Luna opened her eyes. The lids felt heavy like lead. Through blury, tear filled eyes the woman thought she saw a black cloaked figure. Tuxeo Mask? No... he was in trouble and wouldn't come for Usagi. Slowly and spiritlessly Luna let her head flop through the goo to look at Artemis. The scars from Jadeite's torture were quickly healing. The gel they were in had to have some sort of healing properties, thought Luna. Her love's breathing was labored and shallow. She realized her own was too. Even thinking left her drained now. This red ooze was takeing her life away. Luna looked up again, rolling her eyes to see if that black cloaked figure had gone yet, if it had even existed.
Tuxedo Mask pulled Usagi's collar a little looser so she could breath easier. A little red jelly still clung to her hand and lips and legs. He brushed the crumbs off with his cloak and gently kissed her awake. "Mamo-chan..." Usagi whispered in her soft, hoarse voice. She evidently thought this was some sort of dream. Tuxedo Mask despreatly chafed the girl's pale hands. They felt cold even through his gloves.
"Usa. Usa. Come on Usa..." he whispered but there was a volume and desperation in his voice. Her head was on his lap and both her hands were in one of his huge ones. Tuxedo Mask remembered that day she had fainted and he had taken her to his apartment. They had found out who the other was that day. Usagi let out a slight shudder and a soft groan. She was still alive, though it was hard to tell if the life was leaveing her or returning to her. Tuxedo Mask gently hauled Usagi upright and wrapped her in his cloak. Her cheeks looke a little less waxen but in this light... oh god if anything happened to her...
Suddenly Mamoru turned around. Jadeite was standing there. "While I was in that Beryl's eternal sleep spell I was thinking. And I realized just what the problem was with those Senshi and their friends. One follows the other like a pack of lemmings. You all come together eventually. Never straying from the other. It's very noble and honerable, but very stupid. Honor doesn't cut it when it comes to lives, millions of them, or two of them." Jadeite chuckled a little and drew his glove to his lips where he removed it with his teeth. Stepping foward he slapped Tuxedo Mask across the face with the glove, the later's mask flew across the floor.
Tuxedo Mask let Usagi slip to the floor again and drew his cane. "Tuxedo the Smokeing Bomber!" cried Mamoru, later he would think about what a silly attack name that was. Jadite repeled the blast and smiled.
"You are on my turf cape boy. You a definantly at an disadvantage, but with such a lame persona you always are. Lets just call this my game and end it eh?"
Mamoru stood still, anticipateing that Jadeite would anticipate his move if he moved. Jadeite was slightly flustered, but remained outwardly cool. He gathered a ball of energy and threw it at Tuxedo, now unmasked, who darted to the small socket the goo chambers held to. Hidden in the shadows and dressed in black the man could get Jadeite from behind. He silently flitted over to another socket and threw a sharp pointy rose at his blond enemy. It gashed Jadeite's neck and he wherled around. Tuxedo Mask grinned and lept down to kick Jadeite. The general threw a small bit of energy at Tuxedo Mask and he was blown across the room, landing harshly against a wall. He stuggled to get up for a moment but his dislocated shoulder caused him to bit his lip in pain and then he blacked out.
"I knew he was worthless." Jadeite thought out loud to himself as he knelt and ran his hand along Usagi's neck, searching for a pulse. He couldn't feel one. Jadeite walked off to his throne room to gloat and moniter the energy levels he was collecting. Things were going well. Except for the fact he had felt for Usagi's pulse in the wrong spot...
Usagi let her eyes flicker open. No Jadeite. Where had Mamoru gone? She could have sworn she had heard his voice, felt his touch. Usagi struggled to lift her head and then she saw Mamoru, slumped against the wall. "Mamo-chan!" she whispered, her voice to worn and weak to say anything louder. He didn't answer. The blond girl dragged her shaky arm along the metal floor untill it was infront of her and then she willed it to drag her foward. She willed herself to crawl across the floor towards Mamoru. One more inch she told herself. Then another inch. She felt stronger with each little bit she moved. She could do this. Another inch. Another. Another. There was Mamoru's shoe. She just had to keep pulling herself along. If there was anything that could give her strength it was his touch. And then Usagi was next to him. She pulled herself up useing his shoulder, the non-dislocated one fortunatly, and as she did so something fell out of his breast pocekt. The Imperium Silver Crystal! Usagi smiled slightly and held it in her palms. It glowed with a faint light that grew and washed over the girl. She felt a little stronger with each second that the light was on her. The fatigue was draining. Feeling slightly more renued, Usagi kissed Mamoru. He didn't wake but Usagi knew she would save him too in the end.
The blond fit her crystal into the locket and then transformed with the familiar words of "Moon Prism Power". Now to free her friends and heal them. Takeing Tuxedo Mask's cane, Sailor Moon walked to each of the ooze chambers and knocked out the power source. The specialy designed interior hold/exterior through force feilds snapped and the life sucking gunk spilled over the floor. Sailor Moon dodged and then beat the crap out of Artemis's container. Luna and Artemis collapsed and fell at the Senshi's feet. Usagi tore some fabric from her already short skirt and whiped the goo from their faces and arms where it still clung. Then she moved on to try and find her fellow Senshi. They were no where in the room and there was no way out. If only Mercury were there with her visorgogs and little computer! Usagi trembled a little, still feeling weak, and then begain searching the walls by hand. She had a feeling that if she could defeat Jadeite once and for all it would really be the last of him.
Tuxedo Mask pulled Usagi's collar a little looser so she could breath easier. A little red jelly still clung to her hand and lips and legs. He brushed the crumbs off with his cloak and gently kissed her awake. "Mamo-chan..." Usagi whispered in her soft, hoarse voice. She evidently thought this was some sort of dream. Tuxedo Mask despreatly chafed the girl's pale hands. They felt cold even through his gloves.
"Usa. Usa. Come on Usa..." he whispered but there was a volume and desperation in his voice. Her head was on his lap and both her hands were in one of his huge ones. Tuxedo Mask remembered that day she had fainted and he had taken her to his apartment. They had found out who the other was that day. Usagi let out a slight shudder and a soft groan. She was still alive, though it was hard to tell if the life was leaveing her or returning to her. Tuxedo Mask gently hauled Usagi upright and wrapped her in his cloak. Her cheeks looke a little less waxen but in this light... oh god if anything happened to her...
Suddenly Mamoru turned around. Jadeite was standing there. "While I was in that Beryl's eternal sleep spell I was thinking. And I realized just what the problem was with those Senshi and their friends. One follows the other like a pack of lemmings. You all come together eventually. Never straying from the other. It's very noble and honerable, but very stupid. Honor doesn't cut it when it comes to lives, millions of them, or two of them." Jadeite chuckled a little and drew his glove to his lips where he removed it with his teeth. Stepping foward he slapped Tuxedo Mask across the face with the glove, the later's mask flew across the floor.
Tuxedo Mask let Usagi slip to the floor again and drew his cane. "Tuxedo the Smokeing Bomber!" cried Mamoru, later he would think about what a silly attack name that was. Jadite repeled the blast and smiled.
"You are on my turf cape boy. You a definantly at an disadvantage, but with such a lame persona you always are. Lets just call this my game and end it eh?"
Mamoru stood still, anticipateing that Jadeite would anticipate his move if he moved. Jadeite was slightly flustered, but remained outwardly cool. He gathered a ball of energy and threw it at Tuxedo, now unmasked, who darted to the small socket the goo chambers held to. Hidden in the shadows and dressed in black the man could get Jadeite from behind. He silently flitted over to another socket and threw a sharp pointy rose at his blond enemy. It gashed Jadeite's neck and he wherled around. Tuxedo Mask grinned and lept down to kick Jadeite. The general threw a small bit of energy at Tuxedo Mask and he was blown across the room, landing harshly against a wall. He stuggled to get up for a moment but his dislocated shoulder caused him to bit his lip in pain and then he blacked out.
"I knew he was worthless." Jadeite thought out loud to himself as he knelt and ran his hand along Usagi's neck, searching for a pulse. He couldn't feel one. Jadeite walked off to his throne room to gloat and moniter the energy levels he was collecting. Things were going well. Except for the fact he had felt for Usagi's pulse in the wrong spot...
Usagi let her eyes flicker open. No Jadeite. Where had Mamoru gone? She could have sworn she had heard his voice, felt his touch. Usagi struggled to lift her head and then she saw Mamoru, slumped against the wall. "Mamo-chan!" she whispered, her voice to worn and weak to say anything louder. He didn't answer. The blond girl dragged her shaky arm along the metal floor untill it was infront of her and then she willed it to drag her foward. She willed herself to crawl across the floor towards Mamoru. One more inch she told herself. Then another inch. She felt stronger with each little bit she moved. She could do this. Another inch. Another. Another. There was Mamoru's shoe. She just had to keep pulling herself along. If there was anything that could give her strength it was his touch. And then Usagi was next to him. She pulled herself up useing his shoulder, the non-dislocated one fortunatly, and as she did so something fell out of his breast pocekt. The Imperium Silver Crystal! Usagi smiled slightly and held it in her palms. It glowed with a faint light that grew and washed over the girl. She felt a little stronger with each second that the light was on her. The fatigue was draining. Feeling slightly more renued, Usagi kissed Mamoru. He didn't wake but Usagi knew she would save him too in the end.
The blond fit her crystal into the locket and then transformed with the familiar words of "Moon Prism Power". Now to free her friends and heal them. Takeing Tuxedo Mask's cane, Sailor Moon walked to each of the ooze chambers and knocked out the power source. The specialy designed interior hold/exterior through force feilds snapped and the life sucking gunk spilled over the floor. Sailor Moon dodged and then beat the crap out of Artemis's container. Luna and Artemis collapsed and fell at the Senshi's feet. Usagi tore some fabric from her already short skirt and whiped the goo from their faces and arms where it still clung. Then she moved on to try and find her fellow Senshi. They were no where in the room and there was no way out. If only Mercury were there with her visorgogs and little computer! Usagi trembled a little, still feeling weak, and then begain searching the walls by hand. She had a feeling that if she could defeat Jadeite once and for all it would really be the last of him.