As a shadow Michiru had become one with the wall. Hidden behind the columns, made of marble, she could hear everything that the rest sailor warriors discussed with the royal family. She could not understand why they had not called her and why she had woken up alone in a bed with bloody sheets. It was her own blood that had dyed the sheets, as the wound in her thin waist had proved. However someone had medicated her.
The only thing she remembered was that Setsuna had come to pick her up for their evening walk, that they had come out off the palace so as Michiru could show her the place which had become her favourite. Afterwards she remembered some shadows, some strange monsters, myriads of them had encircled them and Setsuna fought by her side trying to exterminate with a blow as many monsters she could.
But where was Pluto now? And why were all of them gathered round this buble? It looked like a crystal ball from those that the king used in order to observe what happened in his kingdom. The girl moved a little in order to sight better trying to remain hidden from the others.
'Is there any hope of salvation?' Rei asked. 'Can we do something to save her? She is a sailor warrior.'
'She didn't deserve such an end' Makoto added. 'Especially now that she looked so happy…'She bitted her lips.
'Setsuna', the heart of the young girl with the aqua hair jumped in the hearing of the name, 'knows well that this is her duty. She chose this when she decided to save Neptune and not herself' the Queen told them smiling sorrily. 'I know that this is terribly bad for all of us,but…'
'Mother' Chibiusa interrupted her 'we have to do something. There has to be a way to save Puu…' The little girl with the pink hair hidded her face in the clothes of her father.
'Neptune is the only one that can approach the area, because she was there when the shield was activated and she owned the way to break the spell in her body, but there is no case to send her there' the king told them. 'Nor if she asked for this herself. She wont survive and we don't need two victims.'
'So there is no hope' Haruka whispered. She doesn't want her friend to die but neither to lose her lover. 'The only think we can do is wait and watch her until it happens!' She struck her punch in the fountain.
Michiru had already heard enough. She ran in her room and grabed her transformation stick and her mirror, her talisman. Then she ran to the stables. She chose Haruka's horse cause it was faster and she did not want to waste more time. She trotted as chasing without minding for anything else except that she would reach in time. Her heart was tightened in the thought that perhaps she did not reach in time.
'Wait for me Sets' she whispered while she was passing the main gate and she faded in the dark.