AN: I thought I should comment given I meant to on a previous chapter that I know in the English translation of the anime Haruka's name is given as Amara, but I felt that the MIXX-translation name of Alex fit better. Besides this is PGSM-based ^_~ and so really I could have called her anything at all as she doesn't exist in canon there.

TEN

The silence serves to fuel the fire of shame. After what seems an hour Rei says, "So…um…you speak Japanese."

I get the feeling she wants to say something even more sarcastic as she inhales deeply and pushes one hand down in front of her, "You noticed."

Then comes the awkward sheepish laughter.

"Y-you must think we're crazy." I put in.

She laughs, "You guys really assume too much."

"How do you kno—."

"Is that really what's important here?"

I chew on my lip. Rei puts her hand on my shoulder.

Alex leans against the strut of the door, "So, your hospital is either way more on the ball than I expected or you guys are guardians too?"

"Guardians?" Rei queries.

"I think its hogo-sha? Maybe Kaigo? Heishi?" She pauses between each word, "Keisatsu? Do you get my point?"

"Senshi." I say, "That's what we were told we were."

"Senshi." She repeats, "Huh. Well, so far you seem friendlier than the others we ran into. Though you're one short of her scrying but I'll take that over those…bitches."

"I think we've run into them too." Rei says, "If they're a bit taller than you and wear these weird black…leather things?" she waves a hand up and down.

Alex laughs more, "Yes! Man, they look like they should be in a porno. Though they're powerful I'll give them that; but…we…I don't know where they come from. Enough useless speculation. You guys seem like you were working out how to track this thing?"

"Well, it worked before." Rei says, "Though the bus driver got a bit annoyed with us."

"I have a car over there." She points towards the parking lot, "and I really want to destroy the critter we haven't had a chance to track it given I'm really not the tuner. The damn mirror is just a piece of glass to me in a really pretty frame."

"Sounds good," I say, looking at Rei.

So, we follow Alex to a shiny yellow convertible. She rolls the top down as we drive off. Rei sits in the back, knots up her hair, and closes her eyes after pushing me to sit in the front passenger seat.

"So, uh, how long have you been—you know."

"A senshi?" She laughs, "You get shy about that now? Well, when did you guys find out?"

"Middle school."

"Damn," she says, "I was part way through high school and that was rough enough."

"It was stressful," I admit, "though we've had some down time between Metallia and Kaguya."

"Left! Turn left!" Rei says.

The car screeches a little as it drifts around the corner. A few people honk but we carry on. Alex seems unconcerned.

Rei leans forward and looks around, more intently, "The energy's getting a lot stronger."

"What about you?" I ask.

Alex's face darkens a little, "Back then it was this creepy scientist who was possessed by an entity of some sort. He—they were trying to destroy the world. The thing used his kid against us—it was messed up."

"Stop!" Rei calls out.

The car screeches to a halt, and Alex slides it into an empty slot along the side of the road. We look around. There doesn't seem to be anything out of place. There are shops along the block, and some of the pedestrians give a strange look into our direction. One claps and compliments Alex on her driving.

Rei frowns, "(The energy started to recede again as we passed this point.)"

"Mick's bike!" Alex says, softly, indicating it with her head, "That's the one that was hit right after Jason was. The blast went right through him then the bike came to life."

"So…" I say, "(It doesn't seem to be doing anything right now. I'm surprised it's not rampaging all over the place. That is where the energy is coming from?)"

Rei nods.

"(Okay, I suggest we attempt to casually go into some of the nearby stores and, you guys do have the transformation thing too, right?)"

We nod. As Rei and I climb out of the car Alex's phone rings. She makes a disgruntled noise, and starts tapping the screen a few times, "I'll be down here," she nods to the alley, "Then I need to pick up some music. Meet back here in about ten minutes?"

"Sure!" Rei and I say, and go into the nearby clothing store.

"So," Rei says as we walk inside, "You think she's Uranus?"

"I'd be extremely surprised if she wasn't." I admit.

Rei grabs a few clothing items off racks as we walk by and hands a couple to me. We practically run to the changing rooms then back out to the street transformed. Sure enough a blonde woman in a blue and yellow senshi costume is standing on the hood of Alex's car. She has a sword in one hand.

"That's different," Mars says, "When do we get cool weapons?"

"I knew I would drive out some more of you!" A woman's voice radiates from across the street. She has long bright red hair which rivals Mars' in length and is wearing a red corset and short skirt along with red boots which are come all the way up her calves. She has a length of rope around her waist, "Awaken, bike guardian!" she calls, snapping her fingers and the bike folds up on itself coming to life. I manage to pull up my energy to shield us as it shoots a blast of energy in our direction.

The street had halfway started to clear out of people though it also attracted some curious onlookers. Now more of them run, but I see a few ducking behind things with camera phones out. Wonderful. Mars attacks the bike with "Fire Soul Bird" but it has little effect beyond scorching the surface of the metal. Our new companion leaps towards the red woman. She lashes out in return catching Uranus' wrist with the rope which appears to be a whip, and Uranus pulls the woman off her feet and goes after her with the sword.

"I didn't think it would do much but I was hoping." She mutters.

"Maybe I can make the metal brittle and then we can shatter it?"

"Have at though I'm afraid of just melting it…"

I focus myself drawing on the power of the Aqua Storm attack but trying to focus on freezing as I did with the youma that attacked Urawa. I hear Mars calling to Uranus asking to trade temporarily, as she hurls fire bolts towards the red haired woman. My attack hits home, but the creature is quickly cracking through the ice. Next thing some kind of tornado like earthquake barrels down the street and slams the youma. The ice is obliterated and it's plating buckles, bends and cracks as it is shot several feet down the road, but it picks itself shakily up and sends off another blast of energy. I don't get my shielding power up in time and am knocked backwards. The woman we now have confirmation is Uranus in senshi form hoists me to my feet.

"Can you do that again?" she asks.

"(What the hell?)" I hear Mars say from the left of us.

"I hope so." I inhale deeply. It feels as though my power level was shaken a bit from the hit, "Mercury Ice Storm!" True enough the attack hits but appears weaker. It barely slows the youma down though it's still shaky itself. Uranus gears up her attack but as it wends its way down the street something else hits from the other side. The youma shatters and a bright light ball flies up into the air and disappears.

"You again!" a familiar voice says, as a leather glad white haired woman jumps across several cars and down near us.

"Argue later. Fight now!" Uranus says, turning back towards the red-haired enemy. The dark-haired alien woman is also after her, and as the rest of us round on her she disappears.

"I knew you were all working together." The dark haired one says.

"You guys keep getting in the way!" the white haired woman, who they called Healer, previously continues.

"I seem to recall us being here first." Uranus remarks, "Though I grudgingly thank you for the obliteration."

"You're welcome." She says, equally grudging.

"What exactly is your problem?" Mars asks.

"You keep getting in the way." The black haired one echoes.

"I'm sorry. Whose planet is this?" Uranus asks.

The move side by side, the dark has her arms folded and the white her fists clenched.

"We seem to be on the same side." I point out, "maybe we can just—."

"This may be your planet but these invaders are not your problem. They're ours."

"So, you did bring them here!" Mars accuses.

Which is when they run off.