The Ward
Sunel
Disclaimer: I dun own shizzle. 'Cept for me characters and zee plot. Tank you.
Sometimes I reread the sappy stuff I wrote in the earlier chapters, and I just wanna puke. --; I just hope you guys didn't feel that way when you read them.
I basically cut out the date that Kieren and Meilin went on, mostly cause it was completely useless and added very little to the story other than about 3 pages of gushiness. Sorry to those of you who were looking forward to it. Anyway, this is the 'Escape' part, so enjoy and don't forget to review!
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Chapter Thirteen: You're Mine, All Mine – this time around.
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This may seem a little quick… Could you tell that I'm trying to get it over with? Lol. This is 3 days after Kieren and Meilin's date. Kieren, Syaoran, and Meilin have already spoken to the others, and they've finalized the plan.
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"So it's possible!"
"That's right, Bane. With a few more finishing touches, we'll be able to do this," Dr. Arannsen replied.
"Just the thought of it… it's simply amazing, wouldn't you say? To be able to extract that girl's powers…"
"Don't get all light-headed about it, now. You know how dangerous it'll be. We might paralyze her for life, possibly even kill her in the process."
"Yeah… but think of all the good we could do with it," Bane said, the idea of power clearly being attributed to things other than 'good.' "So when will we attempt the first try at extraction?"
"Tonight…" Arannsen replied, going back to her research.
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"Shhh, be quiet GAKI!" Touya shouted.
Syaoran whipped around and glared at Sakura's brother. "Keep your voice down!" he whispered loudly.
"Alright, alright, we don't have to get our panties in a bunch now, do we?" Tomoyo asked, stepping in between the two gracefully. "Now that we've all got our uniforms on, awe won't have to worry TOO much about being caught. Especially with these fake security IDs Eriol conjured for us," she said, looking over at the love of her life with love and awe.
Syaoran tried hard not to gag. He and Sakura had probably acted that way themselves. Sakura… "Alright. So Eriol and I will combine our powers to summon Sakura's cards, Touya will be in charge of disabling the cameras, Yukito and Kero will bring her out of the room, Kieren will lead us around, and Tomoyo… will be taping it all," he said quickly, adding in the last part with a sigh.
"Everyone's familiar with the plan, gaki, get on with it," Touya said, giving him a death glare.
Syaoran glared back and turned to Eriol. "Ready?"
Eriol nodded. "As soon as you're ready, my cute little cousin."
Syaoran rolled his eyes. "Alright, together then-"
"Sakura Cards, we summon you! Lend us your wisdom, MIRROR!" they shouted together, their hands clenched together. The mirror, still in the form of Sakura, materialized before them, her eyes blazing.
"Why have you summoned me, young descendant of Clow Reed?" she asked, her voice quite the same as Sakura's, but her tone very different.
"We need the help of the Sakura Cards in order to save Sakura," he answered pleadingly.
"I thought that might have been the issue… very well. We just ask that you keep in mind Sakura is our true master. We may do as you ask, if we feel it will aid her – but we will in no way harm her, even if asked," the Mirror said, clasping its hands together and looking from Syaoran to Eriol.
Syaoran nodded. "We wouldn't ask you to. Thank you so much for your cooperation. Eriol and I first need the Sleep Card. Will you assist us in calling it?" he asked.
The Mirror nodded, and took their hands. Together, they formed a small circle and chanted together. "Lend us your power, Sleep!"
The Sleep slowly materialized before them, and awaited a command. "Please, put all the people inside this building and everyone around the vicinity to sleep – but spare us," Eriol said, considering Touya and Tomoyo, who were without magic.
The Sleep nodded curtly, and flew off. Almost immediately, loud thumps were heard as people fell to the floor in deep sleep. "Alright, they'll probably only stay this way for a half hour or so, so we'll have to work fast. If it seems like we're running out of time, we'll have to summon Sleep a second time," Eriol said.
"Alright, move it Touya. Get your part of it done, and when you're ready, send Kero down," Syaoran said shortly.
Touya didn't bother to look at him, and rushed into the building followed by Kero, with a copy of the layout that Syaoran had printed out for all of them. They waited for about 6 or 7 minutes, when Kero finally flew down.
"Touya's part is done!" he announced.
"Ok, good," Syaoran said, trying to ignore the butterflies in his stomach. So far, so good. They quickly swiped the IDs Eriol had provided for them, and ran inside. Yukito lagged behind. "I'll change to Yue, and stay here to keep watch."
"Okay!" Syaoran shouted back as they ran inside. "Alright Kieren, show us where Sakura is."
"The experiment labs, down that corridor and to the far left," Kieren replied, showing the way. When they followed him however, Sakura was not to be found in any of the rooms. "Hm… she was here when I visited her… they must have moved her," Kieren confirmed.
"Now where are we supposed to look? We don't have that much time!" Syaoran said, looking around frantically.
"Calm down. Come in, Touya, this is Tomoyo – Over!" Tomoyo said, taking out a walkie-talkie and speaking into it.
"I hear you, Tomoyo. What do you want?" Touya's voice crackled over the line.
"Sakura isn't here. Can you look up her files really quick, and tell us where to go? –Over!"
"You don't have to keep saying 'over'… and I'll get right on it. Give me a few a seconds." There was a slight pause as they heard him typing away. "That's weird… it says she's being kept under the Classified: Dangerous section. Just get over there and get my sister out," he said, his tone worried.
"We're on it, over and out."
They followed Syaoran's map until they found the deserted hall that led to the 'Classified: Dangerous' section. There weren't many patients there at all… and some of the things looked rather unearthly, even. Syaoran was the first to spot Sakura and ran over to the room that kept them apart. The room was made completely out of heavy protective glass, and Sakura was on a table, tied down like an animal. Dr. Bane lay on the floor next to her with some sharp objects and what looked to be heavy machinery.
"Oh God… it looks like we got here just in time. I'm sure that man was up to something," Syaoran said, clawing at the glass. "Let's do this now," he said, offering his hand to Eriol and the Mirror.
"Lend us your power, Lock Card! Open this glass door so that we may get to Sakura!" At that, the door immediately swung open. Syaoran made a run for it, but Eriol grabbed him.
"No Syaoran, not yet. We don't know if she's hurt, or if its even safe to touch her without hurting her. Let's summon the float," he said.
Syaoran nodded a little remorsefully. "You're right, I wasn't thinking."
"Lend us your power, Float Card! Follow us and carry Sakura back to safety!"
Sakura was immediately encased within a pink bubble, sleeping peacefully inside. Syaoran once again longed to hold the girl, but he knew better. 'You'll be safe this time, Sakura. I promise I won't let anything else happen to you.'
Once outside, they found Touya already waiting for him with Yue. "Is that all, Gaki?" he asked, this time in a softer tone. His eyes rested carefully on Sakura as she lay inside the bubble.
"The last part, would be to erase everyone's memory of Sakura. You took care of any documents on her, right?" Syaoran asked.
"Of course," Touya repeated. "Go on, let's get this over with before any trouble starts."
Syaoran nodded in agreement, and held hands with Eriol and the Mirror. "Lend us your power, Erase!"
"Erase the memories of everyone in that building, and everyone within the vicinity that has knowledge of Sakura – except for us," Eriol said. And with that, it was done. They were in the clear.
"I'll drive you guys back to the hotel, get in the truck. Command the pink floaty thing to go in the back, where no one will see it," Kieren said.
Just then, a small, sleek black car drove up to them and came to a screeching halt, directly in front of Sakura.
"Shield Card, protect Sakura!" Syaoran shouted, without bothering to combine his powers with Eriol's or the Mirror's. Nevertheless, sensing the danger its master was in, the Shield almost immediately materialized around Sakura's pink bubble.
From the car, a women with sleek, dark red hair stepped out. She took off her sunglasses in one quick motion and angrily walked over to Kieren. "You have some nerve, Kieren, helping this lunatic and her friends! Consider yourself fired!" she shouted, nearly frothing at the mouth.
"Dr. Arannsen… I wondered why you were missing outside. Do yourself a favor and forget this ever happened – and let the girl go. What has she ever done to deserve this?"
"Are you questioning morals, Kieren? I'm not going to lose my job over this, not like you! Return the girl, Kieren, we figured out a way to extract her powers. This could be the start of a whole new world!"
"You're not taking Sakura anywhere!" Syaoran shouted. "I've had enough of this." Eriol quickly took his hand, and Mirror took the other. "Erase Card, we summon you once more! Erase the knowledge of Sakura from the woman who stands in front of us, and anyone else who knows of her existence in this agency!"
Meilin ran over to Arannsen as Erase did its job, and knocked her out with a swift punch. "Put Arannsen back inside Touya, and let's go. We can't be sure that everyone in the FBI had their memories erased, and there's no use sticking around."
"I'll go in the back with Sakura," Syaoran said, hopping into the back of Kieren's truck.
"We all will!" Tomoyo squealed, rushing next to Sakura's side.
"Aw, but I'll be lonely in the front driving," Kieren said, joking half-heartedly.
Meilin took his arm and smiled. "I'll join you."
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I know this chapter was immensely rushed, but I hope I did an okay job on it at least. Now Sakura's out! And the next chapter will be the epilogue :) I promise I've got some decent ideas for that one! And if you took the time to read this, I'd appreciate any comments, feedbacks (both positive and negative) and any other tidbits of information that you could offer. Hehe :) Stay tuned!