"You want to join us?" Shi Long asked incredulously. He was afraid what Fiona did if he would say no.
"That's right, why got the problem with that?" Fiona asked. She glared at him menacingly, mocking him since he had no choice.
Shi Long glanced at the floor, that was how he always thought. If Fiona joined them, she would let them go but she could hinder their escape, if he didn't let her, she would sound the alarm and they would again be captured.
"I'm sorry, but no, I don't trust you," Shi Long said grimly.
Fiona's eyes narrowed as she summed Shi Long and sighed. She made it so pronounced so that it took a long time. It added some effect and it made Franziska and Miles apprehensive.
"You know what, Shi Long?" Fiona said as her fist inched near the alarm," you stand your ground, that's what I like about you."
Shi Long suddenly whipped out the gun Liuxang gave him. He pointed it at Fiona. His teeth gritted as he glared at her, her smiling face ticked him off, just like Liuxang's. He had an urged to punch it, he would have but she was a girl, and he was a man, he would never hit a girl even if his life depended on it, much less shot her. But he had to call his bluff and hoped Fiona would fall for it. "Not so fast, nurse, or I'll shoot."
Fiona's smile wavered, she sighed and put her hands up. "You got me."
"Hmph."
Fiona smiled and she stomped on a loose tile and smile broadly. "Smile, agent, you're on candid camera."
"What?" Shi Long said caught unaware. Gas started coming in the ward and Shi Long alarmingly look at the gas.
"Don't breathe," he commanded the two prosecutors. They obeyed him.
"It's alright, Shi Long, breathe, I know you want to," Fiona said as she slowly put on a gas mask. She knew in a short while, they would breathe the gas and soon fall unconscious. She calmly walked to Shi Long as he fell on his knees trying not to breathe. She held his face with her right hand and looked at him, seriously this time and it had a trace of pleading.
"Please save Qilin," Fiona begged.
Shi Long opened his mouth to reply when he realized his mistake. It was too late, the gas entered him already and he felt dizzy. In slow motion, he saw Miles and Franziska try to fight the desire to breathe which ended in vain. But in his mind, he only thought of one thing, what the nurse was telling him, save Qilin? She was dead, but save, is she still alive? Countless possibilities slowly flew to his mind. And then all was dark.
Liuxang sat on a stone and meditated. He stood there fixed like a statue and immediately he was transferred to a new dimension. Translucent figures passed through him and each other. Some noticed him but didn't talk to him, they saw him but ignored him, until two people came out. They looked at him sadly and another one stepped out, his twin. Liuxang's eyes widened when he realized the truth, his patient was already dead if not clinically dead, then the patient was brain dead. His heart screamed at him not to believe it but his mind grasp the meaning like a computer. Liuxang woke up.
Specks looked at his master as he flicked his fork tongue. Master looked so distraught and sad.
"No!" his master said as banged his fist on the stone he was sitting, he punched it in rapid succession and a cloud of dirt appeared as he used the stone as his emotional punching bag. In three minutes, the huge stone was nothing but shattered fragments of it, just like Liuxang. From Liuxang's eyes, a tear formed but he didn't notice it, it was Specks who did, who climb up Liuxang and licked the tear away. "No ... no ... no ...," Liuxang said as he gave in to the need to cry. Funny, Specks thought, it's been a while since master cried.
"Fiona, I'm so so sorry," Liuxang said in a mournful whisper.
Shi Long woke up again, in a wood. The two prosecutors were already awake and Franziska was the one prodding him using a stick. "What the hell?" The Interpol agent said," how long have you been awake?"
"Fifteen minutes ago," Franziska replied as she wiped the dirt off her stick, it would be her whip until she got back that whip from the blonde bimbo nurse.
"We were already here when we woke up," Miles added. He handed Shi Long a bottle of water. "It seems the nurse brought us anything we need but a guide, we have water, provisions and a map, there's also some sort of portable CD player of some use."
Shi Long felt for his badge, it was still there, but there was something next to it. It was squarish, and thin like a CD container. Shi Long pulled it out, and he was right. He opened it and a CD fell out.
The words on it read: LAST WORDS
All three's heartbeat quickened as they stared at it until Shi Long carefully placed the CD delicately in the player. Was it another trick by Liuxang? Would it cause the player to explode? What was in it that made it to be titled LAST WORDS? So many questions spinned inside everyone's mind. There was only one way to find out, unfortunately, and it could be dangerous.
Shi Long closed the lid and switched on the player. Franziska was shaking hoping the CD player wasn't a bomb, while Miles hoped it was a link to Qilin. Immediately the black screen showed Liuxang talking to them.
"Hello, Shi Long, Miles, Franziska," Liuxang said.
"What? Is this another trick Liuxang?" Shi Long said, he was about to punch the screen when Liuxang said," This CD contains information about Qilin's death, and her last message to all of you before she died."
And the screen went fuzzy until it shifted to a different time.
"Hello this is Qilin Long von Karma," Qilin said as she appeared, gone was that smiley demeanour that Shi Long, Miles and Franziska knew and Qilin looked at all three unblinking.
"As I said, I am Qilin Long von Karma, and I will tell you why I died."
So Sorry for not updating, I blame it on holidays, I party till I'm purple (Taken from Spongebob).
