Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Real Heroes ❯ Chapter 10 ( Chapter 10 )

Chapter 10-

The bright lights blinded Jupiter as soon as she awoke. She was on some sort of flat table in the middle of a white room. In front of her was the man known as Dr. Mindbender. Trying to move, she discovered her whole body was restrained.

"What are you going to do to me?"

Mindbender laughed when he heard this. "I am going to find the key to your powers over electricity, and use them for the good of Cobra."

Dr. Mindbender moved to a nearby console as he pressed some buttons and moved a lever. From a nearby console, a helmet attached to a metal pulley and some cables appeared, lowering itself over Jupiter head. The table she was on raised to a vertical position, to make the helmet slip on easier.

"What's this toy?"

"The Brain Wave Scanner is hardly a toy. With this, I'll be able to extract information from your mind, and find out everything about you, including the secret to your powers, and display them on this monitor screen for easy viewing. The process is very painful, unfortunately, however to this date no one has ever died from the scanner. The process will also take quite a bit of time. So I'll leave you alone."

Mindbender finished pressing some buttons on the console as he set the machine up. It would take about half an hour to finish reading her mind. More than enough time to go get lunch.

Dr. Mindbender paid no mention to Jupiter's screams as he left the lab, instead thinking about the bizarre abilities that the girl had. She had defeated Serpentor, his greatest creation, even if it was only a stripped down grunt version of him. That power was great, and to harness it would create something far greater.

A plan was forming, but he would not worry about that now. He was hungry.

"Commander, the time limit has passed, and there is no sign of the battle ending!"

"I realize that Destro. Very well, all forces commence attack!"

The convoy of tanks, artillery, and Rattler fighter craft descended toward the battlefield, a flood of weaponry and troops. It was quickly noticed by the Joe troops.

"Great!" shouted Roadblock. "Cobra's shown up to help out their bitch friends!"

"We should worry about the senshi," hastily responded Law. "Duke and the others can take care of a few Cobra Vipers."

"Guess so."

Almost on cue, Duke shouted orders to the vehicles outside the forest.

"Let the infiltration troops in the forest deal with the senshi! The rest of you, make sure Cobra cannot assist the enemy!"

From inside the forest, Sailor Pluto saw the Cobra forces descending, worried that things were about to go from bad to worse.

"Great, now Cobra's here!"

"Now the Joes won't have any reason NOT to think we're part of Cobra!" angrily replied Uranus.

"Maybe not," said Mercury. "If we attack Cobra while the Joes are watching, we can clear our names and get rid of the real bad guys at the same time!"

The other senshi smiled at Mercury's plan. It was payback time!

Usagi stood up, but it wasn't easy. She could feel the pain from bruises all over her entire body. Slaughter had done a number on her, and she feared that ribs were broken. The pain emanating from them only heightened her fears. That didn't matter though. She saw the ladder in front of her and knew that Sergeant Slaughter was on the top, attempting to make his escape. Grabbing the handles, she started climbing, able to hear voices from the top.

"Come on Wild Bill! We need this chopper airborne, ASAP!"

"This is a two man chopper. I need Lift-Ticket to pilot it!"

"Then wake him! I don't think that girl downstairs is done."

"You're damn right I'm not done!" shouted Sailor Moon as she climbed the last step of the ladder. Unfortunately, she tripped and fell on her face while looking at Slaughter.

"HAHAHAHAHA! Sarge, this is the girl that was giving you a problem?"

"What was I thinking, Wild Bill?" With a smug look, Slaughter turned to face his opponent, flexing his muscles to add to the air of power around him.

"I AM going to beat you until your snake grandmother can feel the blows!"

Usagi stood in front of Slaughter, unphased. She raised her wand in front of her face, concentrating on her target.

"Do you think your stupid voodoo is gonna hurt me?" asked Slaughter mockingly.

Usagi looked forward, raising her wand into the air. She didn't acknowledge Slaughter's taunts; rather, she focused on her attack. It was time to let her Spiral Heart Attack do the talking!

Slaughter wasn't an idiot though. When he noticed the energy gathering around Moon's wand, he rushed forward in an attempt to stop her. However, instead of knocking her over, he was knocked back by the storm of energy.

"Sergeant!" shouted Wild Bill, raising his pistol into the air. "What the hell's going on?"

"Shoot her you idiot!" Obliging, Wild Bill fired several shots, all of which disintegrated at the energy form which Sailor Moon was charging.

"SPIRAL HEART ATTACK!"

The energy from the wand manifested itself into a heart shaped wave, which descended upon the helicopter, Slaughter, and Wild Bill. Before they knew what happened, the helicopter exploded, leaving the two on the floor, bruised and beaten. Usagi sighed, and turned her attention to the straight jacketed Rei.

"Rei! Are you alright?"

"Wh...Who? Usagi?"

"Yeah. We need to get out of her now. Place is a war zone. Can you stand?"

"I'm not hurt. Except for my pride."

Smiling, the two descended the stairway to the ground. It was time to go.

Major Bludd was no stranger to battle. As a mercenary for hire, he had fought in wars across the entire world. Blood and money were the only things he really cared about in the world. However, lately, he hadn't been seeing that much action, being regulated to menial activities. So it was natural for him to try and maximize the carnage in battle.

"I'm going after those little bitches! Cover me!"

No one in the Cobra front lines saw it coming. All they saw was Bludd taking a jetpack and flying towards the senshi.

Cobra Commander, who was leading the fight with the Joe ground forces from the safety of a HISS tank, noticed Bludd taking off. Wasting no time, he radioed Bludd.

"What are you doing?!"
"I'm sick of waiting around for you to overrun the Joe lines! I'm taking those girls right now!"

Cobra Commander simply stared dumfounded. Then he redirected his attention to the Joe forces, which didn't go unnoticed by Destro.

"Commander, shouldn't we send him help?"

"Why?"

"Because he's about to fight our targets alone!"

"He defied a direct order. The man needs to know he's part of a structure."

Destro just shook his head, and then directed his forces to the area where Bludd was flying.

Bludd's crude calculations proved correct. He managed to fly right over the main battle lines and right into the forest where the senshi were hiding. Using a pair of thermal goggles, he saw right through Mercury's fog and landed right on the senshi.

"Surprise, Sailor Skanks!" shouted Bludd as he landed, kicking Mercury right in the chest. The sudden shock knocked her out and cleared the fog that she projected, leaving the senshi wide open to an attack from all sides!

Sailor Pluto looked around then noticed Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars running out of the base attempting to sneak away from the battle. She smiled.

"The battle is won!" she shouted. "Let us leave at once!"

The senshi all ran for the edge of the forest, but Venus stayed to try and get Mercury.

"You fool!" shouted Pluto. "We have lost our advantage!"

Venus stood unwavering. "This is a rescue mission!" she responded. "There's no point to it if we let another team member get captured!"

Turning to Bludd, she attempted to fire her chain attack, but before she could, she noticed that she was surrounded by a legion of Vipers that were setting up a perimeter.

"Two for the price of one!" laughed Bludd. "See Commander? This is what a good battle looks like."

The Commander sighed. He had been proven wrong, but at least this time, it was in his favor. "All forces fall back! We have our prize!"

The Cobra forces went into full retreat as Roadblock watched. "They just ran…"

"It was Cobra Commander," commented Law. "What did you expect?"

From his tank, however, Duke could only worry. Why did the senshi fire on Cobra? It didn't make sense. Just who was on who's side?

The call from the base only made things worse.

"Duke, come in! This is General Hawk."

"I read you, what's the situation?"

"Sergeant Slaughter, Wild Bill, and Lift Ticket are all by the helipad next to a destroyed chopper! What's more, the prisoner Sailor Mars has escaped!"

"WHAT?! Who found them?"

"Snake-Eyes. And supposedly, he was fighting some nut job in a tuxedo that managed to escape."

"What now?

"It looks bad. Tell all the Joes to head back to base. We're going to set up an emergency conference with the Japanese command before making our next move."

Duke sighed as he ordered the retreat. Things weren't looking up.

"Ami and Minako were WHAT?!"

"Captured," calmly replied Setsuna. Rei just shook her head.

"You go on a rescue mission to save me, and now you've lost two other senshi? That is insane."

Haruka and Michiru stood up furious. "Watch your mouth, brat! The Guardian of time isn't to be addressed in that manner!"

"Well, maybe if she saw into the future, she could see sacrificing two members of our team on my behalf was pretty damn stupid!"

"ENOUGH!" shouted Setsuna. "Rei, look at it this way. Ami, Makoto, and Minako are all in the hands of Cobra and Cobra Commander. All probably in the same location."

"How is this good? We don't know where they are!"

She smirked at Rei. "We will soon. Thanks to Chibi-Usa. Then Haruka and Michiru will be able to save them from Cobra and return them here, allowing time to flow normally."

Usagi stood up quickly. "I should go." But Haruka simply shook her head.

"Giving Cobra Commander the future queen of Earth and the Ghinzhou crystal isn't exactly an intelligent decision. In the end, we're expendable. You're not. You must trust our judgment."

Usagi could only nod. It seemed like Haruka knew what she was talking about.