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Imit

*one week ago*

Seriah sighed as she stared at the hospital. Derrick was in there, probably next to that… Trista woman. No doubt he would have accepted her offers for affection. Men, what assholes. Come on Nehelenia, it’s time to keep moving, you have somewhere to be. She continued to walk down the road to the park. The man on the phone had asked to meet her there. She wasn’t sure why but he’d sounded familiar, so very familiar.

She walked to the park and along the trails into the woodsy area and paused at the first cross path. This was the place. She looked around with an annoyed glance and snorted her distain. Whoever this guy was, he was a ballsy one. For him to ask to meet her there and not be there on time was an insult. “You did come alone. Good girl.” She spun around quickly and gasp. She rubbed her eyes and examined him a little more carefully. He smiled a broad smile that chilled her to the bone. “Shocked?”

“You… you’re not… who are you?” She stuttered uneasily and stepped back from him. This was surreal, disturbingly surreal. He held up his hands and studied them himself before fixing his eyes on her.

“My name is Imit. I’m sorry for the… coded meeting but I couldn’t just start wandering around town. I don’t know who I might run into.” He shrugged casually. “I’m sure you’re rather… disturbed right about now.”

“Disturbed? I’m freaking out!” She shouted and examined him. The man in front of her looked exactly like her father. Everything about him was her father, even his scent. “But you’re… not… you’re not my Daddy?” She blinked as he shook his head from side to side.

“No, I’m not. I may look like him but let me say it took a hell of a lot of work for me to look exactly like him.” She stared at him longer, his icy blue eyes were so like her fathers. “I know what you’re thinking… they are his.” She stepped back, disgust suddenly overtaking her. “In order to imitate someone, you have to look exactly like them. The only way that can happen is to get implants. Before he passed he authorized me to take his eyes. They were pretty beaten up but, it all worked out.”

“So… you… look like my dad… on purpose?” Seriah breathed, fascination suddenly washing over as she began to appreciate the situation she was finding herself in. “He knew he might lose then… and he… wanted you to… do this to yourself?” She circled him happily, everything about him looked like her father, he even sounded like him. “I’m impressed.”

“So am I when I look in the mirror.” He nodded and watched her carefully. He remembered her from his stays at the house with Seiya. He’d always found Seriah to be attractive though looking like her father certainly… complicated things. He was looking at her through Seiya’s eyes and yet, she was still as appealing as she always had been. “You probably wouldn’t remember me but… I did stay at your house a few times… remember… I was the short, scrawny, red head… Imit?” He prodded gently as she seemed to think about his words.

“Oh my God… I remember you! What a change!” She looked at him with an even greater sense of amazement. “Why would you do this to yourself though?”

“He wanted me to… besides, that’s what I was groomed for. He showed me how to be like him, and I mean in every aspect. I am exactly like him in EVERY way! I can do anything he could, and I can do it just the way he did… that includes your mother, and I’m genuinely looking forward to that part of my mission.” Imit slapped his hands together and winked. Seriah knitted her brow and bit her lip.

“What mission?” She stepped close to him and watched him suddenly imitate her father’s cold expression. It was the way she remembered him being when talking business.

“Why do you need to know young lady?” His tone sent shivers down her spine. He was definitely good at what he did. “My mission is to get your mother back from that bastard. She’s mine and I don’t want him touching her! Oh, and don’t worry… when I do have her back she will pay for her disobedience.” His entire being seemed to darken as he ended his speech. It was so like her father, so dead on, that she felt as if she was talking to him. Then Imit smiled and chuckled. “I take it… I nailed that performance?”

“You did.” She nodded excitedly. “My mission is to kill Darien. I plan on kidnapping my sister and using her to my advantage. I will kill Darien then… probably my mother. That doesn’t conflict with your mission at all does it?” He admired her as she enthusiastically talked about her plot then snapped himself out of his trance.

“No, not at all… say… Nehelenia…” He hesitated for a moment and bit his lip. “You know… we’re roughly the same age and um… I’ve… well, I’ve always found you… attractive…” She listened to him carefully and smiled. This was odd to hear from a man who looked like her father but still. She had liked Imit very much.

“Let’s cross one bridge at a time. Shall we?” She smiled and hugged him as she would hug her long lost father. “Right now you’re my dad, not my boyfriend.” He nodded and pulled himself from her arms.

“Then I’ll act like your father.” He grabbed her violently by the upper arm and started to pull her out of the woods. “Let’s go home young lady, we have some plans to discuss.”

*now*

“You’re not real!” Serena flinched. He grinned Seiya’s genuinely and pulled her lips close to his before studying her face. “You’re not… you’re dead.” She whispered and closed her eyes. This was all a big nightmare. It had to be! This was a result of her thinking of him.

“I assure you, I’m very real.” He then roughly pulled her lips to his. If she had doubts before she didn’t anymore. Only Seiya kissed her like this! It was painful and demanding but somehow still wonderful. Her scalp was throbbing from his tight hold and as she suddenly realized the situation she was in she began to really fight against him. She wouldn’t let herself fall prey to him, not again, not now! She clawed at him only for him to expertly detain her.

Imit felt her begin to fight him and grinned into the kiss. This was where the real fun began. It had been like a game to Seiya and now he knew why. This woman was rather… addictive. Something about her enveloped your senses and as if to realize it was the key, he suddenly felt all his Seiya instincts kick in. He stood, pulling her up with him until he could yank her from the large tub and throw her against the wall. “God I’ve missed you.” He laughed as she slammed into the wall then fell to the ground, her wet skin unable to gain traction on the tile. “For five years you’ve lived like Darien’s happy little lap dog! For five years I’ve kept myself hidden, five years I’ve waited to come for you again and now that I have our daughter… it’s time.”

“What? Seriah’s locked… locked away.” She flinched as Imit grabbed her violently by the neck and pulled her from the floor. She struggled against him as he held her against the wall, her hands grasp at his to try and loosen them. She’d been in this situation so many times, she knew how long she had until she blacked out.

“Of course, for five years you haven’t been doing your wifely duties either.” He released her neck only to push his body against hers. Fear filled her eyes as she realized that she wasn’t strong enough to fight him. She hadn’t been for the longest time and five years of not having to defend herself had made her even weaker. Her body was far more tender now simply because Darien didn’t abuse her.

Never before had she been in this much pain from something Seiya did so often. “You know… years ago I made Darien a promise… do you know what that promise was Serena?” She shook her head in understanding. For the first few years of their marriage Seiya had forced her to recite every ugly word of his promise to Darien. It had been sick but she’d done it to simply stay alive. He’d promised Darien that he would have her and that every night he took her to bed he would hurt her so badly that she would cry for Darien. She had too. “How could you forget right?” He cooed and smacked her when she didn’t reply. “Answer me!”

“I could never forget!” She screamed desperately. “Please… Seiya… don’t do this! Please!” Imit buried his face into the nape of her neck and smiled to himself. He couldn’t let her know that he wasn’t Seiya but in the moment he was so proud of himself for tricking her. If there was anyone who could spot a fake it would be Serena and yet, there she was, begging him to spare her. “How did you do it?” She began to cry as he bit her harshly. “I saw Seriah shoot you…”

“He was a decoy, a double… are you really that ignorant sweet face? That you don’t even know your own husband?” He felt her body seem to give up. She believed him!

“This time… he will kill you.” She said darkly. This was a new side of the Serena Imit knew. He’d shadowed Seiya for so long and she’d never acted like this towards him. How would Seiya react? He wouldn’t, that’s what he’d do.

“No Serena, this time, he’ll be the one to die.” He then released her. “Of course we all know how to get to Darien’s heart… you fuck with his Serena. So this is where I leave you for now. He’ll see what I’ve done… and you’ll tell him the truth, that I was here and for the first time sweet face… I’ll bet he doesn’t believe you.” Imit smiled and turned away from Serena. He heard her sob a little and slide down the wall until she was on the tiled floor. Seiya had held so much power over her, it was truly inspiring. He wondered if he could control Seriah in the same way. Perhaps he’d try.

Darien and the boys came home a few hours later. They all stepped into the house and looked around. There was no sign of Serena or Rini. “Serena?” Darien called out and waited for a response. “Spilt up.” He commanded in a low voice and walked towards their bedroom. He walked past their private bathroom and noticed the door shut. “Serena?” He knocked and heard a small noise. Now alarmed he turned the knob and opened the door. It was black in the bathroom, an odd thing if Serena was in there. He flipped on the light and his heart dove to the bottom of his stomach as he took in the sight before him.

Serena was crumpled on the floor against the wall, her head against the tile and her blue eyes wide open as tears streamed down her face. He could see a nice bruise on her face and one more on her neck. She seemed to be staring off into space, her pupils dilated. “Derrick!” Darien shouted alarmingly “DERRICK!” He rushed to her and gathered her into his arms. “Serena? Serena?” He began to call her name and rock her gently in his arms as the three boys ran into the small room. Derrick pushed past the twins and threw himself to his knees in front of his father and step mother. “What’s wrong with her?” Darien looked at his son desperately.

Derrick began to look Serena over and frowned in confusion. “Easy… she looks catatonic… you’ve said in the past she has a history of it… well, this looks like a textbook case.” Peruru said calmly. “Something happened to her while we were gone.”

“No shit! Figure that out by yourself Sherlock?” Derrick snapped and examined the bruises on her. “I’ve seen this before…” Derrick let his breath catch as Seiya popped into his mind. Derrick’s eyes immediately moved to her thighs and were relieved to see that she didn’t have any bruises there. “She was attacked but she wasn’t raped.” He reassured his father and turned to look at the twins in the doorway. “Well… someone should go and get Rini. I’ll bet she called Molly.”

“I’ll go.” Helios said immediately and walked out of the bathroom. This was bad, someone had come to the house to attack Serena, that meant Rini was in even more danger. He felt sick as he thought of all the things someone would do to the adorable little girl. They could beat her, rape her, and so much more.

He hurried to Molly’s house and quickly rushed to the door. He wasn’t sure what was going on but whatever it was, it definitely reeked of Seriah. He calmed himself and smoothed out his light clothing before knocking powerfully on the door. After a while a tall man with long, wavy brown hair answered the door and regarded him carefully. “Can I help you?”

“I’m here to pick up Rini, Darien sent me.” The man watched him for a while then slowly nodded and stepped aside so Helios could come into the house.”You have a nice house.” Helios smiled politely as the large man in front of him watched him carefully.

“Thank you… I’m sorry, I don’t think I know who you are…” As the man finished his sentence Molly came into the room with Rini by her side. Rini immediately smiled and pulled her hand from Molly before running to Helios happily.

“Helios!” She squealed and jumped into his arms as he knelt down. “Aunt Molly, this is my boyfriend Helios.” Molly’s eyes widened in concern before glancing at the tall bear of a man who now had a knitted brow. “I told you he was cute!”

“You did… but Rini…” Molly stuttered while trying to formulate some sort of response. Helios sighed, clearly the woman was disturbed but it wasn’t like he was truly the girl’s boyfriend. She was only five!

“Rini, sweetie, you really need to stop telling people I’m your boyfriend. I’m your friend.” The small girl frowned at his words while trying to search for some reason why the title wasn’t appropriate. Helios stood and smiled at Molly warmly. “I don’t believe we’ve met. My name is Helios… I’m Peruru’s twin brother.” Molly and the brunette man nodded then looked at one another uneasily. “She’s taken quite a liking to me I’m afraid.” He chuckled and patted the top of Rini’s head. “Kids.”

“Well Helios, my name’s Nephrite.” The large man thrust his hand forward to Helios who took it confidently. Nephrite clamped his hand around Helios’ and squeezed. The two men stared at one another briefly before Nephrite released his grip and allowed Helios to pick Rini up and place her on his hip. The petit girl smiled and placed her head upon his shoulder while wrapping her little arms around his neck.

“Um… It was nice ta meet ya Helios!” Molly’s accent began to show through, a clear sign she was uncomfortable with allowing Helios to leave with the girl. “Iyts odd ya know… Sarenah should a called me.”

“Serena’s not feeling well right now and you know Darien, he’s right next to her, making sure she’s okay.” Helios smiled at the two people staring at him. “May I ask you both something?” The pair looked at one another then tentatively nodded. “Why does everyone seem so uncomfortable with Rini being around me?”

Molly immediately went pale and turned her eyes to the ground while Nephrite smirked. “Why? She’s a five and she talks about you as though you’re her age. The girl is so smitten with you and it’s clear that it’s not a school girl crush. It’s the oddest thing I’ve ever seen and frankly, by the way you look at her… it’s unsettling.” Molly had looked up at Nephrite during his speech and had a pensive look to her.

“Oh tha otha hand.” She paused and stepped forward. “Ah always knew thayt Sarenah an’ Dayrien were weyard! Ya knew there was somethin’ going on there… so… I guess… this isn’t that strange.” Molly relaxed and her speech returned to normal. “I can see in your eyes that you’re a nice young man and you’re not going to hurt her.” She shook her head. “My friends are so very… disturbed.”

“Yes, they are aren’t they?” Helios chuckled and looked at Rini who was now asleep on his shoulder. “I just want you to know that Seriah’s been released and is after Rini… if you watch her again please, please be careful.” Molly’s eyes went wide as she nodded and clasp her hands in front of her.

“It’s not right… they’ve suffered so much pain… Serena’s not sick is she? Something happened… something with Seriah?” Helios nodded and watched as Molly balled her fists. “That man was the worst thing to happen to her! I hate Darien for letting it happen!” Molly then turned and stormed out of the room leaving Nephrite and Helios together. After a moment Nephrite nodded his head and turned to follow Molly while Helios turned towards the door. He had to find a safe place for the little one in his arms and by the looks of it that mission gotten a lot harder.

“I want to talk to her.” Peruru demanded as he walked into the bedroom where Darien was holding Serena protectively in his arms. When the older man looked up from his wife Peruru could see something dangerous, defiant, animalistic. “Darien, go, I’m a psychiatrist remember?” Darien seemed to let out a low growl and went back to looking down at Serena who had her face buried in his chest as if trying to push something from her memory. “Darien! You’re enabling her now get out!” Peruru stood his ground as Darien violently glared at him, his dark blue eyes could have scared the devil away. “Please.” Peruru loosened a bit.

After a while Darien shifted Serena to the side and untangled himself from her. Her eyes widened as she protested with the slightest of whimpers, which, drew Darien back down to her. He placed a large hand against her bruised cheek and smiled while kissing her chastely on the lips and standing again. As he passed Peruru his eyes gave a warning. Peruru waited for Darien to leave then closed the doors and locked them. “Serena. Stop this nonsense and look at me.” He waited by the doors with his arms crossed. He had seen this behavior before and he didn’t like it one bit. He knew Serena to be a strong and confident woman, the fact that she was acting like a frightened child was ridiculous. “Darien’s not here to coddle you Serena so you might as well straighten your act up.” Her blue eyes shifted to him and for the first time in many years he saw genuine fear. The woman wasn’t just putting on an act, something had shaken her to the very core of her being. “Serena… what happened when we were gone?”

She shook and curled herself up before closing her eyes to prevent tears from flowing down her cheeks. “It was… I was taking a bath when the door opened. I thought you had all come back and Darien was trying to frighten me… he likes to try you know?” She smiled briefly. “I could hear him walk across the tile and kneel by the bathtub. I expected him to grab me so I told him that he couldn’t scare me and he ought to just stop trying. He didn’t say anything so I told him he could get in the tub if he wanted and that’s when…” Her voice began to shake as tears overwhelmed her eyes. “It wasn’t Darien who responded… it was… it was Seiya. I opened my eyes and there he was, looking down at me with that… that grin. Then he grabbed me by the hair and yanked me to him, he kissed me and pulled me from the tub. He threw me against the wall casing me to fall. He picked me up by my neck and pressed himself into me. I thought he was going to rape me… he hit me and…” She shivered and hugged herself. “It was him… I know it’s crazy but… those were his eyes, it was his kiss… it was him! He said he sent a decoy… that Darien killed a decoy!” She shouted angrily.

Peruru listened and felt a sense of dread hit him. He knew it wasn’t Seiya, multiple DNA tests had proven that Darien had killed Seiya. The man who had attacked Serena had to be an imitator. One who would have to have followed Seiya everywhere. Whoever the imitator was he was good enough to fool Serena and that was overly concerning. That meant that there was a Seiya running around, though not the original this one could be worse. Imitators had to be a little kooky in the first place because what human being would alter their being so much to be another? “It wasn’t Seiya.” Peruru sighed.

“Yes it was! I know Seiya! Those eyes are unmistakable! That tone… his kiss! It was him!” Serena insisted while upsetting herself. It was no wonder the woman was so terrified. It seemed as if Seiya was indestructible and perhaps… he was. There were people loyal to him, his daughter was just like him, and now there was an imitator who took pleasure in acting just like him and torturing Serena.

“It wasn’t him. I promise you… no matter how much the guy looked, acted, or sounded like Seiya… it wasn’t him.” Serena looked at Peruru hesitantly and shook her head. Clearly she didn’t believe him and that was fine. He didn’t have to convince her, he had to convince Darien and the others. “I’ve got to go talk to Darien. Relax, we’re right here okay? No one’s going to get you while we’re here… but… don’t tell him anything right now okay?” She nodded and closed her eyes.