A/N: I'm sorry this took so long! I'm getting to the point where I need
to do a major rewrite (because the story slows down too much, and there are
parts that don't work well). I've deleted a couple of scenes from this
chapter, and more from the following ones; essentially, I've removed two
entire subplots, and will probably remove more. It should only take a day
or two for the next chapter to come out; I've just got my foot out of a
cast, so I can't do much running around for a while.
Third Time Around
Chapter 6
10/21/2030 7:00 AM
Amanda dabbed some more peroxide on the cut. The skin wasn't swollen anymore, but the wound still oozed out greenish pus, and the muscles in her wrist and hand ached. The wound did seem to be getting better though.
~*~
3:30 PM
"How's your wrist, Amanda?" Sarah asked.
"A little sore, but it isn't swollen anymore." Amanda said.
"Good." Sarah said. "So you'll be able to handle those monsters yourself?"
"Luna still won't let you fight?" Amanda asked.
"No, she says that I need more training, since I; and I quote: 'Barely handled the fight better than Serena.'" Sarah sighed. "I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or an insult." Amanda laughed.
"Hey! Mandy! Rah-Rah!"
"Hi, Kassni!" Sarah said. "Long time, no see!"
"Yeah, well, you've managed to make yourself scarce, Rah-Rah." Kassni said. "But I imagine that you've been preparing for the nationals."
"Oh! Gymnastics!" Sarah shouted, glancing at her watch. "I'm going to be late!!!" Sarah tore out of there like she had rabid dogs after her.
"I'm on my way to the mall to meet Jen and Cat." Kassni said. "Want to come?"
"Sure!"
~*~
4:00 PM
"Krista! Get down here right now!"
"I'm coming, mother!" Krista turned back to the mirror to make sure that her hair was perfect. She was seventeen with aquamarine eyes, and long, dark red hair, which she kept in a style similar to the one her Aunt Serena had worn, except that her hair was braided, instead of loose. Krista got up and walked out of her room, down the hall, and into the living room. "What?"
"Do you have to wear that?" Mika asked, in the tone of someone who has had this conversation before, knows how it will end, and won't admit to herself that she had already lost this argument long before she opened her mouth.
"What's wrong with it?" Krista asked venomously. Krista was wearing black leather pants, laced up on the sides, and what could only be described as a small piece of dark purple cloth, sewn into a tube-like shape with only faith and one spaghetti strap keeping it in position over her not- unimpressive breasts.
"Can you at least put on a decent shirt?"
"I'm going out." Krista said, brushing past her mother. "I won't be back for dinner." She stopped at the door and turned to face her mom, with her hand on the doorknob. "Tell everyone that I said that they can go to hell for all I care."
Krista's dramatic exit was interrupted when the door opened, swinging inward and knocking Krista off balance. She fell on her butt.
"Oh, sorry, Krista." Sam said, as he came in. "I didn't know you were there." He offered his daughter his hand, which she spitefully ignored, getting to her feet on her own.
"I'll see you around." Krista said, as she left.
"Another spat?" Sam asked his wife.
"I got a letter from her teachers." Mika said. "She's been skipping school. I confronted her and it erupted into another shouting match, she locked herself in her room.
"I don't know what to do, Sam." Mika continued. "I'm so worried about her!"
"So am I." Sam said.
~*~
4:30 PM
"What do you think?" Jenny asked, modeling a white dress with pale blue trimming.
"Very nice." Cathy, a girl with amber-brown eyes and short, strawberry blonde hair, said.
"You know," Jenny said, admiring herself in the mirror. "Online shopping's convenient and all, but I definitely prefer shopping at the mall."
"I agree." Cathy said.
"Me too." Amanda said, looking through one of the racks of clothing. "Sure, you can sort of see what clothing will look like on you when you're online, but you don't know if you'll like the texture of the fabric, or if the cut will be exactly right. You can get a dress that looks great, but until you try it on, you don't know if the seams are in weird places or something."
"I hate it when that happens!" Cathy said. Amanda decided that she didn't like Cathy much; she just went around agreeing with everyone.
~*~
A short time later, Amanda and her friends were strolling through the mall with their purchases, when there was the sound of an explosion outside.
"What was that!?!" Cathy asked. Suddenly, the remains of a car came crashing through the wall behind them.
"Oh my God!" Jenny yelled.
"We'd better get out of here!" Kassni said. They ran.
Amanda intentionally lost her friends in the crowd, and looked for someplace to transform. She went into the ladies room and checked to make sure there was no one else there.
"Moon Power, TRANSFORM!" She shouted.
~*~
The Chaos Fiend enthusiastically made a mess of things, hoping that Sailor Moon would show up soon so that she could have some real fun.
"I was looking forward to a rematch!" The Chaos Fiend turned toward the sound of the voice and looked visibly disappointed when she saw who it was.
"Oh, it's you." She said, tiredly. "Aren't you dead yet?"
"Sailor V KICK!" She kicked at the monster, who dodged.
"I don't feel like fighting you." The Chaos Fiend yawned. "Why don't you go call your little friend, Sailor Moon?"
"Sorry, she's grounded." Sailor V said. "You'll just have to make do with me."
"Oh, well if that's how it is," The monster-woman sighed. "Then I'm leaving." The monster turned and walked right back out the hole she'd made in the wall.
"Hey! Wait!" Sailor V ran after her, but the monster was gone.
Third Time Around
Chapter 6
10/21/2030 7:00 AM
Amanda dabbed some more peroxide on the cut. The skin wasn't swollen anymore, but the wound still oozed out greenish pus, and the muscles in her wrist and hand ached. The wound did seem to be getting better though.
~*~
3:30 PM
"How's your wrist, Amanda?" Sarah asked.
"A little sore, but it isn't swollen anymore." Amanda said.
"Good." Sarah said. "So you'll be able to handle those monsters yourself?"
"Luna still won't let you fight?" Amanda asked.
"No, she says that I need more training, since I; and I quote: 'Barely handled the fight better than Serena.'" Sarah sighed. "I don't know whether to take that as a compliment or an insult." Amanda laughed.
"Hey! Mandy! Rah-Rah!"
"Hi, Kassni!" Sarah said. "Long time, no see!"
"Yeah, well, you've managed to make yourself scarce, Rah-Rah." Kassni said. "But I imagine that you've been preparing for the nationals."
"Oh! Gymnastics!" Sarah shouted, glancing at her watch. "I'm going to be late!!!" Sarah tore out of there like she had rabid dogs after her.
"I'm on my way to the mall to meet Jen and Cat." Kassni said. "Want to come?"
"Sure!"
~*~
4:00 PM
"Krista! Get down here right now!"
"I'm coming, mother!" Krista turned back to the mirror to make sure that her hair was perfect. She was seventeen with aquamarine eyes, and long, dark red hair, which she kept in a style similar to the one her Aunt Serena had worn, except that her hair was braided, instead of loose. Krista got up and walked out of her room, down the hall, and into the living room. "What?"
"Do you have to wear that?" Mika asked, in the tone of someone who has had this conversation before, knows how it will end, and won't admit to herself that she had already lost this argument long before she opened her mouth.
"What's wrong with it?" Krista asked venomously. Krista was wearing black leather pants, laced up on the sides, and what could only be described as a small piece of dark purple cloth, sewn into a tube-like shape with only faith and one spaghetti strap keeping it in position over her not- unimpressive breasts.
"Can you at least put on a decent shirt?"
"I'm going out." Krista said, brushing past her mother. "I won't be back for dinner." She stopped at the door and turned to face her mom, with her hand on the doorknob. "Tell everyone that I said that they can go to hell for all I care."
Krista's dramatic exit was interrupted when the door opened, swinging inward and knocking Krista off balance. She fell on her butt.
"Oh, sorry, Krista." Sam said, as he came in. "I didn't know you were there." He offered his daughter his hand, which she spitefully ignored, getting to her feet on her own.
"I'll see you around." Krista said, as she left.
"Another spat?" Sam asked his wife.
"I got a letter from her teachers." Mika said. "She's been skipping school. I confronted her and it erupted into another shouting match, she locked herself in her room.
"I don't know what to do, Sam." Mika continued. "I'm so worried about her!"
"So am I." Sam said.
~*~
4:30 PM
"What do you think?" Jenny asked, modeling a white dress with pale blue trimming.
"Very nice." Cathy, a girl with amber-brown eyes and short, strawberry blonde hair, said.
"You know," Jenny said, admiring herself in the mirror. "Online shopping's convenient and all, but I definitely prefer shopping at the mall."
"I agree." Cathy said.
"Me too." Amanda said, looking through one of the racks of clothing. "Sure, you can sort of see what clothing will look like on you when you're online, but you don't know if you'll like the texture of the fabric, or if the cut will be exactly right. You can get a dress that looks great, but until you try it on, you don't know if the seams are in weird places or something."
"I hate it when that happens!" Cathy said. Amanda decided that she didn't like Cathy much; she just went around agreeing with everyone.
~*~
A short time later, Amanda and her friends were strolling through the mall with their purchases, when there was the sound of an explosion outside.
"What was that!?!" Cathy asked. Suddenly, the remains of a car came crashing through the wall behind them.
"Oh my God!" Jenny yelled.
"We'd better get out of here!" Kassni said. They ran.
Amanda intentionally lost her friends in the crowd, and looked for someplace to transform. She went into the ladies room and checked to make sure there was no one else there.
"Moon Power, TRANSFORM!" She shouted.
~*~
The Chaos Fiend enthusiastically made a mess of things, hoping that Sailor Moon would show up soon so that she could have some real fun.
"I was looking forward to a rematch!" The Chaos Fiend turned toward the sound of the voice and looked visibly disappointed when she saw who it was.
"Oh, it's you." She said, tiredly. "Aren't you dead yet?"
"Sailor V KICK!" She kicked at the monster, who dodged.
"I don't feel like fighting you." The Chaos Fiend yawned. "Why don't you go call your little friend, Sailor Moon?"
"Sorry, she's grounded." Sailor V said. "You'll just have to make do with me."
"Oh, well if that's how it is," The monster-woman sighed. "Then I'm leaving." The monster turned and walked right back out the hole she'd made in the wall.
"Hey! Wait!" Sailor V ran after her, but the monster was gone.