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Serena stared down at the information lying in front of her, Rei had been in the field searching out the five families that they had narrowed the Black Dragon Crest down to. The first two had been complete dead ends, nothing that would lead them to either Romulen or Valcorian contacts. She collapsed into a chair and pushed the rolling chair away from the desk, her head was hurting her, she hadn't slept right in two weeks not since the incident with the demon girl. Ami had even given her a sedative, but nothing had worked, she still had nightmares and found herself even more restless. Darien had tried to tire her out in numerous creative ways, but still she couldn't stay asleep for an entire day.

The door opened behind her, "Shouldn't you try and take a break Serena?"

"I don't need a break I need answers," she said, she leaned back and saw Cole upside down in the doorway. He walked up behind her and put his hand on her head. "What?"

"Nothing just want to make sure that you're not killing yourself completely," he looked down at the web of information that she had drawn out on the transparent desk. She had drawn different color lines and notes in erasable marker but it was still a jumble of unrelated facts. "This is such a mess," he said.

"You're telling me," she sat up straight. "I can't make the connection Cole I can't see the lines where all the dots connect."

"Maybe you're looking too hard, or maybe there aren't any," he sat down in the chair across from her. "Think simply, go back to the beginning."

"The attacks on the Branch Covens," she said.

"Yes, what do we know."

"Ever since the last bought there haven't been any, they've completely stopped," she said.

"And were any of those Branch Covens significant in any way?"

Serena thought for a moment, "No the only attack that actually had any significant members of the Coven killed, not to say that the others weren't important, but the only person who was a threat to security and our defenses was Serik." Serena was silent for several long moments, "You think that the other attacks were random….or that they were to cover up for the real target?"

"I think that there was a reason Serik was targeted, all of this is too random, like a desperate attempt to cover tracks."

"So even after all the attacks it was Serik that was the real target. But why?"

"Serik was a top member of the Demonti, maybe the demon you encountered had some significance in his life."

"Tula did say that he had become obsessive in the last few weeks, talking about a powerful Seal being broken from the outside," Serena looked over at Cole. "The Demon that I met?"

"Perhaps, what did Tula tell you?"

"That Serik had said the Demon was old, older than any of us, and that it had taken a hell of a lot of people to corner and capture her," Serena said.

"Do you think that Tula has any of Serik's records or journals? We may be able to gather information from those."

Serena looked up at him, "Gabriella still not responding?"

Cole shook his head, "Ami still won't bring her out of the coma, she's almost completely healed now but Ami's hesitant, afraid that the trauma may do damage to her mind and psyche."

"It's a valid concern, after being attacked so brutally and having that be your last memory, I can understand how that could do some serious damage," Serena said. She ran her hands over her face, "I thought we were done with this all the darkness and violence."

"Peace doesn't last forever Serena, we had two wonderful decades without any opposition nothing that harmed us, it seems that our bill had come due." He leaned back in the chair and entwined his fingers in front of him, "A sad truth but very likely truth."

"It wasn't all peaceful," Serena muttered.

Cole's face fell, "I never paid my respects, I was in Africa when it happened Serena. I'm sorry, I don't think I ever expressed my regrets."

Serena smiled at him, "Thank you. I think I'm going to go back to Tula, see if she has any information."

"Why you?"

"Malachite and I went before, I think she was comfortable speaking with me, I don't want to sick some promotion seeking bloodsucker upon her." Cole raised his eyebrows, "Oh you know what I mean."

"You're going on your own?"

"No I'll take someone with me," she stood and stretched.

"Who?"

Serena stopped mid-stretch, "Who would you like me to take?"

"Honestly….Darien….or me."

Serena rolled her eyes, "That's not going to happen, you'll be all intimidating and question the hell out of her before I can even speak with the woman, and well Darien would just glare at her the right way and she'd clam up with fear."

"Your husband is a scary man," Cole said.

"Only to everyone else," she smiled. "I'd take Jadeite with me but he's leaving in a few hours to go meet Rei. Nephrite is sticking close to Lita ever since the attack and Zoicite is busy with Ami making sure we don't lose Gabriella or anyone else who was attacked."

"That leaves me," he said opening his hands.

"Again the intimidating factor, plus I think Caleb would freak if something happened to two Council members."

"Fair enough but I can only nominate myself, you know I've got your back," he said with a boyish smile. Cole was never like this with anyone else, only when around her and only when they were alone did he let his playful side come out. This side the made her see him as an older brother, the side that she for a long time had died with Sofie.

"Alright but you have to promise to be good," she said.

"Always."

"I want her now it's been weeks since I gave you your orders!" Seiya threw a glass full of brandy at the Demon girl. She moved her head just in time and it shattered against the wall behind him. "You've been stalling!"

"I haven't been stalling Prince, it's just been a little harder than I had anticipated, the house was protected by many powerful sorceresses and seers. Entering in the first time was difficult enough and now that they've reinforced everything it's become impossible!"

"So you can't do what I ordered."

"No what I am telling you is that we have to wait for Serenity to come out….impatient human," she muttered the last part under her breath.

Kain heard her however and hid a smile behind his hand. "Seiya on other news, Momosuke has promised us another shipment within the week, we'll have enough ammunition and weapons to make a move on one of the larger Covens."

"I don't give a fucking hell about any of that! Haven't you been listening all that matters is getting Serenity here!"

Taiki and Kain exchanged glances, Taiki adjusted his glasses, "Sir if I may ask what exactly do you plan to do with the Queen once you have attained her?"

Seiya turned around so that none of them could see his face, "That is none of your concern."

The little Demon girl smiled with evil approval, Kain glanced at Seiya suspiciously, and Taiki sighed. "Sir I think that preparations may need to be made, once the Queen gets here she will surely not be cooperative."

"She will be, leave that to me," Seiya said.

"The outcome of your wish may differ from you desires," said the Demon girl.

He turned on her, "I don't give a damn! Do what I've ordered."

"As you wish."

Ami flipped through the pages of Gabriella's chart, "Still stalling my love?" She turned around to see Zoicite leaned against the doorframe.

"As I told Serena I'm afraid of the shock…."

"You are afraid of what she's going to say," Zoicite came into the room and closed the door behind him. "You're afraid that this will be the break in the storm," he took the chart from her hands and embraced her.

She rested her head against his chest, "This is only going to get worse before it gets better my love."

"Yes, I agree," he kissed her forehead. "Have you heard from your contact in Japan?"

Ami shook her head, "No but I haven't ruled them out, I have a feeling….and I told you about the messages."

"Quite disturbing," he said.

She pulled away and looked into his eyes, "They knew about my mother Zoicite, they knew my thoughts it makes me wonder what else they know. What else they could do to us."

Zoicite put his finger under her chin and kissed her forehead, "Whatever they do we'll face it together."

"I'm scared….what if…what something happens?"

"To you?"

"To me….or the baby?"

Zoicite leaned in and kissed her gently on the lips, then he pulled her tight into a hug. "We'll deal with each hour as it comes. But I promise I will not allow anything to happen to you, no matter what."

Serena was lying on a boat floating on a peaceful lake, a book lay on her stomach, and she could hear soft music was playing in the distance. "Serena…..Serena….."

Her eyes fluttered open, she felt another presence in the boat. She sat up and stared at her brother, his brown hair fell into his eyes it was longer than when she had last seen him. "Sethaniel?" She looked around the lake was surrounded by woods to their left and an open field, the moon above them was bright in the dark sky.

"Serena…you're lost…you're drowning," he said watching the river bank. He was wearing an old Victorian style shirt, white and open at the chest. She looked down and saw her clothes were completely modern, a knee length light blue dress.

"Sethaniel I don't understand what are you doing here?"

He looked over to her "I told you I'd always be there for you, always. You need guidance I'm here to help you."

Serena looked around, "What is this place? I don't know it, we never came here together."

"No we never did, but you were here once a very long time ago," he said. "You have to remember Serena to connect the dots to form the lines, you have to remember." He looked down at her hands.

She followed his gaze all ten of her fingers had a red line attached to them, they all spiraled down to the bottom of the floor and out of the boat. She looked into the water and her eyes followed them to the river bank. In the open field she could see figures moving, they clashed against each other with force, but everything was silent no sounds of battle as there should have been.

She looked back at Sethaniel then held up her hands "I don't understand they lead onto the battlefield."

He took her hands gently into his, "After I died there was so much that you did Serena, so much fighting, you don't remember everything but there are those that do." He looked back at the shore, Serena looked over.

She saw herself on the battlefield, younger and less experienced. She was running through the chaos she remembered this now, she had been on the battlefield when someone had informed her of her brothers assassination. Without thinking she had run as fast as she could towards the house; she had abandoned the battle and her men, a horrible thing to do, but when she heard that her brother was dying she couldn't think of anything else.

She turned away, "I do remember this night."

"A painful memory," he took her hands in his. "In your despair there were things that you missed, your mind passed them up as a matter of smaller importance it ignored the details but your subconscious recorded everything." Serena looked up at him confused, "Look my dear sister."

Serena turned back to the battlefield she strained her eyes to see what her brother was referring to. At first she saw nothing but Vampires fighting Vampires, but then in the distance out of the shadows she saw movement. A boy walking through the battlefield, covered in blood, somehow he was untouched by the Vampires around him and the battle seemed as if it was nothing. There was a blank look upon his face, despite the fact that it was smeared with blood, the shock had overtaken him.

Serena looked away, she didn't remember him at all, "Sethaniel?"

"You ran past, you noticed him and then continued on he wasn't your concern then. There is no shame in that," he said.

"What is this? Why is this important?"

Sethaniel's face fell, "Because this night…..a great and terrible deed was done."

"You were…."

"A deed that we thought had no relation to us but remember the things we do and decisions we make echo in eternity," he said.

Serena was confused, "I don't understand Sethaniel."

"You will….you've become a very beautiful girl my little Princess," he said.

Serena froze, she removed her hands from his grasp and stood up, "Who are you?"

"What do you mean? Serena it's me your brother, I've come because you need guidance."

Serena's eyes were cold and full of anger now, "You are not my brother. My brother wouldn't have called me Princess, despite not understanding he always called me Queen. Who are you I demand you end this charade now you're insulting his memory!"

He smiled and then his form shifted into a black shadow, "Forgive me my Queen, but had I taken my other form I felt I would have shocked you." The shadow disappeared and a small black haired girl sat in his place. "I mean no disrespect but I didn't think you would trust my guidance if it wasn't from someone you knew well."

"I trust your words even less now," she stared down at the girl. Despite the look of her young body Serena could sense that she was very powerful.

"Forgive me my Queen it has been so long since I interacted with others besides my guardians, dealing with other beings is not second nature to me anymore," she said. "But I am a friend I only wanted to help you while I am not with you."

"Where are you?"

"Nearer than I was before, but still a little far, I will join you soon my Lady. I am a seer, like Astrid, and Sofie."

"I have never seen you before," Serena said.

"I was kept in a deep sleep for a long time, I am quite older than I appear." A silence lapsed between them, "I am truly sorry my Queen I only wanted to help. But all I have shown you here is true and it's all needed for the upcoming battle."

"Tell me of it," Serena sat back down.

The girl smiled, "You know I cannot, things are not certain, they are unclear even now."

"But you know something, otherwise why show me this?"

"That is true, I know where the darkness began, but I know little more than that. There are other forces at work here forces that can combat my own power," she said. She looked back at the bank, "See that face my Queen that is the face of someone who has lost everyone. The face of utter despair, you too had that look once not long ago."

Serena looked back to the dark haired boy, he was silent, unmoving, and though his face betrayed no emotion Serena could see inside of his eyes there was nothing but torture. "Who is he?"

"My lips cannot speak his name," she said. "But he is the one who stands beneath the Black Dragon."

"Who are…." Serena turned back to her but the girl was gone.

A hand gripped her arm and jolted her from her nap. Serena ran her hands over her face, "I'm sorry I was dozing."

"It's alright I'm almost ready to leave if you want to go before sunrise," Cole said. "Unless you wish to postpone our visit."

"No, give me half of an hour, I'll be ready by then," she said.

"Alright."

Serena stood and was at the door when Cole spoke, "Serena what were you dreaming about?"

She paused and tried to recall the details, she couldn't anymore now it was all fuzzy. "I….I don't remember," she said, "Why?"

"No reason, go I'll wait for you downstairs." Cole watched her leave and then turned back to the desk that she had just occupied. Upon one of the papers in scratchy writing was written, 'Beneath the Dragon.' He touched the words with his fingers, "Automatic writing." He folded the piece of paper and put it into his pocket, he would show Trista as soon as he could, whoever was touching Serena's mind was sending them clues as well.

"We've been given orders Yaten," Knox stood up and slid his gun into its holster. "We have to get moving our plane leaves in an hour and we still have traffic to deal with." He looked over at his young partner sprawled across the bed and ran a hand through his blonde hair. He rubbed his eyes under his glasses and then kicked Yaten's leg.

"Come on we have to go!"

"Go….go to see that bitch, why it's not like she cares what the fuck happened to me," Yaten mumbled. He sat up and brought the bottle in his hands to his lips, "Stupid fucking witch."

"Look whatever issues you have with your sister are your issue, this is the job, we've been given an assignment and that's that! Now get rid of that and get packed," Knox said.

"Fucking orders," he turned the bottle upside down and began to gulp down large amounts of the alcohol infused blood.

Knox glared at him then pulled his gun from the holster and shot the end of the bottle. The end exploded and drenched Yaten in blood dying his hair red. "There now you're done, get cleaned up quickly and move!"

"You stupid….." Yaten threw the rest of the bottle at Knox, who dodged it, and stood. "What the hell do you know."

"I know that you're issues with your family need to be put on the back burner and we need to get moving. His holiness gave us orders and now we need to ensure that they are followed."

"I don't want to go Ron, I haven't seen her for decades….not since our mother was killed," Yaten wiped the blood off his forehead and stared at the wall. "She was always the favorite…."

"That's not true," Knox said.

"You know it was, we were friends even before we joined the D's, you always saw how mother favored her."

"Your mother cared for her because she was a project for your mother, a piece to be moved in a game," Knox said as he pulled a towel from the table and threw it at his partner.

"No mother liked her, she loved her more than she loved me all because she was a genius, because she was smart and could be useful in the War. Unlike me who was taken away by an organization that openly stayed out of the War and opposed it, as soon as I took my vow to serve them I was dead to her….useless."

"That's not true Annette was proud of both you and your sister, she loved you."

"Yeah whatever," Yaten threw the bloodied towel onto the messy be he had occupied and grabbed his gun from the table. He holstered it and threw his jacket over his left shoulder, "Come on….orders."

He walked out of the room without another glance, Knox shook his head he wasn't looking forward to the reunion.

"How much longer till we land?" she flipped her hair over her shoulder.

"A few more hours," said the short haired blonde.

"Excited to see your brother?"

"No particularly," she said, "Haven't seen him since we went into hiding."

"Well I'm sure that he will be happy to see you."

"Doubtful, we never got along."

"Maybe now will be the time to change that," there was a long pause between them. "He's married now, to a Royal."

"Our parents would have been proud," she said leaning forward and holding her face in her hand.

"I'm sure they were," she flipped to the next page of her book. She glanced across the aisle at the girl with the short dark hair.

"Michelle," said the short haired woman, "Are you scared to meet the Queen?"

Michelle looked up at her partner, "No I'm ready I have many things I wish to speak with her about."

"Your conversation will be delayed unfortunately," said the girl from the other side of the plane.

Michelle looked over at her, "Why?"

"The Queen will be absent from the house when we arrive."

"We will speak when she returns," said Michelle turning back to her book.

"She will never return to that place again."

Hmmmm a few new developments, some hints, I'm sure some have you have figured out who this mysterious trio is, but can you discover who else is soon going to have a family reunion. Oh and yes...baby for Ami and Zoicite. And what are those last words? Things are about to get very very intersting!