Thank you for all the reviews guys! here is the chapter that I fretted over and have been working on, rewriting and rewriting and editing and reediting for weeks now. I do hope that you like it and it builds up some suspense for the next few chapters. please do review and let me know what you think whether it be good or bad! yes and that includes shinigami: i always look forward to your colorful wording to a review. Just a word of advice to my readers: I know that the whole greek/roman gods thing was my creative mind working and I'm glad to know that it was approved, but this time my mind is working even more creatively. So if you don't agree with it don't burn me too badly. Other than that hope you enjoy this!
P.S. We left off where Mina had just left Serena's house after there chit chat. Serena of course did not like the way it ended due to Mina's wonderful wording and let out an earth shattering scream.
From Betrayal to Redemption
Ch. 11
"You know most people talk with a therapist when they have those type of issues," Jason said from behind Serena.
"Can you believe her? She made it sound like I was the one with the problem!" Serena shouted. "Me!"
"Someone's not happy," Nate said as he came from downstairs.
"Our little Sere just had an encounter with her dear cousin," Jason replied when he flopped on the couch.
"She actually stood here and blamed me for their problem," she said. "Saying that I was the one keeping us from moving forward. They kicked me out!"
"Let it out Serena," Jason said. "Let it out."
"She actually tried to make me feel guilty. ME! Acting holier than thou and pulling that damn family card in my face as if I had been the one in the wrong the entire TIME!"
Nathan looked up to see the lights in the chandelier flickering. "Serena…"
"They didn't give a damn about me then why should I give a damn about them now? Treating me as if I was below them and not fit enough to walk beside them. ME! The woman who they swore to protect! WHAT BULLSHIT!"
Jason and Nathan looked at one another with a concerned look. 'She's pissed,' Jason thought.
'No, really? If she doesn't calm down she's gonna short out the house,' Nate replied.
'Then I suggest you go cool her off.'
'You're her buddy in mischief! You go calm her down.'
'Ha! Try again,' Jason said with a smirk.
"They think they're all mighty and righteous since I left. They don't know anything! ANYTHING! I COULD SHAKE THEIR ENTIRE UNIVERSE UPSIDE DOWN IF I WANTED TO," Serena shouted and the house began to shake with her words.
"Yo, but you're shaking ours!" Jason yelled back.
"What the hell is going on here?" Luna asked when she came through the window. "I go out for a walk and I come back to find this place-SERENITY!" she shouted as she saw Serena glowing silver and the energy whipping around her. The lights flickered one last time before shutting down completely.
"JASON STOP WITH THE LIGHTS! God you act like you're two years old sometimes," Matt stated when he and Zach came downstairs to find the state of things.
"You can apologize later," Jason said when he moved to stand next to them. "Right now we need to get her to stop."
"I thought you wanted her to let it out," Nate replied.
"What triggered this?" Luna asked now in human form.
"Mina," Nate and Jason replied.
"Oh. They always did get to each other when angry," Luna stated.
"How do we get her to stop before she destroys this house?" Matt asked. Objects were being thrown across the room, as doors were being slammed one by one upstairs.
"She's generating another energy force you guys," Zach said and he scanned her body.
"Are you sure?"
"Look for yourself."
Looking at the scan Matt could see that there was Serena's energy and another settled deep within that was slowly radiating too. "What the hell is that?"
"We'll figure that out later, right now we need to stop her," Jason replied. He walked up to her glowing form and said, "Sere…we need you to calm down."
"THEY BETRAYED ME AND THEY HAVE THE NERVE TO BLAME ME!" she shouted and threw her arms in the air. The coffee table that was between them flew in the air hitting the ceiling and shattering around them.
"Serena, they aren't here though. It's just us. Me, Nate, Matt, Zach, even Luna."
"Don't let your anger control you Serenity. You're better than that," Matt said.
Inching closer to her form Jason sneaked an arm out towards her and grabbed her hand. At the immediate contact from him, her energy level wavered and dropped back to normal, as did the energy circling the room.
"Better?"
"I surely do hope so because you may have brought about the next apocalypse," Luna reprimanded. "How could you let your emotions get the best of you like that? I thought that I taught you better."
"Calm down Luna, everything's fine."
Looking at Jason, she threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tight. "I thought this was going to be so easy. Why isn't it easy?" she whispered.
"You're a good person Serena, too good to have been treated the way you were. But because of your good heart you can't just hurt people absent-mindedly. You have the heart of a true queen-just and yet merciful."
"They don't deserve my mercy," she whispered. "They don't even deserve you guys," she said as she lifted her head from Jason's shoulder.
"Earlier you were all for us getting back together with them, what changed?" Matt asked.
"I still feel that way because I know the pain you four go through. You miss them terribly and I would never want to deny you what you wish."
"We wish for you to be happy and secure," Nate replied and sat down on the sofa.
"As long as you're happy and with the woman you love I can't ask for me."
"But are we with those women?" Zach asked.
"What do you mean?" Jason asked.
"I mean people change over time maybe the girls have too. More than what we know."
"No, like I said before they're still the same," Serena said as she signaled them to all sit down with her.
"If that were true we wouldn't be having this conversation. You would be with Darien probably planning a wedding," Matt replied. "The Mina I knew wouldn't have ever let Raye treat you like that or anyone for that matter. She would have been right behind you when you left."
"But coming here is a sign that part of that Mina is returning. Being bold enough to be the first to see Serena. Not even on her turf but on her own terms," Luna said.
"The hardships of this time have made them all stronger in ways. Lita didn't grow up with a doting father and older sister who taught her all she knew. Her parents died in a plane crash and she hasn't stepped on a plane since as far as I know. Raye's father like in the past cared for her but was never really there. Her mother raised her then and her grandfather raised her now. She's a bit harsher due to that fact because her father was never there for her when her mother died. That of course created some issues between them and I think for men in her life."
"I guess it's a good thing I put up a wall to keep our thoughts from each other. Who knows what she's thinking about me right now," Jason muttered.
"Probably the same things she thought back then. Continue Serena," Nathan replied.
"Amy is still shy and timid but she doesn't take that stand that she used to. Being the most intelligent of the bunch has made her the short of the stick for many years. In this time as a child being extremely gifted isn't always a good thing. She skipped some grades so she was able to take extra classes in this and that which only caused for more ridicule growing up. I think that's why she isn't as authorative as she used to be when it comes to her intelligence. And Mina is still Mina. Her family life stayed the same pretty much, as did her social life. The only thing that is probably different but I am beginning to see return is her backbone."
"Serena as your guard we will do as you ask. And if you do not want us to seek out their affections than we won't," Matt replied.
"We won't?" Jason asked in shock. Receiving looks from the others he coughed and said, "Right we won't."
"I won't ask that of you guys because I love you too much," she replied.
"And it wouldn't matter if she did either way. What she may want is irrelevant due to her actions," Luna said.
"What do you mean?" Nate questioned.
"Serena generated immense amounts of energy that liberated other forces within our galaxy."
"What forces?" Matt asked.
"Not direct evil ones thanks to Selene, but what one might call residuals."
"Explain."
"When a being of sorts is connected directly to something as Serena is with the moon and her surroundings it is bound to create sublets. These sublets are like pockets of excess energy stored within the four wheels: karma, destiny, aura, and life. What you throw out into the universe is later stored there and reprocessed in a timed fashion. If released before it is set too then catastrophic events can occur."
"Like what?" Serena asked.
"Star-line disruption that can throw the Earth off balance, histories to repeat themselves before they are supposed to, effects of life to be created with no cause, ones destiny to be changed, auras to be flopped between similar spirits. There are even times when portals can be opened."
"As in dream portals?" Jason asked. "Spirits of limbo reaching to the spirits of the living or the dead?"
"Those same ones."
"So we have no idea what she could have unleashed?" Zach asked.
"Only time will tell."
"There's no way to close them?" Matt asked.
"They would have closed themselves after Serena's energy level dropped back down. Depending on what was released will depict on when it will return."
"What do you mean what was released?"
"She means that you could have opened up a portal to send lets say Beryl's spirit towards yours. If she had been sitting around waiting for a moment like this and gathering repressed energy than she could use that to switch spirits with you," Jason explained.
"Okay can we think of something less frightening."
"Even if that did happen-which is probable- she could never reach the borders of the house. I set up a grid to block that sort of thing."
"So we've been sitting here worrying about this for twenty minutes and you could have just said that it was covered and be done with it?" Matt asked.
"I was interested in hearing what Luna had to say."
"Why I oughta-"
"Not if I can first-"
"You two will have to catch him before I do," Serena seethed and she ran after Jason. "You are so dead!"
Jason laughed as he leaped up the stairs two at a time creating distance between them.
"Well I guess we should get to bed too," Zach said. "Night Luna."
"Goodnight Zachary," she replied and watched him go up the staircase. "Jason may have guarded the house from spirits but what of their dream world?"
Raye-JasonThrough the night, the guard that Jason had put up to block his mind from Raye's dropped and thoughts between them flowed freely. Images were transferred from one to the other unconsciously of what the other was dreaming. Jason's mind was racing with images of a future with Raye: marriage, raising children, and growing old together. Raye's mind was replaying what had occurred earlier that day, trying to decipher what had happened. While in their sleep-induced slumber the link they shared weaved itself tighter around them causing their dreams to meld into one. Due to this their dreams shifted to one of the past and they were no longer apart of the dream, but standing by as observers.
Lita-NathanPulling her car into the complex garage Lita got out and made her way to the ground floor elevator. Hearing a strange noise outside of the garage she stopped and looked in that direction. "What in the world?" she asked herself as she made her way towards the noise. When she looked around the property she didn't see anything so she turned back around to the garage but was stopped by another crashing sound. She looked up to the skies and saw an electrical storm in the clouds. "That's so strange. I don't remember hearing anything about a storm."
The lightning bolts shooting through the skies did not appear to be flowing a normal vertical pattern, but instead were going horizontally between stars with a different tint. 'I have to be really tired because I couldn't have seen colored lightning,' she thought. Shaking her head she walked back to the garage and took the elevator upstairs.
Nathan had just laid his head down on his pillow when a flash of lightning went past his window. He looked in its direction and watched as four more looking to be the shade of green hit ground on all four points around his room. 'I have to be going crazy,' he thought. 'Or either what Luna said is happening.'
He went to the window and climbed out to the balcony. He saw that the streets below looked normal and nothing seemed out of place, but when he looked to the skies it was a different story. Like Lita he saw the electrical storm being generated around the clouds. He saw each bolt strike between the star-lines and worriment covered his features. 'That shouldn't be happening. What is going on here?' he asked himself. Thinking that he had to have just been imagining things he went back to bed to lie down. When he closed his eyes, the energy that had been circling the house sent him straight into a dream-filled sleep.
Mina-MatthewMina sat in her living room surrounded by papers trying to configure a flow chart, but it wasn't going the way she had planned. Her mind was focused on other matters instead of the paperwork before her. She just couldn't seem to figure out this Hearth guy and why she felt such a pull to him. Not mention everything that Amy had said earlier about their past families.
"Whew. Who would have thought I'd be related to Cupid. I wonder if he dressed the same way they have him dolled up for Valentine's Day? That would have been a sight."
"I like to think that I had more taste back then," a man's voice said.
Turning around from the couch she saw a man with blond hair whipping in his gray eyes looking back at her. "Who the hell are you?" she asked standing on guard.
"Easy Mina easy. If I wanted to kill you I could have done it while you multiplying those figures wrong."
His statement putting her more on guard she checked out each exit she had access too. Noticing the way she was looking at him and the room he realized that he probably said the wrong thing. "Okay so perhaps that came out wrong. Let's have a seat," he said as he motioned them towards the couch.
"I'd rather stand. But you're welcome to do me the favor of informing me how exactly you are acquainted with my name and my lodgings."
"Simple, you're my sister."
Mina looked at him and laughed out loud. "Sorry buddy I have no siblings. Which leaves me to only think you're some wacko which means I call the police now," she said reaching for the phone.
"That won't help you. Only you can see me sis. I'd hate to tell our mother that while in this lifetime her daughter did receive her beauty, she lost all intelligence."
"Eros?"
"Glad to see you remember my name," he said as he put his feet on the couch.
"Amy did some research and came up with these theories on...Wait a minute. What are you doing here?"
"I'm not sure, but I know that it's definitely going to have repercussions."
"How can you coming to see me be a bad thing? I mean you're my brother right?"
"Yeah Mina I am, but I shouldn't be here. But I know why I am though."
"What do you mean?"
"Go to sleep and I'll talk to you in the morning," he said and walked her to her room. "I'm not tired and I want to talk to you now," she protested.
"Now you want to sleep," he said and waved his hand before her, watching as she fell onto the bed. "I am sorry dear sister, but it is for your own good."
Matt sat at looking at his computer flipping between files trying to set up spreadsheets with figures. While he was setting up another spreadsheet he saw a flash in the corner of his room. Taking a closer peek at the shadow it was creating he saw what appeared to be the outline a man radiating the same power as Mina. Remaining calm he continued working until he finished his task and then said, "What can I do for you Eros?"
"I never could sneak up without you realizing it," he said and moved to lean on the desk.
"Like I said, what can I do for you?" Matt asked again as he stood up.
"I can't just come and visit you?"
"You're dead Eros. I can only imagine that you got back on this plane because of what happened tonight."
"Always a step ahead huh?"
"I have to be where you're concerned."
"You're still not sore about what happened back then are you? I mean it did work out in the end didn't it?"
"For the time that it lasted. Now I ask you again, what can I do for you?"
"What makes you think I come here wanting anything from you?" Eros asked as he moved around the room.
"I may be living a new life but I haven't forgotten your ways friend. You don't go places without reason because you feel as if it is wasting your time. So are we going to continue this merry-go-round or are you going to fess up?"
"Okay so you caught me. Tell me have you seen my sister yet?"
"Why so curious?" Matt asked as he moved closer to him.
"She is my sister after all and I just want to make sure she is well taken care of," Eros replied and circled in the other direction to avoid contact with him.
"Don't play games with me, Eros. Why would me seeing your sister concern you?"
"So you have seen her? No need to answer, I can see for myself in your eyes. You should know better than to hide secrets of love from me."
"What are you up to Love Man?"
"You'll see," he said and waved a hand in front of Matt's face. "You should get some sleep friend," and vanished from his sight leaving him as he had left Mina.
Amy-Zachary'Generals, I'd like to introduce you to my daughters guardians and head of the Alliance Army: the Sailor Scouts," Queen Serenity said. "I know that you saw them when you first arrived but I wanted you to personally meet them. "
"That was very generous of you your Majesty," Malachite replied. "We'll help the ladies anyway we can with our skills."
"I wouldn't be too presumptuous of their talent, Generals."
"Why is that your Majesty?" Jadeite asked.
"Because we don't take presumptions very lightly," a firm voice announced.
The Generals looked to the door to see the four Sailor Scouts walk in. "How exactly are we suspected to consider them equals when they dress like that?" Jadeite asked Nephrite.
Just shaking his head he starred at the brunette of the group.
"Sailors, this is Generals Malachite, Nephrite, Jadeite, and Zoicite. If you don't mind introducing yourselves." Not moving from their positions the girls just looked down at the men with disdain. Being head generals for the Earth Kingdom meant nothing to them since the Earth was still behind in times. Not to mention dangerous for the Alliance. Glancing at one another the one dressed in blue with matching hair stepped forward.
"Welcome to the Moon generals. My name is Sailor Mercury, if you happen to encounter any tribulations while on your stay it would be best to come to me first."
"And why is that," Zoicite asked.
"Because I designed all the systems in this palace not to mention most of the others."
"Mercury you said? I'll have to remember that," he said with a smile.
Serena-Darien
Serena moved over to her balcony doors to look down at the roses that Darien had created earlier. She knew in her heart that she still had feelings for Darien, but what good were those feelings if there was no trust or loyalty? 'Love just isn't enough when you're in a relationship. There's so much more that are factors,' she thought as she moved back to the other side of the room. Even though Jason has assured her that nothing bad would happen to her due to her blowout earlier, she was still worried. Sleep was not coming easily and she couldn't seem to stop moving around the house.
"Maybe Jason is still awake?" she asked out loud and closed her eyes trying to open the link they shared. When she hit a wall she didn't understand why so she tried again but was met with the same results. 'He must have shut down as soon as he hit the pillow. Now what am I going to do?'
Lying back down on her bed and closing her eyes, she didn't see her balcony doors being blown open. With a slight slit of an opening, a breeze drifted into the room carrying rose petals with it; each one landing around Serena and her bed. The smell of the petals invaded her senses sending her mind and subconscious to a dream state.
Darien had just come back into his room when he noticed his drapes were open. 'I could have sworn that I had closed them earlier,' he thought as he moved over to re-close them. He had recently returned home from the hospital where he helped perform two surgeries and one on his own. The night had not been an easy one and all he wanted to do now was get some sleep before his shift picked back up again. When he laid down in bed he turned his body away from the window so he did not notice them spreading back open and the moonlight shining down on him.
End of Chapter! I hope you guys liked it! Do review!
Selene Grace