Rei walked towards her grandfather's temple, pondering the events of the day before. The senshi had been bestowed new powers. And this time, it was not just any power, it was the strongest power they had ever received. Rei, being the guardian of the planet Mars, had received Eternal power. She could transform into Eternal Sailor Mars, with powers over the element of fire.

Without informing anyone of her return, she quietly found her room, changed into a more comfortable set of robes and walked to the 'Room of the Flame'. Sitting cross-legged on a pillow, Rei placed her palms together and focused on the great fire in front of her.

Hours passed and it was well into the night before anything happened.

The eternal flame became distorted, forming blurry shapes, which then transformed into images. In these images, Rei could see the city, although it was nothing like it was now. The taller buildings lay in ruins on the ground. Fires consumed everything, burning, destroying.

The images then shifted, revealing other, more disturbing ones, which contained other cities in the same state as the first image, or worse.

Rei crashed to the floor, as flashes of disasters flooded her mind. Pain surged through her, electrocuting every cell in her body, until a final flash came.

Rei saw Heavenly Sailor Moon, standing alone and lost, in another destroyed city. Facing her was a large demon creature. Its features were hideous, with its skin and torn wings tainted red.

Watching helplessly, Rei screamed at Sailor Moon to get out of the way as the demon charged at her. It picked up her body, lifted her into the air, and with brutal force, launched her back first into its bent knee. Rei cried out, devastated as she heard Usagi's spine crack. With renewed strength, the creature picked up Sailor Moon's twitching body and snapped her neck, before launching her to the ground near Rei, lifeless. Using its torn wings, the creature flew away into the distance.

Rei closed in on Usagi's body, tears flowing from her eyes. As she looked upon the body, she gasped. Usagi's eyes looked empty, as if she had nothing left to live for.

Rei stirred as her eyes opened. She heard the beeping noise of her communicator. Quickly, she took out the small compact the senshi had been given the day after the final battle with Galaxia.

Answering, she heard Ami's troubled voice,

"Rei! Come quick! There's trouble outside the old arcade!"

The line cut off and Rei darted out into the temple courtyard. Making sure no one was around, she brought out her new locket.

"Mars Eternal Power! Make Up!"

Rei danced around in a circle as fiery ribbons flew from the locket and encased her body, forming her fuku.

Eternal Sailor Mars rushed off down the temple steps and ran off into the distance, her mind still focused on the images and vision she had seen.

Heavenly Sailor Moon screamed as the giant spider launched wed at her, trapping her like her five nearby friends. Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Mercury, Sailor Venus and Onda were also all on the ground, trapped in web. Sailor Moon screamed again as the spider came over to finish her off.

"Hold it right there buggy!"

Both Sailor Moon and the spider looked over to see Eternal Sailor Mars, standing in a defiant pose.

"Touch her and you will pay!" She exclaimed. The spider launched strands of thread at her, which she avoided easily.

The spider tried again and this time, there was no way she could get out of being hit.

Energy surged through her, pure and good. Calling to the heavens and then looking at the spider, Eternal Sailor Mars yelled,

"Mars Volcanic Eruption!"

A burning fireball made of pure magma formed in Sailor Mars' outstretched hands, and the senshi gasped as it flew towards the creature, enlarging itself to the spider's size and encasing its body. The ball exploded into golden dust, and the dust floated away in the wind, as well as the web trapping Rei's friends.

"Wow! You can destroy a monster. Like Sailor Moon." Sailor Mercury announced.

"It was nothing. Just this new strength." Sailor Mars replied.

The rest of the group congratulated her for the defeat of the spider, but all Rei could focus on was her vision, and Usagi's expression in it. She never told her friends about the vision or images. And she didn't plan to anytime soon.

Destruction knew the senshi would defeat his creatures, but giving them monsters to battle kept the senshi out of his hair as his plan was progressing. Tomorrow, the final phase would be complete. Destruction cackled and finished up his school work before going to bed.