Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon Giga ❯ Episode 4: Two Sides of a Coin ( Chapter 4 )

As I promised things are going to heat up from here on in and they shall.

 

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon, the anime is property of Naoko Takeuchi, but I do own The Skull Empire and anything to do with it as well as the plot of this fan fic.

 

I'd like to thank MoonKent and Janneia for the scenes that they did for me, Thank you.

 

On with the show.

 

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---Early Afternoon, Tokyo---

 

In the busy streets of Tokyo, among the busy citizens of the city, Praetor Nagash in human disguise is walking and carrying an umbrella with a curved red handle, black nylon covering and is using the point as a walking cane.

 

`Is this what life is like for these fools?' he thinks, `Well, I for one am not surprised after what has happened so far.'

 

He looks left and right before slipping into a nearby alleyway; he looks left and right again before sighing as an evil smirk slowly appears on his face.

 

“Are you here?” he asks quietly.

 

“Yesss Praeeetor, heree assss ordered.” An unknown figure answers in a hiss before stepping out the shadows to reveal a robotic dark green chameleon. The left of his red eyes is smaller than his right eye; he has a horn on his nose and razor sharp spikes coming out of his head and back. His tail has spikes at the end of his tail and his hands are that of a normal chameleon. Aside from those differences, it looked pretty much like a typical chameleon except that it stands on its own two feet.

 

“Excellent, I trust you know what the plan is?”

 

“Yesss Praeeeetor.”

 

“Wait for my signal to carry it out.”

 

“Of coursssse, Praeeeetor.”

 

“Good, now prepare, Sting Chameleon, these Sailor Soldiers are nothing like you've ever faced before.” orders Nagash as he turns around and walks out of the alleyway. He is being followed by Sting Chameleon who blends in with his surroundings travelling along the wall.

 

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Episode 4: Two Sides of a Coin

 

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---Meanwhile---

 

Serena hangs onto Darien's arm adoringly. “Where are you taking me today?” she asks.

 

Darien smiles. “It's a surprise.” He leads her to his car and helps her get in. Getting in the driver's seat, he reaches into his pocket and pulls out a blindfold. “You have to put this on.”

 

Serena raises an eyebrow teasingly, and turns so that Darien could tie it on. “I hope that this is good, Darien.”

 

“I can assure you that you won't be disappointed.”

 

Mamoru starts the car and begins to drive. About fifteen minutes later, he brings the car to a stop. He reaches over and takes off the blindfold.

 

Serena blinks then gasps. “Oh Darien!” She practically jumps on top of him. “How did you know that I wanted to have a picnic?”

 

She releases him and looks outside again. It was the perfect spot. The sun shone down onto a green clearing not too far from a rippling stream. It is surrounded by a small grove of trees that helped it to seem small and private. Serena sighs happily.

 

Darien helps her out of the car and brings out a picnic basket adorned with flowers. They set out a blanket, cups, plates, and lots of delicious food.

 

After the food is gone, Serena relaxes happily into Mamoru's arms. “Everything is so wonderful, Mamo-chan,” she sighs.

 

Then her expression droops as she says, “Everything except our new enemy.” She looks up at him. “Why do they always come and bother us? Why can't they just let us live in peace?”

 

Darien hated to see her so downcast. “I don't know, Serena.” He tilts her chin up.

“But, whoever it is, and whatever they want, it will turn out all right in the end.” He smiles reassuringly. “It always does.”

 

Ever so slowly they draw closer together until finally, their lips meet. Darien pulls Serena closer to him, deepening the kiss, until a sudden rustling breaks them apart. They look over to the side of the clearing where a bush is shaking and wiggling. With a crash, Mina tumbles into sight, followed by Lita.

 

Instantly, Serena and Darien spring up onto their feet. “Mina! Lita!” Serena cries, stamping her foot. “What do you think you're doing?”

 

Lita shrugs sheepishly and points at the equally sheepish blond next to her. “It was Mina's idea.”

 

Mina glares at her. “Oh, like you weren't completely interested in coming as well!”

 

“Well, I wasn't the one who listened in when Darien was talking about his plans for today's date!”

 

“So you think that makes you innocent?”

 

“Well, it makes me less guilty!”

 

“Well, I think that-”

 

“Enough!” Serena shouts, jumping between them. She glances back and forth between the two. “Hey, wait a minute; weren't you two supposed to be watching Rini?”

 

Mina and Lita glance at each other, but before they could answer, a crack can be heard and is followed by a shout above them. With a cry, Rini falls down from a tree and lands directly on top of Serena, knocking her to the ground.

 

Serena lets out a scream and shoves the younger girl away. “What do you think that you're doing!?” she shouts, peeved.

 

Darien comes over and places a hand on her arm, his eyes asking her to calm down. Serena clenches her teeth, but takes a deep breath. Her next words come out calmly, if rather forced. “Rini, what were you doing up in that tree?”

 

“I, uh, I…” the pink-haired girl stammers. “I…couldn't see from the spot where Mina and Makoto were hiding!” she finally blurts.

 

Serena narrows her eyes at the two older girls. “So this is your idea of babysitting?”

 

“We couldn't find anything better to do to keep Rini occupied,” Mina offers as an excuse.

 

“So you thought that you would spy on Darien and me again?”

 

Mina lowers her eyes. “It's not like you guys did anything interesting anyways…at least, not until five minutes ago.”

 

Serena and Darien both blush bright red as they remember what they'd been doing right before Mina and Makoto's interruption. “Oh, you two are so dead,” Serena mutters under her breath.

 

---Elsewhere---

 

Amy leans back in her computer chair and rubs her eyes. She then rises and goes into the kitchen to make herself a cup of hot cocoa. She isn't really cold, but the chocolate always helped her relax. And right now, she needed to relax.

 

Amy props herself up against a wall and sighs. It isn't all that often that she gets this frustrated over anything. Because of the amount of studying and reading that she does, she usually knows how to handle any problem that would come her way. But this time… Amy shakes her head as she pours hot water into her cup.

 

She had been trying to design a program that could track the origins of their new enemy, but so far, she has only been running up one blind alley after another. She didn't have enough information at present to accurately do any sort of proper tracking.

 

Amy returns to her place in the computer chair and cradles the warm cup in her hands. There has been many times when she had felt so useless as a Soldier. She would often feel that her knowledge and skills are the only things that she can contribute to the team. Her attacks are only useful for defence, distraction, or backup. It was her computer and her analytical skills that made her an integral part of the team. Or so Amy sometimes felt.

 

Logically, Amy knew that the other girls didn't view her that way; it was only something that she felt inside. `And that's why I feel so frustrated now,' she realises. `I feel that if I cannot pinpoint the location of our enemy, I would have let the team down. I feel as though they are truly counting on me to do this and it is my duty to accomplish it.'

 

Amy swallows the last of her cocoa with a sigh. Her life changed from the moment that she accepted the blue pen that allowed her to transform into Sailor Mercury. However, the change had been for the better. She had made new and wonderful friends who could accept her for who she was. She could help people constantly in ways that she never believed possible. And she had learned many deep and meaningful lessons along the way.

 

Amy smiles. Her work is worth it when she thinks of it in that way. With this encouragement in mind, Amy returns her fingers to the keyboard. She resumes her typing; her fingers and mind flying as she works, doing what she does best.

 

---Some number of minutes later, at the Juuban-cho Shopping Strip ---

 

Raye is walking down the strip idly, her mind not really focusing on the bright sunny day, perfect for shopping. Her mind wanders as she reflects on the events of yesterday and the days prior.

 

///Flashback #1///

 

It was late afternoon. Raye was at the shrine's entrance, sweeping away the fallen leaves diligently, as she often does. She paused for a moment to take a breather. Looking up towards the late sun in the sky, she shielded her eyes and basked in the dying warmth. Looking back down, she noticed a shady and suspicious character run about and up the steps. As the figure drew near, she recognised the person.

 

“Chad? What on earth are you doing?!” She yelled angrily.

 

“Shhh!!” Chad placed a finger on his lips and tried to shush her. “They'll hear you!”

 

“Who'll hear me? And why on earth are you so late in coming back here?!”

 

“I was at a gig…”

 

“That ended ages ago!”

 

“We'll talk once we're inside all right, Raye?” He pushed her towards the shrine hurriedly.

 

“Can't you take that hideous disguise off?” She leaned forward and took the shades off.

 

 

“OH MY GOD! It's Chad Kumada!!”

 

 

A whole barrage of similar shouts can be heard from the bottom of the shrine's steps.

 

“Argh! They found me! Bye Raye, gotta go!” He runs towards the doors, his arms flailing.

 

“Huh?” Raye is left there, confused.

 

As she turned around to continue her duties, the sight of a whole crowd of crazed teenaged girls greeted her.

 

“What?!”

 

 

“CHAD KUMADA! WAIT!!”

 

 

The crowd of girls ignored Raye but headed for Chad's direction. Unfortunately, Raye was in the way. Soon, she was trampled underfoot by every one of Chad's rabid fan girls. After that humiliation, Raye got up slowly onto her feet. Her body was sore all over and her outfit was all dirty. She sighed.

 

\\\End Flashback #1\\\

 

///Flashback #2///

 

The rabid fan girl “attacks” have become more and more frequent. Raye and Chad sat inside the shrine, hidden from Chad's fans. Raye had been very happy when Chad got his first big break and Chad's talents were finally appreciated but lately, his sudden fame had gotten out of control.

 

Both Raye and Chad became more and more stressed each day as the fan girls persistently try to visit Chad. It no longer helped very much if he wore a disguise when he went out. Having acquired stalkers, they had little privacy anymore.

 

Fed up and saddened at the state that Raye and himself were in; he decided this day to tell Raye and her grandfather that he was moving away from Hikawa shrine and moving far, far away from Sendai Hill. At least, until the rage died down and it was safe to return.

 

“Raye, I'm not sure how you will take this but I've decided that I should move out. Just temporarily…” He added after he saw the look of dismay on Raye's face. “You and I both know that none of here are getting enough sleep, what with my fans and all. I'm sorry but right now, I think this is the best solution.”

 

He looks down. “Ever since I got that big break, it's been nothing but trouble. It's all my fault… At least this way, I can make up for it…”

 

“Don't be silly, Chad. This isn't your fault! It's great that your talents were finally recognised and you're making it big as a rock star. You can stay, Chad. I'm sure the fuss will die down sooner or later!”

 

“But how much longer do we have to put up with this? I don't know how much more you or your grandpa can take. Don't worry, Raye… I'll be back soon, I promise.”

 

\\\End Flashback #2\\\

 

`Why Chad? Why did it have to be that way? Why? It's always why…' Raye thinks.

 

She is deep in thought and does not notice that there are people in front. Ten metres in front of her, Nagash stands patiently, by himself, his left hand seemingly rubbing his ear but is in actuality communicating with something…or someone.

 

`Excellent, Sting Chameleon is in position; all I have to do now is to give the order.' He thinks as he lowers his arm back to his side and a small smirk grows on his lips.

 

Raye is still walking, not paying heed to her surroundings. Nagash is not paying much attention to his surroundings either. The two walk into each other and fall backwards. Shook up, she recollects herself, stands up and dusts herself off. Looking towards the person she knocked over, she notices the disguised-Nagash's umbrella laying some way away from its owner.

 

“I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to bump into you like that. Err… why are you carrying an umbrella with you, it's a sunny day?” she inquires.

 

Nagash gets up and dusts himself off before picking up his umbrella.

“It could start raining, just like that,” he says, clicking the fingers on his free hand.

 

“But there isn't a single cloud in the sky,” Raye counters, raising an eyebrow.

 

“I've never actually thought that about that, really,” Nagash replies, scratching his head to try and blend in with the humans a little more. “In fact, I never even bother to check the weather forecasts. Most of the time they're boring to watch or inaccurate.”

 

“That's true. Sometimes they can be way off. Take the Tuesday before last for example. The forecast did say that it would be sunny but it rained cats and dogs… I suppose after that forecast, carrying around an umbrella would be sensible.”

 

“Yes… after that incident, I decided to carry around an umbrella.”

 

Suddenly, Raye's eyes light up. “I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself earlier. I am Raye Hino. Is it too much to inquire who you are?”

 

“No, not at all, Raye. My name is Daniel, Daniel Uiatsu.” Nagash lies, very convincingly.

 

“Pleased to meet you, Daniel.” Raye gives a bow. Daniel does the same but his bow is not as deep.

 

“Nice to meet you too, Raye.”

 

“Hope you have a nice day and the next time we meet… hopefully, I won't knock you over.” She smiles warmly.

 

“Yes, me too.” Daniel returns the smile, but his eyes are just as cold as before. `Stupid human… she won't know what hit her when I execute my plan…'

 

The two walk off in different directions.

 

---Sometime later---

 

“Raye?”

 

Raye turns around at the mention of her name. Her eyes scan the people in front of her, searching for the person who called her name. An arm waving in the arm catches her attention.

 

“Raye! It's me, Serena!”

 

Serena comes bounding towards Raye.

 

“Oh hi, Serena. Weren't you supposed to be with Darien today?”

 

Serena blushes. “How did you…know?”

 

Raye has a look of disbelief on her face. “Mina asked earlier if I wanted to spy on you, as usual. That, or to ask for a fire-reading. What did you do, give her your `timetable' or something?”

 

Serena pouts. “You're so mean!”

 

Raye rolls her eyes. “So, where's Darien?” she asks, repeating her earlier question.

 

“He's off buying me something to eat. All the foods I love best…” She trails off, her mind obviously elsewhere.

 

Raye sweat-drops. `Typical…'

 

Suddenly, the two girls' expressions turn deadly serious.

 

“Did you feel that Raye?”

 

“I did. It's that again.”

 

The two turn sharply towards the source of menace. Meanwhile, above them on a balcony, Daniel watches over the city. Satisfied that the timing is perfect, he gives the signal.

 

`This should provide some entertainment.' He thinks.

 

Sting Chameleon acknowledges the signal and begins his rampage. His spiked tail flicks backwards and forwards, smashing into the surrounding architecture, crushing the foundations. The razor sharp spikes from his head and back are ejected in a flurry and these penetrate through various objects, obliterating or reducing each one. The amount of damage he is causing is great and only continues to escalate. Sting is invisible and as such, is wreaking havoc without anybody locating the source.

 

However, Raye and Serena are not going to let this minor disadvantage get in their way.

 

“We need to transform and fight this new threat that that Nagash guy unleashed on our city!” Serena urges.

 

“Yes. How about in the alleyway other there?” Raye suggests.

 

Serena nods and the two head for the said alleyway. Content that nobody is in sight, they transform.

 

“MARS STAR POWER, MAKE-UP!”

 

“MOON COSMIC POWER, MAKE-UP!”

 

Sailor Mars cautiously walks out of the alleyway and seeing that everything is fine for the time being gives the all clear for Sailor Moon to come out. However, Daniel, from his viewpoint on the balcony is in a prime position to observe a lot of things. The two Sailor Soldiers neglected to look up before transforming and as such, he witnessed Raye and Serena's transformations.

 

`Hmm… so, that weak human girl I bumped into earlier is a Sailor Soldier. It also appears that these Sailor Soldiers are nothing more than children,' He scoffs quietly to himself. `Earth is going to need more than children to prevent my plans from fruition. Let's see how they handle this new threat.'

 

“We should warn the others. We're going to need their help, on the double!”

 

“I'm already on it.” Sailor Moon plays with her communicator. “Guys? This is Sailor Moon. We have a problem here. We've got ourselves another pest. Come quick!”

 

The heads of all those contacted give a solemn nod.

 

“Ready? Let's go!”

 

“Halt!” Sailor Moon cries, addressing the enemy, Sting Chameleon. “How dare you interrupt the lives of the people of Tokyo with your petty destruction! I am the sailor-suited pretty soldier, Sailor Moon! And in the name of the moon, I will punish you!”

 

“Ruining such a fine day, I cannot forgive you. In the name of the planet Mars, I will punish you!”

 

“Brave wordssss from onesss so young…but do you have the ssstrength to back it up? Nobody hasss defeeeeated meeee.” Sting Chameleon hisses. Sting switches between being visible and invisible to confuse the Soldiers, all the while moving to change its position.

 

“Well let us be the first. FIRE SOUL!”

 

Sting dodges and switches into invisible mode and moves to a position behind and above Sailor Mars.

 

“Impressssive… but you are too sssslow, my dear.” He unfurls his tail and sweeps Sailor Mars back into a wall, hard.

 

“Oof…”

 

“Sailor Mars! You are going to pay for that, whatever you are. MOON SPIRAL- Eep!”

 

Sting does not let Sailor Moon finish her attack. He ejects more of his spikes and sends them in a shower towards Sailor Moon. She has to stop her attack in order to dodge the incoming spikes.

 

“Aah!” she shrieks, jumping from one spot to another, in a bid to get out of harm's way.

 

Sting utilises this opportunity to pick up Sailor Moon with his tail and flings her around, introducing her to a world of hurt. After a while, he grows tired of this and throws her into the same wall as Sailor Mars is in before picking the two of them and destroying more buildings.

 

Decrepit and weak, the two Soldiers struggle to free themselves from the rubble that became when they made contact with what was once a serviceable wall. Morale dropping, their only hope now are the other Sailor Soldiers.

 

From his viewpoint on the balcony, Daniel snickers. `Well…it seems that I gave these Sailor Soldiers too much credit after all… they don't seem to pose that much of a threat in smaller numbers. “Divide and ye shall conquer”, I've heard. I must think this over.' He reasons.

 

“Sting Chameleon… now would be a good time to finish them off. The faster we pick these Soldiers off one by one, the better. The lesser a nuisance they will be, the better. Go!” Daniel whispers into the communicating device between Sting and himself.

 

“Yesss…of courssse Praeeetor,” is the reply. “Farewell, Sssailor Soldiersss.”

 

He shoots more spikes at the fallen Soldiers. Fortunately, the spikes never reach the two, for:

 

“SHABON SPRAY FREEZING!”

 

The spikes are frozen and fall towards the ground, useless.

 

Furious at his failure, Sting demands: “Who'sss there?!”

 

The other Sailor Soldiers have arrived at the scene of the commotion.

 

“I am the little sailor-suited pretty soldier in training, Sailor Mini Moon! For what you have done to this pretty place, in the name of the future moon, I will punish you!”

 

“My, my. Sssuchhh big wordsss coming from sssuch a sssmall runt.”

 

Sailor Mini Moon sticks her tongue out at him. He laughs mockingly.

 

“And in the name of the planet Jupiter, I will punish you!”

 

“You corrupt villain, douse yourself in some water and repent!”

 

“Hn. More idiotsss to deal witch…” Sting is clearly irritated.

 

Mercury searches for Sailor Moon and Mars. Having located them, she realises that this enemy will be just as hard to defeat as the ones that preceded it, if not harder.

 

`Well…it's time to see if the fruit of my labours with pay off. I've been updating my laptop industriously with new information each time we face off against one of these Skull Bots. Let's see if I can apply the data in this situation.' Mercury thinks. `In addition… let's see if I can obtain enough stats to successfully compile and write that program I've been dedicating the majority of my time to. But before then, I can only observe.'

 

“It's time we brought this lizard down, wouldn't you agree, Jupiter?”

 

“Yes. SPARKLING WIDE PRESSURE!”

 

“CRESCENT BEAM!”

 

Sting merely becomes invisible and blends in with his surroundings, changing direction constantly, evading Jupiter and Venus' attacks.

 

“Nicee try, girlsss. But you're too ssslow…” He scorns their efforts.

 

“Well Mr Lizard, let's see how you like this! PINK SUGAR HEART ATTACK!”

 

“I'm a chameleon, ignorant fools!” Sting spits angrily as he stops moving.

 

Seizing their chance, Jupiter and Venus attack jointly.

 

“CRESCENT THUNDER!”

 

Sting, who was arguing with Mini Moon fails to notice the opening he left and is hit directly with Jupiter and Venus' joint attack.

 

“Yes! We scored a direct hit!”

 

“Wait, there's barely a scratch on him!”

 

“That'sss correct. Sorry to disssapoint you girlsss, but the likesss of you cannot defeeeat me. I'm out of your league. You might want to rethink your method of approachh.” He ridicules the Soldier's attempts. “Your feeeeble attemptsss will do little to fazeee me. It would take a hundrred yearsss more to make a dent in my sturrrdy body armour. And you were lucky to ssscore a hit, next time you won't be ssso lucky.”

 

A sharp intake of breath from the Sailor Soldiers is apparent. Daniel laughs softly at the Soldiers from his position.

 

`The ignorant fools. Their attempts to defeat Sting are so pathetic that it is hardly worth my time in observing them. However, this battle might reveal to me more of their weaknesses that I can exploit in the future. I'm willing to sacrifice Sting for this “greater good”. Now I wonder if this is all a big mistake.'

 

`A direct attack is useless,' Mercury ponders. `Time for my laptop to analyse this chameleon. I think I have enough data to be able to find some weakness. There has to be one! I just have to know where to look for it.'

 

She begins to type furiously into her laptop, inputting vital information, hoping that the laptop is able to pick up something that she herself was unable to. Her eyes move rapidly across the screen, reading and interpreting the results that streamed by.

 

`Almost there… huh?'

 

She looks up, along with the other Soldiers to see Sting's tail begin flicking and sending spike showers in every which direction. Even though her calculations are almost complete, she is forced to scatter and disrupt her interpretations to avoid injury.

 

`Finally, this is becoming more interesting and much more amusing.' Daniel remarks to himself, all the while making sure to keep out of the Soldiers' line of sight.

 

Recovering from her sudden movement, Mercury glances at her laptop. Fortunately, the information is still there and intact.

 

`Let's continue then. Let's see now. If…' She continues to type at a furious pace. “I've got it! Jupiter, Venus, Mini Moon! Sting Chameleon's weakness is its left red eye!”

 

`I'll go tend to Mars and Sailor Moon.' She adds, thinking to herself.

 

“Thanks Mercury!”

 

Mercury smiles, content that she has been of some help towards the group. Up on the balcony, Daniel frowns.

 

“It seems that I have underestimated that Mercury. Physically, she is not much of a threat… but her intellect and that infernal laptop of hers more than makes up for it. Perhaps I should isolate it from her at a later date?” He comments quietly.

 

“VENUS LOVE-ME CHAIN!”

 

Venus gives a sound of joy as her attack makes contact with Sting's tail.

 

“Got'cha!” She exclaims, oblivious of the robotic chameleon's next intended move as it turns its head to face her.

 

“I know I have, sssstupid girl,” he hisses before promptly launching his tongue at Venus' ankles.

 

“What the-?!” She screams before being flung abruptly into the air. She lands messily.

 

“Sailor Venus!”

 

Before Sting can make another attack however, a blood red rose is thrown and temporarily paralyses him.

 

“What is it now?” he demands.

 

It is Tuxedo Mask but he does not reply, instead he chooses to attack with his baton.

 

“It's that Cape Boy again. Hasn't he anything better to do than interfere?!” Daniel mutters.

 

“Take thissss, foolishhh human!”

 

Sting launches his tongue at Tuxedo Mask's ankles but it is blocked by the baton. Tuxedo Mask pulls on it, ensuring that Sting's tongue cannot retract.

 

“Now girls! Attack him while he's busy!”

 

Hearing the request, Jupiter, Venus (having now recovered) and Mini Moon nod at each other.

 

“CRESCENT THUNDER!”

 

“PINK SUGAR HEART ATTACK!”

 

Sting Chameleon is hit directly in his left eye - his Achilles' heel. The Sailor Soldiers' attacks cause his inner circuitry to short-circuit and his body is overloaded with excess energy inside. His system can no longer take the strain and he is destroyed from within.

 

`We did it! Yes!”

 

The Sailor Soldiers below are celebrating their latest victory. Daniel/Nagash however, watches on with disdain.

 

`So, they've won this one, but no matter, because I have… no, I know what's to come and when the next time they appear, I will be ready and Earth will be ready for the taking.' Daniel thinks before walking off down into an alleyway and teleporting back to the Citadel, unnoticed.

 

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Serena wakes up in her bedroom, on her bed. Her friends, save Raye are sitting around her and the two cats, Luna and Artemis are also present.

 

“Did you guys bring me back here?” Serena asks.

 

“Yes, Darien carried you back.” Lita tells her.

 

Serena smiles at Darien, giving him a look of gratitude. Darien returns her smile with a warm one of his own.

 

“So Luna, Artemis, have you guys uncovered anything about the Skull Empire or Nagash and whatever?” Serena inquires.

 

“Unfortunately no. The most that we've been able to find are vague references and when I say vague, I mean very. There is very limited information on the topic, it seems.”

 

“Is there anyway we could obtain more information?” Mina wonders.

 

“I'm not sure. The only place I can think of that would have any useful information would be the Royal Archives in the time when the Silver Millennium existed. However, those sources would have been reduced to dust by now.” Artemis interjects.

 

“We could ask Puu if we could go back in time, couldn't we?”

 

“That would be one possibility…but I don't think it would be that easy.”

 

`No…nothing is ever that easy.'

 

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