SourPop1004: Hello! The suspense! Haha…I hope you enjoy this chapter and I'll see you at the bottom a/n.

The Salsa Dancer

By: The one and only Meeh!

Sakura's trance was broken when she felt him hug her in a tight embrace. For a few seconds she didn't know what to do, but the situation, the mission, reached her mind. She abruptly broke away from the officer and wiped her wet cheeks with the back of her coat sleeves. Her lost expression disappeared and her mask returned.

"What are you doing, Officer?" Sakura demanded as she looked at the man with a level gaze.

"It's me…" The man was quickly cut off when Josh ran into the control room. Sakura turned towards Josh.

"What is it?"

"Papito will be arriving in 10 minutes. I just got a call saying he wants us to position the remaining men to guard the rest of the building. He'll be expecting us in the White House. Did you get everything I asked you to get?" Josh looked at Sakura. For a second there he thought he saw tearstains on her face. Maybe he was hallucinating.

"Yeah. Now the nuclear controls are linked to your laptop. All that is left is for you to put your security on the original control."

Josh nodded and quickly typed away at his laptop. Finishing some last touches, he closed his laptop. "We're set. Lets go." He turned to look at the officer. "You're dismissed. You may stay here and guard with the others."

"No. I want him to come with us. They might try to pull something over us. It'd be good to have an extra gun." Sakura interrupted.

"But he's wounded." Josh reasoned and looked at the man's bleeding leg.

"No, I'm fine." The man tried to sound convincing. He had wrapped a piece of cloth tightly around his leg to stop the bleeding.

"Fine. I really don't care." Josh ended the conversation. "Come on, we don't want to be late."

The three walked out of the vault. Sakura placed the card keys back into her inner pocket, safely.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sakura was ahead of the three as they stepped out of the building and onto the streets. Any remaining guards were being held against the wall by Fang's men. Sakura made sure her sunglasses were in place before looking up into the sky where the sun was high.

"Now what? Are we going to walk there?" Sakura asked turning to Josh.

"Can you jack a car?" Josh smiled.

Sakura laughed. She walked over to a red Corvette on the street and took out her gun. She aimed at the window and pulled the trigger. The driver seat side window shattered, causing the alarm to go off. Sakura stuck her gloved hand in and unlocked the car. She opened the car door and brushed the pieces of glass out from the seat. She sat down and reached under to the area right above the pedals to hot-wire the car. When the car's engine jolted to life, the alarm stopped. She sat back and looked out the door.

"Get in."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A man in a black suit holding a phone walked over to the President.

"Sir, it's a call from Senor Lobo." The man informed.

The President looked serious as he picked up the phone and listened.

"Mr. President. I'm sure you know who this is. I just wanted to call before I made a stop to your humble home."

"How'd you get this number?" The President wondered, because the number Fang had called through was a number only known by a few.

"I believe that does not matter. What matters is our current issue."

"Yes, yes."

"Now, I shall be stopping by shortly. I'd be grateful if we could meet in front of the White House to discuss some matters. Please feel free to bring security for I do not mind. You may bring an entire army but I am in control of the bomb so please keep that in mind. Oh and please don't try to track this number. It has been blocked. Pleasant day Sir." Fang commented before hanging up the phone.

The President was speechless. He was not dealing with a normal man. His thoughts wandered aimlessly, but were snapped back to reality when another man in a suit walked into the room.

"Sir, 3 of Fang's escorts are here. Do we let them in?"

The President nodded.

Sakura pulled the car through the opening gates of the White House. As she drove through the curving entrance road, she saw a row of men dressed in black lined up watching her. (MIB. Haha…how funny.) Sakura parked the car and got out. When the three walked towards the door to meet the President, she felt the rows of men watching their every move. When the President walked down the steps to meet them half way, he was followed by military generals, Yoritomo, Syaoran, and Jessie.

"I assume you're Fang's escort."

"You assume right. He'll be here in a few minutes." Sakura replied curtly. She skimmed through who was behind him. Her eyes spotted Yoritomo, Syaoran, and Jessie. Sakura's lips curved into a malicious smile. "Agent Li, please give my greetings to Tano. I'm sure he's wondering why Lisa hasn't called for that tour of his workplace." She watched Syaoran's eyes narrow into a dangerous glare. Her eyes diverted to where Jessie stood. She had look of venom in her pretty eyes. Sakura's amused smile disappeared when Syaoran spoke to her.

"I know you understand me?" He spoke to her in Japanese. Sakura's eyes turned cold. "Why are you doing this? You are only killing more innocent people. Wasn't your real dad an innocent? Would he be proud of you now? Seeing his daughter slaughtering men right and left?" Syaoran spoke to her in an even tone. Everyone around them looked at Syaoran with confused eyes. Yoritomo understood.

Sakura's emerald eyes turned darker behind her glasses. "Haven't I made it clear to you the last time we met. I don't have feelings. This world's gray and colorless to my eyes. I do what I do because it keeps me strong. Do you know what the hardest thing to accomplish in this world is? It's being able to control your feelings. I was able to accomplish that and I'm using it to my advantage. You know how much more free you are when you don't care?"

"Just because of your own selfish being, thousands of people are going to die! Do you really want that? Have you ever loved anyone? Do you know what love is? Maybe you'll realize what you're doing is wrong. And the cause you're helping is the wrong one." Syaoran's deep eyes seemed to penetrate her.

Inside, anger was rising, but she was able to control it. All the smallest of feelings she had towards him seemed to amplify, but at the same time disappear. What came out next was under complete control. No emotions or a single flare of anger. "Don't talk to me about love. Stop acting like some older brother that you're not. Love dies. Everything dies. Everything always dies. Like you and I. We're bound to die by fate. The work we do isn't exactly of the safest. For all you know, I can end up killing you." Syaoran's penetrating gaze was fading as she felt her own gaze bore through her glasses and through Syaoran, who was silent.

Their attentions all turned away from the tense scene when a gust of powerful winds smoothed out the green grass in front of the White House. A chopper lowered and gently landed on the grass. Fang stepped out with the help of one of his men. Fang walked across the lawn with a suitcase.

"Mr. President." Fang gave a gesture of greeting. He smiled even though there was none on the President's face. "Should we speak inside? Where there's a table? You'll be signing some things."

~~~~~~~~~~~

Fang was seated across from the President in a round coffee table. Josh and the officer stood neatly behind Fang while Sakura was standing beside Fang himself.

"Mr. Lobo, why do you wish me to sign anything when you can just force me. As to seeing that you have done that very well so far." The President's glare was cold.

"Mr. President. I may be forceful but I am still a businessman. I'd just like for you to sign a paper of dispatching all American soldiers and intelligence out of Colombia. And also, I'd like you to sign the second form, which gives us full control of the Vault. And some other things but those two I believe are the most important as of this moment." Fang smiled.

"I would never do such a thing that submits to a terrorist's demand." He spat.

"Do not be so difficult. The bomb is already in our hands. You quite have no choice." Fang explained with that smile still plastered on.

Sakura stood there by his side solemnly. She took out her gun and was quietly screwing a long narrow cylinder to the hole of the gun, a silencer. (The narrow barrel thing is used to silence a gunshot's noise. Usually used to make a silent murder.) The men standing behind the President quickly took out their guns and were ready to strike.

"Don't." The President motioned them to put down their weapons.

"So what will it be Mr. President. Sign or die." Fang sat back in his chair as he watched the man across him think. Sakura was holding the gun down towards the floor, ready for any actions.

"First, I must know. What will you do with the nuclear weapons?"

"That's really not your concern."

"Of course it is! I'm about to put my country into more mud than it already is!" He shook with anger.

"I see you are complexed. I shall be a merciful businessman and give you two days to respond to my request. But you must realize the Vault will still be under my control. Since my home has been destroyed, I shall be in town these two days so please, give me a call with your decision. You can reach me through this phone." Sakura slid a cell phone across the table. "Any attempt to get the Vault back or to track me down and threaten me personally…lets just say you'll be able to experience the Big Bang theory first hand." Fang smiled his last smile and got up. He got his suitcase and walked out of the room and towards the front door. Sakura walked out of room with her black coat sailing behind her. One vision Syaoran knew he'd always remember. (Dramatic…hehe…Matrixy and all…)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sakura lay on her large bed. The cool sheets tangled around her legs. She closed her eyes and felt the night air whirl into the room. The white chiffon curtains fluttering in the gentle breeze. The night sky was sprinkled with shattered sparkling diamonds. The moon was high on a clear dark sky. Sakura's brows furrowed at a memory that had been buried deep in her mind.

+++++dream

"Daddy! Play with me! Pwease!" A little girl in cute pigtails jumped up and down with a board game. "Pwease!" Her pigtails bounced along with her chubby little self.

A man with glasses took the board game from the little girl with a smile " Alright. Just once. Ok?"

"Yay!" the little girl cheered with delight. She hopped around the room in a dance. The father laughed as he set up the game. He looked up when he heard someone running down the stairs. A woman with long wavy violet hair ran down the stairs and towards the door. She screeched to a halt when she heard her husband.

"Where are you going in a such a hurry?" He laughed.

"I'm going to the market."

"We just went yesterday. The fridge is really full."

"Oh, umm…I forgot to get something. Be right back Hon." She turned towards the door, grabbed her keys and was out the door in a second. The man with glasses shrugged and turned back to the game he was setting up.

"Sakura, come, it's your turn." He smiled at his little angel who smiled a toothy grin.

+++++end of dream

Sakura's eyes fluttered open. She got up and sat down with cold sweat rolling down the side of her face. She wiped them away and stared out into the dark room.

Sakura's head was starting to hurt. She hated these pains. Whenever she tried to remember something from the past, her head felt like it was ripping apart. Sakura placed her head down onto the cool bed and tried to relax. What was so significant about this dream? Sakura slowly rose back and stared out the open balcony. She realized that Josh had booked them to a very beautiful hotel. God…from now on, life is going to be crazy… She thought. Her mind wandered for a few seconds until it fell on that officer she had talked to. He seemed to have known her, but how could that be when she didn't know him at all? Or did she? She would have to talk to him again. But when?

~~~~~~~~~~~

Syaoran lay in his bed with his eyes wide open. He had also checked into a hotel. (A different one.) Now he was alone in the dark thinking about what Sakura had said to him earlier. How did everything come to be so crazy? How did that one woman make him so confused about life? To his surprise, he had lifted his left hand and was staring at his ring. It shined under the gentle glow of the moon.

The phone on his bed stand vibrated. Syaoran picked up the phone. After a few minutes, he hung up and quickly got up from his bed. He walked over to the coffee table and opened his laptop. Quickly typing away, his eyes narrowed as they skimmed through a page of information.

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Knowing she couldn't go back to sleep, she decided to take a walk.

It was dark and the streets were abandoned. Only street lights lit the streets. As she walked down the empty sidewalk she came across a stray newspaper lightly flapping in the night breeze. She picked it up to see on the front page a picture of choppers flying over the city. She unfolded the paper and saw the caption, 'D.C Attacked!'. She knew it would be like this for every newspaper. She dropped the pages to the floor and continued to walk. She wrapped her coat tightly around her to block out the cold. She stopped walking when she felt her cell phone vibrate in her pocket. She flipped out her white phone and put it to her ear.

"Come to the front of the Starbucks at the corner of the street." Before she could say anything, the man hung up.

Sakura decided to follow the man's instructions and walked faster down the sidewalk towards the Starbucks that was just behind the corner. When Sakura got there, a man in a trench coat and hat stood.

"Who are you? What do you want?" Sakura questioned.

The man removed his hat and Sakura just stared. Syaoran stood there with an object in his right hand and his other hand in his pocket.

"You? What do you want?" Sakura asked with threatening eyes.

"I did a little research and I thought it was time you learned how your father died." Syaroan answered.

"I already know how he died! I don't need you telling me the story over." Sakura's voice was a bit high.

Syaoran stuck out the disk he was holding and shoved it at her. Sakura took it without a choice. "Well I hope you know 'why' he died." Syaoran challenged.

"What do you mean 'why'?" Sakura was now a bit confused.

"Just look over the disk. Don't worry, it's not bugged. I wouldn't do that at this point." Syaoran answered and turned around. "As far as I'm concerned, this visit never happened." He put back his hat and walked towards his car. He got in and drove off. Sakura just stood there as she held the disk to her chest.

"…so it wasn't an accident?" Sakura whispered to herself.

She had been standing there for half an hour just staring out into the empty street where Syaoran had driven off. Then the early lights of dawn started to peer over the city. The dim, gray sky was starting to brighten into bluer ones. She realized she had to get back. She turned around and ran back to the hotel. As she ran, millions of lost thoughts crashed together in her head again. The same sickening dizzy feeling was returning.

~~~~~~~~~~~

Sakura had taken a shower and was neatly dressed. Yesterday had been the messy part of the mission. Now it was going to either get messier or roll smoothly. She doubted the latter. Dressed in a pair of ripped jeans, a big white shirt, a large sports jacket (the kind jocks wear), and a pair of Adidas sneakers. She opened the backpack she was holding in her right hand and checked to see if the disk was in there. She couldn't afford to have anyone finding that disk, especially Papito. Who knew what was on that disk? She had decided to visit a private library to open the disk in case anything harmful was in it.

She confirmed that the disk was safe and pulled out a small round pocket mirror. She glanced at her reflection: short, dark blue hair flipped out professionally, no make up, and a black Nike cap pulled over her head, which cast a shadow on face. She smiled and put the mirror away. No one would know it was her. Not even Papito or Josh. She proceeded down the hall towards the elevator with her backpack slung over her right shoulder and her ripped baggy jeans dragging on the floor.

(Don't ask where she gets her clothes. A spy never reveals her secrets.)

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sakura looked around cautiously as she strolled into the library. Instantly, heads turned towards the stranger but returned to their original positions. Sakura ignored them and walked over to the computer area. She pulled out the chair and sat down in front of a large screen. She took out the disk from her bag and popped it into the computer. She dropped her bag on the floor and waited for the disk to load. When the file popped up on the desktop, she dragged the arrow over and opened it. She hesitated but she knew she had to face whatever was in the folder. Her eyes widened as it scanned the screen. It was a report on a murder. Fujitaka Kinomoto's to be exact. Her eyes started to water but she held back tears. This could have been some sort of lie, but she knew it wasn't. She continued to scan the report until she stopped at the evidence section. There were a total of three bodies that had arrived from Japan that day, but only one was found. 'What? That means…' Sakura thought with a skip in her heart. Her head started to hurt again. Images of a small glittery blue stone, a phone call, and a man searching a limp bloodied body flashed in her head. What did it mean? Sakura wasn't sure but she knew it was all connected some how. She immediately thought of the officer from yesterday. She needed to have a talk with that man. Sakura took out the disk and put it in her backpack. She picked up her bag and was out the door.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sakura walked down the street under the white sun. She pulled her black cap even more over her eyes. She was on her way back to the hotel when two cars came flying the road and screeched to a stop right next to Sakura. Sakura jerked around to look at what was going on. Before she knew it, a man in a suit had a gun out. Her hands flew up to her neck where a small needle had pierced through her skin. She pulled the tranquilizer out and threw it to the ground. She lunged towards the guy who had shot her but before she could reach him, blackness took over her. Her body fell limp as the man caught her and carried her into the car.

SourPop1004: This chapter was shorter but I thought this would be a great cliffhanger (again…). Hehe, well, I hope you enjoyed it. I have to admit, this chapter wasn't THAT interesting, action wise, but it definitely adds to the plot. There are a few things I would like to say in response to your wonderful reviews.

I want to start by saying sorry for the late update. I think I was late by like a day of my two weeks max rule. Anyway, spring break is around the corner so that means more writing for me. I can get chapter 12 rolling and hopefully anywhere near the end of TSD. ^ ^

Someone asked how many movies I watched. Hehe… apparently A LOT! Haha… yes. I'm a complete movie junkette. I'm a total sucker for spy/007/Jackie Chan/Action movies. Hehe…

Also, the identity of the Officer will remain anonymous but it's SO OBVIOUS who it is. Um… I have plans for that "Person" in the future chapters.

Let's see…this is chapter 9…so…Eriol's debut is really REALLY near. Next chapter. Yup… Eriol is finally coming out and Tomoyo will appear again. (Am I giving away too much? Yes…)

Um…to Senior Robin. Put a sock in it! You're so mean. I know it's not POSSIBLE to get away from an air strike with minimal damages but who said there were minimal damages? Anyway, you annoy me so I will disregard anything that you have to say to me in the future. ^ ^

Oh yes, in the next chapter, I believe, you'll be acquainted with more info on the death of Fujitaka Kinomoto.

And OMG! I forgot to mention this. A very critical part of the story: *Clears throat* a new character will appear and I know it'll knock your socks off! (Of course…if you're not wearing any then…YOU GET MY POINT! Right?) Anyway, for you to figure out who it is, you must be an Alias expert. My plot line is very closely intertwined with the plot of Alias. (Not every detail but the main stuff.) So if you can match up the characters with their Alias counterparts, I think you'll be able to figure out who the new character will be. And as for those who are sadly clueless to the Alias world, you'll just have to wait and suffer until I post up the next chapter. Muahaha…I feel evil. Anyway, thank you so much for the reviews and keep 'em coming. ~Ja

PS. This is just a side note, but something crazy happened. Ok, my future story line which I wrote WAY earlier then last week's Alias episode, partly came true. ::Gasp:: Anyway, other than the fact that I learned SO MUCH from last Sunday's episode on general spy stuff, I feel very 007. I'm starting to talk the talk and walk the walk. AND NOW WRITE THE WRITE!!! Ok…that was lame. Anyway, I just had to share that tid bit of info.