A.N. Well picked up, JadesRose (in your review for chap22). Actually, that wasn't where I originally ended it, so it probably wasn't all that natural. It was a very long chapter so I spilt it up into three. Here is the third part.

Thankyou to 'JadesRose', 'Ashley (sunstardp)', 'General Mevneriel, Amy, Usagi Serenity Yui Cosmos, and two 'anonymous' for reviewing.



Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon.



Exhausted, the four scouts dropped to the floor lying in a pile next to the inner sailors. The black curtains flapped gently in the breeze. The battle was finally over.

"We did it." Uranus said, trying to push herself up from the floor, but her arms buckled under her weight so she collapsed back down the ground. "We got the creep." She said, groaning and trying again to lift herself up again.

"Yes," Neptune said, a smile creeping on her usual humble face. Uranus held out her hand and helped Neptune to her feet. Wearily, Neptune swayed a little before collapsing into her arms. A rose colour tickled Uranus's cheeks as she blushed.

"Sailor Saturn, are you alright?" Pluto asked, kneeling down next to her friend. Saturn lied motionless on the floor. "Scouts, I think that something is wrong with Sailor Saturn." She said, calling the other two over. Neptune placed her fingers up the Saturn's neck and checked her pulse.

"She is alive." Neptune said, with a heavy smile. "Alive, but she is very weak, we should let her rest."

Uranus nodded. "Yes, we can carry her home if need be." She looked at all of the other weary bodies that were sprawled out on the floor. "We should try to wake the rest of them up. We need to go home and we can't carry them all." Uranus said, crouching down next to Mars. "Sailor Mars." She said, shaking her lightly. "Sailor Mars wake up."

Mars heard a distant voice. Slowly she slipped back into consciousness and steadily opened her eyes. The fiery red that had haunted them had now completely vanished. She looked up towards Uranus. "Did, did we get it?" She asked.

"Yes, you four scouts were great." Neptune smiled, looking down on Mars.

"Hey," Uranus asked, looking at all the bodies on the floor. "Where is Moon Face? Opps, I mean the princess." She smiled.

They each scanned the room, only just realising that the wind had vanished. The room was still bathed in shadows, but it the feel of the room had brightened. It was no longer as dark and gloomy as it once was. 'Hope.' Pluto thought to herself. 'The room is full of 'hope, and the promise of a new day.'

"She is over there." Neptune said spotting Sailor Moon hunched up in a ball in the corner of the room. "She does not look well."

Mars gasped when she saw her friend. Blood had soaked her white uniform and more was still running down from her skull. She had bumped her head against the wall too many times. She was still bumping her head as they watched on in horror. Her arms were cut where she had been scratching away at her skin with her fingernails. "Get out," She cried to herself over and over again. Silver tears ran down her cheeks, "Get out! I didn't do it." She said, banging her head hard against the wall again.

"Sailor Moon!" Mars cried, running over to her friend. "Sailor Moon, stop that!" She said, placing her hand between Serena's head and the wall, cushioning the blow. She moved Serena's head up to look in her eyes. Their beautiful blue colour had lost their lustre, now they had turned a dull grey, completely void of anything other then tears. "There is something wrong with her." Mars said, her eyes misty with tears. "I know she can be a bit of a flake sometimes, but this is not normal."

Uranus nodded and looked over at Neptune, she knew that her soul mate would have all the answers.

Neptune looked deep into her Princesses eyes and sighed. "The darkness has infected her." She whispered, hypnotised by the emptiness of her eyes.

"Hmm," Pluto agreed.

"Hmm? Is that all you can say?" Mars yelled angrily. "Don't just stand around, help her." She cried, hugging her friend tightly. "It is going to be okay Sailor Moon. We will help you." She tried to clean Serena's forehead with a strip of her skirt.

"Get out." Serena whispered to herself and started rocking back and forwards.

Mars looked up at Neptune and cried. "Please, you have to help her!" She begged.

Neptune knelt down next to Sailor Moon. "I can't." she whispered, moving a blonde strand of hair out of Serena's eyes. "This is a battle that only she can win."

"But she can do it? Right? Sailor Neptune? Uranus?" Tears fell down her weary cheeks. "Sailor Pluto, she is going to win? Right?"

Sailor Pluto sighed with a heavy heart. "It takes great strength to defeat the darkness."

"That can't be your answer!" Mars yelled, standing up angrily. "Please tell me that she is going to win."

Pluto looked at Serena, a tear forming in her usual collected eyes. "I am sorry but," She said, placing her arm around Sailor Mars. "She has already lost."

A gale blew from nowhere, turning the wind icy cold. Embracing the wind, Sailor Neptune knew that there was something wrong. She turned to Pluto, asking for an answer with her eyes. Suddenly, a roar came from over near the hole in the wall. The startled scouts looked over from where the noise echoed.

Climbing back into the room was Damon, dripping with blood and covered with scars. The centre of his frosty blue eyes lit up with an angry shade of red. A wicked smile ran from each corner of his lips. His mouth foamed with saliva that dropped down from his chin and stained the floor beneath. He had finally gathered up enough energy to awaken, and now his power was at its maximum. The scouts looked on in horror, none of them daring to move a muscle.

"No!" Uranus gasped. "It has finally awakened."





A.N. Thanks for reading everybody, it would be great to know what you are all thinking. It won't be long before all my secrets of this story are revealed. Also, this will be the last chance to vote for whom you want. So here are the choices again:

Serena/ Darien

Serena/ Damon

Serena/and both of them. (Don't worry, it wont be about sharing her)

Peace to all. xxx Destiny xxx