Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor Moon: Only Love can Conquer Hate ❯ Chapter 24 ( Chapter 24 )
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By: SailorJane 
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Comedy / Action | Type: Yuri | Uploaded On: 02.15.2014 | Updated On: 02.15.2014 | Pages: 5 | Words: 5.1K | Visits: 337 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Comedy / Action | Type: Yuri | Uploaded On: 02.15.2014 | Updated On: 02.15.2014 | Pages: 5 | Words: 5.1K | Visits: 337 | Status: Completed
ONLY LOVE CAN CONQUER HATE
By SailorJane & Anonymous
Chapter Notes:
Thank you guys for the reviews! I’m glad people are still interested in this story. Sorry this took a while butÉ you knowÉ life.
On a semi-related note, I have a new one-shot story which I recommend checking out: “Sailor Moon: We Swear Forever Friends.” Please read and reviewÉ and do the same for this chapter.
Prepare for violenceÉ
CHAPTER 24
Sailor Mercury was sitting against the wall besides the apartment door. Her face was hidden behind her gloved-fingers; her elbows leaning against her bent knees. She was shivering as if she had hypothermia. Her scout-computer was on the floor a few feet away from her, unable to locate her beloved Sailor Moon. Around her were the four surviving soldiers kneeling before her, with the exception of Saturn, who stood tall with her glaive in hand. Jupiter was massaging her ex-girlfriend’s shoulder. Venus kept a hand on Amy’s knee, her eyes demanding answers. Her other hand was locked with Mars, who had Serena and Amy’s phone in her other hand.
“Did she say anything yesterday?” Venus asked aggressively, “Did she mention going for an early shopping spree or anything?”
“No,” Ami’s voice was tired. She wouldn’t show her face.
“Are you absolutely sure,” Jupiter looked to Mars, “She couldn’t have snuck by you?”
“Lita,” Mars looked annoyed, “Serena couldn’t sneak by me even if she tried.”
“Amy?” Venus was getting more impatient. An unresponsive Mercury was still hiding her hands behind her face. Venus vehemently pulled her hands away looking angrily at her, “Amy, you’re the brain of this team? Where could she be?”
Amy’s genius IQ was gone. The blue-haired soldier’s nerves were shot, she could barely stand. “I don’t know Mina,” Amy shook her head about to hide behind her hands again.
Sailor Venus finally exploded. She angrily grabbed the blue-hair’s wrists and screamed at her, “YOU HAVE TO KNOW!” Mars held her girlfriend’s shoulders trying to calm her down, “You’re supposed to be her bodyguard! You know what it means if something happens to her? It’s game over! Our future is doomed!”
“STOP IT!” Amy screamed shaking her hands free and fidgeting her knees.
By now, the other three scouts were trying to pry Venus off of Mercury. The scout of Water jumped up, running for the bedroom in tears.
“Amy!” Jupiter ran after her.
Mercury entered the bedroom still seeing no sign of her princess. She found the familiar sunlight silhouetted by the window curtains. Wait a minuteÉ They hadn’t checked outside the curtains yet. The Water Scout quickly ripped off the curtains to reveal a window overlooking an obstructed view, another building just outside. She quickly opened the window pane and made her way outside. The sounds of her other friends following her did not break her concentration. Did this unexplored window have answers? Mercury’s boots hit the fire-escape from outside. The metal walkway connected the apartments. She could now look up to see a dry, but overcast sky. She could look down to see the courtyard littered with trash. Nowhere did she see any sign of her girlfriend.
“SERENA!” Mercury shouted out, hoping for an answer.
“Amy, stop!” Lita jumped out onto the fire escape holding her ex. The other three scouts leaned outside the window watching the couple. Jupiter held onto her ex-girlfriend with soothing energy. It didn’t help Mercury to calm down, but even with all the deceit and anguished she and her blonde girlfriend had caused, Lita felt obligated to comfort her Mercurian friend.
“Yeah,” a voice from the right called out, “You’re gonna wake theÉ you knowÉ theÉ uhÉ the neighborhoodÉ man.”
It was The Dude, sitting outside on his fire-escape in his bathrobe and sunglasses, smoking God-knows-what. Amy pulled Lita’s arms off of her and walked towards him.
“Sir,” She asked, “Did you by chance see that blonde girl with the pigtails?”
“The one with the meatball buns in her hair,” Raye began stepping out of the window onto the fire escape.
The Dude shook his head, “Not since I was in your place.”
Amy closed her eyes frustrated.
“But I did see those other guys early this morning,” The Dude explained, “They were out here making noise.”
Guys? Amy thought. Every single member of the team looked at the man with terror. Amy had envisioned the worst-case scenario regarding Serena, but she did everything in her mind to suppress the possibility. It was too painful. But now, it seemed like it was reality. She had to be sure. She walked very slowly towards The Dude, her eyes wide open; a ghost floating the walkway. She knelt down until her grave eyes were directly in front of The Dude’s. Jupiter and Mars walked closer with curious concern. Venus was the next to step out of the window.
“What guys?” Amy asked softly with a low timbre.
The Dude was confused. What was with this girl? “Those uhÉ Cosplay guys, whateverÉ they looked like something uhÉ like uh, out of Spartacus.”
Amy didn’t move.
“Spartacus?!” Hotaru said with understanding looking to Venus just outside the window-pane, “Roman.”
The blue-haired soldier slowly fell onto her back. Her frozen face revealed the hopelessness of the situation. Sailor Venus, now on the fire-escape, was holding her face in shame. Mars tried to comfort her. Jupiter knelt down to pick Mercury up.
“Amy,” The brunette got sitting up again, “We’ll get her back, all right?”
“Man,” The Dude smiled, “You girls really uhÉ take this cosplay stuffÉ you know, seriouslyÉ don’t you?”
The five scouts ignored him silently pondering the situation. Mars reached down and pulled up Mercury’s computer. Saturn began to feel tears taking over her eyes. She had lost her parents and now her princess. This was all too much.
The silence was broken. Jupiter silently comforting her motionless ex-girlfriend, Venus and Mars plotting their next move, Saturn’s emotional turmoil, all interrupted by a Nasally Masculine English Accent:
“I know how you must feel Mercury.”
All heads turned to see Tiberius, dressed in Roman-garb, standing on the fire-escape a few feet away. He had a nasty-smile on his face and waved his hand towards the female soldiers.
Jupiter wasted no time kicking a shock of lightning towards the intruder. Just as the bolt met Tiberius’ body, he vanished into thin air.
Mercury jumped up, her eyes filled with hatred. She was ready to crush this man for stealing her princess. Mars and Venus were both in fighting stances. Saturn jumped out onto the platform to join them. The Dude was only one who was now on his ass, knocked over and shaken from the sudden display of energy. “What the,” The Dude hesitated, “What the Hell?”
The five soldiers looked around wondering where Tiberius had disappeared to. Even Jupiter’s electricity couldn’t make a body vanish out of thin air.
“WHERE ARE YOU?” Jupiter yelled.
“You know,” Tiberius’ echo-drenched voice teased, “It’s not a great idea to attack the person who’s kidnapped your Princess.”
Amy immediately stepped forward, pushing Jupiter out of the way. She looked at the same spot Tiberius had been before, thinking he was using some form of cloaking device or something. “What have you done with her?” Amy’s voice was in a low, but resonant register not often heard by her fellow soldiers.
Mars in the meantime was stealthily using Mercury’s computer to answer some questions. Venus did not break her fighting stance but her eyes took note of Mars’ actions.
The Invisible Tiberius sighed, “I was hoping to chat, we haven’t seen in each other in a while.”
“I’m not playing games with you Tiberius!” Amy shouted. “Show yourself, and face us!” The blue-haired scout raised her fists gathering shards of ice on her fingers.
“Not on a fire escape,” Tiberius laughed, “Safety first, right?” There was silence among the other scouts, “No? Well, I thought it was funny. Need to be able to laugh in the face of adversity. Ha ha!”
“You think attacking four of our soldiers was funny?” Jupiter shouted standing next to her blue-haired friend.
“Well,” The nasally Roman continued, “I can see no one’s really in the mood to talk. All right Mercury, meet me at the top of that uhÉ” He hesitated, “That big tower, what is it calledÉ”
“Space Needle,” Mercury confirmed.
“Yes!” Tiberius’ voice was full of jubilation, “That’s it. Oh, you’re so smart Mercury. I guess all that studying really does help! I mean, it didn’t help you stop me from capturing your Princess, but still. You know my mother used to bug me about studying and studying, it was really annoying-“ Tiberius started to ramble.
Sailor Mercury wasted no time, bending her knees to where she was almost sitting down. Then she skyrocketed clear off the fire-escape, maneuvering past the other walkways until she was at the top of the building.
“Mercury!” Mars shouted still looking at the genius scout’s computer. By then, the blue-haired soldier had disappeared.
“What?” Tiberius’ voice sounded irritated, “How rude! I was talking.” A sigh escaped him before he addressed the remaining soldiers, “All right girls, I gotta prepare for her arrival. I’m sure I’ll see you all soon?” His voice then disappeared.
Jupiter was about to follow Mercury, but looked back to see Sailor Saturn looking up to the top of the building. The taller woman took the young girl by the hand. Saturn reacted quickly, allowing her friend to pull her off the ground and disappear above the building.
“This has gotta be a trap,” Mars said to the only soldier left beside her.
“We have to go Reiko,” Venus took her girlfriend by the hand.
The Sailor couple leapt onto the building leaving only the clueless Dude behind, still knocked on his ass. He stared up to the top of the building, unable to see his neighbors anymore.
“I’ll just stay here!” He shouted out loud.
Mercury was hoping across the rooftops like a video game character. She was not usually the most agile jumper, but for the moment, her speed and flight could rival Venus’ abilities. The Space Needle was somewhat close and easy to see. Amy was having a flashback to her and Serena on top of the building. She was hoping to see her girlfriend again on the structure, probably be chained to the antenna or in some other damsel-in-distress clichŽ. The Ice-fisted soldier would fight off any foe that stood between them. The tower was getting closer, but there weren’t many buildings ahead to match the structure’s height. She couldn’t climb the stairs of elevator when she got there, but jumping from the closest building seemed out of the question.
While the Sailor Scouts were astonishing jumpers, they couldn’t fly like Superman. However, Venus had worked out a way of using her Celestial powers to gain fight in mid-air. This technique could lift the soldier higher and farther; from the rooftop of a small brownstone to the height of a great skyscraper. Only Jupiter had been able to copy Venus’ jump, using her power of thunder to lift her high enough to do something like this. Mercury never even bothered to try, deeming the idea illogical. Then again, there was never any need to do it before.
Sailor Mercury was running across the last tall structure before the Space Needle. Between her destination was a Football field and an amusement park. Logic had escaped her, and only mad love for her princess was driving the scout of Ice and Water. Mercury’s hands brought ice to her boots. As soon as she jumped off of the building, she used her energy to lift the ice on her boots, thus lifting her entire body. Before she knew it, Mercury was flying through the air. The Needle was closing in. There was a group of tourists on the observation deck pointing and taking pictures, but that’s not where she needed to be. The top deck was completely empty, much to Amy’s agitation.
So finally, Mercury reached the top floor, allowing her feet to touch the ground. She stood in fighting stance, her eyes scanning the area. Neither Tiberius, nor Serena were anywhere to be seen. She was up there by herselfÉ at least until Sailor Jupiter and Saturn landed next to her. Jupiter’s hands gathered electricity as she scanned the deck. Saturn readied her glaive.
“See anyone?” Jupiter asked.
“No,” Mercury grinded her teeth and shouted at the top of her lungs, “TIBERIUS!”
Mars and Venus finally reached the tower. The blonde soldier took a battle stance, but Mars walked right towards the blue-haired soldier and pulled her shoulder until she was facing her:
“Mercury,” Mars scolded, “He’s not here, he’s just toying with us.”
“Mars!” Mercury defended herself.
“In fact,” Mars shoved the computer in the blunette’s face, which was pushed away in annoyance, “According to this, he’s not anywhere near here! I probably could have picked up his exact location if you hadn’t-”
Mars was interrupted when the top deck was swarmed with enemies. Coming out of nowhere, they were Roman soldiers somersaulting in the air. As they planted their feat, they revealed their submachine guns.
“GET DOWN!” Jupiter screamed, knocking Saturn to the ground.
Luckily, Mercury was quick. She immediately blasted the deck with bubbles creating an invisible mist.
Shots were fired for a few seconds until the soldiers hesitated unable to see through the fog. Sounds of screams were faint, obviously from the lower deck, not from the people they wanted to hear screaming. The soldiers didn’t say a word. They could barely find each other. The silence grew tense.
Suddenly the sky began to rumble, the light faded:
“SUPREME THUNDER!”
A crash of lightning hit the needle of the tower. Jupiter jumped to harness the energy from her tiara. The energy left her forehead to blast three enemies down. The shock of the blast forced the other soldiers to drop their guns. This didn’t affect the other scouts at all.
Mercury allowed the mist to dissipate as Mars jumped in the air throwing fireballs at the remaining enemies. They managed to deflect her firepowers, obviously armed with dark magic. However, Raye fought off one of the soldiers easily. One swift kick to the head sent and he was down for the count. Her hand reached the Roman’s chest and burned through his armor. The man screamed in pain feeling his insides on fire.
Venus had her back, literally. She stood opposite to her girlfriend and shot small bolts of light towards another soldier. Venus was much more conservative with her energy fearing there would be another stronger foe to face off soon. Mars and Jupiter seemed to be handling these clowns with relative ease. In fact, Venus began to think that this battle was too easy.
However, that didn’t stop Mercury who was much more aggressive, shouting like an animal. She tackled a soldier who was about to reclaim his gun. She violently bashed the man’s head into the ground. She did this over and over again until the sound of the man’s skull ramming against the concrete floor was as loud as a gunshot. The floor under his head was soon getting drenched with blood. Even Mercury’s white gloves were becoming red.
Saturn had also turned brutal. She stuck her glaive right into one of the enemy’s chests. But with her back turned, the last enemy standing picked up his gun and aimed for Saturn. Jupiter and Mercury both took note of him. Jupiter turned to move, but Mercury was already on him. The normally timid Amy Mizuno, kicked one of the Roman’s machine guns from the ground up to her hands in one move and immediately fired to the last Roman soldier. Mercury had never used a machine gun in her life, but she was firing it like Rambo. The soldier fell to the ground before he even had a chance to shoot Saturn.
With all the enemy soldiers accounted for, the scouts all looked to Mercury, whose eyes were widened with hatred. It was actually kind of scary. Amy was the most peaceful and thoughtful member of the team, but now, it was as if she was possessed by a demon. She forcefully threw the machine gun down to the ground and scanned the deck for the wounded soldiers. They were all either unconscious or dead; all except the one who had been stabbed with Saturn’s glaive. He was coughing up blood. Mercury stomped towards the wounded soldier, encasing her fists with a thick layer of ice, and pulled the man up by his own hair. The man screamed in pain.
“WHERE IS SHE?!”
Amy was screaming with pure anger, her voice sounding corrosive. When the soldier failed to answer her. Mercury threw her ice-covered fist into the bleeding man’s face. The layer of ice on her fist broke into tiny shards, encasing the man’s face. Jupiter felt pain in her chest watching Mercury hit the wounded man in the face; feeling more for Mercury’s emotional scar rather than the Roman.
“WHERE’S THE PRINCESS?!”
She screamed again at the top of her lungs, visible veins on her neck. Her eyes were as wide as they could be. Another punch in the man’s face.
Sailor Mars had now taken out Mercury’s computer, though she couldn’t help but watch Mercury’s violent act. Venus got closer to her girlfriend, almost looking frightened. Saturn looked back and forth between Mercury and her fellow soldiers wondering if she should get involved. Jupiter, the furthest from them, ran towards her girlfriend.
“WHERE THE FUCK IS SHE?!”
Mercury could see by now the man was no longer coughing. He didn’t look like he was alive. And so the half-crazed scout of Mercury screamed like a Banshee as she threw the body down and threw repeated punches in his face.
“Amy!” Jupiter grabbed a hold of her, “Amy!” The strong scout pulled her up and held her in her arms.
Mercury was recoiling like she was wounded. Saturn and Venus also walked towards her for comfort. Mars stayed her ground. As the tension finally began to break and silence returned to the deck, a familiar voice echoed in the air.
“Such violence Mercury.”
The sound of Tiberius’ voice caused Mercury to shake off Jupiter’s arms and scan the skies for the enemy. Jupiter and the other scouts got in a fighting stance and prepared for more. However, Tiberius was nowhere to be seen. Sailor Mars, on the other hand, checked Mercury’s computer for answers, rather discretely.
“WHERE ARE YOU?” Amy screamed.
“Again,” Tiberius’s voice chuckled, “So impersonal. Would it really be so rude to start off by saying, ‘Hi Tiberius, how are you?’ I honestly find it quite rude-”
“Where,” Mercury wasn’t yelling this time, but talking forcefully and slowly, “IsÉ SailorÉ MOON!?”
“Are you angry Amy?” Tiberius spoke in a condescending way.
Amy didn’t know how to answer that question.
Mars discretely walked to Venus and whispered in her ear.
“Are you angry,” Tiberius continued, “That the love of your life has been taken away from you?”
Mercury stood shivering, fighting tears. Her voice was finally calm, “What do you want from me?”
“What do I want from you?” Tiberius said, “Well, it’s a little hard to explain without sounding too simplistic, butÉ I guess it gives me a certain satisfaction to see you emotionally scarred. To see how afraid you are knowing you’ll never see your precious Serena again.”
Mercury looked like she was about to break down, “If you do anything to her-“
“Don’t worry, she’ll live,” He stuttered, “OrÉ I dunno, maybe not, I haven’t really made up my mind yet. But you’ll hear from me soon.”
Amy was breathing in panic, “Tiberius!”
There was no answer.
“Shit,” Mars whispered to Venus, “I’m losing him, I almost have a lock on his location.”
Jupiter turned to Mars knowing what she was doing.
“TIBERIUS!” Amy screamed at the top of her lungs and fell to the ground on her knees. Tears were gathering in her eyes. Both Jupiter and Saturn came to her sides. The taller scout looked back to Mars and realized she had to get Tiberius’ attention back. This was the only way they could find their enemy.
“What’s the matter Tiberius?” Jupiter stood up and looked to the sky, “You’re too much of a pussy to fight us on your own, you gotta send your goons to attack us?” She paused before continuing, “And I guess you can’t count of Livia to do your fighting for you!”
Another pause. Jupiter looked to Mars who was staring at the computer. Venus turned to Jupiter to give her an encouraging nod.
Jupiter smiled, “Yeah, you remember Livia don’t you Tiberius? You knowÉ before she was put on ice.” She moved around like she was dancing for a second as she whispered “Ice Ice Baby!”
Mercury looked to Jupiter being reminded of Serena’s angelic voice echoing that song.
Jupiter looked back to the sky with a commanding presence, “If you had any balls whatsoever, you’d come down here and face us, the Sailor Scouts. The same team that took away the love of your life.”
There was total silence, aside from the sounds of sirens from the street. After a long uncomfortable pause, Tiberius’ voice came back, seeming more vulnerable:
“Don’t worry Lita,” His voice was low and calm. He took his time speaking, “We’ll meet up soon enough.” He hesitated, “Though I think you should thank me. You and the love of your life can now be together without anyone to come between you.”
Lita stopped in her tracks. She knew Tiberius was just trying to play mind-games with her, but she was curious as to how much the man actually knew about their team. Had he been spying on them? Could he read minds? Was he just a pervert? While Tiberius’ words of wisdom did make Lita ponder the possibilities of keeping Amy to herself for a split-second, Sailor Jupiter was prepared to die for her princess. Lita was hoping little Hotaru would come by her side, but the youngest scout was helping Mercury to her feet.
The voice of Tiberius it seemed had now disappeared.
“I got it!” Raye smiled. She held the computer up for all to see, moving closer to Mercury.
“What?” Saturn asked.
“The computer tracked Tiberius’ location,” Venus explained holding her arm around Mars’ shoulder.
Jupiter walked back to be with her friends.
“He’s not close at all.” Mars was still a little confused with her findings, “Amy can you help me with this thing?”
Amy’s eyes were still filled with tears. She was losing it, but she shook her head and grabbed the computer out of Raye’s hands without saying anything. This was the key to saving Serena’s life. With a push of her earring, a pair of goggles appeared over Mercury’s cerulean eyes glancing at the electronic device before her. Mars and Venus stood by her side. Jupiter’s concentration patrolled the deck in search of more enemies. Saturn stood next to her. The sound of sirens was echoing down the street. Mercury held the computer closer and punched in a few buttons. Staring at the screen for a few seconds, she looked out to the overcast horizon dropping her hand to her knees.
“He’s in California,” Mercury explained. She looked to Mars, “In Death Valley.”
“Death Valley?” Venus questioned. It didn’t sound like an actual place to her.
Jupiter shrugged her shoulders, “Sounds like a fitting hideout for him.”
Amy put her computer away, attaching the compact to her side and removing her goggles, “We gotta go.”
She started to walk away running on instinct again, but Sailor Mars grabbed a hold of her, “Amy!”
“What?!” Mercury turned to her with venom in her eyes.
“We’re in Seattle,” Raye let go of her. The Priestess was not in a good mood either, “How do you expect us to get to California? It’s like a thousand miles away-“
“I don’t know Raye!” Amy was screaming again at the top of her lungs as she interrupted her friend, “But if we don’t get out there, they’re gonna kill her!”
Saturn could hear the sound of a helicopter slowly making it’s way towards the Space Needle. It looked like it was a Police helicopter.
“Easy,” Sailor Venus was once again playing peace-keeper holding Mars and Mercury’s shoulders.
“Amy,” Mars grabbed hold of her blue-haired friend’s shoulders, “Listen to me!” She was genuinely pleading with her friend, “I know you love her, I really do. I love Serena too and I’m just as scared for her as you are-”
“Not like I do,” Amy interrupted.
“You need,” Mars kept going with a solemn tone, “To calm down. You’re the brain of this team. We can’t just fly to California and go searching for these guys. We need to plan this out.”
“Raye,” Amy was practically crying, “Don’t tell me to calm down. We swore an oath to protect her-“
Saturn looked away from the fast approaching Helicopter and looked to her friends: “What about that Sailor Teleport thing?”
The four inner Senshi looked to the sole survivor of the outer soldiers. In her panic, Mercury had not considered that possibility.
“We can’t do that,” Mars explained, “Without Sailor Moon, Hotaru.”
Before Raye could continue, Mina spoke up, “Actually we can.”
Everyone turned to the leader of the team.
“We can?” Mercury sounded relieved.
“You have the point set on that computer?” Venus asked.
Mercury picked up the device, “Yeah,” She said hastily, “I got it! C’mon we have to hurry. Join hands Hotaru.” She quickly grabbed Jupiter and Mars’ hands.
“Wait a minute,” Mars pulled her hand away, “Isn’t Death Valley like one of the hottest places on the map? Maybe we should get some supplies, especially water!”
“Raye,” Mercury snarled, “I can make my own water.” She easily splashed drops of water from her fingertips, “We have to go now!”
The helicopter was finally closing in on them.
“I’m with Amy,” Jupiter screaming over the loud propellers, “Let’s go.”
Saturn grabbed hold of Jupiter’s hand, who grabbed Mercury’s hand, who grabbed the reluctant hand of Sailor Mars. Venus was looking up at the cloud coverage.
“Amy,” The blonde shouted over the increasing volume of the chopper blades, “You know where the moon is?”
Mercury let go of Jupiter’s hand to produce the goggles over her eyes. She quickly found the location of the Daytime moon hidden behind the cloud coverage. “Right there,” Mercury pointed, “Hurry!”
Venus shot a crescent beam in the direction Amy was pointing which punched a hole in the clouds for sunlight to seep in. The moon was now barely visible in the small smidge of blue sky. The Goddess of Love could feel the moon’s rays powering her; the power she needed to teleport them to the location. She held Mars’ hand and grab hold of Saturn to complete the circle. Their eyes were closed focusing on the Moon’s rays, the computer guiding their location.
By now, the helicopter was over them. A male voice came out of the intercom:
“This is the Seattle Police Department. Lower your weapons and drop to the floor!”
Venus opened her eyes and smiled, “You know,” She shouted, “I’ve always wanted to say this.”
Mercury opened her eyes with annoyance.
Mina looked up at the helicopter and shouted with a Schwarzenegger accent, “GET TO THE CHOPPA!!!”
“MINA!!!” Mercury, Mars and Jupiter all shouted at the same time with discord.
“All right all right!” Venus assured them and everyone closed their eyes again.
End Notes:
Hope everyone enjoyed that one. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Review and let me know you guys are still interested. I promise to get the next one out sooner. And check out that new story I wrote and let me know what you think.
By SailorJane & Anonymous
Chapter Notes:
Thank you guys for the reviews! I’m glad people are still interested in this story. Sorry this took a while butÉ you knowÉ life.
On a semi-related note, I have a new one-shot story which I recommend checking out: “Sailor Moon: We Swear Forever Friends.” Please read and reviewÉ and do the same for this chapter.
Prepare for violenceÉ
CHAPTER 24
Sailor Mercury was sitting against the wall besides the apartment door. Her face was hidden behind her gloved-fingers; her elbows leaning against her bent knees. She was shivering as if she had hypothermia. Her scout-computer was on the floor a few feet away from her, unable to locate her beloved Sailor Moon. Around her were the four surviving soldiers kneeling before her, with the exception of Saturn, who stood tall with her glaive in hand. Jupiter was massaging her ex-girlfriend’s shoulder. Venus kept a hand on Amy’s knee, her eyes demanding answers. Her other hand was locked with Mars, who had Serena and Amy’s phone in her other hand.
“Did she say anything yesterday?” Venus asked aggressively, “Did she mention going for an early shopping spree or anything?”
“No,” Ami’s voice was tired. She wouldn’t show her face.
“Are you absolutely sure,” Jupiter looked to Mars, “She couldn’t have snuck by you?”
“Lita,” Mars looked annoyed, “Serena couldn’t sneak by me even if she tried.”
“Amy?” Venus was getting more impatient. An unresponsive Mercury was still hiding her hands behind her face. Venus vehemently pulled her hands away looking angrily at her, “Amy, you’re the brain of this team? Where could she be?”
Amy’s genius IQ was gone. The blue-haired soldier’s nerves were shot, she could barely stand. “I don’t know Mina,” Amy shook her head about to hide behind her hands again.
Sailor Venus finally exploded. She angrily grabbed the blue-hair’s wrists and screamed at her, “YOU HAVE TO KNOW!” Mars held her girlfriend’s shoulders trying to calm her down, “You’re supposed to be her bodyguard! You know what it means if something happens to her? It’s game over! Our future is doomed!”
“STOP IT!” Amy screamed shaking her hands free and fidgeting her knees.
By now, the other three scouts were trying to pry Venus off of Mercury. The scout of Water jumped up, running for the bedroom in tears.
“Amy!” Jupiter ran after her.
Mercury entered the bedroom still seeing no sign of her princess. She found the familiar sunlight silhouetted by the window curtains. Wait a minuteÉ They hadn’t checked outside the curtains yet. The Water Scout quickly ripped off the curtains to reveal a window overlooking an obstructed view, another building just outside. She quickly opened the window pane and made her way outside. The sounds of her other friends following her did not break her concentration. Did this unexplored window have answers? Mercury’s boots hit the fire-escape from outside. The metal walkway connected the apartments. She could now look up to see a dry, but overcast sky. She could look down to see the courtyard littered with trash. Nowhere did she see any sign of her girlfriend.
“SERENA!” Mercury shouted out, hoping for an answer.
“Amy, stop!” Lita jumped out onto the fire escape holding her ex. The other three scouts leaned outside the window watching the couple. Jupiter held onto her ex-girlfriend with soothing energy. It didn’t help Mercury to calm down, but even with all the deceit and anguished she and her blonde girlfriend had caused, Lita felt obligated to comfort her Mercurian friend.
“Yeah,” a voice from the right called out, “You’re gonna wake theÉ you knowÉ theÉ uhÉ the neighborhoodÉ man.”
It was The Dude, sitting outside on his fire-escape in his bathrobe and sunglasses, smoking God-knows-what. Amy pulled Lita’s arms off of her and walked towards him.
“Sir,” She asked, “Did you by chance see that blonde girl with the pigtails?”
“The one with the meatball buns in her hair,” Raye began stepping out of the window onto the fire escape.
The Dude shook his head, “Not since I was in your place.”
Amy closed her eyes frustrated.
“But I did see those other guys early this morning,” The Dude explained, “They were out here making noise.”
Guys? Amy thought. Every single member of the team looked at the man with terror. Amy had envisioned the worst-case scenario regarding Serena, but she did everything in her mind to suppress the possibility. It was too painful. But now, it seemed like it was reality. She had to be sure. She walked very slowly towards The Dude, her eyes wide open; a ghost floating the walkway. She knelt down until her grave eyes were directly in front of The Dude’s. Jupiter and Mars walked closer with curious concern. Venus was the next to step out of the window.
“What guys?” Amy asked softly with a low timbre.
The Dude was confused. What was with this girl? “Those uhÉ Cosplay guys, whateverÉ they looked like something uhÉ like uh, out of Spartacus.”
Amy didn’t move.
“Spartacus?!” Hotaru said with understanding looking to Venus just outside the window-pane, “Roman.”
The blue-haired soldier slowly fell onto her back. Her frozen face revealed the hopelessness of the situation. Sailor Venus, now on the fire-escape, was holding her face in shame. Mars tried to comfort her. Jupiter knelt down to pick Mercury up.
“Amy,” The brunette got sitting up again, “We’ll get her back, all right?”
“Man,” The Dude smiled, “You girls really uhÉ take this cosplay stuffÉ you know, seriouslyÉ don’t you?”
The five scouts ignored him silently pondering the situation. Mars reached down and pulled up Mercury’s computer. Saturn began to feel tears taking over her eyes. She had lost her parents and now her princess. This was all too much.
The silence was broken. Jupiter silently comforting her motionless ex-girlfriend, Venus and Mars plotting their next move, Saturn’s emotional turmoil, all interrupted by a Nasally Masculine English Accent:
“I know how you must feel Mercury.”
All heads turned to see Tiberius, dressed in Roman-garb, standing on the fire-escape a few feet away. He had a nasty-smile on his face and waved his hand towards the female soldiers.
Jupiter wasted no time kicking a shock of lightning towards the intruder. Just as the bolt met Tiberius’ body, he vanished into thin air.
Mercury jumped up, her eyes filled with hatred. She was ready to crush this man for stealing her princess. Mars and Venus were both in fighting stances. Saturn jumped out onto the platform to join them. The Dude was only one who was now on his ass, knocked over and shaken from the sudden display of energy. “What the,” The Dude hesitated, “What the Hell?”
The five soldiers looked around wondering where Tiberius had disappeared to. Even Jupiter’s electricity couldn’t make a body vanish out of thin air.
“WHERE ARE YOU?” Jupiter yelled.
“You know,” Tiberius’ echo-drenched voice teased, “It’s not a great idea to attack the person who’s kidnapped your Princess.”
Amy immediately stepped forward, pushing Jupiter out of the way. She looked at the same spot Tiberius had been before, thinking he was using some form of cloaking device or something. “What have you done with her?” Amy’s voice was in a low, but resonant register not often heard by her fellow soldiers.
Mars in the meantime was stealthily using Mercury’s computer to answer some questions. Venus did not break her fighting stance but her eyes took note of Mars’ actions.
The Invisible Tiberius sighed, “I was hoping to chat, we haven’t seen in each other in a while.”
“I’m not playing games with you Tiberius!” Amy shouted. “Show yourself, and face us!” The blue-haired scout raised her fists gathering shards of ice on her fingers.
“Not on a fire escape,” Tiberius laughed, “Safety first, right?” There was silence among the other scouts, “No? Well, I thought it was funny. Need to be able to laugh in the face of adversity. Ha ha!”
“You think attacking four of our soldiers was funny?” Jupiter shouted standing next to her blue-haired friend.
“Well,” The nasally Roman continued, “I can see no one’s really in the mood to talk. All right Mercury, meet me at the top of that uhÉ” He hesitated, “That big tower, what is it calledÉ”
“Space Needle,” Mercury confirmed.
“Yes!” Tiberius’ voice was full of jubilation, “That’s it. Oh, you’re so smart Mercury. I guess all that studying really does help! I mean, it didn’t help you stop me from capturing your Princess, but still. You know my mother used to bug me about studying and studying, it was really annoying-“ Tiberius started to ramble.
Sailor Mercury wasted no time, bending her knees to where she was almost sitting down. Then she skyrocketed clear off the fire-escape, maneuvering past the other walkways until she was at the top of the building.
“Mercury!” Mars shouted still looking at the genius scout’s computer. By then, the blue-haired soldier had disappeared.
“What?” Tiberius’ voice sounded irritated, “How rude! I was talking.” A sigh escaped him before he addressed the remaining soldiers, “All right girls, I gotta prepare for her arrival. I’m sure I’ll see you all soon?” His voice then disappeared.
Jupiter was about to follow Mercury, but looked back to see Sailor Saturn looking up to the top of the building. The taller woman took the young girl by the hand. Saturn reacted quickly, allowing her friend to pull her off the ground and disappear above the building.
“This has gotta be a trap,” Mars said to the only soldier left beside her.
“We have to go Reiko,” Venus took her girlfriend by the hand.
The Sailor couple leapt onto the building leaving only the clueless Dude behind, still knocked on his ass. He stared up to the top of the building, unable to see his neighbors anymore.
“I’ll just stay here!” He shouted out loud.
Mercury was hoping across the rooftops like a video game character. She was not usually the most agile jumper, but for the moment, her speed and flight could rival Venus’ abilities. The Space Needle was somewhat close and easy to see. Amy was having a flashback to her and Serena on top of the building. She was hoping to see her girlfriend again on the structure, probably be chained to the antenna or in some other damsel-in-distress clichŽ. The Ice-fisted soldier would fight off any foe that stood between them. The tower was getting closer, but there weren’t many buildings ahead to match the structure’s height. She couldn’t climb the stairs of elevator when she got there, but jumping from the closest building seemed out of the question.
While the Sailor Scouts were astonishing jumpers, they couldn’t fly like Superman. However, Venus had worked out a way of using her Celestial powers to gain fight in mid-air. This technique could lift the soldier higher and farther; from the rooftop of a small brownstone to the height of a great skyscraper. Only Jupiter had been able to copy Venus’ jump, using her power of thunder to lift her high enough to do something like this. Mercury never even bothered to try, deeming the idea illogical. Then again, there was never any need to do it before.
Sailor Mercury was running across the last tall structure before the Space Needle. Between her destination was a Football field and an amusement park. Logic had escaped her, and only mad love for her princess was driving the scout of Ice and Water. Mercury’s hands brought ice to her boots. As soon as she jumped off of the building, she used her energy to lift the ice on her boots, thus lifting her entire body. Before she knew it, Mercury was flying through the air. The Needle was closing in. There was a group of tourists on the observation deck pointing and taking pictures, but that’s not where she needed to be. The top deck was completely empty, much to Amy’s agitation.
So finally, Mercury reached the top floor, allowing her feet to touch the ground. She stood in fighting stance, her eyes scanning the area. Neither Tiberius, nor Serena were anywhere to be seen. She was up there by herselfÉ at least until Sailor Jupiter and Saturn landed next to her. Jupiter’s hands gathered electricity as she scanned the deck. Saturn readied her glaive.
“See anyone?” Jupiter asked.
“No,” Mercury grinded her teeth and shouted at the top of her lungs, “TIBERIUS!”
Mars and Venus finally reached the tower. The blonde soldier took a battle stance, but Mars walked right towards the blue-haired soldier and pulled her shoulder until she was facing her:
“Mercury,” Mars scolded, “He’s not here, he’s just toying with us.”
“Mars!” Mercury defended herself.
“In fact,” Mars shoved the computer in the blunette’s face, which was pushed away in annoyance, “According to this, he’s not anywhere near here! I probably could have picked up his exact location if you hadn’t-”
Mars was interrupted when the top deck was swarmed with enemies. Coming out of nowhere, they were Roman soldiers somersaulting in the air. As they planted their feat, they revealed their submachine guns.
“GET DOWN!” Jupiter screamed, knocking Saturn to the ground.
Luckily, Mercury was quick. She immediately blasted the deck with bubbles creating an invisible mist.
Shots were fired for a few seconds until the soldiers hesitated unable to see through the fog. Sounds of screams were faint, obviously from the lower deck, not from the people they wanted to hear screaming. The soldiers didn’t say a word. They could barely find each other. The silence grew tense.
Suddenly the sky began to rumble, the light faded:
“SUPREME THUNDER!”
A crash of lightning hit the needle of the tower. Jupiter jumped to harness the energy from her tiara. The energy left her forehead to blast three enemies down. The shock of the blast forced the other soldiers to drop their guns. This didn’t affect the other scouts at all.
Mercury allowed the mist to dissipate as Mars jumped in the air throwing fireballs at the remaining enemies. They managed to deflect her firepowers, obviously armed with dark magic. However, Raye fought off one of the soldiers easily. One swift kick to the head sent and he was down for the count. Her hand reached the Roman’s chest and burned through his armor. The man screamed in pain feeling his insides on fire.
Venus had her back, literally. She stood opposite to her girlfriend and shot small bolts of light towards another soldier. Venus was much more conservative with her energy fearing there would be another stronger foe to face off soon. Mars and Jupiter seemed to be handling these clowns with relative ease. In fact, Venus began to think that this battle was too easy.
However, that didn’t stop Mercury who was much more aggressive, shouting like an animal. She tackled a soldier who was about to reclaim his gun. She violently bashed the man’s head into the ground. She did this over and over again until the sound of the man’s skull ramming against the concrete floor was as loud as a gunshot. The floor under his head was soon getting drenched with blood. Even Mercury’s white gloves were becoming red.
Saturn had also turned brutal. She stuck her glaive right into one of the enemy’s chests. But with her back turned, the last enemy standing picked up his gun and aimed for Saturn. Jupiter and Mercury both took note of him. Jupiter turned to move, but Mercury was already on him. The normally timid Amy Mizuno, kicked one of the Roman’s machine guns from the ground up to her hands in one move and immediately fired to the last Roman soldier. Mercury had never used a machine gun in her life, but she was firing it like Rambo. The soldier fell to the ground before he even had a chance to shoot Saturn.
With all the enemy soldiers accounted for, the scouts all looked to Mercury, whose eyes were widened with hatred. It was actually kind of scary. Amy was the most peaceful and thoughtful member of the team, but now, it was as if she was possessed by a demon. She forcefully threw the machine gun down to the ground and scanned the deck for the wounded soldiers. They were all either unconscious or dead; all except the one who had been stabbed with Saturn’s glaive. He was coughing up blood. Mercury stomped towards the wounded soldier, encasing her fists with a thick layer of ice, and pulled the man up by his own hair. The man screamed in pain.
“WHERE IS SHE?!”
Amy was screaming with pure anger, her voice sounding corrosive. When the soldier failed to answer her. Mercury threw her ice-covered fist into the bleeding man’s face. The layer of ice on her fist broke into tiny shards, encasing the man’s face. Jupiter felt pain in her chest watching Mercury hit the wounded man in the face; feeling more for Mercury’s emotional scar rather than the Roman.
“WHERE’S THE PRINCESS?!”
She screamed again at the top of her lungs, visible veins on her neck. Her eyes were as wide as they could be. Another punch in the man’s face.
Sailor Mars had now taken out Mercury’s computer, though she couldn’t help but watch Mercury’s violent act. Venus got closer to her girlfriend, almost looking frightened. Saturn looked back and forth between Mercury and her fellow soldiers wondering if she should get involved. Jupiter, the furthest from them, ran towards her girlfriend.
“WHERE THE FUCK IS SHE?!”
Mercury could see by now the man was no longer coughing. He didn’t look like he was alive. And so the half-crazed scout of Mercury screamed like a Banshee as she threw the body down and threw repeated punches in his face.
“Amy!” Jupiter grabbed a hold of her, “Amy!” The strong scout pulled her up and held her in her arms.
Mercury was recoiling like she was wounded. Saturn and Venus also walked towards her for comfort. Mars stayed her ground. As the tension finally began to break and silence returned to the deck, a familiar voice echoed in the air.
“Such violence Mercury.”
The sound of Tiberius’ voice caused Mercury to shake off Jupiter’s arms and scan the skies for the enemy. Jupiter and the other scouts got in a fighting stance and prepared for more. However, Tiberius was nowhere to be seen. Sailor Mars, on the other hand, checked Mercury’s computer for answers, rather discretely.
“WHERE ARE YOU?” Amy screamed.
“Again,” Tiberius’s voice chuckled, “So impersonal. Would it really be so rude to start off by saying, ‘Hi Tiberius, how are you?’ I honestly find it quite rude-”
“Where,” Mercury wasn’t yelling this time, but talking forcefully and slowly, “IsÉ SailorÉ MOON!?”
“Are you angry Amy?” Tiberius spoke in a condescending way.
Amy didn’t know how to answer that question.
Mars discretely walked to Venus and whispered in her ear.
“Are you angry,” Tiberius continued, “That the love of your life has been taken away from you?”
Mercury stood shivering, fighting tears. Her voice was finally calm, “What do you want from me?”
“What do I want from you?” Tiberius said, “Well, it’s a little hard to explain without sounding too simplistic, butÉ I guess it gives me a certain satisfaction to see you emotionally scarred. To see how afraid you are knowing you’ll never see your precious Serena again.”
Mercury looked like she was about to break down, “If you do anything to her-“
“Don’t worry, she’ll live,” He stuttered, “OrÉ I dunno, maybe not, I haven’t really made up my mind yet. But you’ll hear from me soon.”
Amy was breathing in panic, “Tiberius!”
There was no answer.
“Shit,” Mars whispered to Venus, “I’m losing him, I almost have a lock on his location.”
Jupiter turned to Mars knowing what she was doing.
“TIBERIUS!” Amy screamed at the top of her lungs and fell to the ground on her knees. Tears were gathering in her eyes. Both Jupiter and Saturn came to her sides. The taller scout looked back to Mars and realized she had to get Tiberius’ attention back. This was the only way they could find their enemy.
“What’s the matter Tiberius?” Jupiter stood up and looked to the sky, “You’re too much of a pussy to fight us on your own, you gotta send your goons to attack us?” She paused before continuing, “And I guess you can’t count of Livia to do your fighting for you!”
Another pause. Jupiter looked to Mars who was staring at the computer. Venus turned to Jupiter to give her an encouraging nod.
Jupiter smiled, “Yeah, you remember Livia don’t you Tiberius? You knowÉ before she was put on ice.” She moved around like she was dancing for a second as she whispered “Ice Ice Baby!”
Mercury looked to Jupiter being reminded of Serena’s angelic voice echoing that song.
Jupiter looked back to the sky with a commanding presence, “If you had any balls whatsoever, you’d come down here and face us, the Sailor Scouts. The same team that took away the love of your life.”
There was total silence, aside from the sounds of sirens from the street. After a long uncomfortable pause, Tiberius’ voice came back, seeming more vulnerable:
“Don’t worry Lita,” His voice was low and calm. He took his time speaking, “We’ll meet up soon enough.” He hesitated, “Though I think you should thank me. You and the love of your life can now be together without anyone to come between you.”
Lita stopped in her tracks. She knew Tiberius was just trying to play mind-games with her, but she was curious as to how much the man actually knew about their team. Had he been spying on them? Could he read minds? Was he just a pervert? While Tiberius’ words of wisdom did make Lita ponder the possibilities of keeping Amy to herself for a split-second, Sailor Jupiter was prepared to die for her princess. Lita was hoping little Hotaru would come by her side, but the youngest scout was helping Mercury to her feet.
The voice of Tiberius it seemed had now disappeared.
“I got it!” Raye smiled. She held the computer up for all to see, moving closer to Mercury.
“What?” Saturn asked.
“The computer tracked Tiberius’ location,” Venus explained holding her arm around Mars’ shoulder.
Jupiter walked back to be with her friends.
“He’s not close at all.” Mars was still a little confused with her findings, “Amy can you help me with this thing?”
Amy’s eyes were still filled with tears. She was losing it, but she shook her head and grabbed the computer out of Raye’s hands without saying anything. This was the key to saving Serena’s life. With a push of her earring, a pair of goggles appeared over Mercury’s cerulean eyes glancing at the electronic device before her. Mars and Venus stood by her side. Jupiter’s concentration patrolled the deck in search of more enemies. Saturn stood next to her. The sound of sirens was echoing down the street. Mercury held the computer closer and punched in a few buttons. Staring at the screen for a few seconds, she looked out to the overcast horizon dropping her hand to her knees.
“He’s in California,” Mercury explained. She looked to Mars, “In Death Valley.”
“Death Valley?” Venus questioned. It didn’t sound like an actual place to her.
Jupiter shrugged her shoulders, “Sounds like a fitting hideout for him.”
Amy put her computer away, attaching the compact to her side and removing her goggles, “We gotta go.”
She started to walk away running on instinct again, but Sailor Mars grabbed a hold of her, “Amy!”
“What?!” Mercury turned to her with venom in her eyes.
“We’re in Seattle,” Raye let go of her. The Priestess was not in a good mood either, “How do you expect us to get to California? It’s like a thousand miles away-“
“I don’t know Raye!” Amy was screaming again at the top of her lungs as she interrupted her friend, “But if we don’t get out there, they’re gonna kill her!”
Saturn could hear the sound of a helicopter slowly making it’s way towards the Space Needle. It looked like it was a Police helicopter.
“Easy,” Sailor Venus was once again playing peace-keeper holding Mars and Mercury’s shoulders.
“Amy,” Mars grabbed hold of her blue-haired friend’s shoulders, “Listen to me!” She was genuinely pleading with her friend, “I know you love her, I really do. I love Serena too and I’m just as scared for her as you are-”
“Not like I do,” Amy interrupted.
“You need,” Mars kept going with a solemn tone, “To calm down. You’re the brain of this team. We can’t just fly to California and go searching for these guys. We need to plan this out.”
“Raye,” Amy was practically crying, “Don’t tell me to calm down. We swore an oath to protect her-“
Saturn looked away from the fast approaching Helicopter and looked to her friends: “What about that Sailor Teleport thing?”
The four inner Senshi looked to the sole survivor of the outer soldiers. In her panic, Mercury had not considered that possibility.
“We can’t do that,” Mars explained, “Without Sailor Moon, Hotaru.”
Before Raye could continue, Mina spoke up, “Actually we can.”
Everyone turned to the leader of the team.
“We can?” Mercury sounded relieved.
“You have the point set on that computer?” Venus asked.
Mercury picked up the device, “Yeah,” She said hastily, “I got it! C’mon we have to hurry. Join hands Hotaru.” She quickly grabbed Jupiter and Mars’ hands.
“Wait a minute,” Mars pulled her hand away, “Isn’t Death Valley like one of the hottest places on the map? Maybe we should get some supplies, especially water!”
“Raye,” Mercury snarled, “I can make my own water.” She easily splashed drops of water from her fingertips, “We have to go now!”
The helicopter was finally closing in on them.
“I’m with Amy,” Jupiter screaming over the loud propellers, “Let’s go.”
Saturn grabbed hold of Jupiter’s hand, who grabbed Mercury’s hand, who grabbed the reluctant hand of Sailor Mars. Venus was looking up at the cloud coverage.
“Amy,” The blonde shouted over the increasing volume of the chopper blades, “You know where the moon is?”
Mercury let go of Jupiter’s hand to produce the goggles over her eyes. She quickly found the location of the Daytime moon hidden behind the cloud coverage. “Right there,” Mercury pointed, “Hurry!”
Venus shot a crescent beam in the direction Amy was pointing which punched a hole in the clouds for sunlight to seep in. The moon was now barely visible in the small smidge of blue sky. The Goddess of Love could feel the moon’s rays powering her; the power she needed to teleport them to the location. She held Mars’ hand and grab hold of Saturn to complete the circle. Their eyes were closed focusing on the Moon’s rays, the computer guiding their location.
By now, the helicopter was over them. A male voice came out of the intercom:
“This is the Seattle Police Department. Lower your weapons and drop to the floor!”
Venus opened her eyes and smiled, “You know,” She shouted, “I’ve always wanted to say this.”
Mercury opened her eyes with annoyance.
Mina looked up at the helicopter and shouted with a Schwarzenegger accent, “GET TO THE CHOPPA!!!”
“MINA!!!” Mercury, Mars and Jupiter all shouted at the same time with discord.
“All right all right!” Venus assured them and everyone closed their eyes again.
End Notes:
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