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Things weren't looking so hot for The Darkness. Though she had great plans for taking the energy of these lousy humans, it wasn't going exactly as planned, what with the sudden arrival of these sailor senshi. What was really bugging her was that she had heard that they were dead--everyone knew that they had been long gone. Yet here two of them were. They didn't look exactly the same and after seeing Venus transform, she knew that her civilian identity certainly wasn't really Aino Minako. Not only that, but these sailor girls were powerful. Though she tried to act as though fleeing from both the concert and the welcome back party were of her own will, the truth of the matter was that she felt as though she had to flee in order to save her own life...take the energy and run; she couldn't risk it. Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus made her uneasy, as did their male and female companions Artemis and Luna. And after having to abandon her last youma, The Darkness could only pray that there weren't any more of these girls...or if they were, that the rest of them wait to make their presences known until she had gathered more energy and she was essentially invincible.

And it didn't help that everyone knew about these past two events. One thing that The Darkness hadn't anticipated was the use of cellphones...and the fact that many New Yorkers were probably going to either be taking pictures of the incidents or filming them. In what seemed like a matter of seconds, the entire world knew about the attacks going on in New York. Not only that, but they knew who was behind them. People were going to be on the lookout for her now, so she was going to have to be on her guard at all times. She no longer risked it by going out during the day--it would be too easy for her to get recognized. Instead, she waited for night to fall before she went ahead with other minor attacks. These smaller scale attacks didn't usually generate as much attention, but there were a few of her smaller victims that managed to somehow get on the news. It was amazing how quickly word got around in New York and while she was glad that she seemed to be feared by all of New York, it would have been better if people didn't know what she looked like. She didn't fear being caught, as the humans could do nothing to her, but it would put hitches in her energy-stealing plans if she had to keep leaving locations because of humans.

So with this in mind, The Darkness played things quite low-key when it came for her to slip into the Juilliard Concert Hall. Thank god for her unexplainable powers, as they allowed her to somewhat alter her appearance. True, she couldn't change everything about her appearance, but she did manage to change up her hairstyle (shortening it and even getting it a bit lighter) and even changing her eye color. Making changes without magic seemed to have a bigger effect, though, as she was able to shed her junkie-looking image. Instead, she wore more dignified clothes and a pair of studious looking glasses. In a matter of minutes, she had gone from street dweller to college student, flawlessly. Because of this, she wasn't even given a second look when she entered the concert hall after Julie's 'surprise' concert. A line that reached the door had already formed, trailing up toward the stage where a table sat in plain view. It was time for the meet and greet.

The Darkness smiled sweetly to those around her as she took her place in line. And she had to hand it to herself, she must have done a good job if no one recognized her--her face was all over the place. Blinking, she cast a quizzical look around the crowded concert hall. She had to admit, it wasn't as crowded as she thought it would be. Certainly there were a lot of people there--possibly even more than at Alicia's welcome back party--but due to recent events, people seemed to be avoiding large gatherings. Even the people who were there kept looking over their shoulders, watching their backs, as if a monster was going to pop out at any second. And they were right to fear this...because little did they know, it was about to happen.