"Serena?"

The voice was faint and musical, beautiful, and yet it made her want to cry. It echoed around her blissfully cool black oblivion, as if the speaker was calling her name a thousand times.

The pain had left her, and she felt perfectly at ease, and the troubles of her fellow Scouts, the frightening threat that was Genesis, seemed to be a million miles away, in some distant corner of the universe. It was heaven, just to float in blackness, not to think, not to fight, to let the coolness of empty space wash over her...

Am I dead? The thought rang clearly through Sailor Moon's mind, and with it came the answer; if she could think, and hear, and feel, then she must, in some way, not be dead.

"No, you're not dead," the melodious voice told her, and a pang of familiarity went through her. "You've done so well, Serena, but not enough."

Not enough? She thought indignantly, and anger trickled through her, accompanied by a stream of memories. I've just been impaled and tortured; I had to watch the Earth fall to the brink of destruction, and I felt the pain of each of my friends' deaths as if they were my own, and you're telling me I haven't done enough?

"Yes, I am," answered the floating, musical voice, and Sailor Moon's anger at the unknown person turned the blood pounding through her veins into molten lava; how dare this person talk to her like that? It was so powerful that her eyes struggled to open, but for whatever reason, they would not.

Who are you? Serena demanded, struggling to tame the raging fury coursing through her so that she could think coherently.

"Ah, but you already know," murmured the voice, and her sense of confusion and recognition deepened. "Look into your heart, Serena, and tell me what you see."

Serena did, and as she did so, calm washed through her, a tidal wave abating her flame of anger at once. Her mind became crystal clear as she searched herself for the answer the mysterious person had commanded her to search for, scouring herself for the identity of the speaker.

Silver, Serena thought, slightly confused when her mind was filled with the stunning radiance of moonlight. Wait, moonlight – it couldn't be...she's not –

"Serenity?" she whispered in amazement, convinced she was right, yet she did not dare to hope that her mother might be somewhere with her, in the oblivion –

"Yes, Serena," whispered the melodious voice of her mother, and Sailor Moon was so shocked at this revelation that her eyes flew open.

Her shock at finding herself standing in the restored Moon Kingdom, the glistening marble palace sitting in front of her, and that of finding the gaping hole in her stomach was non-existent, was nothing compared to the wondrous amazement that seized her as she gazed at the woman on the marble stairs before her.

Queen Serenity seemed to emit a faint, silvery glow, and her white-toothed smile did nothing to dim it; her pure white dress looked gracefully even in stillness, and her light lavender hair, so alike Sailor Moon's own hairstyle, floated around her kind face even though there was no wind.

"Serena," Serenity cried, her dark blue eyes sparkling with tears of joy as she spread her arms wide. "My daughter!"

Serena stood frozen for a split second, and then she broke into a sprint, running faster than she had when she had raced Genesis to the Planet Crystals, terrified that her mother might vanish if she did not reach her fast enough. She hit Serenity like a sack of rocks, but the Queen did not fall back; she embraced Serena with gentle firmness, her cool arms more steadying than the most potent stimulant. Serena's arms formed an iron cage around her mother's waist, and tears flowed freely from her eyes, wetting Serenity's silken bodice, but the Queen did not pull away.

Sailor Moon would have been happy to stand there forever, embracing her mother, allowing an eternity of separation to melt away, to express all her sorrow that Serenity had had to die to save her and the other Soldiers, and her longing to see her again, her joy at their reunion outside her first true home came pouring out of her in their hug –

But it's not my only home, Sailor Moon remembered, and an explosion of fear took place inside her chest as the distance between her and the other Sailor Soldiers, between the Moon Kingdom and the dying Earth, and ultimately, between salvation and Genesis, seemed to shorten immensely.

"Am I...am I d-dead?" Serena whispered, raising her tear-streaked face to stare at her mother, wincing slightly at the last word, as though it were sharp in her throat. Serenity closed her eyes and turned her face to the side, lips trembling slightly before whispering, "Yes."

Sailor Moon let out a little gasp of horror and sank to her knees, shuddering with silent sobs. It was like being stabbed all over again, as if she were facing the horrible realization that she was never going to see any of her friends again, that she could do nothing for Earth, and the smaller realizations that she would no longer need to breathe, that her heart would no longer beat...

"But you will only be for a moment," Serenity added, her voice the quietest of murmurs. Sailor Moon froze, while her eyes widened to the size of saucers; if her heart was still beating, it would have stopped. She threw her gaze wildly up at her mother, face shining at this revelation.

"Then I need to go back!" she announced, pulling reluctantly away from her mother and turning her tear-streaked face up to Serenity's. "Is it possible?"

Serenity closed her eyes, and her grip on Serena tightened briefly before she whispered, "Yes." Then she removed her hands from her shoulders and placed them, instead, upon her brooch containing the Silver Crystal.

"But Serena, it is crucial you understand this," Serenity's voice suddenly became firmer, her eyes losing their dreamy quality as they bored pleadingly into her own. "What I'm about to give you will allow you and the other Scouts to defeat Genesis once and for all. Its power is great enough to destroy the entire galaxy, and I urge you not to provide Genesis with an opportunity to possess you. Do you understand me?"

"Of course," whispered Serena, having no desire to allow the Dark Queen to do such a thing. "But -"

"There is no time for questions," murmured Serenity, and a single, pristine tear rolled down her cheek. "Trista and Hotaru will show you all what to do when it comes to destroying Genesis. If it fails...then we shall be reunited shortly. Give my thanks to the other Sailor Soldiers."

Before Serena could speak, could say goodbye, Queen Serenity gave her a sad little smile and transformed into a humanoid mass of swirling silver energy. Sailor Moon gave a cry of alarm and staggered backwards, but the energy was already surging into her brooch, which grew incredibly hot, and when the last of her mother had disappeared, a noise like a laser cannon being fired rent the air apart, and pillars of brightest white light exploded out of her brooch, shrouding her surroundings more completely than total blackness.

Serena stood there, one hand outstretched towards the place where her mother had disappeared, still numb with shock at their reunion. The last time she had seen her mother was when she had blasted her abruptly into Earth's future, and on the past two occasions, she had not had time to say good-bye.

Quite abruptly, the total silence, the absolute whiteness, lifted, depositing her on the dusty red plain where Genesis had killed her, the scene now dominated by eight people darting around a ninth, emitting loud bangs and flashes of multicoloured light.

The battle between the Sailor Soldiers and Genesis was so intense that none of them noticed her appearance, and for the briefest moment, Sailor Moon was frozen in horrified awe, transfixed at how Genesis twirled and dodged with apparent ease, deflecting the combined attacks of Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus, Pluto, Neptune and Saturn with a taunting smile twisting her beautiful face as she did so.

"Pluto Deadly Scream!" shouted Pluto, twirling around and disappearing behind a mass of screeching, swirling wind, which she banished by shooting a massive, rotating indigo sphere out of her staff, and it rocketed towards Genesis, who parried the attack with an almost lazy slash of her sword, sending Pluto's attack rebounding upon its owner, but she thankfully had the sense to leap out of the way, looking furious –

Uranus capitalized on Genesis' turned back by sprinting forwards, her Space Sword held high above her head, but Genesis whirled around so fast she appeared to be blurred, and she slashed her sword through the air. Sailor Moon's reanimated heart stopped, waiting for Uranus to crumple, but, not for nothing, had Uranus survived the demons in the Dark Queen's jungle for nearly a week; Uranus leaned backwards so far the back of her head touched the ground, and she leapt into a back flip, kicking Genesis under the chin and causing her to let out an enraged scream, raising her cursed blade once more –

"VENUS METEOR STRIKE!" screamed Venus, her hair flying out behind her as she unleashed five golden, light-composed meteors upon Genesis, three of which that struck her in the back, but with an uneartheal scream, she whirled around and hurled her sword at Venus, a streaking silver and onyx blur that was faster than an arrow, but Saturn, who appeared out of nowhere, was faster still; she leapt in front of Venus and slammed her Silence Glaive upon the ground, screaming, "SILENCE WALL!"

A mass of jagged black energy erupted out of her Glaive's lethal looking blade, absorbing most of the impact of the sword, but both Saturn and Venus were backwards in the aftershock of the attack.

Inhumane fury was etched upon Genesis' face, and her form glowed bloody red, her hair writhing like a mass of angry snakes, her hands obscured with deadly black energy that she was prepared to unleash upon Mars, Neptune and Jupiter, all of whom were in mid-attack –

And it was then that Sailor Moon acted; lightning fast, she produced her Moon Rod and jabbed it towards Genesis, screaming, "MOON GORGEOUS MEDITATION!"

Everyone unfroze as they heard her cry rent the air, and Genesis turned, seemingly in slow motion, while her attack went flashing on ahead at light speed, made a hundred times more powerful by Queen Serenity's energy. As it slammed into Genesis, a deafening burst of noise ripped its way into existence, and Genesis' attempt to dodge it was in vain as she was blasted off her feet, screaming in agony, lashing through the air, clawing at the mass of white light that was assaulting her form –

But her screams, her plight, were all dimmed as the other Soldiers turned to stare at her in wonder, and by the looks on their faces, they were not daring to believe what they were seeing was real. For a split second, there was silence, during which everyone stared at Serena, and she stared right back, the moment seeming to swell with joy, and then –

"SAILOR MOON!" screamed Jupiter and Mercury, sheathed in magnificent flowing gowns of emerald green and oceanic blue, and they flung themselves forwards, faces shining with impossible joy.

"SERENA!" Mars and Uranus' jubilation at her revival was just as great as the others' and they slammed into the group's mass embrace with dull thuds, intent on hugging her, to make sure she was real...

Neptune's and Pluto's happiness seemed beyond words; clothed in gowns of shimmering turquoise and glistening onyx, they joined the mass of shouting, crying Sailor Soldiers, and arms rained down upon the jubilant Serena, all of them yelling incomprehensibly, overjoyed at her return to life -

Through the mass of limbs and colours and shining faces, Serena saw Genesis, no longer being assaulted by her Gorgeous Meditation, but on her feet, still trembling violently, but her lethal onyx sword was back in quite steady hand, and she was advancing upon Venus and Saturn, who were standing back to back, grim determination mingling with uncertain fear upon their faces, Venus' gloved hands glowing with golden energy, Saturn's Silence Glaive held lengthwise across her body –

"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Sailor Moon screamed, unrestrained fury exploding out of her heart. She clasped her hands over her brooch and screamed, "MOON COSMIC ULTIMATUM!"

Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were all thrown back from her as ribbons of pristine silver light exploded out of her Silver Crystal, wrapping themselves elegantly around her form, a soft cocoon f warm light. She felt the skirt of her uniform grow hot, becoming pure white with rainbow streaks and large rainbow ribbons appeared at the back of it, trailing to the floor. Her long blonde hair transformed into purest opal, and a magnificent sceptre appeared in her hand in the place of her Moon Rod, topped with the Silver Crystal. With a graceful twirl, she emerged from the cocoon as Sailor Cosmos for the first time, her hair and skirt now pinkish-opal, her bodice and boots pure white.

Everyone gasped in shock, and Genesis, in spite of herself, turned to look at her transformation, the cold indifference upon her face morphing into utmost terror, her solid, blood red eyes widening in horror, her sword shaking in her hands.

Perhaps the Dark Queen knew death was coming for her, and in this case she was right; when Cosmos spoke, it was not in Serena's voice, but in the regal, musical voice of Queen Serenity.

"I have nothing to say to you, Genesis," she murmured, her dark blue eyes narrowed contemptuously. "I hope this makes you regret your crimes."

And she spun her elongated sceptre around her head with effortless grace, slamming it upon the ground her with supreme finality, and a tsunami of rainbow light exploded out of her Silver Crystal, crashing down upon Genesis with the force of a supernova and forming a massive sphere of light around her, reducing the Dark Queen to a wraithlike silhouette that was thrown in every direction, but Genesis' screams did not strike remorse in Cosmos' heart. She now knew that there was no shard of good residing inside Genesis, knew that she should have realized that when Uranus and Venus had tried to tell her, knew that things may have turned out completely different if she had...

She is Chaos, Cosmos thought, staring at the writhing Genesis through narrowed eyes. And she will die.

"MARS CELESTIAL FIRE SURROUND!" shouted Mars from her left, tearing Cosmos away from her thoughts, and she turned her head to see several flaming balls inscribed with black symbols burst out of the Soldier of Fire's gloved hand and swirled around her for a moment, before slamming into the rainbow sphere encircling Genesis with crushing force, leaving a blazing trail in their wake and transforming the Dark Queen's prison into a flaming ball, causing Genesis' screams to intensify by tenfold, her black silhouette going rigid with pain.

The Soldiers had formed a circle around Genesis, their hair flying out behind them from the chaotic roaring winds that were roaring off their enemy's prison. All of them had the same furious determination upon their faces, all intent on making the Dark Queen pay for what she had done to them, to their planets, to Earth and to Serena before her death.

"MERCURY AQUE RAPHSODY!" screamed Mercury, running her gloved fingers through the strings of the cyan, light-composed harp that had appeared before her and sending a positive tsunami of magic-enhanced water rocketing towards the flaming orb, which transformed into a violent spherical body of water.

"JUPITER THUNDER DRAGON!" yelled Jupiter, and from her tiara exploded a colossal dragon constructed purely of jade lightning, which snapped its gargantuan jaws closed around the ball of water and transformed it into a ball of furiously cackling green lightning.

"VENUS METEOR STRIKE!"

Genesis' screams, already almost painfully high-pitched, so agonized that they were bordering dangerously on pitying increased in volume by tenfold as the Soldier of Love's golden meteors berated the surface of the ball of lightning, ramming through its top and transforming it into a blinding gold sphere that pulsed slightly, representing Venus' immense fury at the Dark Queen for making her death so long, so drawn out –

"URANUS WORLD SHAKING!" Uranus unleashed the power of the sky upon Genesis, transforming the sphere into molten red that shuddered and spasamed, and the screams sounding from the center of the sphere bordered on deafening –

"NEPTUNE DEEP SUBMERGE!" Neptune screamed furiously, and the lava-red orb became a tumultuously violent mass of swirling, deep blue ocean, condensing around Genesis' obscured form, threatening to crush her to death –

"PLUTO DEADLY SCREAM!" Pluto's attack was by far the most devastating – next to Cosmo's – for unlike any other attack before, when her screaming violet sphere powered by the wrath of the underworld pummelled the side of the oceanic sphere, not only did it transform into a mass of roaring, spherical tornados, what Cosmos thought looked like two streaks of smoky black energy sped out of the depths of the sphere, and she knew, without knowing how she knew, that two of the Dark energies Genesis had summoned had abandoned the doomed Queen who had commanded for them to help her –

Saturn was the last to attack, and unlike the others, there was a sort of sorrowful resignation upon her face as she glared at the place where Genesis was obscured. An indigo glow had appeared around the Princess as she raised her Silence Glaive above her head, and a beat of which Saturn commanded filled the air, and during that silence, fear clawed at Cosmos' heart for the first time, for she realized that the deadly power the Soldier of Destruction commanded, the fatal blow the Messiah of Silence was about to deal, would end with claiming two lives –

Sailor Cosmos only got as far as raising one gloved hand up, reaching out in horror towards the Princess, her mouth open, scream of denial solidifying inside her chest, but Saturn's large violet eyes had already hardened, no trace of mercy or compassion left in them, and they were suddenly glowing bright yellow with energy, devoid of white or pupil. Ribbons of burning red light began to encircle her form, twisting and spiralling with utmost grace, and yet they were about as far as harmless as something could be; massive amounts of them lashed out and enveloped the mass of swirling tornados that encircled Genesis, while vast columns of burning indigo energy exploded out of the rusty red ground beneath Genesis, with each appearance a supernova-class explosion of noise renting the air apart, and rammed into Genesis' body, which was being hurled against ribbons of violent red energy, blasting off the walls of the spherical tornado Pluto had unleashed, and glowing with the indigo energy that accompanied Saturn's attack, while three streaks of onyx energy shot out of the writhing Dark Queen's form, two of the three evil forces who had been residing inside her form fled the Dark Queen's writhing body, banished by the strength of the Messiah of Silence's fury-based attack-

The sphere was now condensing with the noise of an atomic bomb exploding and a supernova combined into one, so loud that Cosmos was certain that she should have long since been deafened, but then, the sphere, and the vestiges of Saturn's Death Reborn Revolution had surged into Genesis' body, revealing the Dark Queen once more.

She was completely still, her hair frozen like a flame in mid-flicker, her arms spread wide, hands curled into claws, and her face was tilted skywards, horrified, blood-red eyes huge, expressing a thousand years' wrath and pain, her lips parted in what could have been surprise, and then, a current of black ran up the Dark Queen's form, starting at her obscured feet but rising so fast that in less than a second she was naught but a solid silhouette.

There was a beat of huge, absolute silence, so immense, so powerful that not even the vast plain upon which they were stranded seemed to be able to contain it, and then, Genesis exploded in a mass of noise and smoky black light, the last Dark entity inside her body fleeing into space –

Cosmos hid her face in the crook of her arm, unable to see, to hear anything but the uproarious din, unable to think or feel, her hair flying out behind her, knees bent, whole body tensed against the force of the impossible amount of Dark energy that was, as the essence of Genesis, trying to destabilize her. Rapidly, her entire world was consumed by blackness, the only real things in it the Sailor Soldiers, who were visible only for their respective colours glowing brightly around their forms –

Join hands! shouted Uranus, her mental command ringing with desperate determination. We're getting the hell out of here!

Right! Cosmos affirmed, smiling her gratitude at Uranus while taking Mars' and Saturn's hands in her own.

Okay! agreed Jupiter, holding on to Mercury and Venus.

Smart plan, Mercury declared, the highest praise anyone's idea could hope to get.

Cosmos, ready! cried Cosmos, and her form glowed with oppaline energy.

Mars, ready! announced, Mars, glowing ruby red, looking extremely haughty as she fought against Genesis.

Mercury, ready! Mercury glowed bright cyan, dark blue eyes hard with determination.

Jupiter, ready! – Jupiter blazed with emerald light – Venus, ready! – Venus became half-hidden by her molten gold glow – Uranus, ready! – the Soldier of Sky shone with topaz energy – Neptune, ready! – Neptune radiated deep sapphire light – Pluto, ready! - the Guardian of Time emitted a sparkling onyx glow – Saturn, ready! – the Messiah of Silence glowed dark amethyst –

"SAILOR TELE –" But then, two unthinkable things happened at once.

A wave of impossible weakness stole over Sailor Cosmos, and with a nearly inaudible moan, she sank to her knees, Mars and Saturn still clutching her hands, their panic flooding through her as though it were her own. Her world shimmered before her eyes, and the her magnificent sceptre dematerialized, her Silver Crystal returning to her brooch, and her transformation into Sailor Cosmos was reversed, so that she was once more Sailor Moon.

But at that same moment, an ear-splitting scream rent the air, and jagged bolts of blazing red streaked the onyx black world, spreading like some parasitic disease until all was a mass of burning, furious red that seemed to pulsate with hatred directed equally at all the Sailor Soldiers, and then, a sound that Sailor Moon had thought she would never have to hear again assaulted her ears; Genesis' warped, demonic voice, choked with a mixture of agony and rage, screeched out, "IF I GO DOWN, THE SAILOR SOLDIERS MUST PLUMET FARTHER THAN ME!"

And a gargantuan hand composed of swirling onyx flame materialized in what would have been the sky, curled into a claw and radiating Dark energy, streaking lightning-fast towards their circle –

Doesn't she ever give up? demanded Jupiter, her exasperated fury infectious, leaving no room in any of their hearts for fear –

"SAILOR MOON, GET UP!" screamed Venus, Saturn and Uranus, and though their voices were inaudible over the chaotic winds, the three Princesses got their message across, feeding her their power, willing her to get up, to help them teleport out of harm's way –

Remember what you told your mother, Serena? Pluto whispered, and she alone seemed not to be on the verge of enragement or hysterics. She told you your destiny could not be fulfilled until Genesis was truly vanquished!

Sailor Moon did not stop to wonder how Pluto could possibly have known what her mother had said to her when she had been hovering between life and death. Her words, speaking of Genesis and Queen Serenity gave Serena the strength to get up from the ground, and as she did so, a ring of green light passed over her form, transforming her into Princess Serena. All this happened in a matter of seconds, and the flaming hand was still plunging towards them, bringing with it imminent death. The Soldiers knew that there was not a hope of surviving content with it, not when Genesis' hatred of them was fuelling its power, and that there was no time for Sailor Teleport, so they reacted instinctively, all shouting the same two words in perfect unison, raising their left hands above their heads –

"SAILOR ATTACK!"

Their beams of respective light exploded out of each of their hands, and at a speed that outstripped the speed of sound ten times over they rocketed upwards in a single, twisting mass of rainbow light that impaled the fiery palm with a deafening blast of noise, noise that mingled with someone's agonized screams –

So exhausted was Serena that for a moment she teetered on the edge of unconsciousness, but the incredible perseverance that came with being a Sailor Soldier, the inextinguishable flame of hope that burned within her chest, the knowledge that Genesis was on the verge of destruction kept her standing. In one fluid motion, she reclaimed Mars' right hand, and Saturn hers, and once more, united as the Guardians of the Solar System, they shouted, "SAILOR TELEPORT!"

Suddenly, Serena was rocketing upwards, reduced to an insubstantial streak of white light, the ruby and amethyst blurs that were Mars and Saturn speeding alongside her, the nine of them reduced to disembodied thought.

And though she no longer had eyes, Sailor Moon found she could somehow see that the world around her had rematerialized as outer space, but the pinpricks of light that were stars had all disappeared, obscured by millions upon millions of different coloured capsules of light, moving alongside them at much slower speeds, but she could see that humans were secured in each one, their arms wrapped around their legs, knees pulled up to their chests. And amongst the capsuled humans were millions of other streaks of white light who emitted rainbow glows, incredibly beautiful, and yet she had no idea what they were.

But Pluto, as always, seemed to have an answer. Souls, she murmured, and Sailor Moon could feel the Outer Scout's consciousness radiating happiness. Returning to Earth.

And then the enormity of what they had accomplished suddenly hit the nine of them like a thousand iron punches; that each of them had died and come back to life, reborn as Sailor Princesses, discovering they held the souls of their respective planets in their hands. They had watched as Earth plunged closer to the dark abyss that was death than any entity had managed to force it to before. They had united at the last moment to destroy Genesis, saving their planet and billions of lives in the process, ensuring the salvation of their world.

And suddenly, they stopped rocketing upwards; Serena emerged from her streak of light, blinking about dazedly and as the others materialized around herm so did her surroundings. As if they were submerged in some vast tube of water, inky blotches of colour were floating down from the sky, twisting and furling and spreading out rapidly to form the velvety black, star-strewn sky, while the ground beneath them became darkest green, a vast expanse of grass shrouded by the rapidly growing mass of towering evergreen shrines. The familiar, low-lying building on her right was, unmistakably, Hikawa Shrine, and to her left, there was a sprawling mass of glistening lights and shining glass sky scrapers.

Tokyo.

It was as if the great reunion of the Sailor Soldiers had just happened, that they were about to be reminded of the looming, never vanishing presence of Genesis in a few seconds. And then the enormity of their greatest accomplishment struck them; there was no more Genesis. They were free at last.

There was a split second of absolute silence, and then the Soldiers burst into celebration; cheering and screaming, the four Inner Scouts ran at Serena, jubilant at both her reincarnation and Genesis' defeat, enveloping Sailor Moon in a bone-crushing hug. Uranus and Neptune embraced, the latter's eyes sparkling with tears at their first proper reunion, while Uranus' face split into one of her rare smiles. Pluto picked Saturn up and swung her around in a tight circle, tears of joy glistening in her dark red eyes, while Saturn cried, "Genesis is dead! Serena did it!"

Mercury was jumping up and down, clapping her hands, her face radiant with glee, all dignity forgotten; Jupiter and Mars had created a sort of war dance, their dress skirts trailing along the ground as they shouted, "WE DID IT! WE DID IT!"

Venus, however, signalled to the other Inner Scouts and, as one, they lifted Serena up off the ground and carried her back towards the Outer Scouts, tossing her up and down, still cheering at the top of their lungs.

Pluto raised her Garnet Rod high above her head, while Saturn crossed it with her Silence Glaive, and with a noise like a cannon blast, Pluto's Deadly Scream exploded in the sky some twenty feet above them, taking on the form of a gargantuan violet swan that spread its sparkling wings wide before fading into non-existence, while Saturn caused a silver lion's head to appear alongside it, silently roaring its approval. These were shortly joined by an explosion of small golden meteors that erupted out of the tip of Venus' index finger, illuminating their joyful faces with heavenly light, and, as one, they all shouted, "SCOUT POWER!"

Tears of joy cascaded down Sailor Moon's face as the others flung her into the air, pounding her on the back when the Inner Scouts allowed her to drop back onto her feet. Genesis was gone, after a thousand year enmity and seemingly endless battle that had spanned across nine planets and resulted in the destruction of nine great kingdoms. But the Dark Queen was undoubtedly still lurking out in the bowels of space, fuming in the Negaverse, biding her time with Queen Beryl and Nehellenia, spawned of Chaos, which could never truly be vanquished. Evil would undoubtedly strike again, and when they finally attempted to finish what they started, then the Sailor Soldiers would wait for them, be it in a millennium, a century, a decade or less.

In the name of the Moon, Sailor Moon thought with a smile. We have punished you!