Hi all. I am so sorry that this has taken me so long to get out. My life went into a tailspin when I started to write, but now has settled down. I hope to have updates that are more regular. Please let me know what you think.

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, but I wish I did.

Chapter 2: A Saving Shadow

Her head was starting to pound. It was the first thing that she felt. She started to listen to the quietness around her. Slowly her eyes opened, and what she seen scared her. The room was dark, and hard to see what was surrounding her. First thing she noticed was that she was lying on a small bed. The blankets on the bed were ratted and torn. She looked up from the blanket and looked around the room. She noticed that there were no windows, and just a wooden door that was next to the bed. Then she noticed that there were no other furnishings in the room.

"Where am I?" she whispered to herself, feeling scared and worried at the same time. Trying to think back to what happened before she blacked out, she just remembered the hands on her body and some whisper something in her ear.

"Oh god," she started to shake when the memories of that arm circling her started to swim in her memory. She flexed her muscles and they felt sore, but the sore she would feel after a struggle. After flexing her muscles, she started to feel slightly relieved with the realization that nothing had happened further after she lost consciousness.

Still slightly shivering she slowly she pulled the covers off her body. Her head was still pounding when she sat at the edge of the bed. She started to stand up and fell right back in bed when dizziness started to overtake her. She placed her head in her hands to try to shake some of the dizziness.

After a short time, she tried to stand again. The dizziness was slightly less so she started to walk to the door. She placed her ear up to the door and listened to see if she could hear anything on the other side.

"It's so quite here," she said to herself while reaching for the knob on the door with a shaking hand. She started to turn the knob and felt the door click open. She slowly opened the door and stuck her head outside. What she seen amazed her. In front of her was a huge picture of a family that was painted with such detail that the people within almost looked real. Turning her attention down the hall, she noticed three more doors that were shut. She slowly started to walk down the hallway, while stopping at each of the doors to see if she could hear anything, which she didn't. She continued to walk down the hall until she was met with a set of stairs.

She slowly descended the stairs, taking caution using all her senses in order to be sure that there was no one else around her. She stepped on the finial stair and looked around the large room. The items in the room were scattered with very little that looked like personal belongings. After a few moments in taking in her surroundings, she spotted a door in the back of the room. The door had every indication that it was the main door to enter and exit the place.

She started towards the door at a fast pace, and then she suddenly stopped. To the right of her she noticed a shadow. Gathering the courage that was left in her she started toward the door again.

"Wait," the shadow started to speak to her. The voice sounded haunted but had a tender side to it. Serena stopped and turned to look at the shadow.

"Are you feeling alright?" the shadow asked her.

Unable to find her voice she just nodded to the shadow. She was beginning to shake in while standing in her position.

"Don't be frightened, I am not here to hurt you. I saw you last night in the park struggling against a person. I stepped in and scared the guy off, but you were already unconscious."

Serena's shaking started to lessen some after the shadow finished speaking. She turned her head and looked at the door and then at the stranger.

"Thank you for your help," she whispered very quietly. "I don't know what would of happened if you were not there. I really do need to be going though."

"Wait, what's your name?" the shadow asked.

"It's Serena, what's yours?"

"Darien," he said while he took two steps forward.

Serena gasps. She could not make out his face, but she did see his eyes. They were the darkest blue that she ever seen. They were hypnotizing. They drew her attention to him and made her forget everything else.

"You better go now," Darien said to her. "There is a car out front that will take you to where you need to go. Just tell the driver, his name is Jake."

"Thank you for…" she stopped what she was saying when he seemed to just disappear. " Darien?" she whispered to the shadows. She heard nothing. She started to shake again. "I got to get out of here," she said quietly to herself.

She walked out the door and on the road a medium size black car with the back door open and a man standing beside it. Serena started to walk toward the driver and nodded her head. "Can you take me to the university?" She asked the driver. The driver nodded at her and waited for her to get in the car. Serena did, and the door shut behind her. A few moments later, the driver sat in the driver's seat and drove her to the university.

Sometime later, the car pulled out in front. Serena stepped out of the car, and noticed the driver got out to.

"Is there anything else that you need miss?" the driver asked Serena.

"No, thank you. I appreciated the ride, and please tell Darien thank you again."

"I will miss. Be careful of the world around you. You never know what is in the shadows," the driver said to Serena.

Before Serena could ask the driver, what the driver meant he was driving away.

"What in the word happened last night," she asked herself while she turned and walked toward her apartment.

That's all for now. Thanks for reading..