Mark Of Tsubasa

Chapter XII

-London Museum (Evening)-

Sakura could not believe her eyes!

The museum was a lot bigger than she thought it was going to be. However she shook her head and told herself that she wasn't there to sight see. She began to take a look around the around, seeing if there was any way to get to the lower levels of the museum. She looked and looked until she found a door that said 'Staff Only'. 'Is that it?' she thought. She hid herself when she saw a young woman walk out of the door where it said 'Staff Only'. Before the door could close shut. Sakura quickly made a break for it and entered before it closed.

"That was easy."

Sakura quietly went down the stairs not knowing if anyone else was down there. At the bottom of the stairs there were double doors that she guessed where all people kept their artifacts. Surprisingly enough the room; she turned on the lights for the room. The room was huge! She had no idea where to start looking! The silence was soon broken when she suddenly heard some kind of buzzing noise. She followed the sound towards a couple of shelves at the end of the room. The moment she got there the sound suddenly stopped.

She looked to the left than right but she couldn't find the source to the sound. However she was able to find what she was looking for. There it was, safe 47 on the top shelf. It was out of her reach; since no one was around, she thought she try something new that is if she could. She shut her eyes and began to concentrate. She opened them to see that the safe was beginning to move from the shelf, until it began to float in the air. The safe dropped causing Sakura to let out a surprised gasped.

Luckily she managed to get it to float in the air again before it hit the ground. She set the safe down on the ground and she sighed in relief. She opened the safe with the numbers '46, 32, 12'; inside the safe it revealed a couple of old documents with what appeared to be some form of ancient writing. Next to the writing were the pictures of the dead with the snake like creatures hovering above them, dripping black blood. She took out her phone and pressed the power button; suddenly she heard a loud thump. She let out a squeak but quickly covered her mouth. Than she heard a voice that had obviously belonged to woman.

~Come for daddy's work?~

Her body began to shake by the sound of her voice. Checking her phone she saw it was still loading. 'Please hurry.' She thought. Than she heard footsteps coming from the woman, causing herself to tremble even harder.

~Come out to play!~

The phone than opened up to her homepage. Acting fast, she quickly went to camera mode and prepared to get what she came for.

~Come out, come out, wherever you are!~

With a press of a button her phone took the picture of the first document and moved on to the second.

~I can smell your fear brat! It smells delicious!~

She quickly took the picture of the 2nd document, than as quietly as she could, she quickly tipped toed her way towards the exit.

"You can't run from us girl! The dummy already tried to run from us! Pretty soon you'll end up like him!"

She quickly made a break for it, without even thinking about them finding her. She ran out of the basement and up only to find that museum was deserted now and that it was night out. All of a sudden there was a loud bang coming from down stairs, causing her to run & hide.

-Outside, Front Entrance-

Sherlock, John, & Korra ran up the stairs to the doors to the museum, only to find out that the entrance was locked. "Damn it!" Korra yelled as she kicked a nearby trashcan, "I forgot that they closed early on Saturdays!" "What do we do now?" John asked her, "Well I can't use my talent out here, we're going to have to find another way in!" she replied. "There's no need for that." Sherlock said as he suddenly pulled a pair of keys out of his pocket. John & Korra's eyes widen in shock, when they saw what he had carried. They didn't even notice that he opened the door by him.

J.W: "Sherlock?"

S.H: "Yes?"

J.W: "What are those?"

S.H: "Keys to the museum."

J.W: "I see that. How did you get them?"

S.H: "I got it from a security guard. Thought it could come in handy."

J.W: "HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN KEEPING THAT!?"

S.H: "Since last year."

With that the three entered the museum to find the child.

-Outside, Back Entrance-

Gibbs and his team approached the building with caution; hiding behind nearby cars as they approached. The former army man signaled Tony & Special Agent Ziva David to move forward, while him and McGee followed close behind. As they approached the entrance, under a signal light there was a pool of blood filled with security guards on the floor with their eyes wide open. Ziva quickly went to check their pulse. "They're dead." She stated as she got up off the floor. "Who do you think could've done all this?" Tony asked turning to his teammates, "Most likely the killer." The former assassin said, "Or his accomplice." Gibbs said to them. Suddenly they heard a loud booming noise within the museum. They pulled out their guns and proceeded inside.

-Museum Food Court-

Sakura had quickly ran inside the museums cafeteria. Stopping to catch to her breath she heard the booming sounds getting louder & louder causing her to go frantic. Thinking fast she quickly ducked behind the kitchen and covered her mouth as she the heard door open with a bang; she tried real hard not to scream. She heard them speak in a language she had never heard before. She than heard the sounds getting closer to where she was, causing her to sweat & shake. She quickly got out her cell phone and quickly called Sherlock's cell phone. 'Please pick up!" she begged in her thoughts. The phone let out dial tones, than immediately she heard a click.

S.H: "Hello?"

S.K: "Sherlock! It's me Sakura!"

S.H: "Sakura, where have you been? Why did you leave the alley without us?"

S.K: "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to!"

She heard a loud bang again; this time it caused herself to let out a squeak.

S.H: "Sakura, what's happening?"

S.K: "Help me! Help me please!"

S.H: "Where are you? Tell us where you are?"

The loud bangs came again; nearly letting out a shriek. "Sakura talk to me!" Sherlock said over the phone, "The fo-food cou-court!" she choked, "I-I'm in the fo-food cou-court!"

S.H: "Alright, just keep talking I'll find you."

S.K: "But I-"

S.H: "Sakura, I need you to keep talking, they're other's in the room, correct?"

S.K: "Ye-Yes!"

S.H: "Can you tell me what they look like?"

S.K: "Hoe?"

S.H: "Describe them. Can you describe them for me?"

S.K: "I-I don't know if I-"

S.H: "Don't be scared! I promise, they're not going to find you!"

S.K: "I-"

S.H: "Just listen to me for one second! This could be our chance to get a look at Shadow's kidnapper. They may even know where he is! You want to find him, don't you!?"

Sakura fell into silence. More tears kept rolling down her cheeks and she began to choke as the noises continued. "Do-Don't cry." Sherlock said over the phone. She flinched by a sudden change in his voice. His voice sounded...soft. "Look, I know your scared right now, but I promise you it's going to be alright." He said, "Now, the other two people, can you see them from where you are?" Sakura finally had the courage to take a peek. She wiped away her tears, picked up her head and looked around the corner.

S.H: "Tell me, what do you see?

S.K: "A man, and a woman."

S.H: "Can you see their faces?"

S.K: "No, they're wearing strange metal masks."

S.H: "Red clothing. They're wearing nothing but red clothing."

S.K: "Do they have weapons?"

S.H: "No, I don-"

All of a sudden two policemen had ran inside the food court. "YOU TWO FREEZE!" one had yelled. The man and woman had turned around since they got their attention. "Ah!" the man said, "Policemen? Here to stop us? That's no fun." "I thought we already killed the ones that guarded this place." The woman stated, "What pains me even more is how noisy these people are!" "What the bloody hell are you yammering abo-" Suddenly there was a loud snap and the man dropped dead causing Sakura's eyes to widen at the horrifying sight.

The other had panicked and began to fire rounds. A large blade than appeared from the Redman's hand slicing the bullets in pairs. Than with one swing of the blade the man exploded with blood, and he dropped dead. Sakura's body began to tremble even harder than before, causing her to drop her phone and hit the ground with a thump. The minute that had happened the two had turned around and Sakura had quickly hid herself back to her hiding place. "What's happening what's going on?" Sherlock asked over the phone, "It's their blood Sherlock!" She whispered as low as she could, "Their blood is their weapon!"

Out of nowhere a red rope wrapped around her wrist, good & tight, causing her to let out a shriek of terror and dropped her phone. The rope lifted her off the ground and brought her over to the Red Man & Woman; she soon realized that the rope was indeed from the woman's blood, & it was as if it was a part of her hair. Sakura struggled to get out of her grip however all it did was add more pain to her wrist.

R.W: "Oh yeah, this is the one."

R.M: "Funny, I figured she'd be the same age as the other one."

Sakura continued to struggle not caring about the pain in her wrist anymore. "Let me go! Please let me go!" She cried.

R.W: "Sorry brat but I can't do that."

S.K: "I'm begging you! Please let me go!"

R.M: "Didn't you hear her? She said she can't do that~"

S.K: "Sherlock! John! Please help me!"

The Red Woman burst out laughing like the psycho she is. "You think that human and dummy doctor is going to help you?" The Red Woman said, "Like hell they can!" The Red Woman got incredibly close to Sakura's face at let out a chuckle. "I never actually tasted a child's blood before, let alone a girls blood." He said grabbing her chin, "Can you spare a lick?" Sakura gave him a kick so powerful it actually caused him to slide backwards and leavening skid marks on the marble floor.

Sakura than let out another shriek when the Red Woman broke her wrist. Again, she let out a laugh but this time it was of amusement. "Just because we're not allowed to kill you doesn't mean we can't hurt you." She said. Tears began to roll down her cheeks again, only letting them laugh even more. Then the Red Man let out a smile of a mad hatter towards her.

R.M: "You know it's going to be a real pain if she try's to fight back & make a run for it. How about we cut off both of her limbs, just in case?"

The child's eyes widen in horror. She began to struggle even more pain to her now broken wrist. She squeezed her eyes shut to prepare for the intense pain. Suddenly she felt herself hit the floor, followed by a pain grunt from both the Red Man & Red Woman. She opened to see Korra standing right of her in a fighting stance. The Red Woman managed to get up off the floor and smiled when she saw her attacker. "Korra Sagami?" she said, "My, my it's been far to long!" "I wish I could say the same for you Minatsuki." Korra said, "But than again, you're no friend of mine!"

With one punch, fire spat out from her fists towards the woman named Minatsuki. She was able to dodge her attack; using her blood weapon she launched several attacks at Korra. While Korra dodge every single thing she threw at her, she threw kicks & punches more fire spat out on every attack. The Red Man regained conscious and was about to ambush Korra. However he was knocked back down to the ground when Sherlock hit him hard with a crow bar. John quickly jumped on top of the Red Man and put his arm around his neck and said: "Don't move." They both suddenly heard pained grunt from Korra, as they saw her thrown back into tables and chairs.

Sherlock was about to get over to her when he was stopped by Sakura's cry. He turned to see that she was picked up off the ground again, but this time Minatsuki got a hold of her arm with her blood whips, and wrapped it around her arm and wrapped it around her arm good & tight while holding her neck with her metal-claws. John quickly knocked him and pulled his gun. "Na, ah, uh." She said as she tightened her grip on the child's arm, causing her to let out a pained whimper, "If you guys so much as flinch, I'll rip every limb off her body, slowly and painfully."

John froze in a kneeling position on the floor, unsure what to do. Minatsuki motioned John her head to John, and he slowly put his gun down on the floor and put his hands above his head just showing her that he didn't have his weapon. "Now, if you don't mind, we'll be taking our leave." She said as she walked to the emergency exit. All of a sudden they heard the sound of a gun & Minatsuki cried in pain as she dropped Sakura. Sherlock & John turned to see a man with short white hair, and blue eyes; he was wearing a black jacket and dark brown pants.

He held a pistol in his hand pointing to towards Minatsuki; No doubt he was the one that took the shot. She was about to attack the man when she was attacked by another woman (A trained assassin no doubt) knocked her down with one kick. Two more men entered the room pinned her and cuffed her. Sherlock quickly ran over to the weeping child, and helped her sit up. "Are you alright?" he asked. All Sakura could do was nodding her head. As soon as Sherlock saw that tears was about to come out, he immediately put his arms around the child and held her close. At first Sakura froze by his sudden action, but eventually put her arms around him.

They didn't even notice Korra regain conscious after the impact from Minatsuki. "Gibbs?" she said as she rubbed her head. Sherlock picked up his head and turned to Korra, "You know these people?" he asked still holding on to Sakura. Korra nodded her head and turned back to older man. "You guys really know how to make an entrance don't you?" she said, "Really? I haven't noticed." He said. Sherlock released Sakura and told her to stay where she was. He than got up off the ground and walked over to Korra. "Korra, who are these people?" "Oh, these guys are friends, they're with N.C.I.S." Korra explained, "N.C.I.S?" the detective asked, "Naval Criminal Investigation Service." John said, "I've heard about them from my sister."

S.H: "Mind explaining to me why they're here?"

L.G: "Alice called me two days ago about you needing our help with this case."

S.H: "I DON'T needs help."

L.G: "From what she told us, you do need our help."

S.H: "For your information, I had everything under control."

L.G: "Uh-huh. You manage to lose a little girl, and if it hadn't been for my team and me they would've taken her back to the killer. I'd say you had everything under control."

K.S: "He's got you there."

S.H: "Whose side are you on?"

K.S: "Technically I'm on both of you're sides. I'm just agreeing on stuff here!"

As they continued to argue, Sakura tried to get up off the floor and stop them from fighting; she leaned on her broken wrist and fell back down due to the pain, causing all three to turn to her. John took notice and rushed over to her and examined her injury. "John?" Sherlock said as he walked over to them, "They must've broken her wrist before we came in here." "Well, don't have, I don't know some kind of cast or something?" Korra asked the doctor, "I did, but I'm not sure what happened to it." He replied.

"DiNozzo." Gibbs said, "Take her over to Doctor Midori, and have her wrist looked at." "On it boss." DiNozzo said as went over to Sakura. He took her gently by the arm and led her to the exit. "You sure it's a good idea for Midori to take a look at her." Korra said, "Envy still doesn't trust her you know." "Why do you think I'm having DiNozzo going with her." Gibbs said, "I don't trust her either." Sherlock mumbled.

J.W: "How do you even know Midori?"

L.G: "One of Alice's people had her contact information, and address to where she works. We stopped over where they stayed before we came here."

S.H: "And you trust Midori?"

L.G: "I never said I trusted her. Now how about we get these two to Scotland Yard and find out where her guardian is?"

K.S: "I thought you never ask!"

Ziva and McGee picked up the two attackers up off the ground and showed them outside. Sherlock had followed the group outside, however he couldn't help but have a strange feeling that there was a third person within the room. He just couldn't shake the feeling. He quickly lost the thought when he felt a sharp pain from behind his head causing him to yell out "Ow!" He turned to see Gibbs lowering his hand. "What the hell was that for?!" he exclaimed, "For taking your eyes off her." Gibbs said as he walked ahead of him. Sherlock stood there a minute and said the only words that came to his head.

"I hate you."

-End Of Chapter XII-