Never Again

By TsukasaFanBOF

The dawning of a new day...

As Usagi began to move off of the swinging chair that hung above her front porch she felt strange. Her legs felt heavy like lead and her arms felt as though they were detached from her body, well assuming that you could still feel your arms if they ever were detached she was sure that it would feel like this if you could. She heard a rustling to the side of her and went on full alert quickly but then softened at the sight of who it was.

"Aaa…Awl…Ahleh…" Usagi struggled with her words as she tried to say his name but she found that she couldn't.

"Don't try to talk Usagi…you had a pretty rough night last night…we all did. We would've been done for if it weren't for him."

Him? Him who? What are you talking about? What happened? Why can't I talk?!!! What on earth is going on?!!!!

Usagi's thoughts were growing frantic and she was starting to lose her calm attitude. Nothing made sense and even worse nothing felt right. Then it hit her like a locomotive at full speed.

HIM…of course…that man…

Usagi's face went from understanding to beat red blushing…The kiss…he…he…he kissed me!!!

"Usagi are you okay? You look like you might have a fever."

"Hmm?"

"Let's get you inside."

Usagi nodded her head in compliance, not that she had much choice she couldn't speak properly after all. She took Alex's arm and was led into the house by him. She couldn't help but look at his face as they were walking.

He has such kind eyes, and his hands are so warm, I've never felt like I could really trust a man after Mamoru but…but…I think…no, I know I can trust him.

She hadn't recalled the events of that night, and so she hadn't remembered the brutality of the whole situation. Somehow it had been wiped clean from her memory, only shadows of the night before lingered in her mind. She felt a haziness around her, like a fog that was keeping her from seeing what took place. She could hear screams and taste tears in her mouth as she struggled to put the pieces together. But nothing came to her. Just an empty pain in her heart. But why?

After they got into the kitchen of Usagi's house Alex sat her down on a chair as he fixed her up some hot tea and some pancakes. Usagi was surprised to learn that he could cook not that she could express it properly though. The very thought frustrated her more than anyone could ever guess to know. Alex placed the pancakes and tea in front of her and then sat across the table from her like a proper gentleman. Something felt off, something wasn't making sense. Where was everyone and why is she alone with Alex? What about Mina and Selena? What about Alan? Where had everyone gone? And there was someone else too…someone important.

Usagi could hear the painful and bloody scream echo so loud in her head….then it hit her…the red hair…the hypnotizing eyes….the cold night air. Usagi stood abruptly from her seat taking steps back and feeling the sting of the tears in her eyes as the answer came screaming out of her mouth.

"SEIYA!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO"

The scream was so shrill, so spine-chilling, so frightening and filled with pain that Alex could feel his own heart break at the sound as if feeling every ounce of pain that Usagi was letting out. Alex's eyes filled with tears and instinctively jumped out of his chair and ran towards the screaming odango girl, wrapping her in his arms and falling with her down to the kitchen floor, nothing could stop her screams. There were no words in them anymore just painful agonizing screams.

After about two hours of Usagi's hysterical wallowing she went limp in Alex's arms and was silent. She wasn't shaking violently anymore like she had been for the last twenty minutes and he didn't feel anymore tears soaking through his shirt. He was about to pull away and try to talk to the girl when he felt this awful chill run up his spine. It was as if someone had just turned this room into a freezer chest. He pulled away quickly almost out of instinct and stared at this girl who had been bawling uncontrollably until now. Something wasn't right.

Her head was down and her hair fell around her face leaving her in shadow, she was like a limp doll just barely propped up on the floor.

"U-sa-gi?"

There was no answer, no movement after Alex called her. She only sat there. He decided to inch closer.

"U-sa-gi?"

"Stay away…"

Usagi sounded different, she sounded distant and cold. Like she was someone else entirely.

"Uh…U-sagi? Are you okay?"

"I said stay away…."

Alex backed away now…something wasn't right. She wasn't the Usagi that he knew.

"They'll pay…I swear it…he has my word that they'll pay…"

Usagi's hair shifted and revealed her face, dark empty blue eyes were revealed and her hair transformed into a deep shadowy sinister black. Her lips were now a bloody shade of red and evil flowed from her.

She shot Alex a glare and stood slowly from her place on the floor. Turned on her heel and smirked as she walked out of the kitchen through the house and out the front door.

Alex had never felt such fear in his life. This girl, this thing was not Usagi. Whatever it was he knew that it would knot hesitate to kill if need be.