Chapter Five: Kidnapping a New Senshi
Demando kissed his wife goodbye and hurried off to the portal to Mercury. He arrived and ran up the grand staircase to the room that Ami and Saffir shared. He quietly opened the door and saw his brother's sleeping form under the blue quilt on the king and queen's bed. He smiled to himself and sat down in a cushioned chair in the corner of the room. His eyes slowly closed and he fell asleep.
He awoke upon hearing a struggle in the hallway outside the door. His eyes quickly darted to the empty bed in the room and he jumped up, grabbing the only heavy object in sight, the toilet plunger from the bathroom.
He flung open the door and saw Saffir cornered against the end of the hallway with Mamoru pointing a gun at him.
"Don't come any closer," said Mamoru without turning around.
Demando threw the plunger at Mamoru. He ducked and let it hit the wall.
"This is your weapon?" he sneered, picking it up.
"Let Saffir go," growled Demando.
"I'd be willing to let Saffir go, for a price," said Mamoru, smiling evilly.
"Name it."
"You," he said simply.
"No deal," came a voice from the stairs.
"Haruka!" exclaimed Demando. "What the heck are you doing here?"
"I came to save your butt, as usual," she responded. "Ten years ago, it was your wife's butt that I was saving, and now, I'm forced to save yours. I'm not even getting paid for this!"
"Yeah, welcome to the real world," muttered Demando.
"Neptune Deep Submerge!" yelled a new voice, hitting Mamoru with a blast of water. He shook it off and picked up the gun that had fallen from his hand. He held it to Saffir's head once again.
"Make one move," he said, pointing to Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, and Sailor Saturn, "And I swear that I'll do it," he said, gripping the trigger harder.
"Space Sword Blaster!" yelled Haruka, running at Mamoru with her talisman.
He dodged the attack and Haruka ran full speed into Saffir, plunging the sword into his heart. She dropped to the ground in shock at what she had done.
"Thanks a ton, Haruka. You've made my job a lot easier," laughed Mamoru, teleporting away.
"No," gasped Michiru, running over to Haruka. She looked at Saffir, painfully, and watched as the sword pushed itself out of Saffir and dropped at Haruka's feet.
"What have I done?" asked Haruka.
"Nothing," came another voice.
Haruka looked up. "Saffir?" she asked, looking at the spirit and the body of the man lying next to her.
"Yes. Haruka, you sent me on to a better place. Everyone's time comes, eventually. Mine just came earlier than everyone else's. Tell Ami, Myra and Kenna that I love them, and give Kenna her henshin brooch and Myra her henshin pen. Kenna is Sailor Crystal Mercury, and at age sixteen, she will be unable to fight. That's where Myra will take over as Sailor Crystal Mercury," he said, and his spirit and body faded away.
"Haruka," said Demando, gently touching her shoulder. "You heard what he said. Mamoru is undoubtedly on his way to Mars next, to try and kill Yuichiro. I want you to come with me. Michiru, give Myra and Kenna their pen and brooch. They're on Nemesis. Hotaru, I need you to go to the Moon Palace and stay with Chibiusa. Without me at home, Usagi will have to tend to the kingdom on her own, and that means that Chibiusa will be seeing a lot less of her mother. Lindsay and Luke have each other, but she doesn't feel like she fits in. That's why I need you to look after her," he said, giving each Sailor Soldier their assignment.
"Yes sir," said Hotaru, smiling to herself at her assignment.
"Yes, King Demando," said Michiru, using his full royal title. The two dashed off down the stairs and to the portal room.
"Haruka, come on. We have to get to Mars."
They dashed down the stairs after the other two senshi and teleported to Mars. They met up with Rei and Yuichiro and explained what Mamoru was up to.
"Haruka," said Rei. "I need you to enable the security system and go to the control room. You know what to do." Haruka nodded and dashed off.
"We can't leave you here, Yuichiro," said Demando. "He'll kill you like he did Stephan and Saffir."
"I have an idea!" yelled Haruka from the control room. The three adults heard her yell. "Disguise Power!" and she came out as an exact copy of Yuichiro.
"All of you," she said in her new voice and identity. "Will have to go to Nemesis with Ami and her children. I'll stay here and fight off Mamoru. I've also sent a message to Usagi, telling her to send Lindsay over here and also contact the Zodiac Senshi for help, as the Inners can't transform anymore."
"Good idea," said Rei. She dashed up the stairs to wake her children. She entered Kami and Merle's room and turned on the light. Merle sat up and looked around.
"What's going on, Mommy?" she asked.
"Merle, get your henshin brooch and some clothes on. We have to go."
"Is it Mamoru?"
"Yes, but don't tell your brother and sister."
Merle jumped out of bed and quickly put on a long red dress with silver sparkles on it. She slipped into a pair of shoes to match and Rei grabbed her brush. She quickly brushed out Merle's hair and tied it up into a ponytail, securing it with a red scrunchie. Merle admired herself in the mirror, noticing the likeness between her and her mother.
Rei woke up Kami next and pulled off her nightgown. She put a white and red dress on her youngest daughter and quickly brushed out the tired girl's hair. She picked up her daughter and watched as the girl fell asleep against her mother's shoulder. Merle had thrown two pairs of clothes each into a suitcase for them and grabbed Kami's shoes and her favorite stuffed animal, a bear that she had received for her fifth birthday and they hurried out of the room.
Rei deposited the sleeping child in her husband's arms and rushed back up the stairs to wake her son. She got to his room, but found that he was already awake and didn't need to wake him.
"Mom, I had another dream," he said as soon as she opened her mouth to ask how he knew to get up. She had forgotten that Samuru had inherited her powers to see the future. She began putting clothes and shoes into a suitcase for him and grabbed his henshin pen and handed it to him.
"Here," she said. "Just say Crystal Mars Power, and you'll be able to become Mars Knight, the male defender of Mars."
"So like a Sailor Senshi, right?" he asked.
"Exactly," she said, taking his hand in one of her hands and his suitcase in the other.
They hurried down the stairs and met Demando and the rest of their family.
"You have fifteen minutes to get out of here," said Haruka, still disguised as Yuichiro. "Go!"
The six of them ran for the launch pad and got into a capsule. They blasted off bound for Nemesis.
Meanwhile, on the Moon, Usagi had gone in to wake up Lindsay. She gently shook her daughter awake and pressed her henshin pen into her hand. Lindsay's eyes immediately flew open and she looked at her mother. Usagi nodded and Lindsay got dressed and flew toward the portal room. Before she left, Usagi leaned down and hugged her daughter. "I love you," she whispered. "Be careful," she added before Lindsay teleported away.
When she arrived, she heard struggling coming from the main hallway, and the sound of a man screaming. She rounded the corner and saw Yuichiro, pinned to the ground by Mamoru.
"Sun Flaming Arrow Target!" she yelled, allowing her attack to hit Mamoru and send him reeling back.
"Uranus Planet Power, Make Up!" yelled Haruka, transforming in front of an astonished Mamoru.
"Space Sword Blaster!" she yelled, trying again to kill him.
"Leo Majestic Daggers Emerge!" yelled Sailor Leo, rounding the corner and joining her attack with Sailor Uranus's.
Sailor Leo's five daggers in a star shape pinned Mamoru to the wall as Haruka lunged at him with her talisman.
At the last minute, he put up a shield and blocked her blow. She fell back against Sailor Virgo and Sailor Capricorn and groaned.
Mamoru got up and said, "I'll find Yuichiro, just you wait. But for now, I'll take this girl as ransom." He put his hand over Lindsay's mouth and the two disappeared.
Demando kissed his wife goodbye and hurried off to the portal to Mercury. He arrived and ran up the grand staircase to the room that Ami and Saffir shared. He quietly opened the door and saw his brother's sleeping form under the blue quilt on the king and queen's bed. He smiled to himself and sat down in a cushioned chair in the corner of the room. His eyes slowly closed and he fell asleep.
He awoke upon hearing a struggle in the hallway outside the door. His eyes quickly darted to the empty bed in the room and he jumped up, grabbing the only heavy object in sight, the toilet plunger from the bathroom.
He flung open the door and saw Saffir cornered against the end of the hallway with Mamoru pointing a gun at him.
"Don't come any closer," said Mamoru without turning around.
Demando threw the plunger at Mamoru. He ducked and let it hit the wall.
"This is your weapon?" he sneered, picking it up.
"Let Saffir go," growled Demando.
"I'd be willing to let Saffir go, for a price," said Mamoru, smiling evilly.
"Name it."
"You," he said simply.
"No deal," came a voice from the stairs.
"Haruka!" exclaimed Demando. "What the heck are you doing here?"
"I came to save your butt, as usual," she responded. "Ten years ago, it was your wife's butt that I was saving, and now, I'm forced to save yours. I'm not even getting paid for this!"
"Yeah, welcome to the real world," muttered Demando.
"Neptune Deep Submerge!" yelled a new voice, hitting Mamoru with a blast of water. He shook it off and picked up the gun that had fallen from his hand. He held it to Saffir's head once again.
"Make one move," he said, pointing to Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, and Sailor Saturn, "And I swear that I'll do it," he said, gripping the trigger harder.
"Space Sword Blaster!" yelled Haruka, running at Mamoru with her talisman.
He dodged the attack and Haruka ran full speed into Saffir, plunging the sword into his heart. She dropped to the ground in shock at what she had done.
"Thanks a ton, Haruka. You've made my job a lot easier," laughed Mamoru, teleporting away.
"No," gasped Michiru, running over to Haruka. She looked at Saffir, painfully, and watched as the sword pushed itself out of Saffir and dropped at Haruka's feet.
"What have I done?" asked Haruka.
"Nothing," came another voice.
Haruka looked up. "Saffir?" she asked, looking at the spirit and the body of the man lying next to her.
"Yes. Haruka, you sent me on to a better place. Everyone's time comes, eventually. Mine just came earlier than everyone else's. Tell Ami, Myra and Kenna that I love them, and give Kenna her henshin brooch and Myra her henshin pen. Kenna is Sailor Crystal Mercury, and at age sixteen, she will be unable to fight. That's where Myra will take over as Sailor Crystal Mercury," he said, and his spirit and body faded away.
"Haruka," said Demando, gently touching her shoulder. "You heard what he said. Mamoru is undoubtedly on his way to Mars next, to try and kill Yuichiro. I want you to come with me. Michiru, give Myra and Kenna their pen and brooch. They're on Nemesis. Hotaru, I need you to go to the Moon Palace and stay with Chibiusa. Without me at home, Usagi will have to tend to the kingdom on her own, and that means that Chibiusa will be seeing a lot less of her mother. Lindsay and Luke have each other, but she doesn't feel like she fits in. That's why I need you to look after her," he said, giving each Sailor Soldier their assignment.
"Yes sir," said Hotaru, smiling to herself at her assignment.
"Yes, King Demando," said Michiru, using his full royal title. The two dashed off down the stairs and to the portal room.
"Haruka, come on. We have to get to Mars."
They dashed down the stairs after the other two senshi and teleported to Mars. They met up with Rei and Yuichiro and explained what Mamoru was up to.
"Haruka," said Rei. "I need you to enable the security system and go to the control room. You know what to do." Haruka nodded and dashed off.
"We can't leave you here, Yuichiro," said Demando. "He'll kill you like he did Stephan and Saffir."
"I have an idea!" yelled Haruka from the control room. The three adults heard her yell. "Disguise Power!" and she came out as an exact copy of Yuichiro.
"All of you," she said in her new voice and identity. "Will have to go to Nemesis with Ami and her children. I'll stay here and fight off Mamoru. I've also sent a message to Usagi, telling her to send Lindsay over here and also contact the Zodiac Senshi for help, as the Inners can't transform anymore."
"Good idea," said Rei. She dashed up the stairs to wake her children. She entered Kami and Merle's room and turned on the light. Merle sat up and looked around.
"What's going on, Mommy?" she asked.
"Merle, get your henshin brooch and some clothes on. We have to go."
"Is it Mamoru?"
"Yes, but don't tell your brother and sister."
Merle jumped out of bed and quickly put on a long red dress with silver sparkles on it. She slipped into a pair of shoes to match and Rei grabbed her brush. She quickly brushed out Merle's hair and tied it up into a ponytail, securing it with a red scrunchie. Merle admired herself in the mirror, noticing the likeness between her and her mother.
Rei woke up Kami next and pulled off her nightgown. She put a white and red dress on her youngest daughter and quickly brushed out the tired girl's hair. She picked up her daughter and watched as the girl fell asleep against her mother's shoulder. Merle had thrown two pairs of clothes each into a suitcase for them and grabbed Kami's shoes and her favorite stuffed animal, a bear that she had received for her fifth birthday and they hurried out of the room.
Rei deposited the sleeping child in her husband's arms and rushed back up the stairs to wake her son. She got to his room, but found that he was already awake and didn't need to wake him.
"Mom, I had another dream," he said as soon as she opened her mouth to ask how he knew to get up. She had forgotten that Samuru had inherited her powers to see the future. She began putting clothes and shoes into a suitcase for him and grabbed his henshin pen and handed it to him.
"Here," she said. "Just say Crystal Mars Power, and you'll be able to become Mars Knight, the male defender of Mars."
"So like a Sailor Senshi, right?" he asked.
"Exactly," she said, taking his hand in one of her hands and his suitcase in the other.
They hurried down the stairs and met Demando and the rest of their family.
"You have fifteen minutes to get out of here," said Haruka, still disguised as Yuichiro. "Go!"
The six of them ran for the launch pad and got into a capsule. They blasted off bound for Nemesis.
Meanwhile, on the Moon, Usagi had gone in to wake up Lindsay. She gently shook her daughter awake and pressed her henshin pen into her hand. Lindsay's eyes immediately flew open and she looked at her mother. Usagi nodded and Lindsay got dressed and flew toward the portal room. Before she left, Usagi leaned down and hugged her daughter. "I love you," she whispered. "Be careful," she added before Lindsay teleported away.
When she arrived, she heard struggling coming from the main hallway, and the sound of a man screaming. She rounded the corner and saw Yuichiro, pinned to the ground by Mamoru.
"Sun Flaming Arrow Target!" she yelled, allowing her attack to hit Mamoru and send him reeling back.
"Uranus Planet Power, Make Up!" yelled Haruka, transforming in front of an astonished Mamoru.
"Space Sword Blaster!" she yelled, trying again to kill him.
"Leo Majestic Daggers Emerge!" yelled Sailor Leo, rounding the corner and joining her attack with Sailor Uranus's.
Sailor Leo's five daggers in a star shape pinned Mamoru to the wall as Haruka lunged at him with her talisman.
At the last minute, he put up a shield and blocked her blow. She fell back against Sailor Virgo and Sailor Capricorn and groaned.
Mamoru got up and said, "I'll find Yuichiro, just you wait. But for now, I'll take this girl as ransom." He put his hand over Lindsay's mouth and the two disappeared.
