Here I am again. All spell checked and done. The next chapter! Yay! I am so excited this is finally going to be finished. Here's hoping you enjoy it!
Facets of Faith
Chapter 6
Disappearing Hearts
Present Day Tokyo................................
Serena could not believe this. Once Usagi had started using her powers she just would not stop. Above the babies head floated her new "toys". Serena's locket, Darien's stethoscope, a very breakable bowl, and an extremely upset Luna. They circulated and bounced as a giggling Usagi waved her pudgy fists.
"Usagi, Luna is not a toy!" Serena said sternly plucking the hissing cat out of the air. As she leaned over to grab the other items her long golden hair swept into the baby's view. Letting out a small shriek of delight Usagi grabbed a fistful of the shimmering mass and tugged.
"Ow!" Serena dropped the bowl she had been saving and tried to ease the stinging in her scalp. The bowl crashed to the floor just as the phone rang and Darien walked in the door. Darien took it all in as he took off his coat.
"Aren't you going to get that?" He asked pointing to the still ringing phone.
Serena glared at him as she detangled her fine hair from Usagis tiny hand. A feral gleam entered her eyes as she stepped over the shards of broken pottery. Taking Usagi, who was trying to get her hair again she gave her to Darien making sure that Usagi saw his dark hair. Immediately Usagi latched onto the gleaming strands and yanked. Darien howled and tried to detach the monster. Serena answered the phone and ignored the sounds of the fight in the background.
"Moshi moshi, Serena here." She answered sweetly.
"Serena? What's going on over there? Are you okay?" Rays voice came thru.
"Oh I'm fine; Darien's just taking care of the baby." Serena smiled over her shoulder at a glowering Darien.
"Oh, okay then." Ray still sounded unsure. "The gangs at the arcade. We were going to grab something to eat and then all head over to Michirus' concert. Are you guys coming?"
Serena smacked her palm across her forehead. "Oh my gosh, I totally forgot about tonight. We'll be there, let me find a babysitter first." Where the hell was she going to find a babysitter now?
"Alright, well, we'll wait for you before we order then."
"Bye" Serena hung up the phone and turned to Darien. "Concert, tonight, babysitter." She said as she took Usagi from his hair. Usagi screamed as she was pulled from her newest toy. A purple light filled the room and gravity ceased to exist as everything floated into the air. Quickly Serena grabbed Darien's stethoscope and dangled it in front of the baby. The screaming stopped and gravity resumed with a crash.
"Hey!" Darien eyes his stethoscope.
"You want her to scream again?" Serena said silencing him with a look. 'We need a babysitter, that's your job. I'll find a way to bind her powers for a few hours."
Twenty minutes later Serena was finally cleaning up the broken bowl when the babysitter showed up. They were lucky to have found one that lived so close. Serena introduced her to the baby who was energy free for the time being. She left a number and instructions before they left.
"Are you sure this is okay?" she asked worriedly glancing over her shoulder at the receding apartment building.
"Honey, she'll be fine, don't worry." Darien pulled her close and kissed her forehead as they turned the corner.
The abandoned rift opened inside an abandoned warehouse in the southern district of Tokyo. His legions were there waiting as he stepped thru the timeline. They were not as big as the original following had been, only a hundred or so monsters. He gnashed his rotting teeth as he thought about how he was stuck on this lowly planet indefinitely. But he could sense it. That bright power that resounded from the future he had come from. Distinctly pure energy and magic it astounded him how much of it that this small creature had. And yet there was another, much like the one the small Queen had possessed, much like the one that he had not been able to grasp from the future. A white glow that shimmered almost as brightly as the small child's did. Now this was an interesting turn of events. Two of these powers existed here in this time. With those powers he could consume enough energy to get off this pitiful planet. The monster leaned foreword as he laid out his plan.
Serena made it thru dinner easily enough. It wasn't until she sat down at the concert that she felt the first stirring of unease. She took a deep breath. "Everything's fine Serena, just enjoy the concert and then you can head home to Usagi." She kept repeating that to herself over and over. It was just her overactive imagination. Too many Yuma fights this week.
The hauntingly beautiful notes of Michirus' violin wrapped themselves around her and eased her mind. Ten minutes later the notes were no longer helping, in fact Serena could not hear them at all. She was concentrating on the nauseating feeling of dread that was creeping thru her heart and cramping her belly.
Darien noticed that she was paler then usual and gripped her hand tightly. Her eyes were darting frantically back and forth trying to find where the evil was hiding. They widened when she realized that it was not there at the concert, but home, near Usagi. The violin music stopped as Haruka, Michiru, and the rest of Serenas' court caught her thoughts and jumped to their feet.
An announcement that there was a monster loose in the park. Harukas eyes met Minas and they said without words that she Michiru and Hotaru would stay and fight the monster in the park. Mina nodded and the scouts went their separate ways some to the park and some to a juubon apartment building.
She ran down the hall, her wet sneakers squeaking against the floor. Her lungs felt as if they would burst, her chest heaved and breath came out in short gasps. She had to be there; oh gods let her be there! Serena ran around the corner grabbing the door frame to support her. Shakily she reached for the crib and snatched the purple blanket away from the lump in the center of the crib. A doll, no softly sleeping baby, no downy purple curls collected into small pigtails. No Usagi. She heard a cry of anguish dimly in the distance. It never made sense to her numb mind that it was her own voice making that chilling sound. It did not matter; she sank to her knees, wet hair dripping around her from the rain, rocking back and forth, a tiny purple blanket clutched in her trembling fists.
There it is, Was it good, sorry for leaving you hanging. Where is the baby? I bet we all know who has her, but how will Serena and the scouts get her back? I love reviews so don't be shy.