Shock and Awe

"Supreme... THUNDER!" Sailor Jupiter yelled as bolts of lighting discharged from her tiara and electrocuted several Russian solders, who discharged their weapons harmlessly into the air, as the massive amounts of electricity surged through their bodies. Sailor Venus followed suit, as she let loose with "Crescent... Beam... SHOWER!" to drop a dozen more of the offending Russians. For the last 10 minutes, the 2 Shenshi had been engaged in combat with an rather large Russian army patrol... and the would be solders were getting the worst of it. The patrol had came up the hill not to long ago in search of the 2 young women. Why were they after them, Jupiter and Venus did not know. But by the way the Russians were operating, they could tell that it would be a bad thing if they were caught by these men. Especially since they still had to locate the other members the team and figure out just how did they get 'here' in the first place. And they doubted that they would be able to do that if they were in some prisoner of war (P.O.W.) camp or something. No sooner did the first group of 4 men entered the house, Both Jupiter and Venus got the drop on them by knocking the first 2 out with 2 quick blows from the side. The other 2 solders drew their guns and aimed them at the girls and fired. But they were no match for the Shenshi, as they skillfully dodged the weapons bullets and were both taken out by Sailor Venus using " Venus Love and Beauty …. Shock!" . By this time, the Shenshi's attacks had alerted they other solders outside to their presence and they began to advance on the house. Both Jupiter and Venus saw them advance and both prepared to meet the solders head on.

As the first group of men entered, they were shocked to see that 2 girls that could not be more than 16 years old, had managed to take out 4 of their comrades with ease. But that one moment of hesitation cost them dearly, as Jupiter and Venus let loose with their attacks. 4 men were burned to a crisp, as Jupiter attacked with, "Supreme... THUNDER!", while 4 solders had their guts cleaned out the hard way, as she sent out "Crescent... BEAM!". The whole affair only took about 5 seconds, but in the end, 7 Russian solders were on the floor of the old house. Either dead, or dying. But then, the walls of the house began to explode, as the BMD-3 opened up with its 30 mm cannon. While the 2 Vodnik armored cars in the back, opened let loose with their 7.62 PKT machine guns mounted on top of them. Jupiter and Venus only had moments to react, as the explosive shells of the BMD's main gun coupled with the 7.62 machine gun rounds, ripped away at the home's wooden walls. Sending splinters and shrapnel flying all over the room. The assault seemed to last an eternity, as the 2 Shenshi laid on the floor face down covering their heads and hoped that they did not get hit. After a few minutes, the firing stopped and the 2 girls got up and checked them selves to see if they were hurt. Luckily they were not, but they had had to get out of that house and fast. Or they might not survive the next salvo. It was then they realized that the main threat came from that tank like vehicle and it's cannon. If they were to be able to make their escape, they would have to take out that monster of a vehicle. Jupiter and Venus looked at each other and nodded. They knew what they had to do.

Jupiter extended the small lighting rod on the Tiara and yelled " Supreme Thunder!". While at the same time Venus kissed her index finger on her right hand, before extending it out forward and yelling... "Crescent Beam!". The golden beam of energy became intertwined with the numerous lighting bolts that were coming from Jupiter's tiara, as it shot out of the house and cut through the air with a crackling sound and entered the opening of the BMD's cannon. Their was a silence for a few seconds. Then, the top of the tank seemed to expand outwards before a loud explosion rocked the house and a large fire ball erupted from what was once, a deadly war machine. All the men that were around the vehicle were either thrown a great distance from the explosion, or were vaporizes by the fire ball that had erupted. The surviving solders were stunned by the loss of their APC and just slowly turned in the direction where the beam of energy came from. All of a sudden, a large lighting bolt shaped like a ferocious dragon came out of the house and came right for them. The Russians did not have a chance, as the large dragon like figure engulfed and electrocuted them. Causing them to discharge all of their weapons harmlessly in to the air and falling to the ground in violent spasms. The whole affair only took less than 15 minutes and in the end, Shenshi: 1, Russians: 0. It was then Jupiter remembered that they still had to deal with the 2 armored cars in the back. But when the 2 women made it top the back, they found the 2 vehicles had been abandoned and their occupants were now currently running down the hill and into a near by river. Where they were now proceeding to swim across to the other side.

Apparently, the sight of one of their APC's being destroyed so easily by these 2 young women, had made those "brave" solders think twice before engaging them. " Well, that was easy." Jupiter said, watching the seen unfold down the hill.

"You know, I never though that I would be so happy to have men run away from me, rather than towards me!" Venus grinned, as she watched the solders run/swim away. "Hey, what are you doing?" she asked, as she saw Makoto fiddling with her communicator.

"I'm trying to see if I can... YES!"

"What?"

"Ami installed a homing beacon in all of our communicators so that if we were ever separated, we could locate each other." Jupiter replied. "When did she have do that?" Venus asked.

"She did it at our last meeting at the temple, remember? She was telling us all about the new upgrades that she did. But you were too busy with Usagi, pining over the latest manga from Naoko Takeuchi" the green eyed Shenshi scolded the blond friend.

"Well, could I help it if she is a genius?" Venus shot back, "Well, are you getting any thing?"

" There are 3 signals about 30 kilometers south west from here." Jupiter replied, as she looked at her com screen. " It's... yes!"

"Who is it?"

"It's Moon, Mercury and Saturn!" she happily proclaimed, as she saw their symbols for all 3 on her screen.

"Well, why are we still standing here for? Lest go get them!" Venus said, as she grabbed on to Jupiter's arm and began to pull her down the hill.

"Wait! Their over 30 kilometers away from here, with the Russian army between us. We can't just walk!" Jupiter protested, as she pulled herself free from her friend's grasp. Venus stopped and let her friend's words sink in... and she was right. Even if they were shenshi, their was no way that the 2 of them would be able to cross that great distance and avoid the numerous patrols that were possibly looking for them. She began to look around a bit and soon she had an idea. A few moments later, she along with a very nervous looking Jupiter were now sitting in the front seats of one of the Vodniks that were left behind by the fleeing solders.

"Are... are you sure that you know how to drive this thing?" Jupiter asked nervously from the passenger side seat. "Of course! I do have my driver's licenses you know." Venus replied.

"You have a learner's permit." Jupiter shot back. Venus ignored her friends negative remarks, as she started up the vehicle and shifted gears. The large vehicle vanished in a cloud of dust and smoke, as it sped down the hill at a high rate of speed in reverse, before coming to a dead stop at the bottom.

"See, easy as pie!" Venus said cheerfully, ignoring the fact that Jupiter looked like she was about to have a heart attack. Venus just sent the vehicle in to gear and sped off to to meet up with the rest of her friends...

(A Few Miles Away...)

"So let me get this strait, the 3 of you are Sailor Shen-shi, and you are not with any navy?" That was the question being asked by Haggard, as he and the other 3 Americans stood in front of Sailor Moon and the other 2 shenshi. The girls just shook their heads. Just a few minutes ago, Sailor Saturn along with Sailor Moon, not only dispatched a Russian GAZ-3937 "Vodnik" armored car, but also saved Redford's life from a possible mortal wound. To say that the men of Bad Company were a little amazed by these events would be an understatement. The girls, knowing that they would now have to come clean to these men decided to tell them every thing and what Bad Company heard had them all shaking their heads in a stunned silence. With Mercury translating for them, Sailor Moon first re introduced themselves. Using both their Sailor names, as well as their real names. She then told them that they would normally fight off demons and Yoma (Monsters) to protect the lives of others and that there were 6 more members of her team that were all named after the planets of the solar system and that she was their leader. She then told them about the circumstances that had brought them here. Moon, along with the other members of her team had gone to investigate reports of a Yoma at an near by mall. When they arrived, they found said creature attacking a electronic store. They engaged said creature and let lose with they varied attacks, but when it looked liked they were winning, the creature let off a blinding white light. The next thing that they new, they were in the middle of a golf course and that for some reason, all alone.

The men of Bad Company could hardly believe a word of what these girls had said. The idea that these teen aged girls were fighting something called a yoma, then all of a sudden being transferred half way across the world to a war zone, sounded completely far fetched to them to say the least. But then again, seeing one of them stopping and destroying a armored car, then proceed to do something that boarder on being a miracle told these battled hardened men that there were a lot more to these young girls.

"And you were fighting a Yo-Ma and you ended up here?" Marlowe asked them. The girls nodded again.

"And our friends are missing as well" Mercury spoke up, as she took out her computer and showed them the screen. "These symbols show the current locations." As the men looked, they saw a number of symbols located all over the map that the small computer showed on its screen. They were all different colors and shapes, and they were all scattered all over the map in pairs of 2's. Then Sailor Moon spoke up and said, " I know this is to much to ask of you, but we need your help in finding the rest of our friends. Will you help us?" she pleaded, looking up at them with her deep blue eyes.

The men, especially Redford all looked into the pleading blue eyes of this young woman and Redford could tell right right away that she was genuinely worried about the team mates and friends. Redford could relate to her, he would do any thing to protect his men. Besides, this woman had just saved his life and the least he could do was help her reunite with the rest of her team and since the army already considered them awol, Redford saw no reason just why he could not help Sailor Moon and from what he could see on this map, all of the symbols were located on they way to Sedar's palace. Redford then said... "Alright, we'll help you. But as soon as you have all your friends, that's it."

"Sarge, what are you doing?" Sweetwater asked, shocked by his leader's statement. "Are you sure we should help them?"

"They just saved my life! The least we can do is help them find their friends." Redford replied, to which Sweetwater stepped back with his head down. Redford then turned Haggard and Marlowe to see if they objected in any way. They didn't.

"Then its official, you have our help."

Mercury translated for Redford and when she was done, both Moon and Saturn thanked the large man by hugging him. Which caused some snickers from Marlowe , Haggard and Sweetwater. When the hugging session was done, the men introduced them selves by name and when that was done the men, along with Moon, Mercury and Saturn reentered the APC and were off to locate the other lost shenshi.

Meanwhile, a lone humanoid figure stood on top a tree and watched as the BMD-3 thundered off into the distance. She could not believe that her plan that had been working up to that point, could be so easily ruined by the fact that these Solders, who ever they were, were not only able to rescue Sailor Moon, but were also able to befriend them and aid them in their plight to reunite them with her friends. This was something that she had not considered when she came up with this plan for the shenshi. No matter, this was just a minor set back , her plan for the shenshi will just have to adapt to meet this new event. With a smile creeping across her face, a small black hole appeared underneath and she slowly descended into it.

Her plan will work... it just had to.