Sailor Mercury was only briefly disoriented by the explosions thanks to their distance from her. She quickly touched her earring, and her visor went over her face.

While the barrels of fuel that were ignited were far enough away to mean little to Mercury, this strange new enemy, Malachite was what Jedite had called him, had also blasted the planes, which could erupt into fireballs at any minute.

Sailor Mars had already gotten to her feet, and the two of them helped up their fallen leader.

"Are you alright?" Sailor Mercury asked.

"Fine...Tuxedo Mask!" Sailor Moon immediately looked towards the water. There was nothing there. Sailor Mercury could quickly see the depression in her face.

"His rose isn't there." Sailor Mercury replied. "Maybe he got away while we were fighting." Sailor Mercury knew, for all intents and purposes, that it was probably a lie: the rose was probably just taken away by the current. But those planes could blow at any second, and they needed Sailor Moon not to be distracted by depression.

"How are we getting out of here?" Sailor Mars asked. Sailor Mercury looked around: The trains were no longer working, so they couldn't head back to the main airport building. The only other way out was the water.

"It's either borrow one of those motorboats or swim." She quickly devised. A loud explosion from over towards one of the tarmacs jolted the Scouts.

"This place isn't going to hold up much longer!" Sailor Mercury returned. She prepared to dive in the water, but before she could, something hit the ground not far from her and rolled towards the Scouts.

"It's Jedite!" Mars quickly realized.

"What happened? One minute he was beating us and the next he's being targeted by his allies." Mercury wondered.

"Who cares?" Mars returned. "This place is going down and he's our...what are you doing, Serena?" Mars was amazed when she looked towards her leader, for Sailor Moon bent down in front of the man.

"He's still breathing!" Sailor Moon remarked. Sailor Mercury was surprised too, although, given that Jedite, with all his fancy powers, wasn't exactly human, perhaps thinking perfectly logically wouldn't be the best course of action when it came to Jedite's health.

While he may have been breathing, he wasn't in very good shape. His clothes were in tatters and his skin was covered in burns and blisters.

"Okay, so he's alive." Mars stated quickly. "Let's get out of here!"

"And what about him, Raye? We can't just leave him here, he won't survive."

"Have you gone completely daft, you idiot? He's our enemy! En-e-my. He's tried to kill us all how many times now?"

"So why did they try to kill him?" Sailor Moon asked.

"Probably because he hasn't been killing us yet. Let's not stick around and correct his work!"

"Can we fix him up at the temple?"

"I can't believe I'm hearing this! We're in the middle of a blazing inferno and the only thing on your mind is to save the Negaverse's number one toady?" Sailor Mars screamed.

"He's not with them anymore. He's not our enemy anymore."

"Who's to say this isn't their plan?"

"You two, enough!" Sailor Mercury said. "We need to leave now!"

"Sounds good, hop on in!" A male voice called from over at the water. Sailor Mercury turned around to see Tuxedo Mask, starting the engine of a motorboat.

"Tuxedo Mask, you're all right!" Sailor Moon cheered. Sailor Mercury jumped onto the boat.

"Come on!" Sailor Mars called to Sailor Moon, who was struggling to carry Jedite.

"Leave him, let's go!" Sailor Mars insisted.

"We're not leaving him!" Sailor Moon returned with equal force.

"Mercury, talk some sense into her." Sailor Mars called to the Scout on the boat. Mercury jumped back onto the runway and ran straight for Sailor Moon.

"Come on, let's do it like this." Sailor Mercury helped Sailor Moon prop Jedite onto her back. While Jedite definitely had to have weighed more than she did, his higher center of gravity would allow her to move to the boat with less difficulty.

"What's going on!" Sailor Mars asked.

"This is faster. Now run!" Mercury returned.

"I can't believe this." Mars sighed as she got in.

Tuxedo Mask hit the gas on the motorboat, and the Scouts were far enough away from the runway so that when the explosions started, they were not affected.

"I hope no one was close to those." Sailor Moon sat down, exhausted. "How did you get safe, Tuxedo Mask?"

"Once I saw Jedite swim to the surface, that was my chance. Luckily, he was too distracted by you three. Why did you save him, anyway?"

"When we were fighting, some other guy from the Negaverse attacked him." Sailor Moon explained. Tuxedo Mask was mute on the matter.

"That loving heart of yours and your faith in others is your greatest weapon, Sailor Moon. Trust in yourself to do what's right."

"Thanks!" Sailor Moon replied cheerfully. She caught Sailor Mars's blank stare, and ignored it.

Yes, Jedite was their enemy, and whatever his ultimate plan was, he was hurting innocent people to accomplish it. She had no problem standing against Queen Beryl and any of her underlings. But if she had Jedite attacked like this, either Beryl was really bad at commanding her troops, or she decided Jedite wasn't a part of her group any longer. Without that, what reason did Sailor Moon have to fight him?

She was sure that Amy and Raye would understand. Eventually. Fierce fighters though they were, this was about morals and doing what was right, and leaving an injured man to die was wrong.

They would see, soon. Sailor Moon knew they would see the truth.

Tuxedo Mask drove the girls to shore, and it was a short walk to the Hikawa Shrine. Sailor Mercury and Mars were able to drag him back to the shrine.

It was late when the girls got back.

"It's good we don't have school tomorrow." Amy replied once the Scouts had de-transformed. Serena and Raye removed what was left of Jedite's jacket and shirt.

"Mercury, how bad is it?" Serena asked while Raye went to fetch some bandages. Now that she had the time, Amy could survey the unconscious general.

Jedite's body was covered in green blood, and most of the burns appeared to be second-degree. They should have been a lot more serious, were Jedite human. He was breathing unassisted, she could feel a pulse in his neck.

"We could probably treat this. He'll probably be laid up for a while. Serena, what do you plan to do with him?"

"Treat him, of course." Serena answered.

"He'll need a place to recuperate, and do you honestly think Raye will allow it? He can't stay with me, and you don't have the space either."

"I'm sure Raye will understand." Serena replied.

"We could use this to our advantage, you know. We should question Jedite when he wakes up, see what our enemy's true plans are, how they will accomplish them. Enemy strength and whatnot."

"I think that's a fantastic idea." A familiar voice came from the open window. Serena and Amy looked up to discover Luna standing in the doorway.

"Hey, Luna. How did you get here?" Serena asked.

"I was worried when I heard that the airport had exploded on the news. Your entire family woke up and started panicking. Thank goodness your mother remembered that lie you told and said you'd be at Raye's." Luna spoke as she jumped down to the floor. She looked over at Jedite.

"That's definitely Jedite." She noted. "Would someone explain why he is here."

"Tell me while you're at it." Raye entered with bandages. Serena explained the story to Luna while Amy and Raye wrapped Jedite's torso in the bandages.

"As I said earlier, interrogating him would be a sound course of action. I only know so much about their plans. This could be a golden opportunity to see what their future plans are and how to stop them." Luna delivered.

"It would be in our best interest." Amy agreed.

"I still say our best interest involves a tall cliff and a shove." Raye pointed out.

"Raye!" Serena returned.

"He's a bad guy, Serena. And he knows our secret identities. Who's to say he won't kill us as soon as our backs are turned."

"From what I know of Queen Beryl, I strongly doubt she'd welcome him back even if he did do that." Luna answered. "The woman is cold and remorseless, and if she was willing to kill him like you said, she'd be more than willing to do it again. I believe our best course of action is to wait until he comes too, find out what Queen Beryl knows, and formulate a plan to counteract her. Perhaps it can help us find the Moon Princess, or the Imperium Crystal."

"Well, someone's gotta stay up and keep watch then." Raye sighed. "It's not gonna be me, I've got chores in the morning." And Raye exited without another word.

"Luna, what do you think we should ask?" Amy asked the cat. The two began conversing, but it became quickly apparent that Serena was not paying attention to the two of them.

"Serena, it might actually be important for you to pay attention to this." Luna lectured.

"Hm?" Serena asked.

"Serena!"

"I know I should. But...I...he was betrayed by Beryl and everyone he knew."

"What could we expect, Queen Beryl is twisted and evil, she probably only keeps her minions around until she doesn't need them anymore, then gets rid of them."

"He must be all alone in the world."

"Serena, this is hardly the time to be sympathizing. Jedite could still try to come after us, and since he knows who we are, our families are in danger too."

Serena was about to respond to that, when she heard a gasp. Serena, Amy, and Luna all turned to see Jedite was twitching, gasping. A minute later, his eyes started to open.