A/N: Ha ha, I'm back already! Yay, go me! Sorry. I've been up since 3? this morning, I think. I tried to get some sleep earlier and ended up laying there for four hours, so I gave up and came here. Typo's are very likely in this one. Still don't own Sailor Moon. Please review, love seeing them!
Serena POV
I ran right past the previous battle field, not wanting to look around. Not wanting to remember that battle, but it still wouldn't leave my memory, no matter how hard I tried. So, I continued to run. I could feel the dark energy pulling at me, slowly getting stronger.
After a few minutes, I noticed an unusual arch, that shouldn't have been in the middle of a forest. The markings on it were unreadable, to me anyway. Amy's computer could probably translate it. I made a note of the arch, then passed through it into another dimension.
At first, there was just darkness. I couldn't see anything, not even my hand in front of my face. Okay, I need some light, I refuse to be defeated because I fell into a hole in the dark. I used the crystal it light up the area. I felt my jaw drop, my eyes widen. What the hell? Why here, of all places? I asked myself, looking at the remaining rubble of what once used to be home. The broken moon kingdom's palace. It hadn't changed any since the last time we were here, since the last time I'd faced Beryl. It seemed fitting that it would be here though. This is where it all started, this is where it should end. It will end here.
I approached the palace cautiously. I knew they were here, somewhere. Why were they hiding? I thought they wanted me here. Then as I rounded a corner, I saw them. Just the two of them. Beryl and the Wiseman just stood at the top of the stairs, waiting.
"So glad you could make it, Serenity," Beryl said with that evil laugh of hers.
"You didn't give me much choice, did you?" I pointed out. Something's not right, I can feel it. What is it? Should I go ahead and call the others? No, I'll wait just a little while longer, but I should record everything until they get here.
"You feel it, don't you?" the Wiseman sneered. "You're not as dumb as you'd like everyone to believe. Tell me, what's your best subject in school?"
"Lunch?" I joked. Waste time. Gotta waste time, I need to know what's going on before I call the others.
"No. Earth & Space Science," Beryl said. How the hell did they know that? Not even Amy knew that! "So, you'll understand completely when I tell you that you have no chance of winning this time. Whether you beat us or not, your planet is doomed."
"How so?" I asked knowing full well I wasn't going to like the answer.
"Your precious planet will die in less than two months, and everyone living there. We've dispersed enough negative energy in the Earth's core that it's stopped rotating."
Shit. Shit. Fuck. Damn. Son of a -
"There's nothing you can do. Your fight with us is futile now. Not even Mercury can find an answer for this one, Sailor Moon. You're finished and the battle hasn't even started yet!" the Wiseman laughed. While they were busy throwing this in my face, I pressed the new button on my communicator.
Normal POV
"I can't believe you let her go on her own Luna!" Raye practically screamed. "She can't win this alone."
"She's not fighting alone. It's part of the plan. She just goes in alone, make them think that we aren't coming. We show up, then after us, the Starlights and Travis show up. It'll throw them off, they won't be expecting all of us to show up," Luna explained the best she could. She was starting to doubt their plan. "She's grown a lot stronger than you think. She can tap into the full power of the crystal now. Whether she knows how to control it or not, I don't know."
"That and she's still pissed with Darien. That alone will give her enough of an advantage until we get there," Artemis said. When the girls looked confused, he continued. "On the Moon Kingdom, during the last ball we had, there was an explosion, shortly before Beryl's men started attacking. That explosion was caused by Princess Serenity and her anger towards Endymion. I'll bet anything that if she hadn't used so much energy then, she would have had enough to help us beat Beryl them, without Serenity using the crystal. I never did find out what he did to anger her enough to cause her to attack him, when she didn't fight anyone. With her as angry with him now as she was then, she's got a lot of fuel right now. More, I think, than even she realizes."
Amy, Lita and Mina tried to let that sink in while they gathered everything they'd need before they left. Raye had finally given up her argument with Luna and had almost left the room when their communicators went off. Amy immediately pressed a button on hers so they could hear what Serena had for them.
"-understand completely when I tell you that you have no chance of winning this time. Whether you beat us or not, your planet is doomed." came a woman's voice from the communicator. They immediately agreed that it was Beryl.
"How so?" they heard Serena question.
"Your precious planet will die in less than two months, and everyone living there. We've dispersed enough negative energy in the Earth's core that it's stopped rotating."
Everyone in the room dropped everything they were doing.
"That's bad. That's very, very bad," Amy muttered. Then they heard something that none of them would have expected from Serena.
"Shit. Shit. Fuck. Damn. Son of a-" she said quietly, they almost didn't hear it.
"There's nothing you can do. Your fight with us is futile now. Not even Mercury can find an answer for this one, Sailor Moon. You're finished and the battle hasn't even started yet!" the Wiseman laughed.
"That would be why she called before dawn," Artemis said grimly.
"Everyone got that though, didn't they Luna?" Lita asked. Luna just nodded numbly. "Lets get going," Lita said. With that, they listened to the directions Serena had left for them, then headed for the forest.
Serena POV
"But you know of a way to reverse it, don't you?" I asked.
"Why would we care? We don't have to stay here once we finish you off," Beryl replied smugly.
"Fine then. But I do have another question for the two of you. Why? Why go to all this trouble, just to get to me?" I asked. If this really was the end, I wanted my damn answers first.
"Why? Hmm, that's a good question, isn't it Beryl?" the Wiseman asked.
"Indeed it is. A very good question. I don't think we should answer that one though. You have to ask him," she replied.
"Him who?" I demanded, getting frustrated at this point.
"Why, your prince of course. Who else?" the Wiseman asked, his voice cocky. I really don't like this now.
"And, where is he?" I asked.
Beryl then looked over her shoulder. "Endymion, someone out here wants to ask you something," she said in a voice that sent chills down my spine. Within seconds, Endymion came up behind them and looked directly at me.
"You had a question for me?" he asked innocently. This did nothing but fuel my anger.
"Yeah. What's the point in all this, just to get to me? Why not just kill me and get it over with?" I demanded angrily.
"That would be too easy, and there's no fun in it for me if it's not challenging. Wouldn't you agree?" His arrogance was seriously pissing me off. I wanted nothing more than to kill him right now. "I want to break you from the inside out, take away everything that you hold near and dear…" I didn't hear the rest. My vision faded to red, then white. Then I was back in front on Endymion, his sword drawn and resting against my neck.
"You have a choice to make. Me or death."
"Why the fuck would I chose you now? What reasons have you given me to take you back? This can't possibly be one of them," I said angrily, trying to back away from the blade. His grip on my arm was too strong, I couldn't move.
"So, you chose death? I'll make you pay. You'll wish that you had stayed with me, even if it's just to save every one you love. You'll soon realize I'M the one pulling all the strings here. I'M in charge. Not you!" Endymion yelled.
"Sailor Moon!" I heard someone yell, pulling me back to the present. I saw the inner and outer senshi coming up behind me out the corner of my eye. My focus stayed on Endymion. I knew I wouldn't be able to control my anger much longer.
"Stay back. He's mine," I demanded once they were at my side.
"What's wrong Sailor Moon? What happened?" I heard Mars ask.
"Oh nothing. She's just remembered whose running the game," Endymion smirked from his place on the stairs.
"Game my ass!" I yelled. I felt the girls closest to me jump, then slowly move away.
"I'll kill you myself, bastard! It was all you!"
"Yes, how did you think we knew who to grab, who to kill?" Beryl asked.
"He was directing them?" Venus asked, stunned.
"That's what I couldn't remember. Him telling me that he'd kill everyone to make me pay! All of this because I dumped your sorry ass?! And you still want me to pick you? Over them?" I demanded, waving my arm in the general direction of my friends. I saw his grin widen. "You can just piss the fuck off, then drop dead in your puddle of piss you arrogant little ant!" I screamed, no longer Sailor Moon, but Neo Queen Serenity.
A/N: Yeah, I know, it's a shorty. Sorry, I couldn't keep going. I lost my notes so I have to gather my thought on the part coming up. I've learned that once I've lost something, it's gone for good. Bear with me, and please review. I'm very nice when I get reviews! Oh, and the reviewers who tell me what they like, dislike, or ideas, I answer you back!! So, let me know what you think!