn't sure who it was so I stayed quiet. Then he turned around and spotted me. He came after me and so I had to fight." said Syaoran pointing to the sword that was lying next to him. It was dripping with droplets of blue blood from the monster.
"Oh." said Tomoyo.
"Well, while YOU were in here fighting that pushover, WE were busy dodging tons of more dangerous things!" yelled Kero.
Suddenly the room began to shake violently. The group looked up. The glass ceiling was beginning to crack. Drops of water were starting to come down in tiny rain specks.
"Uh oh." said Tomoyo.
"Fly! Release and Dispel!"
Sakura pulled Syaoran and Tomoyo onto her wand while Kero flew behind them. She landed on the ledge just as the water broke through the glass, filling the room. Then Syaoran spotted something moving in the water.
"Sakura? There's something in the water and it doesn't look happy." said Syaoran in alarm.
"Sakura! We need to find a way out!" yelled Kero.
"Before we drown!" added Tomoyo.
Sakura looked around. The door was blocked by the water. There was only one way to go.
"Kero! We need to go up!" yelled Sakura.
"Huh?"
"Just follow me!"
At that moment the creature under the water swam up splashing them with freezing cold water. Then it went back under.
"Windy!"
Windy flew over the surface of the water waiting for the monster to surface so she wrap it up and trap it. It worked for a moment but Windy couldn't keep her grip and the monster slipped back into the water.
"Lightning!"
Syaoran sent out a powerful bolt of lightning that paralyzed the creature for several seconds.
"Water! Fly!"
Water formed a bubble around Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo, and Kero. She used Fly to take them through the hole in the glass ceiling water still pouring through it. The bubble protecting them.
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(edited by:DragonLass)