Sailor Moon Chaos
Act 4: Bring On the Night! Death Comes On the Wings Of Dreams.
By Elvish Vamp and Silent Angel

"Tell me again, why do you need me?"

Serpens rolled his eyes, but nevertheless repeated himself. "'Cause you have the power to stop the Sailor Wars. You're one of most powerful senshi I've seen. The few who are more powerful than you don't seem keen on making appearances, if they're here." He glanced at Kari, then mumbled to himself so quietly that she couldn't hear, "And if they're even a match for you anymore."

"But how do I know you're telling the truth?" Kari asked suspiciously. "What if this is all part of some big evil plot?"

Serpens laughed. "I guess you don't, but that doesn't prove anything."

Kari shrugged and resigned to the fact that that was probably the best answer she would be getting out of him anytime soon. That was all right though. She had plenty of other questions to ask. "Why can't I tell anyone about you?"

He shifted uncomfortably. "Let's just say you're kitten and I aren't on the best terms at the moment."

"Alright," Kari said shrugging, "Just one more thing. What else can I do?"

* * * *

Silently, Kari crept down the hallway toward her room. She glanced at her watch. It was nearly 2:00a.m.

"Kari? Is that you?" Someone asked.

"No."

"I'm standing right here."

She spun around to find Minako standing behind her, an all too familiar annoyed look on her face. "Oh."

"Yeah," Minako replied. "Where were you?"

"I was...umm...just...uh...going for a walk," Kari said, doing her best to look truthful. However, Minako was not convinced.

"No you weren't," she protested, "It doesn't take three hours to take a walk."

"Can we not do this now? I'm kinda tired," said Kari, wondering if Minako ever slept, and quickly shut herself in her room. A light under the bedroom door told Minako Kari was not tired at all, but she was too exhausted to argue anymore, and decided to get some much needed sleep.

* * * *

Brriiiiiiiinng. Minako groaned and rolled over, wondering who wanted to torture her like this. Brriiiiiiiinng. She reached over and picked up phone. "Moshimoshi?"

"Kanichiwa, Minako!" the voice on the other line answered cheerfully. "Can I speak to Kari-chan?"

"Sure, Hino," she said. "KARI! PHONE!" No answer. "HIMENO HIKARI! EITHER GET OVER HERE OR PICK UP THE OTHER PHONE!" Still no answer. Fuming, Minako forced herself to get up and trudge down the hall to Kari's room. "KARI!" She banged on the door as hard as she could without breaking it, but again got no answer. Pulling open the door, she found the room was empty. Kari had left.

* * * *

Yet another phage stared at the sailor senshi that stood before it. "Sailor Shadow!" The blast was headed strait for Sailor Star, but she didn't even bother to dodge. "Star Crystal Power!" The crystal that took the place of her brooch, which was no longer clear, but a light blue color, began to glow. In seconds the attack dissipated. "Supernova!" A bright flash of light momentarily blinded the phage and, before it could even comprehend what had happened, the senshi was behind it. "Shooting Star!" Just as before the attack finished it off, incinerating the phage on contact.

"What did you do that for?" Serpens asked, stepping out of the shadows where he had been watching the fight. "It'll be difficult finding another phage for you to practice on."

"They're just too easy to beat," Sailor Star complained, "Is there anything else, like maybe a yoma or something? At least something harder to beat than a phage?" Serpens just smiled. "Nope. It's the phages or nothing. At least for now."

* * * *

Everything around him was dark, and his ragged breathing was very near deafening. A scream started up behind him causing him to whirl around. No one was there.

"Hello?"

It was a girl's voice. She sounded much as his Usako had sounded in the nightmares Galaxia had induced.

"Who are you?"

He turned to try once more to find the source of the voice, but still couldn't see anyone.

"You can hear me, right?"

He nodded then cried out. His arm was bleeding.

"You really should get out. They're all around you and trying to get even closer now that they've got a taste."

Her voice was ignored this time however, as he was consumed by the blackness.

* * * *

"Rei, you've got to help him. He's going to be eaten at this rate."

Rei's head snapped up to look in the fire, but she only saw the same black that'd been there since Mamouru got sick.

"He is the black. The earth is black."

Rei glanced behind her, but the door was still open and showing an empty courtyard.

"Who are you?"

The voice didn't reply.

"Answer me!"

Nothing moved, and soon she bowed her head once more in prayer.

"Wake up now. It's time for everyone to wake up."

* * * *

Kage woke up and screamed.

* * * *

"Mamo-chan, please be alright. You're in America right now. Minako said she might be able to find a doctor for you. I've got a little sister too. She looks a lot like me, and she seems really nice." Usagi sighed. "Please wake up Mamo-chan. Everyone's lost their powers, and we need you. I need you."