Sailor Moon:
"Dealing"
BY: NeoMoon
http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/pagoda/9203/fantic1.html
Rain pounded against the glass, thunder cried above the city, and so did
another cry. Her name is Rini, and she isn't from our time. She is from a far
of future, were her mother and father rule, but as she sits in a hospital
waiting room hands clenched on the summer dress she wore the possibility of that
future and in fact her very life was in jeopardy.
She felt the smooth slender arm wrap itself around her, she knew who it
was, Rei like always. Her mom, well the girl who'd someday become her mom never
did that only Rei would, and she appreciated that.
"Rini," Rei spoke trying her bet to sound nice and soothing. "Darien in
is with the doctors now. They thing that Serena will be just fine."
"Rei, I saw the blood, and I started to fade." Rini took a deep breath
trying force back her tears. "I know Serena's hurt really bad so please don't
lie, please."
Rei sighed deeply and reached out to Rini's chin gently bringing the small
girl's face to meet her own. "I guess we keep forgetting how old you really
are. The truth is Serena's in big trouble, she lost a lot of blood fighting
that thing." Rei shuddered, and closed her eyes trying to force away the
memories of the past few months. "The doctors put her in critical condition.
And what's worse they've threatened to bring the police in if we don't answer
some questions."
The tears stopped running down Rini's face. *I know if they tell 'them'
anything they'll give away their identities as the Scouts. But why won't they
tell me?* Rini sighed deeply. "Rei what did happen."
Rei was obliviously hit hard by the question. She quickly rose out of the
seat and made her way toward the exit. "Rini I'm going to check on Serena."
Her voice was shaking uncontrollably. "Serena's parents are coming they'll take
you home." She shot the young girl a nervous smile then hurried through the
swinging doors.
Lita looked out the window and into the storm, a bolt of lighting struck
the Tokyo Tower, which loomed in the distance like a reaper waiting to take his
harvest. She shook her head and turned back to the other window behind her,
Ami was standing there staring into thoughtfully. Ami was taking this harder
then any of them except for Darien. She walked up beside of the blue haired
girl. "I wish they'd let us in there." Ami spoke softly, like a whisper.
"Yeah I know what ya mean." Lita said trying not to sound sad. "But at
least they've let Darien in."
"He looks so sad." Ami replied, her voice shaking, on the verge of tears.
She turned toward Lita, tears welling up in her eyes. *God, I've never seeing
her like this.* Lita thought. Ami took a few deep breaths, and wiped the tears
from her eyes. "I was stupid. You know that right Lita?" Ami asked in a good
'yeah I'm okay' voice. Lita just smiled at her. "It wasn't your fault. We
made the choice to help as a team, a team. Okay Ami?"
Ami just stared at her for a moment then turned back to look at the almost
copse like Serena through observation window. "There's no more power in the
crystal you know."
Lita looked over at her. "What do you mean?"
"Serena used the last of it's power to get us back, quite a feat in the
condition she was in I must say." Her voice had become frosty, and Lita stepped
back suddenly afraid of and for her friend.
"I'd say the crystal is the least of your concerns right now." Came Rei's
voice from behind them. "Serena's parents are coming, not to mention that
Serena herself is dying, and Rini's slowly going to fade from existence. And
that's not even mentioning the fact of future . . ."
"Enough Rei." Mina interrupted from the other side of the hall. "You're
rambling, and not to sound rude but it isn't going to help." She walked closer
to the three other scouts. "Your main concern here is our friend who's dying in
there! Screw her parents, screw the damned crystal, and the future!" She took
a deep breath. "Sorry, but we got to keep things in focus, and right now that's
Serena."
"Where is she!" Yelled a voice through the hall.
"Ma'am if you'd just calm down. . ."
"I will not 'calm' down until you take me to my daughter!" The woman
interrupted.
The swing doors down at the left end of the hall swung open crashing into
the walls. Serena's mother ran down, her husband, Sammy and Rini follow close
behind. An apologetic look filled Rini's eyes.
"What the hell did you do to my daughter?!" She yelled, her face inches
from Ami's face.
Ami turned her head away from the angry woman, tears starting to roll down
her eyes. "I . . . I'm sorry Ma'am." Ami quickly turned and ran away. Lita
Sighed then hurried after.
Serena's mother stared at the two running girls for a second then shot her eyes
back at the other two. "What happened to my daughter."
"I . . .err . . . We . . .um . . ." Mina began.
"It was my fault." Came Darien's voice from the room's doorway. He walked out
and closed it behind him. "If we could take this somewhere else." He looked
back into the room, at his sleeping princess. "She needs rest, and your shouts
aren't going to help her any." His voice was amazingly calm, and soothing.
Serena's mother tried to star him down but failed, she turned and looked at her
sleeping little girl through the window. *Please be okay sweaty,* she sighed
then looked back at the tall dark haired man. "Fine, will talk. I want to see
my daughter, so please wait." She looked the tall man in the eyes once more
before stepping around him. "Who are you?" She asked as she opened the door.
"To Serena anyway?"
Darien turned to look at her. "I am Darien Shields. Serena's boyfriend."
She turned and walked into the room, Darien looked through the window at the
woman as she dropped to the floor besides her daughter's bed. Darien could feel
something wet run down his face.
The heavy winds from the storm grew stronger beating on the hospital
windows relentlessly. Rini stared out into the darkened Tokyo, and sighed.
*Why won't they let me in?* She turned looking at the door leading into a
private conference room. Darien was there with Serena's parents trying to
explain what happened.
"Pretty bad, huh kid?" Rei asked from behind Rini.
The little girl turned to face the tall raven hair girl. "Yeah I hope
Darien can explain without having to give everything away."
"Well we all knew someday our families would discover our secrets Rini,"
Rei turned to star down the hall where Serena's room was. *But never like
this.*
Ami walked over to the large vending machine, Lita looked at her from the
small bar table in the cafeteria. *Ami stop blaming yourself.*
"I don't think," Ami began still looking at the vending machine. "I
don't think that . . ." She threw her hand up crunching it into a fist and
hitting the machine. Lita starred at her. "Ami, you need to stop beating
yourself up over this." Lita said with a soft voice. "I wasn't your fault,
none of us could have known what that thing would have done."
Ami spun around to face her friend, tears streaming down. "But I
activated it! I sent us there! And it was me who betrayed Serena!" She fell
to the floor gasping, a puddle of tears forming slowly around her. "All me, all
me. I'm the one who should be in a hospital bed slowly dying, I . . ."
Lita placed her arms around Ami, hugging her. "Ami you didn't know,
okay?"
"But I, I . . ." She wrapped her arms tightly around Lita. "I just want
to die, I don't deserve to . . ." She looked up at Lita who smiled down at her.
"I don't deserve to live."
Lita pulled away shocked at what Ami had said. "W, what?"
"I don't deserve to live." Ami repeated again, emotion leaving her voice.
"Please, kill me."
"You," Lita pulled her arm back and swung it forward, slapping Ami. "How
dare you be so weak!" She yelled. "Our friend is dying and all you can do is
feel sorry for yourself!" Lita turned, facing away, disgusted at her friend's
behavior. "You're always our pillar Ami. You're always so, so calm and
rational, and now look at yourself." She turned back around, breathing heavily
and trying to resist slapping her friend again. "You're so overcome by this
guilt that you're blinded to the truth. Ami we were all tricked, Sere was a
strong mage, especially for one coming from Mercury. He tricked you, possessed
your mind. Ami you were as helpless as all of us." Lita turned for the door.
"Now I'm going to see how Serena's doing. You can stay her and wallow in self
pity if you want, but I won't watch you destroy yourself anymore."
Mina sat in the lobby looking out the two giant glass doors as the police
hurried in out of the rain. One of them, an older man glanced over at her
before he entered the elevator. A shiver ran up Mina as she watched the lighted
numbers stop on Serena's floor. "Oh no." She whispered before jumping up from
her feet and hurried to the elevator.
Rini looked in horror as the policeman placed the metal cuffs on Darien's
wrist. *Why are they doing this?* Her mind screams, as the other policeman
started to read Darien his rights. She looked up at Serena's mother, her eyes
were cold, and hard, but pleased. Rini tugged on he woman's dress. "Don't let
them do this." She pleaded. But Serena's mother paid no attention.
Mina ran down the hall toward the conference room. She rounded a corner
and stopped dead. Darien was walking slowly down the hall, his head lowered,
and hands behind his back, the two police officers were closely behind him.
"Sir what did he do?" Mina asked as they passed by. One of the officers
stopped and looked at her. "Miss this man's been arrested for the kidnapping
and attempted murder of a young girl."
"No." Mina whispered as the officers continued down the hall. "Why
Darien? Why say that, where you protecting us?"
Rei had to race her into the restroom quickly. If anyone saw Rini would be
in danger, of course she was in danger now, slowly fading away. She looked down
at the small girl crunched into a small ball on the floor fading in and out,
shivering, tears poring from her clenched eyes. It was painful, to have every
molecule in your body pulled in and out of reality, and the knowledge of the
fact you were ceasing to exist. Rei wiped a tear from her eye then turned to
check the door again. "Oh, please God let everything be alright." Rini let out
a small cry, Rei looked back down at her, she'd stopped fading, but she was
still shivering. "Oh Rini, hang on little one. Just hang on."
"Rei," Rini started, her voice shaking incredibility. "I'm, I'm dying.
Don't tell me otherwise I know, I can feel it." Rini stood up slowly her body
still shaking. "I guess this is how it is right Rei? Maybe though" Rini
began, her voice low and distant. "Maybe my death, my fading away can help."
Rei looked at the small child blankly. "Wh, what do you mean?"
"When I die Rei, which will be very . . ." Rini fell back to the ground
clutching her stomach. "Very . . .Soon. M, my life force, w, will be released."
Rini stood back up, her face was wrinkled with pain, and she still held her
stomach. "We can channel my life force into my Mom, I mean Serena." Rini
looked up at the raven hair girl. "I need you to help me."
Rei turned away from the small girl. "I, I can't do that. I can't help
you Rini, I can't sacrifice you."
Rini smiled and placed her arms around Rei's legs. "You don't change do
you?"
"What do you mean?" Rei implied
"You're my Godmother in the future, and you were always so protective of
me. Thank you, Aunt Rei."
"I have no choice do I?"
"Either way I die."
Rei took the girl's hand. "(Sigh), let's go then."
Lita and Mina looked through the window into Serena's room. *So much has
happened.* Lita thinks, as she places her hand on the window. "She looks so
cold." Lita says sadly. She looks over at Mina and sees a stream tears running
down her face. "What is it, Mina?"
"I failed her. I'm the leader of the Sailor Scouts, and I failed to
protect the Princess."
Lita sighs. *Not you too, Mina.* "Look," Lita say irritability. "We
tried our best, that's all we could have done, we can't beat ourselves up over
this. Serena's gonna be fine." Lita placed her hand on her friend's shoulder.
"You'll see."
Mina looked over at the tall girl and smiled. "I know, and thanks."
"Guys, guys!" Screamed Rei as she ran up to the other two girls with Rini
closely in tow. "Rini has a way to save Serena, but, but I'm not sure we should
do this."
"What is it!?" Mina yelled almost enthusiastically.
"Rini's dying she wants to use her life force to save Serena."
"No, no we can't do that." Lita said in shock.
"Don't you see, we must!" Rini screamed. "If I use my life force when I
fade again and send it into Serena then She'll live, the future will be saved,
and I should return all safe and sound." Rini smiled slightly.
"Yeah," Mina said sarcastically. "Should return."
"There's not much time." Rini began again. "I can feel myself slipping."
The three scouts nodded then hurried into the room trying not to be
seeing.
The rain beat hard on her face, she looked up at the thundering sky and
breathed deeply, welcoming the cool hard rain, and the thundering sky. "It's
time to end this." She whispered. She balanced herself on the roof's edge.
"Serena I'm so sorry." She looked down to the street below, at the passing cars
going back and forth like scurrying ants. She breathed in deeply, and let it
out with a sigh. * How dare you be so weak!* Lita's voice screamed in her
mind. * You're always our pillar Ami. You're always so, so calm and rational,
and now look at yourself.* Lita said again in Ami's mind. * Stay her and
wallow in self-pity if you want, but I won't watch you destroy yourself
anymore.*
"Lita, guy's I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry." She raised her arms into the
air, making a V type shape. She breathed in deep again and closed her eyes.
"argh." Rei cried as she fell to her knees. The others raced over to
her, crowding around her.
"Rei, what's wrong." Rini asked, fear in her voice.
Rei pushed the girls away and shakily stood up. "It, its Ami. She's on
the roof." Rei shut her eyes and concentrated. "NO!" She screamed, her eyes
flying open. "She's going to jump!"
Lita looked over at Serena then back at Rei. "I'll go, Serena needs the
rest of you."
Ami raised her arms high, assuming a diver's position. * Don't be a
coward.* Lita's voice screamed at her.
"Wait Ami!" Lita screamed from the doorway. "Ami, stop!"
"Go away Lita." Ami said calmly. "Just go away, and forget I've ever
existed."
"Ami, no!" Lita screamed running out of the doorway, toward her ill-fated
friend. "Ami, please."
Ami swung around. "Mercury Star power, make-up!" Ami pointed at Lita in
her transformed shape. "I said GO AWAY!"
"Ami, please don't do this. Serena's gonna be fine the others have a
plan."
"I said go away."
Lita walked closer to Ami, and stood only inches from her friend. "Ami
get down!"
"NO!" Ami put her hands to her chest. "Lita, leave!"
"NO! I will not!"
"Then I'm sorry. Shine Aqua . . ."
Lita grabbed Ami before she could finish dragging her back onto the roof,
and held down. "What the hell do you think you're doing!"
"Leave me be!"
Lita slapped Ami across the face. "No! Ya need help Ami!"
Ami struggled, trying to get free of Lita's hold. "Let me go!"
Lita pushed down harder. "Stop! Ami look at you! You're not you
anymore, I don't know who you are anymore, you're not Ami!"
Ami stopped struggling, and opened her eyes to face her friend, tears
streamed down her face, and a faint blue light surrounded her as transformed
back to her normal form. "Let me go, I'm done."
Lita raised her hands slowly off of Ami, still keeping them close enough
to grab her if she tried anything.
Ami swung her arms around Lita, hugging her, crying into her chest.
"come Ami lets go downstairs. Okay?"
"(sniff) Okay."
Rini was shaking on the floor, silently crying as she was pulled out of
existence. Rei stood over the small girl, her hands extended over the small
girl. She chanted silently to herself.
Mina sat on the edge of Serena's bed, stroking her hand through her
friend's freed hair. "I hope this works." She whispers as she looks into her
friend's peaceful face. "Everything will be okay, Princess."
"Now!" Rei screams opening her eyes extremely fast. "Thank you for your
sacrifice Rini."
Rini's body was gone. All that remained was a small pinkish light. Rei
moved her fingers and the light shot up into her hands. She raised them above
her head muttered a few words and lowered her hands back down pointing them at
Serena. The pinkish light emitted around her hands, growing larger, and larger,
it shot out from her hands toward Serena.
Serena's back arched as the light filled her. Her body was raised out of
the bed, filled with Rini's life force. The light shot out encompassing the
room, blinding the two girls.
A nurse ran into the room. "What happened!" She yelled. "You three
shouldn't be in here.
"Three?" Rei questioned as she rubbed her, turning toward Mina. Rini!"
Rini stood next to Serena's bed, a large smile filled her face. "Hi!
Told you it would work." She said in a, 'I told you so' voice.
"Rini!" Rei cried running over to the small girl and throwing her arms
over her. "You're alright."
"I'm sorry," the nurse interrupted. "But you'll all have to . . ."
"Mmmm. Let them stay," came a sleepily voice from behind the three young
girls.
The nurse look amazed, and quickly ran out of the room screaming for a
doctor.
The three girls turned slowly to see a weakly smiling Serena sitting up in
the hospital bed.
"Serena!" They all cried in unison as they ran over to the bed.
Lita burst into the room towing Ami in by the hand. "What happened!" She
screamed. "A nurse was running down the hall screaming like a lunatic!"
"Hi Lita, hi Ami." Said Serena weakly looking past the other three."
Lita ran over to the others and joined into the chattering. Ami sighed
and stayed away from the other girls.
"Where's Darien?" Serena asked, swinging her head around.
"Serena," Mina began. "Darien was, he was arrested, he told your parents
and the police he kidnapped all of us, and tried to kill you. I'm sorry."
"No." Serena gasped. "Wh, what do we do? We got to help him."
"We will Serena, don't worry." Rei said sadly. "We'll save him."
End?
Oh no! not another question mark! Ok you can already guess that the next
part of this story is "The Trail of Darien". So when it's done please all you
law students out there please don't flame me on the trial system, I'm a civil
engineering student, ok. Away please e-mail me with your opinion's on the story
so far, and if you haven't looked at the first one yet the name is "The pain of
losing those you care for". And it can be found at
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also at http://www.moonromance.com in the library, in the N section, under the
name NeoMoon. Again if you liked this story please e-mail at
neomoon@seacove.net or at neomoon@yahoo.com Well as always Please love and
happiness, and if ya can't handle that I pity you.
NeoMoon
"Dealing"
BY: NeoMoon
http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/pagoda/9203/fantic1.html
Rain pounded against the glass, thunder cried above the city, and so did
another cry. Her name is Rini, and she isn't from our time. She is from a far
of future, were her mother and father rule, but as she sits in a hospital
waiting room hands clenched on the summer dress she wore the possibility of that
future and in fact her very life was in jeopardy.
She felt the smooth slender arm wrap itself around her, she knew who it
was, Rei like always. Her mom, well the girl who'd someday become her mom never
did that only Rei would, and she appreciated that.
"Rini," Rei spoke trying her bet to sound nice and soothing. "Darien in
is with the doctors now. They thing that Serena will be just fine."
"Rei, I saw the blood, and I started to fade." Rini took a deep breath
trying force back her tears. "I know Serena's hurt really bad so please don't
lie, please."
Rei sighed deeply and reached out to Rini's chin gently bringing the small
girl's face to meet her own. "I guess we keep forgetting how old you really
are. The truth is Serena's in big trouble, she lost a lot of blood fighting
that thing." Rei shuddered, and closed her eyes trying to force away the
memories of the past few months. "The doctors put her in critical condition.
And what's worse they've threatened to bring the police in if we don't answer
some questions."
The tears stopped running down Rini's face. *I know if they tell 'them'
anything they'll give away their identities as the Scouts. But why won't they
tell me?* Rini sighed deeply. "Rei what did happen."
Rei was obliviously hit hard by the question. She quickly rose out of the
seat and made her way toward the exit. "Rini I'm going to check on Serena."
Her voice was shaking uncontrollably. "Serena's parents are coming they'll take
you home." She shot the young girl a nervous smile then hurried through the
swinging doors.
Lita looked out the window and into the storm, a bolt of lighting struck
the Tokyo Tower, which loomed in the distance like a reaper waiting to take his
harvest. She shook her head and turned back to the other window behind her,
Ami was standing there staring into thoughtfully. Ami was taking this harder
then any of them except for Darien. She walked up beside of the blue haired
girl. "I wish they'd let us in there." Ami spoke softly, like a whisper.
"Yeah I know what ya mean." Lita said trying not to sound sad. "But at
least they've let Darien in."
"He looks so sad." Ami replied, her voice shaking, on the verge of tears.
She turned toward Lita, tears welling up in her eyes. *God, I've never seeing
her like this.* Lita thought. Ami took a few deep breaths, and wiped the tears
from her eyes. "I was stupid. You know that right Lita?" Ami asked in a good
'yeah I'm okay' voice. Lita just smiled at her. "It wasn't your fault. We
made the choice to help as a team, a team. Okay Ami?"
Ami just stared at her for a moment then turned back to look at the almost
copse like Serena through observation window. "There's no more power in the
crystal you know."
Lita looked over at her. "What do you mean?"
"Serena used the last of it's power to get us back, quite a feat in the
condition she was in I must say." Her voice had become frosty, and Lita stepped
back suddenly afraid of and for her friend.
"I'd say the crystal is the least of your concerns right now." Came Rei's
voice from behind them. "Serena's parents are coming, not to mention that
Serena herself is dying, and Rini's slowly going to fade from existence. And
that's not even mentioning the fact of future . . ."
"Enough Rei." Mina interrupted from the other side of the hall. "You're
rambling, and not to sound rude but it isn't going to help." She walked closer
to the three other scouts. "Your main concern here is our friend who's dying in
there! Screw her parents, screw the damned crystal, and the future!" She took
a deep breath. "Sorry, but we got to keep things in focus, and right now that's
Serena."
"Where is she!" Yelled a voice through the hall.
"Ma'am if you'd just calm down. . ."
"I will not 'calm' down until you take me to my daughter!" The woman
interrupted.
The swing doors down at the left end of the hall swung open crashing into
the walls. Serena's mother ran down, her husband, Sammy and Rini follow close
behind. An apologetic look filled Rini's eyes.
"What the hell did you do to my daughter?!" She yelled, her face inches
from Ami's face.
Ami turned her head away from the angry woman, tears starting to roll down
her eyes. "I . . . I'm sorry Ma'am." Ami quickly turned and ran away. Lita
Sighed then hurried after.
Serena's mother stared at the two running girls for a second then shot her eyes
back at the other two. "What happened to my daughter."
"I . . .err . . . We . . .um . . ." Mina began.
"It was my fault." Came Darien's voice from the room's doorway. He walked out
and closed it behind him. "If we could take this somewhere else." He looked
back into the room, at his sleeping princess. "She needs rest, and your shouts
aren't going to help her any." His voice was amazingly calm, and soothing.
Serena's mother tried to star him down but failed, she turned and looked at her
sleeping little girl through the window. *Please be okay sweaty,* she sighed
then looked back at the tall dark haired man. "Fine, will talk. I want to see
my daughter, so please wait." She looked the tall man in the eyes once more
before stepping around him. "Who are you?" She asked as she opened the door.
"To Serena anyway?"
Darien turned to look at her. "I am Darien Shields. Serena's boyfriend."
She turned and walked into the room, Darien looked through the window at the
woman as she dropped to the floor besides her daughter's bed. Darien could feel
something wet run down his face.
The heavy winds from the storm grew stronger beating on the hospital
windows relentlessly. Rini stared out into the darkened Tokyo, and sighed.
*Why won't they let me in?* She turned looking at the door leading into a
private conference room. Darien was there with Serena's parents trying to
explain what happened.
"Pretty bad, huh kid?" Rei asked from behind Rini.
The little girl turned to face the tall raven hair girl. "Yeah I hope
Darien can explain without having to give everything away."
"Well we all knew someday our families would discover our secrets Rini,"
Rei turned to star down the hall where Serena's room was. *But never like
this.*
Ami walked over to the large vending machine, Lita looked at her from the
small bar table in the cafeteria. *Ami stop blaming yourself.*
"I don't think," Ami began still looking at the vending machine. "I
don't think that . . ." She threw her hand up crunching it into a fist and
hitting the machine. Lita starred at her. "Ami, you need to stop beating
yourself up over this." Lita said with a soft voice. "I wasn't your fault,
none of us could have known what that thing would have done."
Ami spun around to face her friend, tears streaming down. "But I
activated it! I sent us there! And it was me who betrayed Serena!" She fell
to the floor gasping, a puddle of tears forming slowly around her. "All me, all
me. I'm the one who should be in a hospital bed slowly dying, I . . ."
Lita placed her arms around Ami, hugging her. "Ami you didn't know,
okay?"
"But I, I . . ." She wrapped her arms tightly around Lita. "I just want
to die, I don't deserve to . . ." She looked up at Lita who smiled down at her.
"I don't deserve to live."
Lita pulled away shocked at what Ami had said. "W, what?"
"I don't deserve to live." Ami repeated again, emotion leaving her voice.
"Please, kill me."
"You," Lita pulled her arm back and swung it forward, slapping Ami. "How
dare you be so weak!" She yelled. "Our friend is dying and all you can do is
feel sorry for yourself!" Lita turned, facing away, disgusted at her friend's
behavior. "You're always our pillar Ami. You're always so, so calm and
rational, and now look at yourself." She turned back around, breathing heavily
and trying to resist slapping her friend again. "You're so overcome by this
guilt that you're blinded to the truth. Ami we were all tricked, Sere was a
strong mage, especially for one coming from Mercury. He tricked you, possessed
your mind. Ami you were as helpless as all of us." Lita turned for the door.
"Now I'm going to see how Serena's doing. You can stay her and wallow in self
pity if you want, but I won't watch you destroy yourself anymore."
Mina sat in the lobby looking out the two giant glass doors as the police
hurried in out of the rain. One of them, an older man glanced over at her
before he entered the elevator. A shiver ran up Mina as she watched the lighted
numbers stop on Serena's floor. "Oh no." She whispered before jumping up from
her feet and hurried to the elevator.
Rini looked in horror as the policeman placed the metal cuffs on Darien's
wrist. *Why are they doing this?* Her mind screams, as the other policeman
started to read Darien his rights. She looked up at Serena's mother, her eyes
were cold, and hard, but pleased. Rini tugged on he woman's dress. "Don't let
them do this." She pleaded. But Serena's mother paid no attention.
Mina ran down the hall toward the conference room. She rounded a corner
and stopped dead. Darien was walking slowly down the hall, his head lowered,
and hands behind his back, the two police officers were closely behind him.
"Sir what did he do?" Mina asked as they passed by. One of the officers
stopped and looked at her. "Miss this man's been arrested for the kidnapping
and attempted murder of a young girl."
"No." Mina whispered as the officers continued down the hall. "Why
Darien? Why say that, where you protecting us?"
Rei had to race her into the restroom quickly. If anyone saw Rini would be
in danger, of course she was in danger now, slowly fading away. She looked down
at the small girl crunched into a small ball on the floor fading in and out,
shivering, tears poring from her clenched eyes. It was painful, to have every
molecule in your body pulled in and out of reality, and the knowledge of the
fact you were ceasing to exist. Rei wiped a tear from her eye then turned to
check the door again. "Oh, please God let everything be alright." Rini let out
a small cry, Rei looked back down at her, she'd stopped fading, but she was
still shivering. "Oh Rini, hang on little one. Just hang on."
"Rei," Rini started, her voice shaking incredibility. "I'm, I'm dying.
Don't tell me otherwise I know, I can feel it." Rini stood up slowly her body
still shaking. "I guess this is how it is right Rei? Maybe though" Rini
began, her voice low and distant. "Maybe my death, my fading away can help."
Rei looked at the small child blankly. "Wh, what do you mean?"
"When I die Rei, which will be very . . ." Rini fell back to the ground
clutching her stomach. "Very . . .Soon. M, my life force, w, will be released."
Rini stood back up, her face was wrinkled with pain, and she still held her
stomach. "We can channel my life force into my Mom, I mean Serena." Rini
looked up at the raven hair girl. "I need you to help me."
Rei turned away from the small girl. "I, I can't do that. I can't help
you Rini, I can't sacrifice you."
Rini smiled and placed her arms around Rei's legs. "You don't change do
you?"
"What do you mean?" Rei implied
"You're my Godmother in the future, and you were always so protective of
me. Thank you, Aunt Rei."
"I have no choice do I?"
"Either way I die."
Rei took the girl's hand. "(Sigh), let's go then."
Lita and Mina looked through the window into Serena's room. *So much has
happened.* Lita thinks, as she places her hand on the window. "She looks so
cold." Lita says sadly. She looks over at Mina and sees a stream tears running
down her face. "What is it, Mina?"
"I failed her. I'm the leader of the Sailor Scouts, and I failed to
protect the Princess."
Lita sighs. *Not you too, Mina.* "Look," Lita say irritability. "We
tried our best, that's all we could have done, we can't beat ourselves up over
this. Serena's gonna be fine." Lita placed her hand on her friend's shoulder.
"You'll see."
Mina looked over at the tall girl and smiled. "I know, and thanks."
"Guys, guys!" Screamed Rei as she ran up to the other two girls with Rini
closely in tow. "Rini has a way to save Serena, but, but I'm not sure we should
do this."
"What is it!?" Mina yelled almost enthusiastically.
"Rini's dying she wants to use her life force to save Serena."
"No, no we can't do that." Lita said in shock.
"Don't you see, we must!" Rini screamed. "If I use my life force when I
fade again and send it into Serena then She'll live, the future will be saved,
and I should return all safe and sound." Rini smiled slightly.
"Yeah," Mina said sarcastically. "Should return."
"There's not much time." Rini began again. "I can feel myself slipping."
The three scouts nodded then hurried into the room trying not to be
seeing.
The rain beat hard on her face, she looked up at the thundering sky and
breathed deeply, welcoming the cool hard rain, and the thundering sky. "It's
time to end this." She whispered. She balanced herself on the roof's edge.
"Serena I'm so sorry." She looked down to the street below, at the passing cars
going back and forth like scurrying ants. She breathed in deeply, and let it
out with a sigh. * How dare you be so weak!* Lita's voice screamed in her
mind. * You're always our pillar Ami. You're always so, so calm and rational,
and now look at yourself.* Lita said again in Ami's mind. * Stay her and
wallow in self-pity if you want, but I won't watch you destroy yourself
anymore.*
"Lita, guy's I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry." She raised her arms into the
air, making a V type shape. She breathed in deep again and closed her eyes.
"argh." Rei cried as she fell to her knees. The others raced over to
her, crowding around her.
"Rei, what's wrong." Rini asked, fear in her voice.
Rei pushed the girls away and shakily stood up. "It, its Ami. She's on
the roof." Rei shut her eyes and concentrated. "NO!" She screamed, her eyes
flying open. "She's going to jump!"
Lita looked over at Serena then back at Rei. "I'll go, Serena needs the
rest of you."
Ami raised her arms high, assuming a diver's position. * Don't be a
coward.* Lita's voice screamed at her.
"Wait Ami!" Lita screamed from the doorway. "Ami, stop!"
"Go away Lita." Ami said calmly. "Just go away, and forget I've ever
existed."
"Ami, no!" Lita screamed running out of the doorway, toward her ill-fated
friend. "Ami, please."
Ami swung around. "Mercury Star power, make-up!" Ami pointed at Lita in
her transformed shape. "I said GO AWAY!"
"Ami, please don't do this. Serena's gonna be fine the others have a
plan."
"I said go away."
Lita walked closer to Ami, and stood only inches from her friend. "Ami
get down!"
"NO!" Ami put her hands to her chest. "Lita, leave!"
"NO! I will not!"
"Then I'm sorry. Shine Aqua . . ."
Lita grabbed Ami before she could finish dragging her back onto the roof,
and held down. "What the hell do you think you're doing!"
"Leave me be!"
Lita slapped Ami across the face. "No! Ya need help Ami!"
Ami struggled, trying to get free of Lita's hold. "Let me go!"
Lita pushed down harder. "Stop! Ami look at you! You're not you
anymore, I don't know who you are anymore, you're not Ami!"
Ami stopped struggling, and opened her eyes to face her friend, tears
streamed down her face, and a faint blue light surrounded her as transformed
back to her normal form. "Let me go, I'm done."
Lita raised her hands slowly off of Ami, still keeping them close enough
to grab her if she tried anything.
Ami swung her arms around Lita, hugging her, crying into her chest.
"come Ami lets go downstairs. Okay?"
"(sniff) Okay."
Rini was shaking on the floor, silently crying as she was pulled out of
existence. Rei stood over the small girl, her hands extended over the small
girl. She chanted silently to herself.
Mina sat on the edge of Serena's bed, stroking her hand through her
friend's freed hair. "I hope this works." She whispers as she looks into her
friend's peaceful face. "Everything will be okay, Princess."
"Now!" Rei screams opening her eyes extremely fast. "Thank you for your
sacrifice Rini."
Rini's body was gone. All that remained was a small pinkish light. Rei
moved her fingers and the light shot up into her hands. She raised them above
her head muttered a few words and lowered her hands back down pointing them at
Serena. The pinkish light emitted around her hands, growing larger, and larger,
it shot out from her hands toward Serena.
Serena's back arched as the light filled her. Her body was raised out of
the bed, filled with Rini's life force. The light shot out encompassing the
room, blinding the two girls.
A nurse ran into the room. "What happened!" She yelled. "You three
shouldn't be in here.
"Three?" Rei questioned as she rubbed her, turning toward Mina. Rini!"
Rini stood next to Serena's bed, a large smile filled her face. "Hi!
Told you it would work." She said in a, 'I told you so' voice.
"Rini!" Rei cried running over to the small girl and throwing her arms
over her. "You're alright."
"I'm sorry," the nurse interrupted. "But you'll all have to . . ."
"Mmmm. Let them stay," came a sleepily voice from behind the three young
girls.
The nurse look amazed, and quickly ran out of the room screaming for a
doctor.
The three girls turned slowly to see a weakly smiling Serena sitting up in
the hospital bed.
"Serena!" They all cried in unison as they ran over to the bed.
Lita burst into the room towing Ami in by the hand. "What happened!" She
screamed. "A nurse was running down the hall screaming like a lunatic!"
"Hi Lita, hi Ami." Said Serena weakly looking past the other three."
Lita ran over to the others and joined into the chattering. Ami sighed
and stayed away from the other girls.
"Where's Darien?" Serena asked, swinging her head around.
"Serena," Mina began. "Darien was, he was arrested, he told your parents
and the police he kidnapped all of us, and tried to kill you. I'm sorry."
"No." Serena gasped. "Wh, what do we do? We got to help him."
"We will Serena, don't worry." Rei said sadly. "We'll save him."
End?
Oh no! not another question mark! Ok you can already guess that the next
part of this story is "The Trail of Darien". So when it's done please all you
law students out there please don't flame me on the trial system, I'm a civil
engineering student, ok. Away please e-mail me with your opinion's on the story
so far, and if you haven't looked at the first one yet the name is "The pain of
losing those you care for". And it can be found at
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also at http://www.moonromance.com in the library, in the N section, under the
name NeoMoon. Again if you liked this story please e-mail at
neomoon@seacove.net or at neomoon@yahoo.com Well as always Please love and
happiness, and if ya can't handle that I pity you.
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