Serena washed her face and tied up her curly hair. She slipped into her moon and stars pajamas and headed out for her room.
She walked into her room and immediately knew that something was wrong. A bright, pearly white light came from her moon amulet. She turned abruptly and met face to face with the cause of the reaction.... Stanton.
"Scare me to death next time!" She yelled, grabbing her moon amulet, shielding the light.
"I should think to say the same thing to you." He said slyly, walking forward. He looked dark and dangerous...and incredibly sexy.
"What do you mean?" Serena asked, looking puzzled as she stared up at him, for now he was right in front of her.
"I told you I was stopping by tonight. I was worried that they....I was worried that something happened to you" He said, tenderness in his voice but he still looked crossed.
"Wait, who is they?" She said determinedly.
"The hunters" he said suddenly looking up, deliberately not looking into her eyes.
"Hunters? What are--" she stopped abruptly when Stanton threw up his hands in frustration and started pacing in front of her.
"How can you be what you are, fighting what you are, and yet know nothing about it?" He said, still frustrated and pacing.
"Excuse me. But I was not volunteering for this job when I got it. And no one has ever really explained to us all of our powers to us or, for that matter, what it is we are really fighting!" Serena knew that Stanton was angry, but she was not afraid to speak her mind, he could probably read it anyway.
He stopped in his tracks and pointed to the bed. Serena reluctantly sat down where he pointed.
"There are three different forms of the Atrox. The first and most numerable are the Followers. Second come the Regulators. And third group is the Hunters. Each of the three groups do separate acts to please the Atrox. Hunters are like the Followers in that they convert others to the Atrox. But they are different in that they pick out ones specifically that would most please the Atrox. They are very powerful and most deadly of all three. I heard rumors that there is a competition to convert the Goddess Serena." At this he looked at her for the first time since he started to explain. His eyes were full of worry. "I had to warn you," he said, now showing tenderness in his voice. "I had to let you know."
Serena was at first skeptical of what Stanton was saying. 'Should I trust him?" She thought. But then he looked into her eyes, telling her to trust him through his mind...and now she did.
"Listen," he said as he started pacing again, "Have you met anyone new this past week?"
Serena lifted her head in thought and she only met one new person that she hasn't yet seen before.... "I met a guy named Gabriel tonight at Planet Bang, but I don't think he could be a Hunter"
Stanton stopped and looked at her, "How can you be so sure?" he asked, not really caring for the answer, he was running threw a list of aliases the most popular Hunters use.
"I just do..." Serena said innocently.
Stanton gave her a shocked look. "You have a date with him?!" He asked, the fury resounding in his voice.
"I don't know how it happened, it just did. We were dancing and then talking, then he asked me out--" Serena was stoped talking when Stanton put his hand up.
"I know our love is forbidden, but you could at least have considered me..." Stanton stopped too. He looked into Serena's eyes, and she looked into his. They were filled with pain and hurt.
He broke the gaze and kept pacing.
"Is it possible that he is just an ordinary guy who finds me attractive?" Serena said in almost a laugh.
"Possible" was Stanton's reply, "or he also could be and Angelic. A helper among the Atrox. A being that is sent to help someone specifically targeted by the Atrox. Either way, I am afraid, means no good." He stopped abruptly turned to Serena with hope in his eyes and said, " I got to go. I think I may know someone who may know the truth."
Serena nodded as Stanton went toward the balcony. He turned quickly and said, "Until I talk to you next, stay by your friends." And with that, he turned into shadow and crept out.
Serena fell back on her bed and fell sound asleep before she had a chance to really ponder the events of the past two nights...
She walked into her room and immediately knew that something was wrong. A bright, pearly white light came from her moon amulet. She turned abruptly and met face to face with the cause of the reaction.... Stanton.
"Scare me to death next time!" She yelled, grabbing her moon amulet, shielding the light.
"I should think to say the same thing to you." He said slyly, walking forward. He looked dark and dangerous...and incredibly sexy.
"What do you mean?" Serena asked, looking puzzled as she stared up at him, for now he was right in front of her.
"I told you I was stopping by tonight. I was worried that they....I was worried that something happened to you" He said, tenderness in his voice but he still looked crossed.
"Wait, who is they?" She said determinedly.
"The hunters" he said suddenly looking up, deliberately not looking into her eyes.
"Hunters? What are--" she stopped abruptly when Stanton threw up his hands in frustration and started pacing in front of her.
"How can you be what you are, fighting what you are, and yet know nothing about it?" He said, still frustrated and pacing.
"Excuse me. But I was not volunteering for this job when I got it. And no one has ever really explained to us all of our powers to us or, for that matter, what it is we are really fighting!" Serena knew that Stanton was angry, but she was not afraid to speak her mind, he could probably read it anyway.
He stopped in his tracks and pointed to the bed. Serena reluctantly sat down where he pointed.
"There are three different forms of the Atrox. The first and most numerable are the Followers. Second come the Regulators. And third group is the Hunters. Each of the three groups do separate acts to please the Atrox. Hunters are like the Followers in that they convert others to the Atrox. But they are different in that they pick out ones specifically that would most please the Atrox. They are very powerful and most deadly of all three. I heard rumors that there is a competition to convert the Goddess Serena." At this he looked at her for the first time since he started to explain. His eyes were full of worry. "I had to warn you," he said, now showing tenderness in his voice. "I had to let you know."
Serena was at first skeptical of what Stanton was saying. 'Should I trust him?" She thought. But then he looked into her eyes, telling her to trust him through his mind...and now she did.
"Listen," he said as he started pacing again, "Have you met anyone new this past week?"
Serena lifted her head in thought and she only met one new person that she hasn't yet seen before.... "I met a guy named Gabriel tonight at Planet Bang, but I don't think he could be a Hunter"
Stanton stopped and looked at her, "How can you be so sure?" he asked, not really caring for the answer, he was running threw a list of aliases the most popular Hunters use.
"I just do..." Serena said innocently.
Stanton gave her a shocked look. "You have a date with him?!" He asked, the fury resounding in his voice.
"I don't know how it happened, it just did. We were dancing and then talking, then he asked me out--" Serena was stoped talking when Stanton put his hand up.
"I know our love is forbidden, but you could at least have considered me..." Stanton stopped too. He looked into Serena's eyes, and she looked into his. They were filled with pain and hurt.
He broke the gaze and kept pacing.
"Is it possible that he is just an ordinary guy who finds me attractive?" Serena said in almost a laugh.
"Possible" was Stanton's reply, "or he also could be and Angelic. A helper among the Atrox. A being that is sent to help someone specifically targeted by the Atrox. Either way, I am afraid, means no good." He stopped abruptly turned to Serena with hope in his eyes and said, " I got to go. I think I may know someone who may know the truth."
Serena nodded as Stanton went toward the balcony. He turned quickly and said, "Until I talk to you next, stay by your friends." And with that, he turned into shadow and crept out.
Serena fell back on her bed and fell sound asleep before she had a chance to really ponder the events of the past two nights...