Tecklias: I'm back with another chapter it gets really interesting here, and to assure all of you Gohan is not going to be a nerd in this fic. Right now I'm just trying to show the difference between his innocent passion for Serena and Darien's psycho lust. Thanks for the reviews enjoy.
The Briefs' house
Serena, Chi Chi, and Bulma spent the morning doing some light shopping and decided to come back and have some coffee while the guys had their daily training back at Capsule Corp.
"When do you think your going to start training?" Chi Chi said taking a sip of her coffee.
Serena was sitting in a chair across from the two older women who were sitting on the coach that just the day before she found out she still had family left in this world.
"As soon as I can," she said and reached for her mug with her left hand. "I need to be able to control my power."
Bulma noticed the ring on Serena's finger and nearly dropped her cup from the shock.
"Serena, where'd that ring come from?" She asked her daughter. 'Please don't let it be what I think it is.' Bulma secretly dreaded to herself.
Vegeta and Bulma DID NOT like Darien from the beginning at all. It wasn't the face that he was so much older. There just seemed something off with him. He seemed like he was hiding something.
"It's from Darien," she said blankly putting her mug back on the coffee table.
"Did he propose?" Chi Chi asked giving Bulma a worried glance.
Serena put her left hand over her mouth. "I said no," she answered trying not to remember that night, but couldn't help letting the tears well up inside.
Bulma and Chi Chi breathed a sigh of relief. Serena's mother sat on the arm of the chair Serena was sitting in, and let her daughter lay her head in her lap and cry.
"Oh sweetie, I'm sorry. You and Darien were together for a very long time, but you did the right thing. If you don't love him it's good that you told him the truth." She said gently rubbing her back.
"I said no and then he told me the truth. He wasn't accepting no as an answer, and if Gohan hadn't saved me I would have had to say yes."
Bulma became alarmed by this statement, and Chi Chi kneeled close next to Serena.
"Sweetie, did something happen?" Chi Chi asked.
"Darien drugged me before he proposed, he took my crystal, and then he…" she couldn't finish her statement.
"Oh Serena, no…don't tell me he….took advantage of you." Bulma said fearing for her daughter.
"If Gohan hadn't found me in time," she sat up and looked at her mother and Chi Chi. "I wouldn't be here right now."
Serena went on to tell them about the betrayal and everything that happened.
Goku
The daily training was over and of course Goku was hungry, and flew to the store to grab some stuff to make sandwiches. As he was walking out of the store he saw a familiar face.
"Darien. What a surprise," Goku said while wondering what he was doing here.
"Yeah, Serena told me she was coming here, and I just wanted to surprise her." He said with a smile. "I just stopped here for a sec do you want a ride back?"
Goku accepted and got in the car with Darien playing perfectly right into his plans.
The Women
After Serena told them everything everyone returned to their seats.
"I'm just worried because I don't know when he's going to attack. I need to tell the guys."
"It's a good thing you're here," Chi Chi said. "You're like the daughter we never had, Serena. Goku might be a sweetheart, but he'll make those traitors pay."
"Vegeta's going to tear Darien apart for this," Bulma said angrily. "I wish I could myself. I'm sorry you had to go through that Serena."
"I'm just glad Gohan followed his instincts and was able to save me." She said gratefully.
'He was following more than his instincts.' Chi chi thought with a small smirk to herself.
Goku appeared instantly in the room, and wasn't wearing his usual smile. He was actually serious.
"Goku, what are you doing here?" His wife asked.
"I need Serena to come with me? You and Bulma need to stay here." He said seriously.
Serena stood, fearing something may have happened. "Is it Darien?"
When here merely nodded she walked over to him.
"Be careful." Bulma said as the two of them disappeared.
After they left Chi Chi couldn't shake that something wasn't right.
"Bulma do you feel like something's wrong?"
"Yes Chi Chi I do. All we can do is pray that things will work out like they always do."
Goku and Serena
Goku appeared in a clearing in the middle of the woods. Serena was confused. She didn't understand what was going on.
"Goku? What's going on?" She asked him, but then she got a good look at his eyes. They were blank. It's like he was under someone else's control. Serena began to slowly back away from him. She stopped and turned when she backed into Darien.
Else where in the woods
Goten and Trunks were training together alone in the woods when the scouts showed up.
"Aren't they Serena's friends?" Goten asked Trunks.
The girls had surrounded the boys and Trunks could tell that something wasn't right.
"I don't know Goten. They don't seem like their in a very friendly mood." Trunks said taking a defensive position. Goten did the same sensing a strong negative force.
"What do you want?" Trunks asked sensing their negative energy.
"We want you brat." Raye yelled and signaled that the girls attack the two children.
Serena
She was stunned when she met Darien's evil gaze. Goku grabbed her in an arm lock behind her back.
"What have you done to him?" Serena asked not trying to fight Goku's grip.
"No hello dariling. It's been such a long time since I've seen you. Haven't you missed me?" He mocked her pulling something from his pocket.
It was her moon locket. She stared at it in confusion.
"I left that in…"
"Your room underneath your pillow?" Darien laughed at her. "I went back to your place to get it." He played with it in his hands.
" Even before you gave me the key to your place I could still easily get in. I used this little brainwashing tool many times on you, and when I ran into Goku I used it on him. I wanted our first encounter to be a private one."
Serena ignored him, and tried to get Goku to snap out of it for both their sakes.
"Goku, listen to my voice. It's me Serena. I know you're strong enough to fight this stupid spell." Serena pleaded as Darien started an evil chuckle. "I need you Goku. I know you'd never hurt me. I need your help. You have to fight this spell old friend. It's imperative that you do."
"He can't hear you." He told her. "It's useless."
"You under estimate the true power of love and goodness. You clearly have never understood that." Serena said feeling Goku's grip slowly loosening.
"Serena what happened? The last thing I remember is …" Goku was cut off when Darien threw a golden ball of energy at him.
Goku was thrown back into a tree, and the gold energy ball turned into gold ropes that held him in place.
"That should keep you in place," Darien said grabbing Serena and throwing her down on the ground. He placed a knee on both sides of Serena's hips, and grabbed both of her wrist with one hand. "Oh how many memories does this position bring back love?"
"I don't know what's going on, but in a minute you're going to have answer to me." Goku said changing into a super saiyan.
"Good luck getting loose of those ropes. The more you struggle the tighter they get." Darien said and brought his attention back to Serena.
Goku realized that his palms were pinned to his sides and couldn't budge his arms enough to change the direction to shoot an energy blast.
All he could do was painfully watch Darien play the hypnotizing melody for the girl who was like his daughter.
The Briefs' House
Gohan, Krillin, Piccolo, and Vegeta were inside the house waiting for Goku to get back when they heard a car pull up to the house.
Gohan was in the bathroom so Krillin answered the door. It was Darien and Serena hand in hand with huge smiles on their faces.
"Hi, Darien. I didn't know you were here." Krillin greeted him as he walked into the living room with the others.
Serena sat down in Goku's favorite arm chair, and Darien sat on the arm of the chair and said hello to everyone in the room. Gohan walked in the room and just stood up feeling a mixture of shock and fear.
'What the hell?' He thought trying to act casual.
"We have some wonderful news don't we Serena," Darien said sending Gohan a slightly evil look.
Serena took the love of her life's hand, and spoke to her father and friends while still looking into Dairen's blue eyes.
"It's the happiest news in the world," Serena said looking at her friends, but Gohan was curious at why Serena wouldn't even look at him.
Serena tightened her grip on Darien's hand knowing that Gohan was still staring at her. She was to afraid to meet his gaze.
"With all of the excitement yesterday I didn't get to tell you all the wonderful news. Darien and I are getting married!"
The room was dead silent. Everyone just stared at the bubbling blonde in slight shock. After exchanging short glances with each other Vegeta was the first to speak.
"Are you going to ask for my blessing?" He said flatly. 'This meat head doesn't deserve my Serenity. She is far too innocent and pure to have this idiot taint her.'
"I wasn't aware Serena needed anyone's permission."
Vegeta sighed with annoyance and said, "it's customary for the groom to ask the father of the bride for permission."
"Of course he's going to ask." Serena quickly said before Darien said anything that might anger Vegeta. "We're not going to break tradition are we darling," she said looking into her fiancé's eyes.
"Of course not," he said tilting her head slightly with a free hand and kissing her softly on the forehead.
Darien looked at Gohan and stood up.
"But first maybe Gohan can show me where a guy can find a drink. I'm pretty thirsty," he said with a sly smile.
Gohan kept looking at Serena, but she wouldn't look up at him.
'Why does she seem so scared of me and not him?' Gohan thought as he and Darien walked into the kitchen.
The kitchen
"I don't know what you've done to Serena, but I'm not going to let you go back in there and pretend that nothing happened." Gohan said as Darien walked to the fridge with the same stupid smirk on his face.
"Oh if I know you, which I do because I can read you like a book. You're not going back in that room." He said pulling out a bottle of water, and shutting the door. "There are more pressing matters that you may want to attend to."
"There's nothing more important to me than Serena." Gohan said watching the mad man gulp down the water.
Darien sat at the table, and spoke in a casually evil tone.
"How do you think I was able to get near Serena? Someone she trusted must have brought her to me. That Goku, he still looks the same since the last time I've seen him." He said looking in Gohan's brown eyes. "Don't worry he just went to bring the kids back from the babysitters, but no rush. The girls don't mind taking care of the boys."
"You monster what have you done to them?"
"Oh I guess you'll have to find out. How are you supposed to be protecting Serena, when you can't even protect your own family members? Don't worry I'll take good care of her while your gone. We need some bonding time if we're to be husband and wife."
Gohan didn't know what to do. Should he stay here with Serena or should he go and try to find the boys and his father?
'She'll be ok the others are here in case anything happens.' He thought as he disappeared to find Goku and the kids.
"You pansy that was to easy," Darien said standing and staring at the star locket he had opened and hid in his pocket. Gohan was so worried he didn't notice the low playing melody during the conversation.
"I didn't even have to push the idea into his mind for more than a few seconds. He really has under estimated me."
He shook his head as he walked back into the living room and returned to his beloved's side.
"Is he gone?" Serena asked taking his hand again.
"Yes Darling. I got him to leave. Now you can tell them the truth and not worry about what will happen."
"Is something going on that we should know about?" Piccolo asked.
"No one asked me how I found out about my powers," Serena said softly. Her hand was shaking and she was trying to keep her emotions under control. "I transformed for a short period of time trying to…. um…..defend…..um….defend my…." The pain of the memory started to come back to her and she had to pause for a moment.
"It's ok Serena. Take your time it's important that they know." Darien encouraged her. "He can't hurt you. I promise my love. I won't let him come near you ever again."
She slowly nodded and continued to tell them her recollection of what happened two nights ago, as Darien played the star locket in his pocket.
In the woods
Gohan felt like he had been flying forever until he was finally able to faintly pick up on his fathers signal. Something was trying to block it, but Gohan could sense that he was near.
'That's it!' he thought getting closer to the clearing and landed. Gohan transformed because he saw the girls were there. He couldn't help but wonder where was that nerd Amy?
Goku was in the middle of fighting the other three, while Goten was bond to a tree with golden ropes. Gohan landed by his father's side, and nodded as the two of them fought with the three dark scouts.
When the girls tried to take on Goku by himself it wasn't easy to bring him down, but with Gohan with him there skills were really being tested.
Raye could sense the others getting closer and ordered a retreat.
"Our work is finished here. We got what we came for." Raye said as all three of them vanished.
Goku freed Goten from his state of bondage, while Gohan stood in the clearing and watched the others he had left back at the house land a few feet away from him.
"It's great to see ya'll but we have to hurry up and get back to Serena. She's in danger." He said with urgency.
No one was speaking, they all looked very disappointed, but also angry at the same time. Vegeta stepped forward and transformed. He ran up to Gohan and punched him as hard as he could in the face.
"Vegeta, what do you think you're doing?" Goku yelled at him and appeared in front of Vegeta.
"Kakorot, move out of the way. I don't have a problem with you, it's that disgrace of a son that you have. He's my problem."
Gohan appeared behind his father, with confusion. "What are you talking about Vegeta?"
"Darien and Serena told us about what happened. A few nights ago Serena went to Gohan's place to tell him that she was getting married to Darien." Piccolo said.
Vegeta's power was increasing quickly as the memory of his daughter telling her painful story flashed in his mind.
"Gohan didn't like it. He was jealous and wanted Serena to be with him instead. He wouldn't let her leave when she said no." Krillin said.
"She told us how surprised you were when she suddenly transformed because of her anger." Piccolo said shaking his head. "We just came to get answers. We've known you all your life and we didn't think you could do something like this. There's just something that just wouldn't let us not believe what they said."
Gohan took a few steps back from everyone. He couldn't believe what was going on. Darien had some how gotten Serena back under his control, but had convinced his friends that he could hurt her.
"Listen, you guys have this all wrong." He said backing up further. "I could never do something like that, especially not to Serena."
Vegeta moved passed Goku and walked closer to Gohan. "You couldn't do anything because that meat head Darien finally did something to prove that he actually deserves to be with her. If it were just Darien who said all of this I may have thought twice, but Serenity told me herself how you over powered her. She held her transformation as long as she could, but when she had used all of her energy you took advantage of the situation."
"Vegeta, I would never take advantage of Serena like that. You know me." He told everyone. "You know I could never hurt her!"
"No I thought I knew you. I thought I could trust you, but I'm sick of talking. You want to fight a helpless girl let's see how you fight against a Sayain." He said punching Gohan again.
Gohan was left with no choice but to fight back. As he and Vegeta continued to fight Goku ran over to his friends.
"Guys you can't believe this. I know for a fact that Darien is not who he appears to be." Goku pleaded. "We've all been deceived."
"We know this might be hard for you to hear Goku, but I wanted to make sure that Serena wasn't forced to say anything. I privately asked her if Darien was threatening her, but she promised me that this was true." Piccolo said.
"Serena wouldn't lie about this Goku." Krillin agreed with their green friend. "We all know how Gohan feels about Serena. None of us expected it went to the point of madness.
"No you don't understand." Goku said keeping an eye on his son, who was failing at talking any sense into Vegeta. Goku went on to tell Piccolo and Krillin about what had happened to him.
"Vegeta listen to me." Gohan said catching one of Vegeta's punches and dodging a kick.
"Shut up brat and fight or just stay still so I can kill you for what you've done." Vegeta said with vengeance landing a punch that knocked Gohan to the ground.
"I'm not the one you should be mad at right now. Darien must have done something to her. He's been using Serena for power all these years. He's changed her memories numerous times. He could have easily done it again." Gohan yelled from the ground he landed near the others.
He wasn't going to let this go on any longer. The longer it took him to convince them he was innocent the longer Serena and Darien were alone.
Vegeta landed on the ground in front of Gohan with a hint of disappointment in his eyes.
"It's bad enough of what you did but at least be a man and own up to it. You could give us that much respect." He walked forward, but Gohan wasn't moving anymore. He had to end this.
"You're wasting time. If you don't believe me fine, but if I'm right you've just left Serena all alone with that psycho who's probably doing who knows what to her now."
Vegeta stopped walking, but didn't part his gaze from Gohan. " Where could he have possibly come up with this Scenario or even had known she was a Lunar Saiyan if his story wasn't true."
"I told you!" He was getting frustrated with wasting time. "He did something to her memory. Serena was attacked, but it was by Darien not me. I'm the one who saved her!"
"He might have hypnotized us too Vegeta. After what Goku told us we might have all been brainwashed into ignoring our doubt and doing what he wanted us to do." Krillin told Vegeta.
"Listen, we've all been deceived by Dairen and played right into his trap. He must have does something to me too, because I still can't explain why I didn't just expose him when they walked through the door, or at least took someone with me when I left. He's used all of us, but we have to get back now and protect her." Gohan said a little relieved that his friends were finally listening.
"She's not the only one who needs saving?" Goten said speaking to the group for the first time.
"What do you mean son?" Goku asked.
"When we were training in the woods Serena's four friends showed up and started fighting us. We fought the best we could, but they were really strong. One of them took Trunks and brought me here then dad and Gohan showed up." Goten said with a little sadness.
Gohan and Vegeta had detransformed, but the prince of Saiyans was angrier than ever.
"They have Trunks. Now someone's gone to far." Vegeta said then turned to Gohan. "You better listen closely brat. If I find out that you're lying about Darien, and are working with those stupid girls there won't be a place in the galaxy that you can hide. There will be no mercy shown when I kill you."
"You've made the right decision I assure you Vegeta." Gohan responded, and then addressed the group.
"We better use the instant transmission technique to get home faster." Gohan said and everyone agreed.
Goku instructed his youngest son to go to capsule corp with Bulma and Chi Chi. They didn't need them to get their hands on both of the kids. The five men disappeared in the clearing, but reappeared only a few miles closer than where they were before.
"What's the problem Kakorot?" Vegeta said getting annoyed. "Is your finger broken or something?"
"I don't know it's like something's blocking me like a barrier." Goku said with confusion.
"They're blocking us. He's trying to by more time. He knew that his brainwashing wouldn't last long. I don't know how he knows so much about our powers." Gohan said.
The five of them flew as fast as they could to Goku's house hoping that Serena wouldn't have to pay the price for their mistake.
Meanwhile Serena and Darien
Serena was still really shaky after everyone left. She was happy that her prince was there to protect her. Other than Gohan's attack everything else was a big blur. She just remembers Darien showing up at Chi Chi's house. Darien wouldn't stop telling her how glad he was that she was marrying him.
While the others were gone she also explained to Darien about her powers and her being a Lunar Saiyan. She wanted to show him the old photo album in her room.
'Can't be to forceful or I'll scar her, but I need to get the bond initiated before those idiots got back. Even with the barrier blocking their little technique I still have to hurry.' He thought with annoyance.
When she was in her room she noticed something new that was on top of the album.
'It's Neptune's mirror.' She thought to herself wonder what it was doing in her room. 'This wasn't here before.'
The blonde picked it up and looked in it. There was a flash of light and it all came back to Serena.
-Flashback-
"It seems like just yesterday that I bumped into you. I can't believe that it's been 8 years."
"I know, but this is something special. It's something I know you won't say no to."
"Don't you dare tell me that you don't love me."
"I'm sorry Darien I can't marry you." She said avoiding his gaze. "I'm not in love with you anymore."
"I know kisses alone won't do anything, But I have something else in mind. You don't know what you're feeling right now. I'll admit our relationship is in a bit of a rut. It is time for change."
"Darien stop, you're starting to scar me."
"Serena Shields," he told her looking into her tired scared blue eyes. "You are finally ripe for the picking."
"Please…..stop…"
"Gohan, please……don't leave. Stay here with me tonight."
"I promise you…I will do whatever it takes to make sure you are safe. I will do everything in my power and beyond to keep these tears of fear and hurt away."
"If he's really your soul mate you'll find him. Until then, and even after I will always be here for you."
-End of Flashback-
"Gohan," she said barely above a whisper to herself. 'What have I done?'
"Love what's taking you so long?" Darien asked standing in the door way.
Serena looked in her hands and the mirror had vanished. 'Thank you Neptune,' she thought as Darien walked over to her and put his arm around her waste.
Serena knew she had to play along until the others got back, if not they may never find her.
"I missed you," he said whispering in her ear and slowly started kissing her while backing her up into the bed.
"We should celebrate our engagement." He whispered softly again.
Serena gently broke away from him and started walking to the door way, and was trying to come up with a good excuse that wasn't obvious.
"We should head back down stairs. We're dead if the others come back and catch us in my room." She said walking down the stairs.
When she got to the bottom Serena was trying to think of what to do when Darien appeared behind her and returned his hands around her waist.
"We're adults Serena." Darien said looking into her eyes. "We should do what adults do in a relationship."
He started kissing her again, and he held her tighter. Serena was getting scared because this was a lot like what happened the other night. She feared Darien had learned from last time to get to the point.
Serena gently pushed away again and started backing up. 'I have to be calm. The others should be back soon. Even if Vegeta does believe the lie, he wouldn't leave me alone with Darien for very long.'
"Darien, I don't wa…" Her sentence was interrupted by her clumsiness that didn't leave her after adolescents.
'Oh no.' Serena thought fear the position she was in on the couch. Before she knew it Darien was on top of her passionately kissing her.
"There's something even deeper than sex Serena. Let me show you."
"Darien, stop! Get off of me!" Serena said trying to push him off. 'He knows my power as a Lunar Saiyan doesn't last long. It takes to much energy to fly. I'll only make it a few miles before I change back, and if I transform he'll make me waste energy and then I'll be defenseless.
Darien wasn't going to move this time. He was finally going to start the bond. He placed butterfly kisses down her neck.
Serena gasped as Darien roughly bit her smooth and soft skin. That was the last Serena could take. She tried to call on the power to transform, but didn't have to.
Gohan and the others rushed through the front door. Goku pulled the monster off of Serena as her father ran to her side. Piccolo, Krillin, and Gohan protectively stood in front of Serena and her father.
"You were right Gohan this beast was behind all of this." Piccolo said.
"I can't believe we played into his stupid plan." Krillin said.
"It's ok guys. It looks like we're not too late." Gohan said grateful that they got there just in time.
Darien began laughing and disappeared. He reappeared near the base of the stairs.
"Oh but you're wrong!" He exclaimed. "That little love bite on Serena is the initiation step in forming the Bond with her. As long as that's there you can't keep her away from me," Darien told the crowd. He looked into the blonde's eyes and snapped his fingers.
Serena disappeared from Vegeta's side and reappeared next to Darien with his arms around her. Darien looked into her shocked eyes, while speaking to everyone else.
"Excuse us, we have some finished business to take care of." He said as the two of them disappeared.
Everyone was very pissed to say the least. They had gotten there to late, and now they had no idea where Serena could possibly be. No one in the room was more desperate to find Serena than Gohan.
"What's the Bond?" Krillin asked.
"I've heard it mentioned a few times" Vegeta said still angry that he let Serena disappear right out of his arms. "What I've heard about isn't very good."
Gohan was pacing the room and shaking his head he didn't know what to do. He couldn't sense Serena's energy. He blamed it on the barrier that Darien must have put up.
"Don't you see this was the very thing I was trying to avoid!" Gohan said. "Once this starts it just keeps going. We were warned that the consequences could be fatal. We've gotta find her!"
They all agreed, but didn't know what to do. Darien could have taken her anywhere. How were they possibly going to find them?
Gohan remembered something that Serena told him when she explained the bond to him.
"Serena said the Bond was a ritual that Darien would use to take Serena's energy and replace it with negative energy." He said still in thought.
"That means he couldn't be that far away. It takes a lot out of you when you instant transmission from two points that are far apart." Goku added.
"They must still be here on Earth, and not that far from here." Piccolo said.
Their search party ideas were in the making. Between the five of them they would split up into two teams. Each party would have someone who could use the instant transmission technique so that which ever party found her could get her and leave quickly. They figured the best place to search was in the woods.
"Gohan you come with me, we're going to go back towards where we just left. The rest of you should search going towards town." Vegeta ordered. "If you haven't found her by the time you get there. Go to Capsule Corp. Whoever finds her first will bring her back to my place."
Everyone nodded in agreement and the men split up hoping that there will be a sign to point them in the right direction.
Darien and Serena
Gohan and Goku were correct in their assumptions. Darien did indeed keep Serena on Earth to save energy for the task at hand. They were in the woods, but farther away from Goku's house then they were last time.
Serena pulled away from her captor and turned to face him. She was trying to hide the fear in her eyes with the fury in her heart. She couldn't help but fear what Darien meant by the initiation stage of the Bond.
"Now, now, Serena we don't have time for games. Those friends of yours might be stupid, but I don't feel like putting up with anymore interruptions. Besides, you need to save your energy for the task at hand. The barrier that Amy put up not only blocks their little technique, but it also hides low energy levels like yours." He said the statement with a snicker. "I can suppress mine on my own."
Serena backed away from him and took a fighting stance. This time she wasn't going to put up with him. If he was going to do anything to her she wasn't going to plead and beg. She was going to stand up to him. She wasn't sure how long her power was going to hold out, but she was going to use ever ounce of it to fight him and leave a signal for the others.
'There's no way I'm saving my energy just so you can take it from me,' she thought and transformed.
Darien stood in awe of her beauty when she transformed. The Bond had released a new hunger for her in him. It released a new level of lust. Her silver hair accented her new eye color, and all he wanted to do was kiss her at that moment. He grinned at the spunk in his princess. He knew he could easily over power her, but he enjoyed the thrill of the chase.
Serena shot up in the air above the trees to see if anybody was near. She formed a small ball of energy in both hands and sent the balls of silver light in four directions hoping that one would lead the others to her.
Darien grabbed her leg and flung her towards the ground. Serena's hands landed first and she gracefully back flipped into a defensive stance.
'He can fly?' She thought in surprise.
As if he were reading her thoughts he called out to her from above.
"Yes my dear I can." Darien yelled while shooting down at her.
He was about to punch her, but she dodged out of the way and kicked him with her knee in his stomach as he came down to the ground, which sent Darien sailing a few feet away from her. He landed with his right knee and both hands planted on the ground leaving him in a crouched position. The pain didn't faze him, and he flashed a mocking smile.
"It's time to end this now Serena. I know you can feel your power decreasing already."
She knew he was right, but didn't want to show that she was afraid. 'He's just trying to get me to use more energy attacks so that my power dies faster,' she thought.
Darien ran full speed at his beloved and attempted to kick her in the stomach. Serena moved out of the way, and tried to land a punch in his face. As he was flying past the blonde he grabbed her extending hand simultaneously as he landed. He avoided the energy blast that Serena projected at him with her other hand and flung her into a nearby tree.
Serena smacked into the tree the impact of her landing shattered the bark and the top of the tree feel over. Some of the shattered pieces of the trunk sticking upward penetrated Serena's smooth skin, which made it very painful and difficult to get up, but she did.
She could feel the power leaving her when she needed it most. She had one last idea it was her last desperate attack to prolong the next step of the bond.
He was in front of her now holding the Golden Crystal. Darien quickly wrapped both of his arms around her waist. Rather than struggle Serena put her left hand on his chest.
"That's my girl." He said looking into her eyes. "Be a good girl and do as you're told."
Serena glared at the controlling expression in his eyes and placed her other hand on his chest while releasing the energy blast that she formed in it. The blast pushed him backwards, but Darien didn't let go of her or the crystal. Instead he began to fly backwards and turned so that Serena's back would shield his body from the row of trees he ran them into.
With every tree's impact sent a stronger pulse of pain through her body. Her hair and eyes started to flicker between blonde and silver. Through all of the pain she could feel the power leaving her. She concentrated as hard as she could and was able to hold on to her transformed state.
Serena breathed heavy as the pain finally ended because they had reached another clearing.
Darien stood in the middle of the clearing with his silver haired angel in his arms. He held the golden crystal to her back and filled his hearts desire and began making the Bond.
'No!!' She screamed to herself as the Lunar Saiyain tried to escape his grasp, but Darien just pressed the crystal harder into the wounds on her back and kissed her firmly.
She could feel the power leaving her body at a more rapid speed. Her hair began to flicker and she didn't understand what was going on until she could feel it. Darien wasn't kissing her. He was literally sucking the energy out of her. She could feel all of her pure and innocent energy leaving her body.
Meanwhile: Vegeta and Gohan
'I'm sorry Serena. I let you down. When I get you back I'll never leave you alone again. My love, please forgive me.' Gohan silently thought while flying next to Vegeta.
"Vegeta," he asked curiously. "How did you hear about the bond?"
"While working for Freeza I encountered many people who practiced dark magic. They've mentioned the ritual a few times." Vegeta was still searching as he spoke. "Some say it's away of receiving ultimate power, and it also binds the two souls together forever."
"Has anyone ever been successful?"
"It's a way that planets can be over taken. If there is a princess on the planet with strong powers all someone would have to do is merely complete one stage of the ritual and the two have begun a link."
"So Serena and Darien are linked already?" Gohan said feeling like an even bigger failure.
"No, at least not yet. He's preparing her body and powers to begin the process. If we can get to her in time, and keep her away from him long enough her body won't be prepared and he'll have to start over."
"Do you know what actually happens through the bond?"
" The more stages completed the stronger the initiator becomes, and after the first phase the bond can't be undone. The link provides him with a way to feed off of her power source, which can increase his drastically depending on how strong she is. The initiator usually takes the power to control the planet. No one is strong enough to take him down, and if the Bond can get to a certain stage no one can kill him without killing her as well." Vegeta said with a sigh.
Vegeta was extremely pissed at this point. He was extremely annoyed that he was played like a pawn in Darien's evil plan, but was more annoyed that his only daughter was put in this position.
'She doesn't deserve this.' He thought to himself. 'She doesn't deserve to go through this pain.'
"Serena's situation is even more dangerous, because of the difference in their types of power. Is it true the dark energy can kill her?"
Vegeta hadn't realized that. He had forgotten how the sources of Serena's power would be used against her during this process.
"The average princess is usually weakened but her body could sustain and grow accustomed to the dark energy, but Serena's body rejects the energy because her purity and goodness is the source of her power." He answered without a trace of his fear of loosing his daughter again.
The two Saiyains where shocked as a silver ball of energy ran between them. They could barely sense a familiar energy, because it was so far away. Vegeta and Gohan looked at each other and knew that she must have transformed. Knowing that they were at least going in the right direction gave them hope that they might be able to save her.
As they got closer the two of them feared that they were to late. It wasn't because they could no longer sense Serena's power, or the fact the Darien's ki instantly appeared, but it was the golden light that was shooting up from among the trees.
Serena and Darien
Serena was back in her original form when Darien finally stopped. She felt as limp as a rag doll and lied against his sculpted chest for support. It took everything in her being to force her lungs to inflate and deflate. Darien was turned on by her weakness and was refreshed by the energy received and the link that was formed.
"There's still more to be done this evening my moon angel." Darien told her softly.
Darien held her drained body in one arm, and took the golden crystal in the opposite arms hand. He pressed the crystal into her chest making her scream in pain. It sunk in halfway, and Darien then pressed his body into the other half connecting him to his moon princess.
A large tunnel of golden light formed around them and shot up to the sky. They rose just barely to the top of the forest. Serena could tell how bright it was even though her eyes were closed.
She could feel something dark and cold flooding her body. It hurt her so bad. All she could feel was the worst pain she had ever felt. She never imagined that pain could be this bad and was even more surprised that she could still live through it.
Darien on the other hand was in ecstasy, and Serena could tell. He held her tighter and closer to him sending even more pain through her throbbing back. Her screams had turned into pain staking moans and she wondered if this would ever end.
When Serena felt that she couldn't take anymore the light faded away. Darien lowered them to the ground separated them from the crystal and continued to hold her close and gently stroked her hair.
"When we make love and consummate our relationship. That sensation will be a hundred times better." He said with his head next to her ear.
Out of no where Gohan tackled Darien from the side forcing him to let go of the object of their affections. Vegeta caught her and cradled her cold upper body in his arms.
Gohan was furious. He continuously attacked Darien with punch and kick after punch and kick. Darien didn't even try to defend himself.
"Serenity! Serenity!" Vegeta yelled fearing that she was dead. 'Not again…… Not again…"
-Vegeta's Flash Back-
Thirteen years ago Vegeta was kneeling on the ground outside of Kakorot's cottage with his ten year old daughter cradled in his arms. They got there as fast as they could, but Raditz found his little princess first.
"Serenity! Serenity!" He yelled holding her closer. "Open your eyes for me… Open your eyes..."
Gohan was standing protectively in front of his best friend and Vegeta. He multitasked between watching his father fight Raditz and looking behind his back at Serena. When Raditz and Goku took to the air fighting Gohan knelt in front of Vegeta hoping that there was something he could do.
Serena stirred a bit and her eyes slowly fluttered open. She saw Gohan next to her and looked into her fathers eyes.
"Daddy…."
Vegeta was relieved to hear her delicate voice. After her energy source depleted Raditz threw a powerful ki blast of negative energy at her. Somehow Raditz had known it was her weakness.
"I'm here Serenity. Don't worry. I'll make him pay for what he did to you."
"Daddy, I'm sorry for letting you down. I know you're disappointed that I didn't win."
"Princess, I'm very proud that you fought. You didn't disappoint me."
Vegeta was still worried about her. The color still wasn't coming back to her skin, and her ki was dangerously low. Vegeta gasped and called out her name as her eyes rolled back and his only child was unconscious.
Vegeta turned to Gohan and told him to bring her back to Capsule Corp. as soon as he could. Gohan obeyed diligently. Vegeta and Goku combined a final attack and killed Raditz.
-End of Flashback-
'I failed you again my little princess.' He thought trying to find a pulse. When he could barely find it he closed his eyes to hold back tears.
Serena's eyes slowly fluttered open. She was in so much pain. It hurt to blink. It hurt to breathe. If she had the energy to she'd release the screams building up inside of her from the excruciating pain.
"Daddy…" She spoke weakly.
Vegeta opened his eyes, and was relieved to hear her voice. She hadn't called him that since she was ten. He let one solitary tear fall, but held the rest back. He reached for her hand and grasped it.
"Somethings's wrong daddy." Serena said struggling to breathe. "I don't know what he did to me, but it won't stop. I'm so scared……"
"What won't stop?"
"It just won't stop…."
Vegeta could see her pain. Her blue eyes had lost their twinkle, and Serena began to go into shock. Vegeta looked up and saw Gohan running over to his side.
"Where is he?" Vegeta asked while standing with his daughter still in his arms.
"He took the beating and disappeared." Gohan told him angrily. "His energy was decreasing we won't have to worry about him for a while."
"We have to hurry." Vegeta commanded. "Her pain is getting worse by the second."
Gohan placed a hand on Vegeta's shoulder and disappeared. Little did they know that Darien had reappeared a few yards away.
Darien lied on the ground with a confidently evil grin. Mina appeared next to him. She studied his face with curiosity.
"I take it we succeeded in this battle." She said casually, and disappeared with a worn out yet extremely happy Endymion.
The Brief's House
Vegeta placed Serena on her bed in her room. Bulma hooked a machine to monitor her heart rate and energy level. Her energy was failing slowly and so was her heart rate. They feared that they were going to loose their daughter again, while praying that their son wasn't going through the same thing.
Serena wasn't having a peaceful rest. She wasn't responding to either of them. Every few moments she would let out a quiet pain filled sigh or gasp, or she would slightly stir with an expression of anguish.
Vegeta stopped pacing and took a seat on the other side of the bed across from his wife. He held Serena's fragile hand gently in between his firm hands. He rested his head on their intertwined hands as he spoke.
"There has to be something that we can do." Vegeta said.
"I wish there was Vegeta, but the only thing that I could do was take the wood out of her back, and dress her wounds. I don't see anyway to give her any relief.
"I failed her again Bulma. Here I was given a second chance, and I failed again. This time I played a part in his plan and look what it's done." Vegeta said looking up into his wife's eyes. "Our daughter's fighting for her life and they have our son."
"Vegeta don't blame your self. No one knew what was going on. The five of them deceived you guys just like they did Serena. They used your love for her to play into their plan." Bulma reached over the bed and put her hand on the side of his face. "All you did was love her. There's nothing wrong with that."
Bulma walked over to the computer that was hooked to the machine and shook her head at the failing vitals. She was doing her best to hold back tears, but some slowly started to fall. Vegeta let go of his daughter's hand. He walked over to his wife and held her as tears fell onto his chest.
"She doesn't deserve to go through all of this. I keep thinking about how much pain she's gone through these past few days. How was she able to pretend that everything was ok?"
"I guess she's not our little girl anymore. She's grown up and trying to take everything on her own, but she's here now and she won't be alone in this struggle anymore." He told her while rubbing her back and resting his head gently on her's.
"Vegeta, those monsters….they have our baby! If they did this to Serena, who used to be their friend, what will they do to our Trunks?"
"Trunks is a very strong fighter. He's trained with the best. I know he'll be ok until we can find him, and I promise that will be soon." Vegeta was getting angry again at just thinking about how evil their enemies are.
'To gang up on a child…what monster's are we dealing with? Hang on son, daddy's coming for you.'
Bulma's tears began to dry, and Vegeta tilted her head up to his. He wiped a tear from her cheek, and kissed her softly on the forehead.
"I will personally make sure that all of them will pay for what they have done to our children."
"Someone can help her Vegeta. He can help her fight this and defeat our enemies."
"Who is he?" He said letting her go and returning to their daughter.
"Serena told me and Chi Chi that she needs to find the prince of Earth. They're supposed to be soul mates, but she doesn't have any idea how to find him."
"If he were really her soul mate he would be here now when she needed him. Does this stranger even know about her?" Vegeta muttered.
"According to Serena he might not even know that he is the prince of Earth." Bulma answered. "He could be anybody."
A few hours later Bulma was checking the computer again, and Vegeta was still by her side. Bulma had realized that when Vegeta touched Serena her vitals stabilized for a while, but then it would slowly fall again until it would stabilize once more.
He placed his hand on top of the restless blonde's head, while still holding her cold limp hand. He was trying to pass some of his energy to her, but it wasn't working the bond was blocking it. When his third attempt didn't succeed he moved his hand from her head.
"She can sense my presence. I just know she can. I don't understand what's helping her."
"Perhaps, it's love." Bulma suggested. "You're always saying how deeply connected Sayains are to one another. Maybe that connection is able to slightly get through the barriers of the bond and give her strength."
"The bond's supposed to block all forms of love with anyone else except the initiator. This doesn't make sense."
"You're love is that strong darling. I guess that's why see needs her prince. His love for her is going to give her strength to fight this."
"Then where is he?" Vegeta said getting annoyed at the mention of someone else who's able to help his Serenity. Someone who he assumed wasn't even aware that she was fighting for her life.
They were interrupted by a knock at the door, and Gohan's voice came from the other side of the door.
"Come in." Bulma simply said still at the computer.
Gohan came into the room and softly shut the door behind him. Seeing Serena in that position stirred something inside of him. Something that was so deep in him that he couldn't explain it to anybody. Part of him just wanted to keep beating the crap out of Darien for doing this, but another part of him just wanted to hold her in his arms.
"How is she doing?" Gohan asked.
"She's somewhat stable." Bulma answered, "but her vitals are dangerously low."
"Did Krillin and Piccolo find out anything about Darien's hideout?" Vegeta said still looking at his daughter.
"Not yet. There still at the look out trying to sense if the hideout is anywhere on Earth, but so far nothing. They did hide the dragonballz in case they knew about them. There's one here and another at Goku's house. The rest are at Master Yoshi's Island (by the way he's on vacation hence why he's not in the story.)
Vegeta simply nodded his head still focused on Serena. She let out a sigh that was barely a whisper.
'That sounded like a word.' Vegeta thought to himself. 'Did she just say….. Gohan?'
"My parents were wondering if you wanted to rest some. We know it must be hard for you to see her like this. I'll stay with her if you don't mind." Gohan said stepping closer.
Bulma gasped and the two men curiously looked at her. As soon as Gohan stepped forward Serena's heart rate started to slowly regulate.
"What's wrong?" Gohan said standing still.
Bulma just looked at Gohan with her mouth open slowly shaking her head in disbelief.
"Gohan, stand next to Serena." The blue haired woman commanded him.
Gohan did as he was told and Bulma kept looking at the screen and tears began to form in her eyes.
Vegeta kept looking back in forth between Gohan and his wife. 'What's going on.'
"Is something happening?" Vegeta asked her.
Before Bulma could answer Serena's left hand started to move. All three of them were at her side waiting to see if she would wake up.
'Fight it Serena. You can do it I know you can.' Vegeta thought.
Serena's head slightly moved from left to right, and she seemed like she was trying to say something.
'Come back to us Serena. Please come back to me.' He thought and gently held her left hand in his.
Her breathing became more labored and her energy was slowly increasing. She muttered something that nobody could make out, and then her eyes slightly opened. She looked to her left at Gohan.
"….don't….let him…get me….Gohan….don't let him get me." She said as her body went limp with her last breath and her eyes shut.
Tecklias: Well guys I hope ya'll liked this chapter. Make sure you keep an eye on the story. I'm changing my pen name probably after the next chapter comes out. It's going to be Lady Lexy: Broken&Saved . So write it down in case you can' t find the story at least you'll be able to find me. The new chapter should be out soon. The chapters are going to start getting shorter too so hopefully ya'll won't mind. Love ya'll. XOXOX
