Facets of Faith

Chapter 7

The Wrath of Royalty

They heard it on the stairs. A single cry, filled with pan and terror. Darien raced up the last few stairs. His heart thundered in his chest. He knew that voice, it was Serena. Thoughts raced thru his head. A yuma, a burglar, at the very least she could have fallen and hurt herself. But it was his Serena and the look on her face at the concert had chilled him to the bone. Something was terribly wrong. He ran down the hall instinctively knowing where to go. His feet slipped on the wet floor but miraculously he kept his balance. He skidded to a halt in front of the bedroom door.

Serena, her hair wet from the rain, her clothes dripping, was sitting on the floor. His mind raced to process what was going on.

"Serena?" Then it hit him. The baby. Where was Usagi? He ran to the crib, looked in. No Usagi. Serena's cry echoed in his head. Oh gods. He turned. "Serena." He repeated. She said nothing, just kept rocking. Back and forth, back and forth. The rest of the gang came running into the room just then.

"What happened?"

Amy was the first to catch on. A hand to her mouth she went to the empty crib. "Oh gods no, the baby."

"Serena, we'll find her." This from Ray who knelt down next to her princess.

Serena looked up and Ray was pleased by what she saw in her eyes. Desperation was there but so was determination.

"Amy, check for magical traces. This was done by magic. The doors were locked and so were the windows. Gods only know what happened to the babysitter. No one got in a normal way."

Amy immediately whipped out her computer while the others fanned out to check for the missing babysitter.

Serena leaned into Darien, absorbing his strength. "Darien?"

"What?"

She looked at him. "Why aren't you scared? Worried?" He never was, not in all the times Reenie had been taken and not now.

"Because I know that we will find her Serena. Somehow we always do. And I know that you won't give up until we do. I have faith in you." He smiled a little. "Besides, she's our granddaughter, I'm sure she can protect herself."

"I've found her." Amy yelled.

"Scouts transform!" Serena stood and lovingly laid the blanket down on the crib. "We're coming sweetie, hold on."

Then they were gone.

Across town the dark lord was having a hard time holding onto the small baby. The bothersome creature was screaming and wailing louder then the cats of hell. It was hard to believe that the power he needed was inside so small a baby but it was there. Vast amounts of untapped energy.

"Hold her still!" He growled to his ugly servant. He bent over her tiny frame ready to absorb all that energy. Usagi stopped crying long enough to grab onto his black cape and tug. "Damn brat. Soon, soon I shall have your energy and you shall be no more." He raised his hand, daggers protruding where his fingertips should have been, and swiftly brought it down. A blinding purple light filled the air and the servant holding Usagi screamed as he disintegrated throwing the baby into the air. She landed safely in her grandmothers arms.

Serena cradled the child lovingly and then passed her onto Darien. The dark lord backed away holding his melted hand to his chest.

"Worthless whelp, I'll cut out your eyes before I kill you!" He screamed not noticing that he had company.

Now Serena was a peace loving person and she rarely lost her temper, in fact almost never. But this, this pissed her off. For once she let her temper loose. Changing swiftly from Sailor Moon to Princess Form she let go of the energy she always had in tight reign. It exploded from her.

Darien passed Usagi to Jupiter and tried to get to Serenity. He had to calm her; he remembered the last time that she had let loose like this. That fateful day on the moon when Beryl has attacked. Her powers had been smaller then but even so thousands of dark creatures had been obliterated before she had been exhausted. He didn't want to see it again. But try as he might he couldn't move. Serenity had thrown a force field up around the group keeping everything out and everything in. Usagi gave a wail in Jupiter's arms. Darien resigned himself to watching and took his granddaughter into his arms. He almost felt pity for the dark lord, almost.

Outside the force field the winds began to howl and whip. The ground beneath Serenities feet rumbled and the wall shook. Objects around the room began to fly as if tossed by an invisible hand.

Serenities eyes had darkened to a sapphire blue and energy pulsed around her. The vases on either side of the lard exploded. He inwardly grimaced. He has thought himself able to pick her off easily. But like he had with the Neo Queen h had underestimated the small woman. Instead of simply toying with her as he had done with the Neo Queen he gathered massive amounts of dark energy and tossed it at her. But it never reached her. He frowned this wasn't working the way he had planed. As he powered up again he realized why. The invisible hand that had been throwing crates and smashing windows picked him up high into the air. He looked down at the princess who had her hand raised.

"Never."

She said softly but the room echoed it back from every wall. She thrust her hand towards the opposite wall and he flew into it. He smashed into the mortar. Fed up at being thrown around like a paperweight he fought to get out of the invisible grip he was in. He was shocked to discover he could not move. She was more powerful then he had been told. Her arm moved, as did he into the next wall.

"Touch." She moved again. So did he.

"Mine." The ceiling dented from his weight. He was drained from trying to get free. He was sure his arms and legs were broken along with some ribs.

"AGAIN!" He catapulted into the floor. And then she was over him. The energy flowed form her in waves. He could feel it in every bone in his body.

"Would that I could kill you myself but I know someone that is waiting for you more then me. "

She pointed at him. He could feel his body going backwards in time. The scene in front of him got smaller and smaller. With his powers drained he could not fight the time pull. With a thud he landed on hard ground. Weakly he looked around. Desolate streets below him and a tall shimmering tower on the right told him that he was back in the future of this world. He was on the hill just outside of town. He had to move before that Queen found him. He turned trying to bring up his powers and stopped.

They stood just behind him. Two small proud women. One with light pink hair and another with silvery blond. He knew why she looked so familiar. It was her, the girl from the past and that Neo Queen. Shit.

"He's all yours." The younger ones voice came from the sky. Both the women in front of him smiled. Their eyes went dark. Their hands raised.

"NO!!!" He screamed as the combined power caught him up and tore him limb from limb. The skin fell from his face and he could feel his bones shatter. Agony and he felt himself die. His last vision was of two proud Queens and the white daytime moon hanging in the blue sky behind them.

That's it for this chapter, next up is the epilogue. I have decided that it is alright if you do not review. I write for the fun and pleasure of it. But if you do decide to tell me what you think about my story I would not be unhappy about it 