School went back today, I'm officially dead. Ugh. Seven weeks until exams. Fuck you school, fuck you.
Anyway, we start to learn a little more about the captors and what may have happened to Sakura, and Syaoran begins to wonder just how much Syaoran knows about the area. Enjoy!
Syaoran received a phone call from Fai just before it was time to have dinner, answering to a rather distressed voice. "Syaoran-is Chii at your place?!" Fai asked quickly. Syaoran suddenly had a sinking feeling in his gut. "No, she hasn't been here all day-why what happened?" Syaoran asked. "Chii left the house this morning to come visit you and Sakura-I can't reach her mobile there's no signal." Fai replied, starting to stress even more. "Syaoran what's wrong?" Sakura asked, realising that something was wrong. "When was she supposed to be back by?" Syaoran asked his friend on the other end. "She said that she was going to be back in time for work, but she hasn't shown up for her shift-she was supposed to start an hour ago!" Fai answered. Syaoran started to become increasingly worried-Chii always showed up early for shifts, never late. "I'll try calling her." Syaoran hung up and dialled the number he knew so well. He waited for it to begin dialling, but there was no dial tone; just the voice of a machine. "This number is currently unavailable or out of reach. Please try again later." The voice said. "Shit." He muttered. "Syaoran-what's wrong?" Sakura asked starting to become distressed. Syaoran walked over to Sakura to tell her, "Sakura, calm down. Chii hasn't returned home from her visit to see us-she's not at the hospital." Syaoran said softly, taking her hands into his own. Worry and fear poured into her eyes, "It's all my fault…" she whispered. "No it's not." Syaoran told her. "It's all because I got close to her! Syaoran it's all my fault!" Sakura's voice shook. "Shh, everything will be fine. We will find her-don't forget that." He smiled and gave her hands a soft squeeze, reassuring her. He dialled Fai's number again and waited for him to pick up. "Did you get in contact with her?" he asked. "Sorry-I couldn't reach her phone. Have you told Yuui?" Syaoran asked. "He's with me now. He told me to call you first just in case." Fai answered. "Alright. We'll be over at your place soon." Syaoran hung up his phone and grabbed his keys. "We need to go to Fai's place." Syaoran said as he locked up the house. Sakura quickly ran to her room and put on a pair of black flats that she'd taken a liking to and helped Syaoran gather what they needed before leaving the house. "Are you ready?" he asked her. She nodded and followed him out the front door, waited for him to lock it and then followed him over to his car. She hopped in the front with him and put on her seat belt, waiting for him to do the same. He looked over at her, taking in the quality of the dress she was wearing. "Chii really spent a lot on you didn't she?" Syaoran smiled. "Yeah…" Sakura replied, looking at her hands sadly. She was wearing a simple dark green dress with embroidery along the neckline. On the skirt of the dress was a bluebird that had been embroidered with different coloured threads to give it a realistic effect-it was one of her favourite items from Chii. It had sleeves that were open ended-she had a matching coat for it too; it was sitting on her lap for if she got cold while they were out. "Do you trust your team?" Syaoran asked, breaking the silence. "What?" she asked looking at his profile. "Do you trust your team to find Chii?" He repeated. Sakura had never known that Syaoran knew of her job-but she figured that as Syaoran was a friend and colleague of Fai's, then of course he'd know. "I trust Yuui and Kurogane completely. Tomoyo I trust as well, but she's not with them…" her mind wondered off, a look of deep sadness and anguish entering her eyes. One name was missing of the four others on her team-Satoshi. "What about Satoshi?" Syaoran asked as he drove. Sakura went pale, "…Never again."
Chii woke in a dark room; it was cold and empty, and smelt of blood and sex. She shivered, realising that she'd been stripped down to her undergarments. She crawled through the darkness in an attempt to find her clothes, realising that she was chained to the hard brick wall behind her, attached by her ankle. Her hands had been chained so that she could only move her hands a little, which was rather unfortunate. "Shit." She muttered, falling back against the wall. She looked around to see if there was some source of light, but she could see nothing but a small hole in the corner of the wall to her right. She looked up, hearing a door open from somewhere on her right; she listened as footsteps made their way down and stopped in front of her door. The door opened and someone walked in with a lamp-she could only just make out his eyes-red and purple irises. "It's you…" she whispered, wide eyed with shock. "Sorry honey, but I'm not here to rescue you." His voice was full of malice and amusement. "I should have realised that day you showed up at the hospital!" Chii spat. He slapped her hard across the face. "Now listen here-I'm the one who talks, not you." He spat in her face. "I won't give into you, you wretched piece of scum!" Chii growled. "Oh, we'll see about that." He said, standing up and heading back towards the open door. "Boys; do your job." He ordered, walking out of the cell like room.
Three men walked in, each grinning hungrily. One of them pulled the chair from the corner of the room and flung it over to where Chii was sitting. He grabbed her by the arm and forced her onto the chair, tying her to it. "Well boys, what are we gunna do first?" one of them asked. "I dunno, perhaps we should give her a bit of a whippin' first?" one of the other guys suggested. "Now that sounds like an idea." The first guy said. He pulled a black whip from his belt and grasped it firmly in his hand. Chii watched, glaring at them as he lifted his arm in the air for the first lashing. Chii could feel blood running down her leg, but she ignored the pain and continued to glare at them, a fire burning in her eyes full of determination-determination to never give in.
Fai sat on the couch with Syaoran and Sakura holding his head in frustration. "Where could she possibly be!?" Fai said. "I'm not sure-and that's why we're trying to find out." Yuui responded. Little did they know that Sakura was trying to map the location on a piece of paper sitting on the coffee table; Syaoran looked over and watched her as she quickly ran her hand across the page, getting every single location completely correct. "Sakura-what are you doing?" he asked. "I'm trying to figure out her location…has anyone said where she was taken from?" she asked, being completely serious-her mind was set on getting Chii back, and nothing else. Yuui walked over and looked at the map, "I got a call from HQ saying that she was spotted being with a man dressed in black a few streets from Syaoran's house." He answered. "Serene street?" she asked. "No, the one before that." Yuui replied. "Ok, so Crib street?" she verified. "That's the one." Yuui answered. "Alright-we can safely say that she was on her way to visit. She should be here then." Sakura circled an area on the map in red. She was trying to hard not to snap at the memories of those places, and so far she was succeeding. "Are you sure?" Yuui asked, concerned for his cousin. "Trust me." Sakura whispered. Syaoran watched her carefully as she stood up, keeping a close eye on her just in case she fell or snapped. "Let's go…" she said, getting up. "Syaoran you go with Sakura; I'll go with Fai." Yuui said as he headed for the door.
Chii lay on the floor bleeding, glad that her body had gone numb from the cold. She looked up as she heard a door next to her cell open and cries from another unfortunate girl in the evil men's clutches. "Please stop! Let me go!" a female voice came from the other side of the wall. Chii listened as they threw her into the prison and left her there to cry. Chii propped herself up against the wall and called out to her. "Hey-what happened to you?" she asked. "Is someone there?" a soft voice came from the other side of the wall. "I got thrown in here earlier today. Do you know if there are any exits?" She asked. "I'm sorry, but I'm afraid not." The girl replied shakily. Chii clenched her fists in frustration. "Don't worry-I'll get you out of here." Chii promised the girl on the other side. "But how? There aren't any secret passage ways or anything here-and none of the authorities know where this place is let alone that people are being kept here." She replied shakily. "What's your name?" Chii asked softly. "Tomoyo…"
Well hello Tomoyo! Notice how in the chapter it said 'those places'? Seems to be a lot more going on than originally thought… Anyway, hope you guys enjoyed it. Bet ya can't wait for the next chapter hmm? Heheheh. Until next time my lovelies! Review?