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And please be aware that this story, at least, if not any others as well, may periodically delve into the areas of alternate timelines, realities, and/or universes, as well as have at least some OOC elements for any or all of the characters in it, at least a little bit, if not a lot. And it may or may not tie in with other stories of mine that might feature its main characters, at least on the protagonists' side of things, in fact.

This particular story series of mine here will mainly be set in one of at least eight different Zones of Earth. Specifically, this story series will mainly be set in the Jerusalem Zone of Earth. Other Zones of Earth that may be mentioned in this story series, at least, if not others as well, will be the Tokyo, Honolulu, Seattle, Chicago, Rio De Janeiro, London, and Calcutta Zones. Tokyo's the Alpha Zone, unless otherwise stated. Honolulu, Beta. Seattle, Gamma. Chicago, Delta. Rio De Janeiro, Epsilon. London, Zeta. And Calcutta, Theta. Jerusalem will be in the Eta Zone, then, by logical enough extension here, of course.

I hope that you all happen to enjoy this story quite considerably, and that you'll leave plenty of good reviews for it, while it's still in progress here, by the way. Much more of it will come later, if and whenever possible, in the future, people.

Now with no further ado, if we may, then, let's all get on with the story here, and see what happens next for the Scouts and anyone else they may or may not yet know in their lives, quite obviously enough! And away we go!

Israel's Mighty Warriors

Book Two

Chapter One

A few days later, at most, Sylvia and Rolando were walking with each other into DBJHS's main school building. It was now just about ten to fifteen minutes before school was due to start that day for them and many other people on the school's grounds. In fact, it was now Valentine's Day of 1991. They held hands all the way into that building, as many others watched them do so here.

As they did so, an Egyptian girl in the usual school uniform began to scowl secretly. This girl's name was Lisha Murkogat, and she was now about 16½ years old. She didn't yet know it, but she and others who she might eventually encounter would possibly find themselves often fighting against Sylvia and/or others in the future. Either as civilians or as Scouts, for that matter. She scowled because she didn't think Rolando and Sylvia should be holding hands in public like they now were. Much less being seen together at all, by the way.

Sylvia and Rolando stayed with each other for a while, before eventually having to part again, for the obvious reasons. After they did, Lisha suddenly charged Sylvia from behind without any warning, and knocked her flat on her stomach and face. She kicked Sylvia at least a few times before Sylvia could respond to the unwarranted attack on her person well enough. The girls fought for a few minutes before Sylvia could get the upper hand while defending herself as best as she could here well enough.

Four or so minutes after Lisha started the fight, Sylvia and Lisha were separated from each other here. Lisha had inflicted more pain and bruises on Sylvia in the fight than Sylvia had her. But Sylvia had begun defending herself quite a bit better when several teachers broke up the fight here, and she'd just about put Lisha down on the ground for a while with some better defensive techniques. The teachers broke up the fight, and sent both girls to the school nurse, one at a time, for the obvious reasons here, of course.

Lisha got after-school detention for two weeks, while Sylvia got none. For security cameras in the necessary hallway of the school had recorded the entire fight quite well. However, Sylvia had now made an enemy of Lisha, whether she knew it well enough yet or not. And Sylvia might have her injuries due to the fight for at least a while, for that matter. Especially on her arms and legs, perhaps. Which were where Lisha had sent a lot of her attacks on Sylvia here, in fact.

The news of the fight between Lisha and Sylvia began spreading through the school, not very long after it. By the end of the school day, it was at least spread through a quarter of the school's student body and/or faculty, if not more. As time went on, the news would probably spread even further than that in the school and the local area, if given enough of a chance to do that.

By about 4:15 pm, Sylvia and Rolando had both powered up and begun patrolling the local area, just in case any trouble might require their attentions there for a while. After they both powered up, they were Sailor Skyhorse and the Pilgrim, respectively. As they patrolled the area together, they often discussed assorted things that were then on their minds. Of course, Sylvia's fight with Lisha was one of those things.

Skyhorse said, "She jumped me for no good reason, my Beloved. I hadn't done anything to her before, as far as I know."

The Pilgrim considered this for a while, as they passed Christ Church on their rounds, before asking, "Do you have any idea of your own about what might have set her off then there well enough yet?"

"No, I don't. Kiena seems to think, however, that it might have had something to do with the fact that, according to the security tapes now in question, we were holding hands with each other earlier."

"So what if we were, Heart?"

"Kiena thinks that her seeing us doing so might have set Lisha off. I suppose it's possible. In fact, come to think of it, Lisha seems to look at least a little bit like the strange female who predicted we'd be dead within two years if you weren't married by the end of your 19th Birthday, if not a lot, or entirely, like that female."

"And if she does?"

"Then she does, my Beloved. I just hope I don't have to worry about that female again for the rest of the next year that's left to you before you're next due to have a birthday."

"But you have a feeling that you might still do so, just the same, Heart?"
"Unfortunately, I do. I have this feeling that she and others might show up during future Scout battles, in fact, rather often. And do so, at least, until they're either converted to the side of Good or destroyed, whatever the case might be for them all, Rolando."

"What do you believe her religious belief system is?"

"Mohammedan, based on her obvious mother tongue of Arabic, on her actions, and on the fact that she was cursing a lot at me, calling me a pig and a Jew-lover, among other things. Many of which, I'd rather not repeat. For they're not suitable enough for me to say, or for you to her from me, I believe, being what we are in our lives. Yes, I do love the Jews, as I always have, and always will. I will always support them in their endeavors, if and/or whenever I possibly can. I will not stand idly by and let any Jew or Christian be attacked needlessly, if I can possibly avoid it. Not even by one such as Lisha Murkogat, if that is actually her real name."

Meanwhile, as the Pilgrim and Skyhorse were patrolling in the Jerusalem area, Zoisite was setting out to look for several people she could bring back to the Negaverse with her so that they might be recruited by the Negaverse to oppose Skyhorse's group of Scouts. She was now in a previously-unused building that had been constructed in mere days in the local area. Nobody else in the area who wasn't already affiliated with the Negaverse knew about it yet, and Zoisite hoped that would always remain the case. It had been built, in fact, by humanoid monsters, and it was always cloaked, even when occupied. Zoisite eventually left her new base of operations in the Jerusalem area, and went in search of possible allies for the Negaverse in the future. She hid her Negaverse uniform under a mostly gray and black robe.

Zoisite eventually came upon the now-black-robed Lisha. A black crystal in an interior pocket of Zoisite's Negaverse uniform began beeping quietly when Zoisite got within 240 yards of Lisha's location in the area. As Zoisite neared Lisha's position, the beeps got louder and louder, but not necessarily loud enough for any true human beings to hear them well enough here and now. Eventually Lisha and Zoisite collided with each other in a crowd of people in the Mohammedan-dominated part of Jerusalem. As they collided, Zoisite's crystal identified Lisha as the once and future Sailor Egypt.

As soon as it did, Zoisite said to Lisha, as their eyes met briefly, "Come with me, and you shall have revenge on those who hurt you long ago, young girl. There are many hurts you have to avenge, if at all possible. Come with me, and they just might be."

"Who are you, and why are you here?"

"Come with me, and all your questions will be answered in very short time, hopefully."

About two minutes or so later, after thinking about Zoisite's words for a little while, Lisha said, "As you wish, strange woman." Lisha soon followed Zoisite back to her new base of operations in the area.

Ten minutes after they arrived there, at most, Zoisite and Lisha were in the Negaverse together. Five minutes after that, they were conversing with Queen Beryl.

After about twenty minutes or so of conversation between Lisha, Zoisite, and Queen Beryl in Beryl's throne room, Beryl said, "Lisha, you will become Sailor Egypt, Dark Scout of the Negaverse, in short order. May the powers you once had return, so that you can defeat the forces of Good like you had often done in the past! Zoisite, prepare her for battle, and do so to the best of your current ability. You have until the first of March in the Humans' current calendar year to prepare her for her first battle as Sailor Egypt. Do not fail me."

"As you command, so shall it be, Queen Beryl."

"Now off with you both. I have much to do that now must be done, and so do you both."

Zoisite and Lisha left Beryl's presence almost immediately afterward. And they began trying to prepare for Lisha's first battle as Sailor Egypt, once they'd done so well enough. This remained the case until about 7:30 pm Jerusalem time, when Zoisite returned Lisha to Earth again, for the obvious reasons here. By the time that Zoisite did so, Lisha had acquired at least a few things that she might quite often use in the future. And a cat, for that matter. After Zoisite returned Lisha to Earth again, Lisha returned to her family's residence shortly thereafter. She stayed there for the rest of the night, of course.

Meanwhile, as Lisha returned to her family's residence, Skyhorse and the Pilgrim powered down again, and became Sylvia and Rolando again in their respective lives. They stayed with each other until about 9:30 or so, before parting from each other for the rest of the night. Sylvia went to the cavern, and Rolando went home, when they parted. When she got there, she saw Rebecca, Martha, and Ulysses there, along with Kiena and Tatiana.

Sylvia soon asked Kiena, "Why are my siblings here now, Kiena?" But only once it was safe enough for her to do so, of course.

"Trinity, Mir, and I saw them near your family's residence looking for you while we were patrolling elsewhere in the area. They didn't want to go back there again without seeing you again well enough."

"I see. They must not remember you girls bringing them here to see me, then, Kiena. This, of course, is for all the obvious reasons."

"I can't erase, or block, or alter, their memories of us doing so, I believe. And I don't think any of the other Scouts can do that either. Not even you, for that matter, may be able to, as far as I know."

Sylvia thought for a minute or two, and then said, all of a sudden, "Call Irene Shekovinski. Have her come here with the people she and her cats initiated as Scouts on my birthday. And with her cats, while we're at it. Perhaps with at least twenty heads considering this matter, we'll come up with a good enough solution."

"This may not necessarily be fair to your siblings, you know, to have their memories erased, altered, or blocked here, Sylvia."

"I'm fully aware of that, Kiena. But they must be protected as best as they currently can be."

"And so do the Scouts and their various allies?

"Yes, of course, Kiena."

"I don't like this idea one bit, you know."

"Nor do I, in fact. But we still have to try to protect everyone that we can protect who needs our protection to the best of our abilities to do that, just the same. Even if our ways that we might be trying to use in our lives may not actually be fair to them in their lives at all. Or to at least some degree, if not to a great degree instead."

"Fine. I'll call Mrs. Shekovinski, and ask her to have her associates come here as soon as possible. Should they come in their Scout uniforms, if they have any?"

"Obviously, Kiena. That way, we might better be able to protect my siblings, ourselves, and our allies, if I'm not too mistaken here."

"What about Mary, Naomi, and Joelle?"

"Tell them to be here as soon as possible as well."

Two minutes later, Kiena set off to attend to certain things she then had to attend to here. As for Sylvia, she soon went to where Tatiana was playing cards at present with her siblings.

When she got close enough to her siblings, she soon said, "I heard you three wanted to see me again. Well, now's your chance, kids."

Becky, Martha, and Ulysses turned at her words, and dropped their cards on a table in front of them, before hurrying to her side. Becky was the first to speak. "We've all missed you since your birthday, Sylvia. Please come home," said Rebecca.

"No, I don't think so. I'm still quite upset with them both. I don't want to be with them right now. Perhaps, in time, I will return there. But at the current time, I'll not go there again if I don't have to." Tatiana soon left, at a secret signal from Sylvia to her.

Martha asked, "They miss you too, Sylvia. They're sorry they did what they did. They've argued a lot about what they did since you left us. Can't you come home, so they'll stop?"

"I miss them too, kids, in fact, but I can't go back there right now, if at all. For knowing that they've already tried it once, who's to say that they won't try to marry me off again without my prior knowledge and/or consent?"

Ulysses asked, "Noted. But you can't hate them forever, can you, Sylvia?"

"Ulysses, Becky, and Martha, please get this firmly in your heads, if you can. I don't hate them. But what they tried to do earlier is unexcusable, and currently unforgivable, it seems to me. Perhaps in time, it won't be. But for now, at least, if not forever, it is. So I can't return just yet, no matter how much we might all want that here and now, kids. I really wish things weren't actually as they now seem to be. But they are. And until that changes well enough for all concerned, then I can't go home there again, I believe."

Several minutes later, after a good deal more conversation with her siblings, Sylvia heard the Scouts start to arrive in the cavern here. Their animal allies, as of the present time, weren't very far behind them, if they weren't actually with anyone when they came there. First to arrive in the cavern in their Scouting uniforms, if at all possible, were Moon, Corona, and Eclipse. Not very far behind them followed Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter, in that order. Then Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, in that order. Who were followed, in time, by Sedna, Quaoar, Orcus, Israel, and Judah, as well. Irene, Kiena, Tatiana, and Mary all came there in their civilian states. Moonlight Serenade, Isaiah, Vladephrad, Yeshua, Luna, and Artemis rounded out the people and animals that joined Sylvia and her siblings in the cavern as the need then arose for them to do so here well enough.

Sylvia eventually got to talking with all the other people and all the animals then in the cavern with her and her siblings. Whenever the animals talked, they covered their words with certain sounds appropriate for the kinds of animals they each were, of course. Or at least as best as they then could cover them, under the current circumstances here, anyway. This was for the obvious reasons, quite naturally enough, in fact. After a long while, they came to a hopefully-suitable enough conclusion about what to do here, in regards to Sylvia's siblings. They wouldn't actually be able to erase any memories now. But they'd still put at least a temporary, if not a permanent, block on all her siblings' memories to the best of their current abilities to do that. At least as it pertained to their memories related to the cavern they were all now in, if not to anyone and/or anything else at all, for that matter. Mainly with Irene and Pluto's help, if not with anyone else's help at all, they'd do that as best as they could. If they couldn't totally block them, they'd try to alter them at least a bit, if they possibly could, for at least a little while. If not forever, by the way.

About an hour or so after the other Scouts and all their various animal allies had arrived in the cavern, the necessary things were done as well as they then could be here. Whether those things were right enough or not for all concerned parties now, those things were done, just the same. Once they were all done as well as they could be, Sylvia's siblings were all sleeping again. Kiena soon dropped Sylvia's siblings off at Wakefield Castle as needed, before returning to her own family's residence for the rest of the night. When she left the cavern, everyone else except Sylvia began doing the same. Everyone except Sylvia left the cavern by 11:30, at the very latest.

The following Monday, Lisha came upon a Syrian-born girl. Little did she yet know this girl in her life, or that they'd fight alongside each other at least every so often in the future against Skyhorse and many other Scouts. They met each other on the way back to their respective residences in the Mohammedan-dominated part of the Jerusalem local area. Both were now wearing their robes, for it was no longer time for school on the current day. They met near Zoisite's current base of operations in the area, just as Zoisite was about to go looking for Lisha. For it was almost time for another training session for her, so that she'd hopefully be able to fight as Sailor Egypt very soon.

As soon as Zoisite got within a few hundred yards or so of Lisha and the other girl's position, the Black Crystal began to beep. Quietly, at first, and then louder as Zoisite neared both girls. It soon identified the girl with Lisha at present as the once and future Sailor Syria. Zoisite quickened her step after it did so, and soon was with both girls here. An hour later, at most, after a brief trip to the Negaverse, both girls were with each other and Zoisite in Zoisite's Jerusalem base.

After they were, Lisha and Zoisite began getting to know Qadira at least a bit in their lives, if they'd not already done so by then. They all began trying to prepare for at least one future battle with Skyhorse's group of Scouts, if not more than one. And they did this until at least 7:30 pm, but not later than 8:30 pm, before they all parted from each other for the rest of the night. When Lisha's father asked where she'd been, she told him, "I was making a friend with a girl from Syria."

He smiled, and asked, "What is her name?"

"Qadira. I don't know her last name well enough yet. And, by the way, Allah has seen fit to make it possible for me to bring you several bottles of fine German beer as you often like to have. It seems some foolish Christian-appearing tourists forgot to take them with them after buying them at a liquor shop between school and here. I gathered them up, and brought them to you, just as soon as I could, in fact, Father. May you enjoy them, with Allah's blessings." She produced six bottles of that beer, and soon gave him all six of them.

"Well done, my lady who walks at night."

"Would you mind if I were possibly interested in joining Islamic Jihad or a similar enough in the future, so that I could perhaps try to liberate Palestine from the Zionist infidels?"

"In time, maybe not. But just not yet, my dear. Let's try to see if Saddam can defeat sufficiently the infidels who are now opposing him, my daughter."

"Your wish is my command, Honored Father." Lisha soon retired to her room and bed, when the need arose for her to do so, in fact. She was in her bed again by no later than 11 at night, after first working on her currently-uncompleted school work for a while, if needed, by the way. And she was asleep no more than about ten or so minutes after that time, for that matter.

In the late afternoon of February 20, 1991, which was a Wednesday, Sylvia ran into Irene, in a manner of speaking. It happened while Sylvia was in the mall she'd first encountered Rolando at in this time period. She was shopping for more art supplies when she encountered Irene there.

They soon found a place where they could talk safely enough with each other in the mall. After they did, Sylvia soon asked, "What are you doing here now, Mrs. Shekovinski?"

"Shopping, for one thing. My children and husband thought I should enjoy myself as much as possible on my birthday. So this is one of the places I've decided to go to today to do that as much as I can, Sylvia."

"May I ask how old you are now?"

"46 years old, Sylvia."

"How long have you known about your Silver Millennium past?"

"Since at least my wedding day in this time period, if not longer. Why do you ask?"

"Because I now can remember you as Queen Serenity, that's why, Irene. And Hezekiah was Prince Daniel."

"You served my daughter well in the past. And may you do so again, if the need arises."

"If it is the Lord's will that I do so, then I will. But if it isn't His will, then so be it."

"Fair enough, Sylvia." It was now about 6:35 pm.

"How many Negaverse Generals are there left to fight, exactly, as far as you know?"

"Two. Generals Zoisite and Malachite, Sylvia, are the only ones left that I can recall as certainly being present when they invaded us long ago."

"What will Zoisite's main goal probably be?"

"I don't know yet. But from what I know of her, from back in the days of the Silver Millennium, she was quite mean and would often mistreat her prisoners however she might see fit. Especially if they didn't do or say what she wanted them to. Mind you, most of what I happen to know of her right now probably is, at best, second-hand or third-hand information. As for Malachite, he may even be more of a mystery to me than Zoisite is or was to me. I believe he was that way in the past as well. At least to some degree, if not totally, that is."

The two of them talked and shopped with each other for some length of time before Sylvia said, "Please try to enjoy yourself for the rest of your birthday, Queen Serenity. I think it's about time for me to go back to work again."

"On what, Sylvia?"

"Protecting the area, of course. You don't really want your daughters fighting again too soon, do you?"

"You mean Selena, Destiny, and Bethany, don't you?"

"Of course I do. Selena, most especially, if I know you as well as I think I do now."

"I suppose so, Sylvia. What if you need help later?"

"I'll call the other Scouts I've got in my little group first. If we're in need of more assistance, then we might call for the rest of you."

"All right, Sylvia. Be careful, yet vigilant, then, on your next patrol of the area."

"As God wills it, so shall I be, if at all possible, Mrs. Shekovinski." Sylvia soon parted from Irene, found a safe enough place to power up, and became Skyhorse again. Skyhorse then began patrolling in the area as the need or desire for her to do that arose for her here.

Skyhorse patrolled the area alone until about 8:15 in the evening before encountering Sailor Mercury near DBJHS, as Sailor Mercury had been drawn for some reason in that direction for a while.

Sailor Mercury soon asked, "Sailor Skyhorse, why are you here?"

"I could ask you the same question."

"Perhaps. But I asked you first."

"I often patrol here. And this has been a place where attacks have happened before, by the way."

"So Amy Meredith heard, if I remember things I've heard well enough. Who she is, I'm not sure. But I have a feeling we'll meet, if we haven't already."

Skyhorse thought, "Mercury, you are Amy, and she is you. You must not have all your memories back from long ago yet. I wonder just how long it will be before you have them all back well enough."

Mercury asked, "May I patrol with you, Sailor Skyhorse, by any chance?"

"Sure Mercury, you can. While you do so, would you perhaps like to talk about your boyfriend?"

"I don't have one. I can't have a boyfriend, and be a Sailor Scout, I believe."

"Who said so?"

"I believe it was Sailor Serenity, but I'm not 100 sure about that."

"Could it have been an enemy of ours that told you that?"

"Perhaps, or perhaps not. Why do you ask?"

"Because the Sailor Serenity I knew never said such a thing when I served her people before, Sailor Mercury. And you did have at least one potential suitor for your hand in marriage, for that matter. But nobody married you, it seems."

"Why was that?"

"Because we were overcome by many enemies. I too was unmarried, when they did so long ago."

"I see. And why are we here, then, Sailor Skyhorse?"

"We are here by the grace of God, Sailor Mercury."

Mercury thought about that for a good while, as they patrolled the area together, before asking, "Do you know well enough about what happened to the sentients on my planet, then, Skyhorse?"

"Most, if not all, of them still on or sufficiently near it were killed, if I'm not too mistaken here. You were one of the only survivors from Mercury before we fell in battle on the Moon."

"And the other worlds, Skyhorse?"

"The same thing was generally true for them as well. We all made our last stand on the Moon. But it wasn't enough. They invaded us, while using the Earth as a foothold in our system, and defeated us in battle, at least as much as they then could. But God, in His grace, allowed us to survive somehow. So here we are now. We will avenge our earlier defeat, God willing, at our enemies' hands, Sailor Mercury. It may take some time, or it may not. But we will have our defeats because of them avenged, just the same."

"Are you sure about that, Skyhorse?" asked Mercury, as the current local time rapidly approached 10:10 at night. "It seems far-fetched to me at least a bit, if not a lot."

"I am. But before it happens, the Moon Princess must appear, whoever they then might be in any case at all, Sailor Mercury. Until she does, our defeats can't be totally avenged, however."

Shortly thereafter, Sailors Skyhorse and Mercury parted from each other in the same place where they'd met earlier that evening. It was almost 10:25 pm local time when they did so, in fact. After Sailor Mercury parted from her, Sailor Skyhorse eventually went back to the cavern. But not before buying some things for herself that she then needed or wanted and/or finishing her rounds in the area, in terms of her patrolling there, of course. She finally arrived back in the cavern by 11:40 pm. And the cavern was completely empty when she did so. She stayed alone in the cavern for the rest of the night, only rising from her bed there when necessary, after retiring to it by 1:30 in the morning. Her dreams were rather peaceful in their respective natures as she slept, for that matter.

So concludes the first chapter of Book II of this story series. If you like what you see of it well enough, for at least the time being, then you know what to do. That is all. TUS out.