Chapter Fifteen

Chad

Disclaimer: Standard Disclaimer applies. (In other words I have no rights to SM or the SS in any way, shape, or form.) However this story line is mine.

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

Double Warning: Bad writing involved

Darien saw the flare and he and the others started for his car. But before they had reached it, someone had grabbed Mini Moon.

Mars turned, her voice echoing in the night. "Mars… Flame… THROWER!" Flames lit the tips of her fingers as she steepled them, her head bent in concentration. Her fingers pointed as if they had a mind of their own. A tongue of flames streaked toward the offending man, hitting him square in the face, so that he let go of Mini Moon. Mini Moon dropped as Mars lowered the flames to hit the man's chest full force. He flew backwards as she pushed the entire attack at him.

Mini Moon turned as another man leapt at her, screaming, "Mini… Moon… Stardust… ATTACK!" A shower of sparks flared in her hands, as she formed it into a ball, and then threw it at the offending man. The small ball of sparks hit the man in the face, and he did a back flip, landing on his face in the dirt. Darien stared, shocked. He thought he had seen all of her attacks, but apparently not, and this one seemed to pack a nice punch.

Mini Moon stood, and raced toward them. Two more thugs appeared grabbing at her and Mars. Darien heard a scream and knew it was Serena's. Have they been captured? He wondered, turning to stare at the forest's edge. He began to run in that direction, as another scream broke the night air, Mars had been tackled. Darien glanced back to see what was happening.

"Venus… Love… Whip… CRACK!" Venus screamed. Her whip snaked around the two men, who had tackled Mars, and jerked them off of her. After the two men were pushed back, Venus snapped the glowing whip and cracked it against both of them. They flew into the air and landed a few feet away, in an unconscious heap. Mini Moon, helping Mars up, summoned her Stardust attack and threw it at a man who was heading toward the three of him.

Knowing that between the three of them, they had things handled, Darien turned toward the forest again and began racing toward where he had last heard Serena scream. As he did, he had the strangest feeling that something was sweeping over him, a strange energy causing his skin to crawl.

"Tuxedo Mask, behind you." Shouted Venus. Darien dodged, and turned in time to see another thug rushing at him. They collided and Darien hit the ground hard, the air knocked from his lungs.

Another voice split the night air, "Let go of her!" In the flickering firelight of the shed, Darien saw a man standing, his back to the fire, his face in shadow. He appeared to be looking at the two men, who had broken free of Venus' chain, and were holding Mars down. The thug on Darien got up and pulled him to his feet, holding Darien's hands behind his back.

"Nice tux." The man growled in a deep voice.

Darien frowned, but decided not to answer. He watched Mars and the man in front of the flames. "I said, 'Let her GO!'" The man roared, striding forward. He backhanded one of the men holding Mars. The other dropped her as if she had burned him and took several steps backwards. Mars took a step back, staring at the man in front of her. "I'm sorry, Raye. I didn't know you would come for her."

"Ch-Chad?" Mars stuttered, gaping at him. "I-I thought you were gone."

"I never left." He told her.

"Please let everyone go." Mars asked, glancing at Darien.

"I will, but I need Serena."

"Why?"

"To stop this war."

"But why, Chad? Can't you talk it out?"

"I've got her." A man shouted excitedly, leading a group of people from the edge of the forest. Darien saw Serena struggling between two people, four were actually carrying Jupiter, and Cat was walking sedately beside the leader. Her black eyes flicked over the scene, then looked straight at Darien. The eyes were completely blank but something flashed through them. Regret? Worry? Anger? Darien couldn't name it. He tilted his head toward Chad and Mars, and her eyes focused on them. He thought he saw a slight nod, just before she slumped forward. The leader of the group caught her, looking surprised.

"I will let you all go if you don't try to get her out of here again." Chad stated, turning his attention back to Mars.

"You know I can't agree to that, Chad." Mars said.

"Then, I am very sorry." He said, raising his hand. An icy cold gust of wind swept over the area where they all stood. Darien shivered, feeling the hairs on the back of his neck and arms rise. Chad looked around, forgetting to his Mars, who realizing the potential of his distraction, summoned her flamethrower and it slammed into him at point blank range. At the same moment, Venus called her Love and Beauty Shock, Mini Moon called her Stardust attack, and Serena broke free of the two people holding her to dive into the small group holding Jupiter. As soon as Jupiter was free she called her Evolution attack and threw it straight at Darien, who ducked feeling the breeze of her attack sweep over him, hitting the man that had held him.

Without a word, Jupiter and Serena grabbed the apparently unconscious Cat, and all of them began to race toward Darien's car. Somehow they all managed to fit inside and he pulled into the night.

It wasn't until they got to the palace that they all realized that Mars/Raye wasn't with them.

AN: Feel free to read and review. Leave comments, questions, thoughts, ideas, etc if you wish. I will try to respond to all questions at the end of each chapter. I will not respond to flamers. All I ask, if you do have something to say against my writing, is that you word it politely.

AN: Thanks to my supporters, (Rosebud Jamie, moon queen, kamalchemy88, ffgirlmoonie, Roisin Midnight, and Angel of Serenity88). But I do wanna bring something into the open. Trying to write a character that has a secret identity can be seriously hard (the sailor scouts) trying to get Serena (and myself) to remember to call them by their alias' is a real problem… which is why I don't really use their transformations much. Also (I have been trying to figure out a way to work this in, but only hinted at it so far in this book), before Serena left New Tokyo, something happened and she cannot transform any more. I haven't decided what happened, but I think I am going to give the task to my readers. If anyone has an idea that could cause Serena's loss of powers (and still keeps with the books) put it in your review. Basically, if you come up with one that I feel is a really good idea, I will post it at the end of the next chapter with my other final choices, where other readers can vote on which one to use. Please feel free to participate, even if you think the idea is dumb. The Idea will show up in Book 4 (Dangerous Distractions).

AN: To Angel of Serenity: Chad and Andrew are the alphas of two different packs fighting for the same territory, well almost. I don't like to give away spoilers, but if you keep reading everything will be explained. Chad and Raye together…possible… you're gonna have to keep reading to find out the truth. And we love the fact that you are on about Nikolai and Serena. But at this time we have no clue what is going to happen. As far as Cat, she's a personal char, based off of myself, the only thing she's likely to do, is to kill everyone in a fit of PMS (giggles). Sorry this isn't very informative, but I soooo hate giving away spoilers.

AN: To Roisin Midnight: I was serious about your review lifting my mood. I had gotten up on the wrong side of the bed and was SERIOUSLY cranky. After I read your review, I laughed for about a half hour, and as a prize posted for ya. Keep on the Sugar! (grin)