Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Fragility of Time ❯ "The Long Night" ( Chapter 14 )
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By: etj4Eagle 
It is time for Neptune and Uranus to join the others, the princess needs them.
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It is time for Neptune and Uranus to join the others, the princess needs them.
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 08.29.2001 | Pages: 13 | Words: 8.5K | Visits: 270 | Status: Completed
The Fragility of Time
Chapter 14: "The Long Night"
Author: etj4Eagle
Email: etj4Eagle@yahoo.com
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Lasted Edited: 9/9/00
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The Moon
A figure that had been kneeling in prayer stood. Turning her gaze
back towards the earth she stepped through a portal to reemerge on
the roof of one of Tokyo's office buildings. While in meditation she
had been unaware of the passage of time and far more had passed than
she had expected, but she knew that her former queen was responsible
for this. As the guardian of time she knew certain things and could
feel the approach of others, however she loved her future queen too
much at times to do what was needed. Normally she would have remained
at the gate, but the changes had prevented that, so Queen Serenity
had made her oblivious to the passage of time, to prevent her from
interfering in what must be.
By now the princess and her court knew without a doubt that Usagi was
the moon princess. More importantly with the recovery of the
Ginzuishou, the princess could begin to truly use her magic.
Unfortunately it might be years before she fully realized the depth
of her magic. Though, the pull of time already indicated that
Serenity would become stronger faster than she had in previous
timelines.
Pulling a particular strand of time's flow she examined it. Looking
closely she noticed that her princess had already figured out how to
use the Ginzuishou to enhance her Senshi form. The strand showed the
forward ripples of the possible future, and they held promise for the
Messiah. But, they also showed grave danger. An imbalance was very
possible now. An imbalance towards either light or silence would be
equally destructive to the world. Only with the two in complete
balance could Chaos be destroyed for good.
Actions would need to be taken to ensure the balance. But for now her
princess needed her, and so the Senshi of Time began heading towards
a well-off house on the outskirts of the city to pay two old friends
a visit.
* * * * * * * * *
The outskirts of Tokyo
Haruka and Michiru both nursed badly bruised limbs from the fight
with the Shadow Warrior the day before, having been barely able to
limp off that battlefield. "Michiru you looked troubled what is it?"
asked a concerned Haruka.
"I don't know, it is just a feeling that I have. It is almost as if
the seas are restless with worry. Earlier there was great sadness,
now mostly there is relief." Michiru said trying to explain her
feelings. "And there is something else more obscure that I have not
yet been able to make heads or tails of."
Haruka came up next to Michiru and placed an arm around her and
pulled her into a protective hug. "Don't worry you will figure out
what it means. It's probably related to your reawakening as the
Senshi of Neptune."
Michiru sighed into Haruka's hold, trying to put her feelings behind
her, but knowing somehow that they needed to go do something.
"You are right Princess Uranus, the seas are trying to tell Neptune
something." answered Pluto who had silently appeared behind them.
Turning to Neptune she continued: "Over time you will gain better
understanding of what the seas attempt to tell you. Come the princess
needs us."
* * * * * * * * *
Above the Security Line Around Tokyo Tower
For the past fifteen minutes the Foxbat squadron had been circling
Tokyo tower. As a result of the incident in the park about a month
ago, a wing of Cobra Gunships had always been on five minute alert at
the Zama military base. Normally the Japanese forces at this shared
base consisted of only an engineering battalion, however now gunships
and troop helicopters were stationed at the base. Keffer and the
other Foxbats were the first of the troops to be transferred, by
their having actual combat experience with the new threat.
Only a few minutes passed between when Kunzite cast his spell
transforming Tokyo Tower into a mage tower and when the helicopters
began lifting off. While they made excellent time to the tower
arriving only moments after the Senshi breached the tower, they could
only circle the tower for now. While boring, it was highly
preferential than having creatures like last time come out to play.
As the lead copter swung around the north side of the tower, Captain
Keffer's weapon's officer commented: "Spooky isn't it? Monsters and
children with magic powers fighting is one thing, but this, well this
is a whole different ball game."
"Yeah I know. Just goes to show you that those doomsday sayers were
right all along. The earth is going to go to hell with the approach
of the millennium. I hate to see what could have done this bit of
urban renewal so fast." replied Keffer.
"The brass is probably trying to fully assess the situation and
convince themselves that this is for real." Keffer continued before
dipping the copter to check something on the ground approaching the
tower, "I would prefer that we had some ground troops supporting us,
maybe some tanks, but that would tell the people that we really don't
have control of the situation."
"Of course, and so instead they just send us in with heavy armed
copters. Can't scare the populous too badly." Replied Ivanova. "I
just hope they decide to do something. Send some forces in or have us
open fire, this babysitting of the tower is starting to get boring."
* * * * * * * * *
The Security Line
A group of unmarked vans pulled up. As soon as they stopped a group
of men dressed in black jumped out and started to put on various
pieces of commando gear. "Guess I won't be needing this baby." Spoke
one of the men in a disappointed tone as he patted the case to a
sniper rifle.
"With the probable target zone being the observation deck, I don't
think you would find any place to use it." replied another one of the
men.
Two of the men headed over towards the collection of police and army
officers who appeared to be in charge. The head police officer of
the area noticed the approach of the two men and moved to welcome
them. "You must be Mr. Clark" he said addressing the man in the lead.
With Clark's nod he continued. "Major Kaede will brief you on the
situation. Unfortunately we don't really know much about what is
happening inside, only that it appears to be relatively quite."
thought the man beside Clark, Chavez.
"Mr. Clark I hope that you and your men have had time to look at the
intelligence that we had delivered to your hotel room?"
"Yes we have, I must say that it seems fairly unbelievable. But,
after seeing this in front of me" he said while indicating the tower
"I am forced to admit that it probably is true."
"Good, in that case if you follow me I will show you to where we have
the tower's blueprints laid out, though as you can probably imagine,
much of that may not be true anymore considering what they did not
the outsides. One final thing" he said while handing the two of them
some pictures "these were taken not too long ago. Apparently about an
hour ago something leveled a store in the mall. The blast was
confined to just that store, however nothing remains of that store,
thankfully there are no reported casualties as of yet. Our
investigation is still ongoing in that matter, however the police on
the site reported that the witnesses claimed to have seen individuals
that have been identified as being present and carrying out other
attacks."
Chavez looking at the pictures gulped not really wanting to meet up
with what could do that kind of damage. For the first time he truly
realized that each of them was only going to get one opportunity to
take down their targets. Unless that first surprise shot terminated
the target, they were dead. Even more so than in previous missions;
they would have little time to assess the situation and to choose
hostiles from friendlies and civilians. "Guess we better get the rest
of the team and start planning our assault, Mr. C."
* * * * * * * * *
The Dark Kingdom
To say Beryl was furious would be an understatement. About the only
thing saving Kunzite from death, was that he was already essentially
there and that he was the only one of the generals still alive. Kill
him and Beryl would be in trouble. Instead she took her anger out on
the various youma and the fortress itself.
"Beryl calm yourself, all is not lost." came a voice from nowhere and
everywhere, the voice of Metalia.
"Yes it is, my forces have been utterly routed, and even the Shadow
warrior was killed under mysterious conditions. That brat Serenity
has the Ginzuishou, and worst of all she has somehow managed to
conceive a child with my Endymion." ranted Beryl. In fact most of
Beryl's ranting had been on Serenity's child, for she had observed
the battle through her crystal ball just as the Ginzuishou was being
reformed and had therefore learned that the princess had a daughter.
However, she did not know that the daughter was from the future, a
future that could very well not exist anymore. "She has stained
Endymion, he is no longer pure. He must die for forsaking me."
"BERYL!!" the voice boomed louder, this time fully getting her
attention. With almost a sigh the disembodied voice of Metalia
continued. "Yes, that brat needs to be made to pay and the same with
her love toy, and I can still help you achieve that. You forget that
you have amassed vast amounts of energy for me and still have that
sustained source, soon I will be able to cross into this world, and
unlike our original plan I will be far stronger after I do so. Unlike
last time, the Ginzuishou will not so easily stop me, and the little
princess has nowhere near the control over that crystal and its
powers that her mother did.
"Send your armies and begin preparing this world for my return and
your ascension to its throne. The magic of the Silver Millennium will
soon be yours, and life eternal with it. Send Kunzite after the
Ginzuishou, Serenity must not know that it presence no longer matters
to us.
"As a gift take this box and have Kunzite give its contents to a
human. The stones contained within, will bond to a human and turn it
into a killing machine. A thing of destruction that is far more
deadly than your normal youma, even if not quite the same as a Shadow
Warrior."
As the voice finished speaking, a small spherical region of the air
shimmered, as it stopped a small box was revealed. Beryl summoned the
box to her hand. "Kunzite
appear before me." called Beryl her summoning being carried via magic
to where Kunzite lay.
Moments later Kunzite stood before his queen, mostly healed from his
encounter with Sailor Moon. "Yes my lord." he said while bowing.
"Kunzite, I take it you have had sufficient time to rest. It is time
for us to continue with our task of awakening Metalia. As long as
Serenity holds the Ginzuishou she is a risk to us, go and retrieve
that crystal. Just remember never to hold it with your bear hands,
only via magic."
"As you wish my liege." replied Kunzite.
As he began to move to leave, she stopped him. "One more thing
Kunzite. Takes this box, give it to a human, it will help in your
task."
Taking the box he once again made to leave "Understood my queen. The
Dark Kingdom shall rise and earth will finally be ruled by its own
children."
* * * * * * * * *
Tokyo Tower
ChibiUsa sat worriedly next to her mother. Scanning the room and
seeing that none of the other Senshi nor Tuxedo-kamen had stirred yet
she spoke to Luna, her voice full of worry. "Luna, Artemis what are
we going to do. They are not awakening."
"I don't know, plus Venus and Mercury are badly injured, they are
going to need some kind of treatment. If Mercury was awake, she might
have been able to do something." replied Luna as she finished
checking on Venus again.
A few flights down from the observation deck a squad of soldiers
cautiously made their way up the tower. "Geez it seems that we have
to have climbed much further than the top of this tower already."
Complained one of the team members.
"Same here, remember what I said about not believing the blue prints
anymore, you saw what happened to its exterior." Replied Chavez.
As they approached the landing for the observation deck, the men
flanked what they thought to be a door. Taking a glance at the door,
the team's explosives expert pulled out a little plastic and attached
it. A muffled explosion later four object flew into the room. Under
the cover of the flash bangs the team quickly entered the room, guns
ready.
ChibiUsa's head had picked up when she heard the muffled explosion,
but before she could ask what was going on, she was blinded and
stunned by the combination of bright flashes and large bangs.
Recovering, quickly, she found herself looking down the barrel of an
assault rifle towards a soldier clad in black.
A series of "clears" came from the other members in the room and the
soldier deciding that she was not a threat lowered his own gun and
called "clear" as well. With the room clear of threats, the assault
group moved to assess the situation. Two moved to each of the two
downed groups of Senshi. While the remaining two joined the one
already by ChibiUsa
"McCoy we need a medic here, these two are badly injured" called one
of the two by Venus and Mercury. McCoy, being the team medic, got up
from where he was beside Clark to go aid the two downed Senshi.
"Chavez what is the deal with the other two?" asked Clark, having
already determined that the two downed he was looking at right now
were okay, as Chavez came up beside him.
"They looked a little banged up, but otherwise seem to be stable for
the moment."
"Understood." Turning to the little child in front of him, Clark
addressed her for the first time. "Are you okay little one?"
Looking up at him with tears in her eyes, she nodded. "What about
Sailor Moon, is she okay?" She asked barely remembering to not call
her momma.
"I don't know, but she seems okay for the moment. Though your two
friends over there unfortunately are a different story. But, I am
going to call in some others who will be able to help them, is that
ok?" He asked her, not wanting to frighten her when more soldiers
came into the room, as he was certain she probably was a lot more
dangerous than she looked (especially if she was scared, one of the
reasons why he had dropped his gun in the first place).
ChibiUsa's reply was a nod and a tightening of her hold on Sailor
Moon's hand.
Clark pulled out his radio, to call for medical teams "This is
Rainbow Six we have secured the observation deck. There are no
hostiles, however we have wounded friendlies. Two requiring immediate
medical evacuation and four other wounded. Only conscious friendly is
one child Sailor Senshi and two cats."
"Roger that Rainbow Six, we are sending up med teams now."
* * * * * * * * *
After what seemed to ChibiUsa to be an eternity later a new group of
men rushed into the observation deck. However, where the first group
was clad all in black, this group wore the traditional army fatigues.
The army medics accompanying the group immediately moved to the
severely injured Senshi. What they saw made them pause for a moment,
even the one who had seen some actual combat casualties. Steeling himself for what he knew was
going to be a depressing task he and his partner moved towards where
Venus and Mercury lay.
Each of the two moved to a separate Senshi, to assess the situation.
Taking Mercury's vitals he was in for a surprise of a lifetime.
"Nani-ka!" he exclaimed as he realized that her pulse was strong and
normal. He had been expecting her to be dieing of internal bleeding.
Looking at her torso he noticed a large gash across her abdomen, one
that while mostly cauterized still bled. While he knew that only a
little amount of blood could create a large looking spill, the amount
spilt around her had to be at least a unit's worth (two units is
fatal). "Yori-san," he called to his partner "how are your patient's
vitals?"
"I can't believe it, she has to have nearly lost two units, but her
pulse is still strong. Additionally the wound seems to have partially
cauterized itself. I don't understand it, she should be on the verge
of death." Yori replied
"It is the same with my patient over here. Patch the wound and get an
IV hooked up so we can at least get some plasma into them.
Considering everything, I would not be surprised if she started to
come around so give her a morphine injection as well." With that the
two medics started treating their patients.
Four of the other soldiers had begun the process of moving down Mars
and Jupiter. Other members of the group moved around the observation
deck poking at everything trying to figure out what had happened. The
rest of the group proceeded to setup a defensive perimeter on the
observation deck, just in case the hostiles returned.
Clark after ensuring that the blue and orange Senshi were being
treated and finding out that they might actually live went back to
the child Senshi who sat sobbing next to the one who was reported to
be their leader and a man dressed in formal wear. With his gun slung
on his back he knelt down next to the little girl "You really care
about her don't you?" he asked.
With some sniffles she nodded her head. "This is all my fault, if I
had not let myself be captured none of this would have happened. They
almost killed her, and the others as well." Her final words were hard
to make out, racked in sobs as they were, but the emotions and blame
that she placed upon herself were quite clear.
Clark knew what needed to be done. Opening his arms slightly she
threw herself into his arms and began to sob for real now into his
shoulder. "Don't worry little one, they will be okay. The medics tell
me the injury to the one in blue and the one in orange is not as bad
as it appears, and there is a good chance that they might live. And
Sailor Moon isn't it?" he paused for a moment letting her nod, "She
appears to be fine" he said in a soothing voice.
Walking around with her up in his arms, she began to calm. Clark
himself took the opportunity to fully take account of the current
situation. The less injured Senshi had already been transported out,
and they were now prepping the other two for transport. Catching the
eye of the chief medic, the medic understood the unasked question.
"I don't know why, but they probably will recover." As if to confirm
that suspicion, Venus chose that moment to groan and open her eyes.
With the combat morphine injection she was in no shape to do anything
much more than move her head around. But that was enough to elate the
hopes of the doctors. "It appears the question now is can we get
these two patched up before they fully awake and decide they want to
leave." Continued the doctor in a slightly more jubilant mood
ChibiMoon who as Clark turned away caught sight of Venus for herself
waved, catching Venus's attention. She was rewarded with a large
smile, and a futile attempt by Venus to flash her "V" sign futile, as
she was currently strapped to a stretcher for transport down the
stairs.
McCoy had aided in the transport of the two less injured Senshi,
keeping an eye on the two and handing them off to the medical
personal at the base of the tower. Having seen to their safe transfer
he had jogged back up the stairs. Coming up the stairs he saw that
the other two Senshi were being prepped for moving and was just in
time to see Venus awaken. the
two remaining individuals were the Senshi with the very long hair and
the man, both whom appeared to be currently guarded by two cats. As
he expected he found Clark holding the child in his arms and
comforting her.
Seeing the other medical personal otherwise involved with the
transportation, he move to those two. They had been ignored till now,
as they seemed to be suffering only from the Juuban Illness, their
bodies were mostly free of any burns, rips, cuts or anything else
suggesting battle. Moving up to the girl he pulled out a smelling
salt and placed it under her nose, he then proceeded to do the same
thing with the man.
The reaction from the girl was fast and very abrupt, she almost
collided with him as she sat up, and only her high pitch squeal
alerted him and allowed him to dodge out of the way of her head.
"Yeek!!!! LUUUNNAAA that is not funny! I am getting up, you don't
have to.." She trailed off realizing that she was not home in her
bed, and Luna was not the one responsible for waking her.
Instead she found herself looking up at a man dressed in black who
was kneeling over her. A groan from her left indicated that Tuxedo-
kamen had awoken, though he chose a much more sedate method of
awakening. Instead of the shrill scream he just grumbled about his
head hurting.
Clark hearing the screech turned his head towards the source and
spied her now sitting upright. Feeling a fidget in the buddle that he
carried he barely managed to get it near to the ground before the
child bolted straight into the arms of Sailor Moon. The two girls
fiercely embraced each other and were soon joined by Tuxedo-kamen.
"Well boss it seams that they are all right." Announced McCoy
"Yes it does." Replied Clark
Sailor Moon after comforting herself with ChibiUsa's presence stood
up and walked over towards Clark, with ChibiUsa's hand clenched in
her own. "Excuse me sir, but what of the other Senshi?"
"They have been taken to receive medical attention. Two of them were
very seriously hurt, but the one in orange had at least regained
consciousness by the time they carried her out." This appeased Sailor
Moon greatly. "Now if you would kindly come with us we can take you
to see them," he said as a group of Military Police came up.
He did not want to do this part, but he had his orders. All
participants were to be taken into custody. Questions existed which
needed answers, and the host nation was determined to get those
anyway possible. He also understood their hidden reason, they were
afraid. These individuals showed tremendous power, they were afraid
of what might happen if they decide to overthrow the current
government and make themselves the rulers of Japan.
Tuxedo-kamen was just getting ready to politely refuse the escort
when a commotion came from the stairs.
* * * * * * * * *
A little earlier
"Yes, I would say this is the place." Uranus said in her dry humor.
"You two go keep an eye on the princess, I will go check on her
guardians." Announced Pluto.
"That might be a little difficult seeing as they are military."
Uranus pointed out.
Pluto's only reply was a "you'll see" smile and then she jumped down
to the ground. As she leapt off the building she gave the two one
last piece of information "By the way the princess is now fighting as
a Sailor Senshi." Hitting ground Pluto shifted her form to that of
her Setsuna personality equipped this time with a lab coat. Pulling
out from her dimensional pocket she placed on the coat the correct
set of Ids. If they were run through any computer they would come up
as fake, but they were sufficient for what she needed. They were
relics of a previous timeline. Pluto tended not to toss things as one
never knew when they would be needed again, especially considering
that she was for ever running the rapids that were the river of time,
time after time.
Setsuna walked up to the ambulance that held Mercury and flashing her
ID boarded it. As the vehicle raced towards the hospital she
conferred with the other emergency personal and learned that all the
Senshi were all in reasonable shape. Mercury and Venus might be down
for the moment, but their Senshi forms were extremely difficult to
kill. Their magic would keep them alive till the wounds could be
closed and blood added. Or they could just wait about two weeks for
their bodies' accelerated healing to sufficiently heal themselves to
a level safe for their semi-human forms. But, a quick visit to the
emergency room and they should be all set to leave and not miss any
school tomorrow, and she knew how pissed Mercury would be if she
missed school.
* * * * * * * * *
"By the way, the princess is now fighting as a Sailor Senshi." Were
Pluto's last words as she dropped out of sight.
"Did she just say?" asked Neptune
"Yes she did, so the little princess has decided to play with the
rest of us." Uranus responded with a smirk "Guess that means that she
would be Sailor Moo." and she trailed off as the connection came
clear.
The two of them stood in stunned silence for a moment as the true
realization of who Sailor Moon was sunk in. "I can't believe we were
so blind. We should have remembered that there was no Sailor Moon,
and at minimum realized that Sailor Moon had to be the Moon Princess.
All those times we left the battle or did not help enough." Uranus
continued with regret
Neptune stood up against Uranus "Uranus, she is now fighting as a
Sailor Senshi, which means that she can handle those situations and
we need to let her learn to fly even if it means that she will fall
some of the time. Plus we never left the battle if it did not look
like they could handle the situation. We just should have stayed
around anyways to keep an eye on the princess in case things changed.
Now come we need to go find our princess."
With Uranus's nod they jumped down and headed towards the tower.
Unlike Pluto, they remained in their Senshi forms, quickly attracting
the attention of those present. A chorus of "Halts" came their way,
but they just quickly bounded over the soldiers and into the tower.
Moments later they arrived at the observation deck and moved out from
the staircase.
The soldiers maintaining the perimeter after recovering from the
sudden appearance of two more Sailor Senshi, moved to intercept the
two new Senshi, but were just brushed aside by them. Uranus and
Neptune moved over to where Sailor Moon was standing. With a quick
bow they announced themselves "Princess it is good to see you again,
if you and ChibiMoon will come with us we can get you to a safer
place." Turning to address Endymion, Uranus continued "Prince
Endymion you may come with Serenity if you desire."
"Wait a moment these two need to come with us for some questioning."
Stated one of the MPs.
Neptune turned to look at that particular soldier with an icy glare.
"I don't think that will be necessary soldier. Remember that the two
of us were not involved in that battle and are fully rested."
"It is alright soldier," Clark added, "I already have a good idea of
what happened. Plus I am sure that if they feel that we need to be
notified of what is happening they will tell us." The last part he
said while looking at Sailor Moon with a plea in his eyes.
"Thank you sir." Replied Neptune, and then the last of the Senshi
left the observation deck.
"Looks like you managed to put yourself in hot water again, eh Boss?"
questioned one of Chavez.
"Probably, however, I have a feeling that they are truly on our side.
I could see it in the eyes of their leader, the love that radiated
there could never intentionally do anyone harm. Plus she has too much
guilt on her currently about what happened here and worry about the
other Senshi to make it worse with an interrogation.
* * * * * * * * *
A military hospital
Dr. Chambers walked out of the operating room, pulling off her
gloves, having finished two hours of intensive surgery. Walking over
to the other operating room she pulled the chart of its patient. This
one, like hers, had required intensive surgery, but also appeared
that she would make a full recovery.
Taking the two charts she headed to her desk. Picking up two
additional charts and donning her lab coat she made a quick call and
then headed back into the hall. Tonight was likely to be a long
shift, but after she finished with this meeting, she at least should
be able to get some sleep. How much depended on how long the meeting
lasted and how long her patients remained asleep.
"Dr. Chambers glad you could join us." Greeted one of the men at the
table. A guard closed the door behind her. Sitting around the table
were twelve individuals, most wearing military uniforms. Those not in
uniform were likely intelligence, and at the head of the table was
the Defense Minister. "You probably could use some sleep, so we will
try to keep this short." finished the Defense Minister.
"First how are the patients?" asked one of the other members.
"All four are in stable condition and are expected to make a full
recovery. I don't know how the two more severely injured ones
survived, as they should have been dead upon arrival. I have also
added a sedative, as requested, to all their IVs. This should keep
them down for at least twelve hours." Dr. Chambers replied.
"But, that sedative should keep a strong healthy person down for at
least twenty-four hours." The same person protested.
"I know, the reduced time is based upon what I have been able to
determine of their unique physiology. This is a conservative guess,
more likely they will be down will be down for somewhere between
those two values."
"I guess that is not too surprising, considering what we know about
these individuals. In the interest of keeping this short, could you
give us a brief report on their injuries? We understand that you have
not had time to investigate anything, and don't be afraid of giving
voice to wild ideas." said the Defense Minister
"As you know, two of our patients Mercury and Venus had very severe
injuries requiring surgery. The other two, which we have also
tentatively identified as Mars and Jupiter, showed less severe
injuries.
"The one known as Mars appears to be suffering primarily from a
concussion and battery. Jupiter also suffers has significant bruising
on her body, but also has burn marks on her skin and clothing that
are consistent with electrical burns. Both would probably be up and
about now, if it were not for being sedated.
"The other two are a different story. By all reason those two should
be dead. Both have suffered a substantial laceration wound with
surrounding 2nd and 3rd degree burns. My best guess as to the cause is
that they were both impacted with sort of blade composed of energy.
How such a thing would be possible is beyond me, but that type of
attack would explain their injuries. It would appear that their suits
disrupted most of the attack, turning the lacerating energy primarily
into what could be best termed a plasma blast. Even still the
lacerations caused them to lose over two units of blood each.
"Kami-sama" replied the Defense Minister trying to fathom that much
blood loss and not being fatal.
* * * * * * * * *
Elsewhere in the hospital
While the doctor in charge of the Senshi was giving her report, Pluto
was checking in on the Senshi's conditions for herself. In her guise,
she checked on each of their charts. She did not like what she saw;
each of them had been injected with a powerful sedative. They would
be down for around fifteen hours, and then still be a fairly groggy.
However, she needed to get them moved out tonight while the military
thought them still to be too weak. Which would be another problem,
Venus and Mercury could move, but should probably avoid anything
strenuous such as jumping with their stitches.
Pluto knew what she had to do; unfortunately it would prevent her
from being able to serve her princess for a while longer. However,
she did not have an option.
* * * * * * * * *
Michiru's house, earlier
It was nearing seven that night when Sailor Uranus and Neptune
arrived with the royal family. Landing from their final leap in the
backyard, they released their transformations. Michiru wanted to talk
with her princess some, but she could see that her energy levels were
already dropping again and instead went inside to make some dinner
calling Haruka with her. "Make yourself at home, we will go fix some
quick dinner, you look famished. You probably should call your
parents and tell them that you will be staying the night here so that
they don't get worried." Michiru said as she went entered the house
"Hai." Replied Usagi as she made her way over to the phone.
"Moshi Moshi" came the voice of her mom.
"Hi mom, we have ChibiUsa back again."
"Thank god." Came Ikuko's reply. There was a momentary pause on the
phone as Usagi heard her mother call to the others in the family and
tell them the good news.
"Usagi, honey are you ok?" asked her father
"Yes dad I am ok, just very tired with memories returning now.
ChibiUsa is fine as well." Then with a little sniffle she continued,
"The other Senshi, however, are not so lucky. Uranus says that they
were all taken away in military ambulances. I don't know what their
condition is. Ami and Minako both got hit hard by Kunzite." At the
end she broke down into tears unable to continue. Mamoru who had been
beside her, put his arm around her in an attempt to lend her some
strength.
"Don't worry dear, I am sure that they will be ok. Where are you
now?"
"I am at Neptune's place, she and Uranus are fixing dinner. I am not
sure what their Tehran names are yet. I will probably be spending the
night."
"That is ok dear. Just give us a call in the morning when you awake,
OK?" her mother had expected something like this ahead of time. She
had a sneaking suspicion that following today's events with ChibiUsa
the Senshi might not want to let her out of their sight for a little
while.
"Thanks mom, see you tomorrow." finished Usagi as she hung up the
phone. There was one last person that needed to be called, actually
two people but both were probably at the same place. Picking up the
phone again, this time she called Naru's place.
* * * * * * * * *
Naru's place
"Thanks Usagi-chan for letting me know. I hope the others are all
right." Naru said as she finished her telephone conservation.
Getting up she walked over to where her mother was sitting with
Hotaru, "Mom, Hotaru-chan I just got off the phone with Usagi,
ChibiUsa is all right." As she said that, Hotaru jumped for joy and
ran to embrace Naru for bringing the good news
"Hotaru-chan it is starting to get late, why don't I walk you home.
You're father is probably starting to get worried." Naru suggested.
"Hai" replied Hotaru as she got up.
"How are you feeling? You look a lot better than you did earlier."
Asked Naru as they began walking down the street.
"I feel ok. I just get fainting spells a lot, and I was really
worried about ChibiUsa.
"I understand, from how you have described ChibiUsa she is a lot like
her cousin, Usagi. Both of them make very good friends."
Hotaru initially had been a little frightened of this girl. But, when
she had introduced herself as a good friend of ChibiUsa's cousin,
Hotaru decided to give her the benefit of the doubt. While they
waited for Usagi's call they had talked about both Usagi and ChibiUsa
and very quickly found the two girls to be almost identical in many
of their traits. Naru still had trouble swallowing the explanation
that Usagi had unknowingly blurted out. Forgetting the impossibility
of it, it completely explained everything. If it was true, Naru had a
strong feeling that she would be seeing a lot of Hotaru in the near
future, as she doubted Usagi would let ChibiUsa out of her sight for
more than a few seconds.
Arriving at the house, Naru made ready to leave when the door opened
to reveal Dr. Tomoe. "Hotaru I am so glad that you are all right. You
must be Naru-san, I thank you for looking after her. I hope that
ChibiUsa was safely rescued?" he asked referring to when Hotaru had
called home to say she was okay after the blast in the mall.
"Yes she is. She was no problem to look after. We spent most of the
afternoon comparing notes on ChibiUsa and Usagi." Replied Naru
"Why don't you come in and have some tea?" Dr. Tomoe asked. Naru had
been planning on taking her leave then, but she knew it would be rude
to refuse the offer; anyways she had enjoyed talking with Hotaru. So
she accepted.
* * * * * * * * *
Michiru's house
"mmm this is good." Usagi mumbled between bites of food. With the
serving of dinner her energy had begun to return. She still remained
subdued, as she did not know the condition of the other Senshi.
Both Usagi and ChibiUsa were on their second helpings when a figure
entered the room. "PU!" cried ChibiUsa as she got up and ran to give
the older woman a hug.
"Small lady, I am glad to see that you are all right." Picking
ChibiUsa up, she walked to where the others were sitting at the table
and sat down. Before talking she got a plate and began putting some
food onto it. After eating some she began her report. "The other
Senshi appear to be okay. Mercury and Venus were badly injured, but
they will recover fully. They have had stitches to close up their
wounds and received large blood transfusions. Princess I am going to
need your help in getting them out.
"Sure, when do we go?" replied a very eager Usagi.
"Tonight at 1 am, security should be the lightest then." Pluto
responded and continued after noticing the eager looks on the other's
eyes. "I am sorry but only the princess will be able to help, the
rest of you would unfortunately stick right out."
"Huh?" replied Uranus
* * * * * * * * *
The military hospital
An inner room contained four gurneys, each one holding a Sailor
Senshi. Periodically a nurse would come by and check on them;
otherwise the room was unoccupied. Outside stood two MPs. The
sedative was still strong in their blood streams, so the doctors had
assured the security detail that they had nothing to worry about till
morning, at least from those Senshi.
A doctor and her intern, a very pretty intern noticed one of the two
guards, approached the two. "We need to take some blood to run some
tests." The doctor stated while showing them her ID.
"No problem ma'am, this way please." He said while unlocking and
opening the door.
The two guards followed the doctor and intern into the room. The two
medical personal first moved to check on the patients, and then the
doctor moved to stand in the middle of the four beds. The illusion of
this being nothing more than a routine medical test was shattered
with the phrases: "Pluto Planet Power.." "Moon Crystal Power." "Make-
Up!" The two guards were left slacked jawed as they saw what they had
thought to be two meds undergo their transformation. In particular
they were drawn to Usagi's transformation and the brief appearance of
her wings.
Finishing, Pluto held up her staff, the orb at the top pulsing. Four
domes in the room appeared, one over each Senshi. Inside each of the
domes time sped up, hours became seconds, allowing the sedatives to
be purged from their systems. Sailor Moon moved to each bed to help
up the awakening Senshi after the domes had once again vanished. As
each one awoke they softly cried "Sailor Moon" as they saw her safe.
For each she told them no time, they had to get up and go.
"How are we going to get out of her? We just can't waltz out" asked
Mars.
"The Sailor Teleport." Simply replied Pluto who had replaced her
staff in her dimensional pocked. And, to their blank stars she added,
"you will know what to do. Now hurry those guards are starting to
realize that they should do something."
As the Sailor Senshi moved to form the circle the two MPs moved
inward, one of them pulling out a radio to sound the alarm. Their
approach was slowed when Mercury summoned her fog bank. Though even
in the fog they could sort of make out what happened next. As,
suddenly six pillars of light could be seen in front of them, one
appearing after each Senshi called out her planet's power. With the
finishing of the spell, the lights became extremely bright and in a
pulse passed through the room's ceiling. With the departure of the
Sailor Senshi the fog bank vanished and the guards were left in an
empty room (though as this was the first teleport attempt for the
Senshi, other than Pluto, the floor had not survived too well).
"This is not good." stated one of the guards to his partner.
"You said it, I am not looking forward to explaining this. On the
bright side we at least have some more intel on their powers. Those
doctors were very mistaken about how long the Senshi would be down."
* * * * * * * * *
A bar near the Zama joint Japanese US military base ~11pm
Keffer sat at the bar with other members of his squadron toasting
their good fortune of not actually confronting a monster today. "I
tell you the world is coming to an end. I thought those people who
predicted the end to be utter wackos, but look at what we are facing.
Story book monsters that are as hard to take out as a fortified
bunker."
"I know what you mean Keffer-san. This is just absurd. How long till
they decide to evacuate the city?" replied one of the squadron
members
"Never. They would never admit that they had lost that much control
over the situation. Though the key government officials are likely to
find a reason to be elsewhere soon. Hey, wasn't there something in
the news about the prime minister heading over to the middle east to
try to help broker a peace deal?" replied another
"Yeah, you are right. I was puzzled by that, but now it makes sense,
if they are trying to get out of dodge while they still can." Replied
the first
"I just hope that they don't do anything foolish, the rumor going
around is that they have taken some of the Senshi into custody."
Keffer added.
The squadron spent their evening off base continuing to discuss the
various rumors they had heard about the Senshi. Eventually it got
late enough that they began to head back, Keffer remained a bit
longer than the rest. Gaining strength from the solitude of the
empting bar, and putting his worries to rest, he also stood and
grabbed his coat and headed out.
Walking down the street trying to enjoy the simple pleasure of a
peaceful night he missed the bright flash behind and above him that
accompanied the expulsion of an object back into a bane from the
megaverse. The small gray furry object, curled up into a sphere,
struck him in the back of the head, knocking him to the ground.
Rubbing his head, he sat up trying to figure out what had hit him. He
heard some moaning and what sounded like someone asking "what
happened" and "oh that hurts." Looking around for the source of the
noise he found a small gray kitten. The kitten was the source of the
moans "my mind must have been playing tricks on me in thinking that I
was hearing voices. Where did you come from little one?" He asked the
cat as he picked it up.
The kitten looked up into his eyes, however she had trouble
maintaining eye contact from the headache she had. Instead she turned
her head back down and moaned a bit more. "You must have hit yourself
hard little one, here let me take you back to the base, I should be
able to find some cream for you."
Carrying the kitten he began walking back to base. "That is an
interesting mark you have on your forehead their, an upturned
crescent moon."
* * * * * * * * *
Michiru's house
A large flash of light announced the arrival of the Sailor Senshi.
The four guardians looked around trying to figure out where they had
landed. "This isn't the shrine? Usagi where are we?" asked Minako. As
she finished her question they became aware of the presence of two
others in the yard with them. This caused the guardians to tense up
and form a wall in front of Sailor Moon.
"It's okay, minna" Usagi stated as she pushed through the wall that
her guardians had made. Then indicating to the two strangers she
continued "This is Haruka-san, Sailor Uranus, and this is Michiru-
san, Sailor Neptune."
Neptune continued "Mamoru-san is inside keeping an eye on the
sleeping ChibiUsa. Now come, you four are probably tired and need
some real rest."
As the four guardians began to enter the house Pluto stood back with
a slight smile on her face, knowing that she had made the right
choice and prepared to face the consequences. Consequences which now
took effect. With a surprised moan she collapsed to her knees as her
body was wracked by pain and her time staff vanished from her hand.
Usagi saw Pluto collapsed and ran over to help her. "Pluto-san what's
wrong."
"Nothing my princess, I violated one of your rules in my duty as
Guardian of Spacetime, and now I must face the consequence. [moan] I
am forbidden to stop the flow of time."
"But you didn't." protested Usagi
"I know, which is why I am still allowed to be here. But, I bent the
rule and sped up time."
"But I have not created any rules." Usagi gave one more futile
protest
"You will, and have before in previous timelines. It matters not as I
am still bound by those rules. For the next four days I will be
without my connection to time, I will be unable to fight beside you,
as I do not know how to fight without using time as one of my
senses." as she said this final part she assumed her Setsuna glamour,
indicative that their would be no Sailor Pluto for the next four
days.
* * * * * * * * *
A Tokyo Alley
Tokyo may be a relatively crime free town, but it still has its share
of crime. For Kunzite this was a blessing and a curse at the same
time. As moments after he teleported into the alley he felt an object
being stuck into his ribs and a voice telling him to hand over his
money. He had to fight the urge to laugh out loud and show this
pathetic human who he was really dealing with. He had been wandering
how he was going to get rid of that box that Beryl gave him, the
contents gave him the creeps and he did not want to hold onto it
longer than he had to.
"I don't have any money on me, I just purchased this gift for me
wife." Kunzite said with his best attempt to sound scared. With slow
movements he removed the case and gave it to the man.
The man seeing the ornate box, his eyes gleamed with anticipation.
With a shove he
threw Kunzite to the ground. "If you know what's good for you, you
will stay like that for a while." And then left.
Waiting till he was sure the man had left, Kunzite picked himself up
off the ground and continued walking.
Pulling out a picture of the family she was staying with, he had to
smile, as the resemblance to that blond haired girl with odango
styled hair was just too similar. He knew that the Rabbit would
probably be staying with her future mother, which he now knew to be
Sailor Moon.
Picking up a report, he read it again. This particular one had
quickly caught his attention; it detailed an incident at Juuban
Junior High School. Apparently three of its students had suddenly run
out of class and when they returned, two of them were severely
injured and they also had the Rabbit with them. Further more one of
those was that girl Tsukino Usagi. In the section describing the
emotional states of those two students, it had mentioned that Tsukino
Usagi had been completely devastated and that the following day the
child had attended class with her.
With that Rubeus
put down the final papers and headed off to sleep.
-End Chapter 14
-This chapter came out much longer than I thought it was going
to be, further more many of what I thought were going to be the
main plot lines had to pushed off to later chapters.
-Well so much for secret identities, they were nice while they
lasted.
-Mr. John Clark is the leader of a multi-government secret
anti-terrorist organization, codenamed Rainbow 6. I will be
borrowing him and his group from Tom Clancy's novels for a
moment.
Chapter 14: "The Long Night"
Author: etj4Eagle
Email: etj4Eagle@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/etj4eagle
Lasted Edited: 9/9/00
Disclaimer: A reminder I own none of the characters of this story,
all rights are owned by others.
If you distribute the story, do only
so freely and inform me of where you post it.
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The Moon
A figure that had been kneeling in prayer stood. Turning her gaze
back towards the earth she stepped through a portal to reemerge on
the roof of one of Tokyo's office buildings. While in meditation she
had been unaware of the passage of time and far more had passed than
she had expected, but she knew that her former queen was responsible
for this. As the guardian of time she knew certain things and could
feel the approach of others, however she loved her future queen too
much at times to do what was needed. Normally she would have remained
at the gate, but the changes had prevented that, so Queen Serenity
had made her oblivious to the passage of time, to prevent her from
interfering in what must be.
By now the princess and her court knew without a doubt that Usagi was
the moon princess. More importantly with the recovery of the
Ginzuishou, the princess could begin to truly use her magic.
Unfortunately it might be years before she fully realized the depth
of her magic. Though, the pull of time already indicated that
Serenity would become stronger faster than she had in previous
timelines.
Pulling a particular strand of time's flow she examined it. Looking
closely she noticed that her princess had already figured out how to
use the Ginzuishou to enhance her Senshi form. The strand showed the
forward ripples of the possible future, and they held promise for the
Messiah. But, they also showed grave danger. An imbalance was very
possible now. An imbalance towards either light or silence would be
equally destructive to the world. Only with the two in complete
balance could Chaos be destroyed for good.
Actions would need to be taken to ensure the balance. But for now her
princess needed her, and so the Senshi of Time began heading towards
a well-off house on the outskirts of the city to pay two old friends
a visit.
* * * * * * * * *
The outskirts of Tokyo
Haruka and Michiru both nursed badly bruised limbs from the fight
with the Shadow Warrior the day before, having been barely able to
limp off that battlefield. "Michiru you looked troubled what is it?"
asked a concerned Haruka.
"I don't know, it is just a feeling that I have. It is almost as if
the seas are restless with worry. Earlier there was great sadness,
now mostly there is relief." Michiru said trying to explain her
feelings. "And there is something else more obscure that I have not
yet been able to make heads or tails of."
Haruka came up next to Michiru and placed an arm around her and
pulled her into a protective hug. "Don't worry you will figure out
what it means. It's probably related to your reawakening as the
Senshi of Neptune."
Michiru sighed into Haruka's hold, trying to put her feelings behind
her, but knowing somehow that they needed to go do something.
"You are right Princess Uranus, the seas are trying to tell Neptune
something." answered Pluto who had silently appeared behind them.
Turning to Neptune she continued: "Over time you will gain better
understanding of what the seas attempt to tell you. Come the princess
needs us."
* * * * * * * * *
Above the Security Line Around Tokyo Tower
For the past fifteen minutes the Foxbat squadron had been circling
Tokyo tower. As a result of the incident in the park about a month
ago, a wing of Cobra Gunships had always been on five minute alert at
the Zama military base. Normally the Japanese forces at this shared
base consisted of only an engineering battalion, however now gunships
and troop helicopters were stationed at the base. Keffer and the
other Foxbats were the first of the troops to be transferred, by
their having actual combat experience with the new threat.
Only a few minutes passed between when Kunzite cast his spell
transforming Tokyo Tower into a mage tower and when the helicopters
began lifting off. While they made excellent time to the tower
arriving only moments after the Senshi breached the tower, they could
only circle the tower for now. While boring, it was highly
preferential than having creatures like last time come out to play.
As the lead copter swung around the north side of the tower, Captain
Keffer's weapon's officer commented: "Spooky isn't it? Monsters and
children with magic powers fighting is one thing, but this, well this
is a whole different ball game."
"Yeah I know. Just goes to show you that those doomsday sayers were
right all along. The earth is going to go to hell with the approach
of the millennium. I hate to see what could have done this bit of
urban renewal so fast." replied Keffer.
"The brass is probably trying to fully assess the situation and
convince themselves that this is for real." Keffer continued before
dipping the copter to check something on the ground approaching the
tower, "I would prefer that we had some ground troops supporting us,
maybe some tanks, but that would tell the people that we really don't
have control of the situation."
"Of course, and so instead they just send us in with heavy armed
copters. Can't scare the populous too badly." Replied Ivanova. "I
just hope they decide to do something. Send some forces in or have us
open fire, this babysitting of the tower is starting to get boring."
* * * * * * * * *
The Security Line
A group of unmarked vans pulled up. As soon as they stopped a group
of men dressed in black jumped out and started to put on various
pieces of commando gear. "Guess I won't be needing this baby." Spoke
one of the men in a disappointed tone as he patted the case to a
sniper rifle.
"With the probable target zone being the observation deck, I don't
think you would find any place to use it." replied another one of the
men.
Two of the men headed over towards the collection of police and army
officers who appeared to be in charge. The head police officer of
the area noticed the approach of the two men and moved to welcome
them. "You must be Mr. Clark" he said addressing the man in the lead.
With Clark's nod he continued. "Major Kaede will brief you on the
situation. Unfortunately we don't really know much about what is
happening inside, only that it appears to be relatively quite."
thought the man beside Clark, Chavez.
"Mr. Clark I hope that you and your men have had time to look at the
intelligence that we had delivered to your hotel room?"
"Yes we have, I must say that it seems fairly unbelievable. But,
after seeing this in front of me" he said while indicating the tower
"I am forced to admit that it probably is true."
"Good, in that case if you follow me I will show you to where we have
the tower's blueprints laid out, though as you can probably imagine,
much of that may not be true anymore considering what they did not
the outsides. One final thing" he said while handing the two of them
some pictures "these were taken not too long ago. Apparently about an
hour ago something leveled a store in the mall. The blast was
confined to just that store, however nothing remains of that store,
thankfully there are no reported casualties as of yet. Our
investigation is still ongoing in that matter, however the police on
the site reported that the witnesses claimed to have seen individuals
that have been identified as being present and carrying out other
attacks."
Chavez looking at the pictures gulped not really wanting to meet up
with what could do that kind of damage. For the first time he truly
realized that each of them was only going to get one opportunity to
take down their targets. Unless that first surprise shot terminated
the target, they were dead. Even more so than in previous missions;
they would have little time to assess the situation and to choose
hostiles from friendlies and civilians. "Guess we better get the rest
of the team and start planning our assault, Mr. C."
* * * * * * * * *
The Dark Kingdom
To say Beryl was furious would be an understatement. About the only
thing saving Kunzite from death, was that he was already essentially
there and that he was the only one of the generals still alive. Kill
him and Beryl would be in trouble. Instead she took her anger out on
the various youma and the fortress itself.
"Beryl calm yourself, all is not lost." came a voice from nowhere and
everywhere, the voice of Metalia.
"Yes it is, my forces have been utterly routed, and even the Shadow
warrior was killed under mysterious conditions. That brat Serenity
has the Ginzuishou, and worst of all she has somehow managed to
conceive a child with my Endymion." ranted Beryl. In fact most of
Beryl's ranting had been on Serenity's child, for she had observed
the battle through her crystal ball just as the Ginzuishou was being
reformed and had therefore learned that the princess had a daughter.
However, she did not know that the daughter was from the future, a
future that could very well not exist anymore. "She has stained
Endymion, he is no longer pure. He must die for forsaking me."
"BERYL!!" the voice boomed louder, this time fully getting her
attention. With almost a sigh the disembodied voice of Metalia
continued. "Yes, that brat needs to be made to pay and the same with
her love toy, and I can still help you achieve that. You forget that
you have amassed vast amounts of energy for me and still have that
sustained source, soon I will be able to cross into this world, and
unlike our original plan I will be far stronger after I do so. Unlike
last time, the Ginzuishou will not so easily stop me, and the little
princess has nowhere near the control over that crystal and its
powers that her mother did.
"Send your armies and begin preparing this world for my return and
your ascension to its throne. The magic of the Silver Millennium will
soon be yours, and life eternal with it. Send Kunzite after the
Ginzuishou, Serenity must not know that it presence no longer matters
to us.
"As a gift take this box and have Kunzite give its contents to a
human. The stones contained within, will bond to a human and turn it
into a killing machine. A thing of destruction that is far more
deadly than your normal youma, even if not quite the same as a Shadow
Warrior."
As the voice finished speaking, a small spherical region of the air
shimmered, as it stopped a small box was revealed. Beryl summoned the
box to her hand. "Kunzite
appear before me." called Beryl her summoning being carried via magic
to where Kunzite lay.
Moments later Kunzite stood before his queen, mostly healed from his
encounter with Sailor Moon. "Yes my lord." he said while bowing.
"Kunzite, I take it you have had sufficient time to rest. It is time
for us to continue with our task of awakening Metalia. As long as
Serenity holds the Ginzuishou she is a risk to us, go and retrieve
that crystal. Just remember never to hold it with your bear hands,
only via magic."
"As you wish my liege." replied Kunzite.
As he began to move to leave, she stopped him. "One more thing
Kunzite. Takes this box, give it to a human, it will help in your
task."
Taking the box he once again made to leave "Understood my queen. The
Dark Kingdom shall rise and earth will finally be ruled by its own
children."
* * * * * * * * *
Tokyo Tower
ChibiUsa sat worriedly next to her mother. Scanning the room and
seeing that none of the other Senshi nor Tuxedo-kamen had stirred yet
she spoke to Luna, her voice full of worry. "Luna, Artemis what are
we going to do. They are not awakening."
"I don't know, plus Venus and Mercury are badly injured, they are
going to need some kind of treatment. If Mercury was awake, she might
have been able to do something." replied Luna as she finished
checking on Venus again.
A few flights down from the observation deck a squad of soldiers
cautiously made their way up the tower. "Geez it seems that we have
to have climbed much further than the top of this tower already."
Complained one of the team members.
"Same here, remember what I said about not believing the blue prints
anymore, you saw what happened to its exterior." Replied Chavez.
As they approached the landing for the observation deck, the men
flanked what they thought to be a door. Taking a glance at the door,
the team's explosives expert pulled out a little plastic and attached
it. A muffled explosion later four object flew into the room. Under
the cover of the flash bangs the team quickly entered the room, guns
ready.
ChibiUsa's head had picked up when she heard the muffled explosion,
but before she could ask what was going on, she was blinded and
stunned by the combination of bright flashes and large bangs.
Recovering, quickly, she found herself looking down the barrel of an
assault rifle towards a soldier clad in black.
A series of "clears" came from the other members in the room and the
soldier deciding that she was not a threat lowered his own gun and
called "clear" as well. With the room clear of threats, the assault
group moved to assess the situation. Two moved to each of the two
downed groups of Senshi. While the remaining two joined the one
already by ChibiUsa
"McCoy we need a medic here, these two are badly injured" called one
of the two by Venus and Mercury. McCoy, being the team medic, got up
from where he was beside Clark to go aid the two downed Senshi.
"Chavez what is the deal with the other two?" asked Clark, having
already determined that the two downed he was looking at right now
were okay, as Chavez came up beside him.
"They looked a little banged up, but otherwise seem to be stable for
the moment."
"Understood." Turning to the little child in front of him, Clark
addressed her for the first time. "Are you okay little one?"
Looking up at him with tears in her eyes, she nodded. "What about
Sailor Moon, is she okay?" She asked barely remembering to not call
her momma.
"I don't know, but she seems okay for the moment. Though your two
friends over there unfortunately are a different story. But, I am
going to call in some others who will be able to help them, is that
ok?" He asked her, not wanting to frighten her when more soldiers
came into the room, as he was certain she probably was a lot more
dangerous than she looked (especially if she was scared, one of the
reasons why he had dropped his gun in the first place).
ChibiUsa's reply was a nod and a tightening of her hold on Sailor
Moon's hand.
Clark pulled out his radio, to call for medical teams "This is
Rainbow Six we have secured the observation deck. There are no
hostiles, however we have wounded friendlies. Two requiring immediate
medical evacuation and four other wounded. Only conscious friendly is
one child Sailor Senshi and two cats."
"Roger that Rainbow Six, we are sending up med teams now."
* * * * * * * * *
After what seemed to ChibiUsa to be an eternity later a new group of
men rushed into the observation deck. However, where the first group
was clad all in black, this group wore the traditional army fatigues.
The army medics accompanying the group immediately moved to the
severely injured Senshi. What they saw made them pause for a moment,
even the one who had seen some actual combat casualties. Steeling himself for what he knew was
going to be a depressing task he and his partner moved towards where
Venus and Mercury lay.
Each of the two moved to a separate Senshi, to assess the situation.
Taking Mercury's vitals he was in for a surprise of a lifetime.
"Nani-ka!" he exclaimed as he realized that her pulse was strong and
normal. He had been expecting her to be dieing of internal bleeding.
Looking at her torso he noticed a large gash across her abdomen, one
that while mostly cauterized still bled. While he knew that only a
little amount of blood could create a large looking spill, the amount
spilt around her had to be at least a unit's worth (two units is
fatal). "Yori-san," he called to his partner "how are your patient's
vitals?"
"I can't believe it, she has to have nearly lost two units, but her
pulse is still strong. Additionally the wound seems to have partially
cauterized itself. I don't understand it, she should be on the verge
of death." Yori replied
"It is the same with my patient over here. Patch the wound and get an
IV hooked up so we can at least get some plasma into them.
Considering everything, I would not be surprised if she started to
come around so give her a morphine injection as well." With that the
two medics started treating their patients.
Four of the other soldiers had begun the process of moving down Mars
and Jupiter. Other members of the group moved around the observation
deck poking at everything trying to figure out what had happened. The
rest of the group proceeded to setup a defensive perimeter on the
observation deck, just in case the hostiles returned.
Clark after ensuring that the blue and orange Senshi were being
treated and finding out that they might actually live went back to
the child Senshi who sat sobbing next to the one who was reported to
be their leader and a man dressed in formal wear. With his gun slung
on his back he knelt down next to the little girl "You really care
about her don't you?" he asked.
With some sniffles she nodded her head. "This is all my fault, if I
had not let myself be captured none of this would have happened. They
almost killed her, and the others as well." Her final words were hard
to make out, racked in sobs as they were, but the emotions and blame
that she placed upon herself were quite clear.
Clark knew what needed to be done. Opening his arms slightly she
threw herself into his arms and began to sob for real now into his
shoulder. "Don't worry little one, they will be okay. The medics tell
me the injury to the one in blue and the one in orange is not as bad
as it appears, and there is a good chance that they might live. And
Sailor Moon isn't it?" he paused for a moment letting her nod, "She
appears to be fine" he said in a soothing voice.
Walking around with her up in his arms, she began to calm. Clark
himself took the opportunity to fully take account of the current
situation. The less injured Senshi had already been transported out,
and they were now prepping the other two for transport. Catching the
eye of the chief medic, the medic understood the unasked question.
"I don't know why, but they probably will recover." As if to confirm
that suspicion, Venus chose that moment to groan and open her eyes.
With the combat morphine injection she was in no shape to do anything
much more than move her head around. But that was enough to elate the
hopes of the doctors. "It appears the question now is can we get
these two patched up before they fully awake and decide they want to
leave." Continued the doctor in a slightly more jubilant mood
ChibiMoon who as Clark turned away caught sight of Venus for herself
waved, catching Venus's attention. She was rewarded with a large
smile, and a futile attempt by Venus to flash her "V" sign futile, as
she was currently strapped to a stretcher for transport down the
stairs.
McCoy had aided in the transport of the two less injured Senshi,
keeping an eye on the two and handing them off to the medical
personal at the base of the tower. Having seen to their safe transfer
he had jogged back up the stairs. Coming up the stairs he saw that
the other two Senshi were being prepped for moving and was just in
time to see Venus awaken. the
two remaining individuals were the Senshi with the very long hair and
the man, both whom appeared to be currently guarded by two cats. As
he expected he found Clark holding the child in his arms and
comforting her.
Seeing the other medical personal otherwise involved with the
transportation, he move to those two. They had been ignored till now,
as they seemed to be suffering only from the Juuban Illness, their
bodies were mostly free of any burns, rips, cuts or anything else
suggesting battle. Moving up to the girl he pulled out a smelling
salt and placed it under her nose, he then proceeded to do the same
thing with the man.
The reaction from the girl was fast and very abrupt, she almost
collided with him as she sat up, and only her high pitch squeal
alerted him and allowed him to dodge out of the way of her head.
"Yeek!!!! LUUUNNAAA that is not funny! I am getting up, you don't
have to.." She trailed off realizing that she was not home in her
bed, and Luna was not the one responsible for waking her.
Instead she found herself looking up at a man dressed in black who
was kneeling over her. A groan from her left indicated that Tuxedo-
kamen had awoken, though he chose a much more sedate method of
awakening. Instead of the shrill scream he just grumbled about his
head hurting.
Clark hearing the screech turned his head towards the source and
spied her now sitting upright. Feeling a fidget in the buddle that he
carried he barely managed to get it near to the ground before the
child bolted straight into the arms of Sailor Moon. The two girls
fiercely embraced each other and were soon joined by Tuxedo-kamen.
"Well boss it seams that they are all right." Announced McCoy
"Yes it does." Replied Clark
Sailor Moon after comforting herself with ChibiUsa's presence stood
up and walked over towards Clark, with ChibiUsa's hand clenched in
her own. "Excuse me sir, but what of the other Senshi?"
"They have been taken to receive medical attention. Two of them were
very seriously hurt, but the one in orange had at least regained
consciousness by the time they carried her out." This appeased Sailor
Moon greatly. "Now if you would kindly come with us we can take you
to see them," he said as a group of Military Police came up.
He did not want to do this part, but he had his orders. All
participants were to be taken into custody. Questions existed which
needed answers, and the host nation was determined to get those
anyway possible. He also understood their hidden reason, they were
afraid. These individuals showed tremendous power, they were afraid
of what might happen if they decide to overthrow the current
government and make themselves the rulers of Japan.
Tuxedo-kamen was just getting ready to politely refuse the escort
when a commotion came from the stairs.
* * * * * * * * *
A little earlier
"Yes, I would say this is the place." Uranus said in her dry humor.
"You two go keep an eye on the princess, I will go check on her
guardians." Announced Pluto.
"That might be a little difficult seeing as they are military."
Uranus pointed out.
Pluto's only reply was a "you'll see" smile and then she jumped down
to the ground. As she leapt off the building she gave the two one
last piece of information "By the way the princess is now fighting as
a Sailor Senshi." Hitting ground Pluto shifted her form to that of
her Setsuna personality equipped this time with a lab coat. Pulling
out from her dimensional pocket she placed on the coat the correct
set of Ids. If they were run through any computer they would come up
as fake, but they were sufficient for what she needed. They were
relics of a previous timeline. Pluto tended not to toss things as one
never knew when they would be needed again, especially considering
that she was for ever running the rapids that were the river of time,
time after time.
Setsuna walked up to the ambulance that held Mercury and flashing her
ID boarded it. As the vehicle raced towards the hospital she
conferred with the other emergency personal and learned that all the
Senshi were all in reasonable shape. Mercury and Venus might be down
for the moment, but their Senshi forms were extremely difficult to
kill. Their magic would keep them alive till the wounds could be
closed and blood added. Or they could just wait about two weeks for
their bodies' accelerated healing to sufficiently heal themselves to
a level safe for their semi-human forms. But, a quick visit to the
emergency room and they should be all set to leave and not miss any
school tomorrow, and she knew how pissed Mercury would be if she
missed school.
* * * * * * * * *
"By the way, the princess is now fighting as a Sailor Senshi." Were
Pluto's last words as she dropped out of sight.
"Did she just say?" asked Neptune
"Yes she did, so the little princess has decided to play with the
rest of us." Uranus responded with a smirk "Guess that means that she
would be Sailor Moo." and she trailed off as the connection came
clear.
The two of them stood in stunned silence for a moment as the true
realization of who Sailor Moon was sunk in. "I can't believe we were
so blind. We should have remembered that there was no Sailor Moon,
and at minimum realized that Sailor Moon had to be the Moon Princess.
All those times we left the battle or did not help enough." Uranus
continued with regret
Neptune stood up against Uranus "Uranus, she is now fighting as a
Sailor Senshi, which means that she can handle those situations and
we need to let her learn to fly even if it means that she will fall
some of the time. Plus we never left the battle if it did not look
like they could handle the situation. We just should have stayed
around anyways to keep an eye on the princess in case things changed.
Now come we need to go find our princess."
With Uranus's nod they jumped down and headed towards the tower.
Unlike Pluto, they remained in their Senshi forms, quickly attracting
the attention of those present. A chorus of "Halts" came their way,
but they just quickly bounded over the soldiers and into the tower.
Moments later they arrived at the observation deck and moved out from
the staircase.
The soldiers maintaining the perimeter after recovering from the
sudden appearance of two more Sailor Senshi, moved to intercept the
two new Senshi, but were just brushed aside by them. Uranus and
Neptune moved over to where Sailor Moon was standing. With a quick
bow they announced themselves "Princess it is good to see you again,
if you and ChibiMoon will come with us we can get you to a safer
place." Turning to address Endymion, Uranus continued "Prince
Endymion you may come with Serenity if you desire."
"Wait a moment these two need to come with us for some questioning."
Stated one of the MPs.
Neptune turned to look at that particular soldier with an icy glare.
"I don't think that will be necessary soldier. Remember that the two
of us were not involved in that battle and are fully rested."
"It is alright soldier," Clark added, "I already have a good idea of
what happened. Plus I am sure that if they feel that we need to be
notified of what is happening they will tell us." The last part he
said while looking at Sailor Moon with a plea in his eyes.
"Thank you sir." Replied Neptune, and then the last of the Senshi
left the observation deck.
"Looks like you managed to put yourself in hot water again, eh Boss?"
questioned one of Chavez.
"Probably, however, I have a feeling that they are truly on our side.
I could see it in the eyes of their leader, the love that radiated
there could never intentionally do anyone harm. Plus she has too much
guilt on her currently about what happened here and worry about the
other Senshi to make it worse with an interrogation.
* * * * * * * * *
A military hospital
Dr. Chambers walked out of the operating room, pulling off her
gloves, having finished two hours of intensive surgery. Walking over
to the other operating room she pulled the chart of its patient. This
one, like hers, had required intensive surgery, but also appeared
that she would make a full recovery.
Taking the two charts she headed to her desk. Picking up two
additional charts and donning her lab coat she made a quick call and
then headed back into the hall. Tonight was likely to be a long
shift, but after she finished with this meeting, she at least should
be able to get some sleep. How much depended on how long the meeting
lasted and how long her patients remained asleep.
"Dr. Chambers glad you could join us." Greeted one of the men at the
table. A guard closed the door behind her. Sitting around the table
were twelve individuals, most wearing military uniforms. Those not in
uniform were likely intelligence, and at the head of the table was
the Defense Minister. "You probably could use some sleep, so we will
try to keep this short." finished the Defense Minister.
"First how are the patients?" asked one of the other members.
"All four are in stable condition and are expected to make a full
recovery. I don't know how the two more severely injured ones
survived, as they should have been dead upon arrival. I have also
added a sedative, as requested, to all their IVs. This should keep
them down for at least twelve hours." Dr. Chambers replied.
"But, that sedative should keep a strong healthy person down for at
least twenty-four hours." The same person protested.
"I know, the reduced time is based upon what I have been able to
determine of their unique physiology. This is a conservative guess,
more likely they will be down will be down for somewhere between
those two values."
"I guess that is not too surprising, considering what we know about
these individuals. In the interest of keeping this short, could you
give us a brief report on their injuries? We understand that you have
not had time to investigate anything, and don't be afraid of giving
voice to wild ideas." said the Defense Minister
"As you know, two of our patients Mercury and Venus had very severe
injuries requiring surgery. The other two, which we have also
tentatively identified as Mars and Jupiter, showed less severe
injuries.
"The one known as Mars appears to be suffering primarily from a
concussion and battery. Jupiter also suffers has significant bruising
on her body, but also has burn marks on her skin and clothing that
are consistent with electrical burns. Both would probably be up and
about now, if it were not for being sedated.
"The other two are a different story. By all reason those two should
be dead. Both have suffered a substantial laceration wound with
surrounding 2nd and 3rd degree burns. My best guess as to the cause is
that they were both impacted with sort of blade composed of energy.
How such a thing would be possible is beyond me, but that type of
attack would explain their injuries. It would appear that their suits
disrupted most of the attack, turning the lacerating energy primarily
into what could be best termed a plasma blast. Even still the
lacerations caused them to lose over two units of blood each.
"Kami-sama" replied the Defense Minister trying to fathom that much
blood loss and not being fatal.
* * * * * * * * *
Elsewhere in the hospital
While the doctor in charge of the Senshi was giving her report, Pluto
was checking in on the Senshi's conditions for herself. In her guise,
she checked on each of their charts. She did not like what she saw;
each of them had been injected with a powerful sedative. They would
be down for around fifteen hours, and then still be a fairly groggy.
However, she needed to get them moved out tonight while the military
thought them still to be too weak. Which would be another problem,
Venus and Mercury could move, but should probably avoid anything
strenuous such as jumping with their stitches.
Pluto knew what she had to do; unfortunately it would prevent her
from being able to serve her princess for a while longer. However,
she did not have an option.
* * * * * * * * *
Michiru's house, earlier
It was nearing seven that night when Sailor Uranus and Neptune
arrived with the royal family. Landing from their final leap in the
backyard, they released their transformations. Michiru wanted to talk
with her princess some, but she could see that her energy levels were
already dropping again and instead went inside to make some dinner
calling Haruka with her. "Make yourself at home, we will go fix some
quick dinner, you look famished. You probably should call your
parents and tell them that you will be staying the night here so that
they don't get worried." Michiru said as she went entered the house
"Hai." Replied Usagi as she made her way over to the phone.
"Moshi Moshi" came the voice of her mom.
"Hi mom, we have ChibiUsa back again."
"Thank god." Came Ikuko's reply. There was a momentary pause on the
phone as Usagi heard her mother call to the others in the family and
tell them the good news.
"Usagi, honey are you ok?" asked her father
"Yes dad I am ok, just very tired with memories returning now.
ChibiUsa is fine as well." Then with a little sniffle she continued,
"The other Senshi, however, are not so lucky. Uranus says that they
were all taken away in military ambulances. I don't know what their
condition is. Ami and Minako both got hit hard by Kunzite." At the
end she broke down into tears unable to continue. Mamoru who had been
beside her, put his arm around her in an attempt to lend her some
strength.
"Don't worry dear, I am sure that they will be ok. Where are you
now?"
"I am at Neptune's place, she and Uranus are fixing dinner. I am not
sure what their Tehran names are yet. I will probably be spending the
night."
"That is ok dear. Just give us a call in the morning when you awake,
OK?" her mother had expected something like this ahead of time. She
had a sneaking suspicion that following today's events with ChibiUsa
the Senshi might not want to let her out of their sight for a little
while.
"Thanks mom, see you tomorrow." finished Usagi as she hung up the
phone. There was one last person that needed to be called, actually
two people but both were probably at the same place. Picking up the
phone again, this time she called Naru's place.
* * * * * * * * *
Naru's place
"Thanks Usagi-chan for letting me know. I hope the others are all
right." Naru said as she finished her telephone conservation.
Getting up she walked over to where her mother was sitting with
Hotaru, "Mom, Hotaru-chan I just got off the phone with Usagi,
ChibiUsa is all right." As she said that, Hotaru jumped for joy and
ran to embrace Naru for bringing the good news
"Hotaru-chan it is starting to get late, why don't I walk you home.
You're father is probably starting to get worried." Naru suggested.
"Hai" replied Hotaru as she got up.
"How are you feeling? You look a lot better than you did earlier."
Asked Naru as they began walking down the street.
"I feel ok. I just get fainting spells a lot, and I was really
worried about ChibiUsa.
"I understand, from how you have described ChibiUsa she is a lot like
her cousin, Usagi. Both of them make very good friends."
Hotaru initially had been a little frightened of this girl. But, when
she had introduced herself as a good friend of ChibiUsa's cousin,
Hotaru decided to give her the benefit of the doubt. While they
waited for Usagi's call they had talked about both Usagi and ChibiUsa
and very quickly found the two girls to be almost identical in many
of their traits. Naru still had trouble swallowing the explanation
that Usagi had unknowingly blurted out. Forgetting the impossibility
of it, it completely explained everything. If it was true, Naru had a
strong feeling that she would be seeing a lot of Hotaru in the near
future, as she doubted Usagi would let ChibiUsa out of her sight for
more than a few seconds.
Arriving at the house, Naru made ready to leave when the door opened
to reveal Dr. Tomoe. "Hotaru I am so glad that you are all right. You
must be Naru-san, I thank you for looking after her. I hope that
ChibiUsa was safely rescued?" he asked referring to when Hotaru had
called home to say she was okay after the blast in the mall.
"Yes she is. She was no problem to look after. We spent most of the
afternoon comparing notes on ChibiUsa and Usagi." Replied Naru
"Why don't you come in and have some tea?" Dr. Tomoe asked. Naru had
been planning on taking her leave then, but she knew it would be rude
to refuse the offer; anyways she had enjoyed talking with Hotaru. So
she accepted.
* * * * * * * * *
Michiru's house
"mmm this is good." Usagi mumbled between bites of food. With the
serving of dinner her energy had begun to return. She still remained
subdued, as she did not know the condition of the other Senshi.
Both Usagi and ChibiUsa were on their second helpings when a figure
entered the room. "PU!" cried ChibiUsa as she got up and ran to give
the older woman a hug.
"Small lady, I am glad to see that you are all right." Picking
ChibiUsa up, she walked to where the others were sitting at the table
and sat down. Before talking she got a plate and began putting some
food onto it. After eating some she began her report. "The other
Senshi appear to be okay. Mercury and Venus were badly injured, but
they will recover fully. They have had stitches to close up their
wounds and received large blood transfusions. Princess I am going to
need your help in getting them out.
"Sure, when do we go?" replied a very eager Usagi.
"Tonight at 1 am, security should be the lightest then." Pluto
responded and continued after noticing the eager looks on the other's
eyes. "I am sorry but only the princess will be able to help, the
rest of you would unfortunately stick right out."
"Huh?" replied Uranus
* * * * * * * * *
The military hospital
An inner room contained four gurneys, each one holding a Sailor
Senshi. Periodically a nurse would come by and check on them;
otherwise the room was unoccupied. Outside stood two MPs. The
sedative was still strong in their blood streams, so the doctors had
assured the security detail that they had nothing to worry about till
morning, at least from those Senshi.
A doctor and her intern, a very pretty intern noticed one of the two
guards, approached the two. "We need to take some blood to run some
tests." The doctor stated while showing them her ID.
"No problem ma'am, this way please." He said while unlocking and
opening the door.
The two guards followed the doctor and intern into the room. The two
medical personal first moved to check on the patients, and then the
doctor moved to stand in the middle of the four beds. The illusion of
this being nothing more than a routine medical test was shattered
with the phrases: "Pluto Planet Power.." "Moon Crystal Power." "Make-
Up!" The two guards were left slacked jawed as they saw what they had
thought to be two meds undergo their transformation. In particular
they were drawn to Usagi's transformation and the brief appearance of
her wings.
Finishing, Pluto held up her staff, the orb at the top pulsing. Four
domes in the room appeared, one over each Senshi. Inside each of the
domes time sped up, hours became seconds, allowing the sedatives to
be purged from their systems. Sailor Moon moved to each bed to help
up the awakening Senshi after the domes had once again vanished. As
each one awoke they softly cried "Sailor Moon" as they saw her safe.
For each she told them no time, they had to get up and go.
"How are we going to get out of her? We just can't waltz out" asked
Mars.
"The Sailor Teleport." Simply replied Pluto who had replaced her
staff in her dimensional pocked. And, to their blank stars she added,
"you will know what to do. Now hurry those guards are starting to
realize that they should do something."
As the Sailor Senshi moved to form the circle the two MPs moved
inward, one of them pulling out a radio to sound the alarm. Their
approach was slowed when Mercury summoned her fog bank. Though even
in the fog they could sort of make out what happened next. As,
suddenly six pillars of light could be seen in front of them, one
appearing after each Senshi called out her planet's power. With the
finishing of the spell, the lights became extremely bright and in a
pulse passed through the room's ceiling. With the departure of the
Sailor Senshi the fog bank vanished and the guards were left in an
empty room (though as this was the first teleport attempt for the
Senshi, other than Pluto, the floor had not survived too well).
"This is not good." stated one of the guards to his partner.
"You said it, I am not looking forward to explaining this. On the
bright side we at least have some more intel on their powers. Those
doctors were very mistaken about how long the Senshi would be down."
* * * * * * * * *
A bar near the Zama joint Japanese US military base ~11pm
Keffer sat at the bar with other members of his squadron toasting
their good fortune of not actually confronting a monster today. "I
tell you the world is coming to an end. I thought those people who
predicted the end to be utter wackos, but look at what we are facing.
Story book monsters that are as hard to take out as a fortified
bunker."
"I know what you mean Keffer-san. This is just absurd. How long till
they decide to evacuate the city?" replied one of the squadron
members
"Never. They would never admit that they had lost that much control
over the situation. Though the key government officials are likely to
find a reason to be elsewhere soon. Hey, wasn't there something in
the news about the prime minister heading over to the middle east to
try to help broker a peace deal?" replied another
"Yeah, you are right. I was puzzled by that, but now it makes sense,
if they are trying to get out of dodge while they still can." Replied
the first
"I just hope that they don't do anything foolish, the rumor going
around is that they have taken some of the Senshi into custody."
Keffer added.
The squadron spent their evening off base continuing to discuss the
various rumors they had heard about the Senshi. Eventually it got
late enough that they began to head back, Keffer remained a bit
longer than the rest. Gaining strength from the solitude of the
empting bar, and putting his worries to rest, he also stood and
grabbed his coat and headed out.
Walking down the street trying to enjoy the simple pleasure of a
peaceful night he missed the bright flash behind and above him that
accompanied the expulsion of an object back into a bane from the
megaverse. The small gray furry object, curled up into a sphere,
struck him in the back of the head, knocking him to the ground.
Rubbing his head, he sat up trying to figure out what had hit him. He
heard some moaning and what sounded like someone asking "what
happened" and "oh that hurts." Looking around for the source of the
noise he found a small gray kitten. The kitten was the source of the
moans "my mind must have been playing tricks on me in thinking that I
was hearing voices. Where did you come from little one?" He asked the
cat as he picked it up.
The kitten looked up into his eyes, however she had trouble
maintaining eye contact from the headache she had. Instead she turned
her head back down and moaned a bit more. "You must have hit yourself
hard little one, here let me take you back to the base, I should be
able to find some cream for you."
Carrying the kitten he began walking back to base. "That is an
interesting mark you have on your forehead their, an upturned
crescent moon."
* * * * * * * * *
Michiru's house
A large flash of light announced the arrival of the Sailor Senshi.
The four guardians looked around trying to figure out where they had
landed. "This isn't the shrine? Usagi where are we?" asked Minako. As
she finished her question they became aware of the presence of two
others in the yard with them. This caused the guardians to tense up
and form a wall in front of Sailor Moon.
"It's okay, minna" Usagi stated as she pushed through the wall that
her guardians had made. Then indicating to the two strangers she
continued "This is Haruka-san, Sailor Uranus, and this is Michiru-
san, Sailor Neptune."
Neptune continued "Mamoru-san is inside keeping an eye on the
sleeping ChibiUsa. Now come, you four are probably tired and need
some real rest."
As the four guardians began to enter the house Pluto stood back with
a slight smile on her face, knowing that she had made the right
choice and prepared to face the consequences. Consequences which now
took effect. With a surprised moan she collapsed to her knees as her
body was wracked by pain and her time staff vanished from her hand.
Usagi saw Pluto collapsed and ran over to help her. "Pluto-san what's
wrong."
"Nothing my princess, I violated one of your rules in my duty as
Guardian of Spacetime, and now I must face the consequence. [moan] I
am forbidden to stop the flow of time."
"But you didn't." protested Usagi
"I know, which is why I am still allowed to be here. But, I bent the
rule and sped up time."
"But I have not created any rules." Usagi gave one more futile
protest
"You will, and have before in previous timelines. It matters not as I
am still bound by those rules. For the next four days I will be
without my connection to time, I will be unable to fight beside you,
as I do not know how to fight without using time as one of my
senses." as she said this final part she assumed her Setsuna glamour,
indicative that their would be no Sailor Pluto for the next four
days.
* * * * * * * * *
A Tokyo Alley
Tokyo may be a relatively crime free town, but it still has its share
of crime. For Kunzite this was a blessing and a curse at the same
time. As moments after he teleported into the alley he felt an object
being stuck into his ribs and a voice telling him to hand over his
money. He had to fight the urge to laugh out loud and show this
pathetic human who he was really dealing with. He had been wandering
how he was going to get rid of that box that Beryl gave him, the
contents gave him the creeps and he did not want to hold onto it
longer than he had to.
"I don't have any money on me, I just purchased this gift for me
wife." Kunzite said with his best attempt to sound scared. With slow
movements he removed the case and gave it to the man.
The man seeing the ornate box, his eyes gleamed with anticipation.
With a shove he
threw Kunzite to the ground. "If you know what's good for you, you
will stay like that for a while." And then left.
Waiting till he was sure the man had left, Kunzite picked himself up
off the ground and continued walking.
Pulling out a picture of the family she was staying with, he had to
smile, as the resemblance to that blond haired girl with odango
styled hair was just too similar. He knew that the Rabbit would
probably be staying with her future mother, which he now knew to be
Sailor Moon.
Picking up a report, he read it again. This particular one had
quickly caught his attention; it detailed an incident at Juuban
Junior High School. Apparently three of its students had suddenly run
out of class and when they returned, two of them were severely
injured and they also had the Rabbit with them. Further more one of
those was that girl Tsukino Usagi. In the section describing the
emotional states of those two students, it had mentioned that Tsukino
Usagi had been completely devastated and that the following day the
child had attended class with her.
With that Rubeus
put down the final papers and headed off to sleep.
-End Chapter 14
-This chapter came out much longer than I thought it was going
to be, further more many of what I thought were going to be the
main plot lines had to pushed off to later chapters.
-Well so much for secret identities, they were nice while they
lasted.
-Mr. John Clark is the leader of a multi-government secret
anti-terrorist organization, codenamed Rainbow 6. I will be
borrowing him and his group from Tom Clancy's novels for a
moment.