The Death Scout

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Chapter 7 – Ultimate Stakes

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(3 months later)

"Why don't I have my Crystal yet?" The voice repeated too calmly for Pinshell's comfort.

"Impatience won't help, your highness. We haven't been able to track down the crystal for a few months. It's as if it just disappeared off the face of the earth! And when we do know where it is, the damn Sailor Scouts get in the way!" Pinshell commented meekly.

"Then eliminate them from the picture! We came to this time so that we didn't have to worry about them!"

"I have Raven out now. She'll take care of those pesky Sailor brats!"

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"Sailor Moon, help me!" Molly cried out.

"Hold on, Molly!" Sailor Moon replied. "Let her go! She doesn't have anything you want!"

"Hand over the Silver Crystal and forfeit your lives, Sailor Scouts! Or the red head is toast! And if you try attacking, Sailor Moon…" She let the threat hang, "Hahahaha!"

'Outer Moon! Where are you?!' Sailor Moon thought when she realized what Raven meant. 'We need you more then ever!'

"What do we do, Sailor Moon?" Sailor Mercury asked.

Suddenly, a red rose sliced it's way through the air, landing surprisingly harmlessly on the monster's back. "Don't listen to her—WHAT?!" his jaw dropped when his rose didn't have an affect on the monster at all.

"Tuxedo Mask!" Sailor Moon cried, "Get out of here, NOW!!"

"But…" He began.

"NOW!!" Sailor Moon reiterated. To make her happy, he ducked back behind a fountain.

"Well? What is your answer? The easy way with the red spared or the hard way with the red dead?" Raven prompted, "You have ten seconds to figure it out! Your friend or your lives!"

"Wait!" Sailor Moon said calmly, then turned to the other scouts, "I'm going to offer the Silver Crystal, my life, and your powers for Molly's safety."

"You can't!" Sailor Mars responded, "You're the only one who can keep them from destroying the entire world!"

"Enough! That is my decision." Sailor Moon said with a wink. "I have an offer. You can have the Silver Crystal, my life and the powers of the rest of the scouts if you promise Molly's safety. You'll have the Crystal and no one left to stop you!" Sailor Moon offered while thinking, 'Hurry up, Outer Moon! Or the future is gone!'

'What the hell is she doing?' Tuxedo Mask's eyes almost popped out of his head.

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"Dammit!" Outer Moon muttered to herself, "I sure wish Outer Star was here! But that human dynamite hasn't been around since the end of the Silver Millennium!"

She closed her eyes and concentrated. A minute later, a transparent girl appeared in front of Outer Moon.

"Yes?" She asked.

"Linaea!" Outer Moon exclaimed with a teasing smile.

"Sage! Or else!" the second girl replied with the same smile, "So, what do you want, Anastasia?"

"Out of here. And it's Sakura." Outer Moon answered.

"What?? Little one needs help?? I thought you said you would never need my help again!" Outer Moon's friend chuckled.

"Shut up, Sailor Outer Star! And please blast away this door!"

"Why should I?" Outer Star backed up away from Outer Moon's swing.

"The future is at stake! Sailor Moon is going to destroy the future if I don't do anything about it!"

"Fine, fine, don't have a coronary!" she turned to the door, "Outer Star Destruction Blast! There."

"Thanks a ton…"

"Bye…" Outer Star disappeared.

"Bye."

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"Agreed! Hahaha!" Raven laughed. She then held out her hand and Sailor Moon detransformed and slowly handed over her Crystal, the Silver Crystal.

'What the HELL!?!' Outer Moon thought when she saw Sailor Moon hand over the Silver Crystal, "NO!!!" Everyone there snapped their heads toward the outraged Sailor Scout of Death.

"Outer Moon's Kiss of Death!" The attack landed squarely on top of the monster's head, killing it instantly and throwing Molly to the ground.

As soon as the monster was gone, Serena snatched back the Crystal, retransformed, and fired her attack at Raven. With Sailor Moon's attack, in combination with Outer Moon's attack, Raven appeared to be no more. (Hehehe…^-^)

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"Raven has failed. And died for her pains." The Queen replied.

"Yes Queen Lagaia. The Scouts Sailor Moon and Sailor Outer Moon killed her."

"How has it affected the others, Pinshell?"

"Magnolia doesn't care, I don't think she liked Raven. Angel is crestfallen, she was close to Raven, and Bob is sad, yet he doesn't show it, or tries not to. And if need be, we can always clone her again. None of the clones seem to realize that they are only clones!" Pinshell said.

"Because, my Pinshell, their real bodies are in a state of paralysis where they actually do live through their clones in a way.

"Oh, yes, My Queen. What shall I do now?" Pinshell asked.

"Continue with the work until I get my Crystal!"

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The setting sun slipped just under the top of the mountain peaks, casting long shadows upon the Cherry Hill Temple, the temple where six young women were engaged in a heated debate.

"What in the world were you thinking!?!" Sakura spun on Serena in frustration, "Giving your Crystal to the Enemy?!"

"I-I…" Serena stammered.

"Leave her alone, Sakura!" Raye stepped in.

"But she almost gave the entire future away! If she had let the Crystal get out of her reach, the future would be gone! Everyone would be dead!"

"But it didn't happen that way!" Lita joined Raye.

"Serena," Sakura turned back to Serena, "What were you thinking?"

"I was…praying that…you would come before I got that far." Serena answered slowly and haltingly.

"So, let me get this straight, you had been counting on my appearance the entire time?"

"Yes." Serena agreed with a resigned sigh.

"Well, you should not have done that. I almost didn't make it. And—"

"Leave her alone!" Raye interrupted.

"Be quiet, Raye." Sakura commanded, "And, what would you have done if I had already returned home or had not showed up?"

"I would have died." Serena answered meekly, "Why did you almost not make it?"

"The slut Magnolia. She had trapped me while I was sleeping. There was one door and it was securely locked."

"How'd you get out?" Mina questioned doubtfully.

"An old friend." Sakura replied as if in a daze, "Sailor Outer Star, the Sailor Scout of Destruction."

"She sounds cool. Can we meet her?" Serena piped up.

"No, you can't meet her. She hasn't been around since the end of the Silver Millennium." Sakura turned and walked out, "Be extremely careful from now on, Sailor Moon! I'll see you later."

As Sakura left the temple, a young man with stark black hair arrived. "Serena! Are you going or not?"

"Darien!" Serena jumped up and ran to her long-time boyfriend, "Of course I'm going! Just let me grab something."

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