A/N: There's an interval of about a month and a half here. The Dark Mother
and her children have been very busy planning and waiting for the chaos
seeds to mature. Melani isn't as fast in space as the mysterious man, so
she hasn't arrived at her destination yet. As for the mysterious man, he's
busy establishing an identity and trying to locate certain people.
Third Time Around
Chapter 4
10/15/2030
1:00 PM
'This is boring.' Sarah thought, as her teacher droned on and on and on with no end in site. The excitement of her recent birthday had long worn off; being Sailor Moon hadn't affected her life that much. All in all she was beginning to wonder if something interesting was ever going to happen.
~*~
"Dr. Stone?" A striking woman in her fifties, with dark green hair entered the room. "Hello, I'm Dr. Prisma Chandra."
"Hello, Dr. Chandra." The young, golden haired man said.
"So you'll be working on Ellen Olsen?" Dr. Chandra said. "I don't think that's wise. You have read her file, haven't you?"
"Yes, I have a new treatment that might help in her case." Dr. Stone said.
"I didn't know that anyone had advanced that far in telepathic suppression." Dr. Chandra said.
"I won't be suppressing her abilities."
"But her abilities are the reason she went insane!" Dr. Chandra objected. "She murdered her own parents with a psionic pulse! We have to use a Magical Null Field and Psycho Regulatory drugs to keep her from using her telepathy to hurt or kill someone else!"
"Ellen?"
"Here to give me my daily dose of drugs?" The black-haired girl turned to glare at Dr. Chandra.
"No, you won't be needing those anymore." Said a male voice. Ellen's eyes widened at the gorgeous golden haired man.
"Mmm. You're a nice one." She felt her hormones raging. They rarely let men into her room anymore, let alone good looking ones, after they found out about her pheromones. She waited for him to respond; and was very surprised when he didn't.
He took a black stone out of his pocket and held it out to her.
"What?" She asked, surprised. She took the stone and felt her hormones abate.
"Onyx." He said. "It suppresses sexual urges and guards against psychic attacks." He turned to Dr. Chandra. "Leave us." He said in a commanding voice. After Prisma left, he turned back to the girl.
Ellen was staring into the heart of the black stone in her hand, a look of shock and horror frozen on her face. A tear slipped down her cheek.
"I'm sorry, Lady Onyx." He said. "You and the other Crystal Guardians have suffered far too much." Ellen burst into tears.
"Hush, now." He said. "There's work to be done."
"Where do you think you're going with her!?!" Dr. Chandra yelled "I'm calling Security."
"You won't, if you value their lives." Dr. Stone said coldly. Suddenly he was wearing gold, yellow, and white armor. He pulled his sword from its scabbard, and held it at Dr. Chandra's throat.
"Please!" Ellen begged, her voice little more then a whisper. "No killing!" He looked at her tear-filled dark gray eyes and nodded. He lifted the sword and it flashed.
When her sight cleared, Dr. Chandra was alone in the corridor.
4:00 PM
"Ellen Olsen and this man," A picture of Dr. Stone appeared on the screen. "Who may be going by the name of Dr. Solomon Stone are to be considered armed and extremely dangerous—" Sarah shut off the newscast.
"What do you think, Sarah?" Luna asked.
"It can't be the Negaverse." Sarah said.
"And why do you think that?"
"No casualties." Sarah shrugged. "No one had their energy drained. It's completely different then anything that they've ever done."
"Making assumptions is very dangerous, Sarah." Luna said. "Especially in this case."
"But what purpose could the Negaverse have for a mental patient?"
"You need to pay more attention." Luna said. "Last year, Ellen Olsen killed her parents."
"Yeah, I think I heard about that." Sarah said. "It's horrible, but what does that have to do with the Negaverse?"
"Ellen used a psionic pulse to kill them."
"A psionic pulse?" Sarah asked. "That's bad, isn't it?"
"Yes."
"Well," Sarah said, shutting down her computer and putting it in her computer bag. "I'm gonna go get an ice-cream cone."
"What!?!" Luna shrieked. "At a time like this?"
"Well it's not like I can do anything right now." Sarah said.
"You should up your training." Luna said. "I have a feeling you and Amanda will be needed very soon."
"Yeah, yeah." Sarah said. "But right now I'm going to have an ice-cream cone and then I'm going to go to Ruth's temple. Later!"
"Some things never change!" Luna sighed, as she watched Sarah run off.
Melani looked at the shattered remains of the crystal.
'Hecate is not going to like this.' She thought, as she prepared to contact the crone.
10/19/2030
6:30 PM
"Crescent BEAM!" Sailor V shouted, the monster dodged the blast. "Agh!" V shouted, in exasperation. So far she hadn't been able to hit the monster once! 'In fact,' Sailor V thought. 'I've caused almost as much damage as the monster has.' "Sailor V KICK!" Again the monster dodged. 'I've got to come up with a new tactic! I sure wish Artemis were here.' The monster backhanded her into a wall.
V brushed at the blood seeping from a cut on her cheek. She charged the monster. It got ready to backhand her again. She vaulted over the monsters arm and landed on its shoulders. She wrapped her legs around its neck and prepared her attack.
"Crescent BEAM!" She shouted again. The energy beam sliced through the monster's head. It disintegrated as Sailor V jumped back to the ground.
Sailor V felt a hand on her shoulder, and suddenly she was flying back towards the wall.
'Just great.' She thought, as she slammed into the wall again. Before she hit the ground she was choke-slammed against the wall, and found herself face to face with a woman with glowing red eyes.
"Bet that hurt." The woman said shortly. She flicked one of her eyebrows up quickly, smiled maliciously, and then tossed Sailor V across the street onto a parked car. She jumped into the air and landed straddling Sailor V, then she dropped to her knees, grabbed V's wrists, and leaned forward until her face was just a couple inches from V's. "Slowly or quickly?"
"W-What?" Sailor V stuttered.
"I'm going to kill you." She said simply. "Slowly or quickly? Your choice."
"Uh—!"
"Well, since you can't make up your mind, I guess we'll just get started and see how it goes." She grabbed both of V's wrists in one hand, V screamed when one of the woman-monster's long, sharp nails dug into her left wrist. The woman-monster brought her free hand up to Sailor V's face, extending her nails until they were not even an inch away from V's eyes.
"Stop right there!"
"Eh?" The woman-monster said, looking towards the sound of the voice. "Who's there?" She snarled when she saw Sailor Moon.
"I'm Sailor Moon, champion of Justice! And in the name of the Moon, I'll right wrongs and triumph over evil! And that means you."
"May I make a suggestion?" The woman-monster asked.
"Huh?"
"Drop the speech, it's pathetic." The woman-monster flung her arm, which had been positioned over Sailor V's eyes, outwards, the long nails detached from her fingers, and sailed toward Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon screamed and dodged the razor sharp nails.
'Calm down, Sarah!' she thought. 'You've been training for months now, you can handle this!'
A/N: Yup, I'm leaving it on a cliffhanger! Aren't I evil? Don't worry, I'll probably put out the next chapter in the next day or two.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed chapter 3; extra-special thanks to Lirial Raito, who e-mailed me the text version of the Sailor V Manga, and sorry to my imouto (pooka) for not recognizing her pen-name ^_^; (oopsie!).
Pooka's writing a "Mononoke Hime" fic (Letters of Hope), which seems to be pretty good so far; go check it out!
Third Time Around
Chapter 4
10/15/2030
1:00 PM
'This is boring.' Sarah thought, as her teacher droned on and on and on with no end in site. The excitement of her recent birthday had long worn off; being Sailor Moon hadn't affected her life that much. All in all she was beginning to wonder if something interesting was ever going to happen.
~*~
"Dr. Stone?" A striking woman in her fifties, with dark green hair entered the room. "Hello, I'm Dr. Prisma Chandra."
"Hello, Dr. Chandra." The young, golden haired man said.
"So you'll be working on Ellen Olsen?" Dr. Chandra said. "I don't think that's wise. You have read her file, haven't you?"
"Yes, I have a new treatment that might help in her case." Dr. Stone said.
"I didn't know that anyone had advanced that far in telepathic suppression." Dr. Chandra said.
"I won't be suppressing her abilities."
"But her abilities are the reason she went insane!" Dr. Chandra objected. "She murdered her own parents with a psionic pulse! We have to use a Magical Null Field and Psycho Regulatory drugs to keep her from using her telepathy to hurt or kill someone else!"
"Ellen?"
"Here to give me my daily dose of drugs?" The black-haired girl turned to glare at Dr. Chandra.
"No, you won't be needing those anymore." Said a male voice. Ellen's eyes widened at the gorgeous golden haired man.
"Mmm. You're a nice one." She felt her hormones raging. They rarely let men into her room anymore, let alone good looking ones, after they found out about her pheromones. She waited for him to respond; and was very surprised when he didn't.
He took a black stone out of his pocket and held it out to her.
"What?" She asked, surprised. She took the stone and felt her hormones abate.
"Onyx." He said. "It suppresses sexual urges and guards against psychic attacks." He turned to Dr. Chandra. "Leave us." He said in a commanding voice. After Prisma left, he turned back to the girl.
Ellen was staring into the heart of the black stone in her hand, a look of shock and horror frozen on her face. A tear slipped down her cheek.
"I'm sorry, Lady Onyx." He said. "You and the other Crystal Guardians have suffered far too much." Ellen burst into tears.
"Hush, now." He said. "There's work to be done."
"Where do you think you're going with her!?!" Dr. Chandra yelled "I'm calling Security."
"You won't, if you value their lives." Dr. Stone said coldly. Suddenly he was wearing gold, yellow, and white armor. He pulled his sword from its scabbard, and held it at Dr. Chandra's throat.
"Please!" Ellen begged, her voice little more then a whisper. "No killing!" He looked at her tear-filled dark gray eyes and nodded. He lifted the sword and it flashed.
When her sight cleared, Dr. Chandra was alone in the corridor.
4:00 PM
"Ellen Olsen and this man," A picture of Dr. Stone appeared on the screen. "Who may be going by the name of Dr. Solomon Stone are to be considered armed and extremely dangerous—" Sarah shut off the newscast.
"What do you think, Sarah?" Luna asked.
"It can't be the Negaverse." Sarah said.
"And why do you think that?"
"No casualties." Sarah shrugged. "No one had their energy drained. It's completely different then anything that they've ever done."
"Making assumptions is very dangerous, Sarah." Luna said. "Especially in this case."
"But what purpose could the Negaverse have for a mental patient?"
"You need to pay more attention." Luna said. "Last year, Ellen Olsen killed her parents."
"Yeah, I think I heard about that." Sarah said. "It's horrible, but what does that have to do with the Negaverse?"
"Ellen used a psionic pulse to kill them."
"A psionic pulse?" Sarah asked. "That's bad, isn't it?"
"Yes."
"Well," Sarah said, shutting down her computer and putting it in her computer bag. "I'm gonna go get an ice-cream cone."
"What!?!" Luna shrieked. "At a time like this?"
"Well it's not like I can do anything right now." Sarah said.
"You should up your training." Luna said. "I have a feeling you and Amanda will be needed very soon."
"Yeah, yeah." Sarah said. "But right now I'm going to have an ice-cream cone and then I'm going to go to Ruth's temple. Later!"
"Some things never change!" Luna sighed, as she watched Sarah run off.
Melani looked at the shattered remains of the crystal.
'Hecate is not going to like this.' She thought, as she prepared to contact the crone.
10/19/2030
6:30 PM
"Crescent BEAM!" Sailor V shouted, the monster dodged the blast. "Agh!" V shouted, in exasperation. So far she hadn't been able to hit the monster once! 'In fact,' Sailor V thought. 'I've caused almost as much damage as the monster has.' "Sailor V KICK!" Again the monster dodged. 'I've got to come up with a new tactic! I sure wish Artemis were here.' The monster backhanded her into a wall.
V brushed at the blood seeping from a cut on her cheek. She charged the monster. It got ready to backhand her again. She vaulted over the monsters arm and landed on its shoulders. She wrapped her legs around its neck and prepared her attack.
"Crescent BEAM!" She shouted again. The energy beam sliced through the monster's head. It disintegrated as Sailor V jumped back to the ground.
Sailor V felt a hand on her shoulder, and suddenly she was flying back towards the wall.
'Just great.' She thought, as she slammed into the wall again. Before she hit the ground she was choke-slammed against the wall, and found herself face to face with a woman with glowing red eyes.
"Bet that hurt." The woman said shortly. She flicked one of her eyebrows up quickly, smiled maliciously, and then tossed Sailor V across the street onto a parked car. She jumped into the air and landed straddling Sailor V, then she dropped to her knees, grabbed V's wrists, and leaned forward until her face was just a couple inches from V's. "Slowly or quickly?"
"W-What?" Sailor V stuttered.
"I'm going to kill you." She said simply. "Slowly or quickly? Your choice."
"Uh—!"
"Well, since you can't make up your mind, I guess we'll just get started and see how it goes." She grabbed both of V's wrists in one hand, V screamed when one of the woman-monster's long, sharp nails dug into her left wrist. The woman-monster brought her free hand up to Sailor V's face, extending her nails until they were not even an inch away from V's eyes.
"Stop right there!"
"Eh?" The woman-monster said, looking towards the sound of the voice. "Who's there?" She snarled when she saw Sailor Moon.
"I'm Sailor Moon, champion of Justice! And in the name of the Moon, I'll right wrongs and triumph over evil! And that means you."
"May I make a suggestion?" The woman-monster asked.
"Huh?"
"Drop the speech, it's pathetic." The woman-monster flung her arm, which had been positioned over Sailor V's eyes, outwards, the long nails detached from her fingers, and sailed toward Sailor Moon.
Sailor Moon screamed and dodged the razor sharp nails.
'Calm down, Sarah!' she thought. 'You've been training for months now, you can handle this!'
A/N: Yup, I'm leaving it on a cliffhanger! Aren't I evil? Don't worry, I'll probably put out the next chapter in the next day or two.
Thanks to everyone who reviewed chapter 3; extra-special thanks to Lirial Raito, who e-mailed me the text version of the Sailor V Manga, and sorry to my imouto (pooka) for not recognizing her pen-name ^_^; (oopsie!).
Pooka's writing a "Mononoke Hime" fic (Letters of Hope), which seems to be pretty good so far; go check it out!