Yue knew he shouldn't have followed the energy when he felt it but now he was trapped. He should have told the others but they were having a fun time and he didn't want to ruin it. Now, he was trapped in some sort of bubble shield and his power was weakening. He had been cut off from Sakura and he couldn't get enough power from the moon for it to matter.
Suddenly, Yue felt some energy returning to him. He couldn't quite place where it was coming from, but it was getting stronger and so was he. He decided to bide his time and allow his strength to return before he attempted to escape once again.
Celeste flew next to Spinel, both of them looking around for any sign whatsoever of the moon guardian. Just when Spinel was about to suggest that they change directions, Celeste stopped in midair.
"What is it?" Spinel asked, coming to a stop and hovering.
"I feel something close. Let's go this way." Celeste said and then started flying in a different direction. Spinel followed closely behind, watching as Celeste changed directions at least four times before she stopped again.
"He is close," Celeste said, looking at Spinel and said, "we have to get the others over here. He is near."
Spinel looked at Celeste a moment before saying, "I can contact Eriol, but not any of the others."
"That's fine. Tell him to come, quickly."
Spinel contacted Eriol and told him what Celeste had said. He agreed to come as quickly as possible and told Spinel to keep a close eye on Celeste and protect her. When he looked back at Celeste, he noticed that she had started to fly away and he quickly flew after her.
A dark cloud had begun to grow over a small section of the forest and the two were flying straight towards it. Celeste landed some thirty feet from the clearing, her wings disappearing as she hit the ground, with Spinel close behind. "We'll try to sneak up on him and take him by surprise. Stay low and don't make any sounds."
The two walked as quietly as they could in the direction of they felt a large amount of bad magic emanating from. Celeste got within about five feet from the clearing and hid behind a tree big enough to hide her form, while Spinel hid behind a larger tree nearby. She peeked around the tree, silently hoping that no one would see her, and almost gasped out loud. There was a large clearing in the center of which, floating above the ground, was Yue. He was surrounded by a large bubble and above him stood the evil man himself, Soren.
Celeste stood there, Soren hadn't noticed them quite yet and from his position, he seemed to expect them to be flying. She heard a low growl sound behind her and whispered, "Stay quiet Spinel. You'll give us away."
From off to her left she heard Spinel say, "That wasn't me."
She turned slowly and found herself face to face with a large, fierce-looking bear. It was brown with patches of black fur and large paws with long claws. It's eyes showed that it had more intelligence than a normal bear and it's teeth showed that it could tear a human to pieces in a matter of seconds.
Celeste screamed and ran out into the clearing, closely followed by Spinel who planted himself between her and the bear, protecting her as he had been told. Soren had noticed the commotion and looked down at the scene with a satisfied smirk on his face. He decided to let his little pet have some fun before he interfered.
The bear charged and Spinel reared up on his hind legs, front claws extended as they both slashed at each other with their menacing claws. Unfortunately they both got in several good hits, but while they fought Celeste looked up and took out her whip-staff. She extended it and cracked it up at the bubble Yue was trapped in. As soon as the whip hit the shield a crackling sound was heard and light glowed brightly from inside.
Yue was shocked as energy flowed through him. It was almost like being electrocuted but without the pain. He felt his strength returning and looked out to see that Spinel and the bear were circling each other, both of them covered in blood, and Celeste was on the ground, just below him. He felt that now was the time and readied his bow and arrow, aiming straight up at Soren, hoping that it would be powerful enough to pierce the shield.
Soren watched the approach of another guardian, similar to the one now fighting his creation, and readied his own attack against the intruder. He also noticed that Eriol was just below her running through the forest and extended his attack to reach them both. Just as he was about to unleash his attack, from below him Yue let his arrow fly.
Soren noticed the arrow just in time to side step, but it pierced his cloak and missed him by just inches. His own attack forgotten, he looked down to see that his bait had regained some energy. The shield he had erected around him was cracking from the hole in the top. Cracks appeared down the entire length of the bubble until it could no longer hold together. It shattered into thousands of slivers of light and floated down to the ground.
Yue extended his wings just before he was to fall and attempted to fly over to Celeste. He had to save her from what this crazy man wanted to do to her. Just as he was about to reach her, he felt a harsh tugging on his right wing and pain shoot through his back.
Ruby and Eriol approached the scene to see Spinel covered in blood and Yue hanging by a wing from Soren's grasp. He was struggling to keep as much weight off the wing as possible. Eriol used lightning to cause the bear to back away from his guardian and bent over to see what damage had been done to Spinel. Ruby readied her own crystal shard attack, ready to shoot them through the man that was hurting her fellow guardian. Soren saw the attack and pulled painfully at Yue's wing, causing him to cry out slightly, and pulled him in between himself and the other guardian.
Ruby couldn't attack with Yue between them, so she just charged. Soren held out his other hand and Ruby slammed into an invisible barrier and fell to just a few feet from the ground before she extended her wings and landed with a thud.
Celeste stood there and extended her whip as far as it would go, wrapping it around Soren's ankle and yanking down as hard as she could. She knew that it would probably hurt Yue some, but she had no other choice. Ruby had distracted Soren enough so that he was ignoring Celeste and allowing her to get in a shot.
Soren lost his balance and the force caused Yue's wing to be jerked painfully. Yue cried out in pain as a sharp crack was heard and his wing bent at an odd angle. Soren lost the grip on Yue's wing and they both fell hard to the ground.
Celeste almost cried in horror at what she had caused to happen but she knew that she would be able to heal Yue's wing. Still holding Soren by an ankle, she caused her wings so appear again and rose into the air. Calling on more magic to aid her strength, she lifted up into the air with Soren dangling from her whip.
Eriol had dealt with the bear and it now stood frozen off to the side of the clearing. He looked over to see Yue lying on the ground, pain showing plainly on his face, as he tried to get up and help in the fight. Spinel was lying on the ground as well, also in pain as the bear had made several deep gashes in his skin. Ruby was looking over at a section of the woods where the Shadow Card had just appeared. It disappeared shortly afterwards and Sakura, Shaoran, and Keroberus came bursting through the trees.
Sakura quickly looked around the clearing and let out a little shriek as she noticed her moon guardian. Keroberus and her ran over to Yue and helped him painfully to his feet. He held his right shoulder with his left hand and tried his best not to move his wing anymore than necessary. They saw him looking up and, following his line of sight; they all looked up and saw Celeste with Soren dangling from her whip.
Before Soren could get his thoughts sorted enough to perform a spell to release him, Celeste began circling. She knew that with the power they had today and the injured they had, they couldn't get rid of Soren just yet. So she began spinning, with Soren hung from the end of her whip, and the faster she spun the farther out Soren spun until he was practically parallel to the ground. Extending a tendril of magic, she released Soren's ankle from the whip and he flew some feet away. Before he could hit the trees he disappeared in a swirl of clouds and smoke. The dark cloud that had formed disappeared with him and Celeste floated down to the ground.
"Is everyone all right?" She asked as she landed in the middle of the small clearing, walking purposefully over to Yue.
"Yue's wing appears to be broken." Sakura said, worry clearly written across her face.
"It will be fine." Yue said with a wince when Celeste reached out and carefully touched the wing.
"I'm afraid this will hurt quite a bit Yue. We have to put the bones back in place before I can heal it." Celeste said, as she looked him in the eyes, her own pain written on her features. "I'm sorry. I should have found another way to get Soren down."
"It's not your fault, there was no other way." Yue said, not wanting her to feel bad about what had happened.
Sakura spoke up, "Touya can help. We'll go see him and get your wing all better."
Celeste walked over to Spinel and healed his wounds just enough so that he could walk and fly. "Let's get going," Eriol said when she had finished, "Sakura, you can use the Float Card on Yue so that we don't have to walk the entire way with winged beings. It would look a little suspicious."
"Right, are you ready Yue?" Sakura asked her guardian, readying to release the Float and Fly cards.
"Yes," Yue replied and with that Sakura used the Float Card to create a bubble around him and the Fly Card to give herself wings. Ruby carried Eriol and Keroberus carried Shaoran while the entire group headed to Touya's apartment seeking help.
"How did he escape?" Soren growled into the darkness of the room. "His energy was almost nothing before she came. She must have some connection to a higher power if she was able to just throw me away like that. I will find out her secrets. The next time we meet, she will be mine to do with as I please."