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The next morning, Rini went to find Serena to see if she felt any better. She went into Serena's room only find that Serena wasn't there. She was instantly worried because Serena was always in her room at this time. She went to the phone and instantly called Raye to tell her the news.
Within thirty minutes, all the scouts and both guardians were assembled at Raye's temple.
"Okay, we all know that she was depressed," started Amy, "so there are only a few places she could be."
"You're right," agreed Mina. "We should split up and search for her."
"Yes," agreed Raye. "Everyone should take a direction and signal with the communicator if you find her."
"Alright, so what we sitting here for?" questioned Lita. "Let's get goin'." With that, the scouts went off in search of Serena while the guardians went back to Serena's house to be with Rini. But when Luna and Artemis got back to the house, they found Rini in extreme distress.
"Rini?!" yelled Luna. "Rini what's wrong?"
"Mommy! Mommy!" was the only thing Rini gave back in answer while thrashing around.
"Artemis, this is very serious," said Luna gravely.
"You're right Luna," agreed Artemis.
"The sooner we find Serena, the better."
"Well, my dear," said Prince Diamond, "what do you want to do?"
"Let's introduce them to the new me," crooned Serenity.
"Whatever you wish, my queen."
In the park, Raye and Mina were searching the rose gardens when they bumped into Darien.
"Darien," said Mina, "have you seen Serena around today?"
"No, I haven't," answered Darien. "Why? What's happened?"
"She didn't go home last night," said Raye with a hint of accusation in her tone, "and now we can't find her anywhere."
"Are you sure you looked everywhere for her?" Darien asked with the fear of the dream pounding in his head.
"Of course we have," said Lita, as she and Amy came up on them.
"And there is no sign of her at any of the usual or unusual places," finished Amy.
"Have you tried tracking her?" demanded Darien
"No," said Amy ashamed that she hadn't thought of that right off. "Let me try it," said Amy pulling out her computer.
"There will be no need for that, Sailors," said a very familiar voice. "I'm right here." The girls and Darien instantly turned around to see Serena on the arm of an unfamiliar man.
"Serena!" yells everyone, with shock in their eyes and voices.
"That's Dark Queen Serenity to all of you," Serena tells them with ice in her voice.
"Serena, who is that man you're hanging all over and why are you dressed like you're going to a party?" asked Raye.
"This man is my love, Prince Diamond," answered Serena with a wide smile on her lips, "and I'm dressed as befit my station, the queen of darkness." Serena then frowned. "And you will address me with the proper respect." Serena gathered dark energy in her palm and sent it flying at the girls and Darien.
Everyone jumped out of the way and quickly transformed so that they could fight back better. They then found some cover to discuss what they should do.
"Guys this is bad," said Mina. "I think that Serena must have been brainwashed by the Dark Moon."
"I think we've figured that out Venus," retorted Mars. "The thing we need to do right now is to get her away from that Diamond creep and then figure out how to bring her back.
"I'm with ya Mars," agreed Jupiter. "What's the plan?"
"Tuxedo Mask," started Venus, "we need you to distract Prince Diamond."
"Okay," agreed Tuxedo.
"Alright," said Venus, "while he does that, Jupiter and I will attack her to keep her distracted while Mercury uses her bubbles to make sure Serena can't find Diamond. Then Mars will use a charm to hold her in place and then we get her to the temple as quickly as we can. Agreed?"
"Agreed," stated the other scouts.
"Okay then let's go!"
"Right!" yelled everyone jumping out and getting into fighting stances.
"So, you're finally ready to fight then, huh?" questioned Serena with a smug smile that didn't look right on her face.
"You bet we are," yelled Raye. "So you better get ready."
"Oh, yeah? Take your best shot."
"You asked for it Serena. SUPEREME THUNDER CRASH!"
"VENUS CRESENT BEAM, SMASH!!"
The attacks went soaring towards Serena and hit their target, who didn't even move out of the way. But when the smoke cleared, they saw that the attack had not hit Serena, but a barrier.
"You really thought that attack was going to work?" laughed Serena. "You guys really aren't as smart as I gave you credit for. And to think I once called you all my friends," said Serena with a look of anguish. "I was alone and none of you helped me! None of you!" screamed Serena as she sent out a lightning strike towards the scouts. The scouts were so astonished by Serena's words that they barely moved out the way in time.
"Serena, you know that's not true," argued Tuxedo Mask. "Your friends have always been there to help you and comfort you."
"Maybe they have," conceded Serena, "but what about you?" Serena demanded, turning angry, hurt eyes to her former love. "You push me away and I never knew why. Even after you saved me from falling asleep forever, you still pushed me away making it seem as if you saved me out off duty and not from love." By this time Serena was crying. "Now, I know you only think of me as an ally in battle, not as the love of your life." She turns to Prince Diamond and he places his arm around her shoulders. "I finally found someone who truly cares for my well-being and I plan on staying with him for a very long time."
As soon as she finished speaking, Diamond addressed them, "Serenity is now my queen and I don't plan on letting you or the scouts take her away from me."
"We'll just see about that," said Tuxedo Mask as he threw a rose at Diamond. The rose scraped the side of Diamond's face.
"You want a fight cape boy, you got one," yelled Diamond as he flew down and began an assault on Tuxedo Mask.
The scouts seeing their opportunity put their plan into action.
"Time to bring you down Serena," yelled Jupiter.
"SUPREME THUNDER CRASH!"
"VENUS CRESENT BEAM, SMASH!"
"Didn't you already try this attack before?" Serena questioned them as she easily blocked the attacks.
"Of course we did," Venus agreed, as Mercury snuck around behind her, "but we added something else."
"Oh yeah? And what would that be?"
"This! MERCURY BUBBLES BLAST!" The field was instantly fogged with Mercury's attack.
"This won't help you for long!" yelled Serena, looking for the Scouts in the fog. "I'll find you eventually."
"Not if we get to you first," said Mars arrogantly from behind Serena. Serena turned towards the voice but once she found the source of the voice, she was frozen where she stood.
"What have you done to me?" demanded Serena
"We froze you, so we could help you," said Venus. "Forgive us, but we have to do this to help you." And with that they knocked her unconscious and quickly transported her from the battlefield to the temple. Tuxedo Mask, seeing that the task was accomplished, said to Diamond, "It seems as if the scouts have taken away Serena." Tuxedo Mask grinned. "I'll be going now as well." With a flurry of rose petals in Diamond's face, Tuxedo Mask made his way to the temple to help Serena come back to him.
"Go ahead," said Diamond as he faded back to his realm. "She'll return to me soon enough."
Back at the temple, the guardians were waiting with Rini who was laying in Raye's bed unconscious and crying out for her mother.
"I hope that the scouts get back soon," said a worried Luna.
"Yeah me too," agreed Artemis. Just then, the scouts and Tuxedo Mask ran in with an unconscious Serena.
"Scouts, I'm so happy you got Serena back," said Luna.
"If I were you, I wouldn't be so happy," said Venus.
"Why? What's wrong?"
"Serena has been possessed by evil and we have no idea how to save her," said a distraught Mars.
"This is worse than I feared," said a worried Luna.
"What are you talking about?" demanded Venus.
"You see scouts," Luna began, "a little while after Serena disappeared, Rini started to convulse like she was in pain. She then began crying out for her mother." Luna paused. "When she would calm down, I asked her what was hurting her, but all she would say is 'Mommy, don't leave me! Don't Go!' and then go into convulsions again."
"What does this mean, Luna?" asked Jupiter.
"What this means," Mercury began, "is that Rini is sensing a change in her mother and, since Serena seems to be somewhat changed just recently, it's far to assume that Rini's mother is Serena."
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R&R let me know what I can change to make it better. How do you think the story should proceed? What should the scouts and Darien do to save Serena?