Haruka was trapped. Two of Motro's robots were pointing weapons at her. Worse, she couldn't transform, since her power pen had just been destroyed.
"I lured you here to provide the power I required," Motro stated "but now you have no further use. Cybernoids, annihilate her!"
But before they could fire, the gem in the machine pulled itself free and flew over to the girl. There was a flash and she was gone. The two robots didn't have time to register this before they fired, destroying each other.
Elsewhere, Haruka reappeared in an alleyway, with the crystal. "How did you do that?", she asked it.
"This Crystal contains a portion of my mind.", a female voice came out of seemingly nowhere. "Enough to reach out and use it to save you from danger."
"That was really helpful of you," Haruka replied "but it's not like I can do anything to help you. I lost my pen." But instead of replying, the crystal flashed again and created a new more elaborate-looking pen.
"I have not only restored your old powers, but I have improved on them. Now, you may call upon the power of Uranus itself to transform.", the voice stated. Then it continued "Like you girls, I too was reincarnated in this time as a normal human. It is vital that you do not attempt to awaken me until this crisis is over. Tell no-one of this encounter. Farewell." And then the gem went back to being dormant.
Not far away, Sailor Venus, Sailor Mercury and the newly awakened Sailor Moon were running to the Hikawa Shrine. Worried about Sailor Mars, the group had called her, only to discover that she was in a fight with another shadow warrior. Thus, all of them had immediately made for the temple, except Sailor Jupiter, who stayed behind to clear up the remains of the robots. But on the way, Venus and Mercury were hit with an unexpected obstacle; Moon was out of shape.
"Can you guys slow down for a minute?", the blonde panted. "I need to catch my breath."
"Jesus Christ, Usagi. You really are conveying the stereotype that all blondes aren't that smart.", Mercury sighed.
But before their conversation could escalate into an argument, Venus pointed out "Isn't that Mars fighting the monster she described earlier?" The other two turned around to see Mars in a fight with a giant white hulk-like monster with Swiss-army knife hands. And she was losing.
"Must destroy enemy!", the creature said before turning to face his new opponents. He fired one of his blade-hands at the Sailors, which they very narrowly managed to dodge. Then they began launching their attacks.
"Venus Love Chain, Encircle!"
"Shine Aqua Illusion!"
"Moon Tiara Magic!"
Being hit by these attacks was enough to disorientate the thing, but not topple it. "Why do you continue to fight?", it roared. "You have no hope of defeating me." Then everyone turned around to behold something shocking.
Sailor Mars was glowing with the same energy that had previously surrounded Venus and Mercury during their previous battles, only in red. "My friends will keep fighting until you and your fellow creeps are defeated. And so will I. You took my grandfather from me, I won't go easy on you." And then a ball of white fire appeared in the palms of her hands.
"Mars Celestial Fire Surround!"
Balls of flame shot at the creature managing to knock it to the floor. Then Mars picked up a crescent shaped sceptre from nearby and threw it at Sailor Moon. "Quickly!", she said. "Use that thing to turn him back."
"Okay.", Sailor Moon said with a shrug. She picked it up and the words to use came to her. "Moon Healing Activation!"
"No! Nooo!" The creature cried out. It briefly changed into a young adult man, in ancient Egyptian style clothes no, with long hair and stubble, before changing back to Ryo Urawa, who collapsed on the floor.
"Will someone please give me some answers about this whole thing?", Moon shrieked. The other Scouts simply sighed.
Elsewhere, Motro had rendezvoused with his four phages. He was holding their star seeds, now glowing with the purity of the Light of Hope, and the pens he had created from them. "Now my servants, you shall be able to achieve a disguise that allows you to pass unnoticed in public." He handed each one their pens and began inserting their star seeds into their bodies once more. However, his first phage to have their star seed restored, Sailor Leaguer, asked a question that surprised him.
"Why? Why do you need us to do your dirty work?" The other phases and the Cybernoids didn't react, but Motro did, with shock. "We're not your puppets. We're real people and I'm want out of this thing."
"You dare defy me?", the cyborg snarled. But before he could do something, his wayward servant jumped out of his line of fire and bolted out the door.
"It looks like we need to recast.", Sailor Director said.
"Yes.", the metal former-man growled. "Yes we shall!"
The competition will end soon. If I don't get more entries by the time I post chapter 30, than the whole thing will be extended until chapter 35. For reference, the competition is to add your own element into the story, the question is "What episode of Power Rangers was Minako watching in chapter 21 and the rules state that anyone who has read this story on another website cannot enter.
And now I'd like to do a vote on which phage should Motro replace Leaguer with. Should it be Sailor Buri, Sailor Ojou or Sailor Gamer? I'll accept the first nominee to get two votes as the winner.