The Hunted

Serena's POV

Serena thought quietly 'Wow this place is AWSOME!!!!!!!!!' 'This is definitely the BEST party of the year!' "Wow you guys this place is banging!" Jimena yelled out over the loud music. "Let's go show off some of our moves!" Jimena was already dragging her to the floor to meet up with Vanessa, Tianna, and Catty. They all started swaying to the beat, their bodies moving in the same continuous rhythm. "Come on lets show them what we're made of!" Catty yelled, as she slowly started to get lower, and lower, until Serena's legs hurt bad, from the pressure. A crowd gathered around them, and people were cheering them on. Finally the song ended and they all took a break. Tianna went to get some drinks, along with Jimena.

Serena went deeper into the crowd, splitting up with Vanessa, and Catty. "They probably wont even know I'm gone." She said to herself. She walked up closer to the stage. She couldn't help it but she knew that something was wrong with Stanton. He wouldn't ever do that to her. Suddenly she bumped into someone, and stumbled back. He grabbed her and helped her keep balance. She looked up, and gasped. "Tymmie!"

"Long time no see Goddess. So did you make your choice yet?"
"It's none of your business" She wasn't in the mood to fight. She was still weak from Stanton's attack, and also to make things worse it was almost the dark of the moon, which means that her powers are very weak at the time. She would definitely lose.

"Well I can tell you right now Goddess, you won't live to make the choice, so why not just get it over with now, join us, with the powers of the dark, you would be invincible!"
"I've seen what it offers, and I don't want it"
"Oh but I'm not giving you a choice you see" With that he grabbed her. She pulled free, and ran into the crowd, she could feel his mental force pushing around trying to find her. She ran for the door. ------ Wrong move------. Now the other Daughters won't be there. "Oh great, well I can't turn back now" She ran down the street, and down an alley. "Oh crap dead end" She yelled. She turned around her powers building. Tymmie materialized in front of her. She could feel his power.
With a movement quicker than she could react to, he grabbed her, and looked into her eyes. She knew she shouldn't but it was too late. She was already losing focus.

Suddenly she felt a strong tug, and was knocked back into reality. What she saw made her fall to the ground. She saw Stanton, fighting Tymmie. Of course Tymmie was no match for him, he still was strong. Tymmie finally gave up and left, smiling at her before desolving into the night. Stanton flung down to her side.

Are you okay, did her hurt you? This was all too much for her, one minute he's threatening to kill her, and the next he's kneeling over her asking her if she's okay. Suddenly everything went blank.

The next things she remembered were scattered memories, Stanton desolving them into shadow, him carrying her to her room, him pacing around her room worried, and him waiting out on the balcony, looking at the night.

Finally she regained conscience, it wasn't long before Stanton saw. He came up to her and knelt by her bed, his face had pure terror, and worry on it. How could he act so kind, when 2 days ago her almost killed her? She could never forgive him for that.
Suddenly he got a look of pain on his face. "There's something wrong with, me. We need to talk. About that night, It wasn't me...................It was Lambert...... "She gasped, how could she be so foolish, and think that Stanton would harm her! Finally Stanton finished explaining. When he finished she sat there shaking. This was serious, Stanton is in danger. Finally she couldn't take no more, she threw her arms around him and just started crying. Letting out all of the pain, and sorrow, that she went through the past few days, and for Stanton!, he was danger, she couldn't bare it.

He reached down and kissed her slowely and gently. She didn't pull back at all, she just enjoyed the normal feel of him, and the smell of his sweet aftershave. Finally she heard her friend's coming in the front door, they were all yapping and yelling. Stanton looked at her with longing and want and then desolved into shadow, leaving her there all alone.

They all jumped into her room 3 seconds later. "Hey girl, you so got to stop dissing us like that, you had us worried, Venessa almost had a spaz attack!" Catty said laughing loudly. "So where were you chica?" Asked Jimena, with a glint of tease in her eyes, but her voice was stern which meant she really wanted to know the truth. She couldn't tell them the truth. "Oh just a little overwhelmed and all, sorry If I worried you guys,"
With that they all laid out blankets, and fell asleep one by one. Tianna was the only one remaining, and out of nowhere she got up and asked, really said. "Okay Serena, I won't tell anyone, promise, but I don't need to be a mind reader to know that you were lying back there, so tell me the truth, I'll understand. " Serena took a deep breath and blurted it out. Tianna's eyes were wide when she finished but she soon recovered and said, "Oh of course, I knew it all along," She said and Serena laughed until she couldn't anymore.

Suddenly she felt a presence, and looked out of the windows, of her balcony, Ahhhhhh! She screamed, "What are you doing back!" Stanton help" she said with her mind as her voice was cut short by Tymmie's hand around her throat. The other daughters were all fast asleep, she tried screaming but it didn't work, they must have been put under a trance. "Now you will be mine Goddess!" And with that a searing pain shot into her skull, and cut off her vision, and she Blanked out.