SourPop1004: Hey peepos! Sorry that took so long but it's ok. I'm here with
Ch. 9! Wah-Chah! Hehe. ok. Um.The Intern's coming to an end. REAL soon, so
keep that in mind. And also, the end means the list of thank yous.
Hehe.anyway, my story in waiting is still.well.in my thoughts. But I'm
pretty sure that I'll write it and post it. But if I do, you peepos better
give some lovin' (reviews) haha.anyway, let's move on and read. Enjoy!
PS. Remember, The Salsa Dancer MIGHT be coming soon.hehe.anyway, enjoy Ch. 9.
The Intern.
By: SourPop1004
News anchor:
"We are here live at the Tokyo Police Department." The lady with the mic turns towards Chief Daidouji. "What do you have to say for one of your detectives, Li Syaoran and the new intern Kinomoto Sakura for murdering your daughter?"
Daidouji glared at her and at the cameraman. "I'll you one thing. Before you go around saying that anyone was murdered, you should check the facts. My daughter's alive and I know it. And for one of my best detective and the new intern to kill Tomoyo? Hah! That'll be the day." He glared into the reporter's eyes. "Do you even know the story? What's REALLY going on?" The reporter was blank. She ran out of her usual witty retorts. "You don't, and until Det. Li and Kinomoto return WITH Tomoyo-san, the public will just have to assume that whatever you and those other crackpots are telling them are all lies. Now if you'll excuse me, I have work to do." Daidouji spun around and walked away through the swamped station.
The reporter turned back to the camera readjusting herself. "There you have it, Chief Daidouji incredibly disshelved. We are all truly sorry for his loss." She motioned for the cameraman to cut and he did.
Daidouji walked into a room and saw Eriol sitting down sipping a cup of coffee. Eriol looked up. Daidouji walked over and sat down opposing him.
"Where are they?" Eriol asked looking at Daidouji with worry.
"I honestly don't know. What happened?"
"They came to the hospital. Sakura was trying to get the necklace off so I told her to get my laptop and wiring kit form my house since the hospital wouldn't let me out. Then they never came back."
Daidouji was silent. He looked up at Eriol again. "Is there a way we can track them?"
"Wait. We need to talk to Daidouji Sonomi. Shigo must have blackmailed her already." Eriol looked at Daidouji's flushed face. "I know it's going to be hard talking to her after all these years but this is for your daughter. She's most important right now. Remember that."
Daidouji looked up. "You're right." There was a pause. "Is something going on with you and Tomoyo?" He asked suspiciously.
Eriol looked surprised. "N-no! Of course not! Why would you think that?" Eriol was flustered. "Anyway, let's call Sonomi."
***
Tomoyo paced around the little room. It was dark and lit only by a single light bulb dangling from the ceiling. The room was empty except for a metal chair and a large metal door. She was still in her dress, which she had managed to keep somewhat clean yet little smudges of dirt stained the hem. When Shigo's men had burst through the hotel door, Tomoyo had been in the bathroom when she heard a gunshot. That was when she had run out and seen Eriol on the floor. That was the last of him she had seen. Even before she could do anything, the men had dragged her off to God knows where and here she was. Tears started to roll down her smooth cheeks at the thought of Eriol. She stopped walking around and plopped down into the metal chair and buried her face into her hands and cried. She worried that Eriol might be.
Sakura and Syaoran had miraculously managed past the laser sensors and cameras and were now inside. Syaoran held Sakura's right hand and pulled her in any direction he chose to lead to. Syaoran held a .45 shot gun in his free hand. The two creeped down the long dark and damp corridor not knowing where they were going. With the constant tapping sound of Sakura's boots echoing through the long hallways, the two made a sharp turn and were facing a door. Sakura looked over to Syaoran with a look.
"What? Why are we here?" Sakura whispered to Syaoran.
"No idea but, who knows? We might find something here." With that, Syaoran pulled her into the room not knowing what to expect.
***
Eriol looked up at Daidouji. "Nothing. Her cell phone rings but she won't pick up."
Daidouji was silent. Then began. "That either means she's busy doing something or Shigo already talked to her. But I think it's the latter. So, maybe if she's carrying the phone with her, we can trace the signals."
Eriol nodded and was motioning to get something when he turned back. "Wait. My lap top. It's at my house."
"Use one of our computers. We have a signal tracker in one of the rooms." Daidouji suggested.
"But doesn't the police phone trackers only have registered numbers that are in the area within a certain range limit since there are other police stations to pick up the calls from different regions? And plus, Sonomi's cell phone might not come up in the tracker. But with my computer, I can connect directly to a satellite and go from there." Eriol reasoned.
"Alright. Come on. Let's go."
The two stood up and stormed out of the room, slamming the door shut behind them.
***
The large metal door creaked open and a man walked in. He looked at Tomoyo and smiled. Tomoyo broke her gaze of the floor and looked up and Mr. Shigo. Realizing whom it was, her gaze quickly turned to a death glare.
"YOU!" Tomoyo exclaimed.
"Yes. It's me. Disappointed?"
"How DARE you! You'll be sorry you ever blackmailed Okasan!" Tomoyo jumped up in rage to lunge herself at him but stopped he pressed a gun to her stomachache.
"That does kind of calm you down, doesn't it?" He smiled back. Tomoyo moved back a little and saw the gun. His hands were extended and held the gun pointing it towards her face. He slowly shut the door with his free hand. "I could have shot here and now but I've decided to do a little show for your mother. When she arrives with the money, she'll see the performance of her life. Her only daughter falling to the floor after she's been shot. Very dramatic, don't you think? I wonder if she'll ask for an on core. But if she does, guess who's going to be falling next." There was an evil glint in his eyes.
Tomoyo's eyes burned with anger but stood there. She watched as he lowered the gun and moved closer. Tomoyo backed up against the opposite wall until she felt it behind her back. His face looked down at hers. As he spoke, she felt his minty breath against her cheek. (Evil maniacs who are planning to take over the world have this thing with being very fresh and clean. Who knows why?)
"You know, whenever you stopped by your mother's office, I always did find you rather attractive. But your mother was always protective." He replied looking at her.
"I'm flattered but I think you're TOO old for me." Tomoyo slowly replied back with sarcasm.
"Yes, I am older than you but how many years? I think about 10. That's not that old is it?" He smiled again at her.
Inside, she was dying to smack him with a frying pan, but where was one when you really needed it?
"Too bad for you I already have someone." She replied calmly.
"I don't think he'll mind if I just." He leaned in to kiss her but Tomoyo ducted and kicked him hard. (Not saying where.)
Shigo crumpled to the floor with pain. (Must have hit him hard.and good. Hehe.) Tomoyo jumped over him and dashed towards the door. She tried her best to open the heavy door as fast as possible. When she succeeded, her heart fell. Three guards stood staring down at her. She tried to run through them but they easily pushed her back and she stumbled back and landed on the floor with her dress spilling to the sides all over the floor. When she tried to get up, Shigo was standing over her with a glare.
"You think I'd be that stupid to come alone?" He barked at her. "After your mother comes, you can count on going to hell!" He screamed and slapped her hard. (Why is it that every guy in here slaps? I don't know.) Tomoyo fell back onto the cold hard floor. When Shigo slammed the door shut making the light bulb swing back and forth, Tomoyo instantly started to cry. She slowly gathered herself from the floor and rolled up into a ball and cried, her tears streaming down her face and making a small puddle underneath her cheeks on the floor. "Eriol." She whispered as she closed her eyes in pain.
***
When Syaoran and Sakura entered the room, they realized that they were in some sort of control center for all the electrical things like the laser sensors, the cameras, and etc. Sakura moved closer to the huge wall covered with monitoring TV screens. Syaoran quietly shut the door behind him and moved up closer to where Sakura was standing. They both whirled around when they heard a voice from behind. A small man in a jumpsuit was pointing a shacking gun at them.
"Stop! Who are you? Stay put or I'll shoot." He squeaked, unsure of himself.
Syaoran noticed this man's uncertainty and quickly moved forward and snatched the gun away from the man. The man freaked out and cowered back seeing that now he was the one in disadvantage. He covered his face. Syaoran's disguise made him look even more angry and dangerous than he already was. (It's probably the blue hair. It's got to be. Hehe.)
"Please, don't shoot! I was just doing my job!"
"Alright but where's Daidouji Tomoyo?" Syaoran asked looking at the man.
"I-I don't know sir. They didn't tell me." He stuttered looking up at Syaoran. Syaoran gave the man a look of disbelief. Syaoran knew he was lying.
"Lying. I don't like lies." Syoaran stated plainly glaring down at the cowering little man. "Come on. Tell me where she is." He demanded once more.
Still, the man refused. Syaoran in his frustration spun around and looked at Sakura. He tossed her the gun he was holding. Sakura looked at him blankly. Syaoran turned back towards the man.
"Answer me now or she starts blowing holes." Syaoran warned dangerously. (How kool! I'm not promoting violence.) The man turned white. Syaoran heard Sakura exclaim.
"What?!" Sakura never handled a gun before and the only reason she didn't freak when Syaoran handed her the gun was because she was too busy listening to what Syaoran was saying to the man. Now that she realized what Syaoran had just said she couldn't help but freak. She saw Syaoran face her, looking more dark and dangerous than she'd ever seen him before.
"Shoot him." He stated.
"You're kidding, right? You can't be serious?" Sakura asked as she held the gun.
"I said shoot him. He's not telling us where Tomoyo is so he's not worth all the trouble of questioning." Syaoran replied. Sakura's face went blank.
The man that had been scared to death worked up the courage to say something. "She's not here. She's at Shigo's private cabin."
Syaoran and Sakura turned to look at him.
"I have said it. Please spare me!" The man pleaded.
Syaoran gazed down at him coldly. "You're free to go. Now get out of my sight!" Syaoran barked at the man.
The two watched the little man scrambble to his feet and make his way out the door as fast as he could. Syaoran grabbed Sakura's hand and ran out the door as soon as the man had disappeared out the door and around the corner.
Out in the hallway, Sakura and Syaoran were dashing behind the man. Sakura was confused.
"What? Why are we following him?" Sakura hissed as they ran.
"He was lying. Tomoyo's here, in this building and I know that he's going to go tell on us to Shigo. Give me the gun please."
Sakura handed him his gun and watched him shove it into the backside waist of his jeans. Sakura just had to ask.
"Were you serious in there about me shooting him?"
Syaoran just gave a laugh and continued to pull Sakura down the twisting corridors after the man.
***
Eriol and Daidouji pulled up in front of Eriol's house. The two got out of the car. Eriol led Daidouji through the front gate and to the front door. Eriol was about to find his keys when he realized he didn't have them. He turned around to Daidouji and looked at him.
"What is it?" Daidouji asked.
"My keys. I don't have them. I thought they were in my pocket the whole time."
Eriol turned back and stared at the door. It was stupid to try but he did it anyway. Eriol grabbed the doorknob and turned. To his disbelief, the door was open. He never left anything unlocked, especially his house or all things. He knew something was wrong. Daidouji and Eriol made their way into the house.
The two looked around to find everything perfect and neat the way it was. Eriol went into the kitchen and scanned the room. Then he turned back to Daidouji.
"Someone took my lap top and the tool kit."
"How can you tell? Look around more." Daidouji commanded not satisfied with Eriols comment.
"I know when my things are missing. I left the computer over there and my wiring kit in one of the doors." Eriol pointed out. He walked over to the door where the kit would have been. "Whoever came in here to take my computer was aiming for the kit as well." Eriol slid open the door and found various tools but not his kit.
"Now what?" Daidouji asked in frustration.
"This is why I keep an extra lap top. Not as powerful but still manageable." Eriol commented and went out of the wide kitchen.
Daidouji followed him down a hallway and into a large office room. The walls were lined with cabinets with tons and tons of files. Eriol walked over to his desk and pulled out a large door. Inside, he found his spare computer. Pulling it out, Eriol looked at Daidouji.
"Let's do this."
***
Tomoyo had been taken out of her little ugly room and was now being led to some other part of the building. 4 other guards were escorting her while Shigo led the way. Tomoyo dress trailed behind her. Through all this negative timing, she felt somewhat like some noble lady who was being escorted by her loyal guards. The dress and the guards did add to the irony of the situation. Pushing the thought away, Tomoyo went back to more serious matters. She kept wondering if anyone was going to come and save her. Or if Eriol was alright. God, she hoped her was alright. She still felt a bit sick from the thought. The gunshot and the blood everywhere with Eriol laying there lifeless as a dead deer. Before she could reach her full grieving mode, she realized that wherever she was being taken to was here. The guards and Shigo stopped in front of an elevator. Shigo pressed a code of numbers onto a panel next to the elevator. Afterwards, the panel lit up green and the elevator doors slid open. Shigo stepped in before the guards dragged Tomoyo into the elevator. Shigo smiled at Tomoyo's reflection in the cool metal walls of the elevator.
"I believe your mother's waiting for us." Mr. Shigo replied smiling evilly at Tomoyo.
***
Sakura and Syaoran hid behind a stack of plastic barrels. They watched the short man intently as he was rapidly talking to another worker with a yellow helmet. Sakura and Syaoran looked around. They concluded that they were in the main building are of the weapons for heavy machinery moved around and scraps of metals were constantly being dumped into a pile to one corner of the huge area. They both snapped back when Shigo and Tomoyo walked into the rooms. Instantly, the two workers turned and bowed. Shigo waved them off. Shigo smiled. Sakura and Syaoran followed Shigo's gaze to the other side of the room where Sonomi stood with a suitcase. Tomoyo tried to break free from the guards and run to her mom but couldn't. Sonomi reached out as well but knew better to stay low than to do something wrong. Shigo stated across the room.
"Did you bring what I asked for?"
"This you mean?" Sonomi raised the suitcase as if it were something disgusting and repulsive.
"Yes. Very good. I hope you didn't do anything stupid and called the cops."
"I didn't. Now give me my daughter." Sonomi demanded.
"Alright. We'll trade at the same time."
Sonomi nodded.
To everyone's surprise, Sonomi's phone started to ring. The ring echoed through the large room. Sonomi took out the phone and through it to the ground, breaking it into pieces. She didn't want any disturbances while she was trading.
***
"She hung up." Daidouji replied turning to Eriol.
"It's ok. I was able to pick up the signal. It's off a few miles from Tokyo. It's in some abandoned factory or something. Come on, let's go." Eriol replied.
The two got up and ran outside of the house without even bothering to lock the house.
***
Sonomi and Shigo approached each other. Sonomi held the suitcase while Shigo held Tomoyo's arm. When the suit case reached Shigo's hand, he yanked in. When Sonomi was about to reach Tomoyo, Shigo grabbed her arm and threw her to the side and pulled out a gun. He smiled and pointed it at Tomoyo who looked terrified. Sonomi was about to lunge at him when Shigo warned her.
"I suggest you don't. Well, Tomoyo and I have decided to give you a little show. It'll be Tomoyo's most dramatic exit possible." Shigo replied and smiled evilly.
Sakura turned to Syaoran and whispered.
"I think this is our cue."
Syaoran nodded.
The two sprang up and ran to Shigo. Sakura ran to Shigo and lunged from the back while Syaoran took care of the guards. Shigo spun around at the sudden attack. Sakura punched his jaw and sent him sprawling to the floor. Sakura yelled at Tomoyo to run to her mom and get out. Tomoyo didn't want to leave Sakura but she knew better to defy Sakura in an occasion like this. Tomoyo picked up her dress and ran to Sonomi. Sakura watched them disappear through the two large metal doors. Shigo had gotten up and faced Sakura. Sakura was surprised and had her guard down. Shigo punched her stomached. Sakura hunched over and coughed a bit of blood.
"You ruined it!" He screamed at her.
Sakura got up wiping the blood away. She threw a kick. To her surprise, Shigo blocked. Technically, Shigo knew a thing or two about fighting. They fought ceaselessly until Sakura gave the perfect sidekick and sent Shigo to the floor. His lips were bleeding. He crawled over to find the gun.
Syaoran had beaten the last guard with ease. He turned around to look at Sakura and how she was doing. He saw she was hurt and tried to run over to her when more workers and guards rushed his way. Syaoran threw a furious punch and knocked the guy out. He wrestled with all his strength to get the men off him. Syaoran kicked the gun out of one man's hand and punched him in the jaw sending him to the floor.
Shigo stretched out his hand to grab the gun on the floor but was stopped by Sakura's boots.
"Have you ever wondered why woman wear high heals?" Sakura asked Shigo sarcastically. "To do this!" Sakura yelled and slammed down her heal onto his outstretched hand. Shigo screamed in agony. The sharp heal pierced the top layer of his skin and was now bleeding. Sakura quickly pulled off her foot and ran over and grabbed the gun on the floor. She pointed the gun at Shigo's head. Shigo was clutching his bleeding hand and glared up at Sakura with pain and furious anger. Sakura turned and noticed that Syaoran was being bombarded with tons of guards. "Syaoran!" She shouted. Syaoran turned and looked at Sakura. Sakura tossed him the gun that she had in her pocket. Syaoran caught it with one hand and immediately pointed it to the guards who backed off. Sakura turned back to Shigo who had disappeared from his place. Sakura looked around wildly.
***
Tomoyo and her mother ran out of the factory. The two rushed out into the gravel road and stopped when a speeding car screeched to a stop right in front of them. The doors opened and Eriol and Daidouji came out. Tomoyo looked at Eriol and screamed. Eriol ran over to Tomoyo and hugged her.
"Are you ok? Did he do anything to you? Where's Sakura and Syaoran?" Eriol asked rapidly without any breath in between.
"I'm ok. He didn't do anything.well.I'll tell you later but Sakura and Syaoran are in there now fighting Shigo. Please go help them!" Tomoyo yelled back worried.
Eriol turned to Daidouji. "Call the police. I'm going in. And take care of Tomoyo for me." Daidouji nodded.
Eirol walked over to the trunk and unlocked it. Inside was empty but when he unhooked an invisible latch, a compartment full of guns opened up. He pulled out two handguns and put it in the waist of his jeans. He shut the trunk and walked over to Tomoyo. He gave her his last kiss before he ran off into the factory. Tomoyo didn't want to let him go but she knew she had to. After Eriol disappeared, Tomoyo turned to Daidouji and Sonomi who were staring at her. She would have explained but she was too worried about Eriol, Sakura, and Syaoran to actually care about minor things.
***
The room where Sakura, Syaoran, and Shigo were was now empty. There were no more guards rushing in for Syaoran blocked the doors with the barrels except for the main entrance door. Sakura and Syaoran were back-to-back looking around. Suddenly, Syaoran was knocked out by a flying barrel. Sakura was alone. Shigo walked up to her. Sakura threw a punch but was blocked. Shigo kicked her and she went falling to the floor, the gun skidding across the cold floor. Shigo ran over and picked it up. When Sakura got up, the gun was pointing at her stomach.
"You ruined everything and now you're going to die!" Screamed Shigo.
"Even if I do, the cops will get you. And then you'll pay for all what you've done!" Sakura yelled back with anger in her eyes. Shigo only smiled evilly.
Sakura charged towards him but was thrown back when she heard Shigo pull the trigger. The bang echoed through the huge room. Syaoran opened his eyes and everything rushed into him of what happened. Instantly, he looked over to Sakura who was on the floor.
***
The sirens were blaring out loudly as dozens of police cars, new crews, and a few paramedics rushed over to where Daidouji, Tomoyo, and Sonomi were standing. Once they were there, Daidouji filled the new cast people of what had happened. Multiple lights flashed at the three. Tomoyo and everyone were dumped with questions but Tomoyo's mind was elsewhere, in the factory with Eriol and her friends.
***
He traced his vision to where she had been standing. Where Sakura had stood, Heero lay on the floor with a pool of blood underneath his lifeless form. Sakura got herself back in place and realized that she wasn't wounded. Her eyes darted to where she had stood and saw Heero there. She got up and rushed over to him and kneeled next to him.
"Heero! Are you ok!? Don't worry! We'll get you to a hospital soon! Hang in th-" She was cut off by Heero's hand on her arm.
"Don't bother. Someone like he doesn't deserve to live anyway. This way, I can leave knowing I did at least something right even if I am going to hell for all the bad thing's I've done. Thanks for showing me my wrong ways."
Sakura smiled down at him and tears were overwhelming her eyes. "Don't worry. God will welcome you. I knew you were a good person inside." Sakura hugged him before Heero breathed his last breath and closed his eyes. Sakura let the tears falls before she leaned down and kissed his forehead. "God bless you." Sakura whispered.
By now, Syaoran was next to Sakura looking down at Heero. Maybe Heero wasn't all that bad. The two turned around when they heard clapping.
"How very touching. Blessing him even if he did all those terrible things to you." Shigo commented nastily with a grin on his face.
"You!" Sakura screamed. She got up to face him. She lunged at him but when she got close to him, he pressed the gun to her stomach.
"I wouldn't move if I were you my dear."
"Like I'd care!"
She was about to punch him when Shigo fell to the floor. She looked at him confused. Shigo's back was bleeding. He lay there dead and cold. The gun loose in his grip. Sakura and Syaoran looked up and saw Eriol standing there a bit slouching cause of his stitches. He was smiling with a gun in his hand. He ran up to Sakura and Syaoran.
"You guys ok?"
"Yeah.You came just in time." Sakura replied giving a sigh of relief. She flung her arms around him tightly. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah. I'm fine. The wounds heeling up nicely except the hospital didn't feed me anything. Something about the surgery. and blah blah." Eriol smiled down at Sakura.
"Ahem." Syaoran broke in. Sakura released Eriol and looked at Syaoran.
"Oh come on Syaoran. You know she's in love with me." Eriol replied jokingly.
"Yeah.whatever." Syaoran mumbled under his breath. Sakura just laughed and kissed Syaoran's cheek.
"I think someone's jealous. Don't you agree Sakura?" Eriol asked turning to Sakura.
"I think you're right." Sakura replied smiling.
"Ha-ha. Very funny." Syaoran answered sarcastically.
"Anyway, what are we going to do with all this stuff in here?" Sakura asked looking around the huge factory full of crates filled with weapons.
"The police will have a hell of a time trying to sort these and trace the buyers." Syaoran answered looking around. "Anyway, let's get out of here."
The other two nodded. They were about to make their way tot he door when someone called from behind. The trio turned around and saw Mira standing there with a gun. (Dang! So many guns in one place. Hehe.) She was pointing it directly at them, especially to Sakura's direction.
"I'll you! You ruined everything. If it weren't for you, Syaoran wouldn't have been taken away from me, nor will Shigo be dead. You just had to nosy! I hate you Kinomoto Sakura!" Mira screamed at Sakura. "Now you die!" Mira pulled the trigger. The bullet flew through the air with incredible speed. Sakura jumped out of the way, pushing Syaoran and Eriol to the ground as well. The bullet barely grazed her shoulder. Eriol was ready to take out his gun when there was loud bang and Mira fell to the floor. The three turned to the door and saw Tomoyo standing there with a shaking hand. She stared at them with shaky eyes. She dropped the gun in her hand and instantly ran to Sakura. The two embraced. Sakura and Tomoyo both started crying.
"You're ok!" Sakura yelled with joy.
"I know! I know! I'm so glad you're ok too!" Tomoyo answered back happily.
Tomoyo and Sakura continued their little touching moment while Syaoran smiled evilly and turned to Eriol. Eriol caught Syaoran's eyes and smiled in agreement. Instantly, the two hugged tightly and started to cry loud sobs.
"Oh, Eriol! I'm SOOOO glad you're ok!" Syaoran yelled out sarcastically.
"I know! I know!" Eriol yelled back.
By now, Sakura and Tomoyo had parted and were glaring at them.
"Very funny." Tomoyo shot back sarcastically.
Eriol and Syaoran broke apart and started laughing.
"Let's get out of here." Syaoran suggested.
Everyone nodded.
***
The four walked out of the factory and were met by a sea of reporters and police men. Cameras flashed wildly and instantly the reporters bombarded the four with question. Breaking in, Daidouji turned to the people and silenced them.
"Now, now. We are incredibly tired so I suggest you all come back tomorrow when we'll have a press conference to clear up any questions or misunderstandings.
Sakura smiled a thank you to Daidouji who smiled back. They all split up into different cars and were off. Home. Sakura thought. It had been so long since she'd been home.
SourPop1004: Sorry that took so long! Man, school's all crazy. But anyway, I was going to keep writing but I wanted to end the entire story with an even numbered chapter. Well, yeah. If you guessed it, Ch.10 is the last chapter. It'll probably be pretty short. But anyway, remember the thank yous! Hehe.anyway, I'll post up ch.10 ASAP. Ok? Now, I can get started on my newer fanfics when I finish The Intern. So I'll see you next chapter!
PS. Remember, The Salsa Dancer MIGHT be coming soon.hehe.anyway, enjoy Ch. 9.
The Intern.
By: SourPop1004
News anchor:
"We are here live at the Tokyo Police Department." The lady with the mic turns towards Chief Daidouji. "What do you have to say for one of your detectives, Li Syaoran and the new intern Kinomoto Sakura for murdering your daughter?"
Daidouji glared at her and at the cameraman. "I'll you one thing. Before you go around saying that anyone was murdered, you should check the facts. My daughter's alive and I know it. And for one of my best detective and the new intern to kill Tomoyo? Hah! That'll be the day." He glared into the reporter's eyes. "Do you even know the story? What's REALLY going on?" The reporter was blank. She ran out of her usual witty retorts. "You don't, and until Det. Li and Kinomoto return WITH Tomoyo-san, the public will just have to assume that whatever you and those other crackpots are telling them are all lies. Now if you'll excuse me, I have work to do." Daidouji spun around and walked away through the swamped station.
The reporter turned back to the camera readjusting herself. "There you have it, Chief Daidouji incredibly disshelved. We are all truly sorry for his loss." She motioned for the cameraman to cut and he did.
Daidouji walked into a room and saw Eriol sitting down sipping a cup of coffee. Eriol looked up. Daidouji walked over and sat down opposing him.
"Where are they?" Eriol asked looking at Daidouji with worry.
"I honestly don't know. What happened?"
"They came to the hospital. Sakura was trying to get the necklace off so I told her to get my laptop and wiring kit form my house since the hospital wouldn't let me out. Then they never came back."
Daidouji was silent. He looked up at Eriol again. "Is there a way we can track them?"
"Wait. We need to talk to Daidouji Sonomi. Shigo must have blackmailed her already." Eriol looked at Daidouji's flushed face. "I know it's going to be hard talking to her after all these years but this is for your daughter. She's most important right now. Remember that."
Daidouji looked up. "You're right." There was a pause. "Is something going on with you and Tomoyo?" He asked suspiciously.
Eriol looked surprised. "N-no! Of course not! Why would you think that?" Eriol was flustered. "Anyway, let's call Sonomi."
***
Tomoyo paced around the little room. It was dark and lit only by a single light bulb dangling from the ceiling. The room was empty except for a metal chair and a large metal door. She was still in her dress, which she had managed to keep somewhat clean yet little smudges of dirt stained the hem. When Shigo's men had burst through the hotel door, Tomoyo had been in the bathroom when she heard a gunshot. That was when she had run out and seen Eriol on the floor. That was the last of him she had seen. Even before she could do anything, the men had dragged her off to God knows where and here she was. Tears started to roll down her smooth cheeks at the thought of Eriol. She stopped walking around and plopped down into the metal chair and buried her face into her hands and cried. She worried that Eriol might be.
Sakura and Syaoran had miraculously managed past the laser sensors and cameras and were now inside. Syaoran held Sakura's right hand and pulled her in any direction he chose to lead to. Syaoran held a .45 shot gun in his free hand. The two creeped down the long dark and damp corridor not knowing where they were going. With the constant tapping sound of Sakura's boots echoing through the long hallways, the two made a sharp turn and were facing a door. Sakura looked over to Syaoran with a look.
"What? Why are we here?" Sakura whispered to Syaoran.
"No idea but, who knows? We might find something here." With that, Syaoran pulled her into the room not knowing what to expect.
***
Eriol looked up at Daidouji. "Nothing. Her cell phone rings but she won't pick up."
Daidouji was silent. Then began. "That either means she's busy doing something or Shigo already talked to her. But I think it's the latter. So, maybe if she's carrying the phone with her, we can trace the signals."
Eriol nodded and was motioning to get something when he turned back. "Wait. My lap top. It's at my house."
"Use one of our computers. We have a signal tracker in one of the rooms." Daidouji suggested.
"But doesn't the police phone trackers only have registered numbers that are in the area within a certain range limit since there are other police stations to pick up the calls from different regions? And plus, Sonomi's cell phone might not come up in the tracker. But with my computer, I can connect directly to a satellite and go from there." Eriol reasoned.
"Alright. Come on. Let's go."
The two stood up and stormed out of the room, slamming the door shut behind them.
***
The large metal door creaked open and a man walked in. He looked at Tomoyo and smiled. Tomoyo broke her gaze of the floor and looked up and Mr. Shigo. Realizing whom it was, her gaze quickly turned to a death glare.
"YOU!" Tomoyo exclaimed.
"Yes. It's me. Disappointed?"
"How DARE you! You'll be sorry you ever blackmailed Okasan!" Tomoyo jumped up in rage to lunge herself at him but stopped he pressed a gun to her stomachache.
"That does kind of calm you down, doesn't it?" He smiled back. Tomoyo moved back a little and saw the gun. His hands were extended and held the gun pointing it towards her face. He slowly shut the door with his free hand. "I could have shot here and now but I've decided to do a little show for your mother. When she arrives with the money, she'll see the performance of her life. Her only daughter falling to the floor after she's been shot. Very dramatic, don't you think? I wonder if she'll ask for an on core. But if she does, guess who's going to be falling next." There was an evil glint in his eyes.
Tomoyo's eyes burned with anger but stood there. She watched as he lowered the gun and moved closer. Tomoyo backed up against the opposite wall until she felt it behind her back. His face looked down at hers. As he spoke, she felt his minty breath against her cheek. (Evil maniacs who are planning to take over the world have this thing with being very fresh and clean. Who knows why?)
"You know, whenever you stopped by your mother's office, I always did find you rather attractive. But your mother was always protective." He replied looking at her.
"I'm flattered but I think you're TOO old for me." Tomoyo slowly replied back with sarcasm.
"Yes, I am older than you but how many years? I think about 10. That's not that old is it?" He smiled again at her.
Inside, she was dying to smack him with a frying pan, but where was one when you really needed it?
"Too bad for you I already have someone." She replied calmly.
"I don't think he'll mind if I just." He leaned in to kiss her but Tomoyo ducted and kicked him hard. (Not saying where.)
Shigo crumpled to the floor with pain. (Must have hit him hard.and good. Hehe.) Tomoyo jumped over him and dashed towards the door. She tried her best to open the heavy door as fast as possible. When she succeeded, her heart fell. Three guards stood staring down at her. She tried to run through them but they easily pushed her back and she stumbled back and landed on the floor with her dress spilling to the sides all over the floor. When she tried to get up, Shigo was standing over her with a glare.
"You think I'd be that stupid to come alone?" He barked at her. "After your mother comes, you can count on going to hell!" He screamed and slapped her hard. (Why is it that every guy in here slaps? I don't know.) Tomoyo fell back onto the cold hard floor. When Shigo slammed the door shut making the light bulb swing back and forth, Tomoyo instantly started to cry. She slowly gathered herself from the floor and rolled up into a ball and cried, her tears streaming down her face and making a small puddle underneath her cheeks on the floor. "Eriol." She whispered as she closed her eyes in pain.
***
When Syaoran and Sakura entered the room, they realized that they were in some sort of control center for all the electrical things like the laser sensors, the cameras, and etc. Sakura moved closer to the huge wall covered with monitoring TV screens. Syaoran quietly shut the door behind him and moved up closer to where Sakura was standing. They both whirled around when they heard a voice from behind. A small man in a jumpsuit was pointing a shacking gun at them.
"Stop! Who are you? Stay put or I'll shoot." He squeaked, unsure of himself.
Syaoran noticed this man's uncertainty and quickly moved forward and snatched the gun away from the man. The man freaked out and cowered back seeing that now he was the one in disadvantage. He covered his face. Syaoran's disguise made him look even more angry and dangerous than he already was. (It's probably the blue hair. It's got to be. Hehe.)
"Please, don't shoot! I was just doing my job!"
"Alright but where's Daidouji Tomoyo?" Syaoran asked looking at the man.
"I-I don't know sir. They didn't tell me." He stuttered looking up at Syaoran. Syaoran gave the man a look of disbelief. Syaoran knew he was lying.
"Lying. I don't like lies." Syoaran stated plainly glaring down at the cowering little man. "Come on. Tell me where she is." He demanded once more.
Still, the man refused. Syaoran in his frustration spun around and looked at Sakura. He tossed her the gun he was holding. Sakura looked at him blankly. Syaoran turned back towards the man.
"Answer me now or she starts blowing holes." Syaoran warned dangerously. (How kool! I'm not promoting violence.) The man turned white. Syaoran heard Sakura exclaim.
"What?!" Sakura never handled a gun before and the only reason she didn't freak when Syaoran handed her the gun was because she was too busy listening to what Syaoran was saying to the man. Now that she realized what Syaoran had just said she couldn't help but freak. She saw Syaoran face her, looking more dark and dangerous than she'd ever seen him before.
"Shoot him." He stated.
"You're kidding, right? You can't be serious?" Sakura asked as she held the gun.
"I said shoot him. He's not telling us where Tomoyo is so he's not worth all the trouble of questioning." Syaoran replied. Sakura's face went blank.
The man that had been scared to death worked up the courage to say something. "She's not here. She's at Shigo's private cabin."
Syaoran and Sakura turned to look at him.
"I have said it. Please spare me!" The man pleaded.
Syaoran gazed down at him coldly. "You're free to go. Now get out of my sight!" Syaoran barked at the man.
The two watched the little man scrambble to his feet and make his way out the door as fast as he could. Syaoran grabbed Sakura's hand and ran out the door as soon as the man had disappeared out the door and around the corner.
Out in the hallway, Sakura and Syaoran were dashing behind the man. Sakura was confused.
"What? Why are we following him?" Sakura hissed as they ran.
"He was lying. Tomoyo's here, in this building and I know that he's going to go tell on us to Shigo. Give me the gun please."
Sakura handed him his gun and watched him shove it into the backside waist of his jeans. Sakura just had to ask.
"Were you serious in there about me shooting him?"
Syaoran just gave a laugh and continued to pull Sakura down the twisting corridors after the man.
***
Eriol and Daidouji pulled up in front of Eriol's house. The two got out of the car. Eriol led Daidouji through the front gate and to the front door. Eriol was about to find his keys when he realized he didn't have them. He turned around to Daidouji and looked at him.
"What is it?" Daidouji asked.
"My keys. I don't have them. I thought they were in my pocket the whole time."
Eriol turned back and stared at the door. It was stupid to try but he did it anyway. Eriol grabbed the doorknob and turned. To his disbelief, the door was open. He never left anything unlocked, especially his house or all things. He knew something was wrong. Daidouji and Eriol made their way into the house.
The two looked around to find everything perfect and neat the way it was. Eriol went into the kitchen and scanned the room. Then he turned back to Daidouji.
"Someone took my lap top and the tool kit."
"How can you tell? Look around more." Daidouji commanded not satisfied with Eriols comment.
"I know when my things are missing. I left the computer over there and my wiring kit in one of the doors." Eriol pointed out. He walked over to the door where the kit would have been. "Whoever came in here to take my computer was aiming for the kit as well." Eriol slid open the door and found various tools but not his kit.
"Now what?" Daidouji asked in frustration.
"This is why I keep an extra lap top. Not as powerful but still manageable." Eriol commented and went out of the wide kitchen.
Daidouji followed him down a hallway and into a large office room. The walls were lined with cabinets with tons and tons of files. Eriol walked over to his desk and pulled out a large door. Inside, he found his spare computer. Pulling it out, Eriol looked at Daidouji.
"Let's do this."
***
Tomoyo had been taken out of her little ugly room and was now being led to some other part of the building. 4 other guards were escorting her while Shigo led the way. Tomoyo dress trailed behind her. Through all this negative timing, she felt somewhat like some noble lady who was being escorted by her loyal guards. The dress and the guards did add to the irony of the situation. Pushing the thought away, Tomoyo went back to more serious matters. She kept wondering if anyone was going to come and save her. Or if Eriol was alright. God, she hoped her was alright. She still felt a bit sick from the thought. The gunshot and the blood everywhere with Eriol laying there lifeless as a dead deer. Before she could reach her full grieving mode, she realized that wherever she was being taken to was here. The guards and Shigo stopped in front of an elevator. Shigo pressed a code of numbers onto a panel next to the elevator. Afterwards, the panel lit up green and the elevator doors slid open. Shigo stepped in before the guards dragged Tomoyo into the elevator. Shigo smiled at Tomoyo's reflection in the cool metal walls of the elevator.
"I believe your mother's waiting for us." Mr. Shigo replied smiling evilly at Tomoyo.
***
Sakura and Syaoran hid behind a stack of plastic barrels. They watched the short man intently as he was rapidly talking to another worker with a yellow helmet. Sakura and Syaoran looked around. They concluded that they were in the main building are of the weapons for heavy machinery moved around and scraps of metals were constantly being dumped into a pile to one corner of the huge area. They both snapped back when Shigo and Tomoyo walked into the rooms. Instantly, the two workers turned and bowed. Shigo waved them off. Shigo smiled. Sakura and Syaoran followed Shigo's gaze to the other side of the room where Sonomi stood with a suitcase. Tomoyo tried to break free from the guards and run to her mom but couldn't. Sonomi reached out as well but knew better to stay low than to do something wrong. Shigo stated across the room.
"Did you bring what I asked for?"
"This you mean?" Sonomi raised the suitcase as if it were something disgusting and repulsive.
"Yes. Very good. I hope you didn't do anything stupid and called the cops."
"I didn't. Now give me my daughter." Sonomi demanded.
"Alright. We'll trade at the same time."
Sonomi nodded.
To everyone's surprise, Sonomi's phone started to ring. The ring echoed through the large room. Sonomi took out the phone and through it to the ground, breaking it into pieces. She didn't want any disturbances while she was trading.
***
"She hung up." Daidouji replied turning to Eriol.
"It's ok. I was able to pick up the signal. It's off a few miles from Tokyo. It's in some abandoned factory or something. Come on, let's go." Eriol replied.
The two got up and ran outside of the house without even bothering to lock the house.
***
Sonomi and Shigo approached each other. Sonomi held the suitcase while Shigo held Tomoyo's arm. When the suit case reached Shigo's hand, he yanked in. When Sonomi was about to reach Tomoyo, Shigo grabbed her arm and threw her to the side and pulled out a gun. He smiled and pointed it at Tomoyo who looked terrified. Sonomi was about to lunge at him when Shigo warned her.
"I suggest you don't. Well, Tomoyo and I have decided to give you a little show. It'll be Tomoyo's most dramatic exit possible." Shigo replied and smiled evilly.
Sakura turned to Syaoran and whispered.
"I think this is our cue."
Syaoran nodded.
The two sprang up and ran to Shigo. Sakura ran to Shigo and lunged from the back while Syaoran took care of the guards. Shigo spun around at the sudden attack. Sakura punched his jaw and sent him sprawling to the floor. Sakura yelled at Tomoyo to run to her mom and get out. Tomoyo didn't want to leave Sakura but she knew better to defy Sakura in an occasion like this. Tomoyo picked up her dress and ran to Sonomi. Sakura watched them disappear through the two large metal doors. Shigo had gotten up and faced Sakura. Sakura was surprised and had her guard down. Shigo punched her stomached. Sakura hunched over and coughed a bit of blood.
"You ruined it!" He screamed at her.
Sakura got up wiping the blood away. She threw a kick. To her surprise, Shigo blocked. Technically, Shigo knew a thing or two about fighting. They fought ceaselessly until Sakura gave the perfect sidekick and sent Shigo to the floor. His lips were bleeding. He crawled over to find the gun.
Syaoran had beaten the last guard with ease. He turned around to look at Sakura and how she was doing. He saw she was hurt and tried to run over to her when more workers and guards rushed his way. Syaoran threw a furious punch and knocked the guy out. He wrestled with all his strength to get the men off him. Syaoran kicked the gun out of one man's hand and punched him in the jaw sending him to the floor.
Shigo stretched out his hand to grab the gun on the floor but was stopped by Sakura's boots.
"Have you ever wondered why woman wear high heals?" Sakura asked Shigo sarcastically. "To do this!" Sakura yelled and slammed down her heal onto his outstretched hand. Shigo screamed in agony. The sharp heal pierced the top layer of his skin and was now bleeding. Sakura quickly pulled off her foot and ran over and grabbed the gun on the floor. She pointed the gun at Shigo's head. Shigo was clutching his bleeding hand and glared up at Sakura with pain and furious anger. Sakura turned and noticed that Syaoran was being bombarded with tons of guards. "Syaoran!" She shouted. Syaoran turned and looked at Sakura. Sakura tossed him the gun that she had in her pocket. Syaoran caught it with one hand and immediately pointed it to the guards who backed off. Sakura turned back to Shigo who had disappeared from his place. Sakura looked around wildly.
***
Tomoyo and her mother ran out of the factory. The two rushed out into the gravel road and stopped when a speeding car screeched to a stop right in front of them. The doors opened and Eriol and Daidouji came out. Tomoyo looked at Eriol and screamed. Eriol ran over to Tomoyo and hugged her.
"Are you ok? Did he do anything to you? Where's Sakura and Syaoran?" Eriol asked rapidly without any breath in between.
"I'm ok. He didn't do anything.well.I'll tell you later but Sakura and Syaoran are in there now fighting Shigo. Please go help them!" Tomoyo yelled back worried.
Eriol turned to Daidouji. "Call the police. I'm going in. And take care of Tomoyo for me." Daidouji nodded.
Eirol walked over to the trunk and unlocked it. Inside was empty but when he unhooked an invisible latch, a compartment full of guns opened up. He pulled out two handguns and put it in the waist of his jeans. He shut the trunk and walked over to Tomoyo. He gave her his last kiss before he ran off into the factory. Tomoyo didn't want to let him go but she knew she had to. After Eriol disappeared, Tomoyo turned to Daidouji and Sonomi who were staring at her. She would have explained but she was too worried about Eriol, Sakura, and Syaoran to actually care about minor things.
***
The room where Sakura, Syaoran, and Shigo were was now empty. There were no more guards rushing in for Syaoran blocked the doors with the barrels except for the main entrance door. Sakura and Syaoran were back-to-back looking around. Suddenly, Syaoran was knocked out by a flying barrel. Sakura was alone. Shigo walked up to her. Sakura threw a punch but was blocked. Shigo kicked her and she went falling to the floor, the gun skidding across the cold floor. Shigo ran over and picked it up. When Sakura got up, the gun was pointing at her stomach.
"You ruined everything and now you're going to die!" Screamed Shigo.
"Even if I do, the cops will get you. And then you'll pay for all what you've done!" Sakura yelled back with anger in her eyes. Shigo only smiled evilly.
Sakura charged towards him but was thrown back when she heard Shigo pull the trigger. The bang echoed through the huge room. Syaoran opened his eyes and everything rushed into him of what happened. Instantly, he looked over to Sakura who was on the floor.
***
The sirens were blaring out loudly as dozens of police cars, new crews, and a few paramedics rushed over to where Daidouji, Tomoyo, and Sonomi were standing. Once they were there, Daidouji filled the new cast people of what had happened. Multiple lights flashed at the three. Tomoyo and everyone were dumped with questions but Tomoyo's mind was elsewhere, in the factory with Eriol and her friends.
***
He traced his vision to where she had been standing. Where Sakura had stood, Heero lay on the floor with a pool of blood underneath his lifeless form. Sakura got herself back in place and realized that she wasn't wounded. Her eyes darted to where she had stood and saw Heero there. She got up and rushed over to him and kneeled next to him.
"Heero! Are you ok!? Don't worry! We'll get you to a hospital soon! Hang in th-" She was cut off by Heero's hand on her arm.
"Don't bother. Someone like he doesn't deserve to live anyway. This way, I can leave knowing I did at least something right even if I am going to hell for all the bad thing's I've done. Thanks for showing me my wrong ways."
Sakura smiled down at him and tears were overwhelming her eyes. "Don't worry. God will welcome you. I knew you were a good person inside." Sakura hugged him before Heero breathed his last breath and closed his eyes. Sakura let the tears falls before she leaned down and kissed his forehead. "God bless you." Sakura whispered.
By now, Syaoran was next to Sakura looking down at Heero. Maybe Heero wasn't all that bad. The two turned around when they heard clapping.
"How very touching. Blessing him even if he did all those terrible things to you." Shigo commented nastily with a grin on his face.
"You!" Sakura screamed. She got up to face him. She lunged at him but when she got close to him, he pressed the gun to her stomach.
"I wouldn't move if I were you my dear."
"Like I'd care!"
She was about to punch him when Shigo fell to the floor. She looked at him confused. Shigo's back was bleeding. He lay there dead and cold. The gun loose in his grip. Sakura and Syaoran looked up and saw Eriol standing there a bit slouching cause of his stitches. He was smiling with a gun in his hand. He ran up to Sakura and Syaoran.
"You guys ok?"
"Yeah.You came just in time." Sakura replied giving a sigh of relief. She flung her arms around him tightly. "Are you ok?"
"Yeah. I'm fine. The wounds heeling up nicely except the hospital didn't feed me anything. Something about the surgery. and blah blah." Eriol smiled down at Sakura.
"Ahem." Syaoran broke in. Sakura released Eriol and looked at Syaoran.
"Oh come on Syaoran. You know she's in love with me." Eriol replied jokingly.
"Yeah.whatever." Syaoran mumbled under his breath. Sakura just laughed and kissed Syaoran's cheek.
"I think someone's jealous. Don't you agree Sakura?" Eriol asked turning to Sakura.
"I think you're right." Sakura replied smiling.
"Ha-ha. Very funny." Syaoran answered sarcastically.
"Anyway, what are we going to do with all this stuff in here?" Sakura asked looking around the huge factory full of crates filled with weapons.
"The police will have a hell of a time trying to sort these and trace the buyers." Syaoran answered looking around. "Anyway, let's get out of here."
The other two nodded. They were about to make their way tot he door when someone called from behind. The trio turned around and saw Mira standing there with a gun. (Dang! So many guns in one place. Hehe.) She was pointing it directly at them, especially to Sakura's direction.
"I'll you! You ruined everything. If it weren't for you, Syaoran wouldn't have been taken away from me, nor will Shigo be dead. You just had to nosy! I hate you Kinomoto Sakura!" Mira screamed at Sakura. "Now you die!" Mira pulled the trigger. The bullet flew through the air with incredible speed. Sakura jumped out of the way, pushing Syaoran and Eriol to the ground as well. The bullet barely grazed her shoulder. Eriol was ready to take out his gun when there was loud bang and Mira fell to the floor. The three turned to the door and saw Tomoyo standing there with a shaking hand. She stared at them with shaky eyes. She dropped the gun in her hand and instantly ran to Sakura. The two embraced. Sakura and Tomoyo both started crying.
"You're ok!" Sakura yelled with joy.
"I know! I know! I'm so glad you're ok too!" Tomoyo answered back happily.
Tomoyo and Sakura continued their little touching moment while Syaoran smiled evilly and turned to Eriol. Eriol caught Syaoran's eyes and smiled in agreement. Instantly, the two hugged tightly and started to cry loud sobs.
"Oh, Eriol! I'm SOOOO glad you're ok!" Syaoran yelled out sarcastically.
"I know! I know!" Eriol yelled back.
By now, Sakura and Tomoyo had parted and were glaring at them.
"Very funny." Tomoyo shot back sarcastically.
Eriol and Syaoran broke apart and started laughing.
"Let's get out of here." Syaoran suggested.
Everyone nodded.
***
The four walked out of the factory and were met by a sea of reporters and police men. Cameras flashed wildly and instantly the reporters bombarded the four with question. Breaking in, Daidouji turned to the people and silenced them.
"Now, now. We are incredibly tired so I suggest you all come back tomorrow when we'll have a press conference to clear up any questions or misunderstandings.
Sakura smiled a thank you to Daidouji who smiled back. They all split up into different cars and were off. Home. Sakura thought. It had been so long since she'd been home.
SourPop1004: Sorry that took so long! Man, school's all crazy. But anyway, I was going to keep writing but I wanted to end the entire story with an even numbered chapter. Well, yeah. If you guessed it, Ch.10 is the last chapter. It'll probably be pretty short. But anyway, remember the thank yous! Hehe.anyway, I'll post up ch.10 ASAP. Ok? Now, I can get started on my newer fanfics when I finish The Intern. So I'll see you next chapter!