Chapter 6: A Hidden Power
"What!?" Lightning shouted, looking at Arctic.
"Are you sure Arctic?" Dreams asked.
"Yes. The computer clearly shows that two of the life forms are indeed the Princess and Queen Alexandrite."
"Come on!" Earth shouted. She was already heading for the door. "We have a Princess to save!"
"Yeah!" Lightning, Dreams, and Inferno yelled and followed Earth.
"You coming Arctic?" Dreams shouted back to the scout of ice.
Arctic looked at her friends. She smiled and closed the computer. "Let's go!" She ran to catch up with the others with the three cats at her heals.
When the group exited the palace, black energy balls immediately attacked them. The girls scattered, then when into defense mode.
"Giga Lightning Bolt!"
"Sweet Dream Beam!"
The two attacks combined into one powerful beam that destroyed one of the monsters on contact.
While the two scouts congratulated each other, Inferno and Arctic were attacking the other monster.
"Howling Arctic Wind!"
"Fiery Inferno Twisters!"
The twisters hit the monster first and spun him into the air. Then the wind froze the monster in mid air. The monster fell to the ground and broke into millions of pieces.
"Yes!" Inferno shouted, pumping her fist into the air.
Earth glared at the evil queen wearing a yellow skintight dress. "Hand over Princess Serenity and release our families!" she demanded.
Alexandrite laughed at the scout of the earth. "You think you can save her?" She laughed again. Then she looked down at the Neo Scouts. "You're welcome to try." She held up Rini.
Rini was tied up with a glowing yellow rope. Her gown was stained with dirt and her hair was a mess
"Small Lady!" Diana shouted, exiting the Palace with Luna and Artemis. She ran and jumped at Alexandrite.
Alexandrite sneered at the gray cat, and then swatted her down hard. She smiled as Diana hit the ground with a loud 'thud'.
"DIANA!!!" Rini screamed, looking to see if Diana was okay.
"No!!! Diana!" the scouts yelled, running over to the small cat. Luna and Artemis ran over to check to see if their daughter was alive.
"Useless pest," Alexandrite said, glaring at the scouts.
Rini turned her head and glared at Alexandrite. "She is not useless, you bitch!!"
Alexandrite snapped her head to look at the Princess. She saw the hatred in the future queen eyes. Then she slapped Rini in the face.
The scouts looked up from Diana, who was now in Sailor Earth's arms, and gasped.
"How dare you call me a bitch, moon brat," Alexandrite told her.
Earth handed Diana over to Arctic. "Let Rini go, NOW!"
The Queen stared at the young girl. "Why should I do a stupid thing like that?" Then she noticed that the young scout was glowing a white color, tinted with red and blue. "Wha-?"
Earth closed her eyes in concentration. Then she glared at Alexandrite, her blue eyes filled with hate. The glow around her grew brighter as she held up her right hand. "NEO CRYSTAL SWORD!!"
The other scouts looked at their leader in shocked, then noticed that they themselves were also glowing, Arctic was glowing an ice blue, Inferno, a bright orange, Lighting was glowing yellow, and Dreams was glowing purple. They returned their attention back to Sailor Earth.
Suddenly, each scout admitted a beam of energy into the sky. They joined together to form a sword. The sword had a crystal handle and a long metal blade. On the handle was a star. In the center was a pink moon and at each of the points was the symbols of the Neo scouts, each their respected color. It floated down to the still pissed Sailor Earth. She clasped her hand around it brought it down.
"What in the world," Inferno spoke up, not sure whether or not to believe her eyes.
Earth looked at Alexandrite. "Release the Princess right now, and I won't hurt you." Earth was still glowing and it was still getting brighter.
"You're pathetic parents couldn't stop me, so why should I believe that you have the power to."
"How dare you call our parents pathetic!" Earth screamed. She closed her eyes and held the sword in front of her, gripping it with both hands. The sword seemed to pulsate with energy as a view of the planet Earth seemed to appear behind the girl. Then Sailor Earth glared at Alexandrite and charged at her, yelling at she ran.
This move shocked Alexandrite. She watched as the new Scout attacked her. She tried to dodge to the sword as Earth lunged at her, but the blade cut open her left arm.
Alexandrite glared at the scout as they passed each other. She saw a smirk on Earth's face in the fact that she caused some damage.
The two turned around to square off. Alexandrite glanced at her arm to see a trickle of bright red blood running down her arm.
Earth glared as she watched the evil queen examine her arm. The energy around her was still glowing bright as she saw Rini, still being held on to by Alexandrite. The rage inside her was building. She stared at the woman that separated her from her father, her friends from their mothers, and destroyed the Earth, and she was going to make sure that Alexandrite would pay. "Release Rini or next time I won't miss."
The other scouts watched in amazement at their leader. They had never seen this side of her before.
Alexandrite narrowed her black eyes at the teen. "Hate to disappoint you," she sneered, "But not this time." A black portal opened behind her.
Earth gasped and then ran to attack. When she was a few feet away from Alexandrite, she jumped, the sword gleaming in front of her. All she could think about was stopping this bitch from taking Rini away again.
The Queen gave a small smirk and disappeared into the portal before the girl could attack her.
Earth was still in mid air when the portal closed. As she flew through the spot where the portal was, she could feel the evil, the coldness left by the portal.
When she landed, she glanced over her shoulder to where the portal was. The glow around her faded and she dropped the sword. Then, in pure exhaustion, she de-transformed and began to collapse.
"Melissa!!" the others cried as they ran over to her.
Inferno caught Melissa and set her on her knees, leaning against herself. "Melissa, are you alright?"
Melissa fluttered her eyes open and glanced at her friends. She gave a small smile as she said, "I'm okay."
The scouts sighed with relief but did not de-transform, for fear of another attack.
Melissa looked at her bundle of gray fun in Arctic's arms. "Is she going to be okay?"
"She'll be fine. She's just sleeping right now," Arctic told her in a soft voice.
Melissa nodded then looked at the sword. She put her brooch in front of her and picked up the crystal sword.
"Melissa?" Inferno asked. "How did you get this?"
"I really don't know. I got really pissed at Alexandrite; I could feel the rage inside of me build. Then the words popped into my head, like someone just whispered them in my ear. After that, I had no control over my body." She looked the sword over, noticing a few drops of blood on the blade. She carefully wiped the blood off on she leaved near by. "I've never handled a sword before," she whispered. Melissa looked down at the star on the handle and said each symbol our loud as she touch it. "Earth, Arctic, Inferno, Lightning, Dreams." Then she saw the pink moon in the middle, "And Chibi-Moon," she whispered. She ran her fingers over the star, fighting back the tears. As soon as she lifted her hand off the star, it began to glow.
"What in the world??" Lightning said.
The Melissa's brooch opened and the star inside began to glow even brighter than the sword. The sword seemed to dematerialize in Melissa's hand and entered the star on the brooch. The brooch slowly closed and Melissa cauously picked it up.
"Well that was different," Dreams said, looking at the brooch.
"Now what do we do?" Lightning asked.
"I think you should rest for tonight. You can start for the first temple tomorrow," Luna said.
"NO!" Melissa shouted. She got to her feet very slowly. She began to wobble and almost collapsed. She steadied herself then looked at the others, clenching her brooch. "We have to start right now!"
"Melissa. You are too weak to go now! You need to rest." Inferno told her, getting right in her face.
"I'm fine! Right now we have to stop Alexandrite. I have already failed to rescue Rini twice. I can do this." Melissa held up her brooch. "EARTH CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"
"No you can't!! You used up all your strength in the last battle. If you head out now, you hurt yourself even more!!" Inferno raged on after the transformation was complete.
"I DON'T CARE!!! I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENES TO ME!!!" Earth screamed.
Inferno then slapped the teen across the face.
The others gasped at Inferno's action as Sailor Earth reached up and gingerly touched her face. Then she stared at Inferno. She just then noticed the tears in Inferno's eyes.
"Sailor Earth, Melissa," Inferno started. She looked into her friend's eyes. "We care to much about you to allow you to hurt yourself." She took Earth hand.
Earth glanced down at her hand, then back up at Inferno's face. Then she smiled softly. "I guess your right." Earth looked at everyone as they let out their breath that they had been holding. Then Earth felt her power leave her as she de-transformed and collapsed into Inferno's arms.
"What!?" Lightning shouted, looking at Arctic.
"Are you sure Arctic?" Dreams asked.
"Yes. The computer clearly shows that two of the life forms are indeed the Princess and Queen Alexandrite."
"Come on!" Earth shouted. She was already heading for the door. "We have a Princess to save!"
"Yeah!" Lightning, Dreams, and Inferno yelled and followed Earth.
"You coming Arctic?" Dreams shouted back to the scout of ice.
Arctic looked at her friends. She smiled and closed the computer. "Let's go!" She ran to catch up with the others with the three cats at her heals.
When the group exited the palace, black energy balls immediately attacked them. The girls scattered, then when into defense mode.
"Giga Lightning Bolt!"
"Sweet Dream Beam!"
The two attacks combined into one powerful beam that destroyed one of the monsters on contact.
While the two scouts congratulated each other, Inferno and Arctic were attacking the other monster.
"Howling Arctic Wind!"
"Fiery Inferno Twisters!"
The twisters hit the monster first and spun him into the air. Then the wind froze the monster in mid air. The monster fell to the ground and broke into millions of pieces.
"Yes!" Inferno shouted, pumping her fist into the air.
Earth glared at the evil queen wearing a yellow skintight dress. "Hand over Princess Serenity and release our families!" she demanded.
Alexandrite laughed at the scout of the earth. "You think you can save her?" She laughed again. Then she looked down at the Neo Scouts. "You're welcome to try." She held up Rini.
Rini was tied up with a glowing yellow rope. Her gown was stained with dirt and her hair was a mess
"Small Lady!" Diana shouted, exiting the Palace with Luna and Artemis. She ran and jumped at Alexandrite.
Alexandrite sneered at the gray cat, and then swatted her down hard. She smiled as Diana hit the ground with a loud 'thud'.
"DIANA!!!" Rini screamed, looking to see if Diana was okay.
"No!!! Diana!" the scouts yelled, running over to the small cat. Luna and Artemis ran over to check to see if their daughter was alive.
"Useless pest," Alexandrite said, glaring at the scouts.
Rini turned her head and glared at Alexandrite. "She is not useless, you bitch!!"
Alexandrite snapped her head to look at the Princess. She saw the hatred in the future queen eyes. Then she slapped Rini in the face.
The scouts looked up from Diana, who was now in Sailor Earth's arms, and gasped.
"How dare you call me a bitch, moon brat," Alexandrite told her.
Earth handed Diana over to Arctic. "Let Rini go, NOW!"
The Queen stared at the young girl. "Why should I do a stupid thing like that?" Then she noticed that the young scout was glowing a white color, tinted with red and blue. "Wha-?"
Earth closed her eyes in concentration. Then she glared at Alexandrite, her blue eyes filled with hate. The glow around her grew brighter as she held up her right hand. "NEO CRYSTAL SWORD!!"
The other scouts looked at their leader in shocked, then noticed that they themselves were also glowing, Arctic was glowing an ice blue, Inferno, a bright orange, Lighting was glowing yellow, and Dreams was glowing purple. They returned their attention back to Sailor Earth.
Suddenly, each scout admitted a beam of energy into the sky. They joined together to form a sword. The sword had a crystal handle and a long metal blade. On the handle was a star. In the center was a pink moon and at each of the points was the symbols of the Neo scouts, each their respected color. It floated down to the still pissed Sailor Earth. She clasped her hand around it brought it down.
"What in the world," Inferno spoke up, not sure whether or not to believe her eyes.
Earth looked at Alexandrite. "Release the Princess right now, and I won't hurt you." Earth was still glowing and it was still getting brighter.
"You're pathetic parents couldn't stop me, so why should I believe that you have the power to."
"How dare you call our parents pathetic!" Earth screamed. She closed her eyes and held the sword in front of her, gripping it with both hands. The sword seemed to pulsate with energy as a view of the planet Earth seemed to appear behind the girl. Then Sailor Earth glared at Alexandrite and charged at her, yelling at she ran.
This move shocked Alexandrite. She watched as the new Scout attacked her. She tried to dodge to the sword as Earth lunged at her, but the blade cut open her left arm.
Alexandrite glared at the scout as they passed each other. She saw a smirk on Earth's face in the fact that she caused some damage.
The two turned around to square off. Alexandrite glanced at her arm to see a trickle of bright red blood running down her arm.
Earth glared as she watched the evil queen examine her arm. The energy around her was still glowing bright as she saw Rini, still being held on to by Alexandrite. The rage inside her was building. She stared at the woman that separated her from her father, her friends from their mothers, and destroyed the Earth, and she was going to make sure that Alexandrite would pay. "Release Rini or next time I won't miss."
The other scouts watched in amazement at their leader. They had never seen this side of her before.
Alexandrite narrowed her black eyes at the teen. "Hate to disappoint you," she sneered, "But not this time." A black portal opened behind her.
Earth gasped and then ran to attack. When she was a few feet away from Alexandrite, she jumped, the sword gleaming in front of her. All she could think about was stopping this bitch from taking Rini away again.
The Queen gave a small smirk and disappeared into the portal before the girl could attack her.
Earth was still in mid air when the portal closed. As she flew through the spot where the portal was, she could feel the evil, the coldness left by the portal.
When she landed, she glanced over her shoulder to where the portal was. The glow around her faded and she dropped the sword. Then, in pure exhaustion, she de-transformed and began to collapse.
"Melissa!!" the others cried as they ran over to her.
Inferno caught Melissa and set her on her knees, leaning against herself. "Melissa, are you alright?"
Melissa fluttered her eyes open and glanced at her friends. She gave a small smile as she said, "I'm okay."
The scouts sighed with relief but did not de-transform, for fear of another attack.
Melissa looked at her bundle of gray fun in Arctic's arms. "Is she going to be okay?"
"She'll be fine. She's just sleeping right now," Arctic told her in a soft voice.
Melissa nodded then looked at the sword. She put her brooch in front of her and picked up the crystal sword.
"Melissa?" Inferno asked. "How did you get this?"
"I really don't know. I got really pissed at Alexandrite; I could feel the rage inside of me build. Then the words popped into my head, like someone just whispered them in my ear. After that, I had no control over my body." She looked the sword over, noticing a few drops of blood on the blade. She carefully wiped the blood off on she leaved near by. "I've never handled a sword before," she whispered. Melissa looked down at the star on the handle and said each symbol our loud as she touch it. "Earth, Arctic, Inferno, Lightning, Dreams." Then she saw the pink moon in the middle, "And Chibi-Moon," she whispered. She ran her fingers over the star, fighting back the tears. As soon as she lifted her hand off the star, it began to glow.
"What in the world??" Lightning said.
The Melissa's brooch opened and the star inside began to glow even brighter than the sword. The sword seemed to dematerialize in Melissa's hand and entered the star on the brooch. The brooch slowly closed and Melissa cauously picked it up.
"Well that was different," Dreams said, looking at the brooch.
"Now what do we do?" Lightning asked.
"I think you should rest for tonight. You can start for the first temple tomorrow," Luna said.
"NO!" Melissa shouted. She got to her feet very slowly. She began to wobble and almost collapsed. She steadied herself then looked at the others, clenching her brooch. "We have to start right now!"
"Melissa. You are too weak to go now! You need to rest." Inferno told her, getting right in her face.
"I'm fine! Right now we have to stop Alexandrite. I have already failed to rescue Rini twice. I can do this." Melissa held up her brooch. "EARTH CRYSTAL POWER, MAKE UP!"
"No you can't!! You used up all your strength in the last battle. If you head out now, you hurt yourself even more!!" Inferno raged on after the transformation was complete.
"I DON'T CARE!!! I DON'T CARE WHAT HAPPENES TO ME!!!" Earth screamed.
Inferno then slapped the teen across the face.
The others gasped at Inferno's action as Sailor Earth reached up and gingerly touched her face. Then she stared at Inferno. She just then noticed the tears in Inferno's eyes.
"Sailor Earth, Melissa," Inferno started. She looked into her friend's eyes. "We care to much about you to allow you to hurt yourself." She took Earth hand.
Earth glanced down at her hand, then back up at Inferno's face. Then she smiled softly. "I guess your right." Earth looked at everyone as they let out their breath that they had been holding. Then Earth felt her power leave her as she de-transformed and collapsed into Inferno's arms.