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The temperature was raising at a fairly rapid rate, but The Doctor knew that the enemy would not actually burn them. He just stayed standing in his spot while observing his surroundings. He, being the last Time Lord, was quite valuable. If he burned to death, then they would be losing the opportunity of their gain upon the power within him. Then he realized he completely forgot about Usagi after hearing her loud footsteps from the other side of the wall. "Damn..." He muttered to himself before he began running off towards the center. "She doesn't know its practically a trap!" He cursed under his breath.
Usagi was not thinking clearly as she just made random turns, trying to find a way out. Or the Doctor, who most likely knew what he was doing. The adrenaline that she hadn't felt in a few years was pumping through her body rapidly. It both worried and excited her at the same time.
"Where, where, where...?!" She kept repeating as she turned at each corner, sweat growing on her brow. The heat was getting more and more harder to run in. Some of the would had caught fire behind her. She quickly stopped to wrap her long pony tails around her buns so her long hair wouldn't catch fire.
Evetually things started getting cloudy with the smoke beginning to build. It became harder for Usagi to see ahead of her and her fear was growing. Coughing, she kept running until she hit a wall with her body at full force and it easily fell and she fell along with it. Immediately, she pushed herself to her feet and could no longer feel the tightness in her chest anymore. Observering her surroundings, she noticed the room was made of different types of metals. As far as she was concerned, the people of Chee never used metal except for machines or signs. Never for housing or work buildings or even rooms, from how the Doctor described it. It was all plant life. Even in one of the guides she had read while waiting for the Doctor told about how there was a lack of the use of metal in their everyday lives.
She then found a door of where she could exit out of. Usagi rushed towards it and was about to pull it open before she remembered.
"I need to help the Doctor." Looking around she spotted no cameras on her and the room only had a large machine in the center of it. Fearing what could possibly happen, she threw her hand up like usual and shouted her transformation incantation. "Moon Eternal... Make Up!"
The warmth and ribbons surrounded her petite form, transforming her into Eternal Sailor Moon. Her wings had since become officially part of her and now ere on her back and she could feel them. It was a strange sensation, but she would worry about that another time.
Then another thought struck her and she facepalmed. "Why didn't I just do this before?! Yeesh I am kind of stupid... Thank god Rei isn't here to hear that." Her form hunched over a little as she crossed her arms over her chest, hearing the raven haired woman's voice in her head, teasing. Shaking her head, she immediately jumped right back into the maze only to fly over it this time.
"What?! Who are you?! How are you doing this witchcraft?!" The voice over the intercom shouted, causing feedback. The Doctor looked up to see her.
"Oi... Another thing to deal with now... Well more interesting than I had planned..." He shrugged before taking off running again to find the blonde girl.
"Doctor!" Sailor Moon shouted as she flew after him. He stopped and stared for a moment.
"How do you..."
"No time! I'm getting you out of here!" Sailor Moon lifted him up by taking ahold of his hands. He was fairly heavy, she had to admit, but she's never carried anyone like this before, so what did she expect?
"It's you...! The little moon brat!" The voice over the intercom shouted. Sailor moon sweatdropped as she rolled her eyes. Dropping the Doctor off by the door, she flew back into the maze and detransformed, thanking the smoke for blocking any view of her. Then she ran to the opening, and found the Doctor looking at his sonic screwdriver skeptically before he spotted her.
"Usagi! Oh thank goodness you are alright!" He gave her a quick hug before letting go and then staring into her eyes intensely. "Did you see it? A woman in a weird suit? With wings too! She carried me here! Oh that was definitely an amazing experience and I know flying will be the next thing I cross off my bucket list!" He was so excited, like a kid on christmas day with a big smile and glimmers in his eyes. Usagi found that very adorable.
She smiled and laughed at his excitement. At least she helped with his bucket list.
"Now, onto the control room! I just need to disable the alarm." The Doctor used the screwdriver on a keypad next to the door, which Usagi didn't notice at first. If she had pulled the door earlier, she probably would have been caught for sure. And probably dead.
The Doctor then pulled the door open, took her hand, and ran down the small hallway. They arrived to a large room of flashing lights while above there are few open windows and natural light shone through from above.
Across from them was what appeared to be a wilting flower, and a woman sat atop it, yelling inaudibles about a problem they now have now. To Usagi, the assistant man next to the flower looked familiar yet she could not name why.
"My aren't you a... thing?" The Doctor said, eyeing the wilting flower and woman. The woman turned at his voice. She was old and appeared to have wilting features to her face.
"Familiar..." Usagi mumbled to herself. The woman resembled an enemy she once fought, but that was years ago. And it was destroyed by the silver crystal.
"Familiar to you, Usagi?" The Doctor asked, still looking at the old woman.
"Quite... I've just... seen... never really met." Usagi lied as she undid her hair from her buns while she kept watching the woman.
The woman eyed them both. "I have been watching you both."
"That much is obvious. You did try to kill us both with fire and spoke over the intercom." The Doctor said.
"I'd watch that tone of yours, pal. I am not one to cross. Jadeite, get me my water..." That name rang a bell in Usagi's head. A very big one. Her gaze moved over to the familar man with fluffy blond hair and blue eyes as he moved over to a shelf.
"How..." She mumbled to herself. He grabbed a bucket full of colored water and threw it on the woman and flower. She instantly became young and the petals were now full of color and appeared soft at the touch.
"Well, isn't that something.." The Doctor pulled out his screwdriver to scan her. The results were as unusual as usual. "Related to the Xenian flower..." He observed the results.
"T-The Xenian flower...?" Usagi asked. It sounded familiar, once again like everything lately.
"Nevermind that now... Excuse me, but what was that liquid you just poured?" The Doctor asked looking between the woman and the bucket.
"It is simply what feeds me and refreshes my body, but only for so long... It only lasts me an hour before I turn all wrinkly and start wilting again." She stood to her full height. They could see that the flower petals were attached at the waist. Once the woman approached and appeared under light, they could see she was of purple hues with light green accents on the petals and in her long curly hair. Green stems supported her being as her legs as she moved towards them.
"I know you, sir. The Doctor, last of the Time Lords... The one man who keeps protecting all the unimportant people of this universe... He travels in a blue box with human companions every now and then... He changes his own face.. Isn't this your last time though, Doctor? No more regenerating after this. You only had twelve chances..." She spoke.
"How do you know all this? Especially about my last regeneration?" He asked, suspicious. The woman snapped her fingers and wood grew around the Doctor and Usagi. "Damn! My sonic doesn't work on wood!" He cursed out loud.
"Wood? Seriously?!" Usagi asked.
"Oh shut up!" He said, stil trying to squeeze his way out.
"I am the Cassanarian Queen. I feed on liquids of plants or just plants in general... I was drawn to this planet... The plant people could offer me so much... In fact, this whole planet is enough to feed me and my children for a good few thousand years... Burning them as a form of punishment is actually me suckig life out of them. It's that, or I melt them down. I then give that to my children, who lay away in seeds that are planted in a garden in a tank..." She looked up to the light.
"Hold on... You'd kill off an entire planet of people just for kids? You'd be killing millions of them just to stabalize your... family! Why not just move to an uninhabited planet full of just plants and trees without people on it?" The Doctor asked, a ittle annoyed.
"A planet like that does not exist."
"I beg to differ considering how many I've been on... Yet, you seem so drawn to this planet by more than that, are you not?" He asked, looking more at the room. To their left was a machine with the wooden plant people above it. The had thier mouths covered, making their cries muffled. "No! Don't you dare do this to them!" The Doctor shouted, trying to break free of the wooden branches.
"Recently captured this morning," The Queen pat the head of one of the adults on the machine."With a few bunch more just behind them in this contraption. They all just believe they get to come and see the royal family exclusively, when they fall into a trap, straight to their deaths.
"Their bodies posses both of what I need. all having human-like qualites to them and also having the beautiful part of nature mixed into their bodies. It's a truly wonderful feeling to have the smooth feeling of their melted bodies running down my-"
"OKAY THAT'S ENOUGH OF A VISUAL IMAGE I DO NOT WANT TO SEE RIGHT NOW!" Usagi shouted, turning red in the face. The Queen smirked and laughed.
"You must be the Doctor's new companion. I sure hope you know what you're getting into when you travel with him. Possibly dying by his side. It will happen if you stay forever. It's happened before..." The woman got up close to Usagi's face.
"Oi! You leave her alone, you hear me! Stay out of her mind!" The Doctor shouted as he struggled more.
Usagi stared the woman in the eyes. Thigs aroundthem faded to black as she began to feel dizzy. Then she felt a sharp pain in the back of her head and she hit the woman on her forehead.
"Ugh! Little brat!" The woman went to hit Usagi but got pulled back.
"No you don't!" Jadeite pulled on her legs.
"Jadeite! What are you doing?!"
"I was waiting. Ever since you brought that bit of paper talking about a prophecy... I knew one way or another it would guide me to seeing her again. My prince's old lover of ancient times... My sibling... A friend. Now that has been accomplished, I shall aid the Doctor and Serentiy in your defeat!" He spoke with feelings of anger and satisfaction.
He tossed her aside and pulled a little tree from her and broke it. The wooden branches holding onto Usagi and the Doctor were pulled back into the ground.
"That part truly threw me off because from the description my sonic gave, she should not have any control over wood..." The Doctor said looking at the woman and his sonic back and forth. "But never mind that! She's getting up!"
"No, hold on!" Usagi said before walking over to Jadeite. "You! Just... how and why are you here?!" She wasn't paying attention.
"Well... It's complicated and all has to do with the..." She cut him off.
"No, no, no, no..." She shook her head now confused about everything. She knew she could give people a second chance in life, but she was sure she knew that they had all died. She didn't have a chance to help them.
"Do you really have to do this now?!" The Doctor said, pointing the sonic at the woman. Usagi rolled her eyes then looked Jadeite in the eyes.
"We'll finish this later." She ran over to the Doctor. "Why are you just pointing your sonic at her?! What are you expecting to do?! Assemble a cabinet at her?!" She said, grabbing at his arm holding the sonic.
"I don't know! I'm searching for options to help those people! And maybe I'm trying to stall from, you know, dying!" He shouted. "And how dare you insult my sonic screwdriver!"
"These controls over here!" Jadeite yelled out to them as he was pressing buttons. The people on the machine were pulled back into the wall and away from the dangerous liquid below them. The Doctor took a deep breath.
"Thank goodness. Holding my breath for them was not a good idea!"
"What ever made that a good idea?" Usagi asked.
"No idea!" He smiled.
"And was it you that hit me in the back of the head?" She asked.
His smile dropped. "Maaaaybeee..."
The woman stood from her now tangled stems. She looked to her hands and petals, which appeared to be losing color. She cried out in anger as her hour was going to end in half an hour.
"Mother... Mother... Why are we not free, yet?" The voices chanted in her head.
"I'll free you soon... I'm almost done here, my children." Her voice echoed in response.
Jadeite pushed the shelf over a bit to knock off all of the liquid and then he pushed it to land on top of the Queen.
Usagi and the Doctor took her distraction as a chance to get away. They followed Jadeite into another room. The Doctor used the sonic to deadlock the door to keep the woman from interfering.
"Oh my gosh... Look at how people many there are..." Usagi could feel the tears building up in her eyes, yet she wasn't aware that they were already pouring. Dozens upon dozens of people were above them, fastened into a machine. They were all going to die... unless they did something about it.
"There are some stairs over here if you want to check on them." Jadeite said, pointing to the mentioned stairs. Usagi ran up them and could immediately feel the heat.
"They're all burning inside... The heat is so intense I can feel it just being this far..." Their muffled cries and shouts were all that flooded her mind. She wanted to help them, no... She knew she had to.
"Jadeite! Are there any controls down there to set them free? If so, help the Doctor in freeing all these people!" She shouted down to them. He nodded.
"What are you going to do up there?" The Doctor asked.
"I'm going to cool them down. They must be in agony, being this hot around each other..." Usagi then began to climb the stairs, determination and adrenaline running through her and distracting her from anything she may feel in her limbs, if she felt any pain at all.
She summomd her rod. "Silver Crystal grant me the ability to help these beings of nature, for they are dying and are in need of your rejuvenating light and love... I pray to you. Save them. Cool them down from this awful hell they are enduring!" A silver light shone from the rod, granting her wish.
The people could feel the heat immediately draining from their bodies and they all shortly stopped crying, though they were still scared of what was to come.
Usagi practically fell down the stairs as she ran back to the Doctor and Jadeite. They were both staring at a screen.
"Is somethig wrong?" She asked. The Doctor looked to her them moved. revealing the screen that showed a tank full of many mini flower beings in oval eggs that were asleep.
"That... is a lot of that..." She said, eyes as wide as can be.
"The children I suppose. She was going to take all these people and make them apart of that liquid so she could pour it into that tank where she'd feed them..." The Doctor explained. They heard the machine turn on behind them.
"She's accessed it from the other side!" Jadeite began typing in on the computer, making the screen change to commands. The machine with the people above them began to move backwards, towards where all the people must have been when they got fastened in. "You two ought to get up there and get them out. It will be a long climb up the stairs." Jadeite said, still facing the computer.
Usagi and the Doctor nooded and ran up the stairs in a hurry. They reached the room where they saw the people all squirming in their spots trying to get free. The Doctor used his sonic to relieve them from theur confines as the other bunches came up. While they all mooved to get away from the machine, Usagi freed them from their blindfolds and the ties on their wrists. She noticed the mother and child from earlier as they got to the last rounds of people. By now, The Cassanarian Queen was fighting back because the machince would go back and forth, making the removal process more tricky. Eventually, they got everyone off and Jadeite stopped fighting against the Queen and let it pull forwards. They could hear her yells of anger.
"You and Jadeite get the people back away from castle grounds, I'll tey to talk to her." The Doctor said, using the sonic to undo the doors. They nodded as they ran with plant and tree people to the exits.
"Doctor...! Doctor...!" The Queen was wilting more now. She was mad, and in her head, the voice of her children were yelling for food. It drove her insane.
"Hold on now, your majesty. Just let me.. let me help you. I can take you and your children to a different planet. One that's full of vegetation and is uninhabited. You won't need a mix of human and plant life. You and your children can flourish there just on the growing vegetation. If not, you'd give me no choice, but to destroy you and I'll take your kids to live without you." He said, slowly moving towards her. One of her stem legs lifted up and nearly hit him.
"Kill... You and them... That traitor..." She was mad, that much was obvious.
"Okay then... You'r giving me no other choice now." The Doctor then turned and ran as fast as he could.
Usagi and Jadeite were conversing, since all the people got the trains and got out of the area safely. They instructed that the rails were to no longer be in use when traveling to the castle. It was too dangerous to return.
"So you ended up on another planet?" Usagi asked. Jadeite nodded and looked to the castle entrance.
"She brought this prophecy with her." He held up a small containor that held a scroll. "It mentions moonlight traveling through space and time. I wasn't sure what to think at first, but the others thought it might involve you, so I offered to assist her and here I am. Though, I'm not sure we'll go back to Earth."
"What do you mean?" She inquired.
"The guys and I aren't sure we'll return." He looked back to her, a little sad.
"Don't worry about it. You guys make your own decisions. It's okay, not wanting to return to Earth." She smiled at him
"So, how are things back there? I mean, surely it's still protected right? Endymion is safe?" He asked. Usagi processed it for a moment before sighing.
"Yes, they are both safe." She looked down now, at the dirt path below her. Jadeite now had a raised eyebrow.
"Something wrong...?" The Doctor burst out of the doors and signaled for them to run to the railroad. The began running towards one of the railroads. Once they got to the one on the left, the Doctor said for them to follow him after he used the sonic on that end of the railroad. They ran over the tracks on a bridge that lead back to one of the cities. The Doctor had them slow down at the center.
"Okay, we're leading her out here to trap her. I made the side over there loose, so once she starts coming for us, the bridge will start to wobble, so be cautious..." He spoke as they ran.
"Wow! It's been maybe a few hours and I have yet to kluzt out! That's so co..." Usagi tripped on one of the tracks and cursed before getting up. "I really shouldn't say things like that..." She mumbled.
"There she is." The Doctor pointed. The bridge soon began to sway side to side as the Queen came running onto it.
The scroll Jadeite had been holding onto fell from his loose grasp, and into the chasm below. He cursed, but then turned his attention towards the enemy.
Her mind was filled with voices and her vision was red. The Queen was so mad and desperate to kill them just to get the voices to stop, she wasn't aware of a swaying bridge.
The Doctor had Usagi and Jadeite back up slowly as she came charging at them. The sway was soon becoming too difficult to control. The side they were on was safe and a crack formed just in front of them and the bridge broke entirely where she stood.
The Queen noticed to late, but before she fell she shot the Doctor a glare. "Darkness! It shall claim you all, even the moonlight, the Silver Crystal will forever be lost! And you'll lose your mind over it, Doctor!" She yelled, her voice echoing as she fell into the depths of the chasm.
They all stared for a moment before sighing in relief.
GERONIMO~~~~~
"So, how did you move the tank?" Usagi asked, sitting in a chair by the TARDIS console.
"Just connected it with her, in a manner of speaking. They were incredibly happy to be free." The Doctor said, smiling. He seemed very cheery lately. "Now, Sir Jadeite, we have arrived on the planet with your friends." He nodded to the blond.
Usagi gave Jadeite a hug. "Tell the others I said 'hi.'" She said once she released him. He smiled down at her and nodded before kissing her forehead. "Stay safe, Jade."
"See you around, Sis." He saluted to her before running out the TARDIS doors.
"So, of to another planet, or do you want to go home?" The Doctor asked. Usagi looked at him.
"Yeah, I think I'll go home. I have finals to study for. Though I wouldn't mind the help." She giggled. "I'm also kinda hungry."
The Doctor chuckled. "Alright. I'll take you back to five minutes after we left." He began typing on the typewriter and started pushing buttons and controls causing the TARDIS to jump to life and Usagi held onto the railing.
It soon landed. "Well.. Have fun studying."
"Have fun studying? Who even says that? I honsetly hate studying. With a passion." Usagi said, a little shocked.
"Well I think it can be very fun." The Doctor defended.
"Yeah just like how you think bow ties are cool."
"They are!"
She giggled and waved at the Doctor. "Goodbye for now, Doctor." She winked and walked out of the TARDIS.
Setsuna walked through the doors afterwards.
"Hey there, Pluto." He waves. She smiled and handed him a binder.
"You want to help her, right? Well I have an idea about how you can do that." She leaned and whispered into his ears a plan and he smiled at her.
"Brilliant, like usual."
The past few chapters were kinda tame. in my opinion. I am trying to keep the atmosphere of a regular Doctor Who episode, but am also trying to mix it with Sailor Moon in a sense. Sorry if it isn't as good, but my mind only goes so far.
Anyways, GERONIMO!
(Sometimes I wish I had a beta reader... but whatev.)