Author: Thanks for the reviews people!!!
Disclaimer: Don't own any of the characters in this story.
"No, I cant tell you…you don't understand…you'll never understand," whispered Serena.
"Understand what? Tell us Serena!," exclaimed Lita.
Serena shook her head once again. "I cant, he will get me. I don't want him to get me!" exclaimed the blonde, on the brink of hysteria.
"Who is going to get you? Serena calm down…" consoled Amy. Serena suddenly pushed her way out of Rei's arms, trying to make a run for it. Unfortunately, the miko had quick reflexes and immediately grabbed onto the fleeing blonde once again and pulled her back down in her arms and held her tightly.
"You're not going anywhere Serena, now explain," growled Rei, making her grip around girl all the more tighter.
"Let me go, let me go, let me go!" shouted Serena as Mina quickly moved her way over to her. She took her hands and placed them on either side of Serena's face.
"Calm down," said Mina. Serena stopped struggling and looked Mina in the eyes.
"Now tell us what's going on," said Mina. Serena began shook her head but Mina stopped her.
"Please," pleaded Mina.
"I cant" she whispered.
"Yes you can Serena. What are you afraid of?" asked Mina.
"Him."
"Him who?"
"I can't tell you."
"Yes you can."
"No… he'll hurt me"
"If you tell us, we'll stop him from hurting you."
"You cant protect me, he'll get you too."
"Not if we can help it," Serena sighed.
'Why are they being so stubborn,' she thought.
'Why is she being so stubborn,' thought the Senshi.
"Why cant you accept the fact that I cant tell you!?"
"Because we are your guardians and its our duty to protect you. I'm pretty ashamed for not finding out about this sooner." exclaimed Mina. Serena glared at her Senshi, becoming angry.
'I should have stayed home,' thought Serena.
"Look, if I tell you, you have to promise me not to tell any one," pleaded Serena. The scouts looked at each other unsure. True they wanted to know, but this is a serious matter that shouldn't be kept quiet
"Serena, we cant…"
"Promise me!" exclaimed Serena.
"Ok we promise, now tell us what's going on!" Serena sighed with relief. She nodded her head, eyes staring at the floor, fingers unconsciously fiddling together.
"It's my dad. He's the one that has been hurting us." replied Serena.
"Us?" asked Rei.
"Yeah, my mom and I" said Serena as she took in a deep breath.
"It wasn't always like this, I mean, my dad was a good man…before things started to go down hill.," replied Serena, eyes giving a far-off look.
"Like?" asked Lita.
"Well before we moved here, my dad had a great job. We had a huge house, a nice car, lots of money. Things were just perfect" replied Serena.
"What happened?" asked Amy.
"My dad lost his job. He didn't have the money to support us as he used too. So he sold our house and car moved into a smaller house and a less expensive car. Then my dad started drinking,"
"Is that when the beatings started Serena?" asked Mina, pulling her knees up to her chest.
"Yeah." she looked down to the floor, "They weren't so bad than. Just got smacked around a bit, got yelled at all the time. It started to get worse over time, then it stopped."
"Stopped?" asked Lita, totally warped into the story.
"Yeah, mom became pregnant with Sam. Everything was good again. Dad had stopped drinking, no more beatings, he was so nice, like he used to be, we had moved again; here."
"So what happened?" asked Rei.
"Well, a couple of weeks after Sam was born, everything started again but it was way worse this time." she looked up at her friends, "I just don't understand why it started again."
"When did all of this start?" asked Amy, becoming quite curious.
"I was 9 when we moved, so 5 years ago" said Serena.
"Your dad has been beating you for 5 years?!" exclaimed Lita.
"Yeah…on and off back then but now he's been drinking really heavy now. Always at bars, or drinking bottles after bottles of beer when he's home. Then the screaming and hitting starts, I'm just glad he doesn't hit Sam."
"Why haven't you told anyone about this?" asked Mina.
"I had one time, before dad found out mom was pregnant. I had told my teacher in my old school, in our last town. She called up some people and they came to my house. My dad talked to them and then they left, so I thought all was good. But then, my dad came over to me and beat the crap out of me. That was the worst beating I had ever had in my life. I hadn't gone to school for a week, and then we moved a couple of days afterwards. That's when my mom told dad about Sam," said Serena, shuddering at the memory.
"That's why I didn't want to tell anyone and I don't want something like that to happen again.." said Serena. Everything was pretty quiet after that. A disturbing silence it was as the Senshi thought over the things that had been told, while Serena reminisced over some horrible memories.
"Hey, why don't we head in, I'm tired," replied Serena, giving off a fake yawn.
"Yeah, lets go to sleep," replied Mina, she too giving off a yawn, yet hers was real.
"Hey wait Serena, I want to see those wounds on your back first. I want to make sure they aren't too bad. Plus someone did a real crappy job bandaging them up. " said Amy. Serena blushed, walking over to Amy without saying a word. After about 10 min of checking, cleaning and wrapping, Amy was finished.
"Thanks Amy," said Serena.
"No problem," replied Amy with a smile. "Hey, if you ever need someone to fix up your wounds or anything, don't hesitate to come to me, ok?,"
Serena nodded. "Okay." She walked over to her sleeping bag. She climbed in, laying down on her back. She visibly winced and turned onto her stomach, closing her eyes and fell asleep.
Author: well that's all. I'm really sorry for the wait, but I'm grounded. So, I don't know when I'll be able to update again. Anyway, I hoped you enjoyed and please review.
