Chapter Forty-Five
The Bennett Family
A/N: Anyone interested in reading more about the backstory of Malcolm, Matthew, Princess Katherine (Katie), Prince Derrick, Elizabeth, and Nathaniel, check out my first Sailor Moon fanfiction, A Life of Their Own. I originally created these characters in that story. Starting from the moment, Malcolm Black walked into the scene, Ever After became the somewhat sequel to ALOTO. Also the flashbacks of Serenity and Endymion throughout Ever After are a continuation of a short story within ALOTO about Serenity and Endymion (Chapters 24-30). Serenity and Endymion, at this point in the story, are the reincarnation of Serenity and Endymion from ALOTO. The alternate reality Katie lived in for the last eight years with Malcolm and Matthew was the alternate reality that ALOTO took place. Katie arrives years after the events of ALOTO. Malcolm's daughter Victoria Black has a connection with a certain character in this story but I think you can guess who. Also, the Katie that Matthew refers to from his time is the Katie from ALOTO. Katie from ALOTO is also the Princess Katherine from a thousand years ago in the past that Serenity referred to when she spoke to Lily and Cain about Princess Katherine (Prince Endymion and Princess Christina's daughter). In ALOTO, we found out what happened to Princess Katherine after the destruction of the Silver Millennium. In Ever After, we learn what happened to her brother Prince Derrick after the destruction of the Silver Millennium. So far we know he becomes the vicious Derrick the Enforcer after making a pact with Dragon the devil, and he is the great ancestor of Darien (Abel), Cain, Evelyn, and Adam. It's time to learn more about the Bennett family. Here's the next installment. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon.
The next day, Serenity sat at a metal table with the legs and chairs bolted to the floor. Her hands and legs were in chains. A security guard stood outside of the room allowing them privacy. Serenity watched her brother. His wrinkled jacket was tossed lazily on the back of his chair. He was standing by the tiny barred window looking out the window in the bright white room. He looked frustrated as he rubbed the rolls on the back of his neck. The movement exposed the two rolls of fat on his stomach outlined through his dress shirt. He was irritated with her because he had been there for hours and she did not have alibi. He could tell that she was lying about something. She claimed that she did not kill Lady Luckington but her fingerprints were on Lady Luckington's blood-stained glove, the only piece of evidence linking Serenity to Lady Luckington's murder. Everyone else at the ball was accounted for except Serenity. There was a thirty minute window of opportunity between her leaving Rini in the garden and Lady Luckington's death. His niece Rini was missing. He called the school and her roommate said she never came back to her room. There were also rumors speculating that Rini could have done it. She equally disliked her father's mistress. People had heard many times in the past Rini calling Lady Luckington a whore and blaming her for sending her brother and her off to boarding school. She disappeared from the ball shortly after her parents 'dance. Some people saw her wandering in the garden where the bloody glove was found.
Prince Derrick and Princess Katherine were cleared because people saw them in the ball room the entire night. The Owl Village police drove to the Furuhata to investigate the Furuhata family since Lord and Lady Furuhata attended the ball by invitation along with their seventeen-year-old Lady Sarah Kino and her seventeen-year-old boyfriend Rein Takashita. The inspector sat down in the living room in the Furuhata home. Lord and Lady Furuhata stated that they remained in the ballroom all evening. Lady Furuhata rested her hand on her very pregnant stomach as her husband embraced her. The police inspector spoke to Lady Sarah sitting next to them. She was seen leaving the ballroom with her boyfriend and then remained unaccountable for the rest of the night until shortly before the ball ended. Lady Luckington was long dead by then. Lady Sarah confessed in front of her parents that she was with her boyfriend the rest of the time and she did see the king staggering along the hallway, but her boyfriend thought he was drunk and let it slide. When asked what her boyfriend and she were doing all night long, she remained silent and looked embarrassed and red. A frustrated Lady Furuhata prompted her daughter to answer the question. Lady Sarah reluctantly confessed that she was making love to her boyfriend in one of the private rooms. Her father outraged. Her mother was livid. When the inspector left, he could hear the sound of a large slap behind closed doors as Lady Sarah cried out in pain.
He verified her story by reviewing the security cameras in the palace. He saw proof of the king wandering helplessly around his private halls and Lady Sarah and her boyfriend sneaking in a room and remaining there all night. He also saw footage of Princess Serenity II fighting a guy in the sky trying to kill her, and Queen Serenity walking down the hallways towards her husband's chambers. She enters the room and half an hour later, she comes out with a mysterious brown bag in her hands looking around suspiciously to see if the coast was clear. Two hundred guests attended the ball and the only ones that were not clear were Princess Serenity II and her mother the queen.
Sammy turned towards his sister. She looked beautiful as ever even with her now silver hair. She caused great shame to his family, especially his association to the royal family. She was called the devil's whore. They called her other names like dyke, slut, and bitch. Her reputation was tarnished and there were rumors how she slept with many demons and participated in demonic rituals. She was also rumored to have affairs with women too. No one forgave her for losing The Human vs. Humanoid War. They said that she gave up. At least, he could take comfort in the fact that no one was calling her a child murder anyone since it was found out that Andrew Furuhata's original family had died in a plane crash and were humanoids. The king made sure that the people knew that Serenity and Raye were innocent of the charges against them.
His life was a living hell for his association with her. After the Human vs. Humanoid War, Earthlings blamed him for his sister losing after it was discovered that Serena Tuskino was Sailor Moon. When she married the devil and gave birth to the Anti-Messiah, they spat at their family damning them for his sister creating the devil's spawn. His love life was a mess and his wife of only two minutes left him with half of everything he owned after a nasty divorce. Just to get laid, he paid women for sex. He stayed indoors and ate comfort food too often, which was why he blew up and looking like a big slob. He could not get any work or his family any peace. They had to change their names from Tuskino to Montgomery before they were saved by Sailor Mars and Prince Adam and teleported to Elysian. They moved into a quiet neighborhood on the outskirts of Tara, a small suburb on the outskirts of Midas City. Everyone assumed that the Tuskino family died on Judgment Day and finally they had peace again.
One year, he met a nice Elysian girl. Things did not work out between them. She left him months after giving birth to their beautiful baby girl. Sammy named his daughter Sandy because of her sandy brown hair. Her sparkly brown eyes lit up every time she saw her father. She was only three-years-old and she was his sunshine. He still lived with his parents, who spoiled their granddaughter rotten. The only bad thing about their decision was that they shamefully ceased contact with Rini since any communication with the royal family could expose their true identities. People still hated his sister and any association with the Shields family meant a miserable life.
He turned to his sister who looked at him like he disgusted her. She was beautiful and still disgusted him. She went against everything they believed. Her actions ruined her family and made everyone around her miserable. They were raised as Christians to believe in God and she renounced God to become the devil's whore, his wife, and bear the damnation of them all. What was worst was that she wasn't forced? She willingly gave herself to the devil? She evaded his questions like a politician, but he knew she murdered Lady Luckington in cold blood. She looked and sounded like his sister, but she wasn't. She was foul and unrecognizable. She was a cold-blooded monster that looked like a celestial angel.
"I know you did it, Serena. Stop lying." He strolled over to the table and said, "It's not going to help our case."
Serenity asked upset, "So there is nothing that you can do for me?"
Sammy sat down and said, "You murdered a member of the royal family, the original royal family. You have no alibi. You were caught on camera going into the king's chambers and then coming out thirty minutes later with a mysterious bag. In those thirty minutes, Lady Luckington was already in the room and dead during that time frame. So did you kill Lady Luckington or was it the king? Because the person who did will pay for the crime." Serenity sighed in discontent. She was in a Catch 22. If she confessed, she dies. If she said it was Endymion, he dies.
A thought occurred to her. They could not kill Endymion. He was the Earth king. She smiled a little. "They won't kill Endymion. He is the Earth king."
Sammy paused as the guilty look on his face disturbed her. She asked, "What is it?"
Sammy sighed and looked at her sympathetically, "There are plans to remove the king from his throne now that the crystal has accepted Prince Derrick as the heir. The people of Elysian despised the king. They still hate him for Judgment Day. Others for the eradication of the reborns. People want him out of power. Some say that Parliament will remove him from power. Others say that he will be assassinated." He stared at her directly. "Some say that he will kill himself when you die in three days."
"What?"
"Endymion is going to die within three days to make Prince Derrick the new king. They called themselves the Followers of Derrick. The majority of the Elysians are behind the move. The House of Endymion is coming to an end and the House of Derrick will live on." She glanced sadly down at her brother's wrist and saw a glimpse of a red tattoo. He was a Follower of Derrick. He was a part of the group, who wanted her husband dead including the father of his nieces.
Serenity said angrily, "Get out!"
Sammy pleaded, "Serena."
Serenity yelled, "Get out! I'm dead anyway."
Sammy bowed his head with a defeated look. He left out. He said, "You'll be sentence tomorrow. I'll try to give a good plead in your defense."
He gathered his belongings and walked out. He stopped at the door. "I'll tell mom and dad that you're okay." Serenity remained still in her seat and did not respond. Sammy reached for the door handle. He was pissed off. He dropped his briefcase and rushed over to Serenity. He stood on the opposite of the table with his fists pressed on the table.
"How can you live with yourself?" He yelled startling her. "This is entirely your fault! You fucked up our lives and we are supposed to just forgive you. Being fugitive from the law. Faking your death. Being the devil's whore. What the hell is wrong with you? You put us through hell! We had to change our names because of you. I couldn't get a job because I shared the same name as you. People spat in mother's face and they burnt down our home destroying everything. The world's hatred of you affected us too. You have no right to be upset with me."
Serenity stared lividly at her equally heated brother. She said sharply, "I did what was necessary to save my daughters. The devil wanted to rape and corrupt one of them and to produce the Anti-Messiah. He threatened to kill everyone I loved and that included you. It devastated me to watch my friends die in battle. I felt their pain as they all perished fighting for humanity. I didn't ask for any of this to happen? Should I have let Andrew die alone in the hospital in Zurich? Almost as soon as we arrived, they framed us for the death of his wife and kids. They knew instantly knew who we were and my life as Serena Tuskino was over. I saw how it affected all of you and it tore me up inside. I faked my death so that they would leave you alone and stop harassing you. It pained me to watch another woman take my place as Darien's wife and my children's mother. Yet, they were happy, safe, and loved with Karen, so I left with a heavy heart and a clear conscience. Then, the devil kidnaps me and tells me that he wants me to bear his child. I rejected him so he tricked me into bed. I thought I was making love to Darien to wake up to find out that it was the devil raping me and impregnating me with his seed. He coerced me into marriage by threatening to murder one of my loved ones if I did not comply. He also threatened to age Katie, turn her into his concubine, and rape her, damning her for all eternity. I knew he had the power to do so because he snuck in our house where my parents and children were and killed Luna, Artemis, and Diana. He could have easily killed our parents and your nieces if he wanted to. He wanted to show me how vindictive he could be. I disappeared to protect my daughters. I tried to save Kimberly, my daughter with Dragon, and I failed at that. But at least, I tried to save her." She rose from her seat. Her metal chains clanking around her until she was eye level with her brother. "So call me a whore, a slut, a dyke, or whatever you like. Because as long as I know that the people that I loved are safe and happy, that is all I need to know to live with myself."
Sammy remained silent as he gazed at her and she watched him as intensively. He broke his gaze and walked away. He grabbed his briefcase off the floor. He said, "I'll see you first thing tomorrow." He left out.
Serenity collapsed back in her seat as her chains clanked loudly around her and let her mind wondered.
"How is she?"
Cain stood in the library of the castle as Endymion nervously paced the floor before him. He was dressed casually in a polo shirt and khaki pants. Cain dressed in a business suit said, "She's fine, brother."
Endymion bit his fingernails and asked, "Are you sure? She'll be okay."
Cain smiled reassuringly. "Yes brother. Your wife will be fine."
Endymion stopped. He tried to go see her, but was forbidden from going to see her. He told them that he was the king. The nervous guards informed him that they knew who he was, but the queen did not wish to see him. He tried to go passed them away to check on her, but there was an invisible barrier barring him from entering. He could not see her. He did not know how she was doing and was depending solely on Cain to find out what the hell was going on.
Endymion could tell that his brother was hiding something. He demanded angrily, "Tell me what the hell is going on."
Cain paused then said quietly, "Endymion, the evidence points to Serenity killing Lady Luckington."
Endymion strolled angrily passed his brother. "That's bullshit and you know it. Serenity would not harm a fly."
Cain said cynically, "And she's never fucked someone else or lied to you about the parentage of your daughter." Endymion turned to his brother and glared at him with dangerously angry eyes.
"Watch your tongue."
Cain shoved his hands in his pocket unfazed. "My point is brother, her character is questionable. She's not this innocent Serenity that you imagine her to be. She married the devil and was quite wicked in the Underworld. Imagine how many demons have milked her dry. Her name runs loud in the Underworld."
"And you know this because…"
"We have spies there."
"I was not aware of that."
Cain said cynically, "Well, maybe if you would have spent more time running the world instead of screwing every woman in a ten mile radius, then maybe you would have known that."
"Fuck you, Cain."
"No, you're the one that's fucked. Your wife is going to be sentenced for second degree murder of an Original Elysian because of your fatal attraction. If she loses her case tomorrow, she'll be beheaded at noon the following day."
"I have to see her." He rushed to the door.
Cain sighed. "She doesn't want to see you, Endymion. She blames you for the mess that she is in now. She placed a protective barrier around her preventing your presence." Cain pleaded. "You put her through enough, Endymion. At least, have the decency to respect her wishes."
He glanced at his brother. "I can't. If I lose her, then I'll die too."
Cain looked disturbed at Endymion's words .Endymion left out of the office. Cain's worried expression changed into a pleased smile.
Sarah arrived at a small airport in Grey Mountains. It took her about nine hours and fifty minutes to fly from Owl Village to Grey Mountains and another two hours to take a bus along the steep hills of Grey Mountains to Raye's home. The weather was nice year round down below the small villages. Yet, the higher and deeper you went into the mountains, the colder it became with harsh winters. Sarah's ears popped as they went deeper in the foggy mountains. She glanced at her phone and there was no service. She tried to call Derrick once again that morning but it went straight to voicemail.
Sarah was in awe when she looked through the thick fog and saw a shadowy place. The closer the bus driver drove, the fog became to clear and Sarah saw that it was Shinto Temple. She pulled the string to stop the bus. The bus driver came to stop and Sarah hopped off the bus as the bus driver continued on with the few travelers on the bus.
Sarah trekked up the stone stairs of the temple with one hand on her duffle bag. She stopped at the temizuya to purify her hands and mouth. There was an eerie silence and the temple seemed empty. She heard nothing except the breeze of the wind howling around her.
She froze when the fog cleared and she saw Raye with her eyes closed and dressed in her Shinto Priestess attire practicing tai chi with her eyes closed. Her hair was pinned up in chopsticks as she gracefully moved her body and arms and kicked her legs. She opened her violet eyes as peacefulness came over her body. She held out her hands as a small fireball materialized. Her eyes glowed red as she watched the flame become bigger. She waved her hand and the fireball disappeared. She turned to her right and smiled when she saw Sarah.
"Sarah, what brings you here?"
Sarah smiled and embraced her aunt. She could feel Raye's pregnant belly pressed against her. She forgot that Raye was pregnant since her clothing hid her pregnancy well. The only way one could tell that she was pregnant was from the roundness of her face. But Raye was one of those women who remained skinny after having a baby. She only gained the weight necessarily to carry the baby to term and easily lost it after the baby was born. Her mother was very envious of Raye for that. Her mother was no longer the skinny teenager she used to be. After she had her sister Lizzy, she packed on an extra thirty pounds she never got rid of. Raye teased her mother, "You couldn't squeeze into your sailor scout uniform even if we could still transform."
For some strange reason, the sailor scouts lost their ability to transform on their thirtieth birthdays along with their transformation sticks. Then, there was a sense of relief like they could finally focus on other areas in their lives. They still had access to their powers, but they no longer had to transform in order to use them. The older they became, the stronger their powers grew. At first there was a sense of confusion amongst them. They met up one last time from their homes throughout Ergon and met up at Raye's temple and reminisced and toasted to the end to their sailor scouts days. Their powers passed down to their children. On Sarah's fourteenth birthday, Sarah transformed into Sailor Jupiter for the first time. The same thing happened to Josh on his fourteenth as he received the powers of his mother Sailor Uranus. He transformed in the Yellow Knight Njord, guardian of wind and sea, in the name of Elysian. He wore a yellow and black armor with a yellow cape and long sword with a yellow stone in the hilt of the sword. He used his sword to draw upon his powers. Since Sailor Venus became a sailor scout at the age of thirteen, Sarah concluded that a sailor scout could only be a guardian for seventeen years before they lose their ability to transform on their thirtieth birthday.
Half an hour later, Raye and Sarah were sitting in a dining area inside one of the rooms of the temple. Sarah sat on her knees at the small table. Her shoes were by the door. Raye poured both of them a cup of hot tea then set the teapot down on the table. Raye eased her way door to the floor and placed a hand on her belly feeling her baby kick. Her baby was due any day now and she could not wait until her son entered the world. She already decided to name his Chadwick in honor of Chad, the one she let get away. Sometimes she found herself wondering what if she left with Chad that day he left the temple fourteen years ago. Would she have been happy? Would he still be alive? Would her daughters Raven and Kayla be his? He was her first true love, and she allowed him to walk out of her life. She loved her husband Adam, even though he was a bit eccentric. She loved their life together and being his princess, but her mind always wandered back to Chad. She was surprised when he agreed to her naming their firstborn son after her old lover. But he read her thoughts and knew everything about her past. He knew that Chad was a good man. She tried out his name Chadwick Bennett or His Royal Highness Prince Chadwick of Earth and the House of Endymion.
"So how's everything? I am not as nosy as I used to be."
Sarah joked, "Now that you have a life."
Raye frowned at her with amusement. Sarah was right. She was so busy tending to the temple, her daughters, her odd husband, their county, and handling politically matters. It's been years since she consulted the fire like she did in her younger days. She relished her time she came up to the privacy of the temple. It was opened to the public, but people only came during holidays. It relaxed her coming up to the temple and relieved the stress of her everyday life.
Raye prompted, "So tell me everything. How's your mother? Andrew? Josh?"
Sarah sipped her tea. "Mom's not doing well. It's my fault. I caused her to lose the baby last night."
Raye looked shocked and sadden. "Poor Lita." She reached across the table and placed a reassuring hand on top of Sarah's hand. "I know that you did not mean to."
Sarah said desolately, "She lost her mind. She's unresponsive and hasn't spoken since the baby died. Andrew kicked me out and even Josh was upset with me." Sarah gazed across the table at her aunt looking for answers. "I don't understand why everything I do upsets her. She's constantly criticizing me about something. She doesn't even want me to go to Kato in the fall."
Raye smiled sipping her tea.
Sarah looked up at her aunt baffled by the glint of amusement in her aunt's eyes. "Why are you smiling? I killed my mother's baby. It was a girl."
Raye glanced up at her niece and said, "I'm smiling because history is repeating itself. I'm looking at you and I see Lita at eighteen. She's afraid that you are turning into her." Sarah did not understand what her aunt meant. Raye clarified. "You're exactly like your mother was when she was your age. You're strong, beautiful, smart, and fearless. I think she's afraid you're going to make the same choices she did when she was young."
Sarah frowned. She heard her aunt's emphasis on the word choices. It was a nice way of saying mistake like going to a college party and getting knocked up by some random guy in your freshman year of college. She was quite aware that she was a mistake that was created when her mother was drunk at a college party with a guy who only wanted to get laid. Before her mother met her father Nick, she had a series of bad relationships. Her mother wore her heart on the sleeve and even though she was the strongest sailor scout, she was weak when it came to men. Sarah saw many men in her early childhood coming in and out of her mother's room. Her mother always cried and begged them not to leave her. They had their way with her. Sarah could hear it from her bedroom. Then, they were gone the next day.
Her mother then met Nick when Sarah was five. He seemed like a sweetheart and gave Sarah anything her heart desire. He became the father figure that none of the other men in Lita's life over the years wanted to be. On Sundays after church, he took Sarah for ice-cream and blocked thirty- minutes out of his busy schedule to take her to the park or somewhere else fun. Lita acted like a Stepford Wife around her husband and bent over backwards to please him. She acted like herself when she was alone with Sarah tucking her in at night. Her mother and Nick argued all the time towards the end of their marriage.
Her mother then met Andrew and immediately married him and had Zayden then Josh came into the family. Sarah watched as she gradually became less relevant and Josh and her mother's children with Andrew became her mother's world. Nobody worried about Sarah, and it saddened her until she realized that she could get away with things. She asked her dad for money to go shopping with friends; he gave it to her without questions. She was able to go to parties and try out for extracurricular activities at school. They supported her financially and paid for trips and fundraisers, but they never supported her physically only Josh and her younger siblings. She won an award for student of the year and no one cared. Her little brother learns to tie his shoes and it's a celebration with pizza and ice cream. She partied. She drank. She made out with hot guys. She kept good grades and she had cool friends who had more interest in her life than her family.
Everything changed one night when she was sixteen. She started dating Rein Takashita in her junior year of high school. They had been friends since elementary school but then she grew breasts and curves and all the boys started to notice and wanted to date her. She selected Rein as her boyfriend because he looked like a cute jock but secretly had a heart of gold and knew how to treat and respect a woman. Sarah came downstairs dressed in tiny little green halter dress that was so tight it looked like it was painted on. Her voluptuous cleavage was on clear display. Her wavy hair was blown out and hanging down her back. She was wearing smoking eye shadow that made her green eyes popped and tall stiletto heels. Dressed comfortable in a sweater vest and slacks, Andrew sat in his lounge chair by the window in the living room. Smooth jazz played on the radio as he read the newspaper and smoked his Elysian cigar, the best cigars on the planet. Sarah said rushing out of the front door after hearing an impatient horn blowing outside, "Daddy, I'm gone."
He said absentmindedly not looking at her, "Okay sweetheart have fun." Rushing she dropped her clutch bag on the floor and bent over to pick it up. Andrew glanced up at the noise and saw more of his stepdaughter than he ever care to see. She was as sexy as her mother was at that age. The only difference was that Sarah was more confident than her mother was. Sarah stood up fixing her hardly there dress. She pulled down her dress that rose a little when she bent over. She looked too damn sexy for sixteen. She smiled at him as she rushed out closing the front door behind her. Andrew placed the newspaper down and rushed over to the window pulling back the thick curtain.
Through the window, he watched her run down the stone pathway to a black sports car. The girl in the passenger seat next to the driver who she assumed was the girl's boyfriend was dressed equally slutty. He never understood why women cried out about being respected for their minds then dressed in slutty attire that enticed men? The guy in the back seat had to be Sarah's boyfriend. He looked like a jock sporting a letterman jacket like the driver. Andrew's eyes grew livid when the young man hopped out of the back seat of the convertible and started making out with his daughter on side of the car and grabbing and squeezing her ass while she enjoyed it. Her dress was so tight she was having difficulty climbing in the car. Her boyfriend had to pick her and put her in the car himself. She kissed him as the laughing driver drove off.
While resting in bed that night, Andrew addressed to Lita that for the first time that night, he realized that Sarah was not an eight-year-old little girl anymore. She was a woman now with a woman's body. He did not like how sexy her clothes was or this boyfriend of hers groping her ass. Lita joked that she used to wear sexy clothes when she was younger. Andrew grinned remembering those days and how he looked forward to Lita walking into the arcade every day to see what sexy little outfit she was going to wear each day. Now, he was a father and someone else was a teenager eyeing his daughter. Andrew thought she was having sex, while Lita laughed it off until the next morning at breakfast.
Lita really looked at her daughter for the first time in years and realized she was a beautiful young woman now blessed with assets to attract men. Even dressed down in a t-shirt and jeans, she was still attractive and curvy. She was sexy and Lita only prayed she did not make the same mistakes she made. So Lita took an active interest in her life. Sarah did not like it. She had grown so accustomed to her mother not caring about her life that it started to feel intrusive when Lita finally did. Yes, she partied and had fun with her friends, but she still was a good kid who was a good student and a good daughter. Andrew backed off because it was weird to think of his little girl that he used to cheer for at soccer games and watched Saturday morning cartoons with was now a creature with breasts. He looked at his daughter Lizzy and prayed that she remained his beautiful little girl forever.
Sarah declared upset, "I will never be like my mother." Then, last night dawned on her. The condom broke while she was having sex with Rein. He came inside of her. Was she pregnant at eighteen like her mother was with her?
Raye broke Sarah's thoughts. "What's wrong Sarah? You seemed like something is bothering you." Sarah stared at Raye's pregnant belly. In nine months, that could be her. She was eighteen-years-old and wanted to achieve so many things before she became someone's mother. She wanted to be a journalist and to go to Kato in Eden City and studied with the best and brightest minds on Elysian.
Sarah shook her head. "I am fine, Aunt Raye, but there is something I need to talk to you about?"
"What is it, sweetie?"
"It's about your vision that you had when I was a kid about Judgment Day."
"Well, that came to pass eight years ago."
Sarah nodded in agreement taking out paperwork and handing it to her aunt who grabbed them. "I know, but it's about the real culprits behind Judgment Day." Raye looked at Sarah's articles about the Children of Lucifer Dragon, Derek the Enforcer, the Followers of Derrick, the Anti-Messiah, and the photograph of the Original One Hundred Elysians standing behind the king and his family at his coronation ball. "I think the original Elysians are behind the destruction of mankind. They were the New World Regime created to make Elysian the new Earth. The Followers of Derrick or Dragon was the human government officials who ran the world." Raye glanced at photographs of Followers of Derrick with a tattoo of a red dragon on their wrist. Mina's mother Patricia had one along with Ami's mother and even her Raye's own father. She glanced at her husband in the photograph standing next to her as she listened to her niece tell her everything she knew about her conspiracy theory.
When she finished, Sarah asked Raye who was still looking down at the articles Sarah handed her, "So am I nuts or am I on to something?"
Raye's expression was grave and that look worried her. Raye did not answer her question. She said using the wall to help lift her aching body up, "You're welcome to stay here as long as you like. You already know where everything is located." Raye waddled off with her hands on her back. Her back was worrying her now.
Sarah asked, "Aunt Raye? Aunt Raye!" Raye walked out of the room leaving Sarah and her articles alone in the room.
Serenity was back in her cell lying on her hard cot. She lied sideways with her legs bent and her arms wrapped around her stale smelling pillow. She looked at the tiles as her mind wandered off. She knew Cain would come to visit her. He seemed fascinated by her for some reason. She counted the tiles in boredom. There were two hundred and sixteen tiles. She wondered why Endymion had not come to visit her yet. She was informed by one of the guards that Endymion did not wish to see her and she was hearing rumors from eavesdropping on the guards' conversation that Endymion was disgusted with her and everyone thought that she murdered Lady Luckington in cold blood. They could not wait to see her beheaded the day after tomorrow. 'So barbaric,' Serenity thought. She nursed her neck, which she enjoyed very much. She smirked as some of the rumors she heard about herself. Some people speculated that she was really the Anti-Messiah, while others thought she was the Messiah. She figured the citizens of Elysian believed by beheading her she was less likely to come back from the dead this time. She thought humorously of returning as the headless horseman. She laughed out loud.
"What's so funny?" She rolled onto her back with her elbows propping her up to see Cain materialized in a dark business suit and his hair slick back. He looked like he just came from a board meeting.
Serenity smiled amused at him. He smiled down at her with his hands stuffed in his trousers pockets. She was cracking up. She asked amusingly, "So Cain, my dear brother, when did I lose? You said yesterday that I already lost. You meant that I already lost the battle with evil, with you. So when exactly did I lose?"
He chuckled as a metal chair appeared in front of him. He sat down in the chair and bent forward towards her. She swung her legs off the bed and sat on the edge looking him directly in the eyes. He smiled, "Now, Serenity. You're asking the right questions."
"Are you one of Dragon's pawns? Does he possess your body like the rest of his followers? Like he possessed Rick Thornton?"
A wicked grin appeared on his face as he shook his head. "No, I am not the devil's bitch. I don't need the devil to control me. I work with him not for him."
"When did I lose? Was it at the Humans vs. Humanoid Battle?"
Cain leaned forward until their faces were inches apart, "No, much sooner. It was when you surrendered to temptation and fucked the painter."
"As long as you were married to Darien, Dragon could not touch you. Your marriage contract to Darien was sacred and binding so things were set in place in order to break that bond. For instance being recorded making out with another guy at a high school graduation party or having your boyfriend's college best friend suddenly decide at that moment to check online and show your boyfriend the video. The video could have enraged your boyfriend to the point that he goes to a bar and gets wasted. There's a bartender who works there with a dying mother, drowning in debt, and barely making ends meet makes a deal with a mysterious stranger to drug your boyfriend and get impregnated with his son."
Cain rose and she observed him as he paced around the small cell. "Of course this was not enough to destroy the epic love ballad of Serenity and Endymion so of course you forgive one another. You make love, get married, and start a family, which was really a damper in the grand scheme of things. You were so damn happy together. So maybe one Christmas Eve after leaving your husband's work party, you're at a red light…"
Serenity's eyes widen and her heart stopped for a moment. "There is a car accident and the wife should have been dead." He turned to her angrily. "You should have died that night, but somehow the baby and you survived." He threw his hands up in disgust. He grinned then turned to her. "But you didn't come back the same. Your marriage was miserable. You barely made love. Periods, weight gain, the baby…" He laughed. "You used every trick in the book to get out of sleeping with your husband. You made him miserable to the point where he started drinking to the extent that he blacked out and got a random blowjob from a beautiful woman to make him feel desirable." He laughed. "All he ever wanted was for you to love him and desire him and you refused to give him those things. So after you fucked the painter…."
Serenity interrupted, "Did you trick me? Was that the devil's doing?"
Cain stopped walking and turned on his heel towards her. He stared at her with a blank expression of disbelief then he burst into a hysterical laughter. He said, "I love how you humans blame the devil on every little bad thing you do. I cheated on my wife. The devil made me do it. I stole money from my mother. The devil made me do it. You always find someone else to be accountable for the dumb choices you make. No, Serenity. The devil did not make you do it. You did it all on your own. You opened those sweet little legs of yours and fucked yourself out of your marriage." He hesitated. "The only time in the whole scheme when the devil interfered was when Darien raped you the last night of your marriage."
He shrugged his shoulders. "I was expecting Darien to leave you once it dawned on him that he took his wife in hatred. I had no idea that he was going to try to off himself." Serenity gasped as she covered her mouth. Cain continued apathetically, "That would have been a major bummer since he had not transferred his powers to his son yet." He acted as if he did not give a damn about his brother like Endymion was nothing to him.
Serenity's hand dropped. Clarity came over Serenity. He set her up. He knew exactly who she was before he met her in Zurich. Ever since her graduation night, he's been plotting to separate them. One of his minions or Cain himself had been following her family for years. Darien was a master at concealing his aura. No one could find Darien unless he wanted to be found. He used her to get to Darien. Cain used Darien to save the Elysians from extinction, and Dragon used her to give birth to the Anti-Messiah. They fell perfectly into their trap. She said angrily, "He is your brother."
Cain snapped. "We shared same blood, but he is nothing to me. I feel nothing towards him. I have a brother and I have a sister and the rest of the Elysians. They are my family. They are my blood and I have done everything that I could to save them from extinction. I have saved them for extinction. Endymion is the king. Elysian is back to its former glory and the golden crystal has selected my nephew as the heir to the throne. I eradicated the humans. And there is not a damn thing that you can do about it."
Serenity yelled, "Why not!"
"Because mankind is dead. The former Earthlings are now Elysians and I used them to procreate to save my people from extinction. No longer do we have to worry about humans destroying the Earth because the fate of Elysian is interlocked with the Earth. And after all, we are family."
He strolled over to her. He knelt in front of her and said, "You are my brother's wife. Your children are my nieces and nephew. Ami is married to my cousin Edward with a son. Raye is married to my brother with my nieces and soon to be nephew. Mina has a son with me and in two days, she will be my wife. Everyone that you love is now one of us. Your children are members of the New World Regime by birth including your husband." He grinned. "How was your visit with fat Chaz Bono?" She looked unamused as he made fun of her brother's girth. He added mockingly, "Did you enjoy the fact that he is a Follower of Derrick along with your mama and papa?"
Serenity looked down at him and said in denial, "They're not followers."
Cain tapped her cheek. She slapped his hand away. "Serenity, everyone who walks the lands of Elysian has pledged their allegiance to Prince Derrick, the rightful king of Elysian. Before that every surviving human after the Humanoid War pledge their allegiance to Dragon including your friends and family. They all hate your husband. They all blamed him for the destruction of the Earth. They want the king dead."
Cain grabbed her hands. She tried to jerk away but his grip tightened. She glowered at him like an angry dog. "You're the only one left, Serena. Join me sister. Pledge your allegiance to Derrick and I shall let you live. If not, I'll let you die, and this time you go to hell for all eternity. Your lover will not join you this time when he commits suicide shortly after your death." She looked up at an image in front of her. She sees a distraught Endymion staggering over to his balcony with a glass of liquor in his hand. He screamed out her name in agony. He laughs as he looked at the ground below him that is several feet below. He drops the bottle as he leans over the balcony watching it fall into the darkness. He holds out his hand towards the bedroom. His nightstand opened and a gun flies out into his hand.
Serenity's eyes widen in horror.
He takes the gun and shoves it in his mouth. Serenity screamed holding out her hand, "Endy no!" The gun goes off and the image disappeared. She wept with tears.
Cain said comforting, "Serenity, you know he can't take losing you again. He's broken and he's weak. Pledge your allegiance to Derrick and convince Endymion to renounce his throne."
"And if I don't?"
Cain grinned. "Then you can both rot in hell for all I give a damn. Either way, Derrick becomes king in the end." He stood up. He kissed her cheek as she turned her head. "It's always nice talking to you, sister."
He turned away from her. As he was about to disappear, Serenity said angrily behind him, "You think she'll marry you after killing her best friend."
Cain turned back to her and said, "Serena, your friends no longer give a damn about you." Serenity did not believe him. "They hate you as much as they hate your husband. You lost your friends the night that you married the devil and fucked him. Endymion lost their respect on Judgment Day. They don't interact with Endymion and his children at all unless necessary since Endymion made them all lords and ladies of the counties of Ergon. They came to the ball in your honor because Endymion ordered them to. It was not because they wanted to. It's been fourteen days and not one of them called you or greeted you. Your parents pretend that you and your children don't even exist. Your friends are Followers of Dragon. They are plotting against Endymion also. So to answer your question, my fiancée doesn't care whether you die or not. To her, you died eight years ago when you chose the devil's seed over your friends and family."
"It's over Serenity. Your warriors are against you. Your king has already been defeated. As far as your children, they all despised you. You want to know the real reason that Rini is depressed. It's because she realized how fucked up her parents are. Her father is a drunk and womanizer and you are the infamous devil's whore that abandoned her for eight years of her life leaving her to be the butt of every insult and joke."
Serenity did not respond as a somber look ran over her. She asked changing the subject, "So what happens next?"
Cain smirked. "You'll have to wait and find out. It'll be a hell of a going away party for you." He disappeared.
Sarah lied asleep in one of the guest rooms at the temple that night. The full moon shone in the clear sky. Raye had left and teleported back to her mansion with her children in the village down the mountain valley. She tossed and turned in bed as she heard Derrick's voice calling her. Her phone lit up and started vibrating in the dark room.
Raye relaxed in bed wearing a red skimpy maternity nightgown. Adam shirtless and clad only in black jogging pants strode out of the bathroom rubbing lotion on his dry skin. His body was soft and smelled clean from his relaxing soak in the bathtub after a hard day at work. He was working along with Dr. Mizuno and Dr. Yamashita to put together the final touches of the proposal to work on the space station.
He glanced at the bed at his wife. It amazed him how beautiful she was even when she was pregnant. Her skin glowed and her violet eyes sparkled with fire in them. They loved one another, but he knew that she did not love him as much as he loved her. Yet, their lovemaking was amazing. Every time she asked for a child, he gave her one. She loved being a mother and teaching the children about Shintoism as the girls assisted her sometimes at the temple as miko. She also taught them about their powers and how to manipulate fire. Raven developed her Elysian power on her eighth birthday and was very skilled at controlling her powers. Kayla adored her mother as if Raye was a beautiful goddess and wanted to be exactly like her.
Adam was aware that Raye found him weird, but loved him anyway. He made her laugh. She kept him on his toes.
She gazed at him with lustful eyes as he strolled over to the bed untying the strings of his pants and pulling them off of him. He stepped out of them and crawled on the bed towards his wife. She smiled as he leaned down and kissed her lips softly. She smiled at him as she slowly stroked his arms.
"Sarah…" Sarah's felt an invisible presence standing over her body as she tossed and turned in bed. Hands slowly caressed her soft face and arms. Her shirt slowly lifted up over her stomach as she felt a tingling sensation moving up her navel to her breasts. She arched her back letting out a soft moan.
Raye straddled her husband in bed as he rested on his back. His face was content as she caressed her hands over his hairy chest as he fondled and squeezed her ass through her thin fabric of nightgown. He moved his hand over her pregnant belly carrying his first son.
Sarah felt hands underneath her shirt cupping and molding her breasts. She jumped up gasping for air. She glanced down at her phone and saw that she had four missed calls from Derrick. She tried to call him back, but she could not get any service.
Raye slid herself up and down her husband's groin as he held her wide hips and her breasts flopped up and down. Another way to access her powers was through love making. Adam pursed his lips together as he matched her every move as she bounced up and down him hard. She whimpered as he constantly hit her sweet spot. She threw her back as her long raven hair moving wildly behind her. She felt a powerful energy rise from her core through her body. Her eyes turned red. His eyes turned golden as flames engulfed their bodies and the sheets set ablaze. He pounded his groin deep inside of her stirring her wet juices with his as the flames grew larger spreading throughout the room. She propped her arms behind her as she arched her back as he thrust hard inside of her going deeper.
Raye screamed as she saw images of Derrick dressed in a black armor with a malice look on his face. She saw him standing on the edge of a cliff as Endymion pleaded with him. She saw Endymion's dead body lying on a stone table in a mausoleum. Raye heard Rini screaming in her head as Adam continued to thrust inside of her. She collapsed back on the bed. He crawled on top of her and quickly buried himself back inside of her again fucking her silly at a violent pace. She screamed as her toes curled and she squirted all over his groin soaking the sheets. She saw a golden gate surrounded by white light slowly opening. She saw a golden gate surrounded by redness slowly opening. Adam flipped her over losing control. Completely submissive to her husband's desires now, she assumed a doggy style position on all fours. Her eyes rolled back as Adam blew her back out from behind fucking her like a jackrabbit. Her breasts bounced and jiggled up and down as his large hands grabbed onto them. She threw her head back and saw an image of Elysian crashing into the Earth. The entire room caught on fire as smoke slipped through the crack underneath the door and into the hallway as Adam continued to fuck the life out of his wife.
Sarah walked outside in her t-shirt and shorts. Her hair was loose and messy. She held up her phone trying to get service. She did not sense the presence watching her from the shadows of the trees.
Raye's hands collapsed underneath her feeling her body starting to weaken. She saw an image of being seven and being kissed for the first time by Adam before he left her to go with his family. She remembered running down the stone stairs of the temple after him only to see twins that she now knew were Evelyn and Cain who wiped her memories of Adam. She gripped to the sheets of the bed for support. Adam had lost control and pounded inside of her at a formidable pace. She questioned whether or not he was human as she watched his blurry image through the mirror fucking her so rapidly he looked like a blur. He made love to her how she heard stories of sex with a reborn before they became extinct. She saw another image of the devil Dragon stepping onto the surface of heaven. Raye's eyes widen climaxing again as Adam shuddering around her screaming out in pleasure as he erupted shooting his load deep inside of her womb.
"Sarah…" She turned around and lowered her phone from her ear when she saw Derrick standing in front of her. He was wearing the same clothes from last night. He was staring at her like she was the most beautiful creature he ever saw.
He stepped towards her. Sarah was stunned. She asked as her heart pounded quickly for some reason and her palms became sweaty, "Where have you been?" He continued to walk towards her. "I have been calling you nonstop. You could have at least called and told me that you were okay. Why did you teleport me back to my room?"
She stopped speaking when she realized he was not going to answer any of her questions. She stepped backwards zigzagging through the trees. She ducked a tree branch before she clumsily back into a big tree. He ducked his head following under the tree branch and followed her path through the trees. He watched her intensively with piercing blue eyes. She gulped staring up at him with nervous green eyes when he finally stood in front of her. He stepped closer pressing his body against hers, trapping her between the tree and his firm body. He touched her cheek and her entire body shivered. He lowered his head towards her as their eyes closed. His lips brushed lightly across her lips sending an electric shock down her spine. He tilted his head before capturing her quivering lips in a soft, sensual kiss wiping her worries away and setting her entire body on fire as something she did not recognized took possession of her body. She kissed him back ravenously causing their kiss to quickly turn into a full make-out session against the tree with them only breaking apart to catch their breath before kissing one another again. Suddenly, he ripped away from her startling her. He grabbed his hair tormented like he was having an internal battle with himself. She watched his eyes changed from blue to red then back to blue.
He whispered looking at her with pleading eyes, "Save me, Sarah…" His face changed from angelic to malevolent. His blue eyes turned dark frightening her. A flash of the devil appeared before her. She jumped. A twisted look appeared on his face as he gazed at her with lustful eyes. Sarah slowly backed away. He yelled as the trees started rustling and a powerful wind surrounded them, "Stay away from me! Stop looking for answers!" She screamed as she was lifted off the ground by the powerful wind and tossed backwards off the cliff. She screamed as she fell to her death. Derrick walked over to the edge of the cliff and stared down as the girl lifelessly body lying in tree branches below. An apathetic look appeared on his face as he turned around and walked off vanishing with the wind.
Derrick lied asleep in a bed in a dark room. His lips curled into a sinful smile. His eyes popped opened as they turned from blue to red then back to blue again. He slowly turned his head to the side. He saw Evelyn and her daughters Madeline and Annabella standing around him. Madeline was a beautiful dark beauty with eyes that matched his at the age of nineteen. Annabella was now fourteen. She wore her hair in a short, curly Pixie cut hairstyle and dressed in boyish clothing covering her womanly curves.
He looked at the three women surrounding him. He asked in a forceful tone, "Who are you?"
Evelyn answered with a smile, "We're your family, your highness. We're your descendants through your daughter Terra. I am your eleventh great granddaughter Evelyn Martin and these are my daughters Madeline and Annabella Martin."
Derrick looked confused. He recognized Terra's name. She was only a child when he last saw her. "Where's Terra? Where's my wife and children?" He looked around the strange looking room.
"Your highness, you're one thousand years in the future. Your family died a long time ago. Your wife remarried and your children all lived good lives filled with children that kept your legacy alive for centuries."
She was confusing him with her witchcraft. He demanded as his eyes turned golden, "Stop lying to me! Your claims are ridiculous."
Evelyn pleaded. "Your highness, I am not lying to you. We are Elysians. We are your descendants." Her eyes turned golden along with her daughters. The symbol of the Earth appeared on their foreheads momentarily. His eyes returned to normal when he realized that they were Elysians.
Derrick asked, "Why am I here?"
Evelyn said, "Your highness, you were reborn in this lifetime along with your father Endymion." He looked surprised at the mention of his father's name.
Derrick asked, "My father Endymion exists in this time?"
Evelyn nodded. "Yes my prince, he is also a descendant of yours through your daughter Terra. In this life, he is your father and my oldest brother Abel Bennett or as he like to call himself Darien Shields along with my other brothers Alexander Cain Bennett and Adam Bennett. Our mother's name was Katherine Bennett after your sister Princess Katherine." Derrick moved out of the bed as they stepped back afraid to touch him. He walked over to the window nursing his chin as he listened to the insanity being told to him. It was so insane it had to be true. They were Elysian. She knew his daughter's name was Terra and about his sister Katherine, who he was separated from as a child once Elysian went into chaos shortly before his father's death.
He also remembered the day he left his wife and children. They had been married for eight years with five small children. She begged him not to leave them. He pushed her away from him violently. She warned him that if he left out that door, he would no longer have a family. He glanced back at her one last time then left his home. He returned years later now the powerful and ruthless Derrick the Enforcer. His home was burnt to the ground and his family was long dead believed to have perished in the fire when the villagers came one night with torches and destroyed the wicked family. Rumors spread that the villagers could hear the screams of a mother and children inside of the home. Derrick screamed in agony so loudly that the entire earth shook.
During his final few breaths on a battlefield, he learnt the truth. He believed it was a dream, a final vision before he went to hell. He saw a beautiful woman in a pure white gown walking passed the thousands of corpses on the ground towards him. She knelt before him as beautiful and young as he remembered her when he left her and their children sixty-seven years ago. She smiled at him and telling him how much of an old fool he was. She happily told him how happy she was to have protected their family from him for all these years and prayed he rot in hell for all eternity. She informed him that she disappeared with their five children shortly after he left them and became a murdering psychopath. She allowed the villagers to believe they were all dead when they escaped once again. She changed their family name from Shields to Bennett forevermore. Now, he was discovering that his dream was real. His family had lived and his bloodline survived for one thousand years until the day he was reborn as his 12th great grandson and his father as his 11th grandson.
Whoever was the true owner of the body he now possessed was weak but still strong enough to block him from his thoughts and memories of his life. He did not even know what the owner's name was.
He stopped when he saw an image of a younger version of himself in the mirror. He walked across the room and saw that he was looking at the splitting image of himself at eighteen. He grinned as he waved his hand and his reflection waved back. He could see the three women looking puzzled in the background through the mirror.
He laughed amusement. He was ninety-three-years old when he died.
"What's my name in this life?"
Annabella said quietly, "It's Derrick Shields. You're our cousin."
Derrick glanced at the girl through the mirror. He looked at the mother and asked, "What are you to me?"
Evelyn said, "I'm your aunt. Adam and Cain are your uncles. You have two sisters. One sister is named Serenity and the other is Katherine."
His eyes widen. He turned to her. He asked hastily, "Is she the reincarnation of my sister, Katie?"
Evelyn hesitated. "She doesn't remember, but yes I think she is. She is the splitting image of your sister Princess Katherine of Earth. Her formal title is Her Royal highness Princess Katherine III of Earth, daughter of King Endymion and Queen Serenity."
He frowned and lashed out angrily startling the women, "What the hell is Serenity doing in this life and as my mother? It was that bitch's fault that my life was screwed up."
Madeline said, "She's your stepmother."
He muttered to himself. "Again?"
Madeline continued, "She is his weakness, but she will be killed in a couple of days if that pleases you, your highness."
Derrick smirked. "It pleases me very much."
Madeline strutted over to him no longer fearing him. She said, "There is also something else you should know that will please you."
Derrick smiled at the beautiful young woman, who unfortunately was his descendant from his previous life and his first cousin in this life. He asked, "What is it?"
"We're on Elysian. Humankind has been wiped out. Endymion granted all Elysians their immortality and the crystal has chosen you as the heir to the throne. So you know what that means?"
Derrick said, "Yes. I can kill my father and take his throne." Evelyn and Annabella looked appalled at his answer. Evelyn knew that this was the plan to kill Endymion when they discovered that he was still alive at age twenty-one. Everything was going smoothly. Their world and their family were saved from extinction. But Endymion was still her blood. He was still her big brother and the thought of killing him did not set too well with her. She watched her oldest daughter who was quickly growing fond of her cousin and ancestor. She feared her child would suffer the same fate as Lady Luckington did.
Derrick saw the fanatical look in Madeline gave him. He was more interested in the vision that he saw before he awakened. The owner of the body astral projected himself before a pretty young woman that resembled his wife Sarah Shields or Sarah Bennett, the matriarch of the Bennett Family and Darien's 11th great grandmother. She was the one who changed the family name from Shields to Bennett. She was reborn in this life also. He knew it was her because when his twelfth great grandson Derrick kissed her, he felt the same sensation that only his wife Sarah's kisses gave to him. He thought it was also ironic that his father was reborn in his son's family line. The father becomes the son, and the son becomes the father.
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