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Syaoran's AngelsChapter 23: Missing in Action
"Umm... there's something I need to tell you," Sakura said awkwardly as her friends gaped openly at her.
"Wha... when... where..." Chelsea gasped.
Diana was equally as shocked. She knew that Sakura was an Angel but she didn't know she possessed some kind of freaky magic power!
"What the hell was that?" she whispered staring at Sakura with disbelieving eyes, "I thought you told me everything!"
"Well, I didn't know about half of this until a couple of days ago," Sakura shrugged apologetically, "Sorry."
"SORRY?" Zachary exploded, "Who are you? Are you even the real Sakura?"
"Well I can vouch for that," the Light card spoke up, "She is the real one, the one Flower just fought is Yue's champion, her doppelganger."
For a few seconds, everybody stopped staring at Sakura switching their attention to the tall majestic glowing lady standing beside their friend.
"This isn't the time," Sakura said tersely, "You're not helping."
The Light huffed under her breath as Sakura glared at her.
"Light card! Return to your power confined," she commanded, "Light card!"
A shimmering rectangular shape appeared in the air in front of Sakura, shining with such brightness that it made everything else seemed dark and shadowy in comparison. The Light tried to protest this treatment but was rudely cut off when a spinning vortex of air sucked her into the card and the glowing faded. Sakura calmly held up her hand as the card floated over to her. Tucking the Light card along with the rest inside her pocket, Sakura studied the Star wand carefully.
"Talisman of the Sun," she intoned, "I, Mistress Sakura command you. Hide your true form before me! By our contract... CHANGE!"
The wand let a giant burst of light before shrinking into a golden-coloured key complete with chain, which Sakura looped over her neck and hid beneath the fabric of her shirt.
"I'm getting the hang of this," Sakura said with a small smile as she looked up.
Her smile slowly faded as her friend's continued to stare at her in shocked silence.
"Umm... the beginning sounds good?" Sakura asked.
Nobody answered.
Sakura closed her eyes and began the long epic saga of her being an Angel.
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"Who? What? Where? How?" In her shock, Meiling's sentence ran together as the Elementals plus Wood and Sand studied her calmly.
"Yue's champion?" Fiery growled, "Hello? The one Ruby Moon warned you about? Jeez, you're slow."
Meiling threw Fiery one of her legendary death glares as the Clow spirit stuck out her tongue in reply.
"Oh grow up," Watery snapped at her fellow card.
Fiery growled at her as Watery held up her hands and sent a tiny tendril of water at the card.
"AHHHHH!! WATER! GET IT AWAY FROM ME! GET IT AWAY!" the card shrieked as the Watery sniggered and dispersed the water with a wave of her hands.
"Coward," Earthy smirked.
"Oh shut up," Fiery snarled back, "You'll be cowering if I ever vent my wrath on you."
"I'll like to see you try," the Elemental card challenged drawing herself up to her full impressive height.
Fiery narrowed her eyes at Earthy and clenched her fist ready to hurl a ball of fire at the spirit.
"Stop it," Meiling growled trying hard to keep her fury out of her voice, "Stop bickering and start explaining."
Fiery opened her mouth to argue.
"NOW!"
All the card gulped as Meiling unleashed another death glare on them, this one promising slow and painful deaths if they didn't spill the beans quick.
"Well, from what I gather," Wood began, "Yue's hiding place for the third talisman and book is very cryptic and secretive but he does want the three to find it however he wants to test the destined angels to make sure they can finish the task set out before them. And I'm guessing his test is in the form of fake-Flower, which will probably try to hinder your quest for the third book."
"Wait, task set out before us?" Meiling demanded, "What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"Don't you know about the fourth book?" Windy said surprised, "I'm pretty sure Light card told us Flower knew..."
"Flower?!" Meiling was becoming visibly upset, "Oh god! With everything that's going on I forgot you told me she was in a coma... and... I have to..."
"Stop worrying," Watery cut her off, "Flower is here."
"Huh?"
"Here," Fiery clarified, "As in she is right here in this freaking hospital now."
"Where?" Meiling demanded.
"Ward 7," Windy said calmly.
Before anybody could react Meiling planted a quick kiss on Marcus and was dashing off down the hallway. Lily looked at the Elementals fascinated with them as the cards stared back at her.
"Are you a pixie?" the little girl asked innocently to Fiery.
"WHAT?!"
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The crickets chirruped noisily outside as Sakura stared at her friends. Her friends stared back at her.
A few eternal seconds dragged past as Sakura began fidgeting nervously.
"Umm..." she trailed off searching for something to say, "Surprise?"
"Are you sure you aren't hallucinating or anything?" Chelsea asked finally.
"Yeah if I was then you must have been hallucinating when you saw my evil twin attempt to kill you and was rescued by a magical being that can apparently use light to hurt people. So what do you think?" Sakura demanded.
Chelsea looked hurt as Sakura stopped realising she was letting her nerves get the better of her.
"Sorry," she mumbled.
For a few brief seconds she wondered if she could use the key again to make them forget about magic and her being an Angel...
No her mind told her firmly.
She refused to lie to her friends any longer; she refused to lower herself to that level. These were her friends. They deserved to know the truth about her rather then being fed lies and being kept in the shadows again. Shaking herself away from her thoughts, Sakura focused on her friends again.
"Sooo... any questions?" Sakura asked nervously.
"Try a million," Zachary said, a hurt expression appearing on his face, "Why didn't you tell us?"
Sakura sighed.
"Because it could've potentially put you all in danger. I mean with people like Spi..." Sakura cut herself off as she realised what she was about to say.
"Like who?" Chelsea asked.
Sakura gulped as she searched desperately for something to undo the damage.
"Just some people," Sakura finished off lamely, "If they knew you were connected to me. They might hurt you so they can get to me. Trust me, my life is dangerous and I don't want to make your lives dangerous either."
There was another awkward pause as her friends tried to digest what they had told her.
"Magic?' Diana said slowly, "Sakura are you sure? Are you sure there isn't something... wrong with you?"
Sakura bristled and was going to reply with a sharp remark when the door behind her suddenly burst open. Whirling around with amazing speed, Sakura leapt into a fighter's stance getting ready to face this new intruder. However her arms dropped to her side when she saw who it was.
"Meiling?" Sakura gasped.
"SAKURA!"
Before the startled American Angel could react, Meiling bounded across the room and swept her up in a tight hug.
"God! I'm so sorry about the other night. That comment was totally out of line and I'm so, so, so, so sorry!" Meiling cried hugging her friend tightly, "Are you okay? I heard you were in a coma from...'
Meiling trailed off when she saw who else was in the room.
"Umm.. hi?" Meiling gave a small wave as she studied Diana, Chelsea and Zachary, "I'm..."
"Guys, this is Meiling... another Angel," Sakura clarified.
Meiling's eyes widened in shock as she realised what Sakura had said.
'They know?" she demanded.
Sakura nodded.
"Oh," Meiling's eyes nervously roved around the room until it rested upon the sword she held in her hand.
"Is that?" Sakura questioned faintly staring at the sword.
"The second talisman?" Meiling asked with a small smirk, "You bet."
Sakura's face dissolved into a bright grin.
"All right!" she said happily, "That means we can find the mirror!"
"What mirror?" Diana broke in suspiciously, "How many things are you not telling us?"
"And hang on," Meiling said with a frown, "What's with the freaky doppelganger of yours."
Sakura cringed as questions began being fired from every direction. Letting out a long sigh, she began explaining again.
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"This is Unit A72," the police officer said into his hand-held radio, "We're moving into the factory."
'Copy that, Unit A72. Proceed with caution,' the person on the other end said calmly.
"Copy that," tucking the radio into its holster on his belt. The police officer pulled out his gun and walked into the shadows.
His partner followed after him, blackened glass crunching under their feet as they walked. Shoving his unease about the anonymous tip-off that led them to this place to the back of his head, the police officer saw that in the darkness was an open metal revealing yet more shadows beyond its threshold.
Gesturing to his partner to cover him, the police officer moved with uncanny stealth to the door. Risking a quick glance around, he took a deep breath before step past the door and into the darkness.
Down, down, down he climbed down the flight of unsteady stairs. His footsteps were almost silent, his breathing a mere whisper in the darkness.
He stopped at the bottom of the stairs. It was all alone aside from a young woman that lay bound and gagged in one corner of this underground room she seemed to be unconscious as a soft breeze rustled her long smoky grey hair.
Striding towards the woman, the man knelt down and quickly checked for a pulse. It was there, a bit faint but still pulsing with life.
Pulling out his radio, he quickly switched it to the right frequency.
"This is Unit A72, we need an ambulance to the burnt down steel refinery factory," the police officer said calmly slowly working the rope free from around the woman's wrists, "I repeat we need an ambulance."
'We copy that Unit A72,' the woman at the police station reported calmly, 'An ambulance would be there to assist you.'
"Copy that."
As his partner came to stand by his side, neither police officers were aware of the shadowy figure that stumbled from the darkness and silently fled up the stairs.
With blood still sluggishly oozing from her wounds, she stumbled into night air but she was soon gone.
Rika Sasaki had gotten away.
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"A fourth book?" Meiling gasped, "One with a card inside that is stronger than all the others. Damn."
"You expect me to believe that these cards were created in the Shang Dynasty?" Zachary demanded, "Sakura, do you know how unbelievable that sounds."
"I can prove it," Sakura challenged.
"Show me."
Sakura turned to Meiling.
"Meiling," she instructed calmly, "Hold up the talisman and say 'Clow cards of the Book of Hong Bao Shi Hu Die to me'. Say it loudly and clearly."
Meiling nodded and slowly held up her sword. Sakura's friends watched with bated breath as Meiling closed her eyes and began speaking.
"Clow cards of the Book of Hong Bao Shi Hu Die," Meiling begin her voice becoming louder and louder with each word, "TO ME!"
Everybody looked away as a sudden burst of bright light exploded out of the ruby embedded into the pommel of the sword. When the light finally faded, Meiling was startled to find several glowing objects floating in the air in front of her. Gingerly she held up her hands and gasped in shock as the objects slowly floated into her hand and the glowing died down.
"Whoa," Diana gasped.
"Nicely done, Fighter," a cool voice filled the room.
"WHAT?!" Chelsea freaked, as a tall elegant woman seemed to emerge from thin air.
Soon the room became crowded as other strange creatures began piling into the room.
"Aren't you supposed to be protecting Marcus and Lily?" Meiling scowled at the Elementals.
"Umm... didn't you say cards of the Book of Hong Bao Shi Hue Die to me?" Fiery snapped back, "That means us also."
"Oh," Meiling paused as she realised that for once the cards was right, "Fine. Return to them please."
The Fiery's body seemed to dissolve into burning flames as the other cards did other pieces of fanciful magic before disappearing.
"And those were?" Chelsea asked slowly.
"The Clow cards."
"So I guess they do exist," Zachary said faintly, his voice barely above a whisper, "Oh my god."
"Why didn't you tell us before?" Chelsea said softly, "Don't you trust us?"
Sakura paled realising that was almost the exactly the same thing, Tomoyo and Meiling had accused her of the night before she had fought Lara. To her surprise, it was Meiling who answered.
"Oh please!" she muttered rolling her eyes, "In case you don't know it's a bit hard to tell people. I mean how is she going to break it to you: 'Surprise! I'm an Angel and oh by the way I have magical cards.' Yeah, that'll go down really well."
Sakura felt her throat choke with emotion as she blinked away tears.
"Thanks," she whispered.
Meiling winked at her.
"No worries."
"So magic," Diana said thoughtfully, "Wow. That's so cool."
Zachary and Chelsea stared at her.
"What?" Diana asked, "It's not that bigger deal."
Everybody stared at her this time as Diana shrugged sheepishly.
"Okay so it is. But who cares? Sakura lied to protect us. That just proves she's our friend," Diana explained, "Sure I'm hurt but she did it because she cared."
Zachary and Chelsea blinked as she realised what she said was true.
"Sorry about misjudging you," Chelsea said quietly.
"No worries," Sakura smiled at her, "And anyway sometime magic is a good thing."
"What do you mean?" Zachary asked curiously.
Sakura smiled at him mysteriously.
"Key of Stars with powers burning bright! Reveal the staff and shine your light! Release!" Sakura commanded as the Star wand appeared, "Fly card! Release and dispel!"
Everybody backed away as the massive bird-like creature emerged from the card squawking excitedly when it spotted its mistress.
"Look familiar?" Sakura asked with a smirk.
Zachary stared at it as memories began flooding into his head.
He was wandering around in this strange misty place.
Looking for a way out back to his wife...
Then a bird... from the skies... grabbed him... pulling him out of the limbo.
The bird!
"You're the bird that rescued me from the limbo," Zachary said quietly, "I didn't even remember it until then. What?"
"I sent him," Sakura sent quietly, "I sent him to rescue you. I was in a coma as well and the cards told me this card, the Fly could cross between the planes only once and that I was to use it to come back to the real world. Then I remember about you so I told the Fly card to rescue you instead leaving me stranded."
Zachary and Chelsea blinked back tears as they realised the sacrifice Sakura had made.
"Thank you," Zachary said hoarsely.
"Your welcome," Sakura said pleasantly.
Sakura held up the wand and was just in the process of returning the Fly card back into its card form when the Windy appeared again.
"What now?" Meiling growled.
"I thought you'll just like to know that the Fox has just arrived here," the Windy said pleasantly.
Sakura and Meiling's eyes widened in shock as Diana opened her mouth to ask who the Fox was.
"Talisman of the Sun, I, mistress Sakura command you. Hide your true form before me. By our contract... Change!"
"Sword of Earth, hide your true form before me. I, mistress Meiling command you. CHANGE!"
Light burst from the talismans as one changed into a gold key whilst other changed into a gold and ruby bracelet. Before Zachary, Chelsea or Diana could react, the two Angels had run out of the door and down the hallway.
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Tomoyo let out a low moan as her body slowly began waking up. Still exhausted for some mysterious reason, Tomoyo opened her eyes and blinked in confusion as she stared at an unfamiliar white ceiling, bright light blaring out of a nearby fluorescent light bulb.
"Where am I?" she whispered weakly trying to look around but unable to find the energy.
"She's awake!" a familiar voice said happily, "Meiling! She's awake!"
"Sakura?!" Tomoyo gasped.
She wanted to say more but couldn't as a wheezing cough wracked her body. When she next opened her eyes she could see two familiar pairs of eyes staring back down at her.
"Tomoyo, what happened?" Meiling demanded, "I heard that you were poisoned. Who did it? Which son of a..."
"I don't know," Tomoyo said wearily, "I was on a date... then I don't remember a thing."
"Just rest okay?" Sakura said soothingly, "Everything's going to be okay."
Tomoyo nodded and fell back to sleep as Sakura and Meiling stared at each other worriedly.
"Meiling, can you watch over her?" Sakura said quietly, "I have to done something."
Meiling nodded as Sakura calmly walked out of the room and began roughly towards the exit. As she stepped into the foyer, she gaped seeing at the destruction her and her doppelganger had caused. A police officer was calmly interviewing an obviously distressed receptionist as Sakura tried to casually walk out.
"That's her!" the receptionist shrieked, "That's the woman! That's..."
Sakura froze as the police officer took a threatening step towards her.
"Forget about me and the doppelganger," Sakura said slowly summoning the power of the key, "Forget about the fight. Erase all the damage that has been done."
The room was bathed in gold light as Sakura watched the holes in the wall repair itself. The receptionist and police officer seemed to enter a trance as Sakura calmly pushed the now restored front door open and exited into the night.
"... her," the receptionist blinked in confusion, "What the?"
The police officer looked around, puzzled, wondering what he was doing here.
"Umm... sorry marm but I have to leave," he said hurriedly as he left.
The receptionist looked around before shrugging and returning to her work as Sakura standing in the darkness outside calmly summoned the Star wand again.
"Move card! Remove the poison flowing through Tomoyo's body!" Sakura commanded, "RELEASE AND DISPEL!"
A pair of pink wings sprang from the cards and fluttered excitedly in front of her before disappearing in a burst of pink light. Sakura stood waiting patiently as her card went to fulfil her command.
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Meiling froze as a ball of pink light appeared in front of her. Grabbing her bracelet and ready to summon her own talisman, Meiling blinked on confusion as a pair of petite pink wings winged their way towards Tomoyo's bed.
"Hey!" she called trying to stop them.
The wings seemed to hover above Tomoyo's body before letting off another burst of pink light. Meiling gasped in shock as life began returning to Tomoyo's pale face. Her eyes fluttered open as the darkness that had clouded her lavender eyes before faded giving way to intelligence and alertness.
"What are these?" she said strongly slowly sitting up.
The pink wings gave one last flutter before dissolving into a cloud of pink mist.
"I'm not sure," Meiling replied slowly still recovering from her shock, "But I think its Sakura's doing."
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Sakura smiled as the Move card appeared in front of her.
"Good job," she said cheerfully as she changed the Clow spirit back into its card form.
With a quick whispered incantation, the wand changed back into its key form. As Sakura looped the chain around her neck and went back into the hospital.
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At four o'clock in the morning, Sakura Kinomoto managed to 'persuade' (using the key) the doctors to discharge Tomoyo Daidouji from the hospital. Lily was also discharged but Marcus had to stay in order for the doctors to remove the bullet from his side. Sakura had wanted to remove it using the Move card but Meiling had flatly refused swearing that she would turn the Fiery on her friend if she dared tried.
"Repair the house!" Sakura commanded her emerald eyes briefly flashing gold.
The shattered windows, broken furniture and other signs of destruction immediately reacted. Shards of glass fused together to form whole panes of glass again before leaping back into the windowsills forming whole undamaged windows. Thread of fabric plunged back into its proper weave as broken wood merged together to form unbroken furniture. Tomoyo and Meiling stared around in amazement as Tomoyo's house began repairing itself at a super-fast rate collapsing whole months of repairs into a few brief seconds.
Sakura staggered backwards as her spell ended. Meiling rushed to help her as Sakura let out a few gasping breaths.
"I'm fine," she managed to murmur.
Meiling nodded as Tomoyo looked around.
"What happened?" she demanded staring at both Meiling and Sakura, "To both of you."
"Later," Meiling said softly, "I'll put Lily to bed."
Gently removing the sleeping girl from Tomoyo's arms, Meiling walked to the spare room and deposited the young girl onto the bed giving her a soft kiss before leaving closing the door behind her.
Walking back to the living room, Meiling sat down onto the sofa beside Sakura opposite Tomoyo as the Japanese Angel waited patiently.
Meiling took a deep breath.
"I think Sakura better start," she said hesitantly, "She's been gone the longest."
Sakura nodded and began her story telling them of the events of Santa Barbara.
She told them of her ordeal in the Kill Room, meeting and being defeated by Lara Williams, her mother's murdered.
She told them of her subsequent coma and her trip to the limbo, meeting her long-dead mother and Kerberos.
She told them of the story Kerberos and the Light card had told her, of the legacy of Clow Reed, of his cards and of Heilang's mistake.
She told them of the fourth book and how fate had chosen them to destroy it.
She talked and talked and talked until she reached the bit when Meiling had burst into Zachary's room.
"Oh god, Sakura," Tomoyo gasped, "I'm so sorry."
"I'm sorry about the other night," Meiling said awkwardly, "I shouldn't have said what I said."
"Don't worry," Sakura said with a small smile, "I forgive you but if you do it again..."
She let the threat hang in the air as the other two Angels smiled at her nervously.
"Umm... I guess I better tell my part of it," Meiling suggested.
The other two Angels nodded eagerly as Meiling began.
She told them of Mallus Harrason's raid on Tomoyo's house and how Marcus had been shot.
She told them of her horror when she realised that Marcus and Lily were missing and her shock at the appearance of the Clow cards.
She told them of Ruby Moon's spectacular domain and her fight for the second talisman.
She told them of her relief when she find Marcus and Lily in the hospital and her fight with the doppelganger.
"So that's all I guess," Meiling finished.
Tomoyo groaned.
"This sucks," she muttered, "All you guys have long exciting stories to tell and I have nothing."
"What happened to you?" Meiling asked curiously, "I heard from the cards you were in the limbo as well."
Sakura stared at her friend in shock as Tomoyo told her part of the story.
She told them how she had met Yue and how he had delivered some cryptic clues to her.
She told them of Yue's challenge and how he had sent the ball of light that had later created Psuedo-Sakura.
She told them of her waking up and realising Rika had her.
"Then... I don't know what happened," Tomoyo said helplessly, "I fainted and the next thing I knew I was in the hospital."
The other two Angels swapped a quick glance with each other as Tomoyo sighed in frustration.
"I wish I just knew."
"Well, wishing ain't going to help," Meiling said realistically, "I think we better go to bed."
The two other Angels stared at her.
"In case you don't remember..." Meiling trailed off, "Or don't know. Syaoran scheduled a meeting with us tomorrow at seven. Remember? The one were he'll tell us if his sources came up with anything?"
Tomoyo nodded as Sakura shrugged.
"Well I wasn't there so I wouldn't know," she sighed, "But you're right. I'm exhausted."
With that the Angels drifted into a bedroom each and quickly fell asleep.
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The light on the speaker box lit up as it cracked into life.
"Good morning, Syaoran!" the girls chorused still managing to be energetic even though they were working with less than two hours of sleep in their bodies.
The speaker box was silent.
The Angels stared at each other uneasily before switching their attention back to the speaker box.
"Umm.. Syaoran?" Sakura asked.
"Awww... sorry. But I'm not your precious Syaoran," a familiar malicious voice drawled over the line.
Tomoyo frowned in confusion as Sakura and Meiling let out gasps of surprise. Fire seemed to spill from Meiling's eyes as she gritted her teeth glaring at the speaker box. A familiar feeling of rage gripped Sakura's body as she slowly clenched her fist.
"Bitch," she growled.
"That isn't very nice," the voice sneered back, "Considering I have your precious boss."
"What the hell have you done with him?" Meiling barked.
"Who is that?" Tomoyo demanded, "she's sounds like Sakura but..."
"I'm a thousand times better," the voice jeered back.
"That's my doppelganger," Sakura snarled.
Tomoyo tensed as she remembered what Meiling and Sakura had told her about Yue's challenge.
"What have done with Syaoran?" she demanded coldly.
"Don't worry your little heads about it," Psuedo-Sakura told them through the speaker box, "I have him safe and sound... for now. I have a simple demand."
"What is it?" Tomoyo snarled.
"The second talisman. The sword," Sakura's doppelganger said calmly, "I need it to find the mirror. Give me the sword and you'll have your precious Syaoran back."
"How do you know about the mirror and the sword?" Meiling asked genuinely surprised.
"Oh puh-lease," Psuedo-Sakura scoffed, "Remember? I'm Yue's challenge for you so-called Angels. I'm here to find the mirror and the book and keep it for myself. It's what I was made to do."
"How are we going to give the sword to you?" Tomoyo asked calmly refusing to give in to her rage as her two fellow Angels were doing, "I imagine you aren't in this country."
"True," Psuedo-Sakura sneered, "The exchange will take place in two hours. Meet me at Warehouse 7 on Pier 6 along the coast of Los Angeles Harbour. There will be no negotiations, no attempts to hinder the exchange in anyway. Deliver the sword to me or Syaoran dies."
Before any of the Angels could react, the speaker box went dead.
"Damn it!" Meiling yelled furiously.
"We need a plan," Sakura hissed.
Tomoyo sighed.
"What do you have in mind?"
Sakura shrugged.
"We kill her," Meiling said flatly.
"That's part of the plan," Tomoyo said dryly, "But we need something more substantial."
Sakura frowned.
"The main problem is she can teleport," she said slowly, 'we need to stop her from doing that."
All three Angels stared at each other hoping that one of the other two would come up with a valid plan. Silence reigned inside the room as they continued to stare at each other waiting in vain.
"Oh brother," Tomoyo sighed.
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Meiling kicked open the door to the warehouse as they walked inside striding purposely towards the centre of the room. Tomoyo glanced down at her watch as they walked.
8:58:59
"Almost time," she announced.
8:59:30
Sakura's eyes roved warily around the warehouse as Meiling calmly unclasped the bracelet from around her wrist.
8:59:45
"Fifteen seconds," Tomoyo whispered.
8:59:55
8:59:56
8:59:57
8:59:58
"Ah, Angels," a familiar voice called from the shadows, "Welcome to my humble abode."
Although Sakura and Meiling had told her about the doppelganger, Tomoyo was taken aback by the creature's likeness to her friend as she strolled out from the shadows. The likeness was uncanny: the same auburn tresses, the same emerald eyes and the same manner in which she held herself. But her eyes were dancing with malicious glee and arrogance seemed to roll off her body in invisible waves.
9:00:00
"Ah, you're on time," Psuedo-Sakura cooed, "How nice."
The three Angels were silent as they stared back at Yue's challenge.
"The sword," the doppelganger said holding out her hands, "Please."
Meiling held the bracelet up as light glanced off the many facets of the rubies bathing the Angel's face in red glittering light as she slowly began chanting.
"Blade of Clow,
Power of magic,
Power of light,
Release the sword,
The force ignite!
Release!"
A sadistic smile appeared on Psuedo-Sakura's face as the bracelet let off a huge burst of bright light. When it finally faded, Meiling was revealed standing there calmly as she held the sword tightly in her hands.
"I believe that's mine," Psuedo-Sakura smirked gesturing with her hands.
Meiling fixed Psuedo-Sakura with a steely glare as she slowly walked towards the doppelganger. Sakura and Tomoyo tensed as Meiling came within striking distance of the creature.
"Here," Meiling said softly, "Take it!"
The doppelganger had no time to react as Meiling swung the sword with all her might. A meaty thud filled the air as the blade slammed into Psuedo-Sakura's side slicing through skin and flesh before becoming stuck fast as Meiling smirked at her.
"Whoops," she sneered, "My hands slipped."
"Now, now what's this?" Psuedo-Sakura smirked back, "Betrayal? That's not very nice."
Meiling's eyes widened in shock as Psuedo-Sakura slowly pulled the sword from her side. Blood poured from the horrific wound but the doppelganger ignored it as she took a step towards Meiling.
"Whoops," she smirked, "My hands slipped too."
Before Meiling could react Psuedo-Sakura backhanded her with such force that the Angel was sent flying through the air.
"MEILING!" Sakura and Tomoyo cried.
Meiling crashed into a pile of crates as Psuedo-Sakura laughed.
"Think you could defeat me?" she snarled, "You can't kill me! I am immortal!"
Tomoyo and Sakura stared at the doppelganger as she laughed insanely. They stared in horror as the horrific wound in her side slowly began healing itself. Tendon and skin began knitting back together as Psuedo-Sakura let out another peal of laughter.
"See?" she said waggling her eyebrows, "Good as new."
"Damn," Sakura whispered.
Meiling let a loud groan as she slowly staggered to her feet using the sword for support as she glared at Psuedo-Sakura.
"You just messed with the wrong girl," she snarled as Psuedo-Sakura laughed.
"Yeah, nice try at threatening me. I'll give you five points for trying but really? Trembling when threatening doesn't drive home the intimidation factor," Psuedo-Sakura smirked, "Sorry but I've got a Syaoran to kill now!"
"MEILING! NOW!" Tomoyo roared.
"LOOP CARD!" Meiling pulled the card out of her pocket and hurled it onto the ground, "STOP SAKURA'S DOPPELGANGER FROM TELEPORTING AWAY! RELEASE AND DISPEL!"
Before Psuedo-Sakura could react, Meiling brought her sword down touching the card with the tip of her blade. White light burst from the card as a long black and purple ribbon slowly emerged from the light twisting itself this way and that way until it had twisted itself into the infinity sign. The Clow spirit flew across the warehouse and slammed into Psuedo-Sakura wrapping her in its grip as a flurry of curses let her lips. The Loop card gave a flash of violet light before becoming semi-transparent and then disappearing altogether seemingly sinking into the doppelganger's skin.
"What the hell?" the doppelganger gasped, "What was that?"
She closed her eyes and focused but nothing happened.
"NO!" she screamed in rage as Sakura sniggered.
"Oh well," Sakura smirked, "Guess you'll have to fight us."
Ripping the key off its chain, Sakura began chanting.
"Key of Stars with powers burning bright! Reveal the staff and shine your light! RELEASE!"
The talisman quickly changed into the familiar Star wand as Sakura gripped it tightly before summoning a card.
"THUNDER CARD! ATTACK MY DOPPELGANGER! RELEASE AND DISPEL!"
A roaring muscular tiger-like creature burst from the card, lightning dancing along its azure blue body as it fixed Psuedo-Sakura with its burning white eyes. The doppelganger's eyes widened in shock as the Clow spirit opened its mouth.
"BOOM!"
Huge bolts of lightning exploded from the creature's fang-lined jaws as Psuedo-Sakura hurled herself to the ground. Lightning flew past overhead before crashing into the far wall punching through the flimsy brick as the Thunder card roared in rage at missing its prey.
"This wasn't the plan!" Psuedo-Sakura roared in fury, "You traitors!"
"Have a cry," Sakura snarled back, "STRIKE!"
More bolts of lightning burst from the creature's jaws as Psuedo-Sakura leapt to the right barely missing the bolts as it crashed into the concrete creating a smoking black crater as Sakura gritted her teeth in frustration.
"Sorry, having fun but I must go now!" Psuedo-Sakura tossed the Angels a smirk as she leapt up and sprinted with break-neck speed towards the door.
"GET HER!" Sakura commanded.
Lightning singed the ground and walls as Psuedo-Sakura raced to dodge them. Kicking the door open and she ran off into broad daylight.
"Damn it!" Tomoyo growled, "After her!"
"Thunder card! Return to your power confined!" Sakura commanded.
The Thunder let out one last roar before returning to its card form. Sakura caught the card as it flew to her before catching up with her friends as they raced outside.
"There!" Tomoyo yelled pointing at the doppelganger.
They watched as Psuedo-Sakura slammed the last of a group of rough-looking bikies into a nearby wall before leaping onto one of their motorcycles and gunning the engine.
"VROOM!"
The Angels jumped back hurriedly as she charged past them roaring at full speed as she sped away.
"After her!" Meiling yelled.
All three Angels ran towards the other remaining motorbikes leaping over the fallen bikies as they each claimed a bike for themselves. Meiling and Sakura quickly changed their talismans to their smaller forms as Tomoyo revved the engine.
"Let's ride!" Meiling yelled exhilarated as she gunned the engine.
A high pitch screeching filled the air as all three Angels sped off down the narrow alleyways in search of Psuedo-Sakura.
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"Damn!" Meiling yelled at her fellow Angels, "She's heading for Freeway 360!"
Sakura grimaced as she risked a quick glance down at her speedometer. She was doing over 200km/h as she raced after her doppelganger who was only about five hundred meters in front of them.
"Speed up!" Sakura commanded, "Try cutting her off!"
The two other Angels nodded as they peeled away from her. Sakura roared down the road as cars honked at her cursed filtering through the smoky air as Sakura entered the freeway. Here cars sped past her at over 100km/h as she caught a quick glimpse of Psuedo-Sakura before a roaring semi-trailer cut her off. Gritting her teeth, Sakura revved the engine and sped after her.
Her doppelganger weaved in and out of her traffic as Sakura did her best to try and follow her.
"This isn't working," Sakura muttered, "I need to be able to attack her!"
Smiling grimly, Sakura continued to pursue her enemy.
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Tomoyo cut through five lanes of traffic and ignored the furious drivers inside the cars as she caught a glimpse of auburn hair flashing past her.
"Got ya!" she snarled as she gunned her engine and raced after the doppelganger.
Sakura appeared beside her as Tomoyo nodded to her before concentrating on her driving.
"This isn't going to work!" Sakura roared.
Tomoyo barley managed to hear her over the sound of the air whistling past her ears as she pushed the bike to its limits, its motor rattling loudly as it tried to keep up with Tomoyo's demand.
"I know!" Tomoyo yelled back.
The Angel's conversation was cut off abruptly as Psuedo-Sakura suddenly leapt off her speeding bike.
"What the?" Tomoyo whispered.
She watched in shocked fascination as the doppelganger landed with feline grace bending her knees to absorb the shock as she landed with ease.
"That's impossible," Sakura gasped, "She should've been killed. If we tried that we'll be killed!"
"BOOM!"
Flames burst from the impact site as Psuedo-Sakura's speeding bike slammed into a passing semi-trailer exploding on impact. Black smoke poured into the sky as Tomoyo and Sakura fought to brake in time.
"KREEEEE!!"
Their tyres were shredded into strips of black rubber as they managed to stop just in time.
"Damn it!" Sakura yelled hopping off her bike, "Where is she?"
Nearby cars came to a screeching halt to avoid crashing into the flaming wreckage of the truck as the two Angels looked around.
"Looking for me?" a voice called.
Tomoyo looked up in shock as Psuedo-Sakura seemed to drop from the sky.
"Oof!" Psuedo-Sakura landed lightly in front of her before landing a solid kick on her stomach sending Tomoyo flying through the air.
She landed heavily as Psuedo-Sakura turned to her counterpart.
"Thought you won didn't you?" she smirked.
"It ain't over yet," Sakura snarled.
Psuedo-Sakura threw a punch at her as Sakura ducked kicking her counterpart's legs out from under her.
"DAMN!" her doppelganger snarled as she fell to the ground.
Before Sakura could take advantage of her fall, Psuedo-Sakura flipped onto her feet and punched Sakura in the chest throwing her backwards. Sakura's back slammed into the low wall surrounding the edge of the road as the wind was driven from her chest.
"Game over," Psuedo-Sakura snarled charging straight for her.
Sakura let out a wheezing cough as thick smoke poured into her lungs as she fought to stay conscious. Psuedo-Sakura pounced at her as Sakura blinked once in confusion before acting on instinct. She grabbed her doppelganger's outstretched hands and shoved her hip into her stomach. Using the arm as leverage and her counterpart's momentum against her, Sakura hurled her off her shoulders and over the low wall.
"NOOOOO!!" Psuedo-Sakura's scream was abruptly cut off as she landed onto a car onto the other section of the freeway below.
Sakura ran to the wall and peered over the edge expecting to see Psuedo-Sakura's body splattered over the road below her. She gasped in shock as she saw the crumpled hood of the car smoking pouring out from its ruined engine. She watched in horror as she saw Psuedo-Sakura slowly sit up still on top of the car hood.
"See ya!" Psuedo-Sakura called giving Sakura a small wave as she got up off the ruined car hood with not a scratch on her, "Told you I was immortal!"
Sakura watched as Psuedo-Sakura calmly walked to the honking car behind the one she had landed on and rip off its door as though it was made of paper. Casually she leaned inside and hurled its occupant out before climbing in. She gave Sakura one last wave before cutting into the next lane and speeding away.
"DAMN IT!" Sakura screamed before whirling around, "Tomoyo?"
"I'm fine," Tomoyo gasped as she slowly stood up shakily.
"Get a car and try to find Meiling. Psuedo-Sakura's find a new car. It's a red Jaguar with a missing door," Sakura commanded, "Find Meiling and tell her."
"Where are you going?" Tomoyo asked as she winced slowly stretching her battered body.
"I'm going after her," Sakura said calmly summoning her Star wand from its key.
She quickly searched through her Clow cards as she chose a promising one.
"JUMP CARD!" she commanded, "LEND ME YOUR POWER! RELEASE AND DISPEL!"
A pair of semi-transparent wings appeared on the heels of her feet as Sakura gave a small bounce experimentally. She smiled as she felt herself being launched several metres into the air.
"GO!" she yelled at Tomoyo before leaping off the edge.
She plummeted downwards hitting the ground with her foot as the card absorbed the shock before flinging her back up into the air. Leaping over at least five cards at the time, Sakura hit the ground again as she spotted Psuedo-Sakura's car. As she leapt back up into the air, Sakura searched her cards again.
"Shot card!" she yelled summoning another card, "Burst the car's tyres! Release and dispel!"
Tapping the card with her wand in mid-air, Sakura smirked as a ball of spiky yellow light emerged from the card. It unleashed a barrage of energy darts each one zipping through the air with deadly accuracy.
The black rubber of the tyre's stood no chance as the energy ripped through the rubber. The car lurched to the left as Psuedo-Sakura left control, Sakura landed onto the ground and watched in satisfaction as it spun wildly around in circle before slamming into the concrete barricade protecting the side of the road. There was few brief seconds as grey smoke poured from the car's ruined engine before the whole thing ignited.
"BOOM!"
Flames shot at least fifty metres into the air as Sakura smirked in satisfaction. The whole car was engulfed by flames as the fire ripped through its fuel tank growing larger and larger with each drop of petrol it devoured.
"Survive that," she whispered softly.
The American Angel had no time to react as Psuedo-Sakura shot out from the flames and slammed her to the ground.
"Already did," the doppelganger smiled impishly, "Survive this!"
The doppelganger raised her fist and brought it down with all her might as Sakura waited for death to come.
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Tomoyo floored the pedal as she raced along the road inside the car she had stolen. She looked around frantically for Meiling as she sped along the freeway. Finally she spotted her friend weaving in and out of the lanes and lanes of car as she fought to get to her. Cutting across another lane, Tomoyo rolled down her windows.
"MEILING!"
Meiling didn't even turn around as Tomoyo took a deep breath.
"MEILING!!"
The Asian Angel turned around as Tomoyo pulled up beside her.
"Psuedo-Sakura's got a new car. A red Jaguar with a missing door," Tomoyo shouted.
Meiling nodded.
"Split up!" she yelled, "It's easier..."
Before she could finish her sentence, another explosion ripped through the air.
"SAKURA!" both Angels realised.
They sped towards the direction of the explosion as Tomoyo frantically looked inside the car for a weapon she could use against the doppelganger. Obviously she was much stronger than they were and since Meiling and Sakura had the Clow cards to fight with, Tomoyo needed something more powerful than just her kicks and punches.
She found nothing.
"This sucks," she moaned.
Meiling soon realised that the explosion had occurred on the level below her as she raced down the road. Quickly she glanced to her right and froze as she watched the scene unfold in front of her. Below her, the flames continued to feed off the ruined car as Psuedo-Sakura burst from the inferno and slam Sakura to the ground.
"NO!" she yelled making a quick decision.
Tomoyo gasped in shock as she watched her friend swing the motorbike around.
"No, you idiot!" Tomoyo gasped as Meiling gunned the engine.
The Japanese Angel swore loudly as she watched her friend sailed over the edge of the road. Hurriedly she pulled up alongside the wall ignoring the fact that the car behind her almost crashed into her. Angry honks filled the air as Tomoyo stumbled out of the car.
"BLADE OF CLOW! POWER OF MAGIC! POWER OF LIGHT! SURRENDER THE SWORD! THE FORCE IGNITE! RELEASE!"
Sailing through the air, Meiling let go of the handlebars of the motorbike and clutched the sword tightly as it appeared in front of her.
"WINDY CARD! SEND THE BIKE TOWARDS THE DOPPELGANGER AND RESCUE ME! RELEASE AND DISPEL!"
A huge gust of wind appeared behind the bike giving it an extra push doubling its speed as a swirling vortex of wind appeared beneath Meiling's feet. It swirled around her to form a platform of sorts of Meiling's fall began slowing dramatically.
Tomoyo let out a long sigh of relief as the platform of wind set Meiling gently down onto the ground out of harm's way.
Below the doppelganger let out a scream of fury.
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Sakura's eyes opened in shock as Meiling's voice roared above the sound of the speeding cars around her.
"NO!" her doppelganger looked up in horror as she saw the bike hurtling through the air aiming straight for her.
"FIERY! IGNITE THE MOTORBIKE AND PROTECT SAKURA FROM THE FLAMES! RELEASE AND DISPEL!"
The Fiery sent an evil smirk toward Psuedo-Sakura gestured with her hands. The motorbike exploded in mid-air, the force of the explosion shoving Psuedo-Sakura away violently as flames leapt at her eager to devour the doppelganger as Sakura sighed in relief. A red aura surrounded her own body forcing the fire back from her as she slowly crawled to her feet.
"That must've hurt," Meiling said cheerfully.
"Oww..." Psuedo-Sakura groaned as she slowly picked herself up, "Damn."
"Fiery, Windy," Meiling said calmly, "Stri.."
"Too late," Psuedo-Sakura growled back as the burns and cuts on her body began repairing itself.
She crouched down and sprung up into the air. Sakura and Meiling gasped in shock as she sailed up at least 100 metres into the air and landed onto the section of the freeway above just beside Tomoyo.
The Japanese Angel acted instantly throwing up her defences as Psuedo-Sakura kicked her with such force that even though Tomoyo blocked it she was sent flying backwards.
"If you want your friend to leave," Psuedo-Sakura yelled down at them, "Remove the card away from me so I can teleport."
Meiling and Sakura stared up at the doppelganger in shock as she slowly walked over to Tomoyo and cruelly grabbed the Angel's long hair yanking it back viciously.
"Come on," Psuedo-Sakura growled, "I'll do it."
"Loop card!" Meiling said reluctantly, "Return to me!"
The Loop card emerged from Psuedo-Sakura's body as the doppelganger smiled triumphantly.
"I win," she hissed.
"Wait," Sakura murmured, "There's something I didn't realise before."
"What?" Meiling demanded her eyes fixed squarely on Psuedo-Sakura and Tomoyo.
"I know how to rescue Syaoran."
"What?!"
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Syaoran opened his eyes and found he was in a dark room.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid," he growled in frustration furious at himself for being captured.
Why the hell had he let his guard down?!
He didn't know who that Sakura look-alike was but she definitely wasn't the Sakura he had employed and fell in love with in that short mission at Ryan Trong's when he was posing as Xiaolang.
He tried to move his arms but found that they were bound tightly behind his back. He wriggled around and found that his whole body was bound to a chair.
"Damn," he growled.
He was trapped.
There was no way for him go get away without some kind of help. And right now, he knew that his Angels were in danger.
"Damn."
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"MOVE CARD! REMOVE WHATEVER TRAPS SYAORAN AND REMOVE ANYTHING THAT BLOCKS HIM FROM GETTING AWAY FROM WHEREVER MY DOPPELGANGER HAS HIDDEN HIM! RELEASE AND DISPEL!"
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Syaoran started as two small points of pink light appeared in the darkness surrounding him.
"What the?" he whispered.
The came closer and closer as Syaoran strained to see what they were. He froze seeing they were a pair of small pink wings. They flew around him as Syaoran felt the binds that trapped him loosen before disappearing altogether. The wings flew to the door set inside the wall and made that disappeared as well as Syaoran stared at them.
"The Move card," he whispered, "What are you doing here?"
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"NO!" Psuedo-Sakura screamed in rage.
"Fiery, Windy! Strike!" Meiling commanded.
A huge wave of fire soared upwards driven by furious winds as Psuedo-Sakura howled rage and vanished in a burst of white light. With a flick of her hands, the Fiery card caused the fire to roll it on itself and disappear as Tomoyo slowly got up.
"Thanks," she said hoarsely.
Sakura looked around as she and Meiling returned their cards and changed their talismans back into their smaller forms. She stared at the destruction their high-speed chase had caused as her hand slowly tightened around the key she held in her hands.
"Repair all the damage that has been done and erase all memory of anybody seeing us chasing Psuedo-Sakura," Sakura murmured as her emerald eyes began glowing with gold light.
Gold light washed over the whole freeway complex as Meiling and Tomoyo watched in fascination as the burnt skeleton of the motorcycle remade itself whole again. As the light began fading away, Sakura let out a low gasp of pain and promptly fainted.
Meiling shook her head and sighed.
"You've got to stop overdoing it," she suggested as she helped her friend up, "Let's get you home."
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Syaoran Li ran down the dimly lit hallway towards the gaping doorway where the door had been before the Move card had removed it and thought for a few brief seconds that this was too easy to be true.
And how right he was.
"Going somewhere?" a familiar voice snarled.
Syaoran whirled around to face the Sakura look-alike who had kidnapped him.
"Who the hell are you?" he demanded.
"I'm whatever that scares you," Psuedo-Sakura snarled back, "You know what really annoys me. I had this wonderful plan all set out but then the Angels had to come along with their blasted cards and ruin everything. I could have the sword right now. Hell, I could have the mirror by now. But noooo... they had to defeat me. And that's really starting to annoy me!"
Suddenly her demeanour changed from fanatic ranting to deadly calmness as she fixed Syaoran with her emerald eyes.
"And I guess you'll have to pay for it."
"I'd like to see you try," Syaoran said calmly.
A feral smile appeared on Psuedo-Sakura's face as she lunged for Syaoran.
"Fire! Come forth!" the man commanded throwing his hands out in front of him.
A huge blast of blue flames appeared from thin air shoving Psuedo-Sakura back as the stench of burning skin and hair flooded the air. Syaoran breathed calmly through his mouth as Psuedo-Sakura stood up slowly.
"The Angels aren't the only ones who have magic," Syaoran smirked.
"Who are you?" Psuedo-Sakura snarled.
"I'm Clow Reed's descendant."
Psuedo-Sakura's eyes widened in shock as Syaoran smiled at her mirthlessly.
"Water! Come forth!"
A huge wave of cold water materialised from thin air but before it could engulf Psuedo-Sakura in its icy cold embrace, the doppelganger let out a scream of rage and disappeared in a flash of light.
Syaoran watched as the water slapped the empty ground. Reaching up he casually done up his tie and exited the building, walking out into the bright blaring daylight of downtown Hong Kong as he began heading back to his mansion.
Psuedo-Sakura had lost.
Again.
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"Thank you Angels for rescuing me," Syaoran said calmly.
"No problems," Meiling smirked.
"From what you told me about Clow Reed and the books, it seems Psuedo-Sakura would still be around until you've retrieved the third book," Syaoran continued.
The three Angels sighed.
"Have you received any clues yet on the whereabouts of the third book?" Syaoran asked.
"Nope," Tomoyo answered, "Nothing."
"That's a problem," Syaoran sighed, "My sources have came up with nothing. But I was... uh... interrupted so maybe something will come up."
"Let's hope so," Sakura said worriedly.
There was a slight silence as everybody pondered their predicament, lost in their own inner thoughts.
"Well... if that's all..."
The Angels remained silent.
"Goodbye Angels."
"Goodbye Syaoran."
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Tomoyo sighed wearily after another whole day of fruitless research. She noticed the silence inside her house and instinctively knew that Meiling, Sakura and Lily were still at the hospital visiting Marcus and Sakura's friends. Smiling at the fact that Meiling and Marcus's relationship seemed to be growing stronger with each passing day, Tomoyo lay back into her soft mattress and soon lost herself to sleep.
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She was in Yue's domain again. She could see the familiar calm placid lake bordered by the tall silent mountains that towered many leagues into the dark sky. She walked along the narrow beach searching for the guardian.
"Fox..."
Tomoyo turned around and almost jumped when she saw Yue was right behind her. She frowned, she hadn't even heard Yue come up behind her and she thought she was supposed to be very good at noticing these kind of things.
"Don't worry," Yue reassured her, "There's nothing wrong with you."
Tomoyo shivered at the thought that Yue could read her mind.
"I'm not reading your mind," Yue said uncannily answering her silent question, "I'm just very empathetic."
"Well, stop it," Tomoyo demanded slightly irritated at this mysterious guardian.
Yue smiled at her coldly as his wings flapped lazily stirring up a gentle breeze that brushed across Tomoyo's face.
"Good job at defeat Psuedo-Sakura," Yue began idly.
"You mean good job to Meiling and Sakura," Tomoyo growled, "I just stood around and did nothing!"
"Because they have their Clow cards and you don't," Yue added gently, "But soon if all goes well you will retrieve the mirror and the book."
"Great, where is the mirror and the book?" the Japanese Angel demanded.
"The book is still hidden but I have bought you here to give you the first clue to the whereabouts of the mirror," Yue took a deep breath as Tomoyo waited impatiently.
He remained silent as Tomoyo began tapping her feet.
"Well?" she asked.
Yue took another deep breath and began talking.
"Two days from now, you must arrive in London. You will goes to this address," Yue gestured with his hands and Tomoyo sucked in her breath as a piece of paper materialised from thin air floating in front of her, levitated by an invisible force.
Tentatively, she reached out and grabbed the paper. Unfolding it, she quickly scanned the address.
"152, Kingsley Court, London," Tomoyo read.
Yue nodded calmly and continued instructing her.
"You Angels will be wearing black and you will arrive at that address at exactly nine o'clock in the morning. You will tell the owner of the house, you are daughters of her grandfather's colleagues," Yue continued, "After that the rest is up to you."
"Wait!" Tomoyo scowled, "That's it? Could you be any more cryptic?"
"Yes," Yue smirked, "Just thank god Clow Reed made me swear on oath that I'll be easy on you. That's all I'm willing to say about the whereabouts of the mirror... for now"
"But... but..." Tomoyo stammered, "That can't be a..."
With a wave of Yue's hand, white light claimed Tomoyo's body and the next thing she knew she was sitting up in bed inside her bedroom and looking around in the darkness in confusion.
"DAMN YOU YUE!"
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Hmm... could this be considered as a cliffhanger? Oh well (shrugs). Stay tune for the next chapter!
Next chapter:
As the girls head off to London following Yue's clue, somebody from the past comes back eager to smash the Angels once and for all. However shocks are in store when they realise that somebody does know the location of the book only the real problem is... he's dead. How will the girls find out the location of the book? And who exactly is the mysterious strange from the past? Find out in... Past and Present
A/note: There is one thing I have to say about this chapter: writing high-speed car chases is hard! And for that reason, I don't think I did a very good job. I tried my best but I reckon this is one of my worse chapters. Am I right? Or did I did an okay job? Please tell me!
Oh and next chapter, prepare yourself to meet another CCS character!
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