Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ The Saga of Mercury ❯ In The Name Of Mercury ( Chapter 21 )

The Saga of Mercury

Chapter 21

"In The Name Of Mercury"

Written by Jose I. Ramos

Portions based on "Mercury Knight stories" by Ryuuen No Miko

"Sailor Moon" and all related characters are copyrighted by Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha, TOEI Animation and other agencies.

Storyline © 2003 Jose I. Ramos

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The Saga of Mercury story is copyrighted by me, however content in some chapters is based on the Mercury Knight Stories as described in the Chapter 1 Introduction.

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Chapter 21 - In the Name of Mercury

Greg stepped up to the porch, put the key into the hole, and opened the front door.

"Welcome to the 21st century Urawa household, Sasha!" he said.

Sasha beamed a smile as she, Amy and Greg stepped into the house.

Inside in the kitchen, Mr. Urawa was fixing up dinner when his attention was drawn to the three.

"Hi everyone!" said Mr. Urawa.

"Hello dad!" said Greg.

"Good evening, Mr. Urawa," said Amy.

"Hi!" said Sasha.

Mr. Urawa took off his cooking gloves and walked over to Sasha.

"Did you enjoy the bus ride?" he asked.

"Yes very much, thank you!" she replied.

Mr. Urawa turned to Amy. "Are you staying for dinner?" he asked.

"Yes, I'll be here for a few hours, then I'm going to the train station," Amy responded.

"Sasha and I will walk her over," said Greg.

"Oh, don't worry about it," said Mr. Urawa. "I'll drive you guys over there, it's no problem with me."

"Ames?" said Greg.

"Fine with me," said Amy.

"Great, thank you," said Greg.

"Very well then!" said Mr. Urawa. "Dinner is just about ready. I have a small turkey here that I've just finished roasting. It has gravy sauce and cranberry jam. It's a popular food in America when they celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas."

"Great!" said Sasha.

"Sasha," said Greg, "you don't know how good of a job my dad does at cooking…"

"Oh don't say that!" responded Mr. Urawa. "I just try my best, that's all."

With that, the quartet sat down and enjoyed a nice, filling meal of turkey.

After they finished, they went into the den.

"Sasha," said Mr. Urawa, "would you like me to show you the rest of the house?"

"All right," said Sasha, turning to Amy. "Is it all right, Amy?"

"Go ahead," said Amy.

"You and Greg can stay here and turn on the television… The seventh day of the sumo basho is on right now," said Mr. Urawa.

With that Mr. Urawa and Sasha stepped out…

Which left just Amy and Greg in the den.

Greg walked over to the middle of the wide couch facing the television, took the remote control, turned on the television, and sat down.

Amy sat down as well… on Greg's lap.

"Whoa, uh, Amy, wha…"

Amy wrapped her left arm around Greg, and put her right index finger over his lips. "Ssssh… you know, there's something that I've wanted to tell you."

"Hmm…" said Greg, turning down the volume with the remote. "What is it, Ames?"

"Well, I look back on all the years of my life," said Amy, running her fingers through Greg's hair. "Especially the time that I've spent in school, and on being a sailor scout… and I've never, ever, had any free time or any time for a social life… that is, until I met you, Greg. From the first day that I met you in school when you first transferred over… you've opened up a whole new world for me. So…" she said, wrapping her other arm around Greg, "I just wanted to say… Thank you."

Amy smiled… and after a few moments, Greg followed suit.

"Amy," Greg said, stroking Amy's hair, "I am so glad that the two of us are destined to be together, forever… you know, they say that in order to have a true relationship, you have to love a person on the outside, and on the inside… for example… you Amy."

Amy giggled and blushed.

"I'm telling the truth here, Amy," Greg continued. "You are the most beautiful and gorgeous person I have had the honor of knowing. You are so pretty on the outside, accentuated by your blue hair… and you are knowledgeable and intelligent on the inside."

Amy pulled Greg closer to her. "Knowledgeable and intelligent… then…" she said, closing her eyes, "why am I doing this…"

Greg closed his eyes.

Their lips were only millimeters apart… when they heard the phone ring.

Greg opened his eyes, looked at Amy's eyes that were also open at this point, and let out a huge sigh.

Greg reached over to answer the phone.

"Hello? … Darien, what's up? … yep … uh-huh … yeah, we're all set for tomorrow. Uh-huh … they'll be… all right! Yep, see you then… bye."

"Darien was checking up on tomorrow?" said Amy, arms still around Greg.

"Yeah, wanted to make sure Sasha's surprise was… all… set…" Greg said, slowing down his speech as his eyes locked with Amy's. "Now, where were we…"

Amy said, "right about here…"

Amy and Greg inched together and closed their eyes.

"And that's the tour of the Urawa household! Glad you enjoyed it, Sasha!"

Amy and Greg opened their eyes, and quickly repositioned themselves on the couch, one neatly sitting next to the other. Greg immediately turned up the volume on the TV.

"Wow, what a charge!" said Greg, as Sasha and Mr. Urawa re-entered the den.

"How's the sumo going?" Mr. Urawa asked Greg.

"Ah, they haven't gotten to the good matches yet," said Greg.

"No, they start in another few minutes," said Amy.

"Oh, well," said Mr. Urawa.

Sasha ran around the couch and sat down next to Greg and Amy.

"Sumo wrestling is very interesting," said Sasha.

"Well, it's a sport that's been popular in Japan for centuries. In fact, we can trace it back to more than 2,000 years ago, back when…"

An announcer on the television interrupted Greg.

"We interrupt this program to bring you the following special news bulletin. Apparently, a monster has broken through into the Roppongi district and is wreaking havoc on Tokyo's popular nightspot. The fire department is responding to several fires that have apparently been set by this monster, and the police, as per usual, are saying that the only ones who can stop this destruction are Sailor Moon and her team of sailors and knights… none of which have been spotted in the area as of yet. We will keep you posted on further developments."

Amy, Greg and Sasha looked at each other, and nodded their heads.

"Oh, crap!" yelled Greg. "Amy's train comes in only ten minutes! I forgot all about it!"

Amy looked at her watch and gasped. "You're right… the next train won't leave until after midnight!"

"Ok, calm down guys… gee you should have told me about this earlier," said Mr. Urawa. "Don't worry, let's jump into the car now and head on over there."

"All right," said Sasha.

The four jumped into the car, and Mr. Urawa sped over to the entrance of the train station.

As Amy, Greg and Sasha stepped out of the car, Mr. Urawa suddenly realized… "Holy smokes! I left the cake I was baking in the oven! I… I gotta run back home before the house burns down!"

"Oh boy, uh… don't worry," said Greg, "Sasha and I will walk back. I'll make sure I've got a good eye on her."

"All right then, Amy, safe ride, and guys, see you later!" Mr. Urawa said as he sped away.

Amy held Sasha's hand as the three ran up the steps to the train platform.

The platform was completely empty, because…

"The next train comes in 45 minutes… good way to get out of that situation," said Greg.

"Well, I'm amazed that I actually lied… there are few times that I do that," said Amy.

"Are we going after that monster?" asked Sasha. "How are we going to get to it?"

"Transform first, then I'll tell ya," said Greg.

Sasha opened her locket, Amy took out her transformation stick, and Greg took out his dagger.

Greg looked around a final time…

"Good to go, ladies, let's do it!"

"MERCURY STAR POWER!"

"MERCURY PRISM POWER!"

"MERCURY KNIGHT POWER!"

The three appeared to be one as they transformed, surrounded by showering bubbles and light, into Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mini Mercury and Mercury Knight.

"Now," said Mercury Knight, "do you remember that sometimes, to go somewhere, the three of us would get together and do something called a Mercury Teleport?"

"Oh, yeah!" said Sailor Mini Mercury. "I remember that! But I haven't done it in a while…"

"Let's join hands and try it, then," said Sailor Mercury.

The three joined hands where they stood.

"All right," said Mercury Knight. "Close your eyes and concentrate…"

The three closed their eyes…

They concentrated…

Soon, a bright, blue ray of light began to surround them, and the wind began to gust up… but they weren't fazed as they suddenly found themselves in the air… and down on the ground, only a short distance away from where the youma was.

"All right," said Sailor Mini Mercury, "let's get him!"

"Hold it," said Mercury Knight, restraining her. "We've got to analyze this first."

"Are you going to use your computers?" said Sailor Mini Mercury.

"This should answer your question," said Sailor Mercury, as she and Mercury Knight joined hands, activating their super VR visors.

They zoomed in to get a closer look at the youma with the goggles.

The youma had a dark, red body with orange hair, with a dark, black cloak. It was shooting streams of fire out of its mouth. Some bystanders nearby were running away in panic.

"Guess we're the first ones here," said Mercury Knight.

"All right, let's go as close as we can," said Sailor Mercury.

The three of them walked, Mercury Knight in front and the ladies behind, inch by inch toward the monster.

At the right moment, the three of them stood together in a line.

Mercury Knight was about to speak, when…

"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!" said Sailor Mini Mercury.

The monster turned his head toward Sailor Mini Mercury.

So did Sailor Mercury and Mercury Knight.

"Stop what you are doing right now! You are causing devastation to a popular area in this city, and we will not allow it! We are the forces of Ice! I AM SAILOR MINI MERCURY!"

"I am the pretty-suited Sailor Soldier of Intelligence and protector of water, SAILOR MERCURY!"

"And I make sure I never let my future daughter and future wife out of my sights! I AM MERCURY KNIGHT, and don't you forget about that!"

"AND ON BEHALF OF MERCURY, I SHALL PUNISH YOU!" yelled Sailor Mini Mercury.

"WE WILL TOO!" said Sailor Mercury and Mercury Knight.

"I am Atsugi!" said the monster in a low, masculine voice.

"Atsugi?" said Mercury Knight. "Interesting name for someone like you."

"I have something to show you… allow me to open up for you to see!"

Atsugi opened up his black cloak, which spread across for quite a bit.

The three from Mercury gasped.

Shown wrapped up, unconscious within the cloak, were Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Mini Moon, Sailor Mars, Mars Knight, Sailor Jupiter, Jupiter Knight, Sailor Venus, Venus Knight, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune.

"They must have gotten here first then," said Mercury Knight.

"What have you done to our friends?" asked Sailor Mercury.

"They just got in my way of stealing precious energy, so I had no choice but to take them as my own prisoners," said Atsugi.

Mini Mercury was looking at everyone in Atsugi's grasp. But then noticed something. "Where's Sailor Moon?"

"Ergh… uh…"

Sailor Mini Mercury turned around when she heard the groaning, and looked to the ground a short distance away.

"SAILOR MOON!"

Sailor Mini Mercury and Sailor Mercury ran over to Sailor Moon, who was all cut up and bruised on the ground.

Mercury Knight, meanwhile, still stood in the presence of the red monster.

"Well, since your girls are tending to that weird looking blond, you're first!" Atsugi said, opening his mouth and shooting a fireball straight at Mercury Knight.

Mercury Knight wasted no time: "MERCURY ICE SHIELD!" he yelled, activating the Ice Shield, and deflecting the fireball up into the sky.

The Ice Shield was still up as Sailor Mercury, Sailor Moon and Sailor Mini Mercury made their way behind Mercury Knight.

Mercury Knight took this opportunity to activate his computer visor once more. The visor was able to pick something up on Atsugi's chest.

"NOW!" said Atsugi. "Sailor Moon! Surrender your Spiral Rod now! Or your friends will die!"

Sailor Moon was now scrambling to figure out what to do.

"Hey, do you see a flower on that guy's chest?" said Mercury Knight.

There was a closed, light-pink flower over Atsugi's left chest.

"My visor is picking it up as a… oh, no…"

"What is it?" said Sailor Mercury.

"It's… a Kisenian flower!"

Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury gasped. The words `Kisenian flower' triggered thoughts in their heads that went back to their battle with Fiore several years ago.

"What's a Kiss… Kissa…" started Sailor Mini Mercury.

"Sssh," said Mercury Knight. "You don't wanna know."

"That's right," said a horrific feminine voice emanating from around Atsugi. "You DON'T WANT TO KNOW… hee, hee, hee, haa, haa!"

The flower petal opened up to reveal the Kisenian.

"Remember me?" said Kisenian. "The one that you got rid of a while back? Well, here I am! Seems that Sorinya had an extra flower of mine, and she's putting it to great use! Now, Atsugi, on with your orders!"

"Yes, Kisenian. So, what's it gonna be, Sailor Moon? Your Spiral Rod… or your friends??"

Sailor Moon did remember when she dealt with Fiore. She remembered what she did in a situation like this… and she knew what she had to do now.

She took the Spiral Rod out…

And dropped it on the ground in front of her.

"You win," said Sailor Moon.

Sailor Mercury looked at Sailor Moon.

Mercury Knight deactivated his shield, and took out his sword. "I'll ante in," he said, tossing his sword to the ground.

"This is just like before… I… I can't let go of my friends…" said Sailor Moon. "My friends are the most important things to me… I might not be smart in school, but I'm smart enough to know that when the going gets tough, I have friends… here standing besides me… and over there, with you. I don't want my friends to get hurt…"

"I never knew you cared about them so much…" said Atsugi.

Kisenian then had enough of this. "Oooh! First Fiore, now you! I'll just have to eliminate Sailor Moon myself!"

With that, the Kisenian separated itself from Atsugi and formed in front of him, standing on what appeared to be plant-like crab legs.

Atsugi, on the other hand, changed appearance into a man with a business suit, and collapsed on the floor. The huge black cloak vanished, and the other sailors and knights that were caught in it fell onto the ground as well. They began to come around as Kisenian made her way to Sailor Moon, Sailor Mercury, Mercury Knight and Sailor Mini Mercury.

Sailor Moon immediately picked up her Spiral Rod and attempted a Moon Spiral Heart Attack… but it didn't work.

Sailor Mini Moon tried her Shabon Fan… but it was useless.

Mercury Knight knew that it probably wouldn't work, but he tried a Mercury Ice Blade Charge attack anyway… and as expected, it failed.

Which left Sailor Mercury, the soldier of intelligence, to make a big decision in her mind.

"Sailor Moon, the only way to defeat the Kisenian is to use your Silver Crystal… but you are too weak to use it…"

"I don't feel weak…" said Sailor Moon.

"NO," responded Sailor Mercury, "you have to save your strength… while I will try the next best thing."

"The next best thing?" said Mercury Knight. "What could be second to the Silver Crystal?"

Sailor Mercury looked down at her Scout Ring. "A certain blue crystal," she responded.

Which set off alarms in Mercury Knight's head. "Amy… DON'T!" he yelled.

Sailor Mercury raised the Scout Ring in the air and yelled "ETERNAL MERCURY POWER!"

A gusty wind began to pick up and surround Sailor Mercury, as the other scouts that were caught up in the black cloak made their way to Sailor Moon, Mercury Knight and Sailor Mini Mercury.

Rays of white and blue light began to surround Sailor Mercury… as she became Princess Amy.

The princess was in her long, blue gown, with the Mercury symbol glowing on her forehead.

"Oh, Princess Amy! Well," said Kisenian, "Queen Sorinya has had a large interest in you… might as well finish the task that she already started!"

"No, you wont," said Princess Amy, a large blue crystal floating around her hands.

"The Planet Crystal!" yelled Sailor Mini Mercury.

"So I guess THAT's second to the Silver Crystal," said Mars Knight. "Wait, Ames!"

"Don't… don't do it!" said a shaky Sailor Moon.

"It's too dangerous!" said Venus Knight, alert and reviving the others.

"In the name of Mercury…" said Princess Amy… "This… is for my friends… for Sasha… for Greg… and for the future… MERCURY POWER!"

As Kisenian was launching a thunderous energy attack toward Princess Amy, the princess unleashed the power of the Mercury Planet Crystal.

It was a very strong force… which sent out bubbles and lightning toward the incoming energy attack.

The two attacks collided mid-way, and it was a push and shove match between the two forces.

Kisenian's attack was starting to get the upper hand… but the Princess was starting to fight back harder and harder.

Mercury Knight had enough. "I'm going to go help her," he said.

But before he could act, the Princess' attack made it all the way to Kisenian, who yelled as the attack froze her and shattered her into many pieces.

At that instant, the power of the Mercury Planet Crystal expired…

And so did Princess Amy, her lifeless, limp body collapsing onto the asphalt pavement.

"NO!" yelled Mercury Knight.

"MOMMY!" cried Sailor Mini Mercury.

"AMY!" cried Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars.

Mercury Knight immediately snapped, "Ken, hold Sasha!"

Jupiter Knight held on to Sasha as the others scrambled over to the body of the Princess.

Mercury Knight flipped the princess' body on its back. He saw Amy's pale skin and face, with the Mercury symbol gone from her forehead, and tried to awaken her by shaking her shoulders.

"No, no, no, NO, NO!!" he yelled., checking for a pulse and starting emergency CPR. After a few moments' worth of CPR, which didn't help at all, he cried out, "Don't do this to me! DON'T DO THIS TO ME! DON'T… AMY… DON'T DO THIS…" he said before finally breaking down, his head falling onto the princess' chest.

Sailor Jupiter covered her mouth and tried not to cry.

"Oh, God," said Sailor Mars through tears.

"Why…" said Sailor Venus.

Sailors Uranus and Neptune were in shock. "I'm sorry, Greg…" said Sailor Neptune.

Mercury Knight looked up at Sailor Neptune, nodded his head, and looked back at what was supposed to be the intelligent girl… his girlfriend… his future wife… and the future co-ruler of Mercury.

Through the tears, the memories were coming back.

He was starting to remember all of the good times he had with her.

The time they met in school…

The time they first spoke to each other…

Their first date…

Their first kiss at the train station…

Their first battle together…

The discovery of Sasha as their future daughter…

And he remembered what she said earlier in the day…

"I've never, ever, had any free time or any time for a social life… that is, until I met you, Greg. From the first day that I met you in school when you first transferred over… you've opened up a whole new world for me…"

"Amy, I am so glad that the two of us are destined to be together, forever… you know, they say that in order to have a true relationship, you have to love a person on the outside, and on the inside… I'm telling the truth here, Amy… You are the most beautiful and gorgeous person I have had the honor of knowing. You are so pretty on the outside, accentuated by your blue hair… and you are knowledgeable and intelligent on the inside."

The outside and the inside, he said to himself… the symbol of true love…

"I have to do something to Amy," Mercury Knight said to the others.

"Why do you want to do anything," said Mars Knight. "It doesn't matter now, she's already dead!"

Mercury Knight looked up at Mars Knight, straight in the eyes.

"Chad," said Mercury Knight, "do you believe in love?"

Mars Knight was puzzled at Mercury Knight's question, unsure of how to respond.

"Love means to hold dear," said Mercury Knight. "To feel devotion or tenderness, to like or desire actively, to thrive in… I'm sure that all of you have your kinds of love, especially toward each other. Well, I for one really believe in it. I really believe in love. I was taught once that in order to love, there are two qualities you much search for… external properties and internal properties. The outside, and the inside.

"I love each and every one of you. All of you have your special talents that make each of you individuals… and make me proud to fight alongside you. I love all of you… I love Sasha… and I love Amy. Amy is a part of me… always has been, and always will be…

"Which is why I am confident," he said, lifting the princess' body into his arms, "that I can bring her back, with nothing but true love."

The sailors and knights that were standing around him thought about and reflected on Mercury Knight's words.

"I'm with you," said Sailor Moon.

"I'm not your girlfriend, but I love you, and everyone," said Sailor Venus.

"I love you, Greg!" said Jupiter Knight, still with Sailor Mini Mercury, who shouted, "I love you, daddy!"

"We love you," said Sailors Uranus and Neptune.

"We shall share our love for each other as we try to bring back Amy," said Sailor Mars.

"I think that's the way to do it," said Mars Knight.

"Let's all concentrate," said Sailor Jupiter.

"I'm ready," said Venus Knight.

Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Mini Moon also showed their approval.

"Ok then," said Mercury Knight. "Everyone focus your love now on Amy, as we try to bring her back."

Mercury Knight lifted Princess Amy's head to his.

He whispered… "I love you…" and kissed her.

As he kissed her, the winds began to pick up yet again. Everyone else stood firm as they focused their love to Amy.

Mercury Knight still had his lips pressed on those of Princess Amy's…

Until he felt that his lips were being pressed back…

As Princess Amy awoke and wrapped her arms around her knight.

The Mercury symbols on their foreheads were now shining brighter than ever before.

Sailor Uranus smiled at the sight. So did Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Neptune, Sailor Moon and Mars Knight. Sailors Mars, Jupiter, Venus and Mini Moon were shedding tears of joy.

Venus Knight called to Jupiter Knight. "Let her come over!" he said.

Jupiter Knight let go of Sailor Mini Mercury, and the two of them ran over.

Princess Amy and Mercury Knight broke their kiss, stared at each other, and smiled.

"Thank… thank you…" uttered Princess Amy, "for sharing your love… and saving my life…"

"You saved all our lives," said Sailor Moon. "Thank you for being a true pal and a great friend."

Princess Amy was almost startled as Sailor Mini Mercury ran to her future mother and gave her a great big hug.

"Here's to Princess Amy!" she yelled. "Hip, hip…"

"HOORAY!" yelled everyone.

Meanwhile, back in the Negaverse…

"Oooh, those Kisenian flowers are nothing but crap!" said Sorinya. "I'll have the ones that are left burned… but make no mistake… my quest to dominate the universe AND capture Sailor Mercury is NOT OVER!! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!

Sailor Mini Mercury and Mercury Knight faced Sailor Mercury on a quiet street in front of the Mizuno residence.

"Well, I'd say it was… a successful job tonight," said Sailor Mercury.

"But we almost lost you… to… to be honest… I… almost lost you," said Mercury Knight. "But you came through for us. Thanks."

"Thank you Amy for your help!" said Sailor Mini Mercury.

"And don't forget, we've got plans tomorrow, all three of us, and a few other friends," said Mercury Knight.

"We do?" asked Sailor Mini Mercury.

"Yep, but it's a surprise. You'll have to wait until tomorrow," said Mercury Knight.

Turning his attention back to Sailor Mercury, Mercury Knight said, "Well…"

"Well…" said Sailor Mercury.

The two stared at each other for a few seconds, before reaching forward for a parting goodnight kiss.

"Till tomorrow," said Sailor Mercury.

"See you then," said Mercury Knight.

"Bye!" said Sailor Mini Mercury.

"Ok, ready to teleport Sasha? One, two, three!"

A trail of blue light was left behind Mercury Knight and Sailor Mini Mercury as they streaked into the sky.

Sailor Mercury looked up at the sky, smiled, and went back into her house.

When they got back to the Urawa household, Mercury Knight and Sailor Mini Mercury de-transformed.

As that happened, Greg was expecting to get his Mercury Dagger back for safe keeping… but he didn't expect to get back…

"A cell phone?" said a surprised Greg.

It was a flip phone with a blue exterior, and a blue LCD screen inside. He pressed a button, and instantly the cell phone lit up a bright blue.

The screen showed he had one voice message, and it showed instructions on how to retrieve it.

"Wow, I don't know what this is for," said Greg.

"Maybe it's a present?" asked Sasha.

"Who knows," said Greg as he entered the house.

Mr. Urawa was in the den, and yelled as he was watching the sumo, "Amy got on the train all right?"

"Yep," responded Greg. "I'm tucking in Sasha now." He turned to Sasha. "You get dressed and I'll see you in your room to tuck you in."

As Sasha ran to get dressed, Greg entered the new room that would be Sasha's on the weekends. He punched in a code and retrieved his voice mail.

"Greetings, Greg," said a familiar voice. "This is Artemis speaking. Luna and I just wanted to thank you for all of your help today in destroying the Kisenian flower, and for proving that true love is really something to be cherished. And as recognition for all of your hard work, you and the knights are getting equipment upgrades. From now on, your daggers will be concealed as regular looking cell phones. These phones will be your new communication tools for talking to the other members of the sailor team. And when the time comes to transform, the phones will change back into your daggers, allowing you to complete the transformation. Again, thanks for all your help. Say hello to Sasha! Good night…"

Greg smiled. He decided to save the message, rather than delete it.

In Sasha's new room, Greg was tucking Sasha in.

"Phew!" said Greg. "What a day."

"I'm glad it's all over… and I'm looking forward to tomorrow very much," said Sasha.

"That's great. Well…"

"Greg, I remember what you said about Amy today… and, uh…"

"Yes?"

"Do you love me?"

"Love you?" Greg smiled. "Of course," he said, hugging Sasha. "You've just become a very important part of my life… I love you a lot, and as I said before, I won't let you, or Amy, out of my sights, ever."

Sasha's eyes were starting to close from being sleepy.

"Ooh, ok, better pull up the covers here," said Greg, doing just that.

Greg kissed Sasha on the forehead. "Good night, Sasha."

Sasha kissed Greg on the cheek. "Good night, Greg."

Greg walked to the door and turned off the wall light.

"Sweet dreams," said Greg, as he left and closed the door.

With a long and eventful day now over, Sasha smiled… closed her eyes… hoped for sweet dreams during the night… and fell fast asleep.

What is in store for Sasha tomorrow?

Find out in Chapter 22 of The Saga of Mercury.

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