SailorStar9: You ladies wanted this chapter, so here goes. This is Chapter 9 of this fic; and please be a dear and review.
Disclaimers: I do not own the animes. But I do own the pairing, I hope.
Chapter 9: Invasion From Space! Siren Comes Flying in
After the battle in the previous chapter...
Lead Crow watched from a distance, shaking her head so that her red-brown hair shimmered in the light. "Well, well," she murmured, "Who would have believed it was possible for someone to break our mistress' hold?"
"Lead Crow," the blue haired girl stated respectfully as she waited by the car, "We need to get back to the station and plan our next move."
"Alright, Aluminum Siren," Lead Crow agreed as they headed to the car, "And we'd best ready our defenses as well."
Aluminum Siren nodded, "Iron Mouse will lead them right to us."
"And right into a trap." Lead Crow agreed, chuckling wickedly.
Time passes, in the sky above Thomas' mansion...
A flurry of white feathers descended from the sky and a red-haired girl came down, with an umbrella as a parachute.
In her throne room...
"How is this possible?" Galaxia asked coldly as the studied a image floating in the air before her of Iron Mouse. Somehow the Earth born Mercury had freed Iron Mouse from her control, something she had thought impossible. "Animamates!" she barked.
"Yes, Galaxia-sama, we're here." Lead Crow and Aluminum Siren chorused.
"We control almost 80% of the whole galaxy." Lead Crow stated.
"We have continued to gather true 'Star Seeds'." Aluminum Siren added. "The rest of them is in the frontier planets, including this solar system."
"Well done." Galaxia remarked. "When I get all the 'Star Seeds', then I'll be the true ruler of the galaxy. Aluminum Siren!"
"Yes!" Aluminum Siren stepped forward.
"Collect all the true 'Star Seeds' from the remaining planets in this solar system." Galaxia instructed. "I won't forgive failure like Iron Mouse."
"Yes." Aluminum Siren bowed. "Let me take care of it, Galaxia-sama."
In the park...
"Galaxia?" Rei echoed.
"Yes, Rei-sama." Iron Mouse nodded. "It's a long story."
"Is that the boss of the enemy?" Makoto inquired. "An enemy from beyond the solar system?"
"Haruka said that the Starlights are intruders from beyond the solar system." Usagi supplied.
"You mean the three Starlights are also enemies?" Luna wondered.
"No, they're not the bad guys." Ami corrected. "I'm sure. They help us often."
"Even so, we can't tell what they have in mind." Minako reasoned. "After all, they are aliens. While they approach us as allies, someday, suddenly, they might take you away into space, or might put some strange machine into your head."
"That is because you watched too many strange TV shows." Rei muttered.
"But they really don't seem like bad guys." Ami defended.
"Don't be too open-minded." Setsuna cut in.
"Suna-nee-chan." Ami blinked.
"It seems there's evil energy throughout the galaxy, the dark energy that steals the brightness of stars and planets." Setsuna warned.
"The dark energy that steals the brightness of stars and planets?" Artemis echoed.
"Throughout the galaxy?" Usagi inquired.
"This solar system is no exception. We have to be careful! This enemy is different from ones we've encountered." Setsuna cautioned, before revealing her dual-flavored popsicle and causing Ami to facefault.
"Ami-sama!" Iron Mouse exclaimed in horror. "But, Setsuna-sama is right." she agreed. With that she told the tale of the coming of the golden goddess Galaxia, a being of unbelievable power who took over worlds with ease. Where she came from no one knew, but she seemed to seethe with the force of Chaos, and oddly of light. Forcing the senshi of different worlds to fight each other she enslaved the victors with her armbands, making them her heralds and slaves.
"I didn't realize you were being forced." Rei admitted after a moment, studying the girl thoughtfully.
"I didn't realize it either." Iron Mouse admitted as she rubbed her arms unconsciously, "The wrist bands suppress your memory and sense of who you are. I never even knew to resist until I met..."
"Mercury." Makoto murmured, the Jovian Senshi having seen the change in the girl's eyes after Mercury has saved her.
Ami actually blushed faintly. Looking at Iron Mouse. she changed the subject, "Does Galaxia have any weaknesses?"
Iron Mouse shook her head regretfully as she said, "Not that I know of, Ami-sama. As her servant I saw warriors of many worlds attack her, but no one succeeded." She paused, "I do have to admit, I've never seen anyone with your concentration of power before. That may make a difference."
Ami looked thoughtful, "It looks like we have to hide Iron Mouse. It isn't going to be easy."
"How about my shrine?" Rei offered.
"Can I?" Iron Mouse squeaked.
"Of course. Rei nodded. "The spiritual defenses there should help shield her." she looked at the healed Animamate.
"Thank you, Rei-sama!" Iron Mouse beamed.
In the park...
Ami had taken the wheelchair-bound Relena to the park for some fresh air when she sensed a wave of pure energy.
ChibiChibi had turned, allowing her umbrella to be blown away by a sudden gust of wind.
Catching the umbrella in her palm, Ami returned the umbrella to ChibiChibi. "Here you go. You're cute." she patted ChibiChibi on her head. "Bye. Relena, should we go?" she looked at the younger girl.
On the streets...
"Ami-nee-chan..." Relena voiced. "That girls seems to be following us."
Ami blinked and turned to see ChibiChibi behind them. "Oh dear, what should we do?"
"I guess her family is worried." Relena mused.
"Hi little girl." Ami knelt before ChibiChibi.
"Chibi?" ChibiChibi blinked.
"What's your name?" Ami asked.
"Chibi..." ChibiChibi blinked. "Chibi!"
"Are you alone?" Ami thought to ask.
"Chibi." ChibiChibi replied.
"Where's your mom?" Ami inquired.
"Chibi!" ChibiChibi replied. "Chibi..."
"Where do you live?" Ami asked.
"Chibi!" ChibiChibi chirped.
"Oh dear..." Ami sighed.
"Ami-nee-chan, why don't you bring her to the police station?" Relena suggested.
"I was thinking of doing that just now, too." Ami admitted.
"She's gone!" Relena blinked when she saw ChibiChibi had vanished.
"What?" Ami's eyes widened. "Really? How? When?"
In the Galaxy TV station...
"Damn!" Reiko Aya wept, clearing away Chuuko's things. "A useless person has to go away with her destiny. "Poor Nezu. I'm so... so sad that I've become... hungry."
"What are you doing?" Akane Karasuma chided.
"Oh, Lead Crow." Reiko started.
"Karasuma!" Akane reminded. "That's my name on Earth. Be careful not to call me by my real name, okay?"
"Then, Karasuma..." Reiko voiced.
"What?" Akane asked.
"Do you want some Sudako?" Reiko offered.
"Stop joking like that!" Akane fumed.
"Well, I was told use Nezu's old desk." Reiko replied. "But I don't want to use it because it's so messy."
"How sad." Akane sighed. "You used to compete with me for position of No. 1 in the Animamates. Now, you've been transferred to frontier planets."
"Now I've lost another of my eternal rivals." Reiko added. "Congratulations!"
"Are you kidding me?" Akane fumed.
"Oh no, but I just thought you don't have to come after me, Karasuma, because I was the one transferred to Earth." Reiko blinked.
"I came here because I'm worried about you, my rival!" Akane snapped. "Damn! I wonder how such a slow girl really is my eternal rival."
"I'm sorry about that." Reiko apologized.
"Anyway, you should take your task more seriously." Akane chided. "Otherwise, you'll end up like Iron Mouse."
"Yes..." Reiko muttered as Akane opened the door for her.
"If you understand, go and find the target right away." Akane retorted. "What a troublesome girl."
"Before I do that, I'll eat my lunch." Reiko took out her bento box. "Do you want to join me, Karasuma?"
On the way back to Thomas' mansion...
"It's hot." Ami mused. "I wonder where that girl went."
"I think her mother found her and brought her home." Relena replied.
"I hope so." Ami nodded.
"Anyway, let's drink something cold." Relena offered. "I'm so tired." as Ami opened the door to reveal ChibiChibi at the doorstep and causing Ami to stumbled back in shock.
"What's wrong?" Relena asked, and peered over Ami's shoulder.
"That girl..." Ami stammered. "Why is she here?"
"Oh, are you home, Relena-sama, Ami-sama?" Rarhood inquired.
"Rarhood, that girl..." Relena blinked.
"You left your twin sister at home, Relena-sama." Rarhood supplied.
"Sister?" the two girls chorused.
"Why are you surprised?" Rarhood inquired. "Your twin sister, ChibiChibi, remember, Relena-sama?"
"Chibi!" ChibiChibi beamed.
"What is..." Ami and Relena exchanged a look. "This?"
"Chibi Chibi!" ChibiChibi beamed.
Commercial Break.
Voice-Off Announcer: Be ready for yet another masterpiece from SailorStar9's demented mind...
The camera shows a familiar starship's main deck. We see a bald Usagi talking to a beardy Mamoru, until a gold-skinned Hotaru walks towards them.
Dataru: Captain Tsukard, our long-range scanners detect a massive spaceship heading our way.
Tsukard: Is it friend or foe, Dataru?
Dataru: Foe. It's a Youmulan battle cruiser.
Tsukard: Hmmm... We can't possibly beat one of those on our own... What's the best course of action, Chibaker?
Chibaker: I'd suggest we get the hell outta here before it's too late.
Suddenly an image of a black-skinned Ami wearing LaForge's cyclops-style glasses shows up in the deck's main screen.
LaMerc: Sorry to say this, captain, but this ship ain't going nowhere. We run out of Ginzuium after our last warp jump.
Tsukard: Oh... Thank you, LaMerc. (To Chibaker) Now what can we do?
Chibaker: Err... No idea, Captain.
Suddenly, a new face appears in the screen. A pointy-eared Jadeite looks at the crew and shrugs before speaking.
Jadek: This is General Jadek from the Youmulan Kin... Err... Queendom. Surrender your ship and give us all your Ginzuium to us or die. You have five minutes to decide before we open fire.
As the transmission ends, Tsukard starts walking out of the room. Chibaker looks at her and frowns.
Chibaker: Where are you going, Captain?
Tsukard: I'll be in my room, reading as usual. Fix this mess up and then inform me so I can take all the credit. (Walks out.)
Chibaker: Damn that tricky, bastardly slacker...
Dataru: From an emotionless, neutral point of view... I agree.
The scene changes to an outside view of the ship. It looks just like the Enterprise only it's engines are shaped like crescent moons. A few thousand miles in front of it, a massive ship that looks like a Shaneera (the "cute" critters from episode 7 of Sailor Moon,) awaits for the right moment to attack.
Chibaker's Voice: Fire the roseton torpedoes!
A couple rose-shaped torpedoes fly stem-first at the enemy ship, and as you'd already figured out, miss. The enemy ship starts firing at the Enterprise, which somehow manages to fly in circles as everyone inside it screams.
VO Announcer: Senshi Trek: Next Generation. Going to where no short-skirted girl has gone before.
End of Commercial Break
Later in the Jubaan Shopping District...
"Relena's twin sister?" the girls chorused.
"Yeah, I don't believe that Relena's mother gave birth to her." Ami noted as Rarhood took the twins out shopping.
"But how cute." Minako gushed. "I want to have one too."
"You want to have one too?" Rei echoed. "She's not a kitten."
"Maybe Aurora and Eos' sister?" Minako guessed.
"Oh, maybe after hearing her sisters' stories, she came to the 20th century?" Makoto noted.
"But it's true that she looks more like you, Ami." Usagi remarked.
"Aurora and Eos' sister means Thomas and Ami had a third child?" Rei surmised.
"I see!" Ami flushed. "That's what going to happen."
"That won't happen." Setsuna cut in.
"Setsuna!" the girls exclaimed.
"Suna-nee-chan, someday, somehow, someone's going to punch you out cold for doing that." Ami sighed.
"I was so worried that I followed you." Setsuna informed. "As far as I know, the Solaris Ladies are Neo-Queen Adeline's only daughters."
"So, who is that girl?" Ami wondered.
"Just be careful." Setsuna warned.
"Just be careful?" Ami echoed. "She's such a small girl."
"Even if she is a small child, it's dangerous to believe her so easily." Setsuna cautioned.
"Oh?" Relena blinked. "ChibiChibi!"
"Where are you?" Rarhood called, the butler finding the child had gone missing.
"Oh dear..." Ami sweatdropped.
"Let's separate and find her." Usagi suggested.
"Yes." Minako nodded.
On the streets...
"But where is she, I wonder." Ami mused. "Oh!" she noticed a policeman. Policeman!" she called.
"Where are you from?" the police-uniformed Seiya inquired.
"Are you from?" ChibiChibi repeated.
"What's your name?" Seiya asked.
"Your name?" ChibiChibi echoed.
"There she is." Ami sighed in relief. "Hey!"
"Water-drops." Seiya blinked, turning around.
"Why are you..." Ami blinked in recognition. "A day Police Chief?" she echoed when Seiya told her.
"Right." Seiya replied, carrying ChibiChibi on his shoulders. "This is also one of the idol's job."
"Job!" ChibiChibi beamed.
"I'm being a proper policeman, right?" Seiya asked. "I put a lost child under protection."
"Put... put..." ChibiChibi smiled.
"But she looks so much like you." Seiya noted. "Your sister?"
"Something like that." Ami replied.
"That." ChibiChibi beamed.
"Rather than your sister, she looks like your child." Seiya reasoned. "Why did you blush?" he asked, when Ami stopped in her tracks. "You're funny."
"You don't know!" Ami fumed.
"What's that?" Seiya wondered as Ami stormed off. "A secret?"
"Nothing particular." Ami answered. "Well, of course, I have some, but..."
"Let's not have any secrets between us, shall we?" Seiya offered.
"Oh?" Ami raised a brow.
"What?" Seiya blinked.
"I think you have more secrets than me." Ami pointed out.
"Well, I have one or two secrets, for sure." Seiya blinked.
At the police station...
"ChibiChibi-sama!" Rarhood sighed in relief.
"Chibi!" ChibiChibi replied as Rarhood picked her up.
"Thank you very much." Relena stated.
"Well, I didn't do anything special." Seiya replied.
"That's right." Ami agreed. "He just found her by chance while hanging around."
"Do usually say that?" Seiya retorted.
"Well, it's true, though." Ami pointed out.
"Wonderful." the real Police Chief applauded. "Even during lunch, you didn't forget your duties as a one-day Police Chief. That's the real spirit of a policeman."
"There he is." Akane noted as she and Reiko stalked out. "A holder of a 'Star Seed'."
"That middle-aged man has it?" Reiko mused.
"Are you complaining?" Akane reminded. "I found him for you, my former rival."
"Ah, thank you." Reiko muttered.
"If you understand, you should go." Akane pulled out the snack from Reiko's mouth.
"Then everyone, see you later." the Police Chief said.
Hey, what are you doing?" Akane fumed as the Police Chief strolled past.
"Well so, do you think I should start exchanging business cards?" Reiko wondered.
"You fool!" Akane fumed.
"I forgot tell Rei and the others." Ami exclaimed. "They must be looking for her!" and hurried off.
In the carpark...
"Excuse me." Reiko started, catching the Police Chief's attention.
"What is it?" the Police Chief inquired.
"I would like an interview with you." Reiko stated.
Outside...
"Suna-nee-chan, how come you are here?" Ami wondered when Setsuna appeared in front of her.
"I thought just in case." Setsuna replied.
"How about Rei and the others?" Ami asked.
"They said that there's a Three Light's parade, so they went that way to find her." Setsuna supplied, before the two sighed in realization.
In the carpark...
"Why are you running away?" Reiko asked, cornering the Police Chief.
"Why are you following me?" the Police Chief quickly backed off.
"So, I'm saying that I just want you to show me your 'Star Seed'." Reiko insisted.
"That pushy attitude." Akane chuckled as she watched. "She's my previous rival, alright."
"Anyway, you look suspicious." the Police Chief was backed into a wall.
"Okay, if you insist, there's no choice." Aluminum Siren revealed her true form. "Hi! Let me see your 'Star Seed'." and fired her energy blasts. "You're a liar, Karasuma." she pouted when the Police Chief's 'Star Seed' turned black. "I'm so sad to get a blank."
"What?" Akane chided.
"I'm so sad that I'm hungry again." Aluminum Siren sighed. "I want to go home quickly and prepare my supper."
"Stop right there!" Mercury declared. "You attacked a policeman whose duty is to protect. I won't forgive you. Agent of justice and life, pretty Senshi, Mercury!" she twirled her Caduceus.
"And Pluto!" Pluto brandished her Time Staff.
"In the name of Mermaria, I'll punish you!" Mercury posed.
"So, you're the Senshi of this planet?" Lead Crow stated.
"Who are you?" Mercury demanded.
"Nice to meet you." Aluminum Siren bowed. "I am Aluminum Siren." and presented her business card to Mercury.
"Why are you exchanging your business card?" Lead Crow barked.
"Who is she?" Mercury blinked.
"She's my partner." Aluminum Siren smiled.
"What are you talking about?" Lead Crow snapped. "I'm No. 1 of the Animamates, Lead Crow."
"Let me introduce myself again." Aluminum Siren added. "I'm Aluminum Siren."
"If you're our enemies, I won't forgive you." Pluto defended her Queen. "Time Bomb!" a small, black sphere of energy shot out from her staff.
"Where are you aiming at?" Lead Crow mocked when she and Aluminum Siren dodged the attack and landed on the Garnet Orb when an energy wave from the said Talisman blasted both Animamates to the ground.
"Ouch!" Aluminum Siren winced.
"You'll pay for that!." Lead Crow swore as she stood up. "Today is just a greeting. I'll take care of you next time."
"As long as you survive the battle with that Sailor Cop." Aluminum Siren added as the two Animamates retreated via phone box.
"See you!" Lead Crow called and the phone box vanished.
"Disarm your weapons and hit the dirt." Cop declared.
"Robocop?" Mercury noted amusedly.
"Is that a so-called Phage?" Pluto asked.
"I told you to hit the dirt!" Cop announced and fired his gun, destroying a police vehicle. "This is the law!"
"Star Serious Laser!" Star Fighter's attack blasted Cop across the floor.
"What was that?" Cop wondered.
"You aimed and fired at good citizens." Star Fighter declared. "A policeman should do that."
"You're not a man." Star Maker added.
"You should be ashamed." Star Healer remarked.
"Starlights, Stage On!" the Starlights chorused.
"Late, as usual." Mercury grinned. "Mercury Freezing Restoration!" she released her attack, right before Conductor could attack.
"Beautiful!" Cop squealed before he was instantly covering him head to toe in pure ice. He stood there frozen, utterly still, then the ice shattered, revealing a fully healed Police Chief in its wake and his 'Star Seed' returning to his body.
Behind a police car, ChibiChibi watched the aftermath.
That night in Thomas' mansion...
"ChibiChibi." Relena blinked as ChibiChibi climbed onto her bed. "What happened? Do you want to sleep with me?" She seems somewhat strange, but she doesn't appear dangerous. She mused when ChibiChibi snuggled closer. She's so cute, I think she's okay. "Good night, ChibiChibi."
SailorStar9: Now that's done, read and review. In the next chapter, while on a camping trip, the girls discover that Rei's cousin has been turned into a Phage and has been destroying the campground.