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Moon Cats

Chapter 20

He stood, on clawed foot in front of the other with the wooden scabbard of his sword clutched tightly in his left hand. His right arm held his helmet in the crook of his elbow as he considered the building where his goddess was being held.

"Is that the place, Fred-chan?" One of the giants behind him asked. He nodded, calmly letting Usagi Tsukino pick him up, and set him on a trash can where he could see the rest of the group.

"Then I guess we need a plan." Minako said, while taking a quick look at the warehouse Fred had indicated. "I see two thugs watching the front. What do you get Ami?"

"I'm picking up one normal human down that alley where the Mercury computer says the rear entrance is." The blue haired girl replied. "Inside there are three more humans though two register as being a bit more powerful then average."

"Those are probably Reika and, I'm betting, her brother."

"That is very likely." Ami nodded. "My big concern is the several dozen golems that are waiting right inside the doors."

"What?" The group hissed, almost forgetting their desire for stealth.

"There are several dozen golems, maybe as many a forty, inside that building and standing in the middle of the large loading area."

"I could just hit them with a Silence Glaive surprise." Hotaru pointed out, glancing up at Micheru next to her. The aqua haired girl shook her head.

"No Hotaru, that might bring down the whole building. In fact all the larger area attacks will from the looks of things."
The other Senshi, and the Cats, nodded. All the buildings in the area were condemned and falling apart.

"Okay, a frontal assault won't work so how about a variation of the police station?" Haruka suggested. "Luna, Artemis, and me hit the back door while Usagi, Makoto, and Minako hit the front door after Rei takes it down. Ami and Mamoru take the skylight and play sniper."

"What about me and Micheru-mama?"

"Your job is to knock down the building if we come running out, or stop anyone from escaping."

Usagi nodded. "That's a good plan, though it doesn't really sound like we'll have the time for a speech before attacking."

"How about you give Reika's brother a stern talking to afterwards." Rei suggested, rolling her eyes in mild disgust.

"Oh," Usagi considered this. "That would work I guess."

"Then let's transform!" Luna said, touching the disguise pen and closing her eyes while focusing.

"Disguise pen, give me some clothes!"

In a sparkling of golden light, Luna shifted into her Cat-girl form, even as the short skirted cat suit she fought in formed tightly on her.

Artemis quickly took the pen and repeated the process, though Usagi noticed his sparkles were silver. Soon he was in his trademark khakis and leather jacket. Usagi shook her head, causing Artemis to ask "What?"

"Nothing, we just really have to come up with some better transformation phrases for you two."

"What are you talking about, Usagi?" Luna sighed.

"Because you can't really compete with... Moon Prism Power!" Ribbons of light appeared.

"Mars Star Power!" Circles of flame surrounded.

"Jupiter Star Power!" Lightning flowed.

"Mercury Star Power!" Winds howled.

"Neptune Planet Power!" Waves crashed.

And after the flares of Multi-colored light finished, the Sailor Senshi stood posed in the once again dark alley.

"See what I mean?" Sailor moon asked, posing with a grin.

"Not really..." Artemis muttered. "Hey, where's Hotaru?"

"What, she was right..."

The click of a cocking gun froze them all, one of the apparently armed men staring at them. "Don't move..."

THUNK!

Then he fell to the ground, the butt of the Silence Glaive having nailed him behind the head. Sailor Saturn stepped out of the shadows, shaking her head. "One good thing about being the Senshi of Silence. At least my transformation can be somewhat stealthy!"

The others, except Tuxedo Mast who chuckled, looked embarrassed.

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Akuma Hagisaki yawned, stretching slightly as he considered the room where he had placed his bed. It was another small office in the warehouse, and honestly wasn't all that different from the room his sister was locked in.

Of course, he could come and go as he pleased, so that was a bit of a difference.

Slipping off his shirt and shoes, he laid down on the cot, planning to get a few hours sleep before taking over his father's empire. He closed his eyes and began to drift off to sleep. Then, suddenly, an explosion shattered the office doors glass and threw him from his bed.

Scrambling to his feet, and grabbing his illegal revolver, Akuma rushed to the door and peered out. To his horror the Sailor Senshi were rushing into the front and back of his hideout. His dread grew when roses poured from the skylight above and killed a golem.

That was only the first of several as the statues followed their orders and "Waited." Akuma cursed and yelled "Don't just stand there! Kill them!"

The monsters went into motion but several more fell before they got moving.

On the Senshi side of the fight, things were going well to start with. They had total surprise and their first attacks killed almost a dozen of them from the start. But then the Golems started to attack back.

Uranus was holding three off soon after, with her space sword and trapped in a corner. Their strength pressed her but she was faster, and moved to thrust the sword through the Magic runes on one's forehead. He was quickly replaced by a fourth.

Jupiter also found herself fighting three, but they had her surrounded. Her frenzied blocks and dodges managed to prevent any lucky blows, but she found herself getting pretty beat up just the same. "Oh to hell with this!" She yelled. "Jupiter Thunderclap Zap!"

Instead of the normal, targeted blast she usually produced Jupiter held the ball of lightning above her head and let it explode. The wild, destructive energy poured around her and smashed her three combatants as well as two more who were standing to close.

The Senshi herself took a severe burn on her hand, and her uniform glove was vaporized during the attack. She stumbled away from the fight to try and recover for a moment.

Venus was, comparatively, having an easier time of it. While she wasn't getting a chance to change her more powerful attacks, she was able to use her weaker Crescent beam to plink assorted Golems while ducking a dodging.

Sailor moon, on the other hand, wasn't having any of the other blonde's luck. Early on, a statue had slipped a punch through and knocked her away from the rest of the Senshi. Her fights had quickly turned into a lot of running.

She gasped in fear as, seeming out of no where, an axe-wielding statue appeared with its weapon ready to cleave her in two. Suddenly a row of crimson blossoms seemed to sprout from its head, killing it. Sailor Moon blew a kiss to Tuxedo Mask, even as she ripped off her Tiara and slashed the soon glowing disk through the forehead of her next closest pursuer.

Artemis found him self pressed by four Golems, and cursed his luck. While his reflexes were faster then even the Senshi, he couldn't seem to land any telling blows while weaving through the monsters attacks. His claws, while damaging, couldn't get in to take out their runes. He continued to fight, looking for an opening, until he heard Luna scream.

Time seemed to slow as he looked towards her yell and saw her tumbling, bleeding into the pile of dust created by the golem she had just destroyed. One of the other golems had managed to slip behind her, slashing her leg and causing her to fall. As Artemis watched he lifted a sword to drive into the black Neko-jin's back.

"LUNA!" His crescent moon flared to brilliant life and for only the second time a beam of pure energy poured from it. The energy ripped through the unsuspecting swordweilder, and smashed the two golems on the other side.

An instant later, with no idea how, the feline warrior was standing over the prone female, growling in primal rage. "You want a fight, I'LL GIVE YOU ALL A FIGHT!"

The fight, and all the fighters, froze, and looked at the tiger man. "Artemis?" Venus asked in shocked, and impressed, wonder.

Then another scream filled the air, this time from Sailor Moon. When all eyes turned to her, Akuma grinned maliciously as he tightened his grip in her hair.

"Surrender now or she dies!" His cold tone was punctuated by the click of the hammer being pulled back.

Notes: Thanks to those who have reviewed! And no Neko-chan, I don't mind getting them every chapter. Means I kept you interested! Oh wait...was this a cliffhanger? Oops...heh.