the end in the beginning

by max333

Its been a month since Galaxia left, Usagi, the girls, Mamoru and their friends are all in a new phase of their lives just as a new enemy emerges, bent on destroying them. Will the strength of the senshi together be enough? With old friends and new friends coming in to help everyone must fight to protect everything they hold dear.

16. work issues & mall attack

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The end in the beginning ch.16

Usagi POV

It's still remarkable for what we know now. I can't believe how intertwined this princesses' actions were to what happened to all of us so many lifetimes ago. As we teleport back out from the area that we were in once the girls seal it back up to prevent anyone from trying to access it again, we find ourselves back at the temple and with slightly heavier hearts to bear with our new -found knowledge.

We de-transform and sit around the temple as we try to configure what to do next, "As much as I hate to say it…" Minako starts, "Other than a boy toy, why need Mamoru at all?" this makes several of them curious to till I sigh and remark, "Cause his blood line is needed to activate the golden crystal." I see the outers, de-transformed now to nod in agreement, "She needs him to activate it so she can make the kingdom come back so she can claim it as hers and the only one who can do that is Mamoru."

I knew this news would have them wondering what to do next. Mamoru can't help but sigh in agitation, "Unbelievable." This prompts Rei to ask, "You knew about this…why didn't you tell us before? And how did you find out about all of this?" We look to the outers now, Haruka nods to Michiru as she steps forward, "Like yours our memories of certain events are still a little foggy." She begins.

"I've even had to train with my mirror lately to try to see anything further on and when my mirror reflected another face that wasn't mine it suddenly hit me. When I described her to Haruka it hit her to." Her explanation gives us something though Rei was right to ask them, "As for how we found that castle, since we last spoke Haruka, Setsuna and I have been pouring through data and old records to try and sort it all out. It's why we also came here so we can try to see anything further through the fires." They look to Rei.

"I'll do what I can." Rei states as she invites us all into the fire room. As she lights many candles for an ambiance feel to it. "At least we sealed up the entrance." I mutter as Makoto and Rei both turn to me, "Yeah about that…its sealed for now but to be honest there is another option that might be better." I look to them, "Usagi that magic, that darkness can't be found again, not by anyone." Makoto said.

"Very true, however… depending on how powerful she is we may only have enough power to seal her away as my mother did with Beryl. Remember how powerful she was and all she could do was seal it all up. It used up the last of her life." Both concede to this as Rei backs down, "Then we keep an eye on it, ensure the seal is NEVER broken and when her year is up let the dark arts eat her up as she's willing to let it do to earth just to get a damned throne." I nod in agreement and hope that we can get this to go our way.

Before we can get further into the temple Rei's grandfather pops in, "I heard you up and about. Is everything okay?" I ask her, "We're fine grandpa, we're just going to do a fire reading." He frowns, "I can feel negative energies trying to get close to you Rei. Please rest with my herbs to let the energies leave you so that you can do a reading when its not so late out." That's when we saw how late in the evening it was.

"Amazing, we weren't there for to long, yet it seems we were there for half the day." Ami notes, "How did we not see this before?" Makoto asks, "The darkness tried to travel with you all since you were wherever it calls home. Please." Grandpa Hino answers as he ushers us all inside to get a cleansing done. I have to admit it feels nice and I don't feel the slight shadow of things over me now so I'm glad that was done.

"Do the fire reading when your all rested up. Be safe." He tells us as he leaves out, "Nuts to that we need to do it now." She begins to get things together when I touch her shoulder, "Let it go for now. Were all tired and obviously we were in a place where time moves differently there." I tell her as Ami moves forward, "She's right plus we were gone much longer than we thought we were. Being in that place messed with us and the cleansing was needed but sleep is also needed." Once her words are out Rei now looks tried to.

"I know I'm just so frustrated…and that definitely won't help with a fire reading. I need to be clear minded." Once she admits to mental defeat for now, we leave out. Mamoru is nice enough to walk me back as far home as we can get. We make it to the rooftop away from the reporters and camera crew who seem to be laying in wait. "You'd think that they get tired and want to go home." I mutter as he replies, "I think for them, the paparazzi's they live and breath this stuff." It doesn't help much.

"Well find a way to beat this." He assures me as he kisses me lightly. "You need to get going. You won't be able to make it to class on little to no sleep and you're NOT failing a class or grade on account of me." I tell him, "Don't forget to let Motoki know then that you have to get some sleep in to, your shift is technically starting soon." I grunt in annoyance, "I completely forgot about that." I admit.

He kisses me once more, "Don't stress about it, your going through a lot, just let him know - " I silent him with my lips, "I'll be going to work. I need to release this stress somehow and other that sex, work does the trick to. It keeps my mind busy and I need that right now. It'll actually be a break for me to go to work." I assure him, "Just be safe." He tells me as he kisses me once more before leaving.

Evil Princess POV

I couldn't help but look on at the two so called love birds on her rooftop. Away from the prying eyes of the reporters below. Though I suppose that's a good thing. I frankly didn't want THAT to be seen. Kissing as they talk. About what I don't know…to far away to hear that nor do I care. I smirked knowing there's nothing that can be done about me here. I've already started on my quest to rid the world of her kind.

Those who infect the world with their so called powers for peace. All they do is bring destructive beings here that try to take over. I knew soon enough there would be a point where Mamoru would take up his end of the throne and wanted to make sure that I was appropriately by his side and not that moon bred witch. Though I do feel it's a shame that they got the soldier of war on their side.

I heard tales of the god of Mars, how he decimated so much. That would have been nice to have on my side, such a proud warrior…but his weak daughter chose to side with the white moon and her child after that. Granted from my understanding that was from a promise that the previous senshi made from the silver millennium era, yet their children, now semi-adults follow suit under the guise of building peace when all their build is lies.

I look over this city and start to decide where to move the earth's castle to. I know it's been buried for a while, to long actually but it will eventually be back and I fully intent to make sure that I have my king by my side and out from under her influence. I want him to know that I'll protect him from her spell in the future. Once I decide that they've had their little fun together, after all I want her to feel utterly alone when I take what's mine.

Then she'll get a glimpse of my suffering. Yet not until then. If she gets these few moments with him then the pain of losing him will be all the more devastating for her. I can't help but smile and imagine how our life will be after she's gone. He can be the greatest king anyone has ever known, and I will bring forth my father's wishes for a better world and erase anyone that stands in my way.

I will be the Queen this world needs and make these pests bow down to me. Now if on the off chance her senshi turn their backs on her in favor of working with me, I MIGHT grant them clemency, but I won't do that until she sees them begging for their lives. She however, I want her to suffer for as long as she can handle it before she begs for death and she will. They all will if they continue to fight against me.

Her poisoning Endymion, now Mamoru, against me will end soon enough. I do wish to have a word with him, but that time hasn't come yet. It will soon though and when I do he will know the truth I'll be laying out for him. He'll see the error in not only his ways and how he's being manipulated but also in how her manipulative mother did the same with his parents and made them weak.

Father knew best and he knew this world needed a real leader. I will make him proud and more so I will take the throne that I deserve. The old throne at my father's castle is NOTHING compared to the one inside of the earth's kingdom. I will sit in that seat and the people of earth, these pests that see the moon bitch as a savior, as a warrior, will now see her as a pathetic piece of trash…which is what she is.

She may be poisoning Mamoru against me but when I free him of it, he will come around and see that I am his right wife to be beside him. His rightful Queen that will rule as the earth world was meant to be ruled. I almost felt giddy at the prospect of it. "Soon, Endymion, soon I will get what I want. I promise you that." I felt like conjuring up a storm just to alleviate my anger that they were kissing but decide to hold back.

After all I'll need some of my powers to make the kingdom be here again. Then I will have my devoted husband, my king right beside me to rule with an iron fist and loyal to me alone subjects that will disperse my will as I so desire. "You were promised to me and I will collect what is rightfully mine." I look once more at that blonde witch and watch her slip back down into her room as I shimmer off, "No impudent girl is going to take you from me. Not again. I've waited long enough. So enjoy these moments with her as they are your last together."

Usagi POV

It's the next day when I'm done with class assignments when Shingo knocks on my door, "Dad wants to see us." He tells me as I come downstairs to see mom and dad at the dinner table. He sits down closest to dad while I sit near mom. "Glad the whole family is here." He begins as Shingo looks off. "I'm being demoted at work. So, the good news is there won't be as many late nights but it also means a reduction in pay as well." I can't help but feel devastated by this, "Why are they doing this? Your great at your job." I voice.

Dad looks to me and the answer is clearly written in his eyes, "They wanted me to do an exclusive on you. I refused." Now I felt my stomach drop out. My father wanted to keep me from the media and NOT exploit me, which I know is commendable and makes me feel better about our relationship as I know that he is a good man and a great father at the end of the day so to hear this is highly upsetting.

Now as a result of his need to protect me as a father would his own boss decided to penalize him for it. All for the sake of headlines. I can just imagine how his bosses would be if they thought and felt they were the only ones with an exclusive. "I'm so sorry this is happening to you." I tell him, truly feeling guilty for this and how its effecting our family. Mother tries to comfort him, "I'm sure he will see that your talents are to good to be kept in a demoted position." I nod agreeing with her.

"I told him no but he's insistent on it." Father reluctantly admits and part of me wonders if I should do it to help him out. It's when Shingo speaks up that I look over to him, "So just do the article. Say you didn't know and she's your daughter who's now grounded forever and won't be fighting anymore." The joke at the end is clear but its not making anyone laugh. "That's not how things work." I tell him.

Shingo looks to me. His eyes are torn between seeing his sister and someone that he doesn't seem to want to acknowledge. I try to reach for him, but he pulls away, "The exposure that's out there could expose the others as well. We can't afford that. This needs to get buried. I just don't know how yet." Shingo huffs, "Yeah protecting the world right. Yet one stupid article can save dads job and you won't do it. What good is being a senshi if you can't help your own family." He leaves off as I can't stop the tears from welling up.

I know this is due to me, but I didn't think of the various implications this would have on my family. I leave the dinning room table and go to Shingo's room. I want to talk to him about this and see if we can't repair our relationship however once I knock on his door he responds, "If this is mom or dad come in but if its stupid Usagi go away." I sigh and wonder what I can do to make this alright.

"Shingo, we need to talk." I tell him, my voice serious as he opens the door, a very agitated expression marring his features, "About what? How you kept this family in the dark for so long or on how dad got demoted or how the kids at my school are either talking shit about you and I have to try to defend you or avoid them which also means I have to not even talk to my own friends at times cause they even ask about you."

I really don't know what to say. I hadn't thought about how Shingo would be in school with this, "I didn't know. I'm sorry." It was all I could think of to say. I can tell he's still upset by it but sighs, "Look I want to be more upset at you, but I also know you risk your butt out there a lot and several times have saved me. Doesn't mean I'm not upset still but I get it. I guess I just wish you would have told me. You're my sister." He mutters.

I can tell he doesn't want to admit this to me but seems tired of being upset about it to. "Trust me if I could have I would have, in fact when I was the last one standing against Beryl, and the senshi had to be there in spirit to lend me their power to eradicate her…" I explain, "My last wish when the energy was gone and Beryl was defeated was for all of us to live a normal life again." He looked at me more in depth.

"You really did die at least once didn't you." He sounded older than his pre-teen status so when I nodded 'yes' he came forward and hugged me, "Glad you didn't." I wrapped my arms around him to, "Yeah me to. I wanted everyone to have a chance at normalcy again…however our next enemies made that impossible. We had to keep fighting and after a while we realized this path we were on, that we're still on isn't something to fight against but to embrace. We've become stronger for it and more resilient." He smiles.

"Sounds like you. Resilient. Or also stubborn to." We both have a small laugh on it, "We good?" I ask as he heads off back into his room, "Yeah were good. Still upset but yeah were good." He comments as I leave out and leave him to his studies. I have to get to mine anyways. Which is for the next few days going forward what I do. Miss. Haruna is very helpful in the online classes that I'm taking as she sends me her lesson plans.

I'm actually doing well. Well pretty good and consistent considering I've never before this all taken online classes for high school. As I take a break by the third day I go downstairs as mom comes back home. At least I can still talk to her as Shingo is off to his own school, thankfully they didn't kick him out, though I'm still pissed I was. So mother and I talk. She asks me about my life as a senshi and its nice to get some of these things off my back and tell her about some of the things that we've done.

It feels like were building a bridge on the bond again and its nice. She always did have a way to make me feel happy and calm about things. When we start to dish on my relationship with Mamoru however, I can't help but pause when I hear dad coming in through the front door. I hadn't realized how late it had gotten. I get up wanting to talk to him and hope that it won't result in a fight, I really didn't want that again.

Before I can though I hear my communicator going off. I hit the button for Mercury, "We need you now. Sending the coordinates." Before I know it, I'm ready to leave off only to get blocked by my angry father, "You're not going anywhere young lady. Or did you forget that you're grounded." I was stunned, "Wait…Seriously?" this was absurdity at the highest level so far. Not to mention I didn't actually recall the words 'your grounded' leaving his lips before now. Before either of us can say much more we hear the t.v. pop on.

We look over to see that a monster, much similar to the one we've faced before rampaging into Minato while attacking civilians in its path at the mall. There are several people trapped in a section of the mall as it attacks anyone that tries to get in its path. "That's a tad unusual." I remark unable to help myself as I walk closer to the t.v. analyzing it as Ami or the other girls would and watch the news.

"It looks like the one that attack us at the restaurant." Mom notices, "Yeah that one I got rid of but there was another duplicate one the girls were fighting. It's why I had to transform." I tell her without thinking as I watch its actions, "Usually monsters want to feed on the energy of civilians this one just looks like it's terrorizing them." I can tell that my observance is showing them my own senshi training in this.

The screen turns to the news caster who's been a negative piece of work as she says, "The question on the citizen's minds are will Sailor Moon show up as the other senshi haven't yet or will she avoid it now that she's been seen transforming?" now I know I have to get there especially as I see the police getting the asses handed to them. I move to leave when he blocks me again.

"Dad I have to go! They need me!" I try to reason with him. "You're my daughter and I refuse to let you risk your life for people you don't even know. Just please let the authorities handle it." His desperation is in his voice along with anger that he doesn't want to admit to defeat on this. I know however that once I hear the screams of more people that things have gotten worse. We look back at the screen to see three cops getting blasted back against their own cars as the monster is attacking a storefront near the entrance.

I face off against my father, "That's why I have to!" I snap at him hoping that he gets that this is a matter that the police, the national guard, the armies – all of them aren't built for. "The cops they don't understand what their facing." He tries to protest so I cut him off, "This isn't some common criminal boosting TV's for a living, this enemy is a monster and between her and her subordinates they can do some serious damage and I'm one of the few people who can do something to stop it."

If he didn't budge after this, I knew I was going to have to move him myself. I see the hard glint in my father's eyes as he's at war with himself, "Dear she's been doing this for a while now, she knows what she's doing." My mothers praise makes me feel better about convincing him to let go despite his expression telling me he's conflicted on what to do till he seems to break, "Guess you're not my baby girl anymore." He walks away after that.

As he walks it hits me hard for a moment that I feel like I've lost him in a sense, but I don't have the time to dwell on that as I need to take action and protect those who can't protect themselves. It is after all what we do. I run upstairs and take to the rooftops, transformed now to arrive there faster. I can't figure out how the other girls aren't there yet though. Ami lives in the area and so does Makoto, or at least close by.

When I arrive, I now know why I don't see them in their senshi forms battling it out outside where they usually are. They're in their civilian forms, stuck being pinned down by the monster to. That's when I see the outers coming in as Uranus uses her 'world shaking' to knock the monster back as it was about to hurl a power ball at the enclosed group of innocents. Shocker was the monster abandon its own power strike to grab the power strike she threw at it and power disk threw it right back at her.

Both she and Neptune were so stunned by the move that they both got knocked back into parked cars in the mall's parking lot by us. "Uranus! Neptune!" they both grunt their 'give us a second' breaths as they roll of the cars. "Sure, hope those car owners are insured." I mutter since I know that Uranus and Neptune much like the rest of us girls are strong and can handle that toss. It's not like we haven't been tossed further and harder before.

The shocker still remains, never before has an enemy been able to do anything like that. The outers powers are greater than that of the inners so to see their powers get used against them is something that makes me take pause. This was a formidable enemy. "Ah right on time." That's when I see the evil princess show herself amidst the chaos she's causing with her minion here, "Lets see how you fair against the odds now."

Her words hit home when she waives her hand and seemingly out of thin air makes a blueish looking dome of power appear over the group of innocents. Then she uses her powers to lift them, all of them busting through the mall's rooftop screaming as they go up as their obviously unsure what's going to happen next creating a ridiculous amount of debris and damage as she pushes it outside through the wall.

The wall itself busts open as if it were nothing as those who were nearby left inside scatter and run away for safety. Good the less innocents nearby the better. "I think the civilian press wound be interested in this. To see your magnificent downfall as I rise to power." She smirks evilly as I go to use my tiara to knock her down to hopefully disengage her from the power dome that has everyone inside.

Yet the tiara doesn't even touch her, a protective shield around her to and she didn't even have to wave her hand either. Outside there are plenty of other civilians out there, waiting to see what happens next. Their phones out and ready to record the incident and whatever happens next, so I knew I had to be careful on this one. If this went back things would only get worse for us as senshi. They might start to target the other girls.

I can see it in her eyes that she truly has it out for me, "If Sailor Moon really was on your side she'd have been had the dome remo - " in my angered state at her words, I amplified my tiara and threw it at her harder this time. Throwing my anger at the situation, the previous situation at her I knew it was more augmented than it was before. I've had this happen sometimes when I let my emotions aid in my fighting. It tends to amplify how much power I can use and throw out at an enemy.

It bounced off a few things, the broken parts of the building for starters before she seemingly tried to stop it but failed as it came at her to fast. That's when I realized she had to see the attack coming to block it. That was something to find out. Besides in my anger I remembered the last time a dome was placed down on my friends; I was in it and the power did reside in the focus of the enemy. This time that wasn't the case.

At least not an easily hittable one. However, it did get her attention more focused on me as it nicked her just a little bit in the face. There was the smallest traces of blood seeping out as she wiped it away only for the small wound to heal. The tiara swung back to me as I jumped around making sure to not stay in one place for to long. I needed her off centered so I could get that dome down.

The more she had to use up her power the more she'd get frazzled just by the continuous misses that would aggravate her to no end. After all I was the person she probably hated most of all. If her attention was on me than it could mean she had less focus on the dome and wouldn't try to distort its shape. She tried several attacks to hit me with but thankfully, as if I were part bunny I kept moving on the go.

It wasn't till I jumped and mid jump and swung around on a nearby pole, using it to swing back around, throwing her off just enough to throw my tiara at her one more time and shouted out the command to latch onto her. it had worked with several higher-level monsters before, yet I didn't often use this tactic on the more 'human' monsters. I knew around her body wouldn't last too long since she was very powerful, so I did it to her forehead instead.

I just needed to jumble her mind long enough to disengage her from the dome completely and release them. The jumble was working as she faltered just the slightest after several long seconds of utter focus. I had to hold up my hand to concentrate on the tiara's powers to keep it going but her power was strong to for it. I could feel her working to break to connection and remove the tiara from her own forehead.

I could see the blood seeping from her own hands as she dug into her own skin to remove it from her. the disturbing amount of hate I could see coming from her. It was as if it fueled her to remove it so she could regain full control. I take a brief moment to glance over and see it lowering to the ground and a handful of innocents begin to run off from the dome as the forcefield it is shimmers in and out thanks to the power I have coursing through her, temporarily severing her connection to it.

Several are able to escape, not that any of them are the girls. Their if anything doing what they do best, pushing others out before them to save more people. However, that was a costly mistake of mine to take that glance because it was all she needed. She breaks the hold I have by sending out a small shockwave of her power through scream full of anger towards me. It's enough to throw me off balance and severe the connection I have with my tiara as rips it off.

She tosses it to the ground in anger, though only after she tries to break it. When that failed as its metal is unique to not only my fuku but magical as well, she puts the force field dome back up in full power only this time she electrifies it. The remaining civilians look scared and start to move themselves towards the middle and away from the electricity that's covering everything but the ground their stepping on.

"You seriously dare to go up against me you Moon bitch!" she yelps out loudly towards me. The hate radiating off of her is in waves. Its almost at the level that Beryl's was at…though as I see her eyes turn black with her anger, I see that she's surpassed Beryl in this department and that's not something to be boastful about. "Your either deeply stupid for going up against me and HOPING to win or you're no more than a fool without equal." Her smile is mixed with agitation at my mere presence in front of her.

"What is it going to take to get through that thick head of yours that I WILL end you! I'm better than all of your previous enemies put together!" Her screeching remark is met by using her powers to close in the dome forcing the people inside to huddle up closer. Some of them you could hear getting zapped by the edges. Police come in and try to warn her to shut it down or they'll fire.

She doesn't even smile as she throws two of them back into their cruisers while the rest open fire on her. She blocks the bullets with her own shield as they drop to the ground as if hitting pure metal. It's almost like watching automatic weapons trying to make that simplest of cuts through bullet proof glass. Her anger is amplifying her powers to. I know I have to do something, but I have to get the police out of here first.

I hedge closer towards them and hear, "We need the national guard down here we're getting ripped to pieces by this – whatever she is!" one of them says as another replies, "How do we not have them here yet? Do they not know what we're dealing with out here?!" even I can't help but nearly chuckle as the first one voices, "Do we?" my near chuckle however is short lived as they keep emptying clip after clip at her and nothing.

Not even a scratch is near her. There's no progress being made as now this evil princess looks like she's almost having fun. "Bored now." She utters as I see the power build up. I race over and use my senshi strength, speed and bunny jump to get in front of the cops. I call for my tiara as she shots her powers at them, therefore at me. I put it on my forehead again and hope that merely being in front of the hit will be sufficient.

However, while I feel her attack hitting me, I feel a light coming from within the stone in my tiara and find that its temporarily given me a shield of my own and blocks her hit with it. I can briefly see a silvery red glimmer around me as her power blasts erupts before it ends when hers does. I wasn't about to question this in the middle of a battle. Perhaps my own powers were once again expanding as we do have power ups whenever it's been needed.

I only look back to make sure that it protected the cops behind me and not just myself. Sure, enough their fine, a little bruised and stunned they weren't effected or hit by the blast like their still knocked out comrades are but fine. I can see clearly that as long as they back up and avoid getting too close to the battle they'll be fine. I need to get them to leave though and while being on the ground would level us out, I know for a factor how short I am.

It's hard to be convincing and intimidating in the right manner when your barely crack 5' 3' especially against anyone who's 5'10' or taller. "You need to get the people and the reporters BACKED OFF this area. Section this off so we can do our job and prevent anyone else from getting hit in the crossfire!" I order them ass I see Pluto and Saturn coming in themselves as they assess the situation.

That's when I see the cops looking at me as if in debate on whether or not to follow my order as I'm obvious NOT their captain nor a military officer giving them orders. Yet I also know they can't fight what their facing. They'll run out of ammo and get hurt faster than they'll even make a dent into her. I can't look at them for long though as the monster that started all of this, on her orders, tries to attack me.

I land on my back briefly, cracking the cop car window I was standing on before I flip up and barely dodge the attack just in as it sends its tentacle like arms to try and smash me into the ground. It hits me from the side as I hit the ground and flip myself up and back to my feet just as it goes to try to hit me again. The asphalt beneath me sounds off as it breaks from the impact that I narrowly avoided.

I slip around it as its bulky figure tries to find me. It's just enough time to jump back onto the cruiser, carefully looking inside to make sure there's no one in it. Mid flip I take off my tiara and use the powers to circle it around its beefy neck as I use it to flip over its shoulder and kneel my knees against its shoulders settling myself tensely against its back. In hindsight I probably should have done this to HER, but I'll deal with that possible regret on the matter later.

Besides from the way things are feeling, this creature is to strong to be decapitated by the tiara. I know the metal is strong, but this monster is strong to. Yet I still hold on as it tries to grab at me from behind. This time I can see that the tiara is tightening and causing it more damage as its blood is leaking out. It nearly flattens the cruiser as it tries to flip me back over to its front again to gain control back. Instead of letting it toss me aside I purposely release it and flip back over to the front of it.

I can sense its weakness as it goes to try and hit me once more. I kick at it hard enough to send it back just enough to whip out my moon rod and dust it. I was so angered that it actually amplified my power and beat it down. My tiara was all that was left of it as I grabbed it back up and put it back on me. I only looked back at the cops as he turned right around and gave the order, not even bothering to debate it any further now.

Knowing the police are moving everyone further away lessens my worry on them and allows me more focus on this sociopathic princess. I was beginning to see that now to. As I hide temporarily behind another vehicle, I notice how the princess is looking at the civilians that are being pushed back. "She's jealous of you." Pluto tells me as she slips in right next to me as Saturn does behind me.

"Look at how she's seeing them." I turned back around to see. "Their respecting you enough to follow your leadership skills and know that your giving them valid good orders to follow so that they can get people out of the way and ensure their safety. She's sees this as threat to her own leadership skills." Pluto assures me as I notice the glinting glare in the princess's eyes. Sure enough, she looks even more pissed off than before.

"She's trying to destroy your image so she can destroy your credibility with the people here. That won't be easy though." Saturn voices as I turn towards her, "She doesn't care about the good that you've done for everyone here." I sigh as Neptune and Uranus arrive back again, "She's right." Neptune agrees, "As long as you're on the path to the throne she will see you as nothing more than a threat."

I briefly wonder another alternative when Pluto turns me sharply towards her. "You cannot ever give up your right to the throne. It is yours by right just as the moon throne is. Besides even IF that was a thought of yours you know she wouldn't let you live still. Or the senshi. We're loyal to you and she knows it." I nod knowing the truth of what would happen if that were an option. She would merely give me a quicker death if I gave up the throne.

My friends would be crucified if they didn't join her and this world would be turned into darkness and chaos. "You weren't seriously thinking about that were you?" Uranus asked me as I looked to her. The pure shocked expression mixed with slight anger makes me see that she and Pluto both took my expression as a what if scenario to entertain. Truth is I can't give up something to her that was never meant to be hers.

She may not want to accept it, but it will be a cold hard fact that is unavoidable. "No…but it's always good to have information on all outcomes." I looked towards Pluto glad that she gave it to me. "I couldn't abandon the people of earth…its on us to protect them…as well as the rest of the planets in the silver millennium." I say as they nod. We turn our sights towards the princess once more.

Her temper looks like its about to get the better of her, "We might be able to use her rage against her." I comment. "How?" Saturn asks. That's when we hear her say, "Soon you all will bow to me…as you should have so long ago." Her need to have the people of earth follow her rule would be her end. I somehow knew this to be the truth I just had to figure out how. "Follow my lead." I gently ordered as I slipped out and snuck up behind her. I power slammed my fists into her. A move that Jupiter taught me a while back.

However, she must have noticed as she kicked back at me nailing me in the gut. I land on my feet thankfully, but I still have to take an inhale of breath as she turns towards me, "Did you really think it would be that easy?" she asks, her face full of smugness. "Did you?" I hear Pluto voice from behind her as she sends out an attack that barely hits her but still does as I leap out of the way just before it would have hit me to.

The attack manages to scrap her up a small bit and nearly sends her off her feet as she vanishes from the ground to up in the air. Appearing positively pissed that she was actually wounded she snaps, "Let's see if you can save them now." She uses her powers to let the dome close in more and more on the people inside while she vanishes for good this time. With the five of us out here I feel confident that we can come up with something to save them. However, I also know that we have a limited amount of time to do so.

I try to use my tiara again only for it to get deflected back towards me. As Saturn goes to use her powers Pluto stops her, "Don't, it looks like she's put a reflective shield on it. Anything we throw at it will only come back and hit us." She nods as Uranus still seems to be looking for her, "Where did she go?" she asks, "Gone for now but if we don't figure out how to get them out, they'll die, look at them." I answer.

Sure, enough the people inside are suffering from the electricity within. That's when it hits me once more and I'm not the only one who notices it, "It's another ploy from her. She wants us all too eventually be exposed. Clever bitch." Uranus mutters as Neptune pulls out her mirror. I know it works differently than her regular powers, but I didn't want to risk it. "Don't, the powers will reflect back and hit us." She stops.

I look back at it, "We've dealt with something similar twice before, once with the generals and once when Chibi Usa was turned evil. When Chibi Usa was turned evil there was power source points at the top. An object that was the conduit for the power, but I don't see any above them." We were examining it all over as the options were running very low. "And with the generals one?" Uranus asked.

"The general had to stay within the vicinity to keep it active. Clearly that's NOT the case here." I run up to it as close as I can get and search for the girls on the inside. I can see them huddled with the rest yet trying to discretely look for a way out themselves. I shout out to them only for Rei to make a can't hear you motion with her hands. "She sound proofed it." I realize as Neptune seems to have the solution.

"I know no one wants to hear this but, "Exposure is her game in this, she wants the senshi to either transform and blow it up from the inside or die inside. We can't do anything from out here. Now without causing more damage or getting others hurt. There's no power source out here and that evil princess is strong enough to keep it without her presence. I guarantee you the only way out is them on the inside." Neptune's words are hard, yet we all know it to be the most logical choice on hand.

I look back to the girls as they see the expression on my face. Their faces go crescent fallen as I shake my head, "No, I won't let them go through the same media frenzy I'm stuck with." I go to pull out my crystal only to have Pluto stop me, "NO! You can't." she intentionally blocks the viewing of any cameras on me with her body, "The moment you expose the silver crystal you'll be playing directly into her hands." I hated to admit to it, but she had a point.

I want to protect my friends and the civilians but if the world discovered the crystal now it might have even more devastating impact now than when their ready to know of it. The news crews were all over the area, all it would take is one camera to capture the silver crystal in all its infinite glory. "Don't let her get that. When you transformed the first time it was covered by the covering of the broach, this time it'll be more exposed."

I nod my understanding towards Pluto who removes herself from me, yet I know there has to be another way to save my friends than to put them through what I'm going through right now. I don't want them to be in the same light as me, for their own sakes. I don't want the light on me why would I want to push them towards something like that when it could make their own lives that much harder on them?

No, this cunning witch is doing this, trying to ruin our lives and therefore making it very hard to protect the people of this planet out of some insane need to have a throne that's been gone for a thousand years. There HAD to be another way. "Try to use your sword." Neptune suggests to Uranus. She attacks it with her sword only to get blasted back towards us as the dome shrinks down in size that much further.

Almost as if in retaliation. We can see inside that Ami is trying to figure out herself how to get out. Discreetly of course. "Its strong." Uranus admits, "I can't even tell if I weakened it." There was no clear way to see if it did or not and even though Ami's trying to work on its others are panicking and pressing others into the shield out of pure fear and hysteria that the shrinking dome is causing.

As we get closer Ami finally seems to be able to input some information into the minicomputer she has only to look at us with a crescent fall look of her own. She motions with her hands 'no good'. That's when Pluto says, "She's using the dome's power to interfere with Ami's Mercury computer." It hits me hard just how bad this might play out, "It wouldn't matter, unless at least one of us out here knows sign language and unless she does to, we're not getting any ideas translated." Uranus adds on.

We look around and realize none of us knows sign language. "Mamoru might but he's al the way across town still." I pull open my communicator to try to reach him only to find out that its not giving me signal, "The dome is interfering with our communicators." Pluto says as they try theirs to. "And we only knew to come because of the news and wait…" I remember Ami's communicator, "Ami's worked." I tell them as we all come to a realization, "She let Ami's work to call you in for help." Neptune says with a heavy heart.

"This was a trap meant for you." Uranus adds on, "She wanted people to see you not be able to protect the innocent." I turn towards Uranus on that one, "We will protect them." I tell her fiercely, "I want to as well but how do we do it. Our powers are useless against the dome and now its only making it zap them in response." she's got a point, but there has to be a way to help the people in there out. It's when out of the blue it seems that the monster, I thought I destroyed re appears, "Did you think I was gone to?" it laughs as it attacks us.