Previously…

Further up the hall, Rei brought the gun up and rested it on her shoulder, ready to round the corner. As soon as they let out a scream or any kind of cry for help, she'd forever shut them up.

Ami let out a rather loud shriek that no one really expected her capable of, causing Rei to round the corner and open fire. The blue-haired girl quickly ducked and crawled away from the gunfire as Haruka and Michiru attempted to escape the onslaught of bullets.

Setsuna shook her head and got up from her chair. She opened a vortex and pulled Ami out of the line of fire and into the Time Gate. "Sup." Setsuna pulled her to her feet.

~*~

Chapter Eleven

Ami was still dazed. "Why, thank you Setsuna!"

"Well, I do need company," Setsuna replied, offering Ami a cup of tea from absolutely nowhere. "Now, sit down and enjoy the show."

"… They're going to kill each other," Ami remarked solemnly, taking a seat in one of the chairs.

"It's better than the TV channels I get here." Setsuna remarked and she pressed a button on her awesome remote. Immediately a split screen appeared with a countdown marker and both Haruka and Michiru warding off the maniacal Rei.

Ami shook her head. "This is just like 24!"

Meanwhile, back at the showdown, Haruka moved in to try and wrestle the gun from Rei's grasp. Rei, with a well-placed shot, managed to hit her opponent in the shoulder. Michiru let out a rather high-pitched shriek at the sight as Haruka dodged for cover to avoid further injury.

"... So, feel up to placing a bet?" Setsuna offered as she took a sip of some tea.

Ami nodded. "How much?"

"I bet you $20 that Haruka will win the fight against Rei at the expense of losing her lover." Setsuna challenged, eyeing the blue-haired girl carefully.

"You're on. Rei still has the gun, and she's pretty strong. I think Rei will kill them both instead." Ami smiled a bit, happy that she was saved from the carnage below.

It was thus rather surprising when Michiru got a sneak attack in on Rei, causing the gun-toting girl to lose her bearings for a moment. Ami was a little afraid she'd be out some of her hard-earned money at this rate. How unfortunate for Rei that Michiru's sneak attack left her open to Haruka's vengeful, unending barrage. Though the war god princess kept up a critical fight, it occurred to Rei that she should just shoot them. After all, she had the gun. It was she who held all the cards, not these two Outer Senshi.

Rei stepped back a bit and let the safety off, pulling the trigger as hard and as fast as she could. Nothing. Shit, she remembered, the bullets! I didn't reload the gun!

Michiru's sneak attack was much more than that. While the facade of the move might have been to keep Rei off-balance, Rei's quick (and failed) dodge knocked the extra rounds out of her grasp; Michiru, obviously not an idiot, dove for the bullets and kicked them behind her and Haruka.

Realizing that she and Sailor Neptune were safe, Uranus's guardian kicked the gun out of the war princess's hands and proceeded to beat the living hell out of her.

"... I almost can't watch," Ami remarked softly from behind her teacup. Setsuna snorted.

"And yet you haven't turned away," the other woman remarked dryly.

"This burns like the fiery depths of Hell... I love it!" Rei screamed as she quickly beaten to a bloody pulp.

"Wait, so who wins our bet?" Ami asked.

"We were both wrong, so I guess no one," Setsuna shrugged. "Wonder what those two are going to do now that they're the only ones left?"

Of course, Rei didn't quite go down without leaving some mark. She had threatened one of the more pathetic yakuza members to set the building to self-destruct a half-hour after she had entered and the clock barely had but a few moments left before the big finale.

The clock was slowly ticking down to zero. With two minutes to go, Haruka and Michiru finished Rei off with a flurry of attacks and, just as she was about to pass out from blood loss, Haruka snapped her neck so that it was completely backwards.

One minute to go.

Haruka and Michiru looked at each other, almost in disbelief that they survived the ordeal. "Well dear," Michiru said quietly, "what are we to do now, besides ruling the world?"

"Why stop there?" Haruka answered. "Have you forgotten that Sailor Galaxia is not here? Neither are any of the other universal senshi. We're free to take over the entire universe, if we so choose!"

"I like it. Maybe we should get to work on that?"

Thirty seconds to go.

Haruka paused for a moment. "Good idea, but a break's in order." With only twenty seconds to go, they made their way to the large room, surveying the late Rei and Makoto's handiwork. Little did they know that the bomb was right under the once gun-toting goon. Haruka took Michiru's hands in hers and leaned in close.

5... 4...

A quick peck on the cheek became a passionate kiss. The two lovers were content in each other's embrace.

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