Alone - Chapter Nine

Alone
Chapter Nine: Abducted
By Selenity Jade
Rated: PG13

Disclaimer: I'm going cross-eyed from staring at the computer... Wait, that isn't a disclaimer... See, told ya... Not only am I cross-eyed, I'm also brain dead. ; I don't own Sailor Moon, though I'd like to borrow Diamond and Mamoru for awhile. Think that would be possible?

Pairing:  Mamoru/Usagi

AN:  Updated 03/22/08

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"Diamond."

The white-haired man with an upside-down black crescent moon on his forehead smirked. "Yes, King Endymion. You remember me, then? I'm pleased."

The King of Crystal Tokyo glared at the floating man. "I would of course remember the man who caused my wife's current situation."

"Oh, you mean her eternal sleep? Yes, I suppose I was the cause of that." He sighed in mock pity. "That was a long while ago, Endymion. And I thought you were above petty grudges."

"Petty grudges!" the King exclaimed in offence. "Petty! My wife's life is not petty!"

"Of course not. To you, anyway." Diamond then dismissed the King with a slight flick of his hand. He then turned his deep violet eyes to Sailor Moon, staring a few moments too long. "Hello, Sailor Moon. I have been waiting to meet you."

The way the man said that made Tuxedo Kamen step in front of her. He did not like the implications Diamond was giving off. "Well, now you've met her. Get out."

Diamond threw his head back and laughed, as if Tuxedo Kamen had said the most humorous thing he had heard in years. "So sorry, Tux, but I'm not leaving until I get what I came for. Come here, Sailor Moon," he ordered softly as he stared at her, a third eye opening in the middle of his forehead.

Tuxedo Kamen gasped when he saw the blonde girl he was sworn to protect, float up towards the evil man. "Usako!"

She didn't even appear to hear him! "Usako!" he screamed in anguish.

She floated straight up into the white-haired man's arms, and it was only when the third eye disappeared as Diamond grabbed Sailor Moon's tiny wrist did she snap out of it.

"What?" she asked in confusion before she started struggling. "Let go of me!"

"No," he said simply, yanking her against his chest. He then smirked triumphantly at both the King and Tuxedo Kamen before disappearing with his prize.

"USAKO!"

Kind Endymion watched sadly as his former self broke down, screaming his love's name. It tore at his heart as he had felt the very same pain when Serenity had been attacked, and forced to be encased in crystal. At least he could talk and see her.

"Tuxedo Kamen."

The darkly clad man glanced at him, his mask having long since been thrown away from him. His midnight blue eyes were filled with pain and anger.

"Do not worry overly much. Diamond will not harm her. He wants her as his wife and I think he wants her willingly. We have plenty of time to get her back. And more, I know where he is. Come with me," the King ordered, turning and leading the way into the back of the secret fortress, which was no longer secret.

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Usagi woke up in a very strange place. In a very strange bed. In very strange clothes. She couldn't remember what had happened, or where she was. Glancing around the room, she felt groggy, disconnected. What was wrong with her?

She gasped, her hand moving to her chest. Her brooch. Her brooch was missing! She frantically looked in the bed, her hand finding it near her. She clutched the brooch tightly and breathed a little easier. She still had the crystal.

Wait, hadn't she been transformed before? Why wasn't she still Sailor Moon? She looked down at the white gown in confusion. Who had dressed her?

"I see you are awake, Sailor Moon, or should I call you Serenity? Or Usagi? Which do you prefer?"

She snapped her head up at the familiar voice, suddenly frightened. "Who...? Diamond? You're Diamond..."

He nodded. "And you retain your memories. That is quite remarkable. After that much dark energy, you should have slept a week instead of three days. And you shouldn't even remember your own name, let alone mine. But I'm glad. It means you are strong. Strong enough to handle the energy I will be feeding you. Strong enough... to be my queen."

Usagi gasped. "Your queen!"

"Yes, my queen. You will be my wife, and help me rule the new age on this planet. We'll rule together."

"I can't be your wife! I'm only sixteen!"

Diamond shrugged. "I will wait until you are of age, of course, before touching you. But we will marry, Usagi. You will marry me."

Usagi swallowed nervously. Diamond seemed very unstable, and refusing him outright might put her in danger.

Mamo-chan...

"You don't look thrilled, Usagi. Maybe I should persuade you."

"How about you don't?" she asked weakly, watching him warily. "I... I love someone else. I can't marry you!"

Diamond scowled. "You will love no one but me after you're done with the dark energy treatment! You will belong to me! Not Endymion!"

She shook her head. "You may take away my memories, Diamond, but you'll never change my heart."

He laughed at her. "We shall see, Usagi. We shall see." And with those ominous words, he left the bedroom, and Usagi was alone once more.

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Tuxedo Kamen stared at the King in dismay. "She's been taken where?"

"Nemesis," the King replied, looking over the small star map in front of him. "It's approximately sixty billion miles away. Apparently, the Dark Moon family has a way to teleport between here and there."

"Then why can't we teleport there and get her back?"

King Endymion sighed, looking at his former self sympathetically. "Because the Sailor Senshi could use teleportation, we didn't devise a system that could do it. We didn't want someone with dark intentions to have access to it or the plans to it. We also didn't really have much of a need. Only the Earth is populated now, as it is in your time. No one lives on the Planets as they did in your previous life, Mamoru. Who needed to teleport anywhere? As long as the Senshi could if needed, we never built a device that could do the same. And because your Senshi are hostages, and my Senshi are keeping up the barrier, we can't teleport."

Tuxedo Kamen growled and slammed his fist against the table. "Then how are we going to save her?"

"I had at first thought he had taken her to the old Palace, but it seems he is being more careful than I gave him credit for. He does not want to chance her escaping or you coming to rescue her."

"That still doesn't explain how we're going to get Usako back!" Tuxedo Kamen snapped, furious with his other self's avoidances. "What do you have in this century that can help me get her back!"

The King smiled ruefully. "I apologize for trying your patience, Mamoru. It is odd speaking to another me and I find myself falling back on explanations when I'm trying to think. I don't know yet. But we'll find something or someway to save Sailor Moon."

"You mean you don't know!" Tuxedo Kamen cried furiously, nearly reaching up to strangle his future self.

"Yes, Mamoru. It means that I do not know how to save Sailor Moon."

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AN: (sigh) Now this is where it starts to get very different from the series. I know before it was different, but slightly the same, but you have to expect that. After all, just because the Doomy dude came and stole the Senshi doesn't change some things. Like Diamond's obsession with Serenity.

Lovies!