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Going Under

Change everything you are
And everything you were
Your number has been called

Fights and battles have begun
Revenge will surely come
Your hard times are ahead

Best, you've got to be the best
You've got to change the world
And use this chance to be heard

Your time is now
Don't let yourself down
And don't let yourself go

Your last chance has arrived

- "Butterflies and Hurricanes" by Muse

Chapter 10

"You'll have to have an agent with you at all times," Nick said to her as the medic tended to her arm that was twinging in pain

She groaned, "Why?"

"If he says he's going to come after you, he's going to come after you. You know that," he said.

She nodded wearily, "Fine"

"Also, we've linked this Michael Streiss to him, along with Alan Holmes, so neither you nor Minako can work here for as long as it takes to end all of this," he glanced at the building darkly, a disgusted look on his face. What couldn't Diamond buy off?

"Plus, I need to know how Chambers helped the other girls with their work or home lives. He might have also placed them in danger zones" he said, trying to ignore the look of pure fear that shot through Usagi's eyes.

He found her eyes to be beautiful- along with the rest of her of course- but every time her eyes filled with fear, he had the sudden urge to punch out whoever had caused that fear to be put there in the first place- he felt like such a big brother, something he had never truly felt when with his own younger siblings.

"He got Ami her residency, he placed Makoto at Motoki's restaurant and helped out Rei's grandfather with their temple," she whispered, running her right hand through her short hair, wondering how so much had accumulated against her.

Diamond had done most of this before she had moved in with him, probably placing his cards so she would think he was the greatest man on earth- or if she refused, he would have threatened the girls' lives.

She closed her eyes, almost wishing she had just died in the fight against the professional Diamond had sent.

How much pain was she going to put her loved ones through?

"There's the question of who's going to be your…uhm…bodyguard," Nick finally said, calling her back to the present and she opened her eyes slowly and looked up at him, "What question? Just send an agent"

"I think Mamoru would be the best choice for this," he said quietly

"What? Why?" she snapped, "Don't you guys have a job to be doing- as in finding Diamond?"

The medic finished wrapping her elbow and told her to stay off of it for at least a week, also handing her an ice pack, which she put to her painfully throbbing head, and pain relievers for the pain.

"You're the one who's being hunted and Mamoru is the most qualified to protect you, plus he's being wasted at what we're doing. He's also going crazy doing nothing and this way the two of you will keep each other occupied" Nick said quickly, not really wanting her to turn her glare onto him

Her face softened, however, "Fine"

He heaved a sigh of relief, surprised that it had gone that well.

She looked around the parking lot, which was currently in the presence of a few agents, most of whom, including Jason, were crowded around the man's car, with a few around Zach as he sat in the back of a large van, muttering away as he typed crazily into his computer, the man's phone in his lap. The agents around him watched him with admiring looks on their faces.

Usagi's head went back as she yawned loudly, blushing as she returned her face to normal, "Sorry about that"

"It's okay. You've had a long day; we'll have our meeting later. Right now we should just get you home" he said, standing up and offering her his hand, which she took gratefully, yawning once more on her way up.

"I'll get Mamoru to drive you there and Jason will drop the car off afterwards, is that okay?" he asked

She nodded, "Explaining it to my parents should be fun…"

"We got it, Usagi. It's the least we can do," he said as Mamoru wandered over

"Get her home," he said to him, nodding discreetly at Mamoru, telling him it was done and that he was her 'bodyguard'. Mamoru had only begged him to get it done before he had talked to Usagi, and he had agreed…eventually. Truthfully, he wasn't sure if what they each needed was each other. From what he had seen they had nice moments- along with heart breaking moments in the meanwhile. When the agents had finally arrived at the parking lot, he could see they had gone through another- and Mamoru had definitely not handled it well. Usagi had been trying to hold back tears and Mamoru looked ready to kill someone- himself even.

They finally left in Mamoru's car, Usagi almost looking like she would collapse.

He then got Jason to give Usagi's parents a call and inform them what was going on and that Usagi would be home safely soon- also to inform them of her security detail, which just meant Mamoru would always be around.

He then wandered to Zach, who had finished whatever he had been doing before and was working on something else.

"Anything?"

Zach sighed, looking tired, "Define anything"

Nick furrowed his eyebrows, "Um, stuff that'll get Diamond's ass in jail?"

"Then not really, no. From what Mamoru told me, we know he's close, and that he basically threatened his life, and Usagi's safety. And the information we got off of the professional's body is basically nothing" Zach ran a hand through his short dirty-blonde hair, slight fear reflecting off his green eyes, "Chambers isn't giving up, Nick"

"We'll get him. And Mamoru will protect Usagi," he said, shrugging, not knowing exactly what to do. Zach had always been the most emotional out of his friends and he never attempted to hide it, very used to his emotions. In that way Nick admired him, he himself had never been able to be very open, always burying things deep inside himself. Him, Mamoru and Kevin were the same that way. Jason and Zach on the other hand were confident with themselves, and didn't hide anything about themselves.

Zach's nose crinkled confusedly, "Yeah. Right after he brings Chambers down. Is this the best idea?"

"They like each other, that's sort of obvious. And most importantly, she feels like she can't trust him and they need to work this stuff out while we protect her. If she feels that way, we won't be able to protect her- since she won't ask for help," Nick said, sighing tiredly at the option

Zach nodded slowly, "It sort of makes sense. Though I'm not completely jealous of either of them. Something tells me that it won't be all that much fun for them"

Mamoru gripped the wheel tightly as Usagi gazed out the window, looking exhausted and annoyed. He didn't want to attempt to start a conversation since it hadn't turned out that well the last time. He could tell that Usagi was still extremely hurt by it- whatever 'it' had been.

The thought-provoking question filled his mind, if he had the chance to get Diamond at the expense of Usagi, would he do it?

He didn't want to do it, but if he knew she'd be okay…maybe, just maybe.

Just as he was about to pull the car into the Tsukino driveway, his cell phone gave a short ring.

"Hello?"

"Mamoru, we have a problem" Kevin's breathless voice said as he heard a sobbing in the background

"What's wrong, Kevin?"

Usagi froze at the mention of Kevin, easily remembering that he had gone to get Minako.

A loud scuffle broke over the phone, "Give it to Usagi" a tear-strained voice said,

"Who-"

"Minako. Now give it!" she screeched into the phone

"What's-"

This time Usagi interrupted him by snatching the phone out of his hand, "Minako?"

"Usa…" she whispered tearfully

"What happened? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. Kevin got Alan into custody. But…Usagi, have you seen Luna recently?"

"Luna?" Usagi asked confusedly, her mind traveling back over the last few days, "She's been missing. I haven't seen her since I got back. I gave her to-" she gave a gasp

"Well, we found her…" Minako whispered

"Is-is that why you're crying?" Usagi whispered back, her eyes widening

"She's- she's-" Minako broke into loud sobs making her words impossible to understand

There was a short silence in which Usagi's eyes blurred with tears, knowing what had happened

"Usagi?" Kevin's voice asked quietly

"Kevin," she whispered, "Luna…?"

"We found her on Minako's doorstep, dead"

Usagi gave a sob as she handed the phone back to Mamoru, she buried her face in her hands as soon as he had taken it from her.

"Mamoru here. What happened?"

"It's horrible, man. Usagi's cat- brutally murdered and displayed on Minako's doorstep. Along with 'I'll get her' written in her blood" Kevin's voice was shaky and Mamoru knew it must have been serious if Kevin was creeped out by it.

"I'll be there in a minute. Call up Nick and Jason and get their input. Get some agents to clean it up-"

"I want to see her, Mamoru," Usagi cried as she sobbed into her hands, cutting off his talk with Kevin, "I need to see her"

"Usagi-" he tried to get her to change her mind, knowing she was in no shape to see it

"Please, Mamoru," she whispered, looking up at him with tears in her eyes. He felt his heart break for what felt the millionth time tonight.

"Fine," he said to her, and to Kevin, "Forget the cleaning up. Just get Minako calmed down. Get the guys down there though. We need to figure out what we're going to do"

Kevin voiced his displeasure about not cleaning it up, but agreed to do it- only because he knew Usagi had asked for it, and then hung up on Mamoru. He continued on to call Jason and ordered him down there and then finally he turned to Minako. She was sobbing quietly, her head buried in her hands, shivering slightly.

"Minako, are you okay?" he asked quietly.

She looked up at him with her tearful eyes and shook her head, "Usagi," she whispered, "What's going to happen to Usagi?"

It took him a few seconds to realize that she wasn't even worried about herself- that it was her house that was currently covered in blood- no, she was worried about her best friend. She looked away from his worried eyes, wiping away her tears. She sat there, looking more beautiful than he thought anyone could look. He had never thought anyone could be so loving. To not even realize the danger they were in, in the face of a friend's worry- not since he had met Usagi anyway. He then realized how Usagi drew people- she drew the good ones along with the bad ones, there was no one who could resist her loving gaze…and the same went for Minako.

"We'll protect her," Kevin said, meaning what he said- even more than he had before. This time he meant it with all of his heart and soul and he would protect Minako and Usagi with just those.

"Really?" Minako asked, looking back at him with wide sea-blue eyes.

"Yeah, we will," he said.

She nodded slowly, "Thank you," she whispered

A bolt of electricity went through him as he looked deep in her eyes and thought of how anyone could even think of hurting someone like Minako-and Usagi too, of course.

He looked away from her tear-filled gaze. Turning to look through the window of the car towards the house, a small prone figure lying on the steps of the house, small drops of red reflecting back at him.

"She loved her so much…" Minako whispered, "We all did. Usagi found her wandering around her house almost fifteen years ago…and cared for her and fed her and…loved her" tears continued to trickle down her face

"She found a better home than most people can find then," Kevin responded quietly

"That's how we knew something was wrong when Usagi disappeared. She didn't take Luna…"

"It's okay, Minako. Usagi's safe with us, and so are you," he said, wincing as she continued to cry. He almost couldn't bear her crying. It broke his heart.

And he didn't know why.

Why?

"But for how long?" she asked quietly, "Diamond…Diamond is ruthless. He's going to hurt Usagi…more than he already has"

"We won't let him. I promise," he whispered, his eyes flashing at even the thought of it happening.

"Then how come she was hurt that day he escaped? I thought you guys were on him, but somehow she was still hurt-badly from what I can tell" she asked, her tears almost drying up instantly and accusation stepping in sorrow's place.

"There was nothing we could do. It would have blown her cover- and gotten her even more hurt," he said, looking away from her

From the corner of his eyes, he saw Minako assess him, her long blonde hair almost succeeding in cutting off her face from his view. He wanted nothing more than to touch that hair and see if it was as silky as it looked- and her eyes, dear god, her eyes were breathtaking. They were a lighter shade than Usagi's, but held the same trusting look in them. Her nose was a button nose, her lips were a light shade of pink, teasing him with- wait! Why was he thinking like this? A cat had just been murdered for god's sake! Not to mention he had met the woman about a half hour ago!

"I believe you," Minako said quietly, finally turning away from him. She couldn't help but catch her breath when he looked back at her. He looked like a Greek god to her with those muscles- and that face. That face was the most alluring thing she had ever seen before- his eyes especially. His eyes were grey, almost piercing in their sharpness, but they stood out so clearly that she found herself staring into them whenever she had the chance. His hair fell lazily in bangs around his face, a blonde so bright that she would have called it silvery if she could. And simply, what she could call him was beautiful.

But his appearance exuded a hardness that she had never felt before. He seemed skeptical of almost everything- something she had realized when he had looked at her like she was insane when she had voiced her worry for Usagi.

"What am I going to do now?" she asked finally,

"Well, for now, we're waiting for Usagi, Mamoru and the other agents to get here. Then we'll figure out what to do," he said slowly, as if his mind was elsewhere

"Usagi's coming here?" she asked quietly

"She wants to see…" Kevin said, giving a quick glance out the window

"Oh, Usagi…" she whispered, knowing it would kill her to see something like this.

A small black car drove up next to them and parked in front of them. Minako saw a black-haired man sitting in the driver's seat and Usagi beside him, eyes wet with tears.

Kevin got out of the car and Minako hurried to follow him, rushing to Usagi, who was struggling to get out of the car.

"Oh my god, Usagi! Are you okay?" she cried as she spied the cast on her left hand and her slightly dazed look.

"I'm fine," Usagi said, voice thick with tears, "What about you?"

"I'm okay, just a little shaken up," Minako said

"I'm going to check if the inside is okay, Kevin will stay with you guys, okay?" the black-haired man said to her and Usagi, but his eyes were on Usagi as if waiting for her response.

She nodded to him, "Okay" she whispered thickly

"Minako?" he asked, "I need the key to get inside"

"Oh yeah!" she cried, ruffling hurriedly through her purse to pull out the key, which she handed to him.

He was gone within an instant, pulling out a gun as he walked to the house, pausing in horror as he came to the doorstep.

Lying in bright red blood, lay the black cat that he remembered seeing Rubeus giving Usagi how long ago. Below the cat, written shakily was 'I'll get her'

He shook his head sadly as he stepped over the cat, careful not to step on any of the blood, he unlocked the door with one hand and gun raised in the other. He would have taken Kevin as backup but he knew better than to leave Usagi alone at the moment. He just hoped that if there was someone here, Kevin would realize it when he didn't come back and would get Usagi and Minako the hell out of there.

Taking silent steps he continued in, his gun raised in front of him. He silently opened the door to his left, sweeping the small room quickly.

He hurried through the other rooms and only after he was sure there was no one in it, did he turn the house lights on. Then he exited the house and walked back to the girls and Kevin.

"All clear. Looks like they only came here to…"

"Can I see her?" Usagi asked quietly, looking up at him

"Usagi…" Minako said quietly, "It's not pretty"

"I don't care. I need to know what he did to her," she whispered quietly, still looking up at Mamoru

"I'm not going to stop you," he said, "So it's up to you"

She nodded and moved to walk bravely to the door. She was shaking horrifically as she approached the mass of black and red. As she came upon it, she gave a wail.

Luna lay in blood, some of it still seeping from her tiny body and below it, written obviously in the same blood was 'I'll get her'

She bent down and gathered Luna in her hands as best as she could with the cast on her hand, not caring that she would be covered in Luna's blood and pet the small body comfortingly. She was so cold in her hands and Usagi knew that she had been dead for a while, maybe as long ago as when Diamond had called them.

"I'm so sorry, Luna," she whispered, "So sorry"

She remembered the first time she had seen the kitten. Some boys had been annoying her and she had chased them away. The horrible boys had cut some of the kitten's fur, causing her to have a crescent-shaped bald spot, but Usagi had found it made her even cuter- thus the name Luna was born. She had taken her home and fed and cleaned her and after her parents had seen how much she had gotten attached to Luna, they had let Usagi keep her.

Luna, no matter how mad Usagi felt, always calmed her down. No matter how sad, she cheered her up. And no matter how alone, made her feel as if she at least had Luna. When Diamond had hit her in front of Luna, it had been Luna that had attacked Diamond and then rushed to check up on Usagi, licking her wound as if Usagi was her own baby.

Wails broke out of her as she rocked Luna, holding her tightly against her body, mourning the death of her oldest friend.

And it wasn't just Luna she was mourning. She was mourning the person she had become. She would bring death. Death to all that she touched.

She didn't even realize when Minako was beside her, speaking to her softly and trying to calm her.

Finally, when Minako realized nothing she was saying was doing anything, Mamoru came and took Luna from Usagi's bloodied hands. Kevin took over the consoling of Usagi, where she threw her hands around him, sobbing into his chest, while Minako hurried inside, beckoning Mamoru to follow her.

"But the blood-"

"It's fine," she said, not bothering to turn around. He followed her into the bathroom where she took Luna from his hands and ordered him to turn the water on.

He obeyed her and she gently lowered Luna into the water, rubbing her fur till her skin shone from the water and all the blood had disappeared.

Minako cried quietly as she did it, completely ignoring Mamoru.

She took a towel from the cabinet and as Mamoru lowered Luna into it, she rubbed her dry.

As she broke down crying, Mamoru took the body from her and held her in his arms, mourning the death of such an innocent creature, which was also causing so much pain to Usagi.

Mamoru exited the house to find the others arrived, the guys trying to console Usagi, who was still sobbing exhaustedly. Minako hurried to attempt again and Mamoru moved towards Kevin, Nick, Jason and Zach, a few agents milling about behind them.

"Send the rest of them to search the area, make sure some of them are parked by Usagi's house. Oh, and get someone to clean the blood out," he said to Kevin, who nodded and made the orders, which they followed without questions.

When they were gone, Mamoru sighed tiredly, running a hand through his hair, "This is bad"

"We'll have to make sure all her friends and family are safe," Nick said, "I've already ensured that their jobs are fine, only Kino's seems a little fishy, with the owner who seems to be friends with Chambers"

"We'll need someone on each of them at all times," Zach said calmly, "There's no way they'll be safe without cover"

"Jason, call these other girls and tell them to meet us here. Zach, make sure the house is bug-free. Kevin, help Usagi and Minako settle into the house. Nick, come with me," he said, giving them their orders which all followed innately. Zach however followed Mamoru and Nick to the van where he pulled out his laptop and was gone into the house.

"What do you think?" Mamoru asked

"It's bad, Mamoru. We have to catch this guy before he does something even more serious than kill a cat. Those girls and her family are top on Chambers' Kill List- meaning he'll stop at nothing to get her," Nick said tiredly

"Something confuses me. He found out that we bugged her and that made him leave her, but now he's trying to bring her to him again?" Mamoru said, looking confusedly back at the house where an agent was washing the doorsteps with a hose, his brows furrowed, "That doesn't make any sense. He can't have known that we removed the bug, nobody but the five of us knew about that- and Usagi, but she wouldn't have told anyone about the bug in the first place"

Nick closed his eyes, "We have a snitch. It wouldn't have taken a genius to realize we took out the bug, anybody in the squad could have picked up on the fact that she was home free

"Shit," Nick said, the severity of his own words reaching him, and ran a hand through his hair, "I'll have to start on researching everyone"

"No. You can't do something that banal. Get two agents we brought with us- who wouldn't betray us- to do it. We focus on catching Diamond" Mamoru said, eyes narrowing.

"He's covering his tracks, Mamoru. Even Zach is clueless as to how he did all this. I don't think we're going to just catch him just like that" he said, snapping his fingers once to emphasize the 'just like that'

"We'll have to," he said, "Or Usagi won't ever be safe"

They entered the house to find Kevin making coffee and pulling out whatever type of comfort food he could, looking harried.

"This is not what I signed up for," he said harshly to Mamoru, "We should be out there, kicking Chambers' ass"

"I know, Kev," Mamoru said, looking through the open door to see Minako comforting Usagi who had finally stopped crying.

"This isn't right. These girls didn't do anything to deserve this," he said brokenly to Mamoru and Nick. He looked as if he had reached a breaking point of his worry, as if the hurt that Minako and Usagi were experiencing was killing him.

"That's why we're here protecting them, Kevin," Nick said to him, feeling exactly the same way.

Jason and Zach joined them.

Jason looked extremely harassed, "Man, those girls are a handful. That Rei screamed at me for about five minutes before she let me get a word in about her getting here- and then yelled at me for not telling her sooner. Makoto sounded ready to kill when I interrupted her favorite soap opera. Ami was the only nice one. I think I like Ami"

"Are they all coming?" Mamoru asked

"They nearly rushed out of the house with the phones still in their hands- so yes" he said as he plopped down onto a chair by the door.

"This place was teeming with bugs," Zach said, "One sound recorder in every room. A video one in her bedroom and main bath" he said, slightly disgusted

"We'll have to clean out the other's houses. Have we checked Usagi's?" Kevin asked skeptically

"First thing I did after Chambers made a run for it," Zach said, shaking his head, "It was crazy in that house. At least two video recorders in every room, multiple sound recorders per room, and I don't even want to talk about how badly her room was being watched"

"Chambers is a dick," Jason said decidedly, "Worst person ever"

"Seriously," Nick said, "Obsessed and fucking crazy, not to mention evil"

Suddenly skids were heard outside.

"Guess her friends are here," Jason said shakily, "Can I leave?"

"Jason," Nick snapped, "Stop being a wimp"

"You talk to them and explain why we weren't able to protect her then. I'll be cowering in the van. Those girls are forces of nature. Especially Rei, she's like a fire! Burning and raging at-"

He cut off as the door slammed open and three girls rushed into the house.

"We are so screwed," Jason whispered to the others

Of course I'll be updating very soon!

madamqueenkim: Sorry about the slow developing relationship between Mamoru and Usa, but they have some other big stuff to deal with. But I do promise that soon they'll have some more time together and such. Being a bodyguard is hard work, even for someone as adept as Mamoru, and spending untold amounts of time with Usagi will definitely bring about some trouble. Oh, and thanks for pointing out that I accidentally put husband up on my profile page, I think that was a weird slip of tongue - or fingers. It's definitely just boyfriend, as we know Usa would never agree to marry him.

smsporadicreviewer: Agh! I knew I totally glazed over the whole law part of this story (and there's so much of it!). I knew I shouldn't have used "convicted"! Of course he hasn't been convicted! -slaps herself on the head- But anyway, from here on out it's basically a fight over the public image of Diamond anyway. Oopsies, I really should stop revealing plot lines. I'll shut up now. Thanks so much for pointing that out!

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