Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Sailor X ❯ SX2: Hellfire ( Chapter 2 )

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Sailor X #2 Hellfire

By: John Brengman

Edited by: Jamie Lewis &

Thomas Schell

Neo-Queen Serenity stood on the balcony overlooking the grand ballroom
of the Crystal Palace. Light from the chandeliers softly bathed the
dancing couples and reflected gently off the silvery-gray marble
floor. Soft music wafted into the air from the orchestra pit at the
end of the room and a sitting area dominated the opposite end,
providing a polite alternative to those lacking the energy or
initiative to brave the dance floor. Judging from the continuous pulse
of activity in the room, the first formal dance held in the Crystal
Palace since the ballroom was rebuilt was a complete success.

From her vantage point, Serenity surveyed the entire Ballroom. She
sighed and leaned against a nearby column. Noticing this un-royal
posture, Luna quickly but quietly jumped to the banister, somehow
managing to appear graceful as she rushed to her queen's side. Once
perched comfortably upon a shoulder, she purred quietly.

"You are tired?" She asked.

"No," Serenity replied lazily.

"Ah! You are bored," Luna stated. "Well, bored or not, your posture is
most appalling."

"Serenity gazed at Luna with a weary smile and seated herself in a
nearby chair. "You know," she said. "You are about the only one around
here who can still get away with lecturing me." Serenity paused
thoughtfully. "Raye can too, I suppose...and Amy sometimes..."

"What is the problem?" Luna demanded.

"I'm tired," Serenity replied. "I am tired of being a queen, of
running a kingdom, of having people on pins and needles around me. I
never do anything for myself, or by myself.

"Yes, my queen," Luna replied. She received a stern glare from
Serenity.

"And no one ever calls me 'meatball head'." Luna thought she heard a
lonely sigh at the mention of her old, hated nickname. "No one even
calls me Serena anymore..."

Luna jumped gracefully down to the banister, seated herself and looked
over the crowd. The people were full of bubbling laughter, and totally
oblivious to their queen's inner turmoil. Turning back to Serenity,
she said, "You may be lonely and bored, but the people down there
don't see it, and they shouldn't. They see a young queen that they
respect and love...and they need to keep seeing that."

"Fine," the queen replied as she arose, "but that doesn't make me feel
any better."

Luna watched Serenity proceed to the double doors at the back of the
room, nodding politely to the few courtiers she passed.

"This," Luna sighed to herself, "is going to be a problem."

==> * SM * <==

Raye and Cassandra were returning to the Crystal Palace from the
dedication ceremonies of the Prometheus Colony on Titan. Since the
confines of the spaceplane did not lend themselves to conversation,
both women took the opportunity to sleep during the flight between
Saturn and Jupiter.

Their sleep was abruptly disturbed when a sensor contact alarm
sounded. Raye quickly tied into the sensors and tapped the computer
for information. Cassandra, who was not quite awake yet, grumbled
sleepily at the disturbance and tried in vain to retreat into slumber.

Cass buried her head under a pillow and growled, "Shut that off!"

"Sorry," came the reply from the pilot's chair in front of her. "No
can do. You have to tie into the system too before that alarm will
stop."

Cass grudgingly donned her flight helmet, her movements still clumsy
with sleep. She tied its sensory net into the plane's computer. A
visor slid down over her eyes and the ship's cockpit disappeared as
the helmet fed information from the ship's sensors directly into her
brain.

"Ok," Cass said. "I'm tied in." The alarm stopped as if on cue. "What
are we picking up?"

"I don't know yet," Raye replied. "According to the sensors it's
somewhere off our eleven o'clock."

Cass looked and noticed a band of debris in the distance. "We're
approaching the asteroid belt," she noted.

"mmm," Raye glanced at the screen and pursed her lips. "Our contact is
in there."

Cass used the sensors to scan the area. "I'm not picking it up."

"I'll increase the magnification," Raye replied. Cass watched as the
drifting asteroid field seemed to jump out at her. A small mote of
flame floated amid the asteroids. "Oh no," Cass muttered as Raye
increased the magnification again, bringing the object into better
focus.

The object was human-shaped, and sheathed entirely in an orange-red
aura of fire. Even from this distance, Cass could see heavy body
armor, bulky gauntlets, and a spiked helmet.

"Not him again," Cass moaned.

"Fraid so," Raye replied. "It looks like Hellfire's back."

==> * SM * <==

Honolulu, HI Two weeks earlier

"This guy is tough," Sailor Moon muttered as she dodged a fireball
thrown by the nine-foot tall villain who was surrounded by flames.
From somewhere nearby, Jupiter stepped up. "JUPITER THUNDER CRASH!"
Lightning bolts spiraled down for Jupiter to collect. Whirling around,
she shot a fierce bolt of electricity at the villain. The lightning
flared promisingly around the monster, then faded with no effect.

"You call that power?" the villain scoffed. "THIS is power!" With
nonchalance he summoned a fireball into the palm of his hand and threw
it at Jupiter. She managed to get out of the way but was blown to the
ground by the force of the blast.

The Sailors were fighting a ragged, running battle, and were now
backed up against the premises of a local orphanage. Sailor Moon
determined that the fight would proceed no further. The villain had to
be stopped here.

Venus launched a Crescent Beam attack that did little to phase the
monster. "Nothing you wimps have can stop the power of Hellfire!" The
monster shouted as the remnants of Venus' attack faded.

"Group together," Sailor Moon ordered. "I fire a tiara shard attack,
then we combine to finish him off ."

The Sailors broke rank, weaving in and out of Hellfire's blasts,
dodging but making no attacks of their own. They made their way to the
rally point and stood together as a group in front of the stone wall
surrounding the orphanage. Sailor Moon pulled the tiara from her
forehead and shouted, "MOON TIARA SHARD MAGIC!" The tiara activated
with a flash that illuminated Sailor Moon's face with a pale light. No
fuss, no frills. She slung her tiara towards him with the grace of a
wrecking ball. They were all too worn out to worry about aesthetics.
As it arced toward the villain it pulsed with an angry red light.
Shuriken-like projectiles appeared and were spun, shooting towards
Hellfire. He contemptuously raised his left gauntlet as a defense.

The projectiles slammed into Hellfire's gauntlet but were deflected
back at the unsuspecting Sailors as Hellfire simply batted the tiara
away. The Scouts were showered with a rain of razor-sharp blades.

Hellfire stood and surveyed the scene with glittering eyes. His lip
curled at the girls' weakness. "Train harder," he sneered. "Practice."
His voice dripped with derision. "I will come for you." With one last
cold stare, the villain disappeared in a ball of fire, leaving five
severely injured Sailors to wonder what went wrong, and why they were
still alive.

==> * SM * <==

"Speak to me

Of those days I won't forget.

Your worst dream

Has now returned to pay you back!

I'm still laughing.

There's not much else I can do

But one thing's certain,

I'm coming back for you!"

"Have you got a gun?

Do you remember well?

Who'd ya use it on

You're going to burn in Hell!"

- Judas Priest, "Burn In Hell" (1997)

Near the asteroid belt... Present day...

"He's coming at us, Raye," Cass exclaimed, unable to hide her fear.
They had been helpless before with a full team of scouts. Now she and
Sandra were the only active members of the new group of Sailors. Mina,
Raye, and Lita had volunteered to return to active duty until the rest
of the group could heal, but they were still running themselves
ragged. There were just too many things to do, and not enough Sailors
to handle them all.

"I see him," Raye murmured as she put the spaceplane into a dive. They
were close enough to the asteroid field that they were encountering
solitary rock fragments as they flew. Raye rolled the plane lazily to
avoid one rather large chunk of rock.

"I think we lost him," Cass sighed with relief.

"Nope," Raye replied. "He's out there. Waiting for us." She sighed.
"But we have no choice. We've got to get past the asteroid belt,
without him spotting us. Then we make a run for the palace."

Raye started the plane into a gradual climb back through the scattered
debris, hoping to mask their presence. They neared the asteroid belt,
and Raye prepared the engines for top speed. The ship shook with the
impact of plasma bolts on the neosteel hull.

"He's got us," Cass stated flatly. She was nearly panicked.

"I see that," Raye replied, looking out the cockpit at the asteroid
belt below.

"What do we do now?"

Raye jerked her chin in the direction of the asteroid field. "We go
in."

"You're not serious," Cass stated bluntly.

Raye's eyes narrowed on concentration as she banked the plane. "He
would be crazy to follow us."

"Yeah," Cass answered back. "I'd hate to think what that says about
you."

There was silence for a moment, then both women turned to look at each
other, remembering the cold insanity in his eyes at their last
confrontation.

Raye was silent as she banked the plane into the asteroid field. Soon
they were dodging both asteroids and plasma bolts as Hellfire barraged
the plane as he chased it.

"We just have to keep together until we reach the break-off point for
Mars," Raye thought, "because if we don't make it, we'll be space
dust!".

==> * SM * <==

Crystal Palace

"I don't like this, Luna," Serenity scolded as she and the cat walked
down the hallway toward the palace's gymnasium. "Usually I like
surprises, but I'm not in the mood right now."

"Oh lighten up, Serena," Luna replied. "I think you'll find this
surprise quite enjoyable."

"And you keep calling me Serena!" Serenity exclaimed. "Not that I
mind...too much...but that's all you've called me since the dance."

"It's part of the surprise."

"Oh," Serenity murmured. The two walked the rest of the way to the gym
in silence.

The doors to the gymnasium opened and Serenity was greeted by the
sight of the brightly lit room. Various gymnastics equipment stood
silently to one side of the gym floor. The center of the gym had been
cleared and now held a standard gymnast's dance floor. A control room
was located above the floor, its lit windows looking down on the gym
from the south.

Mina was busy putting the finishing touches on her dress and
straightening the red bow in her hair. Serena spotted Lita up in the
control room.

"Hi you guys!" Mina exclaimed with a smile, seeing Serenity and Luna
approach. She looked Serenity over for a moment. "Oh Serena, that
dress is too formal. Here," she said picking up a bundle of clothes,
"put these on."

Lita came down the stairs from the control booth just as Serenity was
finished changing. Serenity now wore a reprinted Sailor V cutoff,
denim shorts, and tennis shoes. It had taken her more time to remove
her gown than it had to completely re-dress. Both Lita and Mina nodded
their approval.

"You look good," Lita stated encouragingly.

"Yes, doesn't it feel good to be out of that thing?" Mina nodded
toward the gown hanging by a hook on the wall.

"I guess," Serenity replied. "I feel a bit naked though.

Mina approached Serenity and gave her a friendly hug. "That's because
you spend too much time with court duties and you never leave time for
yourself."

Lita added, "this from a girl who nearly failed out of school."

Serenity blushed. Shaking her head to banish the embarrassment, she
asked, "So, what are we doing here?"

Lita did a twirl that made her dress billow out prettily. "Dancing
lessons!" She laughed.

"Aren't you afraid I'll be a klutz?" Serenity sounded a bit concerned.

"Nope," Mina replied happily. "And if you do klutz out, so what. You
need to let your hair down and forget about being queen for a while."

With that, Lita picked up a small remote, pointed it at a wall sensor
and pressed a button. Soft music drifted from the gym speakers. "Let
the lessons begin," she said happily.

Luna curled up nearby and watched the proceedings with a contented
purr.

==> * SM * <==

"Say my name.

I can hear you whisper.

Not to blame?

You are going to blister!"

* Judas Priest, "Burn In Hell" (1997)

Mars

Raye would later proclaim the landing of the spaceplane on Mars to be
one of her best. The plane was neatly tucked just inside the entrance
to a canyon. Cass had objected to landing on Mars, but Raye said once
they were outside Hellfire would have a harder time outgunning them.
After the last attempt to call the palace from comm system had failed,
Raye had sent Cass off to plant a marker beacon that would make any
search for them easier.

When Cass returned, Raye was inspecting the damage to the plane. With
a grunt she tore off a piece of neosteel from the hull, curled into a
cylindrical shape during reentry. It had originally been damaged in
one of Hellfire's attacks.

"The marker is set." Cass said.

"Good." Raye replied. "Once they start looking for us, we'll be easy
to find."

"Won't we be leaving before the others get worried enough to search?"

"I hope so," Raye said, "but if we go, we have to do it soon." She
pointed to the plane's mid-section, where the fuel for the plane's
engines was stored. "The plasma that feeds the engines is beginning to

go inert. If it fails completely, we won't be able to re-start the
engines."

"How long will it take?"

"I'm not sure," Raye answered. "Not long, though." Both women
continued their work on the plane in silence. It was hard to talk with
doom hanging over your head like a cloud.

The women were focused on the job of repairing the plane when Hellfire
landed with a roar.

"At last, ladies, we have some time to ourselves," Hellfire leered. "I
am sure I will find this most enjoyable."

Both women jumped down from the plane and approached the villain. "Not
if we have anything to say about it," Raye replied. Almost in unison,
both women shouted "MARS POWER!" and began their transformations into
Sailor Mars.

"Splendid," Hellfire laughed. He watched the two Sailors emerge from
their transformations. "Two fiery Sailors with tempers to match! I
could do with a little of that spirit to whet my appetite!"."

"Wishful thinking, charcoal-brain!" the younger Mars shouted, "MARS
FIREBOLT POWER!" A ball of fire coalesced in her right hand and she
flung it at Hellfire. The blast hit the villain but had little effect.

"Oh," Hellfire commented, "I'm really scared now....why don't you lay
some more of that fire magic on me..."

"If you insist...MARS FIRESTORM FLASH!" An angry stream of fire shot
from the elder Sailor Mars' palms and surrounded Hellfire. He basked
in the scorching inferno. Mars continued to pour energy into the fire
blast for several seconds longer, hoping Hellfire would collapse under
the barrage. Eventually, Mars discontinued the blast. Hellfire simply
stood and waited for it to subside.

"And you call yourselves "super" heroes," Hellfire said dryly. "This
must be the best that you can do. I think that is terrible." His
expression belied his words. "Perhaps I should help you....Try this!"
And he blew a gust of fire that scorched the nearby canyon walls and
anything in between. Rocks were picked up by the strength of the blast
and hurled at the two Sailors who gradually weakened under the
punishment.

The two women fought a losing battle, trying to resist the assault.
They gradually lost consciousness. Hellfire ceased his attack.
Standing over the Sailors, he checked to make sure they were fully
unconscious. He kicked Raye once, hard. Her limp body flew up like a
rag doll and landed with a soft thud on the rocks. Turning, Hellfire
flew off to make arrangements.

==> * SM * <==

Serenity could not remember the last time she had so much fun. The
worries, cares, and responsibilities of running the Moon Kingdom
melted away with joy at having fun with close friends. After a little
practice, Serenity glided over the dance floor like the premier dancer
she had been during the reign of her mother.

Lita and Mina watched as Serenity swooped over the floor in time to
the music and responding to her invisible partner. They were
inordinately pleased with themselves.

"Thank you girls," Luna said. "The queen definitely needed something
like this."

"We know," Mina said. "I noticed it during the Ball, but Mina thought
of `dance lessons.'"

They continued to watch Serenity waltz across the dance floor. As she
twirled, one of her feet caught the other and she tumbled into a heap
on the floor. She flopped over onto her back and shook her hair
angrily.

"I am such a meatball head!" She wailed. Lita, Mina, and Luna burst
out laughing at this. Serenity began to laugh too as she rose and
joined them on the bench.

"Thanks, you guys," Serenity said as she sat down. "This is great."

"Even the klutz out?" Lita asked.

Serenity blushed. "Yes," she replied. "Even the klutz out. I've got to
do this more often."

"Consider it done," Luna said, "Klutz outs and all."

They giggled, then went onto the dance floor again. Lita started the
music and they began to dance. It wasn't long until Serenity tripped
again and all three women fell to the floor, sending up another burst
of raucous laughter.

==> * SM * <==

"Sceram in the night!

I've been counting the days.

It's so amusing

To see you again"

"Have you got a gun?

Do you remember well?

Who'd ya use it on

You're going to burn in Hell!"

- Judas Priest, "Burn In Hell" (1997)

Cass awoke to the sight of Raye, looking down at her.

"How long?"

"About two hours," Raye replied tersely. She moved Cass to a spot near
the plane after regaining consciousness. Cass struggled to a sitting
position, and leaned against the metal sides of the plane.

"Hellfire?"

"He's not in the area," Raye said. "But somehow I don't think he's
finished with us yet."

"What do we do now?" Cass asked. "We can't touch this guy. He absorbs
the force of our attacks. He is toying with us!" She finished in a
burst. As if it hurt to admit it, she looked up at her mentor. "I'm
scared!"

"I know," Raye said as she gazed at the plane. "I'm scared too. I was
using some of my most powerful attacks, and they weren't phasing him.
I don't know what to do..." For the first time in a long while, a
tinge of hopelessness entered her voice.

Cass looked at Raye with utter faith. Raye wanted to cringe. "So how
do we stop him?" Cass inquired, confident that Raye would know. "None
of our attacks worked. Jupiter's thunder attack failed. Sailor Moon's
tiara attack didn't work..."

Raye's thoughts turned inward. Cass depended on her. She was so
scared...what if she couldn't do it? Could not beat the monster? The
thought of Cass being broken hurt her physically. Her eyes darted
around frantically. Panic closed in like blackness. They were alone.
No one would find them. Everyone would know, of course, when Hellfire
reappeared. He would probably boast of it. It would be too late for
them. The team was weak, injured. He would defeat all of them,
piecemeal. They were all alone...Her vision was black. I want to go
home. Raye felt the tears inside of her. She never cried. I don't want
to fight anymore...as if triggered by the thought, Raye remembered her
girlhood. In the cave, on the run from Malachite. They had been so
young. She had just lost Darien. Lost him to Sailor Moon, then to the
Negaverse. "I don't want to fight anymore." She had slapped Sailor
Moon. They had to fight. There had to be a way. She believed that. She
had been so young. She had to fight. She remembered her idealism, and
her strength. They had won that battle, in the end. They worked
together, and rose above the fear and grief.

Never to see everyone again. Hellfire would kill them all. Unless he
was stopped here. The blackness faded, and Raye grabbed onto her
surroundings like a drowning man grabbed onto a life preserver.

The metal ship held up her body, kept her from falling. The metal...

"Hold it!" Raye exclaimed, her eyes glistening, her body weak with
relief from panic. "I think I've got it." Her voice was almost steady.
She got up and made her way across the rocky ground to retrieve the
tortured strip of neosteel she discarded earlier.

"This is going to be dangerous," Raye said. "Are you familiar with the
phoenix attack?"

"No."

"I'm not surprised," Raye nodded. "You are a bit too inexperienced yet
for that attack. You'll need help to use it, and it will be painful,
but with help, you can master the pain, then master the power you'll
need."

"Yes," Cass said. "You've taught me that the powers of Mars are as
much a matter of mental discipline as anything else. So what's the
plan?"

Raye knelt and began to shape the neosteel strip, making it more
aerodynamic. "I need you to provide a distraction, and the only thing
I can think is the firestorm attack. I need Hellfire completely
occupied with your attack."

"You said the transformation was going to be painful," Cass stated.
"What do you mean?"

"It's better that you not know," Raye replied. "Trust me on this," she
said, seeing the flash of rebellion in Cass' face. "I will be here to
help you, and the pain will go away once you transform. Now...close
your eyes....and imagine the form of a flaming phoenix..."

Cass looked up at the Martian sky, and fixed her eyes on the distant
sun. She slowly closed her eyes. In her mind's eye, she still could
see the sun, slowly warping to the shape of a fire-sheathed phoenix...

"So," Hellfire surveyed the scene like a proprietor. "Is everyone
ready?" He casually launched a fireball at Cass, already transformed
into Sailor Mars along with Raye. They had seen him approaching for
some time, as he made no move to conceal his presence. He knew as well
as they did that they were trapped like rats. Cass hit the deck to
avoid the blistering attack. Raye glanced quickly to her neosteel
shard, casually laying on the ground nearby. The forward tip was
sharpened and smoothed the sides. Glaring at Hellfire, she shouted,
"MARS FIRE IGNITE!" and blasted him with a bolt of flame that was
totally ineffective. Hellfire gloated. He seemed to like it when they
fought back. It amused him. That enraged Raye.

"Your powers are nothing compared to the Primal Fire at my command!
But thank you for playing!" As an after-thought, he batted away a
fireball generated by the younger Mars. "Do you see how I dispose of
your energy! Such a weak display. You are nothing! Everything you have
I gave to you. You are nothing!"

Raye looked at Cass, standing a few feet away on a small hill. "Now,"
she cried. "Transform!"

Still picturing the flaming phoenix in her mind, the younger Mars
shouted, "MARS PHOENIX!" She was immediately sheathed in an angry
field of fire. Screams of agony were torn from her mouth as the fire
scorched her skin.

"Focus!" The elder Mars shouted. "Feel the strength of the phoenix!
Don't resist! Let it flow through you! You are a conduit, a channel, a
vessel for the Pheonix. Let the purity of the phoenix flow through
you!" At the appropriate time, the elder Mars raised her hands and
pointed them at her namesake. "MARS FIRE....IGNITE!" The fireball shot
forward and slammed into the younger Mars, mute now, silenced by the
pain. The fire carbonized the young woman and she was enclosed in a
cocoon of gray charcoal.

"That was certainly interesting," Hellfire stated as he shot
razor-sharp claws at the elder Mars. She back-flipped over the
neosteel shard and out of the way.

A brilliant light shone through the carbon shroud enclosing Cass. The
light consumed the carbon until finally the younger Mars stepped out
of the carbon, and through the light.

"I am Sailor Mars! In the name of the Moon Kingdom, I will fight evil
and defend the innocent! I will vanquish villains, and that means
you!"

"You go girl," The elder Mars nodded approvingly.

"MARS FIRESTORM FLASH!" The torrent of fire erupted from the younger
Mars, surrounded by a brilliant aura. The fire splashed on Hellfire
and seemed to devour him. The young Sailor continued the attack for
several seconds before it became evident that the attack had
absolutely no effect on the villain. Hellfire began laughing
hysterically.

"All that pain...all those special effects, the little light show," he
managed to get out between gasps of laughter. And still, all you can
manage is THAT?" Tears rolled down his cheeks as he continued to howl
with amusement. Cass flushed red with embarrassment and anger. She
looked to Raye for guidance.

"Keep going!" The elder Sailor shouted encouragement.

"MARS FIRE...IGNITE!" The younger Sailor brought up another fireball.
She held it in her hands a bit longer than usual, as if doing so would
increase the strength. Finally, she let it loose. It shot forward,
once again bathing Hellfire in fire. He started laughing even before
the fire died. He was totally distracted by his own mirth. Oblivious
to his surroundings, he did not notice the Elder Sailor Mars stoop
down and pick up the neosteel shard.

Hefting the metal shard, Raye readied herself. She pulled back her
throwing arm, and hurled the crude spear at the villain with all her
might. "Laugh at this!" She shouted. Her voice cracked. Just in time,
Hellfire turned. He raised his gauntlet to reflect the incoming
missile. The shard crashed into the upper portion of the gauntlet
heavily, deflecting forward and upward. The villain screamed as he
realized his fatal mistake, an instant before the neosteel shard
slammed into his head. It pierced his eye and drove into his brain,
shattering his skull. As the monster died, the primal energies that
infused his being faded and his smoking body toppled backward to the
ground.

The younger Sailor bounded down the hill and flew into her mentor's
arms.

"We did it!" Cass shouted happily. "We did it! We did it!" They were
both trembling.

"How do you feel?" Raye asked.

"Ok," Cass replied thoughtfully. A shadow passed through her eyes.
"Transforming into Super Mars was painful."

"Once you learn to control the transformation," Raye said, "there will
be no pain." She noticed a streak of light across the sky. "It looks
like someone at the palace noticed our beacon."

Together, the two women watched the sun set on the Martian horizon.
They waited for their friends to arrive and take them home.

FINI

FOOTNOTES AND EXPLANATIONS

* "He'd be crazy to follow us." Was taken from "The Empire Strikes
Back", where Han Solo used a

derivative of the same phrase.

Explanation: Raye realized that the shuriken attack used against
Hellfire in the first battle had failed because the shurikens were too
light. Thus, she came up with the idea of the neosteel shard, which
was light enough to throw, yet heavy enough to deflect forward,
instead of backward.

PREVIEW: SX3: DARK SAILOR

Sailor Moon stood upon a steep cliff overlooking portion of the
Negaverse. All she saw below her, in all directions was deserted and
wrecked buildings, punctuated by fires of various sizes. Buildings
which in their heyday had been possibly beautiful were now twisted in
agony. The entire view looked like the worst ideas of a
post-apocalyptic horror. Queen Beryl's evil seemed to reach across
from the realm of the dead to continue to torment the populace...those
which still survived.

"My god..." Sailor Moon murmured aloud.

"You are standing amidst the ruins," Scaramanga said, "of a place that
God has forsaken. If He were ever here at all." The master villain
nodded a silent greeting to the other Sailors, all of whom had turned
at the sound of his voice.

Fanfic ©1999 - John Brengman and Artemis Publishing

Sailor X series inspired by Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon,

© 1992 by Toei Animation Co Ltd. and based on Kodansha's

manga production of "Sailor Moon", written by Naoko Takeuchi

This fanfic is freely distributed.

Release date: August, 1998

Edited: October 8, 1999

Release: 2^nd Edition: October 8, 1999

Release: 3^rd Edition: January 16, 2001