Different
Part 2
by Anni

She woke up almost forgetting where had she spent previous day and
what had happened to her. Looking at the white ceiling all memories
came back. 'I want it to be a nightmare and to wake up in my room
with Luna screaming in my ear!' she thought to herself. What day
it was today? How long had she been here? She lost the track of
time and there was no chance to find it out. She room she was
held had no windows and, what was more surprising, no doors.
"How did he managed..."

As an answer to her question Himur appeared right in front of her.
He was smiling at her, but Usagi already knew, that this meant
nothing good to her anyway. 'What does he want from me now?' She
thought with fear. For one second she thought about using the crystal
to heal him or about doing anything to get out of here.

"You can forget about getting back to your precious earth. You are
too far from there right now and you won't survive such long
teleportation all by yourself." Himur was actually reading her thoughts.
"When you are that emotional it is easy to read your mind without
even concentrating," Himur almost laughed at her shocked expression.
"So forget all your childish thoughts about healing me. I can't be
healed, cuz I am like this and nothing can change me. It was you in
the first place who made me like that."

"But if you'll give me your crystal willingly, there will be much
easier for you to live here with me for next few centuries." He
couldn't hold his devilish laugh now watching her eyes grew wider
at his "few centuries".

"Oh.. haven't I told you? Now when we are far from your planet you
can live almost forever if you behave yourself, of course. And the
first thing you must do is to give me the crystal. You won't need
it anymore." Saying that he made a step towards her.

"I... I don't have it with me." She wasn't good at lying, but she
had no other way. "I left it at home..." The blush on her cheeks
was betraying her.

"You ever can't lie properly. Do you think I am blind and stupid?
Don't you realize I have seen you hiding your Ginzuishou inside of
your body." Himur laughed out loudly. "I never thought Sailor Moon
was so naive."

"The fact is that I'll get the crystal anyway. But you can choose
the easier way for you. You can't hold it inside forever. It will
take too much of your energy. And if you don't obey me now, I'll
simply drain your energy to that point, when you won't have any
strength to resist me. And I can guarantee it is more painful then
you can imagine." With these words he began to come closer to the
bed Usagi was still sitting.

If she only had time to think about it. Maybe she could find some way
out? Maybe the senshi will still find her, though that was almost
impossible. Usagi was trying to think, but the pain from broken bond
and fear gave her no chance. Everything was happening so quickly
that she almost lost ability to make quick decisions.

She shook her head. "No.. I won't give you the crystal"

Himur looked annoyed. She was actually refusing him. "Well..." he
thought "you let me no other chance, but maybe it is even better...
for me. I can have some real fun with you."

"You are stubborn, but I like it. It will be fun to make you change
your mind" Snapping his finders he made the appearance of the room
change. There was no comfortable bed or other furniture in it. The
walls were dark and dirty. Moisture dripped down the walls. The
light was coming from few candles on the walls. It was quite scary.

Usagi almost fell on the floor when invisible hands grabbed her by
her hands and tied them together and chained above her head. She
was now hanging in the center of the room. For few seconds she
couldn't see what was Himur doing. Then she heard his voice.

"I give you the last chance. Give me the crystal and we'll forget
that incident." His voice was harsh and Usagi thought twice before
she spoke again.

"No. You won't have it." Her hands were hurting, cuz all her weight
was hanging on her shoulders. But to give up? She couldn't do that.
She shook her head again.

"So.. you choose the hard way, don't you? Well.. don't say later that
I haven't warned you. There will be no way back." His evil laughter was
ringing in Usagi's ears... Then she felt the pain...

===

Four girls and Mamoru gathered together at their usual place at
Hikawa temple. That was really strange, each of them thought. Usagi's
disappearance was so sudden, that they had no clue why had she run
away or where to find her. Ami's computer was silence. It was like
there was no Usagi at all. No trace of Silver crystal either. And
what was even stranger, that Usagi's parents claimed they had no
daughter at all. Girls' first thought was that the leader of the
senshi just had run away. She had always told them: "I want to live
a normal life. I am tired of being supergirl and princess. Just let
me be!" Could it be? Usagi just left them without any explanation?
But then.. how about her parents? Why had they acted like that?
There were too much unanswered questions.

Rei was furious: "This eternal klutz is gone, and we are left alone
to fight all these monsters! She has no sense of responsibility! She
thinks only for herself!" Inside Rei was worried about "that eternal
klutz". But she was used to hide her feelings and cover them with
everything else. But.. what if she had really run away? Rei was
afraid this thought to enter her mind.

Mamoru was sitting in silence. He even didn't hear Rei's words.
"Where was she now? Why hadn't she told me about her plans? Maybe
she was trying to avoid me?" Hundreds questions were swirling in
his head.

Ami was typing something in her computer, but her worried face
showed that there was still nothing about Usagi or the Ginzuishou. Makoto
and Minako felt themselves just useless. There was nothing they
could do to help find their leader and princess.

Few weeks they were desperately trying to find anything about their
lost friend. Thankfully there was no new enemy. Their school friends
never asked about Usagi either. They seemed to forget that a girl
with a name Usagi ever existed. It was like finding a needle in a
haystack. There was no possible way to find her.

They lived further with feeling of disappointment and offense.
They'd lost their friend. But the life gave them no time to think
about it. They had school, families, friends. Everything was running
further. Life was going on and soon Usagi seemed almost like a dream.
A dream of a girl, who was laughing and sharing all her thoughts with
them. A girl who was whiny and clumsy, but also so caring and gentle.
A girl who's love made their day brighter...

End of part 2.

Hi.... I hope you are not disappointed. I have few more parts ready.
The only thing I need now is your email. Just few lines that this is
worth wasting my and your time, oki? ^^)

Pretty please..... email me ^^)
Thanx.

Anni
annushka78@hotmail.com