Operation: Reality Check
A Sailor Moon/FRC Fanfic
by Roehl Sybing
Episode 3: "Team Two, Report!"
"Can we stop walking around for just ONE minute?" the black cat named Luna said as she dropped to the ground, exhausted from walking for about an hour on a street outside a city. Luna and Kim were sent by Jake to investigate the non-anomaly signature, assuming there is a chance that these sightings are the missing Sailor Scouts.
"Aw, come on, Luna. Didn't you ever teach your Scouts about discipline and hard work?"
"This is just wandering aimlessly throughout an area we have no idea about."
"OK, then we'll find out about it."
Kim opened up her scanner as it displayed, "OUTER CITY LIMITS, MIAMI, FLORIDA." She showed the status to Luna and said, "See?"
Luna replied, "Well that explains why it's so hot. Are we even sure one of our missing friends are here?"
"Maybe, maybe not," she looked at her scanner again. The yellow blip on the scanner the two were supposed to be finding disappeared. Kim added, "Hmmm, our target seems to have disappeared from this universe...."
"Um, is this what you Americans mean by, 'We've been suckered?'"
"Yes, it is. D*mn! C'mon, let's go back."
"Hey, didn't Jake say we should be back by five?"
"Yeah, and it's only three. Well, what do you want to do for the next two hours?"
"I was thinking lunch. Serena didn't feed me back at the house this morning."
"All right, but it's another half hour's walk to the city."
"I guess I can handle more walking for awhile."
The two continued to walk toward the city. After a few minutes, Kim laughed a little and said, "So, cat, how long you think before, you know, Jake and Serena get together?"
Luna was very surprised at the question, "WHAT?"
"Oh c'mon, he has the hots for her! Why do you think Jake invited you two to stay at his house, hm?"
"We had no place to stay!"
"And what about when he walked you two to the FRC building?"
"We didn't know where it was....."
"AND what about when Serena went with Jake to do their first mission?"
"This is all just coincidence! We've only known you for what, a day?"
"Then you don't know Jake. Connect Jake up with a 'hot girl (as he and Mike would like to put it)' like Serena, something's bound to happen."
"I can assure you that Serena is more mature than that. Did it ever occur to you that Serena doesn't like Jake?"
"Yeah, OK....."
"Fine, I'm lying then."
"I mean, they're obviously perfect for each other. Both the leaders of their own teams, both seen a lot of action, both the same age, both saved each other's life....."
"OK OK, maybe they would be....attracted to each other. But last time I checked, she WAS in love with Darien...."
"Oh, you mean another one of those people we have to find? What is his name again, Tuxedo....."
".....Mask. His name is Tuxedo Mask."
"Well then, remind me not to put him and Jake in the same room together..."
The girl and the cat were quiet during the rest of the walk to Miami. Once they were inside the city, they noticed something was wrong. Everyone in the city were screaming and running away. A few dead bodies occupied the city streets. Police cars were smashed and turned over. A firestorm has taken over three nearby buildings.
The two looked around and saw the wreckage. Kim said, "What happened here?"
Just then, a small kid came running down the street, crying. It went up to Kim and cried, "HEEEEEEEEEELP!"
Kim replied, "What's going on, kid?"
"T-t-there's this big man d-destroying the place! He has buh-buh-big fire red eyes, and and and fire c-comes out of 'em! Don't let 'im g-g-get me!"
"Where'd he go?"
The girl pointed west into a distant alley and ran away.
Luna said, "It must be from the NegaVerse! C'mon, we have to destroy it!"
"With what?"
"I don't know. We'll think of something."
They walked into the alley and saw the youma-just like the girl described-cornering two innocent people against a wall. He gave a little laugh and, just for fun, fired small flames around them. He was just about to incinerate the civilians, when Kim shouted, "Get away from them!"
The youma turned around, saw the girl and the cat, and started to chase after them. Luna added, "Uh....I think we'd better run!"
The two, along with the youma right behind them, hurried back out into the street. The entity chasing the two were firing beams of fire at them. One of those beams hit Kim's left foot, causing her to trip and land into the street curb. Luna stood right on top of her and said, "C'mon get up!"
"Ow.....would you mind if you get off me first?!?"
"Oh, that's right..."
After the cat got off, Kim noticed a turned over fire truck with a water hose sticking out. She looked at her opponent and the fire truck and said, "What luck! Luna, follow me...."
With Kim's foot still being sore, she limped to the abandoned truck and grabbed the water hose. She pointed at the valve on the truck and said, "Luna, can you turn that clockwise?"
"Let me see...." The cat jumped onto the valve and, with all her strength, was able to move it to the right. Water started gushing out of the hose. Kim shouted, "Awright! Eat this, idiot!" At that moment Kim pointed the hose directly toward the youma. Water was coming straight toward him. But the creature didn't hesitate to counter the water; fire came shooting out of his eyes and went toward the water flow. The fire beams blocked the water from ever touching him.
"Uh-oh, it didn't work!" Kim screamed. She put the hose down, grabbed Luna, and ran. Again, the youma chased them down the street. After a few twisting turns across the city, Kim ran out of breath and stopped at Fifth Avenue. "Great, just great. W-what do we do now?"
Luna replied, "There must be something about water that thing doesn't like. Otherwise he wouldn't use fire against it."
"Yeah, but what are we gonna do?"
Luna looked around and noticed a small, abandoned store with a small ledge above it at the next intersection. On the ground in front of the store was an unopened bottle of water. The cat said, "Get that water bottle over there. I've got a plan..."
The youma was able to retrace his steps and reach Fifth Avenue. He found no sighting of the two he was chasing. He wandered around the street for a while, eventually walking in front of the store at the intersection. The creature was certain the girl and the cat were here, but where did they go? Just then, the unnoticed Luna jumped off the ledge, landed on the youma, and scratched his eyes. Blinded, he screamed loudly for a minute, but then he was able to open his eyes. Once he opened them, he saw Kim right in front of him.
"SURPRISE!" Kim said. She then opened the bottle of water and splashed it right in front of his face. The monster fell down and let out a very loud scream. Within seconds he turned into dust.
Kim looked on the ground and said, "We won?!? That was it?!?"
The cat replied, "Yes, it seems we have defeated our opponent."
Obviously shaken up, Kim sat on the curb and said, "*Phew*, I'm glad that was over..."
"Me too. But could you do me a favor?"
"What's that?"
"I haven't eaten anything yet!"
"Oh, that's right! Oh, but all I have is this melted candy bar in my pocket...."
"Fine, I'll take anything!"
Kim opened the candy bar and fed it to Luna. After a minute, she smiled and said, "Say, we make a great team, don't we?"
"Mmmm, yes, I suppose so..."
"Hey, I wonder what Jackie, Chris, and Mike are doing right now...."
"You're kidding!" Mike said.
"Take a look at my face. Does it look like I'm lying?" Jackie replied.
Chris added, "Not at all. So one of the Jane Doe's in that hospital matches one of the missing Scouts?"
"Yeah, non-anomaly and all! Let me see, it matches the description of, what's her name, Min....Minako."
Mike asked, "Is she hot?"
Jackie hit Mike on the head and replied, "Shut up, man!"
Chris looked up and said, "OK, now that she's in the hospital, how are we gonna get her OUT?"
TO BE CONTINUED......