Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Series ❯ In One Night ( Chapter 5 )
[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]
The characters of the anime "Sailor Moon" do not belong to me and are borrowed from the anime of the same name, and are designed and rightly owned by Naoko Takeuchi.
I own the...
“Assailant”
“Entity”
"Man in the Ski Mask"
“Speech”
(Thought)
{Sound FX]
{Music/BGM}
Chapter 5
In One Night
Tuxedo Kamen ventured down the descending ramp while he kept a strained eye in the darkened surroundings. Already most, if not all, the Senshi were called and were on their way to help, but he couldn't wait, not with his love in the hands of a psychotic killer. He would only be lying to himself if he said he wasn't scared, but he had to go on, she mattered, she was depending on him right now. He looked to his left then over his shoulder. Onward he walked around the near empty parking garage, he leaned his head forward as he approached every car.
"He could hide anywhere. Plenty of places to hide." He said to himself an octave below a whisper, and an octave above a thought. He continued on, and had a cold feeling that he was being watched. Ambient light was the only thing that he could use to see outlines of objects, but not enough to be good enough. It seemed his footsteps were getting louder, his heart seemed to beat harder but not louder, his insides felt like liquid fear. About five minute went by, and he looked to his right and then over his shoulder, seeing a few parked cars and a van near an elevator. Then he stopped and turned to the right.
(What was that?) It was the kind of noise that could've been anything or nothing, or even a product of anxiety in his mind, but he noticed it anyway. He walked over a little at a time until he was close to a car fender and moved to the far side and approached the sound. A cautious eye viewed the site, nothing, not a damn thing. This changed nothing, he moved on while keeping his eyes fixed on anything that could be him, while keeping his mind on his angel. Row by row and with sweat dripping down his chin, he neared the ramp to the second level. Three minutes passed and light was now even more scarce and fading by the second. It wasn't going to be long until it would be completely dark.
"Come out and fight me! Are you such a coward you cannot finish your own fights that you yourself start?" His own echo was his only reply. A quick look behind him, and then he descended down the ramp.
(Okay, now wh..) [Thump] He was knocked down on his back with what he assumed was a steel baseball bat to his chest. He saw the man with the black-ski-mask then was grabbed by his shirt and jacket lapels, picked up then shoved into a nearby car. The door was caved inwards and the window shattered into an impossible jigsaw puzzle. The masked man quickly followed up with a swinging strike to his head and again to the other side, a low punch to the stomach and a fourth straight punch to the face. The fight hadn't been on for ten seconds and already Kuxedo Kamen was losing hard. Two vice like hands grabbed his head and was thrown to the ground, followed with a kick that damn near broke every upper rib on his left side. Then he was picked up by the neck [thump] a swift jab to his stomach and a second fierce punch sent him sprawled along the ground. His thoughts swirled in his mind for a second until he felt his ankle grabbed and the funny thing was he could swear he was flying, like he was dreaming, the kind of flying that felt a little funny and blissful. [Crash] Then he landed on top of a car.
His mind and body were numb with pain, so much pain he couldn't even yell or moan in agony. [shhhShlump] He was dragged by the ankle from the car-hood and landed face up on the ground. The masked Assailant looked at the young man that more resembled a torn rag-doll. His face was streaming with blood and a a noticeable cut near his left eye when he hit him earlier. The Assailant grabbed him by the ankle again and dragged him along the ground, then all the lights came on. The Assailant looked around, he knew where this was going, and who was coming. He stopped looking around and looked directly towards the ascending ramp then dragged Tuxedo Kamen between two cars and left him there.
The lights flickered above him, as he moved behind another car. He laid flat on the ground and looked under the car. Seconds later a color parade of high heels, and high heel boots were in sight. There were five of them, and he knew which one's showed up. He rolled up to sit upright and his back to the car and from under his coat drew, crossway's, for a gun. He could hear the girls talking, not quietly enough if they were trying to be stealthy. He knew 'cape boy' was out of the picture for now, and the girl was hidden well enough.
The Assailant had a upwards-tilt to his head that physically by itself said 'ah, there you are.". Then he gave a cautious look behind himself.
Sailor Mercury tapped at her little computer with Jupiter by her side. Venus, Mars, and Pluto walked forward for the moment looking for any clues or signs.
"Mars, do you sense Usagi or Mamoru?" Pluto asked.
"Yeah, I feel them. Mamoru is... agony. He's hurt bad, but he is close by.
"What about Usagi?" Mars paused for a moment, and searched with her mind."
"Yeah, she's here too. Further though."
"What about the masked man, do you feel him?" Venus asked.
"Venus, you may want to explain a bit more about what he looked like to Mars." Mercury stated, just as her eyes narrowed down.
"Uhhmm, well, dark clothes, black mask, and about seven or so inches taller than Jupiter."
(He's that tall?) Jupiter thought.
"And he's real strong."
"That's weird." Mercury said to herself
"What weird?" Jupiter asked.
"My visor just shut off. It's not picking up anything, not even us" All the senshi turned to Mercury.
"Heck of a time for a computer malfunction."
"Yeah." Then, a very subtle forward pull on Mercury's fingertips. Then it wasn't her fingertips, it was her computer being pulled away. Not even hard either, just a slight tug.
"Guys, what's going on?" Mercury let go of the computer, and it floated there.
"Stand back." Mars stepped to the floating object, and had a paper charm already in between her fingers.
"Alright, I'll..." Just then the computer dropped with a light clatter.
"Mars?" Pluto asked.
"What's going on?" Jupiter added. Then Pluto twitched.
"What?"
"I don't know, something touched my cheek."
"Everyone move away, quick!" Mars ordered, and the five senshi scattered three ways. Mars quickly brought out her communicator, and contacted the other four.
"Okay, I think the spirit can only go after one thing at a time, so we should be fine." Pluto and Jupiter were at the one end, while Mercury and Mars were together at the other end, while Venus was in the middle.
"So, how do we know it's near by?" Venus asked. [KRESSH!] A windshield smashed inward next to her.
"NEVERMIND!" She leaped over a row of cars.
Pluto saw Venus jump, and then saw something else to her left. [BREEEEEK!] The Thug fired and was walking towards them, nearly hitting the two senshi, when Pluto pushed Jupiter out of the way. [BREEK! – BREEEK!]
"We have another problem, and it has a gun." Jupiter said into the communicator.
"Yeah, we heard." [BREEEEEK!]
"Mercury, can you limit his vision?"
"I could, but it dosn't affect him."
"I got him!" Venus said, and jumped over several cars to get behind the masked man. [BREEEEK!]
"ooof!" She stopped suddenly by the entity with a blunt strike to her stomach. Mars and Mercury ran to Venus to help.
Pluto and Jupiter were now behind two different cars. [BREEEK! – BREEK! – BREEEK!] Jupiter looked from the underside to see the feet of the Thug.
"He's by a pillar, and he's getting closer" Jupiter said while pointing over her shoulder. [BREEK!]
"I'll distract him, you go around." Pluto said. Jupiter nodded and crawled low to the ground. Pluto leaped quickly away. [BREEEEEEEK!] The Thug followed Pluto with the gun. Then she saw him look down and doing something to the gun.
"Jupiter, hurry!"
The entity had grabbed Venus by the arm and was dragging her everywhere, Mars and Mercury each grabbed one of her ankles, but were also being pulled along. The dragging stopped as Mercury was then grabbed by the neck, and thrown down. Venus scrambled to her feet as she and Mars ran to help Mercury up. Mars was grabbed around the mouth and at the side, and was picked up and thrown violently away. Mercury looked confused as she looked to the left and the right then was struck in the center of her chest so hard, the back of her head broke a plastic 'no smoking" sign.
(I have to do something. I have to help.) Venus thought.
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!" She wasn't sure if her attack hit, or did anything. [ffft] Two slashes came suddenly, from her left shoulder and down to her elbow. No sooner she covered her wound, [ffft]
another slash wound on her back.
[BREEK – BREEK – BREEK] The masked Thug was shooting at Pluto and Jupiter with a chaotic frenzy. Every chance he got, he moved closer to either one of them. Weather she realized it or not, he used his firepower to bully Pluto into corner. [BREEEEEK – BREEK - BREEEEEEK] The gun fire stopped and the Thug began manipulating the weapon in hand.
"I've had it, this guy is too dangerous..." Jupiter said to herself. She charged full speed at the Thug, and was ready to take him down. He looked up and saw her, before he could reload the gun she was already arms length. He dropped to the ground and swung his leg under her tripping her down. His other leg rolled up and slammed down just as Jupiter rolled out of the way. The Thug rolled away, up onto his feet just as he saw from the corner of his eye, Pluto. She swung her time staff directly on his back. He lunged at her and grabbed her head and rammed his knee into her chest. His hand grabbed under her arm, and flung her away. Jupiter ran in with a high fierce kick, but he moved his head and body back by just leaning away. Jupiter was on the offense and gave many quick strikes, but she only was able to glance off him or just completely miss. The Thug's body swayed back and forth in time with Jupiter's attacks. He dashed forward with a lead kick, then spun with a closed fist to her ribs. She barely avoided the hit and dashed away. The Thug matched her and was up close. Jupiter spun towards him and kicked, he blocked and grabbed her at the ankle with his left hand, pulled her into his own thrusting kick in her side, his right elbow slammed into the side of her head, then his other hand let go of her leg and his open palm slammed the other side of her head. He looked behind him seeing Pluto already up on her feet. Before Pluto could get a clear thought in her head [THUMP] Jupiter was thrown by hand into her. The Thug charged in running like an out-of-control, 15-ton, freight-train as Pluto got up again raising her staff.
"Dead scream." The energy ball fired out and [BOOM!] hit him. He came running out faster than before, [CRASH!!] sandwiched Pluto and Jupiter between himself and a small Toyota pickup truck. The truck itself was heaved up and off the ground and further crushed aginst the wall. He backed up and looked down, almost as if to admire his accomplishment. Both Pluto and Jupiter may have been defeated but not killed. That was fine by him. He turned and saw the other three still quite busy with the Entity, and ran over.
The three other Senshi were battered with bruises and slashes. The Entity had had tossed Mercury up and let her fall face first on the ground. At this point it was overkill, and the Thug was already standing over Mars, but wasn't doing anything, just watching. Venus lifted her arm to crawl away, but was grabbed at the back of her uniform and dragged back. The Thug stepped in, and turned Venus onto her back, grabbing her by the face.
"Hey, remember me?" He lifted her up by the face, and slammed her down on top of a car trunk lid, while also cracking the rear window. He let go of her as he watched Venus struggled to get up on her hands and knees. It was all she could do now, she saw him standing there, and she was sure the Entity was still present.
(He's not even hurt.) Venus thought to herself. Sure his clothes were a little torn and damaged, but nothing about him indicated he was tired. The Thug grabbed her by the ribbon, dragged her in between two cars, and dropped her on her back. After that, he turned around and left. Venus turned her head to look under the car and watched a pair of boots walk away. They kept walking until she knew he wasn't there anymore.
Minutes passed with a haze, and her heartbeat thumping in her head. She gain enough strength to sit up and was able to breath better
"[help me.]"
"Hmm?" Venus, reached for her communicator, and clicked it on.
"[Minako, it's me! Please help me!]"
"Usagi? Where are you.?"
"[I'm in the trunk in Mamoru's car! Please get me out of here!]"
"I'll be right there, just hold on. Everything will be fine." She looked around and only now saw the extent of the damage.
(Ami, Rei, Mokoto, and..)
"Ahh I forgot! Where's Mamoru? That's why we came to help."
Little by little Venus found and helped her friends. Mokoto regained her strength and took over as Minako went to get Usagi. Sure enough there she was inside the trunk, scarred to death, and on the verge of tears.
"Usagi, are you alright?"
"NO I"M NOT ALRIGHT!"
"Sorry, dumb question."
"He's upstairs."
"Who?"
"Mamoru. He said he's by a black truck next to an elevator."
"Right I'll... Wait, who said where he was?"
"The big man, in the black jacket, with the black mask." Minako knew she wasn't a genius but, even she figured it out. They were lead here.
(But, why?) Mamoru was found, exactly as the directions given. It was going to be a long night of wounds, and questions. The hospital was just across the street, so treatment wouldn't be hard to find.
To be continued...
________________________________________________________________________ ___________
Okay, you know the drill! READ – REVEW!
You like my guys? Not so ordinary, huh? Sorry the Martial Arts part of my story took so long, but ehh, what are ya gonna do about it?
I own the...
“Assailant”
“Entity”
"Man in the Ski Mask"
“Speech”
(Thought)
{Sound FX]
{Music/BGM}
Chapter 5
In One Night
Tuxedo Kamen ventured down the descending ramp while he kept a strained eye in the darkened surroundings. Already most, if not all, the Senshi were called and were on their way to help, but he couldn't wait, not with his love in the hands of a psychotic killer. He would only be lying to himself if he said he wasn't scared, but he had to go on, she mattered, she was depending on him right now. He looked to his left then over his shoulder. Onward he walked around the near empty parking garage, he leaned his head forward as he approached every car.
"He could hide anywhere. Plenty of places to hide." He said to himself an octave below a whisper, and an octave above a thought. He continued on, and had a cold feeling that he was being watched. Ambient light was the only thing that he could use to see outlines of objects, but not enough to be good enough. It seemed his footsteps were getting louder, his heart seemed to beat harder but not louder, his insides felt like liquid fear. About five minute went by, and he looked to his right and then over his shoulder, seeing a few parked cars and a van near an elevator. Then he stopped and turned to the right.
(What was that?) It was the kind of noise that could've been anything or nothing, or even a product of anxiety in his mind, but he noticed it anyway. He walked over a little at a time until he was close to a car fender and moved to the far side and approached the sound. A cautious eye viewed the site, nothing, not a damn thing. This changed nothing, he moved on while keeping his eyes fixed on anything that could be him, while keeping his mind on his angel. Row by row and with sweat dripping down his chin, he neared the ramp to the second level. Three minutes passed and light was now even more scarce and fading by the second. It wasn't going to be long until it would be completely dark.
"Come out and fight me! Are you such a coward you cannot finish your own fights that you yourself start?" His own echo was his only reply. A quick look behind him, and then he descended down the ramp.
(Okay, now wh..) [Thump] He was knocked down on his back with what he assumed was a steel baseball bat to his chest. He saw the man with the black-ski-mask then was grabbed by his shirt and jacket lapels, picked up then shoved into a nearby car. The door was caved inwards and the window shattered into an impossible jigsaw puzzle. The masked man quickly followed up with a swinging strike to his head and again to the other side, a low punch to the stomach and a fourth straight punch to the face. The fight hadn't been on for ten seconds and already Kuxedo Kamen was losing hard. Two vice like hands grabbed his head and was thrown to the ground, followed with a kick that damn near broke every upper rib on his left side. Then he was picked up by the neck [thump] a swift jab to his stomach and a second fierce punch sent him sprawled along the ground. His thoughts swirled in his mind for a second until he felt his ankle grabbed and the funny thing was he could swear he was flying, like he was dreaming, the kind of flying that felt a little funny and blissful. [Crash] Then he landed on top of a car.
His mind and body were numb with pain, so much pain he couldn't even yell or moan in agony. [shhhShlump] He was dragged by the ankle from the car-hood and landed face up on the ground. The masked Assailant looked at the young man that more resembled a torn rag-doll. His face was streaming with blood and a a noticeable cut near his left eye when he hit him earlier. The Assailant grabbed him by the ankle again and dragged him along the ground, then all the lights came on. The Assailant looked around, he knew where this was going, and who was coming. He stopped looking around and looked directly towards the ascending ramp then dragged Tuxedo Kamen between two cars and left him there.
The lights flickered above him, as he moved behind another car. He laid flat on the ground and looked under the car. Seconds later a color parade of high heels, and high heel boots were in sight. There were five of them, and he knew which one's showed up. He rolled up to sit upright and his back to the car and from under his coat drew, crossway's, for a gun. He could hear the girls talking, not quietly enough if they were trying to be stealthy. He knew 'cape boy' was out of the picture for now, and the girl was hidden well enough.
The Assailant had a upwards-tilt to his head that physically by itself said 'ah, there you are.". Then he gave a cautious look behind himself.
Sailor Mercury tapped at her little computer with Jupiter by her side. Venus, Mars, and Pluto walked forward for the moment looking for any clues or signs.
"Mars, do you sense Usagi or Mamoru?" Pluto asked.
"Yeah, I feel them. Mamoru is... agony. He's hurt bad, but he is close by.
"What about Usagi?" Mars paused for a moment, and searched with her mind."
"Yeah, she's here too. Further though."
"What about the masked man, do you feel him?" Venus asked.
"Venus, you may want to explain a bit more about what he looked like to Mars." Mercury stated, just as her eyes narrowed down.
"Uhhmm, well, dark clothes, black mask, and about seven or so inches taller than Jupiter."
(He's that tall?) Jupiter thought.
"And he's real strong."
"That's weird." Mercury said to herself
"What weird?" Jupiter asked.
"My visor just shut off. It's not picking up anything, not even us" All the senshi turned to Mercury.
"Heck of a time for a computer malfunction."
"Yeah." Then, a very subtle forward pull on Mercury's fingertips. Then it wasn't her fingertips, it was her computer being pulled away. Not even hard either, just a slight tug.
"Guys, what's going on?" Mercury let go of the computer, and it floated there.
"Stand back." Mars stepped to the floating object, and had a paper charm already in between her fingers.
"Alright, I'll..." Just then the computer dropped with a light clatter.
"Mars?" Pluto asked.
"What's going on?" Jupiter added. Then Pluto twitched.
"What?"
"I don't know, something touched my cheek."
"Everyone move away, quick!" Mars ordered, and the five senshi scattered three ways. Mars quickly brought out her communicator, and contacted the other four.
"Okay, I think the spirit can only go after one thing at a time, so we should be fine." Pluto and Jupiter were at the one end, while Mercury and Mars were together at the other end, while Venus was in the middle.
"So, how do we know it's near by?" Venus asked. [KRESSH!] A windshield smashed inward next to her.
"NEVERMIND!" She leaped over a row of cars.
Pluto saw Venus jump, and then saw something else to her left. [BREEEEEK!] The Thug fired and was walking towards them, nearly hitting the two senshi, when Pluto pushed Jupiter out of the way. [BREEK! – BREEEK!]
"We have another problem, and it has a gun." Jupiter said into the communicator.
"Yeah, we heard." [BREEEEEK!]
"Mercury, can you limit his vision?"
"I could, but it dosn't affect him."
"I got him!" Venus said, and jumped over several cars to get behind the masked man. [BREEEEK!]
"ooof!" She stopped suddenly by the entity with a blunt strike to her stomach. Mars and Mercury ran to Venus to help.
Pluto and Jupiter were now behind two different cars. [BREEEK! – BREEK! – BREEEK!] Jupiter looked from the underside to see the feet of the Thug.
"He's by a pillar, and he's getting closer" Jupiter said while pointing over her shoulder. [BREEK!]
"I'll distract him, you go around." Pluto said. Jupiter nodded and crawled low to the ground. Pluto leaped quickly away. [BREEEEEEEK!] The Thug followed Pluto with the gun. Then she saw him look down and doing something to the gun.
"Jupiter, hurry!"
The entity had grabbed Venus by the arm and was dragging her everywhere, Mars and Mercury each grabbed one of her ankles, but were also being pulled along. The dragging stopped as Mercury was then grabbed by the neck, and thrown down. Venus scrambled to her feet as she and Mars ran to help Mercury up. Mars was grabbed around the mouth and at the side, and was picked up and thrown violently away. Mercury looked confused as she looked to the left and the right then was struck in the center of her chest so hard, the back of her head broke a plastic 'no smoking" sign.
(I have to do something. I have to help.) Venus thought.
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!" She wasn't sure if her attack hit, or did anything. [ffft] Two slashes came suddenly, from her left shoulder and down to her elbow. No sooner she covered her wound, [ffft]
another slash wound on her back.
[BREEK – BREEK – BREEK] The masked Thug was shooting at Pluto and Jupiter with a chaotic frenzy. Every chance he got, he moved closer to either one of them. Weather she realized it or not, he used his firepower to bully Pluto into corner. [BREEEEEK – BREEK - BREEEEEEK] The gun fire stopped and the Thug began manipulating the weapon in hand.
"I've had it, this guy is too dangerous..." Jupiter said to herself. She charged full speed at the Thug, and was ready to take him down. He looked up and saw her, before he could reload the gun she was already arms length. He dropped to the ground and swung his leg under her tripping her down. His other leg rolled up and slammed down just as Jupiter rolled out of the way. The Thug rolled away, up onto his feet just as he saw from the corner of his eye, Pluto. She swung her time staff directly on his back. He lunged at her and grabbed her head and rammed his knee into her chest. His hand grabbed under her arm, and flung her away. Jupiter ran in with a high fierce kick, but he moved his head and body back by just leaning away. Jupiter was on the offense and gave many quick strikes, but she only was able to glance off him or just completely miss. The Thug's body swayed back and forth in time with Jupiter's attacks. He dashed forward with a lead kick, then spun with a closed fist to her ribs. She barely avoided the hit and dashed away. The Thug matched her and was up close. Jupiter spun towards him and kicked, he blocked and grabbed her at the ankle with his left hand, pulled her into his own thrusting kick in her side, his right elbow slammed into the side of her head, then his other hand let go of her leg and his open palm slammed the other side of her head. He looked behind him seeing Pluto already up on her feet. Before Pluto could get a clear thought in her head [THUMP] Jupiter was thrown by hand into her. The Thug charged in running like an out-of-control, 15-ton, freight-train as Pluto got up again raising her staff.
"Dead scream." The energy ball fired out and [BOOM!] hit him. He came running out faster than before, [CRASH!!] sandwiched Pluto and Jupiter between himself and a small Toyota pickup truck. The truck itself was heaved up and off the ground and further crushed aginst the wall. He backed up and looked down, almost as if to admire his accomplishment. Both Pluto and Jupiter may have been defeated but not killed. That was fine by him. He turned and saw the other three still quite busy with the Entity, and ran over.
The three other Senshi were battered with bruises and slashes. The Entity had had tossed Mercury up and let her fall face first on the ground. At this point it was overkill, and the Thug was already standing over Mars, but wasn't doing anything, just watching. Venus lifted her arm to crawl away, but was grabbed at the back of her uniform and dragged back. The Thug stepped in, and turned Venus onto her back, grabbing her by the face.
"Hey, remember me?" He lifted her up by the face, and slammed her down on top of a car trunk lid, while also cracking the rear window. He let go of her as he watched Venus struggled to get up on her hands and knees. It was all she could do now, she saw him standing there, and she was sure the Entity was still present.
(He's not even hurt.) Venus thought to herself. Sure his clothes were a little torn and damaged, but nothing about him indicated he was tired. The Thug grabbed her by the ribbon, dragged her in between two cars, and dropped her on her back. After that, he turned around and left. Venus turned her head to look under the car and watched a pair of boots walk away. They kept walking until she knew he wasn't there anymore.
Minutes passed with a haze, and her heartbeat thumping in her head. She gain enough strength to sit up and was able to breath better
"[help me.]"
"Hmm?" Venus, reached for her communicator, and clicked it on.
"[Minako, it's me! Please help me!]"
"Usagi? Where are you.?"
"[I'm in the trunk in Mamoru's car! Please get me out of here!]"
"I'll be right there, just hold on. Everything will be fine." She looked around and only now saw the extent of the damage.
(Ami, Rei, Mokoto, and..)
"Ahh I forgot! Where's Mamoru? That's why we came to help."
Little by little Venus found and helped her friends. Mokoto regained her strength and took over as Minako went to get Usagi. Sure enough there she was inside the trunk, scarred to death, and on the verge of tears.
"Usagi, are you alright?"
"NO I"M NOT ALRIGHT!"
"Sorry, dumb question."
"He's upstairs."
"Who?"
"Mamoru. He said he's by a black truck next to an elevator."
"Right I'll... Wait, who said where he was?"
"The big man, in the black jacket, with the black mask." Minako knew she wasn't a genius but, even she figured it out. They were lead here.
(But, why?) Mamoru was found, exactly as the directions given. It was going to be a long night of wounds, and questions. The hospital was just across the street, so treatment wouldn't be hard to find.
To be continued...
________________________________________________________________________ ___________
Okay, you know the drill! READ – REVEW!
You like my guys? Not so ordinary, huh? Sorry the Martial Arts part of my story took so long, but ehh, what are ya gonna do about it?