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Self Destruct

Serena opened the eyes she had squeezed shut in utter terror just a mere moment before. She was breathing heavily; panting or hyperventilating would be better words though. She was trembling like a leaf in wind, and for now, her illness was pushed to the back of her head. There were more important things to think about right now.

Beside her, Lita, Amy and Mina released their grip on the blonde princess. Upon impact and flying foward, her guardians had grabbed their leader as she, in the middle, had begun flying towards the windshield. But she was fine, albeit shaken up a lot. They all were in the backseat.

But now that the worst was over and they were safe, they realized a more pressing matter.

They realized it with a dropping of the stomach and clenching of the gut.

They realized it with fear beyond terror burning in their eyes.

"RAYE!!!" Serena screamed. "Oh god no... oh god no, NO! RAYE!!"

She struggled to get out of her seat and clambored into the front. Her face was going steadily whiter and whiter as her worst fears were coming true. She was shaking as if in a seizure. Nothing was running through her mind except the picture of Raye, looking lifeless in the passenger seat.

One of her best friends could be dead.

And it would have been her fault.

This had all been to bring her home.

"Chad!? Raye!?" the others shouted, also trying to lumber up front but failing miserably. The front capacity just couldn't hold that many, and they had to suffice in the back.

The two in the front were slumped in their seats, Chad against the steering wheel and Raye against the airbag. Lita, acting fast, took a bobby pin from her hair and jammed it into the balloon that looked as if it could be suffocating the raven haired fire priestess. The offending white airbag deflated with a wheezing noise.

"Raye, oh Raye, please be OK..." Serena sobbed in a heartbroken voice, tears pouring from her crystalline blue eyes. She wiped them away as if not really thinking about doing it. "Amy... Amy, is she...?

Amy was already typing away on her blue computer, way ahead of Serena. She sighed and her face grew happy.

"They're both OK... just unconscious..."

Serena gave a choked laugh and hugged Raye's body to her.

"Help's coming!" Mina cried, looking out the cracked back window. Indeed, sirens sounded and red lights flashed from above.

Lita joined Mina.

"I think we're in a ditch," she infered, gazing past the rain. "And someone appears to have rear-ended us..."

"You're right! I see it, up there!"

The other car's front looked just as damanged as the girls thought their bumper and back must look.

A moan sounded in the car.

Obsidian eyes flicked open.

"RAYE! Thank God!"

"What happened?" the black haired girl asked, sitting up with a hand to her head. "Wow, did some youma run over me? Someone get its number!"

Mina laughed. Typical Raye. She always tried to make a bad situation lighter with humor. "We had a car accident. We're so glad you're OK!"

Raye looked to the side. "Oh no! Chad!"

"He's unconscious. Don't worry," Amy soothed, considering Raye looked ready to freak at the sight of his body. "Help is coming. See?"

Raye too noticed the ambulance, and the police and medical people making their way down the incline. They reached the car and wrenched the door open.

"Are you ladies alright?" one asked concernedly.

"We're fine. But please, help our friend. I think he's unconscious," Amy stated, gesturing to Chad. The paramedics acted fast, pulling his limp form out and putting him onto a stretcher. He was loaded into the ambulance.

"Was anyone else hurt?"

"I hit my head on the dashboard," Raye said, showing them her bruise.

"She was unconscious," Serena added tearfully, speaking for the first time in a couple minutes.

"But I'm fine now! Just have a headache," Raye added quickly. She really didn't want to go to the hospital and have doctors poking her all over, trying to see if she was injured in any way.

"Still," a paramedic countered, looking her head over with a careful eye. "You may have a concussion. I suggest you and your friends come with us into the ambulance while we take your friend up, and the doctor can check it out and determine whether you really are fine or not."

The girls agreed, all except Raye who grumbled under her breath. Just great, jump-to-conclusion paramedics and prodding doctors. The day just kept getting better and better, didn't it?

A/N: LOL, can you believe this whole story has so far happened in the course of a day? Poor Raye! Anyways, I didn't kill her off! I love my Sailor Moon characters too much to do that :-D

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