Cyber Moon: Genesis.
Episode 11: Fall of Camelot.
By Razor Knight
Last update: December 15, 2005
"Still no signs of the youma," Uranus said tiredly.
Neptune nodded. They'd been scanning the area around the city for hours, but hadn't found a thing. "How many of them do you think will come to attack?"
"Too many," Uranus muttered humorlessly. Neptune smiled at that.
"Think we'll live through this one?" Nemesis asked walking up to them.
"Not sure."
"I am." The others looked back to see Saturn standing there, looking as emotionless as always. "I can sense the creatures out there, the youma as they call themselves. There's hundreds of thousands of them. There is no way we can win against such odds."
Princess Karen nodded as she also approached the group. "I'm pretty sure we won't live through this. But I won't abandon my country... Or my father. I just hope Endymion comes back soon."
"His trip will be in vain," Saturn said. "Serenity's not going to send any help."
"How can you know that for sure?" Neptune asked.
"I know Pluto must've seen something go VERY wrong if they sent help here. Otherwise, Serenity wouldn't act so heartlessly."
"It's not a nice feeling to know you're fighting a losing battle," Neptune said with a heavy sigh.
"Don't worry, I'll protect you," Uranus said passing an arm over Neptune's shoulders. Neptune's cheeks took on a pink hue as she looked up at her and smiled.
The others laughed at that. Uranus and Neptune, outside the Senshi's circle, were rumored to be romantically involved. A thing that wasn't frowned upon, but also wasn't too common. Inside the Senshi's circle, their romance was well known.
"Beryl's army is coming!" came the shout of a guard from one of the watch towers. Looking westwards, the Senshi could see it was true.
"There must be at least a million youma!" Nemesis observed.
The Camelot army remained inside the castle, as did the Senshi. Archers, catapults and ballistas soon started hitting Beryl's minions with all they had. However, the youma army was soon clawing at the walls... Literally clawing, as some had claws long and strong enough to tear through stone and metal.
"This is bad," Earth said. "Our ranged weapons can't hit them down there."
"Then it's our turn," Uranus said. "Hurricane..." As she balled her fist, a breeze picked up. The wind all gathered around her fist, forming a small air vortex. "Punch!" She swung her fist forwards, the vortex shooting forwards, and increasing in size as it rushed at the crowd of youma. When it hit the ground, it's size was easily that of a normal house, and it literally shredded two dozen creatures in a matter of seconds. "What are you waiting for?" she muttered looking at the others.
"Nemesis Endless Night!" The Senshi of Darkness shouted, and a massive black dome formed near the wall. Inside it, the cries of pain and curses of dozens of youma could be heard. When the dome vanished, the creatures trapped inside were already gone.
"We may not win, but we'll surely cut their numbers down," Neptune commented.
Beryl and her Generals were watching the battle, and realized the youma would not enter the city without taking heavy casualties. "My warriors, I think it's time you show me what you are really capable of," Beryl said turning to her minions.
The Generals all bowed to her then vanished. "They are strong... But shouldn't we use our other warriors instead?"
Beryl didn't need to turn to the voice to know who that was. She could almost feel Metallia's shapeless form behind her, staring at her with green, glowing eyes. "No. I'm saving them for a real emergency. If Serenity's Senshi are as strong as legends say, we may need them. But to beat the few Senshi that are here, and take over Camelot... There's no need to ruin the surprise yet."
"I hope you don't fail, Beryl. The Senshi are not a force to ignore. "
"I'm well aware of that. The Generals are far stronger than the Senshi."
"Agreed. A pity I can't go have fun myself, but I must save energy for the time I face Serenity. And so must you."
Beryl nodded. It would be foolish, indeed, to waste power in a weak, insignificant pack of humans and Senshi, when they would have to fight the Senshi Queen herself in a matter of hours.
Endymion bowed to the Queen and sighed. The party had already begun, but he was too busy worrying about his kingdom to enjoy it. "Your highness, I'm here to..."
Serenity nodded. "I know what you're going to ask. And I'm sorry to say I can't send anyone down to help now."
Endymion frowned. "I don't understand. You'll let thousands of humans die without sending any help?"
"Several Senshi ignored my words and have gone to the Earth to battle Beryl. I fear they'll perish along with anyone who opposes the evil Queen," Serenity explained.
Eris walked in and looked at the two other persons in the throne room. "Mother, our guests are wondering where you are," she said looking at her mother. She then turned to Endymion. "Good to see you again, Endymion." 'One last time...'
Endymion smiled at Eris, then turned back to the Queen. "If you're so sure Camelot will fall, what makes you think Silver Millenium won't?"
"Pluto saw we won't survive this. Either ways, thousands will die, maybe millions."
"Then why don't you fight them down there? Because Pluto told you to let Beryl run over Camelot?"
"No. Because if things go as I've planned, then Beryl won't win."
"She already won if you're resigning to fate."
"I'm not, I'm going to fight her with all I've got. We can't win, but I'll make sure she doesn't win, either."
Endymion sighed. So his trip to the Moon had been for nothing. He should be down there, fighting for Camelot. "I... Understand," he finally said, his voice sad and low.
Eris took his hand and smiled as he looked at her. "Endymion, would you dance with me tonight?"
'One last time...' Endymion thought as he nodded at her.
The city of Camelot wasn't unprepared for an attack such as this. While the soldiers and mages stood to fight off the invaders, the rest of the population had been evacuated through an underground tunnel which lead them far from the battlegrounds. The evacuation had ended just in time, too, as minutes later the youma had broken through one of the walls and into the city.
What had once been a commercial area of the city was now mostly destroyed, as the army of Camelot and the Senshi tried to resist the invading waves of creatures. Suddenly, a wave of ghastly figures appeared, swirling and circling the area and draining many youma off their energy.
Saturn stared coldly at the crowd of invaders as her 'pets' returned to her. The wraiths entered her body, but she didn't seem to notice, even though her suit glew white for a brief instant. "This is going better than I thought," she said mostly to herself. "These youma may be numerous, but they're also weak."
"Agreed, oh Lady of Death," a voice said mockingly from behind.
Saturn turned around and stared coldly at the blone man standing there. "So Beryl's lapdogs have finally appeared," she stated in a monotone.
"Tsk, tsk... Girl, you shouldn't be so grim all the time."
"I would ruin my image if I wasn't, after all I'm the Grim Reaper. "
Jadeite laughed at that, then shot an energy blast. Saturn deflected it with her glaive as she stared around suspiciously. "Oh, don't worry, Saturn. I may be an evil minion, but there's still some things I retain, like honor. Youma won't come close to us while we fight."
"That's nice to know, but why are you here anyways?"
"You and your allies are taking a big bite on our troops. Beryl doesn't want to lose too many youma in this invasion, since we'll need them for the attack to Silver Millenium."
"Not that you'll live to see that happen," Saturn said as she swung her glaive to a battle-ready pose.
"Oh, but we're having so much fun talking..." Jadeite said with mock disappointment.
"Death Beam!" Saturn's glaive lit up for a second as a purplish blast of energy shot at Jadeite. The blonde General leapt aside and frowned.
"If you insist..." he muttered as he produced a sword. Saturn idly noticed it's blade was actually a yellowish crystal, then dove aside as the General charged at her.
"Dark Star Reflection!"
Earth watched as Nemesis's hands lit up, just before a black energy wave shot out from them, vaporizing any evil creature on it's path. She then turned to her own targets. "Elemental Rage!" An energy sphere formed around her left hand, sucking in dirt, rocks and leaves from the area around her. After a few seconds, she swung her fist forwards, causing the gathered energy and objects to shoot forwards as a beam. It did as much damage as Nemesis' attack, and she smirked as she scanned the area for more enemies.
That's when she saw the two figures floating up in the air. "Well, Nadia, I think we have Beryl's puppets to play with now."
Nemesis frowned as she looked up. The man to the left had brown hair tied up in a short ponytail and looked girly, but the one to the right...
"Neir?"
The man looked at her. "Indeed, that used to be my name. But now I'm Nephrite, one of Beryl's Generals."
Earth frowned and looked at Nemesis. This was not good, she knew Nadia and Neir were in love... But Neir, or Nephrite as he called himself now, didn't look like he had any emotions left. "Don't let your guard down, that's not Neir, just his body," she said.
Nemesis looked at her and sighed. "I... I know."
The other General floated down to the ground and smiled coldly at them. "Nephrite, you take care of the Nemesian. I'll take care of the Princess."
"You mean, I'll take care of you," Earth snapped.
"Funny, she's delirious," the man said. "Please call me Zoicite."
Earth just shrugged and produced a grey-hilted sword.
"Hurricane Punch!"
"Deep Ocean Pressure!"
The air vortex flew along with a thick beam of water, fusing with it and creating a twister of wind and water that shredded several dozen youma to pieces. Uranus and Neptune stood now in the middle of a large group of youma, back to back and ready to strike again.
However, the youma suddenly backed away. The Senshi both looked up to the sky and saw a couple human-looking figures staring down at them. "Who're those?" Uranus asked.
"Generals," Neptune said.
The white-haired man chuckled. "The strongest of them, too. I'm Kunzite, the strongest of Beryl's Generals."
"And my name," the woman floating besides him, who had long golden hair, golden eyes and even golden skin, said, "is Aurite."
Uranus frowned, while Neptune produced her own sword, an aquamarine-hilted one. "So, Beryl finally realized her weakly monsters aren't enough to defeat us."
"You could say that," Aurite said. "Then again, I think she actually wants to test us before we go for the real Senshi."
Uranus frowned as a blue-hilted sword appeared in her hand. "Gale Blade!"
Kunzite dove aside and laughed. "Guess you ticked them off, Aurite. "
"Too bad, that means I'll have to kill them."
Saturn leaned on her glaive for support and frowned. Jadeite was simply too fast, too strong for her. She'd tried almost everything, from meelee to her attacks, but nothing seemed to weaken him. She'd hit him more than enough times, but Jadeite was playing with her.
Yes, that was it. He was tiring her down, and she'd quite fallen for it. She still had enough energy for her strongest attack, not counting the one her ancestor, Aejin, had used in the past. That attack was forbidden, and would do little good right now. But there was still another technique she'd never used before. And if she timed it right, it'd be more than enough to defeat Jadeite.
The blonde General was tired of waiting, so he started walking to her, sword ready. However, he stopped as he saw Saturn's eyes turn pitch black for a brief second. "What the..."
"Mess with Death and you'll meet your doom, fool. It's time to show you what the Senshi of Death can do." As she spoke, her glaive's blade grew gradually brighter, and by the time she'd stopped, glaring at Jadeite, the glaive's tip was bright enough to be blinding. "Saturn..." The usual group of wraiths appeared, but they weren't swirling around her glaive, and they were man-sized. Also, each of them carried a glaive like Saturn's, all shinning with light as hers was.
"... Grim..." The wraiths started screeching, and the few youma that were near the area stopped fighting and backed off in confusion. Jadeite also backed away unconsciously as the wraiths all fixed their eyeless sockets on him.
"Reaper!" Saturn shouted as she swung her glaive forwards, tip hitting the ground hard enough to crack it, and it released a massive purple beam of energy. It hit Jadeite, knocking him back a few meters. But that wasn't the real attack.
He realized what the wraiths were for a little too late, as they all passed by his side, slashing at him with their glaives. He blocked some of the attacks but most hit him. Before he could think of a way to counter, the wraiths all gathered and passed through his body, causing him to scream and fall to the ground face-first.
Saturn's face was paler than ever, but she smiled as she looked at Jadeite. "Heh... So much for the mighty Generals." Suddenly, Jadeite vanished. Saturn couldn't figure out what had happened, before she felt a blade strike her back. Her mouth filled with blood as she looked down at the blade's tip coming out of her chest. "This... Can't..."
Jadeite pulled the sword out of her body and laughed. "Stupid Senshi. " He then stopped and coughed, spitting some blood. "That attack was too strong, though. If there had been any other Senshi helping her, I'd be dead by now."
The General looked around. Without a Senshi to babysit them, the soldiers of Camelot in the area were now being overrun by the youma. Once all the Senshi were dealt with, the army wouldn't have any hopes of winning this battle.
"Nemesis Endless Night!"
Nephrite formed an energy shield to block Nemesis' attack and laughed. "Don't fight, Nadia. You're making this harder for us both. "
"I won't give up."
"Too bad, I thought I could deal with you in a fast and painless way, " Nephrite said. "So be it, dear Nadia."
"Earth Dust Storm!"
Zoicite crashed through a wall, along with a wave of dirt, rocks and assorted items. He stood up and growled, charging back at Earth. Earth dodged aside and delivered a knife hand to his neck, sending him slamming into another wall. "Why you, bitch..."
"Earth Dust Storm!"
Zoicite was pinned to the wall by the attack and fell down to his knees. "Damn it..."
"Tired?"
Zoicite looked up at her and smirked. "Not at all!" He aimed his palm at her so fast she didn't see the pinkish energy blast until it'd hit her, sending her flying back several meters.
The General smirked as he walked up to Earth, who was clutching her chest in pain and kneeling on the ground. "You Senshi are no rival for us. Tho it's a pity you chose the wrong side, we could use minions as strong as you."
"Earth... Dust..."
"Die!"
Earth screamed as Zoicite shot another blast at her, but this time his hands lit up. She could feel the energy inside her, burning her from within. The torment only lasted a few seconds, and soon Earth's lifeless body fell to the ground in a heap.
"So easy it's not even fun," Zoicite muttered. "Now to wait for that weakling to get rid of his girlfriend."
Nemesis leaned on a wall and coughed. Neir... Nephrite was too strong, she just couldn't win this fight. Looking up at the Moon, she sighed. "We failed. Maybe Serenity was right, we should've waited for them at the Moon." Looking northwards, she could see the Camelot castle, wrecked and burning.
She knew Nephrite was looking at her, standing nearby. Why hadn't he attacked her yet? She had no energy left to fight, and he should know that...
"Nadia." Nemesis turned to look at Nephrite. He was... Smiling? A sad smile... "I'm sorry." That's the last thing she heard before an energy beam hit her and she blacked out.
The two last Senshi on Earth weren't faring any better than their dead friends. In fact, they were both trying to recover as Kunzite and Aurite smiled thriumphantly at them.
"Should we?" Aurite asked.
"No... It's not fun at all, they're not even trying."
Neptune glared at them. "Underestimating us isn't wise..."
"Why? You're not strong enough to defeat us," Aurite snapped.
"Alone, we aren't," Uranus said and closed her eyes. "Final..."
Neptune nodded as she also closed her eyes. "But together... Elemental..."
"What the..." Jadeite muttered as he saw the two Senshi's bodies blurred by spheres of their respective elements.
"Storm!" Both Senshi shouted at once. The water and wind gathered were released, forming a massive cone that knocked the two Generals away, destroying several youma that'd been standing on the attack's way.
"Did we kill them?" Neptune asked as she kneeled on the ground, exhausted.
A nearby building was blasted to dust by an energy wave, and the two Generals walked out of it. "No, you didn't," Kunzite said coldly.
Uranus frowned and rose her sword. "If we have to die..."
"We'll die fighting," Neptune finished as they both run towards the Generals.
"It's done," Dexite said as he bowed in front of Beryl.
"That went quite faster than I'd planned," Beryl said amused as she looked at the now ruined Camelot. "Maybe we overestimated the Senshi. "
"We didn't," the shadow behind her hissed. "The strongest Senshi remain on the Moon, and we may need to fight them ourselves."
"So be it," Beryl said as she looked at the city. She could smell the death emanating from the buildings, and she loved that scent. "Nothing can stop us now. Nothing."
A/N: Sorry this episode took so long. I just wasn't in the mood to write death scenes lately. May wrap the whole Silver Millenium battle in one large (larger than this one) episode, or stretch it out for two or three episodes.
Disclaimer: Sailor Moon is a creation of Naoko Takeuchi, and I thank her for creating such wonderful universe.
