The Child of the Prophecy, Chapter Twenty-five
*Just outside the underground shelter*
'Are we seeing things?' A policeman asked, amazed.
'I thought you said the city was destroyed.' Another remarked. 'It's even better than before.' A new voice commented.
They couldn't believe it. Those that had witnessed the state of the city only about an hour ago were completely gob-smacked. Where tall building that were dirty by pollution had become rubble only hours ago, there was now tall beautiful buildings sparkling new, cars all washed, flowers, trees, grass, no litter, no graffiti, no anything unwanted. The signs were clean and new, and even had extra signs. Free shelter for the homeless. Free food for the poor and homeless. It was as if the city had been renewed, given a new chance, without poverty. Where there was once a space filled with rubbish, there was now a huge job centre.
There was only one way to describe the city, perfect.
'Amy, can you do a scan and see if this is the work of an illusion or something. It was like this before we went into the shelter.' Alex asked.
'Sure,' Amy reached inside her pocket and pulled out her computer while Snipes, Brownlow and Drew conferred quietly.
'I think we can tell you what happened here.' Drew said. All looked at him including Amy who put her computer analysis. 'When we were looking for you, we found you, without pulses, you were dead. No one could deny that.'
'Huh? But Drew we are alive.' Michelle insisted.
'I know but then these, . err .' He broke off not knowing how to continue.
'. Balls of light, three.' Brownlow continued.
'They combined into one and about a dozen beams of light came form them and revived you.' Snipes took over.
'Why didn't you tell us this?' Lita murmured.
'We forgot, especially with your story. -'
He was about to continue when Darien said, 'It was Serena, and the others. When we were walking back, I swear I sensed her presence, but I put it down to sadness. She's the one who did this all, I know she did.' It made sense on some level to those who knew her.
'Also at the end, a soft voice said, . "Be well my friends. We'll be together again soon. I promise." Or something like that.' Brownlow added.
'It was definitely them then!' Alex exclaimed.
'Yeah, it had to be!' Mina concluded.
'Amy, will your scan tell us?' Taiki enquired.
'It should do, lets wait until it's finished working.
While this conversation had been taking place, other people had come up out of the shelter. They started examining things. The newspapers, telephone boxes, the post boxes, the buildings, everything. It was amazing to all. They knew somehow the scouts hadn't been lying, it would have been sick. Some greater force had done this. Everywhere, people were forming their own conclusions. May had heard the stories of the other battles and the Silver Millennium.
'It was obviously Queen Serenity, she must have had the power.'
'No, maybe it was that Moon Princess, the one who died.'
'No the sailor scouts must have don this without realising.'
'No, I know, it was the cats; they have the power to talk and be human. It must be them.'
The thoughts on how the city had been resurrected within that small amount of time got wilder and wilder, some thinking that magical moon dragons created it and that they had all died and now were in heaven.
While Amy's computer worked, the scouts walked around and heard some of these things that were being said. Darien's path took him stumbling into the Tsukino family. Mrs Tsukino embraced him and he held her back. Sammy and ken also joined in.
'Thank you for looking out for our daughter while she was alive.' Ilene said. 'It was good to know that you were always there for her.' Darien shifted uncomfortably; he had pushed Serena away for a while and hurt her badly. I still made it die inside but he presumed Serena didn't like to talk about it, so her family wouldn't have known.
He replied, 'I loved her and if I could, I would have died in her place. It was not only my duty but she was my life. Now I do not know what to do.'
'Don't you have a family?' Sammy asked.
'No, they died in a car crash when I was young. Andrew became like my brother and Serena and the girls became a sort of substitute family.'
Ken realised that his daughter was never in any danger of being hurt by Darien and he suddenly wished he had the chance to see them together as a couple. 'Darien I know that it may be late, but I think you and Serena would have made a great couple. If you want, why don't you come around to ours for a Sunday roast?'
'Yes, Darien, come every Sunday, we'd love you too.' Ilene smiled at her husband and Darien.
'Err. Sure, why not? I never do anything like that.' Inside Darien's heart jumped. Serena's father said that he wanted Darien and Serena to be a couple and they'd invited him to do something that was part of a family tradition. He was overjoyed and on impulse hugged all of them. They didn't mind.
It was Amy that really made his day. She had come over to him looking stunned out of her mind. She tried to speak but couldn't. Instead she pushed her computer into his hands and he read out loud the message that was flashing across the screen.
'Hi Amy! Glad your are getting our message all right. If you haven't noticed, the city is back and better than before. We'll be there soon, give everyone our love. PS, check the news, you may find something you'll find interesting. Love Serena, Trista and Tara.'
Darien just looked at her and then to all around him that had heard the message. About a hundred metres in front of them, there was an electrical shop. The owner was starring at it lovingly. His precious shop was fine, as were all the bits inside it. Darien and Amy ran to him followed by a group of others.
'Sir, can you turn on one of these TVs?' Darien asked quickly. The owner turned to look at him and seeing all those grouped around him, he went into the shop and turned the biggest one he had. He didn't need to change the channel, only the sound needed adjusted. Four balls of light flashed across the screen where the city of London was being filmed. Like Tokyo, it had been cleansed. And it seemed that they had not stopped there. Apparently the entire world had been cleansed.
Voices screamed out the news. The world had been given a second chance. On every continent, entire cities had unofficial parties and the police could not stop them even if they wanted to. Tokyo began to join in and soon the whole city was in full party mode.
So what is going to happen?
'Are we seeing things?' A policeman asked, amazed.
'I thought you said the city was destroyed.' Another remarked. 'It's even better than before.' A new voice commented.
They couldn't believe it. Those that had witnessed the state of the city only about an hour ago were completely gob-smacked. Where tall building that were dirty by pollution had become rubble only hours ago, there was now tall beautiful buildings sparkling new, cars all washed, flowers, trees, grass, no litter, no graffiti, no anything unwanted. The signs were clean and new, and even had extra signs. Free shelter for the homeless. Free food for the poor and homeless. It was as if the city had been renewed, given a new chance, without poverty. Where there was once a space filled with rubbish, there was now a huge job centre.
There was only one way to describe the city, perfect.
'Amy, can you do a scan and see if this is the work of an illusion or something. It was like this before we went into the shelter.' Alex asked.
'Sure,' Amy reached inside her pocket and pulled out her computer while Snipes, Brownlow and Drew conferred quietly.
'I think we can tell you what happened here.' Drew said. All looked at him including Amy who put her computer analysis. 'When we were looking for you, we found you, without pulses, you were dead. No one could deny that.'
'Huh? But Drew we are alive.' Michelle insisted.
'I know but then these, . err .' He broke off not knowing how to continue.
'. Balls of light, three.' Brownlow continued.
'They combined into one and about a dozen beams of light came form them and revived you.' Snipes took over.
'Why didn't you tell us this?' Lita murmured.
'We forgot, especially with your story. -'
He was about to continue when Darien said, 'It was Serena, and the others. When we were walking back, I swear I sensed her presence, but I put it down to sadness. She's the one who did this all, I know she did.' It made sense on some level to those who knew her.
'Also at the end, a soft voice said, . "Be well my friends. We'll be together again soon. I promise." Or something like that.' Brownlow added.
'It was definitely them then!' Alex exclaimed.
'Yeah, it had to be!' Mina concluded.
'Amy, will your scan tell us?' Taiki enquired.
'It should do, lets wait until it's finished working.
While this conversation had been taking place, other people had come up out of the shelter. They started examining things. The newspapers, telephone boxes, the post boxes, the buildings, everything. It was amazing to all. They knew somehow the scouts hadn't been lying, it would have been sick. Some greater force had done this. Everywhere, people were forming their own conclusions. May had heard the stories of the other battles and the Silver Millennium.
'It was obviously Queen Serenity, she must have had the power.'
'No, maybe it was that Moon Princess, the one who died.'
'No the sailor scouts must have don this without realising.'
'No, I know, it was the cats; they have the power to talk and be human. It must be them.'
The thoughts on how the city had been resurrected within that small amount of time got wilder and wilder, some thinking that magical moon dragons created it and that they had all died and now were in heaven.
While Amy's computer worked, the scouts walked around and heard some of these things that were being said. Darien's path took him stumbling into the Tsukino family. Mrs Tsukino embraced him and he held her back. Sammy and ken also joined in.
'Thank you for looking out for our daughter while she was alive.' Ilene said. 'It was good to know that you were always there for her.' Darien shifted uncomfortably; he had pushed Serena away for a while and hurt her badly. I still made it die inside but he presumed Serena didn't like to talk about it, so her family wouldn't have known.
He replied, 'I loved her and if I could, I would have died in her place. It was not only my duty but she was my life. Now I do not know what to do.'
'Don't you have a family?' Sammy asked.
'No, they died in a car crash when I was young. Andrew became like my brother and Serena and the girls became a sort of substitute family.'
Ken realised that his daughter was never in any danger of being hurt by Darien and he suddenly wished he had the chance to see them together as a couple. 'Darien I know that it may be late, but I think you and Serena would have made a great couple. If you want, why don't you come around to ours for a Sunday roast?'
'Yes, Darien, come every Sunday, we'd love you too.' Ilene smiled at her husband and Darien.
'Err. Sure, why not? I never do anything like that.' Inside Darien's heart jumped. Serena's father said that he wanted Darien and Serena to be a couple and they'd invited him to do something that was part of a family tradition. He was overjoyed and on impulse hugged all of them. They didn't mind.
It was Amy that really made his day. She had come over to him looking stunned out of her mind. She tried to speak but couldn't. Instead she pushed her computer into his hands and he read out loud the message that was flashing across the screen.
'Hi Amy! Glad your are getting our message all right. If you haven't noticed, the city is back and better than before. We'll be there soon, give everyone our love. PS, check the news, you may find something you'll find interesting. Love Serena, Trista and Tara.'
Darien just looked at her and then to all around him that had heard the message. About a hundred metres in front of them, there was an electrical shop. The owner was starring at it lovingly. His precious shop was fine, as were all the bits inside it. Darien and Amy ran to him followed by a group of others.
'Sir, can you turn on one of these TVs?' Darien asked quickly. The owner turned to look at him and seeing all those grouped around him, he went into the shop and turned the biggest one he had. He didn't need to change the channel, only the sound needed adjusted. Four balls of light flashed across the screen where the city of London was being filmed. Like Tokyo, it had been cleansed. And it seemed that they had not stopped there. Apparently the entire world had been cleansed.
Voices screamed out the news. The world had been given a second chance. On every continent, entire cities had unofficial parties and the police could not stop them even if they wanted to. Tokyo began to join in and soon the whole city was in full party mode.
So what is going to happen?