Part Two: Black Home

Written By: Tiffany D.

Chapter 1
The entire group turned to face Reenie. Kara, Kenneth, Jordan, Lillian, Megan, Chantal, and Kirstein. All of them were looking at Reenie, each one wondering, Where do we start? How do we even begin?

Reenie sighed and turned to look out at her ruined home. . . her ruined kingdom. Nemesis had returned and taken over her home. Taken over and destroyed it. Quickly, Reenie wiped the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes and turned to look at her friends, cousin, and sister. "Guys, it's time for us to get our home back," she said, "All of us will head out into the city. Kirsten, you, Kara, and Megan will head out together. Kenneth, you'll head out with Jordan. Last but not least, Chantal and Lillian will pair up."
"Shouldn't you have some protection with you, princess?" Kirsten asked, thinking that either she or Megan should head out with her. "Princess Kara does not need both of us."

Reenie looked to Kirstein and shook her head. "No," she said, not bothering to explain why.
"But, prin..." began Megan, but Reenie cut her off.
"I don't need someone along with me," she said in a tone that told the others not to argue with her. "I'm going out into Crystal Tokyo alone."
"I'm not so certain that that would be safe, princess," Jordan argued. "It's obvious that Nemesis has taken over Crystal Tokyo. It's just common sense that they're prepared for us to return and fight back against them. They must have guards or something watching and waiting for us in Crystal Tokyo. Shouldn't we go in together as a group, prepared to fight against the worse rather than go in separately and unprepared?"
"I understand what you're trying to say, Jordan," Reenie told her cousin's guardian, "However, we have been away from home for a long while. I have a feeling that if Nemesis does have people watching for us, and we all go into Crystal Tokyo together, then wouldn't that seem a tad suspicious? Nemesis knows how many people went into the past, but they have no idea what we look like now. After all, it's been years since we have been home and we've all changed. I'm thinking that if we all head into Crystal Tokyo separately, then they won't suspect a thing. At least not very much."
"But shouldn't we head to the palace first?" Kara asked her older sister.

Reenie shook her head. "No. If Nemesis knows we're back, that's the first place they'll look. Besides, we can't fight an enemy unless we know just how strong it is first. That's why we're going into the city. We have to learn what happened to Crystal Tokyo before we can began to fight the evil that over took it. Believe me Kara, no one wants Crystal Tokyo back more than me."

Kara looked at up at her older sister, and was surprised to see tears forming.

Quickly, Reenie wiped them away and said, "Alright everyone, you have your orders. We'll meet in one hour at the park, understand? Good. Let's go!"

Quickly, the group separated and headed into the darkened city where they had grown up in.

"I miss them," Serena said sadly, sitting down on Raye's couch. The others, who were all seated in Raye's living room, nodded in agreement.
"Yeah," Amy said sitting in beside Serena. "It just seems weird for them not to be here anymore. They were a part of out lives for so long."
"I know," Lita agreed, "Four years."
"Still," Mina began, "I bet Neo-Queen Serenity and the others are glad to have their kids back."
"Yeah," Darien said, sitting on Serena's other side.
"I just hope everything's okay." Raye was worried.

Everyone turned to look at her.
"What do you mean?" Terence asked, not knowing why Raye would say something like that.

Raye shrugged. "I just have a feeling," she replied. "You know, like something's not right in the future or something."
"But wouldn't Reenie and the others have contacted us if something was wrong?" Serena asked. Her blue eyes were now filled with concern for her two future daughters.

Darien nodded. "I'm sure they would have," he said, trying to comfort her. "Or at least Neo-Queen Serenity or one of the older Sailor Scouts would have."
"Unless they can't," stated Jordan.

Serena gasped in horror. She didn't want to think that in the few hours that had passed between them sending Reenie and the others into the future and now that something might have happened to them.

Darien shot Jordan an angry look. Even though he had been thinking those same thoughts, he hadn't wanted to voice them, knowing that Serena would worry for their future children's safety.
"Maybe we should have went with them," Serena said.

Raye nodded. "I think we should have, too," she voiced.
"Well, it's not too late," Lita said.
"What?" Mina asked.
"We could try to contact Sailor Pluto and get her to open a portal for us to travel to the future," Lita suggested.
"But why wouldn't have Sailor Pluto already opened a portal for us if there was trouble?" Amy asked.
"Maybe she can't," Terence said. "Remember, it was only supposed to take four years for them to finish their training. Sailor Pluto had that portal set to open up automatically in four years."
"Do you really think that they're in trouble?" Serena asked looking at the others, the worry she felt showing in her eyes.

No one said anything. Their eyes told Serena what they thought. The others were in trouble.