The Dark Side of Life
By: LaLunegirl
Chapter 10
January, 2004
AN: Soooo sorry for the late update! GOMEN!
Serena stared at her walls in anger. How in the world could she have said that she thought of that heathen as a friend? He took away everything from her! Sighing she got up slowly. She was still feeling the effect of the attack but not so miraculously Darien was feeling just dandy. It had been a week since the attack and she was all nicely bandaged up. She refused so see the others except for her newly acquired brother. She still was having a hard time believing that she was the incarnation of a girl who lived thousands of years ago. She now knew how Raye felt when she told her about her being Darien's sister from thousands of years ago. She felt scared and confused but oddly excited of the whole prospect. But unlike Raye she didn't have the urge to faint. Slowly she got up on shaky legs and tried to walk to the door.
"Skye" She said softly. The name was familiar to her tongue. She felt at home with that name. It was odd but she felt as if she was always Skye but at the same time she was Serena. All this thinking was making her head reel. She closed her eyes for a moment and leaned against a wall as the world started spinning and going back and forth and side to side. Then it stopped so suddenly that it gave her a piercing headache. Then with a sigh she pulled herself away from the wall and slowly made her way to the door. Slipping out she hunted out the room they had given Raye. She felt weak still and knew if she made one wrong move the whole household would he gathered around outside her door. And that was the last thing she needed. Ever since the accident Darien had made sure that she was monitored at every move and it was driving her insane. She found the room and slipped in unnoticed.
"Who's there?" Came a voice. Serena jumped when the voice cut through the silence but silenced her heat and answered when she recognized the voice.
"It's just me Raye. Keep it down" Serena hissed back in the dark. The lights flicked on and Serena squinted trying to get used to the sudden light. There on the bed sat Raye stared at Serena with hawk eyes.
"SERE-"
"RAYE!" Serena hissed "Keep it quite!" Raye blushed and got up to help Serena onto the bed. Serena sighed and sagged into Raye's arms.
"Serena what are you doing out of bed?" Raye said softer but there was still a bite in her voice.
"I just needed to talk to someone." She paused. "Someone HUMAN" She emphasized. Raye giggled slightly but nodded as she helped Serena sit down on the bed comfortably. "Where is your brother? I haven't seen him since our meeting when Darien" She paused a moment trying to figure out how to say it "died." Serena suddenly realized looking around as if to see him appear.
"He went into a sort of mental shock when Darien was revealed. But slowly he's getting used to him being alive and a vampire lord. To tell you the truth he's taking it much better than I did. He's calm and collected.or was." At Serena's questioningly look she snickered and answered "Darien introduced him to some lady named Reika. He's been around her a lot. I for one think it's true love" Raye said smirking. Serena smiled slightly then sobered up as she asked the question that she had really meant to ask. "You do know who I was in the past don't you?" She asked. Raye stared at her with no expression.
"Skye Sare. Jadeite's younger sister" She said after a moment. Serena nodded in confirmation. "You two seemed close even before this discovery was made. Maybe subconsciously your souls recognized each other." Raye mused. Serena snorted.
"I didn't know vampires had souls" She said rolling her eyes.
"But Darien did." Raye pointed out earning a glare from Serena. "Question." Serena looked at her with an expectant look on her face.
"What?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
"How do you really feel about my brother?" She asked softly. Serena sighed and looked away.
"I should have been expecting that question." She said with a sigh. "To tell you the truth I really don't know. I mean he's this thing. This non human thing. Supposed mythological Vampire for god's sake. And the damn PRINCE Of that race. Not to mention he's possessive, overbearing, commanding, doesn't think of ones feelings, is very territorial, snobby, and an all round brat" She raised an eyebrow. "Need I go on?" Raye rolled her eyes and glared at Serena.
"You know what I mean." She said. This time Serena rolled her eyes.
"Fine. To tell you truthfully I really don't know how I feel about him. I mean he can be sweet at times but I can't ignore the fact that he is thousands of years older than me." She sighed and closed her tired eyes.
"Could you love him?" Raye asked softly putting a hand on her friend's shoulders. Serena opened her eyes and stared at her friend with wide eyes. "Could you? I mean after all he is god's creation before anything else. And so are you." Serena heaved a deep breath and let her head hit the wall behind her lightly.
"I think" She began then opened her eyes and stared at Raye. "I think that I'm already half way there" She said quietly, fear evident in her eyes. Raye for her part practically threw Serena off the bed with her squeals.
"But you know.he's not a prince. Just the lord of the vampires" She said smirking slightly. Serena groaned and glared at her friend but Raye's laughter was contagious and she began laughing uncontrollably. The spoke in general of their lives for a while more before Serena groaned slightly as her stomach began hurting. Suddenly her mind began whirling and she began breathing deeply and heavily as she reached out blindly to hold onto Raye. But it did no good. Whatever was wrong with her made her fall in a dead faint. She didn't even remember Raye's screams for help.
Darien sighed as he stared at the night sky.
"I am sorry Serena." He whispered at the sky. The stars connected before his eyes to reveal a laughing Serena with sparkling eyes. Turning away from the window he sat down on a large sofa and closed his eyes searching his new home for Serena's presence. He pulled his spirit out of his body and followed her as she stumbled to Raye's room. He winced when he saw her stumble but forced himself to not go rushing to her. He knew that she was feeling frustrated at all the attention everyone was pouring at her. She had yet to meet the girls and he didn't want to put too much on her shoulders just yet. He almost laughed out loud when Raye questioned her about her feelings for him. So she thought he was overbearing snobby brat? Among other things. Well he would have to do something about that. Suddenly something crashed beside his real body and his spirit was forced to re-enter his body. Snapping his eyes open he looked around ready for any danger. "KUNZITE!" He snapped "What are you doing?" he demanded relaxing his muscles. Kunzite stared at Darien with a pained look in his eyes as he stood up from where he had been picking up pieces of a broken dish.
"Darien!" Kunzite sighed and showed Darien the pieces of broken glass. "Mina's new preferred choice of weapon." He explained. Darien couldn't help but laugh. These two fought more than anyone he knew.
"Did she get you?" Darien asked once his laughter had subsided. Kunzite groaned and nodded rubbing his buttocks. Darien also groaned and snapped his finger. "Damn. I owe her fifty bucks now" He muttered as Kunzite stared at him in horror.
"You bet with Mina on ME? Your best friend?" He asked trying not to have a heart attack. Darien just rolled his eyes and nodded.
"Of course." He said matter of factly. Then getting up he left the bumbling Kunzite while he went to hunt. "Keep an eye on Serena for me will you old buddy?" he asked before he swooped into the sky. For the past week he had hunted every night to make up for the three thousand years of blood loss to his body. And he could feel his strength returning.no way in hell would anyone get the better of him anymore. Serena's life may just as well depend on it.
Jadeite sighed as he sat in bed quietly while the girls stood around him laughing. He had a lot on his mind and he had no idea as to how to solve any of his problems.
"What's wrong Jade?" Jadeite looked up surprised at Amy who was looking at him with a concerned look in her eyes. He forcefully smiled at her.
"Of course not Amy.why would you think that?" he asked. Amy growled and gave him a 'yeah right' look.
"You can't fool me Jadeite. I've known you for way too long" She said sighing. "Come with me" She pulled him to his feet and pulled him out of the room and into a more quite one. "Now tell me" She commanded. Jadeite sighed and sat down beside her.
"It's Skye" He began but Amy put up a hand.
"Serena, Jadeite. Serena. You must get used to her new name. She is not the sister you knew in your past. Her name is Serena" Jadeite nodded slightly and began again.
"I remember her in great detail. She was my little sister after all. But she doesn't remember me as much as I wish. And another thing. I know she was murdered. And what if it was a vampire that killed her? He could still be alive. Which would make Sk- Serena's life in danger. And to top it off she is human. I'm going to loose her again one day. And Darien. He's in love with her. She is mortal and is bound to die sometime in her life." He said hanging his head.
"Jade.that's not all is it?" Amy asked softly. He shook his head.
"It's also Darien's sister. Raye. She makes me feel.really feel. I don't know. I love you all but I have never felt this deep feeling for anyone. A few day's ago I was hunting and a panther got a swipe at me. Amy.I felt it. I felt the pain." He said looking at her with lost eyes. Amy sighed and smiled at him.
"Don't you understand?" she asked softly.
"What?" He demanded. "Tell me Amy."
"Do you not remember when Zoisite and I first met?" she asked. Jadeite nodded.
"We tried to figure out for days what was wrong with him. He seemed to be in a daze for most of the time" He chuckled at the memory.
"Did he feel pain?" She asked. Jadeite stared at her in surprise as memories began surfacing.
"Yeah.I remember once I hit him over the head with a chandelier that slipped from my hands and landed onto his head. The guys congratulated me after thinking I did it on purpose to bring him back into the real world. He cursed at me in four different languages that day. And then a week later." Jadeite stared at Amy in shock. "He introduced us to you." He whispered. "He said he had finally met the love of his life" Amy smiled and nodded.
"Let me tell you something about your kind. When you are human you have a whole soul and are waiting for another whole soul to find you. In other words your mate for life. But when you turn into a vampire half your soul is sent to your mate. And until you find your mate you only have half a soul while your mate has a soul and half. And thus you loose certain feelings. Such as pain among others. Which is very important even though it is sometimes a curse. When you meet your mate your soul can only be returned when you both admit love and join." She smiled softly. "When your mate is near your soul in her position reacts thus making your missing emotions come back full force. But they are easily misplaced or mishandled. Jadeite.Raye is your mate" She said softly trying not to smirk at the look of horror on his face. "SO.you are soon to be related to Darien. Or should I say Darien to you. Darien is smitten with your sister and you with his. How ironic" She said smirking clearly enjoying his discomfort. She then, being the kind hearted woman she was said. "Don't worry too much about it. I think mother fate has a few tricks up her sleeves to get you four together." She patted his shoulder and left the room.
KKris smirked as he stared at the darkening sky. Luke was dead. He had to remember to thank Darien for that one. The damn man was becoming way to annoying for his own good. But then his smirk turned into a frown. Darien had found his mate and that would mean trouble for him. He sat back and thought back to when Darien had found his mate those many years ago. That painter woman. But KKris had luckily disposed of that problem as soon as he could. But this time his mate was a college student and he knew her. One would think this would make it easier to kill her thus getting to Darien but Darien and his four tight knit friends probably knew of his last successful kill thus would protect the stupid girl to all extents. It would be near impossible to get to her. But what they didn't know was he had already got her through Luke. The poison in her blood stream should take effect any day now, and the girl would be his. Darien would pay dearly for taking all he did. "Watch your back Darien.I'm commin to getcha" he hissed into the night his eyes glowing an eerie yellow.
Kunzite nearly had a heart attack when his sensitive ears were suddenly hit with a loud painful cry for help. Closing his eyes he concentrated and blinked himself to where the distress signal had come from. "Raye. What is it?" He demanded as he rushed into her room. Raye sat on the bed with an unconscious Serena in her arms. She looked desperately at Kunzite with fear filled eyes.
"Help her please!" She cried as she looked back down at Serena's prone figure. Kunzite felt his heart stop. His lord had lost a female once before and he couldn't again. Rushing to their side he bent down to feel a pulse. It was there but it was damn weak. Quickly as he could he sent out a distress signal to Zoisite and Amy the doctors in their little family. Moment's later two figures blinked into the room.
"What is it Kunz?" Amy asked rushing forward, Zoisite hot on her heels.
"It's Serena. There is something wrong with her" he said looking down at the blond haired girl. "Her pulse is weak and I am getting no response from her brain" He said softly. Amy stared at him a moment, then immediately went to Serena's side and began checking her vital signs all the while speaking to Zoisite in their private mental path. ~Zoi.Get Raye and Kunzite out of here. I don't need any more people than I have to have in here. But come back because something tells me that there is something very wrong with the girl~ Amy said trying to keep the worried tone out of her voice but failed miserably. Zoisite nodded but said nothing as he went over to Raye and helped her to her feet.
"No I'm not leaving Serena." Raye said stubbornly trying to get out of his grasp.
"Do not be stubborn woman. We cannot help her if we have fear of infecting you also." Zoisite hissed in anger as he pulled her out. "You also Kunzite. You must leave. Find Darien and especially Jadeite. He must know of what is happening to his sister." Kunzite said nothing but nodded as he grasped Raye's hand and lead her out. Once the door closed Amy and Zoisite went about checking up Serena properly.
"Take off her shirt Zoi. There is too much cloth in the way for me to penetrate her." Amy said softly as she closed her eyes and got ready her spirit to go into Serena's body. This would only tell her what was wrong and hopefully show her how they could beat the illness. Zoisite without any hesitation slipped Serena's pj top off and laid her back on the pillows, then closing his eyes he too let his spirit go with Amy. "Well what do you think it is?" Amy's spirit asked Zoisite's as they stared at Serena's bloodstream.
"Hmmmm. I am not quite sure" Zoisite said thoughtfully. "But look at the blood cells. Aren't they acting quite oddly?" Amy turned to where he was pointing and both zoomed their spiritual selves closer and gasped in shock. The red and white blood cells seemed to be teamed up fighting her inner tissue and skin cells. And from the looks of it the blood cells were winning. "If this keeps up she will deteriorate from the inside out" Zoisite said softly.
"I have never seen anything like this. How can we cure it?" Amy asked.
"Let's get back into our bodies then we can figure that one out" Zoisite suggested. Amy's only response was disappearing form view. When Zoisite came too the first thing he noticed was a worried Jadeite staring at Serena's prone body. The second was that Serena now looked alarmingly ashen. This was not good. Not good at all.
Katrina sighed as she drunk from her cup of coffee. Jacob had given them shit and it was driving her mad.
"Kat." Katrina looked up in surprise as a warm bagel was placed in front of her. Max smiled sadly at her. Sitting down beside her he shoved the food closer to her. "Eat. You haven't eaten in days. I'm sure your cousin's all right." He said softly. Katrina smiled at him gratefully.
"Thanks a million Max. But I'm not hungry." She sighed and took another gulp from her mug cherishing the burning sensation as it stung her throat. "You know.Serena came to live with us when she was ten. Her parents died. She was no more than a shell. She blames herself for her parent's death." Max stayed silent because he had a feeling that she needed to have her say before she broke down. "I remember I was like 13 or something. Mom and Dad brought her home with them and when I first saw her I thought 'my god she looks so lost and helpless'. And from that day forward I vowed to be her strength. Finally after three years of silence I somehow broke through and brought her back to the real world. We had such wonderful times. Then mom and dad died. I was a bit better at handling it than she was but she took it upon herself to take care of me. She stayed with me for about three months. When I finally came back she came here to Japan to start school. We lost touch then one day I'm transferred here and I was immediately thrust into a situation that included death and Serena. You remember the first case I took? The case of the guy who died without any reason? The girl whose care he was under was my cousin. Death seems to follow her. And now.I'm just worried that death has decided to stop playing games and take its intended target" She said softly. "She's all I have left. I can't loose her" Max sighed as he covered her hand with his own.
"Don't worry.It'll all work out in the end." He said softly. Katrina looked up. Her eyes were filled with pain and were slightly shiny but no tears fell. She smiled at him and bowed her head once again.
Jacob stared at his cell walls in anger. That bitch. Where the hell had she disappeared to? He had only been gone for a few hours. Granted that it had started to rain and he had bunkered with a cute red head but how the hell was he supposed to know she would escape? She was his and he'd be damned if anyone else took her. She must be dead by now. It still puzzled him how she escaped. There was no way in hell that she could have gotten out of those ropes. He was a champion knot tyre. But the question remained. Where the hell was the little slut? He knew he was fucked. They had so much damn evidence against him that he would be so lucky if he ever saw the other side of a penitentiary again. He was looking at life without parole. And that was without the damn murder charges they were threatening. If he got charged with that he was looking at the death row. "Where the fuck are you, you little slut?" he muttered to himself as he punched the wall making his fist bleed.
Darien closed his eyes and savoured the feeling of flying through the air. He felt wonderful. So free. So alive. He had Serena. He had his life back. He had his sister and brother. He had his friends. What more could a guy ask for? But then he sobered up at that thought of Serena. He knew she wanted her freedom but he could not allow that. But no matter how many times they argued about it they seemed to get nowhere. He had lost Desire because he had let her have the freedom she had begged for. KKris took her away from him and he'd be damned if he gave the fucker another chance like that. The thoughts of Desire bombarded his mind as he almost fell from the sky. His first love. He met her about seven thousand years ago. She was the light of his life but it was not meant to be for she refused him and his offer of immortality saying some gibberish about meeting again if they were fated. He had yet to come face to face with her. It hurt like hell and he would kill himself sooner than let Serena do the same. Now all he had to do was get to KKris before he got to him again. "Watch out KKris. Your dead meat" He hissed as he sunk his fangs into the neck of the girl he held in a death grip.
"Where is Darien?" Jadeite asked softly as he put cold wash cloths on his sister's forehead.
"He is out feeding and has closed his mind off to us." Nephrite said from where he stood by the fire place. His arms crossed as he stared at Serena's small figure. "Have we figured out what is wrong with her?"
"Her blood cells seem to be rebelling. Instead of attacking bad blood and such the white cells have teamed up with the red ones are eating away at the insides of her skin. I do not know how to cure this" Amy said sighing in exhaustion.
"Exactly how bad is it?" Jadeite said with a frustrated growl. Amy and Zoisite never spoke in simple words.
"Let me put it this way.If we don't find a cure for this soon. There will be nothing of Serena for us to help by next week." Zoisite answered noticing Jadeite's frustrated face. Jadeite stared at the two in shock. Then with a growl he left the room and the house and took to the air. He refused to believe that he could be loosing her again.
End of Chapter 10
So what did you guys think? Any ideas, suggestions, comments, flames anything at all are greatly appreciated.
By: LaLunegirl
Chapter 10
January, 2004
AN: Soooo sorry for the late update! GOMEN!
Serena stared at her walls in anger. How in the world could she have said that she thought of that heathen as a friend? He took away everything from her! Sighing she got up slowly. She was still feeling the effect of the attack but not so miraculously Darien was feeling just dandy. It had been a week since the attack and she was all nicely bandaged up. She refused so see the others except for her newly acquired brother. She still was having a hard time believing that she was the incarnation of a girl who lived thousands of years ago. She now knew how Raye felt when she told her about her being Darien's sister from thousands of years ago. She felt scared and confused but oddly excited of the whole prospect. But unlike Raye she didn't have the urge to faint. Slowly she got up on shaky legs and tried to walk to the door.
"Skye" She said softly. The name was familiar to her tongue. She felt at home with that name. It was odd but she felt as if she was always Skye but at the same time she was Serena. All this thinking was making her head reel. She closed her eyes for a moment and leaned against a wall as the world started spinning and going back and forth and side to side. Then it stopped so suddenly that it gave her a piercing headache. Then with a sigh she pulled herself away from the wall and slowly made her way to the door. Slipping out she hunted out the room they had given Raye. She felt weak still and knew if she made one wrong move the whole household would he gathered around outside her door. And that was the last thing she needed. Ever since the accident Darien had made sure that she was monitored at every move and it was driving her insane. She found the room and slipped in unnoticed.
"Who's there?" Came a voice. Serena jumped when the voice cut through the silence but silenced her heat and answered when she recognized the voice.
"It's just me Raye. Keep it down" Serena hissed back in the dark. The lights flicked on and Serena squinted trying to get used to the sudden light. There on the bed sat Raye stared at Serena with hawk eyes.
"SERE-"
"RAYE!" Serena hissed "Keep it quite!" Raye blushed and got up to help Serena onto the bed. Serena sighed and sagged into Raye's arms.
"Serena what are you doing out of bed?" Raye said softer but there was still a bite in her voice.
"I just needed to talk to someone." She paused. "Someone HUMAN" She emphasized. Raye giggled slightly but nodded as she helped Serena sit down on the bed comfortably. "Where is your brother? I haven't seen him since our meeting when Darien" She paused a moment trying to figure out how to say it "died." Serena suddenly realized looking around as if to see him appear.
"He went into a sort of mental shock when Darien was revealed. But slowly he's getting used to him being alive and a vampire lord. To tell you the truth he's taking it much better than I did. He's calm and collected.or was." At Serena's questioningly look she snickered and answered "Darien introduced him to some lady named Reika. He's been around her a lot. I for one think it's true love" Raye said smirking. Serena smiled slightly then sobered up as she asked the question that she had really meant to ask. "You do know who I was in the past don't you?" She asked. Raye stared at her with no expression.
"Skye Sare. Jadeite's younger sister" She said after a moment. Serena nodded in confirmation. "You two seemed close even before this discovery was made. Maybe subconsciously your souls recognized each other." Raye mused. Serena snorted.
"I didn't know vampires had souls" She said rolling her eyes.
"But Darien did." Raye pointed out earning a glare from Serena. "Question." Serena looked at her with an expectant look on her face.
"What?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
"How do you really feel about my brother?" She asked softly. Serena sighed and looked away.
"I should have been expecting that question." She said with a sigh. "To tell you the truth I really don't know. I mean he's this thing. This non human thing. Supposed mythological Vampire for god's sake. And the damn PRINCE Of that race. Not to mention he's possessive, overbearing, commanding, doesn't think of ones feelings, is very territorial, snobby, and an all round brat" She raised an eyebrow. "Need I go on?" Raye rolled her eyes and glared at Serena.
"You know what I mean." She said. This time Serena rolled her eyes.
"Fine. To tell you truthfully I really don't know how I feel about him. I mean he can be sweet at times but I can't ignore the fact that he is thousands of years older than me." She sighed and closed her tired eyes.
"Could you love him?" Raye asked softly putting a hand on her friend's shoulders. Serena opened her eyes and stared at her friend with wide eyes. "Could you? I mean after all he is god's creation before anything else. And so are you." Serena heaved a deep breath and let her head hit the wall behind her lightly.
"I think" She began then opened her eyes and stared at Raye. "I think that I'm already half way there" She said quietly, fear evident in her eyes. Raye for her part practically threw Serena off the bed with her squeals.
"But you know.he's not a prince. Just the lord of the vampires" She said smirking slightly. Serena groaned and glared at her friend but Raye's laughter was contagious and she began laughing uncontrollably. The spoke in general of their lives for a while more before Serena groaned slightly as her stomach began hurting. Suddenly her mind began whirling and she began breathing deeply and heavily as she reached out blindly to hold onto Raye. But it did no good. Whatever was wrong with her made her fall in a dead faint. She didn't even remember Raye's screams for help.
Darien sighed as he stared at the night sky.
"I am sorry Serena." He whispered at the sky. The stars connected before his eyes to reveal a laughing Serena with sparkling eyes. Turning away from the window he sat down on a large sofa and closed his eyes searching his new home for Serena's presence. He pulled his spirit out of his body and followed her as she stumbled to Raye's room. He winced when he saw her stumble but forced himself to not go rushing to her. He knew that she was feeling frustrated at all the attention everyone was pouring at her. She had yet to meet the girls and he didn't want to put too much on her shoulders just yet. He almost laughed out loud when Raye questioned her about her feelings for him. So she thought he was overbearing snobby brat? Among other things. Well he would have to do something about that. Suddenly something crashed beside his real body and his spirit was forced to re-enter his body. Snapping his eyes open he looked around ready for any danger. "KUNZITE!" He snapped "What are you doing?" he demanded relaxing his muscles. Kunzite stared at Darien with a pained look in his eyes as he stood up from where he had been picking up pieces of a broken dish.
"Darien!" Kunzite sighed and showed Darien the pieces of broken glass. "Mina's new preferred choice of weapon." He explained. Darien couldn't help but laugh. These two fought more than anyone he knew.
"Did she get you?" Darien asked once his laughter had subsided. Kunzite groaned and nodded rubbing his buttocks. Darien also groaned and snapped his finger. "Damn. I owe her fifty bucks now" He muttered as Kunzite stared at him in horror.
"You bet with Mina on ME? Your best friend?" He asked trying not to have a heart attack. Darien just rolled his eyes and nodded.
"Of course." He said matter of factly. Then getting up he left the bumbling Kunzite while he went to hunt. "Keep an eye on Serena for me will you old buddy?" he asked before he swooped into the sky. For the past week he had hunted every night to make up for the three thousand years of blood loss to his body. And he could feel his strength returning.no way in hell would anyone get the better of him anymore. Serena's life may just as well depend on it.
Jadeite sighed as he sat in bed quietly while the girls stood around him laughing. He had a lot on his mind and he had no idea as to how to solve any of his problems.
"What's wrong Jade?" Jadeite looked up surprised at Amy who was looking at him with a concerned look in her eyes. He forcefully smiled at her.
"Of course not Amy.why would you think that?" he asked. Amy growled and gave him a 'yeah right' look.
"You can't fool me Jadeite. I've known you for way too long" She said sighing. "Come with me" She pulled him to his feet and pulled him out of the room and into a more quite one. "Now tell me" She commanded. Jadeite sighed and sat down beside her.
"It's Skye" He began but Amy put up a hand.
"Serena, Jadeite. Serena. You must get used to her new name. She is not the sister you knew in your past. Her name is Serena" Jadeite nodded slightly and began again.
"I remember her in great detail. She was my little sister after all. But she doesn't remember me as much as I wish. And another thing. I know she was murdered. And what if it was a vampire that killed her? He could still be alive. Which would make Sk- Serena's life in danger. And to top it off she is human. I'm going to loose her again one day. And Darien. He's in love with her. She is mortal and is bound to die sometime in her life." He said hanging his head.
"Jade.that's not all is it?" Amy asked softly. He shook his head.
"It's also Darien's sister. Raye. She makes me feel.really feel. I don't know. I love you all but I have never felt this deep feeling for anyone. A few day's ago I was hunting and a panther got a swipe at me. Amy.I felt it. I felt the pain." He said looking at her with lost eyes. Amy sighed and smiled at him.
"Don't you understand?" she asked softly.
"What?" He demanded. "Tell me Amy."
"Do you not remember when Zoisite and I first met?" she asked. Jadeite nodded.
"We tried to figure out for days what was wrong with him. He seemed to be in a daze for most of the time" He chuckled at the memory.
"Did he feel pain?" She asked. Jadeite stared at her in surprise as memories began surfacing.
"Yeah.I remember once I hit him over the head with a chandelier that slipped from my hands and landed onto his head. The guys congratulated me after thinking I did it on purpose to bring him back into the real world. He cursed at me in four different languages that day. And then a week later." Jadeite stared at Amy in shock. "He introduced us to you." He whispered. "He said he had finally met the love of his life" Amy smiled and nodded.
"Let me tell you something about your kind. When you are human you have a whole soul and are waiting for another whole soul to find you. In other words your mate for life. But when you turn into a vampire half your soul is sent to your mate. And until you find your mate you only have half a soul while your mate has a soul and half. And thus you loose certain feelings. Such as pain among others. Which is very important even though it is sometimes a curse. When you meet your mate your soul can only be returned when you both admit love and join." She smiled softly. "When your mate is near your soul in her position reacts thus making your missing emotions come back full force. But they are easily misplaced or mishandled. Jadeite.Raye is your mate" She said softly trying not to smirk at the look of horror on his face. "SO.you are soon to be related to Darien. Or should I say Darien to you. Darien is smitten with your sister and you with his. How ironic" She said smirking clearly enjoying his discomfort. She then, being the kind hearted woman she was said. "Don't worry too much about it. I think mother fate has a few tricks up her sleeves to get you four together." She patted his shoulder and left the room.
KKris smirked as he stared at the darkening sky. Luke was dead. He had to remember to thank Darien for that one. The damn man was becoming way to annoying for his own good. But then his smirk turned into a frown. Darien had found his mate and that would mean trouble for him. He sat back and thought back to when Darien had found his mate those many years ago. That painter woman. But KKris had luckily disposed of that problem as soon as he could. But this time his mate was a college student and he knew her. One would think this would make it easier to kill her thus getting to Darien but Darien and his four tight knit friends probably knew of his last successful kill thus would protect the stupid girl to all extents. It would be near impossible to get to her. But what they didn't know was he had already got her through Luke. The poison in her blood stream should take effect any day now, and the girl would be his. Darien would pay dearly for taking all he did. "Watch your back Darien.I'm commin to getcha" he hissed into the night his eyes glowing an eerie yellow.
Kunzite nearly had a heart attack when his sensitive ears were suddenly hit with a loud painful cry for help. Closing his eyes he concentrated and blinked himself to where the distress signal had come from. "Raye. What is it?" He demanded as he rushed into her room. Raye sat on the bed with an unconscious Serena in her arms. She looked desperately at Kunzite with fear filled eyes.
"Help her please!" She cried as she looked back down at Serena's prone figure. Kunzite felt his heart stop. His lord had lost a female once before and he couldn't again. Rushing to their side he bent down to feel a pulse. It was there but it was damn weak. Quickly as he could he sent out a distress signal to Zoisite and Amy the doctors in their little family. Moment's later two figures blinked into the room.
"What is it Kunz?" Amy asked rushing forward, Zoisite hot on her heels.
"It's Serena. There is something wrong with her" he said looking down at the blond haired girl. "Her pulse is weak and I am getting no response from her brain" He said softly. Amy stared at him a moment, then immediately went to Serena's side and began checking her vital signs all the while speaking to Zoisite in their private mental path. ~Zoi.Get Raye and Kunzite out of here. I don't need any more people than I have to have in here. But come back because something tells me that there is something very wrong with the girl~ Amy said trying to keep the worried tone out of her voice but failed miserably. Zoisite nodded but said nothing as he went over to Raye and helped her to her feet.
"No I'm not leaving Serena." Raye said stubbornly trying to get out of his grasp.
"Do not be stubborn woman. We cannot help her if we have fear of infecting you also." Zoisite hissed in anger as he pulled her out. "You also Kunzite. You must leave. Find Darien and especially Jadeite. He must know of what is happening to his sister." Kunzite said nothing but nodded as he grasped Raye's hand and lead her out. Once the door closed Amy and Zoisite went about checking up Serena properly.
"Take off her shirt Zoi. There is too much cloth in the way for me to penetrate her." Amy said softly as she closed her eyes and got ready her spirit to go into Serena's body. This would only tell her what was wrong and hopefully show her how they could beat the illness. Zoisite without any hesitation slipped Serena's pj top off and laid her back on the pillows, then closing his eyes he too let his spirit go with Amy. "Well what do you think it is?" Amy's spirit asked Zoisite's as they stared at Serena's bloodstream.
"Hmmmm. I am not quite sure" Zoisite said thoughtfully. "But look at the blood cells. Aren't they acting quite oddly?" Amy turned to where he was pointing and both zoomed their spiritual selves closer and gasped in shock. The red and white blood cells seemed to be teamed up fighting her inner tissue and skin cells. And from the looks of it the blood cells were winning. "If this keeps up she will deteriorate from the inside out" Zoisite said softly.
"I have never seen anything like this. How can we cure it?" Amy asked.
"Let's get back into our bodies then we can figure that one out" Zoisite suggested. Amy's only response was disappearing form view. When Zoisite came too the first thing he noticed was a worried Jadeite staring at Serena's prone body. The second was that Serena now looked alarmingly ashen. This was not good. Not good at all.
Katrina sighed as she drunk from her cup of coffee. Jacob had given them shit and it was driving her mad.
"Kat." Katrina looked up in surprise as a warm bagel was placed in front of her. Max smiled sadly at her. Sitting down beside her he shoved the food closer to her. "Eat. You haven't eaten in days. I'm sure your cousin's all right." He said softly. Katrina smiled at him gratefully.
"Thanks a million Max. But I'm not hungry." She sighed and took another gulp from her mug cherishing the burning sensation as it stung her throat. "You know.Serena came to live with us when she was ten. Her parents died. She was no more than a shell. She blames herself for her parent's death." Max stayed silent because he had a feeling that she needed to have her say before she broke down. "I remember I was like 13 or something. Mom and Dad brought her home with them and when I first saw her I thought 'my god she looks so lost and helpless'. And from that day forward I vowed to be her strength. Finally after three years of silence I somehow broke through and brought her back to the real world. We had such wonderful times. Then mom and dad died. I was a bit better at handling it than she was but she took it upon herself to take care of me. She stayed with me for about three months. When I finally came back she came here to Japan to start school. We lost touch then one day I'm transferred here and I was immediately thrust into a situation that included death and Serena. You remember the first case I took? The case of the guy who died without any reason? The girl whose care he was under was my cousin. Death seems to follow her. And now.I'm just worried that death has decided to stop playing games and take its intended target" She said softly. "She's all I have left. I can't loose her" Max sighed as he covered her hand with his own.
"Don't worry.It'll all work out in the end." He said softly. Katrina looked up. Her eyes were filled with pain and were slightly shiny but no tears fell. She smiled at him and bowed her head once again.
Jacob stared at his cell walls in anger. That bitch. Where the hell had she disappeared to? He had only been gone for a few hours. Granted that it had started to rain and he had bunkered with a cute red head but how the hell was he supposed to know she would escape? She was his and he'd be damned if anyone else took her. She must be dead by now. It still puzzled him how she escaped. There was no way in hell that she could have gotten out of those ropes. He was a champion knot tyre. But the question remained. Where the hell was the little slut? He knew he was fucked. They had so much damn evidence against him that he would be so lucky if he ever saw the other side of a penitentiary again. He was looking at life without parole. And that was without the damn murder charges they were threatening. If he got charged with that he was looking at the death row. "Where the fuck are you, you little slut?" he muttered to himself as he punched the wall making his fist bleed.
Darien closed his eyes and savoured the feeling of flying through the air. He felt wonderful. So free. So alive. He had Serena. He had his life back. He had his sister and brother. He had his friends. What more could a guy ask for? But then he sobered up at that thought of Serena. He knew she wanted her freedom but he could not allow that. But no matter how many times they argued about it they seemed to get nowhere. He had lost Desire because he had let her have the freedom she had begged for. KKris took her away from him and he'd be damned if he gave the fucker another chance like that. The thoughts of Desire bombarded his mind as he almost fell from the sky. His first love. He met her about seven thousand years ago. She was the light of his life but it was not meant to be for she refused him and his offer of immortality saying some gibberish about meeting again if they were fated. He had yet to come face to face with her. It hurt like hell and he would kill himself sooner than let Serena do the same. Now all he had to do was get to KKris before he got to him again. "Watch out KKris. Your dead meat" He hissed as he sunk his fangs into the neck of the girl he held in a death grip.
"Where is Darien?" Jadeite asked softly as he put cold wash cloths on his sister's forehead.
"He is out feeding and has closed his mind off to us." Nephrite said from where he stood by the fire place. His arms crossed as he stared at Serena's small figure. "Have we figured out what is wrong with her?"
"Her blood cells seem to be rebelling. Instead of attacking bad blood and such the white cells have teamed up with the red ones are eating away at the insides of her skin. I do not know how to cure this" Amy said sighing in exhaustion.
"Exactly how bad is it?" Jadeite said with a frustrated growl. Amy and Zoisite never spoke in simple words.
"Let me put it this way.If we don't find a cure for this soon. There will be nothing of Serena for us to help by next week." Zoisite answered noticing Jadeite's frustrated face. Jadeite stared at the two in shock. Then with a growl he left the room and the house and took to the air. He refused to believe that he could be loosing her again.
End of Chapter 10
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