At the abandoned factory used as a base by the being now known as Replakor, the four Phages placed their captive on a table, with her arms and legs tied down.

"I don't see why we're continuing to treat this patient.", Sailor Medicine complained. "We should just cut her off and be done with it."

"The master has her in his sights.", Sailor Gekisha replied in her usual disonantly serene tone. "We're keeping her alive for him to take a snap at her."

Sailor Director took over. "Then he'll have the experience he needs to kill her partner and complete production of his revenge."

"That's all I needed to hear." The four of them turned to the source of the voice, their former comrade, Sailor Leaguer. "And I'll thank you for leading me to where I need to be."

Director was furious. "How did you get in here?"

"You didn't lock the door" was Leaguer's reply. "Like I said, I'm thankful for that. It gives me a chance to help you shake off what Motro did to you?"

"What he did" Sailor Ojou retorted "was give me all the charm I need to get me a man."

Ignoring this moment of weirdness, Leaguer summoned up a baseball and threw it at a cupboard with a padlock. "Leaguer Home Run!" But the impact did nothing but leave a large circular dent in the door. Then she hit upon an idea and turned to Sailor Gekisha. "Hey Saki, that green skin and black hoodie combo does not do you any favours. It makes you look like some demented evil Yoda."

Now the camera-themed Phage was ticked off. And visibly so at that. She jumped up at her former friend and launched her own attack. "Gekisha Shutter Chance!" But her target jumped out of the way, causing the laser to vaporise the door.

Inside the cabinet were the four star seeds of Replakor's phages. Leaguer-Lily, she mentally corrected herself-was relieved to know that he had stopped to store Ojou's before he went to attack the mansion. She could tell it apart because it wasn't glowing from the energy stolen from Sailor Uranus. She picked up the three that were glowing and threw them at their original owners. "Everyone, wake up. You're all free."

The star seeds all returned to their original hosts, with the pens Replakor had created during the time he had been Motro also flying up to their owners. The only one left unaffected was Sailor Ojou, who just stood there befuddled. "What are you guys waiting for? Kill her."

"My pleasure.", was Sailor Director's response. But before she could attack, Sailors Gekisha and Medicine stopped her from intervening. "What are you doing? Attack her, not me."

"I'm not going to just listen to you barking orders to kill people.", Sailor Gekisha responded. "Especially with my best friend." Lily was relieved to hear this. It was a sign that the real Saki Itabashi was back. She just hoped the same was true for the nurse.

Sure enough, she responded to Saki's declaration with one of her own. "When I signed up for medical school, I took an oath. "Do not harm", I swore. I'm not about to continue letting people like you and Motro continue to make me violate that code." Now Lily wondered why Sailor Director hadn't reverted to Akane Gushiken's personality.

The answer soon presented itself. "Well whoop-de-do, you can go back to your miserable, meaningless lives. Do you really think that I want to be a director who's so out of work that I have to moonlight as a nun and teach basic etiquette to sweaty teenagers. Becoming a Phage was the best thing that ever happened to me. And I'm not about to let the 3 of you stop it all now."

Then Sailors Uranus and Neptune jumped up. "You'd better make that 5 of us, Lady."

"No, it can't be!", Director cried.

"Uranus Space Sword Shock!"

Then Neptune pulled out the mirror that had appeared while she was unconscious. With it, she performed a new attack of her own. "Neptune Submarine Reflection!"

There was a huge flash, blinding the two Sailor Scouts and the three Phages. When everything had cleared, Sailor Ojou was lying unconscious, but Sailor Director had gone.

Out in the woods, Akane Gushiken came to a stop. Even as a Phage, she was out of breath. The master was gone and all her comrades had been lost to goodness. But she swore that she would return with her own plan. One that would shake the city of Tokyo forever and get revenge on those that had wronged her. But until that day… /p

Suddenly, a large, oozing figure came out of the the trees. He was clearly weaker than she was and she thought he would be just another Youma she could secretly steal energy from. But then he spoke. "I remember you! It's been a long time, Director." Before she could have time to react to this, he grabbed hold of her and began draining HER. In the aftermath, all that was left of Akane Gushiken was a skeleton. And the creature had used the energy to revert to his original form. The form he had worn when he had been called Motro.