Chapter Three – Dark Arguments and Strategies
"For the love of fucking Nemesis, Nereza! What is the matter with you? You let those Senshi discover you and now they're going to start looking for all of us! This is exactly why I should've been appointed leader instead of you!" screamed a loud female voice with a high pitch that echoed off the black jasper walls. She was dressed as a Senshi, but the uniform was black instead of white and if one were to look closely, it resembled a darker version of Sailor Moon's first fuku.
"Oh shut up, Serenata! If you guys had shown up when I'd called for you then this wouldn't have been a problem! This is exactly why I was appointed leader instead of you, so don't go pinning this shit on me!" another feminine voice shouted back. The leader was clothed in a black-and-midnight blue fuku and yelled back just as loud. She also reached forward and yanked hard on the other's gray-black waist-length hair, causing her to cry out in pain. "And don't you ever, ever question my leadership again, Sailor Dark Moon!"
"Okay, okay, Sailor Dark!" Moon screamed, trying to wrestle her hair from her leader's grasp. "I swear I'll never question you again! Now, let me go!" Sailor Dark then released her underling's hair, watching as she rubbed her scalp and saw a small glare in her yellow eyes. Dark just glared back with her black-eyed gaze and Moon cowered in fear.
"Jesus Dark, do you have to be so hard on her?" asked another Senshi who looked to be working on something on a computer. "None of us responded to your call, yet you're placing all the blame on her." Dark hung her head slightly, her black hair falling into her face. She pushed it back roughly and looked at the other Senshi.
"I'm well aware of this, Leilah," she replied with a slight annoyance. "However, when I am absent, Moon is supposed to act as leader and failed to do so, therefore, she takes the heat for all of you. Although, since none of you responded, I could very well take my disappointment out on the whole team." Leilah suddenly stood up as if the statement were a challenge. Her black-gloved fists were caked over with ice and her ice blue eyes were blazing. "I wouldn't do that if I were you, Sailor Dark Mercury. You know damn well that I'm stronger than all of you put together and then some, so just continue with what you were doing." The darkly clad Mercury begrudgingly calmed her demeanor because she knew what was said was true and willed the ice to melt away as she resumed her work.
"Hey Mercury, what exactly are you working on?" A fourth soldier seemed to emerge from the darkness surrounding the large chamber and stood next to the small table that Mercury was seated at. She glanced up to acknowledge her and went back to her work.
"I'm trying to figure out what that creature was and quite possibly who sent it. Maybe I can decipher what their motives are as well." She looked up again and momentarily stopped typing. "Why? You have something more fun in mind, Kenina?" Kenina's purple eyes twinkled mischievously and she pulled on one of the tails from her brown/blond pointed odangoes.
"Oh, I'm sure I could think of a few things that we could be doing right now that may be considered fun." That was when Sailor Dark interjected.
"You two can fuck each other when we discover who our enemy is, Mars. Not to mention make sure that those Earth Senshi don't find us because they could make things very complicated, especially Moon's counterpart." The last comment caused Moon to scowl but she didn't say anything, knowing that she already in enough trouble.
"Sorry boss." Mars said in submission and slumped into a black leather armchair that seemed to materialize out of nowhere. The only sounds for several minutes was the click-clack of keys and the clicking of Sailor Dark's heeled boots, until a deep feminine voice resonated from the darkness.
"So what the hell are we supposed to do in the meantime?" The source of the voice was a Senshi in a black, midnight blue, and dark yellow fuku and she stood taller than the rest of her companions. "I say we make sure that those inferior Earthlings don't get in our way because you know they're bound to sooner or later, Dark."
"While I share your concerns as usual, Esen," Nereza replied while passing a hand over her eyes. "I wouldn't worry about them right now since they have absolutely no clue what's going on either." Esen crossed her arms over her chest and fumed. Nereza rolled her eyes. "Honestly, Esen. You just need to chill the fuck out right now! I have absolutely no tolerance for insubordination at this point, so why don't you go find Charna and have her use her mirror if you're so damned uptight about this minor problem!" Esen looked at her leader with a stunned look that said she couldn't believe what she just heard. She decided that it was better to not incite her leader further and decided to go find Charna.
"Sorry, Sailor Dark," she apologized. "I won't do anything until you say otherwise." Dark seemed to relax, if only a little.
"Thank you, Sailor Dark Uranus. Now, go find Sailor Dark Neptune and have her calm you down." As Uranus was about to make her exit to go find her girlfriend, Mercury suddenly shot up out of her seat.
"You guys are not going to fucking believe this!" The soldiers in the chamber gathered around the dark genius to see what had startled her so much. After reading the data, Dark Mars looked at her lover with a very perplexed expression.
"This can't be right. You must've input something wrong," there was a slight tremor in her voice since they all knew that Dark Mercury was extremely thorough and never made a mistake.
"This says that the creature I fought came from the Dark Kingdom and since we all know that Sailor Moon killed Queen Beryl, there has to be someone else in charge now. The question is who? It can't be any of her four underlings since Jadeite was put into 'Eternal Sleep', and the other three were killed."
"So then it has to be someone that they missed and it looks like we have to finish what they started, i.e. clean up their leftovers." A woman an inch shorter than Dark Uranus made an appearance in a black, dark green, and dark pink sailor uniform.
"I guess so, Tiamat," said another girl in a black, dark orange and navy blue fighting uniform. Her eyes were dark brown and her hair was ruby red in a long ponytail. Tiamat looked to the other soldier that spoke to her and rolled her dark green eyes.
"Thank you so much for another blinding burst of insight on your part, Samorn." Samorn's eyes blazed golden and she took a fighting stance. Tiamat was about to do the same when a black blade suddenly intervened.
"Honestly now, don't you two ever call it quits!" the owner of the weapon was two inches shorter than Samorn, but she was by no means a pushover. Her deep brown hair was tied into two wavy ponytails and her deep brown eyes blazed black with her anger. Tiamat quickly backed down and the blade was retracted with just the slightest hesitation.
"At least you don't think I'm a ditz, Duana." Samorn then put her arm around the Senshi and gave her a passionate kiss, which she returned with equal intensity. Nereza just rolled her eyes at the three and continued to read the small amount of information displayed on the screen.
"If you two are done lip-wrestling over there," she interjected in an authoritative tone, causing them to disengage begrudgingly. "I believe I've come up with a strategy to help us figure out who's in charge of the Dark Kingdom now."
"And what exactly would that be?" asked a tall Senshi who stepped out of the darkness to stand next to Tiamat. Sailor Dark was about to her boiling point and she lashed out with a small burst of her dark powers causing all of the Senshi in the room to drop to their knees.
"I've had just about enough of the insubordination of this team and am about to do away with all of you!" She waited for her underlings to stand back up on wobbly legs. "However, as much as I'd like to do that at times, I do not like to waste my resources when they are still useful to me. Now, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and Pluto, if you all are done interrupting me, I was about to say that if we cause enough of a ruckus, there's the high probability that we'll draw out this new Dark Kingdom commander and maybe even the Earth Senshi as well." She waited to see if anyone disagreed with her and when no one did, she finished:
"Moon, I want you to take Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus, and go to the Earth dimension. Blend in with the human population in Tokyo and see if you can find out some more on the Earth Senshi." Moon bowed in obedience and quickly vanished, followed by the other four soldiers. "Uranus, I want you four to attempt to find one of the Dark Kingdom's minions that I'm sure by now they have wandering around in Tokyo and draw it out. If we're lucky, the 'owner' will show up themself. If not then at the very least you'll run into your Sol counterparts." The last four Senshi also teleported out of the chamber and Sailor Dark was left alone. She walked over to the computer and reread the small bit of data that was left and a half-grin came to her lips.
"So Titanite, decided to make yourself known, haven't you?" she questioned to the screen. "I wonder if you've brought your brother along with you."
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