A Sick Time

It has been a couple of days since Ping has died. Darien was forced to watch Ping's body get eaten by rats for hours. He couldn't bare the sight. Half of the dead body was already bones with bits of flesh on them.

'It's terrible! Plain terrible! Ping's dead, I'm far away from Serena, in fact, I don't even know where the hell I am!' Tears fell from Darien's eyes.

"It's time to go," Pharaoh 90 said. Darien sat up and walked back to his cell.

'I prefer my cell better!'

Serena was terribly weak. She's been attacked many times. She was terrified. She wanted to die.

Lita and Mina were nursing her back to health. They didn't want Serena to do anything. If Serena wanted some fruit, one of them would get her a basket of fruit. Serena lay on Rei's bed. Rei didn't mind letting Serena use her bed. At some stages, the two girls would force Serena to meditate with Rei, just so Serena would relax and get her mind off of Darien.

Serena would usually ask if Darien was okay or not. Mina kept on saying yes. The blonde didn't think it was always true.

Rei and Serena were meditating next to the fire. Serena wasn't concentrating well like she used to. She got a bit worried. She stopped meditating.

"What's bothering you Serena? You have been acting a bit strange today."

"I don't know. For some reason I'm just all down and I can't shake it off."

"Do you want to go get a milkshake?"

"But I had one yesterday! I personally banned myself from drinking a milkshake day after day."

"This is for a special occasion okay?" Serena nodded her head. The two left.

Serena sipped her chocolate milkshake. Rei drank her coffee. Andrew finished cleaning a few glasses and walked towards Serena.

"You look down Serena, what's wrong?"

"I have no idea. I think that I'm just stressed."

"Yeah, she's been stressing ever since Darien was kidnapped and when she found out that she was pregnant."

"Well, I think I know how to cheer you up Serena. There's a new Sailor V game and everyone who has played says that it was the best game ever."

Serena brightened up. She quickly finished her milkshakeand ran to a machine. She had some coins in one of her pockets. Serena grabbed a coin and slid it into the machine. She played and played. While she did, Rei and Andrew talked.

"It's been so rough for Serena. I just wish that we could get Darien back as soon as possible."

"I think I could help. When I last met Darien, I gave him a small chip. It would help us find him."

"Give me all the equipment that we need. We need to find Darien as soon as possible or Serena will soon go mental!" Andrew left. Rei waited. To kill the time, she decided to see hoe Serena was going.

"How's the game Serena?" she asked.

"The game's good, I just can't win!" She dug her hand into her pocket to get more coins. Serena got nothing. Rei got her purse out and handed Serena some more coins.

"I'll be right back. I just need to finish talking to Andrew." Serena nodded her head as she slid another coin into the machine. Rei walked back to the counter.

Andrew put a box of equipment onto the counter.

"Here it is! This is all the things you will need to locate Darien. Good luck."

"Thanks Andrew. You've been a great help." Rei carried the box and walked over to Serena.

"It's time to go, Serena."

"Just wait, I want to finish this round." Serena lost. She got up and walked with Rei, back to the temple.

"What's in that box, Rei?" Serena asked.

"Just a few things that will help us find Darien." Serena jumped on top of Rei which caused her to fall. The box of pieces scattered everywhere.

"Serena you idiot, you just had to tip me over!"

"I'm sorry Rei." Rei grunted and started collecting all of the mechanical pieces. Serena started to help her friend.

Days past and Rei had almost finished building the locater thing. There was one piece missing. Without it, the locater would never work. She went to the arcade to talk to Andrew.

"Andrew, one of the pieces has gone missing."

"What? Which piece?"

"The one in the very middle," Rei said.

"Oh shit. That's the most important part. It will take me quite a while to create it."

"Take as much time as you need, just finish it quickly okay."

"Sure." Rei left the arcade.

Serena has been sick. She thought that Darien would never be found. All her troubles were causing her a lot of damage. She had a very high temperature. All she wanted was Darien.

"Serena, that piece would take quite a while to finish," Rei said. Serena groaned. Mina dipped a cloth into a bowl of cold water and put it on her forehead.

"I want Darien, I want him now."

Darien watched all this. He shook his head. Serena was terribly ill and it was all because of him. He started to cry. He had created major chaos for Serena. How could he possibly repay her?

Well, I'll end it here. I would like to thank Lady Lunarian for her extremely kind review. Thanks! Please review guys!