Priorities
By Cindra
Rated PG
ladycindra@home.com

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Nate stumbled blindly out of the bedroom and into the 
nursery, it was time for his little princesses 
4oclock feeding. "Daddy's here princess." He yawned 
sleepily as he automatically tended to his very angry 
baby girl.

Julie wasn't a very happy baby she was wet, hungry, 
hot, her mouth hurt for some reason and it had taken 
her daddy ten minutes to finally wake up and come 
tend to her. She had also wanted her mom and didn't 
mind telling him all about her feelings.

"Honestly angel enough with the howls. You have a 
fresh diaper and I'm feeding you your bottle." Nate 
was now sitting in the rocker trying to get her to 
fall back to sleep again.

Julie continued to wail her little lungs out. I mean 
what good was sucking on her bottle when her mouth 
hurt! So she decided to refuse to drink her morning 
meal.

When she refused her bottle and refused to calm down 
Nate instantly awakened. He gently placed his hand on 
her forehead and became instantly alarmed when he 
found that she was spiking a fever. ::Lita would  you 
please come join me in the nursery.:: Nate sent to 
his Lita who was finishing up packing for their trip 
that they were taking with the rest of the gang. 

Lita stopped what she was doing and went to see why 
her baby girl was still wailing her lungs out. She 
also knew that Julie was in the process of cutting 
her first tooth and went to go get the teether that 
she had placed in the freezer. ::I'll be there in a 
minute. I just have to get something out of the 
refrigerator.:: she sent back to him in a calm 
soothing voice.

Nate was checking Julie's temperature with the 
thermometer and really started to panic when he saw 
that her temp was 102. "Don't worry princess Momma 
and Daddy will make you all better I promise." He 
tried to reassure his baby. ::This is no time for an 
early morning snack! Julie is spiking a fever!:: Nate 
all but snarled back at her. ::We need to call Dare, 
Ami, or Zach! Our little princess is sick!::

Lita also grabbed some medicine to give to Julie to 
bring down her fever. "Calm yourself Nathan she is 
not dying nor is she sick." Lita calmly walked into 
the room. 

Julie saw her Momma and instantly reached for her. 
*Finally someone who knows what they are doing!* she 
thought.

"Cutting a teeth isn't very fun is it little one." 
Lita knelt down next to the rocker and felt Julie's 
forehead.  "It makes you all hot and not really able 
to even drink your bottle." She crooned softly to her 
baby girl. "Don't worry little one Momma will make 
you all better." Lita gave Julie the medicine to 
reduce her fever and then gently placed the teether 
into Julie's mouth.

*Ah this is much better...* Julie's wails calmed down 
to soft whimpers as she teethed on the nice soothing 
coolness of the teething ring.

"She's teething?" Nate sighed in relief. 

"Yes darling she's cutting her first tooth. Which 
does tend to cause a little one to spike high 
fevers." Lita smiled at her husband.

"It's just that she's never really been sick...and 
the thought of her being sick for any reason 
terrifies me." Nate sighed. 

"I know that Hon but she really is fine and there's 
really no need to call anyone unless it will ease 
your fears about this..." Lita gently took Julie out 
of his arms, bundled her up in a soft blanket and 
carried her out of the nursery. 

Nate followed after them.  "I just felt helpless and 
you know how I hate that feeling. Lita is that really 
a good idea? Seeing as she is spiking a fever?" he 
watched as Lita walked out onto the upper verandah 
outside their room.

"This always calms her when she's upset. Honestly 
Neph she isn't a fragile piece of glass and a little 
fresh air isn't going to hurt her." Lita rolled her 
eyes at her husband as she set down in one of the 
lounges.

"There is a breeze this morning and we don't need for 
her to get sick. I mean who's to say that her 
teething doesn't make her vulnerable to getting 
sick?" Neph paced the verandah.

"She isn't going to get a chill. I happen to have her 
all bundled up in her blanket so try and relax." She 
rocked Julie in her arms. ::If you don't believe me 
call Dare, Zach, or Ami. They won't mind to much even 
if it is only 4am in the morning.::

 ::It doesn't hurt to be safe!:: Neph stalked into 
the house and went to get the cordless phone.

"Daddy is being paranoid." Lita whispered to her 
daughter.

"I heard that!" Neph snarled as he walked out onto 
the verandah.

~~~~

Dare and Sere were already up dealing with the twins 
who had just come down with the chicken pox. "I know 
that it itches but you can't scratch them." He 
scolded little Rose.

"Itchy Daddy!!!" Rosy wailed.

"I know that you itch but you will only make them 
worse if you scratch at them."  He dabbed calamine 
lotion all over her skin. "This should make you feel 
better and stop the itching for a little while."

Sere had come up with another means of keeping them 
from scratching. "Muffin maybe these will help." She 
held up some soft gloves. "At least this way they 
won't scratch up their skin."

"It's worth a try." Dare was working on treating 
Rafe. "The only problem is trying to convince these 
two to keep them on. "Rafferty stop scratching at 
them it only makes it worse!" 

"I itchy! Make better Daddy!" Rafe wailed in misery.

"I know that you're itching and this will make you 
feel better, but the only way for it to work is if 
you put on those gloves that your Momma has in her 
hands." Dare thought of a way to get them to wear the 
gloves.

"He's right you two these gloves are magic and will 
help you stop itching...all that you have to do is 
put them on." Sere went along with Dare's plan.

}Anything is better than this itching!{ Rosy sent to 
her twin.

}You said it!{ Rafe eagerly went to his mother.

"Now it's only going to work if the two of you keep 
them on and believe in the magic." Sere handed each 
of her children a pair of gloves.

"We try Mommy." the twins whimpered miserably as they 
put on the magic gloves.

Dare was about to scooped them both up and carry them 
back to bed when the phone rang. "I'll get it love." 
He went to answer the phone.

"It had better not be the hospital again. The twins 
need you here and they promised that they would let 
you be!" Sere was not at all happy with whomever was 
on the phone.

Dare chose to ignore his wife's little rant for the 
time being, looked at who was calling, and 
immediately answered the call. "Good morning Nate how 
high is Julie's temperature?"

"102 when I checked it a few minutes ago...Lita says 
that its because she's teething, but I need a second 
opinion." Nate answered back.

"I know that it's terrifying when they spike a fever, 
but Lita was right when she said that its because she 
is currently teething.  It's a common occurrence when 
babies are cutting teeth." Dare tried to calm down 
his frazzled friend.

"Thanks buddy sorry if I woke you up." Nate sighed in 
relief.

"Any time Nate and no you didn't wake me up. Sere and 
I were up with the twins. They both came down with a 
case of the chicken pox." Dare yawned tiredly.

"Those poor babies." Nate was glad that all that 
Julie was just cutting teeth. "I'll bring them over a 
treat in the morning if that's okay with you and 
Sere."

"They'd like that. We just managed to get them to 
wear some gloves so that their scratching won't cause 
them to get any scars." Dare wandered towards the 
twin's room.

"How did you two manage that little miracle?" Nate 
chuckled.

"Sere told them that they were magic gloves." Dare 
chuckled. 

"And they fell for it?" Nate chuckled.

"So far anyway..." Dare chuckled softly only to find 
himself hit in the face with a pillow the minute that 
he entered the twins room. "I'll see you tomorrow 
Nate..." Dare glared at his beyond furious wife.

"Have you been leaving Sere alone with the twins?" 
Nate asked knowingly.

"I have been called in a couple of times but that 
was..." he was hit once again, but twice as hard this 
time and he barely managed to keep a grip on the 
phone. ::I would stop that if I were you...or I won't 
be held responsible for my actions!:: he sent to his 
wife so he wouldn't wake up the sleeping twins.

 "I'll see you in the morning that is if the princess 
doesn't skin you alive. She must really be furious 
with you I can feel her all the way to my place. I'd 
switch to your armor if I were you..." Nate tried to 
give him fair warning.

Sere stalked over to her husband and took away the 
phone. "Goodnight Nephrite!" she snarled into the 
phone and then ended the call. ::This isn't one of 
our old battles Cape Boy! You can't stand on the 
sidelines and wait until the battle is almost over!! 
Nor can you choose not to come to my aid! These 
happen to be two very sick and miserable children! 
Our children!!! Who happen to need their daddy more 
than anyone else on this planet!!:: stalked past him 
and headed for their room. 

::What did you just call me?!!!:: he stalked after 
her.

::CAPE BOY!! CAPE BOY!!! AND JUST IN CASE YOU STILL 
DIDN'T HEAR ME I CALLED YOU CAPE BOY!!!:: She 
screamed back at him in his mind. ::But that is going 
to change as of now!! I have had it with you having 
to leave all of the time!! Now you are going to see 
how it feels to try and take care of our twins all by 
yourself!!!:: 

::I will chalk your anger up to your being exhausted 
and therefore I will let the fact that you called me 
Cape Boy slide. Now why don't the two of us try and 
get some sleep.:: he tried to soothe her ruffled 
feathers.

Sere ignored him completely and proceeded to throw 
her clothes into the suitcases that she had set on 
their bed. "I have an anime convention that I am 
suppose to attend and that is what I am going to do. 
You seem to want to put your career ahead of the 
twins so I see no reason why I can't attend the 
convention as planned." She went about her packing 
and didn't so much as glance at him. "You can stay 
here and take care of the kids while I'm away."

"Now look meatball head I know that you are plenty 
steamed at me, but you can't possibly be furious 
enough to leave the twins when they need you most!" 
Darien had never really seen her act like and it was 
really throwing him off guard.

Sere whirled around and glared murderously over at 
him. "I HAVE been with them Cape Boy! I have been 
with them every second!! I could have hired a nanny 
but I wanted us to raise them ourselves! I thought 
that you were going to be there to help me raise 
them! So far you haven't been doing your share of 
taking care of our kids! I am going to that 
convention and you are going to take your turn at 
taking care of your son and daughter!!" 

"I happen to have certain responsibilities at the 
hospital! I can't just tell them to go to hell!! Not 
when it could mean someone's life!! You've got your 
company set up so that you can run it from your 
office down stairs if you have to! I don't have that 
luxury!!" Dare snarled at her in frustration.

"Look Cape Boy ever since I have been fourteen I 
was...no I still AM the Guardian of this universe, 
but I still managed to go to school! Go to college!! 
Date and then marry you!! While you as usual took 
forever to show up and while you did always manage to 
save me it was after the main battle was nearly 
over!! That is when you even bothered to show up!!" 
with that said she stalked into the master bathroom 
and slammed the door in his face.

Dare felt as if she had stabbed him in the heart. *Is 
that how she truly felt about him? Did she really 
resent him that much? He had some really good reasons 
why he didn't show up those times, but she had never 
really confronted him about the times when he hadn't 
been able to make it in time to save her. The worst 
time was when she was fighting Tigers-eye, Fish-eye, 
and Hawks-eye and her dream mirror had been shattered 
or during the battles with Galaxia when he could do 
nothing but watch from above.* tears fell down his 
cheeks and he fell to his knees in front of the door 
at the thought of his love feeling this way about 
him. ::I had no idea how much you have been resenting 
me...If that is how you truly felt then why did 
you...was that because of Renny...is she the only 
reason...I mean do you even love me anymore?:: he 
growled hoarsely.

Sere opened the door and found him on his knees in 
front of the bathroom door and he was crying. "Darien 
you idiot I married you because you happen to be my 
soul mate and have been for thousands of years! I 
love you more than life itself! I just need time away 
from you and the twins and this convention is just 
what the doctor ordered. In fact Amy ordered me to go 
and that is why I have to do this!" she knelt down in 
front of him and he looked up into her eyes. "This 
has everything to do with me wanting to unwind enough 
so that I can continue to be able to watch over you 
and our kids." She knelt in front of him and looked 
down into his eyes.

Why hadn't he seen the signs? She looked tired and in 
need of a few days of peace and quiet. The light had 
all but gone out in her eye. She hadn't looked this 
tired since her last major battle with Galaxia's 
darker side. "Why didn't you say something to me...no 
forget that I said that..." Darien raked his fingers 
through his hair in frustration. "I should have been 
paying more attention to you instead of everything 
else...I can more than handle taking care of the 
twins while you take a few days to yourself to unwind 
and relax." He took both her hands in his own and 
pulled her into his arms for a nice long kiss. 

"As much as I am enjoying our little kiss and make-up 
session..." Sere reluctantly pulled out of his arms 
just as the front door bell chimed. "I have the jet 
all fueled and waiting for me at the airport...I need 
to be at the convention by tomorrow evening." She got 
to her feet and gathered up her bags. "I'll call you 
as soon as I get settled. I've already talked to the 
twins and they seemed to be okay with my going away 
for a few days. Rafe asked if that meant that they 
got you all to themselves again...I think our little 
guy misses his daddy. Rose isn't to forgiving and 
seems to think that you won't be able to last a day, 
but then she's just a baby and never knew her daddy 
during his tux days." Sere was talking a mile a 
minute as she rushed around the bedroom and collected 
the things that she would need for her trip.

"I think that I can handle taking care of the 
twins...after all I managed to keep you in one piece 
didn't I?" Dare wasn't at all pleased to hear what 
his kids thought of him. "Where exactly is the 
convention?" Dare caught her around the waist and 
pulled her into his arms. "You've never really told 
me what city or what hotel that you are going to be 
staying in."

Imnotgoingtobestayinginahotel..."Sere answered him at 
lightning speed.

Dare narrowed his eyes down at his wife. "Say that 
again only slower this time." He had a feeling that 
he wasn't going to like what she was trying not to 
tell him.

Sere nervously chewed on her lower lip. 
"I...um...wasn't planing on staying in a hotel."

"Oh and where were you planning on staying?" Dare 
growled softly.

"I have a friend there and they have offered to let 
me stay with them. This convention is the first of 
its kind in the country that I am going to and that 
is another reason why I decided to go...I have a huge 
following there and they personally wanted me to be 
there." She blinked innocently up at him.

"Serenity..." He wasn't about to let her go off to 
god knows where with out knowing her exact location.

"Look as much as I am enjoying this little 
interrogation of yours I really do have a plane to 
catch. " She wriggled free of his embrace, blew him a 
fast kiss, and bolted out the door. "Bye love you!!! 
Have fun bonding with the kids!!!" 

*She's hiding something from me and I intend to find 
out what.*  Dare stalked down the hallway and headed 
for Sere's office, only to find that she had 
installed a newer high tech lock on the doors...one 
that required voice authorization in order to gain 
entry. "SHIT!! Now I know that my meatball head is up 
to something!" he muttered darkly.

"DADDY!!!!!! I want some WATER!!!" Rafe wailed at the 
top of his lungs.

"BAD DADDY!! I want you to read me a STORY!!!!" Rosy 
and Rafe stood at the top of the steps and waited for 
their dad to answer their pleas.

Dare took a deep calming breath and forced himself to 
focus on the twins. "I'll get your water and I will 
only read you a story if the two of you get back into 
bed." He headed for the stairs and wasn't at all 
surprised to see the two of them waiting for him at 
the top of the stairs. He stopped half way up the 
stairs. "Sweetie? What did you just call me?" he 
looked up at his very unhappy daughter.

"I call you Bad Daddy...you know be here anymore..." 
she glared down at him. "Good daddy helped Mommy and 
played with us."

Dare felt as if his baby girl had stabbed him in the 
heart. "I know that and I am going to make it up to 
the two of you. So please do your Daddy a big favor 
and don't call me that again okay?" he took the 
stairs two at a time and easily scooped the two of 
them into his arms.

"Poof it." Rose glared up at him.

"You really are taking after your Momma." He sighed 
in defeat. "I will if you just give me a chance and 
that's prove it sweetheart."

Rose burst into to tears. 

"Daddy that's what she's said...now Rosy cry!" Rafe 
glared at him.

"We make Daddy pay for makin Mommy cry all the 
times!" Rosy sniffled up at her father.

"Do you two know where your Mommy went?" he carried 
them with him into the master bedroom.

"She went to vention." Rafe frowned at him. 

"I know that she went to a convention, but I don't 
know where that convention is." He set them both down 
on the bed and they instantly burrowed under the 
covers.

"Where the cuddly bears live." Rose yawned sleepily.

"And where there are kanga's..." Rafe settled off to 
sleep.

Dare was lying in between the twins and had one 
cuddled in each arm. "Ah so your Mommy went to 
Australia." Dare frowned in confusion as he tried to 
think of who they knew that lived in Sydney. "One of 
the girls should know where the hell my wife went." 
He reached for the phone and dialed Jared's private 
number only to get the following message on his voice 
mail.

"You have reached the Kennedy residents...Rei and I 
can't come to the phone at the moment. So please 
leave your name, number, reason for calling, and we 
will get back to you..." Jared's voice was calm and 
soothing and then Rei's voice cut in. "IF this is 
Endy I have just one thing to say! It serve's you 
right you clueless moron!!" sounds of two people 
fighting over the phone. "I'm sorry Endy but she does 
have a point...good luck buddy cause you sure are 
going to need it."

Dare didn't even leave a message and tried Amy and 
Zach's number and listened to yet another voice mail 
message. 

"Sorry that neither Zach or I are able to speak with 
you right now. Just leave your name, number, and 
reason for calling and one of us will get back with 
you. Oh and Endymion don't even try and find Serenity 
until she has been able to have at least two days of 
rest and relaxation. I never thought that you would 
ever be more clueless than Mina, but then there is a 
first time for everything..." He could hear the sound 
of yet another fight for the phone. "Look Endy I know 
that you haven't had a moments rest since they made 
you chief of staff at the hospital, but Sere and the 
twins should have been higher on your list of 
priorities. This should give you time to bond with 
the twins again."

Dare was beginning to think that they had all 
deserted him. His next call was to Nate and Lita's. 
There was no answer there but yet another voice mail 
message.

"Hi everyone! Nate and I aren't able to take any 
calls right now. You know the drill...so just get to 
it and we will try and get back to you. Oh yeah! If 
this is Mister chief of staff! I just have this to 
say to you! Boy! Are you going to wish that you had 
paid more attention to Sere and the twins! You blew 
it big time!" there was a pause and then Nate's not 
so happy growl took over. "I hope that this little 
wake up call makes you see what's important! Maybe we 
will see if Rose's new nickname for you is correct or 
not. Are you a Bad Daddy...Or a good one? Figure it 
out."

Dare had begun to break out in a cold sweat as he 
dialed Kevin and Mina's number. "Serenity has been 
really busy planning her revenge...I am so doomed." 
He groaned as yet another voice mail message chimed 
over the phone.

"Kevin and I are currently Down Under! So if this is 
really majorly important we will get back with you as 
soon as we get back! Oh yeah! Have fun with the kids 
Dare cause you can't come!" he could hear her 
sticking her tongue at the phone and blowing him a 
raspberry. "Get with the program before the rest of 
us are forced to intervene. You have some bonding to 
do with the twins and a decision to make about some 
changes that have to be made in your lifestyle. Oh 
and Mina wants you to know that she'll be sure to say 
hi to Stephen and the rest of the gang when we get 
there." 

Dare immediately saw red at the mention of Stephen 
Lights name and threw the phone across the room. *How 
can my best friend's do this to me! I thought that I 
could trust them! I never expected them to let my 
only rival make time with my princess!*  There was no 
way in hell that he was going to stay in the same 
house as his wife not if he could help it!

~~~~

Eighteen-year-old Serena "Renny" Raye Shields 
appeared in her old room and collapsed on her bed. 
"If I would have known that getting married was so 
much work! All of this fuss and planning for just a 
few minutes! I hope that Momma and Daddy don't mind 
if I crash here for a few days I need some time away 
from that whole fiasco back home!" she all but 
screamed in frustration into her pillow.

Little Serenity Cynthia Shields slowly poked her head 
out of Renny's pack and looked around at her 
surroundings. Her older sister was screaming into her 
pillow and the door to the bedroom was wide open and 
just waiting for her to go exploring. *Daddy's nearby 
and he's not happy about something.*  Cindy instantly 
sensed her fathers mood and used her special little 
talent for vanishing from place to place to go 
investigate.

Renny looked up from her pillow just in time to see a 
soft pink glow illuminating from her pack. "Aw man! 
Now I really am going to get it! She just can't 
understand the word NO!" Renny growled in 
frustration. "I was never this much of a pain when I 
was her age!" she went in search of her baby sister.

~~~~

Darien was contemplating on how he was going to 
torture his friends when he finally realized that a 
tiny red headed bundle of energy was trying her best 
to climb up onto the bed. His temper vanished as he 
carefully untangled himself from the twins, so that 
he could see who his tiny visitor was. "This can only 
mean one thing..." he sighed in frustration as he 
scooped up little Cindy in his arms. "Renny's here."

Cindy blinked up at her father and kissed him on the 
cheek, "Love Daddy!"

Darien kissed her the tiny moon symbol on her 
forehead and smiled. "At least one of my kids still 
loves me. Now tell me...what happened now. Why did 
you sister come here this time." He contemplated to 
himself.

"She fraid..." Cindy tried to answer her father's 
question.

Darien arched a brow down at his child. "Why? What 
kind of mess has she gotten herself into this time?"

"fiasco...I's flower girl."  She pointed to the vase 
of roses on the nightstand.

"I see..." Darien prayed that he wasn't right about 
what he was about to ask his youngest child. "Who's 
getting married?"

"Sissy and Charlie." She chimed innocently.

Darien felt his whole world crashing around him. He 
was so not ready to hear the word marriage and Renny 
in the same sentence.

Cindy reached up and patted her father on the cheek. 
"Daddy?"

No answer...

She crawled higher on his chest so that she could 
reach up and grab his nose. "You otay Daddy?"

Still nothing from her father...

She was starting to get a little concerned with her 
father, so she took drastic measures. "I help you 
Daddy!" she grabbed hold of a fistful of his hair and 
yanked as hard as she could.

"Ouch let go of Daddy's hair angel!" he gently pried 
her tiny fingers away from his head.

"Sorry Daddy..." she whimpered.

"It's okay angel..." he cuddled her in his arms. "Why 
don't you and I see if we can find your sister." He 
glanced behind him to see if the twins were still 
asleep and then went in search of his other child.

***

Renny searched the second floor bathroom and saw that 
it was well stocked with calamine lotion. "This can 
only mean one thing..." she nervously chewed on her 
lower lip as she checked various places where her 
baby sister might try and hide. "The twins must have 
poison oak, poison ivy, or god forbid the dreaded 
chicken pox. Thank the gods that we have cures for 
that back home." 

She didn't even notice the portal opening behind her 
or the fact that a very frustrated Charles Jared 
Kennedy stepped out of it. "Serena Raye Shields, you 
and I both know that running away never solves any 
problems and taking the apple of the King and Queen's 
eye is like suicide." He got her attention by 
growling into her ear.

Renny's first reaction was to bolt in terror, but 
that wasn't even possible and it would have made 
Charlie even angrier than he already was. "Don't you 
know that its bad luck for the groom to see his bride 
before his wedding?" she whimpered shakily.

"That's only if the bride has the guts to show up for 
her own wedding. It looks to me like my bride is 
having cold feet." Charlie turned her around so that 
she was facing him.

Renny refused to look up into his eyes. "That's not 
true..." she bit down on her lower lip.

"Isn't it?" Charlie reached down and lifted her chin 
with his finger.

Renny still wouldn't look at him. "I love you CJ and 
I do want to be your wife..." she tried her best not 
to burst into tears, but a few stray tears escaped 
from her tightly closed eyelids and streamed slowly 
down her cheeks.

Charlie brushed away the tears with the pad of his 
thumb. "Then tell me why you ran away the night 
before our wedding? You personally planned this whole 
thing so it can't be stage fright."

Renny burst into tears. "I can't go through with it! 
I know that I said that I was okay with it, but I'm 
terrified about this whole Royal Wedding thing! I 
just know that I'll have a rare klutz attack!! That 
I'll forget to say something or worse yet say 
something stupid!!! I only went along with this whole 
thing because mom wanted this so much and I just 
can't tell Momma no!" she buried her face against his 
chest.

"There...there rabbit now don't cry." He tenderly 
stroked her silver pink hair as he attempted to calm 
her down. " If it was bothering you this much then 
why didn't you tell me?" he absolutely hated to see 
her cry. It felt like something was killing him 
inside whenever he saw her in tears.

"I didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings so I just 
acted like I wanted to go along with this whole 
thing. I mean how could I say no to my mother or the 
people of Crystal Tokyo! I did almost get her and 
everyone else killed when I was little. I thought 
that I owed it to everyone to go along with..." Renny 
looked up into his eyes and saw that his held so much 
love and understanding for her that it literally took 
her breath away.

Charlie silenced her with a long kiss.

***

Darien instantly felt the urge to murder Charlie on 
the spot. How dare he put his hands on his little 
girl were the only thoughts screaming in his mind. 
Especially when he saw where Charlie's hands were 
wandering! The only thing that kept him from killing 
Charlie right there on the spot was the fact that he 
was holding little Cindy in his arms.

"Daddy you's face is turning red." Cindy frowned as 
she stared up at her fathers furious face.

"Turn your head sweety Daddy has to seriously injure 
your sisters fianc饮" Dare looked down at his 
youngest child but even that wasn't enough to cool 
the fury raging inside him. 

"No Daddy you be good." Cindy scolded him.

"Sorry babydoll but Daddy just can't take this 
anymore and really needs to hurt something very, very 
badly." With that said his robe and pajama's 
transformed into King Endymion instead of his usual 
armor.

Cindy's reaction was to suck on her thumb and stare 
at him in complete and utter shock. This was her 
future Daddy...but how was he standing here when his 
younger self was the one holding her? It was just too 
much for her tiny mind to handle so she did the smart 
thing and stayed quite.

"You have ten seconds to get your hand off of my 
child or I will take great pleasure in ripping them 
off of you!" Endymion ordered Charlie in a calm and 
deadly voice.

Charlie's first reaction was to tell him to go to 
hell, but then that was immediately changed his mind 
when he saw that it wasn't his Uncle's younger self 
but King Endymion himself glaring murderously at the 
two of them. ::I thought that your father was okay 
about the two of us now.:: He hissed. 

::My future father is, but that doesn't include his 
younger self:: She hissed back. 

::I'm not talking about his younger self rabbit. I am 
referring to the man standing behind us with murder 
in his eyes.:: Charlie all but snarled back.

::You are losing it Charles Jared Kennedy! Daddy is 
back home in the future with Momma and I will prove 
it to you!:: Renny turned around in his arms and all 
but gulped in sheer terror when she saw who was 
holding her baby sister. "Daddy don't kill him! I can 
explain this whole situation! She stowed away in my 
pack! This is my fault!! Charlie is only here because 
I got cold feet and came here to hide for a while!" 
she immediately began to defend the love of her life. 
"Momma must really be mad at me if she sent you...I 
mean what if your younger self comes out of the twins 
room and sees you here!"

"Nice try Serena Raye but pretending that I am my 
future self isn't going to save him. I am having a 
really bad night and hurting Charlie is just the 
stress relief that I need right now." Endymion 
narrowed his eyes at the man holding his baby girl. 

::This isn't happening! This only happens to Momma 
when she really loses it against an enemy! Daddy is 
so far gone that he over road his prince mode and 
went straight to being King! Run Charlie before he 
hurts you!:: Renny sent to Charlie in sheer terror.

"It's okay rabbit no one is going to hurt anyone. I 
can understand why seeing what you saw made you see 
red, but she and I are getting married in less than 
24 hours and that alone gives me every right to kiss 
her anytime I feel like it." Charlie met Endymion's 
glare with one of his own. "I really don't think that 
our kiss gave you any right to terrify your youngest 
little girl into sucking her thumb. So the only one 
in the wrong her is you King Endymion and I would 
suggest that you focus more on the baby girl in your 
arms than on Renny."

"He's right Daddy. Cindy hasn't sucked her thumb like 
that since after that time when she came back home 
after that whole thing with Aunt Galaxia's darker 
side." Renny walked over and took Cindy out of his 
arms. "It's okay baby sister Daddy didn't mean to 
scare you." She rocked little Cindy in her arms.

"I no understand...he's future Daddy..." Cindy 
whimpered.

"What are the two of you talking about! I am not King 
Endymion until way into the future! I am Dr. Darien 
Endymion Shields! This happens to be my home! My wife 
took off to Australia!! Leaving here alone with our 
twins, who happen to have chicken pox, because she 
wanted some quality time to herself! Not only that 
but the rest of the group decided to up and desert me 
to!" her roared at the top of his lungs. "She thinks 
that I have been on purposely neglecting her and our 
kids!!! Not only that but so do the others!! Not to 
mention that she planned on staying at Stephen Lights 
penthouse while she and the others are there!! I was 
not ready to see what I saw so excuse me for wanting 
to protect my child!! She was my daughter first 
damnit and I have a right to want to rip you in 
half!"

"Daddy? Why are you dressed in that funny suit?" 
Rafe's timid voice asked from behind him.

"And Why's your hair purple?"  Rose asked sleepily.

Endymion calmed down enough to finally look at what 
he was wearing. "I give up." He groaned in defeat. "I 
can't handle this right now." He calmly walked past 
Renny and Charlie, all but bolted down the stairs and 
headed outside so that he could think straight. He 
needed to get a clear perspective on the entire 
situation.

"Man no wonder he lost it like that..." Charles 
whistled under his breath.

"Sissy!!" the twins ran over and hugged their sister.

"Oh no this is so not happening!! The two of us are 
getting married tomorrow and I do not think that 
coming down with the chicken pox is on our honeymoon 
plans!" Renny having never had the chicken pox in her 
life knew that her and Charlie were going to almost 
certainly going to end up with a case of the chicken 
pox.

"Don't cry sissy! You and Charlie can stays withs 
us..." Rose sniffled.

"We gots magic gloves and everything..." Rafe chimed 
in.

"Sweetheart we are in the past. We have complete 
control over when we can return home, so even this 
won't ruin our big day...besides I think that your 
father has more things to worry about than us making 
it to the alter on time." Charlie tried to reassure 
her.

Renny handed Cindy to Charlie and then knelt down in 
front of the twins. "What's going on you two? Did Mom 
really take off on Daddy?" 

"Momma no here..." Rafe pouted.

"Theys fight and Momma left." Rose sniffled.

"This doesn't make sense to me. I mean Momma wouldn't 
walk out on Daddy or the two of you! Especially when 
you are this sick! It just isn't like her at all." 
Renny tried to make desperate sense of what the twins 
were trying to tell her.

"Went to see Uncle Fighter!" Rose and Rafe filled in 
the rest of what they were trying to say.

"This can't be happening!!!" Renny took Cindy out of 
Charlie's arms and bolted down the spiral staircase 
in search of her father.

"Serena Raye Shields you don't know the whole 
situation!" Charlie shouted down at her.

"Don't even try and stop me Charles Jared Kennedy! 
Just march the twins back to their beds and then meet 
me outside in the garden!!" She snarled up at him.

"You heard her now lets get you back to bed." Charlie 
scooped the two of them up into his arms and then 
went to down what he was told.

"Momma no left Daddy..." Rose chattered up at 
Charlie.

"Momma needed break and went see Uncle Fighter." Rafe 
yawned sleepily.

"She say Daddy need quality time with us..." Rose 
snuggled up against Charlie's shoulder and settled 
off to sleep.

Charlie settled the two of them in their beds and 
then went in search of Renny. 

****

Renny found her father standing outside on the deck 
staring at his ever blooming rose garden. "Is what 
the twins told me true? Did Momma leave you for Uncle 
Stephen?!" she was in no mood to beat around the bush 
and demanded an answer from him.

"Serena Raye Shields I am going to forget that you 
ever asked me that!" Endy was barely holding his 
temper in check. 

"Then just answer the bloody question father! Where 
is Mother and why isn't she here with you and her 
sick babies!?" Renny all but snarled at him.

"Daddy no in mood Sissy..." Cindy whimpered. 

"Listen to your baby sister Serena Raye...I am in no 
mood to argue with you right now!" Endymion finally 
turned around so that he could pin her with his most 
regal glare. 

"I will not just stand here and let my whole future 
falls apart before my eyes! Where is my mother!!!" 
Renny was in as much of a moon as her father and had 
no intention of backing down.

"I have already told you what happened! Your mother 
and the rest of the royal court have all deserted me 
so that I can spend some quality time with the 
twins!! Whom they claim that I have been completely 
neglecting because I am too married to my new 
position as Chief of Staff at the Hospital! Sere 
accused me of wanting to stand in the shadows while 
she raised the twins! She claimed that it was 
something that I was good at! After all that was all 
that I had ever done when I was Tuxedo Mask!" 
Endymion let go of some of his anger and let the hurt 
shine in his eyes. 

Cindy leapt out of Renny's arms so that she could go 
comfort her father. "I still love you Daddy."

"She really must have been steamed at you. I mean if 
the whole court went with her then you really must 
deserve every last word that she shot at you." Renny 
worried her bottom lip with her front teeth.  "This 
whole situation can however be fixed. All you have to 
do is spend more time with Momma and the twins and 
less time at the hospital. If you promise her that 
then I am sure that she'll eventually forgive you."

"Sweetheart, I know that you see this as some sort of 
major crisis, but it isn't that way at all. Your 
mother and the rest of the family went to attend an 
anime convention in Sydney, Australia. She and I both 
agreed that she needed some time to recharge while I 
stayed here and bonded with the twins. I have also 
come to the conclusion that my family is more 
important than any position at the hospital so I am 
going to go into private practice with Zach and Amy. 
That way I can spend more time here where I belong 
with my family." Endy found himself instantly hugged 
by both of his daughters.

"I hate to interrupt this touching moment, but there 
is a phone call for you." Charlie held out the 
cordless phone to Endy.

"If it's the hospital tell them that I am taking care 
of my family and that they will have to call in 
someone else." Endy glared at the phone and then at 
Charlie.

"It's Aunt Sere but if you don't want to talk to 
her..." Charlie acted like he was about to hang up 
the phone.

"Me talk to Momma!" Cindy grabbed the phone and 
started chattering into the phone. "Daddy all better 
now...you can come home now."

*****

Sere was almost tempted to take her youngest child up 
on her offer. She could hardly believe that she was 
talking to little Cindy. "Well hello there little 
moon beam. Did Renny bring you with her this time?"

"Sissy go bye-bye and I's go to." She informed her 
mother. 

"Ah so Renny came here to hide and you sort of tagged 
along with her. Is there a reason why Renny is 
hiding?" Sere had everyone in the plane gathered 
around her listening in on the conversation. 

"Is this wedding...I's flower girl...she's 
bride...fiasco..." Cindy continued to chatter away. 
"No I's talking to Momma!" she glared at her father 
when he attempted to take the phone from her.

Sere dropped the phone.

"Momma? Momma?" Cindy became concerned when her 
mother stopped talking to her and the line seemed to 
be dead. "Daddy! Momma no talk to me no more!" Cindy 
burst into tears.

"Easy angel give Daddy the phone and I will see if I 
can get your mother to talk to you again okay." Endy 
gently took the phone away from his baby girl. 
"Hello? Are you still there my sweet?" he could hear 
all of them voicing their concern as to why Sere had 
fainted. "Someone pick up the phone and talk to me!" 
he snarled into the receiver.

"Calm down Endy she just fainted. What did the little 
one tell her anyway?" Kev picked the phone up off the 
carpet and tried to reassure the prince that all was 
well.

Endy felt his fury instantly return at the sound of 
Kevin's voice. "Well if it isn't one of my traitorous 
generals..." he growled into the phone. "Sorry but 
that information is classified for family only."

Kevin winced after hearing the tone of his voice. 
"Don't take it to personally Endy its not like we 
actually betrayed you. I mean see this as a kind of 
wake up call. You know that we only had your best 
interest in mind." 

"I see and that includes taking my wife to see her 
ex-boyfriend! Who may I remind you still love's her! 
I don't know what you call it but it sure feels like 
betrayal to me!! And further more General Kunzite you 
will refer to me as King Endymion until I see other 
wise is that understood!!!" he all but roared into 
the phone.

"Man Dad that was way harsh!" Renny had rarely seen 
her father this angry.

"Daddy mad at Uncle Kunzy..." Cindy chimed.

"What the..." Kev heard Cindy's voice and almost 
dropped the phone. "Are Serena Raye and Serenity 
Cynthia there with you? Is that why Sere fainted?! 
Did they trigger your future self to emerge? Come on 
Endymion answer me!"

"Yes those two are currently here and so is Charles 
Jared. Now put Sere back on the phone." Endy gave him 
a little more information.

"I'm here muffin..." Sere paused before asking her 
next question.  "Did our youngest just mention 
something about Small Lady and marriage in the same 
sentence?"

"Renny came here so that she could avoid getting 
married in front of millions of people. Cindy tagged 
along with her and then Charlie came after his 
missing bride to be." Endy filled her in.

"Oh dear and that triggered your future self to 
emerge?" Sere could tell that he was still in a mood 
and chose her words very carefully.

"Actually darling hearing about who you were planning 
on staying with in Australia triggered that little 
event to occur. The rest kind of added to my fury." 
He all but purred back into the phone.

"Honestly Endy he's a very good friend of ours and I 
really wish that you would just get over being 
jealous of him." Sere tried to keep her voice cool 
and nonchalant but inside she was very aware that 
this was not something to be taken lightly with her 
prince. 

"Nice try my love but its not going to work. You are 
not going to stay in the same place as Stephen Lights 
and that is final. Further more I have informed the 
hospital that they are going to have to find another 
chief of staff because I am going to start my own 
private practice. My family is far more important to 
me than that position at the hospital and always will 
be." Endy waited for her to respond.

"YES!!!" Sere squealed in delight. "That's the Tuxy 
that I know and love!"

"Don't you mean Cape boy?" he couldn't help but make 
her squirm a little.

"Oh muffin you know that I didn't really mean to hurt 
your feelings!" Sere all but wailed over the line. "I 
was just so frustrated and had to get through to you 
somehow!" she sniffled.

"Easy meatball head I was only teasing. I knew that 
you were just venting your frustrations at me. Don't 
worry about leaving me to fend for myself with the 
twins. Charlie and Renny can help." He chuckled. "I 
am almost certain that these three will be scratching 
in a day or two."

"Not funny Daddy!" Renny glared up at her father.

"Well look at it this way Rabbit. This way you'll be 
able to have more time to think." Charlie grinned.

"Just consider this like a test to see how well the 
two of you get along together in the same house." 
Endy winked at Renny.

"Now I really do feel guilty about leaving you to 
fend for yourself..." Sere sighed. "At least little 
Cindy won't catch it she had her taste of that when 
she came to me to help fight Galaxia's darkside. I 
remember her scratching for a day or two and then her 
chicken pox vanished."

 "You just enjoy yourself at the convention. I'll be 
fine." Endy wasn't about to let her in on what he was 
plotting, so he decided to end the conversation. 
"Call me as soon as you land...I love you my sweet."

"I will...I love you my prince." Sere ended the call.

"Now that I have that all settled its time for all of 
us to go back inside and try and get some sleep. 
Serena Raye will sleep in her room. Charlie you can 
sleep in one of the guestrooms. While this little 
angle can stay with me." He cuddled his now sleeping 
baby girl in his arms.

***(Hours Later Sydney International Airport***

There was what seemed like a convoy of Limo's that 
was waiting for them in front of the private 
terminal. "Now this is what I call being treated with 
style!" Mina winked at the others. The guys were 
taking care of getting them all through customs.

"I'll say." Raye grinned.

"Maybe they didn't want us to get lost. After all 
Sydney is a very large city and this is our first 
time here." Amy put her two cents in.

"Geez Ame's try and loosen up a little. I mean we are 
here to have fun." Lita rolled her eyes at her 
friend.

"Sorry Lita old habits die hard I guess." Amy 
shrugged her shoulders.

"Just don't let it happen again okay." Mina and Lita 
gave her a hug.

Sere had wandered away from the others and had chosen 
to sit in the shade while she waited for the men to 
get them through customs. She seemed to have a lot on 
her mind and was hardly paying attention to what her 
court was saying. She hadn't been away from Endy 
since his college days and had never been this far 
away from her babies. All of a sudden her need to 
have some time away to her self seemed unimportant 
and she longed to hop back on the plan and go back 
home.  She turned to watch her closest friends as 
they were pulled into their husband's arms for a nice 
long kiss. *How was she going to survive almost a 
week away from her prince! Especially when she was 
the only one of the group that wasn't coupled off! * 
She blinked back the tears that were threatening to 
fall down her cheeks.

A fire engine red XKR Jaguar convertible pulled 
behind the convoy of Limo's and a very tall, dark, 
and handsome man hopped out from behind the driver 
seat and went to go greet his friends. Stephen Lights 
surveyed the scene before him with an amused grin on 
his face until he noticed that Sere was sitting all 
by herself there was no Darien, no kids, and was 
almost in tears. "You do know that it's a crime for 
any princess to cry." He walked over to where she was 
sitting and offered her a beautiful red rose. 

Sere instantly recognized Stephen's voice, but she 
was too miserable to even look up at him. 

"Come on beautiful look at me..." he knelt down in 
front of him and tilted her chin up with his thumb. 
"It can't be that bad."

Sere looked up at him with miserable teary azure blue 
eyes. 

"You look like you've lost your best friend. Did you 
and Cape Boy argue before you left?" Stephen's heart 
broke as he looked into her eyes. 

Sere burst into tears.

"Come here baby. I promise that I will make 
everything better." He pulled her into his arms and 
held her. 

Sere only cried even harder.

Then a realization hit him! Maybe this was because 
she was going to be staying with him! He knew that 
her husband didn't trust him as far as he could throw 
him! He must have really lost it when he found out 
where she was going to be staying. "Sere please stop 
crying before the rest of the gang comes over and 
tears me in half. I promise that we will find a way 
to make Cape Boy see that he has absolutely nothing 
to worry about.  I'm not blind I know when I've lost 
and I am more than okay with you and I being Best 
Friends." He rocked her in his arms.

"That's not it..." she sniffled. "This is the 
first...(sob)...time that I've been this far away 
from my babies!!!" she burst into tears again. "Endy 
is with our babies!! I didn't want to leave them 
because they were so miserable with the chicken pox, 
but I really needed this chance to rest!!" she sobbed 
against his chest. "Just say it Fighter! You think 
that I am a bad mother!!"

"What you are is someone who is in need of a few days 
of rest and relaxation. Now what you need to do is 
dry your eyes before Mars stalks over here and gives 
me a hot foot." He fought back the urge to kiss away 
her tears and brushed them away with the pads of his 
thumbs instead.

"She wouldn't do that." Sere sniffled.

"Oh yes she would if she thought that someone had 
hurt your feelings and caused you to cry." Stephen 
grinned down at her.

Raye having finally noticed that Sere had wandered 
off was not at all pleased to find her in Stephen's 
arms. "What's going on and why is she crying?" she 
all but growled at him.

"See what I mean." Stephen growled into Sere's ear. 
"Hello to you Raye. I hope that your flight was a 
pleasant one." He flashed Raye his winning smile.

"I'm fine Raye. Fighter was just trying to cheer me 
up because he found me sitting here missing my 
family." Sere forced herself to smile.

"You know as well as I do that Darien and the twins 
are still going to be there when we get back. Besides 
he needed this time alone with the twins." Raye 
walked over to give her a hug.

"I really don't see how you can be so nonchalant 
about this Raye." Stephen frowned at her in 
annoyance. "She had to leave her family back home. 
While the rest of you were able to take your husbands 
and children with you. I think that Sere has every 
reason to feel the way she does and it's never hurt 
her to cry before, so why should it matter if she 
does now."

"I wasn't trying to be mean to her Stephen. I know 
that she misses Darien and the twins, but this is 
what she needs and there is no way that she is going 
to leave here with out having some much needed rest 
and relaxation." Raye choked out in a hurt voice.

"It's okay Mars. Fighter is just feeling a little bit 
over protective of me. I know that this is what I 
need and I plan on enjoying myself while I am here." 
Sere tried to soothe Raye's ruffled feathers. 

"Is everything okay over here?" Jared walked up 
behind Raye with the others hot on his heals.

"Yes is there a problem?" Kevin narrowed his eyes at 
Stephen.

"Nope big brother! No problem here! Is there you 
two?!" Sere now fully composed and back to her sunny 
self smiled at the others.

"Sere was just a little home sick and Stephen was 
cheering her up." Raye smiled up at Jared.

"What can I say?" Stephen shrugged his shoulders. 
"She's like a little sister to me and I hate it when 
she's feeling sad. Now lets get all of you settled so 
that my brothers and I can show you some of the 
sights." He motioned for everyone to get into the 
waiting stretch  Limo.

"That sounds like a great idea." Mina beamed. "I 
can't wait to see what this country has to offer and 
our little munchkins need a n.a.p." she silently 
mouthed that last word as not to alert the four 
little ones who were avidly looking around in their 
various fathers' arms.

"Trevor and Justin didn't come because they were 
making sure that everything is perfect for your 
arrival. I think that it has more to do with wanting 
to spoil those little munchkins than seeing all of 
you though." Stephen winked at the others.

Sere spotted the press heading in their direction and 
was in no mood to deal with the paparazzi. "I'm going 
to ride in Fighter's new toy. You guys can enjoy the 
Limo." With that said she attempted to drag him 
towards the car.

Kevin wasn't so sure that he liked the idea of her 
going off with Stephen and was about to say as much 
when he noticed that they were all about to have 
unwanted company. "You heard the princess everyone in 
the Limo. Otherwise we are going to be stuck here 
dealing with them." He pointed in the direction of 
the paparazzi.

"Damn it! Why can't they just leave us alone!" Mina 
snarled as she and the others got into the Limo.   

"I knew that we should have dragged Erica and 
Michelle along with us on this trip." Lita growled.

"The only reason that we didn't was because we have 
no idea where the two of them went off to. Otherwise 
you know as well as I do that the two of them would 
have insisted on coming along with us." Ami rolled 
her eyes at her friends.

"I wonder what the Outer's have been up to for the 
past two months. I mean the last time that we saw 
them was at the twin's birthday party." Raye arched a 
brow at her husband.

"Well we won't know until the three of them surface 
again. They have to be there for Haley's graduation 
and that is only a month or so away. " Jare cuddled 
his baby girl against his shoulder.

"You know maybe we should just leave well enough 
alone...I mean do you really want to know what 
Michelle and Erica are up to. I mean look at whom we 
are talking about...We should just be grateful that 
we are able to take this little break without the 
drill master anyway." Zach ever the logical one of 
the four generals put his two cents in.

"I say that we just enjoy ourselves, after all we 
haven't had a vacation in a very long time." Ami 
smiled at them. "The only problem that I can see 
about this trip is making sure that Stephen isn't 
alone with Sere. Otherwise Endy will hunt all of us 
down and behead us." 

"You do have a point. I say that we focus on that and 
then try and squeeze in some fun of our own." Rei 
nodded at Ami.

****

"Honestly Erica I don't think that you have anything 
to worry about! Serenity is eternally linked to her 
prince and there is no way that she would ever betray 
her love for him!" Michelle rolled her eyes at her 
cousin.

"I am not worried about anything!" Erica narrowed her 
eyes at her cousin.

"It's okay sweetness..." Justin pulled Michelle into 
his arms and kissed her on the tip of her nose. 
"Erica is just having Fighter withdrawal and will 
come to her senses when my brother arrives with the 
others." 

"I think that Erica is very nervous for the first 
time in her life and hates it that she has no control 
over what is about to take place." Trevor helped 
Selena out of the pool. "What do you think oh wise 
one." He pulled her up against him and growled into 
her ear.

Sel wrapped her arms around his neck and smiled up at 
him. "I think that we should just give Erica some 
space and that is all that I have to say about this 
matter."

"I'm going to wait out front for them. There is only 
so much talking behind my back that I can stand!" 
With that said Erica stalked out of poolroom.

"Was it something that we said?" Justin acted all 
innocent.

****

"Okay Fighter start talking!" Sere pinned him with a 
look when she noticed that one of Erica's Olympic 
gold medals in track and field was hanging from the 
mirror in his car. 

Stephen glanced warily at Sere and then went back to 
focusing on the road in front of them. "What's to 
talk about its an Olympic gold medal." 

"I know what it is Stephen Seyia Lights!" She 
narrowed her eyes at him. "What I don't know is why 
you happen to have Erica's gold medal. Do you have 
ANY idea what she is going to DO to you if she finds 
that missing!?"

"It's not what you think Rena I mean...Well she kind 
of sort of wanted me to have it." He refused to look 
at her face.

"She...Wanted you to HAVE her Olympic gold medal?! 
Why in the name of the gods would she want you to 
have that!! She isn't one of your fans! It's been 
hate at first sight ever since the two of you met!" 
She stared at him in wide-eyed disbelief.

"Look maybe Erica and I might have disliked each 
other at one time, but..." Stephen tried to hold his 
temper in check.

"DISLIKED EACH OTHER!!? She forbid me from even 
getting near you!! My god Fighter she wanted you six 
feet under and could have cared less if you had died 
in that battle with Galaxia or not!" Sere did not 
believe a word that he was telling her.

"Look I GET the PICTURE!! You don't have to SAY 
anything more about how much Uranus hates my guts!!" 
He all but snarled at her.  "Lets just say that I won 
that little trophy from her during a poker game and 
leave it at that! Are you satisfied now!! " He shot 
her a very heated angry look and then went back to 
focusing on his driving.

Sere instantly burst into tears.

Stephen took at deep calming breath and then glanced 
over at her. "I'm sorry princess please don't cry...I 
just lost my temper when you kept rubbing the fact 
that Mara hated my guts." He took one hand away from 
the steering wheel and raked his fingers through his 
hair. 

Sere stopped crying and glared murderously at him. 
"Turn the car around! I want to go back to the 
airport so that I can catch the next flight back 
home!!" Her moon symbol on her forehead was reacting 
to her temper. "And since when do you call Erica by 
her nick name?!"

Stephen knew that this sudden mood change was more 
than just her wanting to go back home. "I don't think 
so Serenity. You need this vacation." He took a 
another deep calming breath and decided to tell her 
what she wanted to know. " I really don't want to 
have to tell Erica, Michelle, and Sel that I upset 
you so much that you hopped on a plan back home. I 
mean she might forget that she loves me and go back 
to wanting to bury me alive."

"YOU AND ERICA!!?" Sere all but shouted at him in 
utter disbelief. 

"Erica and I, Trevor and Selena, and Justin and 
Michelle." Stephen broke the news to her.

"The Starlight's and the Outer Scouts?! Pairing off 
with each other!?  I don't believe it! I just can't 
believe that the six of you have changed that much in 
two months! It just isn't possible!" She was on 
information overload and her head was spinning.

"Just like you and Cape Boy when the two of you first 
met. The two of you couldn't stand each other. In 
fact he and Raye were still dating when the two of 
you finally realized that you loved each other. So 
you of all people should know that anything is 
possible." Seyia slowed the car in front of a gate 
and then punched some numbers into a device on his 
dashboard.

"Yes but that isn't..." her voice trailed off when 
she spotted Erica waving at them from the front steps 
of the mansion. "Who is that wearing a bikini and 
what did you do with Erica!?" Sere waited until he 
had stopped the car to use her new found mental 
abilities and pinned him to the seat with a mental 
blast. ::Now start talking before I Really hurt 
you!::

Erica could feel her princess's fury and raced to 
rescue her man from the wrath of the future Neo Queen 
Serenity. "Serena Angela Shields that is no way for a 
future queen to act!" she opened the passenger door 
and glared down at Serena.

Sere ignored her completely.

"Look Princess I don't want to have to go one on one 
with you, but I will if you harm a hair on my 
Fighter's head!" Erica warned her.

Upon hearing the words my and Fighter Serenity passed 
out cold.

"Thanks babe I really thought that I was toast for a 
second there...It looks like poor Sere is on 
information overload...that or Cape Boy is a dead 
man. I mean the guy can't even handle the two that 
they have." Stephen got out of the car and walked 
around the car to help get Sere out of the car.

A portal appeared on the front lawn and Endymion 
stepped out of it with little Cindy in his arms. 
"What the hell did you do to my WIFE!!" he all but 
roared at Erica and Stephen.

"Run for your life Fighter...I will try and calm down 
the prince. Hell he's made the change to King 
Endymion and he seems to be more powerful than ever." 
She got in front of him and prepared to do battle 
with the very angry prince.

"And give him the impression that I did something to 
Sere?! Are you out of your mind!! Look at the man!! 
He would hunt me down until he found me and then skin 
me alive!" Stephen hissed into her ear. "Look Darien 
its not what you are thinking...she fell asleep in 
the car and Mara is trying to help me get her out of 
the car."

"Nice try Fighter, but Serenity and I happen to be 
soulbonded and that means that I know when someone 
upsets my princess." Endymion narrowed his eyes at 
the two of them. 

"Back off Endymion! I am not going to let you hurt my 
Fighter!" Erica growled.

"YOU AND HIM?!" Endymion stared at the two of them in 
disbelief and then started laughing hysterically.

"Daddy be nice to Uncle Fighter' n Aunt Erica." Cindy 
narrowed her eyes up at her father.

"I'm sorry angel, but Daddy feels like he's stepped 
into the twilight zone." He finally managed to 
control his laughter enough so that he could speak.

"You love Momma?" She frowned.

"More than anything little one." He smiled down at 
her.

"So can't they love to?" she blinked up at him.

"Okay angel I get your point. I promise that I will 
behave." He ruffled her hair affectionately. "Now 
would the two of you hold Cindy while I get her 
mother out of the car?" he arched a brow at the two 
of them.

"Like you had to ask." Stephen eagerly scooped Cindy 
up into his arms. "You just get more adorable 
everytime I see you."

"I's Momma and Daddy's angel." She kissed him on the 
cheek.

"You're a little munchkin that's what you are." Erica 
kissed her on the top of her head.

Endymion knelt down beside the open passenger car 
door and softly kissed his wife on the lips. ::Wake 
up sleeping beauty.::

Sere's eyes flutter open and she smiled when she 
looked up into his familiar sapphire blue eyes. "Hi 
muffin how did you get here?"

"I just used a new trick that came with my new look. 
There is someone who really wants to see you and I 
know that you're dying to see her." he helped her to 
her feet and pulled her into his arms for a nice long 
kiss hello.

"Momma!" Cindy tried to leap out of Stephen's arms.

Sere turned around in his arms and immediately 
snatched Cindy out of Stephen's arms. "My baby!" she 
happily cuddled her daughter against her.

"We's left itchy sissy and Charlie to watch itchy big 
brodoer and big sissy." She informed her mother.

"What's the munchkin mean by the twins being itchy?" 
Erica frowned at Sere and Dare. "Why aren't the Small 
Lady, Charlie and Cindy in the future where they 
belong?"

"They have chicken pox and Serena Raye got cold feet 
the night before her and Charlie were supposed to be 
married." Sere filled the two of them in. "Now as for 
why Serenity Cynthia is here well obviously she takes 
after her sister and decided to tag along."

Cindy blinked up at her with innocent sapphire blue 
eyes and announced to all that could hear. "Momma's 
got twins."

"We know that angel. They are at home with the 
itches." Serenity kissed her the tiny moon symbol on 
her forehead.

"No!!!" she shook her head of fiery red curls in 
frustration. "Not Rafe and Rosy! Xan and Lexi!"

"Serenity Cynthia Shields that was not a nice thing 
to do to your parents! You know better than that!" 
Selena seemed to appear out of no where.

"Twins!!!?" Endy and Sere looked at each other and 
then down at the little girl in her arms. 

"But I thought that Xander was...I mean he...they 
never once mentioned another sister to us when they 
visited!! You would think that THEY would have TOLD 
us!!" Sere glared at Selena.

"They weren't suppose to visit the past in the first 
place. The two of you deserve to have a few surprises 
to look forward to. Alexandra happened to be off 
world when the rest of your other children decided to 
pay you a visit in the past." Selena calmly replied.

"Sissy is soldier." Cindy chimed in.

"You mean like your Mommy?"  Endy wasn't so sure that 
he liked what he was hearing.

"She's more. She's Space plorer" Cindy shook her 
head.

"Serenity Cynthia you have told them enough!" Selena 
growled.

"NO!! I say what I want!" Cindy was not about to be 
shushed. "You shut up!"

"Young lady you do not tell anyone to shut up that is 
not nice." Endy reprimanded her.

"You's be Bad Daddy!" Cindy glared at him. 

Endy felt as if he had been stabbed. "Twice and one 
day." He growled hoarsely. "Young lady you will not 
call me that again."

"I no wants to see you now!" Cindy wriggled out of 
her mother's arms and dashed across the lawn. 

"Serenity Cynthia Shields get back here!" Endymion 
tried to keep his temper in check as he and Sere 
raced after their child.

"And you really think that you want one of those?" 
Erica arched a brow at Stephen.

"You adore them and you know it." Stephen and her 
strolled hand and hand back into the house.

"I think that I had better go see what the others are 
up to." Sel opened up a portal in front of her and 
went in search of the Generals and their princesses.

****

"Would you hurry up with that! We have to get to 
Sere!" Raye growled down at the Limo driver who was 
trying to fix the flat tire.

"Raye hold Becca for a while. The man is working as 
fast as humanly possible." Jared set their daughter 
into her arms.

"This had better not be some kind of sign!" Lita 
growled.

"Don't even start Lita. It's only a flat tire." Nate 
rolled his eyes at her.

"Sere had better save us some food!" Min growled.

"Mina I seriously don't think that will be a 
problem." Kev chuckled.

"I think that we should all just try and keep a 
positive attitude about this little set back. After 
all the driver is almost finished with the tire and 
we do have this breathtaking view of the ocean to 
look at while we wait." Ami tried to soothe any 
ruffled feathers.

"That and The Three Lights place is only about a mile 
or two up the coast. So we will be there ten minutes 
after the tire is fixed." Zach grinned.

"So this is where the nine of you are." Sel decided 
to walk towards the Limo so not to startle the 
driver. 

"Selena! What are you doing here?" The girls chorused 
in surprise and raced over to her.

"Well this answers the question about where Eric, 
Michelle, and Sel disappeared to." Kev grinned.

"Yes but the question that I want to know is who 
they've been with." Nate smirked.

"You don't think that the Outer's and the 
Starlight's...No forget what I was thinking. I must 
be getting sun stroke or something." Jared grinned 
sheepishly.

"Well you never know...I mean anything is possible 
when it comes to that group." Zach chuckled.

"Did any of you even think about using the phone in 
the Limo to call ahead and tell us that your Limo had 
a flat?" Sel was not pleased with the four generals.

"Don't start with us Selena we are having a bad day." 
Kevin shot back.

"Oh yes that's right." Sel arched a knowing brow at 
the four men. "You're the reason why the King is in 
such a foul mood aren't you."

"Nice try Selena but there is no way that you know 
what mood Endy is in. He happens to be back home in 
Japan with the kids." Kevin wasn't about to take the 
bait.

"Bad move Kev you know as well as I do that Sel knows 
all." Nate hissed at his friend.

"Calling her bluff is like waving red in front of an 
angry bull." Jared groaned.

"Endymion happens to be here with little Serenity 
Cynthia. He seems to have acquired all of his natural 
born abilities and can now travel by portal when ever 
he wants, when ever he wants." Sel smirked at the now 
squirming generals.

"Please tell me that you are just being mean and that 
what you are saying isn't true." Zach had the strange 
sensation that this huge black cloud of doom had just 
appeared over them.

"If that makes the four of you nervous then you will 
just love hearing that Cindy informed her parents 
that Serenity is expecting again."  Sel tried to keep 
a straight face as the eight of them gaped at her in 
shock.

"That's great!! That means that Xander must be on the 
way." The girls exclaimed with excitement.

"Perhaps and then again maybe not." Sel informed them 
in her best all knowing all seeing tone. "Ah I see 
that he's finally fixed the flat. I will see you in a 
few minutes when you arrive at the house." She 
vanished right before their eyes.

"Since when can she do that?" Raye, Mina, and Lita 
looked at Ami as if she would know the answer to 
every question ever asked.

"Don't look at me." Ami shrugged her shoulders. "You 
guys may not believe me when I say this, but I really 
do not know all the secrets to the universe. That is 
Selena's line of work."

Four very angry wails from four very unhappy babies 
ended anyone's chance to comment on anything else.

***

Sere and Endy chased their child into what they 
thought was a corner. Unfortunately for them little 
Cindy had other ideas. She still knew how to 
transform into Sailor Mini Mini Moon and used one her 
powers to play very hard to get. "Got any more bright 
ideas Muffin?" Sere was highly amused at seeing her 
usually totally calm and in control husband starting 
to lose his composure. 

Endymion turned to glare at his very amused wife. 
"You knew that she was going to do that didn't you?" 
He looked down at his torn and tattered lavender 
colored royal attire and felt like hurting someone. 
He really didn't care whom either. 

"I had an idea that she might try something like 
that, but then trying to catch her is like trying to 
catch the wind. She has a way of keeping just out of 
arms reach." Sere gave him a very innocent look as 
they continued to search for her in the backgrounds 
of the mansion.

"How did you ever manage to keep her from running 
away all of the time?" Endy was starting to go from 
angry to very concerned about his baby girl.

"Actually...we...um didn't she always wandered off 
and we always had to go in search of her. She seemed 
to know where Fighter was at all times and that is 
where we usually found her." With that said Sere 
waited for her husband to do his usual and start 
ranting about his dislike for Stephen. 

Endy fought back his urge to find Stephen so that he 
could strangle him and focused on searching for his 
daughter. "Cindy you can come out now! Mommy and 
Daddy aren't mad at you!" he shouted for his 
daughter.

"This is all YOUR fault! You should have put her down 
for a nap before you ported here!" Sere's mood 
changed from amused to very irritated at her husband.

"NO NAP!!!!!!!" Cindy shouted down at them from her 
perch high up in one of the trees just outside the 
pool area.

Endy looked up to see where her cry of protest had 
come from and tried not to panic when he saw how high 
his baby girl was in the tree. "Serenity Cynthia 
Shields stay right where you are! Daddy will be right 
up to get you!!" he called up to his daughter.

"Muffin she takes after you I seriously doubt that 
she is in any danger of falling. So get a hold of 
yourself!" Sere grabbed him by the lapels of his 
tuxedo, but was too late he had already transformed 
into Tuxedo Mask.

"I am not willing to take that kind of chance with 
our youngest child!" he all but snarled at her.

"You think that I'm a bad mother!!" Sere burst into 
tears and raced into the main house.

"BAD DADDY MADE MOMMA CRY!!!" Cindy scolded her 
father loud enough for anyone in the area to hear.

He began to make his way up the tree forcing himself 
to ignore Sere's sobbing and his child's constant 
chanting of calling him a bad father. *At this rate 
I'll be lucky if I keep my sanity.*  He thought to 
himself.

Michelle was highly amused but knew when not to 
comment on certain situations.

Trevor and Justin however were both willing to risk 
getting beaten to a pulp by antagonizing Endy.

"You know I really didn't think that there was 
anything worse than that Tuxedo of his. However now 
that I have seen him in that other getup I stand 
corrected!" Justin made sure that Endy could hear 
every single word that he was saying.

"I'll say! I mean that new tuxedo is way too girlie 
for a guy to ever think of wearing in public! It must 
be someone's idea of a cruel joke!!!" Trevor put his 
two cents in.

"And what is with that hair! I mean didn't it used to 
be Black with green highlights?!" Justin snickered.

"Justin!! Trevor!! Will you two shut up before he 
hears you!!" Michelle snarled at them.

Two glowing white roses sailed through the air 
disintegrating the men's lounge chairs and sent both 
of them flying into the pool. ::I HEARD THAT!!! LIKE 
YOU TWO HE/SHE'S CAN TALK!! AT LEAST I GET TO REMAIN 
A MAN WHEN I TRANSFORM INTO ANY OF MY ALTER EGO'S!!:: 
his voice roared in their heads. ::No offense to the 
Outer Scouts of course.::

"None taken your highness I know that you have been 
under a lot of stress lately and aren't in control at 
the moment!" Michelle shouted over at him.  

He was almost to her when he heard Sere call out. 
"ICECREAM!!!!"

"YUMMY!!" Cindy chimed and proceeded to jump from the 
tree.

"NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Darien's went to leap after his 
baby girl, only to watch her materialize a parasol 
out of thin air and float safely to the ground. "I am 
getting way to old for this SHIT!" he groaned when he 
landed face first into the grass.

"YO!! Endymion!! You are suppose to land on your feet 
not your face!!" Kevin shouted at him from where he 
was standing with the others by the pool.

"Kunz has a point! Didn't you learn anything all 
those millennia ago back in the Silver Millennium!"  
Nate and Jared taunted.

"Don't look at me! I have no intention of being in 
traction during my vacation!" Zach motioned towards 
their extremely furious prince.

"He does have a point Kev." Jared backed towards the 
main house.

"I say we go find the girls until he cools down a 
little!" Nate took off at a flat out run when a rose 
just barely missed his leg.

"Right behind you Neph!" Kev yelped when a rose hit 
him on his backside. "Ouch! I was just kidding!!! No 
need to get violent!" he shouted over his shoulder at 
Endy.

Cindy decided that her Daddy needed to calm down and 
raced over to him with a double scooped ice-cream 
cone. "I sorry Daddy don't be mad." She blinked up at 
him with huge sapphire blue eyes.

"Please do your Daddy a very big favor and NEVER do 
that again." He scooped her up into his arms and 
hugged her fiercely.

Cindy and her ice-cream cone were instantly squished 
against him. "Oops!" she blinked innocently up at 
him. "Ice-cream got squished!"

"That's okay angel lets go see if I can cheer up your 
Mommy."  He felt all of his anger and frustrations 
seem to melt away as he carried her into the main 
house.



"Momma's otay she held me and I make her all better!" 
Cindy chattered up at him.

"I don't doubt that little one because holding you is 
like holding onto a ray of sunshine." He kissed her 
on the top of her head.

*****

To be continued
Next time Vacationing Down Under! ^_-

There you go the fourth story in my sailor moon 
series!
I hope that you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed 
writing it! Please email me what you think of this 
story and the series so far! ^_^

Oh yeah and before I forget...^^; Sailor Moon does 
not belong to me in any way and I am not writing this 
to make any money out of it! I do this because I love 
writing fanfics!

Until next time
Je na
Cindra