Darian goes Postal

Just a few things first, Serena is 18 and Darien is 24. 
Rini came back to the past, and the scouts have had no 
negaverse problems in 3 years. The inner scouts are 18 
and the outer scouts are 20. Hotaru is 12 and so is Rini. 
Rated: R, for violence and foul language. 

The nightmare begins She sat alone on a park bench, letting
the sweet smell of rain kiss her senses, but this was not 
the only reason she sat here on this day, she was waiting 
patiently for her true love. ‘He's really late' she thought 
to herself ‘he's never late.' A cold wind rushed by her. 
Shivering slightly, she placed her sweater over her shoulders.
 ‘I'll wait a little longer,' she thought as she lay on the 
bench slowly drifting off to sleep. "Bye mom..I'll see you 
later." She leaned against the door and sighed softly. "Tonight 
I enjoy myself," she said out loud. Tonight was the night her 
mother worked late and she had the house all to herself. 	

She glided swiftly into her bedroom, picking up her favorite book 
and lay on her bed, opening the book slowly. She had just begun 
to read when there was a knock at the door. "Never any peace," 
she thought getting up. There was another tap at the door. "I'm 
coming!" She opened the door slowly and was greeted by a friendly 
face. "I haven't seen you in ages....come on in, I was just 
reading...but shouldn't you be with Serena?" she asked. "My dear,
 naive Molly," said a rough, starchy voice. "You will be the first
 to feel the sting of succession." Before Molly could say another 
word, a tight rope was wrapped around her neck sucking the life 
out of her slowly. Falling to her knees, she lifted her head. 
"W....hy" was all Molly could choke out as the rope tightened. 
"No one will stand in my way." Molly fell to the ground with a 
hard slam, her hands desperately trying to pull the rope away 
from her neck. Struggling to get up, she was barely able to find 
the strength to kick her killer in the knee cap. The rope was 
loosened enough to let the blood escape her already cut neck. 
The killer quickly regained composure and pulled the rope tighter, 
causing Molly to gasp in pain. "Well if you want to do this the 
hard way, we can do it the hard way." A hard, steel-toed boot 
connected quickly with Molly's rib cage, shattering the last of
her will. She looked up pitifully, hot tears running down her 
cheek. The muscles in her body gave way and her head slammed 
lifelessly to the floor. "Hahahahahahaha! And now for the 
finishing touch." Molly's limp, bloody body was dragged into her 
room, cleaned and dressed in her finest clothing. "I will not 
let you or anyone else stand in my way." Placing a red rose on 
her body, Molly's successor walked casually out of the house, 
closing the door on the way out.
	


 "Serena, Serena wake up....USAKO." A tall, young man stood,
 shaking Serena's shoulders gently. She opened her eyes and 
sat up slowly. "Da....Darien..." Serena yawned. "Where were 
you....I don't think you've ever been this late..." "It doesn't
 matter, Serena my dear," Darien said softly, taking her hands 
and lifting Serena to her feet. Serena noticed Darien wincing 
a little as if in pain, looking down at his hands, she gasped 
in concern. "Darien! What happened to your hands.....they're 
covered in rope burns." "It's nothing Serena....don't concern 
yourself." "But Darien.." "I said don't concern yourself!" 
Darien snapped. Serena backed up a little, frightened at Darien's
expression. When he saw the fear on her face, his expression 
softened and he took her in his loving arms. "I'm sorry love, 
I've had a bad day," Darien apologized, tilting his head down a
 little to brush his lips overs hers. "Now, there was a reason 
I asked you here today." He whispered softly in her ear. She 
sighed into his arms. "And what was that, beloved?" "Well ever 
since Rini came back it made me think...we know we'll be together 
forever," Darien said, getting down on one knee. "I just thought 
I'd make it official." He smiled and pulled out a small box from 
his pocket. "Will you marry me?" She stood there with tears in her 
eyes. ‘The moment I've been waiting for,' she thought, throwing her 
arms around him. "Yes, of course I will!" "Oh Serena," he said, 
placing the ring on her finger. "Now no one will ever stand in our
 way again." She smiled happily at him, then looked at the ring. 
It was a gold ring with a small diamond crescent moon on the top. 
"Oh Darien, I love you so much," Serena cried. The moonlight shone
 brightly over them, almost smiling while they shared the most 
passionate kiss the world would ever know. They reluctantly broke 
the spell bounding kiss, and Serena looked into his ocean blue eyes. 
"I've never been so happy as I am at this moment," Serena smiled. 
"Just looking at you makes me happy love," Darien said lovingly. 
He gently touch her already flushed cheeks and smiled. "Come on 
I'll take you home...I wouldn't want your father to kill me before 
the wedding day." "Alright," Serena replied sadly, getting up. 
Hand in hand they walked through the streets of Tokyo, smiling and 
laughing. "So my love, what would you like for your birthday?" 
Darien asked. "Hmmm....as long as it's from you I don't care." 
Darien chuckled a little. "Well that's a good enough answer for 
me then." Darien raised his wrist to look at his watch. "Ummm 
Serena, I'm in a hurry so I'll see you later....there's something 
I have to do." Darien said kissing her on the cheek and running off. 
‘Well that was weird,' Serena thought turning the corner. ‘Hmm, I 
wonder what he's up to."
 ‘Why was I so stupid,' Darien thought 
walking through the park on his way home. Looking once again at his
 hands he cursed himself. ‘If she finds out about this, my plans 
will all be ruined.' Darien stopped suddenly and smiled to himself 
‘Of course..I know what I have to do.' Spinning his heels, Darien 
headed straight for the drug store. 'Thank God I remembered, the 
plan wouldn't work without the matches!" he muttered to himself. 
Serena sat on her bed staring at the moon. 'I'm so happy I could 
burst' she thought, 'but why was Darien acting so weird today...
I cannot figure out that man'. Serena decided ignore Darien's 
action for awhile, as she regained her excitement. She had to 
tell Luna of the engagement! "Luna, where are you?" she looked 
around. Usually at this time Luna would be in her room, but she
 was nowhere to be seen. Serena stepped out of her bedroom. 
"Luna," Serena yelled. "Luna!" She walked back into her bedroom 
to find Luna sitting on her bed licking her paws. "What is it, 
Serena?" Luna looked up. Serena was about to ask her where she
 had been but wanted to get her news out first. "Luna, you'll
 never guess what happened tonight!" she exclaimed happily. 
Before Luna had a chance to guess, Serena blurted it out in excitement.
 "Darien asked me to marry him! We're... we're ENGAGED!!!! 
I'm so happy, Luna!" Luna looked away, replying "Oh, Serena 
that's wonderful." She twitched in a strange way, and Serena 
looked at her in confusion. "What's wrong Luna, aren't you happy 
for me?" she asked. "Oh, I am Serena, I just have a headache." 
"Oh come here Luna," Serena motioned for Luna to come sit on her 
lap. Luna did what she was told and sat on Serena's lap. "Is that 
better Luna?" Serena asked as she massaged Luna's ears. Luna just 
purred in affirmation. "Hey Luna," Serena asked. Luna looked up 
sleepily. "Where's Artemis?" Luna got up quickly and ran for the 
window. "He's with those dogs again I just know it," Luna screamed,
 jumping out the window. ‘That cat is definatley strange,' Serena
 thought as she went back to the the window.

Meanwhile, a cold, 
low voice echoed out into the dark night. "My dear Raye Hino, you 
are also in my way." 
Raye looked around the outside of the Cherry 
Hill Temple in satisfaction. "Finally, I can rest. Hey Chad," she 
began, then remembered that he was at a karate match along with her 
Grandpa. "Oh well, just means I can have some time to myself and the 
fire." She sighed, turning around towards the temple she heard a noise 
coming from behind her. At that moment, a figure emerged from behind 
a tree. "Raye, just who I've been looking for," "Who's there?!" Raye 
called out, spinning on her heals somewhat startled. "Oh, it's just me."
 said a low, starchy voice walking into the light, and Raye smiled at the familiar face. "What a surprise, I didn't know you were coming here 
tonight." Raye commented politely turning around and motioned for her 
friend to come with her. "Would you like a soda or something?" "No 
thank you, there's something else I want." "Hmmm what could that be?"
 Raye wondered aloud walking up the steps to the front door. "You'll
 find out soon enough." Walking slowly towards Raye, her friend 
grabbed tightly onto her shoulders and pushed her down roughly onto
 the asphalt, Raye felt as though she was going to lose consciousness 
from the impact with the cement. Moving her head up slowly she noticed 
the dark, blank stare her friend was giving her. She watched her 
friend pulling something from the coat pocket. "W-what are you doing...
 what is that..." Raye grunted, struggling to raise her head. She 
was pushed back to the ground. The killer grabbed her hands and tight 
them up at the wrists with a thick rope. The killer moved down towards
 her legs and tied her ankles together. "That should keep you still." 
The killer snarled, reaching into the coat pocket again. Raye raised
 her head and from the corner of her eye, she saw something sharp and 
silver. "Don't worry, this won't hurt a bit." Raye felt the cold metal 
object near her hair and closed her eyes. Suddenly it started to buzz. 
Raye opened her eyes in horror and relief. 'It's not a knife...' Raye 
thought. 'But what is it...?' She knew as soon as she felt it pressed 
against her head, buzzing sharply. 'Oh my god... it's an electric 
shaver...' she thought, confused and bewildered. She felt her long, 
purplish hair being shaven off. She tried to get up again but the 
killer kicked her head back down to the ground. Raye groaned in pain, 
small streams of blood poured from the small gash in her head. Little 
by little her hair fell to the ground until she lay on the cold, rough 
cement bald and crying softly. Raye looked up with heavy eyes to see 
the killer reaching into the coat pocket and pulled out a needle. 
"What are you going to do with that?" Raye asked tying in vain to 
inch away from her killer but failing miserably. "not to worry my 
dear...not a bit of that lovely hair will go to waist." The killer 
grabbed a thin piece of hair and threaded the needle. Bringing the 
needle dangerously close to Raye's skin the killer slowly pierced 
Raye's arm, cautiously threading the thin hair into her precious 
arm. Raye screamed in agony as a small tear ran down her face. Small 
droplets of blood oozed out of Raye's arm as the last piece of hair 
was sewn into her arm. The killer proceeded to the other arm and began 
to start the horrifying process of sewing her other arm. Raye screamed 
again as the pain shot through her. "Now now my dear there is really no
 need for all the noise" "Fuck you..Let me go you bastard" Raye screamed.
 "Well aren't we the harsh one today." Raye looked at the killer sharply 
and spat in the killer's face. "Fuck you!" "Well if your going to be 
difficult." The killer said, punching Raye in the stomach. Raye groaned 
in pain, the hot burning agony ripping through her stomach, arms, and 
head as she bit her lip and waited for the end of this nightmare. 
"There now we are finished." The killer said, grabbing Raye by the legs. 
"Where the hell are you taking me.....let me go now...please just let me go." Raye protested. She was dragged unmercifully through the temple, blood
 flowed freely from her back and arms leaving a small trail behind them.
 The killer dragged her up to the top of the temple roof. The killer 
began untying the rope around Raye's wrists. "Now bitch it's time you
 learned to fly." The killer spat in her ear "Your going to be my 
fire bird." "What the hell?..." Raye started. The killer took out a 
pack of matches from the jacket pocket, Raye looked at the killer 
in disgust. While the killer was getting the matches ready, Raye 
lunged forward and dug her nails into the Killer's neck. "You 
should know by now.....I'm not that easy to get rid of ." The 
killer winced as Raye's nails pierced the skin. The killer quickly 
kneed Raye in the stomach. Raye bent over in pain, clutching her 
stomach. The killer reached up and brushed a hand over blood on 
The killer's neck. "Now is that the way you treat your friends."
 The killer walked up to Raye and kicked her in the ribs. Again 
and again The killer smashed the foot into Raye's rib cage until
 Raye lay there barely alive. "Much better." The killer smiled ,
 taking the matches, the killer stood Raye up on her feet and 
lit the hair on fire. Raye started to scream weakly as the killer
 knocked her over the back of her head with a long black cane. 
Raye's limp body fell off the roof top, the killer watched with 
satisfaction as her head connected with the cement. A load crack 
could be heard from where the killer stood, Raye's blood flowed
 out of her cracked skull down the temple walk way. The killer 
walked to where Raye's body lay and picked her up. "I can't 
just leave you like this can I?" The killer said carrying her 
dead body to the front of the steps. The killer went inside 
Raye's room and picked out her best dress. "This will do nicely."
 Leaving her room the killer proceeded back towards Raye. The
killer put Raye in the dress, cleaned the blood off her head 
and arms and lay her in the exact spot in which she fell. 
"Hahahahahaha now Ami you too will pay for your sins against 
my purpose." The killer laughed, walking out of the temple 
dropping the cane on the blood streaked steps. 
	


She was awaken with a start by the load bellowing of her radio. 
Lazily, Serena climbed out of bed and went to her closet to get 
her school uniform. "Luna wake up" Serena called but she couldn't
 find her in her room. ‘Now where is she this time' she thought
 stumbling to the bathroom. After she took her shower and towel 
dried her hair, she went into Rini's room to wake her up for 
school. She crept quietly into Rini's room to find Luna sleeping 
on her bed. ‘So that's where she was' Serena thought as she 
walked up to Rini. "Rini, honey it's time to get up" Serena 
said softly. Rini just rolled over and said "no mommy I wanna 
sleep some more please" "Rini why are you so tired?" "Hotaru 
and I went to go catch fire flies last night we came back 
really late." "Now Rini you know I don't like you out that late
 at night....what if some lunatic killer came after you" 
"Mommy really, I am a sailor scout I can take care of myself!" 
Rini said casually as she jumped out of bed and patted to the 
bathroom. After Rini was done her morning shower, the two of 
them went downstairs for breakfast. Serena's mom notice the 
ring on Serena's finger and smiled happily. "So Darien finally 
popped the question I take it." Serena blushed and nodded her 
head. "I still think that boy is too old for you." Serena's 
father complained, hiding his smile behind the newspaper he was 
‘Reading'. "Oh common dad," Serena giggled, "admit it, you 
like Darien" "now why would I want to do a thing like that.....
that would ruin my ‘protective fatherly image'." "Your hilarious
 dad" "I know." They sat at the table eating breakfast, talking, 
laughing, and planning for Serena's wedding when Serena looked 
at the clock. "I gotta go before I'm late" Serena said smiling.
 "Mo....I mean Serena will you walk with me to school today." 
Rini asked, getting up out of her chair and grabbing her lunch.
 "I suppose but we'll have to leave now or else we'll never 
make it on time." Serena grabbed her lunch bag and back pack 
and headed towards the door. "Bye mom I'll see you after school."
 "Bye sweet heart....have a good day." Serena's mom called from 
the kitchen just as the door slammed behind them. "And why are
 you so happy dear." Mrs. Tsukino asked her husband while she 
did the dishes. "I am not happy," Mr. Tsukino smiled "I just 
thought this article was funny." pointing towards the paper Mrs.
 Tsukino smiled knowingly. "Since when did you think stock markets
 were funny." She laughed. "Since always." Mr. Tsukino left the 
room with his arms crossed, smiling all the way. "Serena, want 
to eat lunch together today?" Lita asked. "Well as long as you 
don't mind Molly joining us." "Yeah sure....Where is Molly 
anyway" "Oh she's probably running a little late, it happens 
to everyone. I promised her that I'd eat lunch with her today 
cause I haven't spent much time with her since..well...ya know."
 Serena replied. "Yeah I know, being a sailor scout never really
 left us time to do anything." "At least now we can rest, and 
start doing the things we love to do right?" "I always loved the
 fighting" "Well I hated it." "Considering you are the leader 
and the most powerful senshi I would have figured you'd get the
 biggest rush out of it." Serena smiled. "I do have to admit
 that watching that bitch Galaxia die was the joy of my day."
 Lita laughed and put a hand on Serena's shoulder. "Yeah I'll 
bet." Before Serena could respond Mrs. Kmet walked in (the grade
 12 teacher, I made different teachers for different grades) and
 put her books on her desk. Mrs. Kmet was a tall, skinny women 
with brown hair and hazel eyes. She was very strict but also one
 of the best teachers in the world. She was a very simple women,
 and only asked the simplest things of her students, get your 
work done and come to class on time. She sat down in her chair 
and stared at the students. "Class settle down please, I need to
 take attendance." Mrs. Kmet shouted, the classroom went dead 
silent as Mrs. Kmet started calling out names. "Amy Anderson" 
"here" "Lory Aron" "here" "Molly Bake..." Mrs. Kmet was interrupted
 by the principle. "Mrs. Kmet may I speak to you for a second." 
"Of course Mr. Dawson." Mrs. Kmet stepped out of the room with Mr.
 Dawson. Serena and Lita looked at each other. "I wonder what 
that's all about?" Lita said "I have no idea....but if it's 
serious enough they'll tell us" Ms. Kmet walked back into the 
room, with a shaken look on her face. "I think something's 
very wrong," Lita whispered to Serena. "But what.." Serena 
replied. "C-class," the teacher began. She tried to keep a 
steady face while she uttered the news. "Molly is... dead."
 A look of shock spread over the faces of the class. "Dead?"
 Lita asked in disbelief. "Yes. Molly was..." Ms. Kmet stuttered, "...Murdered..." Everyone was silent, nobody could utter a 
word. Most of them couldn't believe it, hoped it was just a
 horrible dream. For several minutes, hardly a sound was 
uttered, except the occasional person breaking down into sobs...
 but the most chocked up person was Serena, who had a look of 
utter terror on her face. Nobody could look at her without cringing,
 they knew the pain she must have been feeling. Suddenly, she 
buried her face in her hands and wept, and that was the moment 
most everyone else let go and sobbed, too. Serena got up and 
ran out of the classroom, she had to go see this for herself. 
She ran as fast as she could to Molly's house to see the police
 wheeling her body out in a body bag. Tears started to fall 
from her blood shot eyes, she gasped in disbelief and turned 
around, unable to face the dead body of her best friend. She 
was about to walk away when she noticed the police holding 
something that caught her eye immediately. 'A rose' she thought
 'no it couldn't be.' She ran up to the policeman, questions 
coming out of her mouth, muffled by sobs and sniffs. "How did
 it happen... please tell me..." she managed to cough out. 
"I can't release the details. I'm very sorry," the policeman
 replied gently. Serena sighed and started to walk away, 
hanging her head, when he called out to her. "Wait, miss..."
 she turned around. "Were you a close friend of hers?" he 
asked. "Yes, I was..." Serena mumbled. The policeman looked 
at the tear-ridden girl and said, "I can't go into complete 
details yet but I can tell you just that... she was...strangled.
 We have a slight idea who it might be, but we don't have 
enough evidence to arrest him. I can assure you ma'am that we
 will catch the person who did this. I promise you." Serena
 nodded and thanked him softly, and he said, "Did she have 
any enemies?" Serena shook her head. "No, not Molly. She was 
the sweetest girl in the world... n-nobody would want to hurt 
her..." she started sobbing again. The police man put an arm 
around Serena trying to comfort her. "mind if we ask you a couple 
question ma'am" the police man said as gently as he could as not 
to scare Serena or make her even more stressed. "yeah sure" 
Serena said shakily. "When was the last time you talked to Molly?" "Yesterday...after school" "did she seem stressed or worried in 
anyway?" "No." "Hmmm" the policeman opened his note book and 
started to scribble something down. He looked at her and closed 
the book quickly. "Ma'am....do you know a Darien Shields?" 
"What?!?" Serena asked in shock. ‘Why on earth would they think 
it was Darien it just doesn't fit.' "Would you like me to repeat 
the question?" The policeman asked, looking at her strangely. 
Serena shook her head slowly and took in a deep breath. "Well 
Darien is my boyfriend.......why?" "Well thank you ma'am...and 
we are really sorry that this happened to your friend." The 
policeman was about to walk away when Serena grabbed onto his 
wrist. "Answer my question....why do you want to know who 
Darien is?" Serena asked in a panic. The policeman pulled her 
over to the side of the building. "I'm not supposed to say 
anything....but considering you are a big part in this matter 
I'll tell you." The policeman whispered. "Tell me what?" "We 
found Darien Shields DNA on Molly's body?" "What how?" "Basically 
ma'am we found a lock of his hair on Molly's body." Serena just 
stood there staring blankly at the policeman. ‘It wasn't Darien 
I know it wasn't' Serena thought hysterically. "I've told you all 
that I can.....again I'm sorry about Molly." The policeman said 
running back towards his car. Serena had barely heard what the 
policeman had said, she just kept replaying it over and over in 
her head. ‘Darien's DNA....the rope burns...the strange way he 
was acting it all fit. But why' Serena raised her head high, fire 
blazing in her eyes she ran towards Darien's apartment. "Lita 
where is Serena?" Amy asked in concern. They were eating lunch 
by the fountain. Lita looked at Amy then over in Melvin's 
direction. ‘Poor guy' she thought ‘he must be hurting right now.' 
Amy looked at Lita again and saw the tears well up in her emerald 
eyes. "Lita are you alright?" Amy put a comforting hand on Lita's 
shoulder. "Yeah I'm fine." Lita said a little harshly. Her 
expression softened when she saw Amy's stress filled look. 
"I'm sorry Amy, it's just this whole thing has got me really 
shaken up.....I'm scared." Lita cried putting her head on 
Amy's shoulder. Amy petted Lita's hair and soothed her to 
the best of her abilities when Luna came running up to them. 
Luna stopped for a second to catch her breath and looked at 
the two girls with tears in her eyes. "Com.....come quickly....
Artemis and I just came from Raye's temple... hurry." Luna, 
Amy, and Lita ran frantically to Raye's temple. When they 
arrived at the temple Amy looked on in disbelief. "No Raye 
NOOO!!!!!!!" 	


"Darien I know you home...open this fucking 
door NOW!!" Serena screamed as Darien opened the door. 
"Serena what ar...." He never got a chance to finish before 
his head jerked back and a sharp, stabbing pain ran through his 
left cheek. He put a hand to his face, looking down at Serena he 
saw the anger and pain in her eyes. "Serena...." "Shut the hell 
up you fucking bastard" she screamed "Why the hell did you kill 
Molly you sack of shit....and I want a straight answer before I 
blast your sorry ass back into the past." She was fuming, sweat 
started to poor from her skin and Darien looked at her confused. 
"Serena what are you talking about I didn't kill anyone." "Well 
would you mind explaining the fact that there are FUCKING ROPE 
BURNS ON YOUR HANDS AND MOLLY WAS STRANGLED TO DEATH!!!!" She 
was frantic. She couldn't calm down, she just couldn't believe 
that her only love killed her best friend. She looked at him 
with hatred written all over her delicate features. "Serena.....
I was helping my neighbour move in last night.. And he couldn't 
get the refrigerator in the elevator so I had to help him hoist 
it up to his balcony, that does require a rope." "Then why the 
fuck where you so secretive....do you think I'm stupid? I know 
your lying." "I was so secretive because my neighbour's are 
illegal aliens and if anyone finds out they could get kicked 
out of Japan" (Authors note: I couldn't think of any other 
reason for Darien's neighbour's so I just made it up...sorry 
for the interruption) "then why was your DNA on molly's body?" 
Serena asked a little calmer now. "Well you saw her yesterday 
write","yeah", "I saw you yesterday so my DNA way on you and 
you probably hugged her right" "yeah" "well that explains why 
she had my DNA on her....listen Serena if you don't believe me 
go ask my neighbours....they live right there." Darien motioned 
to the apartment door with the number 24 on it. Serena looked at 
him in distress, the seriousness in his eyes was astounding as 
she turned around and proceeded to the apartment next to Darien's. 
She raised her hand gently and tapped on the door. A tall, skinny 
man opened the door and looked at Serena strangely. "Hello? How 
may I help you?" the man said in a thick German accent, Serena 
looked at him with hopeful eyes. "Umm I was wondering...do you 
know Darien Shields?" The man looked out of his door and saw 
Darien standing at infront of his door. "Oh yes, he helped me 
move yesterday..he is a very strong young man." Serena choked 
down a sob. "Thank you." Serena said walking back towards Darien. 
She looked back at Darien's neighbour then back to Darien. 
Serena stopped in the middle of the hall way, her eyes began 
to roll into the back of her head as her body hit the ground.
 "Serena!" Darien yelled as he ran to her side. He picked up 
her wrist, putting his fingers to her wrist he felt a slight 
throbbing. ‘ Oh thank goodness she just fainted'. He thought 
as he gently picked her up and carried her into his apartment. 
He placed her cautiously on his couch and ran back outside 
towards his neighbour. "Thank you so much for covering for me." 
"Well that's ok...what is all the secrecy about anyways?" 
"You'll find out soon enough." Darien said heading back to his 
apartment. ‘They'll all find out soon enough.' 


Amy, Lita, Luna and Artemis stood there in horror, looking upon 
the half dried blood on the pavement of the temple. Amy fainted 
into Lita's arms as the police wheeled Raye's body out to the 
ambulance. They almost didn't recognize the corpse. "My goodness 
Luna what h..happened to her?" Lita cried in depression and 
bottled up anger. "I....I don't know Lita...I just don't know." 
Luna cried softly on Artemis's shoulder. Artemis hugged Luna 
softly, small tears escaped from his eyes. "It'll be ok Luna...
we'll find the bastard who did this!" Lita shouted, her arms 
trembling uncontrollably, racking the unconscious Amy. At that 
moment a police officer walked up to them slowly carrying a small 
note pad and pen with him. "Excuse me ladies but I'm going to have 
to ask you to leave the property.... were conducting an investigation 
and we can't have any interferences." The police man almost 
screamed at them. Lita looked at him with cloudy green eyes. 
She placed Amy slowly on the ground. "We are....we were her
best friends and we have a right to know what happened here!" 
Lita screamed frantically, trying to get herself under control 
while Amy lay on the ground next to her. The police officer 
looked at Lita then at Amy, a curious look played across his 
features. "What happened to her?" The policeman asked, pointing 
at Amy. "She fainted....she'll be alright in an hour or so." 
Lita explained "she can't stand the sight of blood." Lita 
gulped back the lump in her throat as she picked up Amy again. 
Her arms, slightly stained from the blood Amy's clothes had 
picked up from the unnaturally red asphalt. The policeman 
checked Amy's pulse and sighed in relief. "Alright miss...
come with me." 



Darien sat beside Serena, placing a cool cloth on her forehead 
as he combed her golden bangs out of her face. He looked down 
at her pale features and smiled. ‘She's so angelic' he thought 
to himself ‘So peaceful.' He bend down and, ever so gently, 
kissed her cool pinkish lips. Serena stirred a little and her 
beautiful blue eyes fluttered open and looked at Darien with 
surprise. "Darien what happened?" She asked groggily. Serena
 propped her body up on her elbows but fell back as a wave 
of nausea hit her. Darien inched his arm under her back to 
keep her steady. "You fainted Serena.....I guess this has 
been a terrible few days for you." Darien replied lovingly, 
brushing her soft cheek with the back of his hand. She 
looked at him, tears threatening to spill from her already 
blood shot eyes. He held her closer as she cried on his chest.
 Darien could feel her delicate frame convulsing with every 
sob. "I.....I'm sorry....t...that I accused you of such a h...
horrible thing!" Serena wailed, clutching Darien's shirt 
tightly. Darien sighed as he stroked the back of her head 
gently. "Shhhhh it's alright...you had ever right to be upset."
 He pulled her face up to meet his warm, loving gaze. Carefully, 
he wiped her tears away and kissed her cheek softly. 
"I love you...you know that I would never do anything to
 hurt you." Darien whispered. She looked at him strangely, 
biting her bottom lip. "I know." Serena replied shakily. 
She put her hand up to his cheek and caressed it lightly. 
He slowly lowered his lips to meet hers in a soft kiss. He
 broke off the kiss and stared down at her. Serena continued 
to stare at him, memorizing every curve, every line that 
defined his face. She wrapped her arms around his neck, leaning
 her head in the crook of his neck. "I love you." She whispered
 tenderly. She brought her head back to meet his gaze, and kissed
 him savagely. Her lips crushing against his as she possessively 
explored his mouth with her tongue. Surprised, Darien pushed her 
frail body closer to his. He groaned softly as wild, hot emotions 
ran rampant while he kissed her, expressing his desire. Serena 
unraveled her arms from his neck and began running her soft finger 
tips down his clothed back savoring the sweet feel of his muscular 
shoulders through his thin silk shirt. In retaliation, Darien 
lifted her up, placing her legs on either side of him. He pressed
 her further against him, feeling her hardening nipples rub 
against his chest. Serena groaned lightly as she began unbuttoning 
his shirt. Darien broke the kiss and placed his hands on her's, 
where they lay on the buttons of his shirt. Serena looked at him 
in confusion. "I'm sorry... Serena but....... we can't.... do this."
 Darien stuttered, catching his breathe as Serena slowly entangled 
herself from Darien. Serena knelt in front of him, looking like 
she just saw a ghost. "Wh.....why?" She started. He looked down 
at her again and took her hand in his. "It wouldn't be right 
Serena....I just want it to be special for you and f rom what 
I see.....this is not all that special." Darien explained, 
gesturing towards the room they were in. ‘This place is not 
very romantic' Darien thought ‘I want you to remember it 
forever my darling bunny.' Darien stood up slowly, pulling 
Serena to a standing position as well. "Well....I guess I 
should be going then......the scouts want to meet with Raye 
today anyway." Serena frowned. She walked towards the door 
of Darien's apartment and opened it slowly. She was just 
about to walk out when Darien stopped her. "Serena....." He 
started "*Sigh*...I love you." "I love you too." Serena sighed, 
she gave Darien a small kiss on the cheek and left his apartment,
 crying while she walked. 
"Amy are you ok?" Lita asked in concern
 as Amy started waking up. Amy looked at Lita and frowned as she 
remembered what had happened to Raye. She sat up quickly and 
looked at Lita with daggers in her eyes. "Why her Lita....WHY!!"
 Amy cried, placing her head in her hands. Lita placed her arm 
around Amy for comfort and swayed her back and forth like a sick
 baby. "I don't know Amy....But I wish I knew." Lita cried, 
trying desperately to hold her composure. Amy's cries slowed 
after a time and she slowly picked herself off the ground. 
"Come on Lita, we need to tell Mina and Serena....it would be
 better if they didn't see this." Lita nodded slowly and they 
slowly, taking one last look at the blood stained temple Lita 
walked out of the temple grounds and towards Serena's house. 
Serena was walking towards the Temple thinking about what had 
happened, crying to herself. ‘Why did he reject me like that?...
am I not good enough for him...oh I wish I knew what he wanted 
from me.' She thought to herself. A cold chill ran through the 
air, causing Serena to shiver slightly as she watched the leaves 
shuffle and fall from ever tree she passed. She watched the 
scenery around her and thought of a poem she had written along 
time ago. ‘In your world, do you see me, do you feel my presence
 watching you, I wish to be near you, and this is when I realize, 
There is Always a Price to Pay. In your world, do you want me, 
do you know of anything else, and does your world reject mine, 
do you understand? There is Always a Price to Pay.' She thought 
about that poem, for she had written it when Darien had left her 
alone during the Beryl attacks, and wondered if that life ever 
existed or if they were destined to suicide by the darkness. ‘We 
always protect this world ...but we are only human, does anyone 
understand that?' She thought furiously as she created another poem 
in her mind... ‘We always make mistakes as humans tend to do, but 
we call it being stupid, as do the rest of you. We want what 
others have as humans tend to do, but we call it being selfish, 
as do the rest of you. We are born to only die as humans tend to 
do, but we call it being human, as do the rest of you.' She thought 
of other poems and songs she could create about her world, a world 
of darkness, a world without peace. ‘Something is always taking 
away the peace we so long for.' She thought solemnly, turning the 
corner she bumped into someone and fell to the ground with a quiet 
‘Thump.' "Oh I'm so sorry...I *sniff* I didn't mean to." Serena 
cried. Amy and Lita both looked at her in distress. "Serena are 
you alright?" Lita asked, picking Serena up off the ground. Serena 
wiped the tears away quickly and regained her composure. "Yeah...
really I'm ..Amy What Happened To You?" Serena yelled pointing to 
the blood on Amy's uniform. Amy looked at the blood and started to 
cry again. "Serena." Lita started "umm there's something we need to 
tell you." 



Stella Flos: That's it! I wish i had part two! *Squeals* I LOVE IT!
It's so...so morbid and cool! anyway, if YOU know the author or
have part two...or even know the proper TITLE, PLEASE e-mail me at Demon_inari@yahoo.com