Sakura stared nervously at the door, clutching the folds of Syaoran’s shirt and trembling slightly at the evil omen that she could some how sense from outside the room. Syaoran squeezed her arm and she looked up at him in surprise; he was putting a finger on his lips indicating that they should make no noise at all. Sakura nodded in understanding and watched as he let go of her to move towards the closed door.
Syaoran leaned his ear against the door and listened for any sounds outside and he jerked away a few seconds later and said in a hushed whisper to Sakura, “They’re coming!”
Sakura was about to ask who were the ‘they’ he was referring to as she had no inkling at all but from the serious expression on Syaoran’s face, she remained silent and waited for further instructions from the man in her hospital room.
He made a quick and silent action to lock the door and Sakura was amazed because there wasn’t any sound made when locking the door; the clicking sound that Sakura was expecting did not surface and she gaped at Syaoran.
He suddenly made a dash for Sakura and flipped her over his shoulder like a big sack over his shoulder and jumped out of the window, all in a single stride and never stopping for a moment. Sakura, who was not prepared for this, screamed like mad knowing this is the second floor and they were going to plunge to their death. In her hysteria, she somehow manage to take a glimpse at the door to her room in the hospital being crashed open as numerous men filed into the room.
Sakura squeezed her eyes shut as they fell from the window and she jerked on Syaoran’s hold when they landed with a soft thud. Sakura testily opened one eye and all she saw was the green patches of grasses on the ground and she was immediately lifted up again as Syaoran broke into a run.
“Where are we going?” Sakura asked hurriedly, unsure whether she should trust this man whom she had no recollection of but those men in her room seemed vile to her compared to Syaoran; they were actually looked at her with contempt when their eyes connected. Sakura shuddered at the thought of being in the company of those men who had barged into her room and was glad that Syaoran managed to get her away before such a thing happened.
“We’ll be reaching there soon,” Syaoran asked as he ran towards an awaiting car on the other side of the road. “And then I will explain everything to you.”
A person stepped out of the car upon seeing them and hurriedly opened the door to the back passenger seat, so as to eliminate any excess time used on unnecessary actions. Sakura twisted her body so that she could take a glimpse at the person but it was impossible to see clearly when she was bumping up and down on Syaoran’s shoulders. The person beckoned them to hurry upon seeing the gang of running men in uniform chasing behind them. Sakura looked back to where they had come from and gulped at what she saw.
“Are they the police or something?” Sakura asked nervously and Syaoran made a move to look at what she was referring to. He cursed immediately and increased his running pace and dumped her into the backseat unceremoniously and mumbled an apology when Sakura cried out in pain.
Sakura laid sprawled on the backseat and quickly scrambled into a more dignified position to allow Syaoran to get into the car. Doors were slammed shut and the engine roared to life and the trio sped off.