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They used some old type of transportation, four hover ships. Serena and Darien were in one. Mina and Artemis were in another one. Rae and Lita were in a third one. Luna and Ami were in the last one. Off they were, on to fight the unknown with the aim of saving Serena.

Days Later

"Darien…" Serena whined.

"What Serena?" Darien questioned.

"Are we there yet?" Serena looked at the stars as they went by them.

"No, we're not there yet, in fact we are no where near our destination yet." Darien sighed agitated.

"You don't have to be so callous!" Serena pouted.

"What did I do?" Darien tried to defend himself.

"You, you were just cruel to me, and that's that." Serena sighed. He didn't do anything, but it felt natural to argue with him.

"Well them, I'm sorry and I will try to be more considerate." Darien replied.

Serena dropped her jaw in disbelief, "a... umm…Ok then."

They arrived at some planet and needed to take a break and talk to each other. Rae stood looking at the planet's rubble, a place that at one time used to be like her home.

"What's wrong, Rae?" Serena questioned.

"Just the awe of this planet, I mean it used to be like our home planets, when we weren't on duty." Rae sighed.

"Duty? What duty?" Serena was extremely mystified.

"Our duty to protect the Princess, remember." Rae answered.

"I know of that, but what is to become of this voyage? What is our mission, if we don't have our Princess nonetheless?" Serena sighed not knowing what to think.

"That, Serena I truly don't know. Just an instinct telling us we have to do this." Rae answered. This was true. What if she wasn't the Princess? What if this "Queen" was a decoy to get them away from the Earth? So many questions to keep the girls wondering, what was really the purpose of this mission? If they were attacked Serena wouldn't be able to battle, then what would they do? And what if Serena did battle? Would she survive or cease to exist? We will just have to find out in time.

Ami walked over, sensing Rae's awkwardness. "Hi Serena, let's walk."

"Ok," Smiling at Rae and Waving to her, "let's go."

Ami's head was somewhere else. "You ok Serena?"

"Why wouldn't I be?" Serena wondered.

"I don't know?" Ami smiled.

"Everyone seems so distant. Why is everyone so ill at ease around me?" Serena sought an answer.

"So, do you miss home?" Ami asked quickly changing subjects.

Serena acted like she didn't catch that. What was going on with everyone? "Yeah, but I guess having you guys here makes me feel better. I feel even better having Darien here." Serena tried to smile. What was everyone hiding?

Mina yelled, "There is a Youma here!"

Lita yelled, "Darien protect Serena." Darien ran over picked up Serena, put her in the hover ship and waited for the others to join them.

"Darien, bring me back there." Serena's head seemed to be pressed to the window of the ship. She wanted to be on the planet helping the girls. Why couldn't she help them?

"Sorry, but I won't bring you back down there and for good measures." Darien took away Serena's broach.

"I have been kidnapped," Serena yelled pawing at the window. "Tuxedo Mask would never take away my broach."

"Serena, get a hold of yourself." Darien was frustrated.

"I'm the leader of the scouts who protect the Princess, I should be fighting not be up here." Serena stated matter of factly.

"That's the reason your up here. Remember you said you felt weak." Darien tried to bargain with her.

"Yeah, so?" Serena didn't get the point.

"We need you to be strong for when we reach Andromeda." Darien tried to smile before he leaned over and hugged her. She just let him.

Soon the girls were up in space ready to move on, and Serena was more perplexed then ever. Serena decided she needed to find out what was going on.

I hope you guys liked it. This chapter's main objective was to show Serena's confusion and mistrust of what's going on. The girls wondering on whether it is a trap or not and Darien frustration and fear of failing to make Serena love him.