SMSTSS 33: The Horror of Sailor Moon! – By DS Wynne
Disclaimer: SM, R1/2, ST, and other properties belong to their respective owners
Special Note: This story crosses over with a number of horror films, most notably, but not limited to, John Carpenter, Wes Craven and George Romero of the 1980s.
Author's Note: I'm not taking this story very seriously, as you will soon find out. As always, C&C are welcomed. Enjoy!
Part 1
Gotham City: The Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane.
Arkham Asylum was infamously known to house criminal super-villains with mental problems, such as the Joker, Poison Ivy, the Riddler and others. And now, it has one more resident…
"Let me GO!" Usagi said, as she struggled to be released from her straight jacket, as she is carried into the receiving interests. A mild mannered attendant named Saperstein smiles.
"Ah, one more off the streets," Saperstein said proudly. "I take it her 'inhibitor collar' is turned on?"
"Like a charm, sir," said the orderly. "It's as if someone knew exactly the frequency to utilize in order to neutralize her powers."
"And when I find that person, and I can guess WHO, that person will pay!" Usagi yelled. "You guys have no right to hold me here!"
"On the contrary, Ms. Tsukino, I have the legal edict," Saperstein said, as he showed the court order in his hands. "Invested to me by the authority of the president of these United States, I hereby accept custody of Usagi Tsukino, to be housed at the Elizabeth Arkham Asylum for the Criminally Insane…"
Pause.
"Now, I wonder what naughty thing you had done to wind up here." Saperstein said, as he shook his head mockingly. "Or, as I suspect, did you manage to piss off the wrong person?"
"Grrrr!" Usagi said, as she struggled to move, only to be held in place.
"You know, you need to be taken down a notch," Saperstein said. He then turned towards another orderly.
"Shave her head."
"No!" Usagi said, as she was taken away. "You can't do this-!"
"I can, and I did. Oh, and Ms. Tsukino? By the time we are done with your therapy here at Arkham, even you won't believe that you were ever 'Sailor Moon'…or whatever you call yourself these days…"
And so, Usagi had her long locks of hair shaved off her head, giving her a bald look. She was then escorted to one of the maximum secured levels of the facility…
"Hey, look whose here, pudding?" Harley Quinn said, as she stuck her head through the small opening of her cell door.
"Well, if it isn't the so-called 'Soldier of Love and Justice," smirked Poison Ivy. "I knew that it was only a matter of time before Batman did something about her…"
After going down a row of mocking inmates, Usagi was thrown into her new cell.
"Oof!"
"Sleep tight, toots!" said one of the orderlies, as he and his friends laughed.
Upon being alone, Usagi began to cry and scream.
"Don't you understand?" Usagi cried out. "I'm NOT crazy-!"
And then, she felt a dark presence…
"Who's there?" Usagi said, as she turned to face the dark presence. "Just because I don't have my powers, that doesn't mean I can't sense you!"
Usagi looks around until she noticed her own shadow in the dimly lit padded cell. The shadow began to expand until it formed into a manly shape.
"I knew I couldn't keep a good 'magical girl' down," said the shadow, in a deep voice.
"Who are you?" Usagi demanded.
"Oh, you know who I am, although I have been around before there was an Earth," said the voice. "And, you and I, and that husband of yours, have met before."
"Then why can't I discern your true identity?" Usagi said.
"Because I had your powers neutralized, of course," the shadow said. "I am surprised that you can sense my presence even now."
"You know me," Usagi said. "I am the Moon Princess, after all. Magic and the supernatural is in my blood."
"Apparently so…"
Pause.
"But know this, Moon Princess: while you are in here, I will herald the end of the world using Humankind's own hubris. That is, if you can figure how I am doing this from your padded cell, after Superstein has you lobotomized tonight."
"WHAT?"
"See you at the end of the world! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Suddenly, Usagi is grabbed from behind by orderlies.
"Talking to yourself?" Saperstein said with a smile, as he injected Usagi with a blue fluid. "It's a good thing that I have been given the order to give you a lobotomy."
"A LOBOTOMY?" Usagi said.
Soon, Usagi was strapped on a gurney in the medical ward.
"Don't," Usagi said weakly. "Don't hurt my brain…"
"Oh, you're being overly-dramatic," Saperstein said, as he takes a thin spike and a small hammer into his hand. "When I'm done, you will never be a problem to yourself."
"Ack!" Usagi said, as Saperstein sticks the spike into her left eye-socket, without piercing her eye.
"And, scene," Saperstein said, as he stuck the spike.
With Usagi noticeably silent now, Saperstein pulls out the spike. He then takes a look at the small piece of gray matter that was a piece of Usagi's brain. With a smirk, Saperstein wiped the piece of Usagi's brain on the edge of a metal bowl. He then turns towards a nurse and an orderly, who were standing nearby.
"Clean her up," Saperstein said, as he removes his surgical gloves. "She shouldn't be a problem now. And take that brain sample for analysis. I want to come up with better ways to keep "
"Yes, sir," said the nurse, as she and the orderly move to take care of the now-catatonic Moon Princess…
Days later…
"Good morning!" Saperstein said, as he walked into the recreation center, where the less-troublesome patients were doing various activities.
"Good morning, sir," said the orderly with a smile.
"And how is our favorite patient today?" Saperstein said, as he turns towards Usagi. She was watching a nearby television in a zombie-like manner. Drool was running from her mouth, and onto her hospital gown.
"Uhhhhhh…"
"She hasn't been a problem, sir," the orderly said.
"Good. We will continue to monitor Ms. Tsukino before we transfer her over to the government."
"Sir?"
"Although her metahuman abilities are dormant now, her body is a wealth of genetic material," Saperstein said. "Think of the possibilities? We can finally cure the world of its ills, and create a need breed of humans for the new age that will soon be upon us."
"Sir?"
"Er, forget that last part. Just be sure that our favorite patient is taken care of, until she is no longer our concern."
"Yes, sir."
"Oh, by the way, have you ordered your copy of the new 'In the Mouth of Madness'?" Saperstein asked.
"Oh, you mean that horror novel by the author Sutter Cane?"
"Who else?"
"Um, I'm not sure that I am into those kinds of books, sir."
"Well, I am insisting that you and the rest of the staff read that book, once it is released in a few weeks," Saperstein said. "You will be…changed by the experience."
"If you insist, sir…"
Meanwhile, in the lab, a technician had finished examining the brain sample that Saperstein had took from Usagi.
"Amazing," the technician said to himself, as he examined the portion of Usagi's brain that had been taken out of her. "You'd think that there would be significant cellular degradation in this culture, but the cells seem to be strengthening in kinetic activity…"
As the technician continued his examination, the sample began to pulse, before popping into the technician's face.
"Agggh!" the technician yelped, as he jumped back. He instinctively wiped his face off, even as Usagi's cells began to seep into the technician's pores.
"Ah," the technician said, as he felt like he was sinking into a stupor…
"{I apologize for this}," said Usagi in the technician's mind. "{But, I need to save the world from a great disaster. So, I will have to take control over your body for a little bit}."
And, with that, the technician went into a state of unconsciousness, even as Usagi assumed full control over his body.
"Interesting," Usagi said, as she looked at her new body's hand. What very few people knew was that Usagi had complete control over her body at the cellular level, even when parts of her are separated, which is how she is able to shape-shift with impunity as a "Changeling". The effects of the drugs in her system prevented her from acting until now, even as the rest of her body was being prevented from healing and regenerated at an accelerated pace.
"Now, I can get my body back-"
Just then, Saperstein enters the medical lab.
"So, what is the prognosis?" Saperstein asked.
Usagi quickly went through her host's mind…
"Surprisingly very little," Usagi said.
"Ah. Well, that is a good thing, since I was told to be careful of Ms. Tsukino's ability to 'beat the odds'."
"What do you mean, sir?" Usagi asked.
"Oh, it's nothing. By the way, be sure to reserve your copy of 'In the Mouth of Madness'."
"Isn't that the book from the author Sutter Cane?" Usagi asked.
"Why, yes it is," Saperstein replied. "In fact, he is in the town of 'Hobb's End', New Hampshire, even as we speak, putting the final touches of his book…"
Pause.
"It will change the world, and there will be nothing that Ms. Tsukino can do to stop it."
"Obvious, much?" Usagi said under her breath.
"What was that?"
"Nothing, sir," Usagi replied. "But, I will be sure to reserve my copy of Cane's book."
"You do that."
And, with that Saperstein leaves the lab.
Usagi thought about what she had heard. Saperstein mentions a book that will change the world and that there wasn't anything she could do about it. Then there was the name of the author, Sutter Cane, and the name of the town that he is 'putting the final touches of that book…a horror book. And then, coincidentally, she gets a visit from the avatar of whoever was responsible behind her confinement, one she had dealt with in the past.
"Of course!" Usagi said. "Someone is going to put out a book that will contain a meme, a meme so powerful that it will change the world. But what is that meme? I got to find out…"
Pause.
"But first, I have to get out of here…"
Later in the day, Usagi's main body was wheeled back to her room by an orderly. Usagi herself was not paying attention, since her lobotomy had rendered her utterly docile.
"Uhhhhhhh," Usagi said, as the orderly wheeled her into her room. She was removed from her chair, and then placed on her bed, before be strapped into the bed.
"Ah, toots," the orderly said with a smirk, as he leans over. He began to smell Usagi, before he began to touch her inappropriately.
"Got to get my last feel," the orderly chuckled.
"Good for you," said a voice from behind.
"Huh?" the orderly said, as he begins to turn around, only to be tossed against the padded wall violently, knocking him unconscious.
"I don't mind a bit of 'hanky-panky', but on MY terms," Usagi said, as she sneered. She then turned towards her real body.
"Great," Usagi said with a sigh, as she shook her head. "What a mess I am…"
With that, Usagi undid the inhibitor collar preventing her real body from regenerating. Once the collar was undone, Usagi left the technician's body, causing the technician to drop to the floor of the room, while a fragment of Usagi's spirit returned to its proper energy. Usagi's body began to glow a golden aura, as sparkles of golden light left Usagi's mouth with each exhale. A mournful, ancient song could almost be heard, even as renewed strength came to her body…
Meanwhile, Saperstein and four orderlies, and a nurse, were walking down the corridor towards where Usagi's room, thanks to being alerted by the fact that collar gave off a signal, indicating that it had been removed.
"I don't know how that collar was removed, but be on guard," Saperstein said, even as he carried his medical bag.
Upon approaching Usagi's room, Saperstein slows down, and then looks inside Usagi's room. He could see the orderly and technician he had spoken to earlier lying on the floor of the room.
"See to them," Saperstein said to the nurse.
"Yes, sir," said the nurse, as she goes to tend to the fallen orderly and technician.
Meanwhile, Saperstein cautiously goes over to the seemingly unconscious Usagi…
"Good, she's still conscious," Saperstein said, as he sets down his medical bag onto Usagi's bed. He then takes out a syringe and his special drug cocktail, designed specifically for Usagi's unique physiology, and drew the blue liquid from the bottle. He looks around the bed to see where Usagi's inhibitor collar was. With a shrug, Saperstein pressed the needle into Usagi's neck artery, only to find that the needle could not pierce Usagi's skin.
"Damn it," Saperstein said, as he removed the needle. "Her powers are coming back."
Suddenly, Usagi's eyes opened.
"And how," Usagi said with a smirk. "And now, the fun begins…"
Tbc.