Authors Note: Gomen. Big wait ne? Thanks for all 40 reviews ^.^ that's the biggest amount of reviews I've ever received. Well, anyway. What can I say? Eheh, lots of writers block for this chapter. I know the ending now (I have it semi-written, just going over details); the whole problem is getting there, so transitional chapter here (kinda) ^.^
DISCLAIMER: Owns nothing, except for crappy muse named "Spikey"; who lounges around all day, sleeping.

Corrupted Magic

Chapter 14--Just Too Much

Syaoran groaned and tossed his head to the left, bumping into the top of Sakura's head. His eyes fluttered open, and he raised his hands up to wipe away the remnants of sleep. He gave a start. When had he fallen asleep? Why had he fallen asleep?
Sakura stirred against him; whispering something unheard, before falling back into a deep, sound sleep. Her head no rested right in the crook of his neck, making it impossible for him to move without waking her. He sighed.

"What are we going to do?"
The question surfaced in his mind again, the most prominent question in a sea of them sloshing around in his head.
'What are we going to do?' He murmured to himself, his heart sinking lower as he realised he could think of no solution to their situation.
He mentally shook himself. There's no point thinking like that. There's a solution to every problem, it just needs to be thought out.
'When there's a will, there's a way,' he breathed.
He turned his glance to the slumbering Sakura, taking in her face, her eyelashes making dark shadows on her pale face.
'If we get out of here…I'll tell her-- maybe.' He blushed, and had the sudden urge to move to the other side of the room, or to just run away.

Syaoran's stomach rumbled, reminding him that the last meal he had had was breakfast. From the day before. He silently cursed Korede. 'Damn her…' He growled, as the need for food grew stronger. Hmm, maybe he had something edible in his pockets. No such luck. He looked at Sakura again, not wanting to wake her, but wanting to ask her if she had any food.
She shifted against him once more, her head lolling backwards onto his chest. The position didn't look all that comfortable. Oh,…at least I'm stopping her from getting a crick in her neck.

Gently, Syaoran shook Sakura to wake her.
'Gnrrrr,' She grumbled, waving her arms to make him to stop.
'Sakura…Sakura.'
'Wha--? Oh, Syaoran-kun. Hoeeee?' She sat up straight, her face red, and her eyes wide with confusion.
'Where…what…huh? Oh.' She said, coming to the conclusion she needed on her own. Syaoran frowned, and gave her a quizzical look.
'I was just wondering where we were,' she said, solemnly.
'Oh…' Syaoran's stomach rumbled again, and Sakura giggled.
'Hungry?'
'Very much so. That bitch hasn't given us any food. Your not gonna have any power to give her if your malnourished. It doesn't seem very logical.'
'I guess…'

They sat in silence for a while. After all, there was nothing really to say.
He heard Sakura sigh heavily next to him.
He turned to look at her, and saw her playing with her Star key.
'Maybe we could use the cards to get out of here, Li-kun? Ne? Its possible…'
Syaoran blinked, 'Worth a try,' he nodded his head towards the door, 'what card could you use for getting out of a door though?'
'Hoeee. The lock card would only lock us in, and…' she scrunched up her face in thought, 'I have no idea what card we could use! Its hopeless!'
'Never mind, it was worth the thought…maybe we'll figure it out.'
Sakura looked close to tears, but she was holding them back, a thoughtful look on her strained tired face.

A whirring sound started up, making both of them jump, and make their nerves rise.
'Whats that, Syaoran-kun?'
'It might be a fan…but…'
The whirring noise got louder, and the floor began to shake violently, jerking both of them about.
Sakura's arms flailed about and Syaoran reached for her, but was flung backwards when a violent tremor shook the room suddenly. They skittered away from each other.
Sakura blinked. 'Earthquake?' she wondered out loud. But, no…there was something about this…it seemed mechanical. Set up. The floor, the room, still shook furiously.
Then there was a sudden calm, and both of them looked up at each other.
'What was--'

Something clicked, and Sakura felt the floor beneath her give way, and she slipped through a neat sized hole through the floor, her head clipping the edge as she fell. Her body turned limp, as her eyes glazed over, and every part of her, mind and body, fell into the darkness.
'SAKURA!'
Syaoran had little time to react as the hole in the floor became just floor again. His breath was heavy and hard, and he stared in shock at where Sakura had been.
'Sakura…Sakura…Sakura…' he slid across the floor, and tried to dig his nails into the spot, trying to find the trap door. He banged down on the hard concrete surface, his fists aching from the pressure, a trickle of blood running from a cut where he had hit too hard.

'SA-KU-RA!' He screamed, lost (A/N: reminds you of a CCS ep ne? Acccck) and utterly scared.
This was just too much. The effort of trying to be strong collapsed, and tears welled up in his eyes. The feeling in his chest, the pain and being scared, was over whelming. He sat back on his heels and stared pointlessly around the room.
'So...that's it then?' He managed to say to himself, 'Sakura's lost her powers.'
'I wouldn't say that.'

*

Haze blurred Hiiragizawa Eriol's mind as his eyes opened. He couldn't think straight, nor could he see. He sat up straight, quickly, suddenly. A wave of nausea washed over him and he blanched.
'Hiiragizawa-kun,' Tomoyo said, sitting by his side.
'Daidouji-san; ano…do you have my glasses?' Tomoyo blushed, 'Gomen ne,' she said, handing him the spectacles.
'Its okay. No harm done.' He said, smiling, putting them on 'Now…where's that card?'
'Eto…card?'
'Yes, the one that was protected by a strong magical field, it was around here somewhere,' he crawled onto his knees (as he was still on the floor) and looked around for the card.
'Card? There's no card around here, Hiiragizawa-kun,' Meiling said, standing behind both he and Tomoyo.
'Are you okay, Hiiragizawa-kun? Do you want some water? Anything? You passed out, we don't know what happened.'
'Neither do I. Not really. All I know is that there was this card…not unlike the Sakura Cards…but different. It seems to have disappeared.'
'Ano…this could have something to do with Sakura and Syaoran being taken, ne?' Tomoyo said thoughtfully.She cast a glance to where the portal had been, sadness in her eyes.
'It could do.' Eriol said, feeling sad himself.
'Lets face it,' Meiling said, forever blunt, 'I don't know whats going on here, no one knows whats going on here. The only hope we have of getting Syaoran and Sakura-chan back…well, we don't. They'll have to get back themselves. The only thing we can do, is tidy up this mess in Tomoyo-chan's lounge and hope they're okay.' She sighed her shoulders sagging. 'Have faith in them…'

*

Sakura; her body ached as though she had done a thousand press up, and exercised muscles she never knew she had. She couldn't move. It even hurt to open her eyes.
She sensed that it was dark where she was, and could hear the drip drip drip of a leak somewhere. It hurt her ears.
She was lying on her stomach on an extremely cold surface. The chill bit through her clothes, causing her to shiver slightly. Her face screwed up in a wince, and she tried to remember what had happened, but only got as far as she and Syaoran being in that room together…and the whirring noise. Then any memory would cease and it would begin with were she was now.
Oh, god, that whirring noise, why couldn't she get it out of her head?

Her fingers twitched in a slight movement, her legs jerking as she tried to roll over onto her back. The pain was too great. She figured that she must have fallen or something.
She forced her eyes to open, and met pitch black. A breath of cold air rushed over her, goose bumps speckling her flesh.
'Syaoran?' she called, testing her voice. It was crackly, but otherwise okay. There was no reply. Sakura felt herself begin to panic. She forced her limbs to move again, gaining a little more success, and managing to roll over onto her back.
'Syaoran?' she tried again, fear rising in her chest.
Where are you? Where are you? Whats happened? She forced herself to site up, wincing as a pain shot down her spin. She gingerly touched the side of her head, a lump and a bruise were forming on her cheek, where she concluded that she had been knocked unconscious from either her fall or landing.
She wasn't in that room, that was for sure. And Syaoran defiantly wasn't with her.
She sighed, and did the only thing she could do. She let her tears fall.

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Once again, gomen ne for the wait, and then the shortness of this chapter. Oh, and that I was REALLY mean to S+S...*hides* I'm an ebil ebil person, ne?
Oh, well, review!
~Shi