Silent Night, Blue Moon

"So what exactly are we going to do?" Lita asked. They were all in Rei's temple, thinking about what to do. Diamond had kidnapped Serena an hour ago. Amy was typing away at her computer, trying to track down Serena's location. Darien was sitting alone in a corner, looking at his hands. He had been crying minutes ago. Silent cries that only he knew about. He missed Serena so much and he couldn't help but wonder where she was, and what Diamond was probably doing to her at that moment. He started to remember what had happened just an hour earlier.

Flashback

They Sailor Scouts were running to the park where negative energy had been emitting. When they got there they saw a man being attacked by Emerald. She was trying to take his energy. The Sailor Scouts sprung into action.

"Jupiter thunder cloud Zap!!!" Jupiter released her attack first and Emerald was barely hit as she moved out the way. Soon Emerald called forth a creature. It was a tree lady. She had long roots for arm and legs. Mars ran in front of the others and tried to concentrate her energy for the fireball but she was thrown off when the tree lady used her roots to grab a hold of Sailor Mars. Sailor Mars screamed as her body was squeezed tight. Venus, Sailor Moon, Mercury and Jupiter ran towards Sailor Mars and started to fire off attacks while emerald watched and laughed.

Emerald bent down towards the guy and tried to capture his energy. Sailor Moon ran over and attacked Emerald with her Scepter. Emerald dodged it and threw an energy ball at Sailor Moon. Sailor Moon yelled and Jupiter ran to her aide while the others tried to free Mars.

"Let go of her emerald!!" Jupiter raged as she threw a thundercloud at her. Emerald disappeared and then reappeared behind Jupiter. She knocked Jupiter to the ground and Sailor Moon was lying helpless on the ground. Most of her energy was stolen and she could really move.

"Let go!"

"Stop!"

Jupiter and Sailor Moon looked over to see Mercury and Venus captured by the tree lady. Jupiter got up and tried to throw one last thundercloud when she too was captured. Sailor Moon slowly got up and as she tried to help her friends, who were screaming in pain, Emerald was sneaking behind her. Sailor Moon, oblivious of the enemy behind her, raised her Scepter and prepared to attack.

"Sailor Moon, watch out!!" Mars cried. Sailor Moon turned and seen Emerald. Emerald was about to attack when a red rose flew by her and grazed her cheek. A trickle of blood came out the small cut and Emerald yelled.

"Tuxedo Mask! You'll pay for this. She threw a big energy ball at him and he fell from the tree where he was standing in. He was slumped on the ground, and Sailor Moon gasped. Emerald threw another ball, and Sailor Moon rushed over to Tuxedo Mask. He was limp but conscious.

"Sailor Moon!!!" The Sailor Scouts yelled. Sailor Moon looked up and seen emerald preparing to throw another energy ball. Sailor Moon stood in front of Tuxedo Mask, protecting him. She was hit with the ball and let out a shrill cry. The scouts screamed and yelled as they seen their princess fall on top of Darien. Darien held her.

"Serena. Why did you do that? Why risk yourself for me?"

Sailor Moon's eyes were closed and Darien looked over hatefully at Emerald. She started to throw another one but she soon stopped dead in her tracks.

"That will be enough Emerald. Go back to headquarters at once."

"But Diamond."

"Go!"

Emerald bowed and disappeared. The tree lady let go of the Scouts and they fell painfully to the floor. Diamond levitated down to the ground and stared at the weakened Sailor Moon.

"I want you to come with me Sailor Moon." Diamond said.

Darien looked up and glared at Diamond. "She's not going with you. She's staying here, leave us alone."

"Poor prince. Afraid that she'll realize what a loser you are and leave you for me?" Diamond said with a smirk on his face.

"Never." Darien spat. Diamond smiled at him and snapped his fingers. The tree lady came over and gripped Darien tight. She lifted him up into the air and he screamed out in pain.

The scouts started to regain their energy but there wasn't much that they could do, they were still weak.

Sailor Moon looked over at the hurting Darien and she forced herself to stand. He legs were aching and so was her head. She felt dizzy. But she wouldn't leave Darien hurting. Never would she do that.

"Leave him alone!!! Please Diamond let him go." Serena yelled. Diamond looked at her with amusement on his face.

"Only if you come with me." Diamond said.

"Never. I will never go with you anywhere you sicken me!!" Sailor Moon yelled.

Diamond smiled. "Have it your way." He snapped his fingers and the tree lady squeezed Darien tighter.

Darien screamed in pain. "No Serena. Don't!!!" Sailor Moon didn't like to see Darien hurting. She had to. Or he would probably die.

"Ok Diamond. Let him go first and let me kill your creature. Then I'll go. As long as you won't hurt Darien or the Scouts." Diamond nodded and snapped his fingers. The tree lady let go of Darien and he fell to the floor.

"Moon Scepter Activation!!!!!!!!!" Sailor Moon yelled. There was a bright light and the tree lady yelled. She vanished into a pile of dust and Diamond quickly got a hold of Sailor Moon. Darien got up and rushed over to them but Diamond levitated and him and Sailor Moon were up in the air. Diamond laughed and then they vanished, into the night.

End Flashback

"I want my mommy back." Rini said. Rei was pacing back and forth and pondering what to do.

"If he hurts her, I swear I'll kill the bastard!" Darien said in a hard tone. It startled the girls cause he hasn't talk at all. It was nearing midnight, and the girls looked tired and weary.

"Darien, I'm sure Serena will be ok. I hope." Amy said.

"I agree with Darien. Nobody messes with our leader, and most of all, our princess. Amy have you found anything?" Rei said.

"No. Maybe diamond is using something to mess with the tracking. I have to bypass it and then I have to tap into their body energy in order to find them. This may take a while to do, cause if Diamond is doing this then he has an intelligent scrambler." Amy said tapping furiously on her keypad.

"Ok well how long will it take?" Mina asked.

"Not long, right Amy?" Lita asked.

"A few hours. Maybe even a few days. I'm sorry Scouts, but this is a long process." Amy said.

"Whatever it take we have to find Serena, and get her out of Diamond's hands." Luna said as she stood in front of the girls. Rini held her miniature Luna ball and started to cry.

"Luna is right." Airtimes said. Darien got up and went over to the crying Rini.

"Don't worry Rini. We'll get her back. You'll see." Darien said as he tried to calm the crying little girl down. He hoped for all of their sakes that his words were true. And they would find Serena.