Suspended

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Chapter 9 is here for you hungry people! Thank you so much for the reviews they make me believe that my story is actually worth writing, please keep posting. Enjoy!

Several hours had passed since Makoto and Ami had been comforting my pitiful form yet with my pride-the perfect thing to use as a shield- I managed to convince them to return to their homes and get some rest because I want to be alone…well I might as well be alone if I couldn't have her, she who chose the disgusting bastard over me. She who had destroyed everything I ever lived for: my hopes and dreams of claiming her as mine once again and this time forever…but no. Minako has made her decision and…and it wasn't me.

My dull amethyst eyes stared blankly out of the rectangle see through part of the wall that allowed me some connection with the world around me. The window conveyed exactly what I was inside me, inside my heart: a black hole of darkness has occupied the space inside my heart which previously held shimmering strands of golden light swimming around combating the rest of my pollution but now the darkness has won. The war was over now, those strands evaporated into nothingness, leaving me to live in this lifeless shell of a body with neither purpose nor desire to continue fighting for a better world. A world without Minako for me is the last place I'd ever want to be. Yes she had cut me, yes she had picked me up and played me like an instrument, yes she had broken me but…she also loved me…once, and that one time was the happiest moments in my life and anything less than having Minako to myself isn't worth living for, it's utterly degrading to be reduced to anything than devoted lover because of everything we ever went through together.

The countless times we had saved each other during battles with various enemies throughout our lives, the countless times we had been intimate with each other and the countless times we had said 'I love you'…

How can she throw all that away for some boy? When she knew that I sorely needed her and that I still love her with everything that ever made me who I am. I winced as pain burst through my head as my thoughts were causing more than mental pain. I scanned my position on the faded white sheets covering my body; the room had a cupboard where all my stuff, courtesy of Makoto was kept to help my stay feel more like home. Ha, a sarcastic smile swept over my face at the thought of having a 'home'. Home is where the heart is…I used to love that my home was Minako but now my heart felt heavily laden with darkness, with pollution, with death…

The hospital's obsession with white was causing me a deep irritation, the brightness of the light reflecting off of it intensified the problems with my head and created a sunken throbbing twinge right in the middle of my head. I threw off the sheets and pushed myself off of the bed, my feet slapping against the chillingly cold concrete floor, the chill travelled right through my body electrifying every hair on my being to stand on its end. The sudden change in position created spiralling dizziness to spin in my pulsating head making my usually easy task of walking extremely difficult as I staggered drunkenly on pain towards the cupboard, where upon the relief of donning my own clothes had sedated the snarling beast of pain from breaking my body right there. I desperately needed to distance myself from this prison that permitted harsh cruelty to happen ignorantly to its unfortunate inhabitants. My glazed eyes looked past the door window and noted that there were a lot of nurses who would notice if I stumbled out of the room, trying to escape. My eyes changed their focus to the larger veiled window of darkness that held slightly more chance to escape without being caught straight away.

My new focus seemed to marginalize the pain inside of my damaged head to a bearable beating every now and again; standing in front of the window I peered through its glass and noticed that I was on the second floor of the hospital. Too dangerous for me just to jump out and land without injuring my legs. However a tree stood proudly, its arms snaking out in twisted patterns leaning casually toward the side of the building that I was on as if daring me to try its strength. I unlatched the window ignoring the slightly more erratic thudding in my ears as my head was aware of what I was attempting to do. The window swung open as I pushed it determined to reclaim my freedom, squinting through the darkness the silhouette of a branch extended itself to me, there was no wind to make the situation any more dangerous than it was, adrenaline pumped through my body and I embraced it. The feeling of fear, the feeling that fuelled courage, the feeling that kicked all rational thought out of my mind.

I positioned myself on the window sill that offered the best angle to spring onto the branch that floated there suspended by its much stronger foundation…Inhaling deeply I propelled my solid body from the safety of the window out into the humid night. Nimble fingers wrapped themselves around rough bark and gripped tightly as my form swung forcefully, the branch snapped instantly under my weight and I fell downwards through the rest of the tree's deceiving branches. More branches snapped as I hit them, cuts grazed over the length of my being and tufts of hair I felt excruciatingly being ripped out as I landed on my feet but I crumpled into a heap under the tree's remaining arms that hung over me laughing at my stupidity of accepting its bluff.

Adrenaline that fuelled my rashness now supported the rush of burning pain that bit all over my skin as though a bold vulture was picking me apart while I was still alive. My head shrieked as the nerves exploded with the increasing shocks of pain coursing through my veins. I coughed harshly as liquid spewed forth from my mouth which I identified as blood as the steel metallic taste added nausea to my list of problems I was contending with. Heaving myself onto violently shaking limbs, I collapsed under the strain I was placing on my battered and no doubt bruised body but I needed to get away, there was no way I was going to be taken prisoner again.

Grunting and hissing loudly I encouraged my trembling limbs to find the tiny amounts of strength left inside to finally heave myself onto stiff legs as I slowly made my departure from the hospital grounds under the cover of the treacherous night. Seconds, minutes, hours past maybe time didn't seem to exist to me any more as the only thing that spurred one foot to over take the other was the scarce sounds of my troubled breathing. Blood trickled out of my mouth, dripping onto clothes as I travelled with my head lolling downwards as my neck couldn't support the painful weight as the throbbing had morphed into becoming a mass sitting, torturing my brain under its sinister motives.

Street lights shone above me splitting my shadow into many different shades all walking different paths from me yet they all converged together after a few yards of life draining limping, as though many figures were surrounding me but disappeared back into myself as soon as I took any notice of them allowing paranoia to plague my already polluted mind.

Shadows moved blaringly fast as I looked ahead at the large alley that a triangle of light highlighted that people were there…doing something. A feminine panicked voice reached my ears temporarily silencing the heavy throbbing of pain before it was followed by a deep gruff voice of a male. Adrenaline washed over me again this time helping me to reach the alley quicker as fear for the female's health over took my own well being.

"No! Please don't!" The voices became clearer as I came to the mouth of the alley and noticed the figures against the wall although they were covered in the blackest of shadows making it difficult to distinguish what was happening.

"Shut up Minako! You fucking love me so stop fighting me!" The voice pierced through me. Hero! And he was trying to rape Minako!

Unknown power wrapped my body as I sprinted towards the bodies but Hero heard me and pulled Minako into the light by the hair holding a handgun poised at her temple. I skidded to a stop as he too revealed himself in the light,

"My my Rei? What a pleasant surprise!" His sickening voice echoed around me as his black eyes registered my presence, Minako was crying silently under Hero's control her blue eyes streaked with fear and hope at my sudden arrival.

"What the fuck are you doing Hero," I shouted hoarsely the pain from my battered body seeping into my speech as I took a step further toward Minako.

"Ah ah Rei I suggest you stop where you are or we can all say good bye to pretty little Minako here," my eyes darted to Minako back to Hero calculating the best possible course of action to take that would minimise the chances of Minako being shot.

"Why are you doing this?" my voice hitched not at the pain now but at the deep fear at Minako being fatally hurt.

"Because I always get what I want," I swallowed hard as he forced Minako to her knees by hitting her temple with the barrel of the gun, nausea punched me as I saw his need had built up greatly in his trousers making his sense of rationality close to none because of his desperate want for a release.

"Well didn't you say you wanted me?" I said boldly, this might be the only chance to save Minako I thought as I instantly saw his disgusting body perk up hanging onto my words,

"Let Minako go and you can have me, I'll do whatever you want. Please just let Minako go and never bother her again."

"No Rei!" Minako cried but Hero backhanded her face silencing her plea.

Hero's crazed eyes darted between the weeping blonde in his hands and over my form contemplating my words obviously calculating which option would give him the most pleasure.

"I accept," He let Minako go but trained his gun on me to make sure I wouldn't make a break for it, not like I could the deep resonating of fear, pain and adrenaline continually ate away at my energy, leaving me utterly drained as I slowly came closer to them.

Minako ran to me and hugged me crying hysterically,

"Rei you can't please no!" I hugged her being tightly as my arms could and whispered into her ear,

"Call the police when you get out of sight," I left her standing in horror as I turned back to Hero and his loaded gun.

"Go Minako!" I yelled, breaking the blonde's horror stricken trance as she ran out of the alley and down the street her heels slapping the pavement loudly until it was silent.

"Finally," Hero snarled pushing my helpless body against the wall, I groaned loudly as the pain seared through my body and another throbbing added to the pain of it all: the fearful beating of my heart rapidly hitting itself off of my ribcage like a trapped animal scared for its life. Unfortunately I could not muster up that same final defence as Hero forced himself upon me kissing me hungrily, thrusting against my core as he undid my trousers, all of a sudden he stopped, pulling back he harshly whispered the most sickening words in my ear,

"Suck me bitch,"

The gun was still in his right hand as I slid down onto my knees dreading what was going to happen, hoping, praying Minako was going to get help soon…

Shaking hands fiddled with his jeans trying to take as long as possible, this did not go unnoticed by Hero,

"Hurry up bitch," he grabbed my chin and shoved it making the back of my head collide with the brick wall on the area which was split, breaking more of my head open, blood gushed out down my hair and my back, matting my hair and staining it a deep crimson and the stench of blood was so strong that I puked on Hero's legs.

"What the fuck you bitch!" he roared jumping back and kicked me over to the entrance of the alley, more cuts and blood appeared around me as the rough ground grazed my body as I lay there dying…

"Venus love me chain!" a long golden chain billowed from her hand and struck Hero's body throwing him into the wall, the gun remained in his hand, he coughed and spluttered as his body tried to cope with the magical powers that had attacked him.

"Rei…" Sailor Venus whispered crouching down to my level and lifted my upper body, my blood seeped onto her brilliantly white fuku polluting it with my blood, I was in so much pain that ironically my brain could not register it all and so I had become blissfully numb as I lay there in her arms, in her warmth…just like before.

I saw a flash of movement from the depths of the shadows and instinctively pushed Sailor Venus away in a last resort as a loud bang sounded and I felt something pierce the left side of my chest, searing hotly inside of me. The world was spinning and my vision darkened as for some reason it became harder and harder to stay awake.

"Rei…REI!" blonde blinded the little of my vision I had left as my world stopped and I saw my love again, her baby blue eyes crying uncontrollably, the tears fell and spilled onto my cheeks, their wetness held a warmth I had not felt in a long time.

"Don't go please! I'm so sorry Rei! Please you can't leave me now!"

Breathing came to me in short painful bursts, I was losing my vision even more as I so desperately wanted to go to sleep and end it all…

"All…I…ever…wanted…in…life…was…you," I coughed painfully the burning in my chest intensifying signalling I wasn't going to hold out much longer,

"I…love…you," Minako dipped her head and claimed my lips in the last and most softest kiss I'd experience,

"I love you Rei! Please stay with me…" her voice became more distant to my ears and she was floating away from me rapidly vanishing amongst the darkness that ultimately snatched everything from me until there was nothing.

Chapter 9 and the end of Suspended, yes I know not happy at all this story but I feel this is the right way to end it as it puts Rei's love and bravely into prospective. Please review, as I would love to hear your views on this chapter again I am sorry but Rei's death was necessary for this story and me. – Dark Shadows 01