CHAPTER SIXTEEEN

Sasha prowled the streets of Tokyo. She had three potential victims to choose from the blond who called herself sailor Venus the brunette that shots fire and tuxedo mask Sailormoon's beloved. Each one who means a great deal to her. So how to choose? She smiled as an idea came to her maybe just maybe she didn't have to choose.

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Serena munched nervously on her sandwich she didn't know what was making her so jumpy it couldn't be Damien could it? She looked over at the object of her thoughts and blushed when she found him staring at her. Lita and Amy had left them alone to go to the bathroom after Serena had sworn that she wouldn't move an inch without them. Damien smiled and reached across the table to grab her hand "You seem nervous. Are you alright?"

At first Serena didn't speak she just looked down at their clasped hands. she wanted to pull away but something stopped her

"I'm fine."

Damien smiled. "I'm glad and now that we have a few minutes alone I can finally ask why you ran off like you did the other night when we were dancing? I tried looking for you but I couldn't find you. Serena nearly jumped out of her seat she had forgotten all about running out on him with everything that had happened since the night of the party she had completely forgotten about it

"I'm sorry" she stammered "I wasn't...feeling to well so my boyfriend took me home

"Boyfriend? he asked curiously "Is he the guy I saw you with at the party?"

Serena nodded her head and thought about Darien walking in and seeing her sitting alone with Damien and what he would think. She looked down once again at their clasped hands. I know what I would think she thought to herself . Than let it go pull away her inner voice cried Serena looked him in the eyes and left her hand where it was.

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Sasha grinned at her own cunning these humans were weak even at half her strength she could defeat them. she enterrd the mist invoking its power.

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Serena sat at the booth as if in a dream. Time had no meaning to her so when the girls came back it was as they had just left. Lita and Amy looked down at their clasped hands in shocked amazement. They couldn't believe what their eyes were telling them. Serena wanted to explain but didn't know how.

"Serena?" lita said slowly as if she feared for the girls sanity "we should get going Darien will be home soon and I'm sure he'll want you to be there when he does.

Serena nodded her head but remained seated her hand still gripped in his. She didn't know how to explain it but she was waiting for something. She didn't know what but she knew she couldn't let go of him not yet.

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When Sasha stepped out of the mist she looked around her and encountered two sets of identical eyes.

"Go" she ordered "find the females but leave her male to me I want to strike the blow that will send him into oblivion."

The eyes disappeared leaving Sasha alone. She was weaker for her efforts but still strong enough to handle one human male than with a laugh she too disappeared to find her prey.

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Mina walked slumped over her time at the arcade had been a total waste instead of Andrew she found his sister in charge and the game she had been looking forward to playing was occupied by a boy who had plenty of quarters and lots of time to waste so finally in disgust she had left.

"Don't feel so bad Mina" Artemis crooned softly "Theirs always tomorrow."

"Your right Artemis" Mina cried with crazed filled eyes "I'll beat him. Tomorrow I'll be the first one there you just wait and see." she cried gleefully rubbing her hands together "I'll show him."

Artemis seeing that he needed to snap her back into reality took a deep breath and just as he was about to yell her name the breath left his body as he caught sight of the floating figure out of the corner of this eye. He had no time to cry out a warning and caught unaware the blast caught her head on sending her flying through the air and crashing down to the ground.

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"Serena?" Amy murmured in concern as the other girl finally let go of Damien's hand but instead of getting up just sat their looking pale and scared.

"Serena what is it?" Damien asked anxiously and reached out to grab her hand again.

Serena cried out in pain once his hand touched hers. A sharp pain had seared through her shoulder and she collapsed back in the booth clutching it.

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Darien was walking from the parking garage to his apartment he couldn't wait to see Serena he hated being away from her even though he knew the girls were with her he knew he'd feel better once he saw her.

He was just reaching for the door leading into his building when something caught him from behind catching him in his right shoulder and sending him crashing through the glass.

He heard he the screams and looked up to see what hit him and barely had time to avoid the next blast. He looked around frantically for a place to transform but their were to many people around. He stood up quickly clutching his right shoulder and locked eyes with a pair of grey ones. "Sasha" he hissed

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Startled Raye came out of her trance she had seen the danger to herself and the others and feeling a presence behind her quickly rolled to the right shouting the words. "Mars Star Power"

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Serena? Lita cried reaching for her just as her communicator went off