Chapter seven

Mina dropped to her hunches and twisted so that her foot connected with Kunzites shins and sent him sprawling. She quickly jumped up and backed away a bit so she had enough room to move. Kunzite was on his feet and in a defensive position by the time she had readied herself for making another attack. She had managed to allude his grasp each time he lunged for her and refused to listen to his calming voice when he tried to explain what was going on. Originally she had wasted energy by attacking madly, with no style or forethought, just scratching, kicking and punching, more often than not missing her intended target. Then she'd got smart and started thinking of moves before she made them.

Kunzite was panting. He'd never guessed that Mina might know how to fight and was having trouble trying to anticipate her next move. He was cut in a couple of places from when she had got her hands on a thorny vine and wrapped it around his neck, cutting off his air supply. He had been lucky to escape the hold she had had on him that time. He wished she would calm down and listen to him. He wasn't sure whether Serena stopping screaming had made things better or worse.

" Mina, just listen please!" Kunzite said, dodging a punch and lunging at Mina. Mina side stepped Kunzites lunge and aimed a kick at his groin, which connected. He collapsed on the ground groaning.

" I will not listen to a murderer!" Mina said, and aimed a kick at his head. Kunzite felt the blow just before he blacked out.

The door to Serena's room, burst open just as Lita was pouring a liquid down Serena's slack throat. Mina flew into the room and, before anyone could even think of moving, had knocked the mug from Lita's hand. Lita was grabbed by the hair and flung across the room. Mina turned too the three men holding Serena down and raised the knife she had grabbed on the way up.

" Let... her... go!" Mina said, her voice low and menacing. Zoicite, Nephlite and Jadeite moved away slowly. Amy, who was at the end of the bed, also moved away.

" Mina, we're not going to hurt you or Serena, we're just trying to help, we just wanted to get her out of pain." Amy said smoothly.

" Don't patronise me you murdering bitch!" Mina growled.

" No one's hurting anybody." Lita said from where she had landed.

" No? Serena didn't think so, other wise she wouldn't have been screaming! She probably woke up just in time to realise what you were all up to." Mina said, moving to a position that would enable her to protect Serena better.

" If she hadn't woken up she wouldn't have felt a thing." Jadeite said.

" I want you all out of here NOW!" Mina growled.

" Mina...."

" I said NOW!" Mina screamed. The guys moved cautiously towards Lita, protecting her from Mina's waving blade. Amy quickly walked over to Lita and helped her up and over to the door, supporting her as she was limping. They walked behind the men and inched through the doorway, keeping an eye on Mina.

"Kunzite'll need some stitches." Andrew said, coming into the kitchen from the back room. He had arrived home just as they had all come trooping downstairs after their confrontation with Mina and her blade.

"I'll get round to it as soon as I've finished bandaging Lita's foot." Amy said, from her place on the floor by Lita.

"Has he woken yet?" Nephlite asked.

" Not yet." Andrew said.

" What did he say to make Mina go so wild?" Rei wondered out loud, rubbing her head where Mina had hit it with the end of the knife on her way through the kitchen.

" What ever he said it was obviously the wrong thing to say." Jadeite said.

" I don't thin hearing Serena scream helped any." Lita said.

" Well that's our plan gone down the drain. She won't ever leave that room again now and we won't be able to finish what we started." Jadeite said.

" How much of it did you actually get down her throat?" Amy asked Lita.

" Not enough for it to make much of an affect." Lita replied.

" Damn!" Jadeite swore.

" Then we've failed."

" Unfortunately, yes." Zoicite said.

" Lord Darien's not going to be happy about that. He wanted her to be brought to the Manor day after tomorrow. Completely out of it." Andrew said.

" Well he's going to be disappointed, he'll have to get her awake and kicking, with that little spitfire along for the ride." Rei said.

" There's no chance she's going to stay out of it is there?" Andrew said hopefully.

" No, all the sleeping drug is out of her system and I didn't have a chance to feed her any more." Lita said.

" Lord Darien is not going to be happy at all. One of us is going to have to go and see him tonight and explain what happened." Zoicite said.

" We should have asked Mina to help us." Amy said, mournfully.

" Ask her to betray her only friend?" Jadeite scoffed.

" Forget it."

" I'll go and see Lord Darien." Zoicite said.

" I'll come too." Nephlite said, standing.

" Good luck." Amy and Lita called.

" Wait for me." Rei said, running to the door just as they were leaving.

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