Chapter 10 Rising of the Dark Palace

The Submarine Knight grabbed Jess' hand. He used his other to grab hold of a ledge. Jess and the Submarine Knight were hanging from a balcony.

"Don't let go of me!" cried Jess.

"I won't"

That voice. I sounded so familiar to Jess. She hadn't noticed the voice the last time. Jess couldn't put her finger on who the voice was.

"Climb up on my back and on to the balcony," said the knight. Jess did as she was told and climbed up on the balcony. She put her hands on Submarine Knight's and tried to pull him up.

"Look the Submarine Knight and his princess," siad a gloomy familiar voice. Jess looked up and she saw where the gloomy voice came from. It was Sailor Dollar Store. She pointed her flute towards Submarine Knight.

"Its time Submarine Knight for you to meet your maker!" exclaimed Sailor Dollar Store. "Dollar Store Falling Price Tags!"

A barage of price tags flew towards the Submairne Knight. They crashed into the balcony. The area was filled with smoke. Jess screamed and tried to clear the smoke away. She was too late though. The only thing she could see was the Submarine Knight falling from the balcony to his doom. Jess screamed as she watched her friend fall.

"NNNNNOOO! Submarine Knight!!" cried Jess and she reached for the knight. Why hadn't she moved faster? If she had she could've saved him...

"Now princess meet your end!" shouted Sailor Dollar Store. she held out her flute on fro mthe end of it shot out a long silver katana. Jess screamed and quickly got up. Jess ran bakc into the building followed by the katana/flute weilding scout.

Jess ducked into a small room. The bed in it was covered with vines and the vanity was destroyed. The furniture was painted black and covered with vines. This palace was turning dark and evil.

"I should've know this was really a plan from the Dark Palace," whispered Jess. She took out her communicator and Chas', Tom's, and Kyle's faces appeared on it. "Guys! I'm at the Silver Castle. I came here for the Silver Mask Ball and it turns out it was all set up by the Dark Palace."

"Okay Jess we'll be right there."

Jess turned off her communicator. She stood up. A long screech echoed through the corridor. The wooden door seperating the corridor from the room burst open and Sailor Dollar Store with her katana/flute ready to kill. Jess screamed with all her might and fell on to the bed. Jess was frozen in pure fear. The blade was only inches from her head when something she would never expect to happen did.

"Submarine Aqua Orb!"

"S-su-su-submarine knight?!!?!?" stuttered Jess. There he was the Submarine Knight. He had rescued her from Sailor Dollar Store. Sailor Dollar Store was on the ground. She stood up and faced the Submarine Knight.

"I thought you were dead."

"Nothing can kill a knight of the Great Mall Stores," replied the Submarine Knight.

"I killed you once. I'll kill you again," threatened Sailor Dollar Store. She readied her katana/flute. Submarine Knight prepared to block.

The Submarine Knight launched towards Sailor Dollar Store knocking her out of the room. Sailor Dollar Store backed away from the knight.

"Take this! Dollar Worth Sword!" shouted Sailor Dollar Store. She launched a wave of energy and the Submarine Knight. Jess ran out of the room and saw the attack fly. The knight was smashed through a wall and into the palace. Once again the Submarine Knight was defeated. Jess looked around the corridor. It was more evil looking than ever. Vines grew across the halls and everything was almost black except for some small bits of silver on the ground. Jess ran back into the room and into the bathroom. Sailor Dollar Store followed her. She wasn't goign to let the princess escape. Jess locked the door to the bathroom. She took out her locket. It was the only way to stop Sailor Dollar Store. The blade of the katana/flute stabbed through the door.

Chas, Kyle, and Tom stood outside the Silver Castle. They took out their lockets and prepare to transform.

"Okay! Let's go help Jess!" exclaimed Chas.

"This place is totally ugly," commented Tom. The castle was morphing into a horrible evil place. It was no longer silver and gorgeous but black and vile.

"Well lets go," siad Kyle. The three held their lockets into the air.

"TSX Power... Make-up!"
"K-Mart Power... Make-up!"
"Victoria's Secret Power... Make-up!"
"Inner Mall Scouts Power... Transform!!!"

The trio was now the three of the inner mall scouts, the TSX Knight, Sailor K-Mart, and Victoria's Secret Knight. The three dashed into the castle. In the corridors were statues of guests that had been in the castle for the ball. The were all stone and covered in vines.
"Their style has been sucked out of them," muttered Kyle.

Jess held her locket high into the air. "Bath and Body---"

Sailor Dollar Store had got through the door and watched Jess begining to transform. "So you really are a Mall Store Scout? Figures."

Jess turned to Sailor Dollar Store. She backed up and bumped into a sink. or atleast that is what she though it was. It looked more like a broken fountain rather than a sink. Vines wrapped themselves aroudn the pipes and instead of water blood came from it. Above the sink was a mirror covered with vines.

"Dollar Worth Sword!!" shouted Sailor Dollar Store. She launched her attack again except there was a different outcome this time. Jess dove down and the attack reflected off the mirror and zoomed right back and Sailor Dollar Store. She let out a long painful scream and was turned to stone. Jess looked at the statue of Sailor Dollar Store.

"Well atleast another of the Dark Palace sodiers are gone," said Jess. She held up her locket again. "Bath and Body Works Stylish Power... Make-up!"

Jess transformed into Sailor Bath and Body Works. She ran down the corridor. She could see in the distance 3 figures. They looked awefully familiar.

"Kyle! Chas! Tom!" shouted Jess. She rna up to them and hugged them. "I was so scared! i'm so glad your here."

"We've got to get out of here!" shouted Tom. "Something bad is going to happen I know it."

The mansion began to shake. The mansion had become a dark and evil place and now was flying high above the city. Several green vines shot up out of hte ground wrapping around the scouts.

"Welcome to the Dark Palace sailors..." said a dark and evil voice. "Your in my play house now."

The voice laughed. That menacing evil laugh could kill a person. It must be the voice of Sailor Playa. She had set it all up to trap the Inner Mall Scouts. The mansion was no longer a mansion but the Dark Palace. It was the home of the Dark Sailors and their leader Sailor Playa. These thoughts came together for Jess.

'This is all my fault. If I hadn't come here to find James the scouts wouldn't be trapped,' thought Jess. A small tear rolled down Jess' face. She would never see her friends again.

"Stylish Moon Shine!"

A white light filled the room. The vines were gone. whatever had launched that attack had cleared away the vines from the scouts. It was now time for the ultimate battle. The Inner Mall Store Scouts VS the powers of Sailor Playa and the Dark Palace.

Sailor Bath and Body Works, Sailor K-Mart, the Victoria's Secrets Knight, and the TSX Knight stepped into the main hall of the building. At the head of the room was a tall throne. In it sat a shadowy figure with two glowing yellow eyes. The shadowy figure stood up and walked foreword.

It was a Sailor Scout. She was wearing a black mask blocking her face. "I'm glad you could make it Sailor Scouts. Prepare for my nightmare!"

Sailor Playa put her hand to the mask and slowly moved it away.