Chapter 4: Love With Science
Serena and the others grabbed the two cats and sat them down in the living room the second they got back inside the house. "Ok, Luna." Serena said, feeling slightly pissed off, "Who the hell is the Moon Envoy Guardian?" Luna and Artemis both stared at each other, sweat drops on both their heads. Artemis looked at Serena, slightly worried. "Did you say, the Moon Envoy?" Serena nodded her head, still angry about the lack of information. Luna looked at the girls, slightly worried. "You saw the Envoy?" Mina nodded her head, now looking confused. "Why," she asked, "is he bad or something? He said that he was to protect us with his life." Artemis raised his, silencing her. "The Envoy Guardian is supposed to protect you all, but from what we remember, he is part of the Negaverse!"
The silence was so thick in the air that you cut it with a blunt table knife. Serena was shocked, since in her opinion, Envoy just spelled 'good guy', not a Negaverse flunky. "So, if he is evil, why didn't he just kill us?" Raye demanded, feeling irritated. Artemis shook his head, sighing in anxiety. "I don't know, girls. As far as I can remember, the Envoy was once a great warrior who served Queen Serenity, the strongest warrior in the entire kingdom. But then he lost a battle to a Negaverse General, and went with him to gain more power. When he returned, he nearly killed you all." Lita quickly leaned forward, feeling scared now. "Listen, do you remember how we beat him back then? Cause we have seen his power, and we don't have a prayer against him as we are now." Artemis shook his head again, now depressed. "I have no idea. My guess is, a fluke."
Silence hung in the air as the girls looked at each other nervously, now realizing that they had looked death in the face. "So," Amy started, causing everyone to look at her, "Either he is playing us for fools, hoping get our guard down then strike, or after he was reborn, he didn't regain the memory of being with the Negaverse, still thinking that he is our Guardian." Luna leapt up onto the TV, what she did every time she needed to be heard well. "We need to find out which it is. If he truly has forgotten about being with the Negaverse, then we need to get him purified before the Negaverse realizes that he is still around." The girls nodded their heads and crawled into their sleeping bags. "After we sleep, ok Luna?" Serena said as she got comfortable. Luna sighed, "Of course, girls. Sleep well."
The next day, Amy and Koaru got up at 8 am and set off for the Science Center's grand opening. They met up with Greg, Amy's date, at the entrance. "Nice to meet you Koaru." Greg said as Amy introduced the two. Koaru nodded his head and stepped away from Amy. "I'll see you two around, I expect you'll want to be left with each other." Amy blushed slightly, and Greg nodded his thanks to Koaru, who nodded back and walked off on his own. "That was nice of him." Greg said as he and Amy walked inside together. Amy nodded her head, starting to seriously consider Serena's words from the previous night.
Koaru walked through the lobby of the Center, turned onto an escalator, then walked over to the balcony's railing, looking over the main floor, watching Amy and Greg walk to the first floor exhibits and attractions. "What is wrong with me?" he thought as he continued to watch the couple. "Why am I acting like a jealous ex-boyfriend? I barely know Amy, yet I feel like kicking Greg's ass for even touching her. What The Fuk Gives?" Koaru punched his head and walked over to a 'Test Your Sight' exhibit, figuring that shooting some virtual ducks with a plastic gun might make him feel better…while picturing Greg's head on each duck.
Serena and Luna walked up to the front gates of the Science Center, Serena determined to do her best to hook her friend up with her brother. "Serena, we shouldn't interfere with those two." Luna said, trying to talk Serena out of her crazy idea. Serena shook her head, walking straight into the lobby, trying not to feel like a geek. "Luna, you know Amy, she won't go after Koaru without some help." Serena said to her cat, who was now dodging the legs of many people. Serena continued as she picked up her cat and cradled her in her arms, "And Koaru, well, he isn't exactly the brightest light bulb on the chandelier." Luna sighed, "Seeing as he has a 98.7 average, and you only have a 59.3, you are in no place to call him dim." Serena silenced the feline with a sharp tap on the head. Serena then looked up at the balcony just in time to see Koaru walk out of sight. "Time to do what I do best." She smiled. "What, destruction of mental stability?" Luna said, receiving another tap on the skull.
Amy and Greg left the 'Test Your Strength' exhibit, ready to check the virtual reality exhibits on the second floor. "Amy, how is it that you are stronger then me?" Greg asked as they walked side by side. Amy blushed, knowing that Greg had let her beat him in the weight lifting room. "Well, I am a hard working girl." She said with a wink and a giggle. Greg shook his head in disbelief, knowing that she knew. They got into an elevator and started their ascent to the second floor.
"Kiss hot lead, you little bastards." Koaru said as he continued to blast the ducks out of the air from the maximum range of the shotgun. A small crowd had gathered to watch him, cheering each time he hit a duck from so far away. He finally missed, swore, and handed the gun to a kid who had been watching the longest, who smiled and ran forward. Amy and Greg also departed from the crowd, and Koaru smiled, wondering if Greg could shoot that well. Suddenly he was grabbed from behind an pulled around a corner, face to face with Serena, who was wearing a grin that made a sweat drop descend from his head.
Greg and Amy walked to the Center's food court (sounds like a sweet place, eh?) and ordered a hamburger each and sat down at a table. Amy was about to take a bite when her watch flashed, causing her to get up and leave the table. Greg sat there, feeling awkward, then shrugged. "Women." He sighed, returning to his burger. Amy walked to the girls washroom, and ran into Serena, who was grinning in her devilish way. "Serena, what are you doing here?" Amy regretted asking soon after.
Koaru walked around the food court, carrying his tray of noodles and a pair of chopsticks, when he spotted Amy getting up from the table she and Greg sat at, and he walked over to Greg. "May I?" he asked Greg, who shrugged his shoulders and pointed to a chair next to Amy's, which Koaru sat in. "Where's she off to?" Koaru asked, and Greg shrugged his shoulders again. "Nice shooting, by the way." He said, and Koaru looked up, acting surprised. "Oh, you were there?" he asked. Greg nodded, still eating. Koaru thanked him, then split his sticks and started eating.
Amy and Serena left the washroom, which was located by the back entrance of the Center, and started over to the table. They were passing the back doors when they burst open, and six men wearing black masks and carrying guns rushed in, shooting into the air, and yelling at everyone to "Get the fuk down!" Amy and Serena both dropped onto the ground, covering their heads with their hands, their hearts racing in fear. "What do we do?" Serena whispered, tears swimming in her eyes. Amy shook her head, and looked over at the table, where Koaru and Greg had vanished. One of the crooks noticed where Amy was looking and grabbed her by the arm and pulled her up. "What you looking at, girl?" he shouted, and Amy felt tears fill her eyes due to fear. She shook her head, and the man threw her down to the ground.
Amidst all the confusion and screaming, Koaru and Greg had slipped into the guys washroom. "What's going on?" Greg asked as Koaru looked out the door. Koaru pulled his head back in, sweating slightly. "About five more just came in through the front…that's eleven thugs in all." Greg whimpered and sat down, hands clenching his hair. "We're dead, man, we're de-" Whack! Greg was cut off by Koaru foot connecting with his cheek. "Can it, you idiot. Look." Koaru pulled out a fairly large wallet, filled with knives. "We have a chance to help these people, but now if you are gonna wimp out on me. Will you help me, or not?" Greg, shook for a moment, then got shakily to his feet. "Give me a knife."
