Chapter Fourteen

The carnival

"Mommy, Seilin just hit me," Kimiko complained as she ran to Tomoyo.

"Kimiko... Don't be so petty will you? Seilin, be nice to Kimiko too," Tomoyo told Kimiko and Seilin.

"Yes," They chanted and left.

"They really have fun with their time together don't they?" Sakura asked.

"You said it," Tomoyo replied, "I thought I had another few more children."

"But it's nice for them to be together while we do our jobs, don't you agree?" Meiling asked.

"But I wondered what happened to Kit-ne-san and the others," Sakura told them.

Another week had passed. Syaoran and the others were back in their offices doing their jobs. Sakura, Meiling and Tomoyo had been trying to gather information through their network systems but nothing seems to be able to do the trick. They also lost communication with Kit and her gang. Even so, they were rather busier than usual. The reason was simple. All the kids were gathered under one roof. So just imagine what trouble they caused to Sakura, Meiling and Tomoyo. And mind you, they were all clever children.

"Aunty Sakura! Lilica just scolds vulgar language at me," Yulin shouted.

"Yulin, Lilica!" Meiling shouted.

"Sorry, Aunty Sakura," Lilica shouted back.

"What's wrong with them today? They seems to be hyper-active today," Sakura asked as she sat back and looked at Tomoyo and Meiling who shook their heads.

"What's today's date?" Meiling asked.

"30th October. Why?" Tomoyo replied.

"Nothing special that happens today, as far as I recall," Meiling replied.

"30th October?!" Sakura shouted as she stood up and stared at her friends in shock.

"What's wrong Sakura?" Tomoyo asked, in confusion as well as Meiling.

"How can I forget about today?" Sakura questioned herself, "It's Xiao Long's and Xiao Feng's birthdays!"

"Their what?!" Meiling and Tomoyo shouted in union.

"No wonder they are so hyper today," Sakura replied, "How careless am I?"

"Finally got the message I see," A boy with brownish hair smiled as he stood there at the doorway.

"Leo, your mom did warn you to be polite," Tomoyo reminded the boy.

"No problem, ladies," Leo smiled, "But I'm the representative of the TM gang."

"TM?" they gave Leo a weird look.

"It's something we came up after we met," Leo smiled even brighter, "I'm the chair-person, Leo. Xiao Long is the vice-chair-person. Yulin is the secretary and Kimiko is the vice-secretary. Eric is the planner."

"What exactly is this TM gang?" Sakura smirked, as she listened to Leo introducing the members one by one.

"A gang that's all," Leo replied.

"The aim?" Tomoyo asked.

"To gain your attention on Xiao Long's and Xiao Feng's birthday," Leo replied without hesitation.

"That's the aim?" Meiling asked in an unbelievable tone.

"You ladies seem to be very caught up in your job so we thought of plans to get your attention," Leo explained.

"And you people really did caught our attentions," Sakura smiled, "Now tell me, what else do you want from us?"

"Simple," Leo winked his left eyes at Sakura, and took out a piece of advertisement, "This."

Sakura, Meiling and Tomoyo stared at the piece of paper. It was on the latest event happening downtown. The carnival.

"Carnival?" Sakura asked, as they looked at Leo.

"Bingo!" Leo replied.

"All of you?" Meiling asked.

"Yes, all of us want to go," Leo replied.

"We can't bring all of you at once," Tomoyo replied.

"Especially we have two pregnant women here," Sakura replied.

"We can ask..." Before Leo could finish, the opening of the front door alerted the group.

"We are back," Syaoran, Alex, Rex and Eriol shouted as they got themselves into the house. They had a bad time at the office.

"Welcome back, how did the day go?" Sakura asked as Sakura, Meiling and Tomoyo went to greet them.

"Terrible," they replied in unison. The girls smiled nervously at their reactions.

"Now we solve the problem didn't we?" Leo asked.

"Huh?" The guys (Syaoran, Eriol, Rex and Eriol.) stared at Leo then to the girls.

"That's a long story," Sakura sighed, shooking her head.

Meanwhile, Kit was sitting in front of her lap-top and working her head off. Nothing seems to be right. None of the things she found was making any senses to her.

"Who exactly is behind all these planning?" Kit whispered.

"Kit, we picked up something," Teng told Kit who sighed and walked over to them. Taking the ear-piece from Teng, Kit wore it and listened in silence.

"Things are going according to plan, Veronica," A man's voice said.

"Really? That's great. I want my revenge on Cherry Blossom as soon as possible," Veronica replied.

"Rex was severely blamed by the president. He didn't know I was the one who sent the deceive information," The man laughed.

"Serve him right. He was going to ruin the plan," Veronica replied.

"I will make him lose his job as well. Then I will make to the top," The man replied in a serious tone.

"Don't forget about our plan, Riddle," Veronica replied.

"How can I even forget? You are my life," Riddle smiled.

"I love you," Veronica told him.

"Same to you, my dear," Riddle replied.

By then, Kit had taken down the ear-piece. Veronica... Riddle... These two names were familiar to her... She wondered where she had heard them.

"Kit?" Teng called again, snapping Kit right out of her thoughts.

"Yeah?" Kit asked. Teng pointed to her ear-piece, hinting her to wear the ear-piece. Kit wore it once more. The voice came back.

"Should we get back to business?" Riddle asked.

"You say it," Veronica told him.

"I want Ian died now," Riddle told him.

"Ian?! Why?" Veronica's voice sounded a little surprised.

"I'm afraid Ian might become a threat," Riddle replied honestly.

"He wouldn't," Veronica assured him.

"We have to be careful. I want him to be done," Riddle told her.

"And?" Veronica's voice was sounded a little sarcastic.

"My point is I can't kill him. It will be out of my power," Riddle sighed.

"So?" Veronica was sounding a little irritated.

"I want you to kill him," Riddle got to the point.

"..." Veronica was silenced by his words.

"Veronica?" Riddle called out.

"I understand. I will ask him to the carnival at downtown. I will finish him there," Veronica told him.

"I will wait for your reply then," Riddle's voice sounded very happy with Veronica's answer.

"Love you," Veronica told him before hanging the phone.

"The line is cut," Evelyn replied.

"Apparently," Kit replied.

"So what are we going to do?" Chris asked.

"Stay here and stay put?" Pamela asked.

"The carnival they were talking about. Does anyone of you know about it?" Kit asked.

"I heard about it," Chris replied, "It's here for a month or so."

"Chris is always so interested in carnival," Evelyn teased.

"So what?" Chris asked, making a face.

"Enough," Kit silenced them, "We are going to this carnival. At all cost, I want to stop them from killing Ian."

"Why?" Teng asked.

"Because he might be the key to knowing who is behind the plan," Kit replied, "And I got a hunch that those two on the phone are part of the plan." Little did she know she was so right about it.

Back at the house, the kids were running about to gather their things while Sakura and the rest looked at them dashing about. Man, some kids they were. Now they had to bring all 12 kids with them. In addition, there were two pregnant women.

"Come on, you people are really slow," Rex told the kids.

"We are done!" They shouted as they gathered in front of the adults, causing them to sigh.

"Remember," Syaoran reminded them, "While at the carnival, we want full cooperation from you people. You are old enough to look after each other and yourself. Stay in a group and stay close to us. We will have our hands full if all of you shattered about the carnival. If you happen, accidentally, to be lost, remember to go back to the entrance of the carnival, do you understand me?"

"Yes!" They chanted happily, especially Xiao Long and Xiao Feng.

"Let's go then, Sakura, please led the way," Alex told Sakura who replied him a nod and turned to leave first followed by Meiling and Tomoyo, shortly with the kids and the guys. They decided to take a walk to the carnival since it was near their place. Sakura and the gang kept their senses on top alert. The kids, on the other hand, were busily talking about the games they were going to play, but what they didn't know was that this trip was going to be one of their worst nightmares.

The nightmare of terror and horror of the game.

Just updating this chapter so I can give a notice to you people. I will be stopping the story for a while. A month or so... Sorry... I know I was going to the climax but all was due to my GCSE 'O' Level examination which is a very important exam for me to further my studies. Don't worry. I will still try to write some parts and put it up if that's possible. Busy life I have here... Gomen... And if this chapter isn't very good, please forgive me... I only wanted to tell you this news... But I don't wish to disappoint you people too... So I wrote this chapter... Gomen... Please forgive me...

Sunnflower, I hope the story don't get even confusing for you in the end. And I hope you understand this chapter.

Kinda busy with me things for now. See you in the next chapter then.

Signing off and loving you people,

Kit.