A/N: Here's the third chapter, hopefully I'll be able to keep them coming like I've been able to. How am I doing so far? Enjoy! And no I don't own Sailor Moon.
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Chapter 3: Escape and Capture
Endymion and his crew attacked exactly at midnight, going in as quietly as any practiced thief. They came in from all sides infiltrating the town without being noticed at all. They could've just went in and the got out without being noticed at all; but that wouldn't be very fun.
There was a scream and than a crash of shattering glass. Shouts of warning very called up and them sounds of fighting were heard. But by the time the people of Lithgrow finally noticed that they were being invaded by pirates Endymion and Nephrite had already made it up to Kou manor. While the other generals led the men and made sure everyone got back to the ship, Endymion and Nephrite were to secure the Princess.
Eric stood by the back gate waiting for them and quickly let them in and began leading them up to the house.
"As anyone in the house been alerted yet?" asked Endymion
"No, we probably have a little under ten minuets until someone comes to alert the house." said Eric letting them in the manor through a back kitchen door.
"We'll be long gone by then," said Nephrite with a smile on his face.
Sometimes things like this were way to easy for them. The entire house was quiet and no one stirred as they jogged threw the halls of the house. Coming up upon the Princess's room Eric pulled out a ring of keys and began to unlock the door. But before he did he turned to them and said, "You'll want to be careful captain. She might be a little skittish."
"And why's that?" Endymion asked with a slight frown.
Eric hesitated before answering, "Word going around is she had a bad run in with Diamond earlier. I saw her run in her room with a busted lip."
Rage bloomed within Endymion and as he turned to Nephrite his expression had turned thunderous as well. They'd known what kind of man Diamond was, but still hearing about it just made Endymion smolder. Endymion turned back to the Princess's door; they would deal with Diamond shortly, but they had to secure the Princess first.
But upon walking into her room instead of seeing a lumpy figure lying in the bed, they saw the covers had been thrown back and the sheets tugged from the bed. Endymion walked out to the balcony and saw that the sheets had been used as a rope and the Princess had escaped from her room.
Endymion cursed under his breath, this only made their job that much harder. They had to get to the town quickly and alert Jadeite, Zoicite, and Malachite to find her. But first…
"The Princess is gone. She'll probably head to town first, so we'll have to catch her down there. Eric go-ahead and alert the generals to the situation. You can look as well since you've actually seen her," said Endymion turning back to the other two.
Eric ran back threw the house to do as Endymion told him to, and Nephrite and Endymion strode down the hallway till the came upon Diamond's room. They busted in without preamble and a startled Diamond shot up in his bed only to meet the tip of a sword at his throat.
"Long time no see you filthy bastard." Endymion snarled at him. Diamond looked up at him contempt and hatred burning in his eyes.
"And just what are you doing here you filthy pirate scum?' Diamond asked
"Why were breaking your betrothed." Nephrite said with a gleam in his eye.
"You obviously don't deserve her Diamond. Only scum would try to force himself upon another woman."
Diamond just smiled. "You should've seen her Endymion, she was begging for it."
That comment was met by two punches in the face. Diamond head snapped back and he howled as blood began to pour from his nose.
"See you later you asshole." Endymion called as they walked out of the room. They would've stayed to give Diamond a little bit more of what they had on their minds, but they had to fine the Princess now.
They hurried down the hallway and went back into the Princess's room using the sheet rope to climb down. Knowing that she would head towards the town they took off in its direction.
"She couldn't have gotten far." Nephrite said as they ran downhill towards the town.
Endymion nodded and continued running, and somewhere off far ahead of him he thought he saw a dark figure running downt he same slope they were.
"Do you see that?" Endymion asked
"Do you mean that dark figure running down the hill?"
"Yup."
"That must be her."
They picked up their pace, but they had to be careful not to fall flat on their faces. Now that they had her in their sights they couldn't afford to lose her. Endymion had to applaud the girl in his mind; at least she was smart enough to run away from Diamond.
Serenity was completely out of breathe by the time she reached the bottom of the hill and ran into the village. But instead of a quiet sleeping village, she ran in chaos. People were running everywhere; screams and shattering glass were heard.
Serenity glanced back up the hill that she had just ran down; maybe it would be better to wait until this pandemonium had settled. But her blood ran cold as she saw two figures running down the hill no doubt after her.
Without another thoughts she dashed into the town. People were running everywhere you had to keep moving from being trampled. She saw men that looked like gruff looking sailors running around, and they were dressed like pirates.
Of course the day I decide to escape pirates decided to raid the town, oh the irony. she thought.
She was suddenly flat on her face in the ground as she tripped over something left in the middle of the rode. She stood back up and turned around and saw a blond man pointing a finger at her, and she realized the two figures that had been chasing her were now close behind her. It was then she realized the hood of her cloak had fallen off and her long blond hair that she had taken down was a beacon in the dark night.
"Oh shit!" she cursed as all three men began to run after her she began to run as fast as her legs could carry. She was silently grateful she had cut the skirt of her dress; she would've never been able to run in her full-length skirts.
Serenity ran and ran, but every time she glanced behind her they were keeping up even catching up, she had to lose them somehow. At some point another man had joined them in chasing her, but she could care less; she just worried about getting away. But up ahead she saw something that made her face drain of all color.
A young girl that looked about six years old stood in the middle of the road screaming for her parents when behind her several large wooden beams that had been attached to a building were falling, and were about to land right on top of her.
Serenity quickly re-routed the path she was running and turned to run towards the young girl. She called out a warning but she didn't hear ran, so she ran even faster to reach the little girl. She dived for the girl and caught her in her arms, but hit the ground at the same time and all she could do was pray that none of the beams hit them.
Endymion had to give it to the girl that she could run. Jadeite, Zoicite, and Malachite adjoined them in their chase for the young Princess. They had absolutely known it was her when they had seen the bright blond hair that had been hidden under the hood of her cloak.
"What the hell is she doing?" Jadeite said as the Princess suddenly swerved to the right. And they all skidded to stop as the saw her snatch up a little girl and several large wooden beams fall on top of them.
"Shit" Endymion cursed as they ran over to the beams. As they reached the site Endymion saw a head of bright blond hair and saw that the Princess still had the girl clutched in her arms.
Serenity moaned as she tried to get up, but there was a great weight on her legs that didn't allow her to get up. The little girl in her arms trembled in fear and was crying into Serenity's arms. Serenity shushed her softly crooning endearments to clam the little girl. Then she suddenly saw the most handsome man she had ever seen hovering over her face.
Black locks framed a perfectly masculine face. Stormy blue eyes stared back at her; they were as beautiful as the sea she had played in as a child. As he leaned over her his mouth moved, but she couldn't hear the words coming out. He reached down and lifted the child from her arms, who was thankfully uninjured.
Endymion handed off the young girl to the parents who were now standing nearby, and thanked him. Endymion hurried back over to the Princess who was still buried under two of the beams. She stared up dreamily at him as if she didn't believe he was really there.
"We'll have to lift up the beams Endymion." Zoicite called over to him.
"I can pull her out if you can just get the weight off of her legs. From her hips down was where the beams had landed. Luckily only two had hit. The third had fallen right above her head, thank fully missing. Endymion leaned over her again and said "Don't worry, we're going to get you out of here."
The Princess looked up at him but didn't respond, but instead tried to shift weight out from under the beams, but whimpered at the pain it cost her.
"Don't move. We'll get you out, just stay still a little longer." Endymion whispered to her. The Princess managed to nod and then lied still.
"Ready Endymion?" Malachite called over to him. Two generals were at the end of each beam ready to use all of their strength to lift it up.
"I'm ready, go ahead." Endymion called back grabbing the Princess gently under her shoulders ready to puller out once the generals lifted the beams up.
The generals took in a deep breath and then tried to lift the beams as high as they could. Endymion gave slow tug on the Princess's body, but it was still caught beneath the beams.
"Higher!" Edition called.
The generals grunted a response and their faces looked strained as they tried to lift the beams higher. Endymion finally felt the weight disappear from the Princess's body and quickly pulled her out from under the beams. She cried in pain and tried to squirm away form him, but Endymion just lifted her up in his arms trying to asses the damage.
The generals let the beams fall back to the ground, the walked over to Endymion Zoicite first so he could find any injuries done to the Princess.
'How bad it it Zoicite?' Endymion asked as Zoicite removed the cloak so her could see the Princess's legs. For a moment all of the stopped as they saw that her skirts only went to knee length revealing a very nice pair of legs. But also a very badly bruised pare of legs.
Zoicite placed his hand on a large bruise that was already forming on her upper legs and extorted a gentle pressure. Serenity cried out and buried her face in Endymion's shirt as tears began to slip form her eyes.
"She going to have a ugly set of bruises I can tell you that. She might not be able to walk that much until they heal." Zoicite said, then her ankle caught his attention. While it didn't look broken it had already swelled up to twice its size.
"We need to get some ice on her ankle fast. It's not broken, but its definitely sprained" Zoicite said putting the cloak back over her legs again.
"Let's get her out to the ship. Jadeite and Nephrite start rounding up the boys. Let's get out of here quickly." Endymion said.
Endymion kept the Princess's close to his body as the three of them ran for on of the long boats they'd left at the docks. He tried not to jar her when he ran, but Endymion could feel her tight grip on his shirt and the cries of pain from her mouth.
As they reached the long boats Enydmion sat down gently cradling her in his arms. As he stared down at her he had to admire her for her courage. She sacrificed herself to save a little girl she didn't even know; injuring herself in the process. This wasn't any ordinary Princess.
She's one of a kind Endymion though with a smile.
Serenity had been totally unaware of her surroundings, only that the terrible pressure on her legs had disappeared, but now her legs burned with a fiery pain. A strong pair of arms surrounded her and were carrying her away She didn't care who it was as long as the got her somewhere safe. She tried not to scream with the slow burning pain that engulfed her legs; it felt as if someone was trying to cut them off with a dull saw. She suddenly, felt a gentle rocking motion and she smelt salty ocean air.
Suddenly, brought back to reality she jerked out of the arms that held her but her legs protested profusely. To take the weight off of them she fell backwards, but fell straight into the ocean water. The water was freezing, so much colder than the water at home. It snatched the very breath from her lungs, and her legs didn't seem to want to work. Blackness enfolded around her.
Endymion had not been prepared for the Princess to suddenly come alive and jerk herself form his hold. Almost immediately she had fallen back into the water. Luckily with his quick reflexes he was able to snatch her from the water and back into the long boat, but she had already passed out.
"Endymion better wrap her up, we're going to need to keep her warm now." Zoicite said working with Malachite to row them out to the boat. From the shore they could see many of their crewmembers beginning to row back as well.
"This Princess has a knack for trouble doesn't she." Malachite murmured under his breath. Endymion smiled at his friend then took off his cloak he was wearing ad wrapped the now sopping wet Princess in it. It wouldn't be long until they reached the ship.
Endymion brought her into his cabin Zoicite following close behind. He brought several ice packs, and began giving him instructions on what he should do for the injured Princess.
"Put the ice on her ankle immediately, we need to get the swelling down.. You'll have to give her some of your body heat to her too Endymion. She could get sick and that would be even worse in her condition." Zoicite said putting the icepacks on a nearby table. "I'll be back to check on her in the morning."
With Zoicite's exit Endymion turned back to the Princess now lying on his bed. He threw aside the two wet cloacks wrapped around her for a moment wished he hadn't The dress she was wearing now clung to her like a second skin. Reveling every shape and curve she had on her young body.
His body stirred but he then saw the dark bruise on her cheek and the busted lip Eric had told them about. That was as effective as a cold shower, and once again the volcanic rage her had for Diamond burst within him again.
He began unbuttoning the dress and peeled it slowly off her. For a moment he stopped to admire her beautiful boy. It was all white and pink except for the dark bruises marring her legs and another one on her stomach. She was like a young nymph come to entice sailors to drink in her beauty. But Endymion could afford such though at the moment.
He quickly wrapped her foot up in the bags of ice Zoicite had brought him, and warped a towel around it. He then, towel her long wet hair dry and marveled at much there was of it. As it slid threw his fingers he decided it was the most divine thing he had ever felt. It felt like soft spun silk and slid threw his hands like water. He stared at her again and he could see why men from miles around had come to try for her hand. He would have himself if given the chance. And from what he had seen already she was a brave and compassionate girl, not like any of the other Princesses he had seen or met.
Endymion sighed as he began to ready himself for bed. He tugged off his clothes then drew another blanket from the closet. He lay down beside Serenity and pulled her cold body close to his. He wrapped the blankets around them, and fell asleep with an angel in his arms.
