Author : Serenita Title: Stalkers Anonymous Rating: A High Pg-13 (Violence, Language) HI! Me again. I hope you like this one. Some might think it's mean or cruel, but it happens! People do things like this for these reasons. High school bombings and stuff like this happen for these reasons. It's kind of weird and was stuck in my head. I will probably get a lot of flames for it but that's okay. There is a lot of truth to it. Enjoy! A group of guys sat around laughing and joking in amidst of the smoke hanging in the air around them. They were all drunk and obviously high on something. The seven sat around looking at pictures of teenage girls that were spread all over the room. They were the Stalkers Anonymous group. Already they had stalked and killed four girls for Juuban Jr. High school. They celebrated because they were now wanted in all of Japan and were very excited. "That last kill was a beauty! She was screaming and hollering like nothing you've ever heard!" One of them cried out, snorting as he laughed. "Yeah, but who should do the next kill?" Asked one as he took a long draw of his crack and sighed. "I will." Spoke a voice. They looked at him. "You sure your up to it?" called the leader of the group. "Your just a rookie." "I can do it." He reached down and pulled out a picture of a young, blonde girl with her hair done up in pigtails with buns. Her blue eyes gazed into his through the picture.  He smiled to himself. "This one." They all looked at his choice and nodded in agreement. He smiled. "Serena Tuskino, you are my victim. Serena was walking down her sidewalk after school. For once she didn't have detention and was happy about it. One more day with hearing Ms. H talk about her life being so boring because she didn't have a boyfriend she thought she might go crazy. There hadn't been many yoma attacks lately and that made her happy. More time for Darien! She walked up to her house and stopped to check the mail. There were a few bills, a letter to her mother from her grandparents and a letter for her. She looked at it strangely. It just had her name sprawled across it with no return address. She opened it up and read it. Even Returning In City A Never Done History Is Seen Going And Not Going Answers Real Enduring Will Always Take Care Here In Nothing Gone You'll Only Understand She didn't know at all what this meant. It made absolutely NO sense! The symbol at the bottom looked like a heart with vines weaved around and through it. It looked familiar but she didn't know from where. She walked in and showed it to her mother. "Maybe it's a poem, from a secret admirer!" She dragged out the admirer part and Serena rolled her eyes. "Mother, I HAVE a boyfriend, thank you very much!" She said sticking her nose up in the air. Her mother shook her head and laughed. " I know that, Serena, but many boys can still like you. Your very attractive...at least, when you're not klutzing out or saying something air headed." Her mother said playfully. "Ohhhhhhh! If you didn't have such great cooking, I'd slug you right now!" She shouted back at her mother. She ran up the stairs into her room and called Amy. "Anderson residence." "Hey Ames!" "Oh, Hi, Serena!" "So what are you doing?" "Just studying for next month's test." "Why would you do a thing like that?" "I'm behind." "Oh. Say Ames I just got this letter and it's really weird." "Who's it from?" "I don't know. There's no return address or name." "What does it say?" "Even Returning In City, A Never Done, History Is Seen, Going And Not Going, Answers Real Enduring, Will Always Take Care Here In Nothing Gone, You'll Only Understand." "Hmmmm. Sounds like a poem or something." "Yeah I know, but it's kind of weird." "Maybe someone put it in the wrong mail box." "Maybe...no that can't be. It had my name on it." "Well, I don't know. IT just might be nothing. I gotta go now. More studying to do!" "Bye Ames." "Bye, Serena." Serena hung up the phone and sighed. "Oh well. Better do my homework. Nothing else to do." So in one of it's many rare moments, Serena did her homework. The whole time thinking about the letter. Suddenly the phone rang. "S-E-R-E-N-A! Telephone! Chirped her mother's voice. "Got it! Hello." "Hey, Serena." Her heart stopped. She had heard that smooth, soft voice before. "St...Stanton?" she stammered out. "Yeah." "Oh my gosh! HI! How are you?" "Pretty good. Listen girl I can't talk long. I just got in town and will be staying here for a little while and wanted to call you and let you know that I will be looking for you and want to see you, K?" Serena nodded. "Yeah, sure." "How long has it been?" "Since summer camp? Oh... Two years maybe." She heard him chuckle. "Yeah, two years of agony without you." Serena blushed. "Well, I'll see ya around k?" "K! BYE!" "Bye!" Serena hung up the phone. She hadn't seen her old friend Stanton for about two years. She couldn't wait to see him. But, she hoped Darien wouldn't get jealous, which he never did. Usually.  She walked over to her bed and laid down on it. The sun was setting and she watched the purples and oranges and reds blend together in a rainbow of colors. She smiled and realized that that was how she felt with Darien. Beautiful and mysterious. Her mother called her down for some dinner. She raced downstairs for food. "Who was that?" She asked curiously. "Stanton." "STANTON?" "Uh huh." "Really." "Yep." "This conversations getting far." "Yep." "I just told your teacher that you wouldn't be coming back to school forever." "REALLY!?!?!?!" "No. But it got your attention." "GRRRRR!" Her mother laughed. "So, when are you going to see him?" Serena thought for a moment. "I...I didn't ask when." Her mother sighed and rolled her eyes. "He said he'd call back though." Her mother nodded and went back to eating dinner. "Where's, Rini?" Serena asked. "Spending the night at her friends for the next few days. Project and sleep over." "You spoil her so bad." Serena walked to the Arcade happily to meet her friends. She was beaming as she walked in and saw her friends sitting at the table drinking cokes and stuff. Amara and Michelle was there which surprised her, but she was happy that they came. They had a milkshake waiting for her. She sat down. She sipped her drink and kind of zoned out. "....na...Serena....SERENA!" "WHAT!" She jumped as Raye yelled in her ear. "Took you long enough." "You totally zoned out on us." "Yeah, what's up?" "Well, two years ago I went to summer camp. I met a guy there named Stanton. We became close friends and were almost boyfriend and girlfriend. But he lived on the other side of Japan so I couldn't really talk to him or see him. It was a tearful goodbye. He called me last night and is in Tokyo! I am just so excited." The girls smiled but Raye frowned. "What about Darien?" "What about him?" "Have you bothered to tell him that your "Ex -boyfriend" is in town and wants to see you?" "No." "Don't you think Darien just might want to know?" "Know what?" Came a deep voice from behind them. They jumped and slowly turned to see Darien behind them. He had his arms crossed in front of his chest, an eyebrow cocked, and tapping his foot impatiently. "Nothing!" They said simultaneously and turned back to drinking their drinks in silence. He sighed. He sat down next to Serena and looked at her. She slowly turned her head to look at him. He stared at her with interest. She sighed in defeat. "Darien, and old boyfriend is coming to town and I wan to see him." He looked surprised at first and then smiled. "Is that what you were hiding from me?" "Yes, I thought you'd get upset." "I'm not. You see I trust you. Not him. So I want to meet him too." "Are you sure?" "Positive." He smiled and leaned over and kissed her. The girls sighed. "I wish I had a guy as understanding as Darien." Said Mina. "I wish I had a GUY!" They all burst out laughing. They soon left after a good half hour of gossip. Darien walked Serena home. They walked into her house to see Stanton and a strange boy sitting on the couch. "STANTON!" He turned and his face light up when he saw her. "Serena!" He stood up and ran to her. She threw her arms around him and gave him a great bear hug. "Oh my GOD! STANTON! How did you find where I lived?" "I have my ways." He said with a sly smile. She just laughed and hugged him tighter. Darien cleared his throat a little louder than usual. Serena turned to see Darien. Jealousy danced in his eyes. "Stanton, this is my..." "Her boyfriend, Darien." He held out his hand and shook his hand with a force that said 'you even so as hurt a hair on her head, I will kick the @&*# out of you'.  He looked at little scared of him and looked at Serena. She grabbed his arm. "Why don't we all go upstairs and talk. Stanton looked over at the guy that had come with him. "You okay right here, Eric?" The boy nodded and smiled. Serena, Stanton, and Darien walked upstairs to her room. "So Stanton, how exactly did you find your way here?" "You know that kid down there, Eric? He said you were a classmate of yours and knew where you lived.  So I drove him so her could show me where you lived. Your Mom went Crazy, let us both in, and attacked us with sweets. Your Mom's a good cook." Serena smiled widely. "How do you like my room?" He looked around and saw that is had been painted blue, sponge painted, and stars and moons had been stenciled on the walls. Darien looked around to. "It's pretty." They both said simultaneously. They looked at each other and both cracked a grin. "And you haven't seen the view! I see the sunset perfectly." Darien and Serena walked over to the window. "Do you like it? Stanton?" She turned around. He walked over. "It's just like on lake Kunjri ." Serena nodded and smiled. After awhile of talking Stanton had to leave. He gave her a great big hug as he left. He whispered in her ear as he left. "I'll come back, don't worry." She smiled and watched him go with Eric. Darien and Serena ran up stairs. They sat on the bed talking awhile. "Serena, what is this?" She looked over and saw a small envelope in Darien's hand. It just had her name sprawled on it. Just like the letter before. She opened up. When Evening Washes In Life Living Kind In Life Loving Yearn Only Under  Starlight Ever Return Ending Needs Answers -We will- It just had the same symbol at the bottom like the last on had. Darien saw her face turn slightly pale. "What is it?" She handed him the letter. He read it. "Sounds like a demented poem." "I... I have another one." He looked at her. "Just like this?" She shook her head. She pulled out the other note and read it. " They have to same symbol at the bottom. Same twisted way." "Darien, I think I might be being stalked." He looked at her worriedly. "Do... Do you want me to stay?" She shook her head. "No, I'll be okay." "Promise me something." "What?" "If you get another one of these...call the police, okay?" She nodded. He smiled and leaned foreword and kissed her. "I don't want you to get hurt." She smiled. "I'll be okay." He smiled and left. She got dressed for bed and stared at the moon. She slowly fell asleep into a dreamless night. "S-E-R-E-N-A! You have mail!" Her mother called her in a singsong voice. After shopping all day she was really tiered and was hard to move. "COMING!" She slowly got up and walked downstairs. She grabbed her mail from her mother. A magazine, junk mail, junk mail, and an envelope with her name sprawled across it. Her hand trembled as she held the envelope in her hand. She slowly opened it. Same symbol at the bottom, same twisted style. Nothing On On Nothing Else Wishing In Love Life Hell Envy's Loves Price Yearn Only Understand Stanton Could Answer Not Nothing Only Time Envy Risks In Class Wants Ice Life Long Kindness In Long Last Yearn On Under Today On More Only Run Rave On Wishes And Time Tries Hard Ready Every Earth -Be waiting and watching- It was long than all the others. She felt tears run down her face. He mother walked in. "Serena what is wrong?" She handed her mother the letters and stared the blankly at the wall. "I think I am being stalked, mom." Her mother looked at her and then grabbed the phone to call the police. "Who could it be?" Darien held Serena close to him. Everyone came over when Serena's mom called the police. "Do you know anyone, anyone at all who would do this?" The Police asked. Serena shook her head. Darien stared silently at the wall. "Stanton." He said plainly. All looked at him. "WHAT!?!" "He had all the right motives. Serena started to get the letters when HE came into town. He was in her room and we turned our back on him, he could have easily place a note on her dresser, and his name is on the last note. It has to be him. It's so obvious." All stared at him. Realization came over them all. It was him! He had all the perfect chances. "Does anyone know where he is?" Serena and Darien nodded. "At the Tokyo Hotel, room 565." The police left and went after Stanton. An hour later they received a call saying that Stanton was in custody and there was nothing to worry about. All her friends and Darien stayed at her house. Darien was going to spend the night in the guest room to make sure Serena was okay. Her father actually agreed! Amy was quiet the whole time. "Serena?" Amy asked as she was about to leave. "Yes?" "Do you have a copy of all the letters you were sent?" "Yes." "Can I have them, please?" Serena nodded, confused. "Why?" she asked as she handed them to her. "I just want to do some research." "Okay, good bye, you guys!" "BYE!" Darien was up in Serena's room lying on her bed. He was really sleepy and Serena could tell. He had spent most of the night making sure she was okay. Her parents had left to go to a banquet across town. Her father made it pretty clear that nothing "bad" should happen. When he said that it made them both turn bright red. She gently stroked his hair and soon he fell asleep. She smiled as she watched him sleep. He looked so cute like that. She realized that she was hungry and looked at the clock and saw that it was almost Three O'clock. She ran downstairs quietly to get a snack. Amy sat her desk going through Serena's letters. She had a gut feeling that Stanton wasn't the stalked. It just made no sense. She knew there was a code to it and she didn't know how to break it. She had tried everything. Every other word, last letter , middle letter, every other letter, nothing worked. She was about to quit when she realized something. On the first note, if you added to first letter of every word that was on one line it spelt out a word. She quickly deciphered the first note. It said; Eric and his gang are watching you Eric? Who was he? Then she remembered. He was in their class at school. He told Stanton where  Serena lived. He was downstairs at the time when the Second letter appeared. He could have put it there! She quickly figured out the second one. We will kill you Serena, we will It sent chills up her spine. Serena was in Danger! There still was a third one. She read it and gasped as she figured it out. No one will help you Stanton cannot Eric will kill you tomorrow at three Be watching and waiting She looked at the clock. It was quarter after three! She call Serena's house as quick as she could and prayed she wasn't too late. Serena walked over to her refrigerator. She opened the door and search for something to eat. Suddenly a hand came around and slapped a cloth with chloroform on it over her mouth and nose and an arm around her waist. Eric held it there until she passed out in his arms and smiled evilly in triumph. Darien awoke to the phone ringing off the hook. He picked it up in a groggy voice answered it. "Hello?" "Darien, it's Amy. Is Serena with you?" She sounded panicky. He looked around for her. "I don't know, hold on." He took the phone with him down stairs. The Refrigerator door was swinging open. Her front door was open. On the table there was a message written on a pad of paper. He picked it up and read it. We got her. She is ours. Don't try to find her. You never will. -Stalkers Anonymous- He stared at the paper in disbelief. His vision got all blurry. "Darien? DAREIN!?!" He could hear Amy screaming through the phone. He slowly lifted it up to his ear. "They got her." He said slowly, calmly, and yet terrifyingly at to same time. He didn't know how three little words could make someone break down, but Amy did. After a while of silence she spoke to him. "We have to talk to Stanton." "Why?" "He might know where they took her." "I'll meet you at the Police station. Bring the girls." And he hung up. He ran for his coat, and locked the door. He went off to the police station praying that Stanton would know. Darien ran in and grabbed the nearest officer. "I need to talk to Stanton Perst." "Is he a prisoner?" "Yes. It's really urgent." He didn't know he was screaming, cause the police officer told him to lower the decibels. "Okay, calm down." He led him to a small room. A piece of glass separated the Prisoners from the people they were talking with. Darien sat down and waited impatiently. Stanton came in hand cuffed and sat down at the opposite side. He looked at Darien oddly. He could have sworn hate passed through his eyes. Stanton's features turned cold and hard. "Stanton, I know you are innocent." "It's a little late to say that, don't you think? How could you have ever thought I would do something like that to Serena?" "You had all the motives. Your name was in the letter. It was an honest mistake." Stanton looked at Darien for a second. "How am I going to get out then?" "That's not why I am here though. I can't get you out, yet. Serena..." His voice trailed off. "Serena was  captured by Eric. I don't know where on earth he could have taken her. Do you have any clue? I have to save her before it's too late!" His voice was desperate. Stanton stared at Darien, trying to see if he was telling the truth. When he saw the fear and desperation in his eyes, he knew. "Eric showed me this place when I was driving him home. HE asked me if I thought it would be the perfect hideout. I agreed. It's the Old warehouse on Center Street. You have to hurry. Save her!" "Thank you." And with that he got up and left. He ran out the front door as the girls were walking in. "She's at the old warehouse on Center Street." And he took off running. The girls followed after him, confused and worried. Serena awoke to find the world blurry. When it came clear she saw she was in a room with a lamp overhead. Her hands were tied behind her back and she was in a chair. She heard laughter and looked up to find at least 7 guys staring at her. They laughed in her face. "Where, am I?" She asked confused. "In the old warehouse by Center Street." The voice sounded familiar and raspy. "Rick?" They all burst out laughing. "For once the dumb blonde is quick." Serena realized what was going on. She was scared and angry all at once. "Who are you calling dumb!?!" She cried angrily. "Whoa ho!" They all cried and laughed. Then one roughly grabbed her by her shoulders and squeezed his grip around her tight. "I wouldn't be smart mouthing missy. Your not in control." "What do you want with me?" "Fame, fortune." "How can I give you that?" "By letting us kill you?" "WHAT!?!" "We ask for a ransom, we get money, kill you for the fun, and move on. Instant fame." "Your CRAZY! All of you!" They laughed wickedly. One walked around and whispered in her ear. "Only crazy for you." And he licked the back of her neck. She screamed but could do nothing. "This will be fun!" One cried. "Your...your insane! How can this be fun?" "We can get attention!" One snapped at her. "Huh?" "At school, we're all just losers. No one ever pays any attention to us and are treated badly. But by doing this, we are recognized." "That's not how you get friends or attention! You have to be nice and at least be friendly. People are nice to you at school." "So what! We aren't popular!" "What does that matter? It could be worse. You could be starving to death in some country, or under slavery, but no, you don't have to do any of that. Popularity doesn't matter in the real world." "How would you know? Your popular." It hit her then. She was popular at school. Many people she never paid attention to. She regretted it now. "Even if what you say is true, it doesn't matter, no one will like or pay attention to us, so lets get this done." "You're a bunch of psychopaths!  You need help all of you! Let me out you bastards!" One slapped her hard across the cheek, leaving a cut and bruise behind. "Shut up, Bitch!" She stared back in fear. Eric walked foreword with a coil in his hand. "Are you ready to die?" He said it so calmly and coolly that it sent chills up her spin. Suddenly the door of the warehouse burst open. There stood Raye, Lita, Amy, Mina, Amara, Michelle, and a very pissed Darien. Eric's gang turned and walked up to face them. Seven against seven. It was even. Raye had skill and power, Lita had karate abilities, Amy had wit and wisdom, Mina had cleverness and sleekness, Amara had fighting skills, and Michelle, had everything. Darien had strength, wisdom, and a whole lot of other things. The other gang had... themselves. Serena thought that is was an unfair to Eric's team, but she didn't care now, they wanted to kill her! "Who do you think you are, Super hero's?" The girls and Darien laughed at the fact that they really were. "You would be surprised." "Would we?" "Yes." "We can take a bunch of girls and a wimpy little guy." That set them all after each other. The girls kicked butt. Darien maneuvered his way over to Serena after knocking a few punches into the guys. He threw his arms around her. "Serena, I am so glad you're okay!" "Me too, but Darien, could you untie me?" He looked at her strangely for a second. "OH! Yeah, sure." He quickly untied her. They turned to face the rumble that was going on. The girls were kicking the guy's butts, big time! "We got to get you out of here!" he said panicky. Suddenly, a guy jumped on Darien's back and started wrestling Darien to the ground. The guy was pretty fat. She tried to run and help him but soon Eric grabbed a hold of her and threw her to the ground. She landed hard and knocked the wind out of her. He straddled her and held the coil against her neck, choking her.  She was gasping for air but couldn't get any. He gritted through his teeth. "You are not letting me lose my first kill!" He yelled. Did he think she was game? Minutes passed like hours. Out of the corner of her eyes she could see Darien desperately trying to struggle to get to her but pulled back by the fat guy. The girls had their hands full. Serena knew she was dying. Her vision was getting blurry, black surrounded the edges of her vision and closed in. Soon all she saw was darkness. Oblivion. Darien saw Eric choking Serena and there was nothing he could do about it. This guy was killing him. He saw Eric stand up from over Serena. She lied there, motionless and lifeless. "NO!" He screamed. He knocked the guy that was beating him against the wall, knocking him out cold. Fear can drive you to immeasurable things. He ran to her. Eric turned around and saw Darien coming for him. Darien gave Eric a direct uppercut punch, knocking him out cold. He bent over Serena and felt for breathing and  a pulse. There was none. He started CPR on her. A few seconds later the girls ran over and saw Serena lying there, Darien giving her CPR. One minute passed. Still nothing. Two minutes. He began to worry that her windpipe had been broken. Why oh WHY didn't he bring the police with him!?! The girls had called them though. Suddenly Serena started to cough. Her eyes flew open and she was gasping for air. He sat her up so she could get air. The girls started to laugh and jump overjoyed that they didn't lose their friend. They cried tears of happiness, because they didn't lose their princess. Darien held her tight in a hug. He cried too. "I though a lost you." He whispered. Through he heavy breathing she replied. "Never." He hugged her and held her close. Then the police came in pulled the infamous "Stalkers Anonymous" group to jail. The girls were congratulated on their work. The paramedics took Serena to the hospital. She would be okay. She was lucky. "Do you have to leave so soon?" Serena said sadly. Stanton nodded and smiled. "I have to leave this town. Go back home." Darien smiled. "And I was just starting to like you." Stanton looked at Darien and smiled. He lifted his hand. Darien stared at it for a minute and then shook it. "We must have something in common." Stanton said smiling. "We have great taste in girls." The two laughed and Serena blushed. He turned to her and hugged her tight. "I'll miss you." She said. "I'll miss you too." He let go and hopped on the train to his home. "Don't forget me, Serena Tuskino. I'll never forget you." "I won't. Come back sometime!" She said waving. "I will!" and then he was too out of sight to be heard. Serena turned to Darien. He bent down and kissed her. She smiled. "We've been through Yoma's, villains, Beryl, the Doom Phantom, Mistress Nine, Pharaoh 90, a group of stalkers, 10,000 years, and many rivals, is there anything our love can't handle?" He bent down and kissed her harder and more passionate. She smiled and shrugged. "I guess not." Hope you liked it! E-mail me any comments.