SMST: My Own Worst Enemy! – By DS Wynne
Disclaimer: SM, R1/5, ST and other genres belong to their respective owners.
Note: This is a multi-genre mini-series.
Special Note: This story takes place before the events of "Blackest Reign and a Dark Night". C&C are welcomed.
Addendum: "Dr. Tempo" and "Taimu Kyuusaisha" belongs to Dr. Tempo; everything else belongs to their respective creators.
Part 26
Twenty-four weeks ago…
Usagi woke up feeling rested early one morning. After much soul searching, she decided to go after Requiem obliquely, by defeat each and every one of his clients. Some, she had faced before, so it was not like the Moon Princess was about to take on this epic adventure blindly…
She then looked at her husband, who was still in bed asleep.
"Zzzzzzz…"
"Poor thing," Usagi said, as she felt Ranma's broad chest. "You shouldn't be putting up with people like me…"
With a single kiss on Ranma's lips, Usagi rolls out to begin her mission…
CHUNK!
Taimu Kyuusaisha looks up from his morning paper, as he leaned on the front gate's supporting post. He would be helping Usagi defeat these new foes…
"'Morning, Taimu," Usagi said, as she closed the door behind her. "Ready?"
"Ready," Taimu said. "You got the list?"
"Yep," Usagi said, as she tosses to Taimu the list of people, on a data pad, she and Taimu would be going after for the next six months.
KTCH!
Taimu then reads it, and scrolls down the list…
"Huh, you have Lord Rei here, as the last on your list."
"Well, it's not a list you go down numerically, but I want to deal with 'He-Who-Shall-Remain-Nameless' LAST."
"Good point. Where to, boss?" Taimu said, as he slung his pack.
"First stop: Genosha," Usagi said, as she took one last look at her home, before she walks off with Taimu for their destination…"
Twenty-three weeks ago…
The island nation of Genosha, located off of South Africa, was once an island dominated by anti-mutant humans, who treated mutants as second-class citizens. Sailor Cosmos had helped both the Brotherhood of Mutants and the X-Men free the mutants. However, instead of allowing equality between mutant and human kind to flourish, Magneto, the leader of the Brotherhood of Mutants decided to turn it into a base of operations dedicated toward tacking over the Earth for mutant kind. Now, knowing that Requiem was involved, Sailor Cosmos, Taimu and the X-Men were on hand to deal with this latest plot…
CHOOOM!
Magneto discharged an EMP pulse that was meant to disrupt the nervous systems of his foes.
"Fools!" Magneto said with a roar. "I will not have my dreams to protect all of mutantkind go up in smoke!"
Sailor Cosmos was held at bay. Sure, eventually, she would overcome the attack, but time was of the essence. Magneto was going to use reprogrammed Sentinels (America's answer to the mutant "problem") against humanity. In fact, inside them were canisters of a biological agent, called the Legacy Virus, that will kill anyone without mutant powers…
Meanwhile, Taimu, who hid behind a rock by the mutant hero "Wolverine", turns to his war partner.
"Mr. Howlette, when I give the word, do what you do best," Taimu said, as he prepares to strike with his enhanced Keyblade.
"You do know that Magnus can control the iron in our bodies, right?" Wolverine said with a smirk.
"Not if my body is cloaked in 'bio-metal'," Taimu said. "It's not metal, the properties of the material mimics it."
"Alright," Wolverine said, as he looks over at Magneto, who was still fighting Sailor Cosmos. "Go!"
CHOOM!
Now armored in bio-metal, Taimu charges at a speed that took Wolverine by surprised. However, the attack didn't take Magneto by surprise.
"No!" Magneto said, as he turns to face Taimu, as he lowered his Keyblade onto Magneto's personal EM field shield.
FWAK!
"Lunar Burst!" Taimu called out.
FLASH!
With everyone blinded, Wolverine, with his eyes closed, uses his sense of smell to finish Magneto off.
SLICE!
Sailor Cosmos was the first to recover, since she was immune to prolong exposure to bright light.
"Logan, don't kill him," Sailor Cosmos said, as she goes over to fallen mutant. "It's over…"
"I'll check on the others, then," Logan said, as he walks away.
"I'm surprised you want him to live," Taimu said, as he placed his Keyblade on his right shoulder.
"Death-dealing should be utilize as a last result," Sailor Cosmos said, as she checked for vital signs. "And even if Erik is misguided, at least there are people standing up for mutant kind."
"Humph."
Twenty-three weeks ago…
THACK-THACK-THACK-THACK-THACK-!
Taimu utilizes his "Shuriken Storm" attack to pen the time traveling super-villain, Kang the Conqueror, to the wall of the US Senate chamber. Kang sought to take over the world by killing everyone in Washington, DC. Thankfully, a tip from Dr. Tempo, who wasn't from the 52 Sub-Verses, noticed that Kang was about to make his move temporally. So, Sailor Cosmos, create a fake version of Washington DC, and tricked Kang into coming to that pocket dimension. Since Kang relies too heavily on knowing about the future, he never saw Taimu coming, even after putting Sailor Cosmos into a "Time Lock".
"Arrrgh!" Kang yelled in pain, as he dropped the device that held Sailor Cosmos in place.
"You're dusted, Kang!" Sailor Cosmos said, as she picks up Kang's device.
"So, hero, what do you want to do?" Kang sneered.
"You wanted to be in control of your own Earth? Well, I'm going to give you THAT."
With that, Sailor Cosmos places the device on 'Loop' and the puts on Kang.
"What are you-?"
ZAARK!
Kang was now temporally locked.
"What did you do?" Taimu asked.
"I locked him in a temporal loop of about one second," Sailor Cosmos said. "That way, he'll be aware while still being stuck here…"
"Killer…"
Twenty-two weeks ago…
WHAM!
The impact that the body of the Titan Thanos had made was impressive, to say the least, especially after Sailor Cosmos used a classic judo throw.
Sailor Cosmos then places a heel unto Thanos' chest, driving into the hard surface further.
CRUNCH!
Thanos knew that by acquiring the services of Requiem, he was essentially challenging the Moon Princess. He wanted to imprint his genetic structure into human beings in order to create an army that would be under his direct control, which was similar to what his rival Darkseid had done to create his "Parademons". Being so enamored by death, he purposely attracted her attention…in spades.
"Do you yield, Lord Thanos, death god of the Eternals?" Sailor Cosmos asked.
"I am not sure," Thanos said with a lecherous grin, as he puts his hand underneath his prone head. "Will I still have this position?"
Sailor Cosmos' frowned. Thanos was a lot tougher than he tends to be, so why would he not put up a decent fight-
Sailor Cosmos blushed, as she instinctively closed her legs.
"You…you pervert!" Sailor Cosmos yelled.
KICK!
CRASH!
Just then, Taimu, Captain Marvel, and the Eternals Sersi and Foxfire arrive upon the scene, just as Sailor Cosmos storms out of Thanos laboratory.
"Princess, are you okay-?" Taimu said.
"Gah!" Sailor Cosmos yelled, as she threw her hands up in the air. "Men!"
"What did I say…?"
Twenty-one weeks ago…
"Stand back, Mephisto!" Sailor Cosmos said, as one of her eyes glowed red. "You shall not take this child!"
While visiting her friend (and former lover) Spider-Man and his family, for the birthday party weekend for Spider-Man's youngest daughter Benjamina "Bennie" Parker, the demon lord known as "Mephisto" shows up, on the actual night of Bennie's birth, to claim her as his young bride. However, neither Spider-Man nor Sailor Cosmos was about to let THAT happen…
"HELP!" Bennie yelled, as she was held by demons while dressed in a wedding dress.
"Mephisto…let go of my daughter!" Spider-Man yelled, as he fought off Mephisto's demonic minions.
"You should have read the fine print, Man of Spiders," Mephisto said.
"WHAT fine print?" Sailor Cosmos asked, as she was grabbed by demons.
"In order to recover May Parker, the daughter of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson-Parker, your friend signed a contract stating that you will give up your second child to ME," Mephisto said.
Sailor Cosmos turns towards Spider-Man.
"You did WHAT?" Sailor Cosmos yelled.
"I didn't know that you were pregnant with Bennie, Usa!" Spider-Man said. "MJ and I were not planning on having a second child, because of our respective careers."
"WHAT?" Bennie yelled. "Mom…is not Mom?"
Spider-Man sighs. He wanted to avoid this sort of conversation at all costs…
"Your mother…your REAL is your 'Auntie Usagi'," Spider-Man said.
"Whoa…"
Sailor Cosmos wanted to grab her little girl, but she had to remain strong. So, she faced the culprit of all this nonsense…
"So, Mephisto, you found a loophole to take advantage of this situation, eh?" Sailor Cosmos said.
"Of course, my dear," Mephisto said. "Ever since you acquired the heart of Beliar, I have taken a keen interest in you…
"What is he talking about?" Spider-Man said.
"Well…long-story short, back when I was working for the Nazi, under protest, I absorbed the heart of a powerful demon named 'Beliar'," Sailor Cosmos said. "Nothing big."
"You call THAT nothing?"
"Now, I will tell you what I want," Mephisto said. "I will tell you what I want-"
"You want my heart, okay?" Sailor Cosmos said. "Fine."
"Excellent," Mephisto salivated. "I will add your power and the power of Beliar to my OWN."
The demon lord motions his minions to set Sailor Cosmos free, and then unchains Bennie…
CLANG!
"THANK you," Bennie said, as she rubbed her wrist.
"You may leave, my child," Mephisto said.
"Creep," Bennie said, as she walks away from the demon lord. As she passes near Sailor Cosmos, she turns towards her "Auntie Usagi".
"Why didn't you tell me the truth?" Bennie asked.
"Because I wanted you to have a whole family," Sailor Cosmos said. "Besides, you know how wacky I can get."
"Okay, but…you don't have to do this," Bennie said with pleading eyes.
Sailor Cosmos places a hand on Bennie's cheek.
"You don't have to worry about me, kiddo," Sailor Cosmos said with a smile. "Whatever happens, I know that my best legacy will be with the family that loves her."
Bennie looks down, not sure what to do.
"Now, go to your father."
Bennie hesitantly does as she was told.
Sailor Cosmos presented herself to Mephisto.
"Just get it over with, demon," Sailor Cosmos said.
"With pleasure," Mephisto said he was about to pull out Sailor Cosmos' heart, when-
BOOM!
All eyes turn to see Taimu carrying what appeared to be large cannon in his arms…
"What?" Mephisto said.
"To quote 'They Live': I'm here to kick butt and chew gum…and I'm all out of gum. DUCK!"
Sailor Cosmos ducks, as Taimu discharged his 'Wave Motion Cannon'.
FWOOSH!
Mephisto was hit by a crush wave of force that forces the demon lord deeper into the bowls of Hell.
"Yeaaaaaarrrrgggghhhh-!"
Sailor Cosmos looks up.
"How did you find me?" Sailor Cosmos asked.
"I left a note," Spider-Man said, as he held Bennie.
"Huh. Thanks…"
Tbc.