Hello darlings. Welcome back! Last chapter didn't go as planned due to the fact that the quotations didn't show up. I did contact someone and got crap response. Let's see if this one works out better, yeah?

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Chapter 39: Secret Betrayal.

"Serena! Serena!" Luke shouted out to her as he held her body in his arms. "Can you hear me?!" He put his ear on her chest to hear her heart beating faintly, he forced her mouth open and plugged her nose as he attempted to breathe life into her. "Come on Rena…" he said as he pumped her chest. He attempted to bring her back again. He pumped her chest again…and again…and again. Serena's body jerked as she coughed violently, Luke's arms still around her. "Oh thank God." he sighed. "Serena…can you hear me?" Serena continued to cough, tears in her eyes when Luke moved her face towards him. "Hey…you're okay now. Alright?" He said comforting himself more.

"What…" she said in a daze, she could barley make the words out.

"Who did this to you? Do you remember? Was it Darien?" Luke asked her frantically.

"Darien…" She said as she blinked. She closed her eyes and remembered seeing his face looking into her soul, she put her hand to her neck as she remembered his grasp. She opened her eyes, and looked at Luke, her look confirming his question. "Raye…" she said again.

"He's gone after Raye" Luke's eyes grew wide. "Can you stay here, will you be alright? Don't go anywhere." He said as he kissed her cheek.

"I'll look after her." Luna said as she watched from the corner.

"You'll be alright." He told her as he ran off.

Raye stood in her room as she looked at a picture of herself when she was little. Both of her parents had been in it, it was their first trip to Japan as a family and she remembered her mother fitting her in traditional dress, while her own mother wore a sundress and her father his normal weekend attire. She knew she had to move on. This was her chance to finally find some normalcy in her life, to move past everything that happened, and everything that had happened to her. She heard thumping from outside, probably Chad drinking too many beers. She dropped the picture frame when the door slammed open, Darien stood there staring at her.

"You startled me." Raye told him. Darien said nothing but looked at her. "What's wrong with you?" Darien continued to stare at her with his cold eyes, his hands still on the door, not moving.

"You. Killed it." Darien told her, his voice barley audible. Raye gasped, frightened that he had found out.

"Darien…I…" Raye said to him.

"YOU KILLED IT!" He screamed at her, still standing in the same position, his body not moving.

"Darien, please. Just listen to me." Raye pleaded with tears in her eyes, Darien finally began to move, slowly he made his way over to her. "Darien please, listen to me. I can explain what happened!" Raye shouted out frantically to him. Darien moved closer and closer to her as Raye was backed into the wall. The deranged look on his face scared her. "Please, Darien!" She begged. "Please. Don't hurt me!" She screamed out as she closed her eyes and turned her face the other way, feeling his shadow on top of her. She heard a large thump and then realized that she hadn't been hurt. She peaked one eye open to find Darien knocked down unconscious and Luke was standing above him. Raye blinked as she couldn't believe that someone was there.

"That was close now, wasn't it Love?" Luke asked her.

Darien stood in an abandoned foggy park, he heard the swings going back and forth in the wind, but there was no one on them. He walked through the fog, feeling that someone was calling to him.

"Darien…Darien…" Darien began to run when finally he hit a brick wall.

Darien jumped up to a splash of cold water on his face. It had drenched him and his shirt. He woke up coughing and when he had finished he grabbed the back of his head in pain.

"AURGH." He shouted out when he finished pulling his shirt off and throwing it in the corner. "WHAT? Who did this?!" He shouted out as he violently turned in the bed. He was in an unfamiliar room, with a white bed, and dark furniture to his left and right. To his right was a window that had dark curtains pulled with the white ones hanging out. His eye scanned the room again, he turned back to see Serena sitting in a chair across the room. Her dark eyes were lined with black eyeliner, she wore dark jeans that were tucked into her zipped up almost knee high black leather boots with a stiletto heel. She wore a black shirt that fitted her thin body that came up to her elbows and covered her stomach completely. Her long dark hair was worn down as she raised an eyebrow at him.

"You're awake." she told him.

"What? What…where am I?" Darien asked her, still drenched in water and his own sweat. Serena swung her crossed legs over and stood up. "Answer me, damn it!" He shouted. Serena tossed him a white towel to dry off. Darien caught it and wiped himself down. "Tell me where I am or else I'll-"

"Don't even think about it." Serena told him as she pulled out a gun from the back of her jeans. Darien looked straight into it and then looked at her, the motion of his eyes hurt his head even more. "We may be from another life, but we're still human in this one." she told him.

"Where am I?" he asked again.

"You'll find out soon enough." she told him as she disabled the gun and put it on the table.

"Where did you learn how to use that?" he asked her as he motioned to the gun.

"I have my ways." She told him, "Just like you do." Darien looked confused. "Do you remember what happened?" she asked, her voice a bit kinder.

"Barley…I was with Raye…oh God. Raye." He remembered what he did to her. "Where is she? Is she alright?!"

"She's fine."

"What happened? Did she have an abortion?" Darien asked.

"Yes." Serena sat on the edge of the bed. "I'm only here to confirm things." Serena told him. "She'll tell you the rest, I'm here to make sure you're back to normal."

"I…ow." he said as he touched the back of his head in pain. "Can you tell me why my head hurts so much?"

"After you found out about Raye's abortion, you…you became blinded with rage. You went looking for answers." Serena looked down, she swallowed hard, as much as it hurt. "You found Raye and stormed over her. Luke stopped you from hurting her."

"I almost hurt her?" Darien leaned forward in bed. "I would never do that to her!"

"Apparently you were going to." Serena told him.

"You're a liar." he shot at her, his cold eyes looked at her.

"I'm telling you the truth." Serena's eyes, colder than Darien's, shot right back at him.

"You're doing this to hurt me. You're doing this to fuck with me. WHERE AM I!?" He shouted at her as he jumped out of bed. Serena grabbed the gun and pointed it right at his bare chest.

"Get back in there." Serena commanded as she motioned to the bed. "If you don't fucking believe me, fine. But I'm here to tell you the truth. I may have done my share of bad, but I would never purposefully physically hurt any of you. If I was lying why would I be here?" Darien sat back down into bed and put his hands up. Serena put the gun down.

"Fine. Let's say I believe you. Just tell me what happened."

"I did. Till you went bat shit crazy on me." Serena told him. "You found out Raye had an abortion, yes-she was confused and scared and didn't know what to do. She asked me for help and I helped her because she's my friend."

"She wasn't your friend before." Darien told her.

"She was before, then we lost touch, and now we're understanding what happened to each other."

"She did mention something about fathers…what about that?" Darien asked.

"That's not important now. Raye asked me for help, so I helped her. After that, she was going to tell you in her own way, but she was too ashamed and scared. You found out too early, then you lost yourself and went looking for answers."

"I can't believe I almost hurt Raye."

"Apparently she begged and pleaded for you to not hurt her." Serena told him. "Do you remember if you did?"

"Did I?"

"No. That's when Luke came in and decided that you needed a time out." Serena said, she left out the part where Darien had attempted to and had almost killed her.

"What do I do now?" Darien asked. "Can I at least get something for my head? Please. I promise I won't hurt you or anyone else…" Serena could see the guilt wash over him completely. She went into what Darien assumed was a bathroom and brought out a small ice pack, she sat down on the bed with him and held it to his head.

"Feel better?" She asked him.

"Yes." Darien said as he took the ice pack from her and held it himself. She took out two pills and poured him a glass of water and handed it to him.

"Here. Take this, you'll feel better."

"What is it?"

"Just advil." she said. Darien took the two pills and then put the ice pack back to his throbbing head.

"How do I know you're not trying to kill me?" Darien asked her.

"If I wanted you dead, you'd be dead long ago." Serena told him with a smirk. They stood there looking at each other.

"Why did you help Raye?" Darien asked her after the long silence.

She looked over her shoulder at the door to make sure no one was there, she leaned over and told him closely in his ear. "My mother told me to." she whispered. When she pulled away Darien's eyes grew wide as he realized that she wasn't talking about her loving mother who was off traveling the world, she was talking about the woman who put them all there in the first place.

"You're mother-" Darien said out loud when Serena put her fingers to his lips to hush him.

"Shh. Just keep that between you and me." she said, a little too aware of her surroundings. "You need to rest." she said, Darien leaned back into bed feeling drowsy.

"Wait, you never told me where I am…" he said as he dosed off.

"Somewhere safe." she said to him as he closed his eyes. Serena made sure that he was fast asleep, then she took the gun and walked out of the room, locking the door behind her. She leaned against it and looked down, feeling dirty and guilty.

"Good job." Maestro stood in front of her. Serena continued to look down, her dark bangs and layers falling in her face.

"This is yours." Serena said as she handed him the gun back.

"Thank you. Job well done. I am proud." he began clapping. Serena still couldn't shake the feeling off of her. "Come on, let's get going, he'll be fine." he put his arm around her waist and walked her down the hall of his penthouse. His cell phone rang as he guided her out of his office. "Excuse me." he said. Serena turned as she heard him close the door. Serena tip toed back to the door to hear what he was saying.

"Yes she took care of him. No, she's not on to anything, believe me. She's a good girl, does what she's told. I'll take care of it if it turns into that." Maestro said. Serena walked slowly back to her place as she waited for Maestro to finish his call. He opened the double doors and greeted her with a smile.

"How about I buy you lunch?" He asked her as they walked out.

"No. I'm alright." she said simply. "What about Darien, will he be okay?" Serena tried to turn around to check on him.

"He'll be fine. Let me walk you down." He told her as he put his arm around her waist again and

guided her down to her car. Serena didn't trust him, she didn't feel safe with him anymore. She knew something was going on, but what? Who could she tell? Not Lena, not Lana, not Mina…not even her newly re-found friend Raye.

When Serena got home, no one was there, even if they were, she didn't want to speak to them. She felt exhausted and dirty, her neck throbbed with soreness, she collapsed into bed with her shoes on and laid there on her stomach.

"Serena?" Luna called out to her. Serena looked over to her as Luna climbed up into bed and sat next to Serena. Serena scratched Luna and rubbed her affectionately.

"Luna. I need to tell you something, but please. Don't tell anyone this." Serena told her.

"You have my word. What is it?"

"I think…I think Maestro betrayed us."

"What?!"

"I…I don't know if he did it long ago, or if he was always using us." Serena still lay on her stomach, still rubbing Luna.

"Maestro…well as long as I could remember, he was your father's aid." Luna told her.

"Is that where Maestro is from?" Serena didn't even remember how she had met him. She just knew he was friends with one of her brothers then became a friend of hers, when he trusted in her about the Shadow Creatures and Warriors.

"Yes. Maestro was your father's right hand man." Luna continued. "An honest and brave man, little was known about his personal life, but Artemis did tell me he once had a wife and child." Serena lay on her back.

"I think he's up to something." Serena told her faithful feline friend. "I need to know." Serena sat up out of bed.

"Serena. You can't do this alone. If Maestro is up to what you think you are and he catches you, you'll be dead!" Luna cautioned with worry.

"Don't worry Luna, he taught me almost everything I know." Serena told her.

"Almost everything?" Luna raised an eyebrow. "Where did you learn the rest?"

"From you." Serena said simply. She grabbed her purse and went out. "I have to get to the bottom of this."

"Serena! Take a scout with you! Serena!" Luna called out.

"You promised you wouldn't tell anyone! Keep your word." Serena told her as she walked out. Serena drove the SUV back to Maestro's penthouse, she knocked on the door, Maestro answered shirtless.

"Hi." Serena said with a grin.

"What?"

"Nice to see you too!"

"Sorry. I'm a bit busy."

"Got a girl in there, Bruce Wayne?" Serena smiled at him, loving the fact that she was annoying him.

"No. What's wrong?"

"Nothing. Well not really. See I think I left my headset in your office. Can I go look?" Serena asked as she made her way in.

"You know where it is. Doubt it's in there though."

"I'll be quick." She said as she walked in. "Is Darien gone?"

"Yes. Safely back at his apartment." Maestro answered as he made his way into the kitchen.

"Great! Be right baaaack!" Serena called out as she ran up a small flight of stairs to his office. She closed the door behind her as she quickly searched through his desk. She found nothing but crap and more crap. Till finally she saw something of interest, it was a small mechanical box that she knew for sure wasn't a paper weight. Serena shoved it into her purse and stepped out. Making sure everything was in it's place.

"NO! Not in here!" Serena called out as she came back down the stairs.

"Good."

"Not good." Serena told him as she leaned against the kitchen counter. "California law requires you use a headset or a blue tooth in order to talk on your cell phone legally while driving. I'm going back soon and I need to find it."

"Can't you just buy a new one?" Maestro asked.

"Sure, but I don't know how to connect it to the phone." Serena smiled. She kissed his cheek and took off. "Byeee! Thanks for letting me look!" She said in her typical Serena sweet way and left.

Later that night, Serena sat in her room looking at the mechanical box, she fidgeted with it for a bit till finally she pressed something and it began to glow. She placed the box down on the hardwood floor and watched it as it opened up. Starla appeared as a hologram along with what seemed to be equations and plans for something. "Change of plans. Plan B is now into effect. Whatever you do, don't let it on to anyone. Be in touch." The little metal box shut down. Serena knew he was now officially working for them. She felt her heart beating loudly and thought it might explode.

"I need to tell someone." she whispered to herself. Tomorrow she thought.

The next day Serena made her way over to Darien's apartment. Raye called her that night and said that she and Darien had a long talk, and that she didn't know if they were going to continue to be together or what was going to happen next. Serena said she'd meet up with everyone later on, but first she knew that she had to tell someone she could trust, and show Darien the little box, for some reason, she knew she could trust him with this. She wore a pair of tight fitting black Capri pants with a black lace tank top and a purple cardigan over it with a pair of black flats. She looked at her cell phone, it was only five pm and everyone wasn't meeting up till seven. Good enough time she figured, it was already kind of dark out anyway, she walked the back way to the front where the car was parked outside. She heard something in the bushes and figured it was one of those raccoons her dad was always complaining about. A strong arm grabbed her from behind and put a hand over her mouth. Serena struggled and screamed but it do her any good.

"Shut up! Shut up! Where do you think you're going?" Maestro whispered harshly in her ear. Her biggest fear had come true. "Think I was so foolish to fall for your little act, didn't you?! This belongs to me!" he said as he grabbed the little metal box she had taken from him. Serena squealed from under his strong hand and tried to shake her head. "Bullshit! I was on to you from the beginning. Let's take a little ride, shall we?" He dragged her to the front where instead of her car, a limo was waiting. He threw her small body into there where she screamed and scrambled to find a way out. Two large men grabbed her hands and tied them behind her back. Serena screamed for them to stop and to let her go.

"Oh shut her up, will you?" Maestro asked calmly from the other side of the limo as he watched the whole thing. He had two men in black suits sitting next to him. One of the men that had grabbed her earlier put a piece of duct tape over her mouth and sat her up facing him while the other tied her feet together. She felt the limo move and began to panic. The windows were tinted so darkly that she couldn't tell where he was taking her. Maestro opened a bottle of expensive champagne and poured himself a glass. He lifted it up as a toast to her, "Oh. I'm sorry. Would you like some?" The two men sitting next to him snickered at his little joke. He drank a bit and sighed at how good it was.

"Now. Where were we? Oh that's right." He sat there looking her up and down. "You really thought you could expose me? Little girl…who do you think you are?" he mocked her. "Well since you're so interested in what's going on. I'm going to tell you." Serena's cold eyes shot him a dirty look. "No, really. I am." he took another sip. "You caught me. I work for the bad guys. I'm a traitor." he sarcastically told her. "The plan was, originally to get back what I had lost from your father on the moon. The only way to negotiate my life was to betray him, and since he wasn't of that much importance to me. So I did." He said simply and chuckled. "I'm sorry…what did you say? Where do you fit in all this? Well, my plan was to trade all of you in, for what is mine. But it's much too early, this will happen much later. But you won't remember any of this…nothing at all." He slid over and sat next to her, Maestro began to play with her hair, running his fingers up and down her arm.

"Oh and your beloved? That prince? No. Not that peasant you fuck to make your friends jealous. I'm talking about your love of your life. The one you long for, your prince…he'll be the first to go. But for fun we'll kill your rich boy first in front of you." Maestro told her as he kissed her cheek. Serena began to struggle and squeal from under the bounds. Maestro slowly peeled the tape off of her lips. Serena looked him dead in the eye to see that there was nothing there.

"You can't do this!" Serena spat at him.

"Oh but yes, I am."

"No. I trusted you, I trusted you with everything, how dare you! How dare you betray us and do this to us, do this to me! How can you do this to me?!" Serena shouted at him.

"You're mighty feisty when you're helpless, too bad we couldn't start anything, eh?" Maestro teased her.

"Stop it! Let me go! Let me go!" She screamed at him. Maestro laughed at her. "Why are you telling me all this? I won't let you get away with this!"

"Because, you won't remember anything my dear." he said as he motioned to one of the men in the suits. He put a cloth over her nose and mouth as she struggled out of his grip, Serena felt weak and soon she passed out.

Darien sat in his apartment waiting for Serena, she had sent him a text message earlier stating that she needed to talk to him privately about what was going on with their new enemy, but advised him to not tell anyone else. He agreed to see her and had begun to build some trust in her, although now that she was an hour late he was beginning to think she played him a fool to see if he was stupid enough to believe her. They were all going to meet at Mina's house to see what their next plan was now that they were all a team again. It would feel weird to go to Mina's house to have these little meetings now that Raye's temple was bought and sold. Raye also needed to talk to him about what she was going to do now. Last time she grew upset with him and stormed off at his suggestion. They were also acting as if they were strangers ever since Raye had her abortion.

Darien shook his head, he was full of thoughts and didn't know what to do about it. He made his way over to Mina's house.

"Something doesn't feel right." Lita said as they all sat there waiting.

"What?" Mina asked.

"I don't know…we've done this before but something's missing." Lita added.

"Where's Serena?! Is she late?" Raye called out as she entered Mina's bedroom.

"THAT'S IT!" Lita shouted out. Mina and Amy burst out laughing.

"Serena's not here?" Darien asked as he walked in after Raye.

"Nope. She's probably on her way." Mina said as she sat back on her bed. Luna came rushing into the room.

"No time for a meeting! We're under attack!" Luna shouted.

"What?!" they all shouted at her.

"There's something going on at the delivery truck warehouse. We think it's Strobe and his minions." Artemis told them as he walked in.

"Warehouse?" Mina asked them. "That's not a warehouse, that's a truck graveyard, that place is so creepy, when the high way was under construction I would have to pass by it to get home from Serena's house. It gave me the chills each time."

"No time for that now. We have to get going." Artemis told her.

"Where's Serena?" Luna asked as she looked in the room for her.

"Not here, she was suppose to be here already." Amy replied.

"I guess some things never change." Lita told them.

"All of you go ahead, we'll stay behind and look for her." Luna said.

"Well you heard the lady! Er. Catty!" Luke was leaning against the doorway. They all looked over, surprised to see him there. "Get going!" He said to them. They all rushed out, Darien looked at him-wondering if he could trust him with what Serena had said to him earlier. He decided against it and joined the rest of them.

Within ten minutes they were all there. The girls had transformed, they waited for Darien…only to find he couldn't.

"Maybe your flower wilted." Mina grinned.

"VERY funny, who are you now? Serena?" Darien gave her a dirty look. Mina couldn't help herself.

"Hey! We're here to fight! Not to make jokes. Everyone split up, stay in communication." Lita told them.

"Right." They agreed and took off.

"Ey. Be careful there cape-er…wait. Nevermind." Mina said again. Darien rolled his eyes and continued on, he was strong even without his powers. He's the prince of Earth, he knew what he was doing. Suddenly he heard a smash when a giant boulder was behind him, leaving a dent in the truck next to it.

"Holy shit." he said. He looked up to see several shadow figures, they soon jumped away in different directions. Darien ran after them, hoping to keep up, when he found out that he was being chased by one of them. The Shadow Creatures looked different from before, this time having shapes of men and women as opposed to the giant blobs they once had fought before.

"Look out!" He shouted as he passed Mercury and Jupiter who were each fighting their own. He saw their electric power pass by them as he ducked and dived into the dirt ground. He found one of the trucks open and scrambled inside. Once in he heard the door slam behind him with a click.

"Huh?" He got up and attempted to open it. It was locked. "Fuck. OPEN UP! HEY! ANYONE OUT THERE? MARS? JUPITER? LET ME OUT!" Darien continued to shout. The truck was dimly lit with an over hanging red light. He continued to slam on the door and shout but he could hear the ruckus that was going on out there-no way anyone would hear him. "Fuck." he said again with a slam of his fist on the door.

Then Darien heard a small moan coming from the back of the truck. He turned around frantically waiting to fight whatever it was. He couldn't see very well, the red light making it hard to see. He walked over slowly, his feet clanking on the hard metal floor.

"Who's there?" He asked aloud. He heard the moan again. "I said WHO'S THERE?" Darien shouted out, his voice echoing in the truck. He came to where the red light ended and stood his ground, he looked down to see Serena tied up and gagged on the floor.

"Serena?" He said out loud, not believing it was her. "Oh my God. Are you alright?" He bent down towards her to help her, she squealed in fear and attempted to move away from him. "Hey. Hey. It's me. I'm not going to hurt you." Serena freaked out as tears came to her eyes as she continued to squirm. Darien tried to consol her, repeating that it was him over and over again, finally fed up with her behavior he cupped her chin roughly and held her in place. "Serena what's wrong with you?! I'm not going to hurt…" Darien noticed a few large bruises on her neck. "…you." he finished his sentence. It all came rushing back to him. Blinded by anger and rage he had attacked her previously to going after Raye. He could see everything clearly now, he remembered pinning her to the wall, his hand and fingers around her small neck.

"Oh God…no." He told himself. He desperately tried to shake that image out of his head as he tried to console Serena. "Shh. Shh. That's over now." He told her, "I'm not going to hurt you. I swear." He said as he slowly pulled the gag from around her mouth. Serena continued to stare at him, debating if she should trust him or not. Darien untied her arms and legs and helped her sit up straight.

"Are you okay?" Darien asked her, she stared at him and then looked around the truck they were trapped in.

"Where are we?" She asked.

"We're safe for now…we're off of route 67, in the truck graveyard." Darien told her, Serena's eyes gazed around the truck and into the red light that was hanging above them. "Serena…" Darien called her name out again. She wasn't paying attention, her state of mind was distracted and couldn't focus on anything or anyone. "Serena, how did you get here? Serena!" He called out to her and held her face in his hands again. "Serena. Do you know who put you here? What's the last thing you remember?"

"I…I…" Serena repeated over and over again, "I don't know…I don't remember how I got here." She began to panic as tears came from her eyes.

"Okay, calm down. I won't let anyone hurt you…just tell me. What's the last thing you remember?"

"I remember…" she racked her brain to think of the last thing she did. "Raye…?" She said as if she was asking a question.

"You remember helping Raye." Darien told her. "You helped her with the abortion, right?"

"You…know?" She spoke softly.

"I know everything, is that the last thing you remember?"

"I think so…"

"You don't remember me finding out and confronting you?" Darien asked.

"No."

"Do you remember talking me through in a white room?"

"No?"

"You were in a white room, you had a gun on you…does any of this sound familiar?"

"I don't remember a white room-why did I have a gun? What happened?!"

"You were trying to keep me under control."

"Control? Why? What did you do? What did I do? Did we do anything?!" Serena's panic began to increase as Darien held her shoulders and looked her in the eye. Serena looked all over the place as the red light began to taunt her.

"I did something I shouldn't have done. I accidentally hurt you."

"You hurt me?! Why? What did I do? What did you do to me?!"

Darien's head went down as his eyes motioned to his neck. Serena put her hand there to feel a bruise or two. "You did this? Why? Why did you do this to me?" She began to cry.

"I didn't mean to, you know that. You forgave me for this." Darien said. When in reality when he was in the white room, Serena didn't mention him choking her at all.

"Why would I forgive you for this? Why were you so angry?"

"I was blinded by rage…I found out that Raye had at her abortion." Darien told her. "I'm sorry. I don't know how to move on past it." Darien told her. "What else do you remember?"

"Nothing…absolutely nothing." Serena said. Darien stood up and looked around, they could both hear the fight going on outside.

"What's that?" Serena asked in a fearful voice as she sat there still with her knees to her chest.

"They're fighting." Darien told her. "It's Strobe and his friends, maybe it had to do with what you wanted to tell me earlier."

"What did I want to tell you?" Serena asked, she looked up right at him. Darien came down her level again and held her by the shoulders. Serena looked at his arms around her and raised an eyebrow at him.

"You sent me a text message stating that you needed to talk to me about something important." Darien told her. "You don't remember any of this?" Serena shook her head. Something came crashing into the side of the truck Serena was leaning on. Darien pulled her away as they both fell to the opposite side. Serena looked up to see a dent where she was sitting.

"That was close." She told Darien. The two of them looked at each other and immediately jumped up and began banging against the wall.

"HAY! HAAAY!" They both began shouting at the top of their lungs as they banged against the door.

"LET US OUT!" Serena shouted as she banged and kicked against the door.

"MARS? JUPITER? HELLO?" Darien shouted as he took a final hit at the door and hurt his hand. "Ow." He mumbled.

"Oh shit." Serena said as she winced in pain for him. "Are you okay?" Serena asked him as he backed up and held his hand.

"Yeah, fine." He told her as he turned his back on her.

"Oh come on, let me see." She said as she turned him around and took his hand. She examined it, he winced in pain and mumbled an "ow" under his breath.

"You'll live." She told him. Serena's hands were kind as she examined his. Darien noticed the burns around her hands from where she had been bound. Darien put his fingers over her burn marks.

"I'm sorry." he told her as he rubbed them gently. "I feel incredibly guilty."

"Why? Don't be." Serena told him, the kindness in her voice was genuine. He turned around and looked over at the door again. "Hey." Serena called out to him. Darien turned around to face her. "It's not your job to remember. It's mine." She told him. Darien looked at her face, she had seen a lot and she was only 18 or so. "You're kind of freaking me out here. Are you alright?" Darien went up to her and slid his arm around her waist, he smoothed her hair back and kissed her deeply. Serena returned his kiss and wrapped her arms around him. Darien let go of her after a few minutes.

"We shouldn't have done that." Serena said as she put her fingers to her lips.

"Yeah…" He responded breathlessly. Serena looked down and put her hair behind her ear.

"Now what?" Serena asked him. Darien looked down as well and stayed silent. "Don't do that, say something." She told him.

"What happened to us?" He asked her as he looked up into her blue eyes.

"Do you have time?" Serena raised an eyebrow at him. Darien looked around showing that he was trapped in there as she was.

"Where else am I going to go?" He asked her.

"Good point." Serena sat down on the floor, crossing her legs. What seemed to be an hour or two passed by as the two of them continued to sit there, the fight was still going on. God knew what was really going on out there. They continued to talk about what had happened to them.

"You think they're still fighting?" Darien asked.

"Who cares at this point? All I want is a warm shower and some food." Serena replied.

"They might all be dead, the whole world could be dead." Darien told her. Serena nodded her head. "We might have to re-populate the world." Darien stated sarcastically.

"You know, that's the most retarded thing I've ever heard." Serena commented.

"Geeze-it was only a joke." Darien rolled his eyes.

"No. Not because you said it, the whole theory of it is incestuous." Serena commented.

"Huh?"

"Well if two people have to re-populate the earth then all the kids would have to have sex with each other so you'd have to bang your brother and or sister, this way your kids are inbreeds and that doesn't really help humanity in any way. It's more like a human social experiment in retarded incest." Serena explained.

Darien sat there for a minute and soaked that in, he turned to her and finally spoke. "When did you get so smart?"

"When you were banging my best friend." Serena smartly commented. Darien rolled his eyes at her while Serena smiled sweetly.

"Why did you cut yourself?" Darien asked without looking at her. Serena turned to see him staring at the cold steel floor of the truck.

"Did it bother you that much?" Serena asked. Darien looked at her with his eyes that sank deep into hers, she felt like she couldn't breathe.

"You wouldn't understand." Serena shook of the feeling.

Darien looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "Try me." he stated. Serena raised an eyebrow back and looked right at him, she sighed looked away.

"Remember that summer in Italy?" Serena asked him.

"Sure." Darien said. Trying to not sound guilty himself for sleeping around with Raye that summer.

"I found out I have an older sister. My dad fooled around before he married my mom and there she is." Serena told him simply.

"Holy shit." Darien said. It was the only thing he could think of. "Does anyone else know?"

"Raye does…" Serena told him. "Other than that no other family member knows. My aunts know, but their kids don't."

"Why don't they know?"

"They talk." Serena said simply.

"Ah. Not good for the reputation." Darien told her.

"Bingo."

"She's the reason you decided to hurt yourself?" Darien asked.

"No. Just the things that went with it."

"Like…?" Darien was trying to get behind that wall she had.

"When the whole thing exploded it became kind of violent. My brother said a few things, dad came after him and I stepped in." Serena told him. "I took the beating for him."

Darien sat there in silence as he stared at the young girl, after staring at her for a few moments he finally opened his mouth.

"Your dad hits you?"

"Hit." Serena corrected him. "At the time it was 'hits' because multiple bashes were being embedded into me. But yes, he did hit me" She smartly told him.

"Serena you don't have to act that way."

"What way?" She looked at him.

"Being smart and making a study out of what happened to you. This happened to you, not to someone else for you to analyze it this way." Darien told her.

"It's my way of dealing." Serena told him. Darien raised an eyebrow at her again. "And being a complete bitch to everyone along with buying superficial crap I don't really need. But hey-he's paying for it, might as well take advantage."

"I'm sorry." He said to her again.

"Why? It's not like you did it to me."

"I should have been there for you."

"What were you going to do? Turn into cape boy and fly over to rescue me from my douche bag father? I don't think so…" Serena rolled her eyes at him. "Wait. Speaking of which, why aren't you turning into cape boy now to get us out of here?"

"I would, but I can't." Darien told her. "And don't call me cape boy. Meatball head." Serena put her hand to her head and felt around.

"Do ya see any?" Serena responded with her smart mouth.

"Uh…no?"

"Okay then." Serena leaned back. They both sat there for a few moments it was dead quiet outside. "It's so quiet." Serena told him.

"Yeah." Darien responded.

"It's not a good quiet." She told him. She looked up at him and he looked down at her. Darien got up as Serena's eyes followed him. "What are you doing?"

"I'm going to get us out of here." Darien told her. "I promise you, I will."

"How? You've already hurt yourself once."

"I'll figure something out." Darien said as he went to the back door of the truck and felt around it.

"What are you doing?" Serena asked as she leaned her head on her knees.

"Getting us out of here." Darien told her. "I already told you."

"Yes, I get that part. But how?" Serena asked him.

"Stand back." Darien told her. He backed up and shoved his shoulder into the door in an attempt to open it. Darien grabbed his elbow in pain as he backed up to try again.

"I don't think you should try that again." Serena said. "Are you alright?"

"Fine." Darien said as he held onto his arm and backed up even further.

"One…two…three!" Darien charged forward as one of the doors automatically opened up. Darien went flying out of the truck and Serena heard a thump as he landed on the floor. Serena got up and walked out to see the Venus, Jupiter, and Luke standing there.

"Wow. You really do like to keep your promises." Serena said as she jumped down. She looked at Venus, "Hi." She smiled.

"Are you alright?" Venus asked.

"I'm fine. Don't know about him." Serena gestured to Darien trying to get off the dirt floor. Serena giggled at him.

"Shut up." he mumbled. He looked around to see them all standing there. "Where's the rest?"

"At Serena's house." Jupiter responded.

"Aka-headquarters." Serena sarcastically commented.

"Alright, that's enough out of you." Luke said as he pulled her into his arms. "How did you get in there anyway? I was worried."

"We're fine. Nothing happened." Serena told him.

"Bullshit. Darien what happened?" Luke asked him.

"I ended up trapped in there when I was attempting to outrun a Shadow Creature, that's when Serena-" Darien cut himself off when he saw Serena shaking her head discreetly at him.

"Serena was already here, we ran in to avoid getting hit by the creature." Darien covered. He saw Serena breathe a sigh of relief.

"Well, mission accomplished." Luke responded. "Shall we?" He said as he led the way back to Serena's house. The two Scouts and Luke walked ahead while Darien grabbed Serena's arm.

"What was that about?" Darien whispered.

"Shh." Serena said, he noticed she was trying to cover up the fear in her eyes. Darien let her arm go as she walked off with the rest of them. Darien stood there trying to analyze her actions, he followed them back to her house where everyone was waiting for them. Little did they know a pair of violet eyes were watching them the whole time.

"Serena? Are you alright?" Maestro asked her as he held a drink in his hands as they all entered her family room.

"I'm fine."

"Good. I don't know what I would do without you." he told her as he wrapped his arms around her.

"Glad to know I was missed." she told him.

"Look this is serious." Maestro told them. "From now on we have to take these things a little more seriously. We can't let ourselves fall into their traps anymore." Maestro told them all. They all fell silent as they watched the man in black lecture them. "We'll speak again soon." he said as he put his drink down and walked out.

"Well, looks like we all had a big night." Luna said from the corner.

"Yeah, good thing you're all safe."

"It's getting late." Luna told them. "You guys can stay here if you want." Serena said as she walked away tiredly, not saying anything else to them. She looked over at Darien, her eyes met his as she motioned to go upstairs. Serena went up and five minutes later Darien followed her.

Darien walked into her room and closed the door behind her. He looked around for Serena till he heard something squeaking out of her large walk-in closet. Darien walked into the dark closet, he jumped when he heard the door close and lock behind him.

"Hey!" He shouted out as he felt someone jump on to him, he felt a pair of sleek fingers go up against his mouth.

"Shhh!" he heard a voice.

"Serena?" Darien asked in a confused whisper. She had a small flash light in her hand as she pulled him closely to him and whispered in his ear.

"I think someone is watching us." She told him.

"Who?" Darien whispered back.

"I don't know. I'm not sure." She said into his ear. Darien pulled her away from him and held her arms firmly in his hands.

"Are you sure about this?" Darien whispered to her.

"I'm sure. I can tell." Serena told him.

"Is that why you dragged me here like this?" Darien asked her. Serena nodded yes. She leaned over to him again and whispered in his ear.

"There's a traitor among us. I can feel it."

AN: Hi. Sorry. I love you all for keeping up with this story for so many years.

Do you know how hard it is to apply to law schools? X_x Wish me luck.

Ever. After.

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Over.