Love Conquers All!
By: Katie-lee Brady

Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN NOTHING! The only thing I own is the story line, but the characters were used, which I totally don't own. I also don't own the story lines of X-Men 2, and some season of Alias… but there is a few characters made up… very original :)

Chapter 9: Things are going to change

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Previously On: Love Conquers All! – Serenity takes off back to the Church to get answers. Endymion makes a plan to get her back, again, and to win this war.
While Serenity is away she makes a deal; information for information. So she gets what she wants but Kenji breaks the deal and tries to get Serenity captured. Taiki and Seiya enter the room and she tells them about Dawn and Yaten. Now the two brothers are faced with two options.

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"Yes it does" Serenity said back in the same fierceness. "What are you two going to do now? You have to make a choice? Stay here and kill your family even more, or come with me and see your sister again? The choice is up to you. But either way, I am walking out of here!" Serenity said as she waited for either one of the brothers to answer her.

Both Taiki and Seiya were looking at Kenji, who didn't look too pleased, then diverted them to Serenity, who raised her brow to them. They held for a moment then looked at each other while stepping aside from the door so she could leave; giving Serenity her answer. That was their decision. They had already lost nearly half their whole family due this 'war', plus their mother a father in action, and now a sister and brother were on the other side, and it sucked, so they chose to be with their family, or what was left of it.

"What are you two doing?" Kenji demanded at the brothers, and then looked directly at Serenity, "you cannot just walk out of here. Now stop her men!" Kenji yelled as Serenity went to grab the handle of the door.

"Sorry, but I think they no longer work for you" Serenity said mockingly as she opened the dor, "maybe I'll see you around" she half smiled as she started to walk away from the door.

"Wait" Taiki nearly yelled, "can we come with you? We really want to see Dawn, Serenity" he asked as they followed her out of the room.

"Sure" she smiled, "if you two help me get out of here first, cause it's not going to be easy" but just as she said easy, a whole heap of guards came and filled up the rest of the hall way they were in.

"Well I'm definitely in with you Sere" Seiya said as he grabbed his blade out.

"I'm not missing any action" Taiki said taking his two blades out.

Serenity couldn't help but laugh at them, but she couldn't stare, a fight was about to happen, and this one she needed to win, so she grabbed her two sais that were hidden under her tank top in a waist holster that was disguised under the baggy yellow over shirt she wore.

They were now ready to fight. The odds were 10 to 1. But to be realistic, Serenity was one of the best fighters, and better than her were the Kou brothers, so these guards in their way had some pretty tough competition.

The fight was easy, it took the small group of 3 about 15 minutes to get them, but that was only one hallway. And if Serenity remembered right, she used many to get to her fathers office, so this was going to be a while before they actually hit the front door. But there's no way she or the brothers were going to give in, so they kept fighting and fighting til they got to the door. They didn't attempt to kill, but more so knock them out then run like hell before they come conscious again, or if they had to, wound then to slow them down. By the time they got to the front door half the day was gone and night fall was rapidly approached.

Unfortunately, the door had a spell put upon it and everything was in lock down mode. So Serenity had to use her little ability to get them out before more guards came.

"Umm, Sere, we're kinda stuck" Taiki said trying to pry the door open and Seiya trying to manually overwrite the door computer.

"Don't worry. Juts step back and watch" Serenity said before she placed her hands by her sides, closed her eyes, and chanted to herself. But nothing happened. So she narrowed her eyes and with a quick diverted flick of her eyes the door sprang open with a bang. The two brothers stood in amazements.

"Wow Sere… ummm…" Seiya was speechless.

"I'm a witch… now to the Merc that's out there in my spot in the forest" she said as she ran out the doors leaving two shocked men behind.

When they got to the Merc Serenity jump in and stated up then car and waited for Taiki and Seiya to get in. Once they were in and buckled up, Serenity hit the gas before any one could stop them.

The ride was silent until they hit the outskirts of town, "So where are we going?" Seiya asked as he and Taiki looked out at the scenery through the windows.

"I'm taking you to a safe house. From there I'll get in contact with Endymion and then from there, well, I dunno… I'm still working on that part, but we're going somewhere where no one knows about, so just relax" she said never taking her eyes of the road, even though she could probably drive there sleeping. She knew the outskirts of the town like the back of her hand.

It took longer then 45 minutes to get the house due to the fact Serenity was driving rather slow, and she wanted to actually take the time to take in the scenery. It was beautiful. The mountains, fields of lush grass, the flowers… it was just so beautiful. But she knew that once development picks up, it will be demolished to make room for more high-rises and office buildings.

But luckily for her, Seiya and Taiki didn't ask too many questions on the ride there. Or she would have had to have gassed them or something. She brought them to the same house her and Endymion had, the one she brought Yaten too. It was the safest place she could think of. It was the safest place she knew.

"So what is this place Sere?" Taiki asked her while he got out of the car looking at the huge house that stood before them.

"This is like my hideout. Before I reincarnated myself, this is where my lover and I used to meet up. He built this just for me. For us" she said smiling at the house, and memory.

"How did you know it was still here?" Seiya asked amazed.

"Well you know how my father gave me a day off after that fight, well that day at home I met Endymion again, and this is where he bought me. Hoping this place would bring my memories back. I mean it's funny when I think about it. Because I have no father, and I have no home. So in a way, this is my home. And my only family is Endymion. Plus you guys of course" she said smiling at them. "Let's go inside. I'm hungry" she laughed.

"Sure" Seiya said following her threw the front door.

"So what are you cooking us Sere?" Taiki asked, raising a brow to her.

"Well, if you trust my cooking I was going to cook… pasta… yeah pasta… pasta sounds good. Maybe some chicken cabonara?"

"Sounds good" Seiya said laughing at his brother.

As they walked through the house, the brothers were once again speechless at the sight. It was huge and the design was old fashion, yet tasteful and elegant. And yet they were impressed because Serena dumped the keys, and then made her way out of the foyer. Making herself at home. The brothers just followed her. They didn't want to get lost so following Serenity was the only think they could do.

On her way to then kitchen, Serenity stopped at the lounge room and showed the brothers how to use everything then showed them where the kitchen was. This was to give them something to do while she cooked them dinner.

When dinner was nearly ready, Serenity set the table outside on the patio. It had a nice view of the paddock and lake that was at the back. She also brought out some liquor bottles. Once everything was set up she got the two brothers and gave them their food and headed out to the patio with their food.

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'Hey Endymion? Good news… the guy who monitors the safe houses just noticed that yours and Serenity's safe house is activated. So I think she's safe. But just in case, do you wanna come with me to check it out?' Andrew mentally sent Endymion a message.

'Yeah, I'll be right there. I need to make sure she's safe. But are you sure it's our safe house?' Endymion asked just to make sure.

'Yea, positive. So hurry up, I'm in my car' Andrew then disconnected and waited for Endymion to get there.

It took Endymion a matter of 5 minutes to come running out of the mansion to Andrews black dodge viper. Once in Andrew hit the gas straight to the safe house.

"So is it just her, or does she have company?" Endymion asked Andrew.

"Well there are three people who showed up on the monitors" Andrew replied.

"If it is her, why does she always have to bring company all the time?"

"Dunno. Maybe they helped her escape" Andrew suggested. "Look, don't worry. I'm sure she's fine" he reassuring Endymion.

"Yeah… let's just get there so I can see with my own two eyes."

The rest of the ride was silent. They pulled up and seen the Mercedes parked in the driveway.

"Yep, it's definitely Serenity" Andrew laughed out. As he knew that she stole a Mercedes. And that was it.

"Mmmm…" was all Endymion said, "We better get inside, day lights going to break soon" he said as he opened the front door.

Once they got inside they instantly smelt Serenity's cooking, so they headed towards the kitchen, through the dining room to the large glass sliding doors that were open to reveal a table that sat three people. One blonde. One black haired man and another dark brown haired guy.

"Who's the company Sere?" Andrew asked as he and Endymion stood at the door.

Serenity and her guests turned around quickly, she was shocked. There was Andrew with a huge smile on his face, and a rather pissed off Endymion leaning in the door way. She bit her bottom lip and got up she looked at the two brothers. "Umm, Andrew, Endy… this is Seiya and Taiki. Their Yaten's brothers. Seiya, Taiki, this is Andrew and Endymion. If you excuse me" she said before she walked into the house, through the dining room, through the kitchen and just when she was about to go through the lounge, she heard Endymion calling for her.

"Serenity" he called out to her to stop. But she didn't so he grabbed her wrist and pulled her to face him.

There was just a silent awkward moment. Serenity looked down at the ground and Endymion held on to her looking at her. She finally broke the silence, "Endymion—" but was cut off.

Endymion sighed, "Just don't ever make me stress like that again. Okay. Promise me…" he said softly. How could he get made at her? If he did he probably would have driven her away.

Serenity slowly looked up at him; he was looking straight at her, "Sorry… But I had to… and there is no guarantee that I won't do it again…" she admitted sadly.

Endymion looked at her, his eyes warm and inviting. He just looked at her, and without a word or warning, he captured her lips.

Outside, Andrew watched Taiki and Seiya clean up the dishes and glasses and when they finished followed them into the dining room where they sat and talked. Andrew was fascinated by that fact that all of the people Serenity bought back had been related to one another… Does she not have any other friends? While the brothers just wanted to learn more about their sister… or at least what he knew about her.

"So are these people of yours trust worthy enough to bring back to the mansion?" Endymion asked Serenity.

"Yes. They helped me. And they had a choice to try and keep me there. But they wanted to meet there sister and Yaten again. Their trustworthy. Don't worry" Serenity reassured him.

"Okay, well tell them that we're staying here for the day, and tonight we are going back to the mansion. And since you had me so worried, I am going to finally get some rest. So tell Andrew too. And I guess if you want me I'll be in bed" he said winking to Serenity. She raised a brow, that dirty vampire… she shook her head.

"Well sweet dreams" was all she said before walking back to the kitchen. Endymion left up the stairs to his master bedroom.

"Hey Sere, where's Endymion?" Andrew asked as she walked into the room.

"He went to get some sleep, you should too" she smiled. "Besides, I'll be fine, I can handle these two" she motioned to the brothers.

"Okay" Andrew then gave her a hug and left out of the dining room towards a spare room.

"Well Sere… this is fun…" Taiki said looking at her amused.

"Sere, Endymion... is that the Endymion we have heard of?" Seiya then asked, which made Taiki look at him then at Serenity with wondering eyes.

"Yes… Rumours are wrong. He's not as cruel as we thought" she said smiling at them. "Are you two tired at all?"

They both nodded, "I'll show you to your rooms. And by the way, tonight we're going to the mansion. So definitely get some rest" Serenity said as she made her way to a corridor and opened two doors that went into bedrooms for the brothers. They said their good nights and Serenity left to her room.

When she got to her room she noticed that Endymion was fast asleep. So she tiptoed over to her side, and got in. As soon as she did she felt large strong arms pull around her. She then snuggled up to Endymions chest and fell asleep.

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Created on: 14th July 2007 – 10:00pm
Edited on: 2nd January 2008 – 3:35pm

Katie :)