In his spaceship high above Tokyo, Rubeus was skulking. The Sailor Scouts had reformed all of his minions to the side of good and he had run out of Droids to send out and fill their role. He knew that Prince Diamond wouldn't take his next failure lightly. "Wiseman!", he called out in anger. "Where are you? I want to talk with you!"
As if on cue, the Wiseman, the enigmatic hooded figure aiding the Negamoon Family, appeared before him. "You didn't have to call.", came Wiseman's deep, foreboding voice. "I would've appeared to tell you that you've been disappointing me, lately. The Crystal Points and the Sailor Scouts remain problems in our conquest of Earth. And now your minions have abandoned our cause to join with the enemy."
"It's not my fault they were gullible enough to take up the Sailors' offer.", Rubeus insisted. "If only we could repay them in kind for turning my soldiers against us."
The Wiseman seemed to hit on an idea. "Perhaps we can do exactly that." He summoned up 5 orbs, all different colours, from out of nowhere and gave them to Rubeus. "You have discovered the identities of at least two of the Sailor Scouts, based on the recordings taken from the minds of two of your former servants. Sailor Mars and Sailor Mercury." Two of the balls, coloured red and blue, glowed. "Find their homes and place these on their heads. Once the orb builds up enough dark energy, it will turn to black and infect their brains, corrupting their memories and altering their minds to turn them fully evil. They will then act under instructions to bring the other three Sailor Scouts under our control, using the other three balls and some manipulation."
"And with the Sailor Scouts under our control, Crystal Tokyo will be ours in the future.", Rubeus smiled at this prospect. "I'll get to work on this immediately."
"See that you do.", was all the Wiseman said before he vanished back into their own era. Rubeus was left staring at his new toys with an almost sadistic glee.
At the Cherry Hill Temple, Raye Hino was finishing up for the day. She had completed her chores and closed the temple to visitors for the day. "Goodnight.", she called out to the other inhabitants of the Temple, her grandfather and the semi-retired singer known as Chad. As she blew out the candle that was her only source of light and closed her eyes. As she slipped into unconsciousness, she didn't hear Rubeus appear above her, nor did she react to something touching her forehead.
From the side, Rubeus watched the process as it was ongoing. Exactly as Wiseman described, the ball turned black and dissolved into Sailor Mars' body, causing her to convulse in pain. Pain that soon subsided, as she settled down, the symbol of Mars appearing on her forehead, before inverting itself and turning black. She then woke up, to which Rubeus decided to ask her a simple question. "What do you represent?", he asked.
"I am a warrior of love and passion.", was the girl's answer, much to Rubeus' concern. "Love for chaos and passion to see that Crystal Tokyo never comes to be." Following this she proceeded to break out into an evil laugh, the kind that would draw large attention. Fortunately, it didn't.
"It worked.", Rubeus said with a smile. He took out two more spheres, one coloured yellow and the other coloured gold. "Do you think you can make sure Sailor Moon and Sailor Venus are bought to the same way of thinking as you now experience?"
"Don't worry.", the girl nodded. "My relationship with Sailor Moon is already very passive aggressive. She won't suspect a thing until it's too late."
"Good.", Rubeus said in response. "Then I can handle Sailor Mercury and Sailor Jupiter with ease, while you set about your task, Sailor Mars. Good luck."
"Don't call me 'Sailor Mars' anymore.", the girl said with a malicious smile. "That soldier of justice was subsumed when you showed me the truth." She then surrounded herself in black flames, which cleared to reveal a new look for the former Sailor Mars. She now wore an ankle length black dress with red sleeves, with her hair having been elongated, her body appearing more mature and black high-heeled shoes on her feet. "I am now Flame Lady."
"I don't care what you call yourself. Just make sure you succeed in your task, Flame Lady.", Rubeus responded to his new ally. He then turned around and teleported out.
But once he was gone, Flame Lady proceeded to laugh again. "Arrogant man. You've given me the keys to ensure we can take over without you interfering at all."