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From the Night
Chapter 2 --- Recovery and Explanations
Darien carried Serena into his room, and laid her on his bed, the small yellow mouse closely dogging his heals. She had felt cold in his arms, and he could feel the tiny tremors that raced through her body as he held her hand. He was afraid, and it was all he could do to keep calm in the face of disaster. Her clothes were still wet, and he knew, to get her warm, she needed to be in dry clothes. So he covered her with a blanket, and waited, knowing that the scouts would arrive in any minute.
Darien stared at the yellow mouse, pondering, as it jumped onto the bed and began licking the tips of Serena's fingers on her other hand. Still clutching her fingers, he reached over, intending to stroke the fur on top of the small mouse's head. As his hand came close to the mouse, it looked up, and began to back slowly away. Sparks crackling and beginning to emanate from the two red circles on its cheeks. "Pikaa," it growled, a low grumble in its throat, warning Darien to keep his distance, so he slowly withdrew his hand.
He said nothing, instinctively knowing what happened between his love and this small, innocent looking mouse. He brushed the hair back from her eyes, and brought the hand he was holding to his mouth, placing a soft kiss upon her fingers, thinking that she was much too trusting for her own good at times.
At that moment, Darien heard a frantic rapping at his front door, and rushed to let, what he knew would be the scouts, into the apartment. He flung open the door, and in surged four very wet and worried girls, and two very soaked moon cats. They began to fling questions at him all at once, not waiting for him to answer.
"Is she ok?" asked Mina.
"Where did you find her?" questioned Rei
"What are her symptoms?" asked Ami, calmly.
"Who did this to her?" cried Lita.
"Where's this yellow mouse you told us about?" asked Luna, looking around the apartment.
"And where did it come from?" continued Artimus, looking around also.
"Let me just take you to her, the mouse is in there with her. Don't go near it, it's very skittish, and wont let me touch it. When I tried to, it backed up, and seemed to be preparing for some sort of attack. I think it is what hurt Serena, but I don't think it meant to. I think she tried to touch it to help it, but when she did, it attacked her, in self defense" he explained as he led them to his room. "She's in here, we need to work out what's wrong with her. Ami?"
"I'm on it," said Ami, determinedly, and pulling out her mini computer to begin her analysis on Serena.
As everybody crowded into the room, Pikachu moved closer to Serena, pressing his body up against her side. He bunched his muscles, and began pooling his electricity. The air came alive with static that made every person present's hair stand on end, and their skin tingle.
"I think you all should move back," cautioned Darien, "it doesn't want you to come anywhere near it. Stand up against the wall, and don't make any sudden moves."
"What sort of attack is that?" asked Lita, as the hair in her pigtail began to stand on end, and she pressed up against the wall farthest from Serena.
As all the girls and the two cats stood pressed up against the wall, it seemed to calm down, and settled back down at Serena's side.
"It seemed to be some sort of electric attack. I think you are right, Darien, it seems this creature is what hurt Serena. I am picking up traces of its energy in Serena's body, and she has all the symptoms of a mild electrocution. I don't think that it's serious, already her heart beat is getting back to normal, and the extra charge in her body is receding." Ami moved slightly closer to the creature.
"Now, the creature. It is a mammal, and a male. It is not like any other animal I've ever seen and I don't think that it is from this planet, or maybe even from this reality. It has no traces of negative energy in its body, so I don't think the attack on Serena was malicious."
"Can you tell where it comes from?" Asked Mina, her golden hair tussled around her head, and caught between her back and the wall.
"No, but it's energy signature is only just returning to normal also, as though it came through a transportation portal only recently." Ami put away her computer, "That's everything that I can tell at the moment, maybe the rest will have to come from Serena, it's best if we just wait for her to wake up."
"Geez, if we're waiting for Serena to wake up we might as well go pack our bags, 'cause we're gonna be here for awhile," quipped Rei, in her usual teasing fashion.
"I heard that, Rei," said Serena, groaning and trying to sit up. Darien was already at her side, asking her if she was ok, and she hurt anywhere, but the girls, hearing her voice immediately moved to rush to her side. They had all forgotten about the small dangerous creature that was still at Serena's side at her rousing, and as they felt the air growing dense with electricity once again, they all backed up against the wall, afraid to scare it into attacking.
"Darien?" she moaned, falling back down onto the bed again. "Where am I?"
"I found you in the park, and I brought you here. You're in my apartment." Said Darien softly, still holding on to her hand.
"Can you tell us what happened, Serena?" asked Luna from her spot next to the wall.
Serena sat up abruptly to find the yellow mouse sitting at her side, staring at her. "Pikachu?" She slowly reached out a hand to touch him, and when he didn't flinch, or go to move away, she gently placed her hand on his head, stroking his soft fur. Serena then picked Pikachu up and placed him on her lap, still patting him, so that he would stay calm. She motioned for the girls to come closer, and as they reluctantly took a few steps toward their leader, Pikachu tensed up again. Serena motioned for them stop, "They are my friends Pikachu, they won't hurt you, and they won't touch you unless you let them. Please be relaxed, I give you my word that they won't until you're ready."
"Pika pika." Said Pikachu, and gradually relaxed and settled on Serena's lap.
"You come closer now guys."
"So, tell us what happened," said Artimus.
"Okay. So I was running home after the scout meeting through the rain. I cut through the park, cause it the quickest way home, ya know, and I came across Pikachu," with every word she spoke, her voice got stronger and stronger, and colour began to return to her cheeks. " I could tell he was scared, so I thought I would try to help. I was going to take him home, out of the rain, but he got really scared, and when I tried to pick him up, he let out an electric attack. And then I fainted. It was REALLY painful."
She looked up at Darien, still stroking the fur on Pikachu's head "How did you find me, Muffin? And how did you know I was in trouble?"
"I was dreaming, and I heard you call out to me," he looked at her with all the love he felt for her in his eyes. "And anyway, I found you the same way I find you as Tuxedo Mask, pure instinct."
"Well, what can we do with Pikachu, then?" asked Lita. "We can't leave it here, because he won't let anybody but Serena touch it. Can we send it back Ami?"
Ami shook her head, "I don't know where he came from, and I don't know how the portal he came through was created. Until we find out, he can't go home."
"I guess that means you're stuck here, Pikachu," murmured Serena, "I guess you'll have to come home with me."
"But not tonight," said Darien, " You're staying here, you're not going back out in that rain, you'll have to call your parents."
"But I can't tell them I'm staying here, Muffin."
"Tell them you are staying at my place Serena," said Rei. "Tell them you didn't want to go out in the storm so I said you could stay at the temple."
"You're a genius Rei, I'll go call them now. Come on Pikachu," She vaulted out of the bed, and almost jogged out of the room, but halted in the doorway. She looked down at her clothes, they were still damp. "But I'm going to need some dry clothes. . ."
"Don't worry Serena, just go call your parents," said Darien.
Just as Serena hung up the phone and walked back into the room, from outside came a huge bang, and every person's head in the room, swung around to stare out the window. A large orange black plume of smoke was rising from in between some building down town. Serena groaned, "Why now?" She pulled out her locket, and sighed, "come on guys, we better transform and go see what's up."
So for the second time that night, Darien found himself diving out the window, transformed, going to see what trouble was lurking out in the city. "It must be the storm, it's gotta be the storm. I just can't wait for this night to end."
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hope you enjoyed it, please r/r,
email me at slbutterworth@poetic.com
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or Pokemon ____________________________________________________________
From the Night
Chapter 2 --- Recovery and Explanations
Darien carried Serena into his room, and laid her on his bed, the small yellow mouse closely dogging his heals. She had felt cold in his arms, and he could feel the tiny tremors that raced through her body as he held her hand. He was afraid, and it was all he could do to keep calm in the face of disaster. Her clothes were still wet, and he knew, to get her warm, she needed to be in dry clothes. So he covered her with a blanket, and waited, knowing that the scouts would arrive in any minute.
Darien stared at the yellow mouse, pondering, as it jumped onto the bed and began licking the tips of Serena's fingers on her other hand. Still clutching her fingers, he reached over, intending to stroke the fur on top of the small mouse's head. As his hand came close to the mouse, it looked up, and began to back slowly away. Sparks crackling and beginning to emanate from the two red circles on its cheeks. "Pikaa," it growled, a low grumble in its throat, warning Darien to keep his distance, so he slowly withdrew his hand.
He said nothing, instinctively knowing what happened between his love and this small, innocent looking mouse. He brushed the hair back from her eyes, and brought the hand he was holding to his mouth, placing a soft kiss upon her fingers, thinking that she was much too trusting for her own good at times.
At that moment, Darien heard a frantic rapping at his front door, and rushed to let, what he knew would be the scouts, into the apartment. He flung open the door, and in surged four very wet and worried girls, and two very soaked moon cats. They began to fling questions at him all at once, not waiting for him to answer.
"Is she ok?" asked Mina.
"Where did you find her?" questioned Rei
"What are her symptoms?" asked Ami, calmly.
"Who did this to her?" cried Lita.
"Where's this yellow mouse you told us about?" asked Luna, looking around the apartment.
"And where did it come from?" continued Artimus, looking around also.
"Let me just take you to her, the mouse is in there with her. Don't go near it, it's very skittish, and wont let me touch it. When I tried to, it backed up, and seemed to be preparing for some sort of attack. I think it is what hurt Serena, but I don't think it meant to. I think she tried to touch it to help it, but when she did, it attacked her, in self defense" he explained as he led them to his room. "She's in here, we need to work out what's wrong with her. Ami?"
"I'm on it," said Ami, determinedly, and pulling out her mini computer to begin her analysis on Serena.
As everybody crowded into the room, Pikachu moved closer to Serena, pressing his body up against her side. He bunched his muscles, and began pooling his electricity. The air came alive with static that made every person present's hair stand on end, and their skin tingle.
"I think you all should move back," cautioned Darien, "it doesn't want you to come anywhere near it. Stand up against the wall, and don't make any sudden moves."
"What sort of attack is that?" asked Lita, as the hair in her pigtail began to stand on end, and she pressed up against the wall farthest from Serena.
As all the girls and the two cats stood pressed up against the wall, it seemed to calm down, and settled back down at Serena's side.
"It seemed to be some sort of electric attack. I think you are right, Darien, it seems this creature is what hurt Serena. I am picking up traces of its energy in Serena's body, and she has all the symptoms of a mild electrocution. I don't think that it's serious, already her heart beat is getting back to normal, and the extra charge in her body is receding." Ami moved slightly closer to the creature.
"Now, the creature. It is a mammal, and a male. It is not like any other animal I've ever seen and I don't think that it is from this planet, or maybe even from this reality. It has no traces of negative energy in its body, so I don't think the attack on Serena was malicious."
"Can you tell where it comes from?" Asked Mina, her golden hair tussled around her head, and caught between her back and the wall.
"No, but it's energy signature is only just returning to normal also, as though it came through a transportation portal only recently." Ami put away her computer, "That's everything that I can tell at the moment, maybe the rest will have to come from Serena, it's best if we just wait for her to wake up."
"Geez, if we're waiting for Serena to wake up we might as well go pack our bags, 'cause we're gonna be here for awhile," quipped Rei, in her usual teasing fashion.
"I heard that, Rei," said Serena, groaning and trying to sit up. Darien was already at her side, asking her if she was ok, and she hurt anywhere, but the girls, hearing her voice immediately moved to rush to her side. They had all forgotten about the small dangerous creature that was still at Serena's side at her rousing, and as they felt the air growing dense with electricity once again, they all backed up against the wall, afraid to scare it into attacking.
"Darien?" she moaned, falling back down onto the bed again. "Where am I?"
"I found you in the park, and I brought you here. You're in my apartment." Said Darien softly, still holding on to her hand.
"Can you tell us what happened, Serena?" asked Luna from her spot next to the wall.
Serena sat up abruptly to find the yellow mouse sitting at her side, staring at her. "Pikachu?" She slowly reached out a hand to touch him, and when he didn't flinch, or go to move away, she gently placed her hand on his head, stroking his soft fur. Serena then picked Pikachu up and placed him on her lap, still patting him, so that he would stay calm. She motioned for the girls to come closer, and as they reluctantly took a few steps toward their leader, Pikachu tensed up again. Serena motioned for them stop, "They are my friends Pikachu, they won't hurt you, and they won't touch you unless you let them. Please be relaxed, I give you my word that they won't until you're ready."
"Pika pika." Said Pikachu, and gradually relaxed and settled on Serena's lap.
"You come closer now guys."
"So, tell us what happened," said Artimus.
"Okay. So I was running home after the scout meeting through the rain. I cut through the park, cause it the quickest way home, ya know, and I came across Pikachu," with every word she spoke, her voice got stronger and stronger, and colour began to return to her cheeks. " I could tell he was scared, so I thought I would try to help. I was going to take him home, out of the rain, but he got really scared, and when I tried to pick him up, he let out an electric attack. And then I fainted. It was REALLY painful."
She looked up at Darien, still stroking the fur on Pikachu's head "How did you find me, Muffin? And how did you know I was in trouble?"
"I was dreaming, and I heard you call out to me," he looked at her with all the love he felt for her in his eyes. "And anyway, I found you the same way I find you as Tuxedo Mask, pure instinct."
"Well, what can we do with Pikachu, then?" asked Lita. "We can't leave it here, because he won't let anybody but Serena touch it. Can we send it back Ami?"
Ami shook her head, "I don't know where he came from, and I don't know how the portal he came through was created. Until we find out, he can't go home."
"I guess that means you're stuck here, Pikachu," murmured Serena, "I guess you'll have to come home with me."
"But not tonight," said Darien, " You're staying here, you're not going back out in that rain, you'll have to call your parents."
"But I can't tell them I'm staying here, Muffin."
"Tell them you are staying at my place Serena," said Rei. "Tell them you didn't want to go out in the storm so I said you could stay at the temple."
"You're a genius Rei, I'll go call them now. Come on Pikachu," She vaulted out of the bed, and almost jogged out of the room, but halted in the doorway. She looked down at her clothes, they were still damp. "But I'm going to need some dry clothes. . ."
"Don't worry Serena, just go call your parents," said Darien.
Just as Serena hung up the phone and walked back into the room, from outside came a huge bang, and every person's head in the room, swung around to stare out the window. A large orange black plume of smoke was rising from in between some building down town. Serena groaned, "Why now?" She pulled out her locket, and sighed, "come on guys, we better transform and go see what's up."
So for the second time that night, Darien found himself diving out the window, transformed, going to see what trouble was lurking out in the city. "It must be the storm, it's gotta be the storm. I just can't wait for this night to end."
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hope you enjoyed it, please r/r,
email me at slbutterworth@poetic.com