Tuxedo Mask and Malachite both carefully made their way down a corridor in the Negaverse as they attempted to track the sense of evil power that they had felt in this place once they had come here looking for Sailor Moon. For Tuxedo Mask, the dark energy felt familiar somehow. As if he should be able to recognize it for some reason. Shaking his head, Darien tried to concentrate on the task at hand; finding Sailor Moon.

The two continued with their swords drawn but met no resistance as they searched for the source of the malevolent presence. When they neared a collapsed portion of the tunnel both men could tell that they had reached the heart of the negative energy that they had been following. Working together, General Malachite and Tuxedo Mask moved enough rocks and boulders to squeeze their way into a small alcove of a chamber. Once in the chamber, Tuxedo Mask's attention was drawn to what appeared to be broken glass strewn across the floor. He knelt down to pick up a sliver of the crystalline material and frowned as his eyes followed the trail of the glass-like shards to a much larger chunk of the strange stuff. Seeing the large man-sized crystal, Tuxedo Mask thought back to his time while brain-washed by the evil queen of the Negaverse.

"Jadeite," Tuxedo Mask growled more to himself than anything else but his simple declaration caught Malachite's attention.

"Jadeite? What makes you think that Jadeite has been here?" Malachite frowned as he tried to merge the image of the man that he knew as the youngest of the generals whom always had an impish grin on his lips with that of the man that his ally knew. To him, it was difficult to think of the fact that he and his fellow generals' counterparts could be so evil and sadistic. Maybe it was because the Prince Darien of this dimension was so much alike the one back in his own. Of course that may be due to the fact that his queen had rescued the prince after he had been influenced by Shadow Moon.

"This crystal case was Jadeite's punishment for not getting rid of the Sailor Scouts for Beryl," Tuxedo Mask said then went on to explain the circumstances behind Jadeite's imprisonment and how Queen Beryl had put the fallen general up on display so that all of her minions would see for themselves just what the price of failing would be should they, too, fall short of her expectations.

For Malachite, the Beryl of this world sounded almost as bad as Shadow Moon had been. He hated to admit it but he was glad that the evil Moon Princess had been destroyed during the Scouts' last encounter with her. Now he just hoped that the princess of this world would be found safe and sound. Though to be honest, with this latest development, he was concerned for the young woman.

"We should let the others know what we've found," Malachite said as he examined the encasement that the general had escaped from. "This might change just what kind of an attack we can expect from the Shadows."

"I hate to admit it but you're right," Tuxedo Mask said as he pulled out his communicator. In his mind's eye he could see some of Jadeite's various plans that had nearly succeeded back when Serena had first become Sailor Moon. Of course she was very young back then and very impressionable. "Jadeite knows how to get to Serena. He's fooled her before. I just hope that he can't do it again."


Kyle ran a hand through his blond hair in frustration. He had yet to have any luck with finding Serena but he wasn't going to give up. With every passing minute without hearing something from Serena a gnawing feeling in the pit of his stomach only grew worse. He found her car in the parking lot just outside of the office which meant that this was the last place that his fiancée had been before she suddenly up and vanished. The thing that really got to Kyle was that if it hadn't been for one of the generals returning to this dimension to warn the Scouts of the energy build-up that they had noticed there was no telling how long Serena could have gone missing unnoticed. It would have been hours before Kyle would have suspected that something was wrong. What could happen in those hours? What might have happened in the time that had already elapsed since anyone had last seen Serena?

Kyle transformed into his alter-ego in the hopes that he would have a better chance at finding Serena but he couldn't sense her as Sailor Moon anywhere. Somehow, not sensing Serena's power itself made Kyle even more wary of what might had transpired since learning of her disappearance.

As Sailor Moon, Serena had more power than the remaining Shadows themselves; though Kyle knew that she wouldn't ever horde power alone over an opponent. As Serena, even though Kyle knew that she had been working out with him before he had been injured and alone while he had been regulated to the side-lines, she would be out-numbered if all three Shadows attacked her at once. Of course they also had youmas now to help in that fight as well if the battle in the Throne Room was any indication.

Being torn away from his thoughts, Kyle reached for his communicator as it sounded letting him know that one of the others were trying to contact him. He hoped that it was with good news. As he did so, Kyle felt Serena's power somewhere off in the distance. He couldn't tell just where she was but he could sense her finally. That knowledge was a mixed blessing, however, since he now knew that she was in the middle of a fight. One that might be for her life.


After he was satisfied that the dark energy was fully absorbed into the Moon Princess, Jadeite returned to the room and informed the women that the other generals had all been engaged in battle with the Shadows. From what he could tell, the rest of the generals had all been defeated and a portal to the Shadows' home dimension had been opened. He assumed to take their prisoners back to their false queen.

"Kyle and Darien were with the other generals!" Serena exclaimed at Jadeite's proclamation.

"I'm afraid that they were taken along with the others," Jadeite said almost mournful. "We can still rescue them before anything really bad happens to them but we'll have to move fast before they realize that we know what has happened."

"Jadeite's right. We can't let them get away with this. There's no telling what those heartless women will do to Tuxedo Mask and the Crescent Moon Knight," the Mina look-a-like said from her place beside the Moon Princess.

"I say we go and show those Scouts just what the rest of us are made of," the dark Lita stood and pounded a fist into her other hand and she watched to see what Serena's reaction would be.

For Serena's part she was taken aback slightly since she hadn't thought of the possibility of any of them being taken to the other dimension. Now here she was being told that both Kyle and Darien have been taken captive by the Shadow Scouts right alongside the remaining three generals. On top of that, the Shadows have been able to seize Queen Beryl's crystal which meant that they had an enormous amount of power on their side now. Something that only her own crystal could be a match for.

Being filled with resolve, Serena stood with purpose, "Let's go show those tramps what happens when you mess with the Sailor Scouts!"

The fiendish five villains could barely contain their excitement as they watched Serena pull out her transformation broach. She was falling for it! The rest began their own transformations and prepared for the next step of their plan. Around Serena, the burst of power from her transformation faded away and left Sailor Moon where Serena had stood only moments before. Around her the Shadows and the lone youma all transformed as well. All of their outfits had been changed slightly to match the colorful bows that the Sailor Scouts had on their own uniforms instead of displaying the dark ones that had been the only discrepancies to separate them from their counterparts.


Queen Beryl sat on her throne studying her crystal ball while she searched for answers on how to handle the situation with the remaining Shadow Scouts. When she was informed of the massive energy build up in the other dimension she had become very concerned about just what the deviant Scouts had planned for that energy. It had been that worry alone that had allowed her to send General Malachite to warn those Scouts of the other dimension.

Lost in thought, Beryl had been caught unaware by the sound of blasting outside of the Throne Room's doors. The queen leaned forward in her seat as guards all scampered to fortify the defenses of the room just as the door burst open with what appeared to be the Shadow Scouts. All five of them but Beryl knew that couldn't be since Shadow Mars had been returned months ago for trial and she had been informed that Shadow Moon had been destroyed in her last encounter with the Sailor Scouts.

"What is the meaning of this?" Beryl asked as she stood in front of her throne.

"It's time set things right!" Sailor Moon said as she and her entourage strolled past the confounded guards. "You're going to wish you'd never crossed the Sailor Scouts!" Beryl's eyes widened as the woman who looked just like Shadow Moon stood in front of her with her eyes blazing in a wild fury.

Sailor Moon watched as various guards all came running to defend their queen. Or at least the woman whom they believed to be their queen. Serena reminded herself that most of these people had no clue that their queen had been replaced by an evil look-a-like.

"Now see here! I don't know what you think that you are doing here but I'll not-"

Sailor Moon narrowed her eyes as the appearance of all of the confirmation that she needed to know that all that she'd been told had been true came running into the Throne Room. There was Prince Darien, ready to defend Beryl just like he had been when he'd been brainwashed by the real evil queen. If he was willing to fight for Beryl again then it had to mean that the Shadows had already been able to wipe his memories once more. Glancing around briefly, Sailor Moon checked to see if she could spy Kyle anywhere as well. She couldn't but that didn't mean that he wasn't around here too. Not if Darien was here.

"Stand back, My Queen," Prince Darien said as he drew his sword to protect the ruler of the Light Kingdom.

Sailor Moon watched as Prince Darien moved to act as a human shield for the one that she had come to destroy; much in the same way as he had years before. Back when it had been the queen of their own dimension who had sought to destroy all that was good in the world.

"Step aside Darien. I'm not here to fight you!" Sailor Moon shouted as the Scouts behind her moved to prepare to fight.

"He's under a spell, Sailor Moon," Shadow Jupiter said as she stood beside the Moon Princess. "We're going to have to fight him. There's no getting around it."

Tightening her fist, Sailor Moon knew that her comrade was right. She knew that if the Shadows had used the Moon Crystal to cast their spell then there would be nothing that she could do or say to snap her ex-boyfriend out of the magical stupor that he'd been put into. That meant that she could only do one thing; fight.


Malachite frowned as he heard the voice of his queen calling out to him in his mind. "We have a problem."

"Another one?" Tuxedo Mask asked wearily.

"Yes," Malachite nodded. "I know where Sailor Moon is. She, along with the remaining Shadows, has just stormed the palace and is attacking it."

"That doesn't sound like Sailor Moon," Tuxedo Mask said in the heroine's defense. "Something must be wrong. There is no way that she would go on the offensive like that for no reason."

"That may be but the fact remains; she is leading an attack on the palace. I have to go," Malachite said as he prepared to create a portal to his own dimension.

"Wait, we should contact the others. We'll need them to help talk to Serena."

Malachite looked hard at his companion before nodding. Yes, they just might need the other Scouts if Sailor Moon was truly as powerful, if not more so, than Shadow Moon had been. "Just hurry."


Sailor Moon brought up her Heart Moon Rod and used it to deflect Prince Darien's sword. He fought fiercely in defense of his queen which made Sailor Moon glad that she had trained with Kyle since the early part of the summer. Doing so had increased her own fighting abilities considerably. Which was coming in handy since she had no intention of ending up sprawled across the floor in a defeated heap. Not this time. The cost of failure was just too high; Sailor Moon will not fail. Around her, she barely registered the fact that her Scouts were now fighting against the various guards who had come to defend their false queen.

Shaking her head to keep herself on task, Sailor Moon renewed her vigor for her attack. She couldn't expect her Scouts to fight their hardest if she wasn't willing to do the same. Sailor Moon raised her weapon to block Prince Darien's sword once more as he brought it down with a vengeance. Sailor Moon continued her battle with her brainwashed ally as her muscles began to protest the strenuous workout.

Meanwhile she fought to make her way past the prince toward the false queen sitting on the throne behind Darien and her guards who had rushed into the Throne Room to defend against the intruders. It was when Sailor Moon noticed some of those who had come to fight looked familiar that she got her second wind; determined to stop the Shadow Scouts. Even now she could see her opponents racing forward to block her from attacking the stooge that they had placed on the throne.

"Sailor Moon!" Mercury could be heard calling out to her from the other end of the room. "Don't do this!"

Sailor Moon drew on her inner strength and sent Prince Darien flying across the floor. It was then that she thought that she was seeing double. Well, sort of. Coming up behind the Scouts along with Malachite was Tuxedo Mask. She knew that since there had been a double of each of the Scouts and generals it only stood to reason that there would have been a double for Darien as well. Of course he would be helping the Shadows. What Sailor Moon hadn't figured on was that the Shadows would have already converted Malachite. If he had been brainwashed already then she could only assume that Jadeite was the only general that she could now trust.

"Sailor Moon, you have to stop this!" Tuxedo Mask shouted as he bound into the Throne room. "You've made a horrible mistake!"

"Don't listen to him!" Shadow Venus shouted from behind Sailor Moon. "He's just trying to confuse you!"

"I know he is," Sailor Moon replied through gritted teeth.

"Sailor Moon, we better do this now!" Shadow Jupiter shouted fearing that if they didn't get the rest of the plan underway in a hurry that one of the other Scouts would ruin things for them with Sailor Moon.

"Right!" Sailor Moon pulled her crystal out and called to its power as the Shadows used their own powers to reinforce the crystal's strength.

"What is she doing?" Sailor Mars shouted as she and the other Scouts watched helplessly as their leader was surrounded by a dark power that was even now combining with the Moon Crystal's power. "Serena! Listen!" Mars raised her arms up as she was knocked with a blast of power. Looking up, Mars saw Jadeite standing behind the Shadows with a sinister grin.

"Call to the other generals and tell them to hurry!" Malachite ordered a guard nearby. He couldn't believe that the others hadn't already responded to the call to arms by the time that he had arrived with their other-dimensional allies.

"Aye, Sir."

Malachite called to his own power to prepare to return the attack that was being directed at his queen but was stopped short by Tuxedo Mask's outrage.

"No! You can't! She doesn't know what she's doing!"

"She has to be stopped. I cannot allow her to continue this attack!" Malachite growled as he paused in his power gathering. "She can destroy us all!"

"She won't!" Tuxedo Mask said in defense of his former girlfriend only to be cut off as he, along with all of those that surrounded him, were thrown backwards by a large energy burst.

Sailor Moon's crystal had begun to emit a huge force field that was reinforced by the powers of Shadows Jupiter, Mercury and Venus. In addition, the evil Jadeite added his own powers to the fray along with the youma that was masquerading as Sailor Mars. The Scouts' eyes all went wide as they each noticed another energy field forming. This time from behind them.

Queen Beryl had her own magical crystal in hand and was calling upon it's power in preparation of battling against the intruders to her kingdom. Beryl didn't know what had possessed the Moon Princess of the other dimension to attack her here in her own palace but she could not allow her to destroy all of those that she was sworn to protect. She called on Malachite's powers to join her own and worked to deflect the other Moon Crystal's power.

As Beryl directed her concentrated power toward the young woman and those behind her, Beryl could sense the determination radiating from each of the warriors that had come to seize her power. Especially from Sailor Moon. Her determination came from a righteous anger whereas the others' anger came from a darker depth within their hearts. Beryl listened as the Sailor Scouts each called out to their leader as they tried to convince her of their identities to no avail.

Meanwhile, Zoisite and Nephrite had joined Malachite in helping her reinforce her own energy field. With a bitter acknowledgement, Beryl feared what she would have to do if the Scouts could not call off Sailor Moon. After all, when it all came down to it, she could not allow the Shadows to maintain control of either Moon Crystal. They would destroy this dimension as well as the other one if given the opportunity. For that reason and that reason alone Beryl knew that, if she was given no other choice, she would have to do what is necessary.