Alone
Usagi screamed as she pounded on the door. Her fist colliding with the dark, pale door and doing nothing more than making a hollow sound and bruising her fist. Tears rolled down her cheeks as she beat.
Why hadn't she seen this? How had she not noticed?
She felt so stupid, she should have known better. She should never have ridden with her. She had already known something like this would happen. And she'd gone ahead anyways.
"LET ME OUT!"
Silence greeted her as it had for the last ten minutes. She needed to get out. She had to. Her friends were in trouble. Her love was in trouble...
"I love you Usagi..."
The tears were falling harder.
She had to get out. What if it was a trap? What if something happened to them?
I love you Usagi...
"I love you too Haruka," she whispered and fell to the ground. Defeated.
A chocked sob fell from her lips.
"I love you too..."
She clutched her fingers together at the hopelessness of the situation, her eyes clenched tightly shut. Why had she been so stupid? How could she be so stupid? How could she be so blind?
She felt helpless. Lost. She didn't know what to do. She wasn't strong enough to break out by herself. But there was no one else around. No one to save her this time.
No one but herself.
Haruka drove silently, her eyes concentrating only on the road as she drove. The tiny crystal in her pocket lighting momentarily sporadically.
She felt as though the world was falling down on her, and she could hardly breathe.
But she could, and she would.
She would not let the silence take over. She would not let Usagi...
A shadow passed over them, through the tunnel, and Haruka kept her eyes wary. She would not have a repeat of their last accident. The scars were enough.
They erupted into the light, only in their places were suited soldiers. Women with unfathomable powers.
She pressed the gas harder.
She would get the treasures, and then she'd save the world. She would not let the silence take over. No matter what.
"We're here,"
Looking down at the clock. She nodded silently and turned into the parking lot. Fifteen minutes until show time.
The crystal in her pocket lit brilliantly, blinding her momentarily.
Just fifteen more...
Usagi felt something rub hard against her leg, grabbing it, she realized suddenly it was round, long and kind of bumpy.
Her face heated up and she released the object immediately. Hearing it fall to the ground with a soft thump.
Maneuvering as best as she could, she pushed against a wall, only to fall atop the object when she bumped off a large object. A large object with whip-like wires...
The object beneath her suddenly rattled, vibrating the underside of her belly. She felt her eyes go wide, and jumped upwards. Only to hit the ceiling and have light fuzz before her darkened eyes.
Wait light...
Looking down, she felt throughly embarrassed, and picked the small, hard object up. A flashlight...
A very old flashlight.
Turning the light around the small confined space, she noticed the vine thing, belonged to a vacuum. And beneath her, beneath her was a mattress, old and yellow in some places.
However, as she shone the light, she noticed a small crumpled piece of paper lying on the ground. Rips and tears eating away the edges, and tears staining the ink almost unreadable. She almost dropped the flashlight when she saw it.
Koneko,
If you are reading this, then my plan has gone as I expected. You are now safely locked away in an upstairs closet. And you now lie within the darkness. I don't expect you to forgive me. And I understand you probably wont.
For that I'm sorry.
I wish I didn't have to do this. I wish I could just take you in my arms and protect you from the world. But I can't. I know that, so I'll do what I can. I'm going to the church to find the talismans. I know you don't understand what they mean. I know you don't understand what they have to do with anything.
For that to, I'm sorry.
I won't let you get hurt though. I refuse to allow harm to come to you. If something... anything happened to you, I'd die. I can't live without you. I know that now. I know I need you more than I've ever needed anyone. It scares me, sometimes, to know you hold that much control over me. To know that I'll crumple if you so wish it.
I love you Usagi.
I love you more than I've ever loved anyone.
And for that, I'm not sorry.
I doubt I ever will be.
I don't expect you to forgive me. And I understand you probably wont.
Still though, I'll always be waiting,
Haruka
The tears gushed from her eyes and she held the paper close. She needed to get out. She needed to stop them. She needed to tell Haruka how much she loved her. She had to...
Something sparkled against the flashlight, and Usagi turned to see a small device sitting directly in the florescent light. Something that dried her tears instantly.
Something that made her smirk through the stains on her pale, softly lit face.
Something Haruka had not thought of at all...
Eugeal watched the two Senshi enter, and instantly knew her plan had succeeded. They had taken the bait. And now she would reap the benefits of the overly passionate warriors. Such girls, they were.
And she too, was a girl. Allowing her full access to the knowledge that her superior obviously lacked.
The smirk on her face did not fade as she left to greet the girls. Not with the knowledge that those fools' talismans would be hers for the taking.
They would all be hers.
She readied the gun in her arms. Cocking it dutifully. All hers at last.
Minako ran with all her might down the street, her golden hair flying behind her as she raced to get to the house first. Well, it was more of a mansion, but that didn't really matter right now. She needed to hurry before something dreadful happened. And hurry she would.
"Minako!" gasped an irritated voice through the communicator. "We're in position."
She nodded in acceptance, not a moment ready to spare her breathe, she needed to hurry. To run. She had to get to the princess quickly.
Turning a corner, she bumped into a tall figure.
She released a quick apology before pulling herself from the ground. Not a look at the stranger she'd almost run over.
Thus she didn't noticed when those red eyes stared at her. Narrowed and still. She didn't notice anything but that she was out of breath and tired.
Very, very tired.
Usagi zoomed out the door as soon as light hit her face. Gone like the wind, zipping through an open door and almost knocking over a couple of people on her way. However, she stopped when a motorcycle skidded right next to her.
She felt fear that it might be some stranger, until she saw those cool blue eyes beneath the helmet, and the offered cap.
"Where to?"
"The abandoned church!"
A nod of acknowledgment was passed, before Usagi climbed onto the back and crossed her arms around the sturdy waist. Remembering quickly how tough the abs were, hard rocks thanks to the almost constant workouts and fighting.
The wind flew through her hair, and Usagi could only hold tightly and pray. Pray that everything would be alright.
It had to be...
Eugeal watched as the trap sprang. Observed with great vigil as the blonde walked right before the place she was wanted. The twirk of her lips exclaimed it greatly.
And when she watched as the red door sprang forth. She felt a cackle spring forth from her lungs, constricting her throat for the malicious ringing.
It multiplied when the aqua haired senshi jumped before the door, pushing her friend out of the way and falling victim. The sound of her body pressed against the red door bringing her a joy welcomed by her dark heart.
She left the shadows and began her part. What fun.
What fun indeed...
