Hey guys!

Okay so this will be the last chapter for while so I can work some more on this story and some others that I have cooking up. Thank you to those who are still following this story. I'm sorry that 13 was super short... it was a filler chapter but a super important filler chapter. I'll try to make future chapters a bit longer so I can show some more character development and add in some more drama for you guys.

If you guys haven't already, you need to go check out DarkenedHrt101's story My Friend's Girl. It is a great read and super juicy. Aya Faulkner's Hump Day is my new obsession. And Beej88's The Game is another hot read.

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Chapter
Fourteen
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"Dude stop cheating!"

"I'm not cheating you're being a sore loser!"

"You are cheating, I can clearly see you camping out in that shack over there!"

"It's not my fault I found an advantage point and you haven't"

"It's cheating when you don't play the game correctly"

"But it's not cheating, I didn't use the cheat code that won't let anyone kill me"

"THAT'S A THING?!"

The loud voices had awoken Serena from her dreamless sleep. She was now too alert to go back to sleep but she felt surprisingly refreshed. She jumped when she realized she was in a bed but relaxed once she got a good look around the room. She guessed that Darien had put her in here sometime last night after their talk. Serena became more alert when the voices started getting louder.

"Why did you kill me? We're on the same team!"

"Because I told you to stop cheating Sam"

"What the hell are you two arguing about?" Serena asked as she walked out of Darien's room and into the living room. She crossed her arms, an amused look on her face, as she watched the two boys aggressively play their war video game.

"Darien's being a sore loser!" Sam yelled as he kept playing the game.

"How am I being a sore loser when you're cheating and we're on the same team?" Serena laughed at them and then took a seat next to Darien on the couch while Sam sat in the recliner. "You wanna play?" Darien asked as he handed Serena the controller but she shook her head no.

"No, that's okay. I wouldn't know what to do, I've never played video games before." The room suddenly became eerily quiet and all you could hear was the sounds of war coming from the television as Sam and Darien stared at Serena like as if she was from another planet. "What?"

"What do you mean you've 'never played before'?" Sam asked and angrily grunted as his character was killed.

"My brothers and my youngest sister play but I was never really interested in it." Serena said with a shrug. She didn't think it was that big of a deal.

"How many siblings do you have?" Darien asked as he got back into the game.

"I had six. My older brother was about 15 years older than me, my parents had him when they were teenagers, but he died when I was about 4 or 5 and my mom had just had triplets, two girls and a boy. Then about 7 years later my mom had my youngest brother. That one took all of us by surprise… we thought they were done."

"How did your brother die?" Sam asked, still deep into the game.

"He went to war. Everything was fine the first year after he left but then all of a sudden we hadn't heard from him for months. My parents just thought that he was busy with work, they didn't know that he was sent out to battle until we received a letter and all of his belongings stating that he had been killed saving his troupe." The room was quiet as Sam and Darien didn't know what to say or how to react to the story about her older brother.

"I'm sorry about your brother Sere" Sam finally said and cringed thinking that was the most insincere thing to say.

"Thanks, Sammy, but it is okay. I really don't remember him much and my parents don't talk about him anymore. So it's not like it's a bad subject to talk about… So who's going to show me how to play without using cheat codes?" Serena asked with a giggle, changing the subject. Darien laughed and Sam blushed.

As the minutes passed Serena got better at the video game, beating Sam more times than he beat her and Darien being the only one able to beat her.

"You guys hungry?" Darien asked after he noticed how late in the afternoon it was and the trio had been playing for a couple of hours. One que Sam and Serena's stomachs both began to growl. "I'll take that as a 'yes'," Darien said with a chuckle.

"Can we order pizza?" Sam asked with puppy eyes.

"Is that okay Serena?"

Serena looked at the two boys, she didn't really know what pizza was or how it tasted but she really didn't want them to think she was that weird… "Yeah that's fine"

"Okay, what toppings do you want?" Darien asked as he got the number for the closest pizza place and began the call to make the delivery order.

"Whatever you and Sam want… I'm not that picky" Serena said with a shrug.

"Good choice, Sere, Dare tell them we want the usual!" Sam said as he went back to playing the video game.

Darien chuckled and then made the call to place their usual order. He waited about twenty minutes until he decided to head down for the delivery. With one last glance at Sam and Serena, who were still playing the video game, he was out the door. By the time he made it outside he saw their usual delivery boy waiting for him… but something seemed off.

Adam was similar to Sam.

He was kidnapped at a young age to work for the Dark Moon and Luna was able to recuse him. Since it was too dangerous for him to go back home, Luna offered to help. He didn't want to fight anymore so Luna found a place for him to live and a place to work, but he had to keep his eyes and ears open to warn those like Darien and Sam if he knew anything the Dark Moon was up to.

"Adam, what's wrong?" Darien was on high alert as he noticed Adam quickly looking around.

"Birdie is on her way here," Adam said as quietly as he could and Darien froze.

"She can't come in," Darien said as he tried to convince himself they weren't in danger.

"Technically she can, she just can't use her powers."

Darien paled, "Do you know why she's coming here?"

Adam shrugged, "Not a clue but I think it has something to do with that girl they're all scouting the city for."

"Luna said the Sailor Scouts were handling that," Darien said and began to make his leave, not trying to seem at all phased but stopped when Adam called him back.

"I wouldn't put it past her if she brought something for Sam."

Darien knew exactly what he meant, "Thanks Adam," he said as he walked back inside then ran as fast as he could to the elevator.

Serena and Sam jumped when Darien quickly made his way into the apartment, slamming the door shut and tossing the pizza on the counter as he then rushed over to the living room area and began to turn off the game and TV.

"Darien… what's going on?" Sam questioned as he stood up when Darien began to move the coffee table and rug to reveal the door to the safe room.

Serena watched quietly as curiosity and fear filled her.

"You two need to hide," Darien said as he opened the trap door to the safe room.

"What? Why? Why do I have to hide?" Sam questioned, not wanting to go into the safe room. Darien had told him about the room when he had moved in. He told Sam that it was for emergencies but he had never had to use it… until today.

"Birdie is on her way here to question us," Darien said with annoyance filling his voice, they didn't have time to play twenty questions.

"Okay so all the more reason why I shouldn't hide," Sam tried to argue in his defense.

"No, Sam," Darien said as he exhaled a deep sigh and pinched the bridge of his nose "you suck at lying and Birdie will see right through it. This isn't just to protect Serena, it's to protect the both of you."

"Why would I need protection? You know I can fight!"

The atmosphere in the room suddenly changed, sending a cold chill down Serena's spine but she was the only one who had noticed as the other two kept arguing.

"Uh guys?" Serena said as she tried to get their attention. She knew that whoever was coming would be there very soon.

"Sam right now you need to listen to me and get in the damn room!" Darien's voice practically roared in anger, but Sam continued to fight him.

The bad feeling was starting to grow intensely in the pit of Serena's stomach and she knew the only way to avoid a negative outcome would be to go into that room. So Serena got up and moved herself in between the two boys fighting.

"Hey! Normally I would side with you Sammy, but I have a really bad feeling about this. Let's just hide in the room until it's over and when we come out you can beat the crap out of Darien." Serena said as she stared at Sam with pleading eyes. She watched his anger slowly fade from his eyes, his breathing went back to normal as he agreed with Serena and stomped down the ladder into the safe room.

"If I had known he'd listen to you in the first place I would've had you get him down there five minutes ago," Darien's anger had faded back into annoyance as he said his comment a little louder than a whisper.

Serena shrugged, "I'm not too sure about that, but I should get down there." Serena said as she began to make her way down the ladder but stopped on the third step and raised her gaze to look at Darien "I'll try to calm him down so we don't get caught." Darien nodded his head in agreement and watched Serena climb down the rest of the steps.

Once she was fully in the room Darien closed the trap door and placed the rug and coffee table back over it. He quickly went through the entire apartment to try to hide anything that could resemble a female being there, it wasn't much work and he tucked Serena's backpack into the back corner of his closet hoping it would stay hidden behind some of the boxes he had in there.

Darien barely had enough time to mentally prepare when he suddenly felt a shift in the air and not a moment later, heard a knock at his door.

He stood in the middle of the living room for a moment, motionless. He dared look back at the coffee table that hid Sam and Serena, and the temptation to ignore the knock on his door lingered. His gut telling him not to answer the door but he knew he couldn't avoid it. They would eventually knock the door down and destroy the apartment looking for him. And if they couldn't find him, he knew they would return.

Another knock echoed throughout the quiet apartment.

Darien took a deep breath as he braced himself.

He didn't need to check the peephole, he knew who was on the other side, but he was taken back by how many guards she had brought.

"Long time no see, huh Darien?" Birdie said with a sardonic smile on her lips. Her eyes held ice filled hatred that shook Darien to his core. "Are you going to let me in?" her voice was sweetly evil.

"And why should I do that? This clearly isn't a social call, so what do you want?" Darien tried to keep cool, calm, and collect, but his nerves were on edge.

Birdie chuckled darkly, "You really aren't as dumb as Rubius says you are," she said as she pushed her way past Darien and gave an order to three guards, with a wave of her hand, to check the apartment out.

Darien clenched his jaw, nostrils flaring angrily, as he watched the three guards search his apartment while the other three followed Birdie into the living room as she made herself comfortable on his recliner and began to inspect her nails as she waited.

"Again, what do you want Birdie?" Darien asked, straight to the point, as he leaned against the wall that divided the entry way from the kitchen with his arms firmly crossed over his chest.

"Oh, you know, just came to visit an old friend." Birdie continued to taunt as she filed her nails.

Darien rolled his eyes, "Cut the bullshit."

Birdie stopped mid file and slowly turned her attention back to Darien, "Where's Sammy at? The apartment is unusually quiet."

Darien shrugged, "He's out. Didn't say where he was going and when he would be back. And he hates being called Sammy."

"Awe too bad… I was hoping I could ask him some questions and have a little family reunion."

Darien took a quick look at the three guards that were next to Birdie, he didn't recognize any of them until the one who was digging through Sam's bedroom came out. Darien's eyes widened and his anger began to boil. Now he knew he made the smart choice to hide Sam with Serena. Sam wouldn't have lasted long during this visit.

"Birdie I hope you know you're not going to find what you're looking for here in my apartment."

"Oh but Darien, I have photographic evidence that she is here. She may not be in this apartment but she is here in this building and your little roommate knows exactly where she is." Birdie said as pulled a picture out and held it up to show Darien, who still stood against the wall. The picture was of Sam and Serena sitting on the front steps of the Cathedral her first day with them.

"That girl has been staying here for months. She lives on the third floor." Darien lied with a shrug.

Birdie glared at him, "I know that this double bun hairstyle has been popular lately but I haven't seen anyone add in the pigtails with it. And I was told to look for a teenaged girl with long blonde hair." Birdie said as she got up from the recliner and stalked towards Darien, still holding the photo in her hands to show him. "You know what the punishment is if I find out that you're lying to me. I know that you've been working with them and you should know that she's not very happy about that." Birdie continued as she stood hovering over Darien, whispering her threats.

"The apartment is clear Ma'am. There is no sign of her or anything linked with the Silver Alliance." The last guard said as he came out of Darien's bedroom.

Darien stared down at Birdie, "I told you"

"I guess you're clear this time…" Birdie paused when she heard a creak and a muffled sound. She turned her gaze to look around the room but dropped when she looked back at Darien and saw no change in his stance, "but no worries, I will be back." Birdie threatened as she waved her hand signaling the guards to make their leave and they left the apartment, slamming the door.

Darien let out a deep sigh and slumped over. This was a little too close for comfort for him and Birdie's words infuriated him. He quickly moved over to the window and waited until he watched Birdie and her guards exit out of the Cathedral and heard Birdie let out a piercing scream of frustration.