It had been one weird week, and it was getting weirder. Kino Makoto didn't
know what could possibly come next. First they had assaulted by a big,
ugly shadow monster, and saved by a mysterious senshi team who nobody had
ever heard of before. Then Ami had freaked out about Naru, saying
something about her eyes changing, but nobody else could see any
differences in Usagi's loyal friend.
Today, the most confusing of events occurred. She and her teammates had been attacked by three enemies, one of whom seemed to be an evil Sailor Senshi. Just as their doomed seemed inescapable, one of the mysterious warriors from before to protect them. She had declared herself to be a "Daughter of Jupiter".... Makoto didn't know what to think. This hunter- haired warrior did bear strong resemblance to her, could she be a long lost sister from her former life?
All the soldier of Jupiter knew were guesses, and she could not even begin to guess why one of the dark haired boy who had been trying to kill her only a few minutes earlier, had saved "Sailor Europa" from the rogue senshi's energy beam. The great look of sorrow in those rose eyes had left her and her friends with little doubt that the right thing to do was to let the enigmatic girl deal with it herself. They had left, and gone to Rei's house as they had done so many times before, but never so silently. It felt like it was just the beginning. Like they were all waiting... for what no one knew.
Finally they were back in that familiar courtyard at the Temple. Even now nobody could bring themselves to speak; the quiet was almost tangible between them. They all sat, worried or nervous looks painted on their faces. It seemed that none present wanted to ask the questions they were all thinking.
***
It hadn't been long since he had gotten Christa's telepathic call that Micheal joined her, walking down the street with Erika and Lars. She was explaining the happenings of the afternoon with their teammates.
"What did Glenki say to do?" Erika was asking.
"Go back to your place and wait for her," the tiny Titan replied.
"No," Mick stated flatly, "It's not over for today; we need to locate the Queens." His friends looked at him with surprise, and he smiled darkly. "We've seen that 'Abigail' in action enough to know that an attack on her brother, even if it was perpetrated by one of her allies would be enough to set her off. Now, not only does she have that to deal with, but the confusing thought that he has changed his alliance. I'm sure she's hunting the senshi of this day as we speak, and we better hope that we can find them first."
Lars pursed his lips, "But how are we going to find them? They could be any number of places."
Christa gasped, "I bet I know where they went! Queen Mars has a temple that they gather at often, I heard them discussing plans to meet there yesterday." Her face scrunched up, "Though, I'm not sure of its location..."
Lars put his hand on her shoulder, and grinned a little sheepishly, "Between Eri's computer skills and mine, we can find the address, don't worry," He sent a sidelong glance at the short-haired girl, "Who knew all that early technology tutoring that Glenki insisted on would come in handy?"
To his left, Erika giggled, "I never thought I'd say this, but: To the Library!!!" she struck a pose.
Mick sneered and shook his head, as the others started off to Lars's host's school, which was only a few blocks away at this point. Once they were a few yards away, the elder boy frowned and murmured, "Have your fun now, my friends, because all hell is about to break loose...."
*** It was Minako that finally broke the silence; perhaps since she was the Senshi of Love, she best understood the situation that they'd witnessed. She stood up, rather suddenly, and stamped her foot, "I just wish we knew what was going on here!"
Her teammates stared up at her, then, as if a spell had been broken, started nodding and voicing their agreement.
"I think it's safe to assume we haven't seen the end of these new enemies," Rei sighed, "And I think that's more important now than the details of who all these new strange people are, as much as I am curious myself."
Makoto still sat wordlessly. "Daughter of Jupiter...." the phrase haunted her. Something inside her wanted very much to help the mysterious warrior, to comfort her. But really, what could she do? She felt so helpless, a feeling that she hated. It wasn't right! Why was this happening, it wasn't supposed to be this way... She and her friends had dedicated their lives to saving others, not the other way around. People weren't supposed to die for her, she was supposed to die for her queen! It was so frustrating!!!
"Hellooooo? Mako-chan?"
The tall brunette looked up and blinked. She realized that her companions were all circled around her, and that her fist was raised in front of her chest. "Uh... yes?"
"Did we loose you there?" Minako's voice asked playfully.
The senshi of Jupiter smiled, "I guess so. I was just thinking about how I'd like to get another swing at that 'Abigail.'"
"Well, what do you know, this is your lucky day!" a voice cried from nearby the rooftop. They turned to see the violet girl, her face twisted in grin of sadistic glee.
***
Lars had been right, it was exceedingly easy to find the location of the Temple, even if all they had available was "Simple late twentieth century tech." It was a fairly short distance they'd have to cover, but Mick insisted that they make haste anyways. The three youngest Moon Senshi were quite out of breath by the time they witnessed the sight they'd been dreading; Abigail standing on top of a building, aiming an attack at a group of defenseless girls, the untransformed future Queens.
Micheal stopped abruptly, and turned to Christa. "Alert Glenki of the situation, then the three of you transform, I'm going ahead." He didn't pause for their reaction; they should know what to do. He sprinted up the front stairs of the Temple, right into the center of the battleground. Abigail didn't flinch and tossed her attack at him.
The pain was intense as the violet light dragged him from his feet. All around, feminine voices exclaimed in shock and horror, but he didn't have time for that, there were more pressing matters. He staggered back to his feet and stared amusedly up at the fairygirl. She growled down at him, putting her hands on her hips like a pouting child. He raised his hand to the corner of his mouth, and wiped away a bit of blood. His taunting laughter filled the air at this sight, much to the surprise of the others there.
But they did not have to wait long to see what was so funny to him, as he was quickly engulfed in navy blue transformation energy. When the light show faded, he was left standing tall, clean and refreshed, in a light blue silk shirt and tight silver pants, and to his left hovered a blue orb with the Uranus symbol on it.
"I remember you! You're Sailor Miranda!" Abigail pointed at him accusingly.
"So I am," he noted calmly as he brought his orb to his chest. "Miranda Sphere Splash!!!"
Abigail looked up to see a shower of red descend on her. She threw her arm up over her head as she fell backward under the curtain of crimson. Micheal waited tensely for her reaction. "Hee heeee.... It tickles!" came her voice.
Damn. He thought back to their first encounter. The Omegas attacks were ineffective... but my specialty attack stopped her... They must only be vulnerable to our non-planetary attacks...
You think? Sailor Titan commented telepathically after gleaning Mick's last theory. She strode out to join him, with Sailor Triton a few feet ahead of her, and Sailor Io a few feet behind. "Tickles does it?" Erika asked, with a short laugh, "Try this, then!" She balled her fists and orange power danced around her, and she drew back her arms. Suddenly she punched, hitting nothing but air, but the energy surrounding her fists jumped forward and struck Abigail, who was just starting to get up after Sailor Miranda's last onslaught, "One Punch K.O. Version One-point-Oh!"
As their enemy writhed in pain, Micheal saddled up to his teammate casually, "Nice, Eri, I didn't know that attack could be used that way."
She grinned sheepishly, "I don't think it's supposed to but-" Abigail shrieked in the background, "Works for me."
"Well, I do believe that I have you Moon Senshi to thank for taking care of my garbage," a cold feminine voice announce from a newly formed rip in reality that had appeared next to the enemy on the rooftop. A bland looking girl in a baggie school uniform and glasses emerged from the portal, followed by Sailor Hades. The new girl knelt next to the fairygirl and hissed, "And I have you thank for getting all so many of my targets together. I suppose you have made one last useful act for our Lady."
Abigail blinked up at the newcomer, "Hathorne, no..." she whimpered pathetically.
The conservatively dressed brunette stood up and towered over her injured ally, "Sorry, you're just of no use to us without your brother," she swung her right leg back, and kicked the helpless girl off the roof. She then turned to Sailor Hades, "Take care of that weakling!"
But even as the black senshi pointed her sword at her prey, the words "Ice Staff Freeze!" washed over the courtyard and the corrupted soldier felt her weapon being knocked from her hand, frozen solid. All eyes went to the gate of the Temple, where Sailor Europa and the one known as Procter stood defiantly. Micheal was impressed with the way that they concealed the fact that she'd had to practically carry him up the steps, but it was a good thing that not everybody was as perceptive as he.
The Glenki's companion glared at the evil school girl, "Hathorne, did you expect me to stop fighting for my sister so soon?"
"Procter! You should be dead!" She pulled out a small jeweled dagger, and motioned to Sailor Hades, "Come on, this party just got too crowded," She ripped a whole in space as the girl who had been Mariko collected her weapon, and they disappeared before anyone had much time to react.
After their departure, all twelve warriors in the courtyard seemed at a little loss for words. Europa helped Procter limp over to his sister, and he began murmuring to her soothingly. The five senshi of the time looked utterly confused, and looked from one interloper to another, in hopes of finding some answer.
Mick couldn't stop himself from smirking his trademark smirk, and broke the silence in his usual cynical style, "Wow, Glen, I didn't know you could use that attack that way either."
His leader cocked her head at him, and then grinned superiorly, "Well, I guess there's just a lot you don't know, Mickie!"
Today, the most confusing of events occurred. She and her teammates had been attacked by three enemies, one of whom seemed to be an evil Sailor Senshi. Just as their doomed seemed inescapable, one of the mysterious warriors from before to protect them. She had declared herself to be a "Daughter of Jupiter".... Makoto didn't know what to think. This hunter- haired warrior did bear strong resemblance to her, could she be a long lost sister from her former life?
All the soldier of Jupiter knew were guesses, and she could not even begin to guess why one of the dark haired boy who had been trying to kill her only a few minutes earlier, had saved "Sailor Europa" from the rogue senshi's energy beam. The great look of sorrow in those rose eyes had left her and her friends with little doubt that the right thing to do was to let the enigmatic girl deal with it herself. They had left, and gone to Rei's house as they had done so many times before, but never so silently. It felt like it was just the beginning. Like they were all waiting... for what no one knew.
Finally they were back in that familiar courtyard at the Temple. Even now nobody could bring themselves to speak; the quiet was almost tangible between them. They all sat, worried or nervous looks painted on their faces. It seemed that none present wanted to ask the questions they were all thinking.
***
It hadn't been long since he had gotten Christa's telepathic call that Micheal joined her, walking down the street with Erika and Lars. She was explaining the happenings of the afternoon with their teammates.
"What did Glenki say to do?" Erika was asking.
"Go back to your place and wait for her," the tiny Titan replied.
"No," Mick stated flatly, "It's not over for today; we need to locate the Queens." His friends looked at him with surprise, and he smiled darkly. "We've seen that 'Abigail' in action enough to know that an attack on her brother, even if it was perpetrated by one of her allies would be enough to set her off. Now, not only does she have that to deal with, but the confusing thought that he has changed his alliance. I'm sure she's hunting the senshi of this day as we speak, and we better hope that we can find them first."
Lars pursed his lips, "But how are we going to find them? They could be any number of places."
Christa gasped, "I bet I know where they went! Queen Mars has a temple that they gather at often, I heard them discussing plans to meet there yesterday." Her face scrunched up, "Though, I'm not sure of its location..."
Lars put his hand on her shoulder, and grinned a little sheepishly, "Between Eri's computer skills and mine, we can find the address, don't worry," He sent a sidelong glance at the short-haired girl, "Who knew all that early technology tutoring that Glenki insisted on would come in handy?"
To his left, Erika giggled, "I never thought I'd say this, but: To the Library!!!" she struck a pose.
Mick sneered and shook his head, as the others started off to Lars's host's school, which was only a few blocks away at this point. Once they were a few yards away, the elder boy frowned and murmured, "Have your fun now, my friends, because all hell is about to break loose...."
*** It was Minako that finally broke the silence; perhaps since she was the Senshi of Love, she best understood the situation that they'd witnessed. She stood up, rather suddenly, and stamped her foot, "I just wish we knew what was going on here!"
Her teammates stared up at her, then, as if a spell had been broken, started nodding and voicing their agreement.
"I think it's safe to assume we haven't seen the end of these new enemies," Rei sighed, "And I think that's more important now than the details of who all these new strange people are, as much as I am curious myself."
Makoto still sat wordlessly. "Daughter of Jupiter...." the phrase haunted her. Something inside her wanted very much to help the mysterious warrior, to comfort her. But really, what could she do? She felt so helpless, a feeling that she hated. It wasn't right! Why was this happening, it wasn't supposed to be this way... She and her friends had dedicated their lives to saving others, not the other way around. People weren't supposed to die for her, she was supposed to die for her queen! It was so frustrating!!!
"Hellooooo? Mako-chan?"
The tall brunette looked up and blinked. She realized that her companions were all circled around her, and that her fist was raised in front of her chest. "Uh... yes?"
"Did we loose you there?" Minako's voice asked playfully.
The senshi of Jupiter smiled, "I guess so. I was just thinking about how I'd like to get another swing at that 'Abigail.'"
"Well, what do you know, this is your lucky day!" a voice cried from nearby the rooftop. They turned to see the violet girl, her face twisted in grin of sadistic glee.
***
Lars had been right, it was exceedingly easy to find the location of the Temple, even if all they had available was "Simple late twentieth century tech." It was a fairly short distance they'd have to cover, but Mick insisted that they make haste anyways. The three youngest Moon Senshi were quite out of breath by the time they witnessed the sight they'd been dreading; Abigail standing on top of a building, aiming an attack at a group of defenseless girls, the untransformed future Queens.
Micheal stopped abruptly, and turned to Christa. "Alert Glenki of the situation, then the three of you transform, I'm going ahead." He didn't pause for their reaction; they should know what to do. He sprinted up the front stairs of the Temple, right into the center of the battleground. Abigail didn't flinch and tossed her attack at him.
The pain was intense as the violet light dragged him from his feet. All around, feminine voices exclaimed in shock and horror, but he didn't have time for that, there were more pressing matters. He staggered back to his feet and stared amusedly up at the fairygirl. She growled down at him, putting her hands on her hips like a pouting child. He raised his hand to the corner of his mouth, and wiped away a bit of blood. His taunting laughter filled the air at this sight, much to the surprise of the others there.
But they did not have to wait long to see what was so funny to him, as he was quickly engulfed in navy blue transformation energy. When the light show faded, he was left standing tall, clean and refreshed, in a light blue silk shirt and tight silver pants, and to his left hovered a blue orb with the Uranus symbol on it.
"I remember you! You're Sailor Miranda!" Abigail pointed at him accusingly.
"So I am," he noted calmly as he brought his orb to his chest. "Miranda Sphere Splash!!!"
Abigail looked up to see a shower of red descend on her. She threw her arm up over her head as she fell backward under the curtain of crimson. Micheal waited tensely for her reaction. "Hee heeee.... It tickles!" came her voice.
Damn. He thought back to their first encounter. The Omegas attacks were ineffective... but my specialty attack stopped her... They must only be vulnerable to our non-planetary attacks...
You think? Sailor Titan commented telepathically after gleaning Mick's last theory. She strode out to join him, with Sailor Triton a few feet ahead of her, and Sailor Io a few feet behind. "Tickles does it?" Erika asked, with a short laugh, "Try this, then!" She balled her fists and orange power danced around her, and she drew back her arms. Suddenly she punched, hitting nothing but air, but the energy surrounding her fists jumped forward and struck Abigail, who was just starting to get up after Sailor Miranda's last onslaught, "One Punch K.O. Version One-point-Oh!"
As their enemy writhed in pain, Micheal saddled up to his teammate casually, "Nice, Eri, I didn't know that attack could be used that way."
She grinned sheepishly, "I don't think it's supposed to but-" Abigail shrieked in the background, "Works for me."
"Well, I do believe that I have you Moon Senshi to thank for taking care of my garbage," a cold feminine voice announce from a newly formed rip in reality that had appeared next to the enemy on the rooftop. A bland looking girl in a baggie school uniform and glasses emerged from the portal, followed by Sailor Hades. The new girl knelt next to the fairygirl and hissed, "And I have you thank for getting all so many of my targets together. I suppose you have made one last useful act for our Lady."
Abigail blinked up at the newcomer, "Hathorne, no..." she whimpered pathetically.
The conservatively dressed brunette stood up and towered over her injured ally, "Sorry, you're just of no use to us without your brother," she swung her right leg back, and kicked the helpless girl off the roof. She then turned to Sailor Hades, "Take care of that weakling!"
But even as the black senshi pointed her sword at her prey, the words "Ice Staff Freeze!" washed over the courtyard and the corrupted soldier felt her weapon being knocked from her hand, frozen solid. All eyes went to the gate of the Temple, where Sailor Europa and the one known as Procter stood defiantly. Micheal was impressed with the way that they concealed the fact that she'd had to practically carry him up the steps, but it was a good thing that not everybody was as perceptive as he.
The Glenki's companion glared at the evil school girl, "Hathorne, did you expect me to stop fighting for my sister so soon?"
"Procter! You should be dead!" She pulled out a small jeweled dagger, and motioned to Sailor Hades, "Come on, this party just got too crowded," She ripped a whole in space as the girl who had been Mariko collected her weapon, and they disappeared before anyone had much time to react.
After their departure, all twelve warriors in the courtyard seemed at a little loss for words. Europa helped Procter limp over to his sister, and he began murmuring to her soothingly. The five senshi of the time looked utterly confused, and looked from one interloper to another, in hopes of finding some answer.
Mick couldn't stop himself from smirking his trademark smirk, and broke the silence in his usual cynical style, "Wow, Glen, I didn't know you could use that attack that way either."
His leader cocked her head at him, and then grinned superiorly, "Well, I guess there's just a lot you don't know, Mickie!"
