"Femme Fatale C5"
January 11, 2001
By. raq-UMALI
umalific@hotmail.com 

Serena entered her room in full flush as she thought how 
Darien and Andrew fancied her bare necessities.  She 
giggled impishly herself as she thought of the way her own 
eyes devoured Darien's bareness. 'It was expected' thought 
Serena as she entered her bathroom.  

Darien entered his room after embarrassing himself in front 
of Serena.  'Great going Dr. Chiba.. you just made a fool 
of yourself' he thought laughingly before retrieving his 
own garments and disappearing to the bathroom.

After getting ready within an hour time Serena managed to 
dress herself in a simple suit.  The color of heavenly blue 
suited her features well.  Slender and most appealing she 
pulled her hair in an up twist, exposing her lily swan like 
neck. A small little spider pin held a stray hair.  With 
just a touch of lip-gloss and a dab of a black widow's 
favorite perfume 'poison', she was done. Serena smoothed 
herself to one last look and was satisfied to her 
appearance.

"Hey" said Andrew as Darien walked back into the kitchen 
fiddling with his tie.
"I hate these things" he fumbled as he kept adjusting and 
readjusting to fit just right.
"You would think you would be used to it by now" cracked 
Andrew.
"Hey If I had it as easy as you wearing the same uniform.  
It wouldn't be a problem"
"Hey it takes work wearing this uniform" said Andrew as he 
stood and modeled his uniform. "It takes work, dedication 
and……."
"Good morning gentlemen" said Serena as she walked brightly 
into the kitchen depositing her mug in the sink.  The two 
men still flushed as she said hello and though she was now 
clothed they couldn't get the picture of her and her 
lingerie out of their womanless minds.
"Morning" blushed Andrew as he sat back down trying to 
seemingly avoid Serena's gaze.
"Morning Serena" said Darien as he from in front of the 
mirror wandered his eyes to look at Serena's profile.  
Slender and very beautiful was his mere description of her.  
Darien as much as he still fixed his eyes on her didn't 
want to be caught staring in broad daylight.  He 
immediately turned away he started to wander down to her 
legs, shaking his head he tried to fix his tie.  Leaning on 
the counter with her arms crossed, Serena watched Darien in 
amusement.  Darien fumble with his necktie and indeed it 
was nerving him, the picture was just too funny for her.  
'A man with intelligence exceeding Einstein could not even 
fasten his own neck tie correctly' she thought as she 
looked on smiling and nodding negatively.  Looking from 
Serena to Darien, Andrew noticed something.  Both Serena 
and Darien were stealing glances.  'Ah ha' he thought.. 
'hehehe…what do we have here' he thought evilly. Again and 
again Serena watched Darien tie then untie, tie then untie, 
finally she couldn't take it anymore.  Serena took her few 
steps till she was aside from him.
"Let me help you with that" said Serena smilingly as she 
waited for him to turn.  Darien smiled and quite honestly 
was seduced just by her mere presence.  The close proximity 
of Serena was not doing well with his already rapidly 
beating heart.  His eyes focused on her admiringly and 
unwillingly unable to move.  Serena untied what Darien had 
done and started all over.  She smiled as she sensed his 
fixed stare and even felt a little too warm being near him.  
Andrew intently watched Serena help Darien with his tie and 
was quite enlightened, smiling to himself when Darien 
during all that time kept his eyes on her. Darien's 
perceptive eyes searched through Serena's features 
smoothly. Noting of her pink lips puckered to perfection.   
Her bluest of eyes bore more depths than the ocean itself.  
Naturally rosy cheeks she had no blemish in sight, all 
smooth she was completely flawless.  Serena looped and 
pulled the necktie securely, Darien was definitely enjoying 
this moment. But in no time Darien had a perfectly 
proportioned necktie, making Darien wanting to say 'no it's 
not perfect' just so Serena would help him out again.  
"VIOLA!" she smiled largely smoothing the tie.  Darien 
turned to look at himself in the mirror and found his 
necktie to be perfect.
"Thanks…" he smiled handsomely "where did you learn how to 
perfectly do neckties?"
"My poppa, ADM. TSUKINO" she made a face then saluted as 
she turned to Andrew  'she is too cute' thought Andrew 
'man… Darien if you don't see what I'm seeing your dam 
blind.'
"and my brother Lt. Commander Samuel Tsukino".
Darien laughed at her a bit before turning to Andrew who 
had a large grin on his features.  They're eyes made 
contact and then their was a cough. <cough > 
"Serena you didn't tell us you had a brother?" said Darien 
avoiding Andrew's gaze "he's in the military too?"
"a younger brother…""
"Serena I'm surprised you didn't join the military and be a 
full pledge military family" said Andrew 
"Nah… it's too violent for me" she though absent mindedly 
as she turned rolling her eyes at herself 'aww gosh… No 
Serena you've only killed as many as 40 people even more 
but its not too violent' she thought..
"Let see your father the Admiral, your brother the Lt. 
Commander, how about you….umm…. what branch do I see you 
in" he thought.
"Air Force" said Darien
"Nah… " said Serena as she retrieved a glass of water.
"Marines?"
"Nope"
"Coast Guard?"
"The coast guard?????? Where did that come from?" said 
Serena as she drank some water.
"Well it's a government service"
"Or how about a secret service thing.. like the FBI or 
something even more elite…" said Darien staring at Serena, 
Serena's eyes bugged as she choked on her water. 
<cough….cough>
"Serena are you okay?" asked Darien coming next to her 
padding her back.
" <cough>….. yeah I'm fine <cough>". 'oh boy!' thought 
Serena.
"Hey Darien… didn't you say you had a meeting today at 
8:00?" asked Serena.
"Yeah why?" he said before glancing at his watch. 
"7:15..ah..its not like they cant wait"
"Man I wish I can make my officers wait" said Andrew.
"Well Dr. Chiba, Don't tell me that I tied your tie for 
nothing" smiled Serena.
"No of course not….I was just getting ready to leave" he 
smiled largely towards Serena and then to Andrew.  Darien 
grabbed his brief case and readied to leave. "I will see 
you all later" he exited.
"Bye Dr. Chiba" smiled Andrew "and you owe me a lunch".  
Darien stopped to his words.
"No I don't" said Darien.  Serena watched both men argue 
and finally wanted to intervie.
"I swear I have been with you two for no more than 24 hours 
and you fight like little teenage boys trying to ask the 
same girl out" said Serena as she put both of her hands on 
her waist.  "Now…. As far as Im concerned" she smiled "You 
both owe me lunch…. And dinner for trying to peek" she said 
smiling.
"Um I think its time for me to go" said Andrew getting up 
from his barstool "Darien Ill walk out with you" he said as 
the two began to walk briskly.  Serena nodded her head 
watching the two men leave.

It was 11am and still Darien felt like his day was just 
starting.  All the meetings and all the mishaps of his 
equipment failing was really nerving.  After his tiresome 
meeting it was from one laboratory to another and nothing 
was going right.  It just seemed that where ever he went 
there was a problem with either an equipment or something 
in the chemical lab not measuring.  His employees were 
starting to lack the stamina they once had and his patience 
was growing thin.  Firing them was not something he liked 
but he could not stand incompetence or negligence.

Work has always deemed Darien's mind day or night.  Full 
filling his plans, innovated inventions was his future.  
Darien stood within the lines of perfection and efficiency, 
having all traits of a genius his mind is never at rest.  
He gave his work a great deal of attention and never once 
in his life did he ever show any weakness or incapable of 
any challenging task.  His mind was fertile with inimitable 
creations that benefited all.  Striving to perfection, his 
choices of employees were ones that qualify competency. 
Darien was strict with his employees and never did he want 
to see any of negative and unruly traits for they were sure 
to get the boot from their superior.  

"Dr. Chiba, can you please take a look at this" asked a 
young man almost timidly.
"Sure Mark.. I'll be there in just a second" said Darien as 
he looked over a clip board full of codes and numbers that 
only he can usually defy.  After studying it thoroughly he 
set the clipboard down and walked towards the young man 
that needed his assistance.
"Mark, what is it that I can help you with?" he asked the 
young blond.
"Well, Sir this mapped code said that this insertion should 
be on the right hand side and that the 2.5 inch tubes 
should have been 3 inches off the ways"
"I think you've got a point" said Darien as he began to 
look over the machine than back at the blue prints.
"Do we need to send whoever started this back to grade 
school?" said Darien quite irritated.  "Following 
directions is such an easy task…..Who the hell started 
this?" asked Darien angering and completely tired of how 
incompetent his employees were at times. 
"Sir, I think Miss. Janet did"
"Miss. Janet and where is Miss Janet?" he asked as he began 
disassembling the equipment. Darien stared through his 
glasses at the young man that seemed to be afraid of his 
now firm voice. <sigh> "This project's deadline is suppose 
to be a week from now, how the HELL are we to test its 
capability if it is not even finished to do a test 
run….Miss. Lemont where is Miss. Janet?" asked Darien.
"Miss Janet, Sir went out to lunch"
"I see…. Now how long ago was that?"
"About an hour and a half ago" she whispered not liking to 
have to rat on her co-workers, but she is the supervising 
assistant in that lab so she had no other choice.
"An hour and a… isn't lunch suppose to be only an hour 
long?" said Darien as he stood tall and irritated. "Tell 
Miss. Janet, when she gets back in from her extended lunch 
that I want to see her in my office ASAP!" he said as he 
began to walk away. "In the meantime, Mark go ahead and 
redo the machine.  I expect it to be perfected before 
tomorrow" his voice faded through the glass doors.
"Poor Janet" whispered the old woman.

Darien's mind raced and he was indeed very disappointed 
with his employee for lacking responsibility, for such 
negligence could cause serious damage to all.  Thousands of 
dollars invested would have been wasted.  'They weren't 
focused and how could they leave such projects unfinished' 
His thoughts were completely cut when he heard a loud thud 
against a closet that was suppose to be filled with 
cleaning materials.  Slowly he approached the door and 
listened in.  Muffled sounds were heard as he began to grow 
more curious to what was going on.  Finally not wanting to 
second guess his own thoughts he opened the door.  Eyes 
narrowing, cheeks flushing and surprised as hell, Darien 
closed the door immediately.  Once closed, he spoke against 
the door frame. "Miss. Janet I suggest once you are done 
with your long break, report to my office immediately and 
you too Mr. Layton and If I am not their you two will wait 
for me." he said as he quickly walked off.  Flustered he 
shook his head, his day couldn't get any better than this 
he thought.
"Dr. Chiba" said a young woman catching him on his way to 
his office.
"Yes, Myra" said Darien rolling his eyes recognizing the 
voice of a petite brunette.
"I was wondering if you could help me with these formulas" 
she asked almost flirtatiously.  Darien sighed as he 
watched her batt her eyes, young Myra always had an excuse 
for Darien to help her.  Never was there a day where she 
wouldn't show up at his office needing and asking for help 
or advice.  The girl was getting quite irritating to the 
point of transferring her to another area away from his 
supervision. Her first assignment was perfect and she 
didn't need help then once her trail months were over, she 
became negligent.
"I'm sorry Myra but I was on my way to another meeting, 
perhaps Reggie over there can help…….. Reggie" said Darien 
as he waved and motioned for the young man.  Myra had 
disappointment all stricken on her face. "Listen Reggie are 
you busy right now?"
"No Sir"
"Myra here needs help on these formulas and I know you can 
do it" smiled Darien from Reggie than to Myra.  "and Myra… 
I need to see you at my office after lunch" he said before 
he walked away, Myra cracking a smile.
"Boy… I sensed Dr. Chiba is in a bad mood today" said a 
deep voice from behind.  Darien turned and found his friend 
Michael.
"Oh hey Mike.." said Darien as he stopped for a moment.
"You don't look so good" said Mike "something the matter?" 
he asked as they both started walking.
"Nah… I'm just frustrated with all the mishaps" he said. 
"On top of that I just found one of my engineers inside a 
closet"
"Inside a closet???? What for?"
"She wasn't alone" 
"OHHHHHHHH" smiled Michael "and what are you going to do?"
"I will meet with them later on"
"You know Darien, you have fired more employees on your 
records than even Mr. Barkley.
"I fire incompetence it is not accepted in this proffesion" 
he said walking with a stern look.
"Hey Darien, Mike" said another voice.
"Nathan, where have you been hiding" said Mike "The last 
that we knew you were in Switzerland doing a demo for the 
project beacon"
"I just go in last night"
"How did it go"
"It went okay……Hey….I heard your new secretary/assistant is 
quite a looker" elbowed Nathan.
"OH!" said both Darien and Michael.
"Yeah I saw her pass by with Mr. Barkley and 
mmmmm….mmmmmmm" said Nathan as he joined them on their 
walk.
"Going to lunch?" asked another male.
"You…. You owe me five bucks" said Mike slapping his 
coworker upside the head.
"gezzzz… here…. Take a twenty" said the man taking money 
out of his pockets.
"Hey Jayson whats going on with your Clemens project?" 
asked Darien
"Its going…..actually I have a few questions that I'm a 
little baffled on.  Do you have time later on?"
"Yeah sure.. You know I'm always willing to help out…Now 
what are we all eating?"
"Hey lets go for pizza" said Jayson
"Yeah that sounds good" said the others.
"How about you Dr. Chiba" laughed Jayson "OH wait….. I 
wanted to catch you and asked if your new secretary has a 
boyfriend?"
"You've seen her too?" asked Mike
"Yeah haven't you? Come Dare you must know?"
"I don't know Jayson, I haven't met her myself" chuckled 
Darien.
"Apparently Mr. Barkley is introducing her to everyone but 
you" said Jayson
"Dare, Jay, Mike, Nate" said another young man running up 
to catch up with the men.
"Hey Zen" said the four.
"Can I join you guys to lunch I need to get out of here"
"Yeah Sure… Pizza" said Nathan
"Sounds good to me" he said following the others "Say 
Dare….. who's your new"
"secretary" ended Darien as he shook his head "You people, 
don't you have anything else better to do?" he asked 
laughingly. "Apparently you all don't have any women in 
your life to seem so desperate"
"No Darien this isn't being desperate" said Zen
"It's trying to be ahead of everyone else" said Nathan.
"Hey guys…." Walked another man towards the group.
"Hey what's up Kyle"
"Hey have you seen that new girl? She has blond hair, about 
5'6 and large blue eyes"
"You mean Darien's new assistant"
"WHAT?….You lucky dog" said Kyle.
"Blond hair… I hope she's not an airhead" said Darien 
cringing at the remembrance of his last assistant.
"Who cares?" said the guys.
"I DO!…." said Darien "She's my assistant.. and I do not 
need a dumb blond working side by side with me" 
"Trust me.. she's not a blond…blond…" said Nathan
"How do you know this?" asked Darien
"I need to see this girl myself" said Mike to the others as 
they stopped in front of the receptionist desk.  "If anyone 
looks for Dr. Chiba, Dr. Jacobs, Mr. Garrison, Mr. Preston, 
Mr. Adams and Dr. Manning , we're out to lunch" said 
Michael to the woman.
"Yes Dr. Jacobs".  As the six began to walk away a man with 
authority spoke.
"Darien may I see you in here for a moment" said a man 
standing in front of his office. Darien nodded and began to 
walk towards the man.
"Go ahead Ill meet you guys there" said Darien.  Darien 
walked quietly to the office of his higher authority.  Mr. 
David Barkley was a man by the books, he was also a man 
that you always wanted to be on your side.  For his 
influences and standings were remarkably high.  His say in 
projects or special assignments were either granted or 
disapproved.
"You wanted to see me David" said Darien making eye contact 
with the man who sat comfortably in his leather chair.
"Yes… I have been trying to find you all day"
"Oh? What for?"
"I've been trying to catch up with you to meet your new 
assistant that's what"
"Oh I see" said Darien smiling. "David with all do 
respect.. I hope this assistant is not another Angela. She 
was absolutely hopeless."
"Darien…. Don't speak until you've heard all what this new 
secretary of yours has to offer."
"and what may that be sir?"
"Well we figured from all of your past 'ten' assistants we 
had to find one that could converse with you at all 
levels."
"really" chuckled Darien "I would like to see who you've 
chosen to fit my standards so well"
"You'll be surprised Dr. Chiba" said the man with such 
ease.
"Enlighten me" chuckled Darien cockily
"You'll be happy to know she has graduated from USC with a 
degree in Chemistry and…"
"Oh….. but is she mearly book smart like a past assistant 
name Jennifer."
"you didn't let me finish.  I also meant to say that she 
has a degree in Cognitive Science"
"Ah, the study and process of various mental tasks… that's 
Different! So she can think"
"Dr. Chiba….. she is capable of discussing Quantum Physics 
with you and has much common sense, I have interviewed her 
myself"
"Interesting" said Darien leaning back on his chair.
"She is smart and might I add that she has a masters degree 
in Computer Science from MIT"
"MIT…Impressive"
"I knew that would enlighten you"
"It has but I have a few questions myself before I make her 
my assistant.  Its about time I start putting in my opinion 
on who you choose…"
"True"
"Now when can I meet her?" 
"Right Now!" said David as he rang for his assistant.
"Mercy"
"Yes Mr. Barkley?"
"Please send in Dr. Chiba's new assistant"
"Yes Sir"  Darien sat comfortably back at his chair waiting 
for his new assistant.  Comfortably Darien leaned more to 
the comforts of his chair.  He was indeed curious, from 
what all the guys have been clueing him about and from what 
David had mentioned this girl was going to be a nock off 
from the typical cream of the crop.  The sound of the door 
was heard, Darien watched David's eyes with a little glit 
to when the doors opened.  Light taps on the floor was 
heard from the heal toe action of a woman's heels, the 
sound and shadow stopping along side of him.   Darien all 
this time did not looked back, behind or besides him.  He 
for one didn't want to look desperate or as one of the guys 
already swooning over her.  Besides he didn't want his new 
assistant to think she could just batt her eyes and give 
her the day off or any special priviledges for being 
beautiful.
"Good afternoon Mr. Barkley".  Darien held his eyes towards 
David and felt the voice to be very familiar.  His eyes 
squinted as his mind went to recording mode.
"Good afternoon to you… After much looking we have finally 
found your boss" said Mr. David.  "But lets not beat around 
the bush any longer its time for you too to make 
aquintance" said David as he motioned for Darien, Darien 
stood with the very least amused face he could conjure.  
Turning slightly to face his new assistant he was surprised 
and what he saw was just static to his eyes. "Dr. Darien 
Chiba, meet your new assistant Serena Tsukino".  Darien 
said nothing he was too speechless to say one word.  
"Nice to finally 'meet' you Dr. Chiba" smiled Serena 
largely as she cocked an eyebrow and held out her hand for 
a formal hand shake.  
"He…hello umm.. Se.. I mean Miss. Tsukino" Darien still was 
too surprised, her education indeed flattered him very much 
but the likes of Serena's beauty was too great of a 
combination for him.  He smiled largely and Serena seemed 
like she wanted to laugh as she stared at him with a 
fulsome smile.  She motioned for her hand stretched out to 
meet his.  Finally getting the hint he shook his head then 
greatfuly returned her smile and her hand shake.  Serena 
feeling quite amused at his features squeezed his hand 
almost flirtatiously before releasing.
"Dr. Chiba… Is something the matter?" asked David watching 
his features grow from surprise to ecstatic then surprise 
again.  Darien still had his mind focused on Serena, she 
was indeed full of surprises.
"No, theirs nothing wrong.  I'm sure Miss. Tsukino will do 
just great as my assistant" said Darien.
"Darien a moment ago you were questioning me on her 
qualifications, I thought you had a few questions yourself 
before you accepted her?" he asked suspiciously.  Serena 
first looked at David then back to Darien with a grin.
"Yes, Dr. Chiba what questions do you have that I may 
answer to make you feel more at ease" she said with the 
right professional demeanor.  Darien noticed the glit of 
sarcasm in her eyes and held his grin.
"Yes I do have questions" said Darien facing David "I would 
like to take Miss Tsukino to lunch and learn more of her 
experiences in MIT.  Perhaps my questions then will be 
answered" said Darien as he turned to Serena.  David looked 
at Darien a little skeptical, indeed he has never seen 
Darien like this with any of his past assistance nor his 
woman engineers.
"Very well…" he said to Darien "Miss. Tsukino I assure you 
that Dr. Chiba means well, you'll be in good hands" he said 
approvingly then nodding.  Walking in silence Darien and 
Serena withdrew from David's office without a word.  Darien 
held a large grin as he followed Serena.  Darien closed the 
door and walked towards Serena wide eyed.
"Serena………Why didn't you tell me you'll be working with 
this company or for me?"
"Darien…… I didn't know… I told you this morning that I 
didn't know where I would be assigned too" lied Serena.
"I can't believe this… Andrew is going to flip when he 
finds out that you're my assistant" smiled Darien.
"So does that mean I've got the job?" asked Serena 
questioningly.
"Serena…??"
"Well Dr. Chiba you have a few questions and what were 
they?" she eyed him.
"Well perhaps we can discuss that over lunch"
"lunch… is this to make up for this mornings peep show?" 
she asked laughingly as Darien turned a few shades of red.
"Okay…okay…" said Darien as he motioned for the door "your 
not gonna let that pass are you" he asked as they both 
walked out of the building.



Dressed in his formal white button shirt, tie and charcoal 
suit he was mere catalog thumper. His sharp blue eyes were 
framed by his handsomely fit glasses, professional in every 
way.  

If dressing was an inspection, Darien would no doubt pass 
any standards of being perfect.  Andrew, he wore the usual 
Army uniform, ready to get down and dirty.  Although since 
he is an officer he was dressed more appropriately.