A/N: I'm back, and with another update! Now I know some of you may have been surprised that I updated this and not my other fic, all 2 of you, but I want to see if I can finish this one first or at the very least, move this one further along. But enough of this small talk, on to the story...
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( Alliance... )
Words could not even begin to describe just how Usagi, her friends and the Starlights felt, as the two Senshi teams saw Lead Crow litterally disolve into nothingness just minutes ago. But not before she had showed herself to be remorseful for her actions under Galaxia and asked Kakyuu for forgiveness. As well as giving the senshi a possible hint at defesting their evil opponent. But if one were to see the face of Usagi at that moment, they would have sworn she had lost a loved one.
Despite the events earlier that day, the young blond could not help but to feel pity for Lead Crow in her final moments. She had done so many horrible things that was ready to kill more just to get what she wanted, yet she took full responsibility for her actions, which resulted in her own undoing. No one who was completely evil or sadistic would have acted the way she did, or at least, that was what Usagi though.
"Are you gonna be okay?" Rei asked, as the shrine maiden could sense her friend's sadness. But Usagi was still in in shock over what had happened to Lead Crow, it was true the Sailor Senshi had faced threats in the past and had dispatched many of them without hesitaion or regret. But this was diffirent, this was not just some Yoma, Droid or Phage, but an actual individual who showed regret and even a hint of fear. "Usa?"
"I..." the young woman squeaked out. "I'm fine. It's just..."
"Usagi-chan... there was nothing you could have done for her." Rei replied, trying to reasure her friend. "Ami said she was dying, Crow was too far gone to save."
"At least... she was able to see the errors of her ways." Usagi replied, "But... no one desreves what happened to her."
"Usagi, she's in a better place now." Kakyuu added, as she too could see the distressed expression on her new friend's face. "At least now we have a possible clue on how we may be able to defeat Galaxia."
"But we still don't know just where she is located." Seyia commented, as the Starlight and the rest of the group assmebled around the three women. "As far as we know, she could be anywhere on Earth!"
"Then maybe the Tau'ri... I mean General O'Neill and his people, can find her for us." Ami replied, gaining the attention of everyone. "They were able to locate us at school becaue of the energy readings created during our fight with Lead Crow. They may also be able to locate Galaxia the same way."
"It's worth a shot." Makoto replied, as she agreed with her fellow senshi. "and they did help us when we needed it at the school."
"I still don't think this is such a wise idea." Taiki declared. "How do we know that they still can be trusted? As far as we know this could all be just an elaborate scheme by Galaxia herself!"
"No!" Kakyuu declared firmly. "O'Neill and his men have been nothing but helpful towards me since my arrival on Earth. If it was not for them, I may not have found you and I fear to think what could have happened to you if he and his men had not intervened when they did today."
"Considering what we may be up against, then I think we should join forces with the General." Ami stated. To which the rest of the inner Senshi agreed.
"Princess, if you think that this joint venture with O'Neill is a good idea, then I support it." Seyia replied, ignoring the looks of uncertainty he was getting from his team mates.
"Then I guess it is settled then." Usagi stated, as she got up and looked at her friends. "We will join forces with the Americans to defeat Galaxia."
"Well that's good to hear." O'Neill commented, as the group saw the general standing by the entrace with Jackson.
"General O'Neill, as leader of the Sailor Senshi, I accept your offer of assistance." Usagi stated, as the Senshi of Earth nodded in agreement. To which Kakyuu added, "I as well accept your assistance on behalf of Kinmoku. Galaxia needs to be defeated before any more lives are lost."
"Well, that's good to hear, but I think there is something you need to see before we go any further with this alliance." the Air Force General replied, causing puzzled expressions to form on the faces of the group.
"What happened?" Makoto asked curiously.
"Two of my men were attacked outside of the shrine." O'Neill stated, causing sharp gasp from some in the group.
"Attacked?" Kakyuu replied. "By whom?
"I think it's best if you see for yourselves. Would you please follow me." and with that, both Jackson and O'Neill exited the brig with the now perplexed senshi in tow.
Wthin a few minutes the group arrived in one of Prometheus' hanger bays, where Kakyuu saw both Morrison and McKenzie being tended to by the warship's medical team. "Are they alright?" Kakyuu asked, as she began to worry about the two men who had befriended her when she first arrived in Japan.
"The doctors tell me they both have mild concussions, but they'll be alright." O'Neill replied, "But they are not the ones I wanted you to see."
Still puzzled by what was going on, the Senshi and Starlights soon came upon a group of armed soldiers who were standing as if they were guarding someone. But it was when the general motioned for the men to step aside, did the identity of attackers soon came to light.
"Uranus? Neptune?" Makoto exclaimed, as the two older senshi were basically hog tied next to a damage SUV. "Why am I not surprised?"
"What?" Uranus perked up, as she saw the entire contingent of the Inner senshi and the Starlights staring at her with a mixure of disbelief and amusment. "What are you doing here?"
"We should be asking you the same queation." Minako replied, her face showing that she was more amused than anything.
"Let me guess, you guys attacked O'Neill's men before you thought of asking them any questions, and as a result got your butts handed to you?" Rei asked accusingly, knowing very well that was the sort of thing both Uranus and Neptune would do. Uranus' silence was all the fire senshi needed to know that she was right.
"How were they able to capture you anyway?" Seyia asked the duo, as Uranus began to recall the events from earlier that night.
{ { FLASHBACK } }
"Hey dude, why you wearing a miniskirt?" Morrison asked out loud, as he pointed directly at Sailor Uranus. Something which caused both women to fall on their side rather dramatically.
"Hey! I'm a girl!" Uranus shouted back angrily.
"But you look and sound like a dude." Morrison replied, which only added to the awkwardness of the situation. But the exchange was short lived as Uranus lifted up the sword and said. "Enough of this! Time to end this!"
"Wait what?" Morrison replied, just as the senshi of the wind lept up and dove towards her intended target.
"Oh boy..." Morrison said to himself, as he saw the angry man in the miniskirt dive towards him with a rather ornate sword. But just before the senshi made contact with her target, a burst of blue energy struck the blond in her abdomen and sent her crashing to the ground unconscious.
Moments later another burst of blue energy struck Neptune before she could react and sent her to the ground as well.
Upon investigation, Morrison saw McKenzie in the passinger window holding a "Zat" gun and a serious expression on his face. He then turned to face his friend and asked, "Why is that guy wearing high heels and a miniskirt?"
"Uhhhhh... I don't think she's an he." Morrison replied, his face turing bright red. As Uranus' skirt had flipped up and were exposing parts of her body that the airman was certain he was not ment to see. "Think you can walk?"
"Yea, why?"
"Get the plastic hand cuffs and help me restrain them before they wake up." the Airman replied, "The general is gonna love this."
{ { END OF FLASHBACK } }
"You were taken out by just two men even after you attacked them?" Seyia asked with a slight grin, as the Starlight could not help but to enjoy the two senshi's misfortune. The blond's awkward silence was all the Starlight got in return, confirmed what he/she though.
"What are you doing here anyway?" Neptune asked Usagi, "And can someone please loose us!"
"Do you really know them?" O'Neill asked the Senshi. "Cause if not we could leave them on some island far away from you."
"We know them." Usagi replied, "General, this is Sailors Uranus and Neptune. Uranus, Neptune, This is General Jack O'Neill of the United States Air Force, and he has offered to help against Galaxia."
"What?" the two older senshi replied in unison. "They have?"
"Yes." Usagi replied, "and considering from what we have heard, we are going to need all the help we can get."
The two older Senshi just remained silent, as they allowed Usagi words to sink in. Just hours ago both Uranus and Neptune thought they were going after individuals who they believed were linked to Galaxia in some way, now it turns out they and the rest of the senshi were now joining forces to defeat Galaxia.
"Well... can you atleast untie us?" Uranus asked sheepishly, now becoming fully aware of her and her lover's situation. Sure that these two women were no longer a threat, the General motioned for one of the guards to cut the two women loose with a knife.
"So..." Uranus asked, as she and Neptune got up and rubbed their wrists where the restraints had been. "Where are we exactly?"
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"Sailor Lead Crow's shine has disappeared!" A female voice said angrily, all be it with a hint of concern present in her words as she spoke. "The light of those who are rising against me is growing stronger! But why? Why are they gathering on this rual planet? I must hurry!"
"Sailor Galaxia-sama!" a new voice chirpped up, breaking the dark senshi away from her thoughts.
"Sailor Tin Nyanko, what is it?" Galaxia aked her underling, sounding annoyed by the interuption.
"Well... as a matter a fact... I came to let you know that I have found a real star seed..." the cat like senshi replied."
"What?" Galaxia said with a dark tone, causing Nyanko to jump a bit.
"Well... you see... I tried to steal the real star seed with Lead Crow." the Senshi lied, "But... the enemy was fighting back... and it was a big battle! We almost won but these weird lights and strange men with weapons showed up!"
"Is that right?" Galaxia replied, sounding not convinced that her senshi was telling the truth.
"Yes." Nyanko confirmed, "These men and their waepons killed Crow and almost captured me! But I was able to escape, but without the star seed. But I promise that I, Sailor Tin Nyanko will dedicate my life to getting a real star seed!"
"GO!" the evil senshi roared, allowing the grovelling cat senshi to run off to her mission. Leaving the demon to ponder her next move.
"Was that the real face of Galaxia?" Tin Nyanko asked herself, as she was now standing outside of her base. An overwhelming sense of fear falling over the senshi as she began to work out her next move. "It's not good to have seen it, I have to please her be stealing a star seed, but how? Even if I am able to find that same star seed, the other senshi could be there! Or even those strange men who attacked Crow."
For long minutes the Nyanko thought about just what she could do to find a star seed and please Galaxia. But just how?
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"See, told you they would be speahless." Minako chirpped, as she and the rest of the senshi noticed the blank stares which had now formed on Uranus and Neptune's faces once they heard about the StarGate program and the exploits of the SGC team.
No sooner had the couple discovered that they were now on board the very same vessel they saw in Antarctica, they soon demanded to know everything about the StarGate and just far the USAF had gone with the program. To find out that someone else had done a much better job at protecting the Earth and by extension, their princess, was a very humbling experience for the two lovers and to make it worse, they had been captured by these very same men who they originally thought were the enemy.
"So... you have been doing this for almost a decade?" Neptune was the first to speak up, still in a state of semi shock.
"Yep." O'Neill replied casually, as if he was amused by the couple's reaction. "And we have done it five, maybe six times already."
"Seven actually." Jackson added on.
"But who's counting?"
"Teal'c is."
"Anyway, we're gonna have to work together if we are gong to defeat this Galaxia person." O'Neill explained.
"And so far both myself and your princess both believe that this is the best course of action to follow." Kakyuu spoke up, as she and Usagi could see the uncertain expressions forming on the two outer senshi's faces. Obviously the two women were still not sold on the idea of working with the General's people.
"Don't you two remember what we saw in Antarctica?" Usagi asked the duo, "Don't you remember what we saw these men and this vessel did to fight off that... Anubus guy? They were risking everything to protect the planet and now they are asking us to help them."
"And considering what Princess Kakyuu has told us about this Sailor Galaxia, working together may be our only option right now." O'Neill added, as he stood with both Kakyuu and Usagi.
Uranus and Neptune allowed what their princess and her new friends had said to sink in, and hoestly they were still hesitant to accept the General's offer. It was true that in Antarctica the two senshi saw these people fight against Anubis and ultimately defeat him. But that was against ships which were built by mortal hands, Galaxia was a evil which was far more dangerous that any hostile alien fleet.
But then again this SGC had defended the world on many occasions, even before Haruka and Michiru had dedicated their lives to being Uranus and Neptune. Not to mention that during the battle against Lead Crow, the two senshi were more than surprised when they saw O'Neill and his men running into the school and engaging the Animamate. Even more surprising was the fact that these men litterally seemed to appear out of no where and vanish once the fight was over. But just how were they able to find Usagi and her friends so quickly?
"I guess... we can work together." Uranus finally replied, all be it with a hint of hesitation in her voice as she spoke. Obviously the Senshi of the Sky was still not comfortable with the idea of teaming up with this group, especially since they seem to have a working relationship with the Starlight's princess. The Outer Senshi may not have liked this arragement and she was very certain that her lover shared the same feeling, but for now the two of them would just have to withhold their reservations and work along side their new allies.
"I guess we can work together until the threat of Galaxia is over." Neptune replied, sounding more accepting about the partnership. But inwardly she too had her reservations about the whole thing. "But I think Pluto should be here as well to hear what you have to say."
"I heard everything and I do believe that this is a wise course of action." A new voice filled the room and upon investigation, the group was startled to see Sailor Pluto standing on the other side of the room, but she was not alone.
For with her was the smallest member of the Sailor Senshi team, Sailor Saturn. Both O'Neill and Jackson were more than a bit surprised to see the two new Senshi suddenly appear on board the Prometheus. "Galaxia is an evil I have never witnessed before and I do believe that working together is the only option we may have if we are to defeat her." the senshi of time stated, as Saturn stood next to her with a rather serious yet determined looked on hher face.
"Uhhh... yea..." O'Neill replied, still trying to work out just how these two women made it on board the battlecruiser. As well as wondering why such an young child was being allowed to carry such a large weapon and wear a mini skirt. "Soooo... I am guessing that is everyone in your team who agrees?"
"Yes General!" Usagi replied.
"And I can assure you that you have the full support of myself and my Senshi as well." Kakyuu added.
"Then I guess it's official." O'Neill declared, as he began to address the group. "You now have the full support of StarGate Command and by extension, the United States Air Force."
"And your Air Force and StarGate have the support of two Sailor Senshi Teams." Makoto replied with a grin. "But we still need a way to detect Galaxia."
"I think we can help with that." Jackson spoke up. "The Prometheus has advanced systems on board which could be used detect any anomalous energy readings, if they appear."
"Are you certain that will work?" Taiki questioned, still uncertain about the whole idea.
"We used this technology to locate you at the school, so I think it could work again to locate Galaxia." Jackson replied, silencing the doubtful Starlight.
"It could work." Ami commented, as she took out her Mercury Computer. "Maybe if I can link my computer to your systems, maybe we can exchange information and possibly use it to detect Galaxia sooner, rather than later."
"Sounds crazy enough to work." O'Neill replied, "and I think I know someone who may be able help you.
Over the next couple hours the Sailor Senshi and the General began to discuss possible plans for attack when they eventually encountered Galaxia, as well as share what information they had already gathered. The Senshi were taken aback when they arrived on the Prometheus' bridge and saw the hulking mass that was the U.S.A.F. Daedalus floating a few kilometers in front and "above" the Prometheus. Making them all wonder just how many space ships did Earth really have.
Carter, who was on board the Daedalus as its tempoary commander, transferred to the Prometheus to assist Ami with interfacing her computer with the battlecruiser's systems. The plan was that with the two advanced vessels in orbit they would scan the Earth's surface, relay the information to Mercury's mini computer and by extension, allow the Senshi to react in case of another attack by Galaxia.
While this was going on, Sailor Pluto and Sailor Saturn decided to visit the two Airmen who Uranus and Neptune had attacked. After learning about their concussions. Fearing that the men's encounter with the other two Outer Senshi could cause some friction between O'Neill's men and themselves, Saturn used her healing ability on both Morrison and McKenzie. Not surprisingly, the two of them were amazed by the younger Senshi's abilities and thanked the pair for their help. Although both men were more focused on Sailor Pluto and as soon as the two senshi departed the infermary...
"Those legs tho..."
"I know right?"
Enventually the time came for the Senshi and the Starlights to return to Tokyo and were all promptly beamed back to Rei's home. But the Senshi's meeting with the SGC had proved to be positive, as the Senshi now knew that they had a new, powerful ally who had basically pledge their assistance to them. Kakyuu for her part, was pleased that her mission to find the legendary Tau'ri was a success and now had an alliance with them. But now was still not the time to breath easy.
Galaxia was still out there with her minions, and there was really no telling just what she had planned.
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A/N: Confession... I originally planned to have a space battle with Galaxia or Tin Nyanko attack the Prometheus, nly to be driven off by the Daedalus, but somehow I could not see it making any sense if I did it now in the story.
Anyway I hope you enjoyed it and please leave a review and tell me what you think. Nightstalker, signing out!