The New Scouts
(page 5)
Shifter looks up at him. "Myo, I know you. You are not like him!"
Myo hesitates and then shuts the door. "You're just trying to get me to let you go. I don't think so! You're going to be here a while, so you might as well just get used to the place."
Shifter starts to cry for once as Myo hears it.
Myo winces. "Shut up in there!" He can't stand the crying and leaves.
Shifter tries to do a spell to send memories into his mind. Myo stops and starts remembering vivid pictures of his past. Mike comes in and sees him. He runs to Shifter and grabs her and beats her.
Shifter falls to the ground in a bloody heap.
Myo rushes over. "What are you doing? You can't kill her if you want Serene here."
Shifter detransforms, gets up and backs up to the wall, letting the tears fall.
Mike gets up. "You're right." He looks at Nyo with cold eyes. "If you try to do anything to him, to me, or even try contacting Serene, there will be no one here to stop me from what I was about to do." Nyo glares at him through her tears. Mike closes the door and deadbolts it. "No one is to go near her. Don't even think of helping her either! He leaves and takes Myo with him; they go to get guards for her door.
Nyo brings her legs up to her chest and cries tears that have been unshed for 17 years.
**** The next day*****
Serene and the gang are at the arcade talking; there's no sign of Andrew anywhere.
"I wonder where he could be." Serena ponders as she plays the Sailor V game.
"You know, it's probably one of his days off. I think he deserves it, he's worked so much since Rita's left him," Mina says as she watches Serena lose the game.
"Yea, he deserves a break." Rei looks around the room.
Lita looks at Serene, who's in a corner all by herself. "Poor thing. It must be horrible to lose her friend like that."
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Nyo is just waking up when someone opens the door to her cell. It's only one of the wolves’, who throws her a tray of food.
"This'll last you the day." He walks out and leaves her alone.
Nyo looks down at the food and curls up away from him and again tries to contact Myo.
Myo hears her faintly, but brushes it off. He looks at Mike and says, "What are we going to do with her until Serene does eventually give herself up?"
Nyo tries harder. "I know you can hear me Myo!"
Myo tells her, "Stop trying this! Mike is going to sense you and kill you!"
"I DON"T CARE!"
"Don't you want to see your friend?" Myo sees Mike stirring. "Oh, no, I think he knows, leave me alone!" He says something under his breath and he can't hear Nyo anymore, and she can't hear him either.
Nyo slumps down and cries some more.
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Everyone tries cheering Serene up by treating her to some ice cream. Serene just pushes it away.
"I know what you are going through. You've known her much longer than I have in this lifetime, but I think that she'll be alright. We'll find a way to her, I promise you that!" Serena smiles.
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Mike walks into the cell and Nyo jumps away from him.
"Don't worry, I haven't come to hurt you today, I'm not in the mood yet." He checks the chains and looks at her. "You didn't have to make this so hard." He walks away and shuts the door.
Nyo says nothing but picks at the wall around her chain with a knife.
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"Thanks for trying to cheer me up guys, but I won't be happy until we find Nyo." Serene looks up and sees Andrew.
"Hey guys!"
Everyone says a loud, "Hey!"
"So, ummm, what's with the long faces??"
"Something bad happened yesterday. Our friend Nyo has disappeared." Rei looks at him,
"You mean the tough girl?"
Lita comments, "Yea, that's her."
"So do we know where she went?"
"No, we don't." Serena realizes that Andrew had seen Serene, Nyo, Darien, and herself transform. "Um, Andrew, do you remember what happened yesterday?"
Andrew nods, "Afraid so... S.M."
Serene looks at Andrew's arm, which is wrapped up. "What happened? Did Myo do that to you?"
Andrew nods. He winces when Serene gently touches it. "It really hurts."
"I bet!!"
"So, has Myo taken Nyo?"
Serene nods slowly.
"I'm sorry I couldn't stay last night; I should have been there to save her."
"No one could save her, Andrew."
"I still should have been there. Well, any clues on where she is?" She takes a seat next to Ami.
With a blank expression, Serene says, "She's in a dark cold place!"
Andrew sees that Serene is on the verge of crying; he looks at the others and says, "Can I steal her away for a moment?"
Serena and the others look at each other and nod.
Andrew holds out his hand to Serene. "Come on, let me show you something."
Serene nods. "Okay, I guess."
Andrew helps her up and they go toward the park. "There's this place in the park where people say that the plants are 'to die for'. I know you like flowers and I thought it would be a good place for us to relax."
Serene nods numbly.
Andrew leads her there. "Here we are."
Serene looks up and her jaw drops. "Wow! It's beautiful!" She looks at the assortment of flowers and sees her favorite. "Omg, white roses! They look so great!" She bends down and plucks one.
Andrew smiles.
"Wait, how did you know that I liked flowers?"
Andrew shrugs.
She looks around. "Wow, this is so great! Thank you so much!" She stops and sees some lilies and frowns a little.
"What is it?"
"It's just that those were Nyo's favorite." She begins sobbing and Andrew pulls her to him.
"It's ok, we'll find her."
"Oh god, I hope so."
"Everything will be ok. I swear to you that I'll find her and destroy those two guys!"
"NO!"
"What? Why not? They deserve it!"
"Myo is, well, special to Nyo. I wouldn't want to do that to her."
"Oh, I see. Well, then I guess I'll just have the pleasure of killing Mike."
Serene only nods, still thinking about poor Nyo.
"After the way he treated you back at his castle, when he kidnapped you, he deserves to die. That bastard!"
"Yes. Yes he does. Wait..."
Andrew interrupts her. "Where's Nyo again? Is she in Mike's castle?"
Serene nods.
"Don't you remember where that was?! In the 2nd dimension! We have to go find the others; we have to go there to save Nyo."
Serene looks at him puzzled. "How did you know where it was? And how are you going to fight him, you don't even have any powers!"
"I don't know! Memories I guess."
"Memories?" She looks into Andrew's eyes. "It is you! You're Cosmic Knight, aren't you?!"
Andrew rubs the back of his neck. "Err, yea."
"I knew it! It was too good to be true! You HAVE come back to me!" She hugs Andrew tightly.
Andrew hugs her back.
Serene whispers. "Welcome back my prince." They look at each other, smile, and kiss each other passionately.
