This is a continuation of a rewritten part. There may be a little
repetition because I changed the last chapter to spread things out, but be
careful, I also changed some things. I have also added some extra doses of
romance. Please review and tell me what you think.
After hearing Darien's story Serena just sat there, doing nothing. How could he expect her to believe that story? Even for someone from the moon, the story was quite unbelievable.
"Impossible," she said.
"What?" Darien questioned her. "You don't believe me, do you? I should have known."
Darien stood up; he couldn't help but feel anger and frustration. He had been waiting for the "one" for who knows how long, suddenly she comes along, and she doesn't believe him. How was he supposed to prove to her that his story was true? He couldn't even find the laboratory to show her. Maybe she wasn't the one. Darien grabbed his coat,
"I'll take you home now, then."
At that moment, the doors flew open and twenty disguised princes' burst into the apartment. In the lead was Prince Henry,
"Aha!" he shouted.
Serena and Darien just stood their place.
"Tea?" Darien offered him a cup. When Prince Henry's face turned red, another prince behind him took the cup, "Hey, I'll have some." Then another prince asked for a cup as well. Pretty soon, all of them were merrily drinking tea. Darien sat by himself, wondering if Serena's staying was a sign that he should try to get her to believe him again. Serena sat on the other side of the room. She felt like she was at another one of mother's tea parties, except that this tea party could be fun. Especially since, she was the only girl there. Serena nudged Henry,
"Remember what we usually did when we had to go to one of mother's boring tea party's?"
Henry smiled mischievously,
"Yes."
"I think maybe its time we did something like that again," Serena smiled back, liking the way Henry's face looked when he smiled. Serena didn't know why, but she was reminded of Darien when he smiled. Darien is not what I want on my mind right now, Serena convinced herself. My plan is what I should be thinking about.
"Attention everyone!" boomed Henry. "Are you ready for a bit of a tournament?"
"No!" chorused the princes' together.
Henry frowned, then Serena put in,
"First prize is a kiss from me!"
"Yes!" chorused the princes' instead.
The princes' started to arm wrestle at once, each one more determined than the next. While all this was going on, Serena glimpsed Darien come over and sit by her.
"I know you still don't believe me, but I still need your help (If she really is the one, Darien thought hopefully). If I win this tournament I don't want a kiss, I want you to try to understand and try t help me. I don't know what you can do, but I want you to at least trust me."
Right after that Darien hurried along to the tournament, there were two players left.
"I'll play the winner," Darien said without emotion. The other princes' laughed. Henry was the best arm wrestler on the moon, how did an earth boy expect to beat him? Even all the other princes' couldn't.
"Okay, earth boy," chuckled Henry, "I beat him so let's see you give your best shot at me."
Darien stepped forward and put his arm in position. Henry slowly put his arm in the other position. Henry started to push his arm against Darien's. Darien's hand would not move. Henry pushed harder, then Darien began pushing back. Henry was amazed when his arm started going back. His brow angered and he put his best into the grip pushing back. Darien also pushed harder, but before they blinked, Henry's hand was down, he had lost. Darien turned to Serena,
"Will you trust me now?"
Serena blinked back at him.
"I only promised to kiss the winner, not to trust them."
Darien was angered again,
"Well then I refuse the prize. Someone else can have it."
Serena felt embarrassed and insulted. Well, if he thought he was going to get away just like that, he was wrong. No one refused her kisses; it was like saying her kisses were bad. She would show him! She thought with enthusiasm.
"Not so fast," Serena got up and blocked him from moving away. She cupped his face in her hands and kissed him hard, not letting him go. Darien was surprised, hadn't he said he didn't want the prize. Was this her way at a comeback of some sort, for not accepting the kiss, was he now not aloud to decline it? Darien wasn't much of one to lose either. He pondered what would happen if he kissed her back. He pushed his lips back up against hers very fiercely, not leaving any room for breath.
Serena had not been expecting a kiss back, but held her ground. She was reminded of her last outing before she left the moon, when Edward has kissed her the same way and it had seemed like a kissing contest. This was almost exactly like that, except that Darien seemed to be winning the contest, what a kisser! Serena leaned more into the kiss and so did Darien. She wrapped her arms around his neck and his hands found their way to her waist.
They stayed in the embrace until they finally had to take a break for oxygen. They stood apart from each other once more and stared. Serena wanted to do that again. She felt beaten somehow, though. It was the other who was supposed to ask for another kiss, not her, she never wanted another kiss; she always headed onto the next person. This time though, she stared hungrily at his lips, she wanted more. She would have kissed him again, were it not for the apartment door bursting open again.
It was the rest of the princes'. The princes' in the apartment from earlier stood up.
"When you found her you were supposed to bring her back to her house!" Prince Edward shouted, "and instead you're.having a tea party?" he asked though a snort.
The other princes' looked embarrassed indeed. They lead Serena outside to take her home, but even in the dark, there red faced were still clearly visible.
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Darien stayed inside his apartment, his thoughts running wild. Something important had just happened, he guessed. When he had kissed her he had put as much as he could into it, as though it was a war he had to win, she had surprisingly equally played her part. After the kiss, she did not seem to be avoiding him anymore, as she had since he had finished his story. She had almost seemed to come back for another kiss, before the apartment door flew open again. Did this mean she was beginning to trust him, maybe eventually believe him, after one kiss? If it was the kiss that had that effect, maybe he could come up with some sort of plan to gain her trust. Whatever it took, he would not give up.
Serena lay in her bed thinking. The princes' had dropped her off to her house. Before they left she gave them each a quick kiss, but at each kiss, she pretended she was kissing Darien. After the kiss he had given her, she just couldn't stop thinking about him. If his story had really meant something important to him, then he really wanted her trust. If she said she trusted him, would he give her another kiss? Thinking about this Serena almost fell asleep when she mentally noted something to herself. She had promised Mina she would check on Mr. Million and Myra, for Myra hadn't called Mina like she had promised Mina she would. Serena got up and searched her house, where Myra and Mr. Million had last been seen. They were missing and not a clue to where. Serena went back to bed. She would tell Mina about it tomorrow at the meeting at Ray's temple. She wouldn't worry right now. Right now, she had some serious dreaming about Darien to do.
Lita sat with Genkis under a tree by the moonlight. He had done the same thing before Lette had gone out of his life. Lita enchanted him the same way Lette had. She seemed so beautiful and gentle-hearted. He tried to make jokes to make her smile, and loved the twinkle in her eyes when she did smile. He loved the way the bangs on her hair waved only slightly in the wind, the sound of her laugh. He loved everything about her.
Lita gazed gently at Genkis. When she had come down to earth, she had not expected to meet anyone like Genkis. When they danced at the party and even now when they sat, it seemed he could never look away from her. He seemed entranced by her, like she was the most beautiful thing in the world, like she was important. Lita blushed and Genkis smiled back. Genkis made her feel important, because of this, she had agreed to sit under the moonlight with him. And there they sat, thinking about each other.
"Are you cold?" Genkis asked, seeing her shiver a bit. He wrapped his arms around her and said, "I'll take you home now, just tell me your address."
"54 Cherry Street," Lita said softly.
They walked home and stood at Lita's door awkwardly. They didn't want to leave each other, it was written on the looks of their faces.
"Why don't you come in?" Lita finally said, "You'll probably be hungry and I can cook you up something."
"I'd like that," Genkis replied, grinning and taking her hand.
He came into her house and looked around quietly,
"Nice house, roomy."
"Yes, I just moved here recently, everything is new," Lita answered, while taking out some parsley and honey.
"Really, how long will you be staying?" Genkis continued, trying to make any sort of conversation to keep hearing her voice.
Lita took out the sugar and eggs, turned on the stove, and said in a small voice, "I don't know."
There was a small silence except for the sounds of cracking eggs and boiling water. Lita finished cooking and cleaned up the mess she had left. She brought out a tray with the food to Genkis, who had seated himself on the squishy couch, which was quite comfortable.
"What is this?" Genkis asked curiously.
"One of my special recipes. I haven't got a name for it, but I reassure you it tastes great," Lita put in.
"I'll tell you what," Genkis laughed, "I'll taste it and then I can make up a name for it for you, but.you have to keep an end of your deal. You have to feed it to me."
Lita grinned and took out a spoon, she scooped up a part of the food and fed it to Genkis. The moment it entered his mouth, Genkis' eyes popped open and he ate really fast. Lita fed him another spoon, which he ate even faster. Soon all of the food was gone and Lita was laughing crazily.
"Did you see the look on your face?" Lita giggled, "And you eat like a monster. Was it that good?"
"That was the best food I've ever had. Maybe instead of inviting you to dinner tomorrow as I was going to ask you, you can invite me to one of your home-cooked meals," Genkis suggested hopefully.
"It's a deal then," Lita agreed.
After a last kiss goodnight, Genkis left and Lita leaned against the door. She had not had so much fun for a long time. She had more important things to attend to, however, like protecting the moon princess. That's why she needed to sleep so she would be able to wake up for the meeting about Edward's strange acts. Genkis had distracted her from those worry some thoughts, giving her peace for a while. She would prepare him very large feast tomorrow for dinner in compensation. Thinking of the look on his face when he would see the meal made Lita giggle again. She felt so childish, but she felt wonderful. This Genkis was someone special to make her feel like that. He was so sweet.
Mina sat thinking to herself, in the empty party place. Everyone had left already, but she decided an empty party place was a good thinking place. She needed to think about many things. About why Myra had not phoned her about Mr. Million, about what was happening every time Edward touched people, about what the queen had given her daughter in the package. She also needed to think about the advice she should give Amy who had been proposed to, about what to do with Ray who never seemed to be with a guy more than two days, and about how she should congratulate Lita and Genkis being a couple. She had a lot on her mind. Mina was always busy helping other people with their relationships that she had no time for her own. She also thought about this.
She eventually finished thinking and got her things to prepare to leave. She came to the door, but found out that it was locked. She tried another door, she tried some windows. She kicked at the doors in frustration. She was trapped inside. Not to mention she might miss the meeting tomorrow if she couldn't get out.
"Kicking won't break the doors Mina," came a voice from someone hiding in the shadows.
"Edward?" Mina gasped, recognizing the voice. "What are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same question," Edward commented.
"Where is Serena?" Ray demanded, glancing a couple more time at her watch.
"Here!" shouted Serena, "Do I smell tea and cookies?"
"Yea," responded Lita happily, "I made the cookies just this morning." (Just in case Genkis came by again, thought Lita sorrowfully, but I guess he had other things to do.)
"Is everyone here? We seem a little small for a group of all the princess'," Serena asked, between a mouthful of food, seeming very unprincess-like.
"Well, this is important, so we invited only the queen's trusted princess'. Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and you. Mercury, Amy rather, is late. I think she's in trouble, Amy is never late, but there's nothing we can do. Right now, its important we continue with the meeting, " Mina answered, seeming not too concerned and helping herself to some of Lita's cooking, then added, "Amy is responsible, she'll have a good reason."
"Now what has happened to Edward," Serena said, slurping some tea so loudly that everyone winced. Usually, she would not have put in so much vigor into eating and drinking, but she was still thinking about Darien. She still wanted that kiss, but she decided this morning she would fight against the urge to kiss Darien again, she would go against the very thought. Instead, she would concentrate on anything to distract her. She would concentrate on better things, like Lita's yummy cooking.
"There are two possibilities. The first would be that he's not really Edward, and the second would be that someone is controlling Edward. How will we figure this out?" wondered.
"Well, the only enemy we know who drains their victims of energy is the Negaverse, but they are long gone since the last time we defeated them," Mina added.
"I think we kind of need Amy here. She'd figure this out in a-" Serena started, as the doors to the temple burst open.
"Something.important.must.tell," Amy gasped, out of breath. Her hair was out of place, her clothes ripped, and she seemed to be having a hard time standing up.
Ray dashed over to Amy, "Amy, what is it?" The other princess' quickly followed her. Amy was in such a delicate condition though, most of them were afraid that if they helped her, they might harm her.
Amy had one hand in a balled fist to one side of her. The other she clutched at her heart. With her last words before she passed out Amy muttered, "Laboratory.Drake.Laboratory.ask." It was then that Amy's eye's popped open. She reached out her hand to Ray, still keeping it in a fist. Ray patted and held Amy's hand in comfort. Then she passed out. The princess' rushed her to the nearest hospital and found themselves waiting by her hospital beside.
"What do you think happened?" Mina asked Lita.
"I don't know," Lita replied firmly.
"None of us know," Serena put in.
"We have to find out," Ray cried out, pushing a fist through the air for extra enthusiasm, but quieting down when she got scowling looks from some other patient's for being so noisy.
Lita could not sleep that night. In fact, she had not been sleeping for some time. The others would not notice, because she covered the bags under her eyes up with a light touch of makeup. She ran all her thoughts through her head once more. Lita had suspected Mina of acting strangely ever since their visit to earth. When Lita tried to question her about it, Mina always had some excuse to slip away, Mina was avoiding her! Her! Mina's best friend in the moon kingdom was avoiding her and without any explanation, but why? That was the question tugging at Lita's mind. When Mina wouldn't reply, Lita tried to figure it out herself. Then there was the incident at the party with Edward. Edward, making whomever he danced with tired. Mina, who was avoiding her. Even Diamond was acting strangely, avoiding everyone except Serena, but then, Diamond was in love with Serena like every other prince. Something was linked between everyone's strange behaviors, Lita concluded to herself. Whatever had happened to Mina that Mina would not tell her, seemed to also be happening to Edward and if it continued.she did not know what would happen. She had to think of something and fast, before it affects someone else. That was when something strange had happened to Amy. If only Amy would come out of her coma, Lita could ask her what had happened, if she knew or could help her find out what had happened to Edward and Mina. All she had left now was Ray, Serena, and Genkis. Genkis had been so sweet at the party, could not keep his eyes off her. Although he was so nice and funny and she felt she was falling in love with him, she suspected something about Genkis. He knew something and was hiding it, for when they got to certain topics in their conversations, he would stutter or cough, or avoid her, just like Mina. Then again, Genkis had taken her mind off things. She liked Genkis and thought him brave, but she couldn't tell Genkis. He was coming for dinner tomorrow though, and she knew they would have a lovely time together, even if they had their differences or were a bit afraid.
Lita turned out her light, tossed, and turned, she still couldn't fall asleep. "That's it!" murmured Lita, she had had enough. In a dash, she flicked her light back on and dialed a number on her phone.
"Hello?" A voice came. "Lita, is that you?"
She was going to tell someone.
Three figures sat under the tree by Ray's temple.
"Are we all here?" Ray whispered.
"Yes," replied Serena and Lita in harmony.
"So you all know how I'm concerned. Something strange is going on and its already affecting some of our friends, almost like they're strangers we don't know. Mina avoids people, Edward drains energy from people, and something must have come after Amy before she got away," Lita continued.
"Why, though?" Serena said, feeling anger because someone had done something to her friends.
"No Serena, who is what we have to figure out first," Ray put in impatiently.
"We should put all our information together first, that's what Amy would do," Serena sighed. "I should probably show you guys the moonstone, then."
"What?" Ray muttered.
"Something happened to Mina ever since she came to earth, right? Well, she gave me this moonstone and said it was from my mother and not to open it when anyone else was around. There was a voice, that told me to open the moonstone, but I don't know how, there's no latch or opening," Serena explained.
"I have something to say as well," Ray put in. "The day that Amy came to the meeting late, in her dangerous condition, when she held out her hand for me to hold, she had something in her hand. Just before the ambulance carried her away, she unballed her hand from its fist to give me what was inside.
"What was it?" Serena asked, only a few cm away from Ray's face, filled with curiosity.
"Back away!" Ray bellowed, then covered her mouth, sometimes princess Serena really got on her nerves. Being too close to, her face, under any condition, was only one of them.
In a softer voice Ray continued, "It's a piece of paper that has an address on it. Remember when Amy mentioned a laboratory, I think it's the address to the laboratory, but it could be dangerous."
Lita gave a little gasp and both of the other girls's turned to stare at her.
"Genkis.although he wouldn't tell me much.told me he worked at a laboratory. He was so secretive, wouldn't even tell me where it was, and told me he couldn't. Do you think he meant," She didn't have to finish." We should get ready," Ray said, we're going to pay them a visit. "But first, we're going to open that moonstone."
"Grandpa, could we use the room of silence?" Ray asked politely.
"Why?" Grandpa demanded suspiciously.
"We're opening up a rock that may be explodable when combined with metal, but that's the only way to open it. Firelock, you know that type of rock, for a school project," Ray lied.
Before he said another word, Ray had taken the key from him and was off to the room.
"Room of silence?" Serena questioned, puzzled.
"A room where our ancestor's hid from their enemies when the war was on. Nothing affects the room outside from the inside; nothing on the outside affects the room on the inside, except the electronic tools. Let me do everything and don't worry," Ray said disarmingly.
Two hours later.Ray, are you done yet?
"I have to go somewhere, I'll be right back," Ray said tonelessly.
"Um.Ray? Is it just me or did you forget about our plan?" Serena remarked, raising an eyebrow.
When Ray continued walking, they realized something horrible was going on, "Mina said not to open the moonstone in front of anyone else, and since she's not on our side, we should have opened it when we were all there! Something has happened again!"
Serena finally stopped complaining when she heard Lita growl slightly, "Lita?"
"It's not fair!" Lita burst out, "Why does everything happen to everyone else and leave us helpless! I want to help people, I like to make people happy, that's why I cook, but this, I don't know if I can handle this!" In a softer voice she said, "I don't understand what's going on, whats affecting the people we know and care for, but I'm going to do something about it. I have to do something."
Serena comforted her, "It's okay. We'll figure it out. We'll stop whatever the cause of this is."
Genkis froze when he heard those words, "Why does everything happen to everyone else and leave us helpless?" Lette had said those words. That's when the people from the laboratory had told her that she could help, that she wasn't helpless. They took out a paper, and she had signed, only showing it to Genkis at the last moment possible. "No!" He had shouted, but it had been too late, they were already taking her away. He applied for a job at the laboratory; hoping to see what would happen to Lette, make sure they didn't harm her. Then he had seen what they did to people, they didn't help people they.it was too cruel. Lette had suffered the most out of all of them, she had been one of the first to volunteer to be a "patient," but it was more like being an unsuspecting victim. All the other test's worked, but not Lette's. Letter died in the process. Soon enough though, the found out that he knew Lette from before, they found him dangerous. They put something inside of him, outside of his will, although he did not know what, but this thing that they put inside of him, made him bring them a new victim every month. He was helpless against it, yet the thing inside him would not stop him, could not stop him, from loving Lette, or.Lita. Beautiful Lita who was like Lette in every way, except that she could cook better than Lette. He grinned. Suddenly he remembered why he was here.
"Ahem," Genkis paused, "Have I come at a bad time?"
Lita stopped, the angry look wiped off her face and replaced by a smile. Genkis had brought her flower's and chocolates. Genkis was so sweet! However, Genkis was from the laboratory, Lita then frowned briefly.
"Thank you, Genkis, but I have to ask you something," Lita said seriously, right after she smiled graciously.
"Anythi-" Genkis started without thinking, then he felt it. The thing inside him, it was making him do things again. He dropped the flowers and chocolates and dropped to the ground clutching his heart.
"Genkis?" Lita shouted, rushing to his side, while Serena stood there, open- mouthed.
Genkis knew he had to get another victim, or the thing inside him would not let him be, but did it have to be Lita? No! "Yes," said the thing inside him.
Genkis took out a vial from his pocket and showed it to Lita.
"Come with me, Genkis said, and Lita didn't reply, she just followed, leaving Serena even more open mouthed.
Serena fell to her knees. Why had her mother sent her here? She just wanted to go home now; she had never felt so alone before. The other's princess' were either missing, not themselves, or in a hospital. The princes' had gone who knows where, but she didn't want to see them now, the only guy she could think of was Darien, but she didn't know why. For some strange reason she didn't know she could not think about Diamond or any other guy, because when she looked at anyone else, she just saw Darien, and when she looked into their eye's she only longed for Darien's eyes. What was happening to her? She was Serenity, Serena, or whatever they wanted to call her. She could have any guy in the blink of an eye, why concentrate on one when there are so many without. However, Darien was.different, she felt at peace with him, even when he talked of strange destinies and asked for her help when she didn't know how to help. Something strange.
Amy stirred in her coma, she felt herself blink and wake up. Then she felt and saw that she was not alone.
"Drink this," commanded a firm voice beside her.
Surprising herself, Amy did, for she had no energy to disagree. She felt herself relax and felt energy flow back into her. She thanked the person and asked why he was helping her.
"Because I need you help. You know about the laboratory now, since you almost became one of them. My sister is still in there, there's still a chance to save her, but I can't do anything, I can't even come four miles within the distance of the laboratory or they'll cut off the circuit that keeps her alive," Darien said, feeling tears in his eyes again. Why did he have to cry so much! First, when he thought about what his sister would think of Serena while he was dancing with Serena at the party, now while he was telling Amy what had happened to her sister?
"We need to find Serena first," Amy told him quickly, breaking him out of his trance.
"Why?" he questioned her, disbelievingly, he didn't want to include Serena in this.
"You'll just have to trust me on that," Amy said seriously. ________________________________________________________________________
"I need to study what you made me drink to give me back my energy, then we'll need to steal a piece of that large moonstone from their laboratory. In addition, Serena, be extremely careful, you have to stay hidden away and don't open the door for anyone unless they have the password, and Darien; you'll have to guard her door. We'll need some heavy protection for all of us to have and some antidote in case one of them tries their experiment on one of us and we can't resist," Amy planned carefully.
"How will we get a moonstone piece from the laboratory if Serena and I are hiding?" Darien demanded, "It's too dangerous in that laboratory for you to go alone."
"I'm not going," Amy replied, "No one is, we'll bait them to come to Serena, then we'll have to do some test's to the person and see if the experiment is reversible. Once we have an antidote, we can rescue the other victims from the laboratory. Please remember Serena, if anyone comes to your hiding spot, alerts Darien with this button (hands Serena an object with a button), and then we'll attack. Don't trust anyone unless they have the password, not anyone."
Serena nodded, not anyone.
Serena waited by her hiding spot impatiently, did Darien have to stand on the other side, and couldn't he stand inside, with her? Why am I thinking about that, Serena scolded herself, pay attention to something else? Like what? Her mind asked her. Lunch, replied Serena, I'll think about lunch. Sandwi-! Serena was cut off from her thoughts by a loud, "Ding Dong!"
"What's the password?" Serena called through the door, without opening it, she fingered the button in her hand.
"Serena, its me!" called a voice.
Serena peered through the looking glass on the door. Perhaps it was Mina, pretending to be normal. Alternatively, if Lita or Ray had come out of their trance, it could be them. Serena looked and took a deep breath, be calm, she told herself. You imagined it, look again, its not who you think it is. Serena took another deep breath and looked again. There was no mistake this time. Standing outside was supposed to be whoever had come to take her to the laboratory, to trick her. The person standing outside was to be her enemy; she was supposed to be careful. How could she though? The person standing outside was none other than Diamond.
"Serena?" Diamond pounded on the door. "It's only me."
Serena panicked. What was she supposed to do? Amy had told her not to let anyone in. She would just have to pretend she wasn't home. She leaned against the door and breathed deeply, trying to remain calm. Why was Diamond coming after her? What did he want? Was it really his laboratory? Had Amy perhaps made a mistake?
Serena didn't have much time for the questions anymore as Diamond burst inside, crashing the door open. Serena pressed the button quickly as she screamed and ran from the pieces of wood flying around form the broken door. Where was Darien, wasn't he supposed to help her? Serena hid in a closet and tried to think of happy thoughts. She felt tears running down her cheeks, she was so scared. She heard the crashing of furniture and some yells, so she covered her ears. She started rocking back and forth, back and forth. And then.silence. There was no noise now. Then there it was, the sound of quiet footsteps approaching. He was coming for her. There was no way out of the closet, no other hiding place. No escape. The door creaked open.
Serena ran into the person's arms. She had never been so relieved to see Darien. Sure, her house was pretty messed up, but her enemy was gone and she felt safe, safe in Darien's arms. He held her there, wondering if she trusted him now. He had wanted to talk to Serena again, so he had done some spying, trying for a time when he would find her alone. He noticed how everyone kept on disappearing and her talks with her friends about strange behavior. He found out about Amy and decided she was probably the most reliable one to help Serena and maybe convince Serena to trust him. He had talked with Amy, and found out even more about the laboratory. Now, he had saved Serena from danger, surely, she would trust him now. Would help him defeat the owner of the laboratory. He turned to look at her, and was suddenly reminded of an angel. As though she were an angel coming to rest in peace in heaven, yet in his arms.
Serena lay peaceful in Darien's arms. She finally trusted him now. She felt she could do anything with him say anything to him. She had never felt this way about somebody before, so at peace, so relaxed. No need to worry about giggling at the right moments or batting eyelashes to get attention. She felt as though she was falling in love, but she should not, Serena decided to herself. Darien just wanted her help, he didn't want a relationship, yet, the kiss he had given her earlier might have meant otherwise. Would he kiss her now? She looked up and found he was staring at her.
Darien found her looking back at him. She leaned forward slightly, as though expecting something. Darien suddenly remembered how he had kissed her earlier. How she had reacted. He found himself, looking at her mouth, craving for another kiss, he leaned into her, and at the same time, so did she.
It was a long kiss. When they broke apart Darien and Serena stared at each other for a moment and then smiled and winked at each other. Then they carried on together, hand in hand, outside; ready to defeat the owner of the laboratory. There was only one problem.
Amy was missing.
I'll be back at least next week, maybe earlier with the next chapter. Ideas would be appreciated, you'll learn about the moonstone Serena has, you'll enter the laboratory of Mr. Moon, you'll find out what happened to Serena's friends, and what she's up against. I hope you enjoyed that chapter, thank you for reading ;)
After hearing Darien's story Serena just sat there, doing nothing. How could he expect her to believe that story? Even for someone from the moon, the story was quite unbelievable.
"Impossible," she said.
"What?" Darien questioned her. "You don't believe me, do you? I should have known."
Darien stood up; he couldn't help but feel anger and frustration. He had been waiting for the "one" for who knows how long, suddenly she comes along, and she doesn't believe him. How was he supposed to prove to her that his story was true? He couldn't even find the laboratory to show her. Maybe she wasn't the one. Darien grabbed his coat,
"I'll take you home now, then."
At that moment, the doors flew open and twenty disguised princes' burst into the apartment. In the lead was Prince Henry,
"Aha!" he shouted.
Serena and Darien just stood their place.
"Tea?" Darien offered him a cup. When Prince Henry's face turned red, another prince behind him took the cup, "Hey, I'll have some." Then another prince asked for a cup as well. Pretty soon, all of them were merrily drinking tea. Darien sat by himself, wondering if Serena's staying was a sign that he should try to get her to believe him again. Serena sat on the other side of the room. She felt like she was at another one of mother's tea parties, except that this tea party could be fun. Especially since, she was the only girl there. Serena nudged Henry,
"Remember what we usually did when we had to go to one of mother's boring tea party's?"
Henry smiled mischievously,
"Yes."
"I think maybe its time we did something like that again," Serena smiled back, liking the way Henry's face looked when he smiled. Serena didn't know why, but she was reminded of Darien when he smiled. Darien is not what I want on my mind right now, Serena convinced herself. My plan is what I should be thinking about.
"Attention everyone!" boomed Henry. "Are you ready for a bit of a tournament?"
"No!" chorused the princes' together.
Henry frowned, then Serena put in,
"First prize is a kiss from me!"
"Yes!" chorused the princes' instead.
The princes' started to arm wrestle at once, each one more determined than the next. While all this was going on, Serena glimpsed Darien come over and sit by her.
"I know you still don't believe me, but I still need your help (If she really is the one, Darien thought hopefully). If I win this tournament I don't want a kiss, I want you to try to understand and try t help me. I don't know what you can do, but I want you to at least trust me."
Right after that Darien hurried along to the tournament, there were two players left.
"I'll play the winner," Darien said without emotion. The other princes' laughed. Henry was the best arm wrestler on the moon, how did an earth boy expect to beat him? Even all the other princes' couldn't.
"Okay, earth boy," chuckled Henry, "I beat him so let's see you give your best shot at me."
Darien stepped forward and put his arm in position. Henry slowly put his arm in the other position. Henry started to push his arm against Darien's. Darien's hand would not move. Henry pushed harder, then Darien began pushing back. Henry was amazed when his arm started going back. His brow angered and he put his best into the grip pushing back. Darien also pushed harder, but before they blinked, Henry's hand was down, he had lost. Darien turned to Serena,
"Will you trust me now?"
Serena blinked back at him.
"I only promised to kiss the winner, not to trust them."
Darien was angered again,
"Well then I refuse the prize. Someone else can have it."
Serena felt embarrassed and insulted. Well, if he thought he was going to get away just like that, he was wrong. No one refused her kisses; it was like saying her kisses were bad. She would show him! She thought with enthusiasm.
"Not so fast," Serena got up and blocked him from moving away. She cupped his face in her hands and kissed him hard, not letting him go. Darien was surprised, hadn't he said he didn't want the prize. Was this her way at a comeback of some sort, for not accepting the kiss, was he now not aloud to decline it? Darien wasn't much of one to lose either. He pondered what would happen if he kissed her back. He pushed his lips back up against hers very fiercely, not leaving any room for breath.
Serena had not been expecting a kiss back, but held her ground. She was reminded of her last outing before she left the moon, when Edward has kissed her the same way and it had seemed like a kissing contest. This was almost exactly like that, except that Darien seemed to be winning the contest, what a kisser! Serena leaned more into the kiss and so did Darien. She wrapped her arms around his neck and his hands found their way to her waist.
They stayed in the embrace until they finally had to take a break for oxygen. They stood apart from each other once more and stared. Serena wanted to do that again. She felt beaten somehow, though. It was the other who was supposed to ask for another kiss, not her, she never wanted another kiss; she always headed onto the next person. This time though, she stared hungrily at his lips, she wanted more. She would have kissed him again, were it not for the apartment door bursting open again.
It was the rest of the princes'. The princes' in the apartment from earlier stood up.
"When you found her you were supposed to bring her back to her house!" Prince Edward shouted, "and instead you're.having a tea party?" he asked though a snort.
The other princes' looked embarrassed indeed. They lead Serena outside to take her home, but even in the dark, there red faced were still clearly visible.
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Darien stayed inside his apartment, his thoughts running wild. Something important had just happened, he guessed. When he had kissed her he had put as much as he could into it, as though it was a war he had to win, she had surprisingly equally played her part. After the kiss, she did not seem to be avoiding him anymore, as she had since he had finished his story. She had almost seemed to come back for another kiss, before the apartment door flew open again. Did this mean she was beginning to trust him, maybe eventually believe him, after one kiss? If it was the kiss that had that effect, maybe he could come up with some sort of plan to gain her trust. Whatever it took, he would not give up.
Serena lay in her bed thinking. The princes' had dropped her off to her house. Before they left she gave them each a quick kiss, but at each kiss, she pretended she was kissing Darien. After the kiss he had given her, she just couldn't stop thinking about him. If his story had really meant something important to him, then he really wanted her trust. If she said she trusted him, would he give her another kiss? Thinking about this Serena almost fell asleep when she mentally noted something to herself. She had promised Mina she would check on Mr. Million and Myra, for Myra hadn't called Mina like she had promised Mina she would. Serena got up and searched her house, where Myra and Mr. Million had last been seen. They were missing and not a clue to where. Serena went back to bed. She would tell Mina about it tomorrow at the meeting at Ray's temple. She wouldn't worry right now. Right now, she had some serious dreaming about Darien to do.
Lita sat with Genkis under a tree by the moonlight. He had done the same thing before Lette had gone out of his life. Lita enchanted him the same way Lette had. She seemed so beautiful and gentle-hearted. He tried to make jokes to make her smile, and loved the twinkle in her eyes when she did smile. He loved the way the bangs on her hair waved only slightly in the wind, the sound of her laugh. He loved everything about her.
Lita gazed gently at Genkis. When she had come down to earth, she had not expected to meet anyone like Genkis. When they danced at the party and even now when they sat, it seemed he could never look away from her. He seemed entranced by her, like she was the most beautiful thing in the world, like she was important. Lita blushed and Genkis smiled back. Genkis made her feel important, because of this, she had agreed to sit under the moonlight with him. And there they sat, thinking about each other.
"Are you cold?" Genkis asked, seeing her shiver a bit. He wrapped his arms around her and said, "I'll take you home now, just tell me your address."
"54 Cherry Street," Lita said softly.
They walked home and stood at Lita's door awkwardly. They didn't want to leave each other, it was written on the looks of their faces.
"Why don't you come in?" Lita finally said, "You'll probably be hungry and I can cook you up something."
"I'd like that," Genkis replied, grinning and taking her hand.
He came into her house and looked around quietly,
"Nice house, roomy."
"Yes, I just moved here recently, everything is new," Lita answered, while taking out some parsley and honey.
"Really, how long will you be staying?" Genkis continued, trying to make any sort of conversation to keep hearing her voice.
Lita took out the sugar and eggs, turned on the stove, and said in a small voice, "I don't know."
There was a small silence except for the sounds of cracking eggs and boiling water. Lita finished cooking and cleaned up the mess she had left. She brought out a tray with the food to Genkis, who had seated himself on the squishy couch, which was quite comfortable.
"What is this?" Genkis asked curiously.
"One of my special recipes. I haven't got a name for it, but I reassure you it tastes great," Lita put in.
"I'll tell you what," Genkis laughed, "I'll taste it and then I can make up a name for it for you, but.you have to keep an end of your deal. You have to feed it to me."
Lita grinned and took out a spoon, she scooped up a part of the food and fed it to Genkis. The moment it entered his mouth, Genkis' eyes popped open and he ate really fast. Lita fed him another spoon, which he ate even faster. Soon all of the food was gone and Lita was laughing crazily.
"Did you see the look on your face?" Lita giggled, "And you eat like a monster. Was it that good?"
"That was the best food I've ever had. Maybe instead of inviting you to dinner tomorrow as I was going to ask you, you can invite me to one of your home-cooked meals," Genkis suggested hopefully.
"It's a deal then," Lita agreed.
After a last kiss goodnight, Genkis left and Lita leaned against the door. She had not had so much fun for a long time. She had more important things to attend to, however, like protecting the moon princess. That's why she needed to sleep so she would be able to wake up for the meeting about Edward's strange acts. Genkis had distracted her from those worry some thoughts, giving her peace for a while. She would prepare him very large feast tomorrow for dinner in compensation. Thinking of the look on his face when he would see the meal made Lita giggle again. She felt so childish, but she felt wonderful. This Genkis was someone special to make her feel like that. He was so sweet.
Mina sat thinking to herself, in the empty party place. Everyone had left already, but she decided an empty party place was a good thinking place. She needed to think about many things. About why Myra had not phoned her about Mr. Million, about what was happening every time Edward touched people, about what the queen had given her daughter in the package. She also needed to think about the advice she should give Amy who had been proposed to, about what to do with Ray who never seemed to be with a guy more than two days, and about how she should congratulate Lita and Genkis being a couple. She had a lot on her mind. Mina was always busy helping other people with their relationships that she had no time for her own. She also thought about this.
She eventually finished thinking and got her things to prepare to leave. She came to the door, but found out that it was locked. She tried another door, she tried some windows. She kicked at the doors in frustration. She was trapped inside. Not to mention she might miss the meeting tomorrow if she couldn't get out.
"Kicking won't break the doors Mina," came a voice from someone hiding in the shadows.
"Edward?" Mina gasped, recognizing the voice. "What are you doing here?"
"I could ask you the same question," Edward commented.
"Where is Serena?" Ray demanded, glancing a couple more time at her watch.
"Here!" shouted Serena, "Do I smell tea and cookies?"
"Yea," responded Lita happily, "I made the cookies just this morning." (Just in case Genkis came by again, thought Lita sorrowfully, but I guess he had other things to do.)
"Is everyone here? We seem a little small for a group of all the princess'," Serena asked, between a mouthful of food, seeming very unprincess-like.
"Well, this is important, so we invited only the queen's trusted princess'. Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and you. Mercury, Amy rather, is late. I think she's in trouble, Amy is never late, but there's nothing we can do. Right now, its important we continue with the meeting, " Mina answered, seeming not too concerned and helping herself to some of Lita's cooking, then added, "Amy is responsible, she'll have a good reason."
"Now what has happened to Edward," Serena said, slurping some tea so loudly that everyone winced. Usually, she would not have put in so much vigor into eating and drinking, but she was still thinking about Darien. She still wanted that kiss, but she decided this morning she would fight against the urge to kiss Darien again, she would go against the very thought. Instead, she would concentrate on anything to distract her. She would concentrate on better things, like Lita's yummy cooking.
"There are two possibilities. The first would be that he's not really Edward, and the second would be that someone is controlling Edward. How will we figure this out?" wondered.
"Well, the only enemy we know who drains their victims of energy is the Negaverse, but they are long gone since the last time we defeated them," Mina added.
"I think we kind of need Amy here. She'd figure this out in a-" Serena started, as the doors to the temple burst open.
"Something.important.must.tell," Amy gasped, out of breath. Her hair was out of place, her clothes ripped, and she seemed to be having a hard time standing up.
Ray dashed over to Amy, "Amy, what is it?" The other princess' quickly followed her. Amy was in such a delicate condition though, most of them were afraid that if they helped her, they might harm her.
Amy had one hand in a balled fist to one side of her. The other she clutched at her heart. With her last words before she passed out Amy muttered, "Laboratory.Drake.Laboratory.ask." It was then that Amy's eye's popped open. She reached out her hand to Ray, still keeping it in a fist. Ray patted and held Amy's hand in comfort. Then she passed out. The princess' rushed her to the nearest hospital and found themselves waiting by her hospital beside.
"What do you think happened?" Mina asked Lita.
"I don't know," Lita replied firmly.
"None of us know," Serena put in.
"We have to find out," Ray cried out, pushing a fist through the air for extra enthusiasm, but quieting down when she got scowling looks from some other patient's for being so noisy.
Lita could not sleep that night. In fact, she had not been sleeping for some time. The others would not notice, because she covered the bags under her eyes up with a light touch of makeup. She ran all her thoughts through her head once more. Lita had suspected Mina of acting strangely ever since their visit to earth. When Lita tried to question her about it, Mina always had some excuse to slip away, Mina was avoiding her! Her! Mina's best friend in the moon kingdom was avoiding her and without any explanation, but why? That was the question tugging at Lita's mind. When Mina wouldn't reply, Lita tried to figure it out herself. Then there was the incident at the party with Edward. Edward, making whomever he danced with tired. Mina, who was avoiding her. Even Diamond was acting strangely, avoiding everyone except Serena, but then, Diamond was in love with Serena like every other prince. Something was linked between everyone's strange behaviors, Lita concluded to herself. Whatever had happened to Mina that Mina would not tell her, seemed to also be happening to Edward and if it continued.she did not know what would happen. She had to think of something and fast, before it affects someone else. That was when something strange had happened to Amy. If only Amy would come out of her coma, Lita could ask her what had happened, if she knew or could help her find out what had happened to Edward and Mina. All she had left now was Ray, Serena, and Genkis. Genkis had been so sweet at the party, could not keep his eyes off her. Although he was so nice and funny and she felt she was falling in love with him, she suspected something about Genkis. He knew something and was hiding it, for when they got to certain topics in their conversations, he would stutter or cough, or avoid her, just like Mina. Then again, Genkis had taken her mind off things. She liked Genkis and thought him brave, but she couldn't tell Genkis. He was coming for dinner tomorrow though, and she knew they would have a lovely time together, even if they had their differences or were a bit afraid.
Lita turned out her light, tossed, and turned, she still couldn't fall asleep. "That's it!" murmured Lita, she had had enough. In a dash, she flicked her light back on and dialed a number on her phone.
"Hello?" A voice came. "Lita, is that you?"
She was going to tell someone.
Three figures sat under the tree by Ray's temple.
"Are we all here?" Ray whispered.
"Yes," replied Serena and Lita in harmony.
"So you all know how I'm concerned. Something strange is going on and its already affecting some of our friends, almost like they're strangers we don't know. Mina avoids people, Edward drains energy from people, and something must have come after Amy before she got away," Lita continued.
"Why, though?" Serena said, feeling anger because someone had done something to her friends.
"No Serena, who is what we have to figure out first," Ray put in impatiently.
"We should put all our information together first, that's what Amy would do," Serena sighed. "I should probably show you guys the moonstone, then."
"What?" Ray muttered.
"Something happened to Mina ever since she came to earth, right? Well, she gave me this moonstone and said it was from my mother and not to open it when anyone else was around. There was a voice, that told me to open the moonstone, but I don't know how, there's no latch or opening," Serena explained.
"I have something to say as well," Ray put in. "The day that Amy came to the meeting late, in her dangerous condition, when she held out her hand for me to hold, she had something in her hand. Just before the ambulance carried her away, she unballed her hand from its fist to give me what was inside.
"What was it?" Serena asked, only a few cm away from Ray's face, filled with curiosity.
"Back away!" Ray bellowed, then covered her mouth, sometimes princess Serena really got on her nerves. Being too close to, her face, under any condition, was only one of them.
In a softer voice Ray continued, "It's a piece of paper that has an address on it. Remember when Amy mentioned a laboratory, I think it's the address to the laboratory, but it could be dangerous."
Lita gave a little gasp and both of the other girls's turned to stare at her.
"Genkis.although he wouldn't tell me much.told me he worked at a laboratory. He was so secretive, wouldn't even tell me where it was, and told me he couldn't. Do you think he meant," She didn't have to finish." We should get ready," Ray said, we're going to pay them a visit. "But first, we're going to open that moonstone."
"Grandpa, could we use the room of silence?" Ray asked politely.
"Why?" Grandpa demanded suspiciously.
"We're opening up a rock that may be explodable when combined with metal, but that's the only way to open it. Firelock, you know that type of rock, for a school project," Ray lied.
Before he said another word, Ray had taken the key from him and was off to the room.
"Room of silence?" Serena questioned, puzzled.
"A room where our ancestor's hid from their enemies when the war was on. Nothing affects the room outside from the inside; nothing on the outside affects the room on the inside, except the electronic tools. Let me do everything and don't worry," Ray said disarmingly.
Two hours later.Ray, are you done yet?
"I have to go somewhere, I'll be right back," Ray said tonelessly.
"Um.Ray? Is it just me or did you forget about our plan?" Serena remarked, raising an eyebrow.
When Ray continued walking, they realized something horrible was going on, "Mina said not to open the moonstone in front of anyone else, and since she's not on our side, we should have opened it when we were all there! Something has happened again!"
Serena finally stopped complaining when she heard Lita growl slightly, "Lita?"
"It's not fair!" Lita burst out, "Why does everything happen to everyone else and leave us helpless! I want to help people, I like to make people happy, that's why I cook, but this, I don't know if I can handle this!" In a softer voice she said, "I don't understand what's going on, whats affecting the people we know and care for, but I'm going to do something about it. I have to do something."
Serena comforted her, "It's okay. We'll figure it out. We'll stop whatever the cause of this is."
Genkis froze when he heard those words, "Why does everything happen to everyone else and leave us helpless?" Lette had said those words. That's when the people from the laboratory had told her that she could help, that she wasn't helpless. They took out a paper, and she had signed, only showing it to Genkis at the last moment possible. "No!" He had shouted, but it had been too late, they were already taking her away. He applied for a job at the laboratory; hoping to see what would happen to Lette, make sure they didn't harm her. Then he had seen what they did to people, they didn't help people they.it was too cruel. Lette had suffered the most out of all of them, she had been one of the first to volunteer to be a "patient," but it was more like being an unsuspecting victim. All the other test's worked, but not Lette's. Letter died in the process. Soon enough though, the found out that he knew Lette from before, they found him dangerous. They put something inside of him, outside of his will, although he did not know what, but this thing that they put inside of him, made him bring them a new victim every month. He was helpless against it, yet the thing inside him would not stop him, could not stop him, from loving Lette, or.Lita. Beautiful Lita who was like Lette in every way, except that she could cook better than Lette. He grinned. Suddenly he remembered why he was here.
"Ahem," Genkis paused, "Have I come at a bad time?"
Lita stopped, the angry look wiped off her face and replaced by a smile. Genkis had brought her flower's and chocolates. Genkis was so sweet! However, Genkis was from the laboratory, Lita then frowned briefly.
"Thank you, Genkis, but I have to ask you something," Lita said seriously, right after she smiled graciously.
"Anythi-" Genkis started without thinking, then he felt it. The thing inside him, it was making him do things again. He dropped the flowers and chocolates and dropped to the ground clutching his heart.
"Genkis?" Lita shouted, rushing to his side, while Serena stood there, open- mouthed.
Genkis knew he had to get another victim, or the thing inside him would not let him be, but did it have to be Lita? No! "Yes," said the thing inside him.
Genkis took out a vial from his pocket and showed it to Lita.
"Come with me, Genkis said, and Lita didn't reply, she just followed, leaving Serena even more open mouthed.
Serena fell to her knees. Why had her mother sent her here? She just wanted to go home now; she had never felt so alone before. The other's princess' were either missing, not themselves, or in a hospital. The princes' had gone who knows where, but she didn't want to see them now, the only guy she could think of was Darien, but she didn't know why. For some strange reason she didn't know she could not think about Diamond or any other guy, because when she looked at anyone else, she just saw Darien, and when she looked into their eye's she only longed for Darien's eyes. What was happening to her? She was Serenity, Serena, or whatever they wanted to call her. She could have any guy in the blink of an eye, why concentrate on one when there are so many without. However, Darien was.different, she felt at peace with him, even when he talked of strange destinies and asked for her help when she didn't know how to help. Something strange.
Amy stirred in her coma, she felt herself blink and wake up. Then she felt and saw that she was not alone.
"Drink this," commanded a firm voice beside her.
Surprising herself, Amy did, for she had no energy to disagree. She felt herself relax and felt energy flow back into her. She thanked the person and asked why he was helping her.
"Because I need you help. You know about the laboratory now, since you almost became one of them. My sister is still in there, there's still a chance to save her, but I can't do anything, I can't even come four miles within the distance of the laboratory or they'll cut off the circuit that keeps her alive," Darien said, feeling tears in his eyes again. Why did he have to cry so much! First, when he thought about what his sister would think of Serena while he was dancing with Serena at the party, now while he was telling Amy what had happened to her sister?
"We need to find Serena first," Amy told him quickly, breaking him out of his trance.
"Why?" he questioned her, disbelievingly, he didn't want to include Serena in this.
"You'll just have to trust me on that," Amy said seriously. ________________________________________________________________________
"I need to study what you made me drink to give me back my energy, then we'll need to steal a piece of that large moonstone from their laboratory. In addition, Serena, be extremely careful, you have to stay hidden away and don't open the door for anyone unless they have the password, and Darien; you'll have to guard her door. We'll need some heavy protection for all of us to have and some antidote in case one of them tries their experiment on one of us and we can't resist," Amy planned carefully.
"How will we get a moonstone piece from the laboratory if Serena and I are hiding?" Darien demanded, "It's too dangerous in that laboratory for you to go alone."
"I'm not going," Amy replied, "No one is, we'll bait them to come to Serena, then we'll have to do some test's to the person and see if the experiment is reversible. Once we have an antidote, we can rescue the other victims from the laboratory. Please remember Serena, if anyone comes to your hiding spot, alerts Darien with this button (hands Serena an object with a button), and then we'll attack. Don't trust anyone unless they have the password, not anyone."
Serena nodded, not anyone.
Serena waited by her hiding spot impatiently, did Darien have to stand on the other side, and couldn't he stand inside, with her? Why am I thinking about that, Serena scolded herself, pay attention to something else? Like what? Her mind asked her. Lunch, replied Serena, I'll think about lunch. Sandwi-! Serena was cut off from her thoughts by a loud, "Ding Dong!"
"What's the password?" Serena called through the door, without opening it, she fingered the button in her hand.
"Serena, its me!" called a voice.
Serena peered through the looking glass on the door. Perhaps it was Mina, pretending to be normal. Alternatively, if Lita or Ray had come out of their trance, it could be them. Serena looked and took a deep breath, be calm, she told herself. You imagined it, look again, its not who you think it is. Serena took another deep breath and looked again. There was no mistake this time. Standing outside was supposed to be whoever had come to take her to the laboratory, to trick her. The person standing outside was to be her enemy; she was supposed to be careful. How could she though? The person standing outside was none other than Diamond.
"Serena?" Diamond pounded on the door. "It's only me."
Serena panicked. What was she supposed to do? Amy had told her not to let anyone in. She would just have to pretend she wasn't home. She leaned against the door and breathed deeply, trying to remain calm. Why was Diamond coming after her? What did he want? Was it really his laboratory? Had Amy perhaps made a mistake?
Serena didn't have much time for the questions anymore as Diamond burst inside, crashing the door open. Serena pressed the button quickly as she screamed and ran from the pieces of wood flying around form the broken door. Where was Darien, wasn't he supposed to help her? Serena hid in a closet and tried to think of happy thoughts. She felt tears running down her cheeks, she was so scared. She heard the crashing of furniture and some yells, so she covered her ears. She started rocking back and forth, back and forth. And then.silence. There was no noise now. Then there it was, the sound of quiet footsteps approaching. He was coming for her. There was no way out of the closet, no other hiding place. No escape. The door creaked open.
Serena ran into the person's arms. She had never been so relieved to see Darien. Sure, her house was pretty messed up, but her enemy was gone and she felt safe, safe in Darien's arms. He held her there, wondering if she trusted him now. He had wanted to talk to Serena again, so he had done some spying, trying for a time when he would find her alone. He noticed how everyone kept on disappearing and her talks with her friends about strange behavior. He found out about Amy and decided she was probably the most reliable one to help Serena and maybe convince Serena to trust him. He had talked with Amy, and found out even more about the laboratory. Now, he had saved Serena from danger, surely, she would trust him now. Would help him defeat the owner of the laboratory. He turned to look at her, and was suddenly reminded of an angel. As though she were an angel coming to rest in peace in heaven, yet in his arms.
Serena lay peaceful in Darien's arms. She finally trusted him now. She felt she could do anything with him say anything to him. She had never felt this way about somebody before, so at peace, so relaxed. No need to worry about giggling at the right moments or batting eyelashes to get attention. She felt as though she was falling in love, but she should not, Serena decided to herself. Darien just wanted her help, he didn't want a relationship, yet, the kiss he had given her earlier might have meant otherwise. Would he kiss her now? She looked up and found he was staring at her.
Darien found her looking back at him. She leaned forward slightly, as though expecting something. Darien suddenly remembered how he had kissed her earlier. How she had reacted. He found himself, looking at her mouth, craving for another kiss, he leaned into her, and at the same time, so did she.
It was a long kiss. When they broke apart Darien and Serena stared at each other for a moment and then smiled and winked at each other. Then they carried on together, hand in hand, outside; ready to defeat the owner of the laboratory. There was only one problem.
Amy was missing.
I'll be back at least next week, maybe earlier with the next chapter. Ideas would be appreciated, you'll learn about the moonstone Serena has, you'll enter the laboratory of Mr. Moon, you'll find out what happened to Serena's friends, and what she's up against. I hope you enjoyed that chapter, thank you for reading ;)