Darien found himself back in his car, no longer able to experience what Serena was sensing. His hands gripped the steering wheel until he realised that while he was no longer present with her he could sense where she was. Quickly he pulled out the A-Z map he kept in the glove compartment, pouring his gaze over the map of the city until his eyes kept settling on one specific point. He was certain that was where Serena was being held and he called up his two most trusted betas. They were to meet him on the outskirts of the city where he would then brief them on everything he'd found out.

He took a minute to calm himself before driving. His pulse was still beating out of control as the after effects of what Serena was feeling clung to some part of his subconscious. At least he'd be able to know whether she was hurt further than she already had been. Feeling that he's wasted enough time, Darien started the car's engine before speeding out of the hospital's parking lot. Each section of the city passed by quickly, all blurring into one frame so that it seemed that there was no differentiating point between them.

Before long he found himself entering the outskirts of the city, barren wasteland stretching out for miles, dead trees sending out gnarled, brittle branches to dominate the land. He stopped the car with a screech of tires, dust clouds rising up into the air. Stepping out into the night air, he paced as he waited for the arrival of Andrew and Chad. He didn't have to wait long before four headlights penetrated the darkness and he glared into the lights.

He quickly made his way to wards the two cars only to frown as he saw not only Chad and Andrew exit the cars, but also Lita and Amy. An angry growl rumbled up from his chest and the four figures froze.

"I told you he'd be angry, but does anyone listen to me? Noooooo! 'Don't worry Andy I'm sure Darien won't mind us-'"

The high pitched girl quality Andrew's voice had adapted was swiftly cut off by Darien's hand wrapping round his throat and squeezing hard.

"Think before you do anything stupid Darien, You called us for a reason, you need him alive, unfortunate as it is."

Despite being chocked to death Andrew still managed to send a ferocious glare Chad's way. Suddenly he found himself on his butt, blinking up at the rest of the group before he began coughing as his body struggled to repay the oxygen debut he'd built up.

Darien glared at his two betas, "I don't have the time for your clowning around." He then whirled to face the two girls, "And as for you two, well, you might be able to help."

"Help? With what Darien?" The girls were stating to worry at how unstable Darien seemed to be, his moods seemed to swing violently from one to the other and that wasn't normal for their usually calm and collected alpha.

"Diamond, the freaking bastard that he is, has decided to sign his own death warrant by taking Serena." All this was said deadly calm, belaying the deep hatred and anger brewing within Darien, but if you were to look into his eyes you could see it lurking there, along with his beast that was dieing to rectify the wrong that had been committed. Each member of the group paled upon hearing Darien's statement, even more so when he let out a ferocious howl into the night. The birds that had been nesting in the tree's dead branches took to the sky in droves, their startled screeches ringing out into the dark.

"So what do we do?" The gleam that appeared in Darien's eyes at that question sent shivers down the group's spines as he let out a feral grin.

"What we do best……… search and destroy. I think you'll be interested to know that Raye's in hospital at the moment Chad, Diamond's cronies decided to get a little……… rough when they took Serena. And before you ask, you didn't feel your mate in distress because she blocked the link; I felt it when I sent her sleep."

Chad's face blanked of all emotion, his very presence seeming to quieten; as if you were to look away and then look back again he wouldn't be there. As if he could read Chad's thoughts, Darien said "Diamond's mine, anyone else is of no concern to me, but Diamond is mine."………………………………………………………………………………………………

Meanwhile, Serena watched as the two figures came into focus. She found her eyes staring into the silvered haired man from before who had identified himself as Diamond and………… Mina. She found herself blinking as she tried to wrap her head around Mina being here with the man who had evidently kidnapped her. Disgust blossomed inside her as Diamond traced a finger down her blood caked cheek, before placing his finger into his mouth and sucked the blood off until said finger was clean. She pretended to have just woken up, still under the smog of sleep, which wasn't hard as it hung like an ominous cloud at the of side of her mind, trying to coax her back into unconsciousness. They seemed to buy the act as the two wolves moved further away from her chained body and began to talk.

"You have her, now I want my reward." "You'll get your reward in time….. Of course after I've seen to our little guest."

Serena watched through half-lidded eyes as Mina's hands clenched into fists at her sides. "What's so special about that slut that you all seem to crawl at her feet like well trained dogs, first Darien and now you." Diamond's hand shot out in a blur of motion and Mina found herself glancing up from damp floor into his ice cold eyes. She raised a shaky hand to her stinging cheek, her eyes wide in shock as she registered what had just happened.

"I suggest that you refrain from referring to Serena as a slut 'coz the only one I can see at the moment is the one cowering at my feet. Just because you're my mate doesn't mean you can call the woman I love a slut. Do you understand Mina?" When she failed to answer, Diamond squatted down and grasped her chin in a harsh grip, lifting her face so her eyes met his. "Do you understand."

Her body trembled as she saw a promise of her death if she dared defy his orders. Numbly she gave a small nod before he roughly pushed her back, satisfied with her answer. The next thing Serena knew two more men entered the room and carried Mina's submissive body away.

A thrill of fear shot through Serena as she realised that for the first time since she was conscious she was chained to a wall, all alone in a room with her kidnapper. She watched as his whole demeanour changed; his face literally softening as his eyes rested upon her limp body. He took a couple of strides towards her, squatting down like he'd done before, his hand reaching out to gently tip her head up so his eyes could fully meet hers. She froze as his eyes closed and he began to lean forward, his lips parting and she realised that he was going to kiss her. Some wild, primitive part of her growled in defiance that this pretender dared to touch her, let alone kiss her. In that instance she knew that what Darien had said was true: she was his, her mind, body and soul belonged to him and no other, especially not the monster before her.

Pursing her lips she spat in his face, feeling intense satisfaction as his eyes opened in shock and disbelief before she saw a glimmer of anger begin to form in the icy depths of his eyes, but before anything else could happen commotion occurred over head. Both their heads swivelled to the right as someone came flying through the air. The watched as he crashed into the opposite wall with a dull thud, before he crumpled to the ground with a sickening crack.

Darien surveyed the room, his clothes ripped; face bloody, body littered with scratches and bruises, only to feel his anger intensify at the sight of Diamond holding his mate's chin within his hand. Sure he felt a swell of pride when he saw Serena's spittle glistening in the centre of Diamond's face, but still, it didn't change the fact that the bastard was touching his mate. With a deep growl he stalked into the room his movements calculated, each one revealing the anger raging deep within Darien's body. Diamond stood up slowly, his face impassive as he watched Darien come towards him.

No words were spoken as Darien stooped advancing and the two faced each other. She couldn't help but be fascinated as she watched them. They were like yin and yang, light and dark, day and night, complete opposites, but she knew that in this scenario she'd prefer the dark any day. Darien's eyes flickered over to where Serena lay, immediate relief flooding his body as she seemed to be alert of her surroundings despite being injured. His felt a gentle caress in his mind as he turned back to face Diamond and knew that it was her way of reassuring him that she was alright.

I want to help you but I can't, not physically anyway. The chains around my arms are spelled so I can't do any magic physically, but I will try to aid you in other ways.

Before he could respond Diamond began to shift shape. Not one to be out done Darien too morphed into his wolf form and soon the two beasts stood snarling at each other. Diamond's fur was frosted grey, muscles bunching and relaxing with every breath he took, his eyes a pale, pale blue that rivalled that of a husky dog, while Darien's fur was raven black, his muscles lean yet strong under his fur and his midnight blue eyes seeming to hold contempt for the wolf that stood before him. Both were about the same height and weight and Serena knew that this wasn't going to an easy fight to win, for either of them.