Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Sailor Moon, Robotech, or their characters, so please don't sue me. I have altered the aspects in which the Generals appear in this story once more. Originally many of you who have read the original version, know that I cloned all four Generals. Well now only three of them will be cloned while the fourth is a traitor. Also, I do not own the character of Ryoku/Jason Kino. This character belongs to Jason C. Ulloa who is the author of Sailor Moon AR: The Earth Scout Chronicles. The name Tranquility and the look of Sailor Sun belongs to Jendra who is the author of the fanfic's known as 'Sailor Moon Universal' & 'Sailor Moon Universal B'. This series is based on both my original Robotech Warriors series and Chibi Halo's Sailor Moon Macross. I am still going to write my original Robotech series, I just thought people might like to see a little bit of an Alternate Reality version to it. The names of the Generals are now Knave, Nathan, and Jared. These names were thought up by my other friend and fellow author named Twin Kats. I have also gone back and changed some of the character relations and their personalities. Now not only will she be smart but Serena will hardly ever get in trouble. This will be the new reason her brother Sammy makes fun of her. Please bare with me as I work on this story, I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy writing it!

Robotech Warriors: The Early Years

by: Thunderbird

Two days after Sailor Moon regained the ability to transform and saved the other Sailor scouts from the cardian known as Catria, at the home of the Mizuno family Amy Mizuno was waking up to a beautiful Friday morning. After taking a quick shower she got dressed and grabbed her books then went into the kitchen to greet her parents.

"Morning Mom and dad!" Amy said with a smile as she walked into the room.

"Good Morning sweetheart did you sleep well?" Kathy Mizuno asked her daughter.

"Yes I did mom thanks for asking!" Amy returned.

"That's good dear are you ready for school?" Jonathan Mizuno asked.

"Yes sir I am!" Amy answered.

"Good then let's eat before we all have to leave and go about our days." Kathy said as she placed their breakfast plates in from of them.

"Good idea dear!" Jonathan said as he and the two women in his life began to eat their breakfast.

Later that day at Crossroads Junior High during lunch Amy joined Serena, Lita and Jason to ask them something important.

"Um, I was wondering if you three wanted to come with me after school today and help out around a daycare?" Amy asked.

"I don't see why not. Yeah, I'll help you out." Jason said with a nod.

"I'll help also, Amy." Serena said with a smile on her face. "Besides, I think it may be kind of fun."

"Yeah Serena's right I'd love to come also and help out at the daycare too." Lita said with a smile.

"Good then meet me by the front doors after school okay guys." Amy said.

"Right!" The other three said before the bell ran signaling the beginning of afternoon classes.

Chapter 48: Mercury's New Power

That afternoon at the Little Tikes Daycare as Amy, Lita, Serena and Jason were walking towards the building, when it was attacked by a cardian causing most of the adults and babies to be drained of energy. After it was done, the cardian disappeared which allowed the four teens to run up to the gate leading into the small playground for the little kids.

"I'll check things out. You three stay here." Jason said as he went from one person to the other checking them over.

"Man I can't stand this new cardian. Going after defenseless babies." Serena said as she looked around.

"What should we do Serena?" Lita asked as she too looked around.

"I'm not sure what we should do Lita." Serena said with a sigh.

Jason then walked over to the three girls. "All the babies and the adults are out cold."

"I wish I had been here to help out." Amy said sadly.

"Amy, if you had been here by yourself, you'd have been in the same boat as the victims." Jason said.

"He's right Amy. Your powers are defensive not offensive." Serena added.

It was at that moment as the girls and Jason were talking that Darien ran up onto the scene and took in the adults and babies all laying on the ground out cold.

"Quick call an ambulance!" He urged.

"Right good idea!" Serena said as she ran into the building to do just that.

Elsewhere at Nancy & Steven's Apartment, they were both in their alien forms just sitting on one of the branches of the Doom Tree when Stringshot decided to appeared.

"I trust you first mission was a success?" Alan asked.

"Yes sir it was." She answered.

"Good then you may take a break before you next target!" Alan said making Stringshot return to her card.

"It was a great idea to use the energy of those weakling babies Alan!" Ann snickered.

"Yes but we can't do it too often Ann." He told her.

"Why not their just helpless babies?" Ann asked.

"Because Ann those weak babies have very protective parents who will stop at nothing to protect their offspring." Alan informed her.

"Oh I see your point." Ann said feeling a little crestfallen.

"Don't worry Ann we'll go after more baby energy tomorrow!" Alan said with a sinister smile playing across his face.

"Right tomorrow then." Ann said with an evil smile of her own.

Meanwhile at Tokyo General Hospital Raye and Mina had managed to come and join their fellow scouts in a room where many of the victims of the cardians attack were placed.

"I feel so sorry for all these poor people!" Mina said.

"Will they be okay Amy?" Serena asked.

"My father says that most of the adults are fine and my mother says all the babies are okay as well." Amy said.

"Most of the adults Amy?" Raye asked.

"Um yes you see this lady here?" Amy asked pointing towards a woman with short red hair.

"What's wrong with her Amy?" Jason asked.

"Well her name is Joyce Baxter and she's one of my mother and fathers patient's! She took most of the attack from that creature trying to protect her child and I don't know what's going to happen to her son for the night." Amy said.

"What do you mean Amy?" Lita asked.

"I mean that my parents want her to stay here in the hospital for observation but they have no time to look after her son Jordon." Amy informed her friends.

"Oh that's so terrible!" Mina said with a frown on her face.

"Can't they put him in the nursery Amy?" Serena asked.

"No I'm afraid not you see they already have that placed packed with the other new borns and pediatrics is also understaffed today so as I said there would be no one to look after him." Amy said.

"I'll do it!" Darien said as he walked up to the little baby.

"Yeah this little guy and I will be just fine together right Jordon?" Darien cooed down at the small one year old which caused the baby to smile.

'He's so good with babies!', Serena thought to herself. She then asked out loud, "Darien would you mind some assistance?"

"I guess but why would you want to help me Meatball Head?" Darien asked.

"Let's just say I'm seeing a whole other side to you that I want to learn more about shall we?" Serena said with a warm smile.

"Sure okay!" Darien said.

'Good luck you two, you're going to need it.', Jason thought to himself.

A few minutes later with the permission of Amy's mother both Serena and Darien left for his apartment taking little Jordon with them. When they left the other scouts decided that they would look for clues into this new cardian.

Thirty minutes later at Darien's Apartment, both he and Serena arrived after first stopping at the store to pick up some extra diapers and formula just in case he needed them. Once inside Darien placed Jordon on the his couch and went into the kitchen to prepare a bottle for him.

"Your apartment's nice Darien." Serena said as she sat down next to Jordon.

"Thanks Meatball Head!" Darien called out of the kitchen.

A few minutes later Darien came out of the kitchen holding a bottle in his left hand.

"So does that security business of yours pay for all of this?" Serena asked.

It was then that Serena saw an emotional mask go up on his face.

"No Serena it doesn't and I would rather not talk about it!" He stated in a cold hard tone.

"Oh alright then I'm sorry." Serena said looking at her hands. 'It must have to do with that car crash his family was involved in when he was little.', Serena thought to herself.

"It's okay Meatball Head! It's just that my past is not something I really like to remember to much about." He told her.

"I understand Darien something's are better left where they are in the past." Serena said with a smile.

"Thanks for understanding Serena. Now how about we see to this little guy shall we?" Darien asked sitting down on Jordon's other side.

"Hey there little buddy are you hungry?" Darien asked the infant as he placed the bottle in front of the toddlers face.

'Well what do you think genius? Of course I'm hungry but your too busy talking to miss blondie here!', Jordon thought as he reached for his bottle.

"Looks like he is hungry Darien might as well give it to him." Serena suggested.

"Sure here you go little guy!" Darien said as he placed the bottle in Jordon's mouth and let Jordon hold onto it.

'That's more like it! You need to listen to the blondie more often instead of arguing with her pal!', Jordon thought as he ate his dinner.

As the evening progressed both Serena and Darien watched the small boy eat sleep or play with his fingers or anything else he could find. Then an hour before Serena needed to leave for home, Darien decided to act like Jordon was ready for a lesson in talking.

"Hey there Jordon what's up little man can you say my name? Can you say Darien?" Darien asked with a bright smile on his face.

"Darien you do know he's still a little young right? I mean after all he's got to walk first!" Serena said as she went over by Jordon and lifted him to his feet. She then proceeded to show Jordon how to walk. This only managed to work while she had a hold of him. When Serena let go Jordon dropped to his bottom.

"Ha Meatball Head you see he can't walk yet!" Darien teased with a smile on his face.

"Fine Darien I'll bet you a weeks worth of allowance that Jordon walks by tomorrow night!" Serena boldly said.

"Alright I'll take that bet meatball head! By tomorrow night I'll have this kid talking up a storm!" Darien stated.

"It's a deal then!" Serena said as they shook hands.

A few minutes later Serena left Darien's apartment to head for home.

The next morning at the Tsukino family house Serena was up bright and early, ready to start the day and go to school then head over to Darien's and take care of Jordon.

"Morning mom and dad!" Serena cheerfully said as she entered the dinning room and sat down at the table for breakfast.

"Morning sweetheart here's your breakfast." Ilene said as she placed a plate of pancakes in front of her daughter.

"Thanks mom!" Serena said with a smile as she put some butter and syrup on her pancakes.

"Good morning honey did you sleep well?" Kenji asked looking over the top of his paper.

"Yes sir I did!" Serena said with a smile.

"Morning everyone!" Sammy said as he walked into the dinning room.

"Good morning dear you breakfast is coming up." Ilene said still by the stove.

"Thanks mom." Sammy said with a smile.

"So son did you sleep well?" Kenji asked as he looked over the top of his paper again.

"Yes sir I did." Sammy answered.

"That's good I'm glad we can all sleep even during these attacks by these creatures that the scouts are facing now!" Kenji said before he returned to reading his paper. He had only just begun reading his paper again when the rest of the family heard him say. "Darn it now those stinking monsters are going after innocent babies!" Kenji hissed from behind his paper.

"What did you say dear?" Ilene asked as she sat down after handing Sammy his own plate.

"I said that the people the scouts are fighting now appear to be going after innocent babies and their parents!" Kenji said dropping his paper to the table.

"Oh dear all those poor children!" Ilene exclaimed.

"Don't worry mom and dad I'm sure the Sailor Scouts will do something about this!" Sammy said trying to soothe his parents emotions.

'You've got that right little brother! Those alien's will pay for hurting those babies and their parents you have my word on that!', Serena thought to herself as she continued eating.

"Sammy's right dear there is no need to get yourself worked up over the matter!" Ilene said with a smile.

"You're both right of course it just gets my goat why these weird beings keep coming after the people of Earth!" Kenji said.

"Who knows the answer but let's just remember that they will never get that far as long as we have the scouts here to help us! Now Serena you and Sammy hurry up and eat so you two can head off to school!" Ilene said.

"Yes ma'am!" Both teens said with smiles on their faces as the whole family let the subject drop for now and continued eating.

Later that afternoon at Crossroads Junior High during lunch Amy, Serena, Lita and Jason all decided to sit under the Japanese Oak tree and discuss what's been happening so far and what they needed to do about it.

"So Amy have you learned anything else?" Serena asked.

"No nothing new I'm afraid." Amy said shaking her head.

"How's Jordon's mom doing as well as for the other parents and babies from the attack yesterday?" Lita asked.

"Mom and dad say that they are all doing much better and that they should all be out sometime this evening." Amy said with a smile.

"That's good to hear! My dad is so angry with these alien scumbags for what they have done to the parents and their children! You know I think my dad would love to be regular military again just to get his hands on them and take them out." Serena told her friends.

"Serena I don't think your father or the army could take on these aliens and their cardians." Lita said.

"Lita it's not a question whether or not Serena's father can do anything to them! It is only the fact that he want's to do something to stop these people!" Jason said.

"Oh I see!" Lita said looking down at the ground.

"Lita don't worry about it besides I'm sure the Sailor Scouts can take care of this problem right?" Serena asked with a bright smile on her face.

"Yeah your right there Serena!" Lita said cheering up.

"Good but now we need to get to class since the afternoon bell just rang." Amy said as she began to stand up after hearing said bell go off.

"Yes ma'am!" The others stated as they too got up and followed Amy into the building.

Elsewhere later that day in Darien's apartment, he was attending to Jordon's afternoon bottle when he doorbell rang.

"Come in it's open!" Darien called out.

"Hey Darien it's me Nancy! I just thought you could use some help taking care of that sweet little boy that you're watching." Nancy said entering the apartment.

"Oh um thanks Nancy I'll be right there." Darien said.

As Darien was still in the kitchen Nancy walked over to Jordon who had found interest in pulling tissue paper out of it's box.

"Hey there stop it you little brat!" Nancy hissed before she noticed Darien walking through the opening which connected his living room and kitchen. "Stop that you can't go messing up Darien's nice clean apartment!" Nancy added more for Darien's ears.

'Who does this lady think she is? Give me blondie any day compared to this witch! At least blondie was nice.', Jordon thought as he began to cry.

"Hey there little buddy you okay?" Darien asked coming into the room when he heard Jordon crying.

"He might just be in a hurry to eat Darien." Nancy said with a fake smile.

"Oh well then here you go Jordon!" Darien said placing the bottle he had with him in Jordon's mouth.

As both Nancy and Darien were sitting there watching Jordon eat a knock came to the door.

"Come on in the doors open!" Darien called out.

"Hey Darien it's me Serena I hope you don't mind but I brought…" Serena said as she came into Darien's living room and saw Nancy sitting next to him.

"What are you doing here Serena?" Nancy asked although Serena could swear she was hissing it out.

"I came here to help Darien watch Jordon Nancy." Serena said no emotion in her voice what so ever.

"Is that so well as you can see he doesn't need you here anymore blondie so you might as well leave." Nancy suggested.

"Nancy will you stop it! Serena helped me out with Jordon yesterday and I knew she was coming over today to help as well!" Darien said trying to stop the arguing before it became a full fledged fight.

"Oh is that right well since you obviously don't want my help I'll be going now!" Nancy said as she left Darien's apartment.

"I'm sorry Darien I didn't mean to start a fight with Nancy! I'll leave so you can have her come back if you want." Serena said as she began to turn towards the door.

"No Serena you don't have to leave also!" Darien said turning her around to look her in the face. "I am glad you came today to help me out with Jordon just like I was glad you did yesterday as well! Look I know I don't act like it sometimes but I like you as a person even though I call you meatball head most of the time." Darien said with a smile on his face.

Serena was about to answer him when she noticed something behind Darien. It was Jordon and he was walking.

"Darien look Jordon's walking!" Serena exclaimed.

"What!" Darien half exclaimed, half asked as he turned to see Jordon walking towards a box of tissue paper. Once there he promptly dropped to the ground and continued with his earlier activity of pulling tissue paper from it's box.

"Alright Jordon walked this is so great now I don't have to pay you a weeks worth of my allowance!" Serena cheered.

"No you sure don't Meatball Head!" Darien said with a smile.

As Serena and Darien watched Jordon play with the tissue paper they both heard a soft knock at the door. When Serena opened the door she saw Amy standing there with a face filled with both worry and anger.

"What's wrong Amy?" Serena asked.

"I'm sorry to have to pull you away Serena but that cardian has been spotted near another daycare and we need your help to stop it!" Amy informed her.

"Okay I'm coming!" Serena said as she took a step to leave Darien's apartment with Amy only to find her arm being held by Darien.

"Serena please don't go!" Darien pleaded.

"Don't worry Darien I'll be back!" Serena said with a smile on her face before she and Amy left.

Meanwhile at the Busy Little Bee's Daycare center, Sailors Mars, Venus and Jupiter along with Sailor Knight arrived just in time to see that Stringshot had already begun stealing energy from the adults that both work there and dropped their children off as well as for the babies themselves.

"No that witch has already started!" Sailor Jupiter hissed.

"Then let's do something about it until Mercury and Sailor Moon get here." Sailor Mars said, anger radiating from her eyes.

"Right!" The others exclaimed as the four scouts then ran up onto the Daycare grounds.

"Stop right there Negaslug, we don't appreciate you coming onto our planet and attacking defenseless babies and their caregivers." Sailor Mars said.

"No kidding so please give us a reason to beat the crap out of you." Sailor Jupiter said mockingly. "Oh wait, you already did."

"Allow me to make the first move. Venus Crescent Beam Smash!" Sailor Venus yelled as she threw out an attack.

As Venus' attack flew at Stringshot, the cardian merely flew out of the way of the attack. She then blew magical bubbles down on the babies that she had already stolen energy from. The babies were encased in the bubbles and floated up onto the air and surrounded Stringshot.

"Damn, now there's no way we can attack this cardian without hurting the babies." Sailor Knight said angrily.

"Nobody stops me, Sailor wimps, so don't even bother trying." Stringshot said. "Now it's your turn, Sailor failures." She smirked evilly as she prepared a dark spell.

"We've got to stop this energy vampire!" Mars exclaimed.

"Yeah, tell me about it." Sailor Jupiter said in agreement.

Stringshot then released energy bolts that hit all the Sailor Scouts present, knocking them out. It was also at this time that Serena and Amy arrived upon the scene.

"No guys!" Serena exclaimed.

'Jason…', Amy thought to herself before she was brought out of her thoughts by Serena.

"Come on Amy, we've got to get down to business!" Serena stated as she placed a hand on her broach and called out, "Moon Crystal Power!"

"I'm with you Serena!" Amy said as she held her transformation pen high over her head and called out, "Mercury Power!"

Within moments Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury took the places of Serena Tsukino and Amy Mizuno.

"Oh goody, there's two more of you." Stringshot said rolling her eyes. "Do me a favor you two brats and butt out of my business or you'll end up like your friends."

"No chance! We'll make you pay for what you've done to the others." Sailor Moon announced.

"Fine by me, that just gives me more energy." Stringshot said as she blasts both Mercury and Sailor Moon down off their feet. "Good! Now it's time to zap you of your energy." The cardian said as she sent tendrils down and wrapped around Mercury and Sailor Moon's waists.

"Mercury, can you move?" Sailor Moon asked weakly.

"No. she's zapping all my strength. We've got to do something or we're fried!" Mercury exclaimed just as weakly.

Help soon arrives; however, as a white rose streaks across Stringshot's face, forcing her to let go of Mercury and Sailor Moon.

"Huh?" Both Sailor Moon and Mercury asked looking around.

"How dare you attack the most innocent of humanity: these helpless babies! You'll pay for it, you evil parasite!" Moonlight Knight said as he walked onto the scene.

"Moonlight Knight, you saved us!" Sailor Moon stated with a smile.

"Had to, Sailor Moon. If you and the Sailor Scouts don't stop her, no baby anywhere will be safe." He said just as the bubbles that were trapping the babies soon landed on the ground and faded.

Meanwhile, Sailor Mercury was getting very angry with Stringshot. "Hey, you baby snatcher, I don't know where you get off stealing these innocent kids, but it's stopping…right this instant! Mercury Ice Bubbles Freeze!" Mercury yelled as out she unconsciously discovered a hidden power.

"AAH! She's f-f-f-freezing m-m-me!" Stringshot exclaimed as Sailor Mercury's newest attack encased the cardian in ice.

"Woah! Mercury, where did that come from? I know those weren't your usual Bubbles." Sailor Moon said astonished.

"I don't know. All of a sudden, I just felt this new power inside of me. I guess because I couldn't stand the thought of her getting away and zapping more babies." Sailor Mercury said with a shrug.

"Right, Sailor Mercury! We've got to put this babynapper out of business! Woman, you're getting moondusted!" Sailor Moon said as she pulled out her Moon Scepter, and called out, "Moon Scepter Elimination!"

When Sailor Moon's attack hit Stringshot, she was promptly turned into nothing but dust. Her card dropped to the ground and fades to black. As the other Sailor Scouts wake up, they are all relieved to hear the cry of babies alive with energy.

"Excellent work, Sailor Scouts, but sounds like you might have some diapers to change. Ahem. Uh, I'll leave it to you." The Moonlight Knight said as he disappeared.

"Typical guy, but a hunky one." Sailor Moon said with a sigh.

"Is that because he reminds you of Darien?" Mars asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I guess so." Sailor Moon said with a shrug.

"Let's take care of these people and the babies before we head home." Sailor Knight suggested.

"Good idea, Sailor Knight." Sailor Moon said with a nod.

Soon after, the scouts all went from one parent or caregiver as well as baby and made sure they were all alright. After they were done, they all split up and headed their own separate ways.

Later that evening at Darien's Apartment building both he and Serena were standing at his apartment building's door saying goodbye to Jordon and his mother Joyce.

"Thank you both so much for looking after my little Jordon for me!" Joyce Baxter said with a warm smile on her face.

"You're very welcome Mrs. Baxter it was a pleasure to do it!" Serena said returning the smile.

"Yes he was not trouble what so ever!" Darien added.

"That's good I'm glad he behaved himself." Joyce said.

Before Mrs. Baxter pushed Jordon away in his stroller both Serena and Darien bent down to say goodbye to him as well.

"Bye Jordon be good for your mother now okay!" Darien said as he smiled down at the toddler.

"Bye Jordon I hope we see each other again!" Serena said with her own bright smile.

"Bye Meatball Head!" Jordon said looking at Serena then he turned to Darien, "Bye Darien!"

Mrs. Baxter beamed down at her son before she pushed him off towards her home.

"Alright we taught him how to walk and talk!" Both Serena and Darien exclaimed in glee at their feet that they had managed to pull off. After that Serena and Darien parted as Serena walked home and Darien entered his apartment building for the night.

To be continued...

I hope you liked this new version of my Robotech Warriors: The Early Years. Please review and let me know what you think. Stay tuned for the next installment; titled: Mina Gains a Fan. In the next installment, Mina meets a young girl who loves Sailor Moon. Be there to see what else happens and please review and let me know what you think of this chapter.