The night ended and the attack grew closer as morning turned into afternoon. Everything was going normal at the temple. Lita and Mina were talking about old boyfriends and guys in general; no surprise there, Ami was working on her computer and studying at the same time, Luna and Artemis were talking about the Negaverse and the Moon Kingdom, and Serena and Raye were arguing as usual.
"Serena," Raye growled, "why don't you go and buy your own manga instead of reading mine."
"Because I don't want to use up my money to buy something I can just borrow from you."
As if a jet just broke the sound barrier, an explosion rocked the ground sending the scouts to gravity's mercy as they fell to the ground. Fearing that it was the Negaverse again, the teenagers quickly transformed into the Sailor Scouts and headed off to the cause.
"Oh man! I thought we were finished with the Negaverse. What ever happened to peace?" Serena whined.
"Yea, I know what you mean. Don't these creeps ever go on vacations?" Lita, now Sailor Jupiter, complained.
The scouts made it to the site where the explosion occurred and found the cause. There were two Negaverse creeps destroying the surrounding area.
"Who are you?" Sailor Mercury asked. "And what do you want?"
"We are the generals to his highness Prince Jayden," said the man. "I am Jasper."
"And I am Opal," replied the other, a woman with long opalescent white hair. "And we want energy. That shouldn't be anything new"
"Well you aren't going to get it," Mars challenged. "MARS CELESTIAL FIRE SURROUND!"
Jasper and Opal dodged the attack from Sailor Mars, then disappeared. They had taken a large amount of energy from the people with them, and had accomplished their mission. They returned to the castle with the energy, leaving the scouts flabbergasted.
"Good job. You have collected more energy in this one attack than anyone else could in several," Jayden complimented.
"Yes, and I do believe that the Sailor Scouts are perplexed by your `Hit and Run' attitude," the young woman laughed.
"Yes Princess Celeste. They were confused as to why we didn't send anyone after them when they appeared," Opal interjected "In fact, I don't think that they realized that they didn't interrupt our work, we were just playing with them."
Celeste gave them a hard glare, her cold blue eyes darkened in anger. "You were ordered no to engage them," she growled. Before they could reply, Celeste continued, her voice gruff with anger. "You are dismissed." Celeste turned to Jayden. "I wish to meet the Sailor Scouts soon Love."
"You will in time, but we mustn't reveal our hand too soon." Jayden smiled at his lover. "Now we must prepare for our next attack on the city."
