Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Runaways ❯ Chapter 2
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By: Saiyagurl87 
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Suspense | Type: Songfic | Uploaded On: 03.23.2009 | Updated On: 03.29.2009 | Pages: 4 | Words: 6.0K | Visits: 195 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Suspense | Type: Songfic | Uploaded On: 03.23.2009 | Updated On: 03.29.2009 | Pages: 4 | Words: 6.0K | Visits: 195 | Status: Completed
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The woman was relieved when she finally reached her car and shuffled the sleeping Serena in her arms to pull out her keys from her purse. She leaned over and unlocked the door with Amara lying half asleep against her, arms wrapped tightly around the woman’s waist, head resting against her side. She sighed heavily as she placed Serena in the back seat and settled Amara in the front passenger seat.
Once the children were situated, the woman got in her vehicle and quickly started it up and drove off; desperate to get home as soon as possible. She chewed on her bottom lip, giving Amara sideways glances, her mind racing a mile a minute.
‘What the hell happened to these kids!?!’ her mind screamed. Her jaw soon clenched as Amara curled up into a ball with a whimper and began to tremble. Her mind began to wonder if someone had done this to them or if they were in some sort of accident; she hoped it was the later because her mind just couldn’t grasp how someone could do this…beat a child to this existent! Although, as much as she wanted to believe that, she knew deep down in her very soul…someone did this and it was someone close to them.
She turned away from Amara, tears welling up in her eyes. She had so many questions she wanted to ask them it was maddening. The woman furrowed her brows as she wondered what the hell her husband was going to think about this. She sighed deeply and gripped her hands upon the steering wheel, staring at the road before her till she got home.
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The woman chewed her bottom lip once again as she felt her heart pounding in her chest, pulling up into her driveway of her home. She watched as the front porch lights turned on and her husband stepped out the door, climbing down the steps. He held the most aggravated look upon his face, making his way around the car and straight to his wife’s window. He squatted down and looked at her through the car door window with a frown upon his face and tapped the glass with his index finger.
When she rolled down the window, the man stared his wife hard in the face for a moment before snapping. “Where the hell have you been!?! I’ve been calling you…” his voice trailed off as he spotted Amara’s trembling form in the passenger seat and he slowly shifted his eyes back on to his wife.
“Luna…what the hell is this?”
“I found them like this Artemis…they need some help.”
“Them? Their’s more than one? What the hell Luna; why did you bring them here?”
“We’re going to help them.”
“We can’t help them!”
“I’m pretty damn sure we can give them something to eat, a warm bath, and a bed to sleep in! Don’t you dare tell me you’re going to turn these kids away!” snapped Luna as she glared heatedly at her husband. Artemis sighed deeply, running a hand through his long white tresses, silver-grey eyes staring down at the ground.
“Look…I just don’t want any issues to occur with them staying here…we need to call social services.”
“That can be done in the morning for Christ’s sake!”
Artemis clenched his jaw, then suddenly nodded his head. ”Okay…”
Luna smiled. “Okay…now you get the one in the front and I’ll get the one in the back.” Her husband nodded and went to retrieve Amara as Luna stepped out of the car and went to scoop Serena up. Artemis suddenly turned to Luna with an arched brow.
“That’s it right?”
Luna giggled. “Yes Artie, now will you get inside.” The white haired man chuckled as he lead them towards the house, stepping inside and closing the door after his wife.
“What are we going to do with them?”
Luna furrowed her brows. “Well they both need a bath and some clothing…we can try and…” she was cut off when she heard a door creaking open. She looked down the hallway and spotted her daughter rubbing the sleep from her eyes and walking towards them. She had shoulder length wavy grey hair and silver grey eyes; adorned in a white teddy bear imprinted ankle length night gown.
“Diana…honey, go back to bed.”
Diana stopped a few paces before her mother than fully opened her droopy eyes to see what her mother was holding. She furrowed her brows in confusion wondering why her mother was carrying someone and took a small step to the side to see this unknown person’s face; suddenly gasping in surprise.
“Serena?”
Artemis snapped his head towards his daughter startled. “You know her?”
“Yeah, Serena Tenoh. She’s in Ms. Bloomberg’s class with me. What happened to her and why is she with you guys?”
Artemis ignored his daughter’s questions and looked down at the child he was holding. “Do you know who this is?”
Diana broke her eyes away from Serena and turned to the other blonde. “What happened to her eye?!” she gasped.
“Dee…focus…wait her? He’s a she?” exclaimed Artemis baffled.
Diana giggled, “Yes she…she’s Serena’s big sister Amara.”
The 7 year old cocked her head to the side. “So what happened to them?”
Luna sighed heavily, “I was in that clothing store across the street from that little café downtown. Well I happened to see them walking down the street and they were all beat up and bloody.” Luna shivered at the mental picture of Serena‘s face caked in blood. Shrugging it off, she continued. “They went into the café and maybe 20 or so minutes later they came running out and ducked into an alleyway. The police came and went and the two fell asleep in the alley…that’s when I went and got them.”
Luna then turned to her daughter. “Honey, will you go and get something for them to wear.” The child nodded and bounded off down the hallway.
Luna than turned to her husband. “Let’s bring them into the bathroom.” with that she turned and went down the hallway her daughter had disappeared down and soon made her way into the bathroom. She flicked on the lights, revealing a rather large bathroom with a massive Jacuzzi tub, a shower on each side, two small rooms that concealed toilets and a long counter top made of marble with two sinks within them. Luna walked over to the counter and sat Serena down upon it, biting back a smile as she pulled Serena back, and the girl’s head lolled back; out cold.
“Serena.”
“Hn.”
&# 8220;I need you to sit up for me honey, come on.”
Serena wearily opened her bright blue eyes, seemingly staring straight through the woman as she leaned back against the mirror behind her and stared at Luna with hooded eyes. Luna looked at her for a moment, making sure Serena wasn’t going to fall out on her and turned away, moving her way towards the bath tub just as Artemis settled Amara down on the counter top as well.
Once seated, Amara sat with her elbows resting upon her knees, chin on the palms of her hands, staring blankly ahead of her. Artemis looked upon the two girls a little freaked out by their blank stares and shifted his eyes upon his wife whom was preparing the bath water.
Diana suddenly bounded into the room with two sets of clothes held in her arms. “Got the clothes Mom!”
“Thank you; just set them down.” replied Luna as she turned off the water and stood to her feet. She turned her eyes onto her daughter and placed her hands on her hips. “Diana, it’s time for bed.”
“But Mom!” cried the child.
“No buts young lady; to your room!” Diana sulked but complied and exited the bathroom without another word. Once the child was gone, Luna made her way to Serena and helped the half conscious blonde sit up and began to unbutton the child’s white blouse. Artemis followed suit and proceeded to do that same with Amara, who had leaned back against the mirror much like her sister had done. He suddenly waved his hand in front of the blondes face, arching a brow when she didn’t acknowledge the movement. He sighed than suddenly shrugged, beginning to unfasten the buttons to the girl’s shirt.
With the last button undone, Artemis pulled Amara’s shirt off and stood back deeply startled, eyeing the heavy bruising along the child’s arms and chest and when he looked into the mirror, he could see even more heavy bruising along the child’s back. He was in the middle of trying to decipher what the child was struck with when he suddenly shifted his head towards his wife as she let off a soft gasp, eyeing Serena’s wounds. The girl’s back had blotches of black and blue bruises, gashes and prick marks here and there. She eyed the deep gash upon the girl’s shoulder and on closer inspection, her attention was drawn to two things.
Luna bent forward and looked down at Serena’s side and eyed something that was sticking out of the girl’s skin. Grasping a hold of the unknown object between her fingertips, she gave a quick jerk, freeing the object from the child’s flesh. Serena let off a small whimper, before falling silent once more. Luna stood erect and looked at the object with narrowed eyes.
“It’s a razor blade.” Luna shifted her eyes upon her husband who too held a look of shock upon his face. Luna suddenly shook her head exasperated and placed the bloodied razor blade on the counter and leaned back over, taking a hold of the second object that had caught her attention.
She pulled the picture frame from the back of Serena’s skirt waist band and held the portrait up to her face. The picture was a family portrait, so she assumed, which had a picture of Serena grinning up at the camera, sitting on the lap of a woman who the young blonde favored. She had long golden blond hair held up into an odd hairstyle of two odangos on either side of her head and bright blue eyes, smiling happily into the camera, arms wrapped around her daughter’s shoulders. Next stood a tall burly man with blonde shoulder length hair and piercing green eyes. He held a smirk upon his handsome face, with one hand wresting upon his wife’s shoulder, while he held Amara who shared her father‘s smirk.
Luna smiled softly at the picture and placed the picture frame down on the counter as well. “They look like a happy family, I wonder what happened…”
Artemis sighed as he began unbuckling Amara’s pants. “There’s no telling…the more I’m seeing the less I want to know.” he muttered. He suddenly jumped startled when a hand grabbed his own firmly and he looked up to see Amara’s eyes locked onto his.
“What are you doing?” she whispered harshly.
“I..uh…” Artemis stared upon the short haired blonde completely at a loss for words until he felt Luna place a hand on his shoulder.
“He was just helping you get undress so you can take a bath, sweetie.” replied Luna. Amara shifted cold eyes upon Luna and they slightly softened upon recognition. She then frowned, glaring upon Artemis once more.
“I don’t want him in here.”
“Oh…he won’t.”
“I. Don’t. Want. Him. In. Here!” she snapped, growling out each word and pushing Artemis’s hands away from her pant’s buckle, drawing her knees up to her chest and glaring upon the man darkly.
Artemis took a step away from the child and rubbed the back of his neck nervously. “I’m going to go and check on Diana.” Before Luna could utter a word, Artemis was out of the door, closing it silently behind him. The middle aged woman shifted her eyes upon Amara who had once again gone silent and was currently rocking slowly back and forth, staring off blankly.
Turning away from her, Luna went back to her task at hand by undressing Serena, then scooped her up and placed the child in the warm bath tub. She then made her way towards Amara and stood before the child, resting a hand upon the girl’s shoulder.
“Let me help you.”
Amara stared upon Luna for a moment and than slowly nodded her head, causing Luna to smile, helping the child down from the counter top. She waited patiently as Amara finished unbuckling her pants and suddenly furrowed her brows upon seeing blood staining the child’s underwear and inner thighs. She felt her stomach tighten painfully and she clenched her hands into tight fists, watching Amara enter the massive bathtub and settle herself down beside her sister. Luna silently gathered the children’s clothing and turned towards the duo who were slowly but surely cleaning themselves.
“I’ll be right back. I’m going to set your clothes in the washing machine.” She received a grunt from Amara and silence from Serena as she quietly made her way out of the bathroom, silently closing the door behind her. She pressed her back up against the wooden door, leaning her head back against it, closing her eyes and sighing heavily.
Her eyes suddenly snapped open startled when a hand was placed gently on her shoulder and she smiled up at her husband, sinking into his warm comforting embrace. Before she knew it she had tears falling down her cheeks as her husband rubbed her back soothingly
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Amara helped Serena stand to her feet as they both climbed out of the bathtub. Amara toweled them both off and she quickly dressed herself in a t-shirt and pajama bottoms that had been laid out for her. She silently helped Serena get dressed, the blonde still in her dazed like state. Once she was done, Serena pressed her head against her sister’s chest and wrapped her arms languidly around her waist tiredly. Luna took this moment to enter the room and smiled upon the duo. She quickly made her way over to Serena and picked the child up in her arms and looked down at Amara questioningly.
“Do you want something to eat?” Amara frowned and rubbed her aching belly that was crying out for food; although her mouth was throbbing badly. She shifted her eyes to the floor with a shake of the head.
“My mouth hurts too bad to chew.”
Luna looked upon the child with concern. “What’s wrong with your mouth?” Amara looked up at her and flashed her teeth, revealing her front two missing teeth and swollen gums. Luna couldn’t hold back her grimace and forced a smile upon her face hoping they were her baby teeth.
“I can make you some soup.”
“Okay…” Amara gave a Luna a side ways glance and a small smile before turning away from her and shifting her eyes back onto the floor. Luna took that moment to lead them out of the room and down the brightly lit hallway and headed towards another room. She turned on the lights upon entry and entered the bedroom that was pretty large with a king size bed, a dresser with a vanity mirror, and side tables on either side for the bed with a lamp.
Luna walked over to the bed and pulled back the fresh blankets and sheets and lay Serena down than covered her up. Once the small blonde was nessled in the massive bed, Luna turned to Amara and began leading the child out of the room, turning off the bedroom lights and closing the door behind her. They both walked down the hallway in silence and entered the kitchen where Amara took a seat at the kitchen table and Luna made her way over to the stove.
Amara watched Luna silently, drumming her fingertips along the table top. Luna began to hum softly pulling out the necessary ingredients and mixed the contents together in a bowl before placing them in the heated pot on the stove. When finished, she placed the homemade soup into a bowl and placed it down on the table before Amara.
“Do you want something to drink?”
“Water.” came the quiet reply. Luna nodded and went to retrieve the drink as Amara looked down at the hot bowl of chicken noodle soup. She took a hold of her spoon and stirred the contents, than scooped up a spoon full and blew on it to cool it down. When she thought it was safe, she engulfed the soup and hummed merrily at the good taste. Luna smiled as she placed the glass of ice cold water before the child and took a seat at the kitchen table.
The pair stayed silent as Amara contined to eat and Luna watched her every movement; questions once again forming in her mind. When the child was finished, she leaned back in her seat satisfied and cocked her head to the side and stared upon Luna.
“I can tell you want to ask me something.”
Luna opened her mouth and than silently closed it, staring upon Amara a bit startled. She chewed her bottom lip and shifted her eyes upon her laced hands that rested on the kitchen table. With a small sigh she finally began to speak.
“What happened?” Amara sat up in her seat, lacing her fingers upon the kitchen table as well, intense green eyes boring into Luna’s. The woman watched as the child was having an inner conflict with herself, deciding whether or not this woman was trustworthy or not for her to reveal her deepest darkest secrets.
Luna sighed heavily. “You don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to.”
Amara shifted her eyes away from Luna and rested them upon the kitchen table, making her decision. “Dad started to change…he and Mom started to argue all the time. Not too long after that, he started hitting her. When she died two years ago he started to turn on us; it started with a smack here and there…but it started to get worse.”
Amara feel silent, drawing her knees back up to her chest and shifted tear filled eyes upon Luna. “We ran away.”
Luna furrowed her brows, knowing full well Amara left out a lot of what has been going on, but she knew she was told the basics. With a small smile, the woman stood to her feet and made her way towards Amara and helped the child out of her seat.
“Come on, time for bed.” Amara nodded and let Luna take a hold of her hand and lead her to the room where Serena was sleeping. Once in the room, Luna pulled back the blankets to allow Amara to climb under them and covered her up.
She watched silently as Serena began to shift in the bed as if having a bad dream before she rolled over and nestled her head in the crook of Amara’s neck and wrap her arms tightly around her like a security blanket. Luna took this time to leave and bid Amara goodnight; even though she didn’t receive an answer, she knew the child had heard her and left the room with a close of the door. Running a hand through her purple bangs, Luna began to head to her own bedroom so she could get a good night’s sleep.
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Artemis yawned and stretched his tight muscles, rolling over in his bed to see his wife sitting up against the head board of their bed, staring off blankly a head of her. The man frowned and placed a hand upon his wife’s thigh, on which she didn’t acknowledge.
“Honey…what’s wrong?”
Luna shifted strained eyes upon her husband, heavily bags beneath her eyes. “I don’t want to turn them in.”
Artemis frowned. “That is not an option.”
“Why not? Why can’t we keep them?”
“They’re not ours to claim Luna!”
Luna let warm tears well up in her eyes. “This is not fair…they’ve been through so much.”
Artemis sat up on the bed and pulled his wife into a tight embrace, feeling his heart crack from her pain filled voice. “I know it isn’t. I’m sure they will find a nice home and a family that will love them.”
“I hope you’re right.” whispered Luna brokenly.
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Serena shot up in the bed as she looked around her surroundings with confused drowsy eyes. She shifted her eyes down to her sister and softly nudged her awake. The blonde murmured something under her breath and rolled onto her stomach, cracking her eyes open. Serena bent down, bringing her face a mere few inches from her sister’s.
“Where are we?” she questioned, voice slightly wavering from panic.
Amara opened her eyes more fully and began to sit up. “Some lady took us in last night…I didn’t even catch her name.”
Serena nodded, calming down a bit. “You’re eye looks better.”
Amara smirked, ruffling her sister’s bangs affectionately. “It surely feels better.” One of Serena’s five senses picked up as she began to smell the aroma of food cooking, her tummy beginning to grumble.
“That smells so good.” Serena began to climb out of the bed and limped her way towards the bedroom door.
“Where are you going?” questioned Amara, becoming alarmed and following after her sister.
“Where ever the food is.” chirped the 7 year old and opened the door where she could hear soft chatter and the clanking of pots. Serena turned towards Amara and waved her forward.
“Come on! I want to see who they are and what they’re cooking!” Amara giggled at her sister’s antics and followed after her when she exited the room. Upon entering the kitchen they spotted Artemis hanging up the phone, Luna placing breakfast essentials on plates, and Dianawith her back towards them sitting at the kitchen table, waiting patiently for her meal. Luna turned with a plate in each hand and smiled when she spotted the two girls standing in the entry way of the kitchen.
“Good morning girls, I hope you’re hungry.”
Serena grinned, eyes locked onto the plate of food within the woman’s hand. “I sure am!” Luna grinned at the girl’s bubbly behavior, retrieving the rest of the plates and placed them on the table just as Diana turned around and smiled upon the duo.
“Hi guys!”
Serena’s eyes widened. “Diana? What are you doing here?”
The child giggled. “I live here silly! These are my parents Luna and Artemis.” Serena smiled at them both as Amara glared at Artemis, taking a couple steps away from the man. Luna seen the movement and the look and quickly ushered the children at the table.
“Have a seat and dig in.” She didn’t have to tell Serena twice, for the girl dug into her food hungrily and Luna and Artemis stared upon her in astonishment. The two adults looked at each other with the same question running in their minds; how the hell can someone so small eat like that?!
Shaking themselves out of their stupor, they took a seat at the kitchen table along with Amara who had decided to sit between Serena and Diana, slowly eating her food, cold eyes lockked onto Artemis. The moment was held in silence and soon all the food was eaten and Luna cleaned off the table with the help of Diana. Artemis sat in his seat twiddling his thumbs trying his damnedest to not acknowledge Amara’s intense heated gaze. He couldn’t blame the child because Luna had told him of the blood staining the child’s legs and underwear; and her hostile actions towards him leads him to believe that she was indeed raped.
He snapped out of his depressing thoughts as his head turned towards the front door of his home upon hearing a soft knock. He watched as Amara’s and Serena’s forms stiffened and the duo stared upon each other with fear in their eyes. Forcing his eyes away from them, Artemis stood from his seat and began heading to the door as Amara snapped her head towards Luna.
“Who is that?” Luna handed her last dish to her daughter so she could towel it off and turned towards Amara, just know noticing the tension that had build in the room.
“Artemis called Social Services this morning, they’re here to help you.” Amara jumped out of her seat as Serena began to grip the sleeves of her pants with trembling hands.
“He what!?” Amara grabbed a hold of her sister’s arm and pulled her from her seat, as they both began to take small cautious steps back. Luna took a step towards them in confusion as Diana watched the scene silently from her spot at the kitchen sink.
“I don’t understand…they’re going to help you.” replied Luna desperately.
“No they’re not! They’re going to take us back to him! I’m not going back!” Amara growled nearly delirious. Before Luna could say another word, Amara bolted down the hallway, dragging her sister behind her by the arm.
Luna snapped out of her stupor when she heard the bedroom door slam closed and quickly made her way down the hallway. She grabbed the knob of the door and began to twist, realizing that it was locked. Panic shot through her veins as she began to pound on the door frantically.
Artemis suddenly appeared behind his wife and placed a hand on her shoulder. “What’s going on?”
“I told them what was going on and they freaked and locked themselves into the bedroom.” Artemis frowned and took Luna’s place at the door and began pounding on it. Luna than took notice to the woman that was standing in the hallway with them. She was very tall and slender, black green streaked hair pulled up in a half bun, and dark crimson all knowing eyes. She was in a dark blue business suit that consisted of a white blouse, blue button down jacket, and matching skirt. She reached out a hand and smiled at Luna.
“I’m Setsuna Meioh.”
Luna took a hold of the woman’s firm grip. “Luna.”
The purpled haired woman suddenly frowned as she began to hear a noise she recognized from the bedroom. She turned to her husband with furrowed brows.
“I think they’re climbing out of the window Artie!” Artemis growled and stood back attempting to kick the door down.
“I will go tell the officer outside to go around back to see if they’re jumping out of the window.” replied Setsuna as she excused her self and made her way outside.
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Amara locked the bedroom door after her sister and began to pace back and forth, running her small hands through her disheveled blond locks. She looked towards her sister and involuntarily shivered watching as her sister’s eyes dull before her and the blonde began to mumble under her breath claiming that she didn’t want to go back…go back to all the pain and suffering….going back to the countless nights of wishing to die.
Amara clenched her jaw; she be damned if she was going back to that house! She made her way over the window and unlocked it and pushed it open. She stuck her head out of the window and seen it was a good 3 foot drop to the ground. She climbed into the window’s ledge and turned to her sister.
“Sere, come on!”
Serena shifted her eyes to Amara and furrowed her brows. “What are you doing?”
“We have to jump and make a break for it!” The pair snapped their heads towards the door upon hearing Artemis kicking; the door’s hinges shaking at the abuse. Amara turned back to her sister and frantically waved her forward.
“We have to get out of here!” Amara turned in the window and looked down at the drop with a gulp. She took a deep breath and slowly let it out before pushing her self off the window’s ledge. She landed upon the ground a little ungracefully and turned to look up at Serena who was staring at her in shook. Serena nervously chewed on her bottom lip and climbed into the window and looked down, scared out of her mind.
“I’m scared…” she whimpered.
“Just jump, it’s not that bad! I’ll catch you.” called Amara.
Serena gulped, as her legs began to tremble and her heart thumped heavily against her ribcage. “Okay…on a count of 3.”
Amara nodded and began to count with her. “1...2...Ahhhhhh!”
“Serena!” cried Amara, watching in horror as Artemis snatched Serena from the window and pulled her back inside. Quickly spinning on her heels, Amara began to head back around the house when she crashed into something solid. Falling flat on her back she stared up at the tall, blonde haired police officer who reached down and snatched her up from the floor and held her in strong massive arms. Amara began to scream, kick and thrash about with all her might, trying to escape from the officer’s grip.
The officer held Amara firmly and made his way around the house just as Artemis was carrying out a very distraught Serena; Luna and Setsuna following after him. Setsuna made her way towards the officer and smiled at Amara who glared at her heatedly.
“Make him let me go!” she snapped.
Setsuna shook her head. “I can’t do that.” She turned away from her and began to make her way to her vehicle and unlocked the doors. She turned to the two men who held onto the children and waved them forward.
“You can place them in the back seat.” The two men nodded and made their way to the car. Amara began to fight more frantically as Serena seemed to have given up hope and relaxed in Artemis’s grip. He placed Serena in the car and buckled her in, pausing for a moment to look at her painstaking expression. He sighed heavily and ruffled her bangs.
“You know this is for the better…I’m sorry if you don’t understand it right now.”
Serena didn’t say a word or even look him in the face. Instead she shifted her eyes to Luna who was staring back at her with tear filled eyes, able to read everyone of the emotions within the woman’s eyes like an open book. She gave Luna a soft smile, realizing the woman did not want any part in this and turned away from her as Artemis stood and closed the door.
The police officer was having one hell of a time getting Amara into the back of the vehicle and when he did, he quickly closed the door before the child attempted to escape. She looked at the officer’s badge reading Officer Furuhata before the man disappeared from her view as he slammed the door closed. Amara growled and grabbed a hold of the door handle and tried to open the door, but it refused to budge.
“Stupid thing is safety locked!” she growled, before leaning back in her seat and kicking the driver’s seat in front of her out of frustration. After a few good kicks she looked back out into the window and glared at Luna’s tear stained face.
“I trusted you!” she screamed and Luna heard her loud and clear, turning away from the blonde and stepping into the house.
Serena shifted her eyes onto her pissed off sister with a small frown. “Don’t blame her.”
Amara growled shifting angered eyes onto the blonde. “She told on us!”
Serena shook her head. “No she didn’t, her husband did. She did not want no part in this.”
Amara steadied her breathing and knew better than to question her sister any further, for she knew that her sister had this amazing 6th sense to read people. She sighed deeply, watching from the corner of her eyes as Serena drew her knees up into her chest and tears welling up in her eyes. Out of concern, Amara placed a hand on the girl’s shoulder.
“What’s the matter?”
“Are you mad at me?”
Amara arched a brow, startled by the question. “Why would I be mad at you?”
“Because I didn’t jump fast enough and got us caught.”
Amara frowned upon her sister; she really hated the way she always downed herself. “I’m not mad…and I don’t blame you.” Amara turned away from her and began to look out of the window. “Just forget about it.”
Serena sighed than suddenly nodded, resting her head against the glass of the window and stared at nothing outside of it. Setsuna suddenly opened the driver side door and looked at the extremely quiet girls with an arched brow as neither one of them made an attempt to look at her. She took a moment to scrutinized their injuries with a shake of the head and took a seat, starting up the car and driving off without a word.
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The woman was relieved when she finally reached her car and shuffled the sleeping Serena in her arms to pull out her keys from her purse. She leaned over and unlocked the door with Amara lying half asleep against her, arms wrapped tightly around the woman’s waist, head resting against her side. She sighed heavily as she placed Serena in the back seat and settled Amara in the front passenger seat.
Once the children were situated, the woman got in her vehicle and quickly started it up and drove off; desperate to get home as soon as possible. She chewed on her bottom lip, giving Amara sideways glances, her mind racing a mile a minute.
‘What the hell happened to these kids!?!’ her mind screamed. Her jaw soon clenched as Amara curled up into a ball with a whimper and began to tremble. Her mind began to wonder if someone had done this to them or if they were in some sort of accident; she hoped it was the later because her mind just couldn’t grasp how someone could do this…beat a child to this existent! Although, as much as she wanted to believe that, she knew deep down in her very soul…someone did this and it was someone close to them.
She turned away from Amara, tears welling up in her eyes. She had so many questions she wanted to ask them it was maddening. The woman furrowed her brows as she wondered what the hell her husband was going to think about this. She sighed deeply and gripped her hands upon the steering wheel, staring at the road before her till she got home.
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The woman chewed her bottom lip once again as she felt her heart pounding in her chest, pulling up into her driveway of her home. She watched as the front porch lights turned on and her husband stepped out the door, climbing down the steps. He held the most aggravated look upon his face, making his way around the car and straight to his wife’s window. He squatted down and looked at her through the car door window with a frown upon his face and tapped the glass with his index finger.
When she rolled down the window, the man stared his wife hard in the face for a moment before snapping. “Where the hell have you been!?! I’ve been calling you…” his voice trailed off as he spotted Amara’s trembling form in the passenger seat and he slowly shifted his eyes back on to his wife.
“Luna…what the hell is this?”
“I found them like this Artemis…they need some help.”
“Them? Their’s more than one? What the hell Luna; why did you bring them here?”
“We’re going to help them.”
“We can’t help them!”
“I’m pretty damn sure we can give them something to eat, a warm bath, and a bed to sleep in! Don’t you dare tell me you’re going to turn these kids away!” snapped Luna as she glared heatedly at her husband. Artemis sighed deeply, running a hand through his long white tresses, silver-grey eyes staring down at the ground.
“Look…I just don’t want any issues to occur with them staying here…we need to call social services.”
“That can be done in the morning for Christ’s sake!”
Artemis clenched his jaw, then suddenly nodded his head. ”Okay…”
Luna smiled. “Okay…now you get the one in the front and I’ll get the one in the back.” Her husband nodded and went to retrieve Amara as Luna stepped out of the car and went to scoop Serena up. Artemis suddenly turned to Luna with an arched brow.
“That’s it right?”
Luna giggled. “Yes Artie, now will you get inside.” The white haired man chuckled as he lead them towards the house, stepping inside and closing the door after his wife.
“What are we going to do with them?”
Luna furrowed her brows. “Well they both need a bath and some clothing…we can try and…” she was cut off when she heard a door creaking open. She looked down the hallway and spotted her daughter rubbing the sleep from her eyes and walking towards them. She had shoulder length wavy grey hair and silver grey eyes; adorned in a white teddy bear imprinted ankle length night gown.
“Diana…honey, go back to bed.”
Diana stopped a few paces before her mother than fully opened her droopy eyes to see what her mother was holding. She furrowed her brows in confusion wondering why her mother was carrying someone and took a small step to the side to see this unknown person’s face; suddenly gasping in surprise.
“Serena?”
Artemis snapped his head towards his daughter startled. “You know her?”
“Yeah, Serena Tenoh. She’s in Ms. Bloomberg’s class with me. What happened to her and why is she with you guys?”
Artemis ignored his daughter’s questions and looked down at the child he was holding. “Do you know who this is?”
Diana broke her eyes away from Serena and turned to the other blonde. “What happened to her eye?!” she gasped.
“Dee…focus…wait her? He’s a she?” exclaimed Artemis baffled.
Diana giggled, “Yes she…she’s Serena’s big sister Amara.”
The 7 year old cocked her head to the side. “So what happened to them?”
Luna sighed heavily, “I was in that clothing store across the street from that little café downtown. Well I happened to see them walking down the street and they were all beat up and bloody.” Luna shivered at the mental picture of Serena‘s face caked in blood. Shrugging it off, she continued. “They went into the café and maybe 20 or so minutes later they came running out and ducked into an alleyway. The police came and went and the two fell asleep in the alley…that’s when I went and got them.”
Luna then turned to her daughter. “Honey, will you go and get something for them to wear.” The child nodded and bounded off down the hallway.
Luna than turned to her husband. “Let’s bring them into the bathroom.” with that she turned and went down the hallway her daughter had disappeared down and soon made her way into the bathroom. She flicked on the lights, revealing a rather large bathroom with a massive Jacuzzi tub, a shower on each side, two small rooms that concealed toilets and a long counter top made of marble with two sinks within them. Luna walked over to the counter and sat Serena down upon it, biting back a smile as she pulled Serena back, and the girl’s head lolled back; out cold.
“Serena.”
“Hn.”
&# 8220;I need you to sit up for me honey, come on.”
Serena wearily opened her bright blue eyes, seemingly staring straight through the woman as she leaned back against the mirror behind her and stared at Luna with hooded eyes. Luna looked at her for a moment, making sure Serena wasn’t going to fall out on her and turned away, moving her way towards the bath tub just as Artemis settled Amara down on the counter top as well.
Once seated, Amara sat with her elbows resting upon her knees, chin on the palms of her hands, staring blankly ahead of her. Artemis looked upon the two girls a little freaked out by their blank stares and shifted his eyes upon his wife whom was preparing the bath water.
Diana suddenly bounded into the room with two sets of clothes held in her arms. “Got the clothes Mom!”
“Thank you; just set them down.” replied Luna as she turned off the water and stood to her feet. She turned her eyes onto her daughter and placed her hands on her hips. “Diana, it’s time for bed.”
“But Mom!” cried the child.
“No buts young lady; to your room!” Diana sulked but complied and exited the bathroom without another word. Once the child was gone, Luna made her way to Serena and helped the half conscious blonde sit up and began to unbutton the child’s white blouse. Artemis followed suit and proceeded to do that same with Amara, who had leaned back against the mirror much like her sister had done. He suddenly waved his hand in front of the blondes face, arching a brow when she didn’t acknowledge the movement. He sighed than suddenly shrugged, beginning to unfasten the buttons to the girl’s shirt.
With the last button undone, Artemis pulled Amara’s shirt off and stood back deeply startled, eyeing the heavy bruising along the child’s arms and chest and when he looked into the mirror, he could see even more heavy bruising along the child’s back. He was in the middle of trying to decipher what the child was struck with when he suddenly shifted his head towards his wife as she let off a soft gasp, eyeing Serena’s wounds. The girl’s back had blotches of black and blue bruises, gashes and prick marks here and there. She eyed the deep gash upon the girl’s shoulder and on closer inspection, her attention was drawn to two things.
Luna bent forward and looked down at Serena’s side and eyed something that was sticking out of the girl’s skin. Grasping a hold of the unknown object between her fingertips, she gave a quick jerk, freeing the object from the child’s flesh. Serena let off a small whimper, before falling silent once more. Luna stood erect and looked at the object with narrowed eyes.
“It’s a razor blade.” Luna shifted her eyes upon her husband who too held a look of shock upon his face. Luna suddenly shook her head exasperated and placed the bloodied razor blade on the counter and leaned back over, taking a hold of the second object that had caught her attention.
She pulled the picture frame from the back of Serena’s skirt waist band and held the portrait up to her face. The picture was a family portrait, so she assumed, which had a picture of Serena grinning up at the camera, sitting on the lap of a woman who the young blonde favored. She had long golden blond hair held up into an odd hairstyle of two odangos on either side of her head and bright blue eyes, smiling happily into the camera, arms wrapped around her daughter’s shoulders. Next stood a tall burly man with blonde shoulder length hair and piercing green eyes. He held a smirk upon his handsome face, with one hand wresting upon his wife’s shoulder, while he held Amara who shared her father‘s smirk.
Luna smiled softly at the picture and placed the picture frame down on the counter as well. “They look like a happy family, I wonder what happened…”
Artemis sighed as he began unbuckling Amara’s pants. “There’s no telling…the more I’m seeing the less I want to know.” he muttered. He suddenly jumped startled when a hand grabbed his own firmly and he looked up to see Amara’s eyes locked onto his.
“What are you doing?” she whispered harshly.
“I..uh…” Artemis stared upon the short haired blonde completely at a loss for words until he felt Luna place a hand on his shoulder.
“He was just helping you get undress so you can take a bath, sweetie.” replied Luna. Amara shifted cold eyes upon Luna and they slightly softened upon recognition. She then frowned, glaring upon Artemis once more.
“I don’t want him in here.”
“Oh…he won’t.”
“I. Don’t. Want. Him. In. Here!” she snapped, growling out each word and pushing Artemis’s hands away from her pant’s buckle, drawing her knees up to her chest and glaring upon the man darkly.
Artemis took a step away from the child and rubbed the back of his neck nervously. “I’m going to go and check on Diana.” Before Luna could utter a word, Artemis was out of the door, closing it silently behind him. The middle aged woman shifted her eyes upon Amara who had once again gone silent and was currently rocking slowly back and forth, staring off blankly.
Turning away from her, Luna went back to her task at hand by undressing Serena, then scooped her up and placed the child in the warm bath tub. She then made her way towards Amara and stood before the child, resting a hand upon the girl’s shoulder.
“Let me help you.”
Amara stared upon Luna for a moment and than slowly nodded her head, causing Luna to smile, helping the child down from the counter top. She waited patiently as Amara finished unbuckling her pants and suddenly furrowed her brows upon seeing blood staining the child’s underwear and inner thighs. She felt her stomach tighten painfully and she clenched her hands into tight fists, watching Amara enter the massive bathtub and settle herself down beside her sister. Luna silently gathered the children’s clothing and turned towards the duo who were slowly but surely cleaning themselves.
“I’ll be right back. I’m going to set your clothes in the washing machine.” She received a grunt from Amara and silence from Serena as she quietly made her way out of the bathroom, silently closing the door behind her. She pressed her back up against the wooden door, leaning her head back against it, closing her eyes and sighing heavily.
Her eyes suddenly snapped open startled when a hand was placed gently on her shoulder and she smiled up at her husband, sinking into his warm comforting embrace. Before she knew it she had tears falling down her cheeks as her husband rubbed her back soothingly
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Amara helped Serena stand to her feet as they both climbed out of the bathtub. Amara toweled them both off and she quickly dressed herself in a t-shirt and pajama bottoms that had been laid out for her. She silently helped Serena get dressed, the blonde still in her dazed like state. Once she was done, Serena pressed her head against her sister’s chest and wrapped her arms languidly around her waist tiredly. Luna took this moment to enter the room and smiled upon the duo. She quickly made her way over to Serena and picked the child up in her arms and looked down at Amara questioningly.
“Do you want something to eat?” Amara frowned and rubbed her aching belly that was crying out for food; although her mouth was throbbing badly. She shifted her eyes to the floor with a shake of the head.
“My mouth hurts too bad to chew.”
Luna looked upon the child with concern. “What’s wrong with your mouth?” Amara looked up at her and flashed her teeth, revealing her front two missing teeth and swollen gums. Luna couldn’t hold back her grimace and forced a smile upon her face hoping they were her baby teeth.
“I can make you some soup.”
“Okay…” Amara gave a Luna a side ways glance and a small smile before turning away from her and shifting her eyes back onto the floor. Luna took that moment to lead them out of the room and down the brightly lit hallway and headed towards another room. She turned on the lights upon entry and entered the bedroom that was pretty large with a king size bed, a dresser with a vanity mirror, and side tables on either side for the bed with a lamp.
Luna walked over to the bed and pulled back the fresh blankets and sheets and lay Serena down than covered her up. Once the small blonde was nessled in the massive bed, Luna turned to Amara and began leading the child out of the room, turning off the bedroom lights and closing the door behind her. They both walked down the hallway in silence and entered the kitchen where Amara took a seat at the kitchen table and Luna made her way over to the stove.
Amara watched Luna silently, drumming her fingertips along the table top. Luna began to hum softly pulling out the necessary ingredients and mixed the contents together in a bowl before placing them in the heated pot on the stove. When finished, she placed the homemade soup into a bowl and placed it down on the table before Amara.
“Do you want something to drink?”
“Water.” came the quiet reply. Luna nodded and went to retrieve the drink as Amara looked down at the hot bowl of chicken noodle soup. She took a hold of her spoon and stirred the contents, than scooped up a spoon full and blew on it to cool it down. When she thought it was safe, she engulfed the soup and hummed merrily at the good taste. Luna smiled as she placed the glass of ice cold water before the child and took a seat at the kitchen table.
The pair stayed silent as Amara contined to eat and Luna watched her every movement; questions once again forming in her mind. When the child was finished, she leaned back in her seat satisfied and cocked her head to the side and stared upon Luna.
“I can tell you want to ask me something.”
Luna opened her mouth and than silently closed it, staring upon Amara a bit startled. She chewed her bottom lip and shifted her eyes upon her laced hands that rested on the kitchen table. With a small sigh she finally began to speak.
“What happened?” Amara sat up in her seat, lacing her fingers upon the kitchen table as well, intense green eyes boring into Luna’s. The woman watched as the child was having an inner conflict with herself, deciding whether or not this woman was trustworthy or not for her to reveal her deepest darkest secrets.
Luna sighed heavily. “You don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to.”
Amara shifted her eyes away from Luna and rested them upon the kitchen table, making her decision. “Dad started to change…he and Mom started to argue all the time. Not too long after that, he started hitting her. When she died two years ago he started to turn on us; it started with a smack here and there…but it started to get worse.”
Amara feel silent, drawing her knees back up to her chest and shifted tear filled eyes upon Luna. “We ran away.”
Luna furrowed her brows, knowing full well Amara left out a lot of what has been going on, but she knew she was told the basics. With a small smile, the woman stood to her feet and made her way towards Amara and helped the child out of her seat.
“Come on, time for bed.” Amara nodded and let Luna take a hold of her hand and lead her to the room where Serena was sleeping. Once in the room, Luna pulled back the blankets to allow Amara to climb under them and covered her up.
She watched silently as Serena began to shift in the bed as if having a bad dream before she rolled over and nestled her head in the crook of Amara’s neck and wrap her arms tightly around her like a security blanket. Luna took this time to leave and bid Amara goodnight; even though she didn’t receive an answer, she knew the child had heard her and left the room with a close of the door. Running a hand through her purple bangs, Luna began to head to her own bedroom so she could get a good night’s sleep.
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Artemis yawned and stretched his tight muscles, rolling over in his bed to see his wife sitting up against the head board of their bed, staring off blankly a head of her. The man frowned and placed a hand upon his wife’s thigh, on which she didn’t acknowledge.
“Honey…what’s wrong?”
Luna shifted strained eyes upon her husband, heavily bags beneath her eyes. “I don’t want to turn them in.”
Artemis frowned. “That is not an option.”
“Why not? Why can’t we keep them?”
“They’re not ours to claim Luna!”
Luna let warm tears well up in her eyes. “This is not fair…they’ve been through so much.”
Artemis sat up on the bed and pulled his wife into a tight embrace, feeling his heart crack from her pain filled voice. “I know it isn’t. I’m sure they will find a nice home and a family that will love them.”
“I hope you’re right.” whispered Luna brokenly.
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Serena shot up in the bed as she looked around her surroundings with confused drowsy eyes. She shifted her eyes down to her sister and softly nudged her awake. The blonde murmured something under her breath and rolled onto her stomach, cracking her eyes open. Serena bent down, bringing her face a mere few inches from her sister’s.
“Where are we?” she questioned, voice slightly wavering from panic.
Amara opened her eyes more fully and began to sit up. “Some lady took us in last night…I didn’t even catch her name.”
Serena nodded, calming down a bit. “You’re eye looks better.”
Amara smirked, ruffling her sister’s bangs affectionately. “It surely feels better.” One of Serena’s five senses picked up as she began to smell the aroma of food cooking, her tummy beginning to grumble.
“That smells so good.” Serena began to climb out of the bed and limped her way towards the bedroom door.
“Where are you going?” questioned Amara, becoming alarmed and following after her sister.
“Where ever the food is.” chirped the 7 year old and opened the door where she could hear soft chatter and the clanking of pots. Serena turned towards Amara and waved her forward.
“Come on! I want to see who they are and what they’re cooking!” Amara giggled at her sister’s antics and followed after her when she exited the room. Upon entering the kitchen they spotted Artemis hanging up the phone, Luna placing breakfast essentials on plates, and Dianawith her back towards them sitting at the kitchen table, waiting patiently for her meal. Luna turned with a plate in each hand and smiled when she spotted the two girls standing in the entry way of the kitchen.
“Good morning girls, I hope you’re hungry.”
Serena grinned, eyes locked onto the plate of food within the woman’s hand. “I sure am!” Luna grinned at the girl’s bubbly behavior, retrieving the rest of the plates and placed them on the table just as Diana turned around and smiled upon the duo.
“Hi guys!”
Serena’s eyes widened. “Diana? What are you doing here?”
The child giggled. “I live here silly! These are my parents Luna and Artemis.” Serena smiled at them both as Amara glared at Artemis, taking a couple steps away from the man. Luna seen the movement and the look and quickly ushered the children at the table.
“Have a seat and dig in.” She didn’t have to tell Serena twice, for the girl dug into her food hungrily and Luna and Artemis stared upon her in astonishment. The two adults looked at each other with the same question running in their minds; how the hell can someone so small eat like that?!
Shaking themselves out of their stupor, they took a seat at the kitchen table along with Amara who had decided to sit between Serena and Diana, slowly eating her food, cold eyes lockked onto Artemis. The moment was held in silence and soon all the food was eaten and Luna cleaned off the table with the help of Diana. Artemis sat in his seat twiddling his thumbs trying his damnedest to not acknowledge Amara’s intense heated gaze. He couldn’t blame the child because Luna had told him of the blood staining the child’s legs and underwear; and her hostile actions towards him leads him to believe that she was indeed raped.
He snapped out of his depressing thoughts as his head turned towards the front door of his home upon hearing a soft knock. He watched as Amara’s and Serena’s forms stiffened and the duo stared upon each other with fear in their eyes. Forcing his eyes away from them, Artemis stood from his seat and began heading to the door as Amara snapped her head towards Luna.
“Who is that?” Luna handed her last dish to her daughter so she could towel it off and turned towards Amara, just know noticing the tension that had build in the room.
“Artemis called Social Services this morning, they’re here to help you.” Amara jumped out of her seat as Serena began to grip the sleeves of her pants with trembling hands.
“He what!?” Amara grabbed a hold of her sister’s arm and pulled her from her seat, as they both began to take small cautious steps back. Luna took a step towards them in confusion as Diana watched the scene silently from her spot at the kitchen sink.
“I don’t understand…they’re going to help you.” replied Luna desperately.
“No they’re not! They’re going to take us back to him! I’m not going back!” Amara growled nearly delirious. Before Luna could say another word, Amara bolted down the hallway, dragging her sister behind her by the arm.
Luna snapped out of her stupor when she heard the bedroom door slam closed and quickly made her way down the hallway. She grabbed the knob of the door and began to twist, realizing that it was locked. Panic shot through her veins as she began to pound on the door frantically.
Artemis suddenly appeared behind his wife and placed a hand on her shoulder. “What’s going on?”
“I told them what was going on and they freaked and locked themselves into the bedroom.” Artemis frowned and took Luna’s place at the door and began pounding on it. Luna than took notice to the woman that was standing in the hallway with them. She was very tall and slender, black green streaked hair pulled up in a half bun, and dark crimson all knowing eyes. She was in a dark blue business suit that consisted of a white blouse, blue button down jacket, and matching skirt. She reached out a hand and smiled at Luna.
“I’m Setsuna Meioh.”
Luna took a hold of the woman’s firm grip. “Luna.”
The purpled haired woman suddenly frowned as she began to hear a noise she recognized from the bedroom. She turned to her husband with furrowed brows.
“I think they’re climbing out of the window Artie!” Artemis growled and stood back attempting to kick the door down.
“I will go tell the officer outside to go around back to see if they’re jumping out of the window.” replied Setsuna as she excused her self and made her way outside.
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Amara locked the bedroom door after her sister and began to pace back and forth, running her small hands through her disheveled blond locks. She looked towards her sister and involuntarily shivered watching as her sister’s eyes dull before her and the blonde began to mumble under her breath claiming that she didn’t want to go back…go back to all the pain and suffering….going back to the countless nights of wishing to die.
Amara clenched her jaw; she be damned if she was going back to that house! She made her way over the window and unlocked it and pushed it open. She stuck her head out of the window and seen it was a good 3 foot drop to the ground. She climbed into the window’s ledge and turned to her sister.
“Sere, come on!”
Serena shifted her eyes to Amara and furrowed her brows. “What are you doing?”
“We have to jump and make a break for it!” The pair snapped their heads towards the door upon hearing Artemis kicking; the door’s hinges shaking at the abuse. Amara turned back to her sister and frantically waved her forward.
“We have to get out of here!” Amara turned in the window and looked down at the drop with a gulp. She took a deep breath and slowly let it out before pushing her self off the window’s ledge. She landed upon the ground a little ungracefully and turned to look up at Serena who was staring at her in shook. Serena nervously chewed on her bottom lip and climbed into the window and looked down, scared out of her mind.
“I’m scared…” she whimpered.
“Just jump, it’s not that bad! I’ll catch you.” called Amara.
Serena gulped, as her legs began to tremble and her heart thumped heavily against her ribcage. “Okay…on a count of 3.”
Amara nodded and began to count with her. “1...2...Ahhhhhh!”
“Serena!” cried Amara, watching in horror as Artemis snatched Serena from the window and pulled her back inside. Quickly spinning on her heels, Amara began to head back around the house when she crashed into something solid. Falling flat on her back she stared up at the tall, blonde haired police officer who reached down and snatched her up from the floor and held her in strong massive arms. Amara began to scream, kick and thrash about with all her might, trying to escape from the officer’s grip.
The officer held Amara firmly and made his way around the house just as Artemis was carrying out a very distraught Serena; Luna and Setsuna following after him. Setsuna made her way towards the officer and smiled at Amara who glared at her heatedly.
“Make him let me go!” she snapped.
Setsuna shook her head. “I can’t do that.” She turned away from her and began to make her way to her vehicle and unlocked the doors. She turned to the two men who held onto the children and waved them forward.
“You can place them in the back seat.” The two men nodded and made their way to the car. Amara began to fight more frantically as Serena seemed to have given up hope and relaxed in Artemis’s grip. He placed Serena in the car and buckled her in, pausing for a moment to look at her painstaking expression. He sighed heavily and ruffled her bangs.
“You know this is for the better…I’m sorry if you don’t understand it right now.”
Serena didn’t say a word or even look him in the face. Instead she shifted her eyes to Luna who was staring back at her with tear filled eyes, able to read everyone of the emotions within the woman’s eyes like an open book. She gave Luna a soft smile, realizing the woman did not want any part in this and turned away from her as Artemis stood and closed the door.
The police officer was having one hell of a time getting Amara into the back of the vehicle and when he did, he quickly closed the door before the child attempted to escape. She looked at the officer’s badge reading Officer Furuhata before the man disappeared from her view as he slammed the door closed. Amara growled and grabbed a hold of the door handle and tried to open the door, but it refused to budge.
“Stupid thing is safety locked!” she growled, before leaning back in her seat and kicking the driver’s seat in front of her out of frustration. After a few good kicks she looked back out into the window and glared at Luna’s tear stained face.
“I trusted you!” she screamed and Luna heard her loud and clear, turning away from the blonde and stepping into the house.
Serena shifted her eyes onto her pissed off sister with a small frown. “Don’t blame her.”
Amara growled shifting angered eyes onto the blonde. “She told on us!”
Serena shook her head. “No she didn’t, her husband did. She did not want no part in this.”
Amara steadied her breathing and knew better than to question her sister any further, for she knew that her sister had this amazing 6th sense to read people. She sighed deeply, watching from the corner of her eyes as Serena drew her knees up into her chest and tears welling up in her eyes. Out of concern, Amara placed a hand on the girl’s shoulder.
“What’s the matter?”
“Are you mad at me?”
Amara arched a brow, startled by the question. “Why would I be mad at you?”
“Because I didn’t jump fast enough and got us caught.”
Amara frowned upon her sister; she really hated the way she always downed herself. “I’m not mad…and I don’t blame you.” Amara turned away from her and began to look out of the window. “Just forget about it.”
Serena sighed than suddenly nodded, resting her head against the glass of the window and stared at nothing outside of it. Setsuna suddenly opened the driver side door and looked at the extremely quiet girls with an arched brow as neither one of them made an attempt to look at her. She took a moment to scrutinized their injuries with a shake of the head and took a seat, starting up the car and driving off without a word.
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