Chapter 4

Sailor Moon clutched the side of her stomach and screamed in agony as the acidic chemical continues to burn her skin. It felt like if someone was trying to skin her alive. The Starlights wasn't here in time to stop the chemical from hitting her. Some of the senshi called out to her, asking if she was ok, but the pain seems to drown out the comments.

"Creator of Stars. A senshi protected by nebulas. The senshi of stars. Sailor Nebula!" Nebula yelled, attracting the monsters attention.

"Wondering around in the cold Galaxy. A prince, protected by asteroids. The Prince of the stars, Prince Asteroid!" Asteroid yelled.

"Wondering around in the cold Galaxy. A senshi protected by meteors. The senshi of stars , Sailor Meteor. The three senshi of stars, have arrived!" Meteor finished off.

"Asteroid, take the left. Nebula, take the right. I'll take the middle and heal the wounded." Meteor said with a determined look. They nodded back as a reply.

Meteor immediately ran toward Moon. Noting to herself to get some rest and food later as she stumbled, she got on one knee to help Moon.

"Love's Meteor Shower." She barely whispered. She could feel her own energy being drained. Moon's pained expression softened once the spell was over and she looked at Meteor with gratitude.

"Thank you, Meteor." Moon said as Meteor helped her stand up. Meteor flashed a small smile before shooting an attack behind Moon.

The octopus-looking monster creature that was slowly creepting up behind them screamed in agony, causing everyone to put their hands on their ears.

"Meteor, Moon! You two ok?" Nebula yelled, blocking off an attack from other octopus looking creatures.

"I just healed her. How do we get rid of these things?" Meteor yelled back, she watched in horror as a octopus stepped in front of her and Moon. The creature turned into a human. The human had sharp, piercing purple eyes that sent shivers down Meteor's back.

"Mercury! What is the weakness?" Moon yelled. Mercury was typing away on her computer, one knee on the ground as Mars and Venus covered for her.

"Meteor! Moon! Abunai!" A senshi yelled. Meteor wasn't looking from where, but she grabbed moon's shoulders and protected Moon with her body as best as she could as the human struck her shoulder with its arm.

"Ughhh.." Meteor groaned. Her gloved hand rubbed her shoulder. She was suprised when she touched her shoulder, her glove had been stained with blood. Moon looked terrified.

"Meteor, you're hurt!" Moon shouted. Meteor tried to tell her not to yell but she couldn't say it in time.

"It's just a cut! Go help Saturn and the outer senshi." Meteor said, determined. Moon nodded reluctantly and ran toward Saturn.

Meteor was sent flying to the ground when the human creature punched her spine from behind. She got up and used her arms to block a blow that was meant for her face.

"Where are the Starlights?" Asteroid asked no one in particular. The three senshi had been here when Meteor, Nebula, and Asteroid first arrived, but now they are nowhere to be seen...

"Octo! Stop all your attacks at once." The human suddenly yelled. Every octopus looking creatures froze and they gathered in a line. The human opened a small bottle, then, the octo-s all got sucked in it.

"Just what, are you?" Meteor asked. The human punched her in the face, which was very unexpected to Meteor.

"None of your business, mademoiselle." It said. Meteor scuffed and punched it back, but it catched her fist in time.

"You are no match to the Mistress and our team. You will only crumble in pieces, when face to face with your own destiny. Because you are too weak to give up the ones you love." It whispered to her, squeezing Meteor's fist. Mercury suddenly yelped.

"The head! The weakness is its right eye!" Mercury yelled. Meteor smirked. She was about to sent another attack but its right eye closed then reopened, this time, a different color iris.

Meteor could feel herself being sucked into the eye, into a memory, against her own will. Soon, it became too unbearable and she gave in. She realized that, in this memory, she wasn't Nessa, or Meteor. She was a princess...

Princess Constellation?!

Constellation could see Prince Comet as the sounds of swords clashing filled the air. As first, he was winning, but a strong arm gripped Constellation's neck from behind.

"Prince-" Constellation gasped. Although it was only a gasp, he seemed to have heard her and turned around for a second. But a second was all they needed as one of the enemy's soldier stabbed their sword through Comet's back.

Constellation knew the second the sword punctured through him that it had stabbed through Comet's heart. Because she felt it too, one of the cons of being alive when your soulmate was killed. Tears blurt her vision but she blinked them back. Constellation refused to cry. Just because she was a senshi in training doesn't mean that she isn't strong enough. She will not cry.

Comet could see his princess, his wife, his lover - Constellation - 's arms stretch out as the soldier that stabbed him pulled the sword out of his body. It felt like his heart had been ripped out. Perhaps, in someway. it has. He thought as he watched the soldier that gripped Constellation's neck, squeeze until she wasn't struggling against him anymore. He clenched his fist. Why does She have to be so cruel? They just settled in to their lives and Constellation just turned 20. They had a long life ahead of them...

The last thing Comet pictured in his head was him, and Constellation, holding their own son and daughter, before his consciousness gave out.

Meteor shook her head, and snapped back into reality.

"Star Meteor Garden!" She shouted as pink shooting stars hit the human in its right eye. The human backed up from Meteor and screamed in pain before disappearing into dust.

"Is everyone ok?" Meteor asked, although she herself felt a bit feverish. Everyone nodded. Meteor sighed in relief.

"Moon, where is Tuxedo Kamen? Why wasn't he here to protect you?" Meteor asked, her tone came out more harsh then she intended. Moon flinched in surprise but Meteor saw a look of pain, much like Meteor herself before, before Moon tried to hide it.

"He is trying to figure things out. Apparently two of his friends had to move into his apartment. One was of was a stunning girl, the other a boy." Moon said. Meteor grimanced. A stunning girl and a boy, sounds a lot like Constellation and Comet...

"Can we talk about this some other time, Moon? We have to go back to school or else Miss Haruna is going to kill us..." Venus complained. Meteor and Moon giggled.

"Aino-san, it's sunday." Meteor said. Venus flinched.

"We had detention for skipping class..." Jupiter explained. Meteor nodded, her mouth forming into a 'o'.

"We really need to get better excuses. Only Mercury managd to escape detention today." Moon added.

"And to be on time. Moon, you were late to detention." Mars added. The two girls stuck their tongues at each other.

Meteor and Asteroid's eyes met. The two blushed before looking away. So that's why Usagi ran out the door so quick after a beeping sound came from her watch... Asteroid thought.

"We have to go. It was a serious wound Meteor healed. She can collasp anytime soon." Nebula said with a small frown. Meteor bit her lips, watching Moon out if the corner of her eyes. She didn't want to mention that infront of the lunar guardian because it would make Moon feel extremely bad and guilty, like if someone got hurt in the show because of Sailor Moon.

"Meteor." Moon called out. Meteor froze, her back turned to the girl so she could somewhat hide her tiredness and some of her feverish effects from healing.

"Yeah?" She replied almost weakly. Her legs were wobbly and her hands were trembling. She felt like if she stood for another minute, she might collaspe. She felt Asteroid's hand on her back and eyed him out of the corner of her eyes. He was frowning.

Asteroid's hands felt oddly cold against her skin, her skin?! What happened to the piece of fabric that was suppose to be there? Was her transformation fading? She needed to talk to Sailor Angel about this.

She looked over her shoulder with a small smile and encouraged Moon to go on about whatever she was saying. Hiding her pain in a mask that she wore for everyone.

"Thank you, for healing me. It must've used up a lot of your energy." Moon said. Energy! That's it! Meteor must've used up too much of her energy in one go. She had heard about a senshi dying because they used up all their energy. Wait, does that mean that she was slowly dying?

"No problem." Meteor said with a wink. She felt the world started spinning around her. Putting a hand on her thorbbing forehead,

she collasped.