SailorStar9: This is Chapter 25 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?

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Chapter 25: Hunting Season, Part Two

The room was brightly lit, and had white metallic walls, with a row of monitors attached to one of them. A large computer console rested on said wall, and a man with a black suit was typing on it. Rex entered the room through the only entrance: A metal, sliding door which closed a few seconds after he passed through the doorway.

"Is the Droid ready to go, Vulture?"

The man turned to Rex. He was wearing a strange black helm that matched the suit's color that left some of his short black hair stick out, and had a strange, beak-like, black transparent visor that matched his black eyes perfectly. To complete the man's weird look, the suit had metallic bird-like wings packed with sharp metal feathers.

"It is, indeed, ready to attack, Rex."

Rex nodded. "Good. Send it to attack Jupiter and if Venus interferes,, capture her as well."

"Understood. Can I go play with them too?"

Rex frowned. "Vulture... these Senshi seem to be stronger than the ones we've found so far. They're not to be underestimated."

Vulture nodded "Still, I'd love to have the pleasure to kill one of them."

"Oh and you will. But first we must weaken them. An injured prey is easier to capture."

"And by having our Droids kill their weakest members, we'll weaken them emotionally," Vulture said following Rex's line of thought, "I like that plan."

"Uh, Mako, what's that thing?" Minako asked, pointing at a creature that had just walked out from a store.

Makoto looked at the creature. Metal skin, yellow eyes... just like the one Ami had described... Only this one didn't have massive claws for hands. The only weird thing about the creature were the small slots on its chest.

"Targets located," the creature said in a robotic voice.

"What the heck are you?" Makoto asked.

"I'm CoinDroid," the creature said.

"CoinDroid? Silly name." Minako snorted.

"Surrender or die." CoinDroid said.

"I don't think so," Makoto said. "Mina, go look for a place to transform," she said in a low voice to the others, since people around them were looking at the scene wondering if CoinDroid was a real robot or someone filming a movie at the mall.

"But Mako..." Minako protested.

"Look, I can punch that thing out cold even without powers." Makoto said, "so I'll keep it busy until you come back."

Minako nodded. "Okay... Be careful."

Makoto nodded and Minako ran out of the scene. She then turned to the robot. "Okay tinman, you're going down."

"Eliminate target," the droid said and shot some small metal discs from the slots on its chest.

"What the heck?" Makoto leapt aside and watched as the coins cut through a wall behind her. Damn. If these 'coins' hit any civilian...

The droid shot another barrage, and this time Makoto was standing in front of a group of people. "I can't let them get injured..."

"Venus Light Whip!"

The coins were slapped away from Makoto's face. She sighed. "Thanks."

"Get out of here, I'll deal with it," Venus Zate Guardian winked.

Makoto nodded and ran off.

Venus looked at the coins on the ground, then at the creature, "Guess I'll to improvise. Crescent Beam Shower!" she released her energy beams at the creature, slamming through it.

The droid fell to its knees.

"Now there's an idea," Jupiter Zate Guardian said as she run towards the other Guardian.

"How can we beat it?" Venus asked.

"Eliminate target." the droid repeated standing up.

"Jupiter Thunder Dragon!"

"Light Whip!" Venus entwined her chain around the lightning construct, powering it up.

The droid didn't have even a second to dodge the rushing rock before it slammed on its metallic body, crashing out of the mall and into the parking area, dragging the droid's body along the pavement for a good hundred meters before stopping.

"Is it dead?" Venus asked.

The droid exploded upon impact, turning into small shards.

"I'd say it's quite dead." Jupiter nodded.

"How could THEY beat my droid?" Vulture asked in disbelief.

"We should try a different kind of droid next time," Rex said.

"Hmmm... Next time, if the droid fails, I'll go pay the Senshi a visit. I want to see if they're as strong as they supposedly are."

"Remember, don't be reckless. Their kind almost killed us before."

"I know that. I won't let my guard down, Rex. And I won't target the strongest ones yet."

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