Hey everyone, how's it going? Thanks for your WONDERFUL reviews, I'm really sorry its' taking so long to put them out, I promised myself I wouldn't be one of those writers that take so long to post things, like five or six months (I'm talking to you people…update you're stories! Come on, I read them too! I really want to know what happens…) well I guess I know how you guys feel and you know how I feel. Yea, but people have reasons, my excuse is that I'm working my ass off, to get my grade so I don't have to bitch out any more teachers…and when I bitch…I BITCH. Okay guys, here's chapter uhhh, twelve? Yea it's twelve.
Chapter Twelve: A Secret for a Life…
Josh lay on the sofa half awake and half asleep; he soon began to doze off. Serena, who was laying on the sofa next to him picked up the remote, she figured that if he was snoring, he wasn't watching TV. She changed the channel.
"I was watching that…" he murmured. Serena's eyes opened up wide in amazement.
"HOW do you do that? You were snoring, how could you be watching that? What's happened so far?" She asked him quickly, he was watching the news. She hated watching American news; her family warned her that half of it was "bullshit" as her father called it. They only watched BBC, and Euro-news. Plus she thought that it was too depressing to watch lately.
"There was a bombing in Palestine, and yea…" Josh told her as he got up.
"Go to bed, it's almost four in the morning…" She told him.
"No, seriously, there was, and um, some people died, I think?" he told her tiredly; he was so out of it.
"Of course people are going to die in a bombing Joshy…" she told him, "No, actually no one died, the war is over and everyone is happy and are out celebrating…" she sarcastically told him.
"Really?"
"GO TO BED!" she ordered. She was amazed at how stupid he could actually be, considering he was three years older than her. She noticed that he was really tired, he had large dark circles under his eyes, he was probably up studying, and his finals were four months before hers.
"Wait…so who won the war?" he stood up and fell over on the sofa.
"Oh My God!" She rolled her eyes. "Joshy? Josh?" she shook him. "Oh crap, he's dead!" Serena sighed. She pulled a blanket over him and turned off the TV. She began to walk away, she felt a heavy responsibility on her shoulders suddenly because of all her battles, she walked off depressed.
"So who won?" he asked her.
"Hm?" she stopped with out turning around.
"The war…" Josh asked her again, he was tired.
"Shhh…allez dormir." (Translation from French to English: Shhh, go to sleep.) She turned the light out and went up stairs. She reached the end of the stairwell and walked down the hall to her room. The only thing on in her room where her starlights, she bought them a few months back, and hung them all around her room. She dropped her PJ bottoms, she was never able to sleep with pajama bottoms on, only a top, and crawled into bed. Her room was pitch black. She liked it like that it made her feel secure. She felt like crying, she didn't know why. She finally fell asleep.
The next morning, Lena came over around three, she called out for Serena, but she wasn't there. Maestro walked in after her.
"You scared the shit out of me. What are you doing over here?" she asked him.
"I'm here to find Serena, why are you here?" he asked her.
"Same reason." He replied.
"She's probably in her room. I'll go get her." Lena told him. She walked up the stairs. "Riolini?" she called out to her as she knocked on the door. The door was locked; the only people who had the key were her and Serena. Lena opened the door.
"Riolini?" she called out, she turned into the bed area and found Serena sleeping.
"Babe, time to wake up." She called out to her and pulled off the sheets. Serena lay there and didn't move.
"Riolini?" she called out, she turned into the bed area and found Serena sleeping.
"Babe, time to wake up." She called out to her and pulled off the sheets. Serena lay there and didn't move. "Sweetie? How late did you stay up last night?" Lena asked her.
"The same as usual." Serena murmured. Lena noticed tear stains on her pillow.
"Serena?" Lena asked her. Serena fell back asleep. Lena quickly walked of her room, closed the door and then ran down the stars to Maestro. "We have a problem…"
Soon, Maestro, Lena, and Luke were sitting around talking about Serena.
"Why is she like this?" Luke asked worriedly.
"She's depressed." Lena answered.
"We need to bring her out of this." Luke told them.
"How are we going to do this?" Maestro asked.
"We need to make her happy, I think I know how…" Lena smirked.
"All drains led to the ocean…" the fish on the TV spoke. Lena and Serena laughed, Finding Nemo, a large blanket, and some gummy worms seemed to do the trick.
"I love Dory!" Serena laughed. Her cell phone rang. She picked it up and answered: "YO!" she laughed. "Hey Maestro…what's up?"
"We need you, I know you're not feeling well, but I really need your help tonight, you guys are my best fighters." He pleaded.
"We're there." She hung up. "Up for a little kick assing tonight?" She raised an eyebrow and snickered. Lena laughed; it was good to have Serena happy again.
Amy's mini computer beeped as she was scanning last time's battle.
"There's something going on by the Television stations…" she started. "And it doesn't look good either."
"How bad does it look?" Raye asked her.
"Bad enough that we need to be there." She replied.
"I call everyone and tell them to meet us there." Raye told her and went towards her phone.
Serena and Lena looked at the digital map on the large screen in Maestro's office.
"The TV station?" Lena laughed.
"Cool, let's see if Tom Welling is there!" Serena joked.
"This is serious. I think Strobe his up to this." Maestro warned them.
"Don't worry," Luke began, "I'll watch over them, keep them out of trouble." He put his arms around the two girls. They were like sisters to him.
"Good, now go, and watch yourself." Maestro told them and sent them off.
"I don't see anything…." Venus told the others.
"Shhh, we don't want to advertise our position!" Mars whispered to her.
"Something's over there…" Mercury stated, she pointed across the building
"Let's go around, it's less noticeable." Jupiter told them. They went around a couple buildings and saw a large commotion.
The shadow of a person stood there, with a small palm-pocket like object in his hands. The green light was blinking. Soon it stopped blinking and it just shone. The person smiled, a semi-powerful object was nearby and he was going to get his hands on it.
Serena, Luke, and Lena were standing on top of one of the buildings. Serena was wearing dark purple tank top, with black lace over it; it went down low, showing her cleavage as usual. A pair of very low, hip black pants. Her hair long straightened hair was pulled up into a high ponytail, with her stiletto-heeled boots. Lena wore her dark blood red halter-top and a pair of very low hip black pants. She pulled her hair halfway up. Luke looked like he was a combination The Matrix meet Angel, as Serena and Lena had said before, only he could pull that off, and still look good doing it.
"Hey you!" A voice shouted. The person looked up to reveal his face out of the shadows. It was Strobe.
"We know what you're up to!" another voice shouted.
"And you're not getting away with it either." Another one shouted.
"That's right!" one shouted.
"Who are you bloody people?" Strobe shouted at them. Suddenly a razor sharp object went pass cutting Strobe's cheek. He grabbed his cheek as blood poured down.
"Tuxedo Mask?" Mars shouted.
"It wasn't me. I'm standing right here." He replied. Finally the object landed…it was a blade.
"WHO THREW THAT?" Strobe shouted out. His cheek healed itself as be continued to yell out. "WHO FUCKING THREW THAT?" he screamed. He turned around to see no one; he turned back around and found a pair of cold midnight blue eyes.
"Kiss kiss lover." She puckered up and disappeared before Strobe could make a move. Then, without a blink of an eye, he was kicked in the face, loosing his tracking device. But it didn't crash to the floor. Someone had caught it.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Lena spoke out.
"Seems to be a tracking device…Strobe's turned into a little stalker now hasn't he?" Serena snickered.
"It looks like he's tracked something down too, haven't you?" Luke asked him as he punch Strobe in the face.
"What are you doing here?" Tuxedo Mask called out. They walked forward to Strobe and the three guests.
"I told you, this is our business, not yours." Serena replied coldly.
"Yea, so piss off." Luke shouted at them.
"Now wait a second, we were here first, we were fighting creatures like these long before you came, so we belong here too." Jupiter shouted at them.
"That's right, and if you have a problem with it, you'll have to deal with me!" Mars shouted at Lena. Serena walked through the entire group, straight to Strobe and held him by his collar.
"What the hell were you tracking down Strobe?" she screamed at him.
"Wouldn't you like to know…" he grinned and pushed her off him; he began to walk away.
"I'm not finished with you!" She shouted and kicked him in the back; Strobe held her foot and pulled her towards him. Strobe held her harshly, grabbing on to her upper thigh.
"What do you want with that thing?" she asked him.
"Like I said, wouldn't you like to know…." He grinned at her. Serena spat in his face and he pushed her away as she landed in an exotic position. "How dare you…" Strobe angrily said, he lifted himself and blasted bolts of power towards everyone.
"Good job Rio, you just HAD to piss him off didn't you?" Lena shouted at her.
"You won't believe what he wants!" she screamed out. Luke began to fight everyone who came near him. Knocking everyone out he pinned Serena to the wall and leaned in closer to her.
"I don't know why you want that thing, but you're not going to get it." He told her.
"What do you want with that Silver Crystal, I thought you were after the Diamond?" she angrily told him.
"The Silver Crystal?" Amy shouted out. Serena kneed him between his legs and hurled him to the floor. Pressing on his chest with her stiletto-heeled boot.
"That's right, he wants to use that to take over space and time." She told everyone.
"No! You're lying; she's the one who wants to use it! Not me! Keep it away from her!" He shouted at the Scouts.
"Don't bullshit me or them Strobe, you know what you want to use that for!" She yelled at him. The Scouts were confused, two people were fighting for the Crystal, and none of them were on their side. Strobe put his arm out towards Tuxedo Mask; by force he brought Tuxedo Mask closer to him and down to his knees.
"Come to me…" He whispered. The Crystal came out of his pocket and into Strobe's hand. The force of the Crystal blew Serena away and into Luke's arms. She tried to run towards the Crystal but Luke held her back.
"NO! I have to get it from him!" she shouted at Luke. Luke bent down to her face.
"You know what happens if The White Rose Diamond comes in contact with the Silver Crystal, it could be deadly." He whispered to her. He let her go. Strobe held the crystal above his head and murmured incantations.
"NO!" Serena screamed again and reached out for the crystal, the crystal floated towards her. She caught it quickly and threw it up in the air. "If you want it!" she shouted and threw it almost fifty miles away from them. "Go and find it!" she shouted.
"How did you do that?" Amy called out to her.
"No time for that, I have to find that crystal, before he does." She tells Amy as she runs off in the direction she threw it in.
"I'll take the right, you take the left!" Lena called out; they were off. Venus looked at all of the Scouts.
"Well you heard them! We have to find the Crystal before they do! Split up and be careful!" she warned them; they split up and ran out after the Silver Crystal.
Serena stopped before a building and heard voices. She took out her mirror and looked at her reflection, and what was behind her. She saw Sailor Mars standing there in her famous position, speaking to him loudly. Serena assumed that she was talking loudly because either she wanted the others to find her and help her out, or she was naturally a loud person.
"Why do you want the Silver Crystal? What importance does it have for you?" Mars asked him harshly.
Raye, this isn't an interview, you beat his ass down and get what you want from him. Serena rolled her eyes.
"Why should I tell you? You might be using for evil just as well." Strobe snapped at her.
"Because we carried it before you did." She told him.
"And who carried that before the masked man?" Strobe questioned her.
"One of us, before she left." Mars snapped back. The Crystal was hidden somewhere around there. Serena spotted it and climbed an old ladder to reach it. Yet she soon found it was a fake piece of cheap jewelry that an actress had probably thrown up in the gutter after her show had been canceled. She climbed to the top of the building to watch Sailor Mars and Strobe at a better view. Yet they were nowhere in sight. Serena jumped down to a window and squatted down to see. Still nothing. She noticed Luke had arrived with Sailor Mercury; soon everyone else arrived.
"This is where we located the Crystal." Luke told them.
"Same with us." Mercury told him.
"We're missing someone." Lena said out loud.
"So are we…" Sailor Jupiter told them.
"Sailor Mars isn't here." Sailor Venus told them.
"Neither is Rio." Lena told Luke.
"I located the Crystal!" Mercury excitedly told everyone. Serena then realized what was happening. She jumped from the building's window and landed behind them.
"I have it…we just fell into a trap." Serena opened her hand to reveal the Crystal floating.
"A trap?" Sailor Jupiter asked her.
"That's right…" Strobes voice came out of the shadows. In front of him he held Sailor Mars hostage with a glowing knife-like object at her neck, tears of fear rolled down her cheeks.
"Strobe, what the fuck are you doing?" Serena asked him.
"I'm willing to make a deal with you people." Strobe offered.
"We're separate people…" Serena started. "But I'm willing to hear your offer."
"Give me the Silver Crystal and the Diamond and we'll call it an even trade…" he held the glowing object closer to Mars' neck.
"Hmmm…no deal." Serena instantly replied.
"WHAT?" Tuxedo Mask shouted out to her. "You can't let her die, I won't let that happen!"
"Well then, it seems that we have a problem on our hands." Serena told him. "Okay Strobe, now that I heard your deal, you get to hear mine…" she snickered.
"I'm listening." He replied.
"You give us her, and we'll give you the Silver Crystal…" Serena told her.
"You can't give up the Silver Crystal!" Jupiter shouted to her.
"I'm working a deal here, either you go my way and or his way," Serena told her up, "My way, we all get out of here alive." She turned back to Strobe and looked him in the eye. "Now then, do we have a deal?" Serena asked him.
"I want the Diamond, if I don't get that, then she dies." Strobe grunted.
"Give him the stupid rock." Raye panted. Her vision was blurry due to her fearful tears.
"Although, you don't know how powerful that Crystal can be." Serena told him.
"Yet, if I can't work the Crystal then I don't get what I want, how precious is this life to you?" Strobe challenged her.
"How precious is this mission to you?" Serena quickly replied.
"More precious than this life I hold in my arms." Strobe told her.
"Then, if you kill her, what makes you think I'll give you the Crystal and the Diamond?" Serena snapped back.
"You fight physically and verbally. I never knew a Huntress could do that both at the same time." Strobe grinned.
"Enough of this bullshit let her go now Strobe." Luke warned him.
"I'm sorry," he held on to Mars tighter, she moaned in fear. "You didn't quiet understand, I said I wanted the Crystal and the Diamond, and if I don't them both in 10 seconds she will die!" Strobe shouted at them holding Mars tighter, and wrapping his arm around her waist.
"Strobe, I swear, if you kill her, you won't live long enough to see her die." Serena threatened.
"If that's how you think it…then fine!" he pressed the knife so hard that a drop of blood spilled on her uniform.
"And then what Strobe? Kill another person, think you're getting closer to the Diamond, and now that you've found out about the Crystal, by killing her, it's just one step away…" Serena stepped forward to him.
"You have no idea WHO you're dealing with." He grunted.
"I think you have no idea WHAT you're dealing with my dear Strobe." Luke shouted at him.
"So what then? Kill her, then kill us, then you get your power?" Serena told him harshly. She went up to Strobe so closely that she could feel his cold breath on her face, she took her long fingernails and ran them though his hair and face. She then scratched him so badly that his skin was torn. He shouted in pain and let go of Mars, as she torn away from him, the knife cut her arm deeply and she was thrown on the floor.
"YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!" he screamed at them and vanished up into the air. Tuxedo Mask was on the floor with Mars holding her, and helping her to her feet.
"I need a vacation…" Serena said after it was all over.
"I'll join you." Lena told her
"Count me in." Luke told them, they began to walk away, as if it was just another night.
"Wait, that's it?" Mercury told them. The three of them stopped and turned around.
"Yea, what else do you want?" Lena asked her.
"How can you let that just pass you by? Sailor Mars could be dead!" Jupiter shouted out to them. Venus kept out of this, she didn't want to be in the middle, or blow Serena's cover.
"Well, she didn't did she?" Serena told them.
"How can you not care? Would you have risked her life for your stupid Diamond?" Jupiter shouted at them.
"If that what it takes, then maybe she would have had to die for the sake of all of the universe, but she didn't, no I wouldn't let that happen!" Serena yelled at them. They began to walk away again. Mars was crying in Tuxedo Mask's arms.
"How can you be so heartless?!" he shouted at them.
"Look who's fucking talking…" Serena told him and walked off.
"What did she mean by that?" Mercury looked at him.
"I have no clue…" he told them.
Soon Serena, Luke, and Lena were lying around the TV room, sleeping, with the TV on. Luke woke up and lazily walked over to Serena's trench coat, he dug in the inside pocket and found the Silver Crystal. He put it in his own coat pocket and went back into the TV room. He lied down between the two girls. Serena got comfortable and leaned on his stomach, Lena laid down behind him. He chuckled. My two girls…he thought and went back to sleep.
Later that night, Raye stared at the ceiling in Darien's room. She jumped up at the thought of something, Darien turned over to see her frightened face.
"What's wrong?" he whispered. Raye held the sheet over her chest.
"We don't have the Silver Crystal anymore." Raye said simply.
"Ohh shit…" Darien mumbled, and fell back into bed.
"Tomorrow?" she asked him.
"Tomorrow." He murmured half asleep. Raye fell back on her side of the bed, and fell asleep.
"This girl…" a young woman started to explain as she showed a picture of Serena in battle, yet not as Sailor Moon. "Is not normal, we aren't even sure if she is human or not." Other people looked around the room and agreed. "We need to examine her, find out what she is. Most likely anything like this, is extremely dangerous, next time she is out, take her, and only her, we can use her for experimental reasons." She concluded. The picture of Serena was taken off at a snap of her fingers.
WHOA GUYS, THAT'S IT! OKAY I WOULD HAVE MADE IT LONGER, LIKE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT TIME, BUT THAT WOULD SPOIL THE NEXT CHAPTER, AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER! Okay, I know you guys are wondering, "WTF is the last paragraph about? Oookay, EverAfter16 has like confused her stories…" when no, I haven't, I'm just giving you a little hint of the next chapter. Okay have fun! PLEASE review! Thanks guys!
