The Challenge

Tuxedo Mask was furious. All he wanted was his wife back to him.

"Give her back you freak!" yelled Mini Moon.

"Do you want her back, fight her back!" Mask was stunned. He had to fight her back?

"What will happen if I lose?" asked Mask angrily.

"Both you and Serena will die!" replied Jake. He sank the knife deeper into Serena's skin for no reason. Mask frowned at Serena screamed again.

"I accept the challenge, but you have to promise to give back Serena alive."

"No, she will either be dead or alive, it depends, you must save her after you win the fight!" shouted Jake.

"Tuxedo Mask, please save our queen," pleaded Mars.

"Save mummy," said Mini Moon. Mask ran to Jake's hologram and was taken away.

Mask woke up. He found himself lying on the floor. Serena was next to him, tied up and a chair with a piece of cloth covering her mouth.

"It starts in 2 minutes. In that time you must prepare. If you need, there are weapons in the corner over there." Mask stood and ran to the corner. He found many weapons, knives, bows and arrows and every weapon possible. He only took some sharp pointed roses, a better cane and a long sword.

"Times up lover-boy!" Tuxedo Mask came running out with his weapons.

"Nice choice," says Jake. He quickly took a knife out and aimed for Mask.

He's quick! thought Tuxedo Mask. He quickly dodged the attack and threw a couple of roses. Jake was badly cut. Mask took out his sword.

"Looks like you're not so bad at this," said Jake, "Try this for size!" he ran to Darien. The knife was sharp and was aiming for Tuxedo Mask. He wasn't able to move. He was scared. Jake was smart, quick and confident.

Serena was struggling to get out of her little prison. The ropes loosened and Serena was free. She ran between Mask and Jake.

"Serena!" screamed Tuxedo Mask. Serena was lying on the floor with blood surrounding her. She was losing blood.

"Save yourself, the palace needs a king, run!" Serena whispered. Darien's eyes widened. His wife was dying. There was no doctor or anything to help the dying queen. Darien walked towards to pick the blonde up. Jake stopped him.

"You must win this fight before you could touch this lady." Jake kicked Mask away from the blonde.

"I will kill you!" screamed Mask. He ran to Jake with his knife aiming for Jake's chest. Jake just grinned. Darien was getting close. Jake leapt away but was too late. The knife just hit his chest. He screamed in pain.

"You win this time but I'll be back!" Jake dissolved into ashes. Mask retransformed and sighed in relief. He lifted his head remembering of Serena's problem.

"Serena!" She was nearly out of blood. She groaned as Darien picked her up.

"Daddy?" asked a faint voice, "Daddy, are you there? Is mummy ok?" Mini Moon walked towards the stone arena.

"Daddy!" cried Mini Moon, "Mummy! What's wrong with her?"

"She'll be okay if she isn't out of blood."

"Tuxedo Mask is the queen okay?" asked another faint voice. Sailor Mercury appeared.

"I don't know for sure. She is losing a lot of blood."

"Luckily I have a first aid kit here. Where is the wound?"

"Just here in her stomach." Mercury went to work straight away.

"She may not make it. She has lost about 95 of her blood," announced Mercury.

"This is terribly bad. We need to get her home now!" ordered Darien.

Serena sat up, "Where am I?"

"Hello your majesty," said a doctor.

"What happened? I can't remember anything," said Serena, still a bit dizzy.

"You've lost 95 of your blood 2 months ago. You're lucky that you didn't die since your blood type is quite rare. It took us about 2 weeks to find some," replied the doctor.

"Excuse me, may I come in?" asked a familiar voice.

"Of course, she's awake right now." Two figures came into the room.. The male looked around.

"Serena, you're awake! Thank god you're alive!" exclaimed Darien with Rini following behind him.

"What happened 2 months ago?" asked Serena.

"You were going to die so I had to challenge Jake in a fight. I won of course but you were badly stabbed in the stomach and it took quite a while for the doctors to find the exact same blood type as yours. It took you 2 months to recover," explained Darien.

"Mummy, I'm so happy you're awake. You worried me so much, I wasn't able to sleep!" announced Rini. Serena giggled.

"I missed you too even though I was far away." Serena kissed Rini on the forehead then kissed Darien.

Did you like it? There will be another story about Jake and Serena coming soon. I hope you will also enjoy that story too but first I need to finish off another story.

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