Evil Intentions
by Time Guardian

REVISED 12/03/09 - This story was intended as a blend of my love of mystery with my former infatuation with Sailor Moon. This story is told from the POV of four different characters as a plot against Serena is revealed. I have decided to keep the dub names since that was what I had experience in at the time when I first wrote this story. I am simply editing this and giving it a well deserved polish since I am looking back at it and - well let's just say my earlier writing skills left much to be desired.

I have since left the Sailor Moon Fandom, but I do hope you enjoy this story - try to figure out the players in this mystery if you can.

Time knows no bounds - or does it?

Time is not in a normal flow. I can feel that, but I am bound by the laws of time. I cannot interfere.

That doesn't mean I can't do something....

Walking into a room with your eyes closed can present a challenge. When your four friends all but drag you to
a secret place and promise something exciting if you close them, then it becomes a little better.

After walking what seemed like forever, I finally felt my friends bring me to a halt.

I then heard Ami exclaim. "Open your eyes, Serena."

I did just that - and I was surprised all right.

"For me??!" My eyes went as wide as saucers as I looked at the scene before me. Enough food to feed a small army,
a pile of presents on the table in the corner....

"You guys are just too much." I managed to choke out as my eyes brimmed over with tears. Dang it, Serena, control yourself!!

"Serena, you are only one month pregnant and you are already getting hormonal," Rei teased.

I did the only thing I could think of to retaliate: I stuck my tounge out at Rei.

Ami, Lita, and Mina laughed as Rei stuck out her tounge right back at me before finally dissolving into laughter herself.

"Same old Serena," Rei finally said with a chuckle. "Come on, Meatball-head, and open your presents."

As I eagerly moved towards the piles of food, I noticed Mina looking at me with a sympathetic expression.

"Serena, didn't Darien want to come with you?" Mina asked.

That's a loaded question. I sighed, remembering how I left Darien back at our apartment. "Darien worked two back to back shifts at the hospitial, plus this is his first day
off in five days. I decided to let him sleep..."

Nightmares. I thought those were a thing of the past. I wish those had stayed in the past.

My life with Serena has been a happy one. When she told me she was pregnant, I was elated. Scared, but elated. After all, it isn't everyday that your future as
King of the Earth is revealed to you. A beautiful wife, a baby on the way...life is good.

But the nightmares have come back - violent ones that leave me breathless, restless, and downright worried considering my past with nightmares:

I see Serena, walking down the street with me. She is the picture of beauty, her body rounding out to make room for the baby. I am beside her, gazing into her
clear blue eyes. We stop at the individual shop windows, admiring some things we want to buy for the baby.

All of a sudden, a flash of energy explodes between us.

I have no chance to protect Serena as the both of us fall to the ground. I look up to see if I can see who is attacking us, but all that I can see is a bright light. I tell
Serena to stay down and quickly turn into Tuxedo Mask.

Before I can take action, another energy ball slams toward Serena....and I hear her agonizing scream...

The party is in full swing. She looks so goody-goody standing there, talking to the others.

She doesn't deserve any happiness. I must kill her for what she has done.

Princess Serenity... I will see to it that you will never see another sunrise. I swear it!

I pasted a smile on my face and walked over to Serena, taking her by the arm. "C'mon Serena, lets dig into the goodies...I am hungry..."

The flow of time is still off balance. I don't even know if what I did is going to help Serena or not.

The world is in peril, and the best I can do is send someone dreams or nightmares - something has gotta work, it just has to.

I was tired when I got home from the baby shower that night, but I was not ready for the sight that greeted me when I entered my
apartment. There, sitting on a chair in front of the televsion, was Darien. He was fully clothed, and judging by the expression on his
face, he wasn't even paying any attention to the flickering images that were on the TV screen.

"Darien??!!" I said with some surprise and concern. "What are you doing still up?"

He looked at me with a haggard expression and finally managed a tired smile. "I had a little trouble sleeping. Not to worry, my love. Now that
you are here, I think I will be able to sleep soundly."

He then turned the TV off, gave me a kiss, and then walked towards our bedroom.

He didn't sound like himself, but I was too tired to argue...

I was relieved to see her. Those nightmares didn't do anything for my sanity, thats for sure.

*If anything happened to her, I don't think I could go on...*

Once I was in bed with Serena, I pulled her close.

"So how was the baby shower?" I asked.

"It was cool...wait a minute, you knew about this all along,
didn't you?" She said suspiciously.

"Guilty as charged." I admitted

"Well, for your info, It was very cool..." She mumured, and then broke
off into a yawn. "I was just sorry that you couldn't come..."

"It's ok..Lets get some sleep now. "

"Ok. G'nite..." She snuggled deeper into my arms, and was soon asleep.

I tried to sleep, but it would not come. I tried to clear my mind, but the
nightmare still haunted me.

*Please, let me be able to keep her safe...*

Three months later-

My monthly appointment with the doctor. It feels weird laying on an examining table while someone is poking at my rounded
abdomen. However, it's not so bad when your doctor is one of your best friends.

"Well Ami, hows the baby doing?" I asked her.

She reached up, and fiddled with some controls on a display unit.

"See for yourself," She said proudly, she hit the rewind button on the unit, and we both watched the ultrasound

The playback showed an ultrasound of my baby at four months. I saw the baby's heart, and what looked like
a row of pearls, which Ami told me was the baby's spine.

My own heart thudded in my chest. Our baby. Oh, Darien, our dream is coming true.

I got off of the examining table and hugged her. She handed me a videotape, marked "Ultrasound"

"This is cool! Darien is gonna love the video.. Thanks, Ami!"

Ami smiled, "Same time next month, don't forget!"

"I wont."

I made sure my top was back in place and eagerly rushed out of the room, more than ready to spend
the afternoon with my wonderful husband.

I was waiting outside the doctor's office, when Serena rushed out.
She pulled me into an embrace and kissed me full on the lips.
*Hmm, now she knows how to kiss...*

"Hmm, and what was that for?" I teased.

"Because, I had a good checkup, and I have the proof," Serena
said with a smile, as she dangled the video in front of me.

"Well, this calls for a celebration then. How about some lunch,
and then some shopping?"

"Oh, Darien, that sounds wonderful."

After we ate, Darien and I went shopping. We looked in quite a few
store windows before he got quite impatient.

"Serena, we have been looking at different baby stores for nearly a
half hour now, can't you make up your mind?"

I smiled, and decided to have a little fun with him.

"Oh, all right! Lets go into the first one we saw about
a block back."

This elicted a groan from Darien.

I laughed. "Just kidding! Cmon, lets go into this one..."

*Just how many things can one buy for a baby, anyway?*

We walked out of that baby shop, both of us clutching a few packages
apiece.

Serena was smiling as we walked down the street. I am beside her, gazing into her
clear blue eyes.

She is the picture of beauty, her body rounding out to make room for the baby...

Feeling a sense of Deja-vu, I stopped myself in mid-thought. *This is just
like my nightmare..!*

As if on cue, the ball of energy from my nightmares slammed inbetween the
two of us, forcing us to the pavement.

I look up to see who is attacking us, but all I can see is a bright light.
A sick feeling entered the pit of my stomach, as I considered my options.

Beside me, I heard Serena gasp, "Not You!" *Did she see the enemy?*

Concerned for her safety, I shout, "Serena, hide!"

I transformed into Tuxedo Mask in the blink of an eye, and threw roses in
the direction where the attack was coming from, but to no avail. Another
energy ball slams toward Serena, and I am too far away to help her...

"Serena, run!"

She sees it coming, and starts to run...

The ball of energy strikes a point beside her, the force of the energy blast
propelling her into a nearby wall.

I hear her scream...

I survey the scene with satisfaction. Her husband is rushing over to
her unmoving form.

I teleported out....mission accomplished - my revenge is complete.

When we were attacked on the street, I feared for my baby's safety more
than my own.

Then I heard Darien's voice, telling me to run.

The energy hit beside me, and I felt like I was flying...

I slammed back-first into a nearby wall, and crumpled to the ground...

But that was not what shocked me....

I saw who was attacking us...

*Why her??*

Then my world went black...

When I finally opened my eyes, I was laying on the sidewalk, with Darien
looking down at me, tears in his eyes.

I tried to lift my arm to touch his face, but a wave of pain went through me.

"Serena! are you all right? " His voice bordered on the edge of hysteria.

Everything in my body hurt, but I struggled to form the words....

"Pain....oh, Darien...I saw...I..."

Darien tried to soothe me as best he could. "Easy, Serena. Please don't move
till the ambulance arrives, honey. Everything will be okay, I promise."

I wanted to tell him what I saw, but it was too easy to give into the pain. I slipped
back into the darkness...

The nightmare came true. The love of my life was attacked, and I couldn't do anything to
stop it!

As I rode with Serena in the ambulance, I prayed that she and the baby were okay.

One thing was certain, though: Someone wanted her dead, and she saw who it was.

I took her hand in mine, as the ambulance sped towards the hospital.

*Don't worry, my love. I will not fail you again...I swear it!*

Sitting in the waiting room is slow torture...

"Darien??"

I looked up just as Ami walked in, a mixture of worry and concern on her face.

I got up and went to her. "Ami, how's she doing?"

" It is almost morbid to say, but it's lucky that she hit that wall back first, or
her injuries would have been much worse."

Ami took a seat and continued. "As it is though, her back is severly
bruised, leaving her mobility exteremly limited. I did an ultrasound on
the baby, and everything seems to be normal. There was no bleeding
or tearing, a miracle helped by the fact that she has kept herself in the
best of health. She did sustain a concussion, and is currently unconcious.
Because of this, the back injuries, and the fact that she is 4 months pregnant,
we want to keep her here where she will be safe and recover."

I swallowed the lump in my throat. "When can I see her?"

"It'll be a half hour before she is put in a room, so you can see her then."

I put my head in my hands. "It's all my fault. I knew what was going
to happen, and I still couldn't do anything! What good am I as her protector?"

Ami put a hand on my shoulder and tried to reassure me. "Darien, over the
years that you have been Tuxedo Mask, you have kept her safe. You have
done a wonderful job. You have done everything you could, and she is alive,
thanks to you. What she needs now is a caring, supportive husband, because
she is going need all of the help she can to recover ."

I smiled. "You're right. We still have a problem though. The person
who tried to kill Serena is still out there somewhere. We need to find this
person before he/she strikes again."

Ami stood up. "Let me call in the others. We need to make plans."

"Ok."

Ami started to walk out of the room, and then turned back to face me.

"Don't worry, Darien. We'll find a way to protect her."

*I hope so..........for Serena's sake...*

Dammit, the Princess has nine lives! I thought I killed her!

I must bide my time. I have waited seven years for my revenge. A few more hours will not matter. . . .

Cold, so very cold. Glaciers and ice are all around.

*Where am I? This must be a dream...*

Walking towards a large glacier off in the distance, I see some bright lights
flashing in the sky..

As I walked towards the glacier, the light show became even brighter.
Following the path of lights, my eyes wandered around to find it's source.

*Two people fighting on what look like towers....waitaminute!!!!*

*That looks like...Queen Metallia??!!! And the other person is me!*

*This is the North Pole!*

This was my first major battle against evil.

The journey to this battle was packed with peril. My friends had already died
along the journey, victims of Beryl's monsters. I stood atop that ice tower scared
out of my mind, but I knew that I couldn't let evil like that exist.

"Moon Healing...Escalation!!"

It took a lot of power to defeat her.

With the help of my fallen friends' spirits, I was able to call upon enough power to
defeat her. The power radiated outward, completely obiliterating Queen Metallia.

But with victory came a cost - my life and the lives of my friends.

Once the battle was over, I collapsed and died atop that ice tower.

So why am I here? What am I supposed to see??

Sending a dream is harder than I thought.

C'mon Serena ...stay with it a little longer...there's something you need to see.

The power that detstroyed Queen Metallia is coming back. It is bathing the landscape
in a pink glow, engulfing the area where she and I were fighting.

But as I watched the scene unfold in front of me, I saw a completely different energy
emerge.

It is blue in color, and for some reason, even though I knew it was a dream, I
could sense an evil aura surrounding that energy.

As I observed the evil energy, I could hear a weak voice coming from it:

"Dammit.....she defeated...me....but....I ....live!"

*What the...that voice.??!!*

"I must survive...I need a new body..."

*Queen Metallia??!!*

The energy hovered, then sped towards the areas where my fallen comrades were.

A sinking feeling overtook me, as I realized what was going to happen. Queen
Metallia was going to possess one of my friends!!!

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Stop it!!!!!!" I screamed.

But this being a dream, Queen Metallia paid no heed. She callously looked over each of my friends and finally made her choice.

"Yess....." Queen Metallia hissed, "you will do quite nicely..."

The eneregy hovered for a second, and then it was sucked into the body she chose.

I then heard Metallia's voice once more. "I...am..weak....but I will...have..my...revenge! I SWEAR IT!"

All was then silent, with the exception of the oncoming pink-hued energy.

Falling to my knees, I cried out in frustration and with a new understanding. This is what I was supposed to see...that is why she attacked me on the street.

The energy washed over everything in sight and I realized what needed to be done. I must go back! I have to help her - somehow.

Okay, now you now know where the evil is coming from. As to who is the one that got possessed? That I regret, will have to wait for one more chapter. Stay tuned! The Sailor Moon characters are not mine, they are just fun to write about, that's all.

Till Next time,

Time Guardian