"How's our little prince coming along?" A deep voice purred as he watched a large tube. Inside was a figure completely cut off from the outside world except for one lone tube that fed the being.
"Better than we could ever hope." A man with a clipboard reported. "All his vital signs are stable and our machines are detecting signs of brain activity."
"Excellent." the voice grinned, "I want him out and in uniform by tomorrow."
"B-but sir! We don't know if he's really ready yet!" the scientist protested. "If we take him out too soon it'll put us back months if not years!"
"Sanders this is one time that we must take a risk. The order comes from up top." The voice told the scientist. Hesitantly, they cleared the green fluid from the tube, freeing the figure. Hitting the bottom of the container, the figure coughed and hacked as he freed his lungs of the fluid.
Now that the fluid was gone everyone could see the figure clearly; the females of the room couldn't help but blush. "Wow… the stories didn't give him justice…" someone commented.
The figure was the very definition of perfection. His features looked like they were chiseled out of marble by Michelangelo himself. His hair (though long and uncut) was an extremely pale blond. Through the pale locks they could see light green eyes peer through causing a pair of assistants to faint.
"Welcome back Ace…"
Venus looked at the night sky, her memories of her time as Sailor V playing in her mind. The adventures and the romances she had experienced, especially one memory. The one where she had to kill her soul mate to save the world. His parting words still etched into her mind after all these years.
'You will be hopeless when it comes to love, for all eternity. Now you don't have to fret over which destiny to pursue. You don't have to choose between being a soldier or finding love. Your fate is to keep fighting.'
She stared sightlessly into the darkness as she remembered and felt. "Venus!" It wasn't until she heard Mars's demanding voice did she snap out of her stupor. Blinking, she finally saw what was causing Mars's concern.
There in the sky stood a military man standing at attention with another behind him, also at attention. Her focus was only on one of the men. Her heart raced as her breath caught in her throat. There stood the man that her thoughts were just focused on. The only thing that kept her from crying right there and then was the presence of her queen beside her.
A male voice rang throughout the atmosphere. It took her a moment to figure out what he was saying. "…demand the immediate surrender and removal of the rulers of this planet. If our conditions are met no harm will come to any of the planet's occupants. You have two of your planet's days to respond." with that his image was gone.
Immediately after the image dissipated, Mercury and the others followed Neo-queen Serenity into the crystal palace to discuss plans. Numbly, Venus followed but at considerably slower pace. "Venus…" Serenity looked upon her friend "… are you alright?"
Sniffing Venus shook her head before she looked away, tears running down her face. As Serenity held her, Venus bawled, "I can't do it… not again…"
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