The truck containing the Sailor Senshi parked at the back of the Police HQ, where an annoyed Minako Aino was standing, waiting for even more bad news on Usagi, who had just been captured as Eternal Sailor Moon.
"Minako, how the hell did he find out?"
"With this thing, Rei." Minako handed over the bug to a still livid Rei Hino.
"Aren't we going to do something about this?"
"Listen, it's 10pm. I think we all should go home, and get a good night's sleep. We'll figure out a way to bust Usagi out of there in the morning."
Meanwhile…
Usagi awoke to find herself in a cold, dark room. She couldn't see in front of her, and as a result, she thought that she actually was dead.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't the brat who put me in jail." The lights flicked on, hurting Usagi's eyes. She found her torso and her legs bound to a chair. "I want this bullshit to end right now. Call off the search."
"How about I just give you this." Usagi gave Murchinov the three-fingered salute. "For Love and Justice, I am the Pretty Suited Soldier, Eternal Sailor Moon. When the others find out where your hideout is, you will certainly be punished. And then arrested for…." Before she could finish, she had a gun held to her head, by none other than Mamoru Chiba.
"You treacherous son of a bitch!"
"I knew you'd find out about me. And that was the reason why you were down at the docks. You were trying to pull off a trap, to get Murchinov and put him back in jail. It still has to do with that armed robbery, 6 months ago, when Naru Osaka died from a gunshot wound to the stomach."
"That man broke out of prison and came after the Sailor Senshi! I had to do something, Mamo-chan! I couldn't let my friends die the same way Naru did…." Upon mentioning that name, Usagi broke into tears. "Let me go, you son of a bitch! Let me go! I don't deserve this!"
Murchinov then interrupted the young Sailor Senshi. "You are going to stay there, until we find the other Sailor Senshi. And when we do, you will witness each of your closest friends die the same way that your best friend did. Just before you die the same way. Mamoru, come - let's leave her alone." Greg Murchinov and Mamoru Chiba turned the light off and shut the door behind them, leaving Usagi Tsukino in the chair, still transformed as Eternal Sailor Moon.
"It's hopeless." She then cried herself to sleep, still in the chair, and still bound to it by rope.
It was 6:30 in the morning, and the Sailor Senshi were at the Police HQ, working on a plan that would see Usagi escape from Murchinov's hideout.
"Ami, Rei, Makoto, you know why you're here."
"Yeah, to bust out Usa from that son of a bitch's hideout." You could easily see that Rei still couldn't believe that Usagi, that meatball-head of a friend, had been drugged unconscious and kidnapped, under the order of Gregory Murchinov.
"Listen, could I just say something?"
"Sure, Mako, just go ahead."
"Listen, before we got on the truck, Usagi told me that if anything happened to her, I'd be in charge."
"Usa said that, Mako-chan?" Makoto nodded her head.
"Now, from what I remember, nearly every Tuesday night, a group of Russians come to eat at the restaurant. I know Murchinov's face damned well..."
Ami then interrupted Makoto, who was just about to give the young group a plan. "By the way, Mina, did you happen to look at that stuff that Usagi came across on Sunday?"
"No, I haven't, but I think we should. It might tell us what he plans to do with Usagi." They opened up the folder containing the plans for what Murchinov actually intended to do with the Sailor Senshi.
"Oh.... shit...."
"Mina, what's the matter?"
"He plans to kill all of us. The same way he killed Naru - with a shot to the stomach." Mina then started sobbing.
"I am not going to let that meatball head die due to a gunshot wound to the stomach!"
"Damn right, Rei!"
"We're going to barge in on Murchinov, the same way he barged in on the bank, six months ago, when he murdered Naru Osaka, and we are going to bring home Usagi Tsukino!" Makoto Kino was at the top of her voice, agreeing with what Rei said.
"Wait... maybe that's what he expects us to do. I have another plan." Ami laid down a map of the area surrounding the hideout. "Now, Makoto's restaurant isn't far from the hideout - about a couple of blocks away. We could drug the food, so that they would fall asleep, and know nothing about what's happened. While they're asleep, we sneak into the hideout, and aid Usagi's escape. If anything goes wrong, we transform, and fight. Rei, if this happens, set some cans alight. From what Usagi told me, they're full of petrol."
"And perfect for a bomb." Rei smiled at the thought of seeing Russian SOB's set alight by a petrol bomb. The same SOB's that killed Naru, and the same ones who had Usagi hostage.
"Also, if we find Usagi alive, we torch the place. All of us. Rei, that also means that you're going to have to come up with some fireballs. If we torch the place, we basically leave them with no place to go...."
"Shhh..." Mina interrupted Ami. She could hear the Chief talking to someone, named Greg.
"All right. I'll take care of them, if you take care of that other girl. Okay, Mr. Murchinov. Thank you. Bye." This proved to Mina that it was the Chief who planted the bug, and also that the whole division was corrupt, as it had a leak to Murchinov.
"VENUS POWER!" Mina transformed into Sailor Venus. "Gomen, I have to take care of someone. CRESCENT BEAM SMASH!" A crescent beam flew towards the Chief's office, obliterating the window.
"What the hell is this...." Just then, Mina barged into the office, and held the Chief to the wall.
"Ami, Rei - we've found a leak! Take him to the Superintendent's office, and tell him what the Chief has been up to."
"MERCURY CRYSTAL POWER!""MARS CRYSTAL POWER!"
Both of them transformed, and dragged the Chief into the Superintendent's office.
"Well, at least that's been taken care of. Makoto, we've still got the problem of what we're going to do about Usagi. She hasn't got much time. If they find us, they'll kill us. If they don't find us, they'll probably kill Usagi."
"I think that we should go with Ami's plan. Most of her plans have worked against Youma...."
"Makoto, this isn't a problem with Dark Kingdom Youma. We've got a problem with a Russian Mafia, still hung over with what happened six months ago, trying to kill off all that we've worked so hard for! We have a problem with a race of people who have been at it at the Allies since the days of the Cold War. We've got a problem with Gregory Murchinov, who has been on INTERPOL's most wanted list for five years, and is now threatening the life of a friend, who has worked just as hard as we have to bring down this son of a bitch. We've got a problem, Makoto, and the only way of sorting this out is playing their game. Ami's plan is the only way we can get rid of Murchinov, so that what happened six months ago will not happen again. I won't let it happen. I will not let Usagi Tsukino die because of a gunshot wound to the stomach!"
"Are you that tense?" Makoto asked. "I'm worried about Usagi as well, but I'm not going over the top, like you are!"
"Makoto, before Usagi became Sailor Moon, she considered me a hero. Before I became connected with Usagi, she considered me a hero. And now that person who considered me a hero is in trouble. This is too personal, Makoto. Too personal for you to even contemplate."
"Whoa. That is personal." Just then, Ami and Rei returned from the Superintendent's office.
"The big guy wants to talk with you. I told him that he can talk to you later, because we still haven't agreed on how we're going to bust Usagi out of Murchinov's hideout."
"Good. Ami, your plan was once again, pure genius. It better work, or we might blow away six years of work against the Youma down the drain." Ami then smiled.
"Thanks, Mina."
6pm that night…..
"They should be here any minute."
"Makoto, if they're not here soon, are we just going to bust into their hideout?"
"It's up to Mina." Mina then nodded her head.
"Fine with me."
"Right."
7pm came, and they still weren't there.
"Great. They aren't coming. Mina, should we bust into their hideout?"
"In the words of Usagi Tsukino, `I think it's time we gave Gregory Murchinov a little visit.'"
"MERCURY POWER!"
"MARS POWER!"
"VENUS POWER!"
"JUPITER POWER!"
Half an hour later, they arrived just outside the headquarters of the Russian Legitimate Businessman's Club.
"Right. Ami, Rei, you know what to do. Get Usagi out of there, any way you can. Mako-chan and I'll hold up the joint."
"I can't wait to see you guys do this." Ami was laughing at the fact that Minako Aino, who had been known as Sailor-V for years, was going to try and hold up a Russian Mafia hideout.
"Right. Let's do this."
"Cross The Tracks", from the Snatch OST
Minako and Makoto broke open the door, and walked to the receptionist.
"What do you want."
Mina replied, "We are the Pretty Suited Soldiers, Sailor Venus and Sailor Jupiter."
"If this is in the name of love and justice, then why are you doing this?"
Makoto then held a shotgun to the receptionist's face. "Look, just shut the fuck up and empty out the fucking register, before I blow your fucking head off."
"Fuck no. And fuck you."
"Jupiter Thunder Cloud!"
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"
The receptionist activated the security screens, holding Venus up by her neck.
"Venus, what are you doing?"
"What does it look like I'm doing!" Makoto then blew a shot in the wall. "This is starting to hurt, Jupiter!"
"Drop the screen, now!" He dropped the security screen, leaving Sailor Venus to fall to the floor, landing on her back.
"Empty the till. Before I do blow your head off."
"This is a place of private business!"
"That's why I'm going to give you to the count of ten, to empty the register before I blow your fucking head off."
Meanwhile….
"Is this where we're supposed to be going?" Sailor Mars and Sailor Mercury were sneaking around the back, trying to get into the basement where Usagi, still transformed as Eternal Sailor Moon, was being held captive.
"I think so." Ami walked a couple of paces more. "Rei - here's the door. Usa, are you in there?"
"Thank the fates I'm glad to see you. Have you come to bust me out?"
"Exactly. Hold on. Rei, burn open the door."
"Burning Mandala!" The door burst into flames. Ami doused the flames, and the duo sneaked inside to rescue their comrade.
"Ami, untie the ropes. I'll make sure that no one finds out where Usagi's going." She found petrol cans lying all over the basement. She dragged all of them into a line, from door to door. "This should do it. Let's get out of here."
Outside……
"I think we'd better stand back, Usa."
"Flame Sniper!" Rei launched a fiery arrow, into the room where all the petrol cans were, right in the middle of them, just as a few men walked into the room. They were soon incinerated in the explosion, or they died because of the force of the explosion. Usagi, Ami and Rei walked to the front of the building, where Makoto and Minako were waiting, with a bag full of money.
"I see your little plan worked," Usagi smirked.
"So did yours. But I thought Usagi would have detransformed."
Meanwhile...
"That's it! Gentlemen, I think we actually need to force the Sailor Senshi into our hands." Murchinov turned towards the table. "I want their families wiped out, and their homes torched."
"But, what about the black haired...."
"I don't give a fuck about the Hikawa temple! Kill their families, burn the lot, and get the hell out of there before they knew what hit them." They walked out of the hideout, with flamethrowers in hand.
"This should work."
I really need some reviews, people. I'm not going to post another chapter if I don't get at least five reviews. Flames, comments, constructive criticism - please review! I'm begging `ya!
Matt Amott
November 4, 2001
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