Slowly, like a glacier, the icy wall cracked and then broke like an eggshell. A blond man stepped out and flexed his hand, letting warm blood flow back into his limbs. He was free. And he had dreamt of a plan in his short slumber.
Luna sat on the wrought iron table, tasting Usagi's lime soda. "Yuck!" she thought, wrinkling her pink nose. "This stuff isn't for cats!" Suddenly Usagi came back with some money in her hand. "That stupid cashier charged me for an ice cream and a parfait! I made him refund the money for the ice cream so I could go to the arcade later." Remarked the blond as she sipped her parfait. Luna nodded and look around the park. Dogs playing Frisbee with their caretakers. Romancing couples on picnic blankets. Punky teenagers with strange hair colors. Normal sights for spring time Tokyo.
At that moment Usagi's communicator went off. Usagi switched it on and saw Rei in the little monitor. "Hey! Get your butt down here baka! Yoma!" Rei flickered out and Usagi accessed the tracked system to figure out where the yoma was.
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"Bout time you got here!" griped Minako, her breathing heavy from the battle.
"Sorry." Mumbled Sailor Moon as she wielded her crescent moon wand. "Cosmic Moon Power!" she shouted. The yoma spun around and caught the blast in a liquid mirror. It then flung itself at Sailor Moon, it's long talons digging into her shoulders. Sailor Moon cried out as she felt the talons break her skin and warm blood stained her white fuku. A blond man appeared in the sky. "Jadeite!" cried Usagi, wincing as the yoma dug a claw further into her should and twisted it.
"Indeed. Now lets get rid of these distractions." Jadeite snapped his fingers and the yoma wrenched it's talons out of Sailor Moon's wounds, more blood spurted out, no longer plugged. The monster took the mirror and shot the energy from Sailor Moon's attack at each of the Senshi, knocking them out easily. Jadeite placed each of them in a small pink bubble and smiled at Sailor Moon with a wicked grin. On cue the yoma blasted Sailor Moon with the remaining energy from the mirror. Luna gasped from behind the bushes. What was she to do now?
"You'll see Sailor Moon that with Beryl's death you granted me freedom. Her spell is no longer in effect. And now I am going to rule the Negaverse." Jadeite alighted on the ground and watched the yoma as pounced on Sailor Moon again, it's hind legs digging into her thighs, more blood oozing from her. She cried out in agony and Luna could take no more. Some one had to help Usagi!
The black cat ran forward, darting for the crescent moon wand that Jadeite was now reaching for. She scratched him viciously on his hand but he flipped her on her back and pinned the cat. "Nice try kitty. No good though." "I have to help Usagi" thought Luna desperately. "She's my partner and the princess!" Luna struggled for a moment before she shut her eyes and realized what she had to do. Taking a deep breath, there was a flash of golden light and Luna in her human form was pinned by Jadeite.
"Perfect!" Jadeite mumbled as he hauled Luna up and clamped her arms behind her back. "You are coming with me, my feline friend."
Luna struggled against Jadeite and she managed to get one arm free. She used her free arm to slap the blond general before he flung her to the ground and took his yoma's mirror. Jadeite held up the mirror and Luna was suddenly sucked into its liquid silver surface with a small scream. The yoma had turned to watch it's master's actions, and Sailor Moon had dragged her body over to the moon wand and-
"MOON COSMIC POWER!" the yoma disintegrated into a small pile of pink dust. "Dusted." Mumbled Sailor Moon before falling back to the ground.
"Lovely show Sailor Moon. Too bad it couldn't save your friends and your pet." The blond general laughed softly before vanishing back to the Negaverse, along with the mirror and the bubbles holding the Sailor Senshi.
Usagi opened her eyes and saw a white ceiling. She turned her head, it hurt a little. The walls were white as well. Where was she? Did Jadeite have her too? Where were her friends? What was going on? Usagi sat up, and let her hand drop to her leg. She winced in pain, causing her should to cry out as well. That's right. The yoma had clawed her, and then she had passed out alone in the shop. What happened? How had she been found? Why hadn't Tuxedo Mask shown up?
A pretty woman came in. She had blue hairyes that was Ami's mother. Her smooth face looked worn with worry. "How are you feeling Usagi?" she asked tersely.
"A little better I guess. I'm not sure. Last thing I remember was being in a shop closed for repairs."
"What happened to my daughter?" Ms. Mizuno was suddenly fierce, and her hand clutched the railing on the bed so tightly that her knuckles where white.
I have to cover, thought Usagi desperately. "We got mixed up, went in a side door. A homeless man was in therehe mugged us. I passed out. Don't know where Ami went" Usagi mumbled. Her head felt like it weighted a ton and the room was spinning.
"How did you get hurt?" Ms. Mizuno pressed further, her knuckles still white around the steel.
"I dunno stabbed me with a knife grabbed my purse. Didn't see anything in it. I already spent most of my money. Look, I don't know where Ami is" Usagi put her hand to her head and sighed. ManJadeite sucked.
Ami's mother left and told her assistant nurse to bring Usagi some juice. The girl sipped at it once the nurse had left and tried to sort things out. Luna had taught her to take things logically and to break overwhelming problems into small chunks. First things first. Find Tuxedo Mask, or Darien, whichever came first, and figure out why he hadn't shown up. Then she would go to the control room and try to find where her friends were being held. Then she would oh what would she do next with out Luna's logic and Ami's plans? Before Usagi knew what was happening her cheeks felt warm and wet with tears.