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Chapter 6

Serenity suppressed yet another yawn as she watched the children play around the temple. It was already late afternoon and Endymion had not returned yet. Not that she was that much surprised. He was a powerful Angel, the protector of the city. She was used to the fact that he had a lot on his plate.

A small smile played at the corners of her lips. Even though he was busy, somehow the dark Angel had always found the time to be with her. She was sure that somehow, even if only late at night, he would come to look for her. Ever since Endymion, she had never been alone and lonely ever again. Now she had to giggle as she recalled their first meeting. It wasn't the most romantic encounter for sure.

*Flashback*

Serenity was panting heavily as she plopped down for a rest. Her eyes were closed as she tried to catch her breath. Her black dress was torn and wet with blood. Partly hers but mostly of her opponent's. She dropped her long and heavy sword next to her to the ground.

"Just how many more are there still around this city?" She asked her blue eyes running around the dirty street. This was the worst part of Selena. Demolished houses, dirt and trash everywhere. And now the two dead Bestias.

"I could calculate the exact number by consolidating the known facts and details."

Serenity threw a glare at her friend.

The woman grinned back at her. "A lot." She said simply.

Serenity had to roll her eyes but her lips curved upwards. "You know Ami, a lot of people think you have no sense of humor. How wrong they are..."

Ami smiled at her and turned to clean her small knife.

"Do you think Selena will ever be a safe place? One without Bestias, without the constant fear of death?" Serenity asked as she leaned back against the wall. Seeing this part of the city it was hard to imagine. No humans were living in this district. Everything was dirty and red from blood. No wonder, it was still the vulnerable part of Selena. The huge, strong walls protecting the city had not reached this district yet.

"Yes it will. The Angel is doing everything he can to make sure of it. That amazing wall which is meant to protect the city is almost done. Within days they will finish building it around the city. Once it is done, Selena will be one of the safest places in the world. I have seen the plans you know. It is amazing! It will be strong and powerful and it will protect the city. When it is finished we will just have to clear it from any Bestias still within its wall. In addition the sensors the Angel let build into the wall and this invisible bar the sensors created works perfectly against the Angel's songs." Ami said and it was hard to miss how impressed she was by all the technical investments. "We are lucky to have him on our side." She added finally.

"Endymion huh?" Serenity murmured deep in thoughts. She had seen him from far away before as he had flown with those magnificent, powerful black wings of his for a meeting in the Tower. And one other time when he had been supervising the construction of the city defense.

"I can't wait to see how this protection around Selena really works. Once it is proved to be working I will go back to Aquaria." Ami said softly and hesitantly looked up to meet her friend's surprised eyes.

Serenity snapped into attention immediately. "To your home city?"

Ami nodded. "I want to check if we could introduce the same systems there too. If it would be working we could do the same for other cities as well!"

"Do you think Endymion would go to Aquaria if asked to? He could help with all the preparation." Serenity mused frowning.

"I don't know. He seems to be focused on this city and honestly I think it would be a strategically bad decision to try to protect two cities at the same time. Now it is more than enough to try to uphold Selena. Then again, Angels are powerful, and Endymion seems to be one of the most powerful ones I don't know how much he can manage." Ami shrugged.

Serenity thought about it. Maybe he would help if someone would dare to ask him.

"I think we are finished for today Sere. We could check this district tomorrow." Ami interrupted her thoughts as she stood up and wiped the dust from her cloths.

Serenity watched her with a mischievous grin. "I bet you plan to try to get close to the sensors again hoping you can examine them to find out how they are working."

"You got me there." Ami chuckled. "Do you want to come?" She asked.

"No way. I leave the science up to you! You know that is not my sort of thing." Serenity laughed, holding her arms up in the air in a gesture of surrender. "I will check on the temple. We are planning to organize afterschool sessions for the kids there once the city is really safe."

They bid goodbyes after that and Serenity made her way slowly back to the west part of the city. As she mused about all the things still needed to be done in the city she almost missed a movement to her left.

She stopped immediately her instincts kicking in. She looked around and realized she was not further than a few corners from the street where she parted from Ami. Pulling out her sword she narrowed her eyes and took a tentatively step towards the ruined houses. Bestias liked to lurk around those demolished places.

She did not have to wait long, just as she had thought a Bestia was stepping out from behind some ruins. It had been a man, a very tall man before he had turned into this zombie like creature. Now all that reminded from his human being was the half-rotten body. It looked around with its black eyes full with madness. Maybe it was waiting for an innocent human to walk that way so it could appease its bloodlust. But it won't succeed, not today. Serenity thought as she lifted her sword.

Waiting only a moment to think over her next move she jumped towards the Bestia. It turned around exactly at that moment. The creature hissed as his inhuman eyes focused on her. Serenity was prepared for a fight she wasn't sure she could win but before her sword could hit its target or the Bestia could made a move, a bright light of blue fire came out of nowhere. It hit the Bestia in the stomach and Serenity hesitated only a moment in surprise before she trusted her sword right into the Bestia's black heart. It dropped dead on its knees in the next second.

Serenity did not move, did not drop her sword for a few moments. She wanted to make sure the Bestia was indeed dead. These creatures were not easy to kill and if someone was not careful enough it could easily mean the end of him or her. When it was clear the Bestia was truly dead and would not rise again she finally turned around to see which of the Angel's Guard was wondering this part of the city this time. Power such that blue light was without a question Angel's power.

It was a well-known fact that Endymion had Guards who seemed to be like his bodyguards. None knew however how many such Guards the Angel had. They have counted two that far. One with white wings and one with red. While people were cautious with Endymion they feared and did not trust his Guards at all. Maybe that is why they spent basically no time with the humans. They went on duties for Endymion, most of the time outside the city. Whenever they were called into the city, they did whatever was needed to be done then left immediately. Endymion promised the consult that all his Guards were going to leave the city once its wall was ready and the city was free from Bestias.

Because of the fact the Guards did not care about the humans in the city at all and they usually left without a word after they were done with their tasks, Serenity half expected to find none as she turned around. She definitely did not expect to find the dark and ominous Angel of the city Selena standing no more than 5 feet from her.

Her jaw dropped and her eyes went incredible wide in surprise. What was THE Angel doing here? Better yet, why was he still around?

"You would have been dead in 2 minutes." He said suddenly his eye running over her body for the briefest second before his unearthly blue eyes stopped on her right hand still holding the sword.

"Excuse me?" Serenity blinked at him.

"The way you hold that sword when you attack. It leaves your left side completely open." Endymion said his face and voice emotionless. "That would get you killed."

Her eyebrows disappeared into her hairline in surprise before she looked down at her sword then back at the angel again.

"I was successfully fighting Bestias in the last 3 days thank you very much." She said suppressing a sudden annoyance.

Endymion raised one eyebrow the slightest bit. "Then you are lucky to be still alive." He said as he walked pass her and sat the corpse of the Bestia on fire.

Serenity narrowed her eyes at his back. "There are two more over there." She pointed where she and Ami left the two bodies earlier. "Killed by me and my friend if you are interested." She added pressing her lips tight together.

Endymion threw a glance at her over his shoulder before he tilted his head to the side as if she was some strange creature. Serenity crossed her arms in front of her chest as Endymion turned fully towards her.

"Do you have any fear for your life?" He asked surprising her for a moment.

"Of course I do." She said pretty sure there was a trap in the question. What kind of stupid question was that really…

"You could have fooled me." He said; his handsome face emotionless as he crossed his arms as well. He had simply looked at her, his eyes narrowed and his gaze piercing as if he could read her mind.

"Only because you THINK I am unable to fight properly it is not true!" She snapped back.

"That is one thing you are fighting Bestias when you were clearly not properly thought how to fight with a sword. That in your hand is too long for your arms and not as thin as it should be for you to be able to use it perfectly. Not talking about the mistakes you make when you are fighting."

Serenity felt her face turning red with anger.

"But I meant the way you are openly challenging an Angel." He added raising one dark eyebrow.

Serenity's eyes widened and her jaw dropped yet again. He was actually right. None, there was absolutely none, who had ever questioned or probed Endymion the way she had just done a few minutes before. At least none did and lived to tell the tale. People usually couldn't wait to get out of his sight. He incited pure fear and horror. Knowing what had happened in her past, what had happened with her parents, she should be running in panic alone from seeing his wings… Her eyes swapped to those midnight black wings on their own accord.

Endymion's eyes narrowed and his body tensed as he drew his wings in a little.

"I am sorry." Serenity apologized immediately. She was lucky to be alive. She had provoked Endymion, and that was a stupid thing to do and now she was really stepping on thin ice. His wings were the upmost taboo, everyone knew that. Still… suddenly she had an urge to touch those fine feathers, to run her fingers through it… Were they soft or rough?

She shook her head in disbelieve. She should be dead afraid of those for Gods shake!

"What happened to you to be afraid of wings?"

The sudden question made her snap out of her thoughts and she stared up at him in surprise.

"How do you know?" She whispered.

"What happened?" He repeated his own question, completely ignoring hers.

"That is none of your business and get the hell out of my mind!" Serenity all but hissed at him.

Endymion said nothing but tilted his head to the side again. They stared at each other in silence for a long moment. "You truly have no self-preservation." He said.

Serenity shrugged. "I went too far already anyway. You would have killed me by now if you wanted to." She said trying to sound nonchalant but she half expected to perish like the Bestia's corpse had moments before.

Endymion watched her for a few more minutes before he turned around and slowly walked down the dirty streets. For whatever crazy reason, Serenity followed him. She couldn't decide if she was more surprised she willingly opt to spend some more time with the deadly creature or that he actually let her go with him. They stopped where she and Ami had killed the two Bestias.

"Why is a priestess fighting with a sword anyway?" Endymion asked once the corpse of the second Bestia turned into ashes as well. He still wasn't looking at her.

"I want the city to be safe." Serenity answered honestly and decided not to ask how he knew she was a priestess.

"Who taught you how to fight?" He shot his next question and turned around to finally look at her.

"Why do you want to know? You just said he did a pure job." Serenity stared right back at him without blinking. Oddly she started to find this bickering with the Angel exciting. She couldn't stop herself even though she knew she was playing a dangerous game. He could kill her in every second. Who knows how thin Endymion's patience was growing… Actually, he was known to have no patience at all. Maybe he was bored and she entertained him that is why she was still alive. But she really needed to be more careful. She had no doubt he would kill her if she was to go too far or if he got bored of this silly bickering. She was about to apologize when his net statement made her jaw drop for the third time that day.

"You are interesting."

She was expecting to hear a lot of things, but this was not one of them. As she stared at those blue, blue eyes and her heart jumped with fear and with something else. Something she didn't want to acknowledge but something that burned brighter as the mysterious, dangerous Angel took a step closer to her.

*End of Flashback*

Serenity smiled. Their first encounter was special and profound and it only got more intense with every passing second they spent together. She suppressed yet another yawn. She hadn't slept too much last night. Not more than a few hours in between Endymion left to help Andrew and then called upon her to meet them at the station.

Letting out a sigh she stood up, waved goodbye to the children playing around the temple and made her way towards the highest building in the city. She could get some sleep and wait for Endymion at his place.

As she walked down the streets she looked around the city. How clean and beautiful Selena became after the protecting walls were finished and all the Bestias were killed within its walls. It was now safe and beautiful here, a luck very few other cities had these days on Earth. The people already forgot all the horrors that had happened only months before. The death and terror before Endymion showed up.

As she turned a corner something odd and strange caught her attention across the street. A drunken man was walking unsteadily down the path, his face hidden behind a hood, his cloth black from head to toe. That could have been normal but something was off, she just couldn't put her fingers on what.

She slowed down her eyes never leaving the figure across the road. Suddenly the man stopped and went completely still for a moment then looked up and made a run towards the old lady who was walking a few feet ahead of her.

Serenity's eyes widened as she got a glimpse of the man. It wasn't a man… it wasn't alive. The eyes were dead and sightless. It was a Bestia! A Bestia within the walls of Selena!

Serenity pulled a small knife from her boots. She always had it around it was a clear order from Endymion. She did not waste any time as she made a run towards the creature.

"Watch out!" she cried out praying she could get to the Bestia before it could harm anyone.

So one of the girls appeared and now we know a bit more about how Endymion and Serenity met. (:

sabina21: We are going to see more of Kunzite soon (:

angelamichaelis: They are all very loyal to Endymion but Kunzite is the closest to him.

SerenityMorrison: With Sire I meant like Master. And yes the girls will appear Ami was already mentioned in this chapter and soon another one will show up as well ;)

alitre: Here you go, I hope you liked it!

Jewelzy: Oh yes, Diamond will show up soon enough! (: