Sailor Moon Segment contributed by Carrotglace
Usagi Tsukino struggled to see through the mist that surrounded her.
Fear welled up in her heart as she stared around at the nothingness that
consumed her world. "Where am I? What's going on?" she muttered
fearfully.
It was dark and cold; a wind blew the mist into thousands of tiny
swirls that obscured her vision as she ran across the rocky ground. It
was endless and flat, nothing but a dull gray could be seen in the
distance. "No! What's happening?"
A dark force seemed to fill her soul as she stopped suddenly. It was
formless, yet somehow filled the area in which she stood. "Hello!" She
called out to it desperately. "Is anyone there?" Her heart beat
frantically with terror as she glanced around at her surroundings
nervously. "What's happening?"
"Usagi!" Finally, a familiar voice.
"Mamoru!" she whirled around with tears of relief in her eyes. "I was
so scared!"
"You have to leave! Right now!" said the figure in the mist. He had not
yet approached her.
"What's going on?" she stammered as she walked up to him slowly. For
the first time she could remember, he didn't reach for her in her
dreams.
"You have to leave! Please!" pleaded the older boy as he frowned at
her. "Just go! It's dangerous!"
"What? Why? Tell me!" she cried as he started to back away. "Don't
leave me here alone!"
He gave her a halfhearted smile. "I could never leave you alone. You
know that."
The girl gasped as she took a single step back. "Mamo?"
The boy's image started to fade away, a painful look crossed his
features. "Go! Please!"
Usagi stepped towards him again. "What? What's happening to you?!"
"Usagi! Run! It's too late for me!" he cried out as he dashed away.
"Mamoru!" she screamed as she watched him run. He fell to his knees on
the ground and crumpled down to the ground. "No!" As fast as her legs
could carry her, she rushed up to his side. "Are you hurt? Please tell
me what's happening!?"
The boy simply looked up at her with a sort of wistful smile on his
face. "Goodbye, Usa?"
"Mamoru?" she muttered as she shook his shoulder lightly, or rather
tried too. Her hand passed right through the slowly fading body of her
beloved. "No!" she whispered in horror.
The dark presence seemed to return like a tidal wave into the area.
Usagi slowly rose to her feet and glanced around. "What's going on
here?"
She hadn't yet noticed the dark cloud forming in the sky overhead.
Thunder boomed loudly and echoed off the nothingness that surrounded
her. "Come out!" she cried as her voice firmed suddenly.
She could feel the dark claws clutching for her, invisible, yet somehow
gripping her very soul as she struggled to stand. "Stop! Why are you
doing this?!" she cried in defiance.
There was no answer as the claws dug into her flesh, she saw the blood
flow from her arms as they scratched at her body. Distinct claw marks
began to form, three of them marring her cheek as she struggled and
writhed in pain. "No! Leave me alone!"
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"She's been like this since last night." Ami Mizuno frowned as she
stared at Pluto. "We don't know what to do."
The tall dark skinned senshi merely nodded.
Minako was sitting in the corner watching Usagi sleep. They were in her
room and had little fear of the girl's parents coming up to find them.
They were all sitting around the kitchen table with their faces in their
breakfast.
Pluto looked at the blonde and frowned. "There is little we can do to
help her."
Minako stood up and glared at her. "What's going on? You know something
don't you?" Her voice was full of fear and anger.
Pluto's expression never changed. "No. I know nothing."
"Are we the only ones left?" asked Ami quietly.
"Saturn has not yet been affected," replied Pluto as she turned to look
down at Usagi again. The girl was covered in a cold sweat, and her chest
was rising and falling in slow labored breaths.
"There's nothing we can do? What kind of crap is that?" snapped Venus
angrily.
"We don't even know what's causing this," replied Ami as she looked at
her friend.
"We're all dying! One by one! She's the senshi of time! She knows
everything else, but not this?" snarled the girl as she faced the
shorthaired girl.
"There is a force strong enough to block my power. I know nothing of
the future now, I can look back to the beginning of time if I wish, but
I cannot look even a moment into the future any longer."
"Chibi Usa?" said Ami.
"She is still missing, I fear what that could mean for the princess,"
said Setsuna as she detransformed. Her face was tired and worn, and her
hair was a mess. The transformation had disguised it until that moment.
Minako stepped back and gasped with shock.
"I am powerless to do anything against this. I cannot find what has
caused it, nor can I discover the source of this evil."
"Then there is nothing we can do." The girls turned to see Luna
standing in the doorway. "We can only hope that we can discover this
darkness, before it is too late."
Pluto nodded silently. "That is all we can do."
"So we just sit here and wait!?" screamed Minako in shock.
"I will do all I can, but I fear it will not be enough," said Pluto as
she turned to look the girl dead in the eyes.
There was a bright light that filled the room suddenly. Usagi Tsukino
sat upright in bed, her eyes wide with horror.
"Usagi!" cried Ami as she rushed up to her friend's side. Minako was at
her side in an instant.
"The crystal!" muttered Setsuna in shock. She took a step back.
"No! Dark Demon! Leave them alone!" screamed Usagi at the top of her
lungs.
The girls all had to shield their eyes at the light that filled the
room. The crystal on Usagi's chest shone with a brilliant light that
turned everything white.
"What's happening?!" cried Minako as she staggered back.
The light ended in an instant, and Minako and Ami stood with their arms
over their faces. Slowly they brought them down as their eyes adjusted
to the dim light once again. The room was dark and the moonlight was the
only reason they could see anything at all.
Usagi was lying in the bed with a gentle smile on her face. Her eyes
were wide open as she stared at the ceiling.
"Usagi?" muttered Minako as she staggered to her knees and shook the
girl by her shoulders.
"She's gone," muttered Ami as she looked down at the girl with tears in
her eyes.
Minako turned slowly to look at her. "What?"
Luna and Setsuna were both lying on the ground, neither one of them was
breathing. They looked peaceful lying on the ground. The one thing that
sent chills down the two survivor's spines was the vacant stare that
they were both giving as they looked forward from wherever their heads
had fallen.
"No!" whispered Minako as she rose to her feet.
"Usagi used the last of her strength to protect us from whatever did
this," said Ami as she looked around the room with tears falling from
her face. The events didn't seem to have quite hit her yet.
Minako nodded slowly. "Dark Demon."
"Whatever that is," agreed Ami quietly.
"We've got to find out. We can't wait," said the blonde as she reached
out and touched the crystal on Usagi's chest. She looked into her
friend's eyes and swallowed. Minako closed her eyes and pulled the
crystal from the girl's pajama top. "I'm sorry Usagi. We will find a way
to make this right. I swear it."
Ami put her hand on the girl's shoulder. "Come on. We've got to find
Hotaru. Setsuna said she's not gone yet."
Minako frowned and nodded as she gripped the brooch in her hand. "I
know. Then we'll find the one who did this."
Ami glanced at the window for a moment and looked up at the moon. She
almost walked towards it, but moved to the door of the bedroom instead.
"Come on. We don't have much time."
Minako nodded slowly and frowned. "I know."
Usagi Tsukino struggled to see through the mist that surrounded her.
Fear welled up in her heart as she stared around at the nothingness that
consumed her world. "Where am I? What's going on?" she muttered
fearfully.
It was dark and cold; a wind blew the mist into thousands of tiny
swirls that obscured her vision as she ran across the rocky ground. It
was endless and flat, nothing but a dull gray could be seen in the
distance. "No! What's happening?"
A dark force seemed to fill her soul as she stopped suddenly. It was
formless, yet somehow filled the area in which she stood. "Hello!" She
called out to it desperately. "Is anyone there?" Her heart beat
frantically with terror as she glanced around at her surroundings
nervously. "What's happening?"
"Usagi!" Finally, a familiar voice.
"Mamoru!" she whirled around with tears of relief in her eyes. "I was
so scared!"
"You have to leave! Right now!" said the figure in the mist. He had not
yet approached her.
"What's going on?" she stammered as she walked up to him slowly. For
the first time she could remember, he didn't reach for her in her
dreams.
"You have to leave! Please!" pleaded the older boy as he frowned at
her. "Just go! It's dangerous!"
"What? Why? Tell me!" she cried as he started to back away. "Don't
leave me here alone!"
He gave her a halfhearted smile. "I could never leave you alone. You
know that."
The girl gasped as she took a single step back. "Mamo?"
The boy's image started to fade away, a painful look crossed his
features. "Go! Please!"
Usagi stepped towards him again. "What? What's happening to you?!"
"Usagi! Run! It's too late for me!" he cried out as he dashed away.
"Mamoru!" she screamed as she watched him run. He fell to his knees on
the ground and crumpled down to the ground. "No!" As fast as her legs
could carry her, she rushed up to his side. "Are you hurt? Please tell
me what's happening!?"
The boy simply looked up at her with a sort of wistful smile on his
face. "Goodbye, Usa?"
"Mamoru?" she muttered as she shook his shoulder lightly, or rather
tried too. Her hand passed right through the slowly fading body of her
beloved. "No!" she whispered in horror.
The dark presence seemed to return like a tidal wave into the area.
Usagi slowly rose to her feet and glanced around. "What's going on
here?"
She hadn't yet noticed the dark cloud forming in the sky overhead.
Thunder boomed loudly and echoed off the nothingness that surrounded
her. "Come out!" she cried as her voice firmed suddenly.
She could feel the dark claws clutching for her, invisible, yet somehow
gripping her very soul as she struggled to stand. "Stop! Why are you
doing this?!" she cried in defiance.
There was no answer as the claws dug into her flesh, she saw the blood
flow from her arms as they scratched at her body. Distinct claw marks
began to form, three of them marring her cheek as she struggled and
writhed in pain. "No! Leave me alone!"
+++++++++++++++++
"She's been like this since last night." Ami Mizuno frowned as she
stared at Pluto. "We don't know what to do."
The tall dark skinned senshi merely nodded.
Minako was sitting in the corner watching Usagi sleep. They were in her
room and had little fear of the girl's parents coming up to find them.
They were all sitting around the kitchen table with their faces in their
breakfast.
Pluto looked at the blonde and frowned. "There is little we can do to
help her."
Minako stood up and glared at her. "What's going on? You know something
don't you?" Her voice was full of fear and anger.
Pluto's expression never changed. "No. I know nothing."
"Are we the only ones left?" asked Ami quietly.
"Saturn has not yet been affected," replied Pluto as she turned to look
down at Usagi again. The girl was covered in a cold sweat, and her chest
was rising and falling in slow labored breaths.
"There's nothing we can do? What kind of crap is that?" snapped Venus
angrily.
"We don't even know what's causing this," replied Ami as she looked at
her friend.
"We're all dying! One by one! She's the senshi of time! She knows
everything else, but not this?" snarled the girl as she faced the
shorthaired girl.
"There is a force strong enough to block my power. I know nothing of
the future now, I can look back to the beginning of time if I wish, but
I cannot look even a moment into the future any longer."
"Chibi Usa?" said Ami.
"She is still missing, I fear what that could mean for the princess,"
said Setsuna as she detransformed. Her face was tired and worn, and her
hair was a mess. The transformation had disguised it until that moment.
Minako stepped back and gasped with shock.
"I am powerless to do anything against this. I cannot find what has
caused it, nor can I discover the source of this evil."
"Then there is nothing we can do." The girls turned to see Luna
standing in the doorway. "We can only hope that we can discover this
darkness, before it is too late."
Pluto nodded silently. "That is all we can do."
"So we just sit here and wait!?" screamed Minako in shock.
"I will do all I can, but I fear it will not be enough," said Pluto as
she turned to look the girl dead in the eyes.
There was a bright light that filled the room suddenly. Usagi Tsukino
sat upright in bed, her eyes wide with horror.
"Usagi!" cried Ami as she rushed up to her friend's side. Minako was at
her side in an instant.
"The crystal!" muttered Setsuna in shock. She took a step back.
"No! Dark Demon! Leave them alone!" screamed Usagi at the top of her
lungs.
The girls all had to shield their eyes at the light that filled the
room. The crystal on Usagi's chest shone with a brilliant light that
turned everything white.
"What's happening?!" cried Minako as she staggered back.
The light ended in an instant, and Minako and Ami stood with their arms
over their faces. Slowly they brought them down as their eyes adjusted
to the dim light once again. The room was dark and the moonlight was the
only reason they could see anything at all.
Usagi was lying in the bed with a gentle smile on her face. Her eyes
were wide open as she stared at the ceiling.
"Usagi?" muttered Minako as she staggered to her knees and shook the
girl by her shoulders.
"She's gone," muttered Ami as she looked down at the girl with tears in
her eyes.
Minako turned slowly to look at her. "What?"
Luna and Setsuna were both lying on the ground, neither one of them was
breathing. They looked peaceful lying on the ground. The one thing that
sent chills down the two survivor's spines was the vacant stare that
they were both giving as they looked forward from wherever their heads
had fallen.
"No!" whispered Minako as she rose to her feet.
"Usagi used the last of her strength to protect us from whatever did
this," said Ami as she looked around the room with tears falling from
her face. The events didn't seem to have quite hit her yet.
Minako nodded slowly. "Dark Demon."
"Whatever that is," agreed Ami quietly.
"We've got to find out. We can't wait," said the blonde as she reached
out and touched the crystal on Usagi's chest. She looked into her
friend's eyes and swallowed. Minako closed her eyes and pulled the
crystal from the girl's pajama top. "I'm sorry Usagi. We will find a way
to make this right. I swear it."
Ami put her hand on the girl's shoulder. "Come on. We've got to find
Hotaru. Setsuna said she's not gone yet."
Minako frowned and nodded as she gripped the brooch in her hand. "I
know. Then we'll find the one who did this."
Ami glanced at the window for a moment and looked up at the moon. She
almost walked towards it, but moved to the door of the bedroom instead.
"Come on. We don't have much time."
Minako nodded slowly and frowned. "I know."