Chapter Twelve
"What's Caitlin doing?" Kane from the soccer team asked. Caitlin was on the field doing tricks with the soccer ball. Shayla and Aiden were sitting on the benches watching her.
"She doesn't usually show-off." He said. Shayla and Aiden turned and looked at him.
"She's not showing off, she's pissed off. She's working off her anger." Shayla said.
"Is that why she hasn't been in classes all day? I overheard the teachers talking and I'd thought I'd come check it out." Kane said. Just then Sakura came running onto the field said something to Caitlin and they both ran off together. Then Shayla suddenly got up and took off after them.
"What's with that?" Kane asked. Aiden just shrugged.
Sakura and Caitlin jumped into the back of the Lamborghini Diablo SV that Li was driving and Shayla came running up to them.
"Wait I'm coming too." She said.
"No you're not; you stay here at school with Tomoyo." Caitlin said then Li took off. Caitlin turned in her seat to make sure Shayla didn't try to do anything.
"That girl's going to cause a lot of trouble one day." Sakura said.
"Only when she's leader of the gang. When I'm gone." Caitlin muttered.
Sakura hit her. "Don't be stupid. You're not going anywhere." Sakura said. Caitlin smiled. Li shook his head. He knew that Caitlin would kill herself to get rid of Bear and to keep Shayla safe.
"I knew we shouldn't have let Caitlin go to school." Conner said. Saraid looked at him.
"It's the first day back from holidays. She may be the leader of a gang but she is still a school student." Saraid said.
"Who I'm told didn't go to classes all day." Syaoran said coming in the door with Caitlin and Sakura in tow. Saraid glared at Caitlin. Sakura moved closer to Syaoran.
"Now we know where Caitlin got her glare." Sakura whispered.
"Where's Sam so we can start this meeting. Sakura do you mind going to find him please?" Saraid said, Sakura nodded and left the room. Caitlin started bouncing her leg.
"What's the matter with you?" Saraid asked.
"I need a soccer ball." Caitlin said.
"I should have kept you with me. I've got an overactive-smartass for a niece. You're just like your father." Saraid said and Caitlin stoped bouncing her leg and smiled. Then Sam and Sakura walked into the room.
"Good we can start now. What do we know?" Saraid said.
"Bears movement has been low til the Launa insurgent." Syaoran said. "He's having his drugs brought in by car, since we blew up his boats and train. It's a lot more risky he has to move slowly and it's bringing in fewer drugs."
"The police are watching him more." Sam said "That why his movements been low."
Saraid nodded. "What else? Do we know some of his weaknesses?"
"The drugs are a weakness." Sakura said.
"What about his sister?" Conner asked. Everyone looked at Caitlin.
"What do I know about my sister? Look at Saraid; she knew Launa and Launa brought her up. Or look at Li she been in his gang for God knows how long." Caitlin said.
"I don't think she's strength or a weakness, from when she was a wolf. She was strong but not that strong." Syaoran said.
"He probably wouldn't mind if we got rid of her. She's a burden to him. Something he doesn't want hanging around." Sakura cut in.
"She could be used as a weakness." Caitlin said. Everyone looked at her. Caitlin rolled her eyes.
"She goes back on everything Bear says. She doesn't help. She defies him. Like Sakura said she's a burden. If we get rid of her it will make him stronger. She bound to do something wrong that will help our situation"
"That makes sense." Sam said. "We can use her to help us when she's fighting us."
"That's it." Kat said walking into the room Bear looked up from what he was doing.
"I want a team to take to the wolves to get rid of my so called sister. Do you know what she did with my mother's body? She dumped it in one of your boat wrecks and burnt it. She didn't give her a proper funeral." Kat snarled. Bear rolled his eyes.
"Yes she did. She gave her a warrior's death. Like what they did in the age of Kings and Knights to put it away you understand. She did everything legally also." Bear replied still looking at the documents laid out before him.
Kat looked down. "Why would she do that for my mother?"
"She didn't. She did it for her father. He knew your mother was to betray him. Yet he kept her in his will for a warrior death. Your sister is doing it for her father."
Kat walked down to what was left of Bears drug ship. She walked up to where they burned Launa.
"What are you doing here?" Someone asked from behind her. Kat turned around to see Shayla standing there.
"I've come to get a piece of mind." Kat said.
"Why did you let your brother do it? Why did you let him kill her?" Shayla asked. Kat looked down. Then she grabbed something out of her pocket.
"This is for your sister. Mother wanted her to have it." Shayla looked at the necklace Kat was holding.
"Put it on the ground and walk away slowly and leave." Shayla said not trusting her an inch. Kat did what she was told surprisingly before she walked away.
Shayla pulled out her phone. "Sis, there's a strange necklace where we burnt mum." She said then listened for a moment and hung up.
Caitlin held the necklace in her hand. Syaoran had his bomb and tech. people look it over just to make sure everything was ok with it.
"It's beautiful." Shayla said standing next to her sister.
"It was your grandmothers." Saraid said coming over to the sisters with Sakura, Tomoyo and Meilin in tow.
"It was given to the leader's wife or if the leader was female it was given to her." Saraid said. Caitlin looked at her new necklace.
"I think Shayla should have it, I've already got my locket that dad gave me." Caitlin said and tried to give it to Shayla.
"It's yours Caitlin. You're the leader. I don't mind that I don't have anything to remind me of our family because I've got you. My big sister." Shayla said and smiled. Sam came over to them. Saraid smiled.
"Caitlin can we talk?" He asked. Caitlin nodded and Sam led her away.
"Why isn't Caitlin talking to Sam?" Shayla asked. Sakura looked at Shayla.
"It's up to them to decide, but, the two gangs will merge if Caitlin and Sam marry." Sakura said.
"Caitlin wants to be free for a while. She just became leader of her own gang." Shayla said and smiled. She liked this. Liking the fact that her sister doesn't bow down to anyone.
"They love each other and they will come to an arrangement." Saraid said.
"Hang on what did you mean by 'if Caitlin and Sam marry'?" Shayla asked finally getting what Sakura said.
"Sam proposed to her in China. They are engaged. That was before we knew that Caitlin was the leader of the Phoenix." Sakura said. Meilin and Tomoyo covered their ears.
"CAITLIN!" Screamed Shayla.
"Maybe I should have taken the necklace." Shayla said and stormed off mumbling under her breath.
Bear hit Kat across the face. Kat stumbled back.
"You had to go see. Why didn't you give that necklace to me? You had to do what your mother asked. You little bitch." Bear said towering above her. Kat shook her head, blood trickling down her chin.
"Get her out of my sight." Bear said two of his men picked Kat up and took her out of the room.
One of Bears men came up to him. "What would you like me to do?" He asked.
"Get the little sister. Big sister will come right into our trap bringing the Wolf, The Eagle and the Dragon with her." Bear smiled evilly. His man nodded and left the room. Bear sighed he hoped this time things will go his way.
Shayla sat outside on her new motorbike that aunt Saraid brought her. Inside there was commotion over Caitlin and Sam's now known engagement. Caitlin went outside to see her sister sitting alone on her bike.
Caitlin walked up to her. "Have you taken that thing for a ride yet?" she asked.
Shayla looked at her. "Not yet."
Caitlin walked over to the garage took out her motorbike chucked Shayla a helmet and started her bike. "Come on lets test her out." Caitlin said. Shayla put on the helmet and started her bike. The sisters took off together.
Sam watched out the window as Caitlin and Shayla took off on their bikes. Sakura walked over to him.
"You just have to give Caitlin some time she'll come about." Sakura said.
"I know." Sam said and went to join Syaoran and Eriol's conversation. Tomoyo walked up to Sakura.
"After this is over I should get a job as a counsellor." Sakura said making Tomoyo laugh. Sakura smiled. 'Everyone here is going through or has gone through a hard patch in the last month or so.' Sakura though.
"I might do something to cheer people up." She whispered in Tomoyo's ear what she was planning and Tomoyo's eyes lit up and she nodded. The girls left out to the back. Meilin and Chan watched them go.
"Where do you think they are going?" Chan asked. Meilin shrugged.
"Do you want to find out?" Chan asked.
"Let's just leave it for now." Meilin said.
Shayla and Caitlin weaved in and out of cars on the freeway heading out of town. When Caitlin noticed that they were being followed by some guys on bikes. She motioned for Shayla to follow her and took off down the next turn off, with Shayla following behind. The bikes go closer and closer, it didn't matter how fast Caitlin and Shayla were going.
Suddenly Shayla swerved her bike hit the edge of the road and she went flying off her bike. She hit the road and rolled like she was taught. Caitlin went back to help her but the other bikers got there first and took off in the other direction, taking Shayla with them. Caitlin tried to follow them but they quickly lost her. Caitlin pulled over to the side of the road. She got off her bike and kicked it.
"How could you forget your guns? You stupid cow!" She said to herself. She got back on her bike and took off to find Shayla's bike so she can call someone to come collect it.