Chapter 116 - Saga II - Changing of the Guard
Episode 16 - Dissention
by Brian Friedlander (jadeitesan@crystal-tokyo.com)
Disclaimer: Saban owns the Power Rangers and all related items. Toei Animation, Noako Takeuchi, Kodansha, and others own
the Sailor Senshi. So, please, any of you, don't sue me. You probably wouldn't get much anyway. :)
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Past events:
- Beryl captures Naru to make into her own Sailor Nemesis.
- Divatox attacks Angel Grove with her own DivaZords, which are beaten back.
Now on with the story. . .
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Angel Grove Youth Center. . .
The Turbo Teens and the cats were gathered around two tables, enjoying fruit smoothies prepared by the Youth Center's owner, Jerome Stone. A TV playing in the background is telling about another victory the Power Rangers and Sailor Senshi had against the forces of evil.
The Senshi were telling the new Rangers about the adventures they had as the Sailor Team. Specifically, they were telling about the cherry blossom festival adventure they had when fighting Ail and Ann.
"The monster knocked me into a tree and destroyed my brooch. Then I was sucked into a vortex where I met my deceased mother from the Moon Kingdom, who gave me a new transformation brooch and attack wand. I returned and defeated the monster," says Usagi in quiet exposition.
"That's really exciting," says Justin, yawning.
Rei slaps Justin in the head. "It's not polite to yawn in public!"
"Don't be so mean, Rei," says Ashley. "He's only a young kid.."
"Hai, Rei-chan. Don't subject him to what you've subjected me to," says Usagi.
"Well, excuse me, Odango Atama," retorts Rei.
"Waaaaaa!! Stop being so mean, Rei-chan."
Luna just sighs and sweatdrops.
As this goes on, a periscope can be seen from a nearby glass of apple juice.
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The Subcraft on the Spacebase. . .
"Oooooooh, I want revenge on those pesky teens," says Divatox.
"And their puppy, too," says Elgar, laughing.
Rygog whaps Elgar on his head. "Shut up, stupid. They don't have puppies, they have kittens, and you all know what evil people like to do to kittens." Rygog smiles.
"Maybe that story will help me come up with a plan," Divatox says. "PORTO!!
"Yes, my queen?" quibbles Porto.
"Do you have a monster I could use to get rid of that Sailor Moon brat?"
"Sorry, I don't. I was so busy with the DivaZords..."
"Ugh, you guys are worthless! I never get to win," whines Divatox.
"Maybe I could help?" says a voice.
"Sailor Nemesis!?! What are you, a great general of the almighty Queen Beryl's, doing on my measly, little Spacebase?" Divatox lets the sarcasm drip heavily in her voice. "I bet she sent you here to spy on me!
"Save me the melodramatics, Divatox. I am my own person! I am not always on a leash. Besides, the dastardly trio had somewhere important to go in a hurry and took the two gold-armored warriors, the skeleton warrior, and the snibbling general. They left me in charge. Anyways, what was this I heard about a plan?"
"Well, I was listening to a story your friend was telling the Power Twerps, something about a cherry blossom festival or something, how she lost her brooch and had to get another, and some kind of cat monster."
"I recall it perfectly well. It was one of the numerous monsters that tried to drain me of my inherent energies, which was why I was always one of the victims of the Dark Kingdom's energy-gathering plots. Now, *I* am the one who gathers the energy." Sailor Nemesis grips her fist tightly shut.
Divatox sweatdrops, then speaks again. "I propose an alliance of sorts. I keep the Sailor Senshi and the Turbo Rangers busy and leave you and Sailor," she says the next part with snide, "'Goon' alone for a while. How about it?"
"I like it. I agreed with your plan, pirate queen Divatox. When do we begin?"
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Power Chamber. .
"So, Dimitria, have you been able to find my Mamo-chan yet?" asks Usagi.
"I'm sorry, Usagi-chan. Since we were unable to tell that that Mamoru was an imposter, our sensors are unable to locate the real one. And even if we found him, there might be no way to know if it was the real one."
"And Chibiusa's continued existance in this time period depends on us finding Mamoru," says Ashley. "She's already showing signs of weakening from the strain of keeping happy thoughts of her, you Usagi, Mamoru, and her parents, your future selves, Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion, and Hotaru on her mind. At least, as near as I can tell."
"Luna," says Ami, "Have you been able to learn anything about Sailor Nemesis?"
"No, all the text, fables, and lore I've been able to find regarding the Sailor Senshi contain little if no reference to this Sailor Nemesis. There is no outright mention of her. I've found a few vague things that hint to her. That's less than I was able to find on Sailors Marmalade or Revolution or the Chosen Children, and that wasn't much either. I don't have a good feeling about Nemesis at all."
"You never have a good feeling, Luna," says Ashley.
"Well, I'm getting bad vibes also," replies Rei. "I have this horrible feeling that something terrible is going to happen to our princess."
"Maybe we should ask Sailor Pluto," suggests Usagi.
"Setsuna-san would never tell us, for fear of disrupting the space-time continuum," says Rei.
"And with good reason," says Dimitria. "Time is a delicate thing. The Senshi would not want to do anything that might risk Crystal Tokyo's future."
"And that's a concept that still bugs me," says Justin. "Why do the Senshi, or Sailor Moon in particular, get to rule the world and America loses its individuality?"
"Justin," says TJ, "How do you think the Africans felt when the Europeans took them from their homes to be the Europeans' slaves and then suffer through hundreds of years of suppression"
"Or the way the Jews were treated by the Nazis," says Ashley.
Justin just stood there for a minute, thinking, then said, "I guess you're right, TJ."
"Besides," says Alpha, "Things wouldn't be that bad. Maybe then American airwaves could get uncut, unaltered Japanese Sentai and Anime rather than a lot of the crap American producers produce."
Due to TJ's history lesson, Usagi had fallen asleep, leaning on a control panel and was snoring loudly. Rei attempts to wake her up by tapping her on the shoulder. When this doesn't work, Rei pushes her off. Unfortunately, this was a bad thing, because it start Usagi whining again.
"Wah, Rei-chan, you didn't have to push me off. A tap on theshoulder would have suffice."
Rei snorts.
The alarms start to blare. The viewing globe shows Rygog, Elgar, and the Phiranatrons trashing Angel Grove University's lush, green botanical gardens.
"We have to go and stop them," says TJ.
"Go, Rangers and Senshi, we'll contact the others," says Alpha.
The alarm starts blaring louder.
"Yo yo yo, now the Shadows have appeared as well."
"I thought Rita, Zedd and Beryl were going to be gone for a while," says Ashley.
They are, but they did leave Sailor Nemesis behind, since I'm picking up her signal on the moon." The alarm blares louder. "Yo yo yo, Naru has been captured and is tied to a tree, but is unguard. And the Tengas have arrived also. Yo yo yo!"
Justin grabs a Turbo Navigator. "Let's go!"
"Shift into Turbo!" yells TJ.
"Minna, let's transform!" yells Usagi.
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Angel Grove University. . .
TJ, Justin, Ashley, Usagi, Ami, and Rei appear in the park, transformed. The others run up and join them.
"Let's take these guys!" exclaims Carlos.
The battle rages on. The Rangers and Senshi are outnumbered. Sailor Moon starts to flicker as her concentration strays from keeping happy thoughts to the battle at hand.
Sailor Mercury releases her Shabon Spray to even up the score against the number of foot soldiers. Sailor Jupiter flips two Tengas and than gives them a dose of Supreme Thunder to fry their feathers. Blue Ranger and a weakened Sailor Moon double team, the Ranger giving the Senshi some altitude to jump kick some Shadows. Sailor Venus snares several Phiranatrons with her Love-me Chain, making it easier for Yellow Ranger to come at them with her Star Charges sparking. Red Ranger is busy parrying with his Turbo Lightning Sword against Rygog while Sailor Mars trades insults with Elgar.
Eternal Moon was struggling with some Shadows when she hears a faint voice yelling, "Help!" She glances around and see Naru chained to a tree, her clothing badly shredded, especially in some places. She also looked like she had been beaten until she was bleeding. Eternal Moon looked around to see if she could get any help, but everybody else was already occupied in their own individual fights.
She knows she's on her own. She leaps over the surrounding Shadows and lands near Naru.
"I'll save you, Naru."
"It's you, Sailor Moon." Naru gets an evil look in her eyes.
"Eternal Moon brings out her Eternal Teir and sets Naru free.
"Thank you. . . USAGI-CHAN!"
"You're wel. . . What!?!
"Hahahahahaha. . . you fell for my ploy, what is it Americans says, hook, link, and sinker. Besides, I always had the feeling you were hiding something like this from me, your "best" friend, since at least the time when that black crystal appeared in Tokyo. I figured if it were important, you would have told me, but you didn't! Now prepare to meet die! And don't expect any help from your friends. I think they'll be a little busy."
"What is the meaning of this, Naru-chan?"
"This, you fool. Nemesis Crystal Power, Make-up!" In a swirl of dark light beams, a white fuku with a black shoulder clother and black chest bow with a black heart pendant appears on Naru. Then those beams wrap around her lower arms and legs to form black elbow-length gloves and black knee-length boots, respectively. Then, the beam flies around her waist, materializing a black mini-skirt with a long, neatly tied bow on her back. Finally, the beam places a choker with a black star on her neck. A tiara with a black jewel at its center shines as it appears on Naru's head.
While this transformation was happening, Eternal Moon and Naru don't notice a dark blue cat in the tree, watching.
*So this is the one. . .* thinks the cat.
After the dazzling array of dark light, the pretty soldier Sailor Nemesis stood in front of Eternal Moon.
"You like?" asks Sailor Nemesis.
Eternal Moon just stands there, mouth dragging.
"Now prepare to meet your end." Nemesis brandishes her chain and claw.
Eternal Moon comes to her senses and ducks out of the way as the business end of Nemesis' weapon flies toward Moon's head.
Eternal Moon does her fight speech and pose. "For love and justice, I am the pretty sailor soldier, Sailor Moon! On behalf of the moon, I'll have to punish you, old friend!"
"Oh, that sounds kinky! I love it!" Sailor Nemesis laughs.
Eternal Moon snatches up her wand and executes her Silver Moon Crystal Therapy Kiss attack. Sailor Nemesis justs stands there, absorbing the energy.
"That tickles. Did you really think that would work, that you could actully beat me, . . . Sister?"
"What?!" stutters Eternal Moon.
"Ah, yes, the long forgotten story, *TWO* daughters of the Moon Kingdom. One well-known, one always shrouded by the shadow of her older sister." Sailor Nemesis says that last part with disgust. Sailor Nemesis begins to transform, doning a dark version of Eternal Moon's princess dress. In response, Eternal Moon unconsciously transforms into Princess Serenity.
Princess Charity brings forth her Black Crystal as Serenity does likewise with her Silver Crystal.
"Please, Naru-chan, my. . .sister, it doesn't have to be like this. We could help you," pleads Serenity.
"I don't think so, dear sister. You were to be heir to the throne of the Moon Kingdom while all I could do is sit in the background, just hoping that at least my nurse-maid would pay attention to me. Sure, at first, when I was born, there was much talk about me, but as the years went on, it was approaching your time to get ready for your day as ruler of the Moon Kingdom, I was put on the back burner, so to speak.
"When Beryl attacked, I had mixed feelings. Part of me didn't want to see the Silver Millenium die away, while yet another part of me was glad, since then you wouldn't be able to take the throne. But then our dear mother saved all of us and sent us to this future on Earth. Now I will finish what Beryl couldn't. Now, PERISH!" A beam of dark energy emits from her crystal.
Serenity holds up the Silver Crystal, which has taken its flower shape. Bright light emanates from it.
"Naru-chan, my friend, my. . .sister, I don't want to hurt you," sobs Serenity, tears of sorrow flowing from her eyes.
"Too bad the feeling isn't mutual. I'm afraid your time is up!" The power of the Black Crystal increases tenfold. The Silver Crystal does likewise.
"Naru, being princess of the moon isn't always a good thing. People have tried to hurt me, my friends, the person I love, just because of that. There are times I wish I could just be a normal teenager, live life without having to worry about this enemy or that obstacle. Believe me. . ."
Serenity grows weaker while Charity doesn't even break a sweat.
"See, I am more powerful," gloats Charity as the sun starts to set on the battle.
Serenity staggers, weakening by the drain of her energy. She moans in agony.
At the main battle, the Senshi suddenly stop and then their tiara crystals start to glow. They drop to the ground and start to glow themselves, each giving off their respective color. They all say, "Sailor Moon, Princess Serenity." Their animal spirits fly out of them toward Serenity, her Crane animal spirit flaring behind her.
The Rangers, not knowing what is going on, just take out their keys and hold them up in the air, as if they know what to do, and the keys glow. In the sky, five car-shaped constellations light up in colors red, green, blue, yellow, and pink. Energy from them flows down toward the princess.
"Your power is growing!?!" gasps Charity.
"Even alone, my friends are with me. I'd think Beryl would have told you that. I have to defeat you for your own good, Naru-chan." Tears flow down Serenity's face.
"I think not. Your Silver Crystal is still weak from your change of powers. GO TO HELL!" A dark energy shoots out of her Black Crystal. Little does Nemesis notices as a small dark ball shoot into the back of her neck from an unknown source.
"Silver Crystal, light our darkest hour!" A beam of bright light shines forth from the Silver Crystal. The two beams meet and after a few minutes, it is evident that, even with her friends' help, Serenity was losing the battle.
Suddenly, an image of Prince Endymion appears in between the two battling princesses. Startled by the appearance of her loved one and fearing to hurt him, Serenity ceases her attack. Just as suddenly, the image disappears and Charity gives off a wicked smile as the dark energy hits Serenity.
Princess Serenity realizes her mistake. Unfortunately, the damage was already done. Serenity had already put all her energy into the Silver Crystal previously, thus leaving her with no more. The dark energy hits her and she is unable to stand up to it.
The Silver Crystal shatters into its seven Rainbow Crystal components and scatter across the universe. Serenity screams as she is swallowed up by a bright light that appears below her.
Now drained of her own energy, Princess Charon reverts back to Sailor Nemesis. A black light appears in front of her. Inside the light is a beeping white square device. Nemesis looks at it for a moment, then reaches in and grabs it. She inspects it, noting a LCD screen and three buttons on it. The only markings on it are a strange yet vaguely familiar scribble of script that runs in a circle around the LCD screen. The device makes one final beeping noise before it falls silent and powerless.
Nemesis pockets the strange device as she departs the battlefield.
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Gate of Time. . .
Sailor Pluto stands by the door, feeling useless. For some time now, some evil presence had been able to block her visions and perceptions of time. And it had her extremely worried that there was an entity of such power and magnitude that it could disempower her.
Suddenly, she senses something. Her tiara disappeared and her sigil of Pluto glows. "Sailor Moon. . ." she whispers
solemnly. Then she feels the dark presence of the black device that Sailor Nemesis had taken. "My god, that time is closer
than I thought..."
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The Ten'ou/Kaioh/Meiou residence. . .
Michiru was alone, laying in the bed she shared with her Haruka, reading a romance novel she had gotten from the library. She was just getting to the good part when she felt it. The pain, the agony from part way around the world.
The sigil of Neptune lights up on her forehead.
"The Princess. . .Usagi. . .oh no!" she gasps.
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Juuban Race Track. . .
Haruka was engaged in speed trials, trying to beat her previous best times. She had almost beaten her speed record for the fourth time when something caused her to lose her concentration and almost crashed into a set of empty bleachers. Luckily, she manages to correct and clear the bleachers her car had almost become a part of.
Haruka gets out of the car and looks up at the sky. The mark of Uranus lights up on her forehead. Haruka sees a raven, which confirmed her fears.
"The Princess. . ."
She gets back into the car and races home.
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Juuban Junior High School. . .
The teacher, Ms. Sakurada Haruna (yes, she is still single), is at the classroom's main chalkboard, discussing a division problem with the class.
Tomoe Hotaru is busy taking notes on the subject when she starts to feel a pain in her writing arm. The pain reaches toward her star seed, the essence of a Sailor Senshi, then ceases. Then, suddenly, her head aches and the insignia of Saturn glows on her forehead. She makes a loud groaning noise.
Everybody drops what they are doing, namely trying to avoid taking notes by doodling pictures or writing notes to friends, or sleeping, and the teacher turns around to see what is the matter.
"Tomoe-san, what is the matter?"
One little, perverted boy went so far as to suggest that she was...
"Shinji no baka hentai!" yelled a girl known as Asuka.
Ms. Sakurada whistles. "Settle down, class. Ryuuoji Asuka, please don't yell at your classmates. Sakamoto Shinji, stand outside until I'm done seeing what's the matter with Tomoe-san. Tomoe-san, do you need to see a nurse?"
"Ugh. . .need. . .to. . .argh. . .see. . .Haruka-papa. . .gasp. . . and. . . Michiru-mama."
"I really think you should see a nurse first," says Ms. Sakurada.
Slowly, Hotaru returns to normal. "Maybe. . .you're. . .right. May. . .I. . .be. . . excused. . .please. . ., Sakurada-sensei?"
"Certainly." Ms. Sakurada hands Hotaru a note. "If you end up going home, bring a note when you return. Do you need some help?"
"No thanks, I think I can get there on my own, sensei."
Once outside, Hotaru makes a decision. "I need to get home fast." She glances around to make sure it was clear and then pulls out her henshin wand.
"Saturn Crystal Power, Make-up!" A moment later, Sailor Saturn is standing where Tomoe Hotaru stood, brandishing her Silence Glaive.
"Only one way to go. . ." She starts to jump the buildings.
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Angel Grove University campus. . .
The Senshi scream and dehenshin as they feel the lost of their leader and princess. The Rangers also demorph from their energy lose. The foot soldiers, Rygog, and Elgar teleport away.
"What's happening?" Carlos asks Ashley.
"I don't know!" replies Ashley.
"It's. . .ugh. . .Usagi-. . .uh. . .chan," moans Sailor Mars through the pain and agony all of the Senshi feel.
"We need to get to the Power Chamber," says Justin.
"But the Senshi are too weak from the power transfer to teleport," says Cassie.
"Solution found," says TJ. "Lightning Cruiser, Storm Blaster, come now!"
Lightning Cruiser comes flying in as Storm Blaster pulls up.
Cassie places Ami and Small Lady in Lightning Cruiser with TJ and herself. Carlos takes the wheel of Storm Blaster and Ashley and Justin load the other Senshi into the storage area of the blue jeep.
"We're going to have to drive unmorphed the whole way to the Power Chamber," says Carlos to Justin when questioned about why Justin couldn't drive.
Unbeknownst to them, a dark blue cat jumps aboard.
Justin is dropped off on the way to the Power Chamber to help his father prepare for a job interview.
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The Ten'ou/Kaioh/Meiou residence. . .
Haruka and Michiru are cuddled up with each other, Haruka calming Michiru about the feelings they received and struggling not to show her own emotions, though with Michiru, that isn't easy.
The door slams open and Haruka and Michiru look up to see Sailor Saturn standing there. Then there is a slgiht breeze and the three of them see Sailor Pluto coming in. Saturn and Pluto dehenshin.
"Do you know what is going on, Setsuna-mama?" asks Hotaru.
"I'll tell you what I can," says Setsuna. "Sailor Nemesis has returned."
Haruka and Michiru sit there on the couch, looking confused. Hotaru, also confused, just laughs at the goofy looks on her adoptive parents' faces. Setsuna just glares.
"I assume you three have heard of the mysterious tenth planet, Nemesis, or as it is more commonly know, the moon of Pluto, Charon. It exists, or did exist, back in the Silver Millenium and will exist again in the future as is evidenced by the Dark Moon attack of several years ago, or several hundred years in the future depending on your point of view, that I told you about."
The trio shake their heads in acknowledgement.
"Well, back in the Silver Millenium, there were two princesses of the Silver Millenium, Serenity and Charity. At first, as is typical when there is a new child in the family, there was a lot of commotion about little Charity, which left Serenity a bit depressed.
"Eventually, though, the charm wore off and Charity was left in the shadow of her big sister, who was in the spotlight now as she trained to be Queen of the Moon Kingdom for the time when the original Serenity would retired. It eventually chewed at Charity's nerves.
"Soon, big news rang through the provinces and colonies of the Silver Millenium. The Sailor Soldier of the Planet Charon, Princess Corone, had been killed in the line of duty by an unknown assailant who was spying on the defenses of the Silver Millenium. The assailant was later found out to be an agent of the United Alliance of Evil, specifically sent by Master Vile to determine the chances of conquering the Moon, thus destroying the Silver Millenium and getting the Zeo Imperium Crystal for himself, which never did succeed.
"But Corone was also the only child of the Royal Family of Charon. This left them without an heir to the throne, and the Queen was well pass her childbearing years. When Charity heard of this, she left the Moon as quickly as possible and headed to Nemesis. Whereas Serenity had been learning only of Princessly material, Charity made it her business, along with being taught to be a Princess, to be taught by Ninjor some of the martial arts that eventually spread to the Earth.
"With her position as second in line to the Moon Kingdom and her martial arts prowess, Charity made it to the position of Guardian of Charon, Sailor Charon, with only a little opposition from Queen Serenity. But, eventually, Serenity saw the futility of fighting with Charity and allowed her to remain on Charon, as the surrogate daughter of King Eloypous and Queen Marine, heir to the throne of Charon.
"When Master Vile finally staged his attack on the moon, Sailor Charon valiantly fought to keep as many of the invaders away from the Sol system while the rest of us took care of Vile and his son, Rito Revolto, on the Moon."
Haruka and Michiru grimace at the mention of Rito's name.
"Unfortunately, the Massacre of Charon occurred. Vile staged a massive attack on Charon, with General Longnose in command. During the attack, Charon unleashed a new, strange, unknown power, know as "Darkness Curtain Fall!" Suffice to say, it destroyed Charon," Setsuna glances at Hotaru-chan, "And only two people survived: Sailor Charon and General Longnose.
"Longnose high-tailed it out of the Sol system, while Charon returned to the Moon, where the battle against Vile had been won with the help of the Aquitian Rangers and the Gold Ranger. Sailor Charon was also never able to the attack, not for lack of trying or any encouragement. Charon felt great grief at the destruction of Charon and expected to be reprimanded for her actions, but Queen Serenity pardoned her for the fact that no one was aware of this new power. But it also meant that Charity's days as a Sailor Senshi were over. With the destruction of her home on Charon, Charity was welcomed back into the family as Princess Charity of the Moon Kingdom. But things were never the same between mother and daughter and between sisters.
"Slowly, over a short time, there was a marked difference in Charity. Where once she had been a bubbling fountain of cheer, she became quiet and introverted. A growing shadow, the essence of Metallia, fell over her. Even her Rainbow Crystal started to gain a dark light to its shine. In the words of Stars Wars, she was traveling fast into the Dark Side.
"Then came the battle against Beryl and the Dark Kingdom. Charity reenlisted as a Senshi to aid in the battle. At first, she valiantly fought against the dark forces. But she still harbored some resentment toward her sister Princess Serenity. But then she saw the chance to get revenge on Princess Serenity and joined with Beryl. Nemesis was the one responsible for aiding in the deaths of the Princess and Prince Endymion.
"When Queen Serenity sent everybody to a new future on Earth, she felt pity for her second daughter and the life she had lead. As you know, we had our memories erased. There was more to the memory erasure than just so that we all could live normal lives. It was to protect her two daughters from each other. She split them up, gave them normal lives individually in separate families, in case there was a chance that the hatred and rivalry that Charon felt transfered over to her new life.
"Unfortunately, as you can feel, it has not turned out that way. Nemesis awoke and has done something to our
Princess."
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Power Chamber. . .
"Dimitria, what happened to our powers and the Senshi?" asks Cassie.
"In aiding Princess Serenity, you overexerted yourselves. Unfortunately, the Senshi aren't as lucky. They have some connection with the Silver Crystal as Serenity perishes when she uses the full force of the Silver Crystal, but usually her friends' and Mamoru's love energy help her to live again. I believe that due to the fact that Mamoru is missing, it had an adverse effect and caused the Silver Crystal to shatter and Serenity to disappear."
"So do we know where she is?" asks TJ.
"Yo yo yo, I'm afraid not," says Alpha.
"Hey, has anyone seen Luna, Artemis, or Diana?" asks Carlos.
"I think they wanted to be alone for a while," says Dimitria. "Rangers, for the moment, the best thing would to be let the Senshi rest and go about your lives. Your powers are restored and ready if you need them."
"We told Justin we would meet him at the Youth Center to wait for his father," says Ashley.
"Good idea. Relax for a while." *You'll need it.* think Dimitria.
The Rangers teleport out. No one has yet noticed that the dark blue cat was there.
Finally Alpha 6 notices the cat. "Yo yo yo, it's you!"
"The time draws ever closer near," announces Dimitria calmly.
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The Ten'ou/Kaioh/Meiou residence. . .
"So what's our next move, Setsuna?" asks Michiru.
"That I do not know."
The other Outer Senshi gasp.
"I have been cut off from my connection to the time stream. An immense evil has countered my powers. So we will have to go on instinct. The only thing I know to do is to go to Angel Grove, where the Princess and her court have traveled to go to school."
"Which is silly," says Haruka. "They could have gone to school here."
"But they did not. It was not in their cards, so to speak, to remain in Japan. Even Usagi's Destiny manipulated Chance to get her there. And thus we must travel to find out what has happened."
"Setsuna," says Michiru, "Do you know the modern identity of Sailor Nemesis?"
"No. I only know that she awakened, and then an evil power cut me off."
"Well, then," says Michiru, "We need to get to American then, and I don't think an airplane will be fast enough."
"The Sailor Teleport," says Hotaru.
"Yes, Hotaru-chan," says Setsuna.
"Then let's get cracking," says Haruka, cracking her fingers before initiating her henshin. "Uranus Crystal Power, Make-up!" The sigil of Uranus spirals back onto an image of the Space Sword and a crystal ball with a winged circle on top forms around the image. The crystal flies on to a henshin wand and the winged circle transforms into a star with a crescent moon in its center. Haruka grabs a hold of it with her right hand and circles the wand around her, then she does a 180º spin with her arm holding the henshin wand sticking out. A circle of light appears around her. When she finishes her spin, she crosses her arms over her chest and the circle bursts up as steam, forming the fuku on her. A skirt, bows, earrings, boots, and gloves materialize on her. A tiara forms on her forehead. Uranus flings her hair back and lipstick glistens on her lips. She twirls around and poses, right arm crooked with hand on her hip, left arm pointed downwards, her legs slanted one direction, her upper torso slanted in the opposite direction.
"Neptune Crystal Power, Make-up!" The sigil of Neptune spirals back onto an image of the Aqua Mirror and a crystal ball with a winged circle on top forms around the image. The crystal flies on to a henshin wand and the winged circle transforms into a star with a crescent moon in its center. Michiru grabs a hold of it with her right hand and circles the wand around her, then she does a 180º spin with her arm holding the henshin wand sticking out. A circle of light appears around her. When she finishes her spin, she holds her arms out and water shoots up from the circle. Her fuku forms on her. A skirt, bows, earrings, boots, and gloves materialize on her. A tiara forms on her forehead. As she waves her hanging hair up, lipstick appears on her lips and she opens her eyes. She twirls and poses, right arm behind her back, left arm covering her stomach.
"Pluto Crystal Power, Make-up!" The sigil of Pluto spirals back onto an image of the Garnet Orb and a crystal ball with a winged circle on top forms around the image. The crystal flies on to a henshin wand and the winged circle transforms into a star with a crescent moon in its center. Setsuna grabs a hold of it with her right hand and twirls while making a vertical circle with her henshin wand. Water gushes to cover her. The water appears to enter the Garnet Orb, situated on to of a giant key, which Setsuna grasps. She reappears, wearing her complete fuku, and lipstick moistens her lips. She poses, grasping the Key in her left hand, right hand by her side, and left foot in front of her right.
"Saturn Crystal Power, Make-up!" The sigil of Saturn spirals back onto an image of the Silence Glaive and a crystal ball with a winged circle on top forms around the image. The crystal flies on to a henshin wand and the winged circle transforms into a star with a crescent moon in its center. Hotaru grabs a hold of it with her right hand and circles the wand around her, darkness gathering around her. Suddenly, bright lights shoot up and encircle her. The light bands explode, showering Hotaru with cherry blossom petals They circle around and materialize a fuku complete with boots, tiara, gloves, and purple bows. She holds her right hand in the air and a stick comes down from it. On the top end, a blade juts out. She twirls around and poses.
They gather in a circle and concentrate their power. "Saturn Power!" "Uranus Power!" "Neptune Power!" "Pluto Power!"
"Sailor Teleport!" the four Outer Senshi yell. With a gust of wind, the Sailor Senshi of the Outer Solar System disappear
from the living room.
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Angel Grove Youth Center. . .
The five Turbo Teens and just about every other patron in the Youth Center are gathered around a TV showing the landing of a NASADA shuttle.
"Roger, Mission Control. We're down to range 29," announces the space shuttle commander.
"Copy that, space shuttle. Vectors 35, you're go for landing," says Mission Control.
"Roger. Touch down in 3...2...1...contact! Main shoot deployed."
Carlos knocks TJ in the shoulder to get his attention. Carlos points toward Justin, who is looking at the space shuttle in awe.
"That's confirmed, shuttle," announces Mission Control, "Nice landing, and welcome home. Ground crew will meet you at the end of the runway."
The announcer speaks. "There you have it. The mission of the specially equipped space shuttle seems to have come to a successful end. And now, let's go live to Mission Control. . ."
"Wow. . ." exclaims Justin.
On the TV, a female reporter is seen in front of the NASADA building, in front of a NASADA sign. "Here in Angel Grove, NASADA is the west coast's answer to NASA at Cape Kennedy in Florida on the west coast. Let's meet General Norquist, Misson Control commander for NASADA," says the announcer.
"The mission was a complete success," says Norquist. "Our next goal is to log a long-range. . ."
At this moment, Justin's dad, Doug Stewart, enters the Youth Center.
"Hey, Doug," says Jerome Stone as he passes by and pats him on the shoulder.
"Hi, Jerome," says Doug.
"Hey, Mr. Stewart!" says Carlos.
"Hey, dad," says Justin as he gets up. "Well, how did it go?
Doug hesitates for a moment, then exclaims, "I got it!"
"Alright!" exclaims Justin as he hugs his father and the other Rangers congratulate Doug.
"But...there's something I want to talk to you about," says Doug.
"What?" asks Justin as his father and he walk off to another table.
The other Rangers get a concerned look on their faces.
"What do you think it's about?" asks Carlos.
"We'll just have to wait for Justin to tell us," says Cassie.
"How do you think the Senshi are?" asks Ashley.
"They should be okay. Dimitria said she'd contact us when they awakened," says TJ.
"I wonder what Divatox is planning for us next," says Cassie.
"Well, let's hope we don't have to find out for a while," says TJ.
{Du du dudu dudah}
The Rangers get up from their table to find a quiet place to talk to Dimitria.
Justin hugs his dad, tells him they'll talk later, and rush back over to the other Rangers. Cassie and Carlos watch as this occurs.
"Wohwohwoh," says Carlos. "Is everything okay?"
"No," says Justin. "If my dad takes the job, we have to move."
Justin, Carlos, and Cassie go to join TJ and Ashley to teleport to the Power Chamber.
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Power Chamber. . .
The Rangers run through the open door into the Power Chamber. The Senshi are starting to wake up.
"What's up, Dimitria?" asks TJ, making it obvious that it isn't about the Senshi that the Rangers rushed to the Power Chamber.
"We are receiving an urgent message from Eltar," says Dimitria.
"What's going on?" asks Ami as she gets up and off the biobed she was resting on.
"We're about to find out," says Ashley.
"Hey yo, it's breaking up," announces Alpha.
TJ, Cassie, Carlos, Rei and Makoto rush over to where Alpha is working at the main control console.
"Eltar. . ." gasps Ashley.
"The source of our powers," continues Justin.
Zordon's face appears on the viewing globe.
"Rangers, Senshi. . ." Static interference messes with the message, garbling some of it. ". . .I wish it was under better circumstances. . ."
"Someone, clear it up," says Rei.
"We're working on it," replies Ami.
"Increasing signal gain," says Alpha.
". . .Eltar is under attack. . ." The viewing globe switches from Zordon's face to a view of Eltar, explosions wrecking its surface.
At this point, the Outer Senshi teleport in. Luna, Artemis, and Diana also enter at this point. Luna looks like she's been crying and Artemis and Diana have worried looks on their faces.
"Setsuna-san!" exclaims Luna upon seeing that the Outer Senshi are here.
"Chibiusa-chan!" yells Diana as she sees that Chibiusa still is asleep.
"Ami, Cassie, see what's wrong with her while we listen to Zordon's message," says TJ.
Ami and Cassie nod in agreement as the message continues.
"So far, we have resisted their advances," says Zordon. "Though you may be tempted to come to our aid, you must stay and protect the Earth."
The Rangers look at Zordon, worried expressions on their faces. The Outer Senshi nod at each, wondering what they may now be getting into.
"And, Rangers, beware, there is. . ." As Zordon speaks these final words, the message breaks up and contact with him is lost.
"Oh no, the signal's just vanished," says Alpha worried.
"Alpha, can you get him back?" asks Makoto.
"I'm afraid not, toots."
"Setsuna-san," says Minako. "Do you know what's going?"
"I'm sorry, Minako-chan, but I don't. An evil force is blocking my powers."
"This is really bad," says Ami, "If there is a force strong enough to block Sailor Pluto's perceptions of time."
"Alpha, begin a long-range scan," commands Dimitria. "Perhaps Zordon was trying to warn us of an attack."
"I'm on it," replies Alpha.
"Rangers, beware?" TJ says to himself. Outloud, he says, "Of what?"
Chibiusa begins to awaken. "Puu!" she yells when she sees who is there. "I've missed you."
"As I have of you," replies Sailor Pluto. "You are very weak now, with the lost of both Princess Serenity and Prince Endymion. The future is uncertain now."
"What do you mean?" asks Small Lady.
"I've been cut off from my powers of time. I do not know if Crystal Tokyo will continue to exist now. And you will not
be able to go home either. And you must not overexert yourself, for if you do, you might disappear."
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The Moon's surface. . .
Porto is preparing his latest attack, making plans with Goldgoyle.
"I'll eat the Rescue Megazord for lunch," boasts Goldgoyle.
"Yeah, well, we'll see about that, won't we?" mocks Divatox. "Now, get to Earth, and don't come back until you've pounded those Rangers into dust."
"I love it when a plan comes together!" Divatox laughs maniacallly while Goldgoyle blasts off toward Earth.
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Power Chamber. . .
The alarm goes off. The Outer Senshi, who are startled by it, immediately go into defensive position.
"Don't worry, it's just the alarm indicating an attack," says Rei.
"Sorry," says Sailor Uranus, blushing, "But it's been a long day, and I almost had a crash earlier."
"Don't worry about it," says Makoto.
"What is it, Alpha?" asks Ashley.
"Yo, something is entering the Earth's atmosphere.
"Is it a monster?" asks Cassie.
"It's not just a monster, it's massive." Alpha uses his arms to try to demonstrate the size. "Maybe even bigger than a Megazord."
"Yeah?" asks TJ. "Well, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. Ready?" He glances around at his teammates. "Shift into. . ."
"Wait, TJ," says Sailor Pluto.
"How did you know my name?"
"I am the Guardian of Time, so I know a great many of things. The Senshi will not be able to aid you against this monster."
"Why not?" asks Carlos.
"We MUST travel to Eltar, if the future is to remain the way it is suppose to be. That is all I can say."
"Well, if you're sure, Sailor Pluto. . ." says Makoto.
"I am sure as I can be, so please trust me. The future, and *even* the past depend on it."
Ami starts to say something, but Makoto silences with a finger to her lip.
"Then let's go, minna," says Minako. "Henshin yo!"
"Moon Crisis, Make-up!"
"Mercury Ninja Power, Make-up!"
"Mars Ninja Power, Make-up!" "Jupiter Ninja Power, Make-up!"
"Venus Ninja Power, Make-up!"
The Senshi gather in a circle, and gather their energy. After a few minutes, they initiate the Sailor Teleport.
"Moon Crisis Power!"
"Mecury Ninja Power!"
"Venus Ninja Power!"
"Mars Ninja Power!"
"Jupiter Ninja Power!"
"Saturn Crystal Power!"
"Uranus Crystal Power!"
"Neptune Crystal Power!" "Pluto
Crystal Power!"
With a final breath of air, they yell "SAILOR TELEPORT!" and disappear.
"What are we standing around for, Rangers?" demands TJ. "Let's get to work! SHIFT INTO TURBO!"
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The Aftermath. . .
The Rangers run into battle against the giant menace known as Goldgoyle. Unfortunately, their Megazords were no match for him.
With the Rescue Megazord, they attempted to battle him. Unfortunately, Goldgoyle blasted it, wasting the Megazord's energy. In a last ditch effort, TJ self-destructs the Rescue Megazord on Goldgoyle and the Rangers switched over to the Turbo Zords and form the Turbo Megazord.
When the smoke clears the Rangers are surprised to see Goldgoyle still standing. Using a new variation of the Turbo Megazord Spinout, the Rangers drill a hole through Goldgoyle in another attempt to finish him off. The Rangers are astonished when Goldgoyle is still standing.
Goldgoyle blasts the Turbo Megazord and fatally damages it, making it useless. In a final last ditch effort, the Rangers rig the Turbo R.A.M. to self-destruct on impact. Taking it, TJ flies in close to Goldgoyle's mouth and fires it in, destroying Goldgoyle.
With both Megazords destroyed, the Rangers return to the Power Chamber to learn that Dimitria and Blue Senturion were leaving. Their last words were, respectively, "May the Power Protect You!" and "Good luck, my friends."
Meanwhile, Rygog and Elgar discover the location of the Power Chamber and tell Divatox. A massive frontal assault is mounted and Divatox's forces storm the Power Chamber. The Rangers fight valiantly, with Lightning Cruiser and Storm Blaster at their sides, but are forced back into the Power Chamber and the two cars are captured.
The evil forces get inside the Power Chamber, where another fight ensues. The Rangers are overrunned and Elgar manages to set explosive and Divatox blows up the Power Chamber.
As the Phiranatrons scavenge the ruins for the Rangers' bodies, a messenger from the Cimmerian Planet arrives and informs Divatox that she is to head to the Cimmerian Planet for a meeting of evil. At first, she refuses, but changes her mind at the mention of Dark Specter, Grand Monarch of all Evil. Before she leaves, Divatox vows "I'll be back!"
The Turbo Power short circuit on the Rangers, leaving them powerless. Alpha recovers the black box, which contains all the codes they'll need if they are to chase after Divatox.
They head toward NASADA, where Justin sneaks in and convinces General Norquist to give the Rangers a Space Shuttle. Norquist agrees when he hears about Eltar.
The Rangers, Lunar guardian cats, and Alpha 6 board the shuttle. As they board, the Rangers are unaware that a dark blue cat stows away on board. They strap themselves in and Carlos helps Alpha. As the countdown commences, they notice that Justin is missing. TJ contacts Mission Control and Justin, without actually mentioning that he is, or was, a Ranger, tells him he won't be coming. They realize it's about his father and agree with Justin's decision.
They settle back for the ride, with high hopes. For Zordon. For the Sailor Soldiers. For Princess Serenity and Prince Endymion. And especially for Crystal Tokyo.
To be continued. . . Next Season. . . United Alliance of Heroes in SPACE!
The End
Next Time: The Rangers are five episodes into PRiS, when they pick up a distress message from Ami, but are cut off. Can they get to her in time? What about the other Senshi? Find out next time!
Sailor Says:
TJ: Actually, it should be Ranger Says, since the Senshi are gone.
Carlos: And Justin, too. I'll miss the little bugger.
Cassie: You actually care about him, don't you?
Carlos: Yeah, he was my lov..., er, like my own brother.
Ashley: Uh-huh, sure, right, whatever.
TJ: So what was today's lesson?
Ashley: Don't underestimate your enemy?
TJ: Correct!
Cassie: Well, I guess that's the end then.
TJ: Right. TJ says!
TJ, Cassie, Carlos, Ashley: See you next season!
Bloopers: None. Just a pic of the Space Shuttle blasting off while playing the Power Rangers Turbo theme music
while Sailor Moon plushies dance on the bottom of your mental image.