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Chapter 5: Weariness

When Malachite and Zoicite came into her room she knew they'd found a solution. They walked over to her bed and helped her sit up, for she was too weak to do so.

"Have you found a diversion?" she asked.

"That and we have the key to remove the cuffs." Malachite said proudly.

"The question is Princess do you have enough energy to free our fellow Generals?" Zoicite asked, "Our diversion will give us sometimes, but not that much."

"I'll manage," was all that she said.

"We're ready to put our place into action immediately if you wish it Princess."

"Then lets do it, the sooner we do it the better."

"Ok," said Zoicite. He leaned over Serena and inserted a black key into the cuff on her neck, it immediately popped off. He did the same with her wrist cuffs, and Serena felt a tremendous relief wash over her. Her power was no longer retained and her energy no longer draining from her. Unfortunately, she didn't have time to recover. Malachite picked her up and soon they were running down the many passage ways of the negaverse. In some rooms they passed Serenity heard a huge ruckuses or shrieking. They needed to get to the other Generals fast, and escape as quickly as possible.

They soon came into a room where only two torches were lit over two things that looked mysteriously like coffins. Serena cringed as they got closer to them, the dark energy swirling around them made her sick to her stomach. When they were finally at the foot of them Malachite set Serena down, keeping a hand on her shoulder incase she should fall.

Inside the coffins lay Jadeite and Nephrite they looked dead, but the rise and fall of the chests told otherwise. The black energy was seeping into their very pores, and Serenity couldn't bare to it watch anymore. These men had been her love's most trusted companions and friends.

Serena took a deep breath and reached deep inside herself for that power she'd wielded so easily a few days ago. She found it glowing and humming silver inside of her and she reached for it, holding onto it as hard as she could.

She opened her eyes and reached inside the coffins to lay a hand on each general's chest. Her power poured into them, the amount of power that left her to heal them was staggering the, room suddenly swam in her vision. They needed much more energy than Malachite and Zoicite had needed, they'd been still alive. Jadeite and Nephrite's bodies had been remade by dark energy and she had to convert it all to what they'd been when they were human. She was already short handed on energy, but she gave without a thought for herself.

Her energy flowed through them like a waterfall of silver, filling every inch of them and pushing the darkness away. Serena legs gave away beneath her and she heard Malachite's voice yelling at her form somewhere in the back round. But she couldn't stop, wouldn't stop until they were fully healed. She gave them even more energy, all that she could spare and soon she felt that their souls had settled into their bodies.

Serena pulled back collapsing to the ground, one of the generals caught her, but she was too tired and weak to care. She sat there her breath heaving and her face flushed, the room at least wasn't spinning anymore. She opened her eyes when she heard two groans from the coffin like structures.

Jadeite and Nephrite sat up looking exactly like they had in the Silver Millennium. They looked a little confused remembering both of them had died twice.

"Welcome back to the land of the living, " Zoicite said shifting Serena in his arms.

"She shouldn't have done that, it's obvious she'd about to pass out. Our Prince would never have let her do that," Nephrite said standing as if testing his legs.

"You're awfully grateful for a person I just about brought back from the dead, " Serena muttered grumpily.

"Believe me I agree, but we couldn't let Beryl make you hers again, it was better to save you now." Malachite said helping Jadeite to his feet.

"Where is our Prince?" Jadeite asked stepping out of the coffin.

"He doesn't remember anything, I awakened to early." Serena said trying to gather herself together. "His name is Darien in this time, he nor the scouts know that I'm Princess Serenity yet either."

"People seem to be awfully slow on the uptake in this century," Jadeite said dryly.

"That's enough chitchat for now, we need to get moving any moment Beryl-"

There was a huge explosion on the far wall sending pounds of debris hurling their way. In the hole Beryl was standing, a furious look on her face.

"You stupid girl, you just had to make trouble for me didn't you." Beryl spat. The generals stepped in front of Serena prepared to defend her, but Serena ever thinking of others instead of herself had another idea. She grabbed the last of the energy inside of her and sent it hurling towards the generals, they were to late to dodge it and once it hit them they disappeared. Serena had transported them away from the negaverse.

"So it's just to be you and me," Beryl snarled an evil smile on her face. She stalked over to Serena who was lying on the ground and lifted her up by her hair. Serena let out a shriek hating to show any weakness in front of Beryl, but it HURT. Beryl continued to drag her down through passages talking as she went.

"Queen Metalia has demanded your punishment, and I'm only to happy to dish it out Princess," she paused to laugh it was obvious that she enjoyed inflicting pain. "You're going to wish that you'd never been born Serenity."

Serena was tossed to the floor again, but her hands immediately seized by two other henchmen in the room and were manacled to the wall. The cuffs cut deeply into her skin drawing blood already. Serena could only stare at the black wall in front of her waiting to see what Beryl would do. The room stank of death and decay, and Serena had seen many strange devices that she could only imagine what were for. Her entire body froze as she heard the crack of a whip behind her.

"Prepare to suffer Princess," Beryl laughed as she brought the wipe down onto Serena's back. Serena screamed as she felt in cut deeply into her skin. With one lash her back was burning in a fiery pain, but almost immediately the whip came down on her back again. She screamed again tears seeping from her eyes, she tugged wildly against her bonds trying to escape. The whip came down again, and again, and again, it was never ending, the pain had no end in sight. Serena screamed and screamed, while Beryl laughed in the back round, she'd only given Serena ten lashes. Serena knew there was much more to come, she just wasn't sure if she could survive it.

Darien lifted his cape to shield his face from the icy shards swirling all around him. He'd entered a icy death plain, he couldn't comprehend that places like this existed in the world. He could barley see through the snow, and the temperature just seemed to drop every second.

He could feel her now, or at least the direction she was in. He trudge through the snow not letting anything stop him. He had to get to her, through their link he could feel a black energy covering her side. Which meant that once he got close enough they still wouldn't be able to communicate because the negaverse energy was conflicting with their link.

He'd been walking for hours and it seemed like he was going in circles, but he felt through their link that he was getting closer to her. He was cold and tired and, wanted to sit down and rest, but he didn't allow himself to. He was so close and he wouldn't stop now, the storm suddenly died down around him and it was eerily silent. He looked around, the ice storm had stopped and now everything had fallen silent. Taking advantage of the change in weather he broke into a run following the link in whatever direction it pulled him in.

He thought he was imagining it at first but the four figures on the horizon got larger and lager as he ran. They looked like four men, but that couldn't be possible, as they grew closer and closer Darien saw that they were the four generals of the negaverse. He stopped but they kept coming at him, as they grew closer to his surprise recognition dawned over their faces.

"Prince!" Jadeite called out. Darien looked at him oddly but comprehension dawned over Jadeite's face. Darien tensed up getting ready to begin a battle against the four of them but Malachite geld up a hand.

"We mean you no harm, ah, Darien." Malachite said hastily.

"What are you talking about?" Darien asked. These four were Beryl's right hand men.

"We're, ah different. We were healed, and we're back to our normal selves," Zoicite said.

"Why should I believe you?"

"We can help you find the Princess," Nephrite said, knowing his Prince to well. The reason he was here was to save the Princess and that was all he cared about to the moment; it would be the only thing on his mind.

"Princess Serenity?" Darien said incredulously.

"No, well yes, but Serena too." Jadeite said fumbling with his words.

"The negaverse has both of them?" Darien asked.

"No, Prin-ah Darien. Serena and Princess Serenity are the same person." Malachite sighed.

Darien was stunned to silence for a moment. Serena was Princess Serenity, was it possible that she could be the girl from his dreams. He would've stood there and thought about it, but he knew time was of the essence.

"This is too confusing to think about right now, you said you could help me find Serena," Darien said sighing.

"We were healed by her, that is how we are able to help you now. We would go with you but Beryl would be expecting us, and we would give you away." Nephrite said.

"But we can tell you the quickest way to get to her, so you won't run into anybody," Zoicite said.

"Okay, you might as well tell me. I don't know if anything you say if true, but I'll just have to take your word for it, I need to get to Serena now." Darien said urgently.

The generals immediately surrounded him and began to tell him of a passage that no one bothered to use anymore. There were so many that lost of them became forgotten and never used again. They told of Darien of one that would lead to Beryl's torture chamber, they were sure that the Princess/ Serena would be there now.

"We're sorry that we couldn't stop her from sending us away, but she acted to quickly," Malachite said with regret in his voice. That's just like her, Darien thought. She was always thinking of others before herself.

"Don't think about it to much, thank you for the help." Darien said readying himself to run again.

"Don't worry Darien, we'll be around," Jadeite said as Darien ran off in the direction the generals had directed him.

Darien ran for a while longer until he came upon the small cave the Generals had told him about. It branched off into many passages, but by by their instructions he took the second to the right. He kept along this passage taking the few turn the generals had told him about. He could feel the evil coursing through this place, it felt wrong and unnatural.

He soon stepped into an open chamber and he didn't not like what he saw. There were machined every where each designed to a different form of torture. Whips were hanging on the wall nearby and hot iron brands were warming up on the left hand wall. When he looked around again he spotted her, his heart in his throat her ran to her.

She was lying unmoving on the ground her wrists were manacled to the wall, and he could see that the cuffs were cutting cruelly deep. He lifted her up into his arms and stared down at her.

She was Serena, but she wasn't Serena. Instead of long golden blond hair her hair was a shimmering silver color, and she was wearing a flowing white dress. As Darien looked closer her saw there was a moon insignia on her forehead he knew that this girl was Princess Serenity.

He shook her gently and got a moan from her, "Serena?" he said softly. One eye peered open at him, but he saw it soften when she saw if was Darien.

"Darien." she croaked her voice seemed unable to work properly.

"Yes, Serena?"

She nodded. So what they told me was true, Serena is Princess Serenity. Darien thought. He quickly looked down to see the extent of her injuries, and he immediately saw red.

The entire right side of her face was puffy, and black and blue; her right eye was completely swollen shut. There was a dark bruise on her neck that looked like a cuff had been fastened around it and pulled tight, there were bruises that looked like fingerprints as well. When Darien took his hand from her back she let out a small cry, and Darien looked at his hand. Its was covered in blood, he gently turned Serena over and saw that she'd been whipped about 150 times. Her back was a mass of broken flesh, and covered in blood. There were places where he could see that they'd branded her on her back as well.

Darien felt a rage build within him, a rage that he'd never known he possessed. Who would hurt her like this? Who would be evil enough to do this? He heard a evil cackled behind him, he turned around gathering Serena in his arms as gently as he could. He saw Queen Beryl standing there, an evil smile on her face.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Tuxedo Mask gone to save the Princess," she said mockingly. Serena's blood was on her hands, and with Darien's rage he felt the power that always eluded him was suddenly within his grasp.

"You dare hurt her! You dare to hurt my loved one Beryl!" Darien growled a wind picking up around him. He shot golden energy at her and it struck her, Beryl was to surprised to act. Her shoulder was bloody and wounded, she growled and glared at him. With his power he quickly severed Serena's bonds.

"You'll pay for that!" she shrieked.

Darien just smiled and very grim smile and felt the energy build within him. He was getting ready to shoot another attack, but Serena gave a small whimper in his arms. His anger drained out of him like water flowing down a drain, he couldn't fight Beryl now Serena needed medical attention fast. He gave Beryl one last glare, then used his new found energy to teleport them both back to his apartment. He heard Beryl's cry of rage as they left her behind.

He cradled Serena in his arms as he set her down on his bed. He wasn't chancing taking her to the hospital, he wouldn't let her out of his sight. He needed to treat her wounds as fast as he could though. He began his task all the while whispering comforting words in her ear.

When she cried or screamed from the pain as he cleaned her wounds he let her squeeze her hand or hit him as hard as she wanted. It was hard enough to keep her conscious, her body wanted to shut down, but he couldn't let her do that yet. He wrapped her wounds as gently as he could knowing that even moving was hurting her, and after he was done he gave her a couple of sleeping pills so she would sleep deeply.

He changed her out of her now filthy dress and into some of his cloths instead, she had to sleep on her stomach because her back was to injured to put pressure on it. Then, for a while he just sat by his bed holding her hand. Tears fell from his eyes for her, she should've never had to endure something like this.

"I'm sorry I wasn't there sooner Serena," he said apologetically. It might've been his imagination, but he could've sworn he felt her squeeze his hand back in reassurance.