Beyond the Unknown

Chapter 5: Sakura's lil hero

Author's Note: Wow, hey thanks to everyone who reviewed! This is a Christmas present, and I made it longer cuz I haven't updated for sooo long..... *

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She gasped, clutching Nate tightly.

She watched as a girl slinked against the grounds of the cement floor.. She was being raped. Although her voice was strong and firm, none of the guys looked up.

She watched scared, frozen in her tracks. All ideas of pleasure escaped her mind. Her heart thud against her throat.

Nate clutched her, "Karla! Call the police!"

She gasped, nodding as she pulled out Mei Lin's cell.

She flipped open the silver plate.

'Syaoran Li'

She pressed call.

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The car slowed down to a stop.

She sighed, cursing at the traffic lights for turning red.

Two minutes later.

~Beep! Beep!

"Shit!" Mei Lin cursed, staring down at the long line of traffic. A long row of cars with bright red lights stood in a long line all the way up and down the hill, vanishing from sight.

"Oh." She groaned, slouching back down onto her chair.

Anthony chuckled, taking in what she had just seen.

She turned to him with a frown, "we're going to be here all night," she groaned, running a hand down her long hair, yawning in the process. "And boy am I so freakin' tired."

With her eyes half closed she peered at him.

Anthony sat there, staring at her with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes. "How about I help you stay awake?" And his lips came down upon hers, attacking them with delight and pure pleasure.

She moaned in the process, "why not?"

Ahead, the driver distracted himself by putting on music. loud music.

But as the taxi moved slowly through the highway, all three of them failed to notice the dead bodies lying in the side of the highway, covered by trees, and bushes.

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Gun shots rang in the still and distant night. The sounds echoed like a beating drum. In one thump, a groan was heard; bringing the sound of a body collapsing.

Silence. The air was thick, full of unanswered questions and stiff hate. Whoosh. Whoosh. Everything was so still that you could hear the sound of beating hearts. One beating faster by every split second, and the other, slowly, slowly fading as the minute passed.

Then as soft as a whisper; came the thin, cruel words. "Die Leo. die."

The stillness broke, and years of anger and hatred came loose.

A loud, victorious laughter filled the air with its pure evil, hatred. Muahhaaa...

"You've lost now Leo. you've lost.. That's for killing my first newborn." He repeated, reassuring himself that he was right.

But aside from his happiness, the almost dead man chuckled.

"hahah. ohhh." he groaned clutching his wound, "hahah." he tried to resume laughing, but gave up after seeing the frown that appeared on his murderer.

The killer flushed with frustration, grasping Leo by the cuff of his shirt, as he shoved him hard against the hard brick cement.

"What's so funny now, bitch. I don't think that you should be laughing," he hissed, gritting his teeth.

However, Leo just smirked at him smartly. His brown orbs staring deeper into his killer. "I have every right to be happy. ohh." he groaned, as he pushed away the hand that was grasped onto his neck, "it seems to me that I have won," he breathed heavily, the smirk now spreading wider.

"Face it, brother. you were always a loser. you'll never win.." His words slurred, as his vision blurred. Darkness slowly overtaking him. "You'll never wi-" His words were cut off as the killer (a/n: sorry if it sounds weird, but he has to remain anonymous... for now) shoved him hard against the wall and ran a fist straight into his cheek.

In frustration he gripped up the cuff of his shirt, so they were face to face. "What are you saying you ass. you've lost now. you've lost, heck you're half dead Leo, does this seem like a victory," he panted, gathering up his words. A trickle of sweat ran down his head.

"No, actually I've won brother. when I die." he struggled to speak as his words slurred, "you'll never find out what happened to your daughter. for all you know. she could be dead or........" A siren rang in the background.... "alive."

Suddenly all darkness evaded him, seeping into Leo's soul, heart and mind. his body limped. He was forever gone from this world.

The killer stared down at the dead body; those words slowly seeped deep within him. His body trembled, his legs broke under him and he fell against the floor. 'For all you know, she could be dead or. alive.' Now his only chance of finding her was gone. lost in a world of spirits.

One tear escaped.

"Yo boss, the cops are gonna come, we beta bounce!

~*``*~~*``*~~*``*~~*``*~~*``*~~*``*~~*``*~~*``*~~*``*~~*``*~~*``*~~*``*~~*`` *~ ~Syaoran~ driving in ma Mercedes Benz n' talkin' on ma Nextel? Oh yea..

He sighed, running a hand through his hair as he drove down the same streets for the 50th time. "Damn you Mei Lin," he whined, virtually losing his patience.

Right when the traffic light struck red, he flipped open his Nextel dialing Mei Lin's phone number.

"Yo, this is ya gal Mei Lin. Unfortunately I'm not here rite now, so ya'll beta stop freakin' callin' n' leave me ur name, so I can get back to y-," Syaoran hung up, hearing her voice mail for the 10th time. "Damn Mei Lin, where are you!" He cussed, checking out the time on his watch, 11:12. Shit, he had only 18 minutes left.

Syao,
It's nice to be back home. 'Cept, I've been away for so long, I've lost my place. Care to show me around? Meet me at my place on 11:30. Don't keep me waitin'. It won't be pretty.

XoX

Ring! Ring! Ring! He was knocked out of his trance by the sound of his cell ringing.

"It better be Mei Lin," he hissed, as he flipped open the screen to see the words: Mei Lin.

Quickly he pressed the green button. "Look, Mei Lin, where were you? We need to talk."

"I. Uh. It's Karla. OMG! Please co-"

Syaoran listened, his beautiful amber eyes growing larger. (She doesn't tell him that Sakura is getting raped, since Karla knows her name is Sakura and Syaoran doesn't)

He cut her off, before she finished. "Karla, I'm coming."

Breep! Breep! He hit the blue button on his car remote.

A silverish, dark blue Mercedes Benz lighted up. (Oh yea. ^_^)

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"WHEE!" A girl squealed, as the taxi criss crossed/ no flew past the slowly moving cars.

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!!!!! Its car horns went, as the taxi sped past an old Volkswagen.

~Stuck in traffic? ~ From the eyes of a poor old man and woman.

"DANG!" The old man screamed, watching the speeding taxi rush by his Volkswagen, almost scratching the side mirror off. His wife watched, frozen in fear. "dang," she repeated. Dang.

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~in the view of the excitement~

"WOW!" She screamed, as the car practically bounced out of the traffic making it safely out of the busy streets. "You're an AWESOME taxi driver!" Mei Lin squealed, feeling an adrenaline rush.

The taxi driver flushed with pride. He chuckled, as he sneaked a glance at the wads of green paper tucked into his shirt pocket, "100 bucks can make me do a lot of things."

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* Afar the shootin' star sped away, fading into the darkness.......... Her heart twisted as another tear fell.

* "You will be home soon my baby. I'll make sure of it....." The voice was a hiss, as fake as a fantasy but as real as reality.

* Suddenly Sakura opened her eyes.. Her heart thumped loudly wondering if she had hallucinated it...

* But before she had a chance to consider the thought, she was pushed back by two guys, while another one held onto her.

* She screamed, as his tongue was stuffed down her throat choking her to death.

* She squirmed, trying to push his body away, but the two guys still held onto her, staring at her greedily.

* "Stop," she murmured, "Stop," but they just laughed.

* The guy, who was stuffing his tongue down her throat, stopped, laughing at the show of her weakness. His deep eyes stared down hers. "Not likely," he whispered, his eyes tearing down her body. "Not likely and he was at it again.

* But this time as his tongue slipped into her mouth, Sakura bit down hard, almost biting off a piece of his meat. (eww!)

* "OW!" He screamed; his hand shot forwards slapping her hard across the face. The pain stung into her cheek that she didn't even realize the two forces holding her hands down vanish (wonder who it is!!). All she felt was the bitter, stinging ness biting her cheeks.

* She huffed, blinded by her tears, and weakened by her defenses. Slowly she peered into his eyes, hatred in them, but he returned them by a pure look of mock. His lips were bloody now, but he just smirked at her. "You're stupid," His fist came forward, with even more strength to strike her once again.

* He laughed, laughing a laughter of pure evil. Muahahah..

* Sakura winced, closing her eyes, awaiting the pain..

*A second passed*

She waited

*Two seconds passed*

Slowly she opened one eye. A soft, rich, deep voice filled her ears.

* "But you're dumber."

* Warmth filled the depths of her heart.. Could it be? Her other eye opened... Her heart leaped.

* Two unmoving bodies lay on the floor, out of consciousness.. It was the same two guys who had held down her arms.

* They looked gruesome, but who was strong enough to knock them out....

* Slowly she lifted up her head..

* Blood rushed up her cheeks at she stared at unruly chestnuts.

* Blood stained his clean white shirt and the gangster bandana he had on. His head was down, his hair falling over his eyes, as he looked down at her raper, who was pushed against the floor, by Syaoran's feet, unable to move.

* His breathing was heavy, his words slow and calm. but his face had a look of anger. he was pissed.

* The guy on the floor stuttered, "who are yo- you.." Syaoran shoved him harder against the floor, making the light shine on his face.

* The guy gasped, "wait, I know who you are, you're that deadly leader of the -" Syaoran ran a fist up his jaw, cutting off his words. all that was heard was an oof. and his vision was filled with darkness.

* Everything filled with silence. emerald orbs stared into hard, pissed ambers. He stared at her, not breaking his gaze, but Sakura saw a look of disappointment. before she could say anything, a wave of pain shot up her.

* "Syaoran," she gasped, as her legs collapsed under her.

* Before her vision blurred the last thing she saw were not pissed amber orbs, but suddenly..........worried and scared ones peering her? (aww) His voice echoed in her mind, "shit jade-"

* Right before she fell, she felt herself falling into soft, warm arms..

* She smiled staring into sweet amber orbs. "You're my hero." she whispered, and all blackness invaded her.

* Syaoran gasped, as he reached over and pulled her up......cradling her in his arms. ......... cradling and cradling......as everything turned black. jade. jade... jade................

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*Flashback*

~Syaoran~

"Shoot," he muttered, as his speeding car halted with a loud screech. Ahead of him laid a long, long row of traffic.

Bluntly he checked the time on his Rolex, seeing that 5 whole minutes had passed.

His heart skipped a beat, wondering if he was too late.

Without another glance of hesitation, He pulled his car up onto someone's driveway and hopped out of the front seat.

"Hey!" Someone called, coming out of their house, seeing Syaoran's car on their driveway.

Syaoran winked at him, "catch!"

The old man stared at him with wide eyes, as he caught the car keys to the Mercedes Benz. "Wha- wha- what?!" He asked in disbelief, first looking at Syaoran then to the quite expensive car.

But all Syaoran said was, "Touch it and I'll kill you. I'll be back for it later," and he left, leaving the old man with the now boggling eyes and wide- hang open mouth..... Practically drooling.

~*``*~~*``*~~*``*~~*``*~~*``*~~*``*~~*``*~~*``*~~*``*~~*``*~~*``*~~*``*~~*`` *~ ~Syaoran's point of view~

23 avenue.. I was here. As I ran down the corridor, half in breath, I faced the dark corridor and saw Karla.. And Nate. They were frozen in shock, and Nate looked like he was going to piss on him self.

I almost smiled, when Karla turned and saw me. The fear in her eyes caused my smile to immediately turn into that serious frown I always wore.

"What's wrong I said," as I reached them.

But all she gave me was that feared look, "Syaoran, over there," she whispered.

I turned to where she pointed and my heart stopped. it wasn't just some girl.. it was Jade.

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Karla watched in awe, as Syaoran took down the three guys. her heart leapt with more, and more desire..

"Karla," she jumped out from her trance to the sound of Nate's voice.

"What?" she whispered.

"Don't be afraid," he said, "I won't let those guys hurt you." He looked strong, as if he had taken out those guys.

Karla shook her head, "Yea, yea, I know."

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His hand brushed back her honey brown hair, tucking them behind her ears... His heart leapt as he stared down into her face.

Her face was filled with a peaceful, restful look, and the corners of her mouth were formed into a small, free smile. Without even noticing it, he slowly smiled..

"Syaoran, is she okay?"

He flinched, flowing out of his trance, when he felt a hand rest on his shoulder.

He turned around to stare into the beautiful face of Karla.

And everything came back him.

"She's fainted," he breathed, getting up from the floor. He picked Sakura up with him, shocked at how light she was.

"WE need to bring her to a hospital.....fast!" He said, feeling her faint, faint heartbeat.

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"Mimi! There you are~"

Mimi turned around to the sound of her best friend's voice. She brightened seeing Mei Lin, "oh hey! I though you left," she said.

Mei Lin shook her head, letting out a laugh, "I did, but I realized that I forgot my phone, did you see it?"

By the word 'phone' Mimi nodded. "Oh yea, sure, I gave it to Karla, because I thought that you would be meeting up with her."

Mei Lin sighed, Karla? She shrugged, remembering that Karla now lived very near from here. "Okay, it's no problem." She shrugged. "I'll just go to her house and see if she has it."

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"Hurry, we need an ambulance. A girl has passed out because she was raped. The address.. um the address is xxxxxxxxxxx. Thank you." Karla breathed a sigh of relief as she hung up the cell phone.

"They're coming," she said to Syaoran and Nate, while she enviously watched Syaoran hold Sakura.

Slowly Syaoran nodded. "Good," he said, "let's get out of this alley-"

Suddenly they heard a low rustling sound behind them.

They turned around and

"Holy shit!" He cursed.

Behind them stood three- five guys who were also part of the rapist gang.

One guy stood up. "Not so fast."

Karla gasped.

Holy shit indeed.

Narrator: Gosh, will the tragedy ever end?

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