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other fic She who must stand alone I've updated that one as well.
Chapter Twenty-nine
Serenity knelt by her daughter's side content to just watch her sleep. She couldn't believe that she was actually here. She thought this day would never come. To hold their child again was a dream come true. But even as her heart swelled with happiness there was still the presence of a dark cloud that threatned to destroy that happiness.
Even though she was overjoyed to see her she couldn't help but worry about the affect her being here would ensue. Darien knew the whole truth now. But how was he going to use it? The darkness is strong inside him and grows in strength with every breath he takes. And as the darkness inside him grows stronger Serena grows weaker and more vulnerable.
How could it come to this? How was it possible that one who stood for love and justice could become the one to send the Universe into a never-ending age of darkness? .....
"He's found her." Endymion announced solemnly. Now it begins.
"Are we too late?" Venus asked fearfully. She couldn't believe that Serena could actually be in danger of.she shook her head frantically. She couldn't even bare to think about it.
"Will some one please explain to me what the hell is going on?" Uranus shouted "And this time don't talk to me in riddles. I want straight answers."
"Alright." Endymion muttered distractedly He was trying to determine Serena's condition without the Dark Prince detecting his presence. He couldn't afford to be found out now. His and Serenity's life both defended on that. "Basically by telling the Dark Prince about Serena you might have brought about the end to everything that's good in this world. That Includes Serena as well as your selves." .....
When Serena regained consciousness she found herself lying in Darien's arms. Disoriented and confused she slowly raised her head of his chest and turned to look at him and found him starring at her.
"Darien" she whispered uncertainly. What was going on? And then she remembered. She remembered everything. The meeting in the park when he told her that she meant nothing to him. Getting kidnapped by Jedite. Fighting with Beryl. And the realization of something dark inside her that made her shiver just thinking about it. What was going on? Had it all really happened?
Darien could easily read her uncertainty and her fear and he sought to comfort her. He lifted a hand to her cheek. "It's alright my love. Everything is going to be alright."
My love? Serena felt her breath catch in the back of her throat. Had he really just called her his love? But what about the things he said to her in the park? Was all that a lie or was he lying to her now. She wouldn't be able to bare it if he was lying now. But hadn't he come for her. Didn't that prove that he was telling the truth now?
"Serena?" he murmured as he watched her eyes tearing up. These weren't tears of joy. Why was she sad? They were together again. And soon nothing will be able to come between them again. Not Beryl and especially not the Sailor Scouts.
"I don't understand" she whispered tearfully
"You don't understand what?" he asked in confusion. What was going on here? Was she perhaps worried about the incident in Beryl's Palace? Well if she was he certainly wasn't. What happened in Beryl's Palace only confirmed everything he had come to believe. And it made what he was about to do possible.
"You came for me?"
"Of course I came for you. How could you believe that I wouldn't?"
Serena hung her head down in shame. He was right how could she have doubted.whoa wait a minute. She raised her head to look down at him. "How could I have believed that you wouldn't come for me?" She repeated quietly "I don't know. Perhaps" she shouted "because you told me that I meant nothing to you. That I was acting like some love struck little girl and that it was fun while it lasted. You told me we were enemies you told me.she broke off with a cry too choked up to continue. She pushed against his chest frantic to get away from him. But he refused to let her go. His arms closed tightly around her and refused to release her,
Darien found himself in a peculiar situation as he bombarded by emotion after emotion. He believed he was actually feeling guilt. It was a strange emotion and not one he particularly cared for. But it wasn't the only emotion that had him feeling off balance. He was also feeling ashamed. How could he have treated her like that? She was so fragile. How could he have hurt her so? "Serena stop?" he cried as she continued to struggle "I'm sorry. I was a jerk I admit it. I had this strange idea of protecting you from myself. But I was wrong. Can you forgive me?"
Serena froze at his words and searched his eyes for the truth. "Do you really mean that?'
He nodded his head. "Trust me Serena I was a fool to let you go before. And I'm never letting you go again."
"Oh Darien" she sobbed and fell against him "I've been so alone."
"I know." he said quietly while rubbing her back. It was then that he realized that he had been lonely as well. It just wasn't until now that he could put a name to it. Loneliness. But he knew now. He knew because she had felt the same pain. But that was in the past.
She was slowly feeling that empty space inside him. With her he would never feel lonely again. And he was never going to allow any one to take her from him. His eyes flashed with a dark promise. No one. ....
"How can telling Darien the truth plunge the world into darkness." Artemis asked in confusion. It didn't make sense.
"The Dark Prince can't be cured by any other means than through the bond that he and Serena share. The imperial crystal can give him back his memories. It can even destroy him but it cant return him to the man he used to be. Only Serena can do that. It's her purity of heart her goodness that he clings too and in which enables him to hold onto what's left of his former self."
"I still don't see where the problem is." Uranus confessed
"Before he wasn't aware of the bond between them. Wasn't aware that he was drawing on her pureness but now he is. And the darkness is strong inside him. And the part of him that is the Dark Prince won't stand for it. He'll put a stop to it."
"So what will he do?" Neptune asked, "Break the bond and become completely evil?"
Endymion sighed. "That would be the best scenario if it were possible. At least then Serena would no longer be in danger. But the bond is unbreakable."
"Than what are you saying" Mars asked suspiciously. She was getting a real bad feeling about all this.
Endymion paused for a second. This was it. "Because the bond can work both ways. Darien can draw on the goodness inside Serena and Serena.Serena can draw on the evil inside him"
Mars and the others gasped "But that would mean...?"
"Yes it means that Serena can become evil herself. And when that happens the people you all know as Darien and Serena will perish forever."
"Its not possible." Jupiter shouted, "Serena could never become evil. It's just no possible."
"Are you forgetting what happened in the park?" He snapped, "There was dark energy present inside her body. And yet nobody could figure out how it got there. Well let me tell you" he growled consumed with grief. He should have destroyed the dark prince long ago. "At that time she was feeling an incredible sense of loss and that feeling was followed by an intense anger. And anger directed at all of you. These are emotions in which dark energy feeds off. And if it hadn't been for Serenity lending her, her strength she might not have been able to fight it off."
"Why didn't you warn us?" Mercury wailed suddenly "All this time you've been sitting by and watching from afar. Why didn't you do something?"
Endymion looked at them with anguished eyes. "Their was nothing I could do. I couldn't reveal myself it would have only insured that this would come to pass."
"You could have gone back to stop it." Mars shouted angrily "If you could go back to the silver millennium why couldn't you go back to the day she was attacked and prevented this all from happening."
"I did." He stated quietly silencing them all. "I did go back. And by doing so I almost killed her myself." ...
"Oh My God" Serena shouted suddenly almost deafening him. She jerked up and looked down at him in amazement. "Where married." She said in awe
Darien chuckled he had been wondering when that little fig bit was going to hit her. But then he turned serious as he realized this was the perfect opportunity to set his plan in motion.
"Yes we are. But their something else you have to know Serena. Something that I've been dreading telling you"
Suddenly nervous Serena pulled the covers up all the way up to her chin. Everything had been perfect till now and she feared something was about to spoil it.
Darien watched her face as she sat their quietly while he told her everything that had happened to him after she was taken and why it had taken him so long to come for her.
Serena lay there in stunned disbelief. And as she continued to listen to him many emotions surged through her. But the main one was anger, intense burning anger. And it was all directed at her so-called friends. The very same friends who she now knew had betrayed her.
"They've been lying to me for month's" she exploded jumping off the bed. She was so angry.
"It was my order," he stated quietly from the bed. And waited for her reaction. She didn't disappoint.
She stopped pacing and turned to face him giving him an eye full. "That doesn't matter." She shouted "They were the one's who sat back and watched me suffer. They had to know what I was going through. And instead of telling me the truth they insisted that you were the enemy and that I had to destroy you."
"Again on my orders" he muttered distractedly. She was making it hard to concentrate on what she was saying. She was just so beautiful
"Why are you defending them?" she hollered
He was off the bed in a shot and towering over her. "I'm not defending them." He stated in a deathly soft voice. "They tried to keep us apart. I'm only stating a fact. They were acting on my orders."
Serena rolled her eyes at his tone. Not in the least bit afraid. She was confident of his love for her and she gloried in the knowledge. "Some orders shouldn't be followed." she cried but with less heat." She was too busy looking at him and basking in the knowledge that they were together again and he loved her as much as she loved him.
Darien saw her mood change and knew the direction her thoughts were taking. He brought his hands up and ran them through her hair loving the feel of those silky threads. "We can't let them come between us Angel. We can't allow for anyone to come between us again. We have to be prepared to stop anyone who tries."
Serena was lost in his gaze. He was right. They couldn't allow this to happen again. No one will come between them ever again.
He leaned down to kiss her softly "Will you come with me to Beryl's Palace? We have to make her pay for trying to come between us."
Beryl? Yes Beryl had to pay. She had wanted Darien for herself. But Darien was hers and Beryl had to learn to leave what belongs to her alone.
Darien sighed in satisfaction at the look in her eyes. Close so close.
"Promise me Serena. Promise me that you'll be mine forever. He whispered against her lips.
"I promise." she muttered "I'm yours forever."
"And do you chose me above all others."
"Yes" she whispered and was surprised when she felt a single tear run down her cheek. She shook her head. Something was wrong. She felt as if she were in a daze. "Darien?" She cried and reached out to grab onto him as she began to feel faint. What was going on? She felt weird. "Darien?" she whispered suddenly afraid. Something was happening to her. And it scared her.
"It's alright" he assured her and watched as she slipped into unconsciousness. He swung her into his arms and brought her back over to the bed. Carefully and with great care he placed her in the bed and covered her up. That had been easier than he thought it would be. She hadn't even been aware of what was happening. And it was better that way. He assured himself He hadn't wanted to frighten her. But it had been necessary. He looked down at her his eyes possessive. They were inseparable now. And when she wakes the whole world will bow before her as she takes her rightful place as the new Queen of the Negaverse.
Chapter Twenty-nine
Serenity knelt by her daughter's side content to just watch her sleep. She couldn't believe that she was actually here. She thought this day would never come. To hold their child again was a dream come true. But even as her heart swelled with happiness there was still the presence of a dark cloud that threatned to destroy that happiness.
Even though she was overjoyed to see her she couldn't help but worry about the affect her being here would ensue. Darien knew the whole truth now. But how was he going to use it? The darkness is strong inside him and grows in strength with every breath he takes. And as the darkness inside him grows stronger Serena grows weaker and more vulnerable.
How could it come to this? How was it possible that one who stood for love and justice could become the one to send the Universe into a never-ending age of darkness? .....
"He's found her." Endymion announced solemnly. Now it begins.
"Are we too late?" Venus asked fearfully. She couldn't believe that Serena could actually be in danger of.she shook her head frantically. She couldn't even bare to think about it.
"Will some one please explain to me what the hell is going on?" Uranus shouted "And this time don't talk to me in riddles. I want straight answers."
"Alright." Endymion muttered distractedly He was trying to determine Serena's condition without the Dark Prince detecting his presence. He couldn't afford to be found out now. His and Serenity's life both defended on that. "Basically by telling the Dark Prince about Serena you might have brought about the end to everything that's good in this world. That Includes Serena as well as your selves." .....
When Serena regained consciousness she found herself lying in Darien's arms. Disoriented and confused she slowly raised her head of his chest and turned to look at him and found him starring at her.
"Darien" she whispered uncertainly. What was going on? And then she remembered. She remembered everything. The meeting in the park when he told her that she meant nothing to him. Getting kidnapped by Jedite. Fighting with Beryl. And the realization of something dark inside her that made her shiver just thinking about it. What was going on? Had it all really happened?
Darien could easily read her uncertainty and her fear and he sought to comfort her. He lifted a hand to her cheek. "It's alright my love. Everything is going to be alright."
My love? Serena felt her breath catch in the back of her throat. Had he really just called her his love? But what about the things he said to her in the park? Was all that a lie or was he lying to her now. She wouldn't be able to bare it if he was lying now. But hadn't he come for her. Didn't that prove that he was telling the truth now?
"Serena?" he murmured as he watched her eyes tearing up. These weren't tears of joy. Why was she sad? They were together again. And soon nothing will be able to come between them again. Not Beryl and especially not the Sailor Scouts.
"I don't understand" she whispered tearfully
"You don't understand what?" he asked in confusion. What was going on here? Was she perhaps worried about the incident in Beryl's Palace? Well if she was he certainly wasn't. What happened in Beryl's Palace only confirmed everything he had come to believe. And it made what he was about to do possible.
"You came for me?"
"Of course I came for you. How could you believe that I wouldn't?"
Serena hung her head down in shame. He was right how could she have doubted.whoa wait a minute. She raised her head to look down at him. "How could I have believed that you wouldn't come for me?" She repeated quietly "I don't know. Perhaps" she shouted "because you told me that I meant nothing to you. That I was acting like some love struck little girl and that it was fun while it lasted. You told me we were enemies you told me.she broke off with a cry too choked up to continue. She pushed against his chest frantic to get away from him. But he refused to let her go. His arms closed tightly around her and refused to release her,
Darien found himself in a peculiar situation as he bombarded by emotion after emotion. He believed he was actually feeling guilt. It was a strange emotion and not one he particularly cared for. But it wasn't the only emotion that had him feeling off balance. He was also feeling ashamed. How could he have treated her like that? She was so fragile. How could he have hurt her so? "Serena stop?" he cried as she continued to struggle "I'm sorry. I was a jerk I admit it. I had this strange idea of protecting you from myself. But I was wrong. Can you forgive me?"
Serena froze at his words and searched his eyes for the truth. "Do you really mean that?'
He nodded his head. "Trust me Serena I was a fool to let you go before. And I'm never letting you go again."
"Oh Darien" she sobbed and fell against him "I've been so alone."
"I know." he said quietly while rubbing her back. It was then that he realized that he had been lonely as well. It just wasn't until now that he could put a name to it. Loneliness. But he knew now. He knew because she had felt the same pain. But that was in the past.
She was slowly feeling that empty space inside him. With her he would never feel lonely again. And he was never going to allow any one to take her from him. His eyes flashed with a dark promise. No one. ....
"How can telling Darien the truth plunge the world into darkness." Artemis asked in confusion. It didn't make sense.
"The Dark Prince can't be cured by any other means than through the bond that he and Serena share. The imperial crystal can give him back his memories. It can even destroy him but it cant return him to the man he used to be. Only Serena can do that. It's her purity of heart her goodness that he clings too and in which enables him to hold onto what's left of his former self."
"I still don't see where the problem is." Uranus confessed
"Before he wasn't aware of the bond between them. Wasn't aware that he was drawing on her pureness but now he is. And the darkness is strong inside him. And the part of him that is the Dark Prince won't stand for it. He'll put a stop to it."
"So what will he do?" Neptune asked, "Break the bond and become completely evil?"
Endymion sighed. "That would be the best scenario if it were possible. At least then Serena would no longer be in danger. But the bond is unbreakable."
"Than what are you saying" Mars asked suspiciously. She was getting a real bad feeling about all this.
Endymion paused for a second. This was it. "Because the bond can work both ways. Darien can draw on the goodness inside Serena and Serena.Serena can draw on the evil inside him"
Mars and the others gasped "But that would mean...?"
"Yes it means that Serena can become evil herself. And when that happens the people you all know as Darien and Serena will perish forever."
"Its not possible." Jupiter shouted, "Serena could never become evil. It's just no possible."
"Are you forgetting what happened in the park?" He snapped, "There was dark energy present inside her body. And yet nobody could figure out how it got there. Well let me tell you" he growled consumed with grief. He should have destroyed the dark prince long ago. "At that time she was feeling an incredible sense of loss and that feeling was followed by an intense anger. And anger directed at all of you. These are emotions in which dark energy feeds off. And if it hadn't been for Serenity lending her, her strength she might not have been able to fight it off."
"Why didn't you warn us?" Mercury wailed suddenly "All this time you've been sitting by and watching from afar. Why didn't you do something?"
Endymion looked at them with anguished eyes. "Their was nothing I could do. I couldn't reveal myself it would have only insured that this would come to pass."
"You could have gone back to stop it." Mars shouted angrily "If you could go back to the silver millennium why couldn't you go back to the day she was attacked and prevented this all from happening."
"I did." He stated quietly silencing them all. "I did go back. And by doing so I almost killed her myself." ...
"Oh My God" Serena shouted suddenly almost deafening him. She jerked up and looked down at him in amazement. "Where married." She said in awe
Darien chuckled he had been wondering when that little fig bit was going to hit her. But then he turned serious as he realized this was the perfect opportunity to set his plan in motion.
"Yes we are. But their something else you have to know Serena. Something that I've been dreading telling you"
Suddenly nervous Serena pulled the covers up all the way up to her chin. Everything had been perfect till now and she feared something was about to spoil it.
Darien watched her face as she sat their quietly while he told her everything that had happened to him after she was taken and why it had taken him so long to come for her.
Serena lay there in stunned disbelief. And as she continued to listen to him many emotions surged through her. But the main one was anger, intense burning anger. And it was all directed at her so-called friends. The very same friends who she now knew had betrayed her.
"They've been lying to me for month's" she exploded jumping off the bed. She was so angry.
"It was my order," he stated quietly from the bed. And waited for her reaction. She didn't disappoint.
She stopped pacing and turned to face him giving him an eye full. "That doesn't matter." She shouted "They were the one's who sat back and watched me suffer. They had to know what I was going through. And instead of telling me the truth they insisted that you were the enemy and that I had to destroy you."
"Again on my orders" he muttered distractedly. She was making it hard to concentrate on what she was saying. She was just so beautiful
"Why are you defending them?" she hollered
He was off the bed in a shot and towering over her. "I'm not defending them." He stated in a deathly soft voice. "They tried to keep us apart. I'm only stating a fact. They were acting on my orders."
Serena rolled her eyes at his tone. Not in the least bit afraid. She was confident of his love for her and she gloried in the knowledge. "Some orders shouldn't be followed." she cried but with less heat." She was too busy looking at him and basking in the knowledge that they were together again and he loved her as much as she loved him.
Darien saw her mood change and knew the direction her thoughts were taking. He brought his hands up and ran them through her hair loving the feel of those silky threads. "We can't let them come between us Angel. We can't allow for anyone to come between us again. We have to be prepared to stop anyone who tries."
Serena was lost in his gaze. He was right. They couldn't allow this to happen again. No one will come between them ever again.
He leaned down to kiss her softly "Will you come with me to Beryl's Palace? We have to make her pay for trying to come between us."
Beryl? Yes Beryl had to pay. She had wanted Darien for herself. But Darien was hers and Beryl had to learn to leave what belongs to her alone.
Darien sighed in satisfaction at the look in her eyes. Close so close.
"Promise me Serena. Promise me that you'll be mine forever. He whispered against her lips.
"I promise." she muttered "I'm yours forever."
"And do you chose me above all others."
"Yes" she whispered and was surprised when she felt a single tear run down her cheek. She shook her head. Something was wrong. She felt as if she were in a daze. "Darien?" She cried and reached out to grab onto him as she began to feel faint. What was going on? She felt weird. "Darien?" she whispered suddenly afraid. Something was happening to her. And it scared her.
"It's alright" he assured her and watched as she slipped into unconsciousness. He swung her into his arms and brought her back over to the bed. Carefully and with great care he placed her in the bed and covered her up. That had been easier than he thought it would be. She hadn't even been aware of what was happening. And it was better that way. He assured himself He hadn't wanted to frighten her. But it had been necessary. He looked down at her his eyes possessive. They were inseparable now. And when she wakes the whole world will bow before her as she takes her rightful place as the new Queen of the Negaverse.