Crossing the Boundaries

A/N: Well I guess my story kind of took an unusual spin. To all my fans grab your hankies and cry. ANDREW'S DEAD WAAAAAHHHH! But I promise you the story gets better than this

Chapter 12: Stuck In Time

"ANDREW!" Darien shouted in agony. His best friend lay there in a pool of his own blood. All because he tried to save everyone else's life

"Darien, I told you I'm capable of anything for you." Ray walked over to him and tried to touch him.

"No do you realize what the fuck you just did? You killed my best friend. He's gone." Darien pushed Ray away. He hated her so much. She took away everything that made him happy. "If you kill everyone around me you might as well kill me too."

"Darien don't say that. I could never bring myself to hurt you. I love you." Ray kneeled in front of him and looked him in the eyes.

"What? You have hurt me Ray. Killing Andrew, hurting Serena. You're making my life a living hell." Darien retorted.

"No. Those are people that I have to get through to reach into your heart. They don't matter Darien. Andrew's replaceable. So is Serena. But I'm for you Darien. Always have and always will." Ray tried to hug him but he jerked away.

" Your a fucking psycho." Darien spat.

Ray stood up in defense. She grabbed Darien's arm and squeezed it. "Darien don't insult me. These are our sacrifices for love. And if you don't stay with me I can assure you that Serena will suffer the same fate as Andrew."

Darien's heart had stopped. He was trapped. To stay with Ray forever or let Serena die because he didn't stay with her. He had to make a choice. Serena's life was in his hands. Either way it was a lose-lose situation. He'd never be able to be with Serena. Never.

"Lita we have to call the cops. Something's fishy about this whole thing. I have a bad feeling that something happened." Mina finally spoke up after the long silence.

"Good idea. I'll call and you give me the directions." Lita pulled out her cell phone and dialed 911.

Mina's heart was racing. Her mind was thinking up the most unimaginable predicaments that Andrew and Darien were in. It was that she could think of at the moment. And unluckily they still didn't hear from the doctor about Serena.

"Alright Mina here tell them." Lita handed her the phone. Little did they know that they were already too late.

"Darien I'm not going to walk away empty handed. Either I have you or Serena's life. That's it simple." Ray smiled wickedly.

Darien bowed his head down and looked at the ground. At Andrew. This all his fault. He had to fix it. Even if it meant staying with Ray.

Suddenly as if to answer his prayers police sirens went off and he could hear them running up the hill.

"Shit. Who could have called the cops." Dexter dropped his gun and started to run.

Alex ran up to Darien and punched him hard across the face. He grabbed Darien by his collar and hissed. "I know it was you. Your not going to get away with this remember." And with that he ran. Ray glared over at Darien. "You traitor." And she ran as fast as her legs could carry her. Darien crawled over to Andrew and cried his eyes out. His best friend was dead.

"Darien we got here as quick as we could how's…" Lita stopped dead in her tracks as she looked at Andrew. He was dead. "Oh my God. Darien is he…?"

"Andrew! Darien!" Mina ran over and halted to a stop. She felt like the whole world around her froze. Like she was stuck in time. "No." She whispered.

Darien stood up and walked over to her. "Mina…"

"Andrew!" Mina cried out. "No. Andrew. You can't be dead." She threw herself to the floor and cried. She touched his face and it was cold. He was no longer warm, cheerful, and loving. He was pale, cold, and lifeless.

"I tried to save him Mina." Darien put his hands on her shoulders. He felt her shaking as she sobbed.

"Why did they have to take him. He was the only one who I ever loved." Mina touched Andrew's hand and squeezed it. "Now it's all over. He's gone."

Lita sat beside Mina and placed a hand on her lap. "He was the best guy I've ever met. It's so unfair he had to die like this."

"Excuse me but the ambulance is here to take the body to the morgue." The police officer interrupted the conversation.

Darien helped Mina up. She turned to face him. "Darien, Why? Who killed him?"

Darien looked away. "It was Dexter."

Mina's fists shook uncontrollably. "That bastard. Ray and him are going to pay. They took away the love of my life."

Serena sat up in her bed and looked around. Her ribs were hurting like crazy.

"Ms. Tskinuo were glad you're with us still." The doctor smiled over at her.

"What happened? Where's Darien?" Serena asked as she rubbed her forehead.

"Mr. Shields? He had to step out for a moment. Now you relax Ms. Tskinuo. You were on the brink of death. You were touched by angel I would say." The doctor looked down at his clipboard and jotted down some notes. After about a few minutes he walked out of the room leaving Serena to her thoughts.

Serena stared around the room and in the corner of her eye she saw a white light forming. "Huh?" She looked and it was Andrew.

"Andrew?" Serena gasped.

"Hey Serena. I'm sorry I came on such short notice." He smiled.

"What happened? Are you…dead?"

"I guess you can say that. I came to ask you a favor." Andrew replied.

Serena's eyes grew watery and her voice quivered as she spoke. "Anything."

"Take care of Mina for me. I have to move on. Tell her I love her and I wish we could have spent the rest of our lives together. Tell her she means the world to me." Andrew pleaded.

"Of course. I just can't believe that you're gone." Serena wiped away a tear sliding down her cheek.

"Serena I just guess it had to happen. Do you know I saved you though?" Andrew replied.

"Saved me?" Serena asked quizzically.

"Yes. You were on the brink of death. When Dexter shot me my spirit soared. I rushed to touch you with the little life I had left. Its kind of hard to explain to a mortal." Andrew replied.

"Oh God Andrew. I'm going to miss you so much." Serena reached out to try to touch him.

"I'll miss you too Serena. I'll miss all of you. But lets just say I moved on to a place of peace. Remember tell Mina I love her." And with that he faded and the room returned to normal. Serena silently wept in the silence of her room. "Andrew… you were the greatest." She whispered hoping that he could hear her.