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Chapter 4

"I can't believe I'm stuck in a cell," Bra moaned as she rested her forehead on the cell bars. "This is all your fault, Monkey boy! We could've just walked right up to Setsuna and hand her the letter. But no, you had to tempt me with food."

"It was delicious!" She heard Goten's voice coming from the cell next to hers. "That was the softest meat I've had in years! I do regret not stuffing my face before the guards caught us though. I'm still really hungry"

Bra's stomach churned with hunger. "I hate you…"

"Good morning everybody," Neo Queen Serenity greeted everyone cheerfully as she entered the room. Behind her were King Endymion and a still groggy Small Lady in her father's arms, however, as soon as she saw the Christmas tree and the many presents underneath, she perked up and demanded to be let down. "Merry Christmas!" Serenity clasped her hands together and looked merrily around the room; almost everyone she loved was in here.

"Merry Christmas, Usagi!"

It had been accustomed to the Sailor Guardians to call Neo Queen Serenity by her royal title only in public. Serenity herself had been very adamant to her friends to get her to call 'Usagi' when they were in private. Even though she had been queen for over a century, it was difficult for her to give up the name her parents had picked out for her. At the thought of her mom and dad, Serenity felt a little sad that they couldn't make it this Christmas season. Then again, they had a brand new grandchild to enjoy, and with Mika, Shingo's life-long crush and wife, not being able to travel just yet, it was right for them to stay behind this Christmas season. However, Serenity made a vow to herself that she was going to visit her parents as soon as they arrived back on Earth and take Small Lady to meet her baby cousin.

As she walked around greeting everyone, Serenity took the beauty in the room. Minako and Makoto have definitely outdone themselves this time, Serenity thought when she spotted the large centerpiece the round table. She giggled to herself, wondering what Ami and Rei were planning for next year; they definitely did not like being outdone.

Serenity stole a glance at Endymion, her Mamoru, who was busy preventing Small Lady from opening all the presents. The decorations were always nice and pretty to look at but as long as she had Mamoru and their daughter, she was happy; with or without the Christmas adornments.

She approached Setsuna and Telluce next; both women were in a small conversation of their own.

"This is for you." Telluce extracted a small square envelope from her coat and handed it to Setsuna. While Setsuna examined the letter, Telluce greeted the Queen using her formal name and a small bow of the head. Unlike the other Guardians, she didn't feel comfortable calling Serenity by her birth name. She hadn't known her for that long before she had risen to be the Queen of Earth and the Moon. "Lady Serenity, last night we had an intrusion, I didn't want to tell you then because you were enjoying the events with your family."

"Do you want to do this now, Telly?" Haruka asked when she and Michiru joined the group. Michiru looked at Haruka with a bit of disbelief.

"You knew that someone infiltrated the ball and didn't tell me?"

"Don't worry, Michi, it wasn't that big of a deal," Haruka said as she waved her hand dismissively.

"Who were they?" Serenity asked, ignoring the bickering Haruka and Michiru.

Telluce shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. They both refused to tell me anything. The girl just said that she was on mission and needed to speak with Setsuna."

"Why didn't you tell me this last night?" Setsuna asked with a stern voice as she ripped into the envelope. It had been many, many years ago when she had seen this envelope; she had been just a child herself under Queen Serenity's rule in the Silver Millennium kingdom. It had been such a long time ago that she had completely forgotten about those two and the mysterious envelope. She had always thought it was rather small to contain a letter, but with recent technology advanced she knew that it now contained a hologram disk; most likely from her future self, due to the seal and the handwriting.

"I figured they needed to sit in the dungeon for at least a while with no other contact. No food and water can break a person to telling us what we want to know."

"Telluce!" Serenity was alarmed. From the very beginning of the creation of the Moon Palace, Serenity had always been against the idea of using dungeons. Telluce, however, was a permanent resident in the Moon Kingdom and as head of security, she had convinced both Endymion and Serenity to put them there just in case an enemy had managed to get past the Outer Guardians. "You promised us that you would make the dungeons as humane as possible. We can't just not feed them and treat them with such cruelty."

"They could be a threat, Lady," Telluce argued. This was not going the way she had planned. Then again…she had no idea how it was going to go down to begin with. Queen Serenity was a strong advocator for love and justice and it was no wonder she was mad at Telluce for not being kind to the intruders. "We don't know why they are and what they wanted. They could've been sent by anyone."

"You didn't need to take away their right for sustenance."

"Setsuna, do you know why they are?" Endymion had made Small Lady promise to not open any present until they ate the moment he heard his wife raise her voice. Usagi rarely got upset with anyone so he was surprised to hear her distressed voice over Small Lady's rant.

"Yes…and no. However, if you don't mind, I'll go to them right now," Setsuna said.

"I'll go with you," Minako, just like Endymion had joined the group the moment she heard Serenity's cheerfulness disappeared. As leader of the inner Guardians, Minako felt a personal responsibility to be able to capture anyone threatening the peace. If Telluce hadn't caught the intruders and they indeed turned out to be the enemy, she would've failed as the leader for a second time. She couldn't allow that to happen again. Never again will she get too distracted at a party and lower her defenses.

"No need, Minako. I have a feeling that they won't talk unless I go alone." Setsuna gave the royal family a quick curtesy before rushing to the dungeons below the palace.

Serenity sighed as she watched the door close behind Setsuna. "Telluce, I'm not mad at all I just wish you had treated-"

"I apologize." Telluce interrupted Serenity and bowed her head, making sure to keep her eyes downcast. She didn't know why she was so mad but all that matter was that she was, and that she needed to leave the room before her anger and resentment led her to say something she would later regret. After a quick curtsy, Telluce left the Christmas gathering midst of protests from the other Guardians in search for some comfort from her own guard.

As she rapidly walked towards the Far East wing, Telluce thoughts shifted to Planet Vegeta and what life would've been like if it hadn't been blown to pieces. She also wondered very briefly what would happen if the Queen were to find out about her past. The people she and her guards had killed for not only training purposes but also in the name of Frieza. If only Vegeta hadn't betrayed her and their race…things would've been so different for everyone.

Telluce needed to clear her head for she was thinking of ridiculous things, such as her life alongside with Vegeta. Perhaps a small sparring session with Sage or Cressia would help her ease her anxious mind.

Setsuna released the guards from their duties and asked them to leave her alone with the supposed threat. They had argued, saying that Telluce had wanted constant eyes on the two kids but once Setsuna explained that they were to be released under her care in a tone that left no argument, the five guards had no choice than to leave.

Once the men and women were gone, Setsuna proceeded to the dungeons without the fear of anyone else listening to her conversation.

Whatever Telluce's and Usagi's disagreements were about the dungeons, she had to admit that they were very humane compared to other dungeons she had seen or Telluce's first draft. This one was pristine with its white walls and strong cell bars. It wasn't the torture chamber Telluce had wanted but it also wasn't the private bed and breakfast sort of idea that Usagi had thought about initially.

"Miss Briefs?" Setsuna called out. It was a lot easier to call out her name rather than search over a hundred cells individually.

"Over here!" a voice called out from a cell to the fall right.

All the cells were empty, something that was the norm even when the King and Queen were gone to Earth's Crystal Tokyo. She found the girl in row H, Cell 8 and her friend in Cell 9. It had been centuries since she had seen them last but for them it was only a day since that time at the Door of Time.

"Setsuna! I'm so glad to see you!" The young girl with the blue hair immediately got up from her bed and rushed to the bars to greet her. "You look older…well older than when we saw you hours ago."

"You traveled through time and space…the last time I saw you two was perhaps over a thousand years ago…"

"What!"

"No matter, look, what's going on? Why are you here?"

"Can you get us some food?" Her friend asked from the cell next to her.

"Goten! Really, now is not the time for food!"

"I can't help it, Bra," Goten moaned. "I'm so hungry."

Setsuna chuckled and with a simple fingerprint scan from the small machine outside their cells, Setsuna freed both kids. "I'll take you to my room where we can talk in private. I'll also ask some of the servers to bring some food."

Setsuna watched as both Bra and Goten stuffed their face at such a rapid speed. "You two remind me of some people I know," she observed as Goten went for his fourth serving of eggs, bacon, toast, and pancakes.

"You mean that woman with the black eyes and braided black hair?" Bra asked.

"Yes," Setsuna was taken aback by her question. "How did you-"

"She's a Saiyan," Goten explained between bites. "Just like our fathers. We're only half, our mothers were human. We still eat as if we were full blooded though."

"Your mothers were human?"

"They died some years ago," Bra explained. "That's the reason we're here."

"To save your mothers?"

"Everyone."

"Start from the beginning," Setsuna stated.

Bra went into details about how it had all started for them. It had been at her brother's birthday party and how it had been crashed by a woman named Nemesis and a cold blooded murderous Saiyan. Somehow Nemesis had gotten hold of Goten's father and eventually Bra's brother. That's when everything had gone downhill for that universe. Five years down the road they were still fighting Nemesis's army along-side Bra's father.

"Now why couldn't you have told Telluce that?"

"I wasn't sure what I could tell her," Bra explained. "You don't understand. My father and that woman, Telluce, were once friends; at least I think that was the case. The future you mentioned how my father's timeline was corrupt. She-you-gave him the choice to go back in time and fix it but that meant never knowing mom. Despite everything they went through, he would never give up my mother for a throne and a planet."

"A throne?" Setsuna asked.

"My father is Vegeta, prince of the once Planet Vegeta, home of the Saiyan race."

"And Telluce was the Guardian of that planet…" Everything started to make sense to Setsuna. While Telluce spoke very seldom of her past, it had been something in passing that Sage had mentioned many years ago about the prince of their planet and how he had betrayed Telluce before their planet exploded. "He's reason why she ended up without a planet and a race to protect."

Bra nodded. "That's why she hates him and if she were to know the truth about me, she might refuse to help us."

Setsuna went for the hologram disk that was still in the envelope and pondered, as she held it in her hand, if she should watch it with Bra and Goten in the room.

"Have you left anything else out?" Setsuna asked.

"Well…the reason why we're here is because we need Telluce's crystal. She's the one that can help us out, or so you said."

Setsuna nodded, tossing the disk into the floor.

The moment the disk touched the carpeted floor, the image of Sailor Pluto erupted.

"Setsuna, if you're seeing this, it means that Miss Briefs managed to succeed on reaching you. At least, I hope that's the case. I know this is not according to the rules but if we don't fix the problem, there will be nothing left for us to fight for."

The image changed to Crystal Tokyo but instead of the usual tranquility and beauty, all Setsuna could see was death and destruction. Floating above the Crystal Palace there was a woman wearing a black sailor outfit looking above at the burning city with great pride in her work.

"That's her," Bra said with a bowl of oatmeal in her hand. "That's Nemesis. I'm guessing that's when she managed to cross over to your universe…"

The image changed to Setsuna and the three other Outer Guardians attacking Nemesis. The battle lasted for a few minutes until a strong blast aimed at Sailor Neptune killed Sailor Uranus while trying to intercept the blow aimed at her beloved.

"Haruka…" Setsuna whispered as she saw her friend die in Neptune's arms. The image then changed to Sailor Uranus attacking on her own but was cut short when a man with jet black hair appeared. With one simple hand motion, he sent Hotaru flying, landing unconsciously on the ground.

The image changed once again to a little girl with bright pink hair cowering behind a statue. She was clutching something bright in her hand as she looked around the room with a frenzy look in her eyes before dashing behind a pillar. The place, Bra noticed, was the same ballroom that she had seen before being thrown into prison. The one in the image, however, had been stripped from its fancy glamour. This one had nothing but destruction and death all over. A woman with beautiful long blond hair ran up to the girl and with one simple and swift motion she swept the girl into her arms. There was a bright white flash of light and when it disappeared, the woman had gone from wearing a white regal gown to a short colorful skirt and wings. She held a staff on one hand and the terrified girl in another, an expression of anger clear on her face.

She lifted the staff high and light began to pour out. At the same time, Nemesis attacked the woman in a similar matter. Both light beams wrestled one other. Setsuna watched in horror as one of Nemesis' supporters, the one with lavender hair, approached Serenity from behind and snatched Small Lady from her arms. The distraction was enough for Serenity. Nemesis's power quickly overcame the power of the Silver Crystal. An energy blast hit Queen Serenity on the heart killing her immediately; the Silver Crystal shattering upon hitting the ground.

"Your highness!" Telluce had appeared from a fracture in the ceiling. She was wearing her usual butterfly style coat, which Setsuna had begun to suspect was like her security blanket, but this coat was tattered and blotched with blood. Her face was bruised and bloodied; her hair was disarrayed and possibly burned in some places. Before she could fly towards the fallen Queen, Nemesis fired a blast of power towards Telluce but she immediately blocked it with her own crystal. Nemesis shouted something that Setsuna couldn't make out before floating up to Telluce's eye level.

Telluce extended her arm, her own Sailor Crystal glowing inside her closed fist. The crystal glowed bright until Telluce's tattered coat was replaced by her Sailor outfit. The Crystal itself had been replaced with a menacing Ranseur, a medieval weapon, with trident shape ruby top. She aimed it at Nemesis and fired a blast from her weapon.

The battle lasted a lot longer than any of the other Guardians were able to last; her fighting technique was different than any other Setsuna had seen. But Telluce was not strong enough. Not knowing how, the Soldier's crystal shattered in between attacks. Setsuna watched in horror as Telluce's outfit disintegrated before falling next to Queen Serenity.

Setsuna couldn't bear to watch any more.

Luckily her future-self reappeared, making the horrible images go away. "Small Lady has been missing ever since the Queen's death and everyone but Saturn, Jupiter, Venus and I are dead. After Earth and Moon kingdom fell, the other planets in our galaxy followed suit. I tried to reach for Sailor Galaxia but we fear that Nemesis has gotten to her as well. Without the Silver or Sapphire Crystal we're good as dead."

"What does this have to do with Telluce?" Present day Setsuna whispered to herself.

"What you need to do is go to Ms. Brief's timeline," hologram Setsuna continued, "When Nemesis made her first appearance there. You have to make sure that Telluce and her Sentries go along with you. Her Arbenyte Crystal, or the Ruby Crystal, will be stronger in her universe. But she cannot know that the prince of her planet is there, alive and well. Her hatred towards him may cause her to not go."

"She definitely seems to hate dad…" Bra sighed.

"If you manage to take Telluce back to her own universe, there's a chance that Nemesis may be defeated before she makes her way to our Universe. With Nemesis out of the equation early on, your future will not hold the tragedies I witnessed and everything should fall back into place; the timeline will be resorted."

When the hologram ended Bra turned to Setsuna; the older woman looked like she was about to throw up. "So what now, Setsuna?"

"Do you need more food?"

"Err…" Bra was taken aback by the question. She glanced at Goten who was lying on the chair fast asleep after his large meal. "I think we're fine."

"Alright. I'm going to gather the other guardians and have a meeting. I'll send for you when it's time." Setsuna gave Bra no room for argument; the woman left the room before Bra could utter a 'yes'.

For the first time in forever, Bra was able to sleep without the fear of dying. Even though her life was not in any current danger, however, Bra still dreamt of the killer Saiyan, her father fighting for his life against Goku and Nemesis laughing from a distance. A knock startled Bra awake; her hand immediately went to the gun strapped to her thigh but then remembered that it had been taken away from her the night before. "Come in?" Goten said, confused, as he looked at Bra.

A guard man, the same one who had denied access to both Bra and Goten to the palace, looked sheepishly at Bra. "Queen Setsuna wishes for you two to join her in the Council Chamber."

"Sounds fancy," Goten smirked at both stood and stretched; it might've been a two hour nap full of crazy nightmares, but Bra felt more relaxed than ever.

They follow the guard in a series of hallways until they stopped in front of a door made out of dark wood. At its center was a crescent moon made out of what Bra thought was diamond. She was definitely impressed, never in her life had had she seen such a large chunk of diamonds on one spot. Outlining the door's frame were other precious gems, all in different shapes and sizes.

"What are these symbols?" Bra asked the guard.

"They're the planetary symbols of the other Guardians."

"I don't see one for your Head of Security," Bra noted. She wasn't sure if she felt slightly offended that her Saiyan heritage wasn't represented on this door. If Telluce was a Guardian, why wasn't her symbol here?

"She's not part of Queen Serenity's Guardian galaxy."

"Hn," it was all Bra could say to that.

The guard opened the door to reveal a large room behind it. Bra was beginning to think that every room in this palace was magnificent and full of opulence.

Right across from Bra was the woman with the white regal gown and long blonde hair; a heart shaped crown resting on top of her head. She looked amazingly beautiful when her face was not full of anger or despair. Sitting beside her was a man with jet black hair and a dark suit; he was looking at both Bra and Goten with curiosity.

Next to what Bra supposed were the Queen and King of this kingdom, were the other Guardians sitting on either side of the couple. Bra took a quick scan of the room and was impressed to see large portraits hung on every wall. Some were of the people sitting in the room with Bra while others were of others Bra had never seen. There was a painting of the little pink haired girl Bra had seen in the hologram. She was wearing a crown made out of flowers and was clutching a cat instead of a crystal. She looked happy in this painting rather than the image Bra had of her: terrified and screaming for her life as Trunks carried her away from her mother.

Then Bra's heart stopped.

On the right hand wall there was a painting of Telluce wearing a black lacy dress, a red cape and a small crown made of pearls. She was sitting on a throne with a large unsheathed sword pointing down; her hands were at the top of the hilt. Standing around her were two men and two women, all looking rather stoic. The four of them wore similar uniforms that closely resembled her father's training gear; their tails were visible but only if you knew what to look for. But what made Bra's heart stop was the person on Telluce's right.

"Goten…" Bra whispered. Goten looked at her and Bra nodded at the painting. "Look…," she said. Goten followed Bra's gaze and understood why all of the sudden Bra's face was as white as a sheet.

"Bra?" Setsuna furrowed her brow. "Are you alright?"

"The man on Telluce's right," Goten answered for Bra. He was trying really hard to keep his temper in check but all he could remember was his mother's last screams as she was being killed by his father. "He's the Saiyan who attacked us that day on Trunks' birthday party five years ago. He works for Nemesis and he's the reason almost everyone I care about is dead."

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