It was early in the morning when Ganymede and the other three senshi awoke to begin their mission. The royal family and other senshi had woken as well, to see them off. Pluto brifed the four on what would happen and what they should expect once they got on the other side of the wormhole.
"Now, I don't know what kind of entrance you guys are planning on making when you get there, but it would probably be wise to keep quiet and undiscovered until you reach the Empress' palace." Pluto was saying as she gave Ganymede the coordinates of the wormhole.
"We figured we'd be as incognito as possible, given the Empress doesn't know what we're doing." Saturn replied.
Ganymede nodded, "Yes, but we're ready in case she suspected we'd pull something like this and tries to ambush our little rescue mission. Hopefully we'll be back before the three day period she gave us is up."
"Good luck." Serenity said to them as they readied to teleport themselves. There was a flash of light and they were gone.
Just outside the Oort cloud, the senshi reappeared.
"The wormhole should be just a few meters that way." Ganymede said, pointing in front of them.
"It's too bad our teleporting doesn't get us farther than the Oort cloud." Callisto commented casually. "It'd be nice."
"We're not going that much further. Quit complaining." Io admonished. Callisto stuck her tongue out at her teammate.
They propelled ahead in general silence. Soon they came to the coordinates Pluto had given them.
"Well…I don't see anything. You guys?" remarked Callisto.
"Maybe it only opens at certain intervals." Saturn suggested as her eyes scanned the empty space.
"Possible. But we don't exactly have time to spare." Ganymede said. "There has to be some way to activate it…" she muttered to herself, biting her knuckles in thought. A few pieces of frozen ice and rock floated by. As they passed to the right of the group of senshi, a swirling hole appeared in the vacant area. "That must be it! Quick, before it closes!"
Ganymede and the others made their way to the wormhole speedily. As they entered the hole, there was an odd sensation, as if something hooked itself into their abdomen and roughly pulled. The journey through the wormhole was instantaneous. Before them was no longer empty space dimly lit by the light of their sun, but a large green planet and three moons. Looking around for any sign that they had been detected, Ganymede gave a silent signal to Callisto, who nodded. A small ball of electricity appeared in her hand before expanding around the four of them.
"What did you just do?" asked Saturn.
"Created a distorted electromagnetic field around us. Prevents us from being seen by the naked eye." Callisto answered gleefully.
"Interesting. How long will this keep us covered?"
"As long as I'm able to maintain it. Providing we don't trip any radar sensors or anything, we should be able to get to the Empress' palace completely unseen."
"And preferably unheard." Io said in a reproaching manner. "This isn't sound proof. The enemy can still hear us if we talk. We keep quiet until we reach the planet's surface and attempt to blend in. Now shush."
Concealed within the distorted magnetic field, the senshi cautiously made their way down to the green planet. They made it to the planet's atmosphere without incident. Upon entering the atmosphere, however, a sudden alarm sounded. Several sailor-clad senshi appeared without warning, surrounding the unseen intruders. Without waiting to call out the intruders, the senshi unleashed a number of attacks on the intruders with bright flashes of light. When the light subsided, a large rock floated in place where the intruders were.
Inside the rock, Sailor Ganymede gave another silent signal. The four Sol senshi burst forth from the protective rock shield and let loose their own volley of attacks. The planet's defending senshi were startled, but quickly recovered and again attacked the intruding warriors. Weapons and energy attacks clashed in a frenzy of fighting. Slowly the planet's senshi gained the upper hand, having more warriors to fight than the Sol senshi.
Seeing this, Ganymede used the only attack she hadn't taken advantage of since her and the others started fighting. "Blood Marionette!" she cried. The influence of her assault spread wide, taking hold of many of the opposing senshi. Though it was straining to spread the power over so many targets, Ganymede was able to manipulate them competently. "Go! I'll catch up." She ordered her teammates. The others didn't hesitate to follow her order; they quickly made for the surface of the planet below them. Immediately the senshi that weren't in the grip of Ganymede's attack followed after them; however, Ganymede used the controlled senshi to counter their attempt.
Once the opposing senshi were no longer a problem, Ganymede also made her way to the planet's surface. The planet was just as green as it had appeared in space. A dense forest of trees blanketed the surface; hardly a spot was left uncovered from what Ganymede could see. The areas with no trees were taken up by deep blue lakes or large rocks in strange formations. To the east of her field of vision, Ganymede spied a large impressive building; the Empress' palace she assumed. Around it sprawled a remarkably sized city. Squelching the urge to go directly to the city and its palace, the sailor senshi tried to locate her teammates via communicator watch.
"Where the hell did you guys disappear to?" she asked roughly.
Callisto's voice answered her. "We're by one of the rock thing-ys. Yes, Io, I'm aware that it's technically a geologic formation, but I want to call it a thing-y." Ganymede heard her sigh, "Anyways, I'll shoot a small bolt up so you can find us."
"Wait, that could lead them right—" she spied a bolt of lightning spring from the ground out of the corner of her eye, "—to you…that woman never stops to listen." She muttered to herself as she made her way over.
Her three comrades had stationed themselves beneath an outcropping of stone. Io was already berating Callisto for her lightning bolt, saving Ganymede the trouble. Saturn was scanning the skies for anyone who might have seen the bolt and went to investigate.
"No one's seemed to notice it." Saturn assured Ganymede, her eyes never leaving the sky.
"Good. Now, the Empress' palace is to the southwest of this place. Given how far away it seemed from above and depending on how quickly and quietly we can travel, it should only be a few hours." Ganymede said.
"We'll be using my distorted field, right?" asked Callisto.
"Yes. Which means we'll have to stay close to one another." Ganymede answered. "Once we get to the city, however, it'll be too risky to remain cloaked as such and we'll have to disguise ourselves and blend in as best we can. Getting into the palace will most likely be difficult; if we can't get in covertly, we'll tell them that we're arms merchants and the captain of the guard wanted to see our wares."
"And if that backfires?" Saturn questioned.
"We're four highly trained warriors; I think we'll be ok if the plan fails." Callisto answered her, smiling grimly. Saturn did not look reassured.
"Does everyone understand what we're doing?" the three nodded. "Good. Let's get going. We're racing against time here."