Disclaimer- I do not own sailormoon, the chibi scouts (with the exception of chibi (cosmic) moon) and Saturn and Pluto Knights are AngelRaye's. The rest of the charactors belong to me.
Emotion Guardian
By: Starlight Angel
Chapter 8- A Distressing Turn of Events
Mina layed in her bed thinking. 'What's happening to my daughter?' She crawled out of bed and walked over to Gloria's room. She glanced inside to see her daughter sleeping peacefully in her bed. 'I will not allow anything happen to my baby.' Mina silently vowed to herself. After about an hour of watching Gloria sleep, she turned and walked back to bed.
Gloria sat up in her bed, 'I must not let anyone know what's going on with me,' she promised to herself, she now remembered what happened after her anger. 'They know about the power within me, but I will not allow them know anymore than they do, for my own safety.' Gloria climbed out of bed and dressed in a pair of green cargo pants and a white sleaveless shirt with a yellow heart in the middle. She tied the usual green bow in her hair and walked into the living room, where her mother was sitting on the couch alone. 'Dad must be at a knight training session.' Mina heard footsteps and looked up to see Gloria. She smiled at her daughter.
"Did you sleep well dear?" Mina asked, as Gloria joined her on the couch. Gloria nodded. "Do you want to take a walk? It's such a beautiful day." Mina said. Gloria smiled at her mother, she was pretending nothing happened and Gloria was glad for it.
"Sure, it would be nice to spend some time together," Gloria said. They stood up and got their jackets. Mina called Raye on her communicater while Gloria was looking for her jacket. She told Raye that she and Gloria where going out, and to tell everyone she wouldn't make it to the meeting. Gloria walked out with her jacket on and they walked out the door.
"Where's Mina?" Lita asked.
"She went on a walk with Gloria, she said she wouldn't make it to the meeting." Raye answered.
"I am worried about that girl," Michiru said. "The strange power she possesses could put her in danger." Everyone nodded.
"I have a theory, that this enemy has awakened an energy inside of Gloria that was never released in the future," Setsuna said. "And now because of it, the timeline was altered to include this power."
"Do you think the change in the timeline will damage the future or help it?" Hotaru asked.
"I don't know, it could go either way, I have no way of finding out. I also have not seen Cosmic Pluto in six days, so I can't ask her." Setsuna said. The meeting continued, the main discussion on what the enemy was going to do next.
Gloria and Mina were walking along a pathway in Fairview Park, just enjoying eachother's company. They talked about normal things, Mina even scolded Gloria on her behavior with the teacher. When they got to the lake, they sat down on a bench to rest their feet.
"Gloria, I am worried about you," Mina said, Gloria knew why she was worried.
"I'm worried about me too, I wonder if the enemy is going to target me, or if they are going to target another one of us, they already got, Madelyn, Annika, Daisy, Faith and Hope." Gloria said, her emotions could be seen in her eyes. She was genuinely concerned about her friends. Mina wondered why her attitude changed so drastically (not that she was complaining), it was nice having her show her emotions, but she missed the old Gloria. They sat there for a while, until Mina stood up.
"Lets go, we should be heading back," Mina said as she held a hand out to her daughter so she could get up. Gloria excepted it, giving her mother a heart warming smile. They walked hand in hand the rest of the way.
Ezri was watching the mother-daughter pair as they walked hand in hand. She smiled evilly. 'There's the target, too bad mommy is there to see,' came her sinister thoughts. Ezri disappeared and waited for her target at the end of the pathway.
Gloria smiled at her mother, she really was enjoying the time with her. Gloria's smile faded when they reached the end of the pathway. Something wasn't right. She stopped and let go of her mother's hand. When Mina noticed Gloria's hand not in hers she turned around.
"Gloria, what's wrong?" Mina asked concerned. Before Gloria could answer, a root formed behind her and vines tied her wrists and ankles. Mina stared in horror as she started to run towards her but was stopped when a woman with black eyes pushed her to the ground. Mina pushed the all call button on her communicator. "Everyone, get to the main pathway exit at Fairview park immediatly!" Mina stood up and tried to get to her daughter, only to be thrown back by a forcefield. Mina stood up again and ran towards Gloria, only to be thrown back again.
"Gloria!" Mina cried out.
"Mama," came Gloria's just as distressed answer. The other scouts appeared as Ezri began to chant.
"Love, hate, worry and friendship, emotions appear!"
Gloria screamed in pain. Her chest felt as though the skin was being furiously torn off to where all you could see was her soul. The Sailors, Knights and Chibi Scouts tried to get through the barriar as Mina had done before and was still doing.
"No Gloria!"Annika said as she, as did the others ran into the barriar and were flown back. "Gloria," Annika cried out. Gloria's chest glowed a bright white, as an orb appeared. Everyone gasped, and Ezri cackled with triumph when they saw the color of the orb. It was silver. Ezri put her hand through Gloria's soul window and grabbed her emotion orb, Gloria screamed one last time as she went pale and passed out.
"I finally have it," Ezri said as she held the emotion orb above her head. "I have the power to control the universe." Ezri said as she disappeared. The barriar disappeared and a very pale Gloria fell to the ground.
"No Gloria," Mina said in a loud sob as she bent down to her daughter's side and scooped her up in her arms. She cried into her daughter's orange hair. All of the scouts and knights had tears streaming down their faces, and the Chibi Scouts were sobbing loudly over the situation of their friend and family member. Annika was on the opposite side of Gloria sobbing along with Mina. 'How could something like this happen to her, she never did anything bad enough to deserve this.' Annika thought as she sobbed. Raye came and comforted her heartbroken daugher and friend. Asai was already at Mina's side and he lifted Gloria up in his arms and Mina stood up next to him.
"We need to get her to the palace hospital," Asai said in the steadiest voice he could muster. They all headed to the palace quickly, fearing for Gloria's life.
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Ezri was holding the emotion orb and began to decide what she was going to do first. 'I am going to get rid of those Sailors for destroying my servents.' Ezri thought, 'then, I will go after the royal family.'
End of Chapter 8