Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Real Heroes ❯ Chapter 11 ( Chapter 11 )

Chapter 11

"Yes sir. I understand. No, the research has actually proven extremely useful. I even have a surprise ready when you return. Egypt? By tomorrow? No, that's fine. I will bring my surprise with me. Yes, you will like it. I'm sure of that."

Turning off the phone, Dr. Mindbender turned to his prisoner Sailor Jupiter, who was still on the table, unable to move.

"I assume that the Brain Wave Scanner has not hampered your ability to walk, has it?"
"Let me go right now you bastard!"

Mindbender laughed. "I would let you go, but in all honesty, I don't see any reason to. Besides, we're going on a little trip."

Jupiter looked puzzled. "Trip?"

"Tell me, Ms. Jupiter. Have you ever been to Africa?"

The noise coming from the planes was loud. So loud that anyone trying to have a conversation had to speak up very loudly to be heard.

"So, tell me, Dr. Mindbender, what's being boarded?"

"A surprise Baroness. You, Tomax, and Xamot are to take command of Cobra Island's day to day management until we return. It should not be long."
"But why our Sahara base? Why not just bring the prisoners here?
"I don't know, but I'm sure there's a good reason."

"And Destro?"

"With the Commander."

The Baroness watched as Dr. Mindbender boarded the plane. It didn't really matter to her that he was leaving so much as Destro wasn't going to return for even longer.

"That is fate, I guess."

The mood that hung over the briefing room was one of confusion and somber. It had been revealed that in their fight with Sailor Moon, Sergeant Slaughter, Lift-Ticket, and Wild Bill all had suffered multiple broken bones and even in Slaughter's class, massive arm gashes. The three were quickly rushed back to the Pit for medical attention, but it was unsure when they would recover.

Duke, Flint, and General Hawk could see the confusion in their troops. Deciding that the best thing to do would be to address their concerns, General Hawk approached the podium.

"Everyone settle down. We have several orders of business today. Right now I'd like to open up the floor to questions."

Gung-Ho quickly stood up. "What's going on with Slaughter, Lift-Ticket, and Wild Bill?"

"The three of them have been transported back to the Pit for medical attention. Doc has informed us that they should be able to return to active duty in a few weeks."

Next up was Roadblock, who, along with Law, was in the thick of the forest with the senshi. "Why were the senshi shooting at the snakes? I mean, I thought they were on the same side."

"I wish I had an answer for that. What I do know is that the senshi are still classified as enemy combatants and will remain so until I say otherwise."

Sitting down, the general allowed Flint to take the podium. "Luckily for us, we have a lead. A patrol jet picked up Cobra transports leaving here heading on a path towards Africa. Three hours later, our spy satellites a group of transports flew from Cobra Island towards that same location. We've managed to trace their collective location somewhere in the Sahara. We move out the day after tomorrow at 10:30. Understood?"

The collective agreement convinced Flint that the briefing had fulfilled his purpose. Letting General Hawk continue with the details, he turned to Duke.

"What do you think?"

"I wish I knew. There's still a part of me that thinks the senshi are much worse than Cobra."

"And the other part?"

"The other part is under too much stress to think clearly."

The new day came and Usagi's attempts to put the events of the previous day's events proved fruitless. Mamuro shared her concerns over the events on the phone the night before. So when daybreak came, and Setsuna visited her house, she felt anxious.

"Well? What's going on? Do you know where Ami and Minako are?"

Setsuna smiled as she walked inside. "Small Lady?"

"Yes?" replied Chibi-Usa.

"Is Luna-P back yet?"

"She came back this morning." Holding the ball that bore a strange resemblance to a cat, Chibi-Usa handed it to Setsuna, who carefully examined it.

"Let's go to the living room. Haruka and Michiru will be along shortly. You might want Rei to see this too."

About half-an-hour later, everyone was gathered at the living room of Usagi's house. Setsuna stood in front of them, telling her plan.

"Using Luna-P as a disguise, I managed to have her infiltrate the Joe base and had her record the briefing that they had. She's going to tell us exactly where our missing friends are."

Chibi-Usa stood up proudly. "It was my idea! Luna-P, turn into a TV and show them what you saw!"

The ball made a noise similar to a cat meowing, then transformed into a TV. A few seconds later, it began playing footage.

"We are the Mooninites from the far corner of the moon."

"You said it right!"

Everyone stared as Chibi-Usa went up to the screen. "Oops. Wrong channel. I meant what you saw at the base yesterday, Luna-P."

A few seconds of flickering later, the screen showed a military officer in front of a map of Africa.

"We managed to trace the destinations of both Cobra cargo runs here. We're assuming a Cobra base is nearby…"

With that, the monitor flickered off and transformed back into Luna-P, which jumped into Chibi-Usa's hands.

"Now that you all know where we're going", announced Michiru, "it's time for us to leave."

"What about you, Setsuna?" asked Rei.

"Usagi has suggested something."

"Suggested what?"

Usagi stood up and attempted to look serious. "We need to try to convince G.I. Joe of our intentions."

Rei just shook her head. "Are you crazy?! The Joes? The people that tried to kill us?"

"I know they're not evil. They just don't understand our position. If they can be convinced of our good intentions, then I just know it'll be worth it."

"Oh sure," mocked Rei. "Excuse me Mr. U.S. General, my friends and I are schoolgirls that secretly fight evil demons from a parallel universe to save the future. We're not the bad guys!"

Setsuna stood up and approached Rei. "What did they do to you?"

Rei stared for a few seconds before answering. "I wasn't beaten, if that's what you mean. They put me in a straightjacket, and one of their members slapped me a few times, but another one stopped them. I was fed and everything, but on the way out, I was hit with a tranquilizer."

Setsuna walked out. "Usagi, I will need you to help me make my case to the Joe officers. We leave tonight."

Sailor Jupiter had just awakened from a flight that consisted mostly of her beaten knocked out by Vipers whenever she came to. She was being escorted in chains to a room in the middle of a laboratory. Looking around, she saw two other people in chains. People she recognized as her fellow senshi.

"Sailor Mercury! Sailor Venus! What happened?"

Venus raised her head to look at Jupiter, then simply shook it. "I don't want to talk about it."

"That bad, eh?"

"Shut up!" shouted a Crimson Guardsmen behind the senshi. He pointed his gun at them so they'd know he was serious.

All the soldiers stood at salute as Cobra Commander entered the room with his entourage. On the other side of the room was Dr. Mindbender, grinning from ear to ear.

"Cobra Commander, behold, the future of our organization!"

"How many times have you said that, Mindbender? What insane plan of the week do you have this time?"

"Sir, behold the newest evolution in my battle android technology." Turning to large, box, it opened, revealing a B.A.T. colored bright green with a small antenna on its head.

"The result of my experimentations on Sailor Jupiter, and soon, the rest of the Sailors. The B.A.S.S.! Battle Android Sailor Senshi!"