The Deadliest Cards
Disclaimer: Guess what? I still don't own cardcaptors (or any other anime for that matter)
Chapter 3
Prefic notes: Third chapter and my brains already in a lot of pain (just think I've still got a gfew chapters to go!)
Sakura shivered as a cold wind swept up she shuffled closer to the fire that Julian started earlier and
stared out over the ocean at the rising sun. She hadn't found any sign of The Death, Crash or Explosion
and was starting to wonder if they were even interested in hurting her and the rest of the group, then she
remembered the pilot. The Death had killed him and nobody seemed to notice it until they landed.
"Wait..," Sakura said in thought.
A thought struck her and she raced into the cave to find Eli. She found him sleeping quietly beside
Madison. Carefully walking over to him making sure not to wake anybody she quietly shook him awake.
"Sakura?" Eli said with a yawn,"what's up did you see the cards?"
"No," Sakura replied,"but I need to ask you something."
"What?" Eli said trying to stay awake.
"Did you sense The Crash and Explosion when they attacked?" Sakura asked
"N-No I d-didn't." Eli stuttered now fully awake,"Y-You don't think that they.."
"Maybe, I mean, we didn't sense The Death anywhere did we?" Sakura asked.
"No we didn't," Eli stood straight up,"that means that the cards can make themselves invisible to our
powers."
"How can they do that though?"Sakura asked.
"I have no idea. These three cards must be stronger then we thought. No wonder Clow Reed feared
them." Eli said worriedly.
"Should we tell everybody?"Sakura asked,"I mean, the last thing we want is everyone panicking."
"Yes, if everyone started to panic it would be chaos and could easily throw our senses off," Eli said
closing his eyes,"we have to tell them, but later when everybody is awake. For now, let's just get some sleep."
Sakura nodded and made her way over to a spot next to Li to sleep when suddenly the entire cave shook
with tremendous force waking everybody up and causing a few rocks to fall from the ceiling. Luckily they
landed harmlessly on the ground.
"What was that!?" Meilin shrieked.
"It must be The Crash!" Kero exclaimed.
"Everybody out!"Li yelled then realized everybody was already ahead of him and started running.
Everybody dashed for the cave's opening when the cave shook again causing more rocks to fall. Sakura heard a shriek of pain and turned to see it was Madison. She had tripped and a large rock had fallen on her leg and broken her ankle. Sakura ran back to help her friend and then they both ran for the exit where everybody stood and stared in fear. A woman floated in front of them wearing blue and silver robes and a long silver ribbon wrapped around both her arms and across her back. Her hair flowed down just past her neck. It was The Crash and she didn't look happy!
"Is That The Crash!?"Meilin asked in shock.
Everyone just stared in shock at the spirit. Its eyes started glowing blue and a ball of energy appeared in each of her hands.
"Where is my brother!?" The Crash said.
"What do you mean your brother?" Madison asked leaning on Sakura for support.
"You know who I speak of! Now where is he!?"The Crash hissed as her eyes glowed with greater intensity.
"Do you mean The Explosion?" Sakura's father asked.
"Yes, now where is he? I'm getting impatient!"The Crash hissed getting angrier.
"We don't know!"Julian exclaimed,"We saw you two fighting then The Death attacked you and you fell
into the ocean with him!"
"Lies! My brother and I would never do battle with each other and The Death is our protector. He would
not have struck us!"The Crash yelled her eyes and the balls of light in her hand glowing with extreme intensity.
"But it's true!"Meilin shrieked.
"You are lying!"The Crash screamed as she threw one of the orbs at Meilin.
Julian was able to transform into Yue and get Meilin out of the way before the orb hit her. It hit the
ground, threw sand everywhere and caused everyone to turn away and shield thier eyes. When they looked
back, a large, black, smoking crater was all that was left of the place the orb had hit; Meilin fainted
thinking of what could have happened if she had been hit by the blast.
"Why doesn't she believe us?"Madison asked.
"Is it possible that she is suffering from amnesia?" Madison's mother asked.
"It's possible," Ruby said,"at least, I think it is."
"Yes, I think you're right," Eli said," Spirit listen to me, we speak the truth. You must have suffered an
injury from the fall that caused you to lose your memory!"
The Crash calmed down for a second then grew angry again.
"Lies! Nothing but Lies!" she shrieked raising the remaining orb into the air. It started to grow bigger and
in a matter of seconds it was ten times it's original size,"If you will not tell me, then I will simply destroy you!"
Everyone gasped at the size of the orb as The Crash floated into the air getting ready to throw the whole
thing at the group. Everybody ducked down waiting for the orb to hit, but nothing happened. Everybody
looked to see a second spirit had grabbed The Crash's hand and stopped her from throwing the orb. He
looked exactly like The Crash except he had gold and orange robes instead of silver and blue and instead
of a ribbon, he had a golden chain as well as shorter hair like Tori's. The Explosion had arrived.
"Sister they speak the truth!" he said.
"What? You mean we..,"The Crash relaxed and the orb faded causing everyone to breathe a collective sigh
of relief.
"Yes, something happened to us that caused us to do battle," The Explosion replied letting go of The
Crash's hand.
"But what?" The Crash asked a frown forming on her face.
"I think I know,"Spinner said The Crash and Explosion looked down at him as he explained,"The Death might have
caused you to fight."
The Crash and Explosion looked at each other as an angry look formed on their faces,"Then he shall feel our
wrath!" they said in unison
"You think you can harm me!" a fierce rasping voice spoke followed shortly by a laugh.
"Reveal yourself Death!" The Explosion demanded, his voice filled with anger.
"Very well," the voice said.
A dark cloud appeared in the sky and started to twist around. Lightning flashed as a huge black hole tore
open from the centre of the cloud and the third card revealed itself. Everybody stood silent and didn't
move as a figure wearing a black cloak emerged from the black hole and touched down on the beach.
Everybody gasped when they witnessed what happened next. As The Death touched the sand, all plant life near him died. Two grey, bony arms emerged from his cloak and two red eyes, like a lizard's, appeared from the hood of the cloak and he started to laugh with a very dark eerie laugh.
"Well?" he said still laughing,"I did as you asked. Now what?"
"Now, we make you pay!" Crash and Explosion said in unison their eyes glowing brightly.
"Wait!" Sakura exclaimed,"Let us help. You will not be able to defeat him on your own!"
"No! This is our fight!" The Explosion said his eyes glowing bright orange.
"But he's too strong for.." Sakura said.
"Sakura," Li interrupted,"let them fight on their own. If they do not wish for our help then we must
respect their wishes."
"But.." Sakura said in sorrow looking up at the two spirits rushing towards Death.
Crash threw two balls of light at Death from the front while Explosion did the same from the back. The
Death simply sighed and held up his index and middle fingers. His eyes glowed with energy and in a flash
of light the attacks disintegrated.
"My turn!" The Death called out laughing evilly, his eyes glowing with an evil power. He tucked his arms
back into the cloak and started to shrink down. His eyes faded and he became a small black ball. Still
laughing, the Death shot towards The Crash and Explosion and hit them. With a bone crunching smash they fell to the ground and were knocked out cold. The Death merely laughed. He returned to his orignal formand turned towards Sakura and the rest.
"Well let's see if you're more of a challenge," he said lunging at them.
TO BE CONTINUED