Authors: Emiri and Usa
Rating: R (violence)
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon and her Senshi, as well as Tuxie, Luna and Artemis, are property of Takeuchi Naoko, Kodansha Ltd, TOEI Animations, and Bandai Entertainment. Melvin, Darien, and Andrew do not look like the dubbies, they're just named after them. Their personalities were created by myself and Emiri.
Notes: Alternate Reality
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Part 1
By: Emiri & Usa
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It had been a year, one month, and 3 days. And that bitch was going to pay, pay dearly for what she had done. So what if they had been running an illegal drug ring? It was their ice, and her stopping the flow wasn't appreciated. Thanks to her, they had been in the slammer for far too long. But, he had made some new contacts in prison.
Andrew had become his new favourite person when he told him about the drug. And now, he was going to use that drug on her. Melvin smirked evilly as the guards escorted him, Andrew, and Darien out into the sunlight. They were finally free, but they had some loose ends to tie up before getting back to business
"So, where is this bitch now, Melvin?" Darien asked.
"I hear she's in Japan now. Tokyo."
"Well then, what are we waiting for," Andrew said, "lets go!"
Melvin nodded. "So, Andrew, are you sure that Black Widow works?"
"It's a fantastic drug for your enemies! It's starts off giving them cold chills, then hot flashes. Eventually they develop a high fever and begin hallucinating. Sharp pains in the stomach and head cause them to slip into a coma and eventually die."
"Beautiful," Melvin smirked. She was gonna pay dearly for interrupting his business. Darien asked about the girl he so desparately wanted to be rid of. "You don't know? It was Sailor V..."
Melvin then explained how she had borken up his drug ring, and how he had spent the last year in jail because of her.
"We will deal with her, buddy," Andrew told him. "We will!"
"Of course. Now, let's get us a plane to Japan."
~~~~~
Usagi was late to school which meant she missed the bus for the field trip to the airport. She found another bus and was attempting to locate her class.
She found a worker and asked about the Juuban Junior High class. She was told they had just gone by and were heading towards terminal A.
Melvin spotted the long blonde hair. "That has to be V. Go get her."
As Usagi turned the corner, she felt someone grab her arm. "Nani!" she exclaimed.
Andrew quickly covered her mouth with his hand, and dragged her down a dark hallway. She struggled, aware that something terribly wrong was happening. Usagi then bit the mans' hand and screamed.
Darien grabbed her, not willing to let her go. "I've waited a long time for this, Sailor V." Melvin glared at her, and pulled out a syringe and vial. He quickly filled it, and grabbed her arm roughly, piercing her skin with the needle.
Usagi's eyes widened. "But I'm not..."
"Don't play dumb, dear. You don't have much time left, so you'd better enjoy life while you can."
Usagi felt really tired all of the sudden. "Wha- what did you do?"
"Let's just say that you're going to pay for busting up my drug ring."
Before she could reply, she felt herself sliding to the floor.
Melvin took a closer look at the slumped body. "You idiots!" he hissed at Andrew and Darien. "This isn't V! We've poisoned some other girl!"
"What?" they exclaimed.
"Melvin, you're the one who told us this was her! We've never seen the girl before," Darien reasoned.
"Well, what the hell are we gonna do now? We can't take her with us, her family will miss her and we'll get heat eventually. I'm not going back to the slammer for some twit."
"Lets just leave her here," Andrew said. "Someone will find her."
"Fine. Let's jet." Darien nodded in agreement.
~~~~~
Ami walked with Makoto to the information desk. Their teacher had asked them to go there in search of Usagi. They all knew she would come no matter how late because this was an extra credit field trip. Turning a corner, Makoto saw a string of blonde hair trailing out.
She stopped in her tracks. "Nani, Mako-chan?" Ami said.
"Umm..." Makoto pointed over to the blonde hair. "Let's go check it out."
Ami nodded and followed the taller girl. What they found caused them to gasp in shock. "Usagi-chan!" They knelt next to their friend while Ami took her pulse. "She's alive. Mako-chan, get help!"
Makoto ran to the airport desk. "We need an ambulance, hurry! We just found my friend unconscious!"
The man at the desk nodded and sprang into action. Makoto arrived back to Ami just as Usagi was coming to. "I-I'm not her..."
"Usagi-chan?"
Usagi's eyes snapped wide open, she was shaking. Not with fear, but with cold. She felt like she was in the American state of Alaska.
"Usagi-chan! What happened? Daijobou?" Makoto asked.
Everything was fuzzy and Usagi couldn't remember much of anything. "The last thing I remember is running to catch up with the class..." She put a hand to her head as a wave of dizziness washed over her.
Makoto dove to catch Usagi before she fell. "We're going to get you to the hospital. You don't look well."
"No, I just need lie down, I think." Usagi suddenly felt even more cold, but she didn't say anything for fear her friends would freak out.
Ami reached out to feel Usagi's pulse in her wrist. "Usagi, you're freezing! And what's that mark on your arm?"
"I-I don't know," Usagi replied, shaking.
Ami peered closely at it. "It looks like a puncture mark... like from a needle."
Suddenly, Usagi clutched her head as if she were in terrible pain. She screamed loudly and fell to her knees before Makoto and Ami could catch her.
"Usagi-chan!"
After the pain had subsided somewhat, Usagi lifted her head and tried to push her friends away. She felt like she was on fire.
"Usagi-chan, what's the matter?" Makoto and Ami were very worried. "We're taking you to the hospital. Now."
Usagi decided not to argue anymore. She was too exhausted to anyhow. "I think I'll just take a nap, right here, Mako-chan..." she said, attempting to lie on the floor.
Ami and Makoto looked at each other. Usagi could fall asleep almost anywhere, but something was definitely wrong. The paramedics arrived at that moment. They set to work, having Usagi lie on the gurney, taking her vitals. One turned to Makoto and Ami and asked what happened.
"I found her lying in this hallway," Makoto explained.
"We don't know, exactly what happened. There's a small puncture wound...here..." Ami pointed it out. "I wonder if someone tried to drug her."
The man nodded, and said, "We need to get her to the hospital quickly. Her vitals aren't stable. One of you can come with us, if you'd like."
"We'll both come."
Seeing the look in Makoto's eyes, the man didn't argue and the girls followed them to the ambulance.
~~~~~
Once they were at the hospital, Ami asked Usagi, "Do you want us to call Minako-chan and Rei-chan?"
Usagi just nodded. Enroute to the hospital, she had experience more pain in her head. She was too weak now to talk. Makoto decided to stay with Usagi while Ami went off to make phone calls.
"M-mako-chan..."
"Hai, Usagi-chan?"
"I didn't mean to... if it was me, I didn't mean to..."
"Nani yo? What do you mean?"
"He said it was my fault." It was getting harder for her to speak. "He-he said I was going to pay for it."
"Who? What? When?"
Usagi closed her eyes as she drifted off to sleep. "I don't know, can't remember..."
The doctor came in a few minutes later and Makoto was surprised to see it Ami's mother. "Mizuno-sensei."
"Makoto-san," she said with nod. She picked up Usagi's chart, then check the young girl's vitals again.
"What's wrong with her?" Makoto asked.
Dr. Mizuno turned to her. "You girls were right, it seems as though she was poisoned."
"Is it serious?"
"We're still running some tests, but so far we've come up with nothing. No one can pinpoint the poison. As soon as we do, we'll be able to give her the antidote." Dr. Mizuno sighed. "If we can't figure out the type of poison, Usagi-san may die."
Makoto clasped her hand over her mouth. "No..."
Dr. Mizune put her hand on Makoto's shoulder. "Let's not give up hope, dear."
"Hai." Who would do such a thing? Makoto would kill whoever poisoned Usagi.
"Makoto-san, be strong for Usagi-san. She needs you now more than she ever has. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some other patients to check on."
"Hai."
Ami entered the room a few minutes after her mother left. "Everyone's on their way, Mako-chan."
"Did you talk to your mom?
"Hai...she told me." Ami looked ready to cry. "We have to find who did this."
"I agree," Makoto said, near tears herself. "Ami-chan, I have a really bad feeling about this whole thing."
"Why would someone poison Usagi-chan?"
"I don't know, but I intend to find out!"
Ami was thoughtful. "They must've done it at the airport. I wonder if there'd be any...surveillance tapes or something?"
"Maybe, but do you think they'd let us see it?" Makoto asked.
"They'd have to! Usagi-chan's life is at stake!" the girl exclaimed.
"Y-you can use Luna's disguise pen..." Usagi said quietly.
"Usagi-chan! Are you feeling any better?"
"No, Ami-chan... I feel like I'm burning up... my head is pounding too."
Minako ran into the room then. "Usagi-chan! What happened?"
"Please don't shout," Usagi said, holding her head.
"Gomen, Usagi-chan. What happened?" Minako was quieter this time.
"I-I don't know. It was probably my fault anyway, ne?"
"Nani? Why would it be your fault?"
"Well, that's what he said."
"Who? Can you describle him? Maybe the police can catch him."
Usagi thought for a moment. "Taller than me, blonde hair. He was English..."
"English?!" Minako gasped. "What--what did he say to you?"
A name popped into her head. "Darien!" Usagi thought some more. "Someone called him that. This Darien told me it was my fault."
Minako inhaled sharply. "Gomen, Usagi-chan...I think someone mistook you for me..."
"Nani?" Everyone said.
"The man Usagi-chan described...was someone I put in jail. I broke up his drug ring. His eyes were so cold as they led him off....he said he'd get me for this."
"Minako-chan, it wasn't your fault he's stupid and got me instead."
"But Usagi....he poisoned you...and now you could die because of me." Minako's eyes welled up. Life was so unfair.
Usagi squeezed her eyes shut as pain coursed through it again.
"Usagi, daijobu?" Rei asked coming in.
Mamoru came in right behind Rei. "Usako!"
"Mamo-chan..."
"What happened to you?!"
Minako tried to explain. "Someone from my past mistook her for me...and..."
"Minako-chan," Makoto said, "it'll be all right. We'll find the asshole, and we'll make him pay."
Everyone was so engrossed in their conversation, they hadn't realized Usagi was no longer awake.
Dr. Mizuno reentered the room and called it to their attention.After checking Usagi over again, she gasped. She had not expected this turn of events at all!
"What's wrong?" Ami asked her mother.
"Minna, she's slipped into a coma."
~~~~~
"What are we going to do?" Ami was upset.
Makoto was pissed. "I say we find these assholes and give them what's coming to them!" Mamoru seconded that.
"Minna, we have to calm down and think things through," Rei spoke up. "I'm as angry about this as all of you, but if we don't think straight we won't be able to help Usagi."
"Maybe we can use me as bait. I can't let them get away with doing this to Usagi-chan."
Everyone turned to face Minako. "I don't know about that," Ami replied. "It could be dangerous. We don't know what we're up against."
"I remember them...Melvin was the main guy...I think there was three of them. We're going to need to get the antidote for whatever they gave Usagi-chan...I know they'll have one..."
"Are you sure about this, Minako-chan?" Makoto asked.
"Hai. They never have something dangerous without an antidote. "Besides, we can't let Usagi-chan die!"
They all nodded in agreement except Rei. "You all find out what you can about this Melvin guy and his friends. See where they're at. I'll do a fire reading."
"Alright. We'll meet at your temple after," Mamoru said, deciding to stay with Usagi.
~~~~~
Melvin watched as his two friends paced in front of him. They had totally screwed up this time. Yet... maybe they could use this to their advantage.
"Well, if that girl wasn't V, then maybe we can use her to lure V out. We say we'll give her the antidote in exchange for her. But, of course, you both know what we'll be doing with V..."
Darien and Andrew agreed. "Sounds good, Melvin," Darien said. "How should we go about luring V out?"
"Hrmm...I don't know..."
Andrew, the quiet one, spoke up, "I think maybe we should leave a ransom note or something in that girls' room. No doubt she'll visit her. The way I figure, they got to be friends."
"How do ya think we'll get into the hospital, though?" Melvin asked.
"One of us could disguise himself as a doctor and sneak in with the note. Don't they have exchange programs or something?" Darien suggested.
"Sure...who wants to go?"
~~~~~
Darien arrived at the hospital 2 hours later. He quietly headed down the hall, searching for the teenager's room. The problem was, none of them had known the girl's name. He found a nurse and began speaking with her. "Excuse me, I'm new here and I can't seem to find the young girl who was poisoned. She was brought in this morning."
"Oh, the poor child!" The nurse gushed. "She slipped into a coma this afternoon. Tsukino Usagi, she's in room 1121b."
"Domo arigatou," Darien replied with nod.
Darien opened the door to Usagi's room. He was startled to find someone sitting next to her. The young man's eyes were closed so Darien set the paper on the night stand and left the room.
Mamoru awoke when he heard the door click. He turned to see a little piece of paper sitting on the nightstand that hadn't been there before. He read the note to himself.
'V: If you value your friend's life, then I suggest you come alone to the Black Docks. You know what I'm talking about. If you don't, the girl will not receive the antidote. ~A Friend'
Mamoru was torn. He wanted to go face those bastards himself, but if they weren't careful, Usagi could die. He debated about telling Minako about the note. If he did, then her life could be in danger...but there was also the possibility that Usagi could die. As much as he didn't want to see Minako hurt, he really didn't want his kanojo to suffer more.
As Mamoru was contemplating, Minako came back into the room. "How's she doing?"
"Minako-chan!" He hadn't expected her to be back there. "Ne, weren't we supposed to meet at Rei-chan's?" He covered up the note so Minako wouldn't see her name on it.
"I wanted to check on Usagi first...and what's that in your hand?"
"It's nothing," Mamoru said, waving it off, but she was too fast for him and grabbed it out of his hands.
"You know we have no choice in this. I can't let Usagi-chan die."
"There has to be a better way. An easier way, Minako-chan. Usako wouldn't want you to do this for her. And as much as I love her, I don't want you doing this for her."
"We have no choice," she repeated. "Besides, I've trapped them once before, I can do it again. Give me 24 hours." With that, she turned and left, giving Mamoru no chance to stop her.
He had a feeling she could do it, but at what cost to her on life? Sighing, Mamoru picked up Usagi's communicator and called the Senshi.
~~~~~
There was mist everywhere. She couldn't see where she was going or what she was doing. Finally, she was able to see her hands in front of her. "Where am I?"
Her voice echoed through the desolate place. "Am I dead...?"
No one answered her. She was alone. "Mamo-chan... Minna!"
Usagi didn't think she would ever find her way out again.
