I am back once again. This is the third part of Rise Of Cosmos out of I
am not sure how many chapters I am going to write. I am sorry if the
following chapters take a long time to be posted but I am having a lot
to do this year which is kind of amazing considering how much I usually
do. Oh well I Am sorry this took so long to post. Just bear with my
slowness please.

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon. No Matter how much I beg my
financial supporters for the money to buy it they won't give me the
money.

Rise Of Cosmos Part 3- The Second Test
By Queen Maetel
Rating PG (some violence)
Email: angel_maetel@hotmail.com or maemaechan@yahoo.com
AIM: PMaetel or CloakedAngelAnya

When Selenity awoke she found herself alone once more. She called
out for Lethe and Mnemosyene once more but received no reply. Selenity
stood shakily and sighed deciding to continue through on her path. She
looked around and saw that she was still in the desert but found it to
be much colder that it was earlier.

On the way Selenity came across a small headstone with a small
note attached to it. Selenity took the note and read it.

"Selenity,

I congratulate you on the success in passing
your first test. The next will soon begin. I warn you
the next will be very dangerous. Be careful and know
that with each test you pass you come one step closer
to gaining the ultimate power granted by the lambda
crystal.
I bid you good luck and good journey.

Sincerely,
The Guardian of the lambda power

As Selenity continued on she found the wind had begun to develop
a much more bitter cold sting to it. Selenity concentrated forming a
cape to cover her form from the wind. The wind howled so loudly that
Selenity could have sworn she heard the cries of people being tortured
and suffering.

As Selenity continued on she swore she could hear the cries
growing louder and louder. Soon the cries became unbearable and drove
her to her knees. Selenity covered her ears in a vein attempt to block
out the noise. She saw a pair of feet coming closer towards her. She
looked up to see who the feet belonged and soon found herself
regretting her decision. Before her stood the vilest looking creature
she had ever seen. The creature stood hunched over barely standing on
its back two legs and it had blood red hair which resembled spikes
all over its body. From the creatures mouth dripped a mixture of blood
and saliva. Its claws looked to be made of metal like substance. And
when Selenity looked into its eyes she saw the most horrifying sight of
all. In the creature's eyes was a crazed hunger for blood and desire to
kill.

The creature quickly dove at Selenity with its claws
outstretched. She barely ducked before the creature went flying over
her. The creature flipped in the air landing on its feet with a grace
which was surprising Selenity due to the creature's size and stature.
Selenity quickly ran from the creature hoping it wasn't as quick as she
was. To her dismay, it was.

The creature chased the woman and tackled her roughly to the
ground. Just as it was about to send its claws into her back Selenity
screamed shrilly releasing a large amount of silver energy. The
creature was thrown back and it landed on the ground with a resounding
thud. The beast rose to its feet and charged at Selenity once more.

The creature opened its mouth releasing the sound which Selenity
had heard earlier. The sound drove Selenity to her knees in pain. The
creature then tackled her once more this time pinning her to the ground
with one of its hands clamping the other over her mouth keeping her
from screaming. As the creature slowly lowered its fangs towards her
neck Selenity closed her eyes as a tear rolled down her cheek.

For a moment Selenity felt a sudden surge of power go from her
chest to her hand. She then raised her hand to the creature's
midsection and sent a blast of both silver and golden energy. She felt
the creature be blasted off of her and when she opened her eyes
Selenity saw that the creature was nowhere to be seen but instead
around as well as on her was a pile of dust. When Selenity looked at
her hand she saw another hand on it helping her giving her strength.
When she looked to the owner of the hand she saw the face of her
husband fading slowly away.

"Arigato Endy," said Selenity as she slowly rose to her feet.

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"Sailor Pluto, is there anyway you can take me to Selenity? She
is in danger I can sense it," asked Endymion.

"I am sorry but if I took you there she would immediately lose
any chance she has of getting the power. You must have faith in her.
Selenity is strong. She can defeat whatever challenges she faces. You
must simply realize that the only way that you can be there with her is
in spirit. Nothing more," replied Sailor Pluto. She then walked out of
the room silently.

When Endymion thought of some sort of way in which he could aide
his love he suddenly figured out why Sailor Pluto said he could be with
her in spirit. He then moved into a somewhat comfortable sitting
position and closed his eyes and focused on his link to Selenity. He
began to feel light-headed and opened his eyes. He saw that he was now
in another location. A desert like place with what appeared to be a
fierce wind blowing though.

That is when he saw his worst fear occurring. He saw Selenity be
tackled by a large creature which appeared to be covered I dried blood.
He focused his energy enough to run over to his love. He used whatever
methods he could to aid her in lifting her hand off of the ground and
aim at the creature's torso. He found that she could only lift her hand
to the monstrosity's midsection. He hoped that it would be enough and
willed power from his spirit into her combining it with her own power.
He then used her hand to release the two energies into the creature. He
smiled weakly as the creature disintegrated into a large pile of ash
and dust. He felt his power slipping just as Selenity opened her eyes.
He smiled gently at her before finding himself once more in the room in
which his physical body was residing.

He heard a small noise and looked to the doorway. There he saw
Sailor Pluto smiling slightly before walking away.

"Arigato Sailor Pluto," said Endymion quietly before he lied back
onto his makeshift bed. He then fell into a somewhat peaceful sleep
knowing that his love was no longer in danger of the creature which had
caused her so much fear.

Sailor Pluto then walked into a small room which appeared to be
that of a hospital. She walked to Sailor Uranus and asked, "How is
Hotaru-chan?"

The blond replied, "She is stable for now but she lost a lot of
blood. Chaos' forces did a lot of damage. I can only say that if she
makes it through the night she will probably survive. She will be out
of commission for a while but she will be alive."

"And the others?" questioned the emerald haired senshi.

"Mercury said that Mars and Jupiter will be alright.
Unfortunately she said Sailor Venus will not last through the night
with out proper medical care which is one thing she cannot provide
here," said Sailor Uranus sadly. "How is Endymion?"

"He is fine. He checked up on Selenity. He is weak but from what
I could tell she is fine and so is he," said Pluto as she let her
transformation go. "Haruka-san, you need to rest. Soon your powers will
start to feed off of your own energy and that will drain you more than
any battle with Chaos."

"You are right Setsuna-san," said Haruka also reverting back to
her civilian form. "I'll stay here by Hotaru-chan though."

"Alright. I'll come by in a few hours to check up on her," said
Setsuna as she headed off to another room.

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Yeah I know it was short and depressing but at least I had the other
senshi and a bit of UsaMamo in this chapter. I'll have the next chapter
out as soon as I can.

Until I write again.

Sugar and Spice and everything not so nice,
Queen Maetel