Episode 2: To a New World; Arrival on Earth
Sailor Ixtab's new gift of movement proved useful in moving to the planet. She was able to create a large sphere that housed all of the Senshi. Sailor Geb and Anog Ite 'steered' the sphere through the atmosphere of the planet and toward a large island where Geb had seen the Collector through the pillar. She and Anog Ite maneuvered them through a large city, and all seemed well until their sphere was hit by a powerful force that grew them roughly onto the soft green ground.
Geb was the first to see their attackers, and recognized them as Senshi. To Geb's dismay, though, they didn't look friendly. There were four of them: a tall blond, a taller dark-skinned one, a small one, and a teal-haired one. The tallest held a staff and pointed it at them. The small one had a nasty-looking weapon that looked far too big for her to carry.
"Identify yourselves!" the blond declared. To Geb's horror, this one was holding her staff. Geb reached around to her back to see if she was mistaken, but there was no mistake.
"I am Sailor Geb," she responded as she slowly stood. The others followed her lead as she continued. "I am of the planet Geb in the Pantheon Nebula, and I would like to have my staff back."
"I don't think so," the blond said. "What are you doing on Earth?"
"Earth?" Geb said questioningly. "So that is the name of this world…"
"We are the Interdimensional Police Investigators," Anog Ite interrupted. "We are here in search of a man known only as 'The Collector.' He steals the weapons of Sailor Senshi from different dimensions. We've tracked him here, with intent to stop him."
"We see he hasn't gotten to you yet," Geb said. "If you are the Senshi of this planet, we might be able to use your assistance."
The four Senshi looked at each other for a moment, and then back at the newcomers. "We tend to not trust strange Senshi," the blond said. "We're having enough problems with evil Senshi from outside of our system. You are not welcome and should leave. Now."
"Now Uranus, have a little faith," Daichi suddenly said as she stepped out from behind the others. "I don't know how the timeline of this dimension has progressed in comparison to my own, so I don't know how different you are from the Sailor Uranus I know, but surely you should be concerned if there is another threat, especially one that can handicap your powers."
"How do you know me?" the blond named Uranus asked defensively.
"In my dimension, I have a connection to this system and its kingdoms," Daichi replied.
"There was only one kingdom in our system," the dark-skinned one said, "And that was the Kingdom of the Moon."
"Each dimension is going to be different," Ixtab intervened, taking Daichi's shoulder into both of her hands. "The only thing we have in common is the threat of the Collector. We don't want him stealing the treasures of this planet like those of their worlds." Ixtab motioned to her left, but no one was there.
"Whose worlds?" the small one asked, her guard dropping slowly.
"Over here," Tucana said. Ixtab switched hands, motioning to her right.
Geb groaned and hit her forehead with her hand. Then she sighed and asked, "Even if you won't believe us, could I at least have my staff back so we can be on our way and doing our job?"
"Go ahead, Uranus," the teal-haired Senshi said. "If they cause trouble, we will be sure to find them, but if their intentions are true then we should allow them to continue their mission." Uranus looked back at the beautiful Senshi and sighed with a nod. She stood straight and tossed the staff into the air. Geb gasped and lunged forward, grabbing it with both arms and stumbling a bit.
"Mark my words," Uranus said, "If you bring harm to anyone of Earth, I'll be there and you won't get away with it." The Senshi then turned and walked away. The others followed, though the small one hesitated first and watched Geb and the other before turning and jogging to catch up.
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'Well, that went well,' Mei mused as she leaned against a shaded tree. No one chose to respond to this. Rather, the IPI Senshi chose to take advantage of Daichi's surprising, though limited, knowledge of the planet's Senshi.
"There should be four more," Daichi told them. "Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus. I can't be for sure, though, since this isn't my dimension."
"At least we can have an idea as to how many more to expect," Anog Ite said. "Unfortunately, they have a conflict of their own to worry about. We'll have to go it without them."
"Um, maybe we should change clothes," Hikari said as she watched some distant Earthlings. "we'll look out of place in anything we have."
"And where to you propose we get native clothing?" Geb asked. "We know nothing of this world."
Tucana raised her hand with a grin. "I was once proficient in thievery," she offered.
"No, no, we'll just stay like this and stay hidden," Anog Ite said. "We don't have time to try and fit in." This prompted an argument from all sides on what was best, causing Anog Ite to regret inputting her opinion. She decided to test her powers and see if she could tune them out. She ended up listening to things a distance away, but it was better than the arguing. However, as she listened she come across another argument.
"Give me the insence burner, now!" yelled a male's voice
"No!" shouted a young female's voice.
Then, Anog Ite could hear running, and then a struggled. "The Collector!" she shouted, catching everyone's attention instantly.
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The Senshi wasted no time following Sailor Geb and Anog Ite. They ended up at a large building, where a fight had broken out on the grounds, and not just any fight, but a fight between Senshi. At the center of attention seemed to be a blond-haired young woman. Opposite her was a red-haired woman in a brown fuku. To everyone's horror, the red-haired Senshi removed something from the woman, causing her to faint and the Senshi to laugh triumphantly. It didn't last long, though, as before the Senshi knew it something had hit the Senshi and a black hole erupted right where she was standing, sucking her in with the glowing object she had taken from the woman.
The Senshi ran forward and as they ran they saw a red-haired child with the unconscious woman. They were at risk of being pulled in, and without a second thought Sailor Daichi charged ahead of the others and summoning her whip she cracked it on the ground. This unspoken command brought vines up from the ground and around the woman and child. However, the force of the black hole tore the vines from the ground and pulled in the woman and child. Daichi cursed loudly as she skidded to a halt, unable to go further without the black hole getting her. The others stopped a bit behind her as one of the other Senshi attacked the black hole, but to no avail. Then, the black hole suddenly dissipated, and floating where the hole had been was a beautiful red-haired woman with the child. In her arms was the blond, and floating above her chest was the glowing object that had been stolen from her.
"Was 'the Collector' even here, Geb?" Nebula asked. Geb shook her head with a smile."
'Then why did we come?' Mei asked.
"Because there was trouble," Geb replied, walking to Daichi. The others shook their heads, but said nothing as they followed. Geb touched Daichi's shoulder and said, "Good job." Then she paused and said, "Well, good try anyway." Daichi gave a curt nod. Geb smiled and looked to the other Senshi. Her smile vanished when she saw Sailor Uranus coming toward them. Much to everyone's surprise, Geb turned on her heels and walked briskly in the other direction. She was caught by Anog Ite, who was snickering at their 'fearless' leader.
Daichi stood her ground as Uranus approached. The blond-haired Senshi stopped and stared at Daichi, contemplating and sizing her up. "Thank you," she said before turning and returning to the others. Daichi smiled and tilted her head in a small nod.
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"I must have heard him chasing the child and mistook it for the Collector," Anog Ite sighed. She and the others were next to a temple where inside the native Senshi were having a meeting.
"Why was he chasing the child?" Tucana asked.
"I don't remember," Anog Ite replied. She was disappointed that she hadn't heard the Collector. Rather, it had been an ally Senshi in the disguise of a man who was chasing a child for… something.
"Mei, what are they talking about?" Hikari asked, looking over to her partner. Mei had been staring at the doors for some time now.
'They were talking about protecting that girl from earlier,' Mei said, 'But now they are discussing the likelihood of us being the enemy and working for someone named 'Galaxia.' It sounds like we do have a few supporters in there.' Then she straightened up. 'They are coming out.' They all stood as the doors opened and the native Senshi filed out. They all looked slightly different out of uniform.
"So, what is the verdict?" Tucana asked.
"We have to believe that there is more danger than Galaxia," the tall brown-haired one said.
"But Galaxia is the greater and more pronounced threat," the blue-haired one added.
"So what you're saying is that we are on our own," Ixtab finished.
"Well, yes," the blue-haired one said. "We'll watch out for the man you described, but Galaxia's threat is the one we need to focus on."
"We understand," Geb said, "However, we will keep close. After all, you will be his targets."
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"Stupid idea, so stupid…" Anog Ite muttered under he breath as she tamed her hair. She wasn't a Senshi anymore, though. Now she was simply Enapay, the person she was born as, in an Earthling school uniform. Geb and the smart blue-haired Senshi Sailor Mercury, or rather Ami, had come up with the idea of blending in and splitting up. It was unwilling with some Senshi, but everyone had split up and gone with different Earth Senshi. The plan made some, namely Daichi and Anog Ite, unhappy, but the feeling was mutual. Sailor Uranus was equally unhappy.
"Enapay-san, are you ready?" Ami asked through the door to the room called a 'bathroom.' Enapay sighed and stared at her reflection. She normally-crazy hair was flat and pulled back into a ponytail. She sighed again and opened the door. Ami was standing there waiting and giggled. "You need to tie the bow," she said as she took the ends of the scarf and tied them into a bow. "There, now you are ready."
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When Ami and Enapay arrived at the school, the others who were supposed to be there were already waiting. The blond-haired Minako was yawning into the back of her hand. "She says she's not used to getting up as early as we did," Hikari said with a smile. She then looked over at Mei, who stood still next to Usagi. Mei had stayed with Usagi and Hikari with Minako, all under the watchful eyes of cats that could, to their surprise, talk like Earthlings. Nebula and Geb were with Sailor Mars at another school and Tucana, Daichi, and Ixtab were with Sailor Uranus and the others.
"Okay, you three will patrol the school incase this 'Collector' shows up," the brown-haired Makoto said. "We'll stay with Usagi." Everyone nodded in agreement except for Usagi.
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Haruka was quiet as she drove Michiru and their guest to Michiru's lessons. Hotaru, Setsuna, and the other two would already be there. Once in a while, Haruka would glance into the rearview mirror at the grey-haired Daichi. At the start of the drive, Daichi had been clutching to the back of Michiru's seat for dear life. Now, she seemed at least a little relaxed.
Haruka pulled up to the hall and swore she saw Daichi leap from the car like a frog. She clearly wasn't the only one who had seen it.
"These contraptions aren't that bad, are they?" Tucana laughed with her arms crossed.
"They are… interesting," Daichi said, regaining her composure as she brushed the shirt she was wearing. Tucana smirked as everyone filed into the music hall. Michiru's class, Hotaru included, was already waiting. While Michiru set up for class, Daichi and Tucana had already disappeared somewhere into the hall. Ixtab stayed close to the Senshi, as they had discovered that each of the four carried items. Setsuna stayed close as well, but Haruka went to follow the other two.
