AN: I don't really have any AN for the rest of the chapters b/c I wrote 
the whole thing as one piece and then split it up... other than that, 
Enjoy!

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Overnight Delivery
Chapter 2
Rated PG
By April Rayne
Startear42@aol.com
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	"E...Excuse me?" Endymion stammered, his grasp on her hand going lax. 
	The blond rolled her eyes heavenward. "And here I thought that 
they would send a prince or a knight... Hmph!" The smile on her lips 
showing him that she was joking, she pulled her hand from his and 
reached for the bag at her side. Pulling out a roll of parchment paper 
similar to Endymion's, she handed it to him. "Take a look at this."
	He read the scrawled writing and looked back up at her. 
"Serenity...Peace... Your parents named *you* Serenity, of all things?" 
He mumbled more to himself, still trying to take in the information. He 
almost missed her expression as she stuck her tongue out at him. The 
parchment was almost identical to his. 'Wait at the town 
tavern...password 'gullible'...his clue is peaceful...'
	No wonder his parents wouldn't tell him what the package was. 
They didn't want to warn him that 'it' was gorgeous...Not to mention 
that she had a temper as short as his when it came to annoyingly 
beautiful and witty women. 
	"Well then, Lady Serenity, I suppose we should be getting on 
out way if we're to get to the palace on time." Getting up out of his 
seat, he moved ahead and out of the doors. Dumbfounded, she looked back 
at him. "Hey! What do you think you're doing?!" She practically jumped 
after him. 

	The cloaked figures sent each other looks as they watched the 
two leave.
	A male laugh permeated throughout the room, and one after the 
other, they each doubled over in laughter. "Did you see that?"
	"Heck, it's gotta be love," the youngest one joked, his blue 
eyes laughing. 
	"He could've been killed!" the more serious of the group said, 
ice eyes blazing and folding his arms across his chest. 
	"I think he's going to have a bigger problem with Princess 
perfect over there."
	Another man nodded, his reddish brown hair escaping from the 
confines of the cloak hood. "She's the only woman in the world that 
could do that and have him actually let her get away with it. It's 
kismet, men. Too bad we won't be there to see his face when he finds 
out the truth."
	"This is gonna be interesting..."

*
	Four girls stood atop the hillside, looking down on the 
tree-lined path and the two figures meandering down its length on 
horseback. 
	"Time to start Obstacle A," the blonde remarked, looking down 
at the two with a playful gleam in her eyes. She looked to her tall 
brunette companion. "Ready?"
	"Can't wait!" she replied, running past the other three girls. 
	"And the hunt begins..." a raven topped girl clad in red 
smirked.

*
	
	"Are you sure you know where you're going?" the blond asked 
with a sigh, leaning against his back. God forbid she was trying to 
ignore the fact that a delightful scent reached her nose and the feel 
of his body that was getting to her...
	"Lady Serenity, I'm positive that I know where I'm going," he 
replied with an equally bland tone. "This has to be the fiftieth time 
that you've asked me that. It would be much appreciated if you'd cut it 
out."
	'The nerve!' "Well, I'm sorry to be bugging you, *your 
highness*, but I'm new to this place and I'm not sure I should even be 
trusting you after what happened at the bar! And don't call me Lady 
Serenity."
	He smirked, and turned around slightly. "Why are you traveling 
to the palace anyway, Lady Serenity?"
	She moved to snap back at him, but stopped. After being 
introduced to Silenus, they had been traveling for hours, and maybe the 
travel was getting to her. She tried to avoid his gaze, but could not. 
"Well, you see... I... I'm awaiting the arrival of someone-"
	"The Moon Princess."
	"Huh? You...you know about her?"
	"I've known her for a long time..."
	'What...?'

*

	The brunette, now separated from her partners, stood atop the 
crest of the next sloping hill, and crossed her hands in front of her. 
A golden antenna raised from the jewel of her tiara. "Sorry Princess," 
she mumbled apologetically before closing her eyes in anticipation of a 
power surge. "Supreme...Thunder!"

*

	Serenity's eyes widened, but she tried not to show her interest 
in the subject, beginning blandly, "How do you...?" She couldn't finish 
her sentence, and she was at a loss for words for the hundredth time 
that day. 'It's impossible...'
	Endymion's face had become more serious, and yet he looked like 
he was quickly becoming immersed in a dream like state. "It's hard to 
explain..."
	Just then, thick, massive storm clouds rolled through the sky, 
moving as if they were on a mission to catch up with the two. Silenus 
reared back as the winds began to blow deeper and harder. Gasping, 
Serenity held on to Endymion tighter, and quickly leaned her head in 
the crook of his shoulder. If there was one thing she was afraid of, it 
was-
	"A thunderstorm," Endymion mumbled to himself.  There was no 
mention of a storm earlier that day, and usually he wasn't worried, but 
the clouds looked menacing enough. Soon white shots of lightning struck 
and thunder roared like cry of a lion upon catching its prey. They had 
to get to shelter soon, because Serenity was scared to death.
	Not that he minded the fact that Serenity was holding onto him 
like a second skin.

*

	The four girls reunited at the spot in which the brunette had 
been standing, and froze, eyes wide as saucers as a huge shadow flew 
overhead. It passed over them quickly, aiming for another spot, where 
two people and a frightened horse were quickly bolting in the other 
direction. "Ne, Ki-chan!" the blonde called out. What happened to your 
dinky little lightning bolt?"
	"I guess I wasn't used to adjusting to this environment, and I 
overdid it..." Her eyes widened and she put her hands on her hips. 
"Hey! My lightning rod is *not* dinky, Ai-chan!" 
	"Stop worrying about your dinky lightning rod, Ki-chan! What 
about them?!" the blue haired soldier cried out, pointing into the 
distance. 
	"Oh no, we have to go fix this up!" Three of them ran ahead, 
seemingly flying from the hill's crest to catch up with that 
monstrosity of a storm cloud.
	"Dammit, my lightning rod is *not* dinky!" she called out 
before running to catch up with them.

*

	"Hold on, Serenity!" he called out over the booming thunder as 
he pulled on the reins. Silenus reared back again, but this time he 
began to gallop away from the storm cloud, Endymion leaning forward to 
take control while Serenity held on tight. He was quickly getting 
nervous...the storm clouds around here never got to be of that size. 
But despite Silenus' speed, it caught up to them, and the rain began to 
pour, at first gently, and then with increasing intensity. A fork in 
the path soon came up, and Endymion pulled for Silenus to move to the 
right. Another boom, and Silenus reared back again, losing his 
direction and taking the left path. 
	"Silenus, pull back!"
	Before he could, a cave, like a safe haven, beckoned to them 
ahead. Instead of turning back, Endymion decided to go forward, and 
they ended up in the large cave.
	Inside, Serenity raised her head as Endymion turned around to 
look at her, a smile in his eyes. "Scaredy cat."
	
	Ouch. If looks could kill...

	Well, Endymion realized that trying to make jokes was probably 
not the *best* thing to do in their situation... Turning around, he 
brought Silenus to a complete stop and dismounted, helping Serenity off 
as well. He unlatched their bags to see if there was anything they 
might need.
	They began to walk around the dark cave, the only light coming 
from the glinting at the sides when the lightning hit outside. The 
storm cloud was closer, but they had nothing to worry about, right?
	"Endymion...come here."
	"What's wrong?"
	"This material...what the cave is made out of...What is it?"
	Endymion approached her silent figure in the dark, but froze in 
his steps when another bolt of lightning hit and he saw the heavy, 
blinding, unique glint of the cave walls once again.
	Damn.
	Rycanite.
	A metal.
	A very *conductive* metal.
	

	Well, let's see. A storm cloud produces lightning. Lightning is 
attracted to...
	Damn.


	CRASH!

	"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"
 
	Endymion covered his ears as Serenity's deafening scream 
reverberated throughout the walls of the cave as it was struck by 
lightning. The blast was strong enough to shake the walls and make the 
top crumble, but they were unharmed because it had struck the rear of 
the cave, which was covered by a lot of moss and organic material. 
Meanwhile, Silenus whinnied, and reared back for a final time before 
disappearing out of the cave and into the path once more.
	They never heard the screams on the ground above them...

*

	Four toasted special agents stood atop the cave in which 
Endymion and Serenity were hiding. They had hoped to reach there before 
the two travelers did and make the crazy storm die down by trying to 
harness the energy again. 
	They didn't know what the cave was made of...

	What comes around goes around ^^;

	"I think I prefer my dinky little lightning bolt..." Ki-chan 
mumbled before falling to the ground where the other girls lay, knocked 
out.

*
	"Silenus! Damn!" Endymion called out, stepping out of the cave 
when the storm just seemed to disappear. The clouds gone, they were 
both able to see the shining stars clearly, along with the glowing 
moon. Serenity followed him out, a pout on her face. "I'm sorry..." she 
muttered.
	"It's a good thing that Silenus can find his way back home," 
Endymion muttered, running his fingers through his hair. "Now it's 
going to take *forever* to get you back to the palace!" He groaned, and 
picked up his bag and handed the other to Serenity. Leaving her behind 
again, he left her to stand in her anger and blind stupor, only 
beginning to follow him when trying to come up with words to yell 
became annoying. "Waaaaiiiit!"
	

*

	The four shadows, semi-recovered from the last incident, jumped 
from one tree to another, quickly adjusting to the environment on 
Earth. Stopping as they noticed the couple stop walking, they looked 
down and tried to listen in on their conversation. They were so high up 
that they were unable to hear anything, but they could tell what was 
going on by their body language. They were too close to each other to 
notice, but the rising blush on Serenity's cheeks made them a little 
bit more than suspicious.
	"Mizu-chan, let's start Obstacle B." 
	The girl nodded, making sure to stealthily move to a tree on 
the other side of the tree lined path. Sighing to herself about how 
this was the strangest assignment that they had received yet, she 
spread her arms wide, preparing for her first act...

*

	"Well, it's *your* fault that Silenus ran off!"
	"*My* fault?! Since when was I the one that decided to lead us 
straight to a cave- with a *metal* core during the middle of a 
thunderstorm?!"
	"Well who decided to scream like a banshee when the lightning 
*did* strike?! Silenus never had any problems with storms before!"
	"OOOH!" Serenity fumed, her hands clenching into fists at her 
sides. "You are the most arrogant, unyielding, pain in the-"
	"You have no idea who you're getting yourself into trouble with!"
	"I should be saying the same thing! OOH!" She turned away from 
him and crossed her arms. "You know, they could've sent a knight, a 
squire, a prince- anything!- and they sent *you*!" she mumbled angrily 
to herself under her breath.
	"Well, you're not exactly Little Miss Sunshine either!"
	"That's it! I give up! Go home and leave me to do this by 
myself!" Beside herself with anger, she threw her arms into the air and 
ran off into the night.
	"Damn! Serenity! Don't run that way, or you're going to get 
lost!" Endymion called out, sighing heavily before running after her.

*

	"Shabon... Spray!!!"
	The fog quickly enveloping the forest, the other three senshi 
jumped down to the ground, each one coming from a different position to 
surround the couple. The cloud was so thick that they weren’t able to 
make out anything, and for some strange reason, they couldn't hear 
Endymion or Serenity. 
	"There!" Ai-chan called out, pointing her finger in one 
direction where she thought that she saw a moving shadow. "Crescent 
Beam!"

	"OUCH! What the-?"

	"Hey!" Ai-chan cried as a fireball seared the end of her skirt. 
"Watch where you’re aiming that thing, Hi-chan!"
	Another yelp of pain could be heard in the distance, and it 
sounded more than familiar. Ki-chan's voice rang out loud and clear. 
"AI-CHAN! Stop fooling around!"
	"I thought I saw them!" the blond called out, sweatdropping 
when she realized that her long distance beam hit the wrong targets. 
"Gomen, really!" The fog thinned out just a tiny bit more, and the 
three senshi gathered together as their shadows came into view.  
	"I've got you!" another familiar voice called out, flying 
towards the grouped shadow. "Shine Aqua Illusion!"

	The fog finally cleared out, and Mizu-chan practically ran to 
the huge chunk of ice in which she'd caught her 'prey'. "Yeah! My plan 
worked out!"
	"N-n-n-n-ot qu-qu-qu-ite, Mi-mi-mi-z-z-zu-ch-ch-an..." Three 
voices called out from inside their cold chamber. "This fuku...i-isn't 
made f-f-for below z-z-zero t-t-t-t-t-temps!" Hi-chan bit out, teeth 
chattering, but unable to move. 

	"Serenity! Get back here or you'll get lost!" the prince called 
out, his voice coming from farther into the forest depths.

	"Oops..." the intelligent senshi whispered, sweatdropping. 


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End Chapter 2
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Ok, so the ending isn't so cliffy, sue me ^^; Please tell me how you 
think this fic is going ^_^