"Hey Rena, Darien

The Last Rainbow Crystal

"Hey Rena, Darien." Andrew greeted.

"Hey Andy. Where are the girls?"
"Over in the usual booth."
"Stupid question." She said with a giggle. "Oh, can you get me an official schedule?"
"Sure."
"Thanks, you coming Dare?"
"You go spend time with 'em."
"Okay." She gave him a light kiss. "Oh, and Andy, can I get a chicken sandwich and a strawberry shake?"
"Coming right up."
"Thanks again, see ya." She said before wandering to the booth.

Darien sat down at the counter.

"Coffee?"
"Please."
"Sure." He pulled out a pot and a mug and began pouring a cup. "So what kept you guys so long today?"
"We met with Serena's child development teacher. She's going to refer us to her husband who can help us with prenatal care and all that."
"That's great that you guys are getting help."
"Yah. She said he does this for teens. He does it at a lower cost. He might be able to do ours for nearly free."

"That's awesome!" Andrew said as the door chimed.

Sammy walked up and sat next to Darien.

"Hey." Darien and Andrew said at once.

"Hey. Where's Rena?"
"With the girls. How are you?"

"Exhausted. Mom and dad…well actually mainly dad was furious after the found out most of Serena's stuff was gone. Mom was mostly in tears."

"At least her mom still cares a little bit."

"Yah, I'd give her a few months. She's switching moods like nuts! One minute she's pissed off to no end, and the next she's in tears." He sighed. "But mostly pissed off."

"Well we're here when they want to finally accept that they can't change what happened."
"I'm sure dad will come around eventually."

"I ho-"

"ANDREW!" Raye screamed.

The three immediately ran over to the booth to see Serena hunched over again.

Shit, how are we supposed to explain to th-?

"We'll get her in the back. You four go." Andrew ordered.

What the hell…?

"Come on girls." Amy said. They immediately ran outside and out of sight.

"Darien, go." Serena whispered.

"I'll be back love." He kissed her forehead before running after the girls.

"Where the hell is he going?" Sammy asked.

"Don't worry about it, let's get her to the back."
"T-thank you." She said as Andrew eased her out of the booth. He draped one of her arms over his shoulder and helped her walk to the back room. Once there, they laid her down on a couch.

"Remind me to chew Darien out later for just leaving." Sammy scowled.

"H-he's got a g-good reason." Serena huffed.

"What's that?"
"I-I don't th-think I should tell-tell you."
"It's okay Rena." Andrew said. "I'm sure he won't mind."
"H-he's Tu-Tuxedo Mask."
0.o

"Mercury, where is it?" Mars asked as the scouts and Tuxedo Mask followed the scout in blue.

"I-it looks to be at the shrine."

"WHAT!?" Mars picked up speed. "If that thing hurts grandpa or Chad, someone's going to pay!" She howled as she picked up speed.

…

"How dare you threaten innocent people!? We will punish you in the name of…"
"MARS!"
"JUPITER!"
"VENUS!"
"And MERCURY!"

All took stances.

"Haha, why waste everyone's time with that petty little speech?" Zoicite laughed from above. "Now old man, attack them!"

"O-old man?" Mars asked worriedly.

"Mars, the crystal carrier appears to be your grandfather." Mercury said as she scanned him with her computer.

"We can't hurt him."
"Venus Crescent Beam Whip!"
"VENUS, NO!"

The beam shot out of her fingers and wrapped itself around the beast, stunning it.

"It's fine. It just stuns him. It's not doing any significant damage."
"The crystal carriers never feel or remember anything anyways Mars." Jupiter reassured.

"O-okay."

"We'll just give it enough to change him back. There's nothing else we can do."

"Fine, let's just get this over with."

"Jupiter Thunder Crush!" She sent her lightening towards the beast and it howled.

"He's weaker then the rest Raye." Mercury whispered. "It won't take as much. Venus, use your crescent beam and it should do it. Aim for his left wrist."
"Got it!" She put her hands together. "Venus Crescent Beam Smash!"

The beam hit him square in the wrist and he slumped to the ground, turning back to normal.

All five headed for the man, but Zoicite appeared quickly, retrieving the crystal.

"Hmmm, that makes me have five, and you pathetic humans, two. Why don't you just hand them over now!?"

"We'll get your crystals Zoicite!" Tuxedo Mask hollered. "You can count on that!"

Something went through Zoicite's mind. "Don't worry, I'll be back for them soon enough." He said before disappearing into the sky.

"Damn! How are we supposed to get all the crystals?" Darien sighed in frustration, detransforming.

The girls followed suit, and Raye quickly rushed to her grandfather.

"I don't know, but we're failing Serena."

"Speaking of her, Andrew knows?"

"Sammy too."

"How?"
"Well we had to ditch Serena sometimes while she was having those pains. Andrew asked why we would just run out on her. We really didn't have a choice. Then Sammy saw Serena multiple times with chest pain. She kept telling him she was fine, but damn kid is too persistent. He threatened to tell her parents if she didn't tell him the perfectly good explanation." Amy explained.

"Makes sense."
"And if the two don't know about you, they're probably ready to kill you."
"Something tells me that they will. But Serena probably explained why I ran off."
"It wouldn't surprise me."

"You know, I thought the last crystal was funny." Amy said in wonderment.

"What do you mean?"
"Remember, the last one was violet."
"Oh, and that's the last color."
"No, for whatever reason, the negaverse skipped indigo. I thought there was something funny in the math. Without that one, there are only six rainbow crystals…"

"Oh well, we need to work out a plan to get the others back."
"We'll worry about that at tomorrow's meeting."

"How's he doing Raye?"
"Fine. Just passed out."
"Here," Lita started lifting him up, "let's get him to his bed."
"Thanks."

The two disappeared into the shrine. A moment later, Lita walked out alone.

"Where's Raye?"
"She said she's going to stay and keep an eye on him."
"Well let's get back to Serena and make sure she's doing okay."

"Let's go."

0.o

"Thanks guys."
"Anything for my sister."

"Where's my food Andy?" She grumbled. "The pregnant chick is hungry."

He chuckled. "Go on back out and I'll prepare it now."
She flung her arms around his chest. "Thank you!"
"Mood swinging bitch." He murmered.

"What?"
"I was kidding Rena." He defended. "I promise. You know I love you."

"And my mood swings?" She asked with puppy dog eyes.

"Not really, but I'll learn to!"
"Good enough for me! Come on squirt!" She said pulling Sammy out of the back.

"I thought those things usually left you tired."
"Must be my mood swings." She said in wonderment as she took a seat. She then yawned. "Maybe n-"

She didn't finish her sentence as she passed out.

Sammy shook his head. "Hope Darien brought his car." He sighed.

"Why's that?" Darien asked as he appeared at the table.

Sammy pointed to Serena slumped over the table.

"Should've guessed. Yes, I brought my car today." He sighed.

Andrew appeared by the others. "Where's Raye?"
"That thing turned out to be her grandpa."
"Oh, is he okay?"
"He'll be fine. She just wanted to stay with him."

"Good." He looked to Serena. "Aw, come on! She just bitched me out to get her damned food!"

"I'll take it to go." Darien said as he bent over to pick up Serena. He slid her closer to him before picking her up. She immediately sighed and smiled as she wiggled closer in his arms. "Sorry to cut your meeting short girls."
"It's fine. We're used to cutting a lot of things short because of it."

"You want a ride home Sammy?"
"Sure. Thanks."
Andrew reappeared with a foam container.

"Thanks Drew."
"Sure. I'll get the door."

The three walked to the door as the three girls stared at them.

"He really is good to her." Lita said.

"I can't believe we thought he was evil."
"I know." Mina sighed. "But after seeing how happy he makes her, I almost don't want to find Endymion." She whispered.