Hey guys!
So I know I said that I was going to wait buuuuuut... i really want to post this next chapter for a good friend of mine!
phillynz love you boo! Thanks for dealing with my drunkness and random messages lol you're a real trooper! This chapter is all for you!
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Chapter
Eleven
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Serena woke up to a bright light in her face. She silently prayed to herself that she wouldn't wake up in some random place again but as she remembered the turn of events of the past few days, she wasn't surprised. She was, however, surprised to find herself in someone's apartment. She tried to remember who she had met that could've taken her back to their place but the last thing she fully remembered was being chased down an ally by some mutated dog looking monster. Serena sat up on the couch and noticed she was still in the gown she loathed but breathed a sigh of relief that no one had taken advantage of her. She saw the communicator watch on her wrist and was about to call Luna when someone had taken her by surprise and started talking to her.
"Glad to see you're awake," the boy said. He couldn't have been older than 14, he had sandy brown hair, brown eyes, and was maybe almost her height. Serena was about to ask a question when the boy started talking again, "You've been asleep for almost 24 hours, Luna told us to let you rest—Are" the boy was cut off by another voice.
"Oh good she's awake, maybe now we'll get some answers." The voice belonged to a man who looked to be about her age. He was tall with hair as black as the night and tanned skin but his dark blue eyes made her falter as she remembered glimpses of a man with the same eyes holding a sword that glowed gold. "Great, she's a mute! Not only was Luna no help but this one might get us killed…" the man was now sitting in the chair next to the couch, looking at her with annoyance.
"Dude back off, you remember how it was, so just cut her some slack." Serena looked up at the boy grateful, at least someone was on her side.
"Sam, we don't have time to 'cut slack'. They are out there looking for her and we need to get her to HQ as soon as possible. Sorry but we've got a job to do… I'll be back later." The man said as he stormed out of the apartment, slamming the door.
"Ignore the hot head. He's a little too into his work and things didn't go as planned the other night," the boy said as he sat down in the chair the man had sat in. "I'm Sam and hot head is Darien. We work for Luna under the Silver Alliance. Here," Sam said as he handed a backpack to Serena, "You came here with this. Luna said that she had put some clothes in there for you. Why don't you go take a shower and get cleaned up and I'll make you some food?" Serena gratefully took the bag.
"Thank you" she said with a small smile and Sam returned the smile.
"The bathroom is right down there" Sam said as he pointed down the hall.
Serena turned and began to walk to the bathroom but tripped a little over her dress.
"I hate this stupid dress," Serena said quietly as Sam helped her up.
"We can burn it later if you want?" Sam said jokingly.
"I'm gonna hold you to that" Serena joked and then made her way into the bathroom.
Serena turned on the water first, so it could have time to heat up, and as she waited for the water to warm she looked through the backpack. Luna had packed underwear, black pants, a black V-neck shirt, shampoo and conditioner, and a hair brush and a tooth brush. Serena had to do a double take when she saw just how bad she looked in her reflection. Dirt covered not just her exposed skin but her golden blonde hair had turned almost completely brown. Her hair was a mess as the braid did no justice in holding it all together so she took out the braid and realized just how incredibly long her hair really was. Back home her hair was always styled back so Serena never really knew how long it had grown over the years, she remembered it going down to her waist at some point but now… now it was down to her knees. She contemplated cutting it but decided not to. After a few minutes of unlacing her dress she was finally freed from that monster some had called fashion and she happily got into the shower. The warm water felt amazing on her skin and even though she had to wash her hair a couple of times to get the dirt out, she felt cleaner than she had ever felt in her entire life.
After she had finished her shower Serena put on the clothes Luna packed for her and was surprised that they fit her perfectly. She quickly put her hair up into her signature buns and when she was done her stomach hungrily growled. As she walked out of the bathroom a delicious aroma engulfed her senses.
Sam had just finished cooking the food and putting it on the bar that was attached to the kitchen. Since it was just him and Darien they had no need for a table and no one ever came over for meals. It was too late in the afternoon for a light meal so he decided an early dinner would be best.
"Something smells really good"
Sam jumped, dropping empty cups on the counter, he had almost forgot about the girl that was staying with them for a couple of days. He heard her giggle and when he looked at her she was now sitting at the bar.
"I know it's not a gourmet meal and we need to go shopping but this is the best I could find in here" Sam said as he felt the need to defend his attempt at making spaghetti and meatballs. He watched her nervously as Serena took a bite of the food.
"Hey I'm not complaining here, this is really good. I haven't had a home cooked meal since I was a kid."
Sam was about to start asking questions about who she was until their attention was drawn to the story playing on the news, "In breaking news tonight, President Hawthorn's eldest daughter has gone missing. She went missing the night of the party to celebrate her engagement to Seiya Kou. No one suspects the Dark Moon Clan could be behind this. Three suspects are in custody—" the reporter was cut off as Sam turned off the TV.
"Do you know anything about this?"
Serena stared grimly at the fork in her hand. She felt so guilty, she had a feeling in her gut that one of the suspects could be Melvin since he was the last person seen with her.
"No… I'm from section 8. All I remember from that night was walking through the park with a friend. We were sitting on the swings and a man with fiery red hair and a black suit walked up to us. He said a couple of words and then I blacked out." Serena turned to look at Sam to see him gaping at her.
"That's a lot of hair" he said in awe once he saw her hair.
"Yeah I didn't realize it had gotten this long…"
The two jumped, startled, as the front door burst open. They watched as Darien rushed to put some shopping bags down on the floor and closed the door quickly locking it.
"Have you seen the news?" Darien said as he turned his attention to Sam, ignoring Serena.
"Yes we did and she's not her" Sam said calmly as he tried to reassure Darien.
"How would you know? Luna's acting weird and the Dark Moon is sending out search parties for her" Darien shot back as he pointed to Serena turning his attention to her, "Whoa that's a lot of hair" he said, making Serena blush.
"She told me that she's from Section 8. That's not even close to where the president lives and I'm pretty sure that Luna would have the Sailor Scouts working on that mission, not us."
"Oh so she's not a mute," Darien said in mock surprise as he crossed his arms over his chest and turned his attention back to Serena, "So tell us… what is your name?"
"Sere—" she coughed nervously, "Serena"
"Are you sure? You seemed to hesitate."
"Yeah I'm sure my name is Serena as I'm sure that you're a douchebag" Serena felt satisfied with her comeback after she heard Sam spit out his water and start laughing.
"She got you there bro"
"I liked you better when you were mute Meatball Head" Darien muttered as he took a seat next to her at the bar.
"It's not my fault you demanded me to talk" Serena tried to mutter softly as she took a sip of water but her words didn't go unheard to Darien, he just decided to ignore it.
"Spaghetti and meatballs for dinner? Let me guess, special request from the 'Guest of Honor'?"
Serena slammed her fork on the counter got up walked to the door unlocked it and left. Both of the boys were on their feet, ready to chase after her but Sam stopped Darien.
"Serena! Way to go jack ass, you've never acted like this before. You need to put your personal issues to the side. Do you think she wants to go through this? Do you think any of us wanted to go through this?" Sam quickly left to chase after Serena, praying she hadn't made it outside yet.
Darien threw himself on to the couch and grabbed his communicator out of his pocket.
"Darien is everything okay?" a male voice had answered.
"Yeah Artemis, everything is fine. Can I talk to Luna?" Darien said monotone.
"She's busy working with the Scouts right now. Anything I can help you with?"
"Are you allowed to give me any information on this teenager I'm babysitting for the next couple of days?" annoyance clear in his voice, Artemis sighed.
"I'm sorry Darien but the only new information you could get would be from her. Just try to be patient with her, her world has been completely turned around in less than 24 hours. Also keep in mind that Luna won't hesitate to kill you if anything happens to her." Artemis had ended the call and Darien tossed his communicator onto the coffee table in front of the couch. After a few minutes of trying to calm himself down he figured a nice shower would do the trick.