Riddler's Grudge

By: Metal Sonic EX

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A man dressed in a black cloak stopped at an electrified fence and looked up. The man simply touched the fence and it shorted out. He shoved the gate open and began walking into the plant. "Hey! You can't go in there!" A police officer began walking towards him as the man pointed at the ground. A massive wave rushed through the man and he flew back into his car. The man threw off the cloak and continued walking into the plant.


Episode Eight

Sakura and the Power Outage


"Yes! Yes! Yes!!" Kero mashed the controller's buttons madly, just about to win the game. Toya opened the door and poked his head in. Sakura, clad in her pajamas, had been looking at the Sakura Cards and was also writing down the Spell Cards she'd help capture. "Keep it down, Pooky." Kero growled. "My name's not Pooky! It's…" Kero smashed one final button on the control just as the power went out. Kero just sat there, hand on the button, just blinking at the screen. "NO!!"

For the second time in two weeks, school was canceled again the next day. "It was rather spontaneous, wasn't it? I was reading a book and the entire house just blacked out." Sakura nodded. "I was looking at the Sakura Cards and-" Kero suddenly flew between them. "And I was about to beat my game!!" He slowly descending while bawling his eyes out. Yukito chuckled as Toya massaged temples. "Are you okay, Toya?" He shook his head. "It's a good thing our dad wasn't home. Pooky kept me up all night with his bawling."

Kero flew up to Toya's face and growled. "Ya wanna go, punk?!" Toya poked him in the face with a finger. "I would, but you'd probably bust at the seams." Kero bit down on his finger and Toya growled, then began swinging his arm around. "Get off my finger, you little cretin!" Kero gave muffled reply. "Never!!" Sakura sweatdropped as Shaoran smirked. "Was it a Spell Card?" Daisuke shrugged. "At first, I didn't so. But when I turned on my radio, I found out that one of the generators had been blown apart."

Toya stopped and turned to Daisuke. "Blown apart?" Daisuke nodded. "Then, I thought that it was some madman. One had been seen entering the power plant seconds before the blackout occurred." Shaoran frowned. "So, it's not a Spell Card…" Daisuke held up a finger. "Shortly after that, I learned that an officer had tried to prevent the man from entering and was thrown into his car as a result." Toya glanced at Yukito. "So?" Daisuke turned to him. "All the man did was point at the ground." The others started and Kero let go of Toya's finger. "Say what?"

"The one behind this mess

Is a current that we must purge.

But now, I should confess,

I don't know much about Surge.

I simply know that is can travel

Through water and fire

And sometimes through gravel

Since this card does what it desires."

Kero struck a triumphant pose. "Come on, guys. We shall hunt down this fiend and make him pay for what he did to me!" Toya swatted Kero away with his hand. "Forget you. Make him pay for what he did to the city." Daisuke sighed as the two began arguing again. "There's little we can do. Once it strikes, it vanishes. We'll need to wait until it strikes again and hope that we're nearby." Yukito started and this caught Toya's attention. "Hey, Yuki. What's up?" Yuktio turned to him with a frown. "There's a fair in a few days. Anyone who goes there could be in danger."

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The day of the fair came and everyone had decided to go just on the off chance. Sakura wore the same outfit she'd worn when she first gone to Hong Kong and fought the sorceress. Daisuke simply wore a black T-shirt and blue jeans, the most normal outfit Sakura had ever seen him in. Daisuke seemed to be profiling people rather than enjoying himself. However, when they began walking to the Ferris Wheel, a series of shattering bulbs caught they're attention. "Hold on!" Sakura went to use Sleep, but Daisuke caught her arm. He reached into his pocket and touched a card with two fingers. "Psychic…" Everyone nearby suddenly stood erect. "You will fall asleep and won't wake up until we've left, nor will you remember anything that's happened in the past two minutes."

Everyone fell asleep and Daisuke dropped his hands to his side. "Wow…" Daisuke nodded. "It's the perfect card for something like this." Yukito and Kero turned into their true forms and followed the others as they ran towards the scene. There, they saw a man in a purple tank top and black jeans. Electricity coursed up and down his arms. He turned to them, then took off. "Fly!" Sakura and Tomoyo took to the air as Daisuke leapt across stands. "Hold it, Surge!"

The man turned around and launched an invisible wave at Daisuke. He cried out and fell to the ground. "That the best you've got?!" Daisuke took after him again as Yue, Kero, Shaoran, and Toya caught up. "He's running into the hall of mirrors!" Sakura and Tomoyo landed outside of it and ran inside soon to be followed by the others. Once inside, the entrance vanished and Daisuke turned around and cursed. "A tag team!"

Daisuke continued running and soon caught up with the others. Tomoyo was already filming and Sakura swung sword at Surge, who easily dodged it. "Use Wood!" Sakura quickly did so and when Surge launched an attack, it simply stopped. Wood then proceeded to wrap around Surge. "Return to the guise in which-" Surge launched one more attack and Daisuke

Daisuke continued running and soon caught up with the others. Tomoyo was already filming and Sakura swung sword at Surge, who easily dodged it. "Use Wood!" Sakura quickly did so and when Surge launched an attack, it simply stopped. Wood then proceeded to wrap around Surge. "Return to the guise in which-" Surge launched one more attack and Daisuke

Daisuke continued running and soon caught up with the others. Tomoyo was already filming and Sakura swung sword at Surge, who easily dodged it. "Use Wood!" Sakura quickly did so and when Surge launched an attack, it simply stopped. Wood then proceeded to wrap around Surge. "Return to the guise in which-" Surge launched one more attack and Daisuke

Daisuke continued running and soon caught up with the others. Tomoyo was already filming and Sakura swung sword at Surge, who easily dodged it. "Use Wood!" Sakura quickly did so and when Surge launched an attack, it simply stopped. Wood then proceeded to wrap around Surge. "Return to the guise in which-" Surge launched one more attack and Daisuke

Daisuke continued running and soon caught up with the others. Tomoyo was already filming and Sakura swung sword at Surge, who easily dodged it. "Use Wood!" Sakura quickly did so and when Surge launched an attack, it simply stopped. Wood then proceeded to wrap around Surge. "Return to the guise in which-" Surge launched one more attack and Daisuke

Daisuke continued running and soon caught up with the others. Tomoyo was already filming and Sakura swung sword at Surge, who easily dodged it. "Use Wood!" Sakura quickly did so and when Surge launched an attack, it simply stopped. Wood then proceeded to wrap around Surge. "Return to the guise in which-" Surge launched one more attack and Daisuke

Daisuke continued running and soon caught up with the others. Tomoyo was already filming and Sakura swung sword at Surge, who easily dodged it. "Use Wood!" Sakura quickly did so and when Surge launched an attack, it simply stopped. Wood then proceeded to wrap around Surge. "Return to the guise in which-" Surge launched one more attack and Daisuke

Daisuke continued running and soon caught up with the others. Tomoyo was already filming and Sakura swung sword at Surge, who easily dodged it. "Use Wood!" Sakura quickly did so and when Surge launched an attack, it simply stopped. Wood then proceeded to wrap around Surge. "Return to the guise in which-" Surge launched one more attack and Daisuke

Daisuke continued running and soon caught up with the others. Tomoyo was already filming and Sakura swung sword at Surge, who easily dodged it. "Use Wood!" Sakura quickly did so and when Surge launched an attack, it simply stopped. Wood then proceeded to wrap around Surge. "Return to the guise in which-" Surge launched one more attack and Daisuke

Daisuke continued running and soon caught up with the others. Tomoyo was already filming and Sakura swung sword at Surge, who easily dodged it. "Use Wood!" Sakura quickly did so and when Surge launched an attack, it simply stopped. Wood then proceeded to wrap around Surge. "Return to the guise in which-" Surge launched one more attack and Daisuke

Daisuke continued running and soon caught up with the others. Tomoyo was already filming and Sakura swung sword at Surge, who easily dodged it. "Use Wood!" Sakura quickly did so and when Surge launched an attack, it simply stopped. Wood then proceeded to wrap around Surge. "Return to the guise in which-" Surge launched one more attack and Daisuke dove in front of Sakura. He cried out and fell on his side. "Daisuke!" Daisuke slowly stood up and extended his hand. "Daisuke, leave this to me!" He shook his head. "You don't understand… I need these cards more than anything…"

Sakura started as Daisuke flinched from the pain. "Return to the guise… in which you were meant… Spell Card!!" Surge reverted to card form and Wood vanished. The illustration showed Surge with his head bowed and his arms held straight at his sides, electricity coursing across them. "Daisuke…" He sighed and stood erect before pocketed the card. "Yeah?" Sakura showed a look of concern while the others just looked at him curiously. Yue stepped forward and frowned. "You said that you needed the cards? For what? To save your life?" Daisuke started. "Save my life?" Yue nodded. "Good heavens, no!" Everyone started. "What?" Daisuke shook his head. "I don't need the cards to save my life. I need them to end it."


Kero: Finally! After that little comment, Daisuke detects another card and, while we're stuck in a fair, proceeds to tell us about his past. Maybe now I can finally find out why he reeks of Clow Reed's presence. Tune into Episode Nine: Sakura, Daisuke, and the Mirror Maze. You'd better start explaini… What? That's awful…