A/N- Hello! In this chapter I will introduce some of the other characters that are going to stick around for awhile. Most of the characters except Serena and Darien will be made up. Darien will be in the next chapter. Oh and by the way, I don't own Sailor moon.
Serena's breath caught in her throat, should she run? Or should she help? She didn't know what was going on at the moment, though she knew she had something the man in front of her wanted.
She did know one thing for certain, she probably won't hand over whatever he was demanding, especially when he was threatening the child that he held tightly in his arms. Plus he was pretty threatening himself, he stood taller than average with what would have been a handsome face to Serena if it was about twenty years younger.
Ripping her gaze away from the intimidating figure she tried hard to figure out her part in all of this, but she had never seen the man before. Christa was the only one who she had seen previously, though that was only for a few minutes at the most.
Sighing Serena knew that she couldn't leave, and she would probably end up being dragged into everything that was going on. Because it was certainly made clear that she wasn't going to get away with just talking.
Even if she did run there was a high chance she wouldn't make it too far. Even worse would be falling flat on her face while running through the alley that is a maze of trash and other debris. It seemed like nothing was ever simple for her, ever.
Out of the corner of her eye she watched the man move, suddenly she felt uneasy. She could literally feel the agitation rolling off of him in waves. And even though he didn't move towards Serena more than a few inches at the most, the child that he held was the unlucky recipient of his emotions.
Feeling a few tugs on her shirt she spared a glance at Christa's face for any indication of what she should do, but she only received an incredulous look that clearly stated, why aren't you leaving yet?
"No." Serena said in a whisper, but to her it seemed to echo around the cramped space and she was positive it could be heard by anyone nearby.
"Christa, get it now! Or don't you remember, I have your daughter with me." The man was smirking now, his loud voice had caused Christa to flinch, or maybe she was reminded who was holding her daughter. It didn't help the situation that the man was positive he would get his way.
"You had your chance to run." Christa said quietly as she approached Serena cautiously, waiting to see how she would react with her advancing.
"Wait, I don't even know what you want! How am I supposed to do anything when both of you are talking in riddles? Maybe I can help you get whatever you want." Serena said. Her face was flustered red with frustration and anxiety, what she really wanted to do was get back home and forget everything.
"Why don't you tell her Christa? After all you're the one who involved her in this." He sounded very smug when he said that, and it seemed to get Christa very angry.
"It wasn't my choice, Adam. I only did what I had to, to protect my child. I never expected you to find out so soon." Christa said indignantly.
"No, you never expected me to find out at all." Laughing he shooed her with his hand, as if saying she should get going already, lest he have to wait for her any longer.
With that Christa shook her head and walked the rest of the distance between her and Serena. It seemed Serena's question would go unanswered, at least for the time being, she silently told herself.
She was expecting a fight or maybe even a grab for her purse, but she surprised when Christa grabbed Serena's brightly colored shopping bag and started searching through it.
Serena was too surprised and even a little curious to think about protesting when Christa grabbed one of her forgotten shopping bags and started rifling through it. But what really surprised her was how everything happened so fast, leaving Serena to feel like she was missing a vital piece of information.
"Here, have it. I don't want or even need it anyway." Christa huffed in anger as she tossed something from Serena's bag towards Adam. Serena watched it glimmer in the darkness as he caught it, but her attention was diverted from the object in his hand when one of the strangest things she had ever seen happen in a long time.
He all but dropped Christa's child as his face and body seemed to undergo a quick transformation into a more youthful visage once whatever he caught finally touched his skin. Now Serena had to admit that he really looked handsome, but in a lethal way.
As he brought his hand up to touch his face he seemed content with the transformation. "Ah, that feels better. Though you did lie before, do you want to know how I know you lied?" He waited for a reply, but when he didn't get one he continued. "Why would you possibly give this woman the necklace, you were just trying to get it away from me. It just doesn't make much sense, even for you Christa." Adam laughed as he once again managed to stir Christa's anger.
While Christa and Adam were arguing Serena started to get anxious, especially when they didn't just leave her alone and leave. After all, they obviously took what they wanted. Though she didn't remember buying a necklace other than the one she had just gotten for free.
"Excuse me, but I'm going to leave now. I mean…since you have what you want. Obviously I have no clue what the necklace means to you, so I'm leaving." Serena said as politely as she could. She wanted to get out of the dark alleyway and she wanted to get out alive most of all.
Serena was also hesitant to leave Christa alone with Adam, and even more so the child. She was nervous for them all, although Adam had finally let go of Christa's young child
But what was most unnerving was the necklace that was produced from her shopping bag. She didn't steal it and she didn't know how it was put in there. It must have come from Christa; there would have been plenty of time to place the necklace in her bag when she bumped into her earlier. Serena just hoped that Christa didn't plan all of that ahead of time, which would mean Christa would've known about her before meeting or talking with her.
Christa could have had good intentions, thought Serena, plus she didn't know the whole story. Maybe Christa wanted Serena to take the necklace with her, and if she would have went home earlier she wouldn't have been in this situation.
As another question of her's went unanswered she watched as Adam and Christa's yelling match escaladed even more, Serena was almost amazed that they haven't been heard. Also she could clearly see the necklace that Adam had just placed around his neck.
So the new problem for Serena was the fact that her necklace looked almost identical to Adam's. The only difference was that his stones color was pitch black and not a sapphire like the one she was currently wearing.
Self consciously she pulled the blouse closer to her necklace, trying to cover it. She then started to back up further, slowly heading to the entrance of the alleyway. But before she could complete the motion Adam was in front of her in a flash.
He just appeared about a dozen feet closer to her in about one second and at that moment Serena knew she was dealing with something more than human. It was sort of made clear to her pretty quickly especially after his face underwent changes right in front of her.
Though she was surprised at how fast he was, she wasn't prepared to feel his cold hand on her chest right where the shirt barely covered the necklace.
Almost immediately she regretted covering up the necklace that she was wearing, it had called attention to her since she hadn't moved in a considerable amount of time. She should have known that they were bound to notice any movement; and she should have calculated everything more slowly.
Serena felt his hand grip where her hand held the front of her shirt together, she still kept trying to conceal the necklace from his eyes. "Hm, what is this?" Was Adam's only reply before he roughly ripped her hand away from her shirt.
"Get away from me. I don't have anything you want." Well, she wasn't too sure she didn't have anything he wanted, but she hoped she didn't. But she did get an urge to protect the necklace that Adam was now trying to look at.
Serena's other hand was now forced to cover the necklace from his view, and she could see the frustration on his face as he gritted his teeth together. Serena guessed that he was used to always getting his way, due to the way he behaved.
Backing away again she looked over at Christa and she child, Christa was trying to convey something through her facial expression, but Serena didn't understand. She was only happy that they were okay, at least for the moment.
Soon Serena felt Adam's hands on her again, but they grasped her shoulders in a painful grip. As his nails dug into her shoulder she bit back any sound that would show her pain. She kept her face calm and blank as he shook her until she was dizzy, then taking advantage of her dazed state he once again ripped her hand away from her shirt.
Frozen she watched as he looked at her necklace in deep contemplation. She tried to move, but as he looked at the necklace he still gripped her wrist in an unbreakable grip. "Now I see what you were hiding. Smart, but it didn't work too well, did it?"
Ignoring his comment she didn't know what she should do, but before she could think on it she smacked his hand away from her necklace and stomped on his foot. He wasn't prepared for the retaliation, so he let go of her wrist on instinct and let out a yelp of suprise.
Once again she backed away from him, getting closer to the entrance to the alleyway. It was almost funny how quickly her first priorities had shifted to the protection of the necklace that she was still wearing. She figured that letting him get two necklaces would turn out to be a decision that everyone would regret.
Letting out a small sigh she said the familiar words that would transfer her into Sailor Moon. As she waited for the feeling she would always get from transforming, nothing happened. Confused she looked down at her body, when she still looked at her regular clothes she felt a trickle of panic go through her. Changing into Sailor Moon was her lost hope; really it was the last hope for Christa and her daughter also.
She knew she hadn't transformed in years because she hadn't needed to, but now that she needed it the most, it didn't seem to do or change anything.
In all of her confusion and panic she didn't realize that Adam was getting closer to her. "I don't know what you were trying to do a second ago, but it won't work. Nothing will, so just give up the idea of escaping." His rough voice seemed to cut through the night and it also woke Serena up to the realization that he was serious.
Not to mention Serena didn't notice him until he was practically on top of her. When he reached Serena he pushed her with a considerable amount of strength. Not expecting that, she gracelessly tripped over her feet and fell flat on her back.
Hitting her head on the filthy pavement she felt disgust and hatred run through her. She made it her responsibility to stop him because if she didn't stop him he would most likely do something to Christa and probably someone else.
As she started to get to her feet, she was pushed again and as she fell to the ground her head came into contact with the wall behind her for a second time. Once again Adam's face was in front of hers, though it was closer than before.
"Look at what you made me do, now you're filthy. I don't know if I want to be this close to you right now." Serena looked up at his smirking face, dazed at what was happening. The only thought that made sense at that moment was why Christa wasn't helping her. Had she ran off with her child and just forgot about Serena?
Feeling quite a bit betrayed since she risked her life for Christa and her daughter, and also the stupid necklace that was around her neck. What was so special about the necklace, why wasn't it helping her if it was so special and valuable?
Adam was suddenly closer than before, his breath hitting her face. Turning her face to the side she brought her one hand up that wasn't trapped beneath her and slapped him across the face. It wasn't a hard slap since it was her left hand, but it did get the desired reaction, especially when she kicked him.
But she almost regretted it when he came closer to her again, but with a different glint in his eyes. She wasn't sure what it was, but it wasn't like she had time to think about it too much. This time his hand covered her face and smashed her head into the wall, she also felt him smack her hard across the face.
She wanted to retaliate, and show him that he wouldn't best her in this fight. That didn't get to happen though, because her vision was starting to fade slowly. It was only a matter of time that she would fall unconscious and she didn't want to think about what would happen then.
She could vaguely see little black dots littering her vision, and felt warm blood trickling down her dirt smeared face. She was helpless as his hands traveled to her neckline once again and gripped the necklace.
In one quick motion she felt him rip the necklace off of her neck, and she almost protested at the loss of warmth where the necklace had laid on her exposed skin.
She also noted that her shirt was ripped and showing a little too much of her skin, though she didn't bother to cover herself. It wouldn't matter anyway, she was going to die. Someone would fix her shirt when they found her, if they even found a body.
With that thought she let herself slump to the side, resting against the filthy brick wall behind her. The wall was most likely the only thing keeping her in a sitting position.
Adam was still on her though and the only wish that she had at the moment was to have him get off of her and let her die in peace. Her thoughts were racing through her head and it was hard to even think about one thing, she must be experiencing some sort of concussion or head injury.
But he wouldn't leave her alone because her head was smashed into the wall yet another time, leaving her head feel like it would split open. She wished she had enough strength to fight him off of her, but she just wasn't used to fighting after a long absence from any type of fighting or violence.
Then she felt his hands start to roam across her body, but she could barely lift her arm up. Her thoughts were a mess and she felt like everything was in slow motion. After waiting for what felt like hours he was lifted off of her, well it was more like thrown. She opened her eyes more fully as he was thrown through the air.
Letting out a small strangled sound of relief that he was finally off of her legs she watched her necklace fall from his hand and land with a light sound about a foot in front of her. As more black dots covered her vision she willed herself to craw over to the necklace.
Inching her body closer to the necklace her fingers grasped it loosely by the chain. It was a small miracle that she made it to the necklace since the pain in her head was building to a crescendo. Slowly pulling herself back up against the wall she realized she could see more people in the alley.
She still hoped that Christa was alright, especially her child, even though Christa had abandoned her to this fate. As she was falling more and more into peaceful darkness she was kept awake by the sounds of pain. There was very masculine voices surrounding her, and the sounds of pain still continued.
If she had been feeling up to it she would have cringed at the sounds of snapping bones and screams of pain. She just hoped that the wetness she was feeling on her face wasn't blood, but water or rain.
She was just happy that her necklace was clenched tightly in her hand, its weight making her feel at ease. She hadn't let him have the necklace after all, though she wished that the people in the alley wouldn't take it from her.
As the screams stopped and the noise died down, Serena heard footsteps all around her. Keeping her eyes closed she listened to their voices, but everything was jumbled together. As she was slipping further into oblivion she heard a familiar voice in the background. It sounded almost exactly like Christa.
Keeping deathly still and quiet she willed herself to hang onto consciousness for a little longer. Making sure her breathing was slow she tried to hone in on Christa's frightened voice.
"Where are you taking me? Give me my child, I didn't do anything wrong. You have to let me go, I promise not to do anything again! Take my necklace, you can have it. Just let my child and I go. And please don't let your men hurt Serena; I think she is still alive." Christa sounded desperate to get away, maybe they were better off with Adam.
As Serena listened to the man's voice, it wasn't at all like Adam's. Knowing that alone made her feel a little at ease. But the only problem was she couldn't pick out what he was saying. All Serena could pick out was a few sentences.
"Your friend is still alive, though not for long if you keep on talking and resisting us, but you better hurry since she is slowly dying of blood loss. We will save her life if you come with us and take your punishment for what you have done." The man's voice seemed to grow quiet as he sounded like he was arguing with Christa.
Serena hoped Christa was smart and listened to the man, Serena wanted to live past tonight and it sounded like their only hope was with these men. She only wished that when she wakes up, if she wakes up, that they will be in a safe place.
As Serena faded into unconsciousness she heard struggling and a loud feminine gasp of surprise. She also felt herself being lifted and carried in a firm grip, but after that she remembered nothing else.
A/N- Thanks for reading this far. I really appreciate those who reviewed and everything else like that. The next chapter will be up in a little more than a few days. I would also appreciate reviews if you guys think this story is going good so far, anything I can change, something that isn't right...thank you.