Title: Guarding Angel
Author: Ice Rose
Email: Ice_Rose16@hotmail.com
Disclaimer: I don’t own any of these characters.
~Darien~
“Serena, we’re finished!” I scream as I notice the beautiful, magnificent, blond beauty following me.
“B. . .but Darien, WHY?” she asks me as she falls to her knees, tears streaming down her face. I want to spill all about the nightmares I’ve been having. I want to take her in my arms and kiss the living daylights out of her until there are no more tears. But, I know that I cannot. I know that if I do she very well could die. Again my heart shatters into a million pieces.
“I don’t want to live in the past. I’m not going to let my life be ruled by something that happened a thousand years ago.” I say as my heart is tearing apart with every word that I utter. ‘Why are you doing this to yourself?’ screams my heart as if it was trying to jar some sense into me. ‘Because if I don’t she will die!’ I scream back effectively silencing the voice. I turn and walk away because I cannot stand her heart-wrenching sobs anymore.
~Serena~
I stayed there for I don’t know how long. My heart crying out in pain. Then a shadow falls over me and I look up. Standing there is a tall blondhaired man looking down at me. “Hey, what’s wrong? Are you okay?” He asks kindly.
"No, not really.” I whimper dejectedly.
“You wanna go somewhere and tell me about it. It will make you feel better.” He states. I don’t know why but I feel as if I could trust this man utterly. As if he was someone who isn’t normal, like some kind of being that wasn’t human.
“I guess so.” I say softly. He takes my hands and helps me up. We walk to the park not saying anything. He sits me down on a bench by the lake and asks,
“What happened back there?”
“Did you see the whole thing?” I ask even more softly because I am extremely embarrassed that I let all my emotions go in public. I usually don’t do that unless I’m with my friends. But, then again, I never act normal when I’m around Darien.
“Yeah, I did. Who was that guy?”
“The person I love and the person who I thought loved me.” I reply, hurt and resentment lacing my voice. “I was so stupid. I actually though he could love a klutzy, brain-dead, teenager like me.” Then I spill the whole story of Darien and me to this total stranger, leaving out the parts about our alter egos, of course. “I can’t believe I just told you that, I don’t even know your name.” I say with disbelief.
“Well I can fix that easily. My name is Eric, and your name is. . .”
“Oh yeah, my name is Serena.” I say embarrassed now that I had told all my deepest feelings to a person I had barely known for half an hour.
“How ‘bout I take you home so you don’t get in trouble for being out so late.” He says concern still in his voice.
“Okay.” He leads me to the parking lot and I get into his cerulean blue Camaro. When we get to my house we both get out and he walks me to my door.
“Maybe, we cam meet sometime and do something.” He said with an unmistakable degree of hope in his voice.
“Sure, I’d like that.” I reply, even though my heart is protesting, urging me to still be true to Darien. I viciously tell it to shut up and this time it actually listened to me. We said goodbye and he left.
~Darien~
I’m sitting in the arcade and now I’m staring off into space, thinking of how badly I had screwed up my life yesterday by letting Serena go. Then that damn dream pops into my mind and I am even more determined to stay away from her. “Hey Dare, why so mopy today?”
“Nothing Andrew, just leave me alone.” I reply suddenly not wanting any companionship.
“No dude, really, what’s wrong?”
“Like I said before, nothing, please stop pestering me.” I was in a totally rotten mood now that I think about it. I shouldn’t have been so cold to Andrew. As of yesterday he is my best, and only if I might add, friend. I can’t believe that I have been away from Serena for more that 12 hours. It’s a novelty to me, I never could stay away long and even when I wasn’t with Serena I always saw her and managed to talk to her.
~Andrew~
There is something really wrong with Darien. I can’t point it out though. You would think I’d be able to, hell, I’ve been the guy’s best friend forever and a day, but no, Darien keeps his heart and mind locked away between steel doors. There’s only one person I know of that could weld through those doors. That was Serena. Maybe she can tell me what’s wrong when she gets here. I didn’t have to wait long. As usual she came through the doors around three-thirty. What really alarmed me is that she didn’t bounce into Darien’s arms and he didn’t look up and smile like he usually did when she entered a room. Instead I saw Serena walk over to a booth in the corner of the arcade and sit dejectedly down. This time when Darien looked up there was a mask of pain on his face visible to anyone who wasn’t completely blind instead of a smile.
~Serena~
I looked at Darien as I walked into the door of the arcade. I hoped that yesterday had been only a horrible nightmare. But with the cold look he gave me I knew it wasn’t and I died a thousand deaths. I sat in a lonely booth in a corner of the arcade and stared out the window. Memories of my short time with him passing through my mind’s eye. Then I felt a tingling at the back of my neck that told me somebody was staring at me and I hoped it was him. I turned to see who was there and found no one. It was probably just my imagination conjuring something I thought Darien felt for me that he really didn’t.
~Eric~
I watch as I see the girl I have come to care for get shot down by the only person she could ever love. I feel like going and ripping him apart as he lets her world die. But, that is not what I was sent down here for. I might as well go over and comfort her because she’ll need it right about now. I don’t notice her look up with hope in her eyes but I know she does because I am physically and mentally attuned to her.
~Serena~
Just as I convince myself Darien wasn’t looking at me I see Eric. He comes over and sits down in the booth with me. “You’re still pretty messed up about Darien, aren’t you?” He questions gently.
“Yes.” I say as I break down and sob on the table. “I don’t understand how he could go from loving me one day to hating me the next. I just don’t get it.” I wail probably bursting his eardrums in the process.
“Well, you want him back don’t you?” He asks.
“Of course I do, how can I not?” I whimper.
“How ‘bout we make him totally and insanely jealous?”
“How am I gonna do that, the guy doesn’t even like me.” I question without hope.
“I know for sure he still loves you. We just gotta make him understand how much he needs you. As for your first question, you could pretend you’re going out with me.” He says mischievously.
~Eric~
I watch her face as she absorbs my idea. Finally, I see acceptance on her face. “Yes.” she shouts as she jumps in my lap kissing my cheek. “This is the perfect way to get him back. I can’t believe I didn’t think of this myself.” She says excitedly.
~Darien~
I hear somebody shout yes really loudly out in the arcade and turn to see Serena jump in the lap of a strange guy and kiss him on the cheek. My blood is boiling as I see him wrap his arms around her and squeeze her tight.
‘How could she do this to me? I thought she loved me. Was she that faithless. Did she get over people that fast?’ As all these questions are running through my mind I feel my heart break again as I remember that I let her go. She is free to do whatever the hell she wants. I turn dejectedly and walk out of the arcade, one silent, lonely tear running down my cheek.
~Serena~
I look around to where I know Darien is sitting and I am disappointed to find out he wasn’t there. He had missed my first endeavour into making him jealous, he couldn’t do that to me. I slowly get out of Eric’s lap and sit on the other side of the booth. I wish to God that I didn’t have to do this because it was tearing me up inside to even be untrue to Darien. Even if he doesn’t love me anymore, he doesn’t deserve to see me like this in another man’s lap acting as if what we had was no more than a passing thing for me. “Hey Serena, what’s wrong? Why all of the sudden so glum?”
“Eric, I don’t know if I can do this. I mean not even Darien deserves to feel like he is nothing, even if he did cause me a lot of pain.” I say as I become even more depressed thinking that I never will get Darien to love me again at the rate that I am going.
“Serena, listen to me. I know this must be tearing you up inside but, what else are you going to do to get him back. You said you’ve already tried talking to him and that didn’t work. What other resort do you have left?”
"You’re right, I shouldn’t be so sensitive about this because it probably won’t work anyway.”
~Andrew~
I don’t believe it. Darien and Serena broke up, or more like Darien broke up with Serena. This is like major news, they were supposed to be the all time couple. Nothing was supposed to break them up. I wonder what possessed Darien to let her go. How stupid can the guy get. I’m gonna have to call him. “Hello this is Darien.”
“Hey bud, so why the HELL did you break up with Serena?”
“Andrew I really don’t want to talk about this okay.” This guy must be really stupid if he thinks he’s getting off the hook that easy.
“No way dude, we’re talking about it now, why did you do it?”
“I didn’t feel like going out with a ditz, a klutz, and a crybaby.”
“Man Darien, I knew you could be cold, but I didn’t know you could be that cold. Serena can’t help the way she is. If you would listen to her once in a while you would see that she is none of those things that you just called her. She’s sensitive, sweet, and will do anything to cheer up a friend. I don’t even know if I want to be your friend after the way you are acting right now. See ya later man.” I was totally angry now. How could Darien say such mean things about a sweet person like Serena. I remember how she used to always cheer him up and try to get him out of his shell. How could he do that to her, he knew that she loved him a lot too.
~Darien~
This is just great. Now I have absolutely no friends at all. All the scouts are going to turn against me. I don’t know how I’m going to survive this. I hope the nightmares stop and then I can get back with Serena and maybe she will forgive me for all the pain I’ve caused her. I wonder how screwed up things are now. Maybe that guy was some way to make me jealous and try to get me back. It sure as hell worked, but I won’t go back with her if it is endangering her life. I would rather die of a broken heart than have Serena off the face of this earth. I wish that the nightmares would stop with every fiber of my being. That doesn’t seem like a possibility, because now that I have broken up with her the nightmares have become more intense, as if they were trying to increase my determination to stay away from her.
This SUCKS!!
~Serena~
I’m sitting here waiting for Eric to come pick me up so that phase two of operation make-Darien-sick-with-jealousy to begin. I hope that this works or else I don’t know what I will do. I’ll probably go on living. At least my body would, my spirit and my soul would be as dead as a spring flower in the cold of winter, but my heart would physically still beat. It’s hard to imagine what would happen to me if this doesn’t work. I’m not entirely sure. I just hope that I will never have to find out.
~Eric~
I walk up to Serena’s door and knock. I hear running footsteps and the door opens and Serena is standing there with a less than happy look on her face. “You ready?” I ask as I usher her to my car.
“Yeah, I guess so. What exactly are we going to do today?” She asks with obvious confusion in her voice.
“Well, I was thinking we could go into the arcade and sit there and cuddle for a while or until Darien gets there to make our story more believable. Then when he gets there we’ll just act like the perfect couple so that he won’t be able to doubt that we aren’t truly genuine.” I say while the wheels turn into my head as to how to do this without breaking the guidelines that the big guy gave me for this assignment.
~Serena~
I step into the arcade with a false smile on my face and try to look like I love Eric. It is difficult though because all I can think about is what Darien will think of me when he sees what I’m doing. Will he think that I’m totally faithless and not want to get back with me? Will he be totally disgusted that I could get into another relationship not even twelve hours after my relationship with him ended? I’m so confused and suddenly am not sure if I want to go through with this. As if Eric sensed my unwillingness he looked down at me and said
“Come on, we have to do this or else you’re never going to get him back.”
“I know, but it just doesn’t feel right. I feel as if I’m betraying him somehow.”
~Narrator~
Serena and Eric step into the arcade and their loving glances at each other are noticed by an even more depressed Darien. His face falls as he sees what he thinks is total love for the man that has his arm around Serena on her face. What he doesn’t see is the fear and uncertainty in her eyes as she quickly glances at him. Then both their hearts stop as they hear an ear piercing scream come from outside of the arcade. “Monster! Monster!” They both hear panicked people scream. The thought that they must transform runs simultaneously through each of their minds. They quickly make excuses and run off to do it.
~Serena~
I ran out of the arcade into an alley and shouted into the air “Moon Crystal Power!” In seconds I am transformed into Sailor Moon and am ready to do battle with the monster that I know is out there. I run out of the alley and see a worm-like youma standing in the street. It has several tongues that are shooting out of its mouth stealing the energy from helpless people. “Stop right there nega-creep. I’ve had a really bad day and you’re the one that’s gonna pay for it. I lost my one true love and I’m not in the mood to deal with you. So in the name of the moon I shall punish you!” I scream this and do not notice that Darien has transformed and heard my whole speech and was standing there with a look of utter shock on his face.
~Darien~
I hear Serena’s speech and my jaw drops with the surprise of what I have just heard. What does she mean she has lost her one true love. Could she mean me? I hope to God that it is me and I have been agonizing over her for no reason. Then I see her beginning to fight the monster.
~Serena~
“I’m gonna get you sleaze-miester!”
“I do believe you are wrong Sailor Brat, HIYAH!!” There are several tongues shooting out of its mouth at me and I try to dodge them but there are too many. Little do I know that those tongues have razor sharp tips that could cut steel. I feel one embed itself into my right leg and another deep into my stomach. All I could remember thinking before I die is that I should have told Darien how much I loved him.
~Darien~
I see the worm shoot several tongues at Serena and I see her fall to the floor. All I remember is that I threw a lot of roses at it and finally kill it. I run to Serena’s side but I soon find out that I was too late. I failed her. What I was trying to avoid by staying away from her had happened anyway. “It wasn’t supposed to happen this way!!” I scream out to no one.
“She wasn’t supposed to die. You can’t take her away from me. Please Serena, don’t leave me. I need you so much. Don’t go. Don’t go.” I sob as I cradle her lifeless body in my arms. I cry over her and then a bright light erupts in the sky. I see the guy that Serena was with in the air. Except that this time he is floating with a set of wings.
“You are right my prince, it was not supposed to happen this way. It is not yet her time to leave this earth. She has a lifetime of love to give you. Use it well. I only give you this one last chance.” He says as he looks down at Serena with sadness. Then a blue light erupts from his fingertips and enters Serena’s body. I see her spirit slowly coming down from the sky and silently entering her body as I cradle her in my arms.
~Serena~
I know I had died. I knew I had. So what was I doing here still in my body, still able to hear Darien crying over me. Wait a second, Darien?? Crying for me. He hates me though, I think as my eyes slowly open. “Darien??” I say wariness in my voice. “What. . .what happened?”
“Serena! Oh thank God, you’re alive.”
“Hey, tell me what the hell happened!” I demand still sure that I should be dead and gone by now.
“That guy you were with, he was an. . .an angel. He was sent down here because he had orders to keep us together. He gave you back your life. Serena, I love you, don’t you dare scare me like that ever again. Please tell me that I haven’t totally screwed everything up between us. That I still have a chance with you.” He pleads as he buries his face in my shirt silently crying.
"Darien, you’re the only one who had ever had a chance with me. You should know that.” I say with happiness in my voice. I had known all along that he hadn’t stopped loving me and now I finally realized that our love can’t expire, it can’t go away, because, it was eternal. A gift sent down from heaven, just as Eric had been sent down to save me.
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