Again, I don't own the characters... oh and don't criticize me if say a certain character acts somewhat different...it's supposed to go with the storyline...yadda yadda...lol anyway R&R please and thanks! I gotta know if you think I should write a continuation or leave the end of this as the end...heeheehee....lol anyhoo Hope you enjoy ^.^

No need for Sailor Scouts, part 3

Ryoko woke up in the middle of the night. She crept to the kitchen only to find Serena there eating a sandwich. Ryoko then tried to creep past her but her stomach rumbled and gave her away.

"Well isn't that interesting. Another person with a midnight appetite." Said Serena, smiling.

Ryoko just grumbled and got out a piece of watermelon.

"What's wrong....er....what's your name again?" Serena said, pondering and trying to look deep in thought.

"It's Ryoko." Said Ryoko, still somewhat tired and pissed off for being awoken and not having her plan fall through (*refer to part 2 for her plan to get close to Tenchi (no surprise of it though) lol*).

"oh yeah!" Serena finished her sandwich. "well, I'm back off to sleep. good night...Ryoko" she said perkily.

Ryoko just thought "how can she be so perky at this time of night?" then shrugged and ate her watermelon.

As she ate, she saw something outside the window. It looked like two faint glimmers of light, or eyes.

She stepped up to the window and looked out. Suddenly a small green-ish slimy creature jumped at the window and was knocked out from hitting the glass.

Ryoko screamed and ran back to her seat at the table, looking around nervously.

Seemingly from out of nowhere, a dark figure walked up behind her and tapped her on the shoulder. She screamed again and jumped out of her seat, only to find that it was just Washu who had heard her scream.

"Ryoko, what's wrong? I don't think I've ever heard you scream like that before!" she said, sounding very worried.

"I saw something in the window and when I went to look it jumped at me but it was knocked out cause it didn't think it was glass it thought it was just an open door or something." Ryoko gasped to catch her breath.

"something is very wrong here." Said Washu with a concerned look on her face. "come with me."

Washu lead Ryoko to her lab, where there was a large sheet over a very tall machine.

"this is my latest invention. It's the ESP machine."

"ESP? isn't that a psychic ability? How can a machine be psychic?" Ryoko looked puzzled.

"the ESP stands for "Evil sensory perception" not "Extra-sensory perception". Sheesh, Ryoko you should be able to communicate with me with ESP the Extrasensory kind." Said Washu looking annoyed at Ryoko's stupidity.

"sorry! I was just....grrr.......never mind...so what does this machine do?" asked Ryoko.

"good question. It can sense any evil within 10 miles, and it shows up on a radar screen." Washu pulled off the sheet that was over the machine, revealing a very tall very big piece of metal with buttons and levers galore.

"ok, mother, what IS the point of all these buttons and levers."

"these make it Mihoshi proof! If she were to come around in here and push a button or pull a lever on this thing, it wouldn't do anything. They are just there for the look. There's a hidden button that only I know where it is, and that's what turns it on and off." She said matter-of-factly.

"mom you are too smart" Ryoko said sarcastically.

They both went and walked back to the kitchen and Ryoko finished her watermelon as Washu went back to her lab to sleep. when Ryoko finished her watermelon, she quietly and slowly crept back to her room but couldn't sleep again all night. In the morning she woke up and changed into a nice kimono and went downstairs for breakfast.

"well good morning, Ryoko." Said Serena, who was sitting at the table smiling at her.

"oh stop smiling it was an awful night last night. I barely got any sleep at all" she said annoyed (Ryoko that is).

"that explains the dark circles under your eyes then. So tell me-" she was cut off as Ryoko ran to the bathroom, looked in the mirror, and quickly put some concealer on under her eyes to cover the dark circles, then walked back to the table.
"thanks for pointing that out. Now what were you saying?" said Ryoko taking a deep breath.

"no problem. Now what happened to make last night so bad?"

"well...right after my snack...I saw something and.....WHY THE HELL AM I TALKING TO YOU I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU THAT WELL DON'T BE SO INTRUSIVE SHEESH ASKING SUCH PERSONAL QUESTIONS TRYING TO GET THROUGH ME TO GET TENCHI? NUH-UH NO WAY GIRL YOURE NOT HIS TYPE YOURE-" Ryoko was cut off this time by Tenchi who was walking downstairs.

"not who's type, Ryoko?" he said tiredly.

"good morning Tenchi. Never mind it was just a little conversation between me and my little (*slightly angry tone, clenched teeth*) friend (*no more angry tone or clenched teeth*) here. Right....Serena is it?" said Ryoko who was obviously trying to cover it all up.

"um..right...so, when is breakfast gonna be ready?" Serena said anxiously.

"as soon as everyone else is awake" said Washu who was just walking in and looking concerned at Ryoko.



HALF HOUR LATER



"breakfast was delicious! Thanks for letting us stay here last night." Said Amy, in her usual politeness.

"no problem at all. Hehehe. If you need to you can stay here a while longer, I'm sure nobody would mind. Right?" said Tenchi. Everyone nodded in agreement.

"thank you ever so much! We really owe you after this. Is there anything we can help with around here?" asked Mina.

"well...does any of you know anything about electronics? I might need some help with a new invention in my lab." Said Washu.

Nobody seemed to reply to that. "ok then. Well there's an invention ready if anyone wants to come see it. I think you Sailor Scouts might be particularly interested in it."

Washu led Serena, Raye, Amy, Mina, Ryoko, Sasami, Tenchi, Kiyone and Mihoshi down to her lab and explained the machine to them except the Mihoshi-proof part. Mihoshi looked amazed at it and started walking over to it.

Washu stopped her. "please don't touch it Mihoshi. I might let you fiddle around with it later. OK?" Washu said and smiled. Mihoshi smiled and walked back over to the little group.

After everyone left, Washu stayed behind and turned it on. Instantly there were a bunch of little green flashes all over the radar screen indicating lots of evil.

All she could say was "oh shit."