For a full minute no one moved.
Then, Neo-Queen Serenity snapped. She would surely had leapt through the hole at the youma, had Endymion not restrained her,
"Release my daughter!"
The youma looked to Hiroshima. The woman gave her a half nod. The youma grinned, a grin that made the queen's blood freeze,
"As you wish."
With that, the youma removed her hands and sent Rini spiraling to the ground. The princess screamed,
"MOMMY! DADDY!"
"RINI!"
But as the queen tried to reach through the hole a shock of bright pain made her jump back.
"RINI! NO!"
Hiroshima gave a nod and her youma vanished.
As the Senshi watched, horrified, but unable to do a thing fast enough, the youma reappeared and caught Rini a mere inch before she hit the ground and lifted her back up again.
The Moon Princess let out a low groan,
"Oooo, and to think I used to wait in lines for rides like that."
Hiroshima disappeared and reappeared directly in front of Senshi and the royals, floating effortlessly. She had her barrier of power which prevented them from touching her. She moved directly in front of the King and Queen.
"Wish to change your answer?"
The queen looked at her daughter. The girl's pink hair had flown from her ponytails and now just trailed down her back. Her face was white and she looked a little woozy in her eyes. Tears filled the queen's eyes.
"Rini…"
"Nope," Hiroshima stopped the queen's hand with her force field. "Surrender your wands first." She turned to Serenity,
"I want your crystal."
"But-" Endymion shook his head and the queen recognized his look. This woman thought Serenity had the crystal but in actuality, when Rini had slipped into a coma the queen had slipped it around her daughter's neck, on a chain.
The outer Senshi and inner Senshi were at a loss. They didn't know what to do. They couldn't surrender their power… but their princess….
Everyone turned to Pluto. They noted that Chibi Pluto was absent but they truly needed Pluto right now, not her daughter.
But Setsuna had no idea what to do. This was not written in the time lines. But she did know one thing.
"Chibi Senshi leave us."
"I said I wanted their wands too!"
Setsuna held her hand out. The Chibi and original Senshi were shocked. Hotaru spoke,
"But Setsuna-mama…"
"Please don't Hotaru. Let me handle this."
The girl fell silent.
One by one, the Chibi Senshi gave the Guardian of Time their henshin wands. They were useless anyway. One by one, they filed out, determined to find Maggie. It wasn't like her not to be around. Something must have been up.
Pluto sighed, "We must save Small Lady."
One by one the original Senshi abandoned their pens and the queen surrendered her empty locket. Pluto gathered them all and tosses them skyward. Hiroshima grabbed them all gleefully. With a flash, they vanished from her hands and she began to hum with power.
"Yes! That's what I needed. That's what I wanted."
The queen's eyes were full of hate,
"Then you're done with my daughter."
"Oh, quite."
She nodded to her youma, a poisonous grin.
The youma spread her arms wide and dropped the princess.
"Not again!"
"No! Rini!"
Maggie was dumbfounded,
"I need your power to take me and the Chibi Senshi through time Grandfather."
"Such an act is taboo, child. Even for the soldiers of time."
"I know. But in this event it's necessary to protect our royal family and to save our future!"
"I am aware child."
"Please…the deities of Neptune and Uranus have already made their positions clear. I'm the sole Senshi with the access to such power."
"It is taboo…but, for my grandchild, I shall allow it."
A hum of maroon embraced Maggie's rod. She rose to her feet.
"Arigato."
"Go, Granddaughter! You must hurry or all this will be a lost cause."
"Maggie!"
The girl had just left the Gates of Time when the Chibi Senshi practically enveloped her.
"Hiroshima has-"
"NOT AGAIN!"
The group of young soldiers ran outside, faster than they would have thought possible.
"RINI!"
They saw their Princess falling, from a good four hundred feet. Maggie immediately said,
"Mina, gather close around me!"
The children did not bother to argue. The girl lifted her rod, chanting,
"Chronus, Grandfather, God of Time and Space. Open the doorway of time! Lead us to the Future!"
A pool of maroon rose from her talisman. The Chibi Senshi leapt upward with Maggie as Rini plunged into the top.
They vanished with a flash of light.