Act 7
Ami lay awake in her bed. Her pillow was soaked with tears as more pain and images came inside her head. She tried to hold back the tears but means of seeing these frightening images that infested her mind made her cry. Her friends…her darling friends never meant to hurt her. They just misjudged. Pluto…her friend that had helped her the most is dead because of helping her. She sobbed more. The Queen had gone insane. Not only she had killed Pluto, but her own flesh and blood. Chibi-usa. Her last words were formed of an apology. Jupiter's, Venus', and Mars' deaths were unexplainable and cruel. The Queen might even kill everyone in Crystal Tokyo. Why does it matter to her? She herself alone has forsaken the people. And Ami had promised herself to never use her transformation wand ever again. She scrunched in a ball. Her eyes stopped shedding tears, but her heart felt heavy and mournful. Ami could still feel the firm yet comforting touch of that man. Was it Piccolo? Did it matter otherwise? He probably had no interest in romance, by the looks of it. However, she felt safe. Not…alone anymore. But, his ambulant charm had worked on her, and Ami had grown quite fond of him. Fondness wasn't a common word she used a lot for many reasons. Otherwise, it didn't matter to her.
She quickly glanced at the clock. It was a quarter past 1:oo What a wonderful time in the night for sleepless people. Ami climbed out of bed and went downstairs. The ticking of the clock motioned back and forth. Her footsteps pressed against the vinyl floor in the kitchen. No one appeared to be in sight, and she felt grateful for this. Ami couldn't face any of them… They probably thought she was a monster for what she did. Sadly enough, Ami was tormented by that horrible laugh. ''They're all gone… Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Chibi-usa…and Pluto.'' Ami whispered. ''Pluto…'' Her eyes welled again with tears, but she wiped them away with anger. Her hand clenched and she broke the glass. There was a huge cut in the middle of her hand, and Ami lifted her hand to her face and looked at it. Blood leaked onto the floor but she didn't care. Ami took up a sponge and wiped the floor clean. She stared at the sponge that was soaked of red.
''So very cold however valiant of misguided torments and sad deaths of thy innocent. Let the blood of the innocent become from the depths of hell and damnation, in hopes of getting winged of silver fleece. Let thee who are evil be tied down with the demons that have forever treachery and cruelness. Forever, will the forsaken one become indulged in battle? Or will live a life of fright and sadness?''
Ami blinked. Where had that voice come from? Was it a sign or… Did it matter? She ringed out the sponge that was covered in blood and rinsed out her cut. She picked up the pieces of glass with her right hand and dumped them in the trash. Ami looked at her left hand with disgust. She could feel someone watching her…and she dared to look behind her. Ami could see no one in the shadows. Her eyes squinted but found nothing. She became angry. ''Come out, you coward…'' Ami said, grabbing a knife from the case. Piccolo came out, and she sighed in relief. ''Oh it's you,'' ''You're not going to hurt anyone, are you?'' Piccolo asked. He had a query in his voice. She shook her head. ''No. I wouldn't. '' Piccolo crossed his arms. ''Your plagued aren't you? You're not even…human.'' Ami bit her lip. ''No. I didn't want to tell anyone. For fear of my safety. You would do the same thing if you had no way to defend yourself, and you were alone.'' Piccolo looked at her hand. ''You're obviously angry, because you broke that glass. And you said names of planets and people.'' Ami looked somewhat in denial. ''Where I came from is none of anyone's business but my own. Why do you care, anyway?''
He rolled his eyes in discriminate. ''I'm asking because I want to know. Not information for other's either.'' Ami shrugged. ''My story may be factual, but I can't tell anyone for I can't trust anyone. Besides Bulma, the one called Goten, and Trunks. And the one named Dende who healed me. Other than Goku, who is naïve in a way. Not sense of reality, but is innocent as a child. How very quaint. Though I find him very comforting and caring. He is a good man.''
Piccolo glared at her as she stepped past him. He, as before, grabbed her arm. ''Let me ask you one thing then.'' ''What?'' ''As one formal guardian to another. Where did you come from and who was your guardian? I must know,'' Ami snatched her arm from his reach. ''If you must know. Hermes…I'm from Mercury primly 2ooo years ago and from Crystal Tokyo from the 30th century. I take the form of an 18-year-old girl. Happy now?'' He nodded, and bowed. She took surprise in this, and walked out. She climbed into bed again. Her words were lost with kindness she hadn't felt for so long. But she figured she'd better get to sleep. Calm before the storm…
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The Queen looked at a body stung to a cross with wire. ''Poor…poor Neo Queen Serenity. Your only hope for the future kingdom has brought you nothing but pain.'' Neo Queen Serenity looked up. Her beautiful blue eyes filled with guilt and sorrow. ''You killed my friends and family…my husband…my daughter. Everyone! Why did you do it??'' The Fake queen took her true form. ''To make you suffer, and to make everyone suffer. I killed every person in your court except Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus. When they return, I will personally kill them before you. To see the tears of shame in your eyes will bring me joy!'' Neo Queen Serenity started to whimper. ''But first Queen! I must kill the last of the inner senshi.'' Neo Queen Serenity gasped in shock. ''NO! I beg of you! Don't kill Ami! PLEASE!'' The Evil walked up to Queen and slapped her across the face. ''SHUT up you bitch. I won't kill her right away. I'll kill her in front of you first. Then Saturn and the rest of those wrenched senshi!'' Neo Queen sobbed more at this. ''PLEASE DON'T KILL MERCURY, SATURN, URANUS AND NEPTUNE!'' The Evil shook its head. ''I can't do that Queen. For I should kill Saturn first. She is not only a revolutionary scout, she is a burden in our plans. She can destroy everything with her glaive, and I must get to her first.''
''Don't do this! Please! You've killed so many! ISN'T IT ENOUGH?! You're going to kill the last hopes for the future! YOU TOO will be tied down to hell! Your masters will no longer need use for you, and you'll DIE! Doesn't that mean anything to you?'' The Evil laughed its insane laugh. ''HA! My masters won't do such sort! They promised me not to kill me. And they won't!'' Neo Queen Serenity coughed up blood because of the toxic air that was in the room. ''You can't…'' Queen whispered. Evil laughed again ''Oh, but I can! I have power! Its beyond the Silver Crystal, Queen. Forever you too, will be damned. Let's hope that little wench Ami has enough power to even defend herself!''
Neo Queen hung her head again. 'Ami…where are you? We need you…I need you. My dearest friend… Queen cried silent tears, hoping that Ami would hear her cry for help.