And you are?

By: Ree-B

Rating: PG-13

This is a romance fic that takes place after all the fighting, but before Crystal

Tokyo.

It is a Usa/Mamo romance with some angst.

Standard disclaimer applies

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Chapter 1:

Everything was a blur.

She was still reeling from it all.

She was at his side, whispering words of love and comfort, even though her inner

voice kept telling her that he couldn't hear. But she wouldn't give up. She

COULDN'T give up!

Faint sirens in the distance told her the ambulance was on it's way. Why can't

it get here any faster! They would know how to stop the bleeding. Goddess, there

was so much blood! She tried to close her eyes to it. But all she could as her

lids closed was the vision of her loves body as it slammed into the front of the

oncoming car. She could feel it the moment he had been hit. His pain radiated

through her whole being. The pain was too much. Where was that ambulance!

As if on cue, she could hear someone calling her name.

"..erena? Serena, the ambulance..." The voice kept fading in and out as is her

mind was grasping at the words slowly. "...away from him. Serena?" The thought

of moving from his side jerked her back to reality.

"Huh? What did you say, Andrew?"

"I said that the ambulance was here. They need you to move back, Serena, so they

can move him into the vehicle."

"No. I can't leave. I have to stay with him!" She pushed at Andrew's arms as

he tried to pull him up next to him.

"Shh. It's okay, Serena. They just need to get him to the hospital."

The hospital. That's right! The doctors in the hospital will make him better.

Then she could see him smile again. Feel his fingers brush back her bangs. He

would get better.

Before she knew it, the white walls of the hospital filled her vision. She didn't

know how she had gotten there. Maybe Andrew had brought her? All she knew now was

that she had to wait. Wait for him to return from surgery. And wait for the

doctors to tell her what was going on. Wait. Damn it! She didn't want to wait!

"I have to see him!" She declared matter of factly as she stood up suddenly.

Andrew calmed her with a hand on her arm.

"It won't be much longer, Serena. Just hold on and let the doctors do their

thing. Then you can go in to see him. She started to pace restlessly. Andrew

was just about to physically shove her in a seat to keep still when four woman

came pounding through the ER door. Noticing them as Serena's close friends, he

thanked the gods for the welcome distraction for the blonde.

"Sere?!" All four ladies came around the blond in a fierce hug.

"What happened, Serena? Andrew didn't tell us much over the phone." Amy was eager

to extract information from the blond. But her words just brought tears to

Serena's eyes.

"He was just *sniff* going to the car *sniff* and then *sniff sniff* he was laying

there *sniff* OH GODDESS, he was bleeding so much!" At this she broke down into

tears and sank to the floor. Lita gave Amy a quick 'why-the-hell-did-you-make-her-

think-about-it' kind of look as she cradled their princess on the floor.

Minutes, maybe hours passed. Serena had calmed down long ago. But she remained

in her position on the floor, Lita wrapped neatly around her small frame. No one

was talking. Almost like a mutual agreement that any sound might bring tears back

into the blonde's eyes. It hurt them all to see their normally cheerful friend so

wrought with sadness.

Then out of the blue, a doctor stepped up to them. They all turned as one when he

cleared his throat. At first glance, all Serena could focus on was the spatters

of blood on the doctors scrubs. Then her eyes came to a blood smeared face. It

was grim and unhappy.

"Are you the family of Darien Shields." He paused for a yes or no and received a

curt nod from Andrew. "We did the best that we could in surgery. But he is still

not doing well. He is asleep still and we are keeping a close eye on him. Once

he wakes we will let you know."

"When can I see him?" Serena was now on her feet.

The doctor raised his hand in submission. "Once he is awake we can address that

issue."

"That's not good enough, Damn it! I HAVE to see him." Raye stepped up beside

her. Trying to soothe her with a hand on her arm she said,

"They will let us know, Sere. He needs to rest now." For a second Serena almost

sat down to wait when she felt a twinge in her. It was the most horrible pain she

had ever felt. She started to double over when she realized it was not from her.

It was from Darien. He was awake and in terrible pain. Then an overwhelming

power swept over her. It was Darien's power. He was trying to heal himself!

"He's awake. Oh Goddess don't leave me!" She took off down the hall. Running to

a room which she need not know the number. But she knew he was there. She FELT

he was there. The doctor along with a couple of nurses were hot on her trail

along with the rest of her friends. When she reached the door she paused only

long enough to see his body engulfed in a golden aura on the hospital bed. She

let out a terrified gasp as she ran to his side. Tears blurred her vision.

Without a second thought to who may have been watching she reached inside herself

and drew out her power of the silver crystal. As she joined her power with his

own, the room brightened in a mix of white and gold.

At the door, The doctors and nurses were staring in wonder. Amy pulled out her

mercury computer to gauge their monarchs energy levels. As far as she could tell,

Darien was almost cleared of all injuries he had acquired. But his energy was

draining fast. "They need our energy!" That was all the prompt the other ladies

needed as they each called upon their scout powers. Soon the colors of red,

green, blue, and orange mingled among the golden/silver atmosphere of the room.

Serena instantly felt the power boost of her scouts. It was working. She could

feel him grow stronger. She reached out to his body with her mind. Mental

fingers worked their way down his body, checking each injury with care to find

them all healed. With a sigh of relief she pulled back her powers. As she felt

the scouts pull back as well as Darien, she felt the drain on her and slumped to

her knees. Audible gasps were heard from her friends as they fairly flew to her

side.

"I'm okay, guys. Just a little tired." They set her in a chair pulled up close

to Darien's hospital bed. The doctor, still in his bloodied scrubs, came to check

Darien's vital signs.

"I don't understand?" His brow was creased. "All of his wounds are gone. How did

it happen? And what was with the light show?!"

Serena stared at her love. He was better now. That's all that mattered. But in

healing him, she had dug them all into a deep hole that would be extremely had to

get out of. She glanced to Mina. Her gaze was not missed as they thought about

how to cover-up their obvious display of power. The quiet Amy spoke in low tones

to Serena.

"Can you erase their memories?" She knew Amy was referring to the power of the

silver crystal.

The blond just shook her head. "There are too many people who saw and there would

be too much to cover up. I don't think I could do it at full health, more or less

in this weakened state after using so much energy."

"What if we waited until you got more strength back? Could you do it if we

combined energy with you?" Mina asked. Amy was punching some numbers on her

Mercury computer once more as Serena thought it over. Just as Serena was about to

suggest trying it, Amy interrupted her.

"No!" All heads turned to her. "It would still drain way too much energy from

you. We can't risk it! We'll just have to find another way. I think if we

revealed that we had powers but left out that we were sailor scouts, we might be

okay."

"And if anyone is still doubtful, Lita can threaten them to make sure they don't

squeal." Lita cracked her knuckles in excitement. But one look from Serena told

her it was NOT going to happen.

"I think we should gain their trust." Surely they would listen to reason, right?

"And it helps to have someone who can secure the area." A new voice rang from the

doorway. All heads turned to the tall lady. She wore a medical lab coat with an

I.D. badge reading 'Dr. Mizuno' on it. It was Amy's mother. The ladies let out a

sigh on relief. This would be much easier with the Hospital Head of Department on

their side. "I want everyone in this room, now." She ushered the various nurses

and the doctor into the room. "No one is leaving this room until I say so."

After everyone had settled down she closed the door and walked over to Darien's

bed where the girls hovered around. Amy made as she was going to tell her

everything when Ms. Mizuno held up her hand. "I know, Amy. I have known for

awhile, dear. I did not say anything so I would not cause alarm. But it seems

now that I can help you in your predicament. Once we get everything handled you

can finish in the gaps I have figured out." She then turned to Serena. "I am

pleased to meet you at last, Serena. I wish it was on better terms. Do you have

any ideas?"

"Ideas are really not my strong suit. That's where your daughter comes into our

group. She's GREAT with stuff like that." Amy blushed at the compliment and

turned to her mother.

"I was actually thinking that maybe if we..."

*SLAM*

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I know this is a bad place to stop. But I just HAD to do it. Anyways, I hope

you enjoyed it. Hopefully next chapter I can get into the full angsty part of

the story. This chapter just had to much that had to happen. Sorry.

See ya next chapter!

Ree-B

ree_chan_angel@yahoo.com

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