Mars Knight: Chapter 1
"Mars Flame Shooter!", Sailor Mars aimed well, and released her flaming arrow at her target, Mars Knight. Mars Knight barely had enough time to dodge Sailor Venus' attack, before he had to block Sailor Mars' attack.
"I told you, I'm not evil! I'm on your side!" said Mars Knight, trying to make the scouts believe him yet again, but unfortunately failing to do so.
"Liar!" said Sailor Jupiter as she kicked him, only for him to block the kick with his left hand before she tried to land a punch on his face, just for him to dodge swiftly.
"Why should we believe you?" Sailor Jupiter said angrily.
"Because I know that you wouldn't attack an ally and I know you. All of you are legends where I come from. Also because I'm here to protect you, not harm you." Mars knight said this as calmly as possible, considering that he had just dodged and blocked 17 punches and 9 kicks from Sailor Jupiter.
Mars Knight jumped back away from her and then sighed. "I don't want to hurt you…But it seems that you are giving me no other choice…" He pulled out a single katana and stood ready for an attack. "If this is the only way to get you to listen, then I have no other choice…" Then suddenly, the red tinted blade of the katana, burst into bright, and very hot, flames from the hilt of the sword, making the blade glow with a bluish-white color.
"Well, at least now we know what kind of weapon he uses", Said Sailor Mars, "But I still don't like the type of aura that he's giving off…It's not like a normal evil aura…It's like a combination between a dark, evil aura; a light aura, like Sailor Moon; and the type of aura that Tuxedo Mask gives off…like a guardian-type aura…"
"Steel Flame Tornado!", Mars Knight suddenly began spinning around in circles, creating a whirlwind of flames around him, and then jumping out of the middle, pushing the attack towards the Scouts, and launching an attack on them all.
"Was it a mistake that I was sent here? ...Have I done something wrong?" Mars Knight's thoughts drifted back to what he remembers of when he first woke up from his cryogenic sleep in the year 4000.
He sighed and looked up at the sky. '…And to think, all of this could have been avoided…somehow. Why did I have to wake up first anyway…?'
Flashback
Mars Knight awoke inside of a blue hibernation chamber. The door opened and the hiss of air entering the open chamber was the first sound that he heard. (Though, he would have liked to hear the voice of his princess instead of that.) He stepped out and looked around. What he saw, was that he was the first one to wake up, which surprised him because he was usually the last one up. But this time was different, because they had all been in hibernation for 1000 years. He stretched and made sure he was in his usually excellent condition, which he was. He then went to the teleportation chamber on the other side of the room and went to the Queen's throne.
"Neo Queen Serenity!" called Mars Knight as he stepped out of the chamber, looking for his queen, but just seeing the throne room.
Mars Knight's thoughts drifted as he wondered where the queen might be. 'Is this like the last time I was here?' He began to remember all the memories of his life from 1010 years ago. Especially the last parts…
# Mars Knight's thoughts #
He just couldn't seem to shake the images from his head. The nightmarish moments of watching the king and queen being tossed around like rag dolls, with him unable to do anything. He was unfortunately trapped outside of the enemy's barrier, and with only his current abilities available to him, he just couldn't get through. All he could do was watch and listen to the cries of agony that escaped the mouths of those he admired most.
And so, he dedicated himself to nearly 10 years of almost nonstop training, inventing new moves, becoming stronger, and unlocking new abilities…
#/ End of Mars Knight's thoughts \\#
At that moment, a young woman walked up behind him.
"Mars Knight! It's so good to see you. But it's "Neo Queen Serenity II." You called for my mother… So you're the first one to awaken." She looked up at him, returning a kind smile. "There's no need to apologize. Everyone makes mistakes sooner or later. But of course, considering the circumstances, I already knew who you expected to find."
Mars Knight sighed. "I'm glad I found you. I was beginning to think that I was the only one here at the moment."
Serenity looked at him, slightly curious. "So what would you do if you were the only one here?"
Mars Knights face took on a slightly dazed look. "Well, I would probably wait in my room until someone came back."
Serenity smiled and laughed slightly at this comment. "That's just how I expected to find you. Well, it's good to know that the hibernation chamber hasn't changed your personality… Anyway, now it's time to get serious. Mars Knight, I believe that it's time for you to help your princess and the rest of the scouts." She handed him a red orb with a large symbol for his title, the Mars symbol with a flaming sword, engraved in black.
"Take this. It will allow you to communicate with anyone else who is still active, and anyone who has become recently active. It also doubles as your new transformation device. You can talk to me whenever you want to, and when the mission is over, you can return home. That is, if you want to return to this time period… Now then, take care, Mars Knight. The other scouts will brief you on your mission when you get to them."
"When I get where? Where am I going?" asked Mars Knight, now very puzzled.
"It's not where. It's when." Serenity then touched his forehead lightly with the Time Key and waved goodbye as he faded away.
End of Flashback
(Serenity had meant to send him to the 31st century, but she accidentally sent him to the near end of the 20th century. You could say that he's in the right place at the wrong time, but that would be a really bad pun…)
Mars Knight's attack hit all of the scouts at once, knocking them into buildings and far into the street.
"I hope that I didn't hurt them too badly." He walked over to Sailor Mars and knelt down beside her, watching and wondering if she was alive. "Are you okay?"
Sailor Mars slowly opened her eyes…and saw that the one who had just moments before attacked her and her friends was now kneeling beside her, staring at her with a concerned, caring look on his face.
"I see that you're awake. Can you move at all?" He held out his hand to her.
She didn't know what to think anymore. She didn't even know if she could trust him, or if he was evil or good, or if he was just tricking her.
"Who are you, and why are you helping me after you just got done attacking me?" She asked him this as he was helping her off of the ground.
"My name is Mars Knight, and I'm helping you because I'm on your side. I've told you before, but you didn't want to listen. I'm not evil." He smiled kindly at her, unintentionally making her blush slightly.
Suddenly, three flashes of green light went flying past them one after the other, serving as warning shots. Then, just as Mars Knight was about to get up to protect Sailor Mars, he was hit by another blast, forcing him back down to his knees.
"Mars Knight!" Sailor Mars cried out to him just as he fell to his knees. But he just looked behind at her and smiled kindly.
"At least you're okay… That's all that matters. Ouch…"
"Are you okay?" She asked this as calmly as she could, but there was no way to hide the concern in her voice.
"I'm fine." He slowly got back onto his feet again. "That hardly even hurt at all. It surprised me more than anything else." He stood ready to protect her at any cost. Already, he had his katana out, blade and armor gleaming in the light of the flames that came from the hilt of the sword.
"I told you, I'm on your side. Why won't you believe me?" Mars Knight asked this in a very serious tone.
Sailor Mercury answered back. "What reason is there for us to believe you?"
"Because he helped me and now he's protecting me. He really isn't evil. Actually, I'm beginning to think that he's quite nice." Sailor Mars said this as she came from her hiding spot behind Mars Knight.