A/N: I meant to post this yesterday, but…
Anyway, just so that no one gets confused, this is backing up to how Sarah ended up at the fight.
Third Time Around
Chapter 5
10/19/2030
6:25 PM
Sarah was riding the bus back from the Cherry Hill Temple. Suddenly the bus driver slammed on the breaks.
The bus driver opened the door and poked his head out.
"Hey! What's going on up there!?!" he shouted at the people running through the street in a panicked mob.
"It's an ODB attack!" someone shouted back.
Sarah jumped out of her seat.
"Excuse me?" she asked the bus driver. "Could you let me out here?"
"Are you kidding me?" the bus driver asked.
"I'm not very far from my house," Sarah said. "I'll just walk from here."
"If you insist," the bus driver said, letting her go past him. "Be careful!" he called after her. 'Nutcase.'
"Luna's going to have my head!" Sarah said to herself. Luna was adamant that Sarah shouldn't fight the monsters yet; she wanted her to train more first.
"Whoa!" All the training had not prepared her for her first real life encounter with a monster.
It was big.
It was ugly.
It was…fighting someone? Sarah couldn't quite see the other person from where she was, but she was reasonably sure that it was Amanda.
"Sailor V KICK!" Sarah watched the monster dodge her sister's kick, then it knocked V into a wall. Sarah was about to call out her transformation phrase, when Sailor V got up and charged the monster. It was all over a second later.
"Wow!" Sarah said. Then she noticed a woman approaching Sailor V. The woman threw her at the wall, charged, grabbed V by the throat, and slammed her against the wall. Then she threw Sailor V across the street onto a parked car. The monster jumped onto the car and stood over V.
"Enough is enough!" Sarah said. "I've got to help her!"
"Moon Prism Power, MAKE-UP!"
~*~
Alex sat at the desk in his apartment, typing on his computer. Suddenly he felt as though someone had grabbed hold of his heart. He fell out of his chair, gasping for breath. Somewhere, a soft melody played, and the young woman who had been in his dreams for as long as he could remember seemed to appear before him, beckoning.
~Endymion!!!~
~*~
While he monster was distracted by Sailor Moon; Sailor V took the opportunity to kick it in the stomach. The monster was knocked off of the car.
"Sailor V CHOP!" The monster barely dodged. "Crescent BEAM!" Again the monster dodged.
"Moon Tiara, ACTION!" Sailor Moon threw her tiara, the monster jumped over it. The tiara reversed direction. The monster ducked it. Sailor Moon caught the tiara with a frown. " Hey! No fair!" She yelled at the monster.
The monster turned back to Sailor V, and kicked her in the gut, V doubled over, gasping for breath. "See how you like it!" The woman-monster snapped, then she ran at Sailor Moon and threw a punch. Sailor Moon jumped back from it, but the monster's arm lengthened and the punch hit her in the jaw anyway. The monster grew some more super long nails and got ready to spear Sailor Moon with them.
Suddenly a red rose imbedded itself in the ground at the woman-monster's feet. Sailor Moon stared at the rose stupidly as she got to her feet, then she turned and looked up. There was a man standing on the roof of the building behind her, he was dressed in a tuxedo, top hat, cape, and mask.
"Well." The woman-monster said. "I seem to be outnumbered. Best to run to fight another day." She jumped across the street.
"Hey!" Sailor Moon shouted.
"I'm not finished with you yet!" Sailor V shouted.
"Oh yes you are, Sailor V!" The monster replied. "You're next, Sailor Moon. Ciao!" The woman-monster jumped onto a roof and ran off.
Sailor Moon looked back at the roof Tuxedo Mask had been standing on, but it was empty.
"Hey, are you all right?" Sailor Moon asked, walking over to Sailor V. "That kick looked nasty!"
"I think so." Sailor V said. "I'm more worried about my arm." She indicated her injured left wrist.
"Here, take off your glove and let me see." Sailor Moon frowned when she saw how much blood was on the glove.
"It's fine, Sarah, really," V said.
"But, there's so much blood!" Sailor Moon argued.
Suddenly they heard sirens.
"We'd better go." Sailor V said.
They found a secluded spot and de-transformed. Amanda looked at her injured wrist. The flesh around the wound was swollen and puffy, but at least the cut had almost stopped bleeding.
Sarah made a hissing noise as she sucked air between her teeth.
"That's got to hurt." Sarah said.
"Yeah." Amanda pulled her sleeve over the cut as best she could.
7:00 PM
Tsukino Residence
Sarah lightly touched the forming bruise on her jaw and winced. She was glad that they'd made it up to the bathroom without their mom seeing them. The last thing they needed was a replay of the other day. She started digging through one of the drawers.
"I know it's in here." She muttered. "Ah! Here it is!" She pulled out a bottle of liquid concealer. She poured some out and applied it to the bruise.
Meanwhile, Amanda rinsed her cut with warm water; she'd gotten a little dirt in it during the fight.
"Here," Sarah said, rinsing the leftover concealer off her fingers. "Let me see."
Amanda let Sarah see her wrist.
"I was just going to put some Hydrogen Peroxide on it."
"Man," Sarah said, looking at the swelling. "Good thing you've had your Tetanus shot." Sarah got the Peroxide out of the medicine cabinet. She had Amanda hold her hand out over the sink "This'll hurt." She warned. She poured some of the Peroxide over the wound. Amanda almost screamed, it hurt so much. Sarah gasped as the wound bubbled, and bits of greenish puss leaked out. "Gross." Sarah commented. "I'm getting mom."
"No!" Amanda said. "We'd have to explain how I got hurt. I'll be fine, we'll just pour on some more Peroxide, and then we'll put some Aloe on it and bandage it."
"Okay." Sarah said, uncertainly. "But if it gets worse I'm telling mom."
"Ater, report." The crone, Hecate said.
"The first Chaos Seed activated cleanly, and is in perfect condition." Ater said. "It faced off against both Sailor V and Sailor Moon, as well as a boy in a tuxedo."
"I know this already, the Chaos Fiend turned tail and ran as soon as Tuxedo Mask showed up." Hecate glowered. "She did not complete her objective! She did not kill Sailor V!"
"Oh, is that what you think?" Ater grinned. "You obviously don't know that her nails are poison tipped."
Hecate looked at him, inquiringly.
"As the Sailor Soldiers have much higher stamina and regenerative capabilities than normal people I don't know how long it will take before the poison will take effect, but it is almost sure to work. Sailor V will die!"
Anyway, just so that no one gets confused, this is backing up to how Sarah ended up at the fight.
Third Time Around
Chapter 5
10/19/2030
6:25 PM
Sarah was riding the bus back from the Cherry Hill Temple. Suddenly the bus driver slammed on the breaks.
The bus driver opened the door and poked his head out.
"Hey! What's going on up there!?!" he shouted at the people running through the street in a panicked mob.
"It's an ODB attack!" someone shouted back.
Sarah jumped out of her seat.
"Excuse me?" she asked the bus driver. "Could you let me out here?"
"Are you kidding me?" the bus driver asked.
"I'm not very far from my house," Sarah said. "I'll just walk from here."
"If you insist," the bus driver said, letting her go past him. "Be careful!" he called after her. 'Nutcase.'
"Luna's going to have my head!" Sarah said to herself. Luna was adamant that Sarah shouldn't fight the monsters yet; she wanted her to train more first.
"Whoa!" All the training had not prepared her for her first real life encounter with a monster.
It was big.
It was ugly.
It was…fighting someone? Sarah couldn't quite see the other person from where she was, but she was reasonably sure that it was Amanda.
"Sailor V KICK!" Sarah watched the monster dodge her sister's kick, then it knocked V into a wall. Sarah was about to call out her transformation phrase, when Sailor V got up and charged the monster. It was all over a second later.
"Wow!" Sarah said. Then she noticed a woman approaching Sailor V. The woman threw her at the wall, charged, grabbed V by the throat, and slammed her against the wall. Then she threw Sailor V across the street onto a parked car. The monster jumped onto the car and stood over V.
"Enough is enough!" Sarah said. "I've got to help her!"
"Moon Prism Power, MAKE-UP!"
~*~
Alex sat at the desk in his apartment, typing on his computer. Suddenly he felt as though someone had grabbed hold of his heart. He fell out of his chair, gasping for breath. Somewhere, a soft melody played, and the young woman who had been in his dreams for as long as he could remember seemed to appear before him, beckoning.
~Endymion!!!~
~*~
While he monster was distracted by Sailor Moon; Sailor V took the opportunity to kick it in the stomach. The monster was knocked off of the car.
"Sailor V CHOP!" The monster barely dodged. "Crescent BEAM!" Again the monster dodged.
"Moon Tiara, ACTION!" Sailor Moon threw her tiara, the monster jumped over it. The tiara reversed direction. The monster ducked it. Sailor Moon caught the tiara with a frown. " Hey! No fair!" She yelled at the monster.
The monster turned back to Sailor V, and kicked her in the gut, V doubled over, gasping for breath. "See how you like it!" The woman-monster snapped, then she ran at Sailor Moon and threw a punch. Sailor Moon jumped back from it, but the monster's arm lengthened and the punch hit her in the jaw anyway. The monster grew some more super long nails and got ready to spear Sailor Moon with them.
Suddenly a red rose imbedded itself in the ground at the woman-monster's feet. Sailor Moon stared at the rose stupidly as she got to her feet, then she turned and looked up. There was a man standing on the roof of the building behind her, he was dressed in a tuxedo, top hat, cape, and mask.
"Well." The woman-monster said. "I seem to be outnumbered. Best to run to fight another day." She jumped across the street.
"Hey!" Sailor Moon shouted.
"I'm not finished with you yet!" Sailor V shouted.
"Oh yes you are, Sailor V!" The monster replied. "You're next, Sailor Moon. Ciao!" The woman-monster jumped onto a roof and ran off.
Sailor Moon looked back at the roof Tuxedo Mask had been standing on, but it was empty.
"Hey, are you all right?" Sailor Moon asked, walking over to Sailor V. "That kick looked nasty!"
"I think so." Sailor V said. "I'm more worried about my arm." She indicated her injured left wrist.
"Here, take off your glove and let me see." Sailor Moon frowned when she saw how much blood was on the glove.
"It's fine, Sarah, really," V said.
"But, there's so much blood!" Sailor Moon argued.
Suddenly they heard sirens.
"We'd better go." Sailor V said.
They found a secluded spot and de-transformed. Amanda looked at her injured wrist. The flesh around the wound was swollen and puffy, but at least the cut had almost stopped bleeding.
Sarah made a hissing noise as she sucked air between her teeth.
"That's got to hurt." Sarah said.
"Yeah." Amanda pulled her sleeve over the cut as best she could.
7:00 PM
Tsukino Residence
Sarah lightly touched the forming bruise on her jaw and winced. She was glad that they'd made it up to the bathroom without their mom seeing them. The last thing they needed was a replay of the other day. She started digging through one of the drawers.
"I know it's in here." She muttered. "Ah! Here it is!" She pulled out a bottle of liquid concealer. She poured some out and applied it to the bruise.
Meanwhile, Amanda rinsed her cut with warm water; she'd gotten a little dirt in it during the fight.
"Here," Sarah said, rinsing the leftover concealer off her fingers. "Let me see."
Amanda let Sarah see her wrist.
"I was just going to put some Hydrogen Peroxide on it."
"Man," Sarah said, looking at the swelling. "Good thing you've had your Tetanus shot." Sarah got the Peroxide out of the medicine cabinet. She had Amanda hold her hand out over the sink "This'll hurt." She warned. She poured some of the Peroxide over the wound. Amanda almost screamed, it hurt so much. Sarah gasped as the wound bubbled, and bits of greenish puss leaked out. "Gross." Sarah commented. "I'm getting mom."
"No!" Amanda said. "We'd have to explain how I got hurt. I'll be fine, we'll just pour on some more Peroxide, and then we'll put some Aloe on it and bandage it."
"Okay." Sarah said, uncertainly. "But if it gets worse I'm telling mom."
"Ater, report." The crone, Hecate said.
"The first Chaos Seed activated cleanly, and is in perfect condition." Ater said. "It faced off against both Sailor V and Sailor Moon, as well as a boy in a tuxedo."
"I know this already, the Chaos Fiend turned tail and ran as soon as Tuxedo Mask showed up." Hecate glowered. "She did not complete her objective! She did not kill Sailor V!"
"Oh, is that what you think?" Ater grinned. "You obviously don't know that her nails are poison tipped."
Hecate looked at him, inquiringly.
"As the Sailor Soldiers have much higher stamina and regenerative capabilities than normal people I don't know how long it will take before the poison will take effect, but it is almost sure to work. Sailor V will die!"