The Deadliest Cards

Disclaimer:I don't own Cardcaptors or the characters and I never will

Chapter 2

Prefic notes: the second chapter of my first fic. It took me forever to think up this chapter. Oh and one more thing, only one person dies in this fic... the rest just get hurt big.

"What's going on in here?" Li yelled as he dashed for the cockpit. He screamed and fainted when he saw the unconscious pilot. Sakura caught him before he hit he hit his head on the floor and looked around the plane with an odd smile.

"Does anyone know how to fly a plane?" She asked. Everyone sweat dropped and looked out the window. The ocean was coming up fast!

"It's too late to pull out from the dive even if we figure out how to fly this thing. We have to bail out!" Julian yelled as he started to transform into Yue.

"Julian is right!" Eli said,"Spinner if you can carry me, Madison and her mother, Kero can carry Meilin and-"

"Wait, I have to take the brat!?" Kero complained.

"Sorry but I don't want Spinner loaded down anymore then he already is, oh and you'll need to take the pilot as well,"Eli said turning towards Julian, who had finished transforming into Yue,"You can take Sakura's father right?"

"Of course,"Yue said with a nod.

"Alright Eli, I can carry Tori out no problem. Sakura you don't mind carrying Li do you?" Ruby said transformed already.

"Already ahead of you Ruby!" Sakura said summoning The Fly.

"Alright let's get out of here!" Kero said as Meilin got on his back dragging the pilot's limp body on with her.

Spinner rammed the door tearing it open, Sakura grabbed the Sakura Book, which had finally stopped shaking and then followed everybody out. Everyone looked back to see the plane hit the ocean with a huge splash then sink to the bottom.

"That was too close," Meilin said with a sigh then something occurred to her,"Ummmm, guys where are we going to land?"

The thought of a landing place must have hit everybody because at that moment everybody froze and Kero groaned.

"Don't worry. Look there's a small island there. Let's land there then figure what to do tomorrow," Sakura said.

Everybody agreed and started to fly towards the island just as they were about to land however a huge explosion lit up the night sky and everybody turned to see The Crash and The Explosion fall straight down towards the ocean. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw this knowing that it would take a while for the two spirits to recover from the fight.

"We should be safe for know," Sakura said, tearing her shirtsleeves to make makeshift compress for Li and the pilot. She placed one on Li's forehead and then walked over to the pilot but before she placed it on him Eli told her not to bother because the pilot was dead!

"The third card got to him," Eli said in sorrow,"The Death got to him"

"THE WHAT!?" Meilin screamed.

"The Death. It's the third of the three cards. I think you know its power already,"Eli said pointing to the dead pilot.

"But when did The Death get the pilot?" asked Madison's mother,"he was just unconscious when we left the plane. Wasn't he?"

"Yes, he groaned a bit when I pulled him on to Kero," Meilin said.

"Then The Death spirit must have attacked him while we were in the air or leaving the plane," Sakura said placing Li's head on her lap. She then added,"Then again, it might have hit when we landed or it could have-."

"Wait a minute," Tori said interrupting Sakura,"Eli, are you sure it was The Death that killed the pilot and not something else?"

"Positive,"Eli said.

"How can you be so sure?"Ruby asked.

"Because,"Eli said with a sigh,"It was The Death that stopped the other two cards from fighting."

Everyone stared at him in shock. Meilin clasped hers hands over her mouth, Ruby gasped and Madison's mother fainted and was caught by Madison. Sakura passed the makeshift compress she was going to give to the pilot to Madison. Everything was silent for a few minutes then Sakura's father broke the silence.

"Wait,"he said,"are you saying that The Death killed The Crash and Explosion?"

"No, The Crash and Explosion are immortal like the other spirits," Eli said,"however, even though The Death is incapable of killing the spirits, he can still hurt them quite a bit."

"So The Crash and Explosion are now at the bottom of the ocean in a lot of pain and we're stuck on an island in the middle of the same ocean,"Li said regaining consciousness.

"To put it as simply as possible, yes, that is correct Li," Eli said,"but you forgot The Death which could be anywhere or anything. Remember none of the three cards so far have revealed there true forms."

"Why do these things always happen to us!" Meilin complained.

"What I don't get is why Crash and Explosion started fighting each other,"Spinner said back in his smaller form,"I mean, cards don't hold grudges and it's not like they hate each other, I mean some cards can even make other cards stronger like Rain and Watery or Song and Voice."

"True, but some cards weaken others like: Watery and Firey, Wood and Earthy or Firey and Wood," Kero said also back in his smaller form.

"But Crash and Explosion don't weaken or strengthen each other so why would they fight?"Yue asked transforming back into Julian.

"I don't know let's just get some rest and we can figure it out in the morning," Eli said.

"Wait! What if The Crash, Explosion or Death decide to come after us during the night?!"Ruby asked.

"She's right you know,"Tori said,"I don't know the cards as well as her but I do know they are determined to accomplish their goals."

"All right then, we'll take turns watching. To be safe only those with magical powers will be put on watch, those without should try to remain as quiet as possible so the cards don't find you," Eli said.

"Alright that sounds fine,"Madison said,"but how are you going to decide who's going to watch and when?"

"Easy Madison we just use these,"Eli said breaking a few sticks off a small dying bush. He broke them to different lengths and then shuffled them around in his hand. He turned towards the Sakura and the others and said,"Alright each of you draw one stick, whoever draws the shortest one will watch first. I'll take the last one to be fair."

"Hold on Eli, remove two of those I want Kero and Spinner to stay with Tori, Madison, My dad, Madison's mother and Meilin," Sakura said

"Okay" Eli said,"Spinner you don't mind watching them with Kero do you?"

"Not at all Eli," Spinner said.

"All right then let's start drawing!"Ruby said running over to Eli and pulling one of the sticks from Eli's hand. Sakura took the next one followed by Li then Julian. Eli took the last one.

"Now all of you compare your pieces," Eli said.

Everyone checked their stick and after the comparing was over the order was set: Eli was first, much to his displeasure, Li was after Eli then Julian and Ruby. Sakura was last which made her a little uncomfortable. Li assured Sakura everything would be fine before they fell asleep in a small cave Kero spotted while landing to wait for there time to watch and Eli took position outside so he could watch for the cards. He sighed it was going to be a long night.