ootprints In The Snow

Author: MoonStarDutchess

Chapter 21: Eon

Rating: T

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon.

AN: Hope you enjoy this. Please review. I hope I got all the tenses fixed.

Eon

"Yo, Riden I'm here to get my assignment," Eon said walking into the command room.

"Yes, I figured that was the reason Eon," Riden snapped.

"What's wrong with you today?" he said. He was a bit shocked at his friends tone.

"It's nothing, I'm sorry," he said.

Eon patted him on the back. "No problem, now on to my mission. Where is my target?"

"It's the Lily art gallery downtown. Your target is this woman." A woman with reddish eyes and long black hair wearing a purple suit appeared on the holographic screen.

"Name?" Eon asked.

"Trista Meioh"

"Alright then, I am off," he started to walk out.

"Be sure not to fail. I have seen the punishment that the Elderans dish out."

"You're the one that's been taking care of Callisto?"

"Yes," he said.

"Gamma isn't going to be happy if he hears that," Eon said.

"He's just going to have to deal with it. I am not going to let her lay bleeding there and she doesn't want him to see her like that so I do it."

"I see, if you ever need any help let me know alright?"

"I will, thanks Eon. Now go capture Sailor Meteor. If she's not her then kill her."

"I got ya Captain" he did a mock salute and walked out. Riden rolled his eyes, "Same old' Eon."

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"So this is the place," he said aloud to no one in particular. He started to enter the gallery when a woman came running out.

"Thanks Trista, I'll tell the others to stop by! The paintings are beautiful!" she yelled.

She wasn't watching where she was going and ran right into him, knocking them both to the ground. She landed on top of him.

"I am so sorry," she said and smiled lightly. She stared into his gorgeous brown eyes. Wow, this is a nice person to bump into. She gathered her wits then quickly got off him. She looked around at the papers she was carrying, they were scattered across the sidewalk.

"Oh no!" She quickly began to pick them up. He sat up and started to help her pick up the pages. They both reached for the last paper and their hands touched. A shock of electricity seemed to hit them both. They looked at each other and the girl blushed. He moved his hand so she could get the paper. They stood up straight and he handed her the papers he retrieved for her.

"Thank you and once again, I am sorry for bumping into you like that. I really wasn't paying attention," she said.

"No, it's alright. Neither was I to be honest, but I must say that I am not sorry that I bumped into such a beautiful young woman. May I ask your name?"

"It's Lia," she said.

"It's nice to meet you Lia, I am E. . .than. Ethan" he looked at a mannequin in a suit with a bright red tie around his neck. "Tie. . . neck. My name is Ethan Tieneck

"Nice to meet you too." She heard the clock in the city go off. "I am sorry to run like this but I really must be going." She started to turn away.

"Wait, could I perhaps get your phone number. To make it up to you for crashing into you? Maybe dinner?"

She blinked, "Excuse me?"

"Dinner, I'd like to take you to dinner." EON! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! he thought.

"Ok, let me get this straight. This impossibly gorgeous man is asking me to dinner. There is no way that I could say no. I mean Serena would kill me and if she didn't the other girls would."

She took out a pen and quickly wrote her name and number on the corner of a piece of paper. She ripped it off and handed it to him.

"I would love to go to dinner with you. Call me anytime. I have to go now! Bye!" she ran down the sidewalk.

He grinned, now he had a date with a beautiful woman to look forward to as well as, hopefully, finding Meteor. He put his hands in his pockets and walked into the gallery. His target was talking to an older couple. By the looks of their clothes, they looked to be very wealthy. She shook their hands and motioned for two men to take down the painting. Another one was put in its place.

He walked over to a painting and examined it. It was a beautiful landscape. He inwardly scoffs at it. There's no way that a place that beautiful exists anywhere.

"Can I help you sir?"

He turned to see his target smiling brightly.

"I was just looking."

She walked up beside him and looked at the painting herself. "It's beautiful isn't it? This artist sells well. He is a local man that made it famous with his landscapes. This one is called Dreams of the Countryside.

"Yes, it would be. It's not possible for a place like this to truly exist anywhere," he said.

"Do you really believe that sir?"

"Trust me; I've lived long enough to know for sure." He noticed that there was no one but them left in the gallery. "Emptied quick," he stated.

"Yes, this is the slow hour," she replied.

"Good, this will make my job easier," he said. He powered up and she went flying into a desk. The curtains of the windows shut. She looked up at him and blood was running down her face.

"Who the hell are you!" she said.

"Your nightmare Trista Meioh," he replied.

"Oh my God that is so cliché!"

Eon and Trista looked to the door and there stood the Sailor Scouts and Sapphire.

"Not you guys again, why can't you butt out!" he said.

"We are the Sailor Scouts and . . . "Before they can finish Eon attacked them. He hit the ground and waves of energy flew up from the floor, knocking them back into the windows. If they hadn't been reinforced they would have went through the windows and cut to pieces.

"OH NO!" Trista yelled. Her wand appeared before her and shines brightly. A purple beam surrounded it and flashed. Her wand now has wings.

"Say, Sailor Pluto Cosmic Power!" Sailor Moon yelled.

"SAILOR PLUTO COSMIC POWER!" Sailor Pluto transformed. The bow of her uniform was now longer and her staff now had small wings protruding from the red orbs. She twirled her staff around several times while saying, "Pluto Death Waves!" she hit the staff on the ground and waves very similar to Eons hit him. He was knocked back against the wall but quickly recovered; he launched another attack of his own.

The other scouts head for Pluto. "Moon Dark Shield!" Sapphire put up his hands in from of him and a shield appeared reflecting the attack right back at Eon. Sun jumped out of the shield.

"Sun lava blast!" Eon was distracted because he was defending himself from his own attack that was reflected back at him. Sun's attack hit him and he fell to the ground. He slowly got up onto his knees. He had horrible burns on his arms.

"Give up!" Pluto said.

"I . . . This . . . This can't be it! I can't loose!" he yelled. Dark power swirled around him. "If I am going to be defeated then I am taking all of you with me!"

Flashes of images flash thought Comet's head. They are of Eon and her together. She looked at him in shock.

"Don't!" she screamed and ran to him she grabbed him and hugged him.

"Comet, are you crazy!" Sun yelled.

She doesn't listen to Sun. "Please don't! You don't have to kill yourself. We can help you!"

Eon grunted through the pain and spoke, "Why would you want to help me?" The power builds up around them covering them from out of sight.

"COMET!" Jasmine yelled she turned to Sailor Moon in horror. "We have to do something!"

"Have faith in Comet. I recognized that look she was giving him. She will be fine," Sailor Moon said confidently.

"If you say so," Jasmine said but the worried look remained on her face.

"The reason I want to help you is because that is what a Sailor Scout does. They help people! Please stop! I don't want you to die!" tears were streaming down her face.

"Why! I am your enemy! You should want me to die!"

Comet didn't know why the next sentence left her lips but it felt so right when it did.

"Because I love you! It would break my heart!"

Eon's eyes widened and mental flashes began in his head. It was of him and the beautiful Sailor with him. He looked at her and touched her face. He wiped the tears streaming from her eyes. He brought his lips to hers and kissed her. They pull away and the power slowly dissipated. The two were then viewable to the other scouts. The power then faded away completely and he collapsed in her arms. The scouts ran to her.

"That was fucking crazy!" Sun scolded.

"I know, but I just couldn't help it." Comet stroked Eon's hair. Comet looked to Sailor Moon, "Can you get the dark energy out of him?"

Sailor Moon nodded. A gold orb appeared in front of her. It extended into a staff. She twirled it above her head then brought it straight in front of her. She twirled it in front of her quickly.

"Moon Healing Staff, Refresh!" several beams of light came from the twirling staff and hit Eon. He didn't stir and Comet looked terrified.

"Don't worry, he will be out for a while but he'll be fine. Now, let's get him back to the apartment," Sailor Moon said.

A few hours later. . .

"Is he awake yet?" Serena asked. She walked into the room and sat down in a chair beside Lia. She shook her head in worry.

"I am sorry," Lia said suddenly.

"What for?"

"My actions in battle, I helped the enemy." This caused Serena to chuckle

"Listen Lia, you said it best yourself. The job of a scout is to help people. You did that so don't apologize. As for him being an enemy, I don't think he was very evil. If I'd had any doubts I wouldn't have healed him."

Before Lia can say something back, a voice sounded catching Serena and Lia by surprise.

"Where am I?" Eon asked.

"You are in our apartment. Sailor Moon healed your body of the dark waves you were emitting."
He tried to sit up and Lia stopped him, gently easing him back against the pillows.

"Eon, you should stay down. You are still weak. You haven't regained all of your energy."

Sailor Moon looked at her surprised and Eon voices the exact question Sailor Moon was thinking.

"How do you know my real name?"

Lia looked as puzzled as they did.

"I don't know," she replied.

"What do you mean they destroyed him?" Aero yelled.

"The last trace of his power was in the gallery," Riden replied as he typed at a huge crystal computer-like machine.

Callisto walked over to Riden and placed a hand on his shoulder. Gamma was surprised at the gesture and a hate ran through him for Riden. His Callisto was touching another man, albeit innocently, he wanted her to stay away from him.

"Can you look at a wider area? Pinpoint a smaller energy signature?"

"I have done both as well as I could. There is no sign of his energy," Riden said and hit the consol with all his might. "Dammit!"

"It can't be helped," Gamma said. They all turned to him. Callisto was shocked at his actions.

"What in the hell do you mean it can't be helped!" Roland yelled.

"Exactly what it means. Eon knew that even though we have our temporary immortality we could be killed. We can only live forever and keep our youth. If we are killed in battle, we die. That is until we get the scouts. After that the Elderans will make it where we will never die no matter what."

"Eon was still our friend," Roland said.

"Shut it boy!" Gamma said. "Now we have to think of ourselves and how to find Meteor so the scouts can't fully gather as a team.

"Watch how you talk to my brother Gamma. The Elderans didn't make you the leader of us."

"Nor did they you," Gamma snapped back at Riden.

"Enough you two! Gamma, what you said was cruel," Callisto said.

"You aren't leader either Callisto," Gamma replied.

"I am sick of this fighting. If you want to act like children then contact me when you become an adult or when I get a mission!" Aero remarked and walked out of the room in a huff. Roland followed.

A group of voices echoed through the place.

"Riden come to us!" they say. Riden stood up. "Looks like the Elderans want to see me."

"Are you done or do I have to stay almighty leader!" Gamma snapped not paying any mind to the Elderans summoning Riden.

"Get the hell out of her Gamma!" Riden yelled.

"You coming Callisto?" Gamma asked. She squeezed Riden shoulder and Gamma held his arm out to her. She brushed by him and he followed her angrily.

"What the hell has gotten into you?" he yelled following her down the hall.

"I never realized that you could be so damned cruel."

"I am not cruel, I am realistic. If he died, he deserved to do so. He would only slow us down in the end."

She stopped and turned around roughly. "What in the hell did you say?" she growled out. Her eyes turned a deep red. Gamma steeled his fear of her that he had at that moment.

"You heard me. To be honest, I don't get why you told them all about the Elderans to begin with. They don't have the skill to be," he didn't get to finish because a punch knocked him to the ground. He looked up in shock at the beautiful woman standing above him in her black figure hugging dress. Her fist now at her side and her eyes burning with rage.

"Go to hell Gamma!" she yelled and stormed off.

She went to the hall where the bed chambers were. She gasped when she found a heap on the floor.

"RIDEN!" she yelled and rushed over to him. She lifted him up and held him close to her. Hearing Callisto yell caused Roland to rush out of his room.
"Brother! What happened?" he asked Callisto.

"Later, let's get him to my room. It is closest."

They gathered him up and took him to her room. Gamma was watching the entire scene.

AN: Hope you enjoyed it. Please review!