Chapter Twenty-Three
Crystal Saturn ran ahead of her mother and grandmother. She was itching for action and her Silence Glaive was at the ready. She was clinching it tightly and her teeth were grinding. She looked behind her and saw her mother, Hannah; her grandmother, Madelyn; and her grandmother's younger self, Madelyn."Gisselle, slow down!"
The girl whirled around, "No, Mom. I've heard what happened. It's time to set history right again."
Cosmic Saturn put a calming hand on her granddaughter's shoulder.
"We all want to do that Gisselle. But we won't accomplish anything by barging in headfirst."
Gisselle sighed but didn't argue. Truthfully, she wanted to see her great-grandmother. In this broken timeline, she had only seen pictures of her great-grandmother. If she could see her, even if just for a moment then she would weave her way through hell itself.
Elysian Saturn pushed back her red hair and struggled to keep up with her far healthier daughter. Hannah had inherited the weak Tomoe immune system. Her daughter Gisselle was the only Saturn Senshi that was healthy. She was known for abandoning her attacks and simply using her glaive to cut and slice her enemy to ribbons.
Hannah was not physical strong enough to slice through a youma although she could get her glaive to its jugular if given the chance. Her mother often said that, with her view of every Saturn Senshi, her great-grandmother, Hotaru was the bets by far, although Hannah was a close second.
Gisselle was still an amateur with her glaive for the most part. But she stormed forward with all the will and determination of a Senshi who had been born at the start of time itself. Hannah and both Madelyns followed. They had taken a window route as all the Saturn Senshi , whether healthy or not, were small.
Crystal Saturn smiled,
"Well, if it isn't the welcoming committee."
Elysian, Cosmic and Chibi Saturn soon saw what the last Senshi of Destruction was referring to.
An army of youma, perhaps ten in number, had flooded into the hallway. They looked like carbon copies of each other except that they varies in color, from black to a light grey. They all had the same basic shape, of a nude older woman with gargoyle wings.
The four Senshi held up their glaives.
"How dare you capture and torment my family, in the name of Saturn, I'll punish you!" Chibi Saturn cried.
"My guardian deity is the planet of Silence, I'm the soldier of death and rebirth, Cosmic Saturn."
"My guardian deity is also the planet of Silence, I'm the soldier of death and rebirth, Elysian Saturn."
"My guardian deity is the planet of Silence, I'm the final soldier of death and rebirth, Crystal Saturn."
The youma raced towards the four. Elysian Saturn held her glaive up.
"Elysian Still Safeguard!"
The youma bounced backward off Elysian Saturn's wall. Crystal Saturn ran forward and spun her glaive over her head, as a violet light overtook her whole body,
"Crystal Devastation Glaive Fall!"
Her blade turned deep violet and she slammed the blade towards the ground. A ray of deep violet light sent the youma backwards, killing those it was too near.
But the youma recovered too swiftly and headed forward again. This time, Crystal Saturn took care of them while her family readied attacks.
"Crystal Silence Barricade!"
The mark of Saturn burst from her glaive and a light violet light sprayed from it, shielding the group. It was Chibi Saturn that said,
"Together minna!"
The other three nodded. Crystal Saturn dismissed the wall and leapt back to stand with her family. She waited and then said,
"Now!"
All four raised their glaives, so the blades touched.
"Saturn Rebirth Glaive Apply!"
"Cosmic Dying Blade!"
"Elysian Ruin Glaive Employ!"
"Crystal Devastation Glaive Fall!"
The violet light overtook the entire room. In silence, the four blades fell.