Rei struggled against the iron grip of whoever had grabbed her. Their arms had snatched her from behind, and she had been unable to see or even loosen their grip. She started to call on her fire, but a voice whispered into her ear: "Now, now, my little pyro, that is no way to treat one of the Dark moon family, now is it?"
The last thing the warrior of fire felt before darkness descended was a hand grabbing the crystal strung around her neck.
Makoto and Minako watched helplessly as Rei disappeared, caught by a surprisingly strong, dark haired woman in a very odd costume. The tall warrior of thunder could have almost sworn she had seen cat ears, before she had vanished with Rei.
The two had been inside a nearby store while Rei waited for them, enjoying a bit of luxury time, as they searched the city personally, looking for Usagi. They had felt Rei's danger, but the fire warrior had been taken too quickly for them to do anything.
But Minako had seen a silver blur pass in front of Rei briefly, right before she disappeared. The warrior of love could only hope that it was not a droid she had seen, but there was nothing she could do.
"Okay, you four. This is the Silver Crystal. This is the thing that pretty much every single villain in the entire universe is after. This is also what will win this current war against the Dark Moon, and what will return Rei and Ami back to us." Usagi placed the now glowing crystal before her, where it spun slowly in the air. Zoicite handed her the vial, and Usagi poured the contents into her hand. She started to mutter, hoping to all gods in range that she was remembering her lessons in magic properly. If now, well, she wouldn't need to worry about whether or not the Dark Moon achieved their goal, seeing as she would be far too dead to be able to do anything about it. She shifted slightly in her spot on the living room floor, bracing herself as much as she could.
Her softly spoken words shifted the dust like substance in her hand, as it separated into the different particles for different droids. Most of them flashed, and disappeared, and she dumped the rest onto the ground, dismissing them. Then she grabbed the Crystal, and barely bit back a cry as the information the jewel had taken for the dust imprinted itself into her mind.
"Dark Moon," she muttered. There was something wrong with the information, something that didn't fit in... "That's it!" she exclaimed, and she looked up at the four former-generals. "I know what was wrong! It's because of deviations on the original line of future probability in the time line!" she started rambling, obviously speaking out loud.
None of the four generals were able to follow her thoughts, but they waited patiently for her to finish.
"So that is what I couldn't figure out! I know where they are now!" Usagi was smiling happily now. Then she noticed the blank looks she was receiving. "Right..." she trailed off, slightly embarrassed. "Instead of trying to explain that, why don't I just tell you what we need to do?"
Nephrite nodded. "I think that would be for the best, rather then us trying to figure out where in the world, not to mention how, you got all that information to make such a theory for the retrieval of your friends." The other three nodded as well.
"Alright then. I can get us to the Black Moon, but after that, I will not be of much use. There is a sort of block on the Crystal's powers, stemming from the pure evil the place is made of. So, now Light magic. The leader of the Dark Moon goes by the name of Prince Demando, who is in reality a pawn of the wiseman, and evil entity that is frighteningly similar to Metaria.
"He has a few cronies, who are each incredibly powerful in their own right, as well as whatever constructs and toys those cronies have created. They also have a sort of mass produced monster, called droids, that they like to use in great amounts just to torment us.
"As for the rest I know, it was changed from what it used to be. It is no longer reliable, and so we will have to use what I know for now."
They nodded again, accepting whatever she was saying.they kept their thoughts to themselves, knowing that even though she didn't have her crown, their Usa-chan was truly a Queen, and at moments like these, she commanded featly. It almost seemed natural to get on their knees and bow.
"Now, there is a tenth planet, called Nemesis, that has..."
Short, I know! But Usa has started her plans for an attack on Black Moon, and Rei has been taken! Oh no! Only a few chapters left! (Remember, thanksgiving!)