Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Looking Up To You ❯ Rooftop Rumble ( Chapter 19 )

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Sailor Moon or any of the characters, blah, blah, blah.

NOTE: This story takes place after Sailor Stars, however, I haven't seen Sailor Stars, so forgive me if I miss a plot point or two. Also, I'm gonna go for American attack names here… *begs forgiveness from the purists*

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Greg carried Ami up the metal steps leading to the roof of the opera house. Finally, they reached a large metal door. Ami struggled again to get away from Greg, but he held her even tighter, and then opened the door. Greg ran up one more small flight of stairs before he finally reached the roof of the building, a large cement floor about 30' x 30' on all sides. He pushed Ami in front of him, holding her up with one her around her neck and one over her mouth.

"Now to take your energy," Greg said. Small specks of light began floating from Greg to Ami. With a sudden burst of strength, Ami kicked Greg in the stomach. Greg winced, just long enough for Ami to pry his hands off of her. She stepped several feet away from Greg and held up her henshin stick.

"Mercury Star Power!" Ami shouted. She immediately transformed into Sailor Mercury. Greg smiled.

"Well, well, well, it's nice to see you've got some fight in you," Greg said. "More energy for me to take."

"I don't know who you are, but get out of Greg now!" Mercury shouted angrily.

"So you know," Greg said, smiling. "You do love him, don't you? Well then, I don't have to hold it in anymore."

A dark aura suddenly flared up around Greg. His eyes glowed with a brutal shade of deep red.

"It's futile to fight me," Greg said. "I will kill you."

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Meanwhile, Sammy was continuing to pound open the door leading to the roof. He kicked and punched at the door, but it didn't budge.

"Ami… no…" Sammy said, tears beginning to form in his eyes. "I have to save you!"

Suddenly, the sword in Sammy's right hand began to glow.

"Of course," Sammy said. "Alexis' sword! It might just work!"

Sammy pointed Alexis' sword at the door.

"Open sesame!" Sammy shouted. The door still didn't budge. "Oh no…"

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"I said get out of Greg NOW!" Mercury shouted.

"Why? Afraid you'll hurt your precious boyfriend? Funny, I thought the boy Sammy was your boyfriend," Greg said.

"I like Sammy very much, but only as a friend and protector," Mercury said. "He has a great deal of affection for me, but-"

"Of course, if he was your boyfriend, I would have had to take his body," Greg said. "He's so much more powerful than this pathetic shell. But I can still do this!"

Greg pointed his arm at Sailor Mercury and fired several large blades of ice at her. Mercury ducked, causing the blades to fly out into the night.

"You'll have to do better than that!" Mercury shouted. "Maybe I should call the other Senshi…"

Mercury barely had time to think before a huge ball of energy rushed at her. She tried to leap out of the way, but was hit in the legs by the blast. The blast caused her to cry out in pain and crash to the hard cement floor of the roof.

"That hurt," Mercury said. "This is bad…"

"What's the matter? Attack me, you fool!" Greg shouted. He lunged at Sailor Mercury and slashed at her with a fiery energy sabre. The sabre slashed across Mercury's arm, causing her to wince in pain. Then, he put his hand around her neck again.

"Argh!" Mercury screamed as Greg again began to drain her energy. "I can't… risk hurting Greg…."

"That will be your downfall! It's too late for you now!" Greg shouted. Mercury strained to pull her wrist communicator up to her face. Finally, she was able to raise it close enough to talk into it.

"Sailor Moon, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Venus… if any of you can hear me… argh!" Mercury screamed. She blacked out as Greg continued to drain her.

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Outside the stairwell…

"Come on, please work!" Sammy pleaded, looking at Alexis' katana. "Why isn't it working…"

"Sammy, you idiot!" boomed a voice in Sammy's head that sounded very much like Alexis'.

"Alexis, is that you?" Sammy said.

"Yes. Come on now, you saved Ami from me hundreds of times. I'm sure you can save her from her weak and pathetic boyfriend."

"What do I do?" Sammy asked.

"Hold the sword right up to the center of the door. That's where the seal is. Try to channel all of your power through it… the little that you have. The seal should break."

"Alexis… where are you now?" Sammy asked.

"I'm dead. That's all that matters. Get in there and save Ami. I'm not doing this for you."

"Thanks," Sammy said.

"This is my way of saying… saying I'm… sorry to Ami for everything I did to her. My lust for her got in the way of my mission and my true feelings… my sister didn't want me to help you, but I'm doing it anyway. Goodbye, my worthy opponent."

"Alright, Ami, here I come!" Sammy said. He pressed the katana against the center of the door. "Ami…. ARGH!"

With a mighty burst of energy, the metal door shattered into pieces.

"Wow, I did that?" Sammy asked. "Or was it the sword? Oh well, Ami needs my help!"

Sammy ran up the stairs toward the roof.

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Meanwhile, Greg was still absorbing energy from the unconscious Sailor Mercury.

"Halfway done," Greg said. "The little wench had more energy than I thought."

"Put her DOWN!" yelled a voice from behind Greg. He dropped Mercury and turned around to see Sammy facing him.

"It's the superhero again," Greg said. "You're tougher than I thought. It takes a lot to break one of my seals."

Sammy pointed his sword at Greg.

"How dare you hurt my friend like that," Sammy said. "How dare you!"

"I never noticed this before… that's Alexis' katana, isn't it?" Greg asked.

"I got it after Scion's men killed him," Sammy said.

"Well, maybe I'll get it after I kill you," Greg said. Mercury began to stir behind him.

"She's waking up!" Sammy said, a smile across his face. Greg grabbed Sailor Mercury around the neck and lifted her into the air.

"Sammy, run…" Mercury said weakly.

"You always tell me to do that!" Sammy said. "Ami, I can't run. Not when you're in danger!"

Sammy ran at Greg with his sword and slashed at him. Greg immediately placed Mercury in the path of Sammy's swing. The katana stopped inches from her body.

"You wouldn't want to hurt your little friend, would you?" Greg asked. Mercury placed both of her hands against Greg's chest.

"Mercury Ice Javelin!" Mercury shouted. A large spear of ice appeared in Mercury's hands, the tip passing through Greg's chest. Greg coughed up blood and lurched back, the javelin protruding through his chest. Mercury dropped to the ground and ran to Sammy's side.

"I thought… you couldn't… hurt me…" Greg stammered, coughing up blood. "Your precious boyfriend."

Sailor Mercury gasped, finally realizing what she had done.

"Ami, I've never seen that attack before," Sammy said in awe.

"Greg…" Mercury gasped. "What… what have I-"

"Absolutely nothing," Greg said, pulling the ice javelin out of his chest and flaring up with dark energy. The wound closed slightly, but still continued to drip blood. "A bit deeper and I would have had to leave this body. I would have just exited it now and left your stupid boyfriend to die, but if I did I would have had to go away for a while."

"Who are you?" Mercury asked. "Who are you really?"

"Wouldn't you like to know," Greg said. "But perhaps I'll divulge that information when you're lying on your deathbed!"

Greg ran at Sammy and Sailor Mercury, energy sword in hand. He slashed at Sammy, but Sammy quickly parried with Alexis' katana, pushing Greg's sword back.

"I'm sick of fighting bad guys!" Sammy shouted in frustration. "Go AWAY!"

Sammy pushed Greg's sword back even further. Greg leaped back and fired several energy balls at Sammy, who quickly swatted them away with his sword.

"Sammy, look out!" Mercury shouted. Quick as a flash, Greg was upon the boy. He punched Sammy hard in the stomach with a fist full of dark energy, causing Sammy to double over. Greg leaped up and spin-kicked the boy away, back over to Mercury's side.

"He's tough…" Sammy said, standing up. "Try that cool new attack again!"

"Okay," Mercury said. "Mercury Ice Javelin!"

Sailor Mercury tossed another ice spear at Greg. This time, Greg was ready. He fired a huge stream of fire at the javelin, melting it.

"Uh oh!" Sammy shouted.

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Meanwhile, the other four Sailor Senshi were running toward the opera house.

"How can Ami get into trouble at the opera?" Sailor Moon asked. "I swear, ever since Sammy started to follow her around…"

"Serena!" Sailor Mars snapped.

"Guys, they're targeting her because she's the most vulnerable!" Sailor Jupiter said.

"Not really," Sailor Venus said. "Remember when Letine attacked you, Sailor Moon."

"Oooh, I had to save her butt!" Mars shouted. "Serena, you still owe me for THAT one."

"Guys, let's just worry about Ami now, okay?" Moon said. The four Senshi got to the front of the theatre, where a small crowd was gathering.

"There's a fight up on the roof!" said a random male bystander.

"Fire and everything!" a small girl said. "Are you the Sailor Senshi? Then who's fighting?"

"Sailor Mercury is fighting, we think!" Sailor Moon said.

"You kids can have autographs later, okay?" Mars said. "Let's go!"

The four Senshi rushed into the opera house.

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Back on the roof, Sammy and Sailor Mercury were trying to hold their ground against the possessed Greg.

"I knew that you and the other Senshi would put up an extremely formidable resistance, but I didn't think my warriors would be challenged by such a young human boy," Greg said. "I commend you."

"Shut up and get out of here," Sammy said. "Never hurt Ami again!"

"May I remind you who's winning this fight?" Greg yelled. "Feel my wrath!'

Greg raised his arm and formed a huge crackling ball of light green energy. He three the ball at Sammy and Mercury.

"He's more vulnerable to the attack than I am," Mercury thought. "I can't let it hit him!"

Sailor Mercury slammed into Sammy, pushing him out of the way of the attack.

"Ami, no!" Sammy shouted. The energy ball hit the ground in front of Sailor Mercury and sent her flying to the edge of the roof. She skidded off of the edge.

"Unnh…" Mercury groaned, holding onto the edge of the building with one hand.

"I have to help her!" Sammy shouted. He ran over to Sailor Mercury, but was stopped by Greg, teleporting in front of him.

"Ah, ah, ah," Greg said. "Bad boy."

"Shut up!" Sammy shouted. He slashed at Greg, but Greg leaped out of the way and slashed at Sammy with his energy sword. The slash caught Sammy off-guard and made a deep gash in Sammy's stomach. The boy fell to the ground in pain.

"Take this!" Greg said, cruelly kicking Sammy back away from Mercury. Mercury continued hanging onto the ledge, trying to climb up.

"Ami, no…" Sammy moaned. He tried to stand, but Greg kicked him again, causing Sammy to roll several more feet to the middle of the roof.

"I don't know how you've beaten any of my warriors, but it ends here," Greg said. He pointed his energy sword at Sammy's head.

"Venus Love Chain Encircle!"

A chain wrapped around Greg's hand, causing the energy sword to disappear from his hand. The four Sailor Senshi ran to Sammy's side.

"Sammy, are you alright?" Sailor Moon asked.

"Go help Ami! She's hanging on the ledge!" Sammy shouted.

"I'm fine," Mercury said, standing near the edge of the building and brushing herself off. "I managed to climb up… Sammy, I'm so glad you're alright!"

"I'm glad for you, Ami," Sammy said. "I thought you were a goner!"

"Enough of this!" Greg shouted. With a mighty tug, he broke Sailor Venus' Love Chain attack."

"Hey, aren't you Greg?" Sailor Jupiter asked. "Ami's boyfriend?"

"He's been possessed by a dark force!" Mercury shouted.

"How dare you use one of Sailor Mercury's friends as a vessel for your evil deeds!" Sailor Moon shouted. She pointed her henshin stick at Greg. "Tell us who you are now!"

"It's no use getting anything from him," Sammy said. "He won't tell us anything."

"Perhaps I should tell you all who I really am," Greg said, looking around at the Senshi. "And who the Darkspawn are."

An image of a proud-looking knight in white armor projected from Greg's body and hovered in front of Sailor Moon. Greg continued speaking.

"I used to live on the Moon during the Silver Millennium," Greg said. "My real name was Lazuli Lunari, the most skilled warrior in the entire kingdom. I was personally assigned to protect Queen Serenity."

"Whoa," Sailor Moon said in awe.

"I was happy, or at least I thought. Until one day, during an attack on the Moon Kingdom by a warring planet, I was severely injured. While I was recuperating, I fell in love with a beautiful woman named Miori. I loved her dearly, and we were preparing to wed. However, the night before our wedding day, I was called away to fight for the Moon Kingdom in a distant war. I pleaded with Queen Serenity to let me stay, but she promised that I would be able to return soon."

"And did she keep the promise?" Sammy asked.

"No," Lazuli (the dark force inside Greg's body) said. "I was gone for three years."

Sailor Moon gasped.

"I'm sorry…" Moon said. "I didn't know-"

"Shut up!" Lazuli shouted. "When I returned, I looked for Miori. Soon, I found her… or at least I found her grave. She had died of a deadly disease weeks before I returned. She had caught the disease when a wound she had sustained became infected and killed her. She acquired the wound by cutting herself on a rose that she planted in anticipation of my return. If I hadn't left, she never would have gotten that wound or that infection and she wouldn't have died!"

"So sad…" Sailor Venus said.

"His poor love," Mercury said sadly.

"A year later, I met another woman by the name of Beryl," Lazuli said. Sailor Moon gasped.

"You mean-" Sailor Moon said.

"Yes," Lazuli interrupted. "Queen Beryl, from what you call the Negaverse, a dimension created by my intense grief for my lost love Miori. Beryl fed off of this grief, but I didn't care. I loved her almost as much as I loved Miori. We even had a son together named Scion. He is currently the leader of the Darkspawn, a group that you know all too well by now."

"We do," Mercury said.

"I used my powers to create hundreds of powerful warriors, but none were as powerful as the two Scion created after my banishment," Lazuli said. "Alexis and Letine were their names… they were useful, until you five and the boy defeated them."

"Banishment?" Sailor Moon said. "How did you…"

"After a while, I attempted an unsuccessful attack on Queen Serenity. Together, her and her king Endymion, whom was later reborn as Darien, combined their powers to defeat me and turn me into a mist, at which time I was banished to the darkest corners of the universe. However, I had done my job, weakening the queen enough so that when Beryl attacked her a few weeks later, she was able to defeat your pathetic Moon Kingdom. It's too bad she was able to make you five before she perished. Too bad indeed. Of course, Beryl lived on and very nearly defeated you."

"Beryl killed them!" Sammy shouted. "She killed Jupiter, and Venus, and Mars, and…"

"Ami too," Lazuli said. "She died a very painful death. Zapped to death, I believe. But she came back, didn't she?"

"Once is enough," Sammy said. "Twice if you count the time that Galaxia killed her."

"Geez, Mercury, how many adventures did you tell this kid?" Sailor Moon asked.

"He was really interested!" Mercury said. "Maybe I shouldn't have told him I died… he won't let it go…"

"At least she didn't suffer very long," Lazuli said. "Do you know how long I've suffered? Do you? Wandering the universe for a millennium, waiting to be reborn? Both of my loves tragically killed!"

"You don't have to try to kill everyone for it!" Sammy said. "You can be good! Like Alexis tried to be before your son's minion heartlessly killed him!"

"I live in constant pain," Lazuli said. "All I want now is revenge. The universe will pay in blood for what it did to Miori and Beryl!"

The dark aura around Greg's body intensified. Lazuli fired a huge energy wave outward from his body, blasting the Senshi with a huge amount of dark energy. The Senshi braced themselves against the attack.

"Not another one of these!" Mars shouted. "Mars… Flaming… Cannon!"

A huge fire cannon appeared in front of Mars. Several huge bursts of flame blasted forth and dissipated Lazuli's waves, then lit up Greg's body with a series of explosions. Lazuli screamed and collapsed to the ground.

"Wow, a new attack…" Mars said.

"Don't hurt him too much!" Mercury shouted. "We can't afford to injure Greg's body!"

"I know how much you love Greg, but we can heal him later!" Moon shouted. "Right now, we have to purge Lazuli from his body!"

"You'll never get rid of me!" Lazuli said, rising to his feet. "Devil Stream!"

A huge beam of alternating red and blue energy waves shot out of Greg's outstretched arms and began to wave back and forth at the Senshi like the breath of a dragon. The beam knocked down the Senshi as it slammed into each one. Sailor Jupiter stood up.

"Jupiter Thunder Axe!" Sailor Jupiter shouted, slamming a powerful axe of lightning into the ground and sending a huge shockwave up through the Devil Stream, knocking the attack, several large chunks of cement from the roof, and a large amount of lightning back at Lazuli. The huge wave of energy and cement knocked Greg back and caused him to skid up to the edge of the roof.

"Alright, Jupiter!" Sailor Moon cheered. Lazuli stood up again.

"You won't defeat me… I'm Lazuli, king of the Darkspawn!" Lazuli shouted. Sailor Venus stood up.

"Let me try this new attack thing!" Sailor Venus said. She pointed her finger at Lazuli. "Venus… um… New Attack… uh… Kill Thing!"

"It doesn't work that way!" Sailor Mercury yelled. "You need motivation!"

Lazuli pointed a huge energy sword at Sailor Venus and raised it above her head.

"Venus!" Sammy shouted. "Get out of the way!"

Suddenly, a golden bow of magical energy formed in Sailor Venus' arm, the shaft of a gleaming silver arrow pointed at Greg's heart. Mercury's eyes widened.

"Venus… Arrow Of Beauty!" Sailor Venus shouted.

"Venus, wait!" Mercury screamed. Lazuli's sword fell toward Venus' body, but Venus released the arrow. It flew through the air and plunged into Greg's heart, causing the energy sword to disappear and sending Greg's body flying back. It came to a stop a foot in front of the edge of the roof and began floating in the air.

"This body… too week…" Lazuli said. "But I managed to drain enough energy from Sailor Mercury to speed the process of getting my old body back. I need this fool no more."

A dark mist floated out of Greg's body and flew up into the sky at an incredible rate of speed. Greg's battered body fell to the floor of the roof, the arrow still lodged in the boy's chest.

"Greg, no!" Mercury shrieked. She ran over to Greg and pulled the arrow out of his heart, then picked up his head and cradled him gently in her arms. "No… no, Greg, don't die! Please don't die!"

Tears streamed down Mercury's face and onto the injured Greg. The other Senshi and Sammy walked up to Mercury and Greg.

"Ami, he's going to be okay, I know it," Sammy said. Mercury turned her head toward Sammy. An expression of rage crossed her face.

"Don't talk to me right now! I-" Mercury shouted angrily before she realized what she was saying. She collapsed into sobs. "Oh, Sammy… I'm so sorry… Please forgive me, I didn't mean to yell at you…"

"You and Greg are in love!" Sammy said, kneeling close to her. "It's destiny! He has to survive!"

Sailor Mercury smiled warmly at Sammy, then looked down on Greg's unconscious form and the large hole in his chest.

"Greg…" Mercury sobbed. "I'm sorry…"

A single tear flowed down into the hole in Greg's chest.

"Greg…" Mercury sobbed. Suddenly, an incredible thing happened. The hole in Greg's chest began to close. It closed until it could barely be seen.

"Ami, look…" Sailor Moon said. "Your tears are healing him…"

The other wounds on Greg remained, but the fatal chest wound was gone. Greg's eyes began to flutter open.

"Ami?" Greg said. "Is that… you?"

Sailor Mercury gasped and began sobbing with joy. She embraced Greg gently.

"Greg, I thought you… I thought… oh, Greg!" Mercury said, hugging him.

"Thought I was what?" Greg asked. He tried to hug Ami back, but was stopped by a burning sensation in his body. "Argh! My whole body hurts so badly…"

Greg looked at the wounds covering his arms and legs.

"Did I get into a car wreck or something?" Greg asked.

"It's a long story!" Mercury said. "You were possessed by an evil force, but it's gone now! You'll probably need to go to the hospital, though…"

But as Sailor Mercury and Greg were embracing, a dark shadow began to float over the opera house. The Senshi looked up to see a huge castle descending toward them.

"What's THAT?!" Sailor Moon shrieked, pointing at the castle.

"It's going to crush the opera house!" Sailor Mars yelled.

"All those people!" Jupiter said. Sammy gasped.

"Rick and Mika!" Sammy shouted. He turned to the Senshi. The castle was now directly above the opera house, slowly descending downward.

"We have to get everyone out of here!" Venus yelled. Mercury looked up toward the castle and scanned it with her VR Visor.

"We have exactly four minutes until it hits!" Mercury told the others.

"You get Greg out of here, and we'll evacuate everyone!" Moon said.

"I'll help carry Greg!" Sammy said, picking up Greg's legs. Mercury took Greg's arms, and the five Senshi and Sammy ran downstairs.

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Meanwhile, in the main hall, the opera was almost complete.

"Hey, Rick?" Mika whispered. "I wonder where Sammy is?"

"I wonder where he is too…" Rick thought. "And Greg and Ami are gone too… this can't be good…"

Suddenly, Sailor Moon, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus ran onto the stage, in front of the two singers.

"Hey!" the female singer said indignantly. "How dare you costumed teenagers upstage me!"

"Shut up and listen!" Sailor Mars hissed at the singer before turning to the crowd.

"This place is about to be destroyed!" Sailor Jupiter shouted.

"You all have to leave now!" Sailor Moon said.

"Proceed safely to the nearest emergency exit! And don't crowd anyone!" Sailor Venus said, winking and making a peace sign with her fingers. The crowd got up and ran frantically out of the main hall.

"I said where's Sammy, not the stupid Sailor Senshi!" Rick thought, grabbing Mika's hand and running out of the opera house.

"What's going on?" Mika shrieked, lifting up her dress with her free hand as she ran to avoid being tripped up. "I just wanted a peaceful night at the opera!"

The terrified mass of humanity ran out of the building and looked up as the huge castle descended closer to the opera house. Hundreds of gasps and screams of terror with an occasional "Oh my God!" or "Holy crap, what the heck is that?" resounded throughout the crowd.

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Meanwhile, Mercury and Sammy were carrying the injured Greg down the final staircase.

"We've got one minute, Sammy!" Mercury said.

"I'm going as fast as I can!" Sammy said. "Ami… thank you for helping me fight Lazuli."

Mercury smiled.

"It's nothing, really!" Mercury said. "We're a team!"

Greg looked up at Sammy and Mercury.

"Greg, if you want my costume and sword to protect Ami, I'll give them to you," Sammy said.

"I'd take them, but they wouldn't fit me…" Greg sighed. "Oh, that's no excuse to not protect Ami… ow!"

"Greg, you're injured right now," Mercury said. "Try not to move, okay?"

Greg and Mercury smiled at each other as Sammy and the Water Senshi brought him out into the lobby of the theatre. They ran out of the building just as the Darkspawn's castle began to crush the beautiful spires on top of the opera house. The castle continued descending, smashing the roof and causing the building to begin to collapse.

"Such a beautiful building…" Mika sobbed, standing with Rick and the crowd at a safe distance. "What is that castle, and why is it destroying such a beautiful building?"

"I hope Sammy got out okay, wherever he is," Rick thought. He turned to Mika. "It's some sort of evil fortress… but I'm sure the Sailor Senshi can stop whoever is inside of it!"

Mika smiled.

"Rick, did I ever tell you about the time that the Senshi saved me from an evil force?" Mika asked.

"No!" Rick said. "Please tell me!"

"Well, it all started when…"

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Meanwhile, inside of the throne room of the dark castle, Scion was watching as the mighty fortress crushed the opera house beneath it.

"Pathetic humans and their primitive structures," Scion said. "Crushed so easily by the obelisk of the Darkspawn."

The dark mist that embodied the evil Lazuli floated into the room.

"Scion, my son," Lazuli said. "I see you've completed your part of the plan."

"I have," Scion said. "The fortress is on Earth right now. What about you?"

"I regret to say that I have failed, at least in part," Lazuli said. "I could only use about a third of my full strength in that pathetic human body. But I did manage to gather a large amount of energy from one of the Senshi. I can now reform my true body."

"Excellent," Scion said. "Father, I'm so glad that I'll finally be able to see your true form at last. And then we will conquer this planet and all others that oppose us."

"Brace yourself, my son," Lazuli warned. "I can sense that the Senshi will soon mount an assault on this fortress. Their powers are great."

"As I have seen," Scion said.

"I shall be in the grand room at the top of the fortress, reforming my body," Lazuli said. "You can hold off the Senshi until then."

"I can destroy them," Scion said.

"I believe that you can," Lazuli replied. "If you need me, you know where I'll be."

The dark mist disappeared. Scion smiled.

"Come to me, Senshi," Scion said. "But first you'll have to make it through my warriors of darkness. They won't defeat you, but they will soften you up. I like my dinner tenderized before I devour it."

Scion laughed evilly.

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Meanwhile, outside the castle, emergency crews had arrived to tend to the people crushed in the mass evacuation. Sailor Moon, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus had gathered outside to wait for the others.

"Where are they?" Sailor Moon asked.

"I see them!" Mars said. "Look!"

Sailor Mercury and Sammy ran up to the other Senshi, carrying Greg with them.

"Guys, you made it!" Sailor Moon said.

"Wow, that castle's huge…" Sammy said in awe. "Even bigger than what it looked like from inside…"

Sailor Mercury ran over to an ambulance, carrying Greg.

"Greg, I'm going to give you to one of the ambulance crews," Mercury said.

"It's okay, Mercury," Greg said. "I need to be taken to a hospital… but where will you be?"

"The Senshi and I are going to defeat the Darkspawn once and for all," Mercury said. "I promise I'll be back safe, okay?"

"Thank you, Sailor Mercury," Greg said. Mercury kissed him lightly on the head, and then gave him to a group of paramedics. They put the boy into an ambulance and speed off to the hospital. Mercury walked over to Sammy and the other Senshi.

"He'll be okay, Ami," Sammy said.

"Yeah," Mercury said.

"So, are we going in?" Moon asked.

"It could be dangerous…" Venus said. Suddenly, something caught her eye. "Hey, look!"

Tuxedo Mask was running toward the Senshi. He walked up to them and stared at the castle.

"What happened?" Tuxedo Mask asked. "I came running when I sensed the fight… guess I came a bit late for the party."

"Well, a new one's about to start," Sailor Moon said. She turned to Sammy. "Sammy, I'm sorry, but-"

"There's NO WAY I would miss this," Sammy said. "Not for anything. So don't even try."

Mercury giggled.

"Don't even try changing his mind," Mercury said. "I don't even think I'd be able to!"

"So, are we ready then?" Sailor Moon asked.

"Ready as we'll ever be," Sailor Jupiter said.

"Then let's do it!" Sailor Moon shouted.

"Sailor Senshi!" the five Senshi said in unison.

"And the Golden Masked Warrior!" Sammy shouted. Sammy, Tuxedo Mask, and the five Senshi walked into the castle, ready for anything. Which is what they would have to be.

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Two chapters remain. So, do Ami and Sammy have no hope of being together? Anything could happen in the last two chapters… and please review!