Sorry it's so short! They'll be longer after this, okay? Enjoy!
Chapter 3
Without warning, the car suddenly tipped violently to one side, throwing all of them toward what had been Serena's side of the car again. Soon the car was completely on its side, dangling in midair, and the wood of the side of the compartment began to crack under their weight. Then it broke.
Raye and Darien grabbed onto beams that would hold them, but Serena screamed as she began to fall. Acting quickly, Darien grabbed her arm and stopped her. No longer screaming, she hung from Darien's arm, gasping.
"You saved my life!" Serena marveled.
Darien grimaced from the strain. "You're welcome, meatball head, and when we get out of this you can thank me by losing some weight!"
"Hey!" Serena exclaimed. But when she realized the position she was in, she decided not to press the matter further. There was now nothing under them. If Raye and Darien let go, all three of them would fall. They looked uneasily at the shattered remains of the broken side of the car that lay on the roof below them.
When people on the ground began to scream anew and point up to something on the ferris wheel, Zoycite's interest was perked. Curious, she followed their gestures. What she saw made her smile. Three humans were dangling out of a broken car, their grips on what was left of it the only thing keeping them from falling to what would most likely be their deaths. If Sailor Moon and Tuxedo mask hadn't shown up yet, the imminent occurring would definitely lure them out. Laughing, Zoycite aimed her crystal at the car, completely unaware that the humans she was preparing to kill were the very people she was looking for.
Serena screamed again, and Darien cried out when an unnaturally fierce gust of wind them, and she slipped down on his arm. She barely managed to grab his hand before she would have fallen. Darien grunted from pain in his arm.
"Hold on guys!" Raye encouraged.
"Darien, you'd better not let me go!" Serena cried.
"I'm not going to let go of you, calm down!"
But unfortunately, Darien found that he had spoken too soon, when another gust of wind hit them.
"Hold on Serena!" Raye yelled.
Both Darien and Serena grimaced as they struggled to keep hold of the other's hand. Darien was sweating, and Serena looked like she was about to cry again as the wind blew them about, seeming determined to knock them all down.
Then, just as it seemed they might get through it safely again, the nightmare became reality. Serena's hand was blown out of Darien's, and she began to fall, screaming.
"No! Serena!" Darien shouted.
"Serena!" Raye screamed.
Seconds later, the middle school girl's screams were cut sharply off when she hit the roof of the building on top of the splintered shards of wood already there with a sickly thud, and lay still. A momentary silence followed as Raye and Darien stared at where she had fallen, eyes wide, gasping. When had gathered his wits-sort of-Darien called out her name again.
"Serena!" he screamed.
"Serena, can you hear me! Serena!" Raye cried. She stole a quick glance at Darien. Were those tears she saw glistening in the corners of his eyes? But she quickly forgot about it, her own worry for her friend taking over.
Unfortunately though, neither of them had any more time to do anything, as yet another gust of wind shook the dangling shell of the car, and they shouted as they struggled to hang on. But that didn't do them any good when, a moment later, the whole thing broke off.
Darien grabbed Raye as both of them screamed, trying to protect her as much as he could from the coming impact, wondering if any of it would do any good and trying not to look at the roof that was coming up to meet them much too quickly…