Teck: Here is the next chapter guys. I guess things are starting to clear up for me! Yaaaaa! Stay awesome loves!

Serena

After so many years of fighting, Serena figured she should be used to waking up in a strange place with a sore body and aching head. Yet, she was very wrong. Normally in this situation she found it best to take in everything slowly. She decided to start with where she is. She could feel the cold slab of metal beneath her skin. There was a light shining brightly over her. She might be in space, because she felt so light. That may also have something to do with her head though.

'What was the last thing I remember?' She groggily thought to herself. "Darien," She said softly out loud. She was trying to remember what brought her to take an attack for him. Something happened right before that. She needed to remember. Her moon wand...the fight...all of it had happened before. She wasn't getting a clear picture of the memory, something was blocking it. She was trying to focus on the memory that hit her right before she helped Darien.

Flashback

"Serena, I swear if I have to deal with monsters every night, than you better get to the point a lot faster! What were you doing dragging this fight out with the little attacks from your tiara?" Raye yelled at her after they had just defeated a monster.

"Raye, I'm sorry. My wand hasn't been powering up for me lately." Serena said not looking her in the eye and holding her hand over her gloved wrist.

"Right and that was your excuse last time." Raye said rolling her eyes. "At least then you bothered to take it out, even if it took Amy nearly getting eaten to use it."

"I was around so much negative energy for a long time. I'm sure that has to be what is effecting my powers." Serena said trying to defend herself.

"Come on Raye, lay off of her. We got the job done and no one got hurt, so what if it took longer?" Lita said trying to end the argument.

"That was over a month ago Lita! I'm tired of her using this as an excuse to be lazy and selfish." Raye yelled at the brunette.

"Raye, if I have to hear you bitch squak one more time I am going to punch you in that big mouth of yours so hard, that we'll never have to hear from you ever again!" Lita yelled back.

Darien finally stepped up behind Serena and put his arm around her waist. "Listen girls it's been a long night it's time we went home. The fight is over, who cares how it happened. We won." He gave Raye a stern look. "If any of you don't like the way things are going, than I suggest you work on getting stronger so you can get home before curfew."

The girls agreed ( except for Raye's defiant sigh) and quickly left. Darien stood in front of Serena. She wasn't looking him in the eye either and was trying to hold back tears. He moved her hand from her wrist and softened his face at the blood stains freshly formed over her glove. He took her hand and guided her to a bench nearby.

"Serena, you can't take Raye's bitching to seriously. None of the girls know the extent of what happened. It will take time. You're doing fine out there. Really, you are." He gently tilted her head to match his eyes.

"She's right though, I am being selfish. It's just to painful to even look at the wand without thinking about that monster. What if I can't use it again? I can''t keep letting them down." A few tears fell on his shirt as he drew her close to him.

Darien kissed the top of her head and gently stroked her back. He took off his mask so she could clearly look into his eyes. "Serena, we're going to get through this together ok? I won't let you go through this alone. I know you want to keep this from the girls, but you don't have to keep anything from me." He stopped for a moment looking into her eyes. It was like he was seeing something deeper inside of her, that only he could find beautiful. Serena had never seen him look this way before. He stroked her cheek so lightly with his thumb.

"I'm in love with you moon princess," he said as if it was for the very first time.

End Flashback

'What are these random memories from?' She thought to herself finally sitting up. She wasn't transformed and didn't have her crystal, which wasn't surprising to her. It's normally the first thing they take, if they're smart. Her left shoulder was wrapped with gauze and a bandage that was stained with her blood. She gently touched her rib and flinched at her fingers'.The pain in her leg was less noticeable than the throbbing in her head. Her eyes adjusted to her surroundings. She realized that she was actually in what appeared to be an abandoned warehouse. Near the table she was on, she saw a super computer and massive screen. It was to dark to make out anything else in the room.

"So, your finally awake?" A mysterious voice said sending shivers up her spine. It sounded like the voice from her dreams. It was less muffled and clearer to recognize. It had been a long time, but for the first time she recognized how familiar his voice was. His voice echoed off the walls as he approached the light. "I'm sure you may have forgotten me Princess Serenity, but I will never forget you. No one forgets their first love."

'I wish I could.' She thought in a slightly hazy state.

"It's been so long. We have so much to catch up on. Tell me Serenity, have you missed me?"

He laughed stepping into the light. The light bounced off his shiny silver hair and his cold eyes made her slightly cringe. He was one of her most difficult enemies in the past. He was supposed to be dead. Yet, here he was, standing over her in his white suite with that evil smile of his. Part of her was in shock and another part of her was in fear at the sight of him. She knew he wanted to have a reaction out of her. She didn't want him to have that satisfaction.

"Well, I could have stood to miss you a lot longer Prince Diamond."

Darien and Gohan

"No!" Gohan yelled as the dust settled around him.

"Gohan, I don't have time for you to be selfish. Serena needs our help more than you know. Now step through the portal while I can still track his signal. It will only be traceable for so long." Darien said with agitation.

"I am not going anywhere until you start telling the truth and you need to start telling it now. Trusting hasn't been working out so far." He was pacing around Darien in the empty clearing Serena had been taken.

"Listen, it is not my fault she was taken. How was I possibly supposed to know that he got stronger since the last time I battled him? I do not have time to guide you down the yellow brick road of memory lane. You want answers? Fine, I'll give them to you, but not until We get to the Negaverse. It normally takes weeks to travel from Earth to the darkside, which is where the strongest set up their operations. I have a theory that he has taken her to a closer sector on the outskirts of the Negaverse. His minions might be stronger, but I know he is to weak to stay in a highly concentrated area of strong opponents. It's the only way he could have stayed off the radar for so long. Everyone thought he was dead. He'll be defenseless if he runs into an enemy. My technology is faster than most we won't loose much time, but I have to find a signal.

Gohan thought about it for a moment and realized he was going to have to follow blindly. Darien was right about where Rubian was heading. If he's right about the negaverse, he wouldn't have a clue where to start.

"Fine," he said.

"Good boy," Darien said pushing Gohan's buttons. "The only other thing I need you to do is stay still." He approached Gohan with a rather large injection.

Gohan backed away from him, not liking the look of this.

"What the hell are you doing with that?"

"You need to take the injection, it will mask all of the positive energy you are giving off. You'll be a walking spotlight to everyone. Even the most mediocre encounter will cost us too much time. It's ok, it will only last for a little while. It won't effect your powers, but it's enough to mask your signal.

"What is it exactly?" Gohan said finally holding still for Darien to inject him.

"It's my blood."

Serena

"Oh Serena, how that facade of yours is ever so easy to see through." Diamond chuckled lightly. "Lets not lie to each other this time ok?"

He walked closer to the side of the table, and Serena tried to move from his touch. She had moved to quickly and felt the stabbing pain pass through her ribs again.

"You really shouldn't do that Serena." He said gingerly. He stared off into space as if remember something to add to a grocery list. "That reminds me...Rubian!"

Diamond turned his attention away from Serena as he took a few steps away from where she was sitting. The red head bounty hunter appeared with a knee off the floor in front of the dark prince.

"You called my lord?"

Diamond paced casual and calmly around Rubian in a circle. Serena noticed that Rubian was slightly sweating.

"Yes, Rubian. I want you to remind me what I told you about the target. My orders escape me for some reason."

"You told me to retrieve the Moon Princess." He responded a little confused.

"Hmm... I remember there being more in order for you to receive full payment."

"You mentioned to get her at all cost and bring her back alive, which is what I have done." Anger was slightly rising in his voice. "Don't go back on your word now that I have brought her to you...my lord."

"See Rubian, this is why I am a prince and you are merely a minion I have resurrected. I specifically gave you instructions to bring her back, so I can use her energy to defeat Endymion. Do you really think I am stupid enough to believe that her injuries came from some crappy blast of yours, that was meant for my nemisis?"

"Of course, sir. I would never risk your plans." Rubian said.

"He's a liar." Serena called over to Diamond. 'Having one less bad guy to deal with is my best chance of getting out of here.' She had to get Diamond to destroy Rubian. "He hit me with a car at full speed and nearly killed me."

"She doesn't know what she's talking about." Rubian said defensively. "I caught her off guard and she is disoriented."

"Shut up!" Diamond yelled at him. He turned to Serena and gingerly walked to the other side of the table she was sitting on. He twirled a strip of her hair around his finger as he spoke.

"I know which one of you is lying to me." He took in a deep breath of her scent. His head was right next to hers and they were both facing Rubian. "What neither of you know is that I have been watching you Moon Princess for sometime now. We're connected. Sometimes when I'm particularly strong I can access our link and communicate with you and gain access to that pretty little head of yours." He turned his attention to Rubian. He gave the worried bounty hunter and evil grin. "Thank you for collecting her for me Rubian. Your service is no longer needed." He sent an energy blast and destroyed him. His scream was still echoing in the building as his ashes hit the floor.

Serena didn't have time to be grateful in her small victory. She had the Negaverse's most notorious villain breathing heavily down her neck.

"That was so boring." Diamond said wrapping his arms around Serena's rib cage. His touch made her crawl, but the pain from her ribs was excruciating. "Hopefully you will be a lot more fun."

Gohan and Darien

"How many more of these places are we going to have to check, before you finally tell me something?" Gohan said annoyed.

The two Half-Sayains had landed hours ago on the outskirts of the Negaverse. Gohan watched as Darien interrogated several thugs in the desolated urban area. Each of them was able to confirm that Rubian had a hideout in the area. No one could tell him where, so he killed them all.

"I don't care how much it may hurt me. I am about to kill you for whining so much. Goodness Boy Wonder, do you really need to know everything to be useful?" Darien growled at him as they entered a new ally way.

"It might help you to go over what happened last time, since it seems like there are a few similarities. Besides, all of these thugs have proven useless."

Darien took a seat on a crate and Gohan took a seat next to him. Darien looked at Gohan and let out a sigh.

"We have awhile before the next chump shows up here. There's so much to this, I don't really know where to begin."

'Finally,' Gohan thought in relief. " Who is this guy?"

"There are three royal bloodlines on the dark side. There's mine, Beryl who is dead, and Diamond's who I thought was dead. Beryl was the strongest because she was best with the dark magic. I am physically the strongest because of the Saiyan in me, but I am known mainly for being the smartest. Diamond is known for being the most brutal of anyone in the Negaverse. He is the master of torture. He wants to rule the universe so he can destroy everything and everyone and do whatever he wants."

"And he has Serena?" Gohan asked with worry. He couldn't imagine anyone else being more tortuous than Darien, especially when it came to Serena.

"Yes. That's why we have to find her soon. Last time he had to test what would affect her the most. Now he knows exactly how to make her scream. I can't let him hurt her like that again."

"I'm surprised you would say that. I know how much pleasure you get out of seeing her in pain."

Darien shot Gohan a dirty look. " I want to be the only person who makes her feel anything. Pain, happiness, pleasure. She's mine and I can't stand for someone else to do it. Diamond, is different. He's my biggest rival in the Negaverse. What he inflicted on her was different." He looked at the wall across from them as he spoke. "It was terrible. He gave her special attention, just because of me."

From the way Darien was talking, Gohan wasn't sure he was ready to know what happened. He pressed Darien though, because he didn't want him to clam up again.

"So he's not the typical negascum after the silver crystal, I take it?"

"No, he could actually care less about her and the crystal. He is probably only using it for energy right now. it's a rivalry that has been around since the time of the Moon Kingdom. He used to fawn over the princess all the time, like a love sick puppy. His fawning gave me the idea to disguise myself and get close to her. He's kinda held a grudge with me ever since."

"How did he come back after she killed him?"

"When Serena finally destroyed him I thought that was really it. She wasn't at full strength with her powers. That leaves a very small chance of merely being vanished back to the shadows. He would have been extremely weak until he found a source of sustained energy that he could slowly feed off of. Serena is his source. When I kept Serena at my fortress, Raye stabbed her with a knife. That stupid girl read the incantation on it wrong. She thought it was going to give her the powers of the person she stabbed. It really transferred the power to the person who owned the weapon. I know Diamond had this forged for his tortuous collection of weapons."

"That's where he found his sustainable source. You said I couldn't protect her. You can't do it yourself either." Gohan said looking Darien in the eye.

"I didn't know what Raye was up to. That stupid girl nearly ruined everything. The bond, the plan, everything with that stupid knife." Darien looked the other way at Gohan's dissatisfied look. "As soon as I realized what happened and the extent of the spreading, I knew I could protect her if I completed the first full stage. I just had to do it before he sucked out to much energy. I guess he got enough energy to sustain himself and open the connection when he could. The Bond was blocking it probably for awhile, but when it became dormant that's when he started to slowly suck the life out of her."

"She did still seem a little out of it when she was recovering. We all figured it would take a while for her to heal after going through that process." Gohan said thinking back to her fatigue.

"When he was strong enough to stay at a low leveled energy he expanded the link to sort of possess her. That's where the hauntings are coming from. He tried to drive her crazy to throw her off guard, so it would be easier for his henchmen. Looks like it worked Boy Wonder."

"Don't blame this on me. I thought it was your twisted ass coming back. I can't help it if Serena didn't tell me what happened. After what you did, I 'm lucky she is even open to trusting anyone ever again."

"As much as I hate to admit this to you, Serena didn't tell you because she doesn't remember any of this. She remembers the final battle with Diamond, but she doesn't remember what happened to her. I didn't know how long it would last, so when I needed to alter her first memory I picked that one in case it ever came back."

"So you changed her memory to make her forget about the torture?"

"No," Darien returned his gaze to Gohan. "She changed the memory herself."

I know short chaper, but I hope you guys enjoy! :)