Chapter 4
"It's been confirmed, my lord," a steward told King Caliban of Tennousei. "Meiousei is under attack, from the planet of Maygo."
"Maygo?" asked Princess Miranda. "How can that be? They haven't had an army in ages." The princess sat beside her husband, Prince Sycorax. Sitting in the chair to her other side was their daughter, Princess Uranus. Across the table were the king and his wife, Queen Titania.
"Are they sure?" Sycorax asked. "Are they sure it is Maygo? This is the kind of thing we'd expect from Dohisei, not Maygo. We're on good terms with Maygo! Epimetheus is from there!"
"Meiousei is sure," the king said. "They say there is another army coming right for us. I'm going to prepare the men. Miranda, take Uranus to the safe room. Sycorax, I could use another leader." Sycorax nodded as everyone stood.
"I'd like to take them down to the safe room myself," Sycorax said. "I'll contact Mitir right away and tell them we are under attack."
"Agreed," the king said. "Titania, will you be fighting with us in battle?" The queen turned to him and nodded, already brandishing the famed Space Sword of Tennousei. "All right. I'm going straight out. I'll see you two when you are ready." With that, the king left.
Miranda led the way to the safe room. Clutched in her hand was her daughter's own. Uranus' other hand was firmly in her father's. Queen Titania followed. Sometime between the briefing room and the main hallway she had transformed into her navy and yellow senshi uniform. She had the sword propped up against her shoulder.
As they reached the main hallway Uranus turned her head to look over her shoulder to her grandmother. The queen born from the system of Suta was Princess Uranus' picture of power. Uranus hoped that someday, she would wear the uniform of Tennousei, rather than of Mitir, and bear the Space Sword rather than Mitir's Star Tambourine. Uranus turned her attention forward as she was steered down the main hallway. She turned back to look at her grandmother, but there was no senshi behind her. "Nana?" Uranus pulled from the grasp of he parent's hands. "Nana? Are you coming?" the little princess asked.
"Heaven's Touch!" came a great shout. The corridor they had just come out of became blindingly bright, the light spilling into the main hallway.
"Nana!" Uranus shouted as she and her mother were pushed behind Sycorax. The prince's sword had barely left the sheath when the mighty senshi-queen was thrown from the corridor. The Space Sword fell to the middle of the hallway with little sound. Sycorax held his sword ready as Kurzai and Lishana stepped from the corridor.
"Identify yourself!" Sycorax shouted to the two. Kurzai's full attention was on the queen as she got to her feet. Lishana looked at Sycorax and his family with an evil grin.
"Look at the handsome prince of Mitir," she said. "What luck to find you all here... Should Princess Tyran ever decide to pay Mitir a 'visit' she shall have three less royals to deal with."
The normally quiet and tranquil queen now bore a face of rage inborn to her from her father. She lifted a hand to the air and shouted, "Heaven's Touch!" A great sphere of golden energy enveloped her hand. The senshi-queen then threw the orb at Kurzai. Kurzai side-stepped it, but did not go entirely without harm. The armoring from his left arm dissolved from the energy, exposing his bare arm, riddled with old-looking scars. Kurzai, however, was not fazed. He drew his sword as though nothing had happened and lunged at Sailor Titania. Titania moved away and dived for the Space Sword. To her horror, however, Lishana had reached it first. Titania got to her feet and threw an attack at Lishana. Lishana, however, vanished from sight. Titania moved away from Kurzai as he came at her. She positioned herself away from him and threw another attack. Kurzai was heading straight for her, and would have had no way of avoiding it had Lishana not appeared next to him and taken him away. He reappeared behind Titania, brandishing not his sword but the queen's Space Sword. In one fell swoop Kurzai dislocated the queen's neck from her shoulders with her own sword.
"Mother!" Miranda screamed as the queen's head and neck fell to the ground separate from her body. Uranus wanted to scream as well, but her voice was choked in her throat. Sycorax then lunged at Lishana and Kurzai, but he laid no blow on either as the Space Sword was thrown at him, lodging itself in his head. The prince of Mitir fell heavily as Kurzai and Lishana disappeared. Miranda summoned an orb of energy into her right hand as she kept Uranus close with her left arm. The young princess held onto her mother. For several tense moments they stayed in their place, Miranda crouched to the floor, Uranus clutching her dress. Moments seemed like hours, and their last moment was signaled by Uranus' pained cry. She was pulled away by her short blond braid by Lishana as Kurzai raised his black sword and brought it down squarely on Miranda's head, splitting it in two. The gruesome image made Uranus want to vomit. She didn't have the chance, however, as Kurzai struck the princess of Mitir on the back of the neck with the hilt of his sword. Lishana released the princess' braid and let her fall limply to the ground.
"That was almost too easy," Lishana said. Kurzai shook his head.
"Your arm wasn't almost taken off," he said, motioning to his left arm as he sheathed his sword. Lishana laughed heartily as she wrapped her arms around his neck. The two disappeared without further sound, leaving the horrifying image in the hallway for an unlucky lady-in-waiting to come across.