Chapter 28: Preparing For Battle

One night, while Ami and Rei were working on locating Sarah's dimension, Hotaru and Taiki took Bianca and Karinka to the Crystal Tokyo Observatory. Karinka had the idea that she might be able to enhance her powers if she looked at Venus in a telescope, and she also wanted Bianca to teach her things about the cloudy planet. However, when they arrived at the observatory, they found that while the front door was open, the inside was dark and it seemed to be deserted.

"Is anyone here? Hello?" Bianca called, as the group of four entered the front entryway. The only response was a metallic whirring sound, but no humans answered.

"Maybe whoever was here last left a computer on. We should come back tomorrow night," Hotaru suggested. Suddenly the door behind them slammed shut and the lock clicked, trapping them inside! Bianca screamed in fright, grabbing her wand out of her pocket in case she needed to transform.

"Why are you so scared? We're here now, maybe we can still find the telescope in the dark. It was probably just the wind slamming the door shut," Karinka said lightly.

"Because the wind can't blow an electric lock shut! Someone trapped us in here on purpose! Is there anyone else from your past who we haven't fought yet, Mrs. Tomoe, Taiki?" Bianca demanded.

"Sailor Tin Nyanko. The other three Animamates, Sailor Iron Mouse, Sailor Lead Crow and Sailor Aluminum Siren, have appeared, but Sailor Tin Nyanko has not yet come. I assume that Sarah resurrected her as well, so she may have been the one who locked us in here," Taiki guessed, remembering the battles against Galaxia's minions.

"Well, she's not going to kill me without a fight! Uranus Twinkle Power, Make Up!" yelled Bianca, holding up her wand and transforming. She pulled the door to the main room open and looked around, but it was dark too. The other three followed her in, Karinka barely making it before that door slammed shut and locked with a beep. Two beams of light suddenly zoomed past Chibi Uranus and struck Hotaru, who screamed as her heart crystal was ripped from her body. The lights in the room flickered on, revealing Tin Nyanko, as Taiki had predicted.

"Galactica Puppet!" she called, and strings flew from her fingers and wrapped around Taiki's arms and legs. Karinka finally took her wand out too, and held it up.

"Venus Sparkle Power, Make Up!"

"Uranus Zephyr Flash!" called Sailor Chibi Uranus. Tin Nyanko was blown back, and she dragged Taiki with her, crashing the genius alien across the floor. Tin Nyanko shot another energy beam out of her bracelets, this time merely aiming to zap Chibi Uranus, who ducked and shoved Chibi Venus out of the way.

"Do we need to get someone to help us? That cat girl might be able to capture us too if she ties us up," Chibi Venus commented

"Then you try attacking! Your powers might be able to cut those strings," Chibi Uranus snapped at her ditzy partner.

"Okay, but I thought you had that sword," Chibi Venus pointed out, "Venus Sparkling Beauty!" At the same time as she struck Tin Nyanko with her golden heart energy, Nyanko had shot another bracelet beam at her and Chibi Uranus, and all three of them were knocked back.

"I've never used it," Chibi Uranus realized, "But my sister uses the Silence Glaive, shouldn't I be able to use my special weapon too?" There was a surprised yelp as Sailor Chibi Venus was tied up in the strings too. Tin Nyanko pulled on the strings and Chibi Venus's foot swept out, kicking her startled battle partner.

"If you can use that sword Sailor Uranus had, Bianca, you need to use it now," Taiki ordered, still tied up with Chibi Venus.

"Shut up! You Starlights caused me the most trouble," she snarled, and she began to tighten the strings around Taiki and Chibi Venus's necks.

"If I'm able to use it, I need the Space Sword now! So Taiki and Karinka don't die!" Chibi Uranus shrieked, wanting badly to be able to cut those strings. She began sobbing, watching Chibi Venus and Taiki being slowly strangled by that catgirl villain. There wasn't a knife in the observatory, so far as she could see, nothing she could use as a weapon. A glow surrounded her and in a flash, the Space Sword appeared in front of her hands. Chibi Uranus grabbed the sword and lunged, tears still streaming out of her single orange eye as she drove the sword into Tin Nyanko's chest. The villainess let out a scream of her own as she was killed, and she disappeared in a flash of black sparkles. The strings disappeared and Taiki and Chibi Venus fell to the floor, gasping and panting for air. Chibi Uranus hurried over to Hotaru's heart crystal and replaced it in her body. She then shrieked in fear as she heard a knock on the door.

"Taiki, Hotaru? Are you in there? We have some good news for you and the Chibi Senshi." Chibi Uranus sighed in relief, it was Rei's voice! Had she and Ami found a way they could rescue Electra?

"They're in here with us. We were attacked by Tin Nyanko," Chibi Uranus explained, happy to open the door for Rei. Ami was with her too.

"Tin Nyanko...the last of the Sailor Animamates," Rei remembered, "I think that you Chibi Senshi have fought and beaten all the enemies who attacked us when we were younger."

"No, there were a few others. The Doom Tree aliens, Sarah never sent them. Nor have we fought the ones who were the leaders of the villains, like Queen Beryl, the Wiseman, those people. But we do have good news. Rei and I have located Sarah's dimension. If you come to the Crystal Palace, all the other Chibi Senshi are waiting. If you all go together, I'm sure you can stop Sarah and rescue Electra," Ami said.

"Really? How did you do that? If Rei uses that fire and you use the Mercury computer, did you set the computer on fire? Is it magic and that's why it looks fine?" Chibi Venus wondered, noticing Ami had the Mercury computer in her hand.

"No, I just used the computer at the same time Rei was fire gazing," Ami explained, "I didn't need to burn it."

"When I found Sarah's dimension, I could sense an aura similar to my own. That means that Sailor Chibi Mars is definitely there," Rei added. The group headed back to the Crystal Palace, where the other Chibi Senshi were waiting, all of them transformed.

"Hi! I think we're ready now," Serenity said, "I'm going to let Chibi-Usa use the Silver Crystal, since the Chibi Senshi might need it to defeat Sarah."

"Do you want any of them to stay here, in case Sarah sends anyone else to attack the Crystal Palace? It could be dangerous to leave it unprotected, since all of us gave up our powers," Haruka pointed out.

"No, I have a feeling that all the Chibi Senshi will be needed to defeat Sarah. And Chibi Venus and Chibi Uranus just fought Sailor Tin Nyanko, so that's the last of the Animamates," Rei shrugged, "Now if you, Bianca and Karinka, would join the circle, I can help all of you see where Sarah's hideout is so you can teleport there." Karinka and Bianca both transformed again, and they joined the circle of Chibi Senshi, with Rei standing in the middle. She knelt down, concentrating on the images she had gotten from the fire readings, and Serenity handed her the Silver Crystal, which she used to amplify her psychic powers so the Chibi Senshi knew where they were going to teleport to. When this was done, Rei handed the Silver Crystal back to Chibi Moon, who thanked her.

"Moon Magic Power!"

"Mercury Sparkle Power!"

"Jupiter Sparkle Power!"

"Venus Sparkle Power!"

"Uranus Twinkle Power!"

"Neptune Twinkle Power!"

"Pluto Twinkle Power!"

"Saturn Twinkle Power!"

"Fighter Prism Power!"

"Healer Prism Power!"

"Maker Prism Power!"

"Earth Prism Power!"

All 12 Senshi glowed their aura colors and in a flash, they were gone, teleporting to their rescue mission. Sarah could tell they were coming, but she wasn't bothered. She was glad that they were coming, that way she didn't have to send her final five minions to Earth. Then she could use the power of their Heart Crystals, which she hoped would be able to give her some magic that would actually be useful in combat, so she wouldn't need to rely on reviving old minions all the time.