Chapter Thirty-Five

A Little Drop of Rain

A/N: Happy New Year! I wish all of you a happy and wonderful New Year! Remember you can accomplish anything you set your mind to. Thanks for the wonderful feedback for the previous chapter! You guys are the best! Alas! Life is getting busy! I am not sure how regularly I can update anymore, but I will try to update as often as possible. But nevertheless, I am going to go ahead and post the final two chapters of Part II of Ever After. And when I return, I will start posting the final chapters of Ever After. Until then, here is the conclusion of Part II of Ever After. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Les Miserables' "A Little Fall of Rain."

On the quiet, starry night throughout the kingdom, Darien and Derrick slept peacefully in their beds. Rini and Katie slept peacefully in her bed. A small smile formed on Rini's face as she said, "Giddy up, horsey! I'm a cowgirl!" She was dreaming that she was a cowgirl girl and she was riding on a fast horse and leaping over fences in the prairielands.

The servants slept peacefully in their quarters. Lily dreamed of Prince Alexander smiling at her as he picked her out of a crowd of people in his royal garments and danced with her in a crowd and all eyes were on them as her maid costume magically transformed into a beautiful green dress as he led her to the center of the dance floor and spun her around as they dance across the ballroom perfectly like they were dancing on air. She loved the prince, ever since he saved her from being on the streets of New York and teleported to his beautiful castle in the sky. She knew that she was invisible to him and that he only spoke to her as nicety, and her chances of being with him were zero to none, but a girl could still dream.

Derrick tossed and turned wildly in his bed as he lied on his back. His tiny hands bawled into fist. His blue and white striped pajama top hiked up exposing his belly button as he groaned in his sleep.

Darien twisted and turned in his sleep also. Someone was in his room. He could not see her face in the dark room. The light from the moonlight was the only light in the room. He saw a gown fall into a pool on the floor as a pair of shapely long legs and pretty feet stepped out of them. He watched as these legs strolled over to his bed. He was having an out of body experience and saw himself sleeping. He moaned trying to waking up fearing that this person was there to kill him, but his body was in a deep somber and would not allow him to wake up. He felt a pair of lips touch his. His body felt itself pressing deeper into the covers as the woman straddled his waist. He was asleep and always slept in the nude unless the children were with him or it was extremely cold. He felt the woman grind her hips against his groin. His groin instantly became hard. His eyes opened and he smiled. He said, "Serenity, you have returned to me."

Serenity stopped. She leaned over to him and whispered in his ear, "Your Serenity is dead." She sat up again and her skin was snow-white. Her eyes were black and cold, her lipstick black, her teeth had fangs and her long hair was black as night. She was fully dressed now in a black gown that left nothing to the imagination as her large breasts looked as if they were about to pop out. His eyes were shocked to see that she was eight or nine months pregnant and looked like she was about to come any day now.

He saw himself in the pits of hell. He winced as his feet burnt from the hot ground like he was stepping on hot coal. Despite his pain, he continued walking. He heard the sounds of moaning from behind two double doors. He pushed open the doors and stepped inside. He saw Serena on a large black bed with messy black sheets. She was naked. Her long black hair was messy and wild around her. She was nine months pregnant and the devil's red skin and dark marble eyes was having rough sex with her that she was clearly enjoying as she bounced up and down on his extremely large groin in a reverse cowboy position. Darien could feel the devil's powers that excelled his own. This was Dragon in his true form. His large red hands engulfed her big breasts as he squeezed them so tightly that Darien thought they were going to burst as she cried in pain and pleasure. Her eyes rolled to the back of her head as she screamed and shuddered as she climaxed. Her breasts spurted milk so far that he was afraid it would touch him. She whimpered weakly as she fell down on her hands until she was on all fours.

The devil took out his large, thick red groin that was dripping wet with a mixture of their nectar as Serena begged him to make love to her again. The devil's eyes met Darien's across the room as he positioned his thick groin dripping with his seed to her soaking wet opening. He grinned. "Thank you Darien for giving her to me."

Darien jumped up from his sleep in a hot sweat. He looked around and he was back in his bedroom in Elysian. He breathed deeply as he remembered something else that still disturbed him until this day.

He now knew that was possessed by the devil when he came home that night. He was furious with Serena after finding out that she had sex with Diamond. Another man had taken what rightfully belonged to him and she lied about it for years just like she lied about cheating on him and Katie. He hated her and wanted to make her pay for not giving a damn about him. He had a strong desire to break and punish her and let her know who the boss of their marriage was. He listened to her pleads not to take her by force, but he did it anyway and then gave her to the devil like she was his property to give away. He thought it would give him satisfaction, but it did not. The evil spirit dissolved from his body and left him with only regret and shame. He broke down into tears and hated himself for what he did to her. Rini woke up to his cries and found him crying on the floor. She never saw her father cry before. She never saw him that weak and vulnerable.

She softly called out, "Daddy?"

He looked up at her with tears rolling down his cheeks and said reassuringly, "Go back to sleep sweetheart." She obeyed her father and closed the door. She heard her mother's screams from her parents' bedroom and trembled. He raced downstairs and grabbed the divorce papers out of his office desk and with tear filled eyes and shaky hands signed them. Upset and angry, he met with a divorce lawyer the following day after Serena boldly confessed the truth about her infidelity and Katie. Still reluctant to give up on his marriage, he placed the divorce papers in the top drawer of his desk in his office. Serena never went in there, and he still had a faint hope that he could salvage their marriage and work things out.

Wet tears splotched on the papers as Darien sniffled flipping through the pages making sure he signed every necessary line. He sat in his desk for an hour busying himself with making preparations for her and their children to stop himself from the suicidal thoughts that crept in his head. He did not recognize this monster disguised as a man in the mirror. He did not like arguing with Serena or the fights and the way he threatened her. He was in love with a woman, but was not happy in their marriage. He could not forgive himself for what he did that night.

He walked back into their room an hour later after coming to the conclusion to leave his wife and daughters. Their marriage was over from the moment Serena learnt that Derrick was Darien's son. Darien stood over her bed fully dressed in a black shirt, jeans, and sneakers. He saw her face was puffy and stained with tears. He saw her start to stir. He knelt down and softly caressed the side of her face making her dreams peaceful once more. It was something he always did when she had nightmares after he discovered he had the power to do so. He always caressed her softly with a kiss or hand and made her nightmares go away. He fixed her clothes and healed her body with the wave of his hand. He placed her in a deep sleep as he packed his belongings and placed it in the back of his car in the early hours of the morning. Everything was packed as he watched her sleep peacefully now. He sat down on the bed next to her. The mattress depressed from his weight. He leaned over her and said with a few inches from her face, "I'm sorry Serena. Please forgive me one day for what I have done." He softly kissed her lips. His eyes tightly shut as the tears fell onto her soft cheeks as his body tremble. He forced himself to lift his head when all he wanted to do was stay. He sat up and slowly took his wedding ring off his finger and placed it in the brown envelope before closing it. He sat the package on the bed. He walked in both of his daughters' room, both sleeping peacefully like angels. He kissed their cheeks as they slowly woke up and told them how much he loved them and how he had to go away to get better. They looked at him confused. Katie cried not wanting her father to leave them. Rini remained silent. Katie embraced him as he held her tightly in his arms for a long time and planted a hard kiss on the crown of her hair. Rini rolled over on her side and turned her back to him. Her innocent eyes were wide and hurt. He kissed both of them once again. Katie fell into a deep slumber as he tucked her in. Rini's eyes closed.

He drove over to Karen's. He banged on the door and rang the doorbell. Karen groaned as she woke up. She checked her digital clock that read twenty minutes after three. She frowned figuring that it was Darien wanting a booty call. He called her earlier that night drunk asking her to let him come over. There was only one reason a man wanted to come over that late at night. In college, she was the wild, party girl. Back then, she was obsessed with Darien Shields like every other woman on campus. When he called her over to hook up regardless of the time, she came to his every beck and call. She would cancel her plans with her friends, be late for work, or even neglect her homework. Her friends told her that she was a fool, but she was head over heels in love with Darien Shields. But once she became a mother, she grew out of that phase in her life or vowed never again to become as obsessive over a man as she was about Darien. She flipped the covers over, dressed in an oversized t-shirt with a unicorn on the front of it. Derrick brought it was for her for Mother's Day with his allowance money. She raced downstairs ready to give Dr. Darien Shields, a piece of her mind. She unlocked and opened the door quickly. "Darien Shields, if you think…" She stopped when she saw the miserable look on his face. His eyes were red. His face was puffy from crying. He looked so depressed and suicidal like there was nothing worth living for.

He walked into her house without asking as she stood speechless closing the door and locking behind her. He looked like a giant in her small home. He said, "I left Serena."

Karen was dumbfounded. He turned to her and asked, "Do you want me?" Karen saw the vulnerable look in his eyes like he felt like he was nothing. He was a broken man. He said raw with emotions, "I did something horrible tonight to my wife that I could not take back."

He laughed still hurt. "The funny thing is that I know she will forgive me. She'll wipe it away from her memory like it never happened." He glanced up looking at Karen shaking his head. He stopped laughing and said quietly, "But I'll never forget."

"I'm leaving tonight, and I am not coming back. I want you to come with me." He clarified. "I want you and Derrick to come with me." Karen's heart pounded as they looked at one another. It wasn't pounding because she was in love with him, even though she still cared for him. It was pounding because she was afraid. She saw the same look in her father's eyes the night before he killed himself. Darien had that same look and that made a tear fall from her eye.

Karen had a life and career in their small suburban community. Derrick had made friends and had adjusted so well. Her home reminded her of her life with Peter. Now, fate brought Darien Shields back into her life. The man who used her for sex and treated her like shit. The man that she was head over heels in love with in college was standing in her living room asking her to go away with him. Not because he was in love with her either. It was because he was going to kill himself if she said no. He could not handle another rejection. He wanted her to say no as the final push he needed to do it.

He was a handsome man created by God on a happy day. He was smart and brilliant and she could never forget him or the wonderful night they shared together when they conceived their son. It did not scare her when his eyes turned golden as he came inside of her. Just like it did not scared her when she watched her son's wounds heal quickly or when he started to develop his powers after his eighth birthday. She hid that secret from her husband Peter.

Karen simply said, "Yes, I'll come with you." He looked at her slightly confused like he was expecting her to reject him like he rejected her love back in college. Darien broke down into tears once again and she rushed over to him and embraced him. He collapsed to his knees and held her tightly wrapping his arms around her waist as he continued to cry on her stomach soaking her shirt with his tears. Karen comforted him just like she would comfort her son when he felt down. Karen gave up a life she created for herself to run away with Darien to an unknown future.

At the Furuhata home, a sleeping Lita moaned softly as she rolled over on her side away from her husband. Andrew groaned dressed in pajamas pants as Lita wore the shirt. It was their ritual after they got ready for bed. He'll always leave the top of the pajama set out of her.

Andrew heard a loud noise downstairs. He jumped up from his slumber. He glanced to his left and saw Lita was still fast asleep and it was still night time. He slipped out of bed and quietly strolled over to the closet and grabbed a black case off the top shelf. He unlocked it and took out a gun and loaded it with bullets. Lita did not know he kept it there, but ever since he nearly died, he always wanted to be able to defend himself. The world was safer thanks to Darien, but also ungoverned thanks to Darien too. People were breaking into homes and vandalizing homes and property. They were starving and there were still reborns lurking around and killing humans.

He walked down the stairs of his home as the stairs creaked. His adrenaline was high as he feared the unknown. He walked into the living room pointing his gun at the intruder. He placed his hand on the trigger at the dark shadowy figure. Then, suddenly the moonlight shone through the room to reveal that it was Darien sitting on the sofa like he lost his best friend, which was odd since he blamed his son for saving his best friend. They had not spoken to one another since Patricia Brandon's funeral. Darien barely spoke to him when he was there. He was upset with all of them for lying to him about Serena's death. He took his anger out on Andrew and actually told him that he shouldn't be alive, Karen should have been. Andrew knew that it was out of anger, but it still hurt. How can it not to know that saving your life caused another theirs.

Andrew lowered his gun. Darien said looking at nothing in particular, "I gave her to him."

Andrew asked tired and upset, "What?"

"I gave the devil my wife. When I signed those divorce papers, I basically handed Serena to him."

Andrew looked confused. Darien continued, "As long as we were married, he could not touch her or marry her."

Andrew remained silent as he let out a puff of air as he leaned against the doorway. Darien said, "I raped her the last night of our marriage." Andrew could not accept that. Darien would sacrifice his own life to protect Serena. He actually had sacrificed his life for her in the past.

An expression of shock appeared on Andrew's face. "The devil came to me disguised as Rick Thornton. I was upset that I begged my wife for sex and she told me to go screw someone else. So I went to a bar and I got wasted and then Rick came in and told me a lot of crap. I did not believe him until he told me that Diamond slept with Serena and took her innocence. It wasn't me. I wasn't her first."

Lita had updated Andrew on all the big villains that the sailor scouts faced over the years. There was so much to learn and he still felt like he was playing catch up. He remembered that Diamond was some creepy stalker prince, who was obsessed with Serena and once tried to rape her or something, but Tuxedo Mask arrived just in the nick of time to save her.

"You're an idiot!" Andrew suddenly laughed as if what Darien was saying was preposterous. Darien looked confused at why he would laugh at something so seriously. Andrew said, "That's what you ended your marriage on! Some psychopath telling you that another psychopath had sex with your wife because she did not bleed. Darien, we don't live in the dark ages anymore. We are men of science. I considered being a doctor. For Christ sakes, you are a doctor. You should know just because a woman does not bleed on her first time, doesn't mean that she's not a virgin." Darien groaned in agony as he bowed his head as the truth of Andrew's words sunk in and made sense to him. He saw an image of Serena's beautiful face the first time they made love. He was his first. Diamond never touched her as intimately as he touched her. He knew it in his heart that he was her first. The image faded away leaving him with regret once more. He wasted two years of his life he could have spent together with Serena based on a lie. Andrew was right. He really was an idiot. "She was Sailor Moon and extremely active. Her hymen could have broken. I was Rita's first. She didn't bleed on the first time either."

Darien was disgusted with himself. "I am an idiot. I hurt the woman that I loved. This is my fault, all of this. Now, Serena is married to the devil, the world went to hell, and now she carrying the devil's seed because of me. I wasn't there. I shouldn't have given up."

Andrew thought, "Well, at least, we finally agree on something." But he did not have the heart to kick Darien while he was already down.

Andrew said trying to be nice to a miserable Darien strolling over and taking the seat next to Darien on the sofa, "Well, your marriage was not easy."

Darien said, "She loved me after Katie was born. I know she did. I saw it. I felt it when we made love. We were happy and then she found out about Derrick and everything went back to hell."

Darien added absentmindedly, "And I was going to kill myself…"

Andrew asked in disbelief turning his head to Darien, "What?"

Darien said facing Andrew, "I didn't want to live with myself after what I did. I didn't like who I was anymore. The letter was meant to be a lie. I didn't think she gave a damn about me anyway, but in case she did, I wanted her to hate me instead of blaming herself for my death." He sighed. "I didn't have the guts to pull the trigger so I went to Karen, figuring that she would reject me too. She saw right through me and took me into her arms like a mother comforting a weeping child. She saved me."

Andrew smiled. "She made you happy too."

Darien smiled thinking about Karen. "She did. She was my best friend. She was the same way when we were in college together, but I never appreciated her. I never really saw her until the night I left Serena and she was just as beautiful as Serena. Her light shone just as brightly."

Andrew smiled as he patted Darien's back. Darien smiled. "I'm sorry for being upset with you guys. I'm sorry for what I said about you. I love you. You're my brother."

Andrew laughed and said, "Ah, you're going gay on me."

Darien laughed feeling better. "Well, actually I haven't had a drink or a woman in two weeks so maybe."

Andrew clapped his hands. "Thank goodness. I thought your cock was going to eventually fall off. You were flying through woman like you were flipping through channels." Darien laughed as tears came from his eyes. He wiped them away.

Andrew said, "So you know you're the problem, how are you going to fix it? You screwed up with Serena, now she's evil and carrying the devil's spawn. You got rid of the New World Regime, but the world is in chaos and it needs you to be its king. It needs some type of leadership."

"I will be crowned the Earth King in ten hours. I'm scared shitless to be honest."

Andrew said, "You'll make a great king."

Darien asked, "Do you want to attend the ceremony?"

Andrew said excited, "Hell yes! It's not every day your best friend becomes the King of the Earth." Darien smiled at Andrew happy he had his best friend back.

Cain and Mina arrived in a small town of Oakland that was on the outskirts of Liverpool, England. Cain followed Mina to the front door of Jason's mother home. She lived in a small subdivision in a nice neighborhood in a roll of homes that all looked the same with perfectly cut, neat lawns, clean streets and driveways. The only thing that made Jason's mother's house look different was her boat shaped mailbox. Cain and Mina were dressed in a t-shirt and jeans. Cain opened the screen door. As he was about to knock, he heard a woman screaming inside. He twisted the doorknob, but it was locked inside.

He rammed his shoulder against the door breaking it opened. Mina raced inside the home. She noticed a smiling picture of Jason when he was a kid. They ran into the kitchen. Ariel, dressed in a short red dress underneath a blue jean jacket, had a dagger in her hand pointed towards Jason's mom. Jason's mother stood cornered by the kitchen sink in the small kitchen.

Ariel glanced over to see Cain and Mina standing in the doorway. Ariel quickly moved until she stood behind Jason's mother with a knife pressed to the woman's throat and her arms twisted behind her back.

Ariel smirked looking at Cain. She assessed him with her eyes and giving him the nod of approval. Ariel turned to Mina. "Wow, your husband hasn't been dead for a week and now you're screwing someone else. You really are a slut."

Jason's mother cried hearing that her son was dead. Ariel apologized to her. "I'm sorry. I killed your son because he'd married to my whore of a sister."

Mina frowned. "Let her go."

Ariel said tilting her head looking at Jason's mother. "I guess I should since my purpose was to find you."

Ariel turned to Cain. She smirked seductively at him. Her eyes glowed as she tried to make him fall under spell. Cain's face was indecipherable. Mina became terrified. Ariel could make Cain fall in love with her and do her bidding.

Cain scoffed surprising Ariel and Mina. "I am a demi-god. I am immune to your powers of seduction. They only work on humans." Ariel frowned. Cain smirked. His smirk quickly faded when Ariel slit the woman's throat. The woman gasped as blood flooded profusely from his neck. She fell to the ground. Cain rushed to catch the woman. Ariel took the opportunity to attack her sister. Mina stood in a fighting position. Ariel appeared behind her sister and grabbed her in a chokehold. Cain looked up as he healed Jason's mother.

Cain yelled, "Mina!" Ariel disappeared with her sister.

They appeared back in Patricia's second husband's home in Tokyo. It was now an abandoned building full of holes and boarded up doors and windows. No one had lived in the home since Mina left it fifteen years ago with her mother. Everyone believed that it was haunted and some people heard the sounds of a man screaming at night. Mina knew that her father was buried somewhere on the property, but her mother never told her where.

Ariel whispered in her sister's ear, "This is where it all began. It's where it ends."

Mina did a swift move removing herself from her sister's embrace. She nursed her neck trying to catching her breath. Ariel smiled. She flipped the dagger in her hand. It was her father's dagger. It looked like the same dagger that he used in her dream to slit her mother's throat and tried to kill her with. Mina saw a glimpse of her father in Ariel. She grinned evilly like he did. Mina stepped back.

Ariel asked, "Are you scared?"

Mina did not respond. Ariel held out a finger towards her. Mina's eyes narrowed. She knew that Ariel was about to use her crescent beam attack. Ariel shouted, "Crescent Beam Smash!" A yellow light emitted from Ariel's finger towards Mina. Mina flipped out of the way and landed in a crouch position. She launched towards Ariel. Ariel vanished.

Ariel reappeared behind Mina. She thrust the dagger forward. Mina quickly turned around as the dagger slashed her arm. Mina covered the wound with her other arm. Ariel frowned. "Oh well."

She lifted up her hands. She was going to perform the Crescent Beam Shower. Mina ran out of the room as a shower of golden light blasted throughout the room blasting away anything it touched. Mina raced up the weak, creaky stairs. Ariel slowly walked behind her. Mina winced in pain when one of the stairs collapsed as her leg fell through scraping her leg.

Mina pushed herself up and continued to rush up the stairs despite the stinging and burning pain of her leg. Mina quickly looked around for a place to hide in the long hallway with a long row of doors on both sides. She turned left and began to pull doorknobs searching for an unlocked one. She found an unlocked door. She opened it and quickly locked it behind her. Ironically, it was her childhood bedroom. The room was empty now and covered with dust and falling debris from the ceiling. Mina saw a memory in front of her of her father walking into her bedroom. Her mother had left her alone with him and he started touching her inappropriately at the age of three. She saw herself throughout the years dreading their alone time as his gestures advanced throughout the years until eventually at the age of nine, he started having intercourse with her. Mina cried for her childhood self. The images went away. She felt painful cramps in her stomach. She looked down and saw that she was bleeding heavily. Her jeans covered with her blood as blood raced down her leg. She was losing the baby, her last link to Jason. She cried silently as she covered her mouth. She hid in the closet, the only other door in the room. Mina sat on the floor with her knees closed to her chest rolling back and forward.

Cain healed Jason's mother. He could not sense Mina anywhere. He could sense supernatural beings in close proximity and his blood. He tried to sense Ariel's aura, but he could not. She was out of his reach. He prayed that Mina was okay.

Mina began to pray to God to help her.

Ariel sauntered the hallways kicking in doorways and flipping the dagger in her hand. She searched each room for Mina. She grinned. She heard her prayers. She turned around and headed into the direction. She yelled loudly, "I can hear your prayers, but your God will not help you. Pray to my god, the true god, and I might spare you." Mina continued to pray. Ariel spoke like her father in her dreams. Dragon had possessed her sister.

"There is only one way out, Mina, and that is through death." Nooses appeared hanging from the ceiling in all of the rooms.

Ariel spoke, "You're right, Mina. I can read your thoughts so loud and clear as if you are speaking them out loud. I did sell my soul to Dragon. He was the only one that never lied to me. He is my true father and I will eradicate the world of your wickedness."

Mina's eyes popped open. She limped out of the room and into the hallway. Ariel looked surprised as Mina stood only ten feet away from her. Ariel laughed. "You give up?"

Mina stared at her with cold eyes. Ariel glanced down and saw Mina's blood stained pants. Mina said detached, "I lost the baby thanks to you."

Ariel felt a pain in her chest feeling sorry for her sister. Mina said, "I loved you your entire life. I loved you like a sister. Patricia loved you like a mother. Jason loved you like a brother. You killed two people that loved you. You killed your little sister or brother. You killed the only link that I had left to Jason." Mina lashed out angrily startling Ariel. "I was nine-years-old. It wasn't my fault that my father raped me. I didn't ask him to touch me. Do you really want to know the details, Ariel? Do you want to know how he raped me at age nine or our nightly bedroom rituals since age three?" Ariel started to tremble. Mina pointed to the dagger in Ariel's hands. Ariel looked down at the dagger for a second. "It was his favorite knife. He pressed it against my throat and told me that he would kill me if I screamed."

Ariel looked at the dagger again shaking. Mina looked around the house. "No one helped me. Not my mother who he beat and raped on a regular basis also. Not one of the servants and they all knew what he was doing to me." Mina yelled angrily, "Do I wish I would have killed you? Yes, because seeing you everyday reminds me of what he did to me. But I fell in love with you Ariel because you were sunshine and roses, the ultimate good. So yes, we can fight to the death, but I rather die than lose another person that I love. You took away my mother, Jason, and now my baby. I have nothing left to fight for." Mina held out her arms in surrender. "You win. Now, kill the only person in the world that truly loves you."

Ariel yelled as ran towards her sister with the dagger in her hand. Mina stood there unfazed. A white light flashed before Ariel's eyes. She saw images of her mother Patricia holding her in her arms and telling her that she loved her. She remembered being three and Mina thirteen and playing outside in the snow and making a snowman together. She remembered being five and going to the beach with Mina and her mother for the first time. Mina and Patricia both wanted to lounge on the beach looking cute in their swimsuits and Ariel used her famous pout to get them to play in the water with her. She remembered being six and seeing Mina transform into Sailor Venus for the first time. She remembered how nice Mina's friends were when Mina introduced them to her for the first time and then took her get ice-cream and cake when she was seven. Ariel remembered being twelve and meeting Jason for the first time. She instantly liked him. Patricia loved her. She was at every recital, every play, every game, and at every audition. Jason loved her. He played with her when she was a little girl. They used to play the piano together and he looked out for her in the movie industry and always protected her from the vultures who wanted to hurt her. She remembered when she received her first heartbreak with love and how he spent time with her trying to cheer it up. He was only being supportive and she took it a sign as meaning he liked her. Mina loved her. She was always a phone call away. She idolized her big sister and worshipped the ground Mina walked on.

Ariel glanced into Mina's eyes. She stopped running and stood before Mina simply looking at her. Mina was surprised when the dagger fell out of Ariel's hands.

Ariel stood still. She blinked as she remembered how cold she was to her mother in the end and how she killed her with a kiss blessed by Dragon. She cringed at how she tricked Jason into thinking she was Mina. She gave up her innocence to her sister's husband after he told her clearly that he did not love her in that way. She killed a good man. She killed a good mother to her.

Ariel collapsed to the ground with a bowed down head. The dagger lied next to her. Her heart started beating again and it dawned on her what she had done, what she could never take back. She cried for Patricia. She cried for Jason. She cried for Mina's baby and the fact that it was her fault that Mina's child was dead. She cried for Mina. She cried for herself. She cried for the hell Mina's childhood was.

Mina looked down at her sister then the dagger next to her sister. She could easily swipe it and kill Ariel. She murdered her family. Her baby was dead because of her. "Do it."

Mina gasped. She read her thoughts. Ariel cried looking up at her sister, "Please kill me. I can't live with what I've done."

Mina remained silent. "Please Mina. Avenge our family's death." Mina wondered if she was playing a trick. Ariel was a great actress. Ariel stared at Mina. Her big blue eyes were filled with regret and sadness.

Mina remembered her conversation with Cain from last night.

Cain said, "You took an innocent child and told her that her entire life is a lie. She believes that she is an abomination. Her heart is black and filled with hate. She's a loose dog, Mina. You're prolonging the inevitable."

Mina said sharply, "She is my family. She is all I have. Would you kill your brother if he turned out evil?"

Cain turned to her and said seriously, "Yes, I would."

Mina looked down at her and really saw her sister. She saw that innocent twelve-year-old girl who she brought Jason home to meet. She saw the scary little girl who she read ghost stories to. She saw the sister who nagged her constantly to bring her to the park or to the store. She saw the sister who called her every day to ask her a series of questions about what she thought about this or that. She saw her biggest fan whose eyes lit up every time she saw her big sister. Her eyes only stopped shining when she discovered the big lie of her life.

Mina whispered to herself thinking of Cain, "No, I can't." Mina collapsed to the ground and embraced her sister. Ariel cried into her arms as Mina consoled her sister.

Mina opened up her heart to Ariel. She was vulnerable and Ariel could easily snatch up the dagger and stab Mina in the back if she wanted to. Ariel's eyes opened staring at the dagger.

Mina smiled as she slowly backed away. They sat on their knees smiling at one another. Ariel said, "I love you, Mina. You're my sister."

Mina smiled then quickly screamed. Ariel used her powers and called the dagger to her. The dagger stabbed her in stomach. Ariel collapsed backwards to the ground. Mina quickly caught her and pulled her sister's bleeding body into her arms.

Mina cried out to the sky, "Cain, help! Cain" She could hear her echo through the halls of the vacant house.

Blood gushed out of Ariel's stomach soaking her red dress and Mina's shirt. Ariel said weakly, "He can't hear you. You're mortal."

Mina cried as tears dropped on Ariel's cheek. Ariel looked up at her teary eyed sister. It was rare to see Mina cried. She was always the tough one. Ariel asked, "How can you forgive me for what I've done?"

Mina sniffled. "Because I love you, idiot. You are still my sister even when you do horrible things."

Ariel smiled feeling her life slowly slip away from her. Ariel said, "You know what my favorite part of your performance in Les Miserables was."

Mina cried stroking Ariel's pretty golden locks that were always flawlessly. She could not remember one time when her hair was not perfect. "What was it?"

"It was when you performed A Little Fall of Rain with Jason. You were Èponine and Jason was Marius."

Ariel looked up at her. "Could you sing it with me? You'll be Marius and I'll be Èponine. I was always her anyway. You are Corsette, the woman he loved. I was the one he rejected." Before Mina could respond, Ariel smiled. "Let's sing it. It'll be our last performance together."

Mina cried out strongly, "No, I won't. Cain is going to come and he's going to heal you. And then we'll get you help and we'll be a family again."

Ariel smiled. Her voice grew weaker by the second. "Please Mina. I always used to help you rehearse lines. It'll be like that just until I fall asleep."

Mina sniffled. She could no longer be in denial. Cain was not coming. Ariel was right. Mina stroke the side of Ariel's face as Ariel continued to stare quietly up at her.

Mina continued to stroke her sister's hair. She sung. "But you will live, 'Ponine—dear God above, if I could heal your wounds with words of love."

Ariel's eyes were bright and alive as she sung Èponine's part. She reached for Mina's hand. Mina held her sister's hand tightly. "Just hold me now, and let it be. Shelter me, comfort me."

Mina sung with her voice cracking as she cried, "You would live a hundred years. If I could show you how, I won't desert you now…"

Ariel saw a white light appeared from the ceiling. She reached for it. "The rain can't hurt me now. This rain will wash away what's past. And you will keep me safe. And you will keep me close. I'll sleep in your embrace at last." She saw her mother's smiling face. A tear rolled from her eye when she realized that her mother Patricia still loved her. "The rain that brings you here is heaven-blessed! The skies begin to clear and I'm at rest." She felt her mother's hand touch hers. Her eyes closed as her hand dropped to the floor.

Mina cried holding Ariel's lifeless body in her arms. She finished the song, "Hushabye, dear Ariel." She caressed her golden hair. "You don't feel any pain. A little fall of rain can hardly hurt you now. I'm here. I will stay with you. Till you are sleeping and rain will make the flowers grow."

Mina closed her eyes bending over and kissing the top of her sister's hair. A golden light shot out of Ariel's body as Ariel slowly faded away. Her last wish being for Mina to have her powers back. Her essence floated into the air and then shot down into Mina's body. Mina cried loudly when Ariel's body disappeared in her arms. She held herself tightly. Her entire family was now gone. She screamed as her eyes turned golden. The windows of the house shattered and every door burst opened.

Cain helped Jason's mother to a cup of tea. The cut on her neck was healed and no longer there. She was clearly distraught after hearing about her eldest son's death in such a cruel way. Cain healed her heart. He could not give her back her son, but he could use his powers to put her at ease. She now sat on the kitchen table calmed sipping her cup of hot tea. Cain heard the front door opening and heard a young man that he assumed was Jason's brother yelled in a distressed voice after seeing the broken front door, "Mom!" He sensed a powerful energy. He disappeared before the boy of eighteen rushed into the kitchen.

Sailor Venus stood outside near the gate of the home. Cain appeared next to her. Sailor Venus looked at the mansion with disgust. "I hate this place. It's eighteen years later and I still hate it. It still haunts me. My father still haunts me."

Cain said, "He's not your father."

"For twenty-eight years I thought he was."

Cain asked, "Can I show you my powers?"

Sailor Venus stared at him strangely. "I guess."

Cain's eyes turned golden. The earth shook around them. Cain held out his hands and slowly brought them together. Venus watched as her childhood home, a twenty thousand square foot mansion, was crushed together as Cain's hands came closer together. The ballroom, her bedroom, the wall where her mother hid her father's body, and all the other rooms of the home that tortured her for many years were crush together like a bulldozer destroying an old building. The foundation started to crumble as the ground shook and the mansion collapsed. He smashed his hands together as the earth opened as the house crumbled into the earth core until nothing stood there but an empty plot of land. Cain closed the earth back. Venus looked impressed. For the first time in her life, she felt an inner peace she never felt before. She smiled at Cain as his eyes returned to normal. He gave her a half of smile. He checked his watch. "Crap!"

Venus asked concerned, "What?"

"Endymion's coronation has started. We're late."

Cain wrapped a hand back on Venus' waist. They disappeared back to Elysian.

In hell, Alexandria dressed in a black maternity gown grasped a barrier as her legs felt weak. She felt powerful contractions as she screamed alerting her ladies. Another one came quickly. Black blood leaked from her nose and mouth. Her ladies helped her to her bed. One of them yelled, "Call the witch doctor and alert the master that his wife is in labor. The child is coming."