Chapter 9: The Demonics' Story

The Egypt group were still walking down the hallway. They finally came to a dead end.

"Great, now what do we do?" Sailor Mars asked.

"Perhaps there's a side door we missed," Sailor Mercury guessed.

"I'm not sure," Brock replied. "Charmander, can you come over here for a second." Charmander
provided the light as Brock tried to read a group of hieroglyphs.

"Can you translate them?" Sailor Pluto asked.

"Not fully, but I think I know what they're saying." Brock pointed to a hieroglyph that looked
like a starburst. "This must be at the beginning. Apparently, the Demonics have been around
since the beginning of time."

"If that's true, then I'm beginning to doubt that they're not immortal."

"They might be immortal, but not invincible," Sabrina suggested. "When Tuxedo Mask threw his
rose, the Demonic that was holding me screamed in pain. They can be hurt."

"I think Sabrina's right," Sailor Mercury said. "I hope I can find a translation basis for
these scriptures." Sailor Mercury activated her visor stared at the scripture for a long time.

"Okay," I think I have it."

Brock was right when he said that the Demonics have been around since the beginning of time.
When the Big Bang started, there were several large pockets of energy of what the natives
believed to be the work of higher beings.

"Like gods."

Right, Ayako. But when planets were formed, some of the matter that was used fused with the
pockets of energy and they took on solid shape. That was how the Demonics were formed.
According to the scripture, the ancient Egyptions, Greeks, Norse, almost every ancient
civilization one could think of paid worshipped to these gods. At first, the gods were content
with what the people were doing. But then an evil force took control of the gods. It dove them
mad to the point of chaotic. The Black Plague, the Famine, the Dinosaurs dieing, all those dark
periods of Earth's history was a result of the gods, who now called themselves the Demonics.

"Evil force? That doesn't sound very scientific, Sailor Mercury."

You have to remember, Sailor Mars, that the people at this point in history were highly
superstitious. They regarded everything that they couldn't explain as a result of magic or
sorcery. Anyway, the Demonics' rampage went on for centuries. The people lost all faith in
their own respective religion. So they prayed to the one force that they knew couldn't be evil.
The planets.

"THE PLANETS?"

That's right. Like I said before, they were highly superstitious. They believed that the
planets was the supreme being since everyone and everything, including the Demonics looked up to
it.

"That's highly unexpected."

What was even more unexpected was that they received an answer. According to the hieroglyphs,
the planets each appointed a person, female, as bearer of the powers of that particular planet.
That was how the Sailor Scouts that defeated the Demonics were formed.

"I hate to interrupt this fascinating story," Sailor Mars said. "But I'm still confused. I
mean, I thought we were the original Sailor Scouts."

"Remember the story Sailor Moon was given. All of us were sent into the future. Since we were
out of time (no pun intended), the planetary Council which Queen Serenity was head of at the time
decided to bestow their powers on another group of girls."

"So basically, they were temps," Sailor Neptune concluded.

"Exactly."

"Hey Sailor Mercury," Brock called. "You got all that from just reading those hieroglyphs."

"Not just from the hieroglyphs, Brock." Sailor Mercury said. She pointed to some pictures that
were above them. "Apparently, someone knew that foreigners would be visiting the pyramid so
they provided a visual translation of the hieroglyphs."

"Well, why don't we read the rest of the walls to see how it happened." The group split up,
reading what they could about the pyramid. Some of the information didn't help, some of it was
basically the story of how the pyramid was created or a warning to not release the Demonics.
Finally, Sailor Mercury had all the information she needed and she explained it to the others.

The hieroglyphs tell of a man who used magical energy to strip away some of the Demonics' powers.
He then utilized that same energy to herd them into a chamber which he then locked. The chamber
would act as a damper to prevent the Demonics from using their powers on the outside. But there
is a catch. If the Demonics were ever released, they could return to regain the power that the
wizard removed from them.

"It's a good thing they don't know about this," Ayako commented. "Otherwise we would be in real
trouble."

"Oh, but you are." Anubis and Serpentor stood blocking their way out. Ramulus, Lockjaw, and
Squawker each grabbed two. Sailor Pluto was the only one to escape.

"Squawker, after her," Ramulus ordered. "The rest of you, bring them into the chamber." Lockjaw
pressed a hidden switch and the wall rose to reveal the room where the hyper lock chamber was.
Meanwhile, Sailor Pluto made it through the hole entrance and out into the desert. Squawker
flew after her.

"Dead scream." The ball of energy was easily dodged by Squawker. He straifed her with his beak.

Suddenly there was a rainbow of energy and the rest of the Sailor Scouts along with Misty, Yoshi,
and Duplica were standing there.

"We made it," Sailor Moon said happily.

"No time for congratulations now," Sailor Jupiter said. "It's time for action." She leapt at
Squawker activating her special attack. "Jupiter Thunder Dragon!" Squawker's leg was caught in
the attack. The bird Demonic screamed and fell to the ground.

"Crystal Twinkle Bell!" A flash of light and a clang from Sailor Mini-Moon's bell made a wand
appear in Sailor Moon's hand.

"Moon Gorgeous Meditation!" In a surprising turn of events, Squawker was able to deflect the
attack. But not without hurting himself.

"You may destroy me," Squawker declared. "But you'll never be able to defeat my friends before
they power up. And when they do, your friends inside the pyramid will be doomed." Everybody
gasped at that realization.

"You guys go," Sailor Jupiter called as she got into a defensive stanse. "Feather face is mine!"

"THE NAME IS SQUAWKER!" The two grappled while the others ran inside, Sailor Pluto leading them.

Inside, Ramulus stood before the hyper lock chamber. "This thing was once the source of all our
torment, now it shall be our weapon." Energy began flowing into Ramulus. The other Demonics
took turns between receiving their full power and guarding the prisoners.
Brock had an idea. It was to cause as much chaos is possible. He got behind Sailor Neptune and
took out a pokeball.

"Sailor Neptune," Brock whispered. "When I give the word, duck."

"Why?"

"Don't argue, just do it."

"Right." Just as Brock was about to give the signal, the others came bursting in.

"Let's hit them hard and hit them fast," Sailor Venus called. "Venus Love-Me Chain!" A rope of
yellow hearts formed and Sailor Venus swung it. But it did nothing to harm Ramulus.

"We're too late," Sailor Uranus realized. "They already utilized their full power."

"We're even more powerful since we don't have to share with that fool Felord," Anubis bragged.

"We'll see about that. Uranus Space Sword Blaster!"

"Saturn Glaive Slash!" The two attacks hit Anubis. He winced but was not affected.

"Golduck, I choose you. Hit them with everything you got." Golduck released a powerful hyper
beam that would've k-oed a Dragonite, but it didn't even phase Lockjaw. Misty got frusterated.
"Staryu, I choose you. Staryu, swish attack!" The two attacks joined Golduck but they still had
no affect on them.

"Squirtle, Starmie, Vaporeon, go. Use water blasts!" Ayako commanded. Three more jets of water
joined Misty's water Pokemon's attacks and started to push Lockjaw back.

"Uranus World Shaking!" An earthquake started and caused everybody (Pokemon included) to fall
down.
Serpentor was up first and nailed Sailor Uranus with a punch to the stomach.

"Leave her alone!" Sailor Neptune shouted. "Neptune Deep Submerge!" A funnel of water
increased the abilities of the water Pokemon and actually propelled Serpentor into a wall.

"We need more room to move," Brock complained. "Onyx, get us out of here!" Onyx materialized
and pounded through the wall of the pyramid. Sailors Moon, Mini-Moon, Mercury, Mars, and Venus
piled out along with the Pokemon group.

"We'll stay here to make sure Sailor Uranus and Sailor Saturn are okay," Sailor Neptune called.
Ayako and Misty nodded.
Once everybody was out in the open, the Sailor Scouts and Pokemon crew stood face-to-face with
the Demonics.

{Oh man,} Misty thought. {If only Ash was here. His Pokemon would be able to turn back them.}

"Misty," Sailor Venus called. "Remember at the Convention Center when Pikachu shocked Serena?"

"Yeah, I'm still pissed off about that," Sailor Moon commented.

"Yeah. So what?"

"Well, maybe you can get it to shock the Demonics."

"I don't know. Pikachu is Ash's Pokemon, not mine."

"THAT'S IT!" Sailor Mercury cried. Sailor Venus and Misty looked at her strangely. "The
hieroglyphs said that that a man used magical energy to weaken the Demonics. I don't think that
was magical energy at all! I think it was plain ordinary lightning! If Pikachu shoots lightning
at the Demonics, it may take away some of their power.

"Ditto, transform into a Jolteon," Duplica commanded. "And use thunder bolt along with
Pikachu." Ditto nodded and transformed. Together, it and Pikachu channeled electricity towards
the Demonics. The Demonics actually called out in pain and fell back.

"Demonics, full power!" Ramulus commanded. The Demonics shot powerful energy beams that caught
Pikachu and Ditto/Jolteon and threw them back.

{Ash, help,} Pikachu silently called.