Destiny Series by -Angel- Episode Seven "Tanya's World" "I call upon the power of the Imperium of Darkness!" Tanya yelled. Suddenly she was surrounded by a force. The power grew bigger and bigger. She started spinning and lightning bolts began charging. "To Jupiter!" She screamed! Jupiter's face froze. She was in a state of total fear and couldn't move. And a large force was coming straight at her! "Sailor Jupiter!" Sailor Moon screamed. She attempted to leap into the force's path, but Tuxedo Mask held onto her tightly. "Jupiter!!!! NO!!!!" She screamed. The force engulfed Jupiter. She screamed and split into a thousand thunderbolts that flew everywhere. Mars ducked and nearly missed one. But Sailor Moon wasn't so lucky. She was hit with one. She screamed in pain as it electrified her. Tuxedo Mask quickly let go and pulled her to the ground to avoid another one. Sailor Moon began shaking violently and the bolt electrocuted her. Mars was huddled on the ground. She saw Sailor Moon shaking and tried to crawl to her. But a bolt of thunder hit her as well and she began shaking in pain. For the first few seconds she tried not to scream in pain. But it was so intense and hurt so much that she let out a piercing scream. Tuxedo Mask looked over. "Mars, not you, too!" he cried. He wanted to crawl over and rescue her from them, but something made him cuddle Sailor Moon. It's that stupid probe, he thought maliciously. Both the girls let out cries of complete agony. Tanya smiled and snapped her fingers. Instantly the rest of the thunderbolts disappeared.Although the whole instance took only a few seconds, it seemed like hours to the girls. The pain slowly ceased. Mars collapsed on the ground. Sailor Moon huddled against Tuxedo Mask. shivering. Tuxedo Mask held her, trying to shut out the fear that she wouldn't survive this. Tanya laughed. "Well, that was fun. And no more Jupiter..." she cried happily, jumping up and down. Scott smiled and hugged her. "That's what you think..." a weak voice echoed. Both Mars and Sailor Moon looked up. They glanced around but didn't see a sign of her. "Scouts, she's with us now." Amy said. " But she's very weak, so she can't replenish your strength. She entered through that bolt. It just zapped all her energy. When you guys recover, so will she." Mars nodded. She felt so scared, so weak, and so helpless. There was nothing she could do. She coughed. Sailor Moon sighed as Tuxedo Mask held her. Without warning, he kissed her. They exchanged a passionate kiss before Sailor Moon fainted with exhaustion. Scott groaned. He had been playing the devoted boyfriend for half an hour while Tanya had her way with these brats. Enough was enough. It was time for Tanya to get rid of these children. "Tanya, don't you think we should get it over and done with?" he hissed. Tanya looked at him surprised. "What? Scott, we NEED to make them suffer." she insisted. She looked back at the scouts. Scott felt his anger growing. It was finally time for a long talk with Tanya. He grabbed her wrist. She gasped in surprise and pain. "Scott, that hurts..." she whimpered. Instantly he zapped them to their apartment in the Imperium. "What in the world? SCOTT! We've lost them!" Tanya was enraged. How could he do such a thing? "No, you've lost ME. Unless something's change around her, Tanya, we're finished. I'm sick of playing second to your Sailor Scout obsession." Scott retorted. He went over to the kitchen, poured himself a drink and sat down on the couch. Tanya looked cruelly at him. "Now's not the time." she answered finally. "It better be, because this is the only time I'm taking. For once you're going to adjust to MY schedule." Scott said coldly. Tanya shut her mouth and sat down. "I love you. You know I love you more than anyone. But Tanya, this can't continue. I only have so much patience. And pushing off a wedding for how many years..." Scott began. Tanya looked up. Her face had lost that stony edge to it and she represented a vulnerable girl. "Scott, please. Try to understand. They've ruined my life! I will never be the way I was." Tanya's voice choked. "Tanya, I sympathize. My friends were killed, too. And I was part of it as well. But it's over. There's no use dragging up the past." Scott said quietly. "The Negaverse was MY life! Zoisite and Malachite were MY family. Zoisite was the only real family I had. Queen Beryl was like a mother to me. I never had a mother before, Scott. She was so loving with me, always helping me with my duties. Yes, she was strict with the generals, but you have to be strict with an army. She was so good to me." Tanya explained quietly. Scott sighed. He said, "But they're gone. And there's nothing you can do about it." He stood up and sipped his drink. He was slowly calming down. "Yes there is! Get these Sailor Scouts! They were responsible for the death of my family. They were responsible for the destruction of my life." Tanya leaped up. She went over to Scott. "Tanya, I'm sick of it! When will I be important?! When can we get married? When can we rule a galaxy? That's my vision of the future. I want to marry you and spend the rest of my life with you. Why won't you let me?" Scott protested. "I want that too, Scott, really I do. But I'll never be happy unless I know they are finished. And they have to suffer. Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter got off easy. Mars will suffer a little more. Tuxedo Mask will suffer like I do, living a life of shambles. But Sailor Moon will suffer the most.She will be tortured. She will be exposed. And she will die. And when her death comes, she'll welcome it. I can't go on until that is finished." Tanya explained. Scott came over to her. "I understand your feelings. I mean, Queen Beryl pulled Zoisite and you out of the slums, gave you a home, gave you a future. She brought us together. We were going to reign over Saturn together. We just didn't plan on the scouts destroying everything. We were too arrogant and foolish. But I'm going to accept it and move on. Whether you move on with me is up to you." Tanya looked at him. A tear trickled down her cheek. It had come to this, choosing to live in the past or pursue the future. To go with her only love or to destroy her only hate. She couldn't have both anymore. Tears spilled out of her eyes as she shook her head. She couldn't let the scouts go. Scott felt tears in his eyes. He didn't care if they came out or not. It was over. He had to leave her. He went into his bedroom and collected his possessions. As he came out, Tanya sat on the couch crying. It made his heart break a thousand times to see her in such pain. But he had to go. There was nothing here for him. He took off his promise ring and placed it on the table. He opened the door and turned to have one last look at his love. "I shall always love the girl living in the past." he whispered. Tanya looked up. Her face was red from crying. But she was able to say, "And I the man who could not stay." He turned back around. Just as he closed the door, she heard him let out a heart-wrenching sob. "Are you okay?" Darien asked Serena. She opened her eyes. She was in Darien's new apartment. He was leaning over her, a concerned look on his face. "Darien..." she said. She nodded. She put her arms around him and leaned up. He kissed her softly at first, but then slowly it grew more and more passionate. They were interrupted by Raye. "Get a room, you two!" she muttered. They looked over at her. She was sitting on the carpet. "It's not like they can help it, Raye." Lita said. Raye smiled. "I keep forgetting you guys can hear, too." "Not only that, but we can read your mind and hang around in your bodies. I'm keeping a close eye on you, Raye. Your health is rapidly deteriorating." Amy said. Raye nodded and coughed. Serena quickly got up to go over to her. "Raye, are you okay?" she asked. Raye shrugged. "I'm only dying, Serena. I wonder why you're not so sick, you've had the disease longer than me." "Her body systems can withstand almost anything. Besides, there's a shot of energy when she's around Darien." Amy explained. "Maybe them two should continue kissing. At that rate, Serena will never get old." Mina joked. Serena blushed. Darien looked a little confused, but that didn't stop him from holding Serena and kissing her again. Raye groaned in disgust. Serena loved it when Darien kissed her hard. He had never done that before, they had always had tender, loving kisses. These were rough, demanding, and passionate. She felt excited whenever Darien kissed her, as if he was unable to control himself around her. Of course, he wasn't. Raye turned on the tv as Darien and Serena continued to make out. That is so gross, she thought. She wished Chad were here. She missed him. Why did I say I wouldn't go to that concert? Suddenly she stood up. Grandpa must be going out of his head about me, I've been gone a full day! "Darien, I'm going to use your phone." Raye walked over to the kitchen. She called her grandfather and let him know she was alright. He sighed with relief. Meanwhile, Serena began to feel trapped. Darien was slowly crushing her, kissing her with all his strength. She could barely breathe, much less kiss him back with equal force. Finally, she groaned. "Darien, you're hurting me." He moaned and continued to kiss her. "Darien, stop, that hurts!" she said louder. Darien had heard her, but didn't want to stop. Something made him ignore her and keep going. It felt so right to be kissing her again, why stop? "Stop, Darien, please!" Serena yelled. Darien kept going. Raye walked out of the kitchen and heard Serena struggling. "Darien, you're hurting her, cut it out!" Raye shouted. He still didn't move. "Serena, get him off. He'll seriously hurt you if you keep going!" Lita said. Serena told him to stop once more. All Darien did was grunt. Finally Serena did the only thing she could. She took her hand and slapped Darien as hard as she could. He whirled back, surprised that Serena had the power to do that to him. Serena stood up quickly. She was gasping for breath. So was he. Raye looked at Darien. His cheeks were red and his hair was messed up. But his eyes had a fire in them. She recognized it as the fire of desire. This is very bad, she thought and went over to Serena. "Are you alright?" Darien quickly asked. He felt like a complete and total idiot. What had happened? It was that stupid probe, he thought. Serena nodded slowly, unsure of what to do. "I'm so sorry, Serena. I didn't mean to..." Darien began. "Of course you didn't mean to. But it happened. And that's incredibly frightening." Raye interrupted. They both nodded. Darien was shaken up about his uncontrollable behavior. How could he make it stop? When he was around Serena, it was like a monster took control of his body and made him do the things he did. "Darien, we have to go." Raye said plainly. Darien looked up. "Where will Serena go? They're are hospital men looking all over for her. She'll have to go back to the hospital. Let her stay with me." He walked over to Serena. She backed away from him. "Considering the circumstances, I don't think that's such a good idea." she muttered as she stood behind Raye. Darien looked hurt, but nodded. He was mad at himself for acting like a fool, and he wanted a chance to make it up to Serena. "We'll be going. Serena will come home with me, Darien. Grandpa and Chad won't tell." Raye stated. "Serena, go ahead, I'll catch up." Serena walked out. She was shaken by what had happened and could barely speak. Then Raye and Darien were alone. "Darien, you're 21. Serena is only 14. You can't do that to her!" she hissed. Darien turned his back on her. "You think I meant to? Sheesh Raye. I've been with 14-year-olds for awhile, I knew from the beginning that I was going to have to take it really slowly. But when do I get to do something for myself? When is it MY turn? Serena's happy, and I want her to be, but I need so much more from a relationship than she is willing to give." Darien said. "Serena's not even legal to do that!" Raye said shocked. "No, not THAT. I just want her to be more open to certain things. I've been doing things HER way, why can't she try them mine for once?" Darien replied. "Serena is not mature enough to handle it Darien. I know you're frustrated and all, but I don't think I'm mature enough to handle what you want. You must be patient. I realize that probe isn't helping anything, either. But this was more than the probe. Believe me, I've been able to resist it. It's taken tremendous willpower, but I've done it. And you can, too." Raye said, "This was more than the probe." She left the apartment. Darien sat down, his breath a little shaky. It was time for him to admit the truth to himself. He loved Serena with all his heart, but he wasn't satisfied with little pecks on the cheek. He was willing to wait for Serena to grow up, but he wanted her to be open to try new things, too. He had let the probe be an excuse. He had tested Serena, and she had shown that she wasn't open to it. He hadn't been fair to her. She hadn't expected it and it had scared her. Yet, would she be willing to do it when she had expected it? Darien shook his head. He didn't think so, and he definitely wouldn't dream of talking to her about it. He smiled when he thought of Serena. She was so vibrant and full of life. Yet, she was so young. She had asked him one time if the age thing had bothered him, and he had said no. But maybe it did bother him. Serena sat in Raye's bedroom. She was thinking about Darien. Raye had been going on and on about Chad, and she wasn't interested in it anymore. Suddenly she had a thought. "Raye, where's Luna?" Serena asked. Amy answered her. "Luna left the camp when the monster appeared. She went to get Artemis. By the time she came back, the enemies had left. Right now I think she's at your house, Serena." Serena smiled. "Lita, you okay?" "I'm doing a lot better, Serena." Lita's spirit said. "I'm glad I'm here, this place is amazing." Serena nodded. She needed Luna, but couldn't get her because there were people everywhere. She thought of an idea. "Raye, I'll be back." she said and took out the Luna pen. "Luna pen power! Transform me into a hospital attendant!" Serena called out. Instantly she felt herself being changed. She looked in the mirror. Her hair was in a bun, she wore a white jacket, and tennis shoes. Raye glanced at her. "Nice. Going home to get Luna?" Raye guessed. Serena nodded. Serena walked out of the temple without being noticed by Chad and Raye's grandfather. She smiled as she walked on the streets. The people didn't give her a second glance, there were hospital attendants everywhere. She confidently walked to her house and went to her bedroom window. This was the hard part. "Luna! Luna!" she whispered. She wished she could just climb in and grab her, but her parents would see her. Heaven knows what they would do if they saw a hospital attendant in her room. Serena brightened when she heard a meow. "Luna! It's me, Serena! I need your help." she called out. A little cat face peered from Serena's window. "Serena? Hardly recognize you. Is it Raye? What's happened?" Luna jumped out of the window and down to safety. "No, she's fine. I need some advice." Serena whispered. Luna nodded and Serena led her towards the temple. "I thought you were going to stay at Darien's for the night." Luna commented. Serena shook her head. As they went into the temple, Serena came back to her normal self. She went into Raye's room. Raye wasn't there. Luna hopped up on the bed and sat patiently. "What is it?" she said as she saw Serena's face. "It's Darien..." Serena began. "He and I were kissing...and...he, um...." Serena couldn't bring herself to say what he had done. Luna's eyes widened. "Did he hurt you Serena?!" she gasped. Serena shook her head swiftly. "No, nothing that bad. He just wouldn't stop kissing me. I couldn't breathe and he wouldn't stop." Serena shook all over, remembering the event. Luna sighed with relief. "It's the probe." Serena shrugged. "I don't know. He was never that forceful with Raye." she sat down on the bed. She was so confused. Luna nodded with understanding. "Perhaps Darien is allowing the probe to take control of him. I mean, he IS a lot older than you, and may need more from a relationship." Serena nodded. "That's what I've been thinking. Maybe I should give him what he wants..." Serena said quietly. "Don't even think about it Serena!" Lita said in her head. Serena jumped, forgetting that the spirits of Amy, Lita, and Mina were listening, too. "Yeah, don't ever compromise yourself, girlfriend." Mina agreed. "If you're not ready, don't do it." Amy said. "Guys, I miss you. I wish you were here to tell me what to do." Serena said to them. "We are. And we say you shouldn't do something you don't feel prepared for." Lita answered. Serena sighed. She knew her friends were right. At another time, she would have a greed with them. But it wasn't a hypothetical situation, it was actually happening. "You guys, it's not as easy as that. There's a lot I have to consider. I love Darien." "And he loves you. That's why he's willing to wait for you to grow up." Mina answered. "But maybe I should let him occasionally have his fun, too. I mean, I love him and I want him to be happy." Serena argued back. "Serena," Amy began, "I know you. You may be a klutz, have marshmallow mush for brains at times, but you stand very strongly when it comes to doing something you're not ready for. You're just happy Darien's back and you don't want to lose him again. But he will wait for you. Trust me." A that instant Raye came in. She had a huge smile on her face. Her hair was slightly messy. Behind her, Chad looked astonished. He had lipstick on his face. He merely winked at Serena and walked away. "RAYE?!" Serena said incredulously. Raye shrugged. "It's the probe. Sorry." she winked. "I sensed you were doing something, Raye," Lita said, starting to crack up. "But I wasn't going to say anything to the others." Serena giggled and pictured Chad walking down the porch and Raye attacking him with kisses. Immediately, Amy, reading Serena's mind, began to laugh hysterically. Raye looked confused, but happy. It was good for things to be back to normal. Or SOMEWHAT normal. Tanya got out of bed. It had been five hours of non-stop crying. Her pillow was soaked through, and she had cried all her tears. t was time to accept it and move on. Tanya loved Scott. She had wanted to marry him, but never had felt the time was right. She wanted the Sailor Scouts gone before she settled down. She just hadn't counted on Scott's patience running thin. Now he was gone. Now she had no future, except to kill the scouts. She took all the pictures of her and Scott and stored them into a box. Solemnly, she took off the bracelet he gave her and put it in the box. She took all his love notes and put them with the pictures and bracelet. Finally she stopped at his ring. She picked it up and gazed at it. Instead of putting it in the box, she placed it on her finger. It would be her one memory of these past years they had spent together. She took the box and stored it into the closet. It was time to get the scouts. She sat down with a cup of coffee and looked through her computer book. One thing she hated about Earth was the lack of computer books. She had to drag along her whole supply of books. She groaned and looked at the book. It said that Serena and Raye were not located. Lita, Mina, and Amy were dead, and Tuxedo Mask wasn't anywhere to be found. Nothing had changed in five hours. She had her hospital patrolmen looking for either of them all day. "That's it," Tanya sat up and put her stuff away. "I'm going to have some fun." Darien sat in his apartment, watching tv. He tried to push Serena out of his mind, but she wouldn't go away.He groaned and turned off the tv. He had to get out and go somewhere. "Maybe Andrew's home," he said, grabbing his jacket. If he wasn't, he'd just go for a walk. He opened the door and saw Tanya walking down the steps. "Hey, Tanya!" he called. She stopped and turned. He waved. She smiled and came up to join him. "Hey, where are you headed to?" he asked. "Oh, I was just going to take a walk. I needed to get out of the apartment for awhile." she said. He nodded. "Me too. Care to join me?" he asked. She grinned and they began walking together. "So what's up?" he asked her. Tanya paused, then shrugged. "Nothing much. You?" Darien noticed something peculiar but didn't mention it. "Oh nothing. How are you and your boyfriend doing?" Tanya's eyes clouded with tears. "We're fine." she said quietly. Darien saw her eyes and stopped. "What's wrong?" he asked. He hated to see girls cry. "Scott and I...." she sobbed. Darien knew what she was about to say and put his finger over her mouth. "It's okay. These things happen. You don't have to tell me about it." he said. "But I want to. I have to tell somebody." she said and sat down on a bench. He sat next to her and she began to explain, "Scott and I were going to get married. But there was...something I wanted to do before we got married. We had been engaged for five years, and I still hadn't done it. Finally he lost patience and left." she broke out into sobs as she finished. Darien put his hand on her back and soothed her. "I'm sorry, Tanya. I know I'm just you're neighbor and all, but I still want to help." Darien said soothingly. Tanya looked up, her tear-stained face gazing at Darien. "Thank you. I'm afraid I don't have too many friends to turn to." she answered. Darien smiled and nodded. They stood up. She looked at him once again. His eyes are so blue, she thought. He's cute, for a human. "What about you and your 'sorta' girlfriend?" she asked lightly. They continued walking. "Oh I messed up big time with her. See, she's only fourteen..." he said. "Fourteen?! My gosh Darien!" Tanya gasped. "I love her, I know I do. But because of her age, she's not ready to do some of the things I want to do." he said. Tanya nodded in understanding. She remembered when she wanted Scott to marry her, before Zoysite had died. He said he wasn't prepared for it, that they should live together first. Tanya had been reluctant, but finally agreed. Then her life had changed. "I'm willing to wait, but it's so hard." Darien went on. "Yeah, I know what you mean." she said. They had walked around the block and come up to Darien's apartment. She stopped in front of his door. "Well, I should get back. There's a lot of cleaning that needs to be done." she said. Darien nodded and took out the key to his door. Suddenly she turned and hugged him. He was surprised, but hugged her back. She whispered and thank you into his chest and broke the hug. She smiled and went up the steps. Briefly, Darien imagined kissing Tanya. After all she was an adult, more experienced, and beautiful. Darien pictured Serena. He shook his head and drove both pictures out of his mind. Serena and he were in love. Yet his mind kept going back to Tanya. What would it be like to kiss her? he thought as he shut the door.