I'm back and hopefully I'll be able to post this before Christmas, but don't hurt me if I get it in after then. Tomoyo and Sakura are finally going to make their long awaited appearance. This takes place nine years after the last incident, so for those of you who don't feel like doing the math or just want to read, everyone is 16 now. (So is Syaoran by the way). Read and Review, and don't forget to enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own CCS. Don't sue me. ( Haven't I made myself clear already?)
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Chapter 2: Serpentine Walls
Smoke. Fire. Screaming. The beginning of a horrible future. What was going on? Smoke. Fire. Screaming. 'Daddy?' Smoke. Fire.... 'Mom? Daddy? Mom?' The smell of burning flesh. 'Oniichan?' Screaming. A little girl ran, her hand held fast with that of her best friend. Their footsteps splashing in the blood tainted puddles, running across the now dead, burning neighborhood. Men in suits chasing after them. 'Why?' The girl's hand slips from her best friend. The men close in. 'Daddy....!' A man comes out of a house. 'Sakura!!'
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"Sakura!" A woman screeched.
A girl bolted up from the tiny bed she was sleeping on, breathing hard and her auburn hair matted with sweat. "What?" The other girl sighed. "You were screaming again." She said softly. The girl named Sakura glanced down, clutching the dirty sheets in her hands. Tears threatened to burn her eyes, but she forced them back. "I'm sorry Tomoyo." She whispered to the other girl. "We've been over this a million times Sakura. It's not your fault." the other girl answered just as softly.
A loud banging on the metal doors that kept them prisoner sounded. "Shut up in there!" A male voice boomed. Sakura stared at the door, her once joyful emerald eyes had turned a dull moss green. Those sorrowful eyes met the helpless lavender orbs that belonged to her best friend, Tomoyo.
Tomoyo was feeling just as helpless as her best friend. Nine years they were held prisoners. Never once in those nine years having seen the warm rays of sun, watching the flowers bloom lazily as they had in their happy childhood. Tomoyo closed her eyes to prevent having Sakura see that she was close to breaking. For nine years they had alternated between strong and weak, one would be strong, the other one could lean on that person for support. Right now Tomoyo was the weak link. Forcing herself to take deep breaths, she struggled to regain her composure. "We'll get out" she said with a confidence she didn't feel. Nine years she had said that, it was becoming a false litany that that was filled with a misleading sense of hope that would someday supposedly get them out of this hellish prison that had kept them for so long. Sakura smiled a humorless smile. She knew her part. "Of course we will." For nine years the auburn haired beauty had replied to her friend's statement with those same exact words, once it was full of hope, now it was just a meaningless ritual that had to be said. Tomoyo's eyes began to fill with tears, tears she had suppressed for nine years came in abundance. "Don't say that Sakura, don't start giving up hope now." An automatic switch of roles. Sakura was the one who had to be urged to keep her face bright in times of this darkness that had fallen on them. Sakura again forced a smile. "I'm trying Tomoyo, really I am, it's just....nine years of hoping can kinda drain your supply of hope. But when will we----" Sakura stopped abruptly. There was a loud crash in the halls, followed by the wailing of the emergency sirens. The two friends looked at each other, the same thought going through their minds. What was going on?
Suddenly, the door crashed exploded and in came a woman about their age, her flaming red eyes danced with mirth at the apparent destruction she was causing. Her eyes settled on Tomoyo and she grinned. "Do kind ladies happen to know where the control rooms are?" She asked. But as her terra-cotta eyes looked them over, the expression on her face became bewildered. "Uhhh....how long have you been here?" she asked with a serious look. Sakura stared at the hallway before she found her voice. "Nine years." she croaked.
"As prisoners?" the newcomer asked, her bright eyes turned almost blood red.
"Yes" Tomoyo answered.
"And what's with the magic proof walls? My cousin said he felt incredibly strong spells cast within this room....but...why?"
"Sakura" Tomoyo said, motioning to the emerald eyed girl. "Is a sorceress. Nine years ago they came to our village, butchered our families and went into every house looking for the magically gifted."
"The Raid of Kewanway..." The girl breathed. "You were in that?"
Sakura smiled and nodded slightly, "Tomoyo doesn't have any powers, they allowed her to live because if they'd killed her...." Sakura's voice turned grim. "There would be hell to pay."
"Besides, They killed my family, and they hoped that I might develop powers too, since Sakura and I are Second cousins......although it seems that it came from her side of the family..." Tomoyo grinned.
The Black haired woman standing in front of them was about to ask another question when a sharp male voice snapped from the doorway. "What are you doing Meiling? We have to get the idiot Eriol out of this stupid prison. I don't know how he got himself caught, with a mission that should have been this easy. But then again...maybe he isn't as good as I thought him to be." the Man by the door smirked. Another male voice sounded from down the hallway. "Don't get your hopes up Syaroan....I guess I just got careless and feel asleep while I was waiting for the target to come out....." There was a smile in man's voice. "Idiot." The first man muttered under his breath before falling silent again.
Sakura watched, amazed that they could carry a calm conversation while the building was crawling with guards and half the hallways were burning to ashes. Tomoyo grasped Sakura's elbow, her amethyst eyes wide. "Sakura...who are these people?" she whispered, a tiny tremor in her voice. "I don't know...." Sakura replied, her eyes still glued to the ruby eyed girl's face as she watched it fall. "Then this whole rescue mission was for nothing?" she asked, her eyes beginning to go dark with annoyance.
"No" the man from the hallway was at the door now. "I found some interesting information on your new friends here, Meiling." The man said, casually readjusting his glasses, his dark blue eyes twinkled with unrestrained mirth as he looked at both Sakura and Tomoyo. "And by the by, did you see that charming chemistry lab in the east wing? It really is spectacular---"
"Spit it out Eriol" The amber eyed man snarled, clearly annoyed that this man named Eriol was beating around the bush.
"Patience is a virtue, descendant." Eriol sighed.
"Hello?!" Meiling growled, "Id' like to know what this 'interesting information' is, if you'd be so kind?" she snapped irritably.
Eriol just smiled that infectious smile of his and said. " Afraid not Meiling, we don't have time."
"Wha--" Meiling began, but was abruptly cut off by the sound of gunfire.
"Stop right there, you--agh!" there was the sickening sound of bone cracking, then more gunfire. Meiling looked merely annoyed at the interruption and Eriol was looking mildly amused, the third man, however was nowhere to be seen. Tomoyo largely suspected that it was he who was responsible for crushing that unlucky soldier's appendage. Eriol chuckled as more sounds of agonized pain erupted from the hallway. A soldier crawled helplessly near the doorway, dragging blood in his wake. "Y-you scum..." he ragged before he went still, his breath stopping. Meiling rolled her eyes, "Let's get out of here." She began walking, Eriol following behind her. Glancing back he saw that Tomoyo and Sakura were staring in wide eyed horror at the dead man on the floor. "Aren't you coming?" he asked pleasantly, as if he were inviting them to tea.
Sakura and Tomoyo swallowed with difficulty, "Ye-yes, we'll be right there."
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I finished it! *throws confetti* HURRAY!!! this is my holiday gift to you all! R&R and I'm sorry I wasn't able to make it longer.