Note: Wow, is this amazing or what?! I'm updating another chapter. That will be three in one week. I haven't done that in… well ever! Enjoy.

Inspiration: American swimmer Michael Phelps who set the record for eight gold metals during an Olympics. Yay! Also the Step Up 2 The Streets Soundtrack.

Warning: Firewall gets a little bit hotter!

Firewall

By MoshiMoshiQueen

"Characters' Conversations"

(Author's Comments)

Last Time on Firewall: Sakura finally got her food, but she had to pay a price. She is now one of the most wanted criminals on the planet! With the two goons on their heels our favorite hackers head out to Syaoran's warehouse, but two very skilled bounty hunters are on their trail!

This Time on Firewall:

"This is going to be easy money," a dark haired woman said as she crumbled up a piece of paper that had Sakura's smiling face upon it.

She was walking around in only her undergarments, but the light haired woman didn't seem to mind because she was scarcely dressed as well.

They were preparing to go on a hunt and the dark haired woman was excited. It had been a while since they had to catch someone worth more than a million dollars. It really got her blood pumping.

They were in small changing room that was built into their headquarters. It was painted a royal blue and had cabinets full of equipment and clothes. It was stocked with everything a bounty hunter would need-guns, knives, swords, arrows, stunners and other various weapons. There was also hi-tech gear like cell phones, computers, and GPS systems.

There was a chaise in the corner and white rug on the wooden floors. As for decoration there were two mirrors and some fake paintings covering up the hidden compartments in the walls. Inside were vaults that held different types of currency, passports and traveling documents.

The darker haired female started to dress slowly. She shimmed on a tight, black skirt and then pulled an equally tight, black tee. She pulled on her black boots and zipped them up quickly. She tied her black locks back with a gold ribbon and then prepared her weapons. She strapped on her knives under her boots, next to her calves. She pulled on her gun belt, loaded her guns and strapped them against her hips.

The light haired woman started to follow suit, but picked up the crumpled paper and stared at the smiling face, "Why is this girl worth so much money all of the sudden?"

"Does it matter?" the other female commented as she painted her lips with a rouge lipstick.

"Only money matters to you," the light haired woman countered, "I don't want us to be strung along. Are you sure this tip is legit?"

"Yes, we've worked for them before. Why are you so worried all of the sudden? I thought you were as psyched as I was?"

"I was until I saw our skip. She looks like a child. She doesn't look like she could harm a fly."

"Don't let looks deceive you," she gritted out as she applied her black eyeliner.

The light haired girl sighed, but didn't respond. She slipped on a short, black dress that had a split up the side. She put on the same boots as her comrade and placed her knives inside them. She didn't tie her light black locks back and didn't put on any makeup. She strapped on a pair of black gloves that went all the way to her elbows. Underneath the gloves were two more knives. On her hip was a gun belt with two 45's and a stun gun hooked on it.

She just felt, in her heart, that something was wrong with this assignment. She folded up the piece of paper and slipped it under her bra. She would probably need to remind herself just what this girl had done.

"One million dollars here we come!" her companion shouted gleefully as she left their headquarters and walked towards their sporty, Mustang.

"Yeah, here we come… I just hope you are prepared Kinomoto Sakura," the other female responded as she followed her partner.

"I do not think I'm prepared to do this!" Sakura whined as Syaoran opened up her side of the car.

"You are fearless when it comes to hacking into unknown systems, but you are nervous about meeting my partner?" he said with his eyebrows raised.

They had finally made it to their destination thanks to Syaoran's amazing ability with a car. He had practically flown the vehicle to his safe haven. It was exciting to be in an occasional car chase, but it was getting ridiculous. He wanted to just sit down and relax for a few moments so he could figure out what the hell was going on.

"Exactly, the key word is your. I have never even met this person! Why should I trust him with my life?"

"Because you don't have a choice?" Syaoran commented as he grabbed her arm, "Look we are in this situation together whether we like it or not and Eriol is apart of my team so that means he is going to work with us. Now get your ass up and let's go."

He had parked the car in his headquarters' garage. Inside were several other vehicles that were built for speed and could with stand a bullet.

The outside of the building looked pretty run down, but it gave the illusion that there was nothing of value in it and that is exactly what Syaoran and Eriol had wanted. Plus, it meant that it the building was low maintenance.

Syaoran and Eriol had other people that worked for them, but he didn't want to overload Sakura with that information yet. Right now she was still in shock over the traumatic events that had happened over the last few days. In a single week she had her home blow up and her life almost destroyed more than once. He knew it would take her a little while to settle down, but he was getting tired of waiting.

His nerves were shot and the stress was starting to get to him. He tried to keep his anger in check, but he couldn't help but yank her out of the car.

"Now now now, Syaoran. Is that any way to treat a lady?" a smooth voice called out.

"Finally," Syaoran spit out as he let go of Sakura's arm, "Take care of her. I will be in the shower room."

Sakura watched the hacker stomp off and she couldn't help but get pissed off. Just what was up his ass? It wasn't like these things happened to her on a normal basis! She wasn't use to being chased all over the country! She wasn't use to people wanting her kill her.

She sneered at Syaoran's retreating form, "Good because you have smelled like crap for the last ten hours!"

She watched as Syaoran stopped and his body tensed. She held her breath for a second, but exhaled when he just stalked off.

She turned her vision towards the other male and frowned, "So, you're his partner? I hope you're a little more charming than him. He's been a stick in the mud the entire time."

As the male walked out of the shadows and into the light, Sakura finally got a good look at him. He was a little shorter than Syaoran and had dark, black locks. His eyes were a rich sapphire and his skin was a milky white. He had a devilish appearance to him that didn't make Sakura feel any safer. He was dressed in a pair of dark slacks and a white shirt.

"No worries there, Syaoran and I are complete opposites. I'm Eriol, but the way," he said as he held out his hand.

Sakura grasped it and shook it slowly, "Sakura."

"Yes, I know," he said with a grin, "The woman who has been keeping Syaoran on his toes."

"So, what exactly is this place?"

"This?" he said spreading his hands out, "Is our hacker headquarters, but right now we are just in the garage."

It looked pretty fancy to be just a garage. The cars were displayed beautifully on lifts and we cleaned to perfection. All of the walls were white panels and the ceiling was made out of square lights.

There were three garage doors and a regular door at the front of the room. Besides the main door was an electronic panel. Eriol walked slowly to it and Sakura followed. He entered in a complicated code and then the machine scanned his eye. He then pressed his hand against the pad and the door instantly opened.

"This is the main part of our building."

Sakura was flabbergasted. The hallway led to a huge room that was filled with computers, monitors and desks. There were several men and women typing away. It was like music to her ears. She had missed her computers desperately.

"What the hell!" she managed to say.

Eriol chucked next to her, "I see my companion failed to explain to you the extent of our company."

She narrowed her eyes, "He has failed to explain anything to me! He just busted through my door, practically kidnaps me, doesn't feed me for hours and then just drops me off here with no explanation what so ever. He's a bastard, if you don't mind me saying so."

Eriol smiled, "He's not a people person."

"You got that right!" she huffed out, "I should clobber him right now."

"Go right a head. He's three doors down," Eriol responded, "You'll be catching him at a weak moment. This is a great opportunity for you to get your revenge."

Eriol chuckled silently. Syaoran would be in for a surprise. As far as he could tell the two hackers were hot for each other even if Syaoran was just trying to avoid it.

She nodded angrily and headed down the hallway. She had forgotten that Syaoran had said he was going to take a shower, but quickly remembered when she busted through the doors and saw a very naked Syaoran.

He hadn't heard her come in because the showerheads were on full blast. He was resting his head against the shower wall and was letting the heated water beat his back. There were several dark bruises upon his body that he most likely received from the earlier bombing event. She watched him run his hand through his hair and she could barely breath. All of the anger was drained out of her and was replaced with arousal.

He was extremely built and his muscles were defined and tanned. He was long legged with an eight pack to boot. His body made her drool.

She tried to focus on something other than the naked hacker. The bathroom was quite large. There were several shower stalls with glass doors. The tiling was a checkerboard of dark blue and white. There were three mirrors above three stylish, white sinks. There were two electronic heats next to the sinks and automatic soap dispensers. Across from the showers were three bathroom stalls. Inside were most likely toilets. Several chandeliers hanging from the ceiling lighted up the room.

She bit her lip with indecision. Did she really dare to… No, she couldn't! Or could she. It took a few moments, but before she knew it she had taken off her clothing. She let the items fall to the ballroom floor and she felt the cold tiles under her bare feet.

She let her hand rest against the fogged up shower door before entering. Syaoran opened up his eyes as he heard the door click back into place.

He narrowed his eyes, but he couldn't hide the heat clouding his vision, "What are you doing?"

"What does it look like I'm doing?" she asked innocently, "I'm washing off and distressing."

"Distressing, huh?" he managed to get out, his voice rough.

He took in her naked form and followed her suit. He didn't let himself think about the consequences and shook off his indecision.

He still looked angry, but it only aroused Sakura more. She liked her men to be strong and powerful. She put her hand upon his chest as he shoved her up against the bathroom wall.

"You will regret this later," he gritted out.

"Probably," she shrugged, "But right now I don't care. So stop talking.

She pressed her lips hard against his and he let out a moan, "Gladly."

(I know what you guys are thinking. Moshi-san is rushing the relationship! No, I'm not. They have not relationship. This was just sex and they aren't in love. So, blah!)

Eriol smirked to himself. It had been a little over a half an hour and he didn't see the two hackers emerge from the public bathroom. He guessed they were doing anything but talking out their problems.

He shook his head and put his attention back to the computer screens in front of him. One of his programmers, Yamazaki Takashi, was working on their current problem- systems all over the country were shutting down with a rapid pace.

Yamazaki was an average looking guy with spiky, black hair and coffee colored eyes. He was dressed in comfortable clothes that consisted of a pair of worn jeans and a blue tee shirt that said, "Did You Know…"

"Eriol, I can't seem to trace the location. This guy is really good. Every time I think I'm getting close I get redirected to yet another area," the spiky headed programmer commented, "You know back in the BC times…"

A curly headed brunette smacked him across the head before he could finish his sentence, "Yamazaki we do not have time for another of your stories."

Chiharu's desk was next to the storyteller. She was a short brunette who had her hair curled into two pigtails. She was dressed similar to Yamazaki, but wore a tighter pink shirt and tighter jeans. Her amber eyes were filled with disgust as she stared at her companion.

"Hey, I'm just trying to lighten up the mood, Chiharu. We are in some serious shit here. Our systems could be next. We have our generators, but they will only get us so far," the young male commented as he rubbed the back of his head.

Eriol turned to another of his trusted computer geniuses, "What do you think, Naoko?"

"Things are going to get ugly and soon. He is not only targeting computer systems now. He is also going after cell towers. Our phones will soon be null and void," Naoko replied pushing her glasses back into place. Her russet colored hair was cut short and her under her glasses were a pair of brown eyes.

"Have we located the other radio systems? The ones that do not use the regular towers?"

"We are working on it, but it's difficult. Those air waves haven't been used for years now," she replied as she turning back to her monitor. There was a map of the country on it showing the decreasing electricity.

Eriol ran a head through his black hair in frustration. "Why can't we lock this bastard down?"

"He's just better than we are at the moment, but we'll get him, Eriol. Don't sweat over it," Chiharu comforted.

"I'm trying not too, but…" Eriol cut off his sentence as the power to their building suddenly cut off. They were thrown into darkness and the programmers and hackers all started to panic a little bit.

"Was that him?" Eriol questioned as he tried to locate his companions in the dark.

"No sir. Someone on the outside cut the power lines to our building," Naoko said as she searched around for the generator button. She pressed it desperately but nothing happened, "This even found the generators and disconnected them. We have to assume that who ever did this is now in the building."

Eriol knew that the programmers wouldn't be able to protect themselves. They could easily take down a bad guy over the computer, but as for physical conflict...

"I'm going to lock this part of the building down. If I'm not back in an hour go out the secret passage and don't come looking for me."

"But, Eriol-" Chiharu said, her tone full of worry.

"No buts. I can take care of myself. You guys know that," he said pulling out his gun from beneath his pants.

"We know that, Eriol, but still be careful," Naoko said as she watched him creep out the door and lock it before him. She turned to the others and shouted, "You heard what he said. Get prepared. Trying to salvage your work and put it on your jump drives. Destroy everything else. We don't need this bastards getting our lives work! Then pack up your things and be prepared to flee and fight."

Naoko nodded at Yamazaki and he then nodded at Chiharu. Eriol might have thought they would be useless in this situation, but they were prepared for the battle. They also had some tricks up their sleeves. They wouldn't stay locked in this room and let Eriol do all of the fighting.

Chiharu reached under her desk and pushed a button that opened up a secret compartment under her desk. Inside were three guns and several knives. There was also a red button. She pressed it and it sent out a silent alarm warning the others in the building of the intrusion. It also kicked in the secret cameras that were battery operated.

Naoko pulled out a hand held device and turned it on. When it booted up there was a picture of the intruders, "Oh, shit."

"Who are they, Naoko?" her friend pondered, worry lacing through her voice.

"Bounty hunters."

There was suddenly complete silence in the room.

Back in the shower room, Sakura was trying to locate her clothing. Needless to say it was difficult to do in the dark.

"Shit," she cursed as she stubbed her toe on the side of a sink.

She could hear Syaoran behind her trying to locate the rest of his clothing as well. She had just had the best sex of her life and yet she couldn't let her self think about it.

She didn't know why they were so powerful together. They could barely carry on a conversation without the other person getting pissed. It must have been all of the adrenaline from the car chase, she told herself.

"There must be something really wrong," Syaoran whispered in her ear.

She jumped at the sound of his voice. She hadn't even heard him come up behind her, "Why do you say that? This is just a power outage?"

"There is never just a power outage here. We have some of the best computer experts in the world here who created a pretty powerful generator system. Plus, the silent alarm just went off."

"But, I didn't hear anything," she said as she managed to get the rest of her clothing on.

"That's why it's called a silent alarm," he said sarcastically.

"But, you obviously heard it, dumb ass," she countered.

He didn't reply. He just grabbed her arm and lead her to one of the bathroom stalls.

"I guess we are back to our previous relationship. You shove me around and then tell me nothing," she bit out, trying to shake his grip.

He ignored her and bent down to push a button under the toilet. It opened up a secret compartment in the wall above the stall. Inside were weapons, flashlights, and various other electronic devices.

Sakura's eyes widened, "Just what the hell is this place and who do you work for?"

"We work for whoever will pay us."

"Well that just explains everything," she said in an exasperated tone of voice, "You know what? I'm tired of being in the dark all of the time and I'm not trying to be funny."

She walked out of the stall in a huff and managed to reach the bathroom's main door. She reached for the knob, but then was shoved to the ground.

"What the fuc-" she screamed out as bullets rained through the room.

She had smacked her elbow against the floor and she instantly felt a bruise forming. She was really getting tired of being shot at. She opened her eyes and saw Syaoran pressing his body up against the wall next to the bathroom door.

It was now smeared with bullet holes. He looked at her and mouth out, "Do not move."

"As if I would want to," she whispered back, "Give me a weapon."

He paused for a moment and then hesitantly pushed a gun across the floor towards her, "Don't shot yourself."

She glared at him and cocked the gun.

A few seconds past without a sound, but then they heard a rustling noise at the back of the bathroom.

Both of their heads whipped forward to look at the back of the room. They saw one of the vents on the ceiling be removed and then a head popped down, "Syaoran, are you there?"

"Yamazaki?"

"Yeah, it's me. Hurry up. Eriol, Chiharu and Rika have almost got the situation under control."

"Just what the fuck is going on?" Syaoran gritted out as he grabbed Sakura's arm and lead her to the vent.

"Jeez, can I lead myself for a change?" she whined as she stumbled behind him.

Syaoran stopped under the vent and turned to Sakura, "You are important to me."

She stopped and looked at his face. He was completely serious. "I need you. You are the only link we have to this guy."

Her face fell. Of course he was only worried about the Wizard. Why was she so disappointed? He didn't matter to her. He was just a means to an end. He was keeping her alive. They had had meaningless sex and nothing more.

He bent down as if to give her a boost up the vent. She watched the other male put his hands down to help her up. She hesitate but then placed her foot into Syaoran's palm and then grasped the other males hands. She was lifted up into the vent and then looked down at Syaoran.

"How are you going to get up here?"

"I'm not," he said as he started walking towards the bathroom door.

"I thought the situation was all ready being taken care of? Where are you going?"

He didn't answer her and she cursed, "Fucker."

She turned her back and started to crawl away from the hole. Why should she care if he got himself killed? Yamazaki covered the vent and followed Sakura.

"Don't worry about him. He can take care of himself."

"I could really care less," she commented as she crept through the vent system, "Where exactly are we going?"

"To the main computer room where it's safe."

"So, you're just going to lock me away? I don't think so. Take me to where Syaoran is going."

"No way. Syaoran would kill me, plus you are the one those bounty hunters are after."

"Bounty hunters?"

"Yeah, Wizard must have hired them to take care of you, because they got here pretty fast. They shut down out systems and our backups. Luckily we are genius or else we would all be dead right now. Did you know that the word genius was created because…"

She cut him off, "Do you know where they are?"

"I'm not leading you there," he replied sternly.

But just as Sakura was about to argue a bullet flew through the vent, "Guess I don't need you to tell me. They are below us."

Eriol had his back flat against a wall. He was hiding in a small out cove where a door to one of their offices was.

"You might as well give up now. You are stuck and there is nowhere to go," a mocking, female voice came out.

"Yeah, I bet you would just love that," he countered smoothly as he took another shoot at the two bounty hunters.

They easily dodged the bullet and the light haired female decided to take charge, "Just give us the girl. There is no reason to put the others in any more danger."

He took another shot at them and she murmured, "I guess that was a no."

The two hunters were both crouched down and shielding themselves in two other out coves in the hallway. They were communicating silently with their facial features and just as the dark haired hunter went to make a move they heard a loud crash.

"OW! Damn it!"

In the middle of the room was a whining Sakura. She was rubbing her butt and pouting. She had accidentally fallen through the ceiling. Yamazaki was looking down at her in disbelief, a sweat drop appearing upon his forehead.

The two hunters took this distraction as an advantage and the dark haired hunter nodded at her partner before descended down the hallway, but just as she did she heard a voice behind her, "I wouldn't do that if I was you."

She felt a gun pressed to her back and she paused for a moment. She then swung to smash her hand against the face of the attacker, but he was faster than her and he slammed her to the ground.

Confusion was instantly written upon her features as she looked at the male on top of her, "Syao-"

The hunter's voice was cut off when her partner tried to go to her aid. Before the light haired hunter could even take a step an electric current stunned her. She instantly fell to the ground.

Behind her stood Rika and Chiharu. They sent a grin towards Eriol who merely shook his head as he came out from the out cove. He walked to her crumbled female and easily lifted her up on his arms. He turned towards Syaoran and raised his eyebrows.

Syaoran was letting the hunter up without a struggle and questioning her, "Meilin? What the hell are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same thing, cousin," she argued placing her gun back in her belt.

"Damn, damn and more damn," a moan came out.

Syaoran looked towards Sakura and rolled his eyes, "I thought I told you-"

"You are not the boss of me or haven't you figured that out by now? As I see it, you need me, so that would make me in charge of you. Without me, you have nothing. Now can you kindly explain to me what the hell is going on?"

"Yeah, I would like to know that too, Syaoran. You know helping out a felon is abiding, right?" Meilin asked.

"I don't even know where to begin."

"I hate to interrupt this lovely family reunion, but don't you think we should be helping your partner out," Eriol commented.

Meilin's face fell, "Poor Tomoyo. She never knew what hit her."

"Sorry, we just couldn't trust you guys," Naoko said as she ran a hand through her brown locks.

"Obviously, we thought you were the bad guys since you were shooting up our company," Chiharu said, trying to defend herself and her companions.

"We were sent here by two of our most trusted tippers. They told us to track down the vehicle in the garage and the rest was easy."

"Easy?" Syaoran questioned sarcastically.

"Yes, easy. Tomoyo is a genius when it comes to security systems, but this is beside the point. I really need to figure out what the hell is going on here, but first let's try to wake Tomoyo up.

Eriol started down the hallway with the fallen woman in his arms, "First we turn our systems back on then we help the hunter."

"Eriol. That might be a problem," Naoko replied.

"And why is that?"

"Because he has gotten to our computer systems. We tried to salvage as much as possible, but there wasn't a lot left. The phones are completely gone as well. We are still working on the radios. We will be able to turn back on the lights, but as for everything else…"

Sakura quietly followed the talented group in front of her, but didn't comment. Syaoran could practically hear the wheels turning in her head, but said nothing.

As they headed towards the main computer room a flash of light appeared. Suddenly all of the computer monitors turned on and illuminated the room.

On the screen was a video of some of the most predominate monuments of the United States-the White House, the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell, and Mount Rushmore. There was patriotic music playing in the background and then suddenly one by one the monuments started to blow up.

The room erupted into chaos. Syaoran swung towards Sakura who went pale. "It's a fire sale."

For the second time that night, everyone in the room went deadly silent.

Q and A Section

Q: Wow. You really should be proud of yourself. Three chapters in a week! How'd you do it?

A: Har har. You know it's not like I don't update.

Q: It just takes you years to do it.

A: Sometimes! I'm a busy person! Anyways. It was easier said than done. I had all ready had the third chapter of Full Moon all ready written. All I had to do what upload it. I also had half of Summer Heat all ready. This chapter for Firewall was the only one I had to write from scratch.

Q: Well, we are proud of you nonetheless. So, what exactly is a fire sale?

A: I'm going to use a direct quote from the movie, which I don't own, but it explains it so well. "It's a three-step systematic attack on the entire national infrastructure. Okay, step one: take out all the transportation. Step two: the financial base and telecoms. Step three: You get rid of all the utilities. Gas, water, electric, nuclear. Pretty much anything that's run by computers which... which today is almost everything. So that's why they call it a fire sale, because everything must go."

Q: But transportation, the banks and the utilities weren't taken out!

A: Um, I don't know if you noticed, but they didn't have power for a long time. A lot can happen while you are in the dark for an hour. You will find out about it in the next chapter. So, don't worry.

Q: Do you think that you are rushing Sakura and Syaoran's relationship?

A: Not really because at this moment they don't have a relationship. It was just sex. They are attracted to each other and in an intense situation. All of the senses are heightened when you adrenaline is pumping. People keep saying I'm a rushing things, but I'm really not. This is still the first day and all of this crap has happened.

Q: But, it seems like Syaoran doesn't even really like Sakura.

A: He is a complicated person as Eriol hinted at. He isn't much of a people person. Plus, Sakura really isn't herself yet. She's still scared and who wouldn't be? She lost her home and almost her life several times. We will start seeing the more confident and less whiny Sakura very soon.

Q: Are you still worried about the review count?

A: Not really. I'm kind of over it. I'm just writing for my own pleasure now. I like to have reviews, but it's okay if I don't get the amount I'm happy with.

Q: What do you say to the readers who dislike the Q and A section?

A: Don't read it, I guess. I really enjoy writing this section because it not only clears up things, but it also helps me. I keep these questions in mind and it helps me make my story clearer. I sit down and ask myself… will people really understand what is going on and if it is no then I try to explain it. I'm really just trying to help people out. Also, I've finally figured out how to insert lines and stuff, so my story and my Q and A section can be completely separate.

Q: Is there anything else you use this section for?

A: I use this section to address people's comments, reviews and questions.

Q: Any other things you would like to address?

A: As usual, I do not know when I will update any of my other fanfics… and I think I've solved my short chapters problem… as you can tell my newest chapters for all of my fanfics have been considerably longer. So….yeah, please don't complain. I'm trying my best to please everyone. The ending was kind of rushed, but I just really wanted to get this chapter done and posted.