Episode #5 – The Other Shoe Drops
Serena sat at her desk, looking at her Geography textbook. It had been almost a year since the last sighting of Geoff, and her friends were glad for it. Lita had improved over time, but she still wasn't the same. Serena looked around, the seat where Melvin usually sat was empty, as it had been for a long time. He had succumbed to a mysterious disease over five months ago. When he had passed on, it was as if Molly had been reduced to a shell of her former self. Molly was sitting beside Serena, a small smile on her face. Serena knew that she had been devastated when Melvin had died. Serena looked at her friend, she knew that even after five months of grieving, she was still in pain.
She looked at the clock, and watched as the second hand finished it's final revolution, ringing the final bell of the day. Serena was up and out of her seat instantly, while Molly almost grudgingly pulled herself out of her seat.
"Hey Molly, you okay?"
"Hm? I'm fine Serena.. It's nothing"
"You sure?"
"I'm positive... just... just drop it, hm?"
"Okay... sure Molly... whatever you say..." Serena knew something was up. Molly wasn't usually one to clam up like that. Serena looked at her friend. She looked like she would cry at the drop of a hat. Serena and Molly walked in silence for a long time. Serena looked up, and saw that they were near Molly's house. She was still silent as she watched Molly walk up the stairs to her apartment.
"Today would've been our three year anniversary...." Molly said quietly as she inside her apartment. Serena was stunned, she had totally blanked on that! She walked away in silence, thinking.
"That's why she was so unhappy today.... it's understandable..." said Serena as she walked to her house. Serena smiled slightly as she walked. She remembered when Melvin had dressed up like Tuxedo Mask to impress Molly. She still giggled when she remembered him throwing those spicy shrimps ant the Nega-monster that had attacked that day.
Molly and Melvin had been inseparable since then, but now all that had changed. Serena decided to go back to Molly's house and try and help her friend through this rough time. She walked back and knocked on the door. No response. She knocked harder. Still no response.
"Molly, it's me, Serena" she said, knocking even harder. No response. She began to pound on the door.
"MOLLY!" she yelled. Still nothing. Serena turned the doorknob, it opened easily. She walked into Molly's apartment. Serena looked around, everything was normal. The one picture of Melvin and Molly that had sat on top of the T.V was gone, but other than that, nothing was out of order. Serena slowly walked around, Molly was nowhere to be seen.
"What's the deal here?" Serena whispered to herself, she walked to Molly's room, nothing out of ordinary there. She walked into the kitchen. No one there either.
"Where could Molly be?" Serena asked herself. She walked around for a few more minuets, then decided to leave. As she walked past Molly's bedroom again, she heard a faint splash.
"Of course, she's in having a bath," Serena said. "Probably had her head under the water when I was banging on the door." Serena walked into Molly's bedroom and then walked to the bathroom door.
"You in there Molly?" asked Serena as she pushed the door open. She walked in, a great gout of steam engulfed her. The temperature was about fifteen degrees hotter inside the bathroom that out in the bedroom. Serena shut the door and walked to the bathtub. She saw molly sitting in the warm waters, soaking.
"Molly, you okay?" she didn't stir. Serena smiled, she must've fallen asleep in the comforting warm waters. She sat down on the lid of the toilet and lightly stroked Molly's head.
"Wake up sleepyhead" Nothing.
"What's the deal here?" Serena asked herself.
Serena stood up and looked at her friend, but felt something grind under her shoe before she could focus on anything. She nearly leapt out of her skin, and the she bent down and ran her hand over the floor. She breathed in sharply and drew her hand back quickly. She looked at her finger, a small bead of blood was beginning to form there. She picked up something from the floor. It was a picture. The picture of Molly and Melvin that usually sat on the T.V.
Serena looked at the floor, little motes of light glinted through the thick steam. Serena looked down. It was glass, broken glass. Serena looked at her friend. She hadn't noticed until now how pale Molly was, nor the weird angle her head was on. Serena pressed her first to fingers on her friend's throat, trying to find a pulse. There was nothing. Serena ran to the door and began to fan the steam out, clearing the room. She turned around, looking at Molly. She could see that one of her arms was draped over the side of the tub. Serena cautiously walked forward. Another sparkle of light caught her eye, then a small "plink!" of something being dropped in the water resounded around the room. She looked at her friend's hand. There were small cut marks on her fingers and one long one on her palm. She looked in the tub, there was a large piece of glass in the water. Serena began to take deep breaths. She looked down, Molly's wrist was facing the ground. Serena gingerly picked her arm up and turned it over. Molly's wrist was open and still bleeding a little. Serena howled in anguish and dropped the dead limb, skittering across the floor to the other side of the bathroom. Serena got up and looked at her now deceased friend, then quietly walked out of the bathroom. She picked up the phone and called the only person she could think of, Darien.
"Come on, come on, pick up!" she said nearing hysterics as she heard the phone ring for the fourth time. Darien picked up the phone just after that.
"Hello?"
"Hi Darien..."
"Hi Serena, wha'sup?"
"Uh... I don't know how to say this.... but... it's.. it's Molly... she... she.. she's dead..."
"Wha... what?"
"Yeah... I... I don't know what to do.... can you help... please?"
"I'll be right there"
Serena heard him hand the phone up and she slowly put the receiver down. She just looked out the window. Her mind was a complete and total blank. She felt as if her brain simply just wasn't there. It felt like an eternity while she sat there and waited for Darien. If anyone could help her now, it was him. She heard a knock at the door, she was up almost instantly and opened it.
Standing there was Geoff.
"I see that you have a deep grievance in your soul.... now you have a slight inkling how I feel every day, all the time...." Serena paled as the sight of him, she had never seen him up close like this. His canine teeth were like fangs, long and sharp. His hair was icy white, like snow, and it was think. His skin bore many marks of healed scars, and had the shine of a healed burn wound. His jaw was strong, it almost looked like it was made of stone, and he was very tall, almost seven feet tall, and he was massive. He would make bodybuilders look like babies if he stood near them. His lips were twisted in a weird mocking smile that was almost impossible to discern if he was happy, or ready to tear her head off.
He wore a long black coat without sleeves and a red and black nylon shirt that looked as if it had been painted on. It was his eyes that captivated her. They were a deep gold, and they shone with an inner power that frightened her. She could tell that he was not kidding when he said that he could snuff them like a candle.
"And now I shall leave you to your grief.... Princess..."
And with that, he disappeared into nothingness. Serena heard a string of deep, rumbling laughter echo out of nowhere, and watched as Darien came running up the steps.
"Serena!" he cried.
She looked at him and smiled. He was here now, and she was safe.
"Honey, are you okay!?" Darien said when he got to her. Serena looked up into his deep blue eyes, smiled, then fainted right into him.
Serena awoke in a hospital bed. Darien was sitting by her side, with the other Senshi scattered around the room. She slowly got up and touched Darien's arm. He looked at her and his face almost literally lit up.
"Serena, you awake!"
"Yeah, I am, feel like I've been run over by a truck though.... what happened? Last thing I remember is seeing you infront of me, then I woke up here... what going on?"
Amy slowly walked forward and looked at Serena.
"Do you remember what happened before that?"
"I remember calling Darien... oh... it wasn't a dream... was it...."
Darien took her in his arms and held her.
"She was my best friend... she... she.. she was the only person I told that I was Sailor Moon. She was the only person I've know almost my entire life... why... why did she... no... why did he kill her...." Darien and the others looked at her.
"Who 'He'?" Asked Raye.
"Geoff... he killed her... he killed her when he killed Melvin..." She watched as Lita clenched her fists at the mention of Geoff's name.
Darien held Serena in his arms, and he could feel her break down. She became totally relaxed and her head fell into his shoulder. She began to cry silently. He just sat there on the side of her bed and held her.
Serena sat at her desk, looking at her Geography textbook. It had been almost a year since the last sighting of Geoff, and her friends were glad for it. Lita had improved over time, but she still wasn't the same. Serena looked around, the seat where Melvin usually sat was empty, as it had been for a long time. He had succumbed to a mysterious disease over five months ago. When he had passed on, it was as if Molly had been reduced to a shell of her former self. Molly was sitting beside Serena, a small smile on her face. Serena knew that she had been devastated when Melvin had died. Serena looked at her friend, she knew that even after five months of grieving, she was still in pain.
She looked at the clock, and watched as the second hand finished it's final revolution, ringing the final bell of the day. Serena was up and out of her seat instantly, while Molly almost grudgingly pulled herself out of her seat.
"Hey Molly, you okay?"
"Hm? I'm fine Serena.. It's nothing"
"You sure?"
"I'm positive... just... just drop it, hm?"
"Okay... sure Molly... whatever you say..." Serena knew something was up. Molly wasn't usually one to clam up like that. Serena looked at her friend. She looked like she would cry at the drop of a hat. Serena and Molly walked in silence for a long time. Serena looked up, and saw that they were near Molly's house. She was still silent as she watched Molly walk up the stairs to her apartment.
"Today would've been our three year anniversary...." Molly said quietly as she inside her apartment. Serena was stunned, she had totally blanked on that! She walked away in silence, thinking.
"That's why she was so unhappy today.... it's understandable..." said Serena as she walked to her house. Serena smiled slightly as she walked. She remembered when Melvin had dressed up like Tuxedo Mask to impress Molly. She still giggled when she remembered him throwing those spicy shrimps ant the Nega-monster that had attacked that day.
Molly and Melvin had been inseparable since then, but now all that had changed. Serena decided to go back to Molly's house and try and help her friend through this rough time. She walked back and knocked on the door. No response. She knocked harder. Still no response.
"Molly, it's me, Serena" she said, knocking even harder. No response. She began to pound on the door.
"MOLLY!" she yelled. Still nothing. Serena turned the doorknob, it opened easily. She walked into Molly's apartment. Serena looked around, everything was normal. The one picture of Melvin and Molly that had sat on top of the T.V was gone, but other than that, nothing was out of order. Serena slowly walked around, Molly was nowhere to be seen.
"What's the deal here?" Serena whispered to herself, she walked to Molly's room, nothing out of ordinary there. She walked into the kitchen. No one there either.
"Where could Molly be?" Serena asked herself. She walked around for a few more minuets, then decided to leave. As she walked past Molly's bedroom again, she heard a faint splash.
"Of course, she's in having a bath," Serena said. "Probably had her head under the water when I was banging on the door." Serena walked into Molly's bedroom and then walked to the bathroom door.
"You in there Molly?" asked Serena as she pushed the door open. She walked in, a great gout of steam engulfed her. The temperature was about fifteen degrees hotter inside the bathroom that out in the bedroom. Serena shut the door and walked to the bathtub. She saw molly sitting in the warm waters, soaking.
"Molly, you okay?" she didn't stir. Serena smiled, she must've fallen asleep in the comforting warm waters. She sat down on the lid of the toilet and lightly stroked Molly's head.
"Wake up sleepyhead" Nothing.
"What's the deal here?" Serena asked herself.
Serena stood up and looked at her friend, but felt something grind under her shoe before she could focus on anything. She nearly leapt out of her skin, and the she bent down and ran her hand over the floor. She breathed in sharply and drew her hand back quickly. She looked at her finger, a small bead of blood was beginning to form there. She picked up something from the floor. It was a picture. The picture of Molly and Melvin that usually sat on the T.V.
Serena looked at the floor, little motes of light glinted through the thick steam. Serena looked down. It was glass, broken glass. Serena looked at her friend. She hadn't noticed until now how pale Molly was, nor the weird angle her head was on. Serena pressed her first to fingers on her friend's throat, trying to find a pulse. There was nothing. Serena ran to the door and began to fan the steam out, clearing the room. She turned around, looking at Molly. She could see that one of her arms was draped over the side of the tub. Serena cautiously walked forward. Another sparkle of light caught her eye, then a small "plink!" of something being dropped in the water resounded around the room. She looked at her friend's hand. There were small cut marks on her fingers and one long one on her palm. She looked in the tub, there was a large piece of glass in the water. Serena began to take deep breaths. She looked down, Molly's wrist was facing the ground. Serena gingerly picked her arm up and turned it over. Molly's wrist was open and still bleeding a little. Serena howled in anguish and dropped the dead limb, skittering across the floor to the other side of the bathroom. Serena got up and looked at her now deceased friend, then quietly walked out of the bathroom. She picked up the phone and called the only person she could think of, Darien.
"Come on, come on, pick up!" she said nearing hysterics as she heard the phone ring for the fourth time. Darien picked up the phone just after that.
"Hello?"
"Hi Darien..."
"Hi Serena, wha'sup?"
"Uh... I don't know how to say this.... but... it's.. it's Molly... she... she.. she's dead..."
"Wha... what?"
"Yeah... I... I don't know what to do.... can you help... please?"
"I'll be right there"
Serena heard him hand the phone up and she slowly put the receiver down. She just looked out the window. Her mind was a complete and total blank. She felt as if her brain simply just wasn't there. It felt like an eternity while she sat there and waited for Darien. If anyone could help her now, it was him. She heard a knock at the door, she was up almost instantly and opened it.
Standing there was Geoff.
"I see that you have a deep grievance in your soul.... now you have a slight inkling how I feel every day, all the time...." Serena paled as the sight of him, she had never seen him up close like this. His canine teeth were like fangs, long and sharp. His hair was icy white, like snow, and it was think. His skin bore many marks of healed scars, and had the shine of a healed burn wound. His jaw was strong, it almost looked like it was made of stone, and he was very tall, almost seven feet tall, and he was massive. He would make bodybuilders look like babies if he stood near them. His lips were twisted in a weird mocking smile that was almost impossible to discern if he was happy, or ready to tear her head off.
He wore a long black coat without sleeves and a red and black nylon shirt that looked as if it had been painted on. It was his eyes that captivated her. They were a deep gold, and they shone with an inner power that frightened her. She could tell that he was not kidding when he said that he could snuff them like a candle.
"And now I shall leave you to your grief.... Princess..."
And with that, he disappeared into nothingness. Serena heard a string of deep, rumbling laughter echo out of nowhere, and watched as Darien came running up the steps.
"Serena!" he cried.
She looked at him and smiled. He was here now, and she was safe.
"Honey, are you okay!?" Darien said when he got to her. Serena looked up into his deep blue eyes, smiled, then fainted right into him.
Serena awoke in a hospital bed. Darien was sitting by her side, with the other Senshi scattered around the room. She slowly got up and touched Darien's arm. He looked at her and his face almost literally lit up.
"Serena, you awake!"
"Yeah, I am, feel like I've been run over by a truck though.... what happened? Last thing I remember is seeing you infront of me, then I woke up here... what going on?"
Amy slowly walked forward and looked at Serena.
"Do you remember what happened before that?"
"I remember calling Darien... oh... it wasn't a dream... was it...."
Darien took her in his arms and held her.
"She was my best friend... she... she.. she was the only person I told that I was Sailor Moon. She was the only person I've know almost my entire life... why... why did she... no... why did he kill her...." Darien and the others looked at her.
"Who 'He'?" Asked Raye.
"Geoff... he killed her... he killed her when he killed Melvin..." She watched as Lita clenched her fists at the mention of Geoff's name.
Darien held Serena in his arms, and he could feel her break down. She became totally relaxed and her head fell into his shoulder. She began to cry silently. He just sat there on the side of her bed and held her.