A Nightmare SO Real- Part 3
Rating: PG-13 for language and some content
Authors notes at bottom
"SO Serena, are you going to show me what you got or not?" Raye implored.
"Geez Raye, give me a chance to sit down," Serena replied.
"All right sit, do you want something to drink?"
"Nah that's ok. So lets see what we got!"
Raye decided to show Serena what she had purchased first.
"Now, I got this really great perfume," Raye began, "And so much other stuff..."
Raye went on, showing Serena a new red summer dress with a floral print, sandals, a new set of pajamas, and a white sweater.
"Wow Raye, you got some really great stuff," Serena said.
"Thanks."
"OK MY TURN," Serena squealed.
Serena opened her shopping bags and began to pull out all of her new clothes and junk. First she showed Raye the makeup, then a pair of black combat boots and a pair of black mary-janes. She then pulled out a pale blue, spaghetti strap dress that went all the way to the floor and some lingerie in the same color. Lastly she pulled out a black leather jacket.
"Wow Serena you sure went crazy shopping today. I can't believe some of the stuff you got."
"What can't you believe that I got?" Serena asked.
"Well, you bought a leather jacket and combat boots. I mean, I never thought that I'd see you in any of that stuff, and you bought makeup. Not to mention the lingerie"
"Yeah I just thought I needed a change in styles. Besides the lingerie went perfect with the dress, so I just had to get it."
"Serena, come on. I know you didn't just buy that lingerie for a dress," Raye said slyly.
"What on earth do you mean Raye?" Serena asked bewildered.
"Oh Serena, you don't just buy lingerie like that to wear under a dress. You and Darien have something special planed don't you?" Raye said grinning. Serena was too shocked to say anything, so Raye went on, "I think it's nice that you want to wear that for him. It'll just make the ~moment~ so perfect."
"Raye?...WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!" Serena shouted.
"Well you were going to wear that for him weren't you?" replied Raye, shocked by Serena's outburst.
"What? Do you think that I bought that because I'm going to sleep with Darien?! Raye I wouldn't sleep with him unless we were married."
"I'm sorry Serena, I shouldn't have said that," Raye apologized.
"How could you think that about me? Besides I broke up with him. And even if I did have the opportunity to sleep with him I wouldn't. Now ~if~ you will excuse me, I have to go," Serena said as she walked out of the room.
Raye was too shocked to say anything. Not because Serena said that she wouldn't sleep with Darien until they were married, but because she had broken up with him. Raye was still reeling from this when Luna walked in.
"Raye? Have you spoken with Serena?"
"Huh? Luna? Serena?...What?" Raye replied confused.
"Have you seen Serena?" Luna asked.
"Yeah she just left."
"What did she tell you?" Luna asked hopeful that Raye could shed some light as to why Serena was acting so strange.
"Oh Luna it's a long story," Raye said putting her head in her hands, "We met at the mall and decided to come over here."
"What did you talk about, if I may ask?"
"Well we looked at the different things that we bought. I commented on how some of the stuff she got was not what she'd normally buy and she got mad and left."
"She got upset because you remarked on some of the stuff she bought?" Luna was bewildered.
"Well...it's because of the comment that I made about a certain thing that she bought..."
"What did she buy Raye?"
"{SIGH}SheBoughtSomeLingerieAndIThoughtThatSheBoughtItTo WearForDarienAndSheGotMadAndLeft," Raye rushed.
"She got mad because you thought that she bought it to wear for Darien?"
Raye nodded.
"Did she tell you anything else Raye?"
"Well as she walked out she told me that she had broken up with Darien. Luna she's changed. It's like I don't know her anymore," Raye said quite disheartened.
"I don't think that she knows herself anymore. She doesn't want Darien, and now she's threatened not to be Sailor Moon anymore. I don't know what to do with her. This isn't my Serena anymore." Luna said.
"Luna, do you think that we should tell the others about this?" Raye asked quite concerned.
"Raye, normally I wouldn't want to pry into Serena's life, but in this case I think we must."
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*BEEP BEEP*
"Hello?" Mina answered
"What's up?" it was Lita who spoke.
"Yes?" Amy spoke.
"Mina, Lita, Amy, I need you all to meet at the temple," Luna said, "And don't any of you tell Serena."
"Well what's wrong Luna?" asked Amy.
"I'll explain it to you when you get here. Luna over and out."
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At the Temple...
"Girls, I've asked you all here to discuss something very ~serious~," Luna began, "I don't know if you've noticed at all, but Serena has been acting very strange lately. She has refused to be Sailor Moon, and has decided that she no longer wants to be with Darien."
"Wow really?" Mina asked in disbelief.
"Yes, and it seems that this has been brought on very suddenly. Just last week she was bonkers over Darien, and she seemed to be happy as Sailor Moon. Now all she wants to do is forget all of her duties and Darien and live her life without all of the inconveniences that come with being a sailor scout," Luna explained.
"This does seem very odd," Amy said, "But perhaps she has a valid reason for not wanting to do any of this anymore. Maybe she thinks that she is no longer worthy of being Sailor Moon."
"But Amy, she's Sailor Moon no matter what. Nobody can take that away from her," Lita stated.
"Well I think that we should get to the bottom of this," said Mina.
"I agree, we need to find out why she's doing this. If we don't this could put us all into danger," Raye said.
"But I don't think that we should go prying into her business. If she wants to tell us she will," Amy stated.
"Normally I would agree Amy, but this time I think that we need find the source of the problem. That means that we have to confront Serena about her behavior," Luna said, then...
"Well. I came back just to apologize to Raye for being so rude to her and what do I find? All of my so-called friends planning to look into something that doesn't even concern them," Serena said.
"Serena!" they all gasped.
"Well then, I take it you weren't expecting me to show up huh?"
"SCOUTS!" Artemis cried running into the temple, "There's big trouble down at the mall. A nega trash monster is attacking. We've got to hurry."
"We'll continue this latter right now we've got to go," Luna said urgently.
"Humph, speak for yourself. I'm not going anywhere." Serena stated flatly.
"Serena this is no time to be bitter. We've got to go and do what we always done, protect the innocent," Raye said not losing sight of the objective.
"Well I'm not going," she replied.
"Serena ~WE~ are a team, and there is no ~I~ in team. Now we've got to go and do our duty," Mina said dragging Serena with her to the mall.
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"VENUS STAR POWER!"
"Mercury STAR POWER!"
"MARS STAR POWER!"
"JUPITER STAR POWER!"
"moon crystal power."
"AAAAAAHHHHHHH THE MONSTER IS IN THE JEWLRY STORE!!!!" a woman screamed.
"Come on everyone," Mars said.
"All Right You Creep! Stop What You Are Doing!" Venus demanded.
"And who's gonna stop me?" asked a monster with brown scaly skin and large claws.
"The Sailor Scouts!" they cried in unison, all except Sailor Moon.
"HAH! You petty girls won't be able to stop me! I'll drain this whole place of energy!"
"Oh No You WON'T! VENUS CRESENT BEAM SMASH!"
"HAH!" the monster laughed, "That didn't even hurt."
"What! My beam it didn't do anything to him!" cried a bewildered Venus.
"MARS FIRE IGNITE!"
"Hah missed," the monster shouted dodging Raye's attack, "Now lets see if you and handle this," the monster said blasting the girls with dark energy that sent them all flying in every direction.
"You creep! I am Sailor Moon and I don't like to get pushed around!"
"So what're you gonna do about it little missy?" asked the monster.
"I'm pissed off you bastard and you just pushed it!! MOON SCEPTER ELIMINATION!!!!"
"AAARRRGGGGHHHHH" the monster cried out as it turned into a pile of dust.
The other girls just looked at Sailor Moon not knowing what to say or do. They had never seen Serena kill a monster without so much as a second thought before in their entire lives as scouts.
"Nice job Sailor Moon," Jupiter said breaking the silence.
"I don't see why I need any of you to help me fight. It's obvious that I can do this by myself," Sailor Moon said.
"But Sailor Moon we're a team," replied Mercury genuinely hurt by Serena's comments.
"I know. But I don't think that I need any of you anymore. From now on I'm a solo act," stated Sailor Moon.
"But Serena...you can't mean that," Mars said.
"I do mean it. As far as I'm concerned this sailor business has been a load of crap from the beginning. I'm leaving the Sailor Scouts. You stupid chumps can go on without me. From now on all the glory belongs to me, like it should always have been. As for you Luna, I don't want you in my home anymore," Serena said as she de-transformed and walked away from a stunned group of girls and a dazed cat.
As she walked away the girls were too shocked to say or do anything. Eventually they too de-transformed. They then decided that they needed to go to Raye's and have a talk about what was going on.
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"Raye do you think that it could be anything that we did to push her away?" asked Lita.
"I honestly don't know, I mean last week she was fine and dandy. Now she's just {sigh} I just don't know anymore," she replied.
"Perhaps it has something to do with the negaverse," said levelheaded Amy.
"Yeah! That has to be it!" Lita exclaimed.
"No, if it's the negaverse, then why haven't I picked up on any bad vibes?" Raye questioned to no one in particular.
"It could be that the vibes aren't strong enough for you to feel," said Mina trying to give Raye solace.
In response Raye shook her head and said, "That can't be. I feel even the smallest changes regarding the negaverse. This time I don't feel anything. This change comes from Serena herself. I think that she's doing this of her own free will."
"Well she may be doing this of her own free will, but at least the rest of you still have a roof over your heads," Luna said feeling hurt because of Serena's actions.
"Don't worry Luna, you can stay with me until Serena comes to her senses," Lita said.
"And until she does I'm gonna do a computer scan to check for any anomalies in the atmosphere that could be attributed to the negaverse," offered Amy.
"Anything we can do to help?" the others chimed at the same time.
So the sailor scouts and Luna set about to attempt to find the cause of their leaders defection.
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What am I doing? Serena thought to herself as she walked around the park, I just left my position as leader of the sailor scouts. This is something that I was destined for. But then there's ~that~ word again, destiny. Well I wanted to change my destiny, so I guess this is the way to do it.
She was called back into reality by a scream...
"AAAHHH, GET AWAY!!!" someone screamed.
"{SIGH} Here we go again," Serena said aloud...
"MOON CRYSTAL POWER"
"You can't resist the power of the negaverse," a huge red monster that looked like a dragon and a Pegasus combined said.
"HELP!" the man screamed.
"Hey You Creep. Why don't you stop picking on innocent people? It would be a lot more fun to deal with someone who can fight back."
"And who might you be little woman?" asked the monster.
"I am Sailor Moon!"
Just then a rose zipped in front of the monster.
"What the hell was that?" it asked.
"Thought you could use some help with this Sailor Moon," said Tuxedo Mask as he flew around the sky.
"I don't need your help, why can't you just leave me alone?? Can't any of you get it in your heads that I don't want to be with any..."
"SAILOR MOON LOOK OUT" Tuxedo Mask cried.
Then it happened. Serena realized it right before it hit her. The monster had not come out alone that night. It came with two other companions. As the dragon like one taunted her, the other two came out of the shadows. They came from where neither Serena nor Darien could see. They hit her at the same time and with such force that she almost passed out.
"SAILOR MOON!" cried Darien.
"SERENA!!!" cried the scouts who had just arrived.
Serena could feel the blood flowing from various wounds in her body. She could barely see anything because her vision was clouded. She tried to move a hand and was met with pain that went shooting through her like fire. One of the other two monsters was about to hit her again when a red rose struck him.
"AAHH, My EYE!" it screamed.
"YOU WILL PAY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE!!!" said Tuxedo Mask unleashing a barrage of roses at the monsters. The two accomplices to the dragon like monster disappeared as soon as the barrage began. The dragon monster merely laughed.
"HAHAHAHAHAH!!! You think that those pitiful roses are going to have any affect on me?" the monster ridiculed as he shot blue beams at Tuxedo Mask. Then before the monster could reassess the situation...
"MARS FIRE IGNITE!"
"JUPITER THINDER CRASH!"
"MERCURY BUBBLES BLAST!"
"VENUS CRESENT BEAM SMASH!"
"RROOAAARR" the monster yelled as it fell to the ground dead.
"Serena!" Tuxedo Mask called as he rushed to her side.
"She's been hit pretty bad. Her pulse is very weak, heart beat is slow and irregular. She's lost so much blood. We need to get her to a hospital!" Amy stated with panic in her usually calm voice.
"Ok we've got to move," Raye began but was cut off.
"No," Serena whispered weakly, "It's too late. Please forgive me for all that I've done to you. I tried to deny me destiny, and I abandoned all that was important to me."
"SShhh, Serena don't speak. Save your strength," Darien hushed her.
"Serena just calm down don't move," said a grief stricken Luna.
"Luna..." Serena said her eyes watering, "Forgive me...Darien I love you so much, I denied our love..."
"Serena what are you talking about? WE have our lives to live. You are going to be the Queen of Crystal Tokyo, and we are going to be your loyal guardians," said Raye emotion choking her as she spoke
"Raye...you're in charge now. Take care of everyone for me especially my love, my ~Darien~," Serena said as she turned her head to gaze at him.
"Don't talk like this Serena you have to be strong, we still have so much left to do," Darien said trying to keep her from giving up, but it was too late.
"~YOU~ have so much left to do Darien. Remember me {GROAN} remember the way I was before all of this..." her voice trailed off.
"Serena? Serena!?" Darien said as he shook her body frantically.
Amy quickly checked her pulse and breathing, and found that she had only passed out.
"It's ok she's just unconscious. We need to get her to a hospital NOW!"
Darien nodded and picked up Serena's small body in his arms and began to take her as quickly as her could to the hospital.
When they reached the hospital, the doctors came out and took Serena from Darien's arms. The doctors took her to a room and the others were asked to wait out in the lounge.
After about three hours one of the doctors came back out. He looked tired, drained from trying to save Serena. He stepped out into the lounge and asked everyone to have a seat...About five minutes later he left the group.
The girls began to cry uncontrollably because the doctor had just told them that there was nothing that they could do for her. It was just a matter of time before her small body gave out completely. She was barely holding on to life.
"She's gonna make it," Darien said after the girls had finished crying.
"But Darien the doctor," Mina said as Darien cut her off.
"SHE'S GONNA MAKE IT!!!" he screamed standing up tears filling his eyes, his voice cracking with emotion. The girls were too shocked by his outburst to speak, so Luna did.
"Darien, she may not," her voice sounded worn as she tried to look at the reality of the situation.
"I know Luna...Just let me believe it ok?" he said sitting down and putting his head in his hands, "This has to be some sort of nightmare Luna, it has to be."
"But it's not. Girls, Darien, I think that we need to face the possibility that we may lose Serena. If not tonight, then Soon," Luna said as her composure left giving way to tears.
TO BE CONCLUDED...
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