Chp.8

"I can see why Bit likes you, Leena. You're very lovely," Stinger said to her. She was chained to a wall by her wrists and ankles, and a big, bloody gash was marked on her forehead. Stinger put his finger to her chin and started to lift her face. She forced it back down and bit his finger. Stinger yelped in pain and walked out muttering.

Bit continued through the Whale King tiredly. He still wasn't comepletly healed, and he had run all the way there. "Alright, where is he? He's gotta be here somewhere. I know this place like the back of my hand," He said to himself. "Man, maybe I should've worn a shirt. He likes it cold doesn't he."

Leena hung there crying. Two and a half hours had passed, and no one had found her yet. Had Bit chosen the Liger over her? She quickly shook the thought out of her mind. Besides, it hurt to think because of the injurie Stinger had given to her. She had been strugling to get out, but she only managed to make her wrists and ankles bleed. The metal cuffs around them were stained with her blood. Leena closed her eyes and thought about her mother. She'd always make her feel better when she was young. A strange lullaby would always make her happy again. Leena opened her eyes again and stared at the metal door in front of her. Leena began to sing the song her mother had sung so long ago.

~

Lonely the life that once I led

Strange the paths on which we tred

Led me to you

Unlikely but true

Sabra girl, clouding my view

Rainy the day the first time we met

Deep was the talk and forever my debt

It didn't seem wrong

To sing a sad song

Sabra girl, soon you'd be gone

Early the morning and sad the goodbye

With a wave of your hand and a smile of your eye

So lately did meet

No sooner to part

Sabra girl, homeward must start

Rosy the lines that you wrote with your hand

Reading between them to misunderstand

I made the mistake

You said not to make

Yes, reading your letters conviction did grow

I thought it a chance and I knew I must go

It's hard to believe

I could be so naïve

Sabra girl, flattered but decieved

Now you just told me that friendship is all

I'm forced to repair the breach in my wall

Illusions and dreams

As usual it seems

Sabra girl, they have been my down fall

Lonely the life and dismal the view

Closed is the road that leads to you

Since better can't be

As friends we'll agree

Sabra girl, time will cure me

~

"What is that?" Bit turned at a vague sound in the distance. It was singing. Bit turned and ran down the hall. It became louder and louder until he reached a large metal door.

"Sabra girl, time will cure me," He heard from inside. Bit knew who it was. It was Leena. He tried opening the door.

"Well, of course he'd lock the door," Bit grimaced. "Too bad for him that I'm stronger." With that, Bit kicked the door off its hinges. Leena rose her tired, spinning head and looked pitifully at him.

"Sabra girl, time will cure me," Leena was losing it and had repeated the line like a scratched CD.

"Leena! It's me, Bit! I'm here to get you outta here!" Bit tried to get her remembering.

"Sabra girl, time will cure me," Leena sang again.

"Leena!" Bit called to her shaking her limp body.

"Bit Cloud," He heard from behind. It was Stinger. He had heard Leena as well.

"Get her down from there, Stinger," Bit said threateningly. "Get her down right now. I did nothing to your father. Just let us alone."

"Why would I let you alone? I don't believe y-" Stinger was cut off.

"Sabra girl, time will cure me," Leena sang.

"Shut her up!" Stinger yelled at Bit. "Wha-where'd he go?" Stinger found that Bit had moved.

"Looking for me?" Bit's voice came from Stinger's right. Stinger turned just in time to get a punch in the face. His nose bled.

"Let us alone, Stinger," Bit threatened.

"Why should-" He turned when he was cut off once more.

"Sabra girl, time will cure me," Leena sang. Bit punched the distracted Stinger hard in the stomach.

"You-" Stinger started to stand up.

"Let us alone, Stinger. Give me the keys to get Leena out," Bit threatened again as he put his foot on Stinger's back, causing him to fall to the ground.

"Never, not after what you did to my fath-" Stinger stopped when Leena sang out again.

"Sabra girl, time will cure me," She sang. It seemed as if it was a cry for help that made Bit stronger every time.

"Alright, alright," Stinger choked and pulled out keys with a trembling hand. Bit took them and left him there. He unhooked Leena and carried her out.

Bit was walking back toward Harry's whale king slowly. He had tried getting there fast, but it seemed to get farther away, and he was getting tired and weak. A jeep came riding over the hill. Bit had never seen it before.

"Bit Cloud?" A familiar voice asked.

"Huh? You're-"