well... i WAS hopping for at least 15 reviews before posting the
next chapter but... *sighs* i guess not many people like this
story anymore! *wails* but i'll continue it becaues _I_ like
it! *cackles*
Dislcaimer: i think you all know i don't own the characters, and
i'm not making any money off of them!
Senshi
Chapter Two
"Usagi! You're all right! Praise Aries! Don't you EVER scare me
like that again!" Rei yelled in relief running into the infirmary
and hugging her dear friend. Vegeta, Ami and Minako followed the
Martian in.
"It is good to see you too." Usagi squeaked out of her friend's
death grip.
"How is she?" Ami asked the attendant.
The attendant glanced down at a chart before replying, "a small
case of frost bite that we are treating and the chills with the
IV. Other than that she's perfectly healthy." He replied.
Goku was sitting on the second examination table leaning against
the wall and looking quite comfy.
"How's Goku?" Vegeta asked. Goku raised an eyebrow at Vegeta's
concern. "He needs to be at full par so we can get off this
frozen rock."
"He's completely healthy, I've never seen anyone do so well in
that kind of weather." The attendant responded.
Vegeta smirked. 'of course Goku did well, no Saiya-jinn ever
FROZE to death'. Vegeta thought arrogantly to himself.
Ami narrowed her eyes in suspicion at Vegeta. She had a thought
that they weren't your average hybrids as they had told her when
she had enquired about their tale. Vegeta was making it evident
with that smirk that Goku could have stayed out there with
no clothes on for a week and return with the only ailment
being his hunger.
"Princess Minako please report to the bridge with a patrol unit.
I repeat, Princess Minako please report to the bridge with
a patrol unit." A mechanical voice paged through the compound.
Minako sighed. "What could it be this time?" She looked up
at Goku. "You feeling up to par?" Goku nodded. "What about
you Vegeta? Be a patrol unit and actually be useful for once?"
Vegeta narrowed his eyes. "The princess asking for MY help?
Needing a man to rely on?"
Minako glowered. "Usagi is Goku's partner and she can't go
out in her condition."
"Vegeta, give it up and let's go." Goku shook his head.
"You didn't see the highness earlier, she was all over me in
the hallway earlier." Vegeta bragged.
Rei made a sound of disgust and stomped out of the room.
Minako slapped Vegeta before running after her friend. Usagi
sent a glare at Vegeta since she couldn't get off the table
because of the IV in her arm. Goku shook his head and gave his
friend a sad smile. "You have the worst luck with women. Now
let's get to the control room." He turned to Usagi. "Feel
better soon." He bent over and gave Usagi a small kiss on the
cheek. Usagi blushed and gave him a small smile as he and
Vegeta walked out of the door.
~~@~~
Minako was in the control room without Rei when Goku and Vegeta
entered. Minako sent Vegeta a serve glare before turning back
to the monitor. "what's wrong?" Goku asked standing behind the
much shorter princess.
"Our sensors have picked up some sort of droid on the scanners."
Minako informed them.
Goku cursed. "That Dark Kingdom probe Usagi was talking about
last night, I completely forgot." Goku slapped his forehead.
Vegeta rolled his eyes at his friend's forgetfulness. "We'll go
check it out." Vegeta snorted before stalking out of the control
room. Goku followed after a glance at the monitor to get an idea
where the probe was.
~~@~~
Vegeta growled at the probe that dared to try and shoot at him,
Prince of all Saiya-jinn's. "Damn Dark Kingdom Empire Probes."
Goku looked over at him. "You want to take it out?" He asked
laughing.
Vegeta snorted and stood up. The probe fired at him again.
Vegeta smirked as the ammo bounced off him harmlessly. "Damn
you Mechanical nuisances." He cursed before sending a ki blast
out to destroy it. Pieces littered the snow and Vegeta looked a
bit puzzled. "That wasn't even a strong blast."
"Must have had a self destruct mechanism, definitely smells like
a Dark Kingdom Probe. Guess they know we're here." Goku sighed.
Vegeta nodded and him and Goku headed back into the compound.
~~~@~~~
Endymion and Demando looked at the monitor in the bridge of
Endymion's personal Dark Kingdom Super Destroyer Ship. "It's
definitely a shield generator. Rather primitive." Demando
confirmed.
"That's the V-Rebels all right." Endymion smirked.
"But sir that could be a stray colony." The attendant spoke up.
Endymion shot him a deadly glare. "That IS the V-Rebels, also
where Usagi is located, and those rebels of Freiza." Endymion
told him forcefully.
"Yes sir." The attendant gulped.
"The probe was destroyed, more proof that is was the V-Rebels."
Demando spoke up.
Endymion smirked. "Demando, get Beryl on a communicator for me,
I must tell her of this latest discovery."
Demando bowed. "Yes milord." He walked off to Endymion's chambers
to prepare the hologram communicator.
~@~
"Very good Endymion, but is there another reason you would like to
find the V-Rebels?" Beryl asked.
Demando tried to keep himself from grimacing. It was rumored that
Beryl was once a beautiful young girl until one day she stumbled
upon evil itself. She was promised love in the form of Endymion,
power in the form of queen, and riches in the form of ruling the
universe if she would join its side. Beryl greedily agreed and
then became a twisted creature. Long red hair and glowing amber
eyes. Her skin was a sick yellow and hands turned to claws.
Small spikes came out from her shoulders. She was draped in a
purple cloth that passed as a dress and a small band of gold
encircled her head as her crown. Demando shuddered at the
thought of sleeping with her like Endymion did. Demando was the
only person that knew of Endymion's plan to kill of Beryl and
become the ruler of the Dark Kingdom. But something kept himfrom
completing that task and Demando had yet to find out what.
"No my queen." Endymion replied from his kneeling position.
His eyes were at the floor hiding his intent to find the girl
that ran across his dreams every night and though his mind
everyday.
"Another woman?" Beryl hissed.
"Of course not, you are my only love." Endymion replied in a
monotone voice.
Beryl appeared satisfied. "Find the base and destroy it, bring
me the girl Usagi, she has a peculiar power, one I have not sensed
in many years." Beryl ordered.
"Yes my queen." Endymion bowed once more before the
transmission ended.
"Come Demando, we have work to do." Endymion looked disgusted
with the queen as he walked out of the room. Demando nodded
and followed stealthily as always.
~~~@~~~
"Usagi are you sure you feel well enough to defend thecompound?"
Ami asked in concern of her long time friend.
"Yes Ami, I'll be fine, Rei will be there with me." She reminded.
"Was that supposed to make me feel better?" Ami asked.
"HEY!" Rei shot up from lacing her boots up. Ami and Usagi
giggled.
"VEGETA, TRY IT NOW!" The girls glanced up at the Dragonball
to see Goku and Vegeta still trying to fix the ship. The ship
rumbled and sparks flew up around Goku. "GAAAAAAAAAH! VEGETA!
TURN IT OFF! TURN IT OFF VEGETA!" Goku yelled.
They saw Vegeta laughing through the cockpit window. "Hurry it
up Goku! I don't want to be here when those Dark Kingdom Scum
arrive." He yelled up. Goku growled and lowered himself back
into the engine.
Usagi and Rei climbed into the cockpit of Usagi's fighter ship.
Fighters flew out of the bunker and foot soldiers were readying
the heavy artillery guns. Rei was fastening her harness and
glanced out to the Dragonball. Goku and Vegeta were both on
top know having an argument. Rei sighed and checked the systems
of the fighter. "You sure you are ready to pilot?" Rei asked.
Usagi smiled at her friend's concern for her. "Yes Rei, I spent
twenty hours in the infirmary. I'm in perfect health." Usagi
replied as the fighter rumbled to life. Usagi concentrated on
getting her ship out of the hanger.
~@~
Goku watched Usagi fly out and sighed. "Are you even paying ANY
attention to what I am saying?" Vegeta asked frustrated.
"Not a word." Goku replied smiling. Vegeta rolled his eyes.
"I'm pretty sure we are ready to get of this frozen wasteland.
Are we taking Ami with us?" Goku asked.
Vegeta shrugged. "I never know what any of those crazy women are
up to."
Goku jumped down from the ship and started to walk off. Vegeta
mumbled something and leaped off following. "Ami will be the
in control room with Minako." Goku told Vegeta as they walked
through the ice corridors. Soldiers ran around them preparing
the escaping convoys. They walked past a room where Minako was
giving orders so they stopped to see if Ami was in there.
"They first ship will leave in a ten minutes, the shield will be
down for one minute exactly. Then ten minutes later the second
one with go." Minako detailed.
"I'm not going up there! There are Destroyers up there!" One
soldier piped up.
"The V-cannon will fire several shots to clear the path." Minako
informed him. The soldier grumbled and leaned back.
Goku signaled to Vegeta and they continued on in their hunt for
Ami. She was in the control room watching monitors and chewing
on her bottom lip.
"Ami." Goku called.
She looked up from the monitor and turned to them. "Goku, Vegeta,
what are you two doing here?"
Goku walked briskly towards her. "We wanted to know if you were
coming with us or staying with the convoys."
Ami looked thoughtful for a moment. "I guess with you all, I am
not part of the rebels." She stood up to follow, but shot one
more glance at the monitor before following the two out.
~~@~~
General Nephrite was not happy. He commanded three of the best
Dark Kingdom Empire fleets in the whole galaxy. His main task
was to monitor all the trade routes of Freiza, not trample some
mangy rebel force. Granted, nothing was as fun as fighting, but
his job was easy with high pay. But Nephrite would never disobey
Endymion; he wasn't dumb.
Nephrite sighed and scratched his head, his ring finger snagging
in one of his brown curls in the process. He winced as he pulled
the finger out gently. Maybe he should take some of Zoicite's
advice and cut his hair... Nah.
"Nephrite, are you ready to move?"
Nephrite looked up at the hologram of the dark general. "I have
Snow Turtles on the planet and two of my fleets surrounding the
pitiful planet." He reported. "No one will get by us."
He smirked.
Endymion's eyes hardened. "Do not doubt these rebels, they
destroyed the Dark Moon Battle Station." He reminded.
Nephrite waved his had dismissing it. "That was then, this
is now."
The transmission ended. Nephrite looked out the window to see
if Endymion was still here. His Destroyer lurked in the distance
waiting to question all the captives taken. Nephrite's eyes
narrowed as he remembered a glimmer of the past. Endymion and
that princess of his... what was her name? Nephrite shrugged,
it wasn't that important anyways.
~~~@~~~
"Ammo, check. Triggers, check. Systems check." Rei mulled
over the computer as she checked the small fighter. "Engine,
check. Starter, check-"
"REI! You're making me nervous over here!" Usagi cried exasperated.
"Sorry Usagi, I just wanted to make sure everything is okay."
Usagi concentrated on the horizon. Dimly, she could make out
three giant snow turtles. The snow turtles were designed for
destroying by the Dark Kingdom. They were immune to all the
elements, pass through energy shields, and hold several troops
at a time. They were almost invincible. Almost.
"Hey, hey girls, ready for some playtime?" A voice teased over
the communicators.
"Motoki, are you ever serious?" Rei asked.
They could almost see him winking from the next ship. "That's
no fun!"
"Cover us, we've got a plan." Unimo cut off Motoki.
"Roger that." Usagi swung the small fighter in front of
Motoki's fighter. "Guns ready?" She called over her shoulder.
"Of course!" Rei cried firing one shot to prove her point.
The Snow Turtles started their fire on the small fighters.
They were going to take out the shield generators thus letting
the troops from Nephrite's fleet could land and invade the
undersized base.
Rei shot several shots to clear the path. The small fighter
easily caught up with the slow Turtles and Motoki put his plan
into action. Umino fired a cable at the Turtle and it attached
it's self to the leg. Usagi and Rei watched in wonderment as
Motoki flew around the legs of the Snow turtle and even pulled
a daring in between the legs stunt. Umino cut the cable at their
sixth time around. The cable had tightened and the Turtle
couldn't step forward any further. The legs started to overheat
and spark causing the Snow Turtle to loose it's balance and
crash to the snowy ground in a heap.
"Smart Motoki." Usagi congratulated.
"Thanks Usagi!" He laughed.
"Ready to take out another one?" Rei asked eyeing the other two.
"Hell yeah!" Motoki cried.
"Motoki! Watch out!" Usagi yelled. The second Snow Turtle
was determined not to go out without a fight and shot several
missiles at the small fighters. Motoki swung his fighter
around but didn't clear the path soon enough. The tail of
his fighter exploded and the small fighter crashed into the snow.
"MOTOKI! UMINO!" Rei screamed.
They dimly saw Motoki and Umino scramble out of the fighter
seconds before the ship burst in flames.
"Think you can shoot the cable?" Usagi asked over her shoulder.
"Of course!" Rei replied smugly.
Usagi zipped over the snowy wasteland to the second Turtle.
Rei aimed the cable and sent a silent prayer up to Aries as
she fired. The cable attached itself to one of the back legs.
Rei breathed in relief and Usagi began her tight circles
around the Turtle.
The shouted in elation as the Turtle fell to the ground.
~@~
"NOW!" Minako cried.
The V-Cannon rumbled slowly and fired five blasts into space.
The first two Convoys followed behind the blasts. Seconds
later the engines flashed a bright blue light before shooting
into Hyper Speed.
"Mission Successful" A mechanical voice chimed. Minako
breathed a huge sigh of relief.
BAM!
The whole base shook and trembled for a moment. "What the
hell?" Minako cursed.
"The Shield Generator has been hit! The shied is down!"
The General, a.k.a. Minako's father, yelled. "Everyone get
out of here!"
~@~
"That wasn't good" Goku commented as the lights stopped flickering
and the base stopped shuddering.
"Minako! She's still back there!" Ami cried turning around
in the hall.
"Woman! Get back here!" Vegeta demanded as Ami took off.
Vegeta mumbled a few streams of curses before following the
girl. Goku shrugged before following as well.
~~@~~
"DAMNIT!" Usagi cursed as the fighter crashed into the snow.
"Great landing Usagi." Rei cried sarcastically.
Usagi glared. "You try to land a fighter when your ass is
smoking!" She growled. Their fighter had suffered the same
fate as Motoki's.
Rei's eyes widened as she looked out the back window.
"Uh...Usagi, GET US OUT OF HERE!"
Usagi glanced behind her to see they were in the direct path of
the last Snow Turtle's giant feet.
Usagi pushed the release button that would undo their harnesses.
Nothing happened. 'Oh no.' she cried silently and banged
the button.
"Usagi... move a little faster!" Rei cried pulling at the harness.
Usagi pulled out her scepter and bashed the control pad.
"USAGI!"
"Lunar Sword!" Usagi cried out in desperation. The scepter
turned to a white energy scimitar. Usagi plunged the blade
into the small control pad, sparks flew up and the harnesses
loosened and fell off at the loss of power. Rei and Usagi
scrambled out of the fighter seconds before the foot of the
last Snow Turtle came down.
~~@~~
"Minako!" Ami cried. "What are you doing?"
Minako ran from computer to computer in the control room. "I
can't leave until everyone is safe and off this rock!"
"Women!" Vegeta rolled his eyes. He walked up to Minako and
picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. "Now, we're
getting you to your convoy." He told her.
"My convoy left, I told them to leave without me." Minako
informed him in a matter-of-fact voice.
"This isn't the time for your pride, I sense that Endymion
bastard!" Goku cried shoving them all out of the room. They
all sprinted down the hall; Minako was still over Vegeta's
shoulder yelling at him to put her down.
Endymion heard Minako's cry further down the hallway. He
motioned for the two troops behind him to follow.
Goku was the first to reach the empty hanger and dashed for
the ship with the others hot on his tail. Out of the corner of
his eye he saw Rei run in from the hanger door. "REI!" He
cried out.
Rei waved her hands. "Usagi is going to Pluto before meeting
up with the convoys." She called.
"Get on board!" He roared. He stopped at the ramp and ushered
Rei, Vegeta, and Ami on so he could close the ramp. An energy
bullet whizzed by his head. Goku glanced at the door to see
soldiers and Endymion.
"GO!" Goku cried to Vegeta. Vegeta dropped Minako on the
floor and ran to the control room. Goku came in seconds
later followed by Ami, Rei and Minako. Vegeta started the
engines while Goku slid into his seat.
Goku grabbed the controls and turned off the thrusters. The
ship rose a few feet before rocketed out of the hanger.
~~@~~
Usagi ran after the Snow Turtle taking her grappling gun off
her belt in the process. Rei had run off to find the Dragonball.
Usagi aimed the gun at the Turtle's belly and fired. The next
instant Usagi was in the air flying up the seventy feet to the
belly of the Turtle. She took out her scepter again a
muttered, "Lunar Sword." The energy scimitar cut through the
stomach of the mechanical beat like butter. Usagi put the
scepter back on her belt and grabbed two grenades. She pulled
the pins and threw them in the whole she had created.
She dropped the seventy feet and rolled out of the way as the
belly of the beast exploded and collapsed.
Usagi grinned before running off to find Rei and their ship.
~~@~~
Endymion watched the Dragonball fly out of the hanger. He
knew that Usagi wasn't aboard and he sighed. He turned
towards Demando.
"Usagi is no where in the base or in it's perimeter any more."
The silver hair man reported.
Endymion cursed. "Bring me that ship!" He ordered before
swooping out of the hanger, followed silently by Demando.
Endymion wanted that ship, they had to know where Usagi was.
~~~@~~~
To Be Continued...
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Usagi felt the burning again. The white light flashed and she saw another vision.
Van was fighting the dragon.
The tail came from above striking him through the head.
Blood leaked everywhere.
He fell dead.
"NOOOOO!" Usagi shrieked. Mamoru and Rei looked at her
puzzled. "I can't let him die!" She ran down the steps into
the clearing.
Van rolled to the side and stood up positioning himself for
another lunge. Usagi saw the tail above his head. "LOOK OUT
FROM ABOVE!" Usagi screamed.
Van threw himself backwards as the tail ripped through his
armor leaving him in his red shirt and kakis pants. The tail
struck the ground and Van jumped up on the tail and slid down
its belly with his sword in the soft underbelly. The dragon
reared up in pain and roared. Van ran around and struck the
dragon in the fire sac. Blood flowed out soaking Van in the
green blood. The dragon gave one last roar and fell dead to
the ground.
Van wiped his face of blood before cutting into the fire sac.
A red glowing object was nestled in the warm flesh. Van took
it out and smirked. "Gotcha." He whispered clutching the
stone. The dragon started to degenerate into the air. The
blood on van steamed up into the air.
"Um..." Usagi started and walked towards him slowly. "Are-are you
all right?" She asked looking at him with large blue eyes.
Van turned to her and looked at her scornfully. "I suppose you
want a reward."
Usagi looked confused.
"Fine. I will take you back to my castle, just don't get to
cocky, you didn't save me, in fact, you didn't even help me."
He bit sticking his nose in the air.
Usagi cried out in frustration.
SLAP!
"What is WRONG with you?" She cried. "Why are you acting so
high and mighty? I don't want any reward! I just- I just didn't
want you to die! When I saw that vision- I was SCARED! Really
scared! And I didn't want it to come true!" Usagi cried
shuddering. Tears leaked out of her eyes and down her cheeks.
Van looked guilty for yelling at her. He was about to tell her
'sorry' when the energist started to glow. They both looked at it
puzzled. Then the white light reappeared surrounding them both.
Usagi cried out in shock.
"USAGI!" Mamoru cried running down the steps.
"Mamoru!" She shrieked reaching out to him.
Van and Usagi were lifted into the air. "USAGI! NOO!" He
cried reaching up to her. The pendant slipped out of his fingers
and into Usagi's. The light grew brighter and then Van and Usagi
shot up into the air.
"USAAGIIIIII!" Mamoru cried defeated.
"Usagi! NO!" Rei cried running up to Mamoru. 'Princess...' she
though dimly as her blue eyes flashed through her mind. 'I have
failed to protect you again.'
~@~
Now time for my infamous thanks korner!
babyserenity: awww... i wuv you too! *giggles* chat with you
later!
themoonmaiden: i personally LIKE demando as a good guy! i'm glad
you do too! more romance between those two will happen later!
Kochou-hime: i know what you mena about a lack of good fiction, i
think it's because everyone keeps using the same ideas over and over
again!
Callisto star: don't worry, i don't mind you guessing my ideas, it
means someone is actually paying attention! yay!! *gigggles* well
Makoto should be popping up in the next chapter, as well as Pluto!
maybe Haruka and Michiru!
dragon-chan: i'd lend you mine but my VCR ATE Return of the Jedi!
Ate it! Just like that! *wails* oh well...
Seeking Serenity: how's the hunting of endy no baka going? *giggles*
I hope you like this chapter too! you might want this too! *hands
over a stash of Pokemon tapes* you can throw them at his head and
cause HUGE welts!
JA minna!
Review PLEEEEEAAAASSSSEE!
~LizBethy
next chapter but... *sighs* i guess not many people like this
story anymore! *wails* but i'll continue it becaues _I_ like
it! *cackles*
Dislcaimer: i think you all know i don't own the characters, and
i'm not making any money off of them!
Senshi
Chapter Two
"Usagi! You're all right! Praise Aries! Don't you EVER scare me
like that again!" Rei yelled in relief running into the infirmary
and hugging her dear friend. Vegeta, Ami and Minako followed the
Martian in.
"It is good to see you too." Usagi squeaked out of her friend's
death grip.
"How is she?" Ami asked the attendant.
The attendant glanced down at a chart before replying, "a small
case of frost bite that we are treating and the chills with the
IV. Other than that she's perfectly healthy." He replied.
Goku was sitting on the second examination table leaning against
the wall and looking quite comfy.
"How's Goku?" Vegeta asked. Goku raised an eyebrow at Vegeta's
concern. "He needs to be at full par so we can get off this
frozen rock."
"He's completely healthy, I've never seen anyone do so well in
that kind of weather." The attendant responded.
Vegeta smirked. 'of course Goku did well, no Saiya-jinn ever
FROZE to death'. Vegeta thought arrogantly to himself.
Ami narrowed her eyes in suspicion at Vegeta. She had a thought
that they weren't your average hybrids as they had told her when
she had enquired about their tale. Vegeta was making it evident
with that smirk that Goku could have stayed out there with
no clothes on for a week and return with the only ailment
being his hunger.
"Princess Minako please report to the bridge with a patrol unit.
I repeat, Princess Minako please report to the bridge with
a patrol unit." A mechanical voice paged through the compound.
Minako sighed. "What could it be this time?" She looked up
at Goku. "You feeling up to par?" Goku nodded. "What about
you Vegeta? Be a patrol unit and actually be useful for once?"
Vegeta narrowed his eyes. "The princess asking for MY help?
Needing a man to rely on?"
Minako glowered. "Usagi is Goku's partner and she can't go
out in her condition."
"Vegeta, give it up and let's go." Goku shook his head.
"You didn't see the highness earlier, she was all over me in
the hallway earlier." Vegeta bragged.
Rei made a sound of disgust and stomped out of the room.
Minako slapped Vegeta before running after her friend. Usagi
sent a glare at Vegeta since she couldn't get off the table
because of the IV in her arm. Goku shook his head and gave his
friend a sad smile. "You have the worst luck with women. Now
let's get to the control room." He turned to Usagi. "Feel
better soon." He bent over and gave Usagi a small kiss on the
cheek. Usagi blushed and gave him a small smile as he and
Vegeta walked out of the door.
~~@~~
Minako was in the control room without Rei when Goku and Vegeta
entered. Minako sent Vegeta a serve glare before turning back
to the monitor. "what's wrong?" Goku asked standing behind the
much shorter princess.
"Our sensors have picked up some sort of droid on the scanners."
Minako informed them.
Goku cursed. "That Dark Kingdom probe Usagi was talking about
last night, I completely forgot." Goku slapped his forehead.
Vegeta rolled his eyes at his friend's forgetfulness. "We'll go
check it out." Vegeta snorted before stalking out of the control
room. Goku followed after a glance at the monitor to get an idea
where the probe was.
~~@~~
Vegeta growled at the probe that dared to try and shoot at him,
Prince of all Saiya-jinn's. "Damn Dark Kingdom Empire Probes."
Goku looked over at him. "You want to take it out?" He asked
laughing.
Vegeta snorted and stood up. The probe fired at him again.
Vegeta smirked as the ammo bounced off him harmlessly. "Damn
you Mechanical nuisances." He cursed before sending a ki blast
out to destroy it. Pieces littered the snow and Vegeta looked a
bit puzzled. "That wasn't even a strong blast."
"Must have had a self destruct mechanism, definitely smells like
a Dark Kingdom Probe. Guess they know we're here." Goku sighed.
Vegeta nodded and him and Goku headed back into the compound.
~~~@~~~
Endymion and Demando looked at the monitor in the bridge of
Endymion's personal Dark Kingdom Super Destroyer Ship. "It's
definitely a shield generator. Rather primitive." Demando
confirmed.
"That's the V-Rebels all right." Endymion smirked.
"But sir that could be a stray colony." The attendant spoke up.
Endymion shot him a deadly glare. "That IS the V-Rebels, also
where Usagi is located, and those rebels of Freiza." Endymion
told him forcefully.
"Yes sir." The attendant gulped.
"The probe was destroyed, more proof that is was the V-Rebels."
Demando spoke up.
Endymion smirked. "Demando, get Beryl on a communicator for me,
I must tell her of this latest discovery."
Demando bowed. "Yes milord." He walked off to Endymion's chambers
to prepare the hologram communicator.
~@~
"Very good Endymion, but is there another reason you would like to
find the V-Rebels?" Beryl asked.
Demando tried to keep himself from grimacing. It was rumored that
Beryl was once a beautiful young girl until one day she stumbled
upon evil itself. She was promised love in the form of Endymion,
power in the form of queen, and riches in the form of ruling the
universe if she would join its side. Beryl greedily agreed and
then became a twisted creature. Long red hair and glowing amber
eyes. Her skin was a sick yellow and hands turned to claws.
Small spikes came out from her shoulders. She was draped in a
purple cloth that passed as a dress and a small band of gold
encircled her head as her crown. Demando shuddered at the
thought of sleeping with her like Endymion did. Demando was the
only person that knew of Endymion's plan to kill of Beryl and
become the ruler of the Dark Kingdom. But something kept himfrom
completing that task and Demando had yet to find out what.
"No my queen." Endymion replied from his kneeling position.
His eyes were at the floor hiding his intent to find the girl
that ran across his dreams every night and though his mind
everyday.
"Another woman?" Beryl hissed.
"Of course not, you are my only love." Endymion replied in a
monotone voice.
Beryl appeared satisfied. "Find the base and destroy it, bring
me the girl Usagi, she has a peculiar power, one I have not sensed
in many years." Beryl ordered.
"Yes my queen." Endymion bowed once more before the
transmission ended.
"Come Demando, we have work to do." Endymion looked disgusted
with the queen as he walked out of the room. Demando nodded
and followed stealthily as always.
~~~@~~~
"Usagi are you sure you feel well enough to defend thecompound?"
Ami asked in concern of her long time friend.
"Yes Ami, I'll be fine, Rei will be there with me." She reminded.
"Was that supposed to make me feel better?" Ami asked.
"HEY!" Rei shot up from lacing her boots up. Ami and Usagi
giggled.
"VEGETA, TRY IT NOW!" The girls glanced up at the Dragonball
to see Goku and Vegeta still trying to fix the ship. The ship
rumbled and sparks flew up around Goku. "GAAAAAAAAAH! VEGETA!
TURN IT OFF! TURN IT OFF VEGETA!" Goku yelled.
They saw Vegeta laughing through the cockpit window. "Hurry it
up Goku! I don't want to be here when those Dark Kingdom Scum
arrive." He yelled up. Goku growled and lowered himself back
into the engine.
Usagi and Rei climbed into the cockpit of Usagi's fighter ship.
Fighters flew out of the bunker and foot soldiers were readying
the heavy artillery guns. Rei was fastening her harness and
glanced out to the Dragonball. Goku and Vegeta were both on
top know having an argument. Rei sighed and checked the systems
of the fighter. "You sure you are ready to pilot?" Rei asked.
Usagi smiled at her friend's concern for her. "Yes Rei, I spent
twenty hours in the infirmary. I'm in perfect health." Usagi
replied as the fighter rumbled to life. Usagi concentrated on
getting her ship out of the hanger.
~@~
Goku watched Usagi fly out and sighed. "Are you even paying ANY
attention to what I am saying?" Vegeta asked frustrated.
"Not a word." Goku replied smiling. Vegeta rolled his eyes.
"I'm pretty sure we are ready to get of this frozen wasteland.
Are we taking Ami with us?" Goku asked.
Vegeta shrugged. "I never know what any of those crazy women are
up to."
Goku jumped down from the ship and started to walk off. Vegeta
mumbled something and leaped off following. "Ami will be the
in control room with Minako." Goku told Vegeta as they walked
through the ice corridors. Soldiers ran around them preparing
the escaping convoys. They walked past a room where Minako was
giving orders so they stopped to see if Ami was in there.
"They first ship will leave in a ten minutes, the shield will be
down for one minute exactly. Then ten minutes later the second
one with go." Minako detailed.
"I'm not going up there! There are Destroyers up there!" One
soldier piped up.
"The V-cannon will fire several shots to clear the path." Minako
informed him. The soldier grumbled and leaned back.
Goku signaled to Vegeta and they continued on in their hunt for
Ami. She was in the control room watching monitors and chewing
on her bottom lip.
"Ami." Goku called.
She looked up from the monitor and turned to them. "Goku, Vegeta,
what are you two doing here?"
Goku walked briskly towards her. "We wanted to know if you were
coming with us or staying with the convoys."
Ami looked thoughtful for a moment. "I guess with you all, I am
not part of the rebels." She stood up to follow, but shot one
more glance at the monitor before following the two out.
~~@~~
General Nephrite was not happy. He commanded three of the best
Dark Kingdom Empire fleets in the whole galaxy. His main task
was to monitor all the trade routes of Freiza, not trample some
mangy rebel force. Granted, nothing was as fun as fighting, but
his job was easy with high pay. But Nephrite would never disobey
Endymion; he wasn't dumb.
Nephrite sighed and scratched his head, his ring finger snagging
in one of his brown curls in the process. He winced as he pulled
the finger out gently. Maybe he should take some of Zoicite's
advice and cut his hair... Nah.
"Nephrite, are you ready to move?"
Nephrite looked up at the hologram of the dark general. "I have
Snow Turtles on the planet and two of my fleets surrounding the
pitiful planet." He reported. "No one will get by us."
He smirked.
Endymion's eyes hardened. "Do not doubt these rebels, they
destroyed the Dark Moon Battle Station." He reminded.
Nephrite waved his had dismissing it. "That was then, this
is now."
The transmission ended. Nephrite looked out the window to see
if Endymion was still here. His Destroyer lurked in the distance
waiting to question all the captives taken. Nephrite's eyes
narrowed as he remembered a glimmer of the past. Endymion and
that princess of his... what was her name? Nephrite shrugged,
it wasn't that important anyways.
~~~@~~~
"Ammo, check. Triggers, check. Systems check." Rei mulled
over the computer as she checked the small fighter. "Engine,
check. Starter, check-"
"REI! You're making me nervous over here!" Usagi cried exasperated.
"Sorry Usagi, I just wanted to make sure everything is okay."
Usagi concentrated on the horizon. Dimly, she could make out
three giant snow turtles. The snow turtles were designed for
destroying by the Dark Kingdom. They were immune to all the
elements, pass through energy shields, and hold several troops
at a time. They were almost invincible. Almost.
"Hey, hey girls, ready for some playtime?" A voice teased over
the communicators.
"Motoki, are you ever serious?" Rei asked.
They could almost see him winking from the next ship. "That's
no fun!"
"Cover us, we've got a plan." Unimo cut off Motoki.
"Roger that." Usagi swung the small fighter in front of
Motoki's fighter. "Guns ready?" She called over her shoulder.
"Of course!" Rei cried firing one shot to prove her point.
The Snow Turtles started their fire on the small fighters.
They were going to take out the shield generators thus letting
the troops from Nephrite's fleet could land and invade the
undersized base.
Rei shot several shots to clear the path. The small fighter
easily caught up with the slow Turtles and Motoki put his plan
into action. Umino fired a cable at the Turtle and it attached
it's self to the leg. Usagi and Rei watched in wonderment as
Motoki flew around the legs of the Snow turtle and even pulled
a daring in between the legs stunt. Umino cut the cable at their
sixth time around. The cable had tightened and the Turtle
couldn't step forward any further. The legs started to overheat
and spark causing the Snow Turtle to loose it's balance and
crash to the snowy ground in a heap.
"Smart Motoki." Usagi congratulated.
"Thanks Usagi!" He laughed.
"Ready to take out another one?" Rei asked eyeing the other two.
"Hell yeah!" Motoki cried.
"Motoki! Watch out!" Usagi yelled. The second Snow Turtle
was determined not to go out without a fight and shot several
missiles at the small fighters. Motoki swung his fighter
around but didn't clear the path soon enough. The tail of
his fighter exploded and the small fighter crashed into the snow.
"MOTOKI! UMINO!" Rei screamed.
They dimly saw Motoki and Umino scramble out of the fighter
seconds before the ship burst in flames.
"Think you can shoot the cable?" Usagi asked over her shoulder.
"Of course!" Rei replied smugly.
Usagi zipped over the snowy wasteland to the second Turtle.
Rei aimed the cable and sent a silent prayer up to Aries as
she fired. The cable attached itself to one of the back legs.
Rei breathed in relief and Usagi began her tight circles
around the Turtle.
The shouted in elation as the Turtle fell to the ground.
~@~
"NOW!" Minako cried.
The V-Cannon rumbled slowly and fired five blasts into space.
The first two Convoys followed behind the blasts. Seconds
later the engines flashed a bright blue light before shooting
into Hyper Speed.
"Mission Successful" A mechanical voice chimed. Minako
breathed a huge sigh of relief.
BAM!
The whole base shook and trembled for a moment. "What the
hell?" Minako cursed.
"The Shield Generator has been hit! The shied is down!"
The General, a.k.a. Minako's father, yelled. "Everyone get
out of here!"
~@~
"That wasn't good" Goku commented as the lights stopped flickering
and the base stopped shuddering.
"Minako! She's still back there!" Ami cried turning around
in the hall.
"Woman! Get back here!" Vegeta demanded as Ami took off.
Vegeta mumbled a few streams of curses before following the
girl. Goku shrugged before following as well.
~~@~~
"DAMNIT!" Usagi cursed as the fighter crashed into the snow.
"Great landing Usagi." Rei cried sarcastically.
Usagi glared. "You try to land a fighter when your ass is
smoking!" She growled. Their fighter had suffered the same
fate as Motoki's.
Rei's eyes widened as she looked out the back window.
"Uh...Usagi, GET US OUT OF HERE!"
Usagi glanced behind her to see they were in the direct path of
the last Snow Turtle's giant feet.
Usagi pushed the release button that would undo their harnesses.
Nothing happened. 'Oh no.' she cried silently and banged
the button.
"Usagi... move a little faster!" Rei cried pulling at the harness.
Usagi pulled out her scepter and bashed the control pad.
"USAGI!"
"Lunar Sword!" Usagi cried out in desperation. The scepter
turned to a white energy scimitar. Usagi plunged the blade
into the small control pad, sparks flew up and the harnesses
loosened and fell off at the loss of power. Rei and Usagi
scrambled out of the fighter seconds before the foot of the
last Snow Turtle came down.
~~@~~
"Minako!" Ami cried. "What are you doing?"
Minako ran from computer to computer in the control room. "I
can't leave until everyone is safe and off this rock!"
"Women!" Vegeta rolled his eyes. He walked up to Minako and
picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. "Now, we're
getting you to your convoy." He told her.
"My convoy left, I told them to leave without me." Minako
informed him in a matter-of-fact voice.
"This isn't the time for your pride, I sense that Endymion
bastard!" Goku cried shoving them all out of the room. They
all sprinted down the hall; Minako was still over Vegeta's
shoulder yelling at him to put her down.
Endymion heard Minako's cry further down the hallway. He
motioned for the two troops behind him to follow.
Goku was the first to reach the empty hanger and dashed for
the ship with the others hot on his tail. Out of the corner of
his eye he saw Rei run in from the hanger door. "REI!" He
cried out.
Rei waved her hands. "Usagi is going to Pluto before meeting
up with the convoys." She called.
"Get on board!" He roared. He stopped at the ramp and ushered
Rei, Vegeta, and Ami on so he could close the ramp. An energy
bullet whizzed by his head. Goku glanced at the door to see
soldiers and Endymion.
"GO!" Goku cried to Vegeta. Vegeta dropped Minako on the
floor and ran to the control room. Goku came in seconds
later followed by Ami, Rei and Minako. Vegeta started the
engines while Goku slid into his seat.
Goku grabbed the controls and turned off the thrusters. The
ship rose a few feet before rocketed out of the hanger.
~~@~~
Usagi ran after the Snow Turtle taking her grappling gun off
her belt in the process. Rei had run off to find the Dragonball.
Usagi aimed the gun at the Turtle's belly and fired. The next
instant Usagi was in the air flying up the seventy feet to the
belly of the Turtle. She took out her scepter again a
muttered, "Lunar Sword." The energy scimitar cut through the
stomach of the mechanical beat like butter. Usagi put the
scepter back on her belt and grabbed two grenades. She pulled
the pins and threw them in the whole she had created.
She dropped the seventy feet and rolled out of the way as the
belly of the beast exploded and collapsed.
Usagi grinned before running off to find Rei and their ship.
~~@~~
Endymion watched the Dragonball fly out of the hanger. He
knew that Usagi wasn't aboard and he sighed. He turned
towards Demando.
"Usagi is no where in the base or in it's perimeter any more."
The silver hair man reported.
Endymion cursed. "Bring me that ship!" He ordered before
swooping out of the hanger, followed silently by Demando.
Endymion wanted that ship, they had to know where Usagi was.
~~~@~~~
To Be Continued...
HURRAY!
allrighty then! previews! err, preview... A new story I'm writing
and hopefully a good one!
Usagi felt the burning again. The white light flashed and she saw another vision.
Van was fighting the dragon.
The tail came from above striking him through the head.
Blood leaked everywhere.
He fell dead.
"NOOOOO!" Usagi shrieked. Mamoru and Rei looked at her
puzzled. "I can't let him die!" She ran down the steps into
the clearing.
Van rolled to the side and stood up positioning himself for
another lunge. Usagi saw the tail above his head. "LOOK OUT
FROM ABOVE!" Usagi screamed.
Van threw himself backwards as the tail ripped through his
armor leaving him in his red shirt and kakis pants. The tail
struck the ground and Van jumped up on the tail and slid down
its belly with his sword in the soft underbelly. The dragon
reared up in pain and roared. Van ran around and struck the
dragon in the fire sac. Blood flowed out soaking Van in the
green blood. The dragon gave one last roar and fell dead to
the ground.
Van wiped his face of blood before cutting into the fire sac.
A red glowing object was nestled in the warm flesh. Van took
it out and smirked. "Gotcha." He whispered clutching the
stone. The dragon started to degenerate into the air. The
blood on van steamed up into the air.
"Um..." Usagi started and walked towards him slowly. "Are-are you
all right?" She asked looking at him with large blue eyes.
Van turned to her and looked at her scornfully. "I suppose you
want a reward."
Usagi looked confused.
"Fine. I will take you back to my castle, just don't get to
cocky, you didn't save me, in fact, you didn't even help me."
He bit sticking his nose in the air.
Usagi cried out in frustration.
SLAP!
"What is WRONG with you?" She cried. "Why are you acting so
high and mighty? I don't want any reward! I just- I just didn't
want you to die! When I saw that vision- I was SCARED! Really
scared! And I didn't want it to come true!" Usagi cried
shuddering. Tears leaked out of her eyes and down her cheeks.
Van looked guilty for yelling at her. He was about to tell her
'sorry' when the energist started to glow. They both looked at it
puzzled. Then the white light reappeared surrounding them both.
Usagi cried out in shock.
"USAGI!" Mamoru cried running down the steps.
"Mamoru!" She shrieked reaching out to him.
Van and Usagi were lifted into the air. "USAGI! NOO!" He
cried reaching up to her. The pendant slipped out of his fingers
and into Usagi's. The light grew brighter and then Van and Usagi
shot up into the air.
"USAAGIIIIII!" Mamoru cried defeated.
"Usagi! NO!" Rei cried running up to Mamoru. 'Princess...' she
though dimly as her blue eyes flashed through her mind. 'I have
failed to protect you again.'
~@~
Now time for my infamous thanks korner!
babyserenity: awww... i wuv you too! *giggles* chat with you
later!
themoonmaiden: i personally LIKE demando as a good guy! i'm glad
you do too! more romance between those two will happen later!
Kochou-hime: i know what you mena about a lack of good fiction, i
think it's because everyone keeps using the same ideas over and over
again!
Callisto star: don't worry, i don't mind you guessing my ideas, it
means someone is actually paying attention! yay!! *gigggles* well
Makoto should be popping up in the next chapter, as well as Pluto!
maybe Haruka and Michiru!
dragon-chan: i'd lend you mine but my VCR ATE Return of the Jedi!
Ate it! Just like that! *wails* oh well...
Seeking Serenity: how's the hunting of endy no baka going? *giggles*
I hope you like this chapter too! you might want this too! *hands
over a stash of Pokemon tapes* you can throw them at his head and
cause HUGE welts!
JA minna!
Review PLEEEEEAAAASSSSEE!
~LizBethy