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Chapter 5

Rei looked at her watch for the tenth time that hour. Serena was beyond her usual lateness and that was now causing some concern for her friends. "Okay, now I am really thinking that we might have a problem. Serena has never been this late before."

Amy pulled out her mini computer and began to type. "Let me see if I can locate her using my Mercury computer." Amy looked up suddenly in surprise. "I can find even a trace of her guys."

"What!" Shouted the other three girls.

"Amy, please tell me you are joking." Lita stated as she came to look over Amy's shoulder. "How could she just disappear like that?"

"That's just it. I can't even find a trace of the Silver Crystal. She is gone completely." Amy continued to type on her computer with precision and speed. "Its like she isn't even on the earth any more."

Mina looked at the others solemnly. "I think there is something that you might find a little interesting. Last night I felt a great deal of pain and called up Serena. She wasn't home because she was out with Darien, according to her parents."

"Did you try her on the communicator?" Rei asked quietly.

"Yes, and she said that everything was fine when I asked her about it. But it didn't sound like it in her voice." Mina responded quietly.

"I think it might be a good idea to pay a little visit to Darien and her parents." Rei stated as she turned and started to head down the temple steps. "You guys coming? We'll also stop by the arcade and see if Andrew has seen her today or not."

The four remaining Senshi headed to Serena's house but her mother just said that she hadn't seen Serena yet and not to be too worried about it. They then headed over to the Arcade where Andrew told them he was just too busy to talk at that moment, but that they should try her usual spots. So they headed over to Darien's place.

Darien opened the door to see four very upset Senshi and no Serena. "What's going on ladies? I usually only see you when you're with Serena."

"That's who we're here about, actually." Rei stated calmly as she tried to see what Darien was trying to hide from them. "Serena was supposed to meet us for a Senshi meeting over two hours ago and she never showed up. Have you seen her today?"

Darien looked at the girls in surprise. "She was at the Arcade about an hour ago. She left with a woman shortly after arriving. The woman gave Andrew two letters just before they left together. One was for her parents."

Rei looked at Darien intently and could tell that he was keeping something from them. "What aren't you telling us Darien? Serena had a date with you last night, and you aren't acting like you should be if the date went well."

Darien looked at Rei intently in return before deciding how to respond. "Serena isn't my responsibility any more. She and I are over. We didn't have a date last night or ever again. Now if you don't mind I am in the middle of some important studying." Darien slammed the door on the four stunned girls.

"Did he just say that they broke up?" Amy asked in surprise at his behavior.

"I think Serena is actually missing, and I think it's because of Darien." Mina stated quietly as the group headed towards the elevator. "The real question is where do we go from here?"