Disclaimer: Sailor Moon is not mine, all new characters and plot are. Don't sue me.
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"Darling, are you sure it's safe to let Rini back into space so soon after the other attack? I'm worried about her." Queen Serenity asks King Endymion as they prepare to go see the crew off. King Endymion sighs, as this is all he has been hearing since Rini announced she was going with Ty to recover the Silver Shadow.
"Serena," he uses her old nickname to relax her a little. "You heard what Captain Tyrone said, the ship is still there, that probably means the other ship made a mistake in attacking it, and upon realizing their mistake left." Endymion knew Tyrone was keeping something to himself when he told them this, but he couldn't figure out what it was. Endymion knew better then to tell Serenity that. She never stopped worrying when it came to their only child. They both knew she could take care of herself. She proved that when she saved their kingdom by traveling to the past. The once again in her training as a Sailor Soldier. But both of them felt they missed out on a big part of her childhood, and so, they still tended to treat her like a child.
Serenity sighs, too wrapped up in her own worries to see the expression on her kings face. "I know, but I can't help feeling that we won't see her for a long time if we let her go now."
"Serenity you worry about her to much. This is only a three month journey, she'll be back before long. Besides she's 19 now, and old enough to know what she is doing."
Serenity looks up at him. "You're right. It's just do hard not to look at her like my little girl." She smiles, "We should go now if we want to say goodbye to her." She takes his arm, and the royal couple exits the palace together arm in arm, heading towards where the space ship will take off.
They arrive to a scene of what looks like total chaos, but is actually a very controlled and organized procedure. People run every which way on specific tasks. The King and Queen smile at the hectic going ons when they hear a voice calling them.
"Mom, Dad! I'm so glad you came." Rini runs up to them and gives them both hugs.
Serenity notices how happy her daughter is the sparkle in her eyes at the thought of flying again. She sighs thinking maybe this is what's best for her child. For the first time in a while Serenity thinks about what it is like to be young and be expected to act like a queen. She realizes that maybe this is a good thing for Reeni, if only she didn't have that feeling. Shaking the feeling of foreboding off she hugs her daughter back, then holds her at arm length and looks at her. "I'm not going to tell you to be careful, just come back to us." Serenity lets go of her.
Rini is surprised by her mother's depth of emotion. She looks at her father, then back at her mother. "Of course I will." She notices Tyrone approaching and grabs him, dragging him into the conversation. "Ty will make sure I come back in one piece."
Endymion notes the look on Tyrone's face as Rini grabs him, and realizes that Ty cares for his daughter. He has the basic fatherly reaction, growling, "He'd better take good care of you, or he'll answer to me!"
Tyrone looks at Endymion and becomes flushed as he figures out that Endymion noticed his reaction. He clears his throat nervously. "Uhm… I promise I will, your Highness." He turns to Rini, "Come on, it's time to board the ship, Take off is in twenty minutes." He turns and bows low to the King and Queen. "Your Highnesses." Then turns and walks toward the ship, disappearing in the crowds around it.
Rini watches him go, then turns back to her parents. She wonders at the sad expression on her mother's face, and the stern one on her father's. Shrugging it away she figures she'll never understand her parents. "Goodbye, mom, dad. I'll be back before you know it. With that she turns and runs after Tyrone, leaving the two figures, her mom leaning against her dad and him with his arm around her, standing there.
Rini climbs into the ship, which is much smaller than the Silver Shadow, with a crew of twenty. But the ship also holds the crew of the Silver, and enough people to help repair the damage. Which makes for a total of eighty people on the ship. She walks up to the Captains cockpit and takes her normal seat, next to the captains. Tyrone is the commanding officer while he is onboard, but once he switches ships; Captain Damian van Drussle takes over. Rini buckles herself in, and waits for the ship to take off.
Tyrone and Damian enter the cockpit and buckle themselves in as well. Ty flashes a smile at Rini as a voice comes in over the intercom. "Captain, 30 seconds to take off."
Tyrone answers, "Proceed Pilot."
The voice comes back. "15 seconds, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, take off!"
Rini grips her armrests as the ship rumbles and shakes. She feels the ship trying to break out of the gravity field and the sudden release of pressure once it does.
After the initial take off was over and they were in space Damian unbuckles and turns to Tyrone and Rini. "Another perfect take off, Captain, Princess. Feel free to go through out the…" Before he can finish the ship lurches suddenly, and the voice comes back on the intercom. "Captain," it sounds as though it doesn't believe itself. "I believe we are under attack!"
Ty and Rini's eyes grow wide. Rini exclaimed, "But how did they know so soon? Why didn't we detect a foreign ship in our space? Who is doing this? Why only the ships I am on board? How…"
Damian interrupts her. "Princess you must go in an escape pod back to Earth at once!"
Rini looks at him; "I most certainly will not abandon the ship. Ask Ty here, I am able to do anything on the ship and will stay and fight!"
Tyrone and Damian look at here astonished until a voice from behind Rini speaks up. "Small Lady, you will not stay here, but neither will you go back to your home."
Rini spins around and looks in shock, "Pluto! What are you doing here?"
"No time to explain my Princess. All I can tell you is that you are needed again in the past, as soon as possible. A new enemy with the power of time has arisen, and you must go now!" Pluto says as the stands with her time staff held straight in front of her.
"Why Pluto? Does it have something to do with the attacks on the ships?"
"Princess, please! I will explain later, I promise, but now you must go!" Rini stares the normally poised and confident Pluto is reduced almost to tears. She looks at Pluto, reaching a decision and nods. Pluto smiles in relief and holds out her time staff again. She points it at Rini and shouts, "Pluto Time Portal…. Transport!" A beam of dark purple light reaches out from the staff and envelops Rini.
Rini shudders as the cold beam surrounds her. Suddenly she feels as if she is being pulled forcefully apart, and at the same time feels as if she is flying. She tries to scream but nothing comes out. Her whole body has gone numb and the sensation flying was replaced by one of floating. Then just as suddenly as it began, it stopped and she felt herself hit the ground with a thud. Her last thought before passing out was, "Oh, I had forgotten how much it hurt to travel through time!" and then there was black.
Back on board the ship Tyrone and Damian had watched in shock as their Princess disappeared right before their eyes. Right before she was totally gone Tyrone screamed, "No, Rini!" Then he turns to Pluto. "What did you do with her! Bring her back!"
Pluto turns to the two Captains. "You don't understand, she has to go back, or there will be no Crystal Tokyo!"
Ty and Damian stare at her astonished. Damian comes to his senses first and notices the sounds of the battle, which had been taking place as all of this was going on, had stopped. He looks at Pluto, "Why did the other ship stop attacking?" Tyrone hears him ask, and starts as he notices it too.
"Because they know Rini is no longer on board."
"So I was right! Why did I allow her to come with me?" Ty succumbs to the guilt and sinks down into his chair. "I should have told the King, but no I had to let her come."
"Captain! Stop it. You could not have prevented her from coming and you know it. Right now you need to get back to Earth and tell the King and Queen what happened. I will come with you and try to explain the circumstances and why I sent Reeni back."
Pluto and Tyrone were escorted to the ships escape pods by Damian who was to confuse to question anything. As they were getting in he spoke up. "Tyrone, don't worry about the Shadow, I will take care of her and get her back to Earth for you."
Tyrone, who had completely forgotten about his ship (which was understandable considering what had just happened) looked back at his friend. "Thank you Damian." He then entered the pod, where Pluto was waiting for him.
The escape pods were small; each could only fit three people max. All they contained were seats, there was no need for navigational devices, as every pod is programmed to take the people in them straight back to Earth, in fact right to Crystal Tokyo. The escape pods are extremely fast, traveling at just over the speed of light. The one Tyrone and Pluto were traveling in would get them back to Earth in a little under an hour. (The ship had been traveling towards its destination since take off and during the battle had sped up, trying to avoid the other ship.)
Tyrone arrived back on Earth only 8 hours since he had taken off. An emergency crew greeted him and Pluto. As he got out he started yelling out orders. "Take us to the King and Queen, now! Tell her majesty I only can talk to them and the Sailor Soldiers!" As everyone stared at him in shock he barked out. "Now! This is a matter of Princess Rini's life!" At this everyone gasped in shock. Reeni was loved and treasured by everyone in the kingdom. People immediately ran to do his bidding.
Tyrone and Pluto were taken immediately to the private meeting quarters of the King and Queen. Tyrone noted as he entered that the Queen and King sat at the head of the table, with three Sailors on one side, Mars Mercury and Venus, and four on the other, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, and Jupiter. Everyone at the table paled at the sight of Pluto, who rarely left the Gates of Time, and only during the worst of crises.
Serenity rose from her chair, "Pluto what is going on? Where is my daughter?" Just as she started going into hysterics King Endymion reached up a hand to silence her. She collapsed back into her chair almost crying.
The Sailors and Tyrone stared at their Queen. They had not seen her act like this since they were young. Tyrone had never seen her like this. He immediately fell to one knee with his head bowed. "My Queen and King, I am so sorry. This is my fault. I have failed you."
All heads turned to look at him, most shocked again. The King stood up, "And what exactly is your fault? Will someone tell us what has happened to our daughter?"
"My King, I have sent your daughter back to the past. Her life is in grave danger here, and she is needed in the past to protect your past self, Serenity." Pluto stepped forward. "There is a new enemy Queen. One who seems to be able to see through time as I do. They are trying to change the flow of time. This worries me greatly. If they can create a paradox, we will all have never existed, and the universe itself will unravel." Finishing Pluto took a step back and looked at her fellow Sailors.
Serenity and Endymion plopped back into their chairs rather ungracefully. Serenity looks up at Pluto, tears in her eyes. "A new enemy, this one with the power of time. I thought we were done fighting. There haven't been any enemies since we defeated the Black Galaxy who had trapped the world in ice. If you believe it is best for Reeni to be in the past I will trust your judgment. However I request that someone go back with her to protect her. If these new enemies are that powerful I would feel better if someone was there with her from our time." Immediately all the inner Soldiers spoke up.
"My Queen, I will go, I am best suited to protect her!" Mars was the first to speak up.
"No, I am!" Mercury volunteered. Just as it looked as if a fight would break out a voice spoke up, louder than the others.
"No, the Soldiers must stay here to protect the kingdom. I will go." Tyrone was now standing looking straight up at the Queen. "You all have counterparts in the past, which could cause the paradox Pluto spoke of. I don't, so I will be safe from this complication. I will protect Reeni with my life. I know how important she is to our kingdom's future!"
Endymion rose slowly looking around. "Tyrone is right, he is really the only person able to go. I will trust him with my daughters life." Everyone looked as Pluto who stood showing no emotion, then Serenity.
Serenity looked at Tyrone, then nodded yes to Pluto. She has tears in her eyes as she said, "Yes, it shall be him. Please Tyrone bring Rini back safely." Pluto smiled when she heard this. She had known from the beginning that it must be Tyrone going back, but had been unsure if Serenity would agree.
Pluto looked at Tyrone. "Are you ready?" At his nod she raised her staff and shouted once again. "Pluto Time Portal…. Transport!" the ray of light shot out enveloping Tyrone. The room watched as he disappeared before their eyes. When he was completely gone, Endymion and Serenity looked at each other, both nervous and scared for their daughter and friend in the past.