Chapter Thirteen

Renegade Pack

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Warning: Profane language, violence, sexual content and blood, gore, vampires, werewolves and all the good stuff. M-rated.

Double Warning: Bad writing involved
Darien frowned. Serena taken off again, and he was beginning to get a bad feeling. He stared out his bedroom window at the driveway where Serena would have to come up to get to the garage.

"I mean here we are, worried about her safety and she goes gallivanting off to who knows where this time." He said angrily.

"She has never thought much about her safety, Darien." Luna agreed softly. "But we don't know why she took off this time. The only thing we know is that she didn't run away. She said she'd be right back, didn't she?"

"Yeah, that's what the letter on her door said."

"What time did you find it?"

"About three hours ago. If being right back means that we should wait three hours someone is going to explain the time thing to her." Darien stated.

"And we have to conclude that she wrote the letter before then." Luna added, ignoring his second comment. "I'm beginning to get worried. She should have been back by now. Even for Serena, this is really late."

The door to Darien's room cracked open and Renee popped her head inside. "She back yet?"

"No." Darien growled. Renee flinched, but pushed the door wider and stepped into the room.

"She promised she would take me to the park, today, after school!" She complained.

"Renee, we have a little more to worry about than whether Serena takes you to the park." Luna stated.

"The contract?" Renee asked, looking slightly confused.

"How do you know about it?" Darien asked, turning to face her.

"Amy told me." She responded, and then frowned. "What does it mean though?"

"What did Amy tell you about it?" Luna asked.

Renee screwed up her face to think. "I asked why Lita looked all beat up, and Raye said cause she was attacked, and Amy told me about a girl in the shadows that told Serena she had a contract, and then Raye poked her side and told her that I didn't need to know because it would scare me."

"A contract means that someone is obligated to do something. In this case someone has been contracted to kill Serena." Darien stated. Renee's eyes widened.

"Darien!" Luna snapped. "I think Raye was right not to tell her, now she's scared!"

"No." Renee said, swallowing convulsively. "I'm ok, Luna. Really." She looked at Darien. "I'm a Sailor Scout, too. How come I'm the last to know anything?"

"Because you're small." Darien grumbled. He wanted to go out and look for Serena, but she had taken his car, and he wasn't sure if all of them looking for her would attract unwanted attention, like it had when Serena vanished two years earlier. He thought he had seen enough Serenas to never want to see another one again, unless it was the real one.

He turned back to the window just as his car pulled into the driveway, but instead of going straight to the garage as it should have, a dark haired woman climbed from the car and ran toward the palace. Darien bolted past Renee, heading for the entrance hall before anyone said anything. He had taken the stairs two at a time and landed on the floor the moment a knock was heard on the large doors.

He opened the door and stared at a woman that could have been Serena's double. If it hadn't been for the hair and eyes, he would have mistaken her for Serena. She stood at about Serena's height, maybe an inch or so shorter. She was shaped like Serena. But it was the eyes that captured Darien's attention. He recognized them from the night that Lita had been beaten up and they had found out that Serena had a contract for her life. The girl stared at Darien with the same reflective eyes that he had seen the night before.

Her face was completely blank as she spoke, but her voice was breathless. "They have taken Serena."

"Who?" Darien asked numbly.

"The Renegade Pack."

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