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Bonds of Love

Ling quickly walked towards the main hall. Before CC had left, she had given her Julia's room number, and now all Ling had to do was find the right room. Her heart was pounding unnecessarily, a frantic rhythm that pushed her onwards even faster. CC had also given her a time limit. If Ling didn't have the information by breakfast tomorrow, they would be having their food a la cyanide.

Finally reached the main hall, and after looking around for a second, she headed upstairs. Ling quickly reached the third floor, but she had to stop.

Since when do I get so out of breath? She silently questioned. She ran more for this as a warm up before practice with Uncle Wang, and with the dangerous missions she knew that she was keeping in shape. What was wrong?

Ling fanned her flushed cheeks as she leaned against the wall, panting. The cool wood of the door helped to lower the heat she had built up running. However, there was a strange Pain in her stomach. When she finally felt better, the pigtailed martial artist headed towards Julia's room. She had to get what was on that map out of Julia's mouth by tomorrow morning, and a little weak spell wasn't going to change that!

Suddenly, the hall twisted in front of Ling as she continued. Her face was burning up, and there was a great deal of pain erupting from her stomach. Her abdomen seemed to burn and sizzle as she tried to lean against a wall, only to stumble over herself in her dizzy state and land in a pile on the floor. Ling felt the sweat on her face, and her limbs burned with each movement she took. She lifted her head only to have a new dizzy spasm wash over her tired body. Her head collapsed on the floor as she shut her eyes. The pain from right above her stomach got even worse, so she huddled herself into a small ball to try and alleviate the pain. Black dots started to swirl in front of her vision as she fought to stay conscious.

The pain is coming from the area the tranquilizer hit! Ling panicked. What if they had injected some sort of poison into her? Ling wearily lifted her shirt up until she could see most of her stomach. The smooth, tan surface was marred by a bright red light that seemed to shine out from under her skin. Then Ling got what was happening to her. This was something CC had probably implanted in her to make sure that Ling followed her orders. As soon as she lowered her shirt, the pain vanished, leaving Ling lying on the floor.

She has full control over me, Ling realized. Suddenly a new pain filled her being, but this one was familiar. Ling had felt this pain all through her captivity at the Mishima mansion. This was the pain that came with being helpless. Ling pounded the floor as she began to sob. It was happening again. Someone was using her and there was nothing she could do. Curled up in a little ball, Ling stopped crying. She couldn't save them if she had tears in her eyes. She'd follow CC's orders this one time, and after that, she could finally be free.

She brushed the wetness away from her face with determined hands as she headed towards Julia's room. Each step brought her closer to her destination, and she finally reached the right room.

Ling knocked loudly on the door, and when Julia opened it, she put on the brightest smile she could manage.

"HI Julia!" Ling exclaimed happily. Julia gasped and stared at her in shock before she gave her a giant hug. The taller girl was almost suffocating Ling.

"Ling, I thought you were dead!" Ling pulled away from Julia and saw that tears were dripping down her cheeks.

"It's all my fault!" Julia exclaimed. "If I hadn't run away, then you would've never been shot and almost killed!" Ling was speechless. She never knew Julia cared so much.

"It's not your fault, and besides, I'm OK now so it really doesn't matter does it?" Julia wiped the tears from her eyes and nodded.

"Want to come in?" she asked, motioning towards the inside of her room.

"Sure," Ling answered. She stepped into Julia's room and plopped down on the large, comfortable bed. "Julia, I need to ask you something," Ling began.

Julia allowed Ling into her room when Ling suddenly asked to talk about something.

"Sure," she replied. Ling looked really anxious, and Julia wondered if she wanted to talk about Jin. She waited silently for Ling to continue speaking, and after a while her patience paid off.

"You know that map you were reading?" Ling asked. Julia nodded, and Ling seemed to gain a little courage.

"I wanted to know what it said…." Ling trailed off as if unsure whether or not not that was the right way to go about things. Ling words were met with silence as Julia pondered whether or not she should tell Ling what she knew about the map.

One part of her mind told her that Ling deserved to know, after all, she was a good person, someone who could be trusted. The other part of her head however, didn't want to tell Ling. What if she told someone else? There were always a million thing that could goo wrong.

Finally, Julia decided to tell Ling the story of the map, and the real reason why everybody wanted it. She started speaking nervously, after all, she had never told anyone the real story, not even CC.

"Ling, I'm going to tell you the story about why the map is so important. I've never told anyone, not even CC or Hwoarang knows the entire legend. You have to promise me you won't tell."

She looked up at Ling in desperation. Ling stared back at her. She was shaking slightly as if there was something she was hiding, but Julia didn't notice this. After what seemed like a lifetime, Ling answered her.

"I promise I won't tell anyone Julia. You have my word." Something about her voice was off and her face was riddled with an odd sort of guilt, and suddenly Julia didn't know if she should tell Ling. Ling looked her in the eyes, and the horrible feeling in Julia's stomach doubled as she realized that Ling did look guilty. The guilt wasn't from something she had already done, but something that she was about to do. And then Julia decided she couldn't trust Ling. She would tell her part of what was written on the map, but the rest she would… improvise. With a heavy heart, she created a new story to tell Ling, confidant that the girl would fall for it.

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