The street lights flickered on and off creating an eerie glow on the slick city streets. A cell phone lay forgotten on the sidewalk, it kept ringing and ringing, but no one answered it. She was running for her life. Her honey brown hair swung wildly in the wind. Her emerald eyes narrowed as she put all her effort into running for her life, her very existence. Never had she been so terrified of anyone. It seemed that she had been running for hours. The figure behind her never showed any signs of stopping or even slowing down. Never had her heart beat so rapidly, she gasped for breath but continued to put all her strength into running faster. She glanced behind her, and her breath caught in her throat when she saw the figure looming closer. Suddenly an image of Syaoran appeared in her head. Of all the times he had protected her, come to her rescue. She knew though that this time would be different. This time she was on her own. And this terrified her to her very core. All she wished was to be in his arms once more, she wished she had not left so abruptly. She turned a corner and ran out onto the docks, as she kept running she realized she was trapped. She turned around to make an escape for it, but it was too late. She looked up and stared straight into the eyes of her stalker.
"What are you going to do?" her tiny voice dripped with apprehension as it echoed along the silent docks.
BANG
A scream was heard echoing through the silent night as she was shot backwards. Splash her body hit the smooth surface of the lake. Her vision began to fade as she was hit by wave after wave of ice cold water. Footsteps of the mysterious figure could be heard running in the opposite direction, running back through the dark alleyway. Her mind finally wandered to Syaoran before she lost consciousness and knew no more.
He had a bad feeling. He ran through the city screaming her name. He hoped that he was wrong. Unfortunately however, his intuition had always proved accurate in the past.
"SAKURA … SAKURA ... WHERE ARE YOU?"
He had called everyone he knew to see if they had heard anything from her. Sakura's brother and father were out of town, and he knew that she was scared to be on her own for so long. That's one of the reasons why she was staying with him. He should never have let her go out. He had let her have her space, even though he had a bad feeling about it. He thought he was just being a little paranoid. Then he got that terrible feeling. He cursed himself for not going after her after she ran out of his place and into the night. He called her cell phone again but got no answer. He picked up his cell phone and dialed Tomoyo's number.
"Tomoyo, have you and Eriol found her yet?" He tried to conceal the panic in his voice, but to no avail.
"Listen Syaoran, calm down. We will find her. I'm sure she's alright." Although she didn't say it she had a horrible feeling, and feared for her best friends' safety.
"Okay" replied Syaoran in no more than a whisper, his thoughts began to fill with dread as he continued running.
"Good. Now Syaoran Eriol and I will head downtown, you head uptown. Call me if you find out anything."
"Okay. Hope to see you soon"
With that he tucked his cell phone back in his pocket and ran towards the north side of town, towards the docks. He was still quite a distance away when he heard a shot ring through the silent night followed by an ear piercing scream. The blood drained from his face. He ran faster, and faster, until he was almost at the docks. A shadow passed by him in the alley way. He didn't give a second thought to it. He just kept running faster and faster. Praying and hoping to God that it wasn't Sakura, his Sakura. His cell phone rang. He quickly grabbed it.