Okay, here we go - part 4. Sorry this is taking so long to do, I keep
getting side tracked!! But here it is! I'll do my best to keep it good
:)

Same disclaimer, I only wish I could claim Sailormoon :P I'd have more
neat stuff...

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			A Dark Lust, Part 4

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	His last orders to her had been to stay next to Sailor Moon.
How fitting, Nebil thought to herself. He uses our daughter to heal
this.. this child, and has me stay here to greet her when she awakens?
Nebil slammed her fist into the wall. "Who the hell does he think he
is?! How can I not be enough for him? I've always been there! ALways!!
Never once have I left his side since..." She shook her head. "He's
different now. I wish I understood..." Nebil sighed.. she looked over at
Serena. "And what about you, hm? Why are you here anyway.." What was so
important about the girl? Despite all the years she'd been by Erebus'
side... he'd never mentioned this girl. Why the sudden interest? Or was
it sudden? Had it always been there? She had much to ask him. But would
he even care to answer?

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	Serena was drifting... it was a different drifting now, than
before.The space around her felt so alive - but where was she? She
wished she could stay in this place forever... then it hit her. Darien
- the senshi - the battle. Had she lost? Worry plagued her mind. Am I
dead? Oh god... did I die? What will they do now? Will they stay captured?
And what of Darien?! Does he know? Has he even found them?.. not yet. How
long had she been here...floating like this. Her heart was filled with
sorrow, to never be able to save her friends - to love Darien...
				~*~
	Serena sat up in a bolt. She blinked a few times trying to
adjust herself to the light in the strange room. 'I'm alive?' she
thought to herself. Tears sprang from her eyes, she was alive!! She
looked down at her hands and quickly pinched her leg, pain - she WAS
alive! Now she could save them! She was overjoyed, for a very brief
moment. She heard a voice echo from within the room...

	"So. You're awake. I guess I should say, 'Welcome back', but
pardon me for not really caring." Nebil said simply. Serena started
to stand up but was brought back to where she was sitting by a strong
dizzy spell. "Oh, yes. You may just want to stay where you are, I hear
after a healing your body needs time to adjust."

	"Why am I here?" Serena mumbled, her fear was rising - she
couldn't fight right now, not in this condition - if there was to be
another fight, she may as well have already been dead. Her brooch!!
Serena looked frantically around her, where was her brooch? She didn't
even see her clothes now..she was sitting in a thin robe. She saw
Nebil rising and coming towards her.

	Nebil laughed, "Don't look so scared, I'm not going to bite..
again" She walked calmly towards Serena, "And I don't know why you're
here. I just do what I'm told to do." Nebil reached out to take a
closer inspection of Serena's side, but Serena quickly batted Nebils
hand away. Nebil narrowed her eyes and slapped Serena across the face.
"Don't you ever do that again. Master or no - I WILL make you reget it.
Now turn on your other side, I have to be sure the wound is fixed."
Serena held a hand over her red cheek and slowly turned onto her side.
Nebil moved her hands over where the wound once was. She was
surprisingly gentle. There was little more than a bruise where the
large gash had once been. Nebil couldn't help but be pleased, her
daughter had such a wonderful gift... Nebil shook the thought from her
daughter to the girl sitting on the bed in front of her. "You look
patched up alright. How are you feeling." Serena remained silenced.
Nebil glanced at the girl, "I asked you a question Sailor Moon." Serena
whimpered, "I-I feel fine, thank you." Nebil laughed again, "Why so
polite? You are an odd girl. I will go fetch the Master, for some
strange reason, he can't wait to see you."

	Serena looked at Nebil confused, "Who? Who is your Master?"
Nebil glanced over her shoulder,"Erebus, is my... master. Don't try
going anywhere, everyone knows you're here. And I won't be as nice
next time." Serena nodded slowly as she watched Nebil exit through
two large doors.

	"Erebus? Who is that?! Why would he want me here? I need to
get out of here.. where is Darien? Ugh..."

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	Darien stood in front of the mirror like a statue, a cold glare
fixed on his face.

	"Oh now now ... what kind of look is that to greet and old
friend Prince Darien?" Erebus laughed. He walked calmly closer to
the screen so he could get a good look at Darien.

	"You were NEVER a friend Erebus. What have you done?" Darien
spoke as calmly as he could manage. His fists were balled so tightly
at his sides that his knuckles were bright white.

	"Hm. You know, she really is a jewel, you out did yourself
finding me a new bride.. I must comend you on that. But I just wanted
to let you know, I'll take EXTRA good care of her for you"

	Darien's heart froze, new bride? Not Serena... He moved closer
to the mirror, "What do you WANT Erebus? She has nothing to do with us!
Let her go - let them ALL go! This is between you and me!"

	Erebus shook his head, "Oh no. This is not between you and I
anymore, you crushed me Darien. You crushed everything I had. And SHE
... she crushed Beryl. It'd only be fitting that she be mine now. It's
only fair. This is all YOUR fault Darien. Now, after all this time you
WILL regret what you did to me.." Erebus growled the memories entering
his mind and rising his anger with every passing second.

	"What are you TALKING about? That wasn't me up there - that was
Beryl's control, I had nothing to do with it! And Serena certainly has
nothing to do with this! I'm sorry for whatever I did - really, I
wasn't myself at all - but please do not take this out on Serena or
the scouts." Darien searched through his mind, desperatly trying to
remember what he had done while under Beryl's control so long ago...
what had he done to Erebus to make him this angry?? 'Damnit why can't
I remember?!'

	Erebus' eyes narrowed further - he didn't even REMEMBER?! He
didn't even slightly recall all that he had done? No. He would not
disgrace you this way... he's trying to fool you Erebus! No. He doesn't
deserve happiness, he took yours and now you're just taking it back.
"You destroyed everything I had when you betrayed Beryl. EVERYTHING. My
home, my life. And when you worked for Beryl? You don't remember the
way you treated me? I hate you. But it would be far too simple for you,
if I just killed you.. no.. you have to feel how I felt. You have to
experience true pain. Everything you did - oh you'll pay for it Darien.
You will - you are! You'll never touch her again." This brought a grin
to Erebus' face. He'd finally done it. He gotten back at the man he'd
been longing to get revenge with for all this time...

	Darien clentched his teeth tightly together. He would see her
again. This was not over. "We will meet again Erebus, I just hope you're
prepaired."

	Erebus raised a brow, "You think so Darien? I've changed quite
a bit since the last time we saw eachother. Perhaps you should be sure
YOU are prepaired, if you ever find us." Just then a woman entered
the room behind Erebus and spoke calmly. "The girl has awakened, Master."
Erebus' grin grew wider. "Ah, thank you Nebil, I will be there in just
one moment." She nodded and glanced at the screen with a sly grin, then
quickly turned and left the room. "Fabulous, my princess is waiting for
me. I hope you don't mind me cutting our converstation short..."

	Darien growled, "You touch her, and I'll kill you Erebus. Don't
you DARE touch her."

	Erebus laughed, "What, are you going to climb through your
mirror and get me? Hahahahah, good bye Darien, I'll say hello to Serena
for you" The mirror returned to Darien's reflection, the connection
was closed.

	Darien nodded to himself, "That's EXACTLY what I'm going to do."

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	Serena looked about the room curiously. She carefully tried to
get to her feet again but was put back in her place by another dizzy
spell. What had happened to her? This place was strange. The walls
weren't made of the normal materials she'd ever seen walls made up of
before. They looked almost like vines..except they were a deep blue color.
There was a large window directly across the room from her, beyond Serena
could just see the tops of a few buildings, and above it a black sky with
no stars. 'How could there be no stars here?' She thought to herself. 'It
must be cold out there... is that were my friends are? Or are they here?
I need to find them..' With that she forced herself to her feet and fought
the dizzy urge to sit back down. She took five steps towards the door before
the room began spinning so badly she couldn't even tell which way she was
going. She collapsed to the ground right in front of the door, just as it
was opening. She heard a deep voice speak out in surprise, "Coming to greet
me already Princess? How very thoughtful!"  Serena looked up at the man
standing above her - he was tall, good looking. His eyes were threatening,
the way he looked at her gave her the creeps. She had to get out of there...

	Erebus leaned down to pull Serena up, but she quickly crawled back
away from him. He laughed loudly, placing both of his hands on his hips.
Serena pulled herself carefully to a stand... the dizziness was wearing off.
"Who are you? Why did you bring me here!" Her blue eye's narrowed sternly.
Erebus walked toward her, "Serena, darling, you will be the perfect bride.."
"WHAT?!!" Serena's eyes widened, "Like EVEN! Release me at once! Let all
of us go! NOW!" Erebus couldn't help but laugh again, "Send you home? Haha..
please don't be so irrational. You aren't going anywhere...you'll be here
for a very long time my dear." He leaned in close to her face, his breath
warm on her cheek, "We'll have a wonderful life together Princess."

	Serena shook her head and pushed him back as hard as she could,
though caught offguard, it didn't carry him very far. She began running (as
best she could) towards the open doorway when a strong arm grasped around
her wrist, squeezing tight enough to make her cry out in pain. Serena 
quickly
spun around bringing her hand across Erebus' face hard. Erebus narrowed his
eyes, he was surprised, but he didn't release her wrist. He pulled her over
to him and held down her other arm. "Oh.. my princess. You'll learn how to
obey me soon enough." He pulled her over to the door way with him and 
slammed
the door shut. Serena tried desperately to pry his hand from her wrist, but
it only resulted in aharsh slap across the face from Erebus. Tears were
streaming down her face now, "What do you WANT from me? I don't even know
you!" She sobbed. This made him grin again, "I already told you...you're as
good as mine, Serena." "NO!" She yelled back, "I love Darien - you'll never
be anything to me!" Erebus growled and slapped her again, "You are NEVER to
say that name in my presence ever again! He is NOTHING to you now, NOTHING."

	Serena wimpered as he roughly put a hand around her neck and backed
her up against the wall, his eyes moving over her slim figure. He leaned in
and gently licked  away the thin trail of blood from the corner of Serena's
mouth. Serena gasped and struggled to her last ounce of energy, but it got
her no where. Erebus snickered as he tossed her onto the bed, "If you expect
me to spare your friends, you will learn to accept what I want. You will 
learn
soon enough, my princess.."

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	Lita grumbled. "Where IS she?" She hissed. "We can't pull this off without
her!" Rai put a hand on Lita's shoulder, "We have to be patient.. Don't get 
me
wrong, I want outta here just as much as you do - but the plan will be no 
good at
all if we can't consentrate."

	Lita sighed, "I suppose you're right. Dammit, we can't even protect Serena
from here. What if she's hurt? Grr.. we need to get out. Man I can't wait... 
I just
wish I knew what was going on outside these walls. We haven't even so much 
as heard
from Serena or Darien yet.." Rai kicked loose rock across the stone floor 
and took a
seat on one of the not so cozy cott's provided for the prisoners. "Hey Lita? 
Do
you think we'll be able to find our way home once we're out of here?" Lita 
nodded.
"Ami said once we were out of these weird stone walls, we'll be able to 
transform!
Then she can use her computer thing to find our way out. We'll be fine once 
we're
out. And I sure hope we run into that guy Erebus too! Oh they'll get it 
good..."
Rai nodded slowly.

	"I wish I knew why we were here at all." Mina said from her place near the
open barred windows dividing the two cells. "I mean.. this guy didn't want 
to take
over the world.. we weren't interferring in anything that we know of that 
was his
land or ... well what IS his reason? Why are we here? I just.. really wish I 
knew.
Because I don't understand this at all."  Ami nodded next to her now, "It 
isn't
very logical is it? But, perhaps we can have all of our questions answered 
once we
get out."

	Rai nodded, "You can count on tha-" her sentence cut short when a scream
echoed throughout the lair, Rai heald her breath, her eyes wide, "..that.. 
that
sounded like.." Lita finished the sentence for her, with a horrified look on 
her
face,  "Serena!"

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	Nebil almost laughed as the scream echoed through the walkway she was
wandering down. Yes, he was interested in that girl now, but in a month? She
wouldn't mean a thing. Only she, Nebil, would be good enough. She was very
confident in this reality. Not a doubt in her mind. Then, she would be able 
to
kill Sailor Moon, who wouldn't mean thing to him once he realizes that their
world would never accept the murderer of their old leader as their new one.
That's rediculous. How could her love even begin to think something like 
that
would work?

	Since he began rebuilding things - people got used to HER being around.
After they had their daughter, people expected her to rule beside him once
everything was finished. But now? This? HER? Hardly.

	Nebil glanced into her sleeping daughters room as she passed by. Good,
all that noise Serena was making hadn't woken up her little sleeping angel. 
Nebil
paused for a moment. How she loved Xandria - she and Erebus were all Nebil 
lived
for these days. Even if Erebus was temporarily blind... she still had 
Xandria.
And when he came around in a little while - the three of them would be 
together
again. Forever. She'd be sure of that. Until then.. she'd just have to work 
on
being the best she can be.. make his see how much better she is for him than
Serena. Nebil smiled to herself. She knew she just needed to be patient. 
Things
would be back to normal in not time at all. Nebil leaned down and kissed her
daughter on the forehead, then left the sunny room, returning to the dark 
hallway.

	Nebil rounded the corner and saw the large door leading to the room where
the Sailor Scouts were being held.

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	Darien paced back and forth, the same way he'd been doing it all
day. Luna and Artemis watched him worriedly, their concerns growing deeper
for all the senshi, and now the princess...what were they going to do? The
computer needed to be fixed, but with all of Dariens schooling - he still
couldn't repair the computer.. only Ami could do that and she wasn't here
anymore. Luna choked on a sob, Artemis frowned deeper and gently put his
paw over her shoulder, "It'll be okay Luna.. you'll see. We'll get them
back, all of them... you'll see.."

	Darien stopped and looked at Artemis, his brow arched into an
angry V shape. "And how do you know that Artemis?" Darien asked loudly,
"what if we never get any of them back? What if she isn't returned to us?
What if NONE of them EVER come back?!" Luna let out another sob, and
Artemis glared up at Darien, "Damnit, what do you expect US to do. We need
your help too yanno - and it doesn't help with you being so negative - I
love them JUST as much as you do - you need to calm down - or we'll never
solve this thing!" Darien was taken aback by Artemis' little speech. He
was right... it was no good for him to brew here and be angry. No.. he had
to do something, figure something out. Get her back.. get them ALL back.
But how?

	A noise sounded from the mirror on Dariens dresser, drawing
everyone's attention immediately. Now the mirror blanked out, and the
blackness was replaced before the three surprised friends, with the
small, yet familiar figure they could never mistake for anyone else..

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THEENDOFCHAPTER4!!
Hehe.. gee wonder who it is huh?
I apologize for not being able to finish
it in time for last week ...but I didn't want to rush it. I am working on
Chapter 5 already, and hopefully it will follow with this one.

OH! I wanted to thank everyone who emailed me about my story! I really
appreciated the kind words you all gave me - it really helped me be inspired
to write more.

Anyway, have a great day!
Destiny