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"The best plan we got is to get off of this island. Not to chase after the murderer."

Lith wasnt as fast but made her way into the trees trying to keep up. "Hey! Wait a sec I just wanna ask you something..." Lith stopped, the girl had disappeared from sight, "It not like I want to hurt you.." She walked along the thicker branches, "Might as well follow the branch, who knows, maybe it'll lead me somewhere."

As Sakura slept, she found herself in a strange place. She was lying in a puddle of water......no, it was bigger, more like a lake...and there were petals floating in it. Pretty flower petals. The place was dark; there was no light anywhere, except from something giving light above her, shining down on her like a stage light. Judging from how the water was, she was in the middle of this large shallow puddle. Standing up, she tried to walk to one of the edges. She had not taken more than five steps when the shallowness ended, sending her into a endless deep pool. A whirlpool suddenly emerged, one stronger than any she'd seen. It began to take over her; she couldn't escape....there were sounds along inside the place she couldn't make out, and lights she saw come upon the walls.....

Sakura began to panic in her sleep, tossing and turning, sweat pouring down her at an unnatural rate. She curled up into a ball, and began to shiver.

As she continued to drown in the water, she somehow surfaced for a split second, and couldn't believe what she saw: what looked like ancient tribal markings were all lit up along the walls of the cave in constant changing colors, and a figure was in the middle of the room, her long hair blowing in the wind caused by the disturbed waters. Sakura was pulled under again, being pulled to her death....until suddenly, she could feel something growing painfully out of her neck. Small slits had appeared onto her neck. She had gills, and she could feel fins forming, then a bright light....

Sakura woke up with a start, shooting upright while letting out a small scream. She clasped her hands to her neck, and loooked at her hands. She was completely normal, no fins or nothing. Sighing with relief, she looked to see Lockman standing above her. She was still shivering and sweating, but all was mostly fine. Something felt odd, and she felt her neck again. She could feel small scars; were they there before?

"Honestly, I-I don't have a clue." Sakura replied. She tried to hide the fear in her voice, but she failed. Were they there before, or was that not a dream? If it wasn't, that cave was somewhere on this island, and they were in a huge mess. Wrapping her arms around her legs and pulling them in, she stared out to the open sea, trying desparately to figure out what just happened.

It wasn't until he had said that when Sakura realized that they were still on the island, still in peril. What kind of example was she showing for hte others? But was it really her that was there before, because the person right now seemed more like Sakura than she remembered. But....she sorta liked the new Sakura; it gave the others hope. She sighed, and looked at him. "Sorry, just got freaked out there." she replied, and smiled slightly. She then told him about what she had seen; the cave, the water, the mysterious figure, everything. "And what worries me is that I know these weren't there before." she added, pointing at the small scars on her neck. "So I don't know if I was dreaming or what." she concluded, using the mirror on her makeup to examine them. "Normally, I'd think I was just clawing at my neck in my sleep, but these arent scratch marks."

"How weird. And you think that cave is on this island?"