Sorry it took me so long to get this chapter out, but i was working on the othe chapters so I wouldn't fall behind. Thank you again for the reviews and I know that some of you guys were wanting to see some more of the girls so here we go! No Serena in this unfortunately that won't happen till later. But trust me it's worth the wait smiles! Last chapter left us off with Nate and Matt visiting Lita and Mina at the cafe. Nate was applying for a job while Matt was just there to check things out with Mina. Both Ms left and Mina had some flashbacks that ended with them agreeing to meet the next day. This is of course the contiuation beginning with Nate and of course some other goodies. Please do send reviews!

Oh and I do not own Sailor Moon!

From Betrayal to Redemption

CH.7

"Well your papers look good. But here's the testing drill: you have one hour," Lita said as she handed him a recipe.

"You're giving me a time limit? I understand that you run a tight ship here Ms. Kino, but you must know that you cannot rush a masterpiece," Nate replied.

"Very good, Mr. Pathfinder. That was just another test in my book that you passed. Get to work and let me know when you are finished," she said and pointed him in the direction of the kitchen.

When she had left his sight he said, "I see that even in this lifetime you've retained your skills of intimidation, love. And I just happen to remember every skill you taught me in the kitchen."

An hour and a half later Nate walked outside of the kitchen to see Lita talking to a UPS guy. "You don seem to look more beautiful than you did yesterday Ms. Kino."

"And how many times must I ask you to call me Lita?"

"Once more Ms. Kino As always."

"Lita smiled and said, "When are you going to ask me out Adam?"

"As soon as I build up enough courage."

"Well how about I ask you?"

"That would be lovely, Lita."

'Lovely? Courage? She never fell for these worthless men back then? He's not even worthy to…wait is she asking him for his phone number?' Nate thought. Not being able to watch another minute of her flirting with this idiot he interrupted with, "Excuse me Ms. Kino. I'm finished."

"Already?" she asked and turned around.

Starring down atAdam with a glare of hatred that caused him to back up against the door he said tightly, "I'm quick with my hands. Did you-" his statement was interrupted by a cell phone ringing.

"If you will pardon this disturbance."

"Of course," Lita replied and turned back to Adam.

"Hello?"

"Your skillful mindset is needed at the house," a voice said and then hung up.

"Lita I'm afraid I have an emergency I have to tend to. Please excuse me and I hope my dessert is up to your satisfaction."

"We'll see. Let's reschedule for tomorrow at two?"

"Perfect," he said and left the restaurant.

As soon as Nate's car pulled out of her lot, she called her restaurant manager and childhood friend. "Hey Ken could you come down to the restaurant and finish up the interviews?"

"Sure babe, I'm in the car."

"Thank you Ken. You're a lifesaver."

"Piece of cake."

"Piece of pie."

Lita hung up the phone and headed into the back to straighten up before leaving. While cleaning she noticed the dessert that Nate had prepared and took a bite of it. "Hmmm…that taste like mine, but different. Intrigued," she said aloud with a smile. As she was locking up the café she dialed another number on her cell and said, "We need to call a Scout meeting."

"I was thinking the same thing," the voice replied. "You won't believe the visitor I just had."

"Lemme guess, one of the Negaverse generals that we killed over five years ago?"

"Don't tell me you got one too?"

"Not just one, Mina and I were cornered by two."

"I'll call Amy."

"You do that. Maybe we can figure out what the hell is going on," she said and hung up. She dialed another number and heard, "Is he gone yet?"

"Yeah. He got some emergency phone call and ran out so fast."

"Matt did the same thing. Who do you think called them?" Mina asked.

"Whomever it was they must be important. I'm on my way to the temple can you meet me there?"

"I'm headed that way. I wanted Raye to do a fire reading."

"She's probably already done one since she also received a visitor.

"What?"

"Yep. My guess is that Amy got one too."

"Now I'm starting to get worried. What if what Luna said is coming to pass?"

"I hope not. But why would they pick to meet us separately and not as four against one?"

"I don't know Lita. I'll call Darien and tell him to come too."

"Right see you there."

Mina disconnected the call and dialed Darien's cell. "You've reached the answering service of D. Shields please leave your message."

"Darien it's me Mina. Call me back as soon as you get this. It's NEGA urgent."

When Mina reached the temple, Lita and Raye were already sitting inside conversing over the matter.

"So he said his name was Jason Specter?" Lita asked.

"Yeah but something felt so familiar about him," Raye replied with a distant look in her eyes.

"As if he was a part of you?" Mina asked.

"Exactly. One minute we were arguing and then out of nowhere my mind was seeing something. It felt like a past memory," she explained.

"From the Silver Millennium?"

"Mmhmm. He was there but he looked…older and he asked me to marry him. As crazy as it sounds, he loved me. Really loved me."

"A negaverse general proposed to you and you accepted?" Lita asked.

"I didn't say all that. We were lovers in the memory and for some reason something was holding the woman back from giving herself to him."

"You mean you," Mina said.

"Yeah I guess."

"Did anything else happen?"

"After I came out of the memory I seemed to still be within it."

"You mean you talked to him as if you were still in the past?" Mina asked.

"I think I did but he just acted as if he didn't know what was going on, but then he touched me and I could hear everything he was thinking and I could feel everything that he was feeling."

"How did that happen?"

"Maybe our powers are growing since Serena returned," Lita asked.

"I don't think so because Raye can't read our thoughts."

"Myabe she can infiltrate the minds of evil. But what I don't get is why would Raye be with one of Beryl's generals in the past?"

"I don't think he was a Negaverse general then," Mina replied. "When I was outside with Matt I…I had a past memory too. But he was a general for his planet and I for the moon. There was no evil about him and…we scheduled to have a duel between us and his men."

"A duel? That's what you saw in your flashback?"

"Just the leading up to it. It was full of tension and yet passion. Intense passion."

"For love or duty?" Raye asked.

"Who knows. But remember when I stumbled in the café? It's weird but I…I felt my heart."

"You should be feeling it if you're alive Mina."

"No. I FELT my heart. It was almost like it was beating in tune with his: beating as one. It was for a brief second but there was a connection and I know he felt it too. His eyes said it all but then it vanished just as quickly. But it was there and I've…I've never felt so complete."

"So you two had lovers in the past that worked for Beryl now?" Lita asked.

"That's what I don't understand. If they were our lovers then why would they have turned against us? And don't exclude yourself either Lita. You must have too if Nephrite has returned, right?"

"How should I know? Maybe Amy knows more. Where is she?"

"Her mother said she had pressing matter to attend to so she changed shifts and left," Raye replied.

"Can you do a fire reading?"

"The fire won't tell me anything."

"Try again. Maybe with us here it will," Mina encouraged.

Raye sat in front of the fire and chanted,

"Sacred fire

Show me that

Which hides from my sight

Show us where we must go

Show us what we must see."

The fire burst and cracked around them. Raye opened her eyes and saw she was in a house. Serena's parent's house actually. Next to her were Lita and Mina who look just as confused.

"Why are we here?" Lita asked.

"There's something here that the fire wanted us to see. Look it's Sere," Mina replied.

They looked up and saw Serena transform to head out to what they had figured was a battle until someone blocked her path.

"Emerald, " Raye hissed.

As they watched the fight progress and Serena end up being the victor they could not bear to see what was going to happen next. They watched as he ran to the park to only get there at the end and save their lives.

"She tried to tell us," Mina commented when they had returned to their bodies. "But we wouldn't listen."

"I thought…I was so sure…" Raye sputtered.

"Why didn't she say anything? Why didn't she fight?" Lita yelled out.

"Because she shouldn't have had to," a lady replied.

They looked at the fire and saw Queen Serenity before them. "You girls were my daughter's closest friends and guardians. She trusted you and you betrayed that trust in the worst way."

"We though that…" Raye began.

"Oh I know exactly what you thought Mars. So much anger lives within you, much like your father."

"My father? My dad had nothing to with this. He's away in London doing…"

"Not that father. Your real father: the one from centuries is ago is the one I speak of. He still lives with you, as do his powers. They do for all of you."

"What is it that we do not remember, your Majesty?" Mina asked.

"Many things, Venus."

"Will you tell us?"

"That I will not. You have to find out for yourselves. Follow you heart Venus. Love will always be your guide. Jupiter a storm rages within you. Let the thunderbolt escape and follow it's rumble. Mars, open your soul and let the fire consume you. It shall speak its mind."

"Where is Serena, your Majesty?" Lita asked.

"Only the bond of truth, justice, peace, love, and loyalty shall lead you to her. They will come when it is time."

"Time for what?"

"You shall see," she replied. "Perhaps Mercury can help clear things up," and disappeared.

They all turned to the door of the temple and saw Amy standing there watching. "Amy what the hell is going on!" Raye asked. "All this cryptic talk is driving me nuts!"

"I think I may be able to decipher what everything meant for you guys," Amy said and sat on the floor. "It's truly amazing what you can find on the Internet by just typing in a word. I couldn't believe all the research I cam up with."

"Research?" Mina asked.

"I never studied Mythology-not Greek at least-so when Luna mentioned Ares I became curious and did some digging."

"What did you find?" Lita asked.

"God of War."

"A god? What do the gods of mythology have to do with us?"

"That's what I could not understand either until I started to dig. Mythology shows that century atop centuries ago there was a place called Mount Olympus that gave home to all the gods and goddesses. Many of the gods known of were children of the Alpha God Zeus and his many affairs. In between that he married his sister Hera and that's where things started to become confusing because every search had different information. However it does say that Zeus had two brothers named Hades and Poseidon.

"Who were they?" Raye asked.

"Hades was the god of the underworld and Poseidon was god of the sea. After their father Cronus died who was in fact a Titan-"

"What's a Titan?"

"Not important. The three brothers drew lots over who would rule and Zeus ended up winning so he became god of the sky, King of the gods with his brothers following in line behind him. However another myth says that Cronus's wife Rhea gave birth to six children. Earlier in Cronus' life he received a prophecy saying that one of his children would overthrow him and kill him just as he had done his father. So to make sure that that neverhappened, he swallowed al of his children whole. The sixth child, Zeus was sent away by Rhea and raised somewhere else by other people.

"On a mishap of a day Zeus came across his father and they began to quarrel. He kicked Cronus so hard in his stomach that all of his siblings emerged from Cronus' belly full grown. They were so overjoyed that they named Zeus their ruler, he picked his beautiful sister Hera as his wife and the other four picked what they wanted to rule over."

"That's a beautiful myth Amy, but that has nothing to do with us," Raye stated.

"Actually is does. I came up with a list of all the gods and narrowed them down to eight that best describe us."

"You think that these gods are connected to us in some way? But I thought that you said they lived on Mount Olympus not in the Silver Millennium."

"That's where my theory comes in. I believe that before Mount Olympus the gods and goddesses were in the Silver Millennium as Kings, Queens and possibly our siblings.

"Looking at the information, all of the gods you circled here were children of Zeus though except for Poseidon, Aphrodite and Hermes."

"That's also one of my theories. You know how we were reborn here with different siblings and families from the ones we had back in that time/ Well I think that that same situation occurred with them."

"Nice theories Amy, but can you prove them?" Mina asked.

"Absolutely. We'll take you first Mina since you did ask. Your heart is the key to your powers, correct?"

"You know that they are Amy."

"Humor me, will you."

"Yes they are."

"And you can honestly say that you like to play matchmaker for everyone you know. You've even had flashes from the past where you did those things, right?"

"Yes, but they were never clear."

"That's probably because of what happened with Serena. Remember when Luna said this was our reward for what we did? Out memories are not completely restored yet. But back to my theory-everything you do revolves around your heart and you have an escapable beauty that is yours alone. Your aura shines with love, commitment, joy, and of course duty. From my research I believe that your mother and the Queen of Venus was the goddess Aphrodite," Amy summed up and handed her the information she collected on her.

"The goddess of love? That makes sense in Mina's case," Lita replied.

"I also think that you may have had a brother named Eros. In our time now he's what one would call Cupid."

"Mina's related to Cupid? Oh that's just too much," Lita smirked.

"Mina you would understand more of this since it is your own power so tell me what you think," Amy stated.

Mina just starred at the information in her hands and didn't respond to Amy. After thoughts ran through her mind she stopped and said, "I think I need to be alone. I…I need to figure this out by myself."

"Mina, we need to figure this out together. It involves all of us as a team," Lita stated.

"I know that Lita, but this is different. What if this woman is my mother? I know now that Serena and I were cousins back then so that mean Aphrodite was probably Queen Serenity's cousin or even sister. Do you know what that means for me? I…I may have let my entire family line down with my mistake six years ago," Mina replied with tears escaping.

"Mina what happened wasn't your fault. Nobody can be blamed for what happened, it just did," Raye said placing a hand on her shoulder.

"You can't be serious. After what happened today you still cannot take the blame for this can you? You still think that you were right back then don't you? Don't you!"

"Not completely Mina. But we cannot put all the blame on ourselves."

"Oh you're right we should blame Serena. Get real Raye! The blame is already there. It's been there for years and I'm just now realizing it. Even after what Serenity said and you seeing what happened that day you still won't accept responsibility," she said and took a breath. "From this list here, I can definitely agree that the God of War is your father. Just alike: heartless, self-centered, irresponsible and arrogant to a T." she stated and walked out.

"Mina wait!" Lita called out. "Great Raye, what'd you do that for?"

"I was just saying what I felt. I have every right to state those facts."

"But those facts as you like to call them are not everyone's else's. Take a hint: sometimes you need to keep things to yourself."

"Don't be mad at me because I spoke up first Lita."

"I'm not mad at you Raye and it has nothing to do with that. I'm just trying to be your friend and give you some advice so all this arguing can stop. We have more pressing matter to talk about and to handle. We can't waste time arguing over things."

"I agree with Lita, but what Mina said was correct. I do believe that Ares was your father."

"That doesn't make any sense. Why would I be the daughter of a killer? A man who is said to have had the Four Horsemen as his henchmen and whose blankets were made from the skin of the men he killed? That makes no sense. I'm a priestess who tries to find tranquility and peace. I banish evil not defend it."

"That is true but you can not deny who you come from. Luna even mentioned him directly to you."

"And the Queen did point in that direction," Lita mentioned.

"Something could have occurred that made you go down the path of a priestess, Raye. Ares was said to have a fiery emper that no one could match other than his father Zeus and at times Zeus did not even test his patience," Amy replied and handed her the packet she acquired on him. "Read it all for yourself and figure it out."

"Could Athena be my mother Amy?" Lita asked.

"That is where confusion enters. Myth shows that Athena was Zeus' child alone. She emerged from his head fully grown and clothed in her full armor with her weapon. She was fierce, passionate, and protected those who needed her protection. She was loved greatly by Zeus in her time, so much that she was the only other one who was allowed to use his thunderbolt."

"So she has to be because my powers come from thunder."

"Yes that's true, but the thunderbolt did belong to Zeus. He was the god of the skies, Lita. My theory is that Zeus was your father and that Athena was not your mother but your sister."

"Sister?"

"That is to say that the siblings theory pans out. However I'm positive that Ares, Zeus, Aphrodite, and Poseidon or Hermes were out parents."

"Poseidon or Hermes? Hmm…ruler of the vast waters or the messenger…Amy your name means Friend of Water. Of course it's Poseidon."

"True, but if you look at the other page I gave you, it tells of their Roman counterparts. Hermes' was Mercury, Zeus-Jupiter, Ares-Mars, Aphrodite-Venus and Poseidon was said to be the earth shaker-Neptune. But I do believe that it could be Poseidon more than Hermes since he was the god of the sea."

"I happen to agree."

"That's just my suspicion sense no else fit my power description, though. Look I gotta get back to the hospital and pick up on my shift. Call me if you guys need me," she said and walked out of the temple.

"Amy wait! Did you get a visitor today?" Lita asked.

"No, I've been at my apartment working all day. Why?"

"Just be careful of who you see out there and keep your eyes peeled."

"Those new enemies arrived? Or the old foes to new allies?"

Shaking her head she said, "Just be careful."

"Okay," she said and left.

"I thought this was supposed to be a scout meeting?" Raye questioned.

"It was I guess. I don't mean to walk out on you too but gotta get back to the LR to see how Ken made out. I'll call you if I figure anything out."

"I'll do the same," Raye replied. "Don't worry so much Lita. The Queen gave us that tip remember?"

"Yeah when the bonds of truth, love, peace, justice and loyalty arrive. Whatever the hell that means."

End of Chapter! Hope you liked it and I promise I will update again tomorrow! Send reviews!