New Enemies

Chapter 4

Darien opened his eyes and winced at the flood of light in his eyes. He tried to lift his hand, to block the bright light from his eyes but he found barely twitching his finger sent rivets of pain through his system. He closed his eyes once again and managed to croak.

"Where am I?"

There was the sound of footsteps hurrying towards him. "Darien?"

Darien knew that voice. "Miles?"

There was a small chuckle and Darien noticed that the light behind his eyelids had subsided. He opened them and found the light above him faded. And smiling over him was Miles.

"Thank God. You've been out for over a week now. How are you feeling?"

"No better than what I had earlier." Darien groaned.

"Well, that's a good sign. At least we know you're brain is actually receiving messages now." Miles said. "Would you like to have some water?"

"Yes." Darien replied.

Miles disappeared, his footsteps exiting in the room Darien was in. Darien looked around and found he was in a small room, perhaps in a cottage of some kind. The walls were made of wood that glowed with the light. It was completely empty except for the bed Darien laid on with thick blankets of silk, a small table next to him that was cluttered with bandages and all sorts of medical things. And a wooden chair that sat next to Darien's side.

Miles came back in, a glass of water in his hand. He set it on the little room left on the table and helped Darien sit up. Darien took the glass form Miles and drank it all. "Thank you."

"No problem. I'm glad you're up. We've been worried sick about you. What happened?"

"We? Who's we?"

"Me, of course." Kirala said, walking into the room. "You've put us both in a state of panic, Darien, when you showed up on our doorstep. Please, tell us what happened."

Darien thought for a moment. He hadn't meant to go on their doorstep…had he? He'd been hurt badly and needed immediate help. Darien sighed. "I was attacked by this…women I guess. She was standing in an alleyway I had passed. She was…crying." Darien slowly remembered the darkness all around him, the slim figure of the beautiful, young women, crying softly. "I went to her to see if she was alright and she attacked me, pulling out this long sword."

"That explains the slash marks on you. But, my question it, what were you doing wearing a tuxedo?" Miles asked, perplexed.

Darien smiled. Miles never missed a thing. "It doesn't matter. All I know is there is a very dangerous women with a weapon on the loose. We have to do something!" Darien said, moving to get up, but the pain stopped him, making him bend over and hugging his torso. Miles jumped forward and helped his friend lay back down. Darien looked up at Miles, fighting the darkness that was overwhelming him. "Serena…" And he fell into darkness.

Miles cleaned and bandaged Darien's wounds before leaving the room, shutting the door behind him. Kirala was pacing in the kitchen, her hands gripping each other. "This isn't good, Miles. I don't like this one bit. Do you think the women who attacked Darien was-"

"We don't know anything yet for sure. For all we know it could be a maniac women with a sword."

"Oh really?" Kirala said, stopping in front of him, her words dripping with sarcasm. "What are the chances of it just being just another…something!" She waved her hands in the hair before resting them on her hips. Her hair was loose around her face, her eyes heavy with worry and confusion.

"Okay." Miles went to her and rubbed his hands up and down her arms. "Let's say for a fact that it was her. Why haven't we detected her yet? And what about her sword? Why didn't we detect that either?" He asked calmly.

She shrugged. "Maybe she's got a few tricks up her sleeves."

"Maybe. But, why Darien? Why attack Darien?"

Kirala looked up at Miles, meeting his gaze. "You don't think…"

"I think it could be a possibility, that's all. We can't just cross out everything before we're absolutely sure it's not him. Or her for that matter." Miles said, thinking of Darien's last words.

Kirala thought a moment, biting her lip before looking back up. "I'll watch over her, just in case. Should we tell her about Darien?"

"I'll leave that up to you. It wouldn't hurt to ease her mind though." Miles kissed her and stepped back, looking at his watch. "You better get back. I'll stay for a few more days with Darien and we'll both come back."

Kirala nodded and hugged him tight. "I miss you. You know that right?" She whispered.

Mils smiled. "I know it." He kissed her gently, nipping her lips before exploring her mouth with his tongue. She tasted like something out of this world, so original and unique. And he could never get enough of it. He pulled away gently. "Go on before we let this go on. I'll see you in a few days."

She nodded. "Alright. I love you."

She pecked him on the cheek and left the cottage, closing the door behind her softly.

Serena went to the door as it rang and smiled at Kirala. "Hey! You came!"

"How could I miss something like this? It's been awhile since I went shopping with only girls. Miles has been the unfortunate victim for the past year."

Serena winced. "Ouch. Poor Miles. Where is Miles anyway?"

Kirala's smile faded a bit, just enough for Serena to catch it. "He hasn't gone missing too, has he?"

"No. No. No." Kirala jumped in, seeing the panic in her eyes. "No. I know where he is. He just hasn't be able to come home for awhile and I've missed his company greatly. But, nothing to worry about. In fact," She leaned in to whisper to Serena, "when I talked to Miles about Darien, he said he knew where he was. He went to go and talk to him."

Serena's eyes widened and her eyes began to glisten with tears. "Really? Is he alright?"

"I don't know. I haven't talked to Miles since but, I'm sure everything is okay. Are you okay?"

Serena smiled and wiped away her tears. "Yes. I'm fine. I'm just so relieved someone found him. Look! There's everyone else! Hey guys!" She yelled over Kirala's shoulder. Kirala turned and saw the group of girls she had seen when she met Serena climb out of a few cars, a couple walking. She smiled. It was going to be a good day.

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