Serenity was alone.
If there was one thing that she despised, it was being left alone.
Although, when she was lucid enough to think about it, the whole being alone part was completely her fault. She had been in a warm enough place, seemingly well cared for, and yet in a fit of panic she had left.
She came to the conclusion that she was a complete and utter idiot.
Even so, she didn't want to turn back; she did not want to face those kindly yet somewhat suspicious blue eyes; they did not know what a monster she truly was.
Those eyes had the right to be suspicious of her.
She was a murderer.
A sob caught in Serenity's throat causing her wings to falter slightly.
'I need to get down before I crash…' the thought floated around in her head, but her body refused to obey any commands.
She continued to soar above the outer edges of the forest she had just crossed, hitting currents and counter-currents, until her exhaustion won out and her wings crumpled under the assault.
Plummeting into the tree tops, Serenity cried out as she hit branch after branch, until she finally got her wings wrapped around her body like a cocoon and landed on the leaf strewn ground with a dull heavy thud.
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"No…NOOO!!!" Serenity screamed into the torn sky, her throat constricting painfully until her cry became a strangled garble.
"Selene…dear Goddess Selene, I beg you! Please give my friends back their lives! If mine must be forfeit, so be it. Please, PLEASE save them! Without them I am nothing! NOTHING! Please…"
Sobbing onto the blood soaked cement, Serenity watched with a detached fascination as her crystal tears mingled with the congealing blood, creating swirls and patterns across the rooftop.
Nothing answered Serenity's impassioned pleas, and the horrid emotions of everything around her continued to build up inside her chest, causing her vision to blur more than the nonstop tears.
"Oh Mercury, I wish I had your wisdom, I need your quiet strength; cool aloof Pluto, your gentle guidance was such a blessing, I took it for granted. I miss you so much Puu; Neptune, your elegant grace, and unshakeable confidence…please don't leave me minna…please…"
Trailing off, Serenity, lay her body down , resting her cheek into the pool of congealing blood; her haunted eyes gazing at what was left of Sailor Mar's body.
Slowly reaching out her hand, she ran her gloved fingers through the tangle of raven hair, unsticking locks from the severed neck, gently smoothing out the clots of blood that were with in her reach.
Retracting her hand she stretched slightly to smooth out the tattered collar still attached to the decapitated head, then gently caressing the cold white cheek she closed the glassy unseeing violet eyes.
Still the tears came, silently, simply tumbling down her puffy bruised face to mingle with the blood her head was resting in.
"Sweet, beautiful Mars. My best friend. I miss you so much. You poor thing, I need to find your arm for you, it is not fair to not have your arm, or your leg. Yes, I should get up and try to find your arm and leg…"
Serenity mumbled into the ground, her lips getting coated in the blood she lay in, tasting the salty iron without realizing it.
Slowly, Serenity pulled herself up to her elbows, and gazed about the battle ground turned grave yard.
Mangled bodies of her friends lay scattered around her, the grey of the concrete completely covered by the taint of cooling blood.
Her eyes caught sight of a still in tact orange gloved hand; turning her head to look farther to her right she noticed the rest of Venus's body, though her other arm was missing. Gapping holes that had once steadily pumped gore was now only a thick trickle over the exposed bone of her shoulders. The torn muscle lay scattered and dangling from the sockets.
Swallowing hard, Serenity turned her gaze away toward Uranus and Neptune, together even in death. They had fought valiantly, but death came swiftly, and they only had time to lock gazes and interlock fingers before they were screaming their agony with their last breaths.
Never once through it all did they let the others hand go.
Not that it mattered since their elbows separated and tore clean off, leaving only their forearms attached as the rest of their bodies were flung across the expanse of the roof.
Empty hollow eyes surveyed the destruction of her protectors, friends, lover, family.
Serenity could feel the insanity inside her, the emotions building almost to a feverish pitch, begging for release.
Groaning in acute pain, Serenity curled into a fetal position as she felt her forehead sear with intense heat.
Blazing light erupted from her body with such force that Serenity was flung to her feet then hung, suspended slightly, in the air. Her booted feet dangled an inch from the ground, her arms flung out, hands pointing to her left and right, her head flung back forehead to the sky.
Her mouth open in a silent scream, Serenity hung there, feeling the burning of immense power through out her body; she could feel it coursing through her veins, beating into her brain the knowledge of the cosmos.
Blackness started to creep into her sight, then red, then a strange silvery light pulsed around the edges of her sight, before the blaze disappeared and she was dropped boneless against the bloody concrete once more.
Groaning slightly, Serenity pulled her body upright, blinking furiously to try and rid her vision of the strange colors.
Trembling, she raised a now bare hand up to her forehead, where the searing heat seemed to remain, and traced the outline of an eight pointed star…
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Awakening with a harsh gasp, Serenity moaned in pain as she tried to flex her left wing. Apparently she had landed rather hard on it, and it was either bruised or broken.
At least it wasn't torn completely off.
At that prospect Serenity visibly shivered, remembering acutely the pain that had rendered her immobile when Galaxia and torn her right wing clean off her body.
Best not to think about that.
Rolling onto her knees, Serenity crawled backwards till her shoulders came into contact with a tree trunk; then using the base to steady her, she pushed herself to her feet, knees wobbling dangerously, before she collapsed heavily back onto her bottom.
Wincing at the sudden harsh impact, Serenity bit her lip to keep the cry of pain inside.
Best not to draw unwanted attention to oneself.
'Where am I? How did I get here…I don't understand…why, why, why, why…'
The lucidity of the moment left her as her steady mantra of why's took over her brain as her eyes took on the glassy look of being lost inside one's head.
Serenity was alone. But that was nothing new.
AN: Took awhile, I know. Sorry!! Hopefully the next chapters won't take so long to get out. If you are confused...Serenity was knocked unconsious and was dreaming once again about the last battle with Galaxia.
She remembers everything before everyone died, but once the battle was over, her memory was taken away. Only through these 'dream sequences' is she finding out what happened to her. If you have any questions etc feel free to either write them in a review, or just email me. I will gladly try to explain my complecatedness lol!