Evil Intentions
Part 2
by Time Guardian
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And now, without any further ado...more story!***
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I sat beside Serena's bedside, waiting for her to wake up.
It had already been twelve hours since we've been in this
place. Twelve hours, and she had not regained conciousness
yet. I come to work here almost every day, and never think
twice about it.
Twelve hours since the attack....it hurts me to think about
it. * If I had only...*
My eyes were heavy from lack of sleep, but I took her hand
in mine and caressed it softly.
My voice was tired and hoarse with emotion. "Come on, Serena.
Please come back to me. I need you..."
I want to be here for Serena when she wakes up, but my weary
body is wanting sleep....
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Someone's moaning.
I lifted my head, and realized that I had fallen asleep in
the chair beside Serena's bed...
I looked over at her, and realized that she was the one that
was moaning.
I took her hand in mine. "Serena?"
She opened her eyes....
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When I first opened my eyes, all I saw were white walls, and
light streaming in from a nearby window.
"Serena?"
I looked over to find Darien was sitting beside me. A feeling
of relief washed over me. *I'm safe...*
I wanted to ask him where we were, but it came out more like
a croak.
"Where...am...I?"
Darien brushed a strand of hair away from my face.
"You are in the hospital, honey. How do you feel?"
I tried to shift my position in bed, but a jolt of pain went
through me. "Like I was pummeled by twenty monsters," I said
with a groan.
My thoughts then turned to the baby. "Darien....the baby..."
Darien finished the thought that weighed heavily on my mind.
"...is fine. You were very lucky according to Ami....," he
broke off in midsentence.
I grabbed Darien's hand. "Darien, what is it?"
Darien turned and walked to the window, "I'm sorry Serena. I
failed to protect you. You could have gotten killed, and it was
my fault! If anything had happened to you, I..."
My heart went out to Darien. "Darien, don't. I'm alive. Banged
and bruised maybe, but I am alive, and so is our child."
Darien walked back over to the edge of my bed. I smiled, reached
my hand up, and squeezed his hand. "I love you, my Prince. Never
forget that."
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I stood there beside Serena's bedside, clutching her hand, my heart
full of love.
She just reminded me why I love her so much. I leaned over and
softly kissed her cheek.
"I never will, as long as you are here to remind me, my love."
She smiled, but then her face grew serious.
"Darien, I saw who was attacking us."
"Who was it?"
She then explained what she saw, and the dream she had.
(AN: Sorry guys, I am not ready to reveal it yet!)
I took it all in. *Queen Metallia, alive?*
Then I decided to tell her about the nightmare..
"Serena, I have a confession to make. I had a nightmare that
foretold the attack on your life..."
She looked at me in amazement. "No wonder you haven't been
sleeping! Hmm, I receive a dream telling who is attacking us,
and you receive a nightmare about the attack. I wonder if it's
from our friends in the future..."
"That's not important right now," I told her, "What is important
is that we have an enemy bent on revenge against you, and she is
using one of your friends to do it with."
"Right," she sighed," we have to help her. There's got to be a
way of defeating Metallia without hurting her in the process. The
Silver Crystal could probaly do it...."
"In your condition, the power from the Silver Crystal would kill
you! I wont let you do it..."
"Darien," her voice was pleading, " she is one of my best friends,
and will probaly die if we don't do something!" She sighed once
again, "But you are right, though, I don't have enough strength
to use the Silver Crystal on my own... hmm I think I have an idea,
but we'll need the help of everyone."
"Ami has gathered them all together downstairs, that would be easy
enough."
Serena looked thoughtful. "We don't want to tip off Metallia, though.
Ok, here's what we'll do..."
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Watching through the time gate is like slow torture.
They finally know who the enemy is. But the harder part is to come...
*Be careful, Serena, more than one life is at stake here...*
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***The final showdown, is next(and I swear, all will be revealed) !!!!!!!***
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My chance has come.
The Princess must die for what she has done to me.
Then I can resume my conquest of Earth in this new body............
No one will be able to stop me!
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After I met with Ami, I went back into Serena's room.
As I walked in, She looked at me with anticipation. "Well?"
"They are all outside, waiting to see you. Serena, are you sure about
this? A lot of this is riding on you and the Silver Crystal...."
She sighed. "Darien, I know how you feel, but we have to defeat Queen
Metallia before she hurts anyone else. With you and the other Sailor Senshi
supporting me, we should be able to defeat her once and for all..."
I walked closer to the side of her bed, and gave her a kiss.
"Be careful, my love."
Serena smiled. "You too...."
I turned and left the room to get the others *ok....showtime!*
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Ami, Lita, Mina, and Rei all came in at once and immediatly surrounded
me.
"Serena, we were so worried about you!" Lita said with concern in her
voice.
"We heard the baby's gonna be ok. How are you holding up?" Mina asked.
"I am feeling better. My back is healing rapidly. But knowing that my
baby is safe is the best feeling in the world..."
"I just wish that we could have gotten our hands on whoever tried to
kill you Serena. We should have been there..." Rei said with a fierce
determination in her voice.
*Here goes...*
I tried to keep my voice as even as possible. "But everything has turned
out fine. I wasn't seriously hurt, and neither was the baby. However, one
of you is not happy about that..."
Four very shocked gazes met mine head on.
"What do you mean by that Serena??" Lita asked, hurt in her voice, " We
would never hurt you!!!"
"For god sakes, Serena, I am your doctor!!" Ami shouted. "I took an oath
to heal people, not hurt them!!"
"Serena, you can't mean that," Mina said, also sounding very hurt.
I then turned my head to face Rei.
"How about you, Rei?" I asked. "Are you glad that I am ok?"
Rei began to look very uncomfortable. "I don't know what you mean. What
are you talking about??"
I drove the point home, "You were the one that attacked me in the street,
and tried to kill me, weren't you?"
"Serena, how can you say that??? We are best friends!! I would never do
anything to hurt you!" Rei shouted in denial.
"Rei, I know whats going on...or should I say Queen Metallia?"
Rei suddenly doubled over in agony. The others moved foward to help her,
but I held out a hand.
" She's not herself ..."
Rei's head whipped up to face me. I could no longer see her eyes, for they
were now radiating a red colored energy. And when she spoke, it was with
an evil voice I had last heard in my dream, a voice all too familiar.
" Well now....I gueesss my ssecretss out..." she hissed.
Rei/Queen Metallia walked towards my bed, a look of cold fury in her eyes,
"And now, to finish to the job!"
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I didn't believe Serena at first, when she said that Metallia had possesed
Rei's body. But now, seeing her in front of us...
"Ami," I shouted, "do it now!"
Ami, Lita, and Mina formed a circle around the bed, pulled out their
tranformation wands, and pointed them at Rei/Queen Metallia.
"Mercury Crystal Power!"
"Jupiter Crystal Power!"
"Venus Crystal Power!"
Power flowed from each of them, and surrounded Rei/Queen Metallia,
forming a shield that completely surrounded her.
She howled with rage, and began blasting at the shield by shooting energy
from her eyes.
Ami turned to the two of us.
"Hurry! We can't hold her for long!"
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Darien took my hand in his, and transformed into Prince Darien.
"Let's do this..." he said.
The Silver Crystal floated in front of me. I focused all of my strength
and love.
"Moon Healing Escalation!!"
The energy hit her full front, and she howled in pain.
I focused with all of my might. Darien had also joined me, and focused
his Earth energy through the crystal at her.
But it wasn't working. Rei/Queen Metallia stood to her full height, and
began to laugh.
I heard Metallia's voice. "You bitch! Do you think I would sit in this
body for seven years, and not learn a few tricks?? It's gonna take more
than the power of the crystal to defeat me!"
Her eyes glowed even brighter with evil power.
She blasted pure enregy straight at the shield that held her, propelling
Mina, Lita, and Ami against the walls of my room.
She then turned towards me once again..."And now for you......"
Darien tried to block her path, but a wave of her hand sent him flying
into a nearby wall.
She leapt across the room, and landed on top of me, her hands around my
neck, trying to choke me.
"NO!!!" I tried to cry out...but it wouldnt come.
I frantically tried to come up with another plan, but it was becoming to
hard to think...hard to breathe.
Suddenly, the pressure around around my throat loosened. Darien had pulled
her off of me and was trying to keep her in a arm lock.
"Try again, Serena!" He shouted.
I held up the Silver Crystal once more. *Please Rei....help us....*
"MOON HEALING...ESCALATION!!!"
The energy from the crystal hit her head on. This time though, she doubled
over as if in great pain...
and then the blue-hued energy that had infected my friend left her body.
Free of it's influence, Rei collapsed onto the floor.
Lita, Mina, and Ami, rushed over to Rei to see if she was all right.
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I stared at the mass of energy that was floating there.
*So this is Queen Metallia... the evil force that almost took my wife
away.*
Metallia's voice, weaker than before, now eminated from the cloud.
"You will not defeat me this time child..."
Serena's gaze turned cold.
"You have tried to hurt me and you have tried to hurt the people I
love! In the name of the future, you will not live to see it..."
She aimed the Silver Crystal directly at Queen Metallia.
"Cosmic Moon Power!"
The enregy from the crystal was brighter this time, and completly
engulfed Queen Metallia. Her form dissolved in front of our eyes.
"You did it Serena!" I shouted, as I made my way back to her bedside.
She looked very tired. *It must have been the crystal..*
"Is...Rei...ok?" She asked weakly.
I looked over as the others were helping Rei into a standing position.
I turned back to Serena. "Yes she is fine. You saved her, my love."
She smiled and grasped my hand. "No , we did it. I couldn't have done
it without you and the others."
She then closed her eyes, "Weak....I feel so very weak..."
Ami came up beside me.
"Darien, that fight took a lot out of her...let me check her over while
you help with Rei..."
I leaned in close and kissed her. "Get some rest honey, you deserve
it."
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Later...
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I woke up to find that it was night time. I don't know how long I slept.
I looked over at the chair beside me, expecting to find Darien. Instead, Rei
was sitting there looking at me.
"About time you woke up, meatball head," she teased, "how are you feeling?"
"Much better," I said with a smile, "how about you, are you ok?"
Rei looked at the floor a second.
"I knew something was wrong. I couldn't exactly pin it down, I tried a dozen
different fire readings, but they would tell me nothing. I guess.... she was
waiting for the right moment to try and kill you."
"Rei....there was nothing you could have done. She had full control of you..."
Rei smiled.
"Almost. When you first hit me with a blast from the crystal, I knew you had
come for me...thats how I was able to help cast Queen Metallia out of me when
you tried it a second time."
"What matters is that we are all safe," I said with a yawn. "Besides, Darien
and I have a question for you."
"Sure Serena, what is it?" Rei said with a puzzled look.
"Well, Darien and I we talking about this, and we were wondering. Would you
consent to be the baby's godmother?"
Rei grew misty eyed. "Me?? I..would be honored Serena...thank you."
I smiled. "Good. It's settled then. Umm, Rei, could you see if the night
staff could bring some food around? I am starving..."
She laughed. "Same old Serena....I'll be right back."
As she walked out of the room, I looked out of the window. From my vantage
point, I could see the moon quite clearly. It was at the stage where it was
a perfect crescent shape.
*The moon is beautiful tonight...*
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Nine months....
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They try and prepare you for the labor experience, but
when it finally hits, all rational thought goes out the window.
I laid on the bed, panting through a contraction, while Darien
stood by my side, clutching my hand.
Ami was at the foot of the bed, tending to the task at hand.
"C'mon Serena, you're almost there. One more push!"
"UNNNNGGGH!" I grunted then bore down once again.
The pain was there, but then, it was if a great pressure was released.
The baby slid out into Ami's outstrecthed arms.
Ami cut the umbilical cord, and suctioned the fluid from the baby's mouth.
Drying the baby off in a towel, she bundled the baby up and handed her
to me.
"Congratulations Serena, you and Darien have a lovely baby
daughter."
I looked at our baby daughter. She was the most beautiful thing I had ever
seen. I opened the blanket a tad near her head, and then I saw it:
The pinkest hair I had ever seen.
Darien smiled down at the two of us. "Looks like Rini has come to stay..."
I smiled and looked into her angelic face. "Baby Serenity...."
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I always love that memory. The day our daughter was born
was a day that brought joy into our lives.
"My Queen! What are you doing here at the Time Gate?"
Sailor Pluto walked towards me, an expression of amazement on her
face.
"I was just reliving some past memories, Pluto. No need to concern
yourself."
Somehow, I do not think she was convinced.
When I looked back upon then events happening around that time, I
knew I was getting help from somewhere. But it didn't feel like Pluto's
handiwork...
I smiled at the paradox. Who would think someone could help their past
self?
"I better get back to the palace. We are celebrating Rini's birthday
tomorrow, and there is much to prepare."
"I understand. Good day to you, my Queen....and I must say, I couldn't
have done a better job myself."
*She knew all along??!!*
I chuckled. *Why should I be surpised??? She is the Guardian of Time...*
I walked back towards the palace, back to the family I love so much.
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T H E E N D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would like to thank all of the people who have sent me feedback on
this story. This one was fun to work on, because I love a good mystery.
But for now, school beckons **Groan**. I will be back, but until then,
I remain faithfully:
Time Guardian
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