Disclaimer: How many times do I have to say I only own Darien…and Darien Jr.

Author's note: these  ~    ~   are just their sub-conscious speaking…or arguing as the case may be.

Hostages

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"Did you bring everything?"

"No Andrew, I just came here for no apparent reason completely blowing off the plan." Mina replied sarcastically while walking towards the storage room in the arcade. 'Well it's bigger than I thought, maybe this will work after all.' The room had dark blue carpeting and no widows in it and it was covered with selves of extra food and drink mixes for the café, along with extra parts for the video games and some flashlights incase there was ever a black out.

"I'll just take that as a yes." Andrew said while throwing a bag of stuff on an empty table next to a shelf. Mina doing the same with the bag she was carrying then followed Andrew back to the arcade and she took a seat next to her three friends.

"Well?" Raye inquired growing curious on what was left for them to do.

"All that is left now is for us to convince Serena to come down here." Mina respond, not sure whether or not this was going to be an easy task.

"And how do you propose we do that?"

"Andrew and I have that worked out. I'm gonna tell her that Andrew is feeling really bad about the way he treated her and Darien and would like her to come down so he can talk to her."

"Well if nothing else this should be amusing." Raye said while taking a drink from her shake, with a mischievous grin plastered on her face.

"So what do you think she'll do to us if she survives this?" Lita said half laughing half worried.

"That's the best part, it doesn't matter! As far as she'll know this was all Andrew's doing." Ami said with her evil grin appearing once more. And once more this grin gave all of her friends the chills.

"Well then lets go find Serena!" They said getting up from their table and giving Andrew a quick wave bye.

After they left Andrew picked up his phone that was on the counter and dilled his friend's number. After a couple of rings the answer machine came on telling the caller to leave a message. "Hey Darien this is Drew, listen I've been meaning to talk to ya for awhile so when you get this can you come down here. Bout four would be great thanks talk to ya later. With that Andrew hung up the receiver. 'He gets out of his class in a half an hour, that'll give him an hour to get here.' He thought before going back to work, helping his costumers.

In the mean time the girls had been having a hard time tracking Serena down. Her younger brother had opened the door when that went to her house. He said that she wasn't home, but being the annoying little brother had refused to tell them where she had gone. That was a half an hour ago and they were now walking through a park next to a lake. "Ugh, she could be anywhere! Face it where never going to find her! Mina exclaimed before clasping onto the ground. At that very moment Ami happened to spot a very familiar patch of blond Meatballs. "Hey I think I see her." She told her friends pointing to a head behind a bench. "Must you contradict everything I say?" Mina asked glaring up a the sky not seeming to be talking to anyone in particular, gaining a few stares of confusion from her friends.

With that they walked over to the bench where Serena sat, staring out into the lake which seemed to her like millions of crystals sparkling under the blistering sun.

"Hey, you alright? We've been looking everywhere for you. Raye asked taking a seat next to her.

"Yeah, I fine." She responded with a smile descending upon her face.

"You know your not actually the easiest person to find." Mina whined before plopping down on the other side of her."

"Ignore her." Lita smirked. "She thinks the gods are conspiring against her."

"So why where you guys looking for me?" Serena questioned.

It was Ami's turn to talk. "Well we where at the arcade," Serena grimaced at the word remembering the look on Andrew's face. "and Andrew had asked about you. He said that he was feeling kinda bad for how he had talked to Darien and you the other day and that he would like to talk to you. At four, if at all possible. As luck would have it, Ami was also pretty good at lying.

"Really" Serena asked while looking down at her watch, 3:37pm. "Well, I'm gonna get going. Are you guys coming with me?"

"Of course!" They all agreed before standing and headed out of the park and towards the arcade.

Darien had also received his message and had headed towards the arcade, unsure of what to say to Andrew. He arrived right after Serena. They looked around but couldn't seem to find Andrew. Serena looked at the girls to ask if they got the right time but before she got the chance Lita decided to chime in. "Maybe he's in back? Did he ask you to come too?" She asked, looking at Darien.

"Yeah, he told me to be here around four-ish."

"Well why don't you guys go check? He may have had to get something."

Serena and Darien looked at each other before walking towards the back room. When they got there the door was already opened most of the way. Figuring that Lita was right and Andrew was just getting something out for the arcade, they walked in.

"Andrew you in here?"

Slam!!! Was the only response they received. They both ran to the door and attempted at opening it. As they did, they saw Andrew walking away, but he turned around and waved before entering the arcade.

"It's locked." Darien said his voice tinted with anger.

"No, it can't be," she tried to open it but it wouldn't budge. "he wouldn't do this, would he?"

"Well obviously he would and from the looks of it we're gonna be here for a while." He said while opening the bag that had previously been in his closet floor.

"What do you mean" Serena asked, looking worried as she walked towards a different bag that she knew for a fact, was previously on her bedroom floor.

'Crap, I'm gonna be stuck here with Baka for god knows how long.'

'Crap, I'm gonna be stuck here with Meatball head for god knows how long' That was about all either one of them could think about before they decided on sitting down on the floor.

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"So how long are you gonna keep them in there for?" Raye questioned.

"Well, they each have enough supplies for five days, so some where around then. We will see what happens." Andrew replied "Given the miracle that they don't kill each other first."

"I have worried that they do survive"

"Mina!" Ami yelled, rather stunned by the comment.

"Oh, I didn't mean it that way. I just meant that I will miss Andrew.

"Great, you just love making me feel so relaxed."

"Well think of it this way so long as their in there, you have nothing to worry about."

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"So any ideas on how to get out of here Baka?

 "The only way out is through the door." He said, while pointing at the door. "This was not exactly how I had planned on spending my weekend."

"Oh, and you know I was just dying to be locked in here with you." Serena said, while rolling her eyes.

"I bet you were." He replied, using his cocky grin.

"You wish Baka! With that he caught a pillow right in the face that had been placed with some other pillows and blankets.

~You do wish don't you?!~

'What! Of course not! This is Meatball head!'

~Since when has that mattered?~

'What are you talking about?'

~Common, you know you care about her, you always have.~

'No I haven't, how would you know anyway?'

~Well, because I AM you!~

"That's it! I'm going insane from being locked up in here with Meatball head." He shouted without realizing that he shouted it out loud.

"You're going insane! I'm the one stuck with a cold hearted, insensitive, jerk!"

"I'm not insensitive!"

"Yes, you are!" she said, sticking her tongue out at him.

"And you're a spoiled, immature brat." He replied, as calm and collected as ever.

"I'm suppose to be the spoiled, immature brat?! I'm not the one that goes around making fun of people.

"God this is gonna be a long week."

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Author's notes: Well another chapter posted…on the same day even. With any luck it should get interesting in the next chapter, but not THAT interesting, mind you, it's still rated pg.