"Get your slimy hands off Sailor Moon!" Jupiter yelled with an angry voice.
Saruka watched as the last of the innocent's victims in the club exited. 'Good,' she thought to herself, 'now if I could only get to my transformation pen…'
Goxard raised and eyebrow at Jupiter before pulling the helpless Sailor Moon close and sniffing her hair. "Aw…" He said as he breathed out.
Jupiter clenched her fists. "That's it!" She threw her hands into the air and created a ball of lightning within them, "Jupiter… Rhapsody… Thunder… Destroy!!!"
Saruka squinted as the ball of light and bolts of energy hurtled towards Goxard. The ball hit him with a force, then was sucked up into nothingness. Goxard stood unhurt, his dark gaze on Jupiter. "Here, I believe this is yours." He said gentleman like. He tossed the ball of light back to Jupiter, who yelled out in pain as it ripped through her. She fell to the ground, a large chunk taken out of her side.
Saruka's jaw dropped in disbelief. She had never seen something so revolting since the Moon Kingdom battle. Saruka grimaced as she watched Aydel staring unemotional at Jupiter.
Mercury hovered over Jupiter, inspecting her injury, before ripping off her skirt and tying it around Jupiter's side. "That should hold until we can get her to a hospital." Mercury said, her voice betraying her fear.
"Ahh! You monster!" Venus called. She clenched her teeth as she fought back a scream of anger. Venus threw her hands to her sides, as she called on power of her own. A string of yellow light made up of little Venus signs appeared around her fingers. "Venus… Soul… Chain… Scar!!!" She screamed.
Goxard looked unworried, as the chain ripped his way. With little energy, he grabbed Sailor Moon's hair and threw her in the way of the beam.
Sailor Moon screamed in pain as the chain wrapped itself around her and squeezed at her neck.
"No! Soul Chain, stop!!!" Venus yelled with fear of destroying her friend. The chain of light weakened, then fell to the ground on Venus' command.
"What are you going to do you guys?" Mars asked, taking a few steps back from Goxard and Aydel.
"We're not going to run, that's for sure!" Venus said stubbornly.
Goxard smiled. He fliced his wrist again and all four scouts went as limp and paralized as Sailor Moon. He then wrapped an arm around Sailor Moon's waist and twirled one of her pigs tails in his fingers. "Don't worry, my sweets, you'll all get a turn. Heh heh. Aydel!"
Aydel looked at him, waiting for an order. "Yes, Goxard?"
"Destroy Saruka now before she has a chance to escape. Then we can continue picking this world apart like we did the Moon Kingdom so long ago."
"My pleasure." Aydel said, fixing her gaze back on Saruka.
"No, Aydel don't! Please!" Saruka begged, "I'm sorry for what I might do in the future, I really am! But please, I know you don't want to do this! Don't you remember how much fun we had on the Moon Kingdom? Don't you remember the good times?"
Aydel lifted her metal claw, "I remember Queen Serenity choosing to save you for this mission. I remember you leaving my side when I lost my arm. I remember passing out from blood loss, and waking up again in the hospital with you on the bed on my side, pretending to be hurt to get attention. I remember that."
"What? I left your side to get help!" Saruka complained.
"Hah! So you say! I know the truth. You left me to die. I was discovered and saved by some passing no body, not you." Aydel said.
"Lies! That's a lie! You know it! I'd never do such a thing! I had to leave your side, I was five, I didn't know what else to do!" Saruka said, nearing tears. She wanted to wipe the glittering water from her eyes so she could see better, but her arms were locked under the metal claw.
"What about being in the bed beside me when I woke? You were jealous! You wanted the attention! You couldn't stand everyone watching over and paying attention to me, could you?" Aydel yelled, her eyes glittering with tears too.
"No, I mean, yes, I mean… Aydel! You gotta trust me! I would never try to steal your thunder!" Saruka said.
"But you did. You did." Aydel finalized the conversation.
"Hurry, Aydel." Goxard said, his eyes still gawking at Sailor Moon, "We must leave soon and return to Alzamont to tell him of our progress… Catching all five sailor scouts and the girl in one night. Heh heh."
"As I said before… my pleasure." Aydel said.
Saruka could feel the metal claw tighten around her. She knew it would crush her soon if she did not do anything. Saruka felt her eyes wanting to bulge out of her head, and her head get heavy from blood. Her vision started to waver, but she could still see Aydel's piercing green eyes staring at her, wanting her to die.
"Neptune… Deep… Submerge!!!" A large ball of water ripped towards them from the back. It hit the metal claw, freezing it solid.
"Uranus… World… Shaking!!!" Another ball, this one of rock and mantle, raced towards them. It, too, hit the metal claw, and the claw shattered into thousands of pieces.
"Ahh!" Aydel screamed, holding her arm as it fell limp and useless.
Goxard looked around, confused.
Uranus and Neptune both flew from the darkness and landed by Saruka, who had fallen weakly to the ground after the metal claw had shattered.
"Neptune, take her out of here." Uranus ordered. Sailor Neptune picked up Saruka and leaped away into the darkness of backstage, where she rested Saruka on the ground and wiped her hair from her face.
"You with me, kid?" She asked.
Saruka smiled as her vision came back. "Tha… than… k… you…" Saruka said with difficulty.
"Don't speak. Try not to move and you'll be safe. I'm going to put a shield around you so you'll be safe, is that ok?" Neptune said nicely.
Saruka nodded weakly.
"Ok." Neptune said. She patted Saruka's head affectionately then stood back and whispered, "Neptune Shield Protect."
Saruka watched as Neptune turned and ran out back to the battle. She couldn't hear what they were saying, but she watched Uranus kick Goxard in the gut. As he toppled over she scooped up Sailor Moon and Jupiter and rushed them away through the other side of backstage, while Neptune, Mars, Venus, and Mercury followed.
Aydel stood stunned while Goxard got back to his feet. He yelled something and pointed in the direction the scouts vanished, but Aydel shook her head. She was still clasping her arm, and with a snap of her wrist, a tornado of green leaves and white light picked her off the ground and swallowed her up.
Goxard shook with anger, then he too snapped his fingers and a swirl of black light and white X's swallowed him up too. After both were gone, Saruka saw the seven scouts, Jupiter still in Uranus' arms, appear back on stage and hurry her way.
Saruka smiled and laid back on her back. She was breathing heavily when the scouts kneeled by her. Neptune let the shield down and finally sound came back to her. Venus gave her a hug while she whispered comforting thoughts.
Saruka looked up, and Uranus and Neptune both let their uniforms fail back to their normal clothes.
"Great performance, kid." Amara said, patting her head.
"Amara, Michelle. You let her see your original form?" Mars asked.
"Of course. She's on our side, don't worry." Michelle said.
Sailor Moon nodded and she, too, let her uniform fail to her normal clothes. Saruka saw by Mina's arms that she too changed back.
"Come on, you guys." Serena said, while the other two changed back to their original clothes, "Lita's hurt. We gotta rush her to the hospital."
"I'll call an ambulance on my cell." Ami said. She got out her phone and dialed the number.
"But, she's still in her uniform…" Rei said.
"Here…" Saruka said weakly. She got to her knees, after a little struggle to get out of Mina's grip, and sat beside Lita. She cupped her hands over Lita's injury and whispered a simple chant. "Zenkai, bodi-tor, kikiireru." She said, then translated for the others, "Complete recovery of health, body treatment, granted."
Saruka felt her hands get warm and betrayed a blue light. She smiled as beneathed her hands she could feell the skin growing back and the body repairing itself 100x faster than normal. When she felt no more movement under her hands, the blue light faded and Saruka removed her hands from Lita's wound.
She heard Mina's gasp in her ear as the wound was displayed healed. Ami hung up her phone and walked over to Lita. "The ambulance is on its way anyway. I think Saruka and Lita should stay there for the night, just so we can have a professional opinion that they are ok."
"That was cool!" Serena said, still looking at the wound.
Lita's eyes opened slowly. She saw Serena's head over hers and, in a whirl of green light, returned to her normal clothes like the rest of them.
"Nicely done, kid." Amara said, "Hotaru taught you well."
"What? Hotaru taught you this?" Rei asked, "But she's a baby again… that makes no sense."
"It does, it's just a long story." Saruka said, laying back down.
"You can rest, then you can tell us it." Mina said, wiping her hand across Saruka's face. "I'm so glad you're ok."
Saruka smiled, "I really glad at least someone remembers our past."
Mina smiled and laughed. Amara and Michelle stood up and walked towards the exit.
"Where are you going?" Saruka asked, trying to get up.
"We're going to go outside and send the ambulance around back so they can get you guys here." Amara explained.
Michelle walked back and bent close to Saruka, "Don't worry, my princess. We will not leave you long." She got up again and left with Amara.
"They're so… distant." Ami said.
Saruka looked over to Lita. She was weak, but stronger then before. Saruka was glad she could help, and hoped Lita would be ok. When Lita's eyes met Saruka's, Lita smiled and gave her the thumbs up. Saruka smiled back.
Saruka watched as the last of the innocent's victims in the club exited. 'Good,' she thought to herself, 'now if I could only get to my transformation pen…'
Goxard raised and eyebrow at Jupiter before pulling the helpless Sailor Moon close and sniffing her hair. "Aw…" He said as he breathed out.
Jupiter clenched her fists. "That's it!" She threw her hands into the air and created a ball of lightning within them, "Jupiter… Rhapsody… Thunder… Destroy!!!"
Saruka squinted as the ball of light and bolts of energy hurtled towards Goxard. The ball hit him with a force, then was sucked up into nothingness. Goxard stood unhurt, his dark gaze on Jupiter. "Here, I believe this is yours." He said gentleman like. He tossed the ball of light back to Jupiter, who yelled out in pain as it ripped through her. She fell to the ground, a large chunk taken out of her side.
Saruka's jaw dropped in disbelief. She had never seen something so revolting since the Moon Kingdom battle. Saruka grimaced as she watched Aydel staring unemotional at Jupiter.
Mercury hovered over Jupiter, inspecting her injury, before ripping off her skirt and tying it around Jupiter's side. "That should hold until we can get her to a hospital." Mercury said, her voice betraying her fear.
"Ahh! You monster!" Venus called. She clenched her teeth as she fought back a scream of anger. Venus threw her hands to her sides, as she called on power of her own. A string of yellow light made up of little Venus signs appeared around her fingers. "Venus… Soul… Chain… Scar!!!" She screamed.
Goxard looked unworried, as the chain ripped his way. With little energy, he grabbed Sailor Moon's hair and threw her in the way of the beam.
Sailor Moon screamed in pain as the chain wrapped itself around her and squeezed at her neck.
"No! Soul Chain, stop!!!" Venus yelled with fear of destroying her friend. The chain of light weakened, then fell to the ground on Venus' command.
"What are you going to do you guys?" Mars asked, taking a few steps back from Goxard and Aydel.
"We're not going to run, that's for sure!" Venus said stubbornly.
Goxard smiled. He fliced his wrist again and all four scouts went as limp and paralized as Sailor Moon. He then wrapped an arm around Sailor Moon's waist and twirled one of her pigs tails in his fingers. "Don't worry, my sweets, you'll all get a turn. Heh heh. Aydel!"
Aydel looked at him, waiting for an order. "Yes, Goxard?"
"Destroy Saruka now before she has a chance to escape. Then we can continue picking this world apart like we did the Moon Kingdom so long ago."
"My pleasure." Aydel said, fixing her gaze back on Saruka.
"No, Aydel don't! Please!" Saruka begged, "I'm sorry for what I might do in the future, I really am! But please, I know you don't want to do this! Don't you remember how much fun we had on the Moon Kingdom? Don't you remember the good times?"
Aydel lifted her metal claw, "I remember Queen Serenity choosing to save you for this mission. I remember you leaving my side when I lost my arm. I remember passing out from blood loss, and waking up again in the hospital with you on the bed on my side, pretending to be hurt to get attention. I remember that."
"What? I left your side to get help!" Saruka complained.
"Hah! So you say! I know the truth. You left me to die. I was discovered and saved by some passing no body, not you." Aydel said.
"Lies! That's a lie! You know it! I'd never do such a thing! I had to leave your side, I was five, I didn't know what else to do!" Saruka said, nearing tears. She wanted to wipe the glittering water from her eyes so she could see better, but her arms were locked under the metal claw.
"What about being in the bed beside me when I woke? You were jealous! You wanted the attention! You couldn't stand everyone watching over and paying attention to me, could you?" Aydel yelled, her eyes glittering with tears too.
"No, I mean, yes, I mean… Aydel! You gotta trust me! I would never try to steal your thunder!" Saruka said.
"But you did. You did." Aydel finalized the conversation.
"Hurry, Aydel." Goxard said, his eyes still gawking at Sailor Moon, "We must leave soon and return to Alzamont to tell him of our progress… Catching all five sailor scouts and the girl in one night. Heh heh."
"As I said before… my pleasure." Aydel said.
Saruka could feel the metal claw tighten around her. She knew it would crush her soon if she did not do anything. Saruka felt her eyes wanting to bulge out of her head, and her head get heavy from blood. Her vision started to waver, but she could still see Aydel's piercing green eyes staring at her, wanting her to die.
"Neptune… Deep… Submerge!!!" A large ball of water ripped towards them from the back. It hit the metal claw, freezing it solid.
"Uranus… World… Shaking!!!" Another ball, this one of rock and mantle, raced towards them. It, too, hit the metal claw, and the claw shattered into thousands of pieces.
"Ahh!" Aydel screamed, holding her arm as it fell limp and useless.
Goxard looked around, confused.
Uranus and Neptune both flew from the darkness and landed by Saruka, who had fallen weakly to the ground after the metal claw had shattered.
"Neptune, take her out of here." Uranus ordered. Sailor Neptune picked up Saruka and leaped away into the darkness of backstage, where she rested Saruka on the ground and wiped her hair from her face.
"You with me, kid?" She asked.
Saruka smiled as her vision came back. "Tha… than… k… you…" Saruka said with difficulty.
"Don't speak. Try not to move and you'll be safe. I'm going to put a shield around you so you'll be safe, is that ok?" Neptune said nicely.
Saruka nodded weakly.
"Ok." Neptune said. She patted Saruka's head affectionately then stood back and whispered, "Neptune Shield Protect."
Saruka watched as Neptune turned and ran out back to the battle. She couldn't hear what they were saying, but she watched Uranus kick Goxard in the gut. As he toppled over she scooped up Sailor Moon and Jupiter and rushed them away through the other side of backstage, while Neptune, Mars, Venus, and Mercury followed.
Aydel stood stunned while Goxard got back to his feet. He yelled something and pointed in the direction the scouts vanished, but Aydel shook her head. She was still clasping her arm, and with a snap of her wrist, a tornado of green leaves and white light picked her off the ground and swallowed her up.
Goxard shook with anger, then he too snapped his fingers and a swirl of black light and white X's swallowed him up too. After both were gone, Saruka saw the seven scouts, Jupiter still in Uranus' arms, appear back on stage and hurry her way.
Saruka smiled and laid back on her back. She was breathing heavily when the scouts kneeled by her. Neptune let the shield down and finally sound came back to her. Venus gave her a hug while she whispered comforting thoughts.
Saruka looked up, and Uranus and Neptune both let their uniforms fail back to their normal clothes.
"Great performance, kid." Amara said, patting her head.
"Amara, Michelle. You let her see your original form?" Mars asked.
"Of course. She's on our side, don't worry." Michelle said.
Sailor Moon nodded and she, too, let her uniform fail to her normal clothes. Saruka saw by Mina's arms that she too changed back.
"Come on, you guys." Serena said, while the other two changed back to their original clothes, "Lita's hurt. We gotta rush her to the hospital."
"I'll call an ambulance on my cell." Ami said. She got out her phone and dialed the number.
"But, she's still in her uniform…" Rei said.
"Here…" Saruka said weakly. She got to her knees, after a little struggle to get out of Mina's grip, and sat beside Lita. She cupped her hands over Lita's injury and whispered a simple chant. "Zenkai, bodi-tor, kikiireru." She said, then translated for the others, "Complete recovery of health, body treatment, granted."
Saruka felt her hands get warm and betrayed a blue light. She smiled as beneathed her hands she could feell the skin growing back and the body repairing itself 100x faster than normal. When she felt no more movement under her hands, the blue light faded and Saruka removed her hands from Lita's wound.
She heard Mina's gasp in her ear as the wound was displayed healed. Ami hung up her phone and walked over to Lita. "The ambulance is on its way anyway. I think Saruka and Lita should stay there for the night, just so we can have a professional opinion that they are ok."
"That was cool!" Serena said, still looking at the wound.
Lita's eyes opened slowly. She saw Serena's head over hers and, in a whirl of green light, returned to her normal clothes like the rest of them.
"Nicely done, kid." Amara said, "Hotaru taught you well."
"What? Hotaru taught you this?" Rei asked, "But she's a baby again… that makes no sense."
"It does, it's just a long story." Saruka said, laying back down.
"You can rest, then you can tell us it." Mina said, wiping her hand across Saruka's face. "I'm so glad you're ok."
Saruka smiled, "I really glad at least someone remembers our past."
Mina smiled and laughed. Amara and Michelle stood up and walked towards the exit.
"Where are you going?" Saruka asked, trying to get up.
"We're going to go outside and send the ambulance around back so they can get you guys here." Amara explained.
Michelle walked back and bent close to Saruka, "Don't worry, my princess. We will not leave you long." She got up again and left with Amara.
"They're so… distant." Ami said.
Saruka looked over to Lita. She was weak, but stronger then before. Saruka was glad she could help, and hoped Lita would be ok. When Lita's eyes met Saruka's, Lita smiled and gave her the thumbs up. Saruka smiled back.
