Part 4
The Enemy Attacks
Alex sat on her bed, still crying from the memories that had just come back to her. Why? Why didn't her father listen to her? Why? Why?
"He should of listened," she said, sobbing, "He should of listened to me…"
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Alex grabbed the bowl from the cupboard and jumped down off the counter. She landed on the floor with a light thud. She ran over to the table and put the bowl on it, poured her father's favorite cereal, Honey Nut Cheerios, into it, followed by the milk. She heard big heavy footsteps come from behind her.
"Hey, whatcha doin, sport?" asked the big deep voice that she had always loved. She turned around and ran into her father's arms, giving him a big hug. He picked her up and held her. She turned back to the table and pointed at the bowl.
"Wook, daddy! I made yoo ceweal!" she said in her small five-year-old voice. He sat down in the chair, placing her on his lap.
"So you did! Oh, Honey Nut Cheerios! My favorite!" he said happily, giving her a quick little squeeze. She picked up the spoon and placed it in the bowl, scooping out a few of the little O's with milk. She carefully put it up to her father's face, into his mouth. He ate the cereal with a smile, chewing it thoroughly and swallowing it.
"Yoo like it, daddy?" she said, looking into his eyes. He smiled and squeezed her again.
"I love it, sweetie…" he replied.
"I love yoo, daddy…" said Alex, still hugging her father.
"I love you too, Alex…"
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After her flashback, Alex wiped the tears off her face and out of her eyes. She sniffed, and then had another flashback. She remembered that day, the terrible day of her father's…
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She and her dad were in front of her school, ready for another day. Before she left, her father swooped her up in his great big arms and said, "Hey, sweetie, I gotta go today, daddy's got an important thing to do…" he said, holding her in his arms.
"What're yoo gonna do, daddy?"
"Daddy's got a big jump that he's gotta make, but I'll be fine…"
"Daddy, I don't want yoo to go…I don't wike it when yoo go…" He smiled.
"I'll only be gone for a little while, I'll be back," he assured her. Alex sucked on her thumb. He gave her a quick kiss on the forehead.
"Now, I want you to be a good little girl for the babysitter when she picks you up from school, ok? I'll be back in a couple days," he put her down and led her into the classroom, hand in hand.
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"But you never did come back, dad. I didn't want you to go…" she sniffed. "And you got killed…you promised you'd come back…" She put her head down on her pillow, and cried herself to sleep.
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It was a beautiful spring day, the birds chirping, the crickets singing, the wind whistling, everything was beautiful that day. Sammy and the two cats were walking home. Uni was resting in Sammy's arms. Sammy had their harnesses and leashes swinging around her neck. She sighed.
"I wonder how Alex is doing…" Apollo looked up to her.
"Whatdya mean?" Sammy looked down at him.
"Well, I told her where we were going, and she didn't answer."
"Maybe she's still mad about letting you keep Uni?"
"Hmm…maybe…" Uni looked up at Sammy.
"Is Alex the other girl at the house?" Sammy looked down at Uni, smiling from ear to ear.
"Yes, she is." Uni frowned, looking down.
"I think it's my fault that she's in her room and did not answer you…"
"Whatdya mean, Uni?"
"Well," Uni started, "this morning, I woke up and went out of your room, and I found her in the kitchen, making food. I was kinda hungry…so I jumped up onto the table and ate some of it. She stopped me and put me down on the floor, but she got mad and said that she 'forgot the spoon'…whatever that is…anyway, she got back up, and I liked the food so much, that I got back onto the table and ate some of it again. This time she did not stop me, but smiled…and she was nice to me. She asked me if I liked it, and she said something about the cereal and her father…" Sammy gasped and put a hand to her lips.
"She…she…told you about her father?" she whispered, her hand trembling.
"Well, not really. She told me that Honey Nut Cheerios was his favorite cereal…then she was sad and began to cry. I tried to comfort her, but she ran into her room and slammed the door," she replied. She looked back up at Sammy's now sad face. "Was it something I did to her?" Sammy sighed deeply. She turned her head and looked toward the park that they were passing.
"Come on. Let's go to the park and I'll explain…"
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Back in the darkness, man and monster walked through the night, over the cold black ground. The man's cape covered his body completely, and the creature crawled next to him on all four of his feet. The man closed his eyes and smiled.
Yes, it is almost time for me to destroy this puny little insignificant galaxy and take over the universe. The creature stopped, and so did he. The man looked around in the darkness with his glowing red eyes. He turned to the creature at his feet.
"Well, where are they?" The creature bowed silently then ran over to a pile of dust. He began to paw at it, and after a while of tossing dust here and there, he emerged from the hole he was making, a pouch dangling between his jaws. The man smiled evilly.
"Excellent work, Nemesis. You've made me proud." The creature ran up to him and bowed. He dropped the pouch in front of his master.
"I only do what you ask, my liege," he replied, still in his bowing position. The man bent over and scooped up the bag. He slowly opened up the top by untying the string that held the two flaps at the top together. He looked into the dark bag, then dumped the contents the bag held onto the black ground. Out fell three bugs, two were spiders, the other a praying mantis.
"This is all going wonderfully…according to plan. Once again a job well done, Nemesis." He tossed the side of his cape away from his arm in a swift movement. He raised his hand in the air and a white ball began to form in his palm. After it was about as big as a basketball, he tossed it down on the three bugs in a blinding splash of light. The creature shielded his eyes with his paws and the man shielded his with his long cape. After the light cleared away, swallowed by the darkness that was all around, they both uncovered their eyes and looked at the now mutant arachnids. The green one, half-human and half-mantis, raised his long flat arms into the air and screamed, "MANTISSSSSSS!!!" The next creature followed, looking just like the mantis only it was black with eight spiny legs. It also screamed, "BLACK WIDOW!!!" The third, the biggest of the three, looked up at the man, its green eyes glowing, its eight legs wrapped around its red body. It followed the two previous screams with its name, "ARACHNIA!!!" The man laughed.
"Welcome, my friends. I am your leader, Negadeth, ruler of oblivion." He pointed a finger at the creature beside him. "And this is my slave and your general…Nemesis, prince of darkness." The creatures bowed to their new leaders. "Arise, my slaves. I have made you like this using my awesome supernatural powers, and in return for my kindness of making you big and strong, I want you to obey me and do as I and Nemesis command at all time." He pointed at the red spider. "You are Arachnia…correct?"
Arachnia bowed to the man. "Yes, I am the one called Arachnia."
"A rather unusual name for a spider."
"Well, you see, my liege, my kind has no name…I do not know who or what I am." Negadeth nodded.
"Very well…you are now Commander Arachnia, leader of the force." Arachnia bowed.
"Thank you, master." He turned to the next arachnid.
"You are called Black Widow?" She bowed. "Yes, master, my name is Black Widow, your most humble servant." Negadeth nodded to her.
"You, my dear slave, are second-in-command." She bowed. Negadeth turned to the green giant, the last of his small army.
"And you are the one they call Mantis?" Mantis bowed low. "Yesss, massster, I am the one called Mantisss."
"Very well. You shall be the first to go." Mantis looked up at his leader.
"The firssst to go, massster? What do you mean?" Negadeth smiled evilly.
"You shall be the first to destroy the Sailor Scouts!"
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Back at the park, Sammy, Apollo, and Uni were sitting on a white bench. Sammy sighed. "And that's how it all happened." Uni frowned.
"Her father…died?"
"Yes," said Apollo. "He was in the army. He died when she was five, in an air to ground jump."
"That's so sad…" Uni tried to smile. "I don't even remember my parents…" her smile disappeared. Sammy looked down at the sad kitten. Uni jumped off the bench and ran over to the side of the lake. Apollo looked up at Sammy. Sammy looked at Apollo. Both were frowning. Then Apollo jumped off the bench and ran toward Uni. He ran to her side and sat down next to her. Uni had her eyes closed, a tear running down her soft magenta face. She opened her eyes and looked at the calm rippling water.
"Apollo?" Apollo looked at her. Uni closed her eyes again. "Do you remember who I am?" Apollo sighed, then looked back at the water.
"There were so many Guardian Cats on the moon, I can't remember all of them…Uni?" Uni turned to him.
"When you were naming the people you remember, you mentioned a Hermes…who's Hermes?" Uni smiled, tears forming in her eyes.
"He was someone very dear to me…I loved him very much…" her smiled faded. She shook her head, tears flying in all directions. She turned back to the water.
"Uni? Uni, can you tell me about Hermes? Who was he?" Uni shook.
"I…I don't know…Apollo…" She turned back to him, her eyes now filled with tears. She was trying hard to hold them back. "I really don't know…" Then she couldn't hold it back any longer, and broke down crying. She buried her head into Apollo's soft chest, tears streaming down her face. Apollo put a paw around her shoulders, leaning his head on hers.
"Shhhhhh, it's ok, Uni. It's ok. Don't cry…" he said softly, trying to calm her down. He turned his head toward Sammy, who was still sitting on the bench, tears forming in her eyes. She smiled and dabbed the end of her shirtsleeve under her eyes, soaking up the water coming out of them. She heard a giggle, an evil one.
"Huh?" she said softly, looking up above the lake. She gasped and quickly got up. "Uni! Apollo! Look out!" Both cats turned around, back to the lake, and gasped loudly. The giggle came again, from the creature hovering over the lake, its arms folded, its red eyes glowing. Its green lips were curled up into a huge evil grin. Then faster than lightning, it raised its arms above its head, forming a little ball in the palm of its green hand. It shot it down at the two cats. Apollo gasped.
"Uni! Watch out!" he screamed, pushing her out of the way. The blast came right toward him, hitting the area that he was standing. Uni tumbled to the side, and sat back up. She looked back at where Apollo was standing, but all that was left was a huge cloud of dust and a crater in the ground. There was no Apollo.
"APOLLO!!!"
~~~End of Part 4
AUTHOR'S NOTE: K, I know some people who hate me right now for stopping it here, but it's a good cliffhanger. You probably can't wait for Part 5. Hehehe…