Chapter Twenty- Six

The Sins of the Mother

Hey everyone! Thank you to everyone who reviewed the last chapter. Your thoughts and constructive criticism are always appreciated. This is going to be my last post for a while. But before I go on a mini-hiatus, here are the next two chapters in the Ever After saga. Enjoy.

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Mina feeling better reappeared in her hotel room. She smiled feeling happy and at ease. Her mother was right. She could not live in the past. She had a great life. She would be an idiot if she messed that up.

She turned around. She covered her mouth horrified. Dressed in a t-shirt and jeans, Jason sat on the sofa watching her with hard green eyes. He asked in an angry tone that frightened her, "What lie do you have for me this time?"

Mina was speechless. No words would come out. She was petrified with fear. What worried her most was Jason sitting there quiet and unnerved by the fact that he had seen her teleport back into the apartment. His face was hard and expressionless but his eyes were upset. She could not fib her way out this time. He could easily turn her into the authorities. The government was now searching for magical beings, who were executed once found.

"No words?" His tone was cynical and cruel.

Mina asked in a quiet voice, "What do you do want me to say?"

Jason snorted in disbelief. He could not believe how coy she was acting when he obviously caught her in a lie. "The truth, Mina? That's what I want you to say. Not another bullshit excuse as to why you magically disappeared and reappeared out of nowhere."

Mina felt naked like she was on trial for her sins. Should she tell him the truth? Would he put the girls in danger? Andrew knew the truth about them being the Sailor Scouts, but he also was their friend. He knew them since the beginning. Jason came into her life afterwards. Their relationship was always hectic throughout the years. It was mainly because he wanted to have more of an important role in her life, which she constantly denied him until a couple of months ago. Now, he wanted more of her, but it was not her secret to tell. To tell Jason placed the rest of the girls in danger. Once he figured out her secret identity, he could easily decipher the others.

Mina walked towards the window. She needed the sunlight and to not look into his intense, angry gaze. She placed her palm against the window enjoying the feel of the sun's radiance on her skin.

Jason said impatiently, "I guess you're not going to tell me then."

Mina asked staring outside, "What do you think that I am?"

Jason rolled his eyes as he jumped up from his seat. "This is bull. It's always the same with you, Aino. You and your lies."

Mina slowly felt him slipping away from her. He was fed up with her lies. Jason watched her. Her back turned away from him like he was nothing important to her. He bowed his head staring down at his sneakers as his thoughts consumed him.

He should have been freaked out, but he was relieved to find out that he was not insane. Her ability to teleport meant that she was some type of witch. That's it. She was some type of witch that bewitched his heart. She cast a spell on him and that's why he was so in love with such a commitment phobic, promiscuous girl. There were rumors that circulated about her promiscuity. How she slept with producers and directors to get parts? She slept her way to the top. His friends warned him not to date such a girl. They said that she was fast. He watched from the hallway like a lovesick fool as she invited another guy into her apartment the night that he proposed to her. He had returned to apologize and willing to accept her friendship when he saw her invite another guy into her apartment. He had nightmares of her satisfying that guy for days. He was more disgusted when he later found out that the guy was a humanoid. She was having sex with a machine. Mechanophilia was taboo and against the law. He could easily report her to the authorities and have her reborn.

"I cried that night." Jason snapped out of his thoughts. He looked up to see she was staring at him. Her eyes lifeless and empty like she was slowly giving up on herself. "He made love to me that night and I cried the whole time because he was not you."

"How did…"

Mina strolled towards him. When he saw him recoiled and gripped the sofa arm like he was ready to sprint if she came too close, she stopped moving. "I have the ability to read thoughts. It's part of my powers. I was part Lunarian in another life and time by my mother Princess Elena. One of the abilities as a Lunarian is the ability to read thoughts. I can also heal. That's why I am never sick long."

He remained silent as she spoke. She was pouring her soul out to him like she had no control over what she was staying. He had no idea what she was talking about, and he did not care. Maybe he was nuts too. She teleported in front of him and he was relieved because it made him realized that he was not crazy. She was telling him stories about Lunarians, alternate lives, and a mother named Elena when her mother's name was Patricia. Maybe his fiancée was nuts, and maybe he was nuts for loving her. All he knew was that she was finally opening up to him, letting him in, like he always wanted her to. Jason sat back on the sofa. His bodies stiffen but he allowed her to sit on the opposite end of the sofa facing him. "I can also teleport…"

He listened for hours as she rambled on telling him that she was Sailor Venus. She told him about the other Sailor Scouts and their adventures together to find this moon princess, who was her late friend Serena. Actually, she was not late. She faked her death because she was on the run from the government, that was ran by a secret society called the New World Regime, who desired to create a global one government plutocracy and they were worshippers of the devil. They were cloning dead humans to become submissive and worshippers of the devil. She told them that this is who the government really was. She concluded by telling him that their wedding date was on Judgment Day.

When she was done, Jason remained silent like his brain was in overload. He then burst into laughter. He said, "You really have an over active imagination. Great story though."

Mina sighed. "You don't believe me."

Jason said, "Come on, it all sounds pretty ridiculous." Mina abruptly stood and walked towards the center of the room. He looked amused wondering what she was going to do for him. She turned towards him. She took out a shiny golden stick. She placed her hand on her hip and shouted, "Venus Crystal Power!" Jason's eyes widen as she transformed in front of him into Sailor Venus. She was Sailor V! She was Sailor Venus! Then everything she said was real.

"Wow!" She smiled. He walked towards her. He slowly moved his hand to touch her but quickly drew it back.

Venus laughed. "You can touch me." He slowly touched Venus's arm. He exhaled and said, "Wow!" again.

She laughed. He slowly caressed her body. He said breathtakingly, "No wonder I am so attractive to you. You are magical, breathtaking, beautiful, and powerful." He looked at her face. "How the hell did you fucked up a movie about yourself?"

Her mouth gasped. Before she could respond, he pulled her into her arms and kissed her soft lips. She closed her eyes as she tilted her head slowly kissing him back. Her hands touched his muscular shoulders. She pulled away from him. She said excited, "Do you want me to show you want I can do?" He nodded. She grabbed his hand. She turned to her left and held out her hands as the balcony doors opened, a cool breeze blasted through the room blowing the curtains and their hair. Venus grinned turning to Jason. When Jason figured out what she was thinking, he said, "No way in…."

Venus tightened her grip on his hand as he yelled dragging him to the balcony. He had a problem with his fiancée being stronger than him. He screamed as they leaped off the balcony. He screamed as they fell several feet towards the ground. Gravity accelerated their pace as they watched the innocent bystanders unaware of their presence. They disappeared.

Jason's heart pounded rapidly as they disappeared and reappeared all over the world from Los Angeles to Tokyo, to Jamaica to Hawaii, to Dubai to China, to New York to Sydney, to the North Pole, to Egypt. They stopped in Paris. It was nightfall as they strolled through the busy streets of Paris stuffing their faces with French food. Jason was amazed that no one was bothered by the fact that he was walking with Sailor Venus.

Venus laughed. "They probably think I'm a weirdo… "

Jason laughed. "That's certainly saves on the cost of travel."

Venus smiled. "What?"

"Being able to teleport all over the world."

"I know. I think it's my favorite power besides having the ability to make people fall in love."

Jason asked, "So you are cupid, too?" Venus nodded proudly. He looked around. "Okay, show me. Make two people fall in love."

Venus said, "Okay!" Throughout the crowd, she found two people. A guy was sitting on a bench wearing glasses. Mina read his thoughts. He was upset because his girlfriend had dumped him for another guy. She looked around. Through a large glass window, she saw a barista working behind the counter in a small coffee shop on the corner. She was overwhelmed by the number of customers shouting out their orders and her manager yelling orders at her at the same time. She was lonely and struggled to make ends meet. Venus waved her gloved finger towards the guy. The man felt a jolt of energy. Venus pointed towards the girl. She felt a jolt of energy run through her body. The man on the bench slowly turned around as the bus pulled up behind him. The girl looked through the window and saw the guy staring at her. They were smitten when they looked at one another. She blushed and he gave her a shy smile. The girl jumped breaking away from his gaze as a customer yelled at her demanding for her order to be taken. The mortified girl apologized and took the lady's order. She glanced back a bench and saw that the guy was gone. The girl became depressed when she realized that he was gone.

Venus and Jason grabbed a cup of coffee inside the coffee shop where the girl worked. Thirty minutes had passed. Business had slowed down and now she was bussing tables. She smiled as she remembered the cute guy from thirty minutes ago.

Jason stared at the girl with a cup of coffee in his hands. "He's not coming back."

Venus smirked taking a sip of her Frappuccino. "You want to bet on it." Jason's eyes darkened as he took a sip of his coffee. Venus smiled at him.

Venus asked, "Why aren't you freaked out about me and everything about today?"

Jason sat his coffee down. He said in a nonchalant voice, "I work in Hollyweird. I'm used to weird shit." Venus smiled as he continued with perplexed look on his face. "But I have to confess this is the weirdest." Venus laughed as she played with her straw. Jason looked at her and smile. "You lucky I fell in love with you, because any other time, I would have run away."

Venus said, "So we're still getting married?"

Jason asked in a serious tone, "Are their anymore secrets?"

Venus stared at him with a smile. Inside she was scared stiff. Her mother was right. If she told him the truth, he would run away. It saddened her that it was easier to admit to being her secret identity than something that happened a long time ago in her normal life.

Before she could answer, the bell chimed as the doors to the coffee house opened. Venus sighed in relief. Venus and Jason looked at the door. Jason was dumbfounded when the guy from the bus stop walked into the coffee shop searching for the barista. Jason completely forgot the question he had asked her. The girl looked up in surprise as she saw the guy from the bus stop. He looked like he was searching for someone. His eyes landed on hers. He smiled. She smiled at him. He walked over towards her and they began to talk. Her manager yelled at her about no socializing. She apologized to her boss and then the guy. He told her shyly that it was okay. He ordered a cup of coffee and sat down. He sipped his coffee so slowly to prolong his stay that her manager sighed in frustration and gave the barista her fifteen minute break early. Venus and Jason smiled as they looked at the young couple getting to know one another. When her fifteen minute break was up, they exchanged phone numbers and agreed to meet up the next day.

Venus turned to Jason with a smug look on her face. She bragged, "I am so the goddess of love." Jason smiled at her. She could feel his hand slowly traveling up her leg underneath the table. He cupped her arousal and started playing with her. She became wet.

Jason said in husky voice, "Take us somewhere."

Venus said, "Where?"

Jason said, "Anywhere…I don't care…."

They dumped their coffees in the trash and walked out. As they walked along the streets of the cool Paris night, Jason pulled Venus in his arms and kissed her as she laughed. They found themselves in a back alley. Jason wanted to fuck her as Venus. Something was off with him. Something had broken inside of him. Jason unbuckled his jeans and whipped out his already erect groin. He pulled aside the leotard of fuku and pounded inside of her roughly. She held onto him loosely with one leg wrapped around his lean hips. She read his mind as she closed her eyes moaning in pleasure. She was not used to being made love to Jason like that. He was a passionate lover. He made their first time romantic. He refused to sleep with her the night they got engaged. He knew she was drunk so they spent the night in bed cuddling in each other's arms. The day Serena left, Mina returned to her room that night to find a candlelight dinner in the dining area of her suite. Jason emerged dressed handsomely in a white dress shirt and dark slacks. He ordered the finest champagne that the hotel had to offer. After they ate dinner and the food was gone, he prepared her a bubble bath where he bathed her soft body. She never knew a bath could be so sensual. She walked into her bedroom and saw that it was decorated with candles and at the center of it were white tulip petals over the bed. He made love to her slowly and passionately. He told her how much he loved her and could not wait to make her his wife. He did not care about himself that night all he wanted to do was please her. She woke up the next morning to find him on one knee officially proposing to her with a ring in his hand. It was the most sensual and romantic night in her entire life.

Now, he was treating her like a common whore. He did not trust her even though he said he did. He watched her make two strangers fall in love, and wondered if she cast a spell on him a long time ago. Images of men she never been with emerged in his head. He was torn inside because he feared he no longer loved her. He was not okay with everything that he had learnt today. It was freaking him out. He did not trust himself. He felt like he did not even know her. A part of Mina wanted to cry. She was disappointed that Jason could not accept her. She was afraid that he would betray her secret to the government. She feared that she had put all of her friends in danger. She feared disappointing their mothers when she had to tell them that the wedding was not going to happen. That he was going to break up with her in an alley in one of the romantic cities in the world.

He removed himself out of her. Venus dropped to her knees. He looked confused. "What are you doing?"

She looked up at her with hard, cold eyes. "Being the whore that you think I am."

"Mina-"His words stilled in his mouth as she engulfed him. He feebly begged her to stop feeling himself buckling over. He used to wall to steady himself panting as he looking down at her taking all of him in. He could not think. His eyes rolled into the back of his head as he lost himself in the pleasure of her simple touch as he continued to breathe heavily. He released himself. She swallowed every last drop of him. He backed away as if he was afraid to be too close to her. He fixed his clothes. She stood up and stared at him with hard eyes. He knew that she was upset with him. He promised that he was okay with it, and now he was scared shitless. "Mina—"

She transformed back into Mina. Mina looked down at finger. Jason said hastily, "Mina, you don't have to do this." Mina ignored him slowly taking off her engagement ring. "Mina, I just need time."

Mina stared at him and said, "You're scared of me. You can't touch me. You just treated me like a cheap whore."

Jason said angrily, "Look! I'm trying to process everything but it's too much. I need time to think things over."

Mina said, "You don't need to. You don't have to be with me, Jason. There are plenty of women in the world who would love to take my place. You're a wonderful guy." Mina added sadly, "But you're not meant for me."

"Mina…"

"There's a reason that things never work out for us… It's a sign." Mina laughed. "The world ends on our wedding day. I am a walking disaster and so fucked up. So please take this ring back and give it to someone who it is easy to be with like Karen and Darien…" Jason remembered her friends and how happy they seemed to be together, completely at ease with one another. That was Mina and him until today thanks to her.

Jason placed his hands over hers. "I still love you, Mina. Stop giving up on us. Stop thinking that you don't deserve to be loved. Because you do…" He added silently, "We both do…"

He took the ring and slid it back on her finger. He brought her hand to his lips and kissed it. He said, "Just give me time. You owe me that."

Mina closed her eyes. She opened them. "I'll call my mother and I can cancel the wedding."

Jason's blood boiled. He was sick and tired of her constantly giving up on them. When things became tough, she gave up on them. She's been manipulating their relationships for six years. Now, he found out this big secret about her, and she was making him feeling guilty because he asked for time to think.

Jason sighed. Jason lashed out, "What the hell is wrong with you? I'm asking for time." He calmed down when she grabbed her hair and closed her eyes. She whimpered in pain. She was panicking and losing herself. She fell back against the wall. She closed her eyes and started crying, "No!" begging someone not to hurt her again. She screamed as she began bashing her head against the wall drawing attention from bystanders. Jason stared at her not knowing what to do. She shouted, "Stop it! Stop it!" Jason stood back not knowing what to do as concerned or nosey bystanders started to approach them. He panicked afraid that they were going to snap pictures as Mina was clearly having a nervous breakdown. He jumped to help her once he saw blood coming from his skull. She cried, "Daddy no!" He froze and everything became clear. He slowly embraced her. She weakly tried to fight him as he took her blows and slaps. He blocked her attacks and embraced her tightly in her arms. She began to cry as they collapsed to the ground. Jason continued to embrace her as she cried nonstop. When people realized that it was Mina and Jason, they started snapping photographs. They saw her bleeding skull, her bruises, and scratches on her arms and knees. He already knew what tomorrow would bring. He prayed that no one heard what she had said.

That night he took her to the hospital and had her checked out. The doctor said that Mina had a mild concussion but that she would be okay. The doctor wanted to speak to Mina privately. Jason already knew that the doctor thought that he had harmed his fiancée. He looked the doctor firmly in the eyes and told her that he did not do that to Mina. The doctor did not question him. The doctor gave him a look that made him nervous. She left them alone closing the curtain behind her. Jason peeped behind the curtain and noticed the doctor walking towards a police officer. He already knew that the doctor was going to report him to the authorities. They lived in a world now where the alleged victim did not have to file a complaint with the authorities. If anyone suspected that the alleged person was a victim or in danger, the police had a right to arrest the suspect on accusation alone. No person considered a suspect, whether innocent or guilty, ever came back the same. They were always reborn. The doctor returned with a police officer behind her. She pulled back the curtains to find that Mina and Jason were already gone.

They teleported back to Mina's hotel room that night. Ariel wanted to check on her sister, but Jason said he had it. He had a sick suspicion that Ariel was affected by what happened too. He closed the door. He bathed her and dressed her in her pajamas. He watched as she slept peacefully in her bed. She had not spoken since the alley. When he knew that she was asleep, he went into the living room and fell asleep on the sofa watching television.

Mina woke up the next day. The events of yesterday were a complete blur to her. Then at once, they started rushing back to her. She remembered meeting her mother, Jason catching her using her power, telling him about her alter ego, taking him all over the world, and having sex with him in the back of an alley. He asked for space. She wanted to call off the wedding. She was too damaged for him. She always knew that. She created the party girl image for him. She told him about her past flings and her wild escapades, but nothing she did or said deter him away from her. He always came back. She watched as he slept on the sofa in a t-shirt and basketball shorts.

He opened his eyes to see her staring at him. He groaned as he sat up. He spent the entire night dreaming about what to say to her today. Mina sat on the opposite end of the sofa and turned towards him. Mina looked at his remorseful eyes and said, "You know?"

Jason asked, "How old were you when your father disappeared?"

Mina said, "I was nine."

Jason asked, "How long did he…"

Mina said, "It started when I was three. He told me that I had to be a good little girl and not tell mommy. She would be upset with me for not being obedient. It advanced when I was nine…."

Jason closed his eyes. She spoke in a deadpanned voice devoid of any emotions. She was really good at shutting her feelings down. Jason asked, "What happened to him?"

Mina said emotionless, "My mother killed him when she found out."

Jason's eyes widen. "What?"

"I came downstairs to the sound of them arguing then I heard a gunshot. I saw my mother standing over my father's dead body with a gun in her hand. She told me it was a dream and to go back to bed. I thought it was a dream until years passed and I never saw him again. She never told me what she did with the body."

Jason covered his mouth. He asked, "And is Ariel?"

Mina nodded. Jason fell sick. "I had her when I was ten. My mother took me away from everyone we knew and loved. I carried the child to full term. My mother wanted me to give her up because she was an abomination. Then, she held the beautiful child in her arms and could not. Ariel became my sister that day. My childlike mind believed my mother when she told me that Ariel was my sister. The only other person who knew about it is dead. He was like a father to me. The father I should have had. He claimed Ariel as his own. He loved me like a daughter until he died two years later."

Jason gulped suddenly feeling nauseous and vomit about to erupt from his throat. Mina sat there in a trance as Jason bolted off the sofa and went to the bathroom and puked in the toilet. He could not believe a father would do that to his own child. It was against nature. Patricia killed Mina's father. Her father fathered her child. Ariel was Mina's daughter. The girl who fancied him since she was twelve. The girl who had boldly kissed him like a woman when he took her sailing. The girl who boldly snuck into his trailer one night while they were filming the movie Eve and tried to seduce him. He had to practically throw her off of him and tell her that he did not see her like that. She snapped and yelled at him saying he was stupid and that Mina did not love him like she did. He threw her out of his trailer and threatened to fire her if she continued acting like she was. She actually made him feel like he was his character Steve and she was her character Eve. He kept many secrets from that set. He never told Mina or anyone else how her little sister tried to seduce him or how the tension and awkwardness he displayed on screen as his character was real because this teenaged girl was really trying to seduce him.

Mina slowly turned to the balcony. She held her hand as a yellow aura emitted around them. The doors of the balcony opened.

He started to vomit again as another thought occurred to him. In the movie, he had to seduce the teenaged character. He kissed and fondled her body. He saw her naked when they filmed the shower scene. He pretended she was her sister Mina as he kissed her especially in the love scenes. A thought occurred to him that she was not Mina's sister. She was her daughter, his future stepdaughter. He made out with his stepdaughter and saw her naked. He vomited again.

Mina stared down as she stood on top of the iron railings of the balcony. She closed her eyes as she felt the wind blow around her nearly knocking her off balance. She extended her hands and opened her eyes. The people and cars looked like ants below her on the busy street. Mina giggled as she leaned forward. As she was about to jump, a pair of strong arms slid around her pulling her down. She found herself being carried to the bedroom by Jason. He was not looking at her. He was looking away. He smelt badly like someone had vomit over him. She looked at him and saw traces of puke on the side of his mouth. He lied her down on the bed.

Mina laughed as Jason moved towards the door. She thought he was going to leave out but he closed and locked the door. He sat down on the floor next to door brining his knees to his chest.

Mina laughed crazily. "I am more powerful than you. Do you really think you can stop me?"

Jason looked at her. "You're not yourself."

"I am exactly myself." Mina rolled over on her stomach. "I spent my childhood getting fucked by my father. Every time I did something he wanted, he brought me stuff. My room was filled with toys, clothes, and gifts from him." Jason pitied her. She laughed until tears came out of her eyes. "My father impregnated me with my sister who is also my daughter. My mother killed him, and she was so self-absorbed with her career and his money that she left me with that sick bastard. She acted like she did not even realize that my father was touching me." Mina's eyes narrowed. "She knew what he was doing. She claims that she did not know, but I think she did. I mean a mother should have female intuition right?" He did not answer. Mina said, "I think the only person who isn't fucked up in this family is Ariel. This will devastate her when she finds out."

Jason heard a knock on the door. He left out and opened it. The bellboy held a silver tray in front of him with the morning newspapers. The bellboy looked at him with disgust. He thanked the bellboy as the bellboy walked off without a reply. He was not used to people treating him that way. He understood why after glancing at the morning newspapers.

Jason Hunts Beats Up Girlfriend

Actress Minako Aino ends up in Hospital in domestic dispute with boyfriend

He looked at the tabloids and stupidly saw a snap shot of him walking through the streets of Paris with Sailor Venus. He flipped through the magazine and saw a photograph released from the hospital of Mina looking bruise up. Over the next two days, the media went into frenzy as they broke the news that Academy Award winning actor Jason Hunt beat up his girlfriend Minako Aino. He was breaking news even on his phone news app. It was breaking news that he beat up his girlfriend. There were news panels and lawyers on major talk shows having discussions on what could have made Jason Hunt snapped. His female fans became upset as he was labelled as a punk and domestic abuser. Domestic abuse experts encouraged Minako Aino to file charges against him.

His camp of lawyers and publicist frantically tried to reach him blowing up his phone. Someone leaked the number to the hotel room they were staying in and the phone rung nonstop.

Ariel came over a couple of days before. Before he could tried to defend himself, Ariel smiled at him and told him that she knew that he did not harm her sister. Ariel went into Mina's room. Jason and Mina's eyes met across the room and they both silently agreed that Ariel must never know. Patricia soon arrived in front of the hotel that was surrounded by paparazzi bombarded her with questions and snapped photographs of her as one of the hotel staff helped her through the crowd. Jason opened the door for Patricia. Their eyes met briefly but not a word passed between them. Patricia went to calm her daughters. Jason stepped out of the room leaving the Aino family alone. Ariel soon left since she had a show that night.

Patricia soon emerged as Jason lied on the sofa with a bottle of beer in his hands. His career and his public image were slowly being destroyed, but he was more worried about Mina than anything.

Rick appeared in Mina's room. He disguised himself as her late father. Mina's eyes widen as she began to panic feeling helpless like a little girl again. His eyes glowed red as he grinned at her as he strolled over to the bed. Mina tried to move out of the bed but her body felt paralyzed. She could not move.

Mina cried out, "Help me!" She cried out for Jason and her mother.

Rick laughed, "They cannot hear you, Mina."

Mina said angrily, "Venus Crystal Power!" Nothing happened. She shouted it again.

Her transformation stick appeared in his hand causing Mina's eyes to grow bigger. Rick wagged his finger in front of her. "I find it funny that the source of the sailor scouts' powers are tiny sticks. Without these, you lose your powers. How pathetic!'" He crushed her transformation stick into dust.

Mina shouted as a golden aura surrounded her body. Her powers slowly left her body. Her glow disappeared and her body returned to normal. Rick laughed. "No more Sailor Venus. No more powers. Mina Aino." He slowly caressed her legs. "Without them, you are mortal. You are as weak and helpless as any other human."

Mina became frightened. Her heart beat rapidly. Her skin coiled at the touch of his cold hands. She asked, "Who are you? You are not my father. He's dead." She cried. "He's dead. My mother killed you."

Rick grinned, "I am your father, my little Minako." He knelt before her as he touched her face. She flinched. He laughed, "I love that fire in you, Mina. I always loved you." He ran his hands through her hair. "So beautiful." His eyes glowed red. Mina screamed. She closed her eyes and opened them. It was night time. She was back in her old room in Tokyo at her father's house. She looked at her hands and saw that they were tiny. She ran to wall mirror and saw that she was three-years-old again. She ran out of her bedroom. She stood at the edge of the stairs as she watched her father placed an expensive necklace around her mother's neck. Her mother, young and beautiful, happily hugged and kissed her husband. She was leaving for a fashion shoot in Eastern Europe. Mina cried for her mother to stay but her mother did not hear her. Mina panicked. She was reliving the first moment her father touched her. Rick was making her relive her past.

Rick laughed as he watched Mina slip into a deep sleep. He said, "I forgot to mention that he kills you in this version. Once you're dead, you'll belong to Dragon for all eternity."

Patricia looked at Jason. She bawled up on a tabloid magazine with him on the front cover and threw it at him. She asked, "Why are you doing this? Why are you not trying to defend yourself?"

Jason looked up at the ceiling with a hand on his chest. "Because I know everything." Patricia stared at him strangely. His eyes met hers. He watched as her eyes grew bigger when she realized that Mina told him everything.

Patricia resumed her cool composure and asked him calmly, "And what are you going to do about it?"

Jason laughed. "You have taught your daughter how to be dead on the inside. You screwed her up as much as her father. You are more worried about losing your fortune and title and husband than your daughter's mental being. She's on the verge of a nervous meltdown. She's slowly losing her mind. I'm more concern about her well-being than mines now. It's call humility. It's in the Bible. You should read it sometimes."

Patricia said angrily, "You asshole. You know nothing about me."

Jason sat up. "I know everything about you. I had friends whose parents were just like you. They turned their backs while their children were exploited by the pedophiles of the industry. They usually grow up to be so fucked up as adults. They start acting out in their twenties. Some resulted to drugs. Others killed themselves. Your daughter tried the latter."

Patricia huffed in shock covering her mouth and walked away. It amazed Jason to see her mother showed some sort of emotion instead of being the ice queen. He could see the hurt and the regret in her eyes. She wept as Jason watched her. He did not feel sorry for her. She did not protect Mina like she should have.

Patricia spoke quietly, "I grew up with nothing. We were dirt poor. My mother could not afford to buy me a bicycle. My mother taught me to use my beauty to seduce men. I became a model. I dated some of the richest and most powerful men in the industry until I met Deacon." She smiled as she remembered the only man she truly loved. "I loved him and I married him. We were young, dumb, and in love. I wanted children, but he did not. Rumors circulated that he was cheating on me, but I never believed them. Then I came home one night and caught him in bed with another woman. I left him never telling him that I was pregnant with his child." Jason looked confused. She was doing the same thing that Mina did when she revealed her past.

"Our marriage only lasted four months. I was pregnant when we divorced and he left me with nothing. I was so upset with him that I refused to tell him. To be honest, I was afraid he was going to make me give the child up. So I left London soon after and moved to Japan with a wealthy Japanese man in town doing business in London. I literally met him, slept with him, and left with him on his private jet to Japan on the same day. I always wanted to visit there. We eloped and I was happy. He brought me every little thing my heart desire. "Her smile faded.

"In exchange, I ignored the inappropriate ways that he looked at my daughter. I ignored how scared she looked around him. I lied to myself that I was imagining things. I was only eighteen-years-old when I had Mina. I did not think I could survive in this world without a man. My mother always taught me to use my beauty to find a rich man and keep him happy. I came home unexpected one night and I heard her cries loudly throughout the house. I did not think. I acted. I raced up to her room and saw my husband assaulting my child. I pushed him off of her. I grabbed her in my arms and I took her away from him as he tried to convince me that what I saw was not real. He'll never harm Mina. I kicked him out of the house threatening to call the police. I cleaned up my daughter and I put her to bed. She begged me to stay and I told her that I had to clean up the mess that I made. She fell asleep. I knew that my husband will return that night. It was his house and he was very dominating. We got into a discussion that ended with me taking his pistol and blowing his brains out. Deacon taught me how to shoot. Mina walked in on that. I called Deacon. He came to help me get rid of the body.

When we found that Mina was pregnant, we went away from society for a while. I would have taken her to abort the child but Mina was almost four months along when we found out that she was pregnant. She confessed to us that it was going on for months. I was afraid that I would lose my daughter if it was found that she was pregnant. Deacon and I were there when Mina gave birth. The baby was so beautiful that we could not just give it away. Deacon and I decided to raise the child as our own and say that she was Mina's little sister. We placed Mina in therapy and she slowly started to come back to life. We were happy together. Deacon and Mina were two peas in a pod, and she adored her baby sister. Deacon was depressed that he could no longer have children. He blamed himself for what happened to Mina and me. I wanted to tell him that Mina was his daughter, but the words never came out. We were so happy together, and a part of me was afraid that if I told him, he'll leave me again because I never told him that I was pregnant. For ten years, he never knew that she was his daughter. He left for the Bahamas with his best friend. The night that I planned on telling him the truth was on his return home. I opened the doors hoping to see him and answered the door to the police informing me that my husband was killed in a plane crash. I never told him the truth. He left this world never knowing that Mina was his daughter."

Patricia went to a place that Jason could not follow. She met his eyes. "I wasn't the greatest mother, but I love my daughter, and I did act. Not when I should have, but I did."

Jason quietly nodded. Patricia cried, "Ariel must never know."

Jason nodded in agreement. Deacon was Mina's biological father, and Patricia's second husband was Ariel's father. Jason said quietly, "Mina needs to know that."

Patricia shook her head. "No, she can't. It confuses things."

"No, Mina doesn't need to claim him as her father. She needs to know that her real father was a good man and not a monster. That monster took away her innocence and she has been selling herself short for years. She thinks she is damaged goods. She sleeps around with men because she sees herself a slut who does not deserve to be loved. Even when a good man walks into her life who genuinely loves her, she pushes him away through fighting or cheating."

They were startled when Ariel burst back into the room in a rushed manner. They looked up at her upset face. She said firmly, "We have to leave."

Jason looked at her strangely. He was not used to her being so serious. She said quickly, "We have to leave now! The government is circulating the building now. They know that Mina is Sailor Venus." Patricia panicked racing towards her daughter. She knew! Jason could not believe that Ariel knew that Mina was Sailor Venus. Patricia looked unsurprised too.

Patricia opened the room to find Mina asleep. Rick looked up and disappeared. She could not see him. Mina cried in a childish voice, "Please daddy, don't make me. I promise I'll be good." Patricia's eyes became wet. She raced over to her daughter.

She shook Mina. "Wake up darling! It's time to leave." Mina did not stir. Patricia worried. Ariel looked through the hallway to see SWAT dressed in black slowly coming around the corner. Jason looked from the balcony to see police cars in front of the building and police officers rushing through the crowd and paparazzi as they rushed inside the building. Was this his fault? Did their outing yesterday expose Mina's true identity? And why were there so many officers? Was Sailor Venus that powerful?

Patricia screamed. Ariel and Jason rushed into Mina's room. Patricia was trying to wake Mina, but she would not wake up. She tried slapping her and pouring water on her face but nothing worked. Patricia tried, "She's not waking up."

Mina moaned. "Daddy, it hurts. You're hurting me." Jason grew angry that she was dreaming about her father. She was reliving a nightmare. Jason ran over to her and held her into his arms. Ariel's eyes widen.

Ariel asked quietly, "Why she is saying that?" Patricia turned to her younger daughter.

Mina cried, "Daddy, I don't want to."

Ariel felt angry. What had happened to her big sister? Ariel turned to her mother. She asked, "Why is she begging her father to stop?"

Jason's eyes turned red from tears he held Mina cradled in his arms rocking her. He could not wake her. She would not wake up.

Ariel turned to her mother. "Mother, please. What's wrong with her? Why is she saying this? I know you two have been keeping something from me. What is it?"

Patricia would not speak. Ariel turned to Jason. She knew he knew something. He never lied to her. Ariel said, "Jason?"

Jason could not hear her as he tried to wake Mina. She was asleep but he felt like she was slipping away. She felt she was dying. The stench of death surrounded her.

Jason turned to Patricia. "She has a right to know."

Patricia shook her hand and yelled loudly, "No, she will not know."

Ariel yelled, "What!"

Jason looked at her with sorrowful eyes filled with shame, "Mina is not your sister. She's your mother." A blank expression crossed her face.

Patricia yelled, "Stop it!"

Jason continued, "She was raped by her father. Deacon was Mina's father. Your mother never told him that she was pregnant with Mina. The man who raped your sister was your mother's second husband. He's your father."

Patricia took a step to walk towards her daughter. Ariel looked like her world had fallen apart. Everything she thought she knew was a lie. Her whole life had been a lie.

The front door burst opened. Patricia grabbed Ariel quickly closing and locking the bedroom door. Patricia dragged a traumatized Ariel over to the bed with Jason and Mina. Ariel looked down at her unconscious sister still begging her father to stop. Her sister, who was only ten years older than her, was her mother. She was raped by her father, Ariel's father. Ariel's hand brushed against Mina's. SWAT searched the apartment with guns. A sparkle of energy went through Ariel's body. She grabbed Mina's hand. A powerful hidden energy surged through her body. Ariel's eyes turned orange stunning her mother. Jason's head rested in the crook of Mina's neck. An orange aura surrounded them as they vanished.

Rick reappeared. He was invisible to the officers. He said intrigued, "How interesting!"

The police burst into the bedroom firing their weapons throughout the room. The stopped when they saw that no one was there. They inspected the bathroom and the closet. The apartment was empty.