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"Redemption"

Chapter 3

It was quiet as Amy sat outside Raye's temple, quietly pondering the Stats she'd come up with. The force Luna had felt was becoming increasingly stronger and closer than she or anyone else had realized. "She said it could be many things…I just wish we knew what we were looking for," Amy sighed. The girl took a brief pause to enjoy the afternoon sunlight, and then returned to her computer.

Meanwhile, Raye was inside kneeling before a raging fire, chanting to an ancient beat. "Fire, earth, water, air, fire, earth…" she continued flexing her hands and fingers in expressive gestures. "Fire of the ages, guide me on my quest, show me path to which I desire…show me the forces we now encounter." The fire raged even more so and then fell…Raye was receiving a vision. The scene was clouded and smoky, there was chaos…an overwhelming darkness.

The fire-priestess could see herself, desperately searching through the fiery world, and it struck her. A single symbol, floating high above her and glowing an eerie black, along with an ominous silver lining: was a black, five-point star.

"What is this place," the raven-haired young woman spoke out loud and quickly shifted her focus to the star again. "Great fire! Show me the meaning!"

"Raye!" An outside, urgent-sounding voice ripped her from the meditation.

The priestess's eyes shot open; the vision was gone. "Huh?" she whipped around. "What's going on?" Blinking away her confusion, her eyes came to settle on Amy who wore an incredibly pressing expression.

"I found something on the computer. Come quick!" Amy exclaimed, her short hair rustling from the breeze that whooshed into the room from outside. Raye lifted up her robes and ran to the temple doors, pulling out the red ribbon she had worn in her hair to keep it from the fire.

"What did you find Amy? Anything important?" Raye questioned as she sat down on the steps gracefully. Amy nodded quickly. Her aqua eyes were grave and serious as she pursed her lips before speaking.

"Extremely, because I have found the way to pinpoint the locations of the energy forces. And if my calculations are correct, we have a visitor." Her amethyst eyes widening, Raye nodded and the two quickly agreed on their following plans of action.


* * *

Glimmer took to the streets, silently watching and following the girls who had so intrigued her from before. For if these young ladies were in fact the Senshi, the advantage would be hers.

'Unless I've been chasing around worthless little children around for an hour. Won't Glacier and the girls love that,' Glimmer thought half-disgustedly as she stuck to the shadows and continued trailing them on foot. Only Lita and Mina remained in her sight, as Serena had luckily evaded her sighting. The sky-haired goddess stopped abruptly as did the group, and she quickly retreated back to the shadowed alley for refuge.

"Serena! Not the arcade, not now!" Lita shouted at Serena from the side, hands on her hips.

"Just a peek?" the blonde pleaded as she pressed a hand to the glass of the arcade. Glimmer picked up on the third voice and craned her neck to catch a glimpse of this new comer.

'Wait a minute…who's the Blondie?' she wondered, crinkling her nose at the stench of garbage from behind. Rolling her eyes, Glimmer pinched her nose and straightened her golden top indignantly. 'I should have just let Aurora take this mission…who needs to be poking around in the garbage for a Moon Princess?' Her attention quickly shifted back to the task at hand as a loud shout erupted from two of the other girls.

"NO!" Mina and Lita suddenly exclaimed at once.

"We have a job to do here, Sere. Your active participation would be very much appreciated!" the brunette known as Lita finished, slight agitation taking reign in her tone.

The once-apparent happiness faded from the delicate blonde girl's face and she went back to her work without another sound. A few more minutes passed and yet the three were still oblivious to Glimmer's presence. Until a very odd event occurred as the mysterious girl watched from the shadows.

"Mina…Lita…do you think this could help?" the blonde spoke up suddenly, touching a finger to the broach of her uniform bow. Her eyes were glittering lightly, as she ran a finger over the intricate design of the broach, and a serious expression came over her pretty features. She seemed lost in thought and now very concerned with the situation. The sunshine seemed to light up her long streaming hair, and her eyes glowed beneath the lovely rays. She looked striking in her pale blue tank top and light skirt.

The two girls looked at her in unison and sent her inquiring looks regarding her statement. Before the odangoed girl could continue, however, Glimmer let out an enormous gasp and clapped a hand to her mouth.

"That broach…I-I've seen it! That symbol…it's from the moon! That girl must some sort of connection-there is no other explanation!" Glimmer hissed in satisfaction beneath her breath. Within moments of her speaking, a small whir of pink flashed by her, running to the arms of the aforementioned odangoed girl.

"Rini! What are you doing here?" Serena spoke a bit irritatedly, but forced civility was evident. Her expression suddenly turned serious. "We're working, Rini. We'll hang out later." Serena placed her hands onto her hips, raising her nose into the air.

"The child looks vaguely familiar," Glimmer narrowed her eyes, and becoming extremely interested, leapt up onto another fire escape for a better view. The four girls, assembling in a small circle of the deserted street, looked as if they were discussing something quite important-that much Glimmer could observe from their expressions.

Seeing that no one was around on the bizarrely deserted street, the small child spoke up. "Serena! I'm a scout too you know! What's going on?" Rini exclaimed impatiently. When no one responded for a moment, she folded her arms angrily and turned her back to the three young ladies.

"You know, Rini, we don't mean to leave you out of things," Mina offered sweetly, her cheery voice working slight magic over the persistent child.

The Small Lady shook her head, and her pigtails swung at her motion. "I think I deserve to know-after all I am the future Moon-

"Can it, Rini," the odangoed Princess interrupted, clasping a hand to her mouth. "You have to be careful! Someone could have been listening!" As the group continued speaking in hushed voices on the sidewalk, Glimmer felt a satisfied smile creep across her lips.

"You're right Miss Moon Princess, she should have been careful…because someone was listening." With a small satanic giggle, the gray-eyed, sky-haired chaos queen vanished.


* * *

"Amy are you serious, I mean you're positive? These…things are on Earth?" Raye inquired, trying to fully grasp the meaning of this information. Her eyes were searching Amy's, looking for truth and answers.

"Not only are they here on Earth, Raye. They…or it is much closer to us than we had anticipated. To be quite honest, its here in town-in Tokyo," Amy replied a little shocked as she gently closed her tiny Mercury computer. Raye slapped her forehead and sat down on the steps.

"What are we gonna do? The others are out searching for…whatever it is with Meatball Head leading them!"

Amy shook her head and sighed. "Did you find anything in the fire Raye?"

"Well, actually I did. After I did the incantations…at first it was very vague, like fiery and smoky. I could see myself trying to walk through, basically suffocating on the smoke. Until I looked up and saw this symbol…like a star. Then it began to glow and I lost the vision."

"I didn't mean to interrupt if that's what cut off the vision. Do you want to try again? Maybe your visions will progress with time," Amy suggested, thoughtfully curling a lock of hair behind her ear.

Raye nodded, "I think I will. But I don't know if I'll find anything very helpful." She stood up and went back inside to the shrine room, praying inwardly that this mystery energy source would turn out to be something less than threatening.

Amy remained outside for a moment on the steps, propping up her elbows on her legs. She rested her chin in her hands and closed her eyes. 'The atmosphere is so quaint on days like these…the lovely summer afternoons…' her mind wandered. 'We've been through so much, and now this? I just pray, whatever we're up against, it won't steal away moments like these.' She let out a small sigh and leaned back against a wooden post, letting the sunshine dance on her face.

"That's right little girl…you enjoy your cheesy summer afternoons. Because pretty soon, the chaos of the universe will be liberated from their prison-hold!" a voice hissed from the side, and Amy's eyes shot open.

"Who's there?" the computer genius said warily, rising from her comfortable spot on the step. Eyes wide and alert, she turned around a few times, and found nothing. "Maybe it's just stress…I must be hearing things." With that, she returned to her seat, and relaxed once again; but not without keeping her other senses prepared for any other odd occurrences.

Meanwhile, little did she know, that the voice she had just heard was that of Glimmer, standing a mere twenty feet away and watching her every move. The chaotic space-mistress decided she'd seen enough of the boring clue-catching-crew downtown, and thought an all around spy mission was in order.

'So…are these Senshi as well? They seem to be intrigued with a force of energy newly landed in Tokyo. I didn't know I was so popular,' the woman giggled inwardly, jumping up into the tree beside herself. The sunlight streamed in through the branches, casting mysterious shadows upon Glimmer's beautiful face. It was so warm, so peaceful…and she hated it with a passion. 'I could work wonders on this Temple with my skill of design. A few gardens of black and silver roses would do just the trick!'

* * *

Amy opened her eyes again a bit later and went back to scanning with her computer. "Nothing much has changed…the location can't be found anymore but the source is stronger now," the blue-haired computer whiz concluded with a sigh.

"Amy!" The Princess of Mercury quickly spun around in surprise.

"Raye?" The fire priestess exploded out of the Temple and pointed at the tree Glimmer was perched in.

"Look out, Amy!" Raye screamed and skidded to a halt in front of her friend. Both of their eyes locked with a mysterious pair of blue-gray eyes in the fore mentioned tree. Glimmer let out a quick gasp and quickly vanished to hide herself. After the mysterious form had gone, the two Senshi exchanged both worried and surprised glances.

"Who was that?!" Amy exclaimed, eyes wide and more shocked than anything else.

"My guess is that is who we're looking for! Amy, listen to me. I had another vision! It was strange at first, as if I were in a different time and place-until I realize that I was outside and I saw you. I was watching you and my attention was averted to that oak tree…and that person was there! I swear when I came out there was a girl sitting in that tree. I saw her in my vision and realized that I was seeing you do everything you just did! She was watching us!" Raye went on out of breath.

"Take a breath, Raye! So I guess we really do have a problem now. Not only are they here, but they know where we are!" Amy turned serious and stared out at the late afternoon sun, "I think our visitor is coming home."

* * *

'Damn! That was much too close. I'm positive of it now, those six girls are Sailor Senshi,' Glimmer mentally cursed herself. She re-appeared at the back of the Temple, hidden from the view of the girls out front. 'It's all beginning to fit together.'

Running two hands through her shoulder length, silvery-sky blue hair, the chaotic woman closed her eyes and touched a finger to her forehead. The black star re-appeared; her street clothes faded back into a chic black gown with high-lace up sandals. At her command, a silvery aura enveloped her body, and with that Glimmer teleported back up to the starship that hovered above the Earth in secret.