The One Called Jupiter
Part 7
By Buzz-chan
Ogmak walked into his room. He was taking off the
itchy bandages as quickly as he could.
"The things I do for love," He sighed.
"For love? Then you admit that you love
that....that....*girl*?" the all to familiar whiney
voice came from the direction of Ogmak's lump
containing table.
"What are you doing here Screech? Why are you in
*my* room?" disdain was obvious in his voice.
"I've been watching you Ogmak. How could you fall
for her again? After what she did to you last time?"
Screech stepped toward the man.
"I will always love her. The past doesn't matter.
Only the future." Ogmak took off the last bandage.l
"But you had a future, no, *have* a future. One
with me. I love you Ogmak!" Screech was practically
pleading.
"Maybe so. But I don't love you. I never have and I
never will. Not so long as I have Lita, and probably
not even if I didn't," Ogmak stared at the wretched
woman standing before him.
"What is it about her that you love so much that
you would be willing to throw away everything that you
have right now? Her weakness? Her *kindness* maybe?"
She spat the words out like they tasted horrible.
"She has no weakness! Thats what I love about her!
Her kindness makes her the person that she is," Ogmak
raised his hand as if to hit Screech.
"You said her weakness earlier, when you were
talking to Overlord. If I remember correctly, it was
love. The thing she wants most in this world, that is
her weakness," Screech snired. "Maybe we could help
her with that." Screech began to laugh.
Ogmak threw his hand with only half of his power,
but it was enough to knock Screech to the other side
of the room. "You will do nothing to Lita. I do not
need nor do I want your help in bringing her to our
side. Now leave my room Screech."
Screech began to laugh again as she licked the
trickle of blood from the corner of her mouth. "You
will not have her Ogmak. I will make sure of it."
Screech disappeared.
The room was dark. It was better that way. She
wouldn't have to look at the pictures. The ones her
and her friends had taken of each other. Ones that
showed such happy moments. They helped to tell her
that what Chris was saying wasn't true, couldn't be
true. But all the evidence, everything Chris had told
her went against what she believed. Proved her wrong.
She clung to a wet pillow. It was almost like a
safety blanket. Lita could almost laugh at
herself. Almost.
"Ha, and Ogmak said you had no weaknesses," The
woman's voice came from behind her.
"Whos there?" Lita jumped up from the couch.
"Your saviour," The voice almost cackled.
"My savior? What are you talking about?" Lita took
her defense stance though she couldn't see anything.
"Chris isn't who he seems. Trust me."
"I could have told you that. Why should I trust
you? I can't even trust myself."
"I know," Now the voice came from right behind
Lita.
She turned as quickly as she could, but the woman
was no longer there. "What do you want?"
"Why, to help you of course," The voice was coming
somewhere from her right.
CLICK! Light flooded the room when the strange
woman turned on the lamp. She was sitting in a chair
with her black stockinged legs crossed and her red
gloved hands in her lap.
"Help me with what?" Lita remained in her stance.
"Sit down child. I have a tale to tell you," The
woman motion to the couch.
"I don't want to sit down. Who are you?" Lita
glared.
"I am called Screech. Do relax," Again, she
motioned to the couch.
"I have all ready said that I don't want to sit
down. I am perfectly fine standing. Who are you
working for?"
"The same person Ogmak, I mean Chris, is working
for," Her blood red lips curled into a sneer.
"What are you talking about?"
"Why, I suppose you didn't know. No, of course not.
Chris isn't hu..." A bright flash of light cut off
Screech's sentence. "SCREECH! You aren't suppose to
be here! You wretch! You are rebeling against the
Savior of the Universe!" The male voice boomed out
over the room as the light began to die down.
"Ogmak," The woman gave a slight laugh, " I just
thought your girlfriend here deserved to know the
whole truth." She jutted a finger toward Lita.
"No, you would have filled her head with lies. Lies
about me and about Overlord Cain!" Lita could clearly
see that the voice belonged to Chris.
"Chris?" Lita gasped out.
"Yes Lita. I am called Ogmak in this time.
This....wretch didn't hurt you did she?" The man
looked concerned.
"What is going on here?!" Lita screamed.
"Shhh my love. Screech is a spy for the Black
Universe who has been trying to ruin our work to save
this world."
"What are you talking about Ogmak? You know that we
all work for the Black Universe. Stop lying to her and
just shoot her with a nice dose of black crystal."
"She is trying to turn you against us so that you
will not join our fight. Your so called friends and
her are in this whole thing together. You must beleive
me my love," Chris approached Lita.
"Me? 'In it together' with those Sailor brats? Ha!
Don't make me laugh Ogmak. I would never work with
them!" Screech fell into a uncontrolable laughing
spell. Her red lips curled over her too white teeth
in an evil smile.
"Don't listen to her. Its no surprise that she
would deny everything. Please, Lita, come with me. Get
your real life back. The one where we can live
together. The one where we'll fight to keep this world
safe from the harm people like Screech and Sailor Moon
would do to it," Chris held and outstretched hand to
Lita.
"Oh please, he'll just take you back to our
headquarters and zap you full of black crystal,"
Screech had stopped laughing.
"Just take my hand. Please Lita, for us, for the
world, take my hand," Chris' voice was soft.
Lita stood there between Screech and Chris, unsure
of what to do, who to believe. With a sigh, she
grabbed Chris' hand.
"Nooooo...." Lita could hear the woman screaming as
she and Chris disappeared into a portal.
The portal opened into a room even darker than
Lita's apartment had been. There was an eerie red glow
covering the room despite its darkness.
"Where are we?" Lita tried to peer around the room.
"This is my room. I'm sorry everything happened the
way it did. We knew someone was spying on us, but
Screech. We had no idea," Chris sighed.
"Ogmak, report to the confrence room imediately,"
the booming voice came from no where and everywhere
all at once.
"Yes, Overlord. Let me show our guest to her room
first if you please," Chris didn't remove his eyes
from Lita.
"Very well," the voice sounded again.
"This way Lita." Chris began to leave his room.
"What is going on here? Who was that?" Lita began
her questioning.
"I'll explain everything later. For now, just rest
in your room until I'm finished with my confrence with
the Savior of the Universe," Chris smiled and then
stopped in front of a door.
The door opened to a huge room with a canopy bed.
The walls were the softest shade of green Lita had
ever seen and the comforter was a rosey shade of pink.
"Is this *my* room?" Lita was awe struck.
"Yes my love," Chris smiled.
Lita walked to the bureau and picked up a hair
brush. "Is this silver?" She fingered it, amazed by
its beauty and stunning design.
"Only the best. It would have been gold, but thats
a much too soft metal. Now, I must leave for Overlord
is waiting," Chris took a slight bow and then left the
room.
Lita smiled at the brush and then took down her
hair. She ran the brilliant brush through her mane and
began to explore the rest of her room. When she opened
the closet, the most gorgeous gowns she had ever seen
stared right at her. She picked a pink one and took it
out of the closet. Lita sat the brush down and began
to undress.
"Overlord Cain, you called," Ogmak stepped into the
room and then bowed on one knee.
"What happened? Why did you bring her here?!" His
voice echoed throughout the room.
"I'm sorry Overlord, but Screech tried to ruin
everything. She went to Lita's apartment. She was
going to tell her about us. What I was really up to. I
couldn't let that happen and this was the only
solution I saw," Ogmak looked up at his lord.
"Are you aware that Screech loves you and found out
that you love Jupiter?"
"Yes." He cast his eyes toward the ground again.
"Savior of the Universe huh?" Ogmak could have
sworn that he heard a slight smile with the comment.
"Best I could come up with sir."
"I see. All right, I will play along with your
game, but only because I am anxious for the little
Moon brat to die. No more screw ups Ogmak. Is that
clear?"
"Yes Overlord."
"Good. Now, go. Entertain your guest. You need to
make a good impression if you plan to keep her when
her job is done."
"Thank you Overlord," Ogmak smiled as he stood and
left the conference room.
Lita put the last touches on her hair. She was
amazed at all of the goodies she had found waiting for
her. A knock at the door made Lita stand from her
position in front of the mirror.
"Come in," she said softly.
"Lita, I thought tha...." Chris' gaze fell upon
Lita and his mouth froze.
"You thought what?" Lita smiled knowing what he was
staring at. The dress was tight against her but not so
much so that it was uncomfortable. When the light hit
it just right, the fabric sparkled. Lita's hair was in
a french twist with little bits of hair lying
carelessly across her face. Her lips matched her pink
dress.
"I thought we could get dinner. Its around that
time, you, uh, haven't eaten yet have you?" Chris had
to tear his eyes away just to be able to talk.
"No I haven't, but where do you want to eat?"
"Well, I was going to say here, but now that you're
all dressed up, we could go to town," Chris blushed
when he looked at her again.
"Okay. You are *not* going to where that are you?"
Lita indicated his drabby blue suit. It was worn and
somewhat shabby.
"No, I suppose this wouldn't do," Chris looked
himself over. He snapped his fingers and was
instantly wearing a black tuxedo. "There, thats
better."
"How'd you do that? And now that I think about it,
why aren't you still bandaged? You were pretty beat up
earlier," Lita's smile weakened.
"When I am in this form, meaning my Ogmak form, I
have special powers. Just like when you are Jupiter. I
also do not have the wounds that I do when I am Chris.
I can heal myself as Ogmak, but not a Chris. So, I am
unable to heal the wounds inflicted by the other
Sailor Scouts. But thats enough talk about such
things. Lets only talk of us," Chris placed his
fingers under Lita's chin and pulled her gaze up to
his eyes. "Deal?"
"Deal," Lita smiled.
"May I kiss you my love?"
"Do you have to ask?"
Chris leaned over and locked his lips with Lita. As
he did so, the black crystal hidden in the back of the
closet, began to glow an eerie purple.
~*2 weeks later*~
"I still can't get ahold of Lita. I'm really
worried you guys. Maybe its time to involve the
police," Serena sat in the temple with her arms
securely locked around her knees.
"You know we can't do that Serena. Its most likely
an enemy. How would you exlplain that to the police?"
Darien sat in during the scout meeting.
"Yeah, really. 'My friend Lita is Sailor Jupiter
and we think she was kidnapped by some bad guy for god
only knows what reason. Can you help us?' I'm so sure
that would go over well," Raye said sarcastically.
"They'd probably lock you up in the looney bin! We
have to come up with something else," Mina put in.
"I think someone should go into her apartment. If
shes not answering the phone or the door then shes
probably not home. There might be a clue inside," Ami
looked at all of her friends.
"I agree. Ami, it was your idea, you and one other
person should go. Everyone else, we need to try to
think of something else," Luna jumped up onto the
table.
"Okay, come on Mina. We're going to Lita's
apartment," Ami stood and grabbed the blonde's arm.
"But shes my friend too! I wanna go to her
apartment!" Serena stood up.
"You're the leader Serena. You'd be put to better
use trying to think of a plan. Besides, Mina has more
experience in breaking into places. Right Mina?" Ami
glared at Mina remembering the time she broke into
Ami's apartment on a dare.
"Hee-hee, yeah," Mina scratched her head in
embarassment.
"Well, okay. But if you find anything, and I mean
*anything*, call us right away. Kay?" Serena's eyes
were full of concern.
"You got it," Ami dragged Mina out of the temple
and was followed by Artemis.
"Anyone got any ideas?" Luna asked.
"Got it? Is the door unlocked yet?" Ami stood as a
look out while Mina attempted to pick the lock on
Lita's apartment door.
"Almost..." CLICK " Got it!" Mina smiled and pushed
open the door.
The two girls and the cat walked into the apartment
and looked around the room. Nothing seemed out of
order. As a matter of fact. It looked like nothing had
been touched in weeks.
"You start at the desk and I'll go to her room,"
Ami started down a hallway.
"Why do you get her room?" Mina pouted.
"Because I know you too well," Ami continued down
the hall.
"Well, fair enough," Mina began to search the desk
drawers. There were pictures and letters and.......her
diary.
"Hmmm...I know I shoudn't but....No! I have to
look for clues. But this is such a perfect
opportunity. I just can't pass it up!" Mina flipped
open the diary to a random page.
~Dear diary,
Today I watched as Mina and Andrew sat in the booth
at the restaurant. I know they were just being kind in
inviting me to go with them. I should have turned them
down. I felt like such a third wheel while they sat
there making goo-goo eyes at each other. I just didn't
feel right, almost like I was intruding on their time
together. I wish I had my own 'Andrew'. I suppose I'll
find him some day. But until that day comes, I'm stuck
watching my friends and their boyfriends throwing
loving glances at each other, completely oblivious to
the fact that I'm there. Don't get me wrong. I'm not
really jealous of them or mad at them. I'm actually
really happy that they've found someone. I only wish
that I could find someone too.~
Mina's eyes teared up while she read the pained
words of her best friend. Mina flipped through the diary some more. It
was filled with mostly the same thing. That was, until
she came upon the last entry.
~I'm so confused. My life has been turned upside
down by this man. He says he loves me and everything,
but I'm not sure whether or not to believe him. Hes
also saying things. Awful things. I don't know if I
should believe him. If what he says is true, then my
entire life has been a lie. If not, then....well, then
its nothing. Why can't I be sure of what to do? This
is driving me crazy. I have to find the truth before I
lose my mind.~
"Ami!! I think I found something!" Mina screamed.
"What? What is it Mina?" Ami raced down the
hallway.
"Look at this," Mina pointed to the entry.
"Oh my god, we have to get this back to the others.
Come on, we can come back later if we have to," Ami
took off out the door.
"Oh Lita, I hope we're not too late," Mina followed
Ami with Artemis in tow.
Part 7
By Buzz-chan
Ogmak walked into his room. He was taking off the
itchy bandages as quickly as he could.
"The things I do for love," He sighed.
"For love? Then you admit that you love
that....that....*girl*?" the all to familiar whiney
voice came from the direction of Ogmak's lump
containing table.
"What are you doing here Screech? Why are you in
*my* room?" disdain was obvious in his voice.
"I've been watching you Ogmak. How could you fall
for her again? After what she did to you last time?"
Screech stepped toward the man.
"I will always love her. The past doesn't matter.
Only the future." Ogmak took off the last bandage.l
"But you had a future, no, *have* a future. One
with me. I love you Ogmak!" Screech was practically
pleading.
"Maybe so. But I don't love you. I never have and I
never will. Not so long as I have Lita, and probably
not even if I didn't," Ogmak stared at the wretched
woman standing before him.
"What is it about her that you love so much that
you would be willing to throw away everything that you
have right now? Her weakness? Her *kindness* maybe?"
She spat the words out like they tasted horrible.
"She has no weakness! Thats what I love about her!
Her kindness makes her the person that she is," Ogmak
raised his hand as if to hit Screech.
"You said her weakness earlier, when you were
talking to Overlord. If I remember correctly, it was
love. The thing she wants most in this world, that is
her weakness," Screech snired. "Maybe we could help
her with that." Screech began to laugh.
Ogmak threw his hand with only half of his power,
but it was enough to knock Screech to the other side
of the room. "You will do nothing to Lita. I do not
need nor do I want your help in bringing her to our
side. Now leave my room Screech."
Screech began to laugh again as she licked the
trickle of blood from the corner of her mouth. "You
will not have her Ogmak. I will make sure of it."
Screech disappeared.
The room was dark. It was better that way. She
wouldn't have to look at the pictures. The ones her
and her friends had taken of each other. Ones that
showed such happy moments. They helped to tell her
that what Chris was saying wasn't true, couldn't be
true. But all the evidence, everything Chris had told
her went against what she believed. Proved her wrong.
She clung to a wet pillow. It was almost like a
safety blanket. Lita could almost laugh at
herself. Almost.
"Ha, and Ogmak said you had no weaknesses," The
woman's voice came from behind her.
"Whos there?" Lita jumped up from the couch.
"Your saviour," The voice almost cackled.
"My savior? What are you talking about?" Lita took
her defense stance though she couldn't see anything.
"Chris isn't who he seems. Trust me."
"I could have told you that. Why should I trust
you? I can't even trust myself."
"I know," Now the voice came from right behind
Lita.
She turned as quickly as she could, but the woman
was no longer there. "What do you want?"
"Why, to help you of course," The voice was coming
somewhere from her right.
CLICK! Light flooded the room when the strange
woman turned on the lamp. She was sitting in a chair
with her black stockinged legs crossed and her red
gloved hands in her lap.
"Help me with what?" Lita remained in her stance.
"Sit down child. I have a tale to tell you," The
woman motion to the couch.
"I don't want to sit down. Who are you?" Lita
glared.
"I am called Screech. Do relax," Again, she
motioned to the couch.
"I have all ready said that I don't want to sit
down. I am perfectly fine standing. Who are you
working for?"
"The same person Ogmak, I mean Chris, is working
for," Her blood red lips curled into a sneer.
"What are you talking about?"
"Why, I suppose you didn't know. No, of course not.
Chris isn't hu..." A bright flash of light cut off
Screech's sentence. "SCREECH! You aren't suppose to
be here! You wretch! You are rebeling against the
Savior of the Universe!" The male voice boomed out
over the room as the light began to die down.
"Ogmak," The woman gave a slight laugh, " I just
thought your girlfriend here deserved to know the
whole truth." She jutted a finger toward Lita.
"No, you would have filled her head with lies. Lies
about me and about Overlord Cain!" Lita could clearly
see that the voice belonged to Chris.
"Chris?" Lita gasped out.
"Yes Lita. I am called Ogmak in this time.
This....wretch didn't hurt you did she?" The man
looked concerned.
"What is going on here?!" Lita screamed.
"Shhh my love. Screech is a spy for the Black
Universe who has been trying to ruin our work to save
this world."
"What are you talking about Ogmak? You know that we
all work for the Black Universe. Stop lying to her and
just shoot her with a nice dose of black crystal."
"She is trying to turn you against us so that you
will not join our fight. Your so called friends and
her are in this whole thing together. You must beleive
me my love," Chris approached Lita.
"Me? 'In it together' with those Sailor brats? Ha!
Don't make me laugh Ogmak. I would never work with
them!" Screech fell into a uncontrolable laughing
spell. Her red lips curled over her too white teeth
in an evil smile.
"Don't listen to her. Its no surprise that she
would deny everything. Please, Lita, come with me. Get
your real life back. The one where we can live
together. The one where we'll fight to keep this world
safe from the harm people like Screech and Sailor Moon
would do to it," Chris held and outstretched hand to
Lita.
"Oh please, he'll just take you back to our
headquarters and zap you full of black crystal,"
Screech had stopped laughing.
"Just take my hand. Please Lita, for us, for the
world, take my hand," Chris' voice was soft.
Lita stood there between Screech and Chris, unsure
of what to do, who to believe. With a sigh, she
grabbed Chris' hand.
"Nooooo...." Lita could hear the woman screaming as
she and Chris disappeared into a portal.
The portal opened into a room even darker than
Lita's apartment had been. There was an eerie red glow
covering the room despite its darkness.
"Where are we?" Lita tried to peer around the room.
"This is my room. I'm sorry everything happened the
way it did. We knew someone was spying on us, but
Screech. We had no idea," Chris sighed.
"Ogmak, report to the confrence room imediately,"
the booming voice came from no where and everywhere
all at once.
"Yes, Overlord. Let me show our guest to her room
first if you please," Chris didn't remove his eyes
from Lita.
"Very well," the voice sounded again.
"This way Lita." Chris began to leave his room.
"What is going on here? Who was that?" Lita began
her questioning.
"I'll explain everything later. For now, just rest
in your room until I'm finished with my confrence with
the Savior of the Universe," Chris smiled and then
stopped in front of a door.
The door opened to a huge room with a canopy bed.
The walls were the softest shade of green Lita had
ever seen and the comforter was a rosey shade of pink.
"Is this *my* room?" Lita was awe struck.
"Yes my love," Chris smiled.
Lita walked to the bureau and picked up a hair
brush. "Is this silver?" She fingered it, amazed by
its beauty and stunning design.
"Only the best. It would have been gold, but thats
a much too soft metal. Now, I must leave for Overlord
is waiting," Chris took a slight bow and then left the
room.
Lita smiled at the brush and then took down her
hair. She ran the brilliant brush through her mane and
began to explore the rest of her room. When she opened
the closet, the most gorgeous gowns she had ever seen
stared right at her. She picked a pink one and took it
out of the closet. Lita sat the brush down and began
to undress.
"Overlord Cain, you called," Ogmak stepped into the
room and then bowed on one knee.
"What happened? Why did you bring her here?!" His
voice echoed throughout the room.
"I'm sorry Overlord, but Screech tried to ruin
everything. She went to Lita's apartment. She was
going to tell her about us. What I was really up to. I
couldn't let that happen and this was the only
solution I saw," Ogmak looked up at his lord.
"Are you aware that Screech loves you and found out
that you love Jupiter?"
"Yes." He cast his eyes toward the ground again.
"Savior of the Universe huh?" Ogmak could have
sworn that he heard a slight smile with the comment.
"Best I could come up with sir."
"I see. All right, I will play along with your
game, but only because I am anxious for the little
Moon brat to die. No more screw ups Ogmak. Is that
clear?"
"Yes Overlord."
"Good. Now, go. Entertain your guest. You need to
make a good impression if you plan to keep her when
her job is done."
"Thank you Overlord," Ogmak smiled as he stood and
left the conference room.
Lita put the last touches on her hair. She was
amazed at all of the goodies she had found waiting for
her. A knock at the door made Lita stand from her
position in front of the mirror.
"Come in," she said softly.
"Lita, I thought tha...." Chris' gaze fell upon
Lita and his mouth froze.
"You thought what?" Lita smiled knowing what he was
staring at. The dress was tight against her but not so
much so that it was uncomfortable. When the light hit
it just right, the fabric sparkled. Lita's hair was in
a french twist with little bits of hair lying
carelessly across her face. Her lips matched her pink
dress.
"I thought we could get dinner. Its around that
time, you, uh, haven't eaten yet have you?" Chris had
to tear his eyes away just to be able to talk.
"No I haven't, but where do you want to eat?"
"Well, I was going to say here, but now that you're
all dressed up, we could go to town," Chris blushed
when he looked at her again.
"Okay. You are *not* going to where that are you?"
Lita indicated his drabby blue suit. It was worn and
somewhat shabby.
"No, I suppose this wouldn't do," Chris looked
himself over. He snapped his fingers and was
instantly wearing a black tuxedo. "There, thats
better."
"How'd you do that? And now that I think about it,
why aren't you still bandaged? You were pretty beat up
earlier," Lita's smile weakened.
"When I am in this form, meaning my Ogmak form, I
have special powers. Just like when you are Jupiter. I
also do not have the wounds that I do when I am Chris.
I can heal myself as Ogmak, but not a Chris. So, I am
unable to heal the wounds inflicted by the other
Sailor Scouts. But thats enough talk about such
things. Lets only talk of us," Chris placed his
fingers under Lita's chin and pulled her gaze up to
his eyes. "Deal?"
"Deal," Lita smiled.
"May I kiss you my love?"
"Do you have to ask?"
Chris leaned over and locked his lips with Lita. As
he did so, the black crystal hidden in the back of the
closet, began to glow an eerie purple.
~*2 weeks later*~
"I still can't get ahold of Lita. I'm really
worried you guys. Maybe its time to involve the
police," Serena sat in the temple with her arms
securely locked around her knees.
"You know we can't do that Serena. Its most likely
an enemy. How would you exlplain that to the police?"
Darien sat in during the scout meeting.
"Yeah, really. 'My friend Lita is Sailor Jupiter
and we think she was kidnapped by some bad guy for god
only knows what reason. Can you help us?' I'm so sure
that would go over well," Raye said sarcastically.
"They'd probably lock you up in the looney bin! We
have to come up with something else," Mina put in.
"I think someone should go into her apartment. If
shes not answering the phone or the door then shes
probably not home. There might be a clue inside," Ami
looked at all of her friends.
"I agree. Ami, it was your idea, you and one other
person should go. Everyone else, we need to try to
think of something else," Luna jumped up onto the
table.
"Okay, come on Mina. We're going to Lita's
apartment," Ami stood and grabbed the blonde's arm.
"But shes my friend too! I wanna go to her
apartment!" Serena stood up.
"You're the leader Serena. You'd be put to better
use trying to think of a plan. Besides, Mina has more
experience in breaking into places. Right Mina?" Ami
glared at Mina remembering the time she broke into
Ami's apartment on a dare.
"Hee-hee, yeah," Mina scratched her head in
embarassment.
"Well, okay. But if you find anything, and I mean
*anything*, call us right away. Kay?" Serena's eyes
were full of concern.
"You got it," Ami dragged Mina out of the temple
and was followed by Artemis.
"Anyone got any ideas?" Luna asked.
"Got it? Is the door unlocked yet?" Ami stood as a
look out while Mina attempted to pick the lock on
Lita's apartment door.
"Almost..." CLICK " Got it!" Mina smiled and pushed
open the door.
The two girls and the cat walked into the apartment
and looked around the room. Nothing seemed out of
order. As a matter of fact. It looked like nothing had
been touched in weeks.
"You start at the desk and I'll go to her room,"
Ami started down a hallway.
"Why do you get her room?" Mina pouted.
"Because I know you too well," Ami continued down
the hall.
"Well, fair enough," Mina began to search the desk
drawers. There were pictures and letters and.......her
diary.
"Hmmm...I know I shoudn't but....No! I have to
look for clues. But this is such a perfect
opportunity. I just can't pass it up!" Mina flipped
open the diary to a random page.
~Dear diary,
Today I watched as Mina and Andrew sat in the booth
at the restaurant. I know they were just being kind in
inviting me to go with them. I should have turned them
down. I felt like such a third wheel while they sat
there making goo-goo eyes at each other. I just didn't
feel right, almost like I was intruding on their time
together. I wish I had my own 'Andrew'. I suppose I'll
find him some day. But until that day comes, I'm stuck
watching my friends and their boyfriends throwing
loving glances at each other, completely oblivious to
the fact that I'm there. Don't get me wrong. I'm not
really jealous of them or mad at them. I'm actually
really happy that they've found someone. I only wish
that I could find someone too.~
Mina's eyes teared up while she read the pained
words of her best friend. Mina flipped through the diary some more. It
was filled with mostly the same thing. That was, until
she came upon the last entry.
~I'm so confused. My life has been turned upside
down by this man. He says he loves me and everything,
but I'm not sure whether or not to believe him. Hes
also saying things. Awful things. I don't know if I
should believe him. If what he says is true, then my
entire life has been a lie. If not, then....well, then
its nothing. Why can't I be sure of what to do? This
is driving me crazy. I have to find the truth before I
lose my mind.~
"Ami!! I think I found something!" Mina screamed.
"What? What is it Mina?" Ami raced down the
hallway.
"Look at this," Mina pointed to the entry.
"Oh my god, we have to get this back to the others.
Come on, we can come back later if we have to," Ami
took off out the door.
"Oh Lita, I hope we're not too late," Mina followed
Ami with Artemis in tow.