Chapter Eight


Meanwhile, Venus and Lita were still walking down corridors.

" Venus, I think we're lost." Lita said tiredly.

" No, we're not. Just, well, dislocated."

Lita grunted," Ha! Dislocated! Where?! Face it, these paths go no where. Why don't we give up?!"

Venus stopped," That doesn't sound like you, Lita." She turned to Lita and gasped at her glowing white eyes. Lita grinned nastily.

" Well, Sailor Venus, " Her voice not her own but dark," maybe it is because I'm not Lita."

Venus saw the real Lita behind this one with her hands and feet shackled with crystal against the wall. She was struggling.

"Venus! You gotta stop her! She'll trap you too!"

The so-called fake Lita sneered and both Venus and Lita stared in shocked as they saw her change into a 15 foot crystal woman with long flowing hair and yards of thin white silk flying about her and around. Her voice echoed.

" So, Sailor Venus. Do you challenge Crystallia?"

" You bet I do," Venus retorted, " VENUS CRECENT BEAM SMASH!!"

Crystallia jumped clear and aimed her hand at Venus, " CRYSTAL MORPHAS STRIKE!!" Shiny liquid shot out of her hand and aimed at Venus. Venus jumped into the air then came crashing down as her foot was turned into crystal.

" Uhh! You don't play fair!" Venus tried moving but it was hard with her foot so heavy.

Lita, who was watching this, continued to try and break free," I've got to do something!"

Then she heard a faint voice, " Now!" and she knew what to do.

At this time, Venus had hit Crystallia with a beam but it only bounced off and hit Venus instead. Weak and having half her body and one arm encased in crystal, Venus knew defeat was inevitable.

" JUPITER POWER MAKE-UP!!" Crystallia and Venus turned and saw the glowing form of Lita changing into Sailor Jupiter but Venus thought Lita was being electrocuted for she was surrounded by live currents. The crystal shackles on Lita were destroyed and when the glow died, Sailor Jupiter stood in her place, same as the other scouts but with a green skirt and collar and green boots, a few inches above her ankles.

Crossing her wrists over each other, she cried out, " JUPITER THUNDER CRASH!!" and her arms spread apart as well as her legs as a blast of electrical energy came from the sky into her antenna in her tiara and from her body.

Crystallia was hit hard and she hit the ground.

" Ugh! What new energy is this?!" she hissed. She glared at Jupiter who was glaring back.

" Venus," Jupiter said, turning to her, " we have to do this together!"

" Together, huh?" Crystallia sneered," All right." She melted and morpheme into two crystalline forms, one Venus, one Jupiter. Both had glowing white eyes.

" Now, let's finish this!" They both spoke with Jupiter and Venus' voice but also with the voice of Crystallia.

Evil Jupiter went for her twin as did the Venus twin to hers. Venus still couldn't move. Twin stared at her and laughed," Try and move, silly human! Oh, are you stuck? Here, let me keep it that way!" Twin crossed her arms and fired a blast of crystalline liquid at Venus. Venus dived as best she could but now one arm and her head were free from the liquid.

I'm not going to make it, she thought. Oh, Malachite, I'm sorry. I'll never see you again.

Thoughts of Malachite flooded her head. Memories of dances, outing, secret kisses. Venus closed her eyes as a tear sprung from her eye. The tear glowed brightly with pure love. Slowly it fell and landed on her crystallize body as another blast came at her. Suddenly she was all aglow, the crystal melting off her like ice into water. The light surrounding her reflected Twin's attack and hit Twin square in the chest. She screamed in pain as the crystal took over her body. Nothing was left but a crystal block with Evil Venus trapped inside, a look of utter surprise and anger left frozen on her face forever.