Sorry it's taken so long to post a new chapter for this story, but I wanted to have chapters 15, 16, and 17 done before I posted. I wanted to make sure these three chapters flowed together alright. I think it has, and I hope that all of you think so and enjoy them.

Chapter 15

After they had made some distance from the aquarium, Joey had got an idea. Joey had stopped, which, in turn, had made the rest of the group stop and look at him curious, wondering why he had stopped. Joey then turned to Tea.

"Hey, Tea, can I use your phone for a moment?" Joey asked, wishing to use Tea's cell phone.

"Why?" Tea questioned, wondering what Joey wanted to us it for, but it didn't stop her from searching in her bag for it.

"I've got to tell my sister the good news!" Joey said, as Tea handed him her cell phone. Joey then dialed the number that would connect him directly to his sister's hospital room. Now all he had to do was wait for someone to pick up on the other end. Fortunately for him, it was his sister that answered. "I hope you're sitting down, Serenity, because your big brother has some pretty big news!" Of course, they couldn't hear what Serenity was saying back, because Joey didn't bother to put Tea's cell on speaker so they all could hear, so, they would just have to interpret what was being said by the way Joey reacted to things, and by what he said. "Wait, how'd you guess, Sis? Did Tristan tell ya?!" Sere could guess to what that one meant, Serenity was able to guess correctly as to the whole reason for Joey calling. "Thanks, Serenity. I couldn't have done it without your support. If it weren't for you and my buddies cheering me on, there's no way I would've won these six Locator Cards. I just wish you could've seen old Joey in action, Serenity!" Joey paused for a moment; it would seem that Serenity was saying something on the other end, Joey's smile never leaving his face as he listened. "What is it, Sis?" Sere was guessing that Joey's sister was making him answer a question that Joey, himself, really didn't know the answer to. "What about the bandages? I thought your eyes were still healin'." Now that made Sere wonder, it was starting to sound like good news to her. "That's great! So, it sounds like ya can come home. I'll send someone over to pick ya up right away! I have ta prep for the Finals, and there's no way you're traveling alone." Yep, it definitely sounded like good news to Sere. Not too long after that thought, Sere noticed Joey getting excited, now that his conversation with his sister was over. After a couple of seconds of Joey trying to contain his excitement, he couldn't hold it in anymore and let it out with an excited shout, and ended up tossing Tea's cell phone into the air in his excitement.

"Uh oh…" Sere softly said, as she watched Tea's cell phone get tossed up into the air.

Tea gasped in shock and a bit of horror at what Joey did with her cell phone. "Joey!" Tea shouted as she ran back to try and catch her cell phone. Luckily, she was able to catch it and save it from harm. "Joey! Easy with the technology, you Spaz!"

"Sorry." Joey said, not sounding sorry at all, still being too excited, as he turned to face Tea. "But Serenity takes her bandages off tonight!" That seemed to calm Tea down instantly.

"Wow, that's so awesome, Joey." Tea said, surprised by the good news, Joey's excitement now making sense to her.

"I knew it!" Sere said, getting a bit excited, as well. "It is good news!"

"Yep." Joey said, agreeing with Sere, then continued on with the good news. "And, she's comin' to the Finals with us!"

"What wonderful news!" Grandpa said, as he walked up to Joey.

"Hmm…" Joey said, folding his arms over his chest, seeming to be thinking about something. "I just need someone to go pick her up. Someone I can really depend on. But, where am I gonna find someone on such short notice?"

Tristan seemed to jump on this opportunity, as he ran up to Joey, all excited. "Oh, oh, I can do it! I can go and pick her up!" All Tristan got in reply was a look on Joey's face that said, "I don't think so!" That resulted with Tristan pulling Joey into a headlock. "I'll be the one to go and get her!" Tristan said, in a tone of voice that made it clear that Joey didn't have any choice in the matter.

"You?! No way!" Joey said anyway, still not liking the idea. But, Tristan still wasn't giving Joey any choice, as he let go of Joey and started to take off, on his way to Joey's sister.

"Don't worry; she'll be in safe hands with me!" Tristan shouted to Joey once he was a good enough distance away.

"Hey, come back!" Joey shouted back at Tristan's retreating form. "Tristan!" That last shout didn't help any either, as Tristan continued on his way, not even looking back. After awhile, you couldn't see Tristan anymore, and Joey seemed to give up on being angry with Tristan for taking off like that.

"Oh no!" Tea suddenly shouted, gaining everyone's attention. "Look!" Everyone turned to see what Tea had noticed.

What they saw were two people, two guys, heading towards them. One of them was helping the other to walk, since he seemed to be having a hard time walking on his own. One of the two guys looked, and seemed, familiar to Sere. The other one though, Sere didn't know who he was, but she was getting this strange feeling from him, she couldn't quite put her finger on what it was.

"It's Bakura!" Tea said, sounding worried. This snapped Sere out of her thoughts. "And he's hurt!"

"Bakura!" Joey shouted, as the group ran over to the two of them.

"What happened?" Grandpa asked, once they made it over to the two of them.

"I just found him lying on the ground." Said the guy that was helping Bakura walk, as he helped lower Bakura to the ground, it seemed as if Bakura couldn't even stand up under his own power.

"He doesn't look so good." Tea said, noticing that Bakura's arm was bandaged.

"I tried to take care of his injuries." The guy that was helping Bakura explained, he seemed rather worried about Bakura. "Do you know him? He hasn't said a word since I found him."

"We're buddies." Joey answered, as if the answer should've been obvious. "But who do ya think could've done this?"

"Joey?" Bakura softly said, sounding as if he was just starting to realize what was going on around him.

"Bakura!" Joey said, instantly turning his attention to Bakura. "What happened!?"

"It happened so quickly, I can't remember." Bakura softly answered, seeming to be in a bit of pain as he answered.

"I'm lucky I found you all." The guy that was helping Bakura said, sounding a bit relieved. "He needs to go to a hospital, quickly!"

"You're right." Tea said, still sounding worried.

"Sounds like Bakura's the lucky one." Grandpa said, sounding a bit relieved himself.

"I'd have to agree." Sere said, agreeing with her Grandfather. "Who knows what could've happened if you didn't come alone."

"Yes, I quite agree." Grandpa said, agreeing with Sere, then he turned his attention back to the matter at hand. "I'll take him to see a doctor right now!"

That's when the guy that had been helping Bakura moved to help Bakura to get back to his feet. "Here, I'll help." Sere said, intent on helping with getting Bakura back on his feet, and only getting one step before she was interrupted.

"Don't worry about that." Grandpa said to Sere, then turned to Joey. "Joey, help him out!"

"Ah…yea…sure…" Joey stumbled for an answer for a moment, caught a bit off guard by the command, but quickly snapped out of it and did as told. "Can do!"

Tea quickly used her cell phone to call for a cab, as Joey helped out with getting Bakura back on his feet. It didn't take too long for the cab to show up. That's when Joey and the other guy helped to get Bakura into the cab. Once Bakura was in the cab, Grandpa got in as well.

"There ya go." Joey said, as he closed the cab door, after Grandpa was in the cab.

"He'll be alright." Grandpa said, after rolling the window down.

"Let us know how he's doing, ok?" Sere asked, wishing to know if Bakura was going to be alright.

"Don't worry. I'll call to let all of you know if there is any news." Grandpa answered, not wanting Sere to worry.

"Thanks." Sere said, nodding her thanks to Grandpa.

"Sounds great." Joey said, agreeing with what Grandpa had said. "Best of luck."

"See you later, Mr. Moto!" Tea said, as the group took a couple of steps away from the cab.

"Feel better, Bakura!" Joey said, just before the cab took off, heading for the hospital.

Not to long after the cab had left, to the point where you couldn't see it anymore, Sere had suddenly turned her attention to the sidewalk across the road, and just slightly behind them, while the others were still looking off where the cab had disappeared. That is, until Joey noticed Sere's sudden movement.

"What's the matter, Sere?" Joey asked, trying to get her attention, but succeeded in getting the other's attention instead. "Is there something wrong?"

The three of them waited a bit, hoping that Sere would answer, or turn back around, but when she didn't, Tea walked up to her, putting her hand on Sere's arm. "Sere?" Tea said, gaining her attention.

"Hmm…?" Sere absently said, as she turned around to face Tea and the others, then it dawned on her what has been going on. "Oh! Um…nothing…I guess." Then Sere took one more glance to where she was previously looking, she could've sworn she felt something familiar, but it wasn't there anymore, then she turned back to the others again, giving them her full attention. "Yeah, it's nothing."

"If you say so." Tea said, both Joey and Tea not all that convinced it was really nothing.

Joey turned his attention back to the guy who had helped Bakura, since it was obvious that Sere wasn't going to tell them what was wrong. "Hey, thanks a lot!" Joey said, offering his hand to the guy, expecting to shake his hand, then it hit Joey, they didn't know his name yet. "Uh…" Joey blanked, not knowing how to continue from there.

"What he means to say is we haven't introduced ourselves." Tea said, somewhat pushing Joey out of the way.

"I'm Namu." The guy that had helped Bakura said, finally introducing himself. "And you are?"

"The name's Joey." Joey said, introducing himself, and shaking Namu's hand.

"I'm Tea." Tea introduced herself, as she stood next to Joey.

"And you?" Namu said, looking over at Sere, who was next to Tea.

"I'm Serenity." Sere said, her mind still somewhat stuck on what happened a little while ago, so she wasn't completely paying attention to what was going on in front of her. "Though, it's Sere, for short."

Tea took that moment to take the attention off of Sere. "Thanks for all your help." Tea said, thanking Namu for helping Bakura like he did.

"Of course." Namu said, as he put his hand on the back of his head, seeming to be a bit embarrassed about all the attention. "I just did what anyone would've done."

"Is that a Duel Disk on your arm?" Joey asked, seeming a bit surprised, just now noticing it when Namu had put his hand behind his head.

"Yes." Namu answered, moving his arm so he could look at his Duel Disk. "But, I'm afraid I'm not much of a Duelist." Then he looked back at Joey. "You're not challenging me to a Duel, are you Joey?"

"I don't have to Duel." Joey said, with confidence, and a look of satisfaction and accomplishment about him. "'Cause, I already qualified for the Finals, Namu!"

"Wow! Impressive! You must be good!" Namu said, a bit surprised by Joey's accomplishment. "Maybe you can give me some tips one day."

"Well, I'll see if I can fit ya in." Joey said, everything starting to go to his head again.

A bit of silence fell over the four of them after Joey's statement. Namu took that time to look at the three before him. "I feel as though I've met all of you before."

This made Sere slightly tilt her head to the side, wondering where that comment had come from. It seemed a bit out of the blue to her. Though, she couldn't pass up the thought that maybe there was something special about him, and maybe that's where that comment had come from.

"Yea, I know what ya mean." Joey said, agreeing, as if it were a normal everyday thing to hear someone say. Tea had just nodded her head in agreement with what Joey had said.

It was at that point that Sere figured that she was probably over thinking it. If Joey and Tea were alright with that comment, then maybe it was a somewhat normal thing to say. So, Sere just let it drop then and there.

"Smell ya later, Namu." Joey said, in a way of departure, as he and Tea turned to leave, with Sere not too far behind them.

"Nice meeting the three of you!" Namu said, in response to them leaving.

Sere took that moment to turn and wave goodbye to Namu, and noticed that he was still standing there, watching them leave. This made Sere pause for a moment, looking at Namu, until Sere realized that she was being left behind by Joey and Tea. Turning back around, Sere took off to catch back up with Joey and Tea. Not too long after Sere caught up with them, the three of them heard someone shout out to them, trying to get their attention.

"Hey, wait up!" Namu shouted, running to catch up with them. "Joey, Tea, Sere!" The three of them turned back around at the shout of their names.

"What's up?" Joey asked, as Namu ran over to them.

"I don't mean to be an inconvenience, but can you give me a few Dueling tips right now?" Namu said, as he caught up to them.

"Sure." Joey agreed, instantly. "I can hit you with a few pointers."

"Thanks!" Namu said, sounding happy that Joey had agreed. "I'd like to at least win one Duel in Battle City."

"You've come to the right place, Namu." Joey said, seeming to like the attention. "I've got so many Dueling secrets; it'll make your head spin! Just stick with me, Namu, and you'll be a Dueling expert in no time."

Joey may have sounded cheerful to Sere, but it didn't stop her from getting this bad feeling. Like something was about to happen. And, unfortunately for them, that 'something' was about to make itself known. And, it would seem that Namu was the first one to notice that something was wrong.

"Wait, Joey, behind you!" Namu said, noticing that strange people had stopped right behind Joey, Tea, and Sere.

Just as Namu finished with his warning, he, himself, was grabbed from behind. Joey took the warning to heart and turned around just in time to try and fight off the guy that tried to make a grab for him too. Just when Joey thought the guy was down for the count, he turned to check on Tea and Sere. The only answer Joey got to this was a scream from Tea, as she and Sere were grabbed.

"Let them go you creeps!" Joey threatened, now that he knew that Tea and Sere were in trouble.

"What do you people want?" Tea asked, but didn't get an answer for her efforts.

"Joey, behind you!" Sere warned, noticing that two more guys were sneaking up behind him while he was distracted.

Unfortunately, Joey was knocked down to the ground this time, not having the needed time to react this time around.

"Are you alright?" Tea asked, still being held from behind, unable to do anything. "Joey?"

Not to long after Tea said that, her cell phone went off. This seemed to surprise everyone, not really expecting it to choose that moment to go off. This also caught everyone's attention, as they all turned in Tea's direction. One of the guys that had attacked Joey, took it upon himself to walk over to Tea and take her cell phone out of her bag and answered it, but said nothing, as he listened to who could be on the other end.

"Please, help!" Tea shouted, so the person on the other end could hear her. And just after Tea said that, her cell was dropped to the ground and crushed by a foot. "No!" Tea said, at the destruction of her cell phone. It was obvious to Tea, that they were in real trouble now, and it would seem that there only hope, was whoever it was that was on the other end of her cell phone before it was destroyed.

It wasn't too much longer that Tea and Sere joined Joey in the land of unconsciousness, for they two ended up knocked out.

The next thing Tea knew, she was waking up in a room alone. The only things in the room were quite a few piles of boxes and a long, thin window, to high up to even try to reach. Tea walked over to a box and sat on it, with a thoughtful look on her face. She couldn't help but wonder where Joey and Sere were, and if they were alright, or not. She hoped they were alright.

Tea didn't know how much time had passed, as she tried to figure out if there was a way to escape, as the door was opened and someone else was, not so gently, tossed in.

Once the other occupant was tossed in, they quickly closed the door again. Tea didn't have to wait very long to find out who it was that had been tossed in. She was somewhat surprised it was someone that she knew. It was none other than Mokuba Kaiba!

Now Tea was starting to wonder why Mokuba was here. She had figured that they were kidnapped because these people wanted to get to Yugi through them. But that wouldn't explain why Mokuba was here as well. So, why Mokuba as well?

Tea quickly went over to Mokuba to see if he was alright. Once she was sure he was fine, he started to tell her what had happened to him and how he had got tossed into the same room that Tea was trapped in. After he was done explaining everything, one thing kept coming back to Tea, and it confused her a bit. These guys had to be after more than a few good Duel Monster cards. Could it be something as simple as that? And just when she thought they were only after Yugi's Puzzle.

After a bit of silence between them, Tea decided that maybe they shouldn't be sitting out in the open, in the middle of the room. So, she helped Mokuba up, and they moved to a corner of the room, and sat down against the wall, with boxes on either side of them. The silence was still there, but at least now they weren't so out in the open. Mokuba was the first one to break the silence. He talked about how these people that held them captive would pay once his brother found where they were, and he said it in a way that stated it as fact and not a simple hope of wanting to be found. And then on the other side of the coin came about as Mokuba continued, wishing that he had a way to get in touch with his brother to tell him where they were.

That's when Tea remembered the window. She figured if they could stack all of the boxes in the room high enough, then Mokuba should be able to fit through the small window. Tea told Mokuba her idea, and the two of them agreed to give it a shot, for it was the only idea either of them had at the moment, and it was better than nothing. They had moved the boxes under the window and started to stack them.

After awhile, they had finally made it to the last box, and just as Mokuba climbed up onto the last box and reached out for the windowsill, a group of the people that had captured them had walked it to check on them. Needless to say, they were caught. They wasted no time in putting out the word that their two captives were trying to escape. As these people started to climb the boxes, coming after them, Tea quickly urged Mokuba to go and leave her behind, and to go and find his brother and Yugi. It took a little bit more prodding, but Mokuba eventually made it through the window, leaving Tea behind, and just in time too, as the pile of boxes they had stacked came tumbling down, made unstable by the other people climbing up after their captives. Tea's fall, luckily, was broken by the boxes and some of the people that were holding them captive. Unfortunately, for Tea, her captors weren't detoured for long, by the collapsed stack of the boxes, as they quickly recovered and grabbed Tea, to make sure she, herself, didn't make a run for it out the open door. The others that weren't holding Tea left the room, to search for Mokuba, not wanting him to get to far in his attempt to escape.

During all of this, one thought couldn't help but go through Tea's mind, and that was that it was all up to Mokuba now, and she hoped that their captors didn't find him.

At the same time that Tea and Mokuba were talking about what had happened, and doing what they could to try and escape, and before Mokuba had managed to escape, with Tea's help, Joey and Sere were being held in a separate place, and in separate rooms. One thing was a constant for both of them; they were both tied to a chair, with their feet tied at the legs of the chair as well.

Joey was the first of the two to have a visitor. He recognized him as a Rare Hunter just by the way he was dressed, but the main feature about this guy that stood out to Joey was that he had some kind of weird tattoo on his face. The guy didn't say much to Joey, as Joey tried to give the guy a piece of his mind, verbally at least, since he was tied up at the moment. But, unknown to Joey was that there was someone else standing behind him, that he had no idea was there, and that would be Joey's undoing, as anything further that Joey was going to say was cut short and Joey's awareness to everything around him went blank.

After Joey was taken care of, Sere was the next one to get the same visitor. Once the door to her room opened, she snapped out of any thought she was having to see who it was that had come in. Sere was somewhat hoping for someone to come and save her, but it would seem that it was one of their captures that came to pay her a visit. Sere didn't bother asking what they wanted with them, for she already knew the answer to that question, the answer being that they were using them to get to her brother. She didn't like the idea, but there was nothing she could do while tied up. So, Sere settled with staring at the guy with a look of defiance on her face and in her eyes. There was no way that these guys were going to make her do something that would go against her brother, willingly or not.

Nothing was said, as the guy walked over to Sere, he stopped when he was a couple of steps in front of Sere. The two of them continued to stare at each other for a little while longer, until the guy put his hand out in front of him, with his palm facing Sere's face.

That's when Sere noticed that something was terribly wrong. A second later, Sere realized what was happening, as it literally hit her full force. Someone was entering her mind and trying to take over! But, the one thing she couldn't figure out was that it didn't seem to be coming from the guy in front of her, and if it wasn't him, than who was the one trying to control her mind. Sere decided at that very second that she was going to do the only thing she could at that moment, and that was to try and fight off whoever it was that was trying to control her.

Sere closed her eyes tight, trying to focus on the intruder to her mind. One thing was becoming obvious very quickly, and that was that this intruder was very strong, but Sere wasn't going to give up. This intruder kept on insisting that she was going to become his puppet and obey any order that he gave her. Sere kept answering that with a "No!" and that she wasn't going to do anything for him, it was just something that was never going to happen. In return, the intruder kept pushing harder and harder, stronger and stronger, and Sere kept on trying to match him. That is, until the intruder pushed to hard and something in Sere snapped. With a rather loud shout of, "No!", Sere had effectively banished the intruder from her mind. While, at the same time, she had, somehow, pushed the guy in front of her off his feet, and to her surprise, there was another 'thud' from behind her, as someone else had been knocked of their feet as well. Also, Sere was no longer tied to the chair; she had, somehow, gotten free.

For awhile, Sere, didn't notice any of this, for something else had gained her attention first. Her mind was being flooded with things she couldn't believe she had forgotten. A second after that, she had realized that these were memories that were coming back to her. Then the next second after that, she remembered what had happened, she had lost her memory, but now it had come back.

When that realization hit her, she had opened her eyes, noticing, for the first time, that the guy that had stood in front of her was now on the floor, a little ways from her. The second thing she noticed was that she was no longer tied to the chair. It took her a moment, but she did realize how that happened. She must have released some of her power when she banished the intruder from her mind.

'The intruder!' Sere thought to herself. Now that thought brought her back to the real situation at hand.

Sere instantly stood up out of the chair and took a look around the room. Once she got to the part of the room that was behind her, that's when she saw someone that she recognized. It was Namu! She quickly went around the chair and started heading over to Namu to see if he was alright. But, about half way there, she stopped in her tracks, something felt wrong.

"Master Marik!" A voice shouted from behind her. Sere turned and noticed it was the guy that had stood in front of her when she was tied to the chair, and now he was starting to get up off the floor.

"You fool!" Namu shouted at the other guy. That caused Sere to turn her attention back to Namu.

'No…that's not his name, is it…' Sere thought to herself, as she started to back up a bit, to get away from him.

"You…!" Marik practically shouted, giving Sere an intense stare, as he got up off the floor. "There is more to you than there appears to be, isn't there?"

That didn't, at all, sound friendly to Sere. It almost sounded downright predatory to her. She started to back up again, until she bumped into the chair she was previously tied to. That made her look behind herself again, and noticed that the other guy was up and on his feet, coming towards her. She turned and noticed that Marik was coming towards her too. She realized that she was being corralled. Sere looked frantically around the room, looking for a way out. That's when she noticed that they had left the door to the room open. Sere took one last look at the two in the room, then bolted for the open door. When she bolted for the door, the two made to run after her. Sere barely made it through the door, they had almost caught her. Once she made it through the door, she didn't stop, Sere kept on going down the hall, and hoped that she was going in the right direction.

Sere kept on going, not wanting to look back to see if they were following her or not. She was about to come to the end of that hall and she now had a choice to make, to go left or right. Not wanting to slow down just to think about which direction to take, Sere ended up picking a random direction once she got there. Just as she turned around the corner, she bumped into someone; luckily, she didn't fall onto the floor. Taking a few steps back to see who it was she had run into, and was surprised to see Joey.

"Joey!" Sere said, cheerfully, she was happy to see him, as she took a step towards him, but stopped in her tracks. Something felt wrong, as if something was off about Joey. That's when she took a step back; it had just hit her as to what had happened to Joey. These guys now controlled Joey; they now had control of his mind! Just when Sere was going to take another step away from Joey, she heard a shout from down the hallway she had just come from.

"There she is!" One of their captures shouted from down the hall once they spotted her standing there. This made Sere immediately look down the hall at them.

Sere looked back at Joey at that moment, she didn't want to just leave him there like this, but there was nothing that she could do at that moment. Especially, with these guys chasing her. She glanced at the guys coming for her down the hall, then glanced one more time at Joey, with a sad thought, Sere turned and ran down the hall behind her, the only hall that didn't have anyone in it.

Sere was thankful that there was a hallway that had no one in it. It made it easier for her this way. She really didn't want to leave Joey behind like that, but she really didn't have much of a choice at the moment. That's when she made a promise to herself. She would find a way to help Joey. She would find a way, and come back and save him. It was the least she could do for leaving him behind like that.

It didn't take too much longer before Sere found the door out of there. It was obvious it was the exit and not just a door to another room. The obvious part was that she could see the outside through the open door. Sere didn't waste any time running through the open door to the outside. And, just when she thought she was home free, Sere noticed that there were even more Rare Hunters outside than there were inside. Well, that seemed to explain why there was hardly anyone inside to stop her escape once she got going. But, now she had to be more careful, unless she wanted to be caught. While she hid as she went, it was slow going, but one thing stood out to her as she watched them. They seemed to be looking for something…or someone. Sere hoped that meant that Tea was able to get away too.

It took awhile, but Sere was able to get free and clear of the warehouses, where she had been held. She was now starting to get back into the city. Never once did she stop in her fleeing. She didn't want to run the chance that they might catch up with her, and be caught again. But, she didn't want to get too far into the city and get to far away from the warehouses, she wanted to be able to be close enough to be able to go back and help Joey, after all.

Once she didn't have to worry so much about being caught again, everything started flooding back to her again. Not just everything with the situation and being captured, but the fact that she got her memories back. That's when it hit her, Darien, and what she had done to him. He had been worried about her and had come looking for her, and she shunned him and screamed in his face. She had been so mean to him, without even realizing it. That's when she realized that she needed to find a phone, she needed to call Darien and tell him that she was sorry for what she did, after all, he was just worried about her.

Sere had finally started to slow down in her fleeing and was now keeping an eye open for a phone, any kind of phone she could use really. It didn't take her to long in her search, but she had finally found a payphone she could use. After digging out some change from her pocket, she called Darien. She ended up getting his answering machine in his apartment. She didn't really expect him to be there, but she knew that he'd be able to check it from anywhere, so it didn't really matter if he was in his apartment or not. So, she did the only thing she could do right now, leave a message on Darien's answering machine.

"Hi, Darien, it's me. I'm sorry about the way I acted when you came looking for me. But, in my defense, I had lost my memory, and I didn't recognize anything, well, except for the name Serenity, and I was with kind and caring people that were doing everything they could to help me, even going as far as treating me like a member of their own family. Anyway, as you can tell, I have my memories back. Even though I can't leave yet. You see, rather recently, three of us, were kidnapped, me plus two of my new friends, and I was able to escape. I feel as if I owe it to them to, at least, go back and try and figure out how to save them. I owe them at least that much, and it's the right thing to do. When I escaped, there were a lot of warehouses, and I think it was near a dock, since I saw a glimpse of a boat. You're probably wondering why I'm telling you all of this, well, it's to tell you that I'm alright and that I got my memories back, and that I plan on staying in town for awhile longer, and that you don't need to worry about me anymore. Well, I will see you later, Darien, but, I have to go right now."

That's when Sere hung up the phone and left the payphone behind, intent on heading back to the warehouses to rescue Joey and Tea.

I hope that all of you enjoyed the chapter. And if anyone wishes to know, I do post parts of chapters to my stories, (in raw form), on my yahoo group, if anyone wishes to read the un-proofread stuff. The link should be on my profile page.