It was almost midnight when the girls decided to all head for their respective homes. They said they're good byes and disappeared into the darkness. Serena was had only made it three blocks before someone grabbed her from behind. Adrenaline pumped through her blood stream and she quickly spun around and faced her attacker, she was about to plant a well-practiced punch dead center on their face when she realized whom she was facing.
Darien's midnight blue eyes were looking strait into hers. Serena felt her stomach drop, the air left her lungs in one surprised gasp as she took in what was going on. He leaned forward as if he was going to kiss her, but she wouldn't let him hurt her like the last time all over again. She stepped back and glared at him.
"What do you think your doing? You think you can just show up late at night when you want to, kiss me, and then leave me like so piece of trash? Like some girl you don't even care about? I won't stand for it. I'm worth more then that, and I can do better then that. So get the hell outta my life."
Darien felt like he'd just been punched in the stomach. He wanted to hold his girl in his arms right now, to tell her that he thought he loved her, and that he wanted to protect her from everything. He knew he couldn't though. That she could never love a vampire, but because he was falling in love with her she was in danger. He had to tell her about Allen, and had to make her believe him, and the only was she would believe him was if she trusted him, and to earn her trust she needed the truth. The truth that would hurt him so much. Her sheer rejection would tear him apart, but he had to protect her from Allen, even if it meant he would have to suffer.
"You don't understand Serena. You can't possibly understand. I know I hurt you by pushing you away that first night, and then leaving you alone in the darkness the second time, but understand that I hurt you to protect you, and myself. I knew I was falling in love with you, even though as a vampire I'm not supposed to be able to love. That first night I was scared of those feelings so I pushed you away, I was confused. Then when I kissed you in the park I knew I was falling for you, but that you could never love me. I'm a vampire, and you hunt vampires every night in that park. I know I've been watching you on your hunts. I don't know how you got mixed into my demon world, but now you're in danger and it's my fault. Allen will try to kill you."
"Get away from me!" Serena pushed Darien away from her. Tears rolling down her face. She was confused and hurt. Everything was so unfair. How could she have fallen for a vampire, an evil vile creature? She turned on her heel and ran into the darkness. Not caring really if he followed her, she just had to get away. To outrun her emotions. She wanted to be numb, she couldn't handle thinking anymore and she just wanted to be home.
Serena slammed into someone in her blind run. She looked up at the green face and saw Allen starting down at her. A cold smile across his lips. Darien's warning rang out through her head as she started at the cruel creature blocking her path.
"Serena where are you going in such a hurry? And what are these, tears? Don't cry darling. Allen will make it all better just relax," Allen was putting Serena into a trance with his smooth voice and comforting words. "That's it now come here, come to me."
Serena walked right up to Allen as he took her into his arms. Just as Allen enveloped Serena into his arms Darien turned the corner and spotted the two this way. His dead heart wretched in his chest. Allen looked up at him with cold eyes and an evil glare. He picked Serena up and held her close to his chest. In her trance Serena unconsciously snuggled close to Allen's body. Darien couldn't stand to watch the girl he loved in Allen's arms. He knew Allen had her under one of his spells, he had to, but it still hurt to watch.
"What the matter Darien?" Allen said coldly. "Can't handled it when someone steals your love? How very sad. Now maybe you'll understand what you did to me when you took my Anne from me. When you killed her for your own fun."
"Allen don't touch her!"
"Or what? There's nothing you can do in this situation Darien. I have this poor pitiful human that you've fallen in love with and what happens to her is solely in my hands. I can do what ever I want. And I think I'm going to enjoy making you watch."
With that Allen teleported Darien, Serena, and himself back to his lair. Darien found himself chained to a wall while Allen sat with Serena on a large bed covered in dark green and black satin sheets. Allen released Serena from her trance. He wanted Darien to hear her screams of pain as he hurt her and destroyed her. Maybe he'd get really lucky and she would beg Darien to save her and then Darien would have to watch as his love was destroyed, mind and body.
Serena looked around the room and at Darien in the chains. "What's going on?" Serena demanded of Allen. She had a migraine and was in a very foul temper.
"Well darling that chained to the wall over there is Darien, the pitiful vampire who has fallen in love with you. Almost a century ago he brutally killed the love of my life, Anne. Now I'm going to get my revenge by letting him watch me slowly and painfully kill you."
With that Allen began to laugh demonically.
