"Oh...my head." Washu was really getting tired of the headache that came with traveling through worlds. As she lifted her head, she felt that her hands were shackled to a stone wall behind her. To her left, in the same predicament, was Sailor Pluto; over to her right, Cheetara was out like a light. Trying to focus her eyes around her surroundings, Washu saw it seemed as if they were in some sort of prison that someone- or something- lived in. It smelled awful, was dirty, dark, and cold.

If it were hot in here, I'd say this was hell. Washu thought to herself. She wiggled under her chains to see if she can get them loose. Her attempts, however, failed. She rattled her chains a few more times that made the figure to her left stir.

"Wha...?" Pluto shook her head a few more times to try and overcome the dizziness that plagued her. Her scarlet eyes fell upon the same thing Washu had seen. Though it was pretty dark where they were, she could at least make out that Washu was awake. "Hello Little Washu. Are you alright?"

"I will be as soon as we figure out what's going on. I hope Cheetara is okay. She hasn't moved much since I've seen her."

Pluto tried to move toward the cheetah but found out she couldn't go that far because of the metal around her wrist. "Cheetara? Cheetara?"

As Pluto attempted to call her, Washu nudged Cheetara's side with her knee. While doing this a few times, she started call her also. "Cheetara. Cheetara? Please wake up."

Hearing their pleas, Cheetara slowly opened her eyes. To them, she seemed more weakened than they did. This was evident when Cheetara kept dropping her head while trying to sit up. After a while of struggling with her strength, Cheetara spoke. "Hey you guys. Welcome to 3rd Earth."

Pluto's eyes went wide at the mention of the planet. "3rd Earth?"

"Yes. If I'm not mistaken, the era of Earth you and Washu lived in was during 1st Earth."

Washu had a feeling that Earth had been through many changes during the future years, but she never imagined a transition such as this on Earth's part. "Well Cheetara, how do you know we are still on 3rd Earth? It could be possible we went to 2nd Earth couldn't it?"

The Thundercat shook her head at Washu. "No I'm sure. The shackles you two have on are regular metal, but mine is made out of Thundranium. It is a weakness to my people and can even kill us." She stopped talking for a few moments to catch her breath before continuing on with her story. "Besides, we are in the black pyramid."

"Mwaah haa haa! Correct as usual Thundercat!" The booming voice of Mumm-ra echoed throughout the pyramid. "I hope you are comfortable with your...seating arrangements. You all will have first row seats for the show!

"You! I should have known you had something to do with this Mumm-ra! Where are the girls? What have you done with them?"

"So you want to see your brats do you? There! Take a long look, it will be the last time you see them again! Mwaha ha ha!"

A light illuminated and a cage lit up. Each child lay in their individual spots not moving. From them, a white aura escaped their bodies and fled into a vase. As if they could sense the women, each girl sat up one by one. Tears of joy and fear were shed in that brief moment.

Mom? Is that really you there? Ayelei asked through her link with Washu.

Yes dear. It's really me. We're going to get you all out of here soon. I promise.

Not wanting to waste time, Kita also linked WilyKit and Cheetara together. He put you in Thundranuim chains also? Are you okay Cheetara?

Cheetara I will be. What about you and WilyKit?

WilyKit He's draining all of us of our energy! We don't know why he's doing this.

Kita I overheard him say earlier that you three were going to cause his plan to fail so he had to capture you all. From what I understand, he's trying to bring back two...

"AAHHH!!!"

Washu and Cheetara flinched when they saw Mumm-ra zapping Ayelei, WilyKit, and Kita with an energy blast.

"Now, now. None of that. I can't have you all talking without me hearing now, can we? Mwahh ha ha ha!" The girls were hurt, but they were still breathing. After what seemed like an eternity to Washu and Cheetara, the girls slowly sat up. "Now, to see about your friends."

Mumm-ra looked into his cauldron and saw that the Senshi and Thundercats had joined forces and were looking for Tenchi and his group. "Well now, it seems as if the senshi and Thundercats have formed an ally with each other. Let's just see what I can do about the others. Mwahh ha ha ha!"

Going over toward the Ancient Spirits of Evil, he raised his hands and shouted out to his masters, "Ancient Spirits of Evil, transform this decaying mummy to Mumm-ra, the Ever-Living!" After a few lightening bolts and energy waves flying, where there once stood a mummy, stood an ever-living creature of evil. "Don't worry. This distraction should give me just enough time to finish with you all! Mwaha ha ha!" With that, he disappeared from the pyramid.

Sensing that it was alright, Pluto called to the girls again. "Hotaru, why don't you and ChibiUsa transform?"

"Because we are too weak to. Even when we first woke up, our strength had been drained an enormous amount." ChibiUsa slowly nodded her head with Hotaru's explanation.

Washu looked up to the ceiling of the pyramid and thought aloud. "I hope the others will be safe." Ayelei, who was relying on support by Sasami, had that same dreamy look about her. They had no idea what Mumm-ra was capable of.

Cheetara moved up a little bit so she could be seated a little more comfortable. She thought for a moment then let out a slight smile. "I wouldn't worry too much about them. Surely the other Thundercats would work with them as willingly as they did the senshi. Besides, the Sword of Omens will not attack or harm those that are good."

"Yes Cheetara is right." Pluto started. "Our leader has a pure heart and would not attack unless she was forced to do so. She is truly a princess."

Washu looked from Cheetara, to Pluto, to the ceiling again, finally resting her eyes on the captured girls in front of her. "I hope you all are right." She was about to continue worrying when something occurred to her. "Wait a second! He obviously needs the girls for some ritual, right?" Everyone nods. "Then why would he need the three of us? No offense girls, but if he has the girls to do, whatever it is he's doing, then why did he bring us here? I doubt he wanted us to be the first ones to witness his ultimate plan."

"Because he needs our energy to bring them back to this world." The three women looked at Kita who had started talking.

"Are you sure you want to explain this Kita?" Cheetara asked her sister.

"Yes, I'm sure. I may not get a chance to when the mummy gets back. Well, anyway, we had just gotten to know each other when...

A few hours ago

...and that's how I became a Thundercat!" Kita had just finished telling how she became a Thundercat to everyone. So far, the girls had just finished giving each other a more in-depth bio of themselves. It was mostly to pass the time. It seemed to be peaceful, that is until Mumm-ra emerged from his rest.

"The time has come my dears. You all should be proud to usher in a new force of evil ha ha ha!"

Each girl looked at him with deadly eyes. WilyKit was the first to speak, "We will never help you Mumm-ra!"

"That's right," Ayelei joined in, "Good will always triumph over evil!"

Even the shy Hotaru beamed in with ChibiUsa, "You will be defeated!"

As Hotaru and ChibiUsa reached for their transformation devices, Mumm-ra's eyes glowed an eerie ruby-red. "Silence brats!" He stretched both hands towards the girls and sent a shock to all of them. With all of them laid out and gasping for breath, Mumm-ra continued with his plans. Since the girls were knocked out, he went over to his masters to confirm his plan.

"Ancient Spirits of Evil, I have the children and are draining them of their energy. What shall you have me do now?"

Together, all four statues talked in unison, "Mumm-ra, there is a problem you need to take care of first!"

"What do you mean oh Ancient Ones?"

"Ti'ria and Ti'shina will be brought back in due time, but there is a force that may prevent them from coming if successful! The children are the key to bringing them back, but those three are messengers for that source of goodness!"

Mumm-ra looked into his cauldron and saw who those three were: Cheetara, Washu, and Pluto. The Spirits continued talking to him.

"You must capture them all...NOW! Do it now or your plans will be for nothing!"

"I shall and will Ancients Ones." He said while bowing his head to his masters. "What about those children?"

"Go and take care of this problem first, when there is enough energy in the vase, you will continue bringing them back!"

"As you wish Oh Ancients Ones."

Kita had tried her hardest to stay conscious during Mumm-ra's talk with his masters. She got what she needed to know, so she joined the others in a sleep-like trance. She knew once they "woke up" things were only going to get worse.

Present

The blood of the women boiled after hearing what Mumm-ra had done to the children. They held their feelings at bay while Kita continued talking.

"One thing is for sure: That same force of goodness that disappeared when the evil did is obviously trying to reach out to you three. Other than that, I don't see why Mumm-ra would even waste his energy capturing you."

ChibiUsa was sitting next to Hotaru as Kita explained the ordeal between Mumm-ra and his masters. Those two evil beings sounded so familiar to them for some reason, but they couldn't pinpoint it. That was when it hit ChibiUsa...

"..and till this day, they wait in an alternate dimension. If they were to ever break free, the goodness will come back to once again trap them in their eternal prison, never to darken its' side of evil on the world again. The End."

"Wow Pu, that was a good story!" ChibiUsa beamed after the story was over.

"Yeah! Setsuna-mama, where did you hear such a great story?" Hotaru asked.

"Well I heard it from...hmm...actually I don't remember."

"What do you mean you don't remember?" ChibiUsa asked.

"Yeah, we would more than likely remember where we heard a story like that from. It should be published in a book or something."

"Honestly girls, I don't recall where I heard it. Sometimes, when a story is wonderful enough, when it is told from the heart, it sounds as if it were passed down from generations. That is where a good story comes from: a good heart."

"Pluto? Do you remember a few weeks ago when you told Hotaru and I that story of evil that was banished when a mysterious source of good appeared and made it disappear..."

Hotaru picked up, "...and when the evil disappeared, the goodness did too. And that the goodness will come back to trap them again?"

Pluto thought for a moment before answering them. "Yes I do. But I'm not certain if these are the same evil people from the story or not."

"Um...Excuse me. Ms. Pluto?" Pluto looked to see Sasami looking at her with slightly blushed cheeks. She was still helping Ayelei sit up, but her eyes were fixed on the time senshi. Pluto nodded to let her know she had her attention.

"Well...um...when I was really small, I remember by brother Yosho telling Ayelei and I a story like that. Did someone tell you a story like that at one point?"

*sigh* "Well, that is what I'm not very sure of. You see, being a time senshi, I have traveled to many times and heard many stories. There is no telling where I heard the story of them from."

WilyKit had been listening the whole time. At first, she felt a bit confused, but now she believed she got it together. "Well, if that is the same story...and it's real... then it is very possible that the voice-figure-lady-thing...I mean...it's not just a coincidence...but it could be right?"

Everyone looked at WilyKit with confusion. Kita scratched the back on her head with one hand and used the other to hold WilyKit's hand.

"Okay Kit. It's obvious you're nervous because you don't talk in complete sentences when you are. Take a deep breath and please translate what you just said a few seconds ago."

Taking a deep breath, "Sorry. What I meant is that the lady that talked to them while they where pulled out of their own world could be the same person as the source of goodness in the story."

Washu shook her head. "I believe that is possible. I don't see why else he would feel threatened by…" She broke because Cheetara was fighting as if she were trying to stay conscious.

"Cheetara? Will you be alright?" Washu asked the cheetah.

"I believe I will. The Thundranium starts to take its effect after a while. Kita? Are you and Kit doing okay with it?"

"I'm fine. How about you Kit?"

"I'm okay."

Although they both put on brave faces, Cheetara knew that they were feeling it. She closed her eyes and prayed to Jaga that the others will find them and get them out…before it's too late.