Hello again! I know that some of you are ready to chop my head off for leaving you at such a cliffhanger in the last chapter. But please remind yourselves that the author doesn't needed her head to finish up the story. I feel to grateful to all of you, and I'm glad got this chapter posted today, so enjoy it!

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KawaiiUsako: Sorry, no huge fight between Diamond and Endymion yet, but there will be one, more stuff just has to happen before it dose.

Sarah: It is sad that Endymion ignores Serenity, in his defense he wasn't really ignoring her he was punishing her. And we all know that Endymion would never intentionally hurt Serenity.

Girl of Darkness: I hope that you're not dreading this chapter as well, because I know you're probably a little upset at me for dropping a cliffy at the end of the last chapter. But I'm here to relive the suspense so enjoy the chapter!

Silver Moon Goddess1: I'm sorry for leaving such a cliffhanger, but if you've noticed I haven't really dropped and cliffhanger throughout the entire fanfiction, I had to drop one…or two sooner or later.

Cresentpal: Lol, I'm glad that you liked the action seen, this is actually one of my first action scene that I've written. I'm glad I'm doing good on it so far, there is to be more action in the later chapters.

PixiePam: I'm glad you're back! Thanks for the suggestions, when I wrote some of my ideas down the ones that were my top priority meant that those are the stories that I can envision the most at the moment. Eventually all of my ideas will be turned into fanfictions I'm just deciding what order to do them in, because for some I just don't have a lot of ideas for right now, but they will all come so look out for them. And you don't have to like all of my ideas you can't like every fanfiction idea in the world.

Alexandria18: Well, I wouldn't want to lose such a faithful reviewer and have you die from the suspense, so here is the next chapter. I must apologize ahead of time, you might be bumping into a couple more cliffies.

Justsukiya: Don't fear for all of your questions will be answered in the next couple of chapters! Thanks for your suggestions, they really did help. I will eventually turn all of my ideas into fanfictions I'm just working on which one to do first. I didn't really want to use Seiya in Idea 6, but I didn't want to use Diamond either because I didn't want to be down sizing Diamond every chance I get. But maybe I will use someone else beside Seiya I just have to figure out who.

AlesaxOo: I know, I know, my cliffy was very mean, but I had to drop one sooner or later, but all questions will be answered soon so fear not!

Chapter 17: Disappearance

Endymion let out a groan his entire body was sore, like it always was after a long battle. He tried to stretch, but a fiery pain shot across his shoulder. He cursed and looked at his right should to see it had been bandaged, but he could see blood seeping through it. He thought back to events of yesterday's battle sorting them through his head. Diamond!

He jerked to sitting position on instinct, but the pain that encompassed his shoulder had him collapsing back onto the pillows cursing again and clutching his shoulder, gritting his teeth until the pain passed. He sighed and eased his hand away from his shoulder knowing that Zoicite would berate him for moving around so much.

He remembered now, he'd led his crew into battle after they'd ceased firing the guns. He'd fought and took down any man in his path, but as the battle was coming to a close, with them winning, Diamond has approached him. He remembered how the rage built up inside of his chest every time he saw Diamond. How the faces of the dead people of his country, his parents, and loved ones flashed before his face and sent him into a battle rage so fierce he wouldn't stop until he'd taken Diamond's head. He'd fought Diamond and had been gaining ground on him easily, too easily, he'd remembered what Serenity told him about her dream. But he'd thought about it too late and Diamond had already been pulling out the gun. As he saw the barrel point at his chest Endymion had jerked himself to the side knowing he wouldn't be able to dodge the bullet in time. He remembered feeling the bullet embed itself into him, but not in his heart but his shoulder!

After that his memories were scattered and now he was here. Endymion sighed, Serenity's dream had been right on the mark, but this time he hadn't died. Where was Serenity anyway? He couldn't imagine her not buy his side when he was injured as he was.

He then noticed the slight weight on the bed beside him and wondered why he hadn't noticed it before. He turned and saw Serenity lying next to him, he smiled as he gazed lovingly at her face, but he frowned as he saw her expression, it was of pain, something was wrong.

He glanced down and went completely still, not wanting to miss a thing. She was still wearing the men's clothes that she'd worn yesterday, but he saw remnants of blood. Through the white shirt he could see patches of bandages that Zoicite must've done, some looked like shallow stab wounds. That means that she was in the battle, he thought with a groan. Thankfully none of them looked life threatening, but when she woke up he was going to give her a lecture that would make her ears bleed.

He was about to try to get up, but he stopped as he saw something that he'd almost missed. He pulled the collar of her shirt aside and peered closer at it. His eyes widened, not quite believing what he saw.

There was a strange symbol on the slope of Serenity's breast, he couldn't tell what the symbol was, but it looked evil and twisted. The symbol seemed to have a dark glow around it and it even felt evil from a distance, and to his dismay it seemed to be embebed into her skin.. He reached forward and touched it gently but hissed and jerked his hand back. He looked down at his fingers and they were bright red as if they'd been burned badly.

"Zoicite!" he yelled. Endymion turned Serenity's head to one side looking for the his mark behind her ear. With a sigh of relief he saw it was still there, but it was giving off a soft glow as if in protest. He leaned down and placed a soft kiss against it feeling it pulse against his lips in acceptance. It was as if he was suddenly plunged into Serenity's body. He could see the dark energy pushing its way through her body while the light pure energy from the marks he'd put on her tried to keep the dark energy at bay.

He pulled away looking down at the mark in alarm. How had Serenity gotten it? It was evil and needed to be taken off right away. He looked up as he saw Zoicite and the other Generals walk into the room. When Zoicite saw the blood on Endymion's bandage he walked over with a sigh.

"I knew you move around and mess it up," Zoicite said unwrapping the bandage on Endymion's shoulder. Endymion tried to shrug him off but Zoicite didn't go away.

"How did she get that mark on her chest?" Endymion demanded, someone must've seen what happened.

"We don't know, it's some kind of sorcerer's mark, Diamond put it there," Malachite bending over to get another look at the mark.

"What happened after I was shot?" Endymion asked dreading the answer.

"Diamond was about to kill you while you were down," Jadeite said.

"Serenity was the one who stepped above you and engaged Diamond in combat. She was doing pretty well even stabbed Diamond once, but then she fell. We saw him grab her, and then she started screaming. We were running towards her, but Diamond got up and left almost immediately." Nephrite.

"She entered the battle before than though." Endymion said knowing it was true, he saw Nephrite shift uncomfortably.

"Yes, she did Prince, I couldn't keep track of her in the battle. I'm sorry I was lax in my duties as her protector." Nephrite said bowing his head.

"It's alright Nephrite," he said turning back to Serenity.

"Most of the crew saw her at one point or another, even I did. She was cutting down her opponents like mad. No one could stand in her way, I even saw her up against Rubeus at one point, I don't know how that went though." Jadeite said. Endymion silently beamed with pride but, was more than a little worried about that mark, something wasn't right about it.

"Has she woken up yet?" Endymion asked.

"No, she hasn't. After Diamond left she was just lying there screaming, we didn't know what was wrong." Zoicite said.

"Well, I guess all we can do is wait for her to get up. Tell me how we came out of the battle how many dead, injured, damages to the ship." Endymion said settling himself on the bed knowing that Zoicite wouldn't let him get up.

The generals proceed to fill him in on everything that he wanted to know. They'd come out of the battle pretty well, most of the dead were from Diamond's crew. Their ship didn't have many damages, but they were sure Diamond's had come out pretty unscathed too. The injured had all been taken care of by Zoicite and they would soon be ready to set off for Jericho again.

Their conversation was just coming to a close when Endymion heard a moan behind him. He saw Serenity had begun thrashing violently on the bed, her skin was flushed a bright red like it'd been when she had been sick.

"Serenity," he said shaking her shoulders trying to wake up. Serenity just cried out and began convulsing violently on the bed.

"Is she acting up again?" Malachite said coming over to help hold Serenity down. The other generals took her arm or a leg trying to keep her from moving around. She shook in their hold twisting and turning trying to get away from them, she cried out many times like she was having a bad dream.

"What are you doing?" Endymion asked

"The last coupled times she did this she ended up hurting herself. That's why we were a little afraid of putting her with you, she might've hurt you in one of these fits. She never wakes up from them either," Jadeite said trying to hold onto her.

Endymion didn't like seeing his generals hold her down like that, the mark on her chest glowed a little darker as she cried out again. Tears were rolling down her cheeks and she moaned as if in pain.

"Let her go, she won't hurt me," Endymion said. The generals looked at one another then did as Endymion said and let her go. Endymion immediately brought her into his arms as she fought, kicked, and struggled.

"Serenity wake up," he whispered in her ear, he leaned down and placed a kiss on his mark again, and felt it pulse against his lips. Serenity's eyes immediately flew open, but she didn't stop struggling. When she realized that it was Endymion who was holding her she turned in his arms and threw her arms around his neck.

"Endy!" she sobbed into his neck, "I killed them, I killed so many of them. Their eyes they wouldn't stop staring at me, they were dead, they were dead," she babbled to him.

"It's okay Serenity," he soothed rubbing her back comfortingly. The first time anyone killed someone it was always a shock, for Serenity is was more than a normal person. She was extremely kind and caring; he couldn't imagine her taking a life.

He was patient and attentive letting her babble on and on while he spoke soothingly to her and gently rubbed her back. She began to slowly calm down, until only tears rolled down her face, and she sobbed quietly into his chest.

"I dreamt of him Endy. H-He said he was going to take me away. A-And the mark burned, there was only pain Endy, pain." she sobbed as Endymion rocked her gently back and forth. He knew exactly to whom she was referring, his arms tightened around her.

"It's alright Serenity. He can't reach you here, you're safe," he said stroking the back of her neck helping her settled down. When she finally stopped crying she just hide her face in Endymion's neck not wanting to see anyone else at the moment. Her body was still shaking in his arms, the trembling never really stopping.

"I'll call you if we need anything," Endymion said. The generals nodded then left quietly, they knew Serenity was unstable at the moment, and she needed Endymion more than anything else.

"Endymion your shoulder," Serenity cried in dismay seeing the bandage. Her trembling hands immediately fluttered up to hover around it wondering if she could do anything.

"It's alright Serenity, the bullet barley hit me," he said comfortingly. Serenity pulled away putting her hands to her mouth. She looked so pail and frightened Endymion wanted to shelter her in his arms forever, so that nothing could touch her again.

"I remember seeing him shot you," she started even her voice trembling. "I-I was so angry, I remember feeling such a rage. When I fought him I wanted to kill him like the others. But then he touched me and there was only pain, a-a terrible burning."

Her voice was shaking so violently like her body, Endymion pulled her into his arms again, and immersed them in the comforter on the bed. She was still trembling, hiding her head in her hands.

"I'm afraid Endymion, what if he really dose take me from you." she asked quietly her voice still shaking.

"He won't take you away from me Serenity. If he somehow managed to do it I would sail, travel to the ends of the earth to get you back. He will never take you from me," Endymion said fiercely. Serenity only tried to burrow herself closer to his body, hers still trembling from whatever she'd dreamed about.

When the generals returned Zoicite declared them both bedridden, or that they weren't allowed to get out of bed at all. Serenity still didn't talk to the generals she seemed terribly skittish for some odd reason. She held still for Zoicite's inspection, but right after she was done she curled up next to Endymion again.

Zoicite didn't know why she was so skittish or why her body kept trembling as it did. She seemed to only feel safe with Endymion at the moment, so the generals would make sure they didn't have that many visitors. Serenity's body seemed terribly weak, so Zoicite wasn't sure if she could get out of bed if she tried.

When Eric brought them their lunch Serenity did try to eat the soup in front of her, but her hand was shaking so badly she barley got anywhere. Endymion gave her a smile then made her recline back on the pillows as he fed her instead. Serenity blushed a little at this, but at least it made her face a little less pail.

The day went by without much happening, but the Malachite did come back in to tell them that they re-set sail for Jericho, so they were on course again. Endymion wrapped an arm around Serenity's waist to hold her to him, Serenity seemed comforted by his proximity. She fell asleep with him, her body was still trembling, but she seemed better than she had been the entire day.

The next morning however Serenity seemed only worse than the day before. Her trembling had worsened so she was shaking all the time, she could barley even swallow the food Endymion fed her.

"Did happened last night Sere? Did you have a bad dream again?" he asked.

"H-he came to me in my dreams again. I-it's the mark Endymion," she said tugging down the gown she'd changed into so Endymion could see the mark. "I can feel it pulling me farther and farther away, soon there won't be anything left. It's his plan Endymion, I don't know how long I will be here," she said latching onto his again finding his lips a little desperately. In her kiss Endymion could feel her fear and her worry, Endymion responded to her kiss tenfold. Through his kiss he gave her comfort and love, there was a feeling of protection as his arms encircled her.

When the kiss ended she lay against his chest clutching his shirt in her tiny hands, "He will not take you from me." Endymion repeated. Serenity only buried her face in his shirt and clutched him to her

Later that night Serenity had managed to get her dinner down, but she had gotten paler and Endymion was very worried. The full moon was shining through the window and Endymion see the glowing golden energy pulsing from the mark behind her ear. He could see the faint glow through the folds of her skirt form the one on her thigh as well. They seemed to be glowing more than usual, but it seemed like a bad thing at the moment, as if they were frantically glowing in warning.

Serenity looked up at him horror blooming in her eyes. Endymion was about to ask her what was wrong, but what happened next made his breath catch in his throat. Serenity began literally disappearing in front of him, her form growing fainter and fainter with each passing moment.

"Serenity!" he called out trying to grab onto her disappearing form. For a moment he could still feel her, but his hand suddenly passed through her. He looked up to see tears in her eyes, she reached out to him as well, but she couldn't touch him.

"No, Serenity don't leave me." he almost sobbed trying to grab onto her.

"I'll hold you to me Endy, until you find me. Find me Endy," she said pressing a hand against both of his marks, and with that her form faded away. Endymion sat there staring at the spot Serenity had been sitting not able to believe his eyes. When it finally settled in tears coursed down his face as he roared and raged his anguish to the skies waking everyone on the ship.