Chaos was walking down the street from where she was dropped. She still had on that black sailor fuku that Galaxia once worn. The thing is, she looked stranger than anything on this planet and no one, not one single person noticed her...because this was Los Angeles. Alot stranger things have happened here & no one would ever notice a woman standing on a street curb, wearing what looked like a leather dress.

She continued walking down the street, quietly observing the people, their dress & how they held themselves. "Vainness." Chaos said, "total vainness. These people only care about themselves. Prime to be my flock, ready for slaughter."

After a few minutes, Chaos came upon a shop that was called 'Perrigo'. It was noticeably small, but had some beautiful clothes. She walked in to the clothier and browsed the selection of pantsuits. "May I help you?" a clerk asked. Very quickly, Chaos grabbed the clerk by the throat and drained all of her energy. Two tailors rushed out to investigate, only to meet their fate at the end of one of Chaos' energy bolts.

She took a suit off the rack & slipped it on, leaving the fuku behind. Chaos now went over to the female clerk, searched her purse & found an ID card. "Melissa Nostram," she said, waving her hand over the card, "I am now you." The picture changed to the face of Chaos. She then proceeded to take the purse and rummage through. She found $700 in cash, several credit cards and a picture of the dead's boyfriend.

She snapped her fingers at the picture, making the picture completely black. "I don't need any humans screwing up my plans." Melissa said, then ripped the picture in to pieces. After a while, she now had complete control of the former Melissa's finances & with dark magic, ballooned her account to an astronomical level. She checked her balance on the shop's computer system. The savings account now had $76,000,000,000. Melissa smiled at this and said, "Now that's a number!"

Before she left, Chaos planted a energy bold dead square in the middle of the store & walked away. After twenty minutes, a tremendous crack could be heard from all around & the ground rumbled. It caused car alarms to go off and set off a panic in the people. When the rumbling settled, The store was gone completely. No trace of it ever existing was to be seen anywheres.

About an hour passes after she erased the store, Melissa found herself in front of a large, vacant office building. She smiled widely and said, "Perfect!" Chaos now walked into the building & used her powers to transform the lifeless building into a very active one. Melissa now went to the top floor, in which was her entire office and sat at her desk, which was rather large.

She spun around to take in a breathtaking view of Los Angeles and smiled at it. "Nostram Security services," she said, "has arrived."

About a week passed after the quake. Life in LA was getting back to normal in the city. Melissa was working on the computer when someone entered her office. "My Lady, Chaos!" she said as she approached the desk. She knelt on one knee, bowed her head and said, "I am Sailor Silver Eagle and I willingly pledge my loyalty to your service!"

"Get up," Melissa said, "Groveling doesn't suit you. What is your earth name?" Silver Eagle sat in a chair and said, "Amanda Dexton. I've been on earth nearly 75 years and my youthful complexion hasn't changed." Melissa then asked, "Then you've heard about the Omega Shard?" Amanda lifted her hand and produced a small, long piece of black crystal. "Not only did I hear about it," she said, "I found it! The thing is, this thing absorbs energy but it doesn't hold it well. It has to expel it quickly and very violently."

Melissa smiled and said, "I intend to rend this planet into a glowing cinder, but I do not have the strength to do it myself after that damned Sailor Moon stripped Galaxia from me. We must collect enough energy to pour into that so that we can watch this planet burn asunder!" She pulled out a file folder, tossed it to Amanda and said, "Our first contract. CBS is hiring us to take care of security at Television City. Prime place to gather human energy." Melissa now tossed a black executive pen to Amanda, "Use that to collect the energy & assign your best guards."

Amanda stood up, grabbed the items & bowed softly, "I shall carry out this task, my lady!" she said. "Stop that," Melissa said, "and go, now!" Amanda went out of the room. Melissa examined the black crystal and said, "The clock to earth's destruction starts now." She started laughing loudly & hysterically.

=====MEANWHILE, IN JAPAN=====

"Here ya go, Usagi," Makoto said happily, "shrimp and egg curry salad. Its a new recipe that I came up with a couple of days ago." Usagi was with Makoto at her apartment for dinner. She took a shrimp with her chopsticks and ate it. "Wow," Usagi said, "this is really good! Might even be Iron Chef good!" Makoto blushed and said, "Stop it! It was just on a whim."

A knock came upon the door. "Its open!" Minako opened the door and said, "Flight is booked & work visa papers are applied for," she said happily, "so, I'm all set!"

Usagi looked up & said with a mouthful of shrimp and said, "When do you leave?" Minako sat down and said, "Once my visas are approved, it'd be about two weeks."

Makoto took up a plate of the salad and placed it in front of Minako. She nodded and said, "I wonder how Ami's doing?" Usagi said, "I was talking to her three days ago. She seems to be doing fine." Minako nooded and said, "That's nice."

Makoto sat down with the girls with her plate of shrimp. "Did you already move out of your apartment?" she asked of Minako. The Goddess of Beauty nodded and said, "Yep. Rei's putting me up until I get all my papers straightened out." Usagi sniggered a bit and said, "I cannot imagine living with her, even for a month!" Minako shook her head and said, "Oh, its not so bad. She's just real touchy with how the Temple looks."

Makoto mused, "She seemed really down when Grandpa Hino passed." Minako nodded and said, "She's really changed alot." Suddenly her cellphone rang.

"Aino Hello!" Minako answered. She listened carefully to the person at the other end of the line. She nodded and said, "That fast? God, you guys work quick!" She listened, taking note of some things. "Okay, thank you." She then hung up.

"Visa papers just got approved," Minako said, "I leave tomorrow."

Her two friends nodded, got up & hugged her. "I'll miss you!" Makoto said. Usagi just stayed silent. Of course she was sad to see her friend go, but she wanted to stay strong for her friend, Minako.

"I have to go get ready," Minako said softly. Usagi & Makoto nodded and escorted her to the door.

========== The Next Day - 9:30 AM ==========

Minako stood at the gate leading to her flight. With her was Rei & Usagi. She held her passport close to her chest. This was the moment that she knew there wouldn't be any going back from.

Usagi approached her friend and said, "Be sure to E-Mail us when you get the chance." Minako nodded, then hugged both her & Rei. She then disappeared into the corridor.
Suddenly, Rei got a flash, more of a premonition. "I...," she stammered out, "...I think I just saw Chaos." Usagi looked at her with concern. Rei shook it off and said, "Probably just an afterimage, I guess."

END CHAPTER 2