Chapter Six
Controlled.
Her mind connected it to the Megaverse and she cringed. How has she been so…unobservant? She had been clouded by the worries of her mind that she had failed to make the connection.
Well, now she new why they were taking her with a fierce grip. She knew why she was handcuffed. And,
she knew where she was heading towards.
The walk to the predicted location comes into Usage's views sooner than she has expected and she cringes, dragging her footsteps along with the hypnotized officers. Her thoughts turn to Mamoru and she feels a heavy, sinking feeling in her stomach. Why haven't she called out his name? Why haven't she told him that she needed a little rest? If she had done these things, this wouldn't be happening to her at the moment.
So, in the end, Usagi decided that it was solely her fault for failing to protect herself from this.
"Welcome, Princess. Welcome," Queen Beryl says with an evil glint in the eye. "Of course, we were expecting you."
Usagi glares at Queen Beryl and retorts back with a clenched jaw, "I don't think so. You didn't know about my very existence until I had transformed into this…" Usagi glances downwards at her own chest and continues seethingly, "outfit."
"Oh, I don't think so, Princess Serenity," Beryl points her sharp fingertips at her, "I think that this," She circles her fingers around, framing Usage's figure, "Is just your way of seeking attention. Like you, oh so did in the past. Stealing my Endymion. Marrying Him. Killing yourself after MY Endymion got killed after you. Oh! And of course, using that 'killing-yourself-because-your-lover-died' strategy and annihilating my PLANS!" Beryl finishes with a little bit of hysteria.
Usagi's eyebrows shoot upward as she takes in the information and she replies cooly, "I didn't know that you had jealousy in you, Beryl."
Beryl cackles and holds herself together to suppress the laughter but fails, turning it into blind anger, "I always had it. I was always there to watch you take EVERYTHING away from me. I hated it. Always there stealing my glory." She murmurs out the last few parts, as if she was alone in her own room, her own grief, her own regrets. She breaks out of it when she regains her thoughts and comes back to reality.
"I will make you pay. I will make you pay EVERYTHING!" Beryl swore to herself. And with that, she places new dark, and devastatingly painful chains on top of Usagi's old metal ones. Biting her lip to prevent the scream from making it's way out of her mouth, she casts Beryl a painful glare as the guards mindlessly carries her to the dungeon.
Mamoru's POV
I am on the verge of hysteria now.
Where the hell did Usagi go?
I've been walking around the whole city of Tokyo (running more often because of anxiety) now and I still can't see her.
I've checked the arcade, her school, her house, my apartment (fat chance Mamoru, you were supposed to be the one to lead her there. She wouldn't be there. ) where else could she possibly be?
I run past a building and I stop running. There was a familiar feeling to it. It was as if…Usagi had been there before.
An aching feeling slowly spread across my heart and I break into a smile of relief. I was finally on another level closer to finding her. I look down at the floor and feel my eyes widening in shock. I could see a silver thread showing me the way to go. I am a bit reluctant to go. What if this was the work of an enemies'?
Should I risk it?
More importantly,
Is it worth risking it for Usagi?
Usagi's POV
The dungeon is dark and cold. As I walk in, I can feel it's energy already starting to affect my whole demeanor. I feel saggy and negative and could hardly walk to the bed, let alone stand. In the end, I collapse on my way to the bed and could only rely on the guards to carry me there. They lay me down on the bed and look down at me with a blank expression that haunts me.
Their eyes are glazed over, yet in the middle of the iris is a crimson red, the color of fresh blood. As I stare at them, I cannot help but wonder what other horrible deed they have done. I shudder to think what had happened to their previous victims.
The guards close the door and bar it completely, except for a small gap only big enough to deliver food to me. I wonder slightly with fear if I'll survive my first day here because it seems to me that I won't.
I look around and briefly make out a few chalk in the corner, confirming that there has been several more prisoners before me. Judging by the tally marks that marked fifty-two, they haven't last more that fifty-two days…
Seems like I won't be lasting long either.
After about four hours, I realize that this room isn't made to suffocate people. Instead, it is made to make them feel claustrophobic. Every minute, I notice the wall slowly closing in on my bed, narrowing the amount of space I had to walk around on. It takes away people's freedom to walk anywhere as they please.
I frantically stare at the walls and sure enough, they are narrowing themselves in, caving me in; inclining its way toward its prey.
I start to panic and I dash toward the barred doors, scratching at it furiously, trying to make a dent on it.
After a few futile attempts on making it burst open, I start to consider other options.
I have my earrings, but would that really make better dents that I have failed to make? No, I don't think so.
High heels? Pins sitting on my head? Fists? Nope been there, done that. Bracelets? Luna Disguise Pen? My Brooc-Wait a second! I have my brooch!
And sitting in my brooch is…the Silver Crystal!
Excitements bubbles inside me and I start to form a plan, I have to get out of here before everyone gets hurt trying to find me. I have to beat everyone first.
Mamoru's POV
I am following my heart, which is currently reassuring my mind that I was doing the right thing because my usually rational mind wasn't cooperating. Which didn't help matters.
I am running past skyscrapers, towers, and apartments, wherever I am needed to be in order to find Usagi. I probably haven't run that fast ever since I was borne. Well, that was because I had no reason to run for something, for someone I cared-loved before. This feeling was frighteneing, yet somehow familiar. As if I have had a love affair before. Maybe I did.
I shake my head. Concentrate. Find Usako.
A clearer path appears in front of me as I run, making it easier for me to follow Usako's trace. I find myself grinning subconsciosly and try to surpress it. This was only the beginning. It would probably take longer actually finding Usako. But even then, I couldn't help but think that it would all be easy, now that I've got the power to see weird silver linings on the ground.
The silver linings stop in front of a large black metal gate wrapped in ivy. I look up and is given the distinct impression of a haunted house. Except, the building behind the metal gate wasn't a haunted house. It was more of a purple mist that clouded the entire area, making it difficult to navigate through it.
My mind was telling me: NO DON'T BE STUPID AND RISK YOUR LIFE. IT'S NOT WORTH IT!
But my heart told me: Who's your light in your life? Usako. Find her. She's in there, you know it. Trust your heart. You love her. You know she would've done the same if she was in your shoes Mamoru. Do it for love. For Usako.
I followed my heart.
Hey guys...
For those of you that were waiting for a new chapter, I bow my head in shame for you. I made you wait for a month and I'm not proud of it.
To be honest, I didn't think about this story for a long time and haven't found the inspiration to finish up this chapter. I started this chapter a few weeks ago, but I just..really couldn't go on.
This chapter is a bit..repetitive..ish. So, for those that didn't enjoy it as much, I'll try to upload an interesting one, but no guarantees.
Thank you for reading this chapter and I hope to see you soon!
