Chapter 7

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Rei, Setsuna, Minako and Makoto arrived at the scene where Haruka had fallen over the rail and plunged into the water below. Sailor Venus slowly lowered Jupiter down using her chain, white Mars and Pluto focused their energy on sustaining Venus' energy. The body of Uranus was being buffeted by the waves and the chain slipped as Jupiter reached for the unconscious body. Makoto slipped into the water and found herself slipping under the waves, without thinking about it Mars grabbed the chain and slid down quickly. She grabbed Jupiter and Venus pulled them up, but Sailor Uranus' body was sinking fast. Pluto quickly took action, a deep freeze in the entire section, Rei zipped down the chain and grabbed Uranus' lifeless body. Venus quickly pulled the two women up, Uranus was not breathing. Jupiter was coughing up salt water and Venus was completely out of juice. Mars rushed over and started compressions, while Pluto tried to regain focus from the group. They needed a plan,
"Why did you not foresee this?" Jupiter panted.
"Unfortunately I did, but as you well know, to tell you the future can alerter the future."
"Uranus is dead, how does that not effect our future?" The unconscious body coughed and spluttered as Mars continued pumping her chest.
"She is not dead, not yet!" Mars rolled Uranus onto her side so she could cough up the water she had inhaled, then fell back supporting herself on hands, breathing hard.
"We need to get her to Michiru, their life force is the only thing that can keep them here in this world."
"What do you mean? This world?" Pluto scooped Uranus up into her arms while the other were still stuck on the words she had been using.
"I'll meet you at the house!" Pluto stepped on the gas while the other three scouts powered down and climbed into Makoto's car.

Haruka moved slowly, her eyes were tight shut as her mind raced. She was trying to decide if she was alive or dead, Haruka moved her arm, then her other arm and then she moved her leg and her other leg. Wherever she was she had a body and it seemed to be moving she took a deep breath and felt her chest rise, she listened carefully, but the stillness was deafening. Finally she opened her eyes, she was surrounded by emptiness, white nothingness pressed around her as she looked around. She clearly still existed somewhere as she had a body, still dressed at Super Sailor Uranus, and she was still able to think, Haruka moved to sit up, she was able to press against the floor, although where the floor ended and the walls began was unclear. She looked around before standing. In the distance a glowing white light, brighter than the white light that filled this place. Haruka took a deep breath and started walking towards the light, it seemed terribly far away, but she found she could not feel tired.

Michiru felt Haruka's attack and slowly felt her energy draining. Doing the best she could Michiru made her way to the bedroom and laid gently on the bed, before she felt her energy fade and fell into unconsciousness. She opened her eyes knowing she was not dead and looked around, white covered the entire area, she moved her arms and legs, learning that she had a body, she felt her gloves on her hands and knew she was Sailor Neptune. Michiru's hand immediately reached for her belly, where she could feel her small belly under her uniform. She laughed to herself

'I bet that is unattractive, a bump sticking out of our tight fitting uniform.' Michiru moved to stand up and look around, in the distance she could see a white light. 'Seriously Queen Serenity? You couldn't fix our uniforms for pregnancy.' Michiru started walking towards the light. She listened carefully for the indication of where she was, she could hear footsteps, indicating someone was running. 'So Uranus is here to?' Michiru smiled, she could endure anything as long as Uranus was beside her. The light seemed to be moving the closer she approached it.

Usagi and Ami pushed the door of the large house open and ran up the stairs calling for Michiru. Ami threw the bedroom door open as Usagi looked in the other rooms.
"Usagi, she is in here." Ami rushed towards Michiru, gently shaking her and trying to wake her. "Michiru, wake-up, Michiru!" Ami tried to wake her.
"She will not wake up." Sailor Pluto stood before the two women holding a transformed and unconscious Super Sailor Uranus who was soaking wet. Sailor Pluto herself was looking a little wet as she laid Sailor Uranus down on the bed next to Michiru.
"What do you mean she will not wake up? They are not..." Usagi trailed off as Sailor Pluto shook her head.
"No I can feel a pulse, both of them are alive." Ami said reassuringly.
"They are indeed alive, for now. However Sailor Uranus made a deal outside of our star system, the two of them are now fighting for their lives and the lives of their babies."
"We have to help them!" Usagi seemed to be reaching hysterics.
"This is their own quest, their own battle, we have to let them fight this enemy."
"Pluto, you need to sit us down and explain a little better." Ami was calm as she moved around still investigating Uranus' health. The other girls could be heard entering the downstairs. Setsuna appeared in front of Ami and Usagi.
"Sure, let's head downstairs, the others will need some warm tea, that water was chilly." Usagi and Ami nodded before following Setsuna out of the room leaving the two women unconscious trapped.

Uranus ran full force towards the light, she didn't even hear Neptune's gentle footsteps. Both women froze as they reached the light in the middle of the room. It was the most beautiful woman either of them had ever seen. She was shinning brighter than the northern star. Uranus and Neptune both struggled to remain upright when everything inside of them wanted to bow to this new beauty. The two women were so consumed by her looks they had failed to realize the other was even there.
"A wish was made and now a price must be paid." The beauty radiated the words through both women. Uranus felt the struggle to bow and give her everything to the star. Neptune felt more confused than anything else. "Neptune, your partner made a wish to fulfill your deepest desire, now her life is demanded for the lives you carry inside of you." Neptune shook her head, she was slowly becoming disenchanted at the sound of Uranus' death.
"I am ready, now release my wife and I will go with you willingly." Uranus sounded distant and almost robotic.

"NO!" Neptune shouted. "I will not give you my life, my reason for living." Uranus finally noticed that Neptune was just opposite of her pleading for her life, but she still felt trapped.
"Uranus knows the stakes, I take her life, to serve me forever or I take the lives of your babies." Neptune shook her head, fighting the enchantment, she had to stay strong. "All you have to do is bow, bow to me and your nightmare will be over. Refuse and the nightmare is only just beginning." Uranus struggled hard, her body and her mind felt like two separate entities. "Continuing to struggle is pointless, here is your first warning!" Darkness filled the white space, Neptune and Uranus both fell from where they had been standing into a deep whole.

Setsuna lowered her cup of tea as the other scouts stared at her, they were enraged and annoyed at the withheld information from them.
"I will not allow them to fail, it is not their destiny." Usagi stood up and headed straight up the stairs, the other girls looked on. "Well I cannot do this without you." She called down, the others jumped to their feet and hurried up the stairs. Setsuna looked curiously around as she saw she was by herself. Finally resigning herself to butting heads with the inner scouts she stood up and headed upstairs. Sailor Moon was sitting in the middle of a circle between all the other girls and was focusing hard.
"You can not help them, they must fight their own battle!"
"You are wrong! I can help and I will help." The moon symbol appeared on her forehead as did the mark of each planet on the other women's. The girls connected hands closing their eyes as Sailor Moon concentrated hard on the task at hand, rescuing the outer scouts and their children.

Uranus and Neptune stood back to back in a large arena, people could be heard cheering and as the women looked around they saw enemies past cheering in the stands, the roar of monsters already defeated sounded.
"Uranus, I am sorry." Neptune reached for Uranus' hand and squeezed it.
"Don't be sorry, we will make it through this. Never be sorry for your heart's desire." Haruka held her hand firmly as the two stood to meet their enemies. A gate opened opposite both the women, and out came flying their first ever monster twice as big and three times as strong as it was when they first encountered them. The women, more seasoned than they had been the first time they had transformed. Turning on the spot the two women reached in the sky and summoned their heart treasures. Uranus guarded Neptune's back as she showed the images of the monsters reflected in the mirror. The monsters fell in defeat without the women breaking a sweat, but this was by far the beginning as the next gate opened.
"Stay strong Neptune, we have defeated them all before, nothing saying we can't do it again."
"As long as I have you Uranus, I will stand beside you." The two women geared up for the next attack, knowing the challenges were only going to grow harder.

Hours had past and night was falling as Setsuna continued monitoring the two women who laid in bed next to each other, slowly breathing and showing wear and tear from whatever internal forces they were fighting. Meanwhile on the floor next to the bed, Sailor Moon was surrounded by the inner scouts, concentrating hard on where the two women were being held. Setsuna shook her head, wishing she could offer them some help, some future knowledge, but knowing that any extra could change the future. Finally Setsuna saw it, the star approaching the moon, she knew it was time. Setsuna turned to see the crescent moon shape glow on Sailor Moon's forehead while the other scouts had their planet symbols appear.
"Good luck girls, I hope you are in time." Setsuna watched as the star made it's way into the moon's path.

Neptune and Uranus were exhausted, beaten, worn down and bleeding. Uranus pushed her way to her feet among the pile of monster's corpses. She took a deep breath, and looked around. A movement across the arena made her walk towards it. Neptune to was climbing out from under another monster, she was pretty cut up.
"Give up now, we are only half way through and you two don't look like you have much more to offer. Only one of you has to die, three of you can live on." The voice of the star echoed through the arena, but the crowds in the stands roared for more blood shed, particularly for Uranus and Neptune's blood.
"NEVER!" Neptune shouted as she pushed herself to her feet. Just as she did Sailor Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Mercury appeared to stand next to them.
"When the moon kingdom is in trouble, the Sailor Scouts will protect it. By interfering with two of the scouts you brought upon yourself the wrath of us all!" Uranus was in shock, how the others could have appeared she did not understand.
"Perfect, now I will unleash all the monsters!" The gates of the entire arena opened, Uranus raced to Neptune's side to help support her. Mercury reached under her other arm to support her.
"Girls, Neptune and I don't have much left!"
"Don't worry, we do!" Jupiter moved to close in the circle between The monsters and Uranus and Neptune.
"No girls, I have got this one!" Sailor Moon stepped up, she took a deep breath. "Milky-Way Moon Cosmic Power!" She let her attack fly, it filled the stadium, and the surrounding area, it knocked everyone back and all went black.