A/N: Hey guys I'm back yet again. I cannot believe how many people are enjoying this story! And thank you to all who have reviewed this fic so far. This is chapter 3 and I would like to personally thank my friend who forced me to keep writing. (Slave driver, but I still like you.)

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon. Do you think I would be writing fanfic if I did?

Chapter 3

Agent Darien Shields ran a hand through his ebony bangs as he let a frustrated sigh escape his perfect lips. Files lay scattered all over his oak wood desk but only one was actually open. A name stood in bold above a picture of a serious looking blonde.

"Agent Serenity Parker," he read aloud to his empty office, "Age: 23 years old. Height: 5 foot 8 inches. Weight: 85 kilograms."

'Damn she really is small' he thought as he continued reading. As he finished his eyes landed on the picture the bureau supplied. He let his fingers trace over her features and he remembered how she bit her lip. Before he could stop himself his mind began its work.

Serena's head rolled back in pleasure and she sunk her teeth into her lower lip to keep from crying out against him.

Darien quickly shook his head as the image faded.

'Damn that girl!' he thought angrily as he tried to ignore the 'problem' that thought had caused. Only then did he notice the curious stare he was eliciting from his best friend. He quickly slapped her file shut and met Andrews chocolate eyes.

"Can I help you with something?" Darien asked casually but in a strained tone. Andy's eyebrows rose as he registered his friend words. He slowly shook his head.

"No. I was just checking on you" he replied. Darien scoffed.

"What are you? My mother?" he said smiling. Andrew's face broke out into a huge grin that put Darien's to shame.

"No but it seemed to me that the new girl got you riled up," he said before meeting his friends gaze, "and in more than one way I can see." Andrew's response was a hefty book being passed, more like thrown, his way. He slipped out of the room, laughing his head off as he went.

Darien grumbled in response as he laid down the treacherous file. His phone rang as he stood to leave.

"Shields here…yep…okay…where? We'll be right there," he said while writing. He dug out his cell phone and began his calls.

(Meanwhile)

Serena and Amy slumped down in a booth at the local diner. Amy looked around as her blue eyes soaked everything in.

"Wow, this place is cool" she said with a light tone. Serena looked at her stunned.

"You've never eaten here?" she asked incredulously. Amy just shook her head and her blue hair bounced with the movement.

"Wow. Girl what dimension do you live in?" Serena replied. Amy just laughed whole-heartedly.

"I told you. I've never had friends to eat out with" she said as her chuckles subsided. Serena blushed as she remembered her friend's words from earlier. The blush quickly dispersed as Serena began grilling Amy.

"So tell me. How did you meet Zach attack?" she asked while using her own little nickname for the shy agent.

"Well when I started working as a coroner Zachs was the first team I was assigned to. The bosses decided that our team had the best conviction rate so Seiya refused to split us up" Amy explained. Serena sighed dramatically and pulled the contorted napkin from her friend's nervous clutches before it became shredded.

"That's all well and good but it doesn't tell me how you met Zach or how he proposed," Serena said.

"We ran into each other in the hall" she said quietly, "He helped me pick my books up and it kind of just went from there. He proposed three weeks ago." Serena drew the attention of the entire restaurant with her loud awwwww's. Amy hastily tried to quieten her but to no avail. The shy bluenette attempted to steer the conversation in a different direction.

"So what about you? Any fiancées or such we should know about?" she asked slyly. Serena's eyes darkened quickly as she shook her head.

"No I actually just got out of a relationship," she said. Amy laid a hand over hers.

"I'm sorry" was all she said. Just then the waiter reappeared with their waters. He then attempted to flirt with Serena. Badly.

"Is there anything else I can get for you lovely ladies?" he asked winking at Sere. However the blonde almost gagged at his gesture. Amy took notice and quickly replied.

"No thank you. We're fine." Serena sent Amy a thankful look before the girl stood.

"I'm just going to the bathroom," Amy said as Serena stood also.

"Oh okay" she said and reclaimed her seat. About 10 seconds after the doc had left the table; Mr. waiter guy returned and filled her now vacant seat. Serena smiled sweetly at him.

"Can I help you young man?" she asked. He sent her a so-called charming smile.

'Right if that's charming. I'm Dame Edna' she thought disgustedly. Her placed his phone before her and said,

"Yes. You can give me your number." Serena picked up the expensive looking mobile and examined it.

"Nice phone" she said. The man, whose nametag read Rubeus, smirked cockily. "I wonder if it's waterproof" she said before dropping the mechanism into her glass of water. A look of horror passed over Rubeus' face as his prized cell made a plop. Before he could react Amy came rushing out of the bathroom. As she approached Serena noticed the hurried look on her face.

"We need to go," she said to Sere. The blonde just nodded in response and turned to grab her bag. Just as she wrapped her slender fingers around it the waiter caught her wrist.

"You'll pay for that!" he almost yelled. Serena delivered a swift kick to his stomach, which left him against a nearby wall. She then linked her arms with Amy and walked away.

"Jerk" she hissed. The entire way back to their work, Amy stayed silent.

'Wow. I've never seen anyone react like that before' she thought. 'I guess I had better tell Serena about the call.'

(Flashback)

Amy just finished washing her small hands when the shrill ringing of her cell phone could be heard. She flicked it open and pressed answer.

"Hello. Amy Anderson speaking" she said.

"Amy, its Darien" came the reply.

"Oh hi Darien. Look I'm sorry about what Serena did before" Amy apologized but was hushed by Darien's next words.

"We got another one" Amy was shocked. Another one! It had been barely a month since the last body had surfaced.

"Okay. We'll be right there" she replied. Amy heard Darien's laugh clearly.

"And tell Parker that I expect her to behave herself" Amy smiled. This girl was definitely bringing out a new side to her boss.

"Will do" she replied.

(End Flashback)

Serena noticed Amy's glazed over stare. She waved a hand in front of her friend's eyes as they walked.

"Hey. Ames if you stare like that any longer you're going to burn a hole in something," she said as the girl shook her head.

"Sorry but I need to tell you why I needed to leave. Darien called" Serena made a gagging gesture before Amy's look halted her. "He said that someone found another body downtown." Serena placed a hand to her mouth.

"Oh my god" she said. As they arrived back at the bureau, Serena parted with Amy so she could collect her kit. When the bluenette returned they quickly climbed into Amy's Mercedes and headed to the crime scene. When they arrived they noticed that the guys were already there. It seemed to be a deserted fairground. The fence had been boarded up and there was graffiti lining the so-called walls.

The first thing Serena noticed when she approached the remains was the smell. It was almost enough to make her empty what little sustenance was in her stomach. The sight wasn't helping either.

There, lying on its back was the remains of a human being. It became obvious that the remains were that of a female and nobody really needed Amy's expertise to determine that. Serena could tell that the girl had had an odd bluish hair color by the chunks of her skull that still clung to her once silky looking hair. Lifeless green/blue eyes were rolled back as if their owner was trying to see the back of her own skull. As Amy examined the body a single fact became prominent. This woman, whoever she was, was missing her foot. A great gaping wound, which had once been home to the extremity, was decaying before their very eyes. Serena tore her eyes from the sight to meet the concerned gaze of one Darien Shields. Before her gaze could linger she focused on the matter at hand. Police were abuzz all around the group. Taping off, searching for the missing piece and just trying to do anything but look at the naked body. Serena was the first to begin her job.

"What have we got?" she asked with a squeaky voice. She promptly cleared her throat and re asked her question. Amy was shocked for a moment. Usually Darien asked the questions. She leant back from her hunched position to deliver her answer.

"Female. Age twenty to twenty-five. Greenish hair. Natural or not I don't know yet. Height would be about 5 foot 8 give or take a little," she said pointing at the missing foot, "Cause of death seems to be strangulation although I cant be too sure. I'll know more when I get her back to the lab and once I finish with the other one." Serena did a double take as she listened.

"Wait a minute. Other one?" she asked. Darien was the one to answer this time.

"Yes. We had another isolated case like this about two weeks ago," he explained. "We deemed it a one off so Amy was finishing up her examination when this call came in. A couple of kids broke in and were making a name for themselves," he said pointing to the graffiti, "And one of them followed their nose. So here we are." Serena stood gob smacked. Fury was building up in her.

"A one off?!" she yelled. "I think its safe to say this is no longer a one off, Commander Shields." Before Darien could retort Amy stepped in.

"Actually Serena. There are too many inconsistencies between the two for them to be connected in a pattern. This body is missing a foot. The other was missing an arm. One's a chance. Two's a coincidence," she said. Andrew nodded in agreement with the coroner. Zach stood beside Amy as she belittled Serena, while Michael was off talking, or more scaring, the kids who found it. Jayden was helping the other officers with their recovery mission.

"So you're just going to wait around for the third!" Serena yelled. The others sighed as the blonde fumed. Andrew placed a hand on Serena's shoulder but she brushed it off and stomped away. Andrew shook his head but decided to touch the subject later. The men went about their routines as Amy concluded her examination. Serena couldn't believe it!

'These people were so thick! Two dismembered bodies in two weeks. If that's not a connection I don't know what is!' She thought.

Once the searches had yielded nothing and the kids had finally been released each member of the team met back at headquarters. With Darien being the last to arrive. By now it was late. Approximately 9 pm by his watch. Andy and the others had left for the night and had attempted to coax him into joining them. Darien had politely declined but Andy had made him promise to leave before 9.

'Oh well. What Andy doesn't know, wont hurt him' he thought cheekily. Seeing he was alone, the young man undid the first few buttons of his shirt and made his way towards his office. What surprised him the most was not the fact his office was alight but at who was sitting, with feet upon the expensive oak, in said office, file in hand and brow scrunched up in concentration. He just stood and observed how her cerulean eyes scanned over each page and how her pink lips moved to read along with her. He quickly cleared his throat and watched on in amusement as she toppled from his chair.

"Hello Agent Parker. Can I help you?" he said huskily. Serena shivered but masked it as she stood and brushed herself off. She gathered the file in her hands and stood to her, not so intimidating height of 5 foot 8. Serena readjusted his large chair as she spoke.

"Why no thank you Commander Shields. I have everything I need," she said politely. Serena then attempted to walk past him and out of the office when his hand shot out and stopped her exit. Before she could step back his other arm found a home on her opposite side, effectively trapping the blonde between him and the door. Serena quickly became aware of his closeness and his "almost" lack of clothing.

"Please, call me Darien, Serena," he whispered in her ear. Serena's grip tightened around the folder as his breath tickled her flushed skin. She loved the way her name rolled from his tongue like liquid.

"Darien…" she said breathlessly. Darien almost groaned as she spoke his name. He shut his eyes at her caress of his name.

'Oh god. You are mine you little minx' he thought as the woman before him accidentally brushed against him. Darien couldn't hold out any longer and he lowered his head to steal a kiss. However his pucker only met with empty air. When he reopened his eyes he came face to face with the wood of his door. She was gone. Darien slammed a fist against the door as his other hand brushed through his now disheveled bangs.

"Damn it" he muttered in frustration.

Serena tapped her foot impatiently as she anxiously awaited the elevator to the ground floor. The last thing she wanted right now was for Darien to come after her. Serena thanked the heavens when the metal doors opened with a ding that seemed to echo without end. Only when the doors closed shut did Serena begin to breathe again.

"That was too close" she said quietly. She placed a hand to her forehead and closed her eyes to calm her erratic heartbeat, but that action only resulted in Darien's lust filled eyes boring into her. She snapped her blue orbs open again as her pulse ran another marathon.

'I barely got out of there' she thought. When his eyes had closed Serena had seized her chance and slipped under and out of his arms. She had pushed away the feeling of loss that had rooted into her heart at the move but at that point Serena had been more concerned with getting away. Now that she had time to think she couldn't rid herself of the thoughts about how good his arms felt. Serena just groaned as she remembered the way he said her name and almost pleaded with her to say his. Only then did her head kick in.

'Ugh. What am I doing? This Darien Shields for god's sake. Womanizer extraordinaire' she thought, 'He's probably slept with the whole office.' Serena may have been an outcast but she heard the stories of agent Shields and his affairs within the office. She had also heard of his entrapment skills. Skills she almost fell for.

"Well not this time, Mr. Shields" she said confidently as she exited the elevator. She exited the building and walked briskly along the cold sidewalk. Serena couldn't help but flinch as the cold air bit into her exposed skin.

"I should have brought a jacket," she said to no one in particular. Suddenly a warm coat was slung over her shoulders. She swiveled to find Darien standing behind her.

"What are you doing?" she said suspiciously. Darien shrugged and dug his hands into the pockets of his pants.

"I thought you might like a ride," he said, pointing at an expensive car parked beside Serena. The said blonde pulled the warm coat tighter around herself as she nodded.

"But no funny business" she said dangerously low, as she climbed into the car.

"Wouldn't even dream of it" Darien muttered as he joined her. With a turn of the key the car roared to life and they were off. Serena desperately tried to ignore the awkward silence that had claimed the car but everything she could think of seemed to have an alternate innuendo.

"So you really think these cases aren't related?" she asked. Darien sighed.

"No Serena I don't. I mean you heard Amy. There are too many inconsistencies. And besides, these women have nothing in common. The first was 45. The second was in her early twenty's. The first was blonde. The second had blue hair. They are different heights, different weights, hell different eye colors. Nothing strikes a pattern. Nothing connects them to each other except the fact they're dead" he said.

"And missing a body part" Serena interrupted. Darien again released a dramatic sigh.

"Yes, but apart from that nothing suggests that these women were killed by the same person. As Amy said, "One's a chance, two's a coincidence" And right now that's all we have. Two dead women and most likely two fucked up killers out there looking for more victims" he said angrily. Serena turned to look at him as he spoke.

"But Darien my gut is telling me that there is more going on here than just two simple deaths" she said.

"That's all well and good Serena but right now I need more that just the opinion of your digestive track" he argued. A silence once again engulfed the area and the only noise heard was the rumbling of the engine.

Darien pulled up outside Serena's building and shut off the engine. He then turned to Serena and she handed him back his coat.

"Thanks" she said quietly. Darien accepted it and threw it into the backseat carelessly.

"I'll see you tomorrow" Serena said before exiting the car.

"Serena wait" Darien called after her. She halted her slamming of the door to look at him.

"About before in the office. I didn't mean to scare you bac-" he began before Serena raised a hand to silence him.

"Its okay Darien. No harm, no foul. No bruise" she said with a smile. Darien couldn't help but smile back. Then her smile faltered and Serena looked into his eyes one final time.

"Darien you really are willing to wait for another body to fall into your lap" Serena said as more of a statement than a question. Before Darien could answer she had shut the door and entered the building.

"I'm sorry Serena but right now we don't have a choice" he said sadly before starting the engine and leaving. Serena slowly made her way up to her apartment and slid the silver key into the lock.

After showering and changing the blonde settled down on the couch and listened to her messages. He first was from Molly.

"Hey Serena. It's me Molly. I'm sorry for booking like this but mom asked me to come up and stay with her a while so I am. I am on my way there right now and I'll give you a call when I arrive. Can't wait to hear about this new team. Wink wink. Nudge nudge. Anyways talk to you later."

Serena shook her head as the machine continued. Two hang-ups.

"Well at least its not bad news" she said as she made her way to her bedroom after deleting the messages. Serena slid into her warm bed and fell asleep. But for some twisted reason her mind was abuzz with the face of the dead woman from earlier. It showed pictures of her smiling laughing and crying. And finally of her pleading for her life to a dark figure. Suffice to say Serenity Parker was not going to be sleeping well for a long time. And neither would Darien Shields.

While Serena's dreams were filled with death and evil, Darien's were filled with the blonde herself. The varying emotions that were evident on her face. And most of all the defeated look that she had given him with her final statement that night.

Somewhere across town, unbeknownst to those who tossed and turned in their sleep, a single figure moved with purpose and confidence as he stared at his favorite picture. He lightly ran a hand over the features of the two women before chuckling evilly.

"This one's for you" he whispered before drawing a large knife and beginning his work.

A/N: Okay well there you go. Chapter 3 up and running. I really tried to make it long but I didn't want to give too much away. Please read and review and just let me know what you think. Thanks again for reading and I apologize for not updating sooner.