Book Seven-The Fall
The sky was dark, it was like my soul, so full of chaos. The clouds rushed across the sky and ran together, colliding, and separating. Time seemed to have no bounds. There was nothing left of me. I wondered what the Sailor Scouts were like. I had never had a friend besides Sarah, I feared her deep within my soul. I feared that I couldn't live up to my promise. When I felt my worst there was a knock on the door. A woman with yellow-blonde hair peered into the room. Her hair resembled a bowl of spaghetti with two meatballs on top of her head. She smiled at me and shut the door behind her. As she did a moan came from the other side. She had belted a man in the face. It was Darien. He clasped his nose.
Darien screamed, although he wasn't mad, "OW! Serena!" He wiped his hand under his nose to check for blood. He was relieved to see none. He calmed down and said, "That hurt!"
I remained silent for a few moments, you could cut the tension with a knife. I was afraid to ask anything, I finally got the nerve to ask, "So you are the daughter of Queen Serenity? And you must be the infamous Prince Endymion!?"
She answered, "Yes I am… how do you know my mother?"
"I have seen her on the moon kingdom", I paused and asked, "So what did the king have to say?"
Darien spoke, "I thought Queen Serenity died!"
I was shocked and said, "No, she isn't dead, but she is very sick."
Serena started to talk, "The king didn't say much! By he way who are you?"
I answered, "I am really not sure anymore."
Serena looked around the dark room and asked, "How long has it been?"
I asked Since when?"
She smiled and said, "Since we fell asleep. What year is this? What happened to us? Where are we?"
I started, "You have been asleep for 12 years. Right now it is 2010. I really don't know what happened to you. You are in a secret government installation outside of Dallas, Texas."
Serena's eyes glazed over with anticipation for news of the years she was asleep, her anticipation broke as she said, "Texas!?", she started to wonder then asked, "I am not from the U.S. so how can I speak English?"
I didn't know how to answer, I stared at Darien hoping that he would save me from the eerie silence left by her remarks, and questions. No relief came, this was awkward. I wanted to answer her but was unable to come up with the words. Serena was growing impatient, she needed answers, an I couldn't give her any. She started asking a series of questions about the things she had missed while asleep. She asked about the types of music, the movies, the video games, comics, clothes. I answered most of her questions to the best of my ability. I guess if I was asleep for eleven years I would miss a lot of things, and would like to know everything that I missed."
Darien was stunned and said, "2010!?!" I nodded and he continued, "A lot of things have happened in 11 years!"
The door swung open, Darien, Serena, and Me turned to see who was coming in. Andrew stepped in. His Irises gleamed with the light from the hall. Andrew said, "We must leave soon!" Darien and Serena nodded in agreement, I just stared at him in amazement. I spoke, almost tripping over my own words, "What… Uh… City did the king suggest we "destroy"?"
Andrew started to speak, as he started to say, "New York City", I became scared, and very upset at the same time. I wanted revenge, but not in this way. He continued, "We must fly to the city tonight. Get ready for war."
War? All it brings is death! How could it bring life? How could we expect to destroy the darkness? Who is Sailor Saturn, I wanted to meet all of the Sailor Scouts. Darien and Serena left along with Andrew. I didn't own anything so packing was easy."
There was a plane waiting outside. It was a private jet, the luxurious kind. I moved toward the back of the plane. A young lady about a year younger than me stepped in. She had short, black hair. In her left hand she held a long Glaive. Was this the sailor scout of destruction? She smiled at me as she took a seat near the door. Another one came in the plane, she held a staff. She was laughing, perhaps she was joking around with someone outside. I wasn't really paying her much mind. She is Sailor Pluto, and she has the power to stop time for a brief period of time to save the ones she cares about. Two more came in. One had blue green hair, she was Sailor Neptune. Her power was to use and command the Sea, and the waters of the Earth. Uranus came in, she had short blonde hair. Her abilities were to use the wind and cause earthquakes. She reminded me of a man. Sailor Mercury controls Ice, her hair was dark-blue, she sat down up front. Sailor Venus had long blonde-yellow hair like Serena. She used light to destroy enemies, as well as the powers of love. Sailor Jupiter came into the plane, she bumped her head. She thought herself to be too tall. Actually she was about normal. Her brown hair blended well with her green outfit. She controlled lightning, and plant powers. Darien and Serena came through the plane door. Followed by Sailor Mars and Andrew. Mars had power over fire, and had black hair. The noise level grew greater as each person boarded the plane. It was impossible to make out any one conversation. The chatter overlapped itself almost like it was blended together. The door shut and everyone paused. I wish I could have my past erased, all I felt inside was anger and pain. I wanted to fight the government for its crimes against all humanity, then realized that it was only the evil that made them do what they had done. It was all because of love. Love for a person who could never love Him back. Brian was such a fool. Or was he? All for love! Brian must have really loved her. I was so deep in thought I couldn't hear a comment addressed to me.
The voice rattled around my subconscious. I thought I was hearing things. After all who would want to talk to me? Besides Sarah, but she was gone. The Voice called out again, it jerked me back to reality, "Hey you!"
I said, for some strange reason, "Hey Me?!", I looked out to see who spoke, I couldn't tell, everything was a blur of emotions, my lips wanted to move but my brain couldn't tell them what to say.
The voice was Sailor Neptune's. She was very kind and asked, "So, who are you, and how did you get here? Are you a sailor scout?" The idea was preposterous, Me a sailor scout? Come to think of it there were a lot of sailor scouts, according to Queen Serenity of the Moon Kingdom there were millions of Sailor Scouts, each with special powers, each a guardian Angel of their planet. There are over 400 Billion stars in our Galaxy, and there are possibly over a billion Galaxies out there. Did each star system have a guardian? This Negative Universe, Was it real? What if there was another Universe, or perhaps billions of other Universes? Imagine the innumerable host of scouts there could be.
Sailor Neptune asked, "So what did we miss?"
Andrew said to Everyone, but mostly Sailor Pluto, "The Planet Pluto is no longer a planet! It has been reclassified as a dwarf planet, part of a much larger system known as the kupier belt. There are in all Eight Planets, and roughly Twelve Dwarf Planets."
Everyone was shocked. Pluto's irises grew big. Pluto tried to say, "Not a planet? They are trying to erase the past!", but she was too overcome with emotion and it sounded more like, "No….Plan..eraze..pas.!"
After a few hours I fell asleep. It was ten o'clock. The Sailor Scouts talked on into the night. Meaningless conversation. I couldn't belong to them. The truth was I couldn't even belong to myself. I was far away in lifeless emotion, adrift on a sea of tranquility, in the center of a huge storm. The storm around me was a beautiful chaos, the scene filled my heart with an empty fullness, more like a dark light that consumed my being with uncertain certainty. I knew who I was, yet did not. I knew what I was and yet did not know what I was to become. I guess the future is an uncertain certainty, things can happen, but we have the chance to stop them from happening. If the world continued down its current path it would surely pass into oblivion. Its own self ruin. If we destroyed it then we could remake it. Didn't we need the powers to do this? According to Sarah all we needed was Sailor Saturn to drop her glaive, and Sailor Moon to raise her crystal. Could it really be that easy? Usually if it seems to good to be true it generally is.
If I was going to fight a war it must be for a purpose. I loved Sarah because she was the only one who even pretended to care for me. Even if she pretended to care to get me to serve her will, it didn't matter. At least she cared. Because of her, this darkness existed, I would fight to destroy it if it meant I could free her from her servitude of evil. Darkness alone isn't evil. It is were evil likes to hide. It hides because it is afraid to face the truth. The truth is the light. The light is fading, truth is being blotted out and replaced with lies. The past is being erased, leaving only nothing in its wake. Knowledge may be power, but stupidity triumphs. Earth is afraid of the past because it teaches them how to grow instead of facing issues Earth sweeps them aside, and hides in the lies it has created, because lying is easy, telling the truth hurts. Earth hides in darkness, and has been swept up in the evil that lurks there. The people follow its governments, and institutions in fear that without them they cannot exist. People believe everything they hear and see, they are lead by others instead of listening to their hearts. They reject the inner truth. That truth is the light of hope and it has faded beyond recognition. Truth, it cannot be defined, it belongs to the uncategorized, such is: Love, Hope, Peace, Joy, and Truth. TRUTH-The Real Underlying Testimony of the Heart. The Struggle of Mankind; the story of life. Hope- Heart-filled Optimism of the People of Earth. Joy- Jurisdiction of youth. Peace and love cannot be reinterpreted they are all of these things.
The lies must be destroyed if Earth is to continue. War would just be the start of purification. Darkness would always be, how could I destroy it? I knew deep down inside I alone couldn't. I loved the lies the world fed me. Everything will be fine! Yeah fucking right! Everything was wrong. Darkness had consumed the world from within.
Brian called the President of the United States. He said, "President, have your armies assemble outside of the city!"
The president was shocked ad asked, "Why? You are going to kill the people chosen by the dark one!"
Brian was furious and said, "Who is in control? You or me? Destroy the city, and let the real war between what is good and evil begin! Let truth finally fail, and may the Earth fade away into oblivion! You know who you serve!"
The president tried to speak, but the phone clicked. Brian hung up. The President twiddled his fingers afraid for his life. He wasn't possessed like the others. He picked up the phone and nervously dialed. A voice came over the phone, "Hello", it said.
The president continued, "Prepare for engagement. Surround the city. Prepare for battle!"
The Voice was that of Alexii, he said, "Yes sir!" He hung up the phone before the President could speak.
In the darkness we hid ourselves from the truth. The truth can set you free. Lost within lies I awoke. I was outside. Another day, another strange place. I was laying o my back, on a weird surface. Was I on the ground? I rolled over. I was on the edge of something. I looked down. I rolled back over. Then realized what I was laying on, and where I was. I was peering down 102 stories. I was on the top of the Empire State Building! I was scared for my life. I wanted to pull away from the edge but my eyes were focused on the world below. I flailed around and slipped off the side. I reach out and grabbed the cornice. I felt stupid, and every second I held on, the fear of death grew within my being. Then a familiar face appeared, it was Sailor Saturn. She was the angel of death, and I was confused, why would death help a dying person?
She said, "Grab my Hand." I reach out towards her, and she leaned forward. I slipped off the cornice. In a final moment of desperation I reach out and grabbed her hand once more. She pulled me in. My heart was beating so fast I thought it would explode within my chest. She smiled and said, "You almost…"
I quickly cut her off, "Don't say that. I do not fear death, but I don't want to go right now if you know what I mean!"
She smiled and said, "Yes I do!", she looked out into the sea of brick, and glass. A subtle gloom embraced the day, and cast a blanket of darkness over the city. The millions below us had felt an eerie, utter despair. A feeling of uncertainty before a storm, the calm. We felt it as well. She continued, "You have life, at least you have it, I am cursed with an endless death. My life has been full of sickness and despair, I'm glad I cannot remember much of it. We do have one thing in common though!"
I asked, "What is that?"
She continued, "We both are tools, just weapons for others to use!"
I said, "Only if we allow others to use us do we make ourselves tools!"
She pointed out into the horizon. The sun had returned, I thought it would never show its face again! Its passing came quick. The last splinters of light pierced through the thick clouds as they clumped together blotting out the sun.
I asked, "Where are the others?"
Her eyes gleamed with the last radiance of the sun. She cracked a half-smile and said, "They are below, spread around the city, ready to fight if necessary."
"Fight", the word fell out of my mouth far faster than I could catch it and swallow it out of existence. I despised fighting because it yielded nothing but anger. But not to fight made you a coward where I came from. You had to fight for everything: food, clothes, love, you even had to fight to sleep! My lonely life was just a beginning to a much lonelier future. If I did not fight, I would be nothing, and if I did fight I would remain nothing. I must fight, but what? I have seen what war can bring. It brings death and destruction. Fighting is the same. Fighting for love would be no different, I would fight for the truth.
Sailor Saturn grinned at the pause that followed her remark, almost in distaste she proclaimed, "If you are the one that can lead us than do so. We must destroy the darkness."
I said, "You must destroy the world, I cannot!"
She yelled, "But you must will it! Do you? You must will for the truth to be revealed!"
I said, "I will it." Truthfully I didn't I was like all, afraid of what the future may hold, I wanted to have the earth cleansed, but feared for the old earth, I liked its lies, they comforted me. I was caught in them, and couldn't escape the web that surrounded me. She lifted her Glaive, the sickle that shall reap the Earth, and Said, "I am Sailor Saturn Guardian of Earth as well as Saturn, and Sailor Moon, It is for the best that this Earth pass, so a new one can take its place. I offer my life for its reconstruction, and renewal. She began a downward thrust of the glaive. Her swing was stopped by a treacherous cracking noise in the sky.
Meanwhile, at ground level, the Sailor scouts were awaiting a bright glow from Sailor Saturn's Glaive. Serena looked puzzled and asked, "What's taking so long?"
Darien asked in a positive tone, "What are you nervous or something?"
She smiled and answered, "No, I'm just impatient, this quiet scares me." She reach out and said, "I love you Darien. You have always been there when I needed you. I'm scared!"
Darien held her in a reassuring embrace. Serena's eyes filled with tears of overcoming emotion. She didn't know why. She could feel the past, but could not remember it. She loved Darien with her whole heart, and Darien loved her the same. The times they had shared together had been erased from her memory.
A cold wind blew past them. The sky was full of clouds. They heard the loud crack. It sounded as if the entire sky shattered into a million pieces. Then through the clouds a fireball of space rock came through the sky. The meteorite hit a small skyscraper. The roof exploded. One whole side of the building fell off its frame. The shattered pieces fell onto the street below. The concrete turned into powder as it hit the ground. People fell out of the building ad some tried to hold on, but they were unsuccessful.. Office equipment fell out of the side of the building and smashed on the street below. The building was a mess of twisted metal and concrete. Hundreds of people rushed over to help , but found nothing but powder, and rubble.
Andrew turned and saw what had happened. He cried out in anger, "The Solar system is fighting back!"
Sailor Venus and Jupiter were nearby. Sailor Venus asked, "Fighting back? What do you mean?"
Andrew answered, "Every time Sailor Saturn tries to destroy a planet, the system the planet resides in fights to stop itself from being destroyed, behold its greatness in action. In turn the system does more damage than Sailor Saturn could ever do. She will use the system against itself. The Asteroid belt is used as a termination device for the terrestrial planets."
Sailor Jupiter asked, "So there's more?"
Andrew answered, "You haven't even seen the beginning!"
Sailor Venus gasped, and asked, "So this is the end?"
Andrew nodded, and said, "Yes it is! The weird thing is Sailor Saturn hasn't dropped the glaive!", he stopped and said, "I hope there isn't anything wrong!"
Sailor Saturn said, "It is the End! It is time! She lifted it again. She touched the Empire state building. The Concrete ripped apart under the extreme pressure of the energy emitted by the glaive. A flash of blinding light surrounded us. The light exploded outwards. The Empire state building still stood. The light sped outwards, it traveled out into space. On the moon, Queen Serenity looked out at the earth and gasped as the light approached the moon. The Light surrounded the Earth and now the moon was submerged within it. The light sped outwards. It now surrounded Venus, and Mercury. The light was so bright it blotted out the sun. The light sped faster and faster, farther out into deep space. The light surrounded the entire solar system. It stopped outside the elliptical orbit of Pluto. Then in an instant fell back inwards toward earth. The light pulled in the Asteroid belt. Without warning the space junk along with the light returned to Earth. The light returned to Sailor Saturn's Glaive. The Glaive along with the light disappeared. A hush fell over the people in the city. They were both afraid and curious. Hundreds of thousands flooded the streets.
Some people started hysterically running and screaming, "It's the End of the World!" Others tripped over others that were running in no particular running. They were running just to be running. Police were dispatched to calm the people down, but now they were rioting! Running wouldn't save them now. All over the world people watched the sky waiting for something to happen. The entire planet was quiet and in a state of stillness, except the people in the city. People started raiding the stores, and throwing things out of the office windows. The debris fell on helpless people. The greed turned to fear as billions of meteorites fell through the Earth's Atmosphere and began their descent. Some burned up in the Atmosphere, but since their were so many it was as if Earth had no atmosphere. The sky really was falling! Millions of space rocks crashed into the city! Buildings toppled onto the streets below. One meteorite went through six buildings before striking the ground. Buildings toppled onto one another. Millions of People on the streets were running to dodge flying cars, and god knows what. A huge meteor slowly edged its way toward central park. When it landed it demolished the entire park. The only green in the city was tore to shreds. Trees flew into nearby buildings.
Gas mains ruptured, and hundreds of buildings exploded into a ball of fire. I watched as men, women, and children were ate by the ground they stood on. The extensive subway system below the city opened up and swallowed the street. Hundreds fell in, and died. Was this Justice? This wasn't what I wanted. I watched as defenseless people were turned into the very dust they were made of. The smell of death overtook my senses. The ash and dust filled the sky and my lungs. I wasn't powerful enough to stop it. It was all my fault!
Around the world people watched as their cities were wiped clean of life. In Italy, meteorites destroyed the coliseum, and St. Peters Basilica. Venice was completely destroyed as well. Meteorites crashed into the canals, and the buildings fell onto each other. In Greece, Athens, Corinth, Mycenae, and Sparta were completely destroyed by meteorites. A meteorite fell from the sky and struck the Great Pyramid on the Giza Plateau. The billions of stones were instantly dislodged and scattered on the ground below. The sphinx's head laid down beside its base. The Entire City of Hong Kong was destroyed. The Gateway Arch in St. Louis was struck by a meteorite. The huge Arch exploded and fell in on its side. The Washington Monument was completely destroyed, the only monument remaining in the city was the Lincoln monument, which itself was on fire. The capital building fell apart as it was struck; the dome collapsed inward crushing anyone below.
This wasn't worth it, I had to stop it, but how? The sky was full of dark smoke which choked me as I inhaled it. I wondered if the Sailor Scouts were alright. The meteorites didn't stop raining down from the heavens above. Darien held onto Serena in his embrace as the world around them fell apart. Cars flew around them, busses, buildings, the very street they stood on fell out from underneath them. They stood together in the embrace, knowing somehow everything would be alright. I looked out into the endless chaos hoping that it would end. Somehow I knew it would but I didn't know when. Below in the streets the Sailor Scouts gathered together. They used their powers to repel the debris. People rushed to be protected but were destroyed before they could make it. I burst into tears as I watched millions of people die. Andrew left the protection created by the scouts to save a mother and her baby. I don't know what he was thinking, perhaps he was feeling like me. I wanted it to stop, now! I turned to see what had happened to Sailor Saturn, just as I began to turn another large cracking noise filled the very essence of the sky itself. The large meteorite was heading for me. The meteorite sizzled in a beautiful display of color. Its elegant light filled my eyes with a beautiful terror. I turned to see Sailor Saturn. She was no longer a young women, but a small baby. The only reason I turned was her crying. I picked her up, and held onto her small body. For a second I felt as if everything was alright. She smiled, and cooed. I was happy inside. I knew something bad was about to happen but for once in my life someone needed me. I was warm inside for once. My once cold interior was filled with a strange warmth.
It seemed as if time had stopped, all around me buildings were falling apart, the dark smoke, the ash and soot, the smell of death, it didn't bother me as much as before. This state of momentary bliss was rudely disturbed by the meteorite. The meteorite turned on its side and struck the building on its side. Then it crashed into a nearby shop. Glass exploded from the Empire State building. In its already weakened state it couldn't stand. The building gave way, its top fell toward the street below. Sailor Saturn fell out of my hands, I lost my balance as well. I levitated above the building. I just stood there in a state of shock. Below, Andrew had helped the lady escape, but his death approached from above. The Entire 30 top stories of the building was falling downward to his position. So was Sailor Saturn. I had to make a choice. Which one would I save? I jumped in no particular direction, using my power to speed my fall. I didn't know how to control my power, but out of fear I edged myself on. Andrew Looked up, he couldn't run, In a matter of seconds it wouldn't matter anyway. I grabbed Sailor Saturn, and watched as Andrew was disintegrated under the weight of the Empire State Building. I held onto Hotaru, she was asleep now, but I could feel her warmth. I made a promise, I have failed the only person who has ever taken any interest in me. I keeled to what was left of the ground and cried like I never cried before. I ran towards the rubble hoping that Andrew was alright, but deep inside I knew he was dead. All that remained of him was a necklace. It was badly destroyed by the concrete. I held it to my heart.
Then just as fast as the destruction started it stopped. There were no more meteorites, at last the impalement had subsided. In its wake there was total oblivion. There were very few buildings left.
